Ning Gu hesitated for a long time on whether to tell the head of the group by approaching the Bay of Tongue several hundred meters inward, and finally chose to remain silent.
If it was in the past, for such a major event, he would definitely risk being hung up on the bell tower, and he would have to notify the head of the group as soon as possible.
But now, apart from Nail, who disappeared, and Lian Chuan, who had a clear interest in him, he no longer knew who else he could trust.
He can't let people know that he went to Tongwan, especially after knowing that there is a broken voice in Tongwan.
The traveler has a patrolling team, and there is no need for him to report the Tongwan matter, and the head of the group will know it soon.
This is the only reason Ning Gu can use to comfort himself.
But even though he was so depressed and entangled, Ning Gu still fell asleep on the floor of the crazy uncle's hut.
He woke up again because Lian Chuan kicked him, and when he opened his eyes, he heard a distant bell.
"What's that sound?" Lian Chuan asked.
"The guards gather," Ning Gu sat up, and ran to the door, "The last time we gathered was when a large number of aborigines suddenly appeared in the metal cemetery."
"Now?" Lian Chuan asked.
"Because of the tongue." Ning Gu glanced at him.
"What else is in Tongwan?" Lian Chuan also looked at him.
Ning Gu didn't answer right away.
"Don't lie to me," Lian Chuan said, "I will know everything you know, or I will let you die next time."
Ning Gu frowned, and said after a while: "Your words are too restrictive, everyone who wants to say shut up after hearing this."
Lian Chuan still looked at him.
"I'm not telling you because I'm afraid of death, I don't care if I die or not," Ning Gu said, "We travelers..."
"You care." Lian Chuan said.
"Are you me? Self-confidence is fine, don't be self-confident." Ning Gu clicked his tongue, "Although I..."
"Don't hide it." Lian Chuan didn't answer his words, and repeated it again.
Ning Gu originally wanted to say a few words, but was pushed back instantly, almost lost his train of thought.
When Lian Chuan uttered another word, he wanted to raise his right hand to see if his ability could collapse. In short, put on the posture first.
But Lian Chuan actually shut up.
"Tongue Bay is the closest border of the ghost town, but no one knows what's there," Ning Gu said. "The fog in Tongue Bay is the thickest. When the wind blows, there is a place where the fog rolls up like a tongue, so It’s called Tongue Bay.”
"En." Lian Chuan responded.
"When I went yesterday, the tongue was gone. The thickest fog in the bay of the tongue pressed forward. The tongue was almost hundreds of meters away, and the whole thing was gone." Ning Gu frowned, "The leader and Li Xiang took me to Before that, Tongwan swallowed his tongue in just one day."
"Where did they take you?" Lian Chuan asked.
"Boundary," Ning Gu looked at him, "it's full of travelers... bodies."
"Is it complete?" Lian Chuan didn't seem surprised.
Of course, no one could tell that he was surprised, except the first time he heard that he was called Little Trumpet.
"The leader said that they are not dead, but they will never wake up..." Ning Gu stopped in the middle of speaking, and after a while he expressed his guess in disbelief, "Those will not be... materials Bar?"
Lian Chuan didn't speak.
When the head of the group set off for Tongwan with his people, he passed by Uncle Crazy's hut far away.
Ning Gu didn't go out, he would definitely follow this kind of thing in the past, even if he didn't have the ability, he still wanted to do something, even if it was just to join in the fun.
But today he didn't even go out the door, and he didn't even stick to the crack of the door to look over there.
After Lian Chuan told others that they had already left, he put on his coat and goggles, put the monkey's paw against his belly, opened the door and walked out.
"You are right here..." Lian Chuan interrupted before finishing speaking.
"Yeah." Lian Chuan leaned back on the recliner and closed his eyes.
I'll bring you something to eat and drink when I get back.
Ning Gu opened his mouth to say another word.
"En." Lian Chuan replied again.
Ning Gu slammed the door shut.
Both the head of the group and Li Xiang have left the shelter, now it is a suitable opportunity to go to Lin Fan.
Moreover, a large number of trips followed to Tongwan. Ning Gu could avoid many conflicts when passing through the shelter all the way. Although Lian Chuan had reached a consensus to stay, as long as he did not cause trouble, no one would trouble him.
But in comparison, Ning Gu, who has a personal relationship with Lian Chuan, is even more unacceptable as a "traitor".
Ning Gu tried his best to choose the route with few people, and walked towards Lin Fan's hut.
The road would pass by his own hut.
He glanced there from a distance, the hut was still the same, the collapsed ruins had not been cleaned up, travelers are not very good at cleaning these things, the hut will be blown down by the wind, it will be knocked down by the ability of the fight, even It will be trampled down when many people gather, and there is no need to clean it up at all, just find a place to build another one.
