Shen Shi'an took Shen Xun to search all the places in the hotel where Liu Fangzhou's smell remained. But nothing.
It is obvious that his smell is still active in the hotel, but the person seems to have evaporated out of thin air without a trace.
During the search, it was discovered that several areas in the hotel were tightly guarded. Not only were surveillance cameras installed without dead ends, but there were also people standing guard in turns, including the fifth floor on the top floor.
Because there is no smell of Liu Fangzhou in these places, Shen Shi'an did not approach after noting the location, so as not to startle the snake.
Returning to the suite on the fourth floor, Tao Yuan and the others failed to find any new clues.
Chen Nan remembered one thing: "Brother Shen, didn't people go missing when we were in the cigarette factory? At that time, it was speculated that there were supernatural beings who could 'vaporize' themselves and others into gas, so why? I can’t even find it, will it be the same this time?”
Otherwise, in the secret room with the doors and windows locked, how did such a big living person disappear
Shen Shi'an: "The disappearance of the Ark is definitely related to the supernatural power, but it is not exactly the same as the situation in the tobacco factory." After the supernatural person in the tobacco factory base steamed himself and the two murdered survivors, what was hidden was not only " shape", as well as smell, heartbeat and other traces of life, completely integrated with the air, so Shen Xun, Shen Shi'an and Liu Fangzhou couldn't find each other. The reason why Shen Shi'an was able to win the battle against Zhou Jianghai was firstly because the power of the supernatural power copied by Zhou Jianghai was reduced, and secondly, it was completely relying on the five senses that were strengthened many times with the advancement of the kung fu, so that he could detect the power in the air. small fluctuations.
"Do you still remember the activity route after we entered the hotel yesterday?"
Chen Nan immediately recalled: "First, I walked into the hotel gate, stood at the counter for more than ten minutes, then walked through the lobby and took the elevator into this suite, then went to the restaurant on the second floor for dinner, and finally returned to the suite."
"There are two elevators, A and B," Shen Shi'an said, "We have been taking elevator A. According to normal circumstances, Ark was with us from the beginning to the end, so his smell should only stay in our common range of activities But Xunxun can smell the smell of Ark in the b elevator, the bar lounge inside the hall, including the hot spring sauna room.”
Chen Nan understood: "So the supernatural being who kidnapped Ark couldn't hide his smell. This should be good news for us, right?"
Shen Shi'an nodded: "At present, I can be sure that Ark is still within the range of the hotel, but we don't know what method the other party used so we can't find it. At the same time, I can also be sure of another point, Ark should not be in danger for the time being."
Tao Yuan agreed: "If you really want to kill him, you won't take him running around in the hotel, and you should do it together while Chen Nan and I are unconscious."
Chen Nan's anxious mood calmed down a little: "Then what shall we do next?"
"Wait." Shen Shi'an said, "I still don't know why the other party kidnapped Fang Zhou, and I don't know what they will do next. The best way is to collect information as covertly as possible, while staying still."
He glanced at the pale sky outside the window, took out all kinds of food from the space and piled them on the coffee table: "Everyone, take the time to rest and replenish your strength. There are important tasks to do after dawn."
Manager Yang said that after dawn, the residents of the Ark will be mobilized to help find someone. This is a good time for them to investigate the situation of the base.
Yang Xueqiu said that he wanted to mobilize the residents to find someone, but he did not expect to mobilize most of the residents of the base. After the sun rose, the whole county echoed with shouts of "Where are you, Ark?"
Cooperate with "Welcome to the Ark" interspersed in greeting newcomers! What a wonder.
Chen Nan was very angry: "The cat cries and the mouse pretends to be merciful, and people are obviously hidden in the hotel. This kind of mobilization is simply to divert attention."
Tao Yuan said: "Don't worry about them, the bigger their influence, the better for us."
Taking the opportunity of following the residents to pretend to look for people everywhere, the four of them have already visited the areas allowed to enter the entire base.
Because they accidentally discovered cameras hidden on both sides of the street last night, they paid special attention to various hidden corners where cameras could be installed today.
Some things are like the face hidden behind the crack of the door, if you don't find it, forget it, once you find it, you will be horrified in an instant:
Not only are there cameras installed on the main streets where the four supernatural beings live, but there are more cameras in the residential areas of ordinary survivors, and one can be found every few steps. It has almost reached the point where all-round surveillance is pervasive.
