The doubts in Lin Sanjiu's mind had been tormenting her all night.
This doubt was just a little bit of curiosity at the beginning; after asking a few casual questions, doubts gradually grew out of curiosity. The more she thought about it, the deeper the shadow in her heart became, and gradually turned into a thick doubt, weighing her down.
She was restless.
It was while they were chatting after dinner that she suddenly felt something was not right.
"Yes, you are right... Well, if I had known you earlier, I could discuss many things with you." Not far away from her, Batou De and the bearded uncle were talking in a low voice, deep in thought; what were they talking about?
When he speaks it in his clear and clear voice, it seems to add a little weight.
The bearded uncle sighed and said: "It is not possible for the two sides to confront each other and tear them apart. It is too dangerous, but I can't think of how to prove it..."
Lin Sanjiu turned her eyes away and took a look at the section of the city she was currently in. The scene where they were attacked by the evolvers, as well as Batou De's long-standing reputation, won them the trust of ordinary people;
After being taken into the city road for a discussion, they were also taken to see the preparations made by ordinary people for street fighting, and saw the temporarily transformed fortress by intercepting and blocking the city road - they were even invited to have a meal.
meal.
The sky outside has darkened, and various lights are lit in the city road: there are very primitive oil lamps and torches, and there are also straight beams of light that look like they were taken out of a science fiction movie. As an ordinary person, after living in the Twelve Realms for a long time
, there are also opportunities to earn special items, even if they are just relatively common items.
A group of them were sitting in front of a temperatureless fake bonfire, discussing their next plan in its cold light.
Lin Sanjiu glanced at the dreadlocks.
He seemed to have accepted his fate and gave up his attempt to run away from Batou De; after all, the incoming evolvers saw him and Batou De standing together, and now they were both accomplices and accomplices, so they might as well do whatever they were supposed to do.
——At this moment, Dreadlock has almost finished his second bottle of wine.
"Why didn't you go over and talk to them?" Lin Sanjiu asked softly.
"Ahem, what kind of flowers can I tell you?"
I don’t know if it was because he was drunk, but he didn’t cover up his dreadlocks. When asked, he said everything: “I have no ill intentions towards ordinary people, but I have nothing to do with them. Mutants are from among them, and they
I have to accept doubts, which is natural, and I am not completely reassured yet. Didn't Zhong Qing say that mutants may change between the two forms... Before I make blind ideas, I should first
Just be careful."
"How many people are there in Fanjia City?"
"It's hard to count the number of evolved people. Over the years, it's probably between five hundred and two thousand. For ordinary people, I don't know where I heard that there are almost four or five thousand people now." After thinking about it, he was dirty.
Braid added: "I don't know how many died today."
In other words, even for people who have lived in Fanjia City for a long time, most of the faces in Fanjia City are actually unfamiliar faces - who can recognize all five to seven thousand people?
Zhong Qing came over, sat down next to Dangzi, and asked Lin Sanjiu, "Why are you asking this?"
"I'm wondering where the mutants come from," she murmured with a frown, "Are they really from Fanjia City? Or did they sneak in from outside?"
"I don't know anything else. The Apu you saw with only his head left during patrol and the elder sister whose body exploded with countless new bodies are indeed from Fanjia City. I live on the same city road as them.
I see you often coming and going."
That's what he said, but Dreadlocks didn't seem to have a close relationship with them, and he didn't express much sadness and regret. Instead, he became worried about his own place: "My house is a special item, and I was too hasty when I ran away."
, I didn’t have time to pick it up, I don’t know what’s going on now... I have to look for it tomorrow, I spent a lot of money to buy it.”
"Then you have to be careful," Lin Sanjiu said casually, but she felt as if something stirred in her heart, and a more inexplicable feeling surfaced.
To use an analogy, it's like when you go out, you feel like you forgot something, but after thinking about it carefully, you feel that you have brought everything you should have brought.