However, not only did his hut look like it hadn't been cleaned up, but even the little things inside didn't show signs of being searched for.
That's not the style of travellers.
This is how the travelers express their dissatisfaction with Ning Gu.
We don't want to pick up your things.
Ning Gu sighed, and planned to ask Lin Fan for a bag later, and when he came back, he would look through it and pick up all his precious gadgets.
Half of Lin Fan's hut is underground, so it's not obvious from a distance.
The door of the hut was closed and no light came through.
Ning Gu approached, only to see that the door suddenly lit up.
"It's me, Ning Gu." He said.
The door of the hut opened, Ning Gu entered, went down a short flight of stairs, and saw Lin Fan sitting next to a table, which was full of papers and books.
This was the first time he entered Lin Fan's hut, and there were probably not many travelers in the whole ghost town.
Otherwise, I would be surprised and tell people everywhere that I have never seen so many papers, let alone so many books.
There was almost no place to stay in Lin Fan's hut, and there were piles of books everywhere.
"Do you like reading very much?" Ning Gu asked.
"Otherwise, what's the fun?" Lin Fan said.
"Play around, the ghost town is so big, you can go around for a day." Ning Gu casually picked up a book on the ground next to him, flipped through it, it was all words, except for the page number, he basically didn't know it, but ... The corner of the paper I picked up in the bay of the tongue has a similar feel to it, both of which are a little yellowed, and feel brittle when pinched.
"The leader's education for you is really successful." Lin Fan said.
Ning Gu put down the book and looked at him: "What do you mean?"
"Why do you think you can't read?" Lin Fan asked, "Is it because you don't want to learn, or is there no one to teach you?"
Ning Gu has never thought about this problem. There are no written things in the ghost town, and few travelers can read...
But it is clear that Lin Fan has so many words here.
It's just that no one knows.
"The head of the group doesn't want me to learn how to read," Ning Gu said, "Is that right?"
"He wants to protect you." Lin Fan said.
"Can you protect me if you don't know how to read?" Ning Gu felt that this reason was too weak.
"You came to see me, what's the matter?" Lin Fan didn't answer his question.
"Who is that person in the Bay of Tongue?" Ning Gu went straight to the point, "What did you do in the Bay of Tongue? Why is the black circle on Lian Chuan's neck your ability?"
Lin Fan sat motionless, and did not respond after listening to his words.
It took a long time before he seemed to be startled suddenly, and looked up at him: "Have you entered the bay of tongue?"
"What are you pretending to be!" Ning Gu was speechless.
"I knew you would find out one day," Lin Fan said slowly, "He can't be held by a chain. If he is here today, he will be there tomorrow. There will always be children who will help him push the black iron stake."
kid.
That dark shadow also used the term.
"Why do you think I will tell you?" Lin Fan said, "You have never talked to me since you were young."
"I found that you and the leader are not of the same mind," Ning Gu said, "He won't let me go to the main city, you let me go, and you want to say what he doesn't want to tell me several times."
Lin Fan glanced at him: "The leader and Li Xiang are life and death friends with me."
"What I said is also true." Ning Gu said.
"The old ghost is the only mixed blood in the ghost city." Lin Fan said.
"Half-race?" Ning Gu didn't understand.
"He is a traveler who has integrated aboriginal people in his body," Lin Fan looked at him, "ghost towns and shelters were snatched from the aborigines by the original traveler, countless battles, countless dead companions, He's the only traveler who won't be attacked because of the infection, and has all the abilities of an aborigine to survive in the dark."
The history of the ghost town is just a vague and incomplete dictation for all travelers born in the ghost town. No one knows the details of the bitter battle back then.
"Why does he know me?" Ning Gu asked.
"Why don't you know?" Lin Fan suddenly had an inexplicable sadness on his face. "He is also a life-and-death friend who fought all the way from the main city. Of course, the leader will talk to him about the ghost city."
"A friend of life and death," Ning Gu felt his hands trembling, "So that's how you treat your friend of life and death, tie him to your tongue, and use him as a living target for your experimental subjects! A friend of life and death? Is it really a friend of life and death? pay."
"Compared to the main city," Lin Fan said, "the team leader didn't do too much."
"Head did it?" Ning Gu stared at him, "Isn't it you! I dare not tell the truth with me, and you want to push all the responsibility to your life-and-death acquaintance?"
Lin Fan tilted his head and looked at him.
"Look at your grandfather!" Ning Gu continued to stare at him.
"I opposed it from the beginning," Lin Fan said, "I didn't participate in it from the beginning."
Ning Gu was stunned.