Chen Nan couldn't help feeling cold in his hands and feet: What kind of life is being lived in this so-called ark of the end of the world.
But on second thought, this might be a good thing for them:
First, such high-intensity monitoring shows that people in the base are not united. No matter what the purpose or purpose of this place is, there must be objections among the residents.
Second, it can be officially confirmed that there is no such ability as "Thousand Miles" in the base. Otherwise, it would not be necessary to spend so much effort to monitor. After the virus outbreak, there are zombies everywhere. Just collecting so many cameras may be enough. original capital.
The longer the time, the stronger the sun, and the more unbearable the scorching temperature. Shen Xun didn't sleep all night last night, and at this time he was dozing off in Shen Shi'an's arms, probably because of practicing the exercises, Shen Shi'an had a very comfortable refreshing feeling on his body, and Gou Zijing slept comfortably, hugging him in a daze. He bit his neck and licked it a few times, muttering: "Big watermelon..."
"Well," Shen Shi'an responded, and patted him on the back while carefully observing something: "Remember, I'll eat it for you when I get back."
The cries of the surrounding residents looking for the ark have subsided as the temperature got higher, and some people began to turn back to their residences.
Chen Nan and Tao Yuan leaned over: "Shall we go back to the hotel?" The search operation is about to end, and they have already grasped the general structure and topographic map of the county.
Shen Shi'an didn't speak, and turned sideways to pass a wave of returning residents, and stopped under the shadow of a camphor tree.
Here is a monitoring blind spot.
"Did you find out?" He whispered, his brows furrowed tightly.
"what?"
"The number is wrong."
Tao Yuan and Chen Nan looked at each other, unable to understand what this sentence meant for a while.
"Before we entered the base, Fang Zhou said that there are more than 5,400 people in the base."
"Yes." They all still remember this.
"We walked around the county four times this morning, and the total number of people we met was only about 4,000."
"Perhaps someone stayed home?"
"It's counted," Shen Shi'an said, "including the customers and staff in the hotel."
His five senses can currently perceive a range of about 200 meters, which can be accurate to the sound of breathing and heartbeat. This purely physical perception is affected by buildings or other barriers, but unless the barrier is several meters thick, the effect is limited.
"Including all the people who did not come out of the building, the total number is about 4,000, with an error of no more than 200."
With the scorching sun and the roiling heat wave, both Chen Nan and Chen Nan shuddered: Then, where did the nearly 1,500 people go
Shen Shi'an had a premonition: If he found the whereabouts of these thousand people, he would be able to find Liu Fangzhou.
The key is how to find it.
He patted the child on the back and said softly, "It's time to ask someone who knows the inside story."
Golden Phoenix Hotel is committed to meeting all requirements of guests.
Leaving aside the fact that people disappear at every turn in this hotel, this slogan is not entirely a lie. At least not long after Shen Shi'an asked for "special service", the girl who slipped a note to him in the restaurant last night appeared at the door of the suite.
After inviting people in and sitting on the sofa, Shen Shi'an got straight to the point: "You want us to save you, do you mean taking you out of the base?"
The girl was stunned for a second before she realized: "There is also my sister. My sister is in their hands. If I don't obey, they will kill her. Please save my sister!"
"I don't guarantee that I will be able to do it," Shen Shi'an looked at her, with a gleam in his jade-like eyes, "but I promise that I will do my best. The premise is that you can't lie to us, you must tell us what you know Say everything about here."
The girl's eyes were red, she bit her lips and nodded vigorously.
Chen Nan poured her a glass of water, "Don't be afraid, start slowly from the beginning."
Holding the water glass, the girl quickly cleared her mind: "My name is Xu Ge, and my sister's name is Xu Yao. Our family is a resident of the county town. Before the end of the world, we opened a restaurant in Beicheng District. The flu turned into a zombie, and my sister and I were the only ones left in the family, and other families in the area were in a similar situation."
"Our county is not big, and our economy is almost supported by hot spring tourism. There are a lot of tourists during the peak tourist season in autumn and winter. Usually, there are fewer people in April. When the virus broke out, there were fewer people because of the severe flu epidemic. , the more than 2,000 people who survived united together, and it only took more than half a month to clean up the zombies in the inner city, and blocked the fence and barbed wire. Everything was fine at first, although it was a bit bitter, everyone supported each other. No one expected that group of supernatural beings would appear suddenly."
