The daylight in the main city is already very dark, and after a while, the street lights will be turned on, and the night in the main city will begin.
Lei Yu sat in front of the screen in his office, motionless for several hours.
Outside the window is the yard of the headquarters of the liquidation team, which is much more comfortable than the offices of the Ministry of Internal Defense, where most of them are buried deep underground.
But today he was less inclined to look out the window.
The boss has been squatting on Lianchuan's A01 for several hours. The boss has been sitting in the car for as long as he has been sitting in the office.
Everyone who walks by it bows their heads and hurried past.
Lian Chuan entered the Valley of Lost Way.
All the members of the cleaning team already knew about this matter, and the memory is preserved.
Minister Chen made a proposal half an hour ago, if Lian Chuan didn't come back, should he consider resetting the team members' memories, but this proposal was rejected by both the city affairs and the internal defense.
It is too difficult to erase Lian Chuan from the memory. Lian Chuan has planted himself deeply in everyone's memory with a powerful mental power beyond the reach of others and a force value that surpasses all internal defense members, and forcibly recreates the memory of Lian Chuan. setting may cause serious bugs.
Sometimes Lei Yu wonders if Lian Chuan is fighting against the fate arranged for him by the main city in this way, even if one day he is replaced and disappears, he will be a legend that the main city will never erase .
The boss is waiting for Lian Chuan to come back.
Every team member is waiting for Lian Chuan to come back.
But except for the boss, maybe everyone already has some kind of hopeless and pessimistic answer in their hearts.
Lost Valley is a paradise for bats, a refuge for travelers, and a dreamland for exiles, but it is a place of no return for all those who carry information about the armed forces of the main city.
Can't wait for Lian Chuan to come back.
Here are the answers from the players.
Lei Yu got up, opened the office door and walked out.
He knew that in the depths of the City Hall and the Ministry of Internal Defense at this time, someone would be discussing another issue.
It is possible to lose Ninggu. If Lian Chuan cannot bring Ninggu back, what should be done next.
When passing by the boss, Lei Yu stopped for a moment and looked at it: "Would you like to go to my house for something to eat?"
The boss shook his ears and turned his head away. The impatience in his body language was obvious, as if he wanted to shake his voice out of his ears.
"I'll let you know if I have any news." Lei Yu put a communicator on the front of the car, as well as a transmitter, "You take this too, wait...you will need it when Lian Chuan comes back."
This is the transmitter used by Lian Chuan to communicate with it. It was found at the exit of Lost Valley together with Lian Chuan's equipment and exoskeleton.
The boss turned around, took the transmitter from the front of the car, put it on the seat, and stepped on it with his hind legs.
Lei Yu didn't know if he wanted to go home, and when he went home and faced Chunsan, could he not resist asking about things that he couldn't touch and shouldn't try to touch.
Chunsan works in the City Affairs Department. On the surface, she is responsible for the operation of the education system, but her work needs to be kept secret. She is the core technician of the non-standard project.
But both Lei Yu and she knew it well, he knew it, she knew it and he knew it.
For so many years, they have tacitly never discussed these things with each other.
Lei Yu only thought about cleaning up the team, and tried his best to protect every player under the pressure he could bear, although he often seemed a bit ruthless because of his inability to do what he wanted.
What Chun San thought about was the future of the main city.
"I'm not in the mood today," Chunsan sat at the table, rubbing his hands gently on his forehead, "Shall we eat rations?"
"It's fine." Lei Yu took off his coat, went to stand behind her, and gently squeezed her head, "Is there any news?"
"No news," Chunsan said, "I just got home, and all the scans in the four districts of the main city are working full-time. Except for the equipment at the entrance, there is no trace of him at all. It can only be said that he has never come out."
"What's the relationship between Ning Gu and Qi Hang?" Lei Yu asked directly without probing, and there was no need to detour between him and Chun San.
"That can't be said." Chunsan replied.
Lei Yu didn't ask any more questions. Before, he could speculate that Ning Gu and Qi Hang might not really be related, and that being able to activate the same weapon could also be explained by Ning Gu himself.
But what Chunsan said now is equivalent to telling him that these two people are related.
Although he needs to know what kind of relationship these two people are in order to further judge Lian Chuan's safety, he can't ask any more questions directly.
"Where is Qi Hang?" He asked another question.
"Don't keep asking me questions that I can't answer," Chunsan smiled, picked up a white square from the plate on the table, and handed it back to him, "Can this block your mouth?"
Lei Yu also smiled.
After being silent for a while, Chunsan sighed softly: "Actually, we already knew that such a day would come. Chuan is different from others. He exists to destroy."
"He is indeed a different child." Lei Yu said.
"Do you still remember when he was a child, he had so many questions?" Chunsan leaned back, resting his head on Lei Yu's stomach, "No other children think so much like him. He asked me, those who were destroyed Where have all the people gone, I don't know how to answer... "
"I was too young at that time, I was afraid that he wouldn't understand." Lei Yu's heart moved.
"I remember he has been pestering you for a long time." Chunsan smiled, and there was a thin twinkle in the corner of his eyes.