She is also familiar with the aftermath of this feeling: she often waits until she leaves the house, gets in the car, and walks a long way before she suddenly realizes that she has indeed forgotten something, usually quite important.
Lin Sanjiu couldn't wait until the moment when she suddenly realized what happened. She had a feeling that it would be too late by then; she had to dig out the thing hidden deep in her mind before "going out".
"This is the first time I've heard of this kind of mutation method," Zhong Qing spoke at this moment, interrupting Lin Sanjiu's efforts to search for clues in her mind, making her feel vaguely irritated. "In the doomsday world.
, there are still too many things we don’t know..."
This is true. Facing the vast and ever-changing apocalyptic world, evolutionists only understand the tip of the iceberg. Apart from other things, Lin Sanjiu still doesn't know what the black mist body and the red brick wall are.
"But one thing is for sure, someone has taken advantage of ordinary people." Zhong Qing continued: "Instead of asking what the method is, I think it is better to ask what the motive is. Who benefits from mutating ordinary people?"
Lin Sanjiu was reluctant to let her thoughts follow his questions, but his questions really made people think - she thought for a while, without any clue, and waved her hand, motioning for Dreadlock to pass the bottle over.
.
The evolvers of the doomsday world have always been willing to share when facing people who are stronger than themselves; Dreadlock handed the bottle to Lin Sanjiu without any objection and said: "I quite like Fanjia City.
I just moved here a month ago, and now it seems I can’t live here anymore, so I have to leave early.”
No wonder he didn't feel much about the changes in Apu and the middle-aged woman. It turned out that the dreadlocks were also new.
"You have just arrived, and you know a lot about Fanjia City."
No, this is not the doubt that bothers her.
...It’s strange. What is the problem that keeps the doubts gnawing at her like a mouse? Is it related to Batou De’s weird behavior?
"Yes," Dreadlock replied, "Although I moved here not long ago, I have been here many times before."
She took a sip of the wine; it was unlike anything she had tasted before, spicy and sour, and when she swallowed it, it felt like she had been punched in the stomach.
"You are right, but I think that although it is important to win the trust of evolvers, it is not a top priority." Batou De raised his voice slightly, attracting the attention of several people. "You may not know yet,
Starting from early morning, Guihe has blocked all access to and from Fanjia City. In other words, the reason why some ordinary people mutate is still among us."
After saying these words, everyone was silent for a while; his broad face swayed in the flickering shadow of the fake firelight.
"Even if we have gained the trust of the evolvers now, but someone mutates again, wouldn't it push the situation into a desperate situation? I have some ideas in my mind, and I am going to investigate secretly from tomorrow... Then I will have to ask you to help me.
A handful." Batou De said and sighed.
The bearded uncle nodded repeatedly: "If you need anything, just tell me. We are ordinary people, and we also need your help in protection."
Like a boss, Badou De stretched out his hand and patted Lin Sanjiu on the shoulder. "No problem, have you seen her? You are an ordinary person and don't know that there is probably no one in Fanjia City who can
She is an evolved person who can compete with her. With her here, you are absolutely safe!"
These words were so full that even Zhan Li himself felt a little uneasy. Uncle Beard looked at Lin Sanjiu for a few times and became slightly confused: "Are you from Fanjia City?"
"No, she is a friend I met outside——"
"We're doing each other a favor."
Batou De and Lin Sanjiu's answers rang out at the same time, and fell down at the same time. They looked at each other a little awkwardly. The bearded uncle was very understanding and stopped asking questions. He said hello: "It's not too early.
Okay, I have a lot of arrangements for tomorrow, so everyone should rest first!"
As a result, as the top combat force that can ensure the safety of ordinary people, Lin Sanjiu was placed in an open space outside the city wall, which was said to be facing the direction where the evolved people gathered. In fact, this was not a rest, but a sentry to put it nicely. However,
She didn't take it seriously, spread out a mattress that the bearded uncle had brought for her, and sat down against the wall in the cold night.