"There are a lot of them, about five or six hundred, and they have various abilities, all of which are very powerful. They arrested all the aborigines and said that they want to build a Noah's Ark, only if they evolve supernatural abilities and are willing to accept Only those who are ruled by the captain can board the ship, survive the end of the world and become the seeds of the new world."
"What about ordinary people?" Chen Nan couldn't help asking.
"Ordinary people can also board the boat, but they can only exist as 'livestock', providing all services unconditionally, and devoting themselves to satisfying all the needs of the supernatural beings." Xu Ge lowered his head and stared at the cup, probably recalling something, the sound in his voice There is a shadow that cannot be resolved: "There were thirteen supernatural beings among the original residents, three of them were killed by them because of their resistance, six agreed to join, and the remaining four disappeared inexplicably. Baoming was forced to become a slave for them to drive at will, taking on all the labor work in the base; some of them were unwilling to submit but there were other family members, such as me and my sister, who would become hostages to threaten us to obey orders; the others were neither willing to yield nor had anything to threaten them, and they hung them on the city wall and starved to death.”
"Grass!" Chen Nan gritted his teeth tightly, and blue veins exploded on his forehead.
With a childish face, Tao Yuan subconsciously touched the handle of the gun.
Shen Shi'an's eyes were dark, and after Xu Ge took a sip of water, he asked, "Do you know who that captain is?"
Xu Ge shook his head: "I only saw him once from a distance on the night they occupied the county seat, I didn't see what he looked like, and I never saw him come out in normal times. The affairs in the base are usually handled by the first officer, that is, Manager Yang of the hotel is in charge."
"You said that four supernatural beings who were unwilling to surrender were missing. Do you know their whereabouts?"
"I know this. They were locked up with my sister. This is what my sister told me: All the original residents who were taken as hostages and those who disappeared in the base were all locked in one place." Waiting for Chen Nan and others With a smile on his face, Xu Ge asked further, "But I'm not sure where they are locked up. In order for ordinary people like me to be obedient, we can see our family members once a week to confirm that they are still alive. But Before meeting, you must put a cloth bag over your head, and you can only take it off when you get to the place."
Shen Shi'an: "Did you walk there? Do you have any impression of the route? Do you remember any characteristics of the place where people are locked?"
Xu Ge nodded and shook his head: "It's walking, but I went back and forth in many places, and I feel like I've been going in circles. I tried to write down the route, but I couldn't remember it at all. There is nothing special about the place where people are closed. The space is very large, but the area I have seen is limited, only the cell where my sister and other aborigines are locked up, and the door of the cell is surrounded by vines spawned by the supernatural beings, and I can't see other places. Oh yes , the cell should be underground."
A flash of light flashed in Shen Shi'an's mind: "Underground?"
"Well, except for the gate, the other sides of the cell are earthen walls, the walls are very damp, and after staying for a long time, you will feel tightness in your chest." Xu Ge was a little worried: "Did I not help you? "Just knowing what's the use of being underground, the county is so large, it's impossible to dig it all.
"No, you've helped a lot, I think I already know where the people are locked up." Shen Shi'an looked at Chen Nan and the two of them: "Fang Zhou said a word last night: Almost all the people living on our floor are aliens. There are many capable people, but there are also many capable people at the bottom of the hotel."
There are only five floors in the hotel, so Shen Shi'an thought at the time that Liu Fangzhou meant that not only the fourth floor, but also many supernatural beings lived on the first floor of the hotel. I guess Liu Fangzhou himself thought so.
But Liu Fangzhou's ability has a characteristic. He can only sense moving living things, and completely ignores obstacles like buildings. The images sensed in his mind are similar to thermal imaging.
This means that when he uses the ability to sense, he has no detailed concept of the specific floor position of the target. There is only a relative height based on himself, that is, whether the target position is higher or lower than him.
The bottom floor he was talking about was not the first floor, but the underground of the entire hotel. This can explain why his smell is all in the hotel, and why Shen Shi'an can only count more than 4,000 people in the entire base.
Because the remaining 1,500 people, together with Liu Fangzhou, were all imprisoned in the underground prison a few meters below the hotel.
Chen Nan clapped his hands: "This hotel is located in the center of the base, which is obviously the headquarters of those supernatural beings. It makes perfect sense to build the prison under the hotel!"
Tao Yuan: "But where is the entrance? We must know the entrance before we can go in and save people."
