"Let the three of them go. I have extra tickets."
The crying of Wen Hao's family of three suddenly stopped. Bai Wu, who was behind them, walked to the ticket gate with the boat tickets.
The ticket inspector looked at the ticket with a surprised look on his face:
"Are you sure? This is a ticket to the shelter. I don't know how you got such a valuable suite ticket. The way you are dressed makes me look like someone who can get this ticket, but I think you should be able to understand the value of this ticket."
Like other travel cruise ships, the cabins are divided into interior cabins, sea view cabins, balcony cabins and suites.
The grades increase from left to right. The ticket that Bai Wu brought out from the Playing House Manor is a suite ticket, and it is also the best among the suites.
Bai Wu also realized now that there were different levels of tickets. At this moment, he was sure that the shelter plan was not fake from the beginning.
Maybe it was true at the beginning, because only if it was true would these builders try to construct various classes in such a desperate environment.
Perhaps the bathroom in the suite was larger than the entire living room of many passengers. If the cruise ship still existed, it might be a miniature tower.
The ticket inspector seemed to be seeing something strange, as he had seen many people giving up their tickets.
Some people have kind natures, harmonious families are facing separation, and husbands give up their own opportunities to give their wives and children the possibility of survival.
The old man gave up the little time he had left in his twilight years and left hope to the young people who have more time.
But there are also many vote concessions that make people feel sad.
For example, a man gives his ticket to his girlfriend for love, but his girlfriend has actually obtained the ticket from a greasy rich man through sexual transactions, and then the girlfriend gives the extra ticket to another young and handsome man.
After entering the cross-sea bridge, they hugged each other and kissed under the sea breeze and the sunset, making the bootlicker who had nothing for love helpless and furious.
There were many strange things happening during this week, such as giving away and grabbing tickets. When we returned to the cruise ship, many people in the restaurant were talking about these things.
But the ticket inspector had never seen anyone give a ticket to a stranger.
Wen Hao and his family of three looked at Bai Wu in disbelief. Although they were very reluctant, they still decided... to give up the child.
The cruel scene did not happen after all.
Bai Wu did not choose the other two options given by the eyes. Human nature cannot be tested too much. The best way is to use wisdom to resolve resource problems, rather than waiting until there are not enough resources to share and then solve ethical problems.
At least Wenhao's parents love Wenhao, even if this love... can't withstand too many setbacks.
"I'm sure. Stop wasting time and let them go. Take good care of the child and don't waste my ticket."
At this moment, the white fog, under the bright light of the sea, looked like an unreal movie character.
Some people found this scene very touching, while others said in their hearts, "Idiot."
"Benefactor! Benefactor!" Wen Hao's father is called Wen Bin.
Judging from the notes, he was a newspaper employee who had reported many false news in his life, using his pen to confuse right and wrong to cover up many disgusting things.
This kind of thing, which even newspapers dare not write about, happened to him and made him cry with excitement.
“Big brother… thank you…” Tears flowed from Wen Hao’s eyes, and his expression was different from his parents’ reactions.
The child had an expression of relief on his face that was not something a child should have.
Wen Hao has called for help many times here, or in the world of the telephone.
For seven hundred years, no one has been able to rescue him.
Although he still looked like a child, his soul had become twisted due to being abandoned time and time again. Until this moment, he showed the most innocent smile:
"Big brother, can you tell me your name?"
"White mist."
"I will remember big brother. I hope big brother can get the ticket. I will pray for big brother on the cruise ship."
"Don't worry, I still have extra tickets. We will meet on the cruise ship."
Wen Hao was very happy after hearing this. Then he and his parents boarded the cross-sea bridge that he had longed for for seven hundred years.
Bai Wu felt pretty good as he had rarely done something gentle.
But he was sure that it was impossible for him and Wen Hao to meet on the ship.
Only after leaving the world of the phone will the consumed ticket be returned. If you really go to the cruise area, you will not be able to meet Wen Hao.
At least that's what Bai Wu thought.
But as Wujiu has always taught his team members, the world outside the tower cannot be speculated by common sense.
Bai Wu didn't know whether he would really encounter any magical things on the cruise ship.
The scene began to fall apart bit by bit, just like before, like a puzzle falling apart, and the real world began to slowly emerge.
Rarely, a message popped up in my eyes:
Title: Journey on the Sea. Content: The sea breeze on the ship is salty, and the deck is like his school playground. If happiness can stay on the sea, he hopes that the ship will never dock. Author: The poet Ayan. Congratulations on successfully answering a phone call, which is much more perfect than the last two calls. You don't know the significance of answering these calls yet, but you may understand it in the near future.
Bai Wu has long been accustomed to this kind of unclear explanation and is no longer puzzled.
His consciousness returned to reality again, and Bai Wu looked at the time. Only four minutes had passed.
Yin Shuang hasn't woken up yet.