They would turn to ashes and dissipate into the air.
So are they gone or will they continue to exist
I don’t know, but the body has indeed disappeared and does not exist anymore.
What about thoughts? What about mental strength? Those people and things they remember don’t exist anymore
Why don't you ask children's questions... These, maybe, will always be there, somewhere.
A maze like Lost Valley is very unfriendly to those entering for the first time.
…not very friendly to second-timers.
Ning Gu led Lian Chuan through the only trading hall he knew, carefully avoiding Huanghuayan, randomly picked a tunnel where travelers walked in, and followed into it.
But the other side still had the same layout, and after passing through the big cave hall twice, Lian Chuan stopped.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"I don't know," Ning Gu turned around. He heard doubts from Lian Chuan's question, which made people uncomfortable. Although the doubts were very reasonable, he still raised his chin, "You have to know the way. Go ahead and lead the way."
"You are walking in." Lian Chuan said.
"Really?" Ning Gu looked around. He didn't like Lian Chuan quite much, but he wasn't a stickler. In this case, he was willing to humbly ask Lian Chuan, who hated him, "What does Lian Chuan mean here?"
"Deep in the Valley of Lost Way." Lian Chuan said.
"How do you know?" Ning Gu asked sincerely, he really didn't feel that there was anything around him that could judge the direction.
Lian Chuan didn't answer, he touched the bag containing his belongings, and then flicked his finger, a small disc flew out from his finger and landed on the table at the door of a trading hut next to him.
The cargo owner, who was sleeping on the edge of the table, raised his head, and his eyes were not fully opened when he picked up the small wafer like a fly.
"Book, pen." Lian Chuan said.
The owner of the goods did not speak, and quickly pulled out a box from under the table and opened it, and took out a notebook and two black pencils from it.
"Are there other colors?" Ning Gu asked beside him.
The owner threw a small box on the table: "Red and yellow."
"Don't be black." Ning Gu said.
The owner put the black pen back into the box, took two pens, one red and one yellow, and threw them to him.
After leaving the trading hut, Lian Chuan took the notebook and walked to the corner of a small cave hall with few people before squatting down and putting the notebook on the ground.
"What did you exchange paper and pen with him just now?" Ning Gu was a little curious.
Hyenas are different. They can find things that can be traded in Lost Valley, and they won't fight because of disagreement over the price.
"Universal currency." Lian Chuan said.
"Oh." Ning Gu remembered what Hammer said, if you have the common currency of the main city, you can also buy it.
"Give me a pen." Lian Chuan stretched out his hand.
Ning Gu looked at the pen in his hand and gave him the red one.
When Lian Chuan opened the notebook, he was suddenly a little embarrassed, and quickly squatted down, covering the top of the notebook with his hand: "Wait a minute."
Lian Chuan looked at him.
"What are you going to write?" Ning Gu asked.
"Don't write," Lian Chuan said, "draw."
"... Oh." Ning Gu heaved a sigh of relief and took his hand away.
Lian Chuan lowered his head and flipped through the notebook. It was an old used notebook full of messy things. It roughly looked like a notebook used by a child who was distracted in class. Lian Chuan found a blank page and started to draw from the lower right corner. .
Ning Gu was still waiting for him to say "Is it illiterate", as long as Lian Chuan dared to ask, he dared to scold him.
But Lian Chuan didn't ask. This person seems to regard thinking and language as a resource that cannot be wasted, and he doesn't easily export a single word.
He drew a passage from the lower right corner, followed by a circle, and then several passages, but only a small section was drawn, and only one was completed.
Ning Gu was a little dazed looking at it. Although this is not a real painting, I have to say that even if it is a circle, the things drawn by Lian Chuan are more round than those drawn by Crazy Uncle.
It's a pity that although the pen is red, the core is still black, not a colorful pattern.
After Lian Chuan finished drawing a bunch of circles and passages, he drew a long line in the middle, with arrows on it, and threw the notebook in front of him: "This is the route we took to get here. everywhere."
"Ah." Ning Gu picked up the notebook and was a little surprised. Lian Chuan drew all the passages and trading huts in each cave hall, "How did you write it down?"
"I wrote it down in my head." Lian Chuan said.
Ning Gu didn't expect him to be able to talk like that, clicked his tongue twice, then stared at him again: "No wonder, I don't have that thing."
"Are you going to go further?" Lian Chuan asked.
"Go deeper," Ning Gu looked at the book, "the last time I came, I saw a layer of holes, going down, I don't know how many layers, how deep, but I didn't see it last time. Where it can go down, it is estimated that there are some stairs or passages further inside."
"Is it necessary?" Lian Chuan asked.
"Is it necessary to write data?" Ning Gu said, "Of course it's not necessary. You can definitely find it on this level."
Lian Chuan didn't speak.
"Aren't you curious?" Ning Gu asked, "Why did you faint just now?"
Why did you faint
have no idea.
But the second before he fainted, Lian Chuan felt it.
He couldn't describe this feeling, just like the first time he felt that Ning Gu was spying on his thoughts.
He can't even be sure whether what he sees, hears, and feels is still real, and whether it has been distorted by some force.