Shen Shi'an thought for a while: "There should be more than one entrance. The Ark must have been taken down from somewhere in the hotel, but Xu Ge and the others couldn't have entered from the same entrance. The environment in the hotel is too easy to distinguish. If it goes down inside, then measures like wearing a hood and detours are completely useless."
Xu Ge nodded immediately: "I'm sure I didn't enter the cell from the hotel."
"I don't need to consider the entrance issue for the time being. If it doesn't work, just blow one out." What Shen Shi'an wants to know most now is another thing: "You said that there are more than 2,000 aborigines in total, and there were only five or six people with supernatural powers who established the base at first. Hundreds of people, the total is less than 3,000. But the population we can determine is more than 5,400, are the others all outsiders who accidentally entered the base like us?"
"right."
"How many aborigines are locked underground?"
"About five hundred or so."
According to Shen Shi'an's perception, there are a total of 4,000 people on the ground, which means that there are about 1,500 people locked up underground.
"In other words, the remaining 1,000 prisoners are all outsiders. What is the purpose of imprisoning so many people in this base?"
"I don't know. But I know that ordinary people among the outsiders will either become slaves or be used as plant fertilizers, and those with supernatural powers will either become residents of the ark, or disappear for no reason."
Xu Ge looked up at the three of them, and said quietly, "As long as you walk in, no one can go out."
No one spoke, and the room was silent for a while.
"Squeak."
The sudden sound made Chen Nan almost jump up from the sofa. When he turned around, he found that the bedroom door had been pushed open, and Shen Xun, who had been sleeping all this time, came out in a daze with his dull hair: "... An An?"
Gou Zijing used his sense of smell to work most of the night last night, squinted in Shen Shi'an's arms for a while in the morning, and fell asleep after eating the watermelon after returning.
Shen Shi'an got up and walked over to pick him up, rubbed the fluffy and curly hair on his head, and kissed him on the cheek: "Sleep well?"
Shen Xun tilted his head against Shen Shian's shoulder, rubbing his arms around his neck contentedly, with red lips and white teeth, milky and obedient, like a little angel who just woke up. Just about to whine and whine for a while longer, he suddenly shrugged his nose, looked up and saw Xu Ge who was sitting on the sofa, and immediately said with a hideous face: "Why is she here!!"
Immediately will eat people.
Shen Shi'an patted his butt twice: "Be honest, don't move around, she is here to help us find Fangzhou."
Perhaps it was because the two slaps on the buttocks were comfortable, Gou Zijing really stopped struggling, and returned to the image of a cute little angel, sitting in Shen Shi'an's arms with red ears, hugging one of his arms tightly. hand, and secretly bared his teeth at Xu Ge while no one was paying attention.
The situation in the base was almost understood, and after the three of them carefully asked about other points and what Xu Ge knew about the abilities of the supernatural beings, Shen Shi'an looked at her: "Before us, you asked other supernatural beings for help. ?"
"No. My sister is in their hands, and I can't take any chances."
"Then why did you choose to ask for help now?"
"Because I haven't seen my sister for two weeks." Xu Ge sat on the sofa, holding the water glass so hard that his fingertips were white: "The supernatural being in charge of bringing me to her has been She shirked and refused to let me see her for various reasons. I don't know what happened, I don't know if she is still alive, but I can't wait any longer."
"There were so many supernatural beings in the restaurant yesterday, why did you choose us?"
"Because Manager Yang personally received you." Xu Ge's tone suddenly showed a bit of excitement: "Manager Yang has a very high status in the base, and he only obeys the captain's orders. He personally received you, which means that the captain wants to invite you To be a resident of the ark and to be invited by the captain, your strength must be very high. No matter who you rescue, if my sister and I are exposed, we will definitely not survive. Anyway, we will risk our lives, and of course we must find the most powerful person."
After a pause, he continued: "It's just that I can't figure out one thing. One of your partners is missing, right? If I'm right, you should consider helping me because of this?"
The three did not deny it. "Yes, he disappeared last night."
Xu Ge looked very confused: "Generally, those who disappear in the hotel are 'unqualified' supernatural beings, that is, people who have not passed the screening conditions of the base and cannot become residents of the Ark. But you have obviously been appointed by the captain, so it stands to reason It should not be missing on the first night, but to meet and talk with the captain on the second day. If the results of the talks are not good and no agreement can be reached, then they will disappear.”