But judging from the readings on her watch, her pain was slowly fading away.
He was very curious. Which bastard’s call did this girl receive, and which bastard tortured her like this
"Exactly four minutes, it seems the time is locked? Speaking of which, Yin Shuang seems to be the same... Could it be that no matter how long I stay in the world of the phone, the real experience is always four minutes?"
Bai Wu found it quite interesting.
"Now it seems that I need to be in a certain emotional state to enter the telephone world? Let me try again."
The magical thing is that when the white fog left the phone booth, the phone booth began to undergo a gradual change that was visible to the naked eye.
Transparency.
Bai Wu looked at the phone booth for more than twenty seconds, and finally became sure that the phone booth was disappearing.
About half a minute later, the place where the telephone booth was originally located was empty.
"I see. It's like eliminating obsessions, so I feel relieved? So these phone booths... are really rows of evil and corrupted ones?"
There is no definite answer yet, and no one knows why these evils have become something as concrete as a telephone booth.
To find out the truth, Bai Wu could only continue to answer the phone.
He carried Yin Shuang on his back and started walking towards the telephone booths in front of him. However, when he took a step and one of the telephone booths disappeared completely, except for the one that Yin Shuang and Bai Wu had entered before, the rest of the telephone booths seemed to have gone "crazy" and started to ring continuously.
It’s like people who have been trapped on a desert island for a long time and finally see a cruise ship in the distance. They wave their hands and shout at the top of their lungs, hoping to be redeemed.
All the telephone booths rang at the same time, filling the entire city street with an eerie noise.
Bai Wu thought about it and since he didn't have any specific target for the time being, he continued to answer the calls in order.
He carried Yin Shuang on his back and walked into the telephone booth opposite. He picked up the receiver and heard a child's voice again.
"My name is Lin Rui... Save them... Save them..."
The person who called for help this time sounded very young. Although he was not a child, he was obviously still a teenager.
What made Bai Wu curious was that this man, who was probably about the same age as himself, was not shouting "Save me" but "Save them".
"How can I help you?"
"Save them... Save them quickly... The evil one is coming to kill us."
Beat the evil ones? I am familiar with this job.
"But the question is how to enter the world of telephone?"
Bai Wu guessed that he should have some emotions and not be too calm.
"Well, we didn't have a deep conversation during the first two phone calls, mainly because I was too emotional. I need to think about... Is there anything else that's worth being sad about?"
Bai Wu began to ponder, and the voice on the phone became more and more urgent, but since Bai Wu was almost immune to all kinds of emotional infections, he was unable to enter the world of the phone.
Then he suddenly thought of his pot.
My biggest regret since entering the tower is this disappointing pot!
The uncomfortable feeling of substitution came over me all of a sudden.
The world in front of my eyes began to peel off like a puzzle again, and then another scene began to be constructed like a puzzle.
When Bai Wu looked around clearly, he found that he and several teenagers were hiding in a bunker.
The word "shelter" is generally used to describe a hiding scene during a battle. At this moment, Bai Wu and a group of young men and women around him were in a shelter - inside a dilapidated office building, hiding from the monster's gaze.
“Shui… Brother Shui, what kind of monster is this? Are we…are we going to die here today?!”
The boy who was speaking was wearing glasses and had a snotty nose. He was obviously scared and crying, with tears and snot coming out together.
Brother Shui is tall and strong, with blond hair and holding a baseball bat. Judging from his appearance alone, he seems to be the best fighter in the group.
Bai Wu found himself in a corner, which was actually very similar to the previous scene, with almost no one paying attention to him. He was quite far away from everyone, but with his companion power and extraordinary vision, he could hear and see these people clearly.
From the notes given by the Eye of Prell, Bai Wu discovered that these people were all students. They were senior high school students at Food City Third Experimental Middle School.
Then he saw Lin Rui.
Title… Forget it, I don’t have any inspiration this time, I’ll write a poem next time. Congratulations on finding this inconspicuous protagonist, a boy who likes to read hot-blooded comics but is not very hot-blooded. The girl he likes is liked by the school bully, so he comforts himself, “She doesn’t like me anyway.” When he is bullied, he will explain to himself: It doesn’t matter, the world is still peaceful, I just got beaten. His parents will worry that he has no future, but he always feels in his heart that the world will not suddenly be destroyed, and he can survive even if he becomes a tea server in the future. From childhood to adulthood, he has been muddling along, believing in some childish things in his mind. You will soon know what his obsession is.
This... is a very ordinary child. Even his hairstyle is so ordinary, the kind of short hair that teachers and parents let their children have. The clothes he wears are also very rustic.
"Shh! Keep your voice down! What if this monster finds us? Fei Bo, stick your head out and take a look at where the monster is now!"
Fat Wave has no waves, it's just very fat.
This Hong Kong-style name for fat people is very common. Bai Wu noticed Fei Bo's reluctance.