"You guessed it right, the leader and Li Xiang are not of the same mind," Lin Fan said, "What they are going to do is something I don't want to see, but they are not wrong either."
"What are you farting?" Ning Gu couldn't understand.
"Some people think that the exit will definitely appear, and they will escape if they find the exit at all costs. The leader thinks that he can leave with his companions." Lin Fan stood up and walked slowly in front of him. "Some people think that everything is just An irreversible cycle, once the cycle starts, it will not stop, no matter whether there is an exit, someone will either be left behind, or choose to stay, and those who stay here must live on.”
When Ning Gu heard these words, he felt that he should take Lian Chuan to eavesdrop outside.
His mind had started to stall.
"Ning Gu, you have to ask the head of the group about something. You have to hear what he said and what I said," Lin Fan said, "The collapse may have already begun... But what path to choose is up to you, not Anyone can arrange you, and you should not obey any arrangement."
When returning to Crazy Uncle's hut, Ning Gu canceled his plan to drop by his hut to pick up things. He was not in the mood anymore and just took some food and water from Lin Fan.
Lian Chuan was still leaning on the recliner, but did not sleep.
"Eat?" Ning Gu threw the bag on the table.
"Not hungry yet." Lian Chuan replied.
Ning Gu didn't say any more, he stuffed himself with food, filled another bottle of water, wiped his mouth, and stood beside the table without moving.
"Who is that person in Tongwan?" Lian Chuan helped him start.
Ning Gu was finally drawn back to Lin Fan's words because he felt full after eating.
However, when Lian Chuan listened to him talking about these things, he was still as calm as ever, and his focus was obviously different from his.
"Are there many books at Lin Fan?" Lian Chuan asked.
"Yes," Ning Gu nodded, "There are a lot of them, all piled up in the house."
"What book?" Lian Chuan asked.
"...an old book." Ning Gu answered with difficulty.
Lian Chuan turned to look at him.
"I don't know what kind of book it is! I don't know how to read!" Ning Gu was a little annoyed, "I knew the paper was yellow and brittle. I picked up a book, and when I put it back, it was cracked where I touched it. , I didn’t dare to let him find out... Anyway, the new paper should be very white, just like the notebook we exchanged in Lost Valley, isn’t it very white?”
"En." Lian Chuan responded.
"Why do you ask this?" Ning Gu asked.
"Where do you get the books in the ghost town?" Lian Chuan said, "There is no record that travelers took books away from the main city. It was impossible to take books with them during the expulsion battle like that, and the main city also has such old books. rarely seen."
"The book was found in the ghost town." Ning Gu said.
"Why are there so many old books in a place like a ghost town?" Lian Chuan got up, picked up a bottle of water, and took a sip.
"How long does it take for a new book to become such an old book?" Ning Gu frowned.
"A long time." Lian Chuan said.
Ning Gu stared at him, and didn't wait for the next sentence: "So you can answer nonsense?"
"Why does Lin Fan think that the people left after the collapse can survive?" Lian Chuan said.
Ning Gu suddenly felt a little difficult to breathe: "Because he is here... found the book of the main city of the previous generation?"
"Crazy Uncle still has tea leaves that don't exist at all," Lian Chuan said. "After generations collapse, there will always be something left, something can stay, and it's not impossible for people to survive."
"I suddenly remembered something," Ning Gu pointed at Lian Chuan, "It's in the main city, you..."
"Don't point at me." Lian Chuan said.
Ning Gu paused, then poked his chest twice quickly with his fingers: "Who is Fan Lu?"
"A certain captain," Lian Chuan said, "is friends with the boss."
"Is there anything strange about him?" Ning Gu asked.
"I'm drunk every day, so the whole person is very strange." Lian Chuan replied.
"Crazy Uncle looks very similar to him," Ning Gu said, "Although Crazy Uncle has a beard covering his face, their eyes are exactly the same. It is impossible to have such a similar person, right?"
"Well." Lian Chuan said, "Unless..."
"Unless it's the same as me, there are four more," Ning Gu pointed at himself, "You see, I don't mind being pointed at."
"Does Lin Fan have anything to do with Uncle Crazy?" Lian Chuan asked.
"Both of them are alone, but who knows?" Ning Gu said.
"If Lin Fan finds the previous book," Lian Chuan took another sip of water, "and finds that Uncle Crazy..."
The hairs on Ning Gu's back were startled. Only then did he realize that Lian Chuan was following his own speculation, and quickly reminded him: "Do you think what I said is possible? I just mentioned it casually."
"That's why he would object to the leader paying such a high price to compete with the main city for exit," Lian Chuan put down the bottle, "he thinks there is another chance to survive."