He could only draw a perhaps inaccurate inference from these feelings.
The powerful function left in the Lost Valley without knowing when, the powerful function that restricted the main city's armed forces from entering the Lost Valley, is some kind of spiritual power.
Or rather, someone, someone who was destroyed, who disappeared...
But when Ning Gu faced this force, he didn't respond as if nothing had happened.
"Is that a tavern?" Ning Gu suddenly pointed to the front, "I heard that you can drink here."
Lian Chuan had already seen a liquor license hanging outside the trading hut in front, so he replied with certainty: "No."
"No?" Ning Gu was a little skeptical, "I could smell it, is it wine on the sign?"
"No." Lian Chuan replied.
"Then tell me what that word is." Ning Gu said.
"Water." Lian Chuan said.
"Do you think I look like a fool?" Ning Gu pointed at his own face and leaned in front of him.
"Aren't you brainless?" Lian Chuan said.
"...Yes, I almost forgot." Ning Gu nodded and turned around in a circle, feeling that his anger was almost blowing out from his nostrils.
Just as I was thinking of going into that hut to have a look, several people came out from inside.
Ning Gu saw Sister Qi walking in the front at a glance, quickly covered his face with his hands, turned around and pushed Lian Chuan away: "Go, Sister Qi recognizes..."
"Ning Gu!" Sister Qi had already seen him, and shouted in shock.
Ning Gu pretended not to hear, and ignored Lian Chuan, and rushed forward with his head buried.
"Stand!" Sister Qi still suppressed her voice, "Why are you here!"
Ning Gu looked around nervously, looking for something that could lift him off the ground. Sister Qi's ability is stronger than that of a hammer, and she doesn't have to have a solid ground...
But two seconds later, he realized he was fine.
Turning around, he was surprised to find that the people behind him were all gone.
Sister Qi has been stuck on the wall next to her by Lian Chuan holding her throat with one hand, and several travelers are surrounding them without daring to move.
"What are you doing!" Ning Gu rushed over and grabbed Lian Chuan's hand, "Let go!"
Lian Chuan glanced at him, then at Sister Qi, and let go of the fingers pressing her throat: "Are you going to take him away?"
"Why should I take him away! I'm free!" Sister Qi coughed twice.
"Best." Lian Chuan said.
Sister Qi didn't care about anything else, she turned her head and stared at Ning Gu: "Why are you with the hyena? Did you threaten you!"
"No, I have my own things to do, he is my bodyguard now." Ning Gu felt helpless, Lian Chuan could be recognized as a hyena no matter what.
He grabbed Lian Chuan's wrist and pulled it again, but found that Lian Chuan's arm was like a locked machine, motionless.
Maybe it's really a robot, Ning Gu thought of the deep cracks in the ground outside Lost Valley where Lian Chuan kicked.
"Bodyguard?" Sister Qi was a little shocked, "Hyena will be your bodyguard?"
"He has something in my hands." Ning Gu glanced at Lian Chuan, "Let go, are you going to break the deal?"
Lian Chuan let go.
Sister Qi rubbed her neck, stared at Lian Chuan, then turned to look at Ning Gu: "Who knows you're here?"
After speaking, he turned back and stared at Lian Chuan.
"No one knows," Ning Gu said, "You better not know either."
"Fart your fart! Where else can you go except the main city after running out of the ghost town!" Sister Qi said, "What do you have to do?"
"I can't say it." Ning Gu said.
"Choose whoever you can talk about," sister Qi leaned on his shoulder, and asked softly next to his ear, "Is this person Lian Chuan?"
"No," Ning Gu said immediately, he couldn't let the leader know that he was with Lian Chuan, "his name is... Xiao Trumpet."
Sister Qi and the travelers next to her were stunned, and even Lian Chuan, who had been calm all this time, turned his head, his expressionless face was startled.
Sister Qi burst into wild laughter, patting him on the shoulder and laughing so hard that she couldn't straighten up: "Xiaogu, do you think that people in the main city are just like us, just give them random names and know who they are? "
"What's your name?" Ning Gu turned to look at Lian Chuan.
Lian Chuan knew that Ning Gu didn't want the group leader to know who he was with. If he knew, the travelers in the ghost town would squeeze into Lost Valley to find someone if there was a car next time.
So... Although the name made him feel inexplicable, he calmly replied: "Little Trumpet."
"Did you hear that?" Ning Gu looked at Sister Qi.
Sister Qi couldn't stand laughing, and waved her hand at him: "I don't care about so many nosy things, and the leader didn't tell me to keep an eye on you..."
"Then I'm leaving." Ning Gu turned his head and left after speaking, stopped after taking two steps, and pointed at the liquor license, "Is there alcohol there?"
"Ouch!" Sister Qi's eyes widened when she heard this, and she turned and ran away.
Several travelers followed her and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
"This is a tavern," Ning Gu was very proud, "The head of the group doesn't allow travelers to drink. Seeing how frightened she is, she must have drank."
Lian Chuan didn't speak.
"I'll just take a sip," Ning Gu walked towards the hut, "Come on, little trumpet."