There were eleven people in the group, four girls and seven boys. Lin Rui's eyes would occasionally glance at a girl.
The girl's name is Cheng Shishi.
Cheng Shishi's comments are also very interesting:
Although Lin Rui comforted himself every time, as long as she was happy, how could he convince himself just because he knew the truth? Do you know how pure the middle school students were back then? They didn't even dare to have sexual fantasies about the girls they liked, thinking that it was a kind of defilement~ Oh, I laughed like an octopus.
Bai Wu understood the white moonlight in Lin Rui's heart.
Speaking of which, this was indeed Lin Rui's illusion. He was clearly looking at the girl, but he was indirectly introducing Lin Rui.
He doesn't know yet how the story will develop.
However, what is certain is that Wen Hao will not survive the night when he is abandoned by his parents, because he heard the sound of Edo biting. Edo is already approaching the port of Food City, and his fear will guide Edo to come.
Lin Rui and this group of kids... probably the same.
Lin Rui will die here, but the question is, after I save him, will I be able to complete the mission perfectly and eliminate his obsession
The evil creature was slowly approaching, and it was huge in size. Through enhanced vision, Bai Wu discovered that it was an evil creature with a body shape very similar to a lizard. From a distance, it looked like a smaller version of Godzilla.
Fei Bo stuck his head out, but immediately saw the evil one running towards him smelling the scent of fear.
This is a level four mutant evil creature. Its mutation level is not high and it is not a human being. It instinctively preys on living things in the city.
Such evil can be seen every day in this era, except that people used to be able to use weapons, but later they gradually discovered that weapons seemed to have lost their effectiveness.
Hearing the monster's footsteps, the man called Shui Ge was so scared that he almost dropped the bat in his hand:
"Go! Run!"
He started running, and everyone else, including Lin Rui, also started running.
Bai Wu saw that if the plot continued like this... all of these people would die.
It seems that the mission this time is just to save people, which is relatively simple.
But just when Bai Wu was about to appear, the clumsy Lin Rui suddenly turned around.
This ordinary boy has been ordinary and cowardly all his life, but when he found out that the target of this lizard monster was the white moonlight in his heart, he suddenly stopped.
He was so frightened that his legs were shaking, but he kept making loud noises, trying to attract the monster's attention.
At this moment, Bai Wu discovered that everything in his eyes slowed down, as if everything in front of him and this moment in history began to overlap and appear.
A second later, Lin Rui would have half of his head bitten off by the lizard, which was chewing on the boy's blessing to the girl and his inner regret.
The others thought they were saved, but in the end none of them survived.
This scene actually happened in the streets of Food City seven hundred years ago.
The young students organized themselves together and scoured the city for food, but eventually encountered the Evil Dead, who killed them all.
Lin Rui will die. The most glorious moment of his life is when he suddenly stops running and goes to attract the monster's attention alone. The white moonlight in his heart may not even look at him.
Before he died, he didn't even have time to say "Cheng Shishi, I love you", he just screamed and cried.
It’s time to take action, Bai Wu thought.
But just as he was about to make a move, he saw this ordinary boy take out a mask.
The mask had a smiling face that he was very familiar with.
He once wore this mask and broadcast live outside the tower. Even earlier, there was another person wearing this mask, fighting against the evil and protecting the people in the city.
Bai Wu suddenly realized that this was what the eyes mentioned - "believing in some childish things in the mind" meant.
A few years ago in this city, there was a masked monster who was hunting down evil. Although he became a villain in the eyes of the Security Bureau, in the eyes of many young people, the masked monster was a hero.
But later, this weirdo disappeared... He disappeared completely, as if he had never existed.
Many people even doubted whether the masked man was real or just a made-up fantasy, like the little girl's matches.
More and more people are doubting the existence of the masked man. When he was at his most popular, even in the apocalyptic era, there were comics and posters about him, as well as novels and stories.
But now, no one has collected these things. There has never been a savior in this world... There may be some young men who are passionate and hard to cool down, but what can they do when facing the end of the world
Only Lin Rui firmly believed in the existence of the masked man. He always wore the smiley mask and was mocked by many people for being childish over the years.
Brother Shui took out the comic book of the masked monster in the schoolbag and publicly executed him, mocking Lin Rui for being so childish when he was only sixteen or seventeen years old.
Lin Rui is like those silly kids who are mocked for not existing Ultraman but insist that Ultraman is real.
Until the moment of death, this young man still had the heart of a child.
"The masked man is not fake, he just... went to guard another place. One day... he will come to save us all!"
The boy cried loudly because he was afraid of death, put on a mask, and stood between the lizard and his classmates in a embarrassed and brave manner, welcoming the last moment of his life.
At the same time, another man in the corner also put on a mask.
(This chapter was originally planned to be finished at 5 o'clock to prevent theft, but my body can't last until 4 or 5 o'clock... It's very tiring to think up these stories, I hope you can get into it.)