Because of Exodus, she doesn't carry around special items like a house like Dreadlocks; although his big bucket doesn't look like high-end goods, it is much better than a floor bunk——
Lin Sanjiu suddenly jumped up from the mattress, and her palms became cold and sweaty.
She understood what the doubts that had been plaguing her were.
She must now find the dreadlocks and ask her questions carefully in person. A daily detail that seems so inconspicuous will slip from the edge of anyone's attention; but if you dig deeper, what will be revealed?
Come?
...Dreadlocks, like her, was placed on guard duty nearby, but where exactly was he?
She quickly ran across the open space, jumped into the city wall, and turned on the flashlight, scanning the ordinary people in the shadows, making them all startled. On the way, she also met Zhong Qing, but unfortunately he didn't know dirty things either.
Where are the braids arranged?
"Why are you looking for him?" Zhong Qing asked.
"There is something that only he can confirm," Lin Sanjiu only dropped this half of the sentence and left in a hurry.
Her speed was extremely fast, so it only took her seven or eight minutes to find someone in such a large area. Dreadlock had drunk a lot of wine, not to mention being dedicated to his duties. He was already leaning in the corner.
He fell asleep in a chair; when he was awakened by Lin Sanjiu's sudden attack, he knocked over the chair with a clang.
"Shh!" Lin Sanjiu grabbed his collar and pushed him against the wall. "Answer me, when that middle-aged woman exploded, were you standing in front of your house?"
He recalled it and said, "Yes, yes."
"Your home is a special object in the shape of an iron-blue barrel?"
The dreadlock nodded in confusion and uneasiness. "So you've seen it before. I was thinking of picking it up tomorrow..."
"What about the wall you built?" Lin Sanjiu asked in a more serious tone, "There are no walls on both sides of your barrel, and you don't need walls if you live in special items. Where is your wall?"
"What?" The confusion in the dreadlocks was so thick that it almost dripped from his face, "What kind of wall are you building? When will I...what are you talking about?"
Lin Sanjiu's heart suddenly sank.
"Please think carefully about what I say next before you answer me." She whispered, "Since we first saw Beard from the window today, besides saying at the beginning that he was overestimating his ability to deal with the Evolved,
, I haven’t said a few words to him again. The reason why you act so strange is because you don’t know him, right?”
The dirty braid looked at her, as if he thought she was going crazy. "Yeah, what on earth do you want to say?"
"Do you really not know him?" Lin Sanjiu stared at him closely and asked: "Before the middle-aged woman exploded, that is, when we first found Apu's head, you said that ordinary people had mutated. At that time, the cheeks
Hu Hu said that he brought people to build a wall for your house before. You drank together and asked you how you could turn around and say that ordinary people have mutated... Do you still remember it? Since you didn’t know him, why didn’t you deny it at that time? "
The dreadlocked man's expression only lasted for a short moment in confusion, and then twisted into an almost painful state.
He frowned, as if he was suffering from a severe headache, and murmured: "Because...because he really brought people to build a wall for my house. We drank together, and I lost two games to him at cards."
A fog ball..."
This is all what the bearded uncle said that night.
The hairs on Lin Sanjiu's body stood up: "But, you just said you didn't know him."
If it weren't for her hands to hold it up, the dreadlocks would have almost slid down the wall. "Yes, I don't know him. It was the first time I saw him the night the mutant appeared... but he really came to build me bricks before.
Over the wall. No, I haven't seen him before, and I don't need to build a wall, but I remember that he really came and we played cards together... I don't understand, what is going on? Why are the two opposites?
Are all the things true?"
Lin Sanjiu's fingers loosened their grip on his collar.
She thought of what Batou De said that night - "Since early morning, Guihe has blocked all access to and from Fanjia City... The reason why some ordinary people mutate is still among us."