Qiandu Commercial Plaza, Xicheng District, Houniao City.
3:30 p.m.
Lin Mo was wearing headphones and holding an ice cream cone in his hand, eating it with gusto.
Diagonally opposite it is the 'Cat Shit Cafe'.
The name of this place sounds unremarkable, but the decoration on the facade is very high-end. A female receptionist wearing black stockings, a black short skirt, and a white shirt stands in front of the door with a professional smile on her face. If you want to go in, she will warmly welcome you and lead you to the booth.
Lin Mo did not go in.
He was afraid of alerting the enemy.
If the members of 'Scarecrow' noticed anything, all the previous plans would be wasted. After all, Lin Mo also had the nightmare mark on his body, and Lin Mo was sure that people with the nightmare mark would have a weak sense of each other.
Just like him and the cat.
There were many people from the action team around, some pretending to be customers, some pretending to be couples, mixing with other normal customers, and there was no clue at all.
In addition, there was a car parked outside the mall with Team Leader Liu sitting in the car.
It is said that this time he got a lot of new equipment developed by the Security Bureau.
Among them is something that can be used to detect the source of nightmare pollution.
I don't know the specific working principle, but the device is indeed useful. I got the monitoring equipment just in case. After all, the person I want to arrest this time is a member of the mysterious "Evolution Forum".
The two members we already know, Zhou Li and Zhao Xin, are not easy to deal with.
Therefore, members of this website must not be careless.
Because they didn't know the situation in the coffee shop, the Security Bureau did not rashly send personnel in. However, after secretly investigating for the past two days, they did find something wrong.
First of all, there was something a little off about the employees in the cafe.
The people in the investigation and action team are really capable. They secretly investigated all the employees in this cafe two days ago.
There are no issues with the background.
They are all ordinary people.
But after actual tracking, we found some incredible things.
There are thirteen employees in the cafe.
Including managers.
But these thirteen people rarely leave their house except for going to and from get off work.
It's not strange if one person is like this, but it would be a bit abnormal if thirteen people are the same.
In addition, these thirteen people had call records three days ago, but they didn’t make a single call in the past two days. They went to work and went home every day, and the lights in the house would be turned off on time at ten o’clock in the evening.
Further investigation revealed that these thirteen people suddenly became like this two days ago.
A neighbor of one of the employees said that he felt like his neighbor had suddenly become a different person.
In the past, we would say hello when we met, but in the past two days, there was no expression on their faces, as if they were strangers. In the past, I could hear the sound of the neighbor watching TV and listening to music in his room, but in the past two days, there was no sound at all.
It's eerily quiet.
Lin Mo admired Team Leader Liu and his team very much. They did such a meticulous job and tracked and monitored thirteen people at the same time. Not everyone could do that.
At this moment, Lin Mo was secretly staring at the receptionist at the door of the coffee shop.
The more I looked at it, the more I felt something was wrong.
Finally Lin Mo discovered it.
It's the eyes.
Although the receptionist had a smile on her face, her eyes were dull and without a trace of color, which can be described in one word: dull.
It's like, The Walking Dead.
Lin Mo's mind moved at this moment, and he slowly moved closer, wanting to observe more closely.
But at this moment, the female receptionist's eyes suddenly turned and stared at Lin Mo.
She smiled, but there was no smile in her eyes.
Just cold.
Lin Mo discovered something, but did not look at the other person. Instead, he moved his eyes downwards, staring at the other person's chest and thighs, laughing, and licking the ice cream cone as he walked.
He looks like a senior LSP.
When he got to the front, Lin Mo spoke into the intercom hidden in his collar: "I found something!"
"What's wrong?" Team leader Liu's voice sounded in the headset.
"The waitress at the entrance of the cafe has nightmare marks on her body."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, sure."
Lin Mo had his back to the cafe, but he had a feeling.
Now the waitress was still staring at him.
This feeling is very strong.
Lin Mo suspected that he had been discovered as well.
This is not a good thing.
So he went all the way down to the first floor and walked outside the mall.
Only at this moment did the feeling of being spied on disappear.
"How about we just take action?" Team Leader Liu asked. Since it was certain that there was something wrong with the coffee shop, it would be feasible to take action directly.
"Wait a little longer. This time we are arresting Scarecrow and other members. If we act now, all our efforts will be wasted."
In the command vehicle, Team Leader Liu nodded.
He naturally knew that he would not be able to catch the scarecrow if he took action now, and what he said just now was only for Lin Mo to hear. After all, if all the employees of the coffee shop had problems, then Maomao would be in great danger when attending the meeting this time.
"I'm on the first floor. I can't go up to the second floor. Otherwise, if we are seen, we will be exposed." After Lin Mo finished the ice cream cone in his hand, wiped his hands, and began to wait quietly.
3:55.
The cat came in from outside.
She was wearing jeans, a gray jacket, a shoulder bag, and sunglasses, and she looked youthful and beautiful.
"Go, the button cameras and bugs are working properly. If anything happens, our people will rush in immediately." Team Leader Liu's voice sounded in the headset.
Maomao was also wearing headphones. She nodded and took the elevator to the second floor.
"Number 1, she's in." The member of the action team responsible for surveillance upstairs reported.
"Number 2 is in position."
"Number 3 is in position."
"Number 4 is in position."
On the second floor, at least six members of the action team began to approach the cafe. These members were all battle-hardened and carried weapons, and if a real fight broke out, the six of them would be enough to deal with enemies that were several times their number.
Lin Mo had no doubt about this. He and Maomao had fought with these action team members during their training. To be honest, in the real world, Lin Mo could not beat any of them.