Shen Shi'an and Chen Nan looked at each other, then looked at Xu Ge: "You mean, the 'unqualified' people are eliminated on the first night, and the 'qualified' people who are not willing to stay are the turn of the second night. people?"
"Yes, if it's not the second day, it may be the third or fourth day, depending on the outcome of the meeting between you and the captain. If you reach an agreement and are willing to become a resident of the ark, naturally you don't have to go missing."
Tao Yuan asked, "Did everyone disappear at night?"
"Yes, because everyone falls asleep only at night. You should know that there are people in the base who can make other people fall asleep?"
"I guessed it." Shen Shi'an said, "Do you know whose ability this is?"
Xu Ge shook his head: "I don't know. I also discovered this by accident because I went to see my sister at night: as soon as night falls, all people in the base who are affected by the supernatural power will fall into a deep sleep. This ability is impossible to guard against , and I didn’t feel anything abnormal when I woke up the next day.”
She looked at Shen Shi'an and the others, hesitated for a moment and said: "I don't understand why some of you are missing, but since some of you are missing, and you haven't met the captain today, I think it's very likely..."
Tao Yuan took what she hadn't finished saying: "Maybe it's our turn?"
Xu Ge tightened his fingers and nodded.
"If this is the case, it may not be a good thing." Shen Shi'an said.
Chen Nan reacted quickly this time: "Don't you need to find the entrance to the underground prison anymore?"
"That's right."
"Oh." Tao Yuan joked, "Shoot directly into the enemy's lair."
The relaxed atmosphere among the three made Xu Ge's uneasy heart suddenly settle down a bit: Maybe, she really did the right thing in this adventure
When Xu Ge left, Shen Shi'an walked her to the door. Before going out, she turned around and looked at Shen Shi'an, her young face was still covered with thick and gaudy make-up that did not match her age, but her eyes were very bright. After the deliberate enchantment faded away, she was now clear to the bottom: "I don't I know what you are going to do, but if there is something I can help, please don’t worry about it.” After a short pause, “If an accident happens in the end, you can only save one of me and my sister, please. You guys, save her."
When Shen Shi'an returned to the sofa in the living room, Tao Yuan and Chen Nan were discussing the battle plan for tonight. After thinking about it, other places can respond immediately, but the variable of falling asleep is too big.
"It's true that drowsiness can relax the other party's vigilance, but what if we are not imprisoned in the underground prison this time, but are directly stabbed when we come up?" Tao Yuan frowned: "Once drowsy means that there is no ability to resist, There are too many uncontrollable factors.”
Chen Nan asked Shen Shi'an: "Brother Shen, how did you wake up early last night?"
"I didn't wake up in advance, and the ability should be effective for me and Xun Xun. But the problem is not that." Shen Shi'an took out a rubber band and tied a new knot for the child: "The problem is why Fang Zhou is awake. "
Chen Nan was startled: "That's right! Isn't that ability effective for everyone? Why is Ark awake?"
Tao Yuan thought for a while: "Perhaps, the other party woke him up on purpose? This ability should be able to freely control who sleeps and who wakes up. Didn't Manager Yang and the staff in the hotel wake up last night?"
"Why?" Shen Shi'an rubbed the Buddhist beads on his right wrist subconsciously: "According to what Xu Ge said, we are the ones specially 'invited' by the captain to become the residents of the ark. Meet the captain. Since this is the case, wouldn’t it be the best choice to let us all sleep until dawn? Is there any reason to let Fang Zhou wake up alone, or even let him disappear, so as to arouse our hostility and vigilance?"
He originally thought that the other party had some special purpose for the Ark, but after contacting the information he obtained from Xu Ge, since the captain intends to personally invite all of them to become residents, he hastily targeted one of the members, no matter what. Can't explain it either.
A thought flashed in Chen Nan's mind: "So it's just an unexpected variable that Fang Zhou will be awake. He should have been asleep like us!"
Tao Yuan immediately followed his train of thought: "Because Fang Zhou didn't fall asleep, he heard the movement of those people clearing out other outsiders, and was accidentally discovered, so they were cleared together and put in the underground prison!"
"Vase!" Chen Nan stood up excitedly: "The overturned vase on the wooden cabinet! Fang Zhou accidentally overturned it! They all match up!"
"Then there is only one question left."
Shen Shi'an let out a sigh of relief: "Why is the Ark not affected by the ability?"
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