"If we were removed from the beginning, the changes in the entire city would only be more unpredictable. Therefore, rather than killing us directly, it would be more effective to use overwhelming force to stop it and let us give up the idea from the bottom of our hearts."
"However, there are some people who do not believe in evil. Even though they have been stopped countless times, they still want to find opportunities to counterattack and get closer to the truth - that is your Shanghai Flower Bar, right?" Zhang Ke looked at Ritsuko's clear and bright expression.
Although my eyes have become somewhat myopic due to long-term reading, they are still as clear as when I first saw them.
"Well, there are always people in this world who pursue the truth. Even if they encounter thousands of obstacles, even if they are beaten back countless times, they still have to insist on getting up and climbing towards the elusive peak of truth.
Because we are not willing to crawl under the gaze of Guixu, relying on others to survive like ants." Ritsuko's tone was very firm, as unquestionable as when she was determined to go against the black crow:
"Although it is still unclear about the specific real purpose of Gui Xu, it can be seen that they are almost using the entire city of Shanghai as a huge laboratory to observe how each human being will change and change in the infinite cycle of the world.
What kind of actions should you maintain, and quietly integrate your own hawks and dogs into it, and control the overall destiny of the city at a higher level."
"Speaking of which, why do you keep emphasizing 'the whole city'? Is their sphere of influence limited to Shencheng and not expanding to other places? This is a bit strange?" Zhang Ke asked.
"That's because, based on the information we know so far, we can only know that Guixu controls the entire city of Shenzhou. It is almost under applause. What is the situation outside of this city? From the objective conditions, we simply don't know.
Unable to confirm." Ritsuko answered with a wry smile.
"Can't confirm...what does this mean? Is it possible-"
"As you might guess, no one can really leave this city, or in other words, really reach places outside Shanghai." Ritsuko said helplessly, "Whether it is by train, plane, bus or even self-driving, everything will be different.
Halfway across the city border, I encountered force majeure without any warning, which forced the trip to be interrupted, and I was still sent back to Shanghai."
"This... almost restricts the travel of the entire city? Can such a thing really be done?" Zhang Ke was a little in disbelief.
"Actually, I have tried several times to leave this city, but either the plane I took was seriously delayed and the day was almost over by the time I took to the sky; or the high-speed train I took suddenly broke down.
, I stopped for repairs halfway through, and the repairs lasted more than ten hours; once I couldn't bear it anymore, and tried to rely on my own legs to cross the suburban wilderness to a nearby city. Guess what happened?
"Ritsuko asked, somewhat self-deprecatingly.
"Being targeted by the Tindalo Hound? And then spraying silver mist to make you unconscious?" Zhang Ke scratched his head and said, "But it's not funny either."
"We were almost close, but what was staring at me was not a hound, but a wolf - you heard me right, a veritable wild wolf. I spent a lot of effort to avoid them, and finally escaped in embarrassment.
There are people in the place, but the hour hand on the watch is about to reach 11 o'clock."
"Wild wolf? On the outskirts of Shanghai? How is it possible? Could it be that it escaped from the zoo?" Zhang Ke drank half of the boiled water in his mouth and almost spit it out. He was very surprised and said, "The ecological environment here, what?
Times are so good that even wild wolves have moved back? It’s obviously hard to find a squirrel.”
——As Zhang Ke said, Shencheng is a well-known economic and trade metropolis in the country. The urban modernization process has been very in-depth, and the natural environment has been fully developed. Even the most remote suburbs have built roads, which have long been non-existent.
It is a natural environment that allows wild animals like wolves to survive and thrive. If a modern Shanghainese saw a wolf on the road, they might mistakenly think it was just a fierce-looking husky.
"It's hard to believe, isn't it? But I have encountered such ridiculous things more than once. Once you have the intention to step out of this city, you will encounter many obstacles that you can't even imagine. No matter how reasonable or unreasonable it is,
, will turn into the most helpless reality in front of us." Ritsuko shook her head and said somewhat discouraged:
"So, at least for now, it seems that the Guixu organization is determined to trap us in this city - or, thinking about it from another angle, they may also be trapped in this city themselves,
I can't leave, so I have to do my best to control everything here. As for which one is the truth, we can only reveal it after we thoroughly understand the secret of the time loop."
"I can't even run away. The horror of Guixu is even more extreme than I imagined -" Zhang Ke couldn't help but sigh:
"But even if you say that they don't want anyone to be absent from this city to avoid causing subsequent chain reactions, I think they always have a bottom line, right? It's impossible to really let you guys act recklessly.
, constantly moving towards the taboo truth, but I just block and delay it again and again."
Hearing Zhang Ke's question, a look of sadness suddenly flashed across Ritsuko's eyes, and even the hand massaging his legs stopped temporarily, as if recalling some unbearable past event.
"Yes……"
After a moment, she said in a trembling voice:
"Of course they have limits of patience. If it's just a small fight, or a taste that doesn't work, they will naturally disappear after stopping it, and there will be no more follow-up actions - but if those who are still unwilling to change
direction, tirelessly pursue the truth, and even those who have touched the edge of the truth will be further purged."
"Some died by cutting off the roots, and some were force-fed drugs that caused madness or dementia, completely destroying their mental state and making them unable to think and express normally. Most of these were the pioneers of Shanghai Flower. It was also
Because of this, our leader has become more and more cautious, and his actions have become more and more low-key, hiding his true identity as much as possible. Because the hound will not attack at will until the target is completely determined."
"Really... It's really impossible that there will be no victims..." Zhang Ke was sighing, but he saw tears in Ritsuko's eyes, looking at him with red eyes, her eyes full of mixed and complex emotions.
——This made him think of something terrible.
"Wait a minute, could it be that..."
"Yes, Xu Xiaoli, Sister Xiaoli is also one of the pioneers among us. She has organized us many times to try to find loopholes and weaknesses under Guixu's control. She almost all made the plans to escape from Shanghai.
." Ritsuko tried her best to restrain her emotions and said in a deep voice:
Chapter completed!