Hutu said that their destination will be an island. The whole island is built like a small town, but there are no residential areas, no residential buildings, and only various or ordinary or exotic entertainment places. The price of hotel rooms is terrifyingly high, and most of the residents here do not need to rest, because half of them are demons, and human beings can quickly restore their physical strength and spirit with a bottle of cheap vitality potion, and continue to devote themselves to the carnival.
Vitality potions are sold in vending machines on the street and in the devil's store, and in the devil's store, you can exchange for all kinds of things that ordinary people have always dreamed of or even dared to imagine - human money is the most important thing here. Cheap goods, where you can even buy life - it is worth noting that the currency used on the island is not money, but something called "points". Everyone invited will receive a variable amount of initial points, but how many points can be earned on the island later depends on their ability.
The opportunity to leave the island also requires points in exchange, but each person leaves the island to pay 50,000 points, and the initial points each person gets usually does not exceed 10,000 points, which means that once you sign your name and accept the devil’s invitation, you will be You must participate in the games on the island, and you can't leave until you have enough points - but most people don't have the life to survive until they have accumulated 50,000 points.
Hutu said that the last time he came, he spent a whole year doing everything he could, and finally collected 60,000 points - 30,000 of which came from going to the island with him, escaping from the devil's mouth, and together A good brother who was kidnapped and committed evil - after seeing the hope of escaping the island immediately, Hu Tu couldn't resist the temptation, and chose to kill the other party when he was not prepared, and robbed the other party of points. He exchanged 50,000 points for the opportunity to leave, and used the remaining 10,000 points for a human wealth worth 100 million yuan. The devil promised that after he left, he would send this billion yuan to him in a normal and acceptable way for human beings.
But as Ye Yingzhi found out, it took less than seven years for Hu Tu, who returned to the human world, to squander this huge fortune in the eyes of ordinary people.
The so-called "from frugality to luxury is easy, from luxury to frugality is difficult". At this time, he had become accustomed to the extravagant life of extravagance. Although he still had some spare money in his hand, it could not meet his needs at all. He was neither willing to live an ordinary life, nor to accumulate from scratch little by little, so he thought of Alcatraz. He has already escaped once, and he thinks that he has the experience. As long as he acts carefully, it should not be difficult to escape the second time. He plans to properly arrange the money he got after escaping this time, and stop gambling, so that the money should be enough for him to enjoy comfortably for the rest of his life. When he thought about it, he seemed to forget the fear and despair he had experienced on the island, and all he thought about was the huge sum of money he got from gambling.
During the year he was on the island, he had vaguely glimpsed the secret of the invitation letter sent by the devil. Those who have crazy, hysterical or paranoid, strong desires and obsessions in their hearts are easy to attract the devil and receive the invitation from the devil. invitation to come. At that time, Hu Tu, who had no savings and was about to be rehabilitated, was indeed eagerly eager to get a huge fortune again. In the end, he received a black invitation card again.
Through his one-sided description, Ye Yingzhi can also understand what the so-called Devil Island is.
It is the paradise of demons on earth, and the invited humans are just toys and food for their entertainment and food that the demons lure away with bait. Whoever stepped onto that land and started participating in the diabolical carnival couldn't look back, couldn't leave—because they were already in hell. Hutu himself, whom he met, is a testament to that.
But it doesn't matter.
Ye Yingzhi stared at his lover. It doesn't matter, as long as A Yan can be rescued, it doesn't matter whether he goes to hell or degenerates into a demon.
After Chi Yan woke up, Ye Yingzhi helped him wash and change his clothes. At about ten o'clock, the waiter on the boat came to remind him.
Ye Yingzhi opened the door, and the waiter said respectfully, "Mr. Ye, someone outside said he was waiting for you to board the boat."
Ye Yingzhi asked the doctor and four of his subordinates to leave first, then went through the disembarkation procedures with Chi Yan, and was led by the waiter to meet the person who was "waiting for him to get on the boat".
It was an ordinary-looking Chinese man. He called himself Chen, and he worked in financial accounting. He was dispatched to the local area by the company. Half a month ago, he suddenly received a sum of money for him to drive to pick Ye Yingzhi to another port to board a small cruise ship numbered DE780, and promised to give him another sum of money of the same amount as a reward. .
Under the domination of money, Mr. Chen took over the task without any hesitation.
Ye Yingzhi remembered a classic "Nigerian prince" scam. The trick of this scam is shoddy and unskilled, with the scammer mass-mailing the mailboxes of many people claiming to be a Nigerian prince who needs help when he is in trouble, and can be paid handsomely if he is willing to help.