At this time, Lin Mo stepped out, opened the door of the command car and walked in.
Team leader Liu was wearing headphones, didn't say anything, and pointed to the seat next to him.
Lin Mo sat over, picked up his headphones, and stared at the screen in front of him.
On the screen, there is the real-time image captured by the button camera on the cat's chest, and in the headphones, you can hear the sound from the other side.
"Give me a cup of dream coffee!"
The cat's voice is lazy and sounds quite noble.
The waiter in the camera was slightly stunned, then said: "Please follow me."
This is considered a secret code.
Next, Maomao followed the other person into a room inside, and after passing through a carpeted corridor with gorgeous chandeliers and various famous paintings on both sides, the waiter pushed open a door at the end.
There is a private room inside.
There is someone in the room.
"Brick, is that you?" A young man came up to me with a hint of excitement in his tone.
"Scarecrow?" The cat behaved very calmly.
"It's me!" The Scarecrow had a hint of greed on his face: "Brick, you look just as I imagined."
Hearing this, Lin Mo sneered.
I thought to myself, if I get the chance I will definitely let you see a real brick. I hope you will still have the same expression then.
“Prepare for action!”
Team leader Liu gave the order at this time.
As long as they make sure the scarecrow is present, they can close the net.
At this moment, in the camera, another person besides the scarecrow said: "Now that everyone is here, let's get started."
The cat turned around at this time, and the camera saw another place in the room.
At this time, Lin Mo and Team Leader Liu were surprised.
The room was full of people.
There were at least a dozen people standing on either side of a long table, and because the room was dimly lit, only their silhouettes could be roughly seen, and most of them were hidden in the darkness.
"Are all the members of the Evolution Forum here?" Lin Mo said to himself.
Just right, catch them all in one swoop.
At this moment, a piano piece of music sounded from the headphones.
Lin Mo just listened for a moment, and his expression changed instantly.
He immediately unplugged the earphones of Team Leader Liu next to him, but he was obviously a step too late.
Team Leader Liu's expression froze at this moment, his eyes were wide open, as if he had seen something horrible, his mouth was wide open, but he couldn't make any sound.
Bang!
Lin Mo slapped him.
Team leader Liu staggered after being hit, and a palm mark appeared on his face.
Lin Mo is extremely powerful.
This slap also woke up Team Leader Liu.
He looked at Lin Mo, but Lin Mo pulled him out.
"Something bad has happened."
There was something wrong with the piano piece just now.
This is another type of pollutant, and it has a very terrifying hypnotic effect.
As long as you hear this sound, you will be polluted and forcibly pulled into a dream.
After figuring out the situation, Team Leader Liu was extremely shocked.
"That piano piece seems to be played in the mall..."
At this time, Lin Mo and Team Leader Liu had already rushed into the mall.
Entered the door.
The sound of piano music gradually came.
At this moment, the strange music resounded throughout the entire mall.
The two people then saw a terrifying scene: the customers in the mall were like stiff statues, not moving at all.
I don’t know about other places, but it’s the same for hundreds of people on the first floor. This scene is hugely shocking.
"Wake them up."
Lin Mo's reaction was faster than that of Team Leader Liu at this time. He swung his hand and knocked the middle-aged man in front of him, who had a look of fear on his face, to the ground.
Then there were continuous slapping sounds.
Team leader Liu reacted and hurriedly did as he was told.
Those who woke up had experienced a brief nightmare and now all had terrified looks on their faces, while others looked confused and at a loss as to what to do.
"help!"
Lin Mo grabbed a man and yelled.
At times like this, the more people there are, the greater the force of nature.
But most people were either terrified or confused after waking up, and no one offered to help.
There are too many people.
Moreover, at this time, someone in front had already fallen to the ground with a thud, his facial features were distorted, and he was no longer breathing.
If there is a first, there will be a second.
In a short while, more than a dozen people fell to the ground.
Dead!
Lin Mo pulled out a gun from his arms and fired into the air.
The sound of gunfire briefly drowned out the sound of the eerie piano music. Some people were awakened, but some still could not wake up.
"Help me."
Lin Mo shouted again.
At this time, someone finally came to their senses and began to help Lin Mo and Team Leader Liu wake up those who were forcibly hypnotized.
After taking a look at the second floor, Lin Mo rushed into the elevator.
Lin Mo didn't care about other people for the time being. He rushed to the door of the coffee shop and saw several people from the action team were also affected by the piano music and stood still.
Two of them had fallen to the ground.
Lin Mo went up and kicked each of them, told them to help rescue people, and then rushed into the coffee shop.
What came towards him was a dagger flashing with cold light.
The waitress in black stockings rushed over with a ferocious face.
At this time, Lin Mo did not hesitate at all and raised his hand to fire a shot.
The waitress fell to the ground.
Lin Mo continued to walk inside.
This time, the piano music is only effective for ordinary people and has no effect on those who already have nightmare marks.
As for the source of the piano music, there is no doubt that it is related to the people in the room.
Obviously, this was something the other party had planned long ago.
By the time Lin Mo reached the door of the room, there were already several dead bodies of waitresses lying in the corridor behind him.
Gunshots were also heard in the house.
Lin Mo kicked the door open.
At this time, Maomao was holding the gun in both hands, pointing it at the people in front of him. There was a dead body lying on the ground.
It's a scarecrow.
There was a bloody hole in his chest.
The people in the room were obviously a little surprised. When they saw Lin Mo breaking in, they looked at Maomao who looked a little nervous but had a determined look.
One of the middle-aged men seemed to understand something, and the surprise in his eyes slowly turned into ridicule.
"Police? Or the Security Bureau?"