Many people sneered at this kind of scam after hearing about it, thinking how could someone be fooled by such a crude scam, but there is a view in economics that the "Nigerian Prince scam" is actually a kind of screening by signaling. mechanism. The first step of the scam, "the step of claiming to be a Nigerian prince and sending an email" is designed to be the most crude and unreliable, and most people will not be fooled. In this case, those who are willing to reply to the email and "provide help" are screened out. The people who are most easily deceived will have a much higher success rate if a follow-up scam is launched against this group of people.
But according to Mr. Chen's description, the other party only sent him this commission. It seems certain that he will accept the money of unknown origin and take over the task - but it is obvious that not everyone will make such a choice.
Because of this, Ye Yingzhi was even more interested in the "demons" that Hu Tu mentioned. There are two possibilities for accurately predicting that Mr. Chen will accept the task: one is that they have a lot of information and information on people who meet the standards, from which it is calculated that Mr. Chen is most likely to accept and complete the task; the other is that they really Like the legendary demon, it can accurately penetrate the human heart.
The port where the DE780 docked was much more chaotic than the port where the Silver Wave was docked. It was disorderly and noisy, and the corresponding environment was even more messy. There were bustling locals all around, Chi Yan and Ye Ying, who were neatly dressed. It is like standing out from the crowd here, and it is very eye-catching.
Mr. Chen helped Ye Yingzhi and the two find DE780, watched them go up, and left. The ship looked a little old, with only two floors in total. At the boarding place, there was a dark-faced blind old man holding a list written in various languages and a pen. After Ye Ying went up, he heard the movement and handed over the list and pen, gesturing for him to cross out his name.
When Ye Yingzhi handed back the list, he found out that the old man used body language to communicate with them not because he could not understand the language, but because he also had no tongue.
There are already many people in the boat, and from the outside, there are people from all countries and regions. Ye Yingzhi also saw Hu Tu, but Hu Tu flinched when he saw him, and did not dare to speak to him.
Ye Yingzhi found a seat by the window at the back, let Chi Yan sit in it, and sat outside to protect him.
"Let's sleep with me when you're tired." He took off his coat and put it on Chi Yan.
"Ying Zhi, where are we going now?" He felt something was wrong after disembarking, and the chaotic environment around him now confirmed his conjecture. But he believed in Ye Yingzhi and the judgment and decision of the other party, but he was just a little curious about what his lover was going to do.
Ye Yingzhi considered the wording that was most easily accepted by Chi Yan, put Chi Yan in his arms, and leaned in his ear, from when he received the black card to when he heard what Hu Tu said, he explained everything. It is impossible for him to hide Chi Yan all the time. According to Hu Tu, the place may be full of danger, and it is still very important to have the necessary information and vigilance.
"You're crazy!" Chi Yan couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice after hearing this, looked at his lover in disapproval, and hesitated, "How can you believe in these unrealistic things..." In fact, he even more I am worried that this is a dangerous scam set up against Ye Yingzhi.
"It doesn't matter, it's fine as we go on an adventure together." Ye Yingzhi smiled softly, pinching his index finger and palm lightly, "Ayan, no matter what happens, you must follow me closely. ."
"We'll go home when we go back. I'll take an annual leave, and then I'll be at home with you every day."
After DE780 sailed a certain distance, the boat arranged by Ye Yingzhi followed up according to the information he sent and kept in touch. They used the most advanced communication technology. Even when the general communication signal in the ocean area was poor, Ye Yingzhi could still monitor his position and the position of the ship he arranged from his mobile phone, and give timely instructions.
But ten hours after the DE780 was out, his boat suddenly disappeared from the screen, and all his commands and messages went unanswered. It all happened in an instant, as if they had left their original space and entered another world with the DE780 at that instant. The feeling that rare things were out of control made Ye Yingzhi's heart faintly lift.
Chi Yan wrapped his coat, curled up beside him, and slept soundly against his chest.
Ye Yingzhi instantly calmed down again. As long as Ah Yan was still by his side, he felt that he was omnipotent and was not afraid of anything.
At this time, the passengers sitting by the window in the front left were faintly disturbed. Ye Yingzhi looked in the direction they were pointing, and saw the outline of a black island that stretched out in the field of vision.
At this time, it was already night, but the island was lit up with countless dazzling and colorful lights, even reflecting half of the sky, as if it was a huge indulgent paradise built in a different world.
The passengers on the ship were excited, and they talked and discussed with each other, swept away the previous silence. Most of them are like Ye Yingzhi before, they don't know what the end point of this trip is, they are just bored or hopeless about life, or they have something they really want to achieve like Ye Yingzhi. It is difficult to realize the wish, so I embarked on this journey with the idea of chance.
Chi Yan was also awakened, opened his eyes in a daze, and looked at Ye Yingzhi in confusion.
His innocent appearance made the man's normally indifferent face also get a bit of a smile, Ye Yingzhi couldn't help but reach out and wrap his clothes tightly around him: "It's almost there, Ah Yan, wake up."