After passing through the long dark tunnel, everyone returned to the psychic town.
Zhuang Ci just felt that the situation was a bit strange. He went out and found nothing. Instead, he lost a teammate. Lin Chu also disappeared.
"We are back, what should we do with Lin Chu?"
In Lu Yanli's mind, Lin Chu was already dead, unless he did something strange again in the future. In front of Zhuang Ci, he did not reveal it: "Trust her, nothing will happen."
Zhuang Ci didn't want to disbelieve him, so she had no choice but to believe him. They walked in one after the other. Lu Yanli slowly adjusted his breathing rate and pace until they were both walking at the same pace. Then, Zhuang Ci unconsciously caught up with Lu Yanli's pace, and their conversation gradually became a question-and-answer style.
Zhuang Ci followed Lu Yanli in a daze. The other party seemed to have asked about some top-secret information of the research institute. She vaguely knew that she should not reveal it, but for some reason, she still slowly told it out.
Gradually, the other person began to lean towards Zhuang Ci's personal information. Zhuang Ci had an illusion that she was walking in reverse in the memory channel. She suddenly felt that the person next to her was kind and trustworthy, and she had an impulse to share. She kept talking, ignoring Lu Yanli's solemn expression.
After passing the wooden house and walking onto the main road, the voices of the residents were almost no longer heard. Strange flesh-colored substances were seen everywhere on the roadside. They looked like human skin, but thicker than human skin. They were hanging in various places and gave off the smell of human fat.
Walking a little further, the air of death becomes more intense, the trees are withered and yellow, dead birds are piled up in piles on the trees, and behind the rows of trees on the roadside you can see a lot of animals with rotting fur. There are many large pieces of flesh-colored matter, which shine glossy in the sunlight.
Lu Yanli didn't know what it was, so he instinctively avoided it. Zhuang Cixi's mind was already a little unclear, and he had to rely on him to pull him along. As they walked, he began to talk about his life in the research institute.
It would be difficult to speed up her memory of her childhood. If she wasn't careful, Zhuang Ci would go crazy. Lu Yanli could only listen to her continue talking in silence.
In their world, all humans live on the few remaining lands, and the Institute is responsible for controlling all human actions. The land surface is uninhabitable, surrounded by the sea, and there are countless mutant creatures in the ocean.
Aliens live on the ground. They have low intelligence but strong bodies, and can adapt to the harsh environment on the ground. Zhuang Ci is an exception. She is a normal child found by an investigator on the land surface. After examination, it was found that her physical indicators are quite excellent, and she is very suitable to become an investigator. Therefore, she was admitted to the institute as an exception.
"There were many others who entered with me. We all found each other on the ground at the same time... I still remember Lin Chu. She was the youngest and the tallest, but she was the most powerful..."
"The same thing happened to the siblings Chu Xian and Chu Xiu. They were later transferred to take charge of other projects..."
Lu Yanli: "You mean, all of you appeared on the ground?"
Zhuang Ci: "Ah... Yes, the research institute was worried at first, but after a careful review, they confirmed that there was no problem with us. Later, we almost all went to work on a project..."
Lu Yanli: "What project?"
Zhuang Ci: "That's... that's, looking for a new world! Chu Xian was originally in charge, but she disappeared, and Chu Xiu secretly went to look for her, but also disappeared. Lin Chu took over. It is said that..." She lowered her voice mysteriously, "The place where we live will sooner or later lead to the extinction of mankind, so the institute hopes to find a suitable new address for all normal humans to move there!"
Lu Yanli stretched out his hand and gently stroked the top of her chest, his tone cold: "New world? Have you found it?"
"We originally found it, but... we discovered that once we find a new world, the first things to be moved there are the strange things, so we must contain the strange things first, or abandon them all in one of the worlds..."
Lu Yanli had a gentle smile on his face: "So, you haven't considered the inhabitants of those worlds at all, right?"
Zhuang Ci seemed to sense the danger: "There is no other way. We are all trying to survive. We have run out of options."
To survive…
Lu Yanli retracted his hand, grabbed Zhuang Ci and walked around a large flat surface in front of them to unfold the flesh-colored object. He sped up the process regardless of anything, allowing Zhuang Ci to quickly recall his childhood.
"Childhood... When I was young..."
Zhuang Ci's face gradually twisted, and a look of pain gradually emerged. Lu Yanli almost held his breath, staring at her eyes, and temporarily holding her hands.
"Don't be afraid, take your time... Tell me..."
Zhuang Ci began to struggle, but she was completely restrained by Lu Yanli and couldn't break free. Her expression gradually became terrified, and her eyes were blurred.
"Teacher..." She spat out the word and stared at Lu Yanli, "Teacher?"
"Who is your teacher?" Lu Yanli slowed down his speech.
"Teacher... Teacher, I didn't do it on purpose. I won't make any mistakes... I will definitely do well! I will definitely..."
"Tell me, who is your teacher? Is it me?" Lu Yanli forced her head to straighten after she kept slamming it against the ground, and asked her to look at him, "Look carefully, is it me?"
Facing those eyes filled with cold murderous intent, Zhuang Ci trembled continuously like an animal targeted by its natural enemy.
"Is it me?"
"yes… "
"Did he say that if his identity was exposed, he would die?"
"yes."
really.
Lu Yanli felt as if the dust had settled in his heart. He looked at Zhuang Ci, who had fallen into a frenzy, and let go of him, stood up, and walked forward.
Then there was the sound of a head hitting the ground, and soon there was no sound.
Lu Yanli looked back and saw that the woman on the ground had stopped moving her chest. He turned around and walked inside.
Lu Yanli found his future self and confronted him to make things clear. Since he had mastered the method of time travel in the future, why didn't he solve the problem from the source? Why did he control those investigators privately
Don't break the closed loop of time, and don't organize things that are bound to happen in the future.
Lu Yanli thought of his own advice in the future and suddenly found it very funny.
He has been controlled by his future self. Who knows who else that guy controls? His future self has improved his ability to control psychology. If that guy hypnotizes him, it will be difficult for him to detect.
Do you want to go find him
Lu Yanli turned from the road to the mainland, and he found something wrong.
The pattern of house collapse is very strange.
It didn't look like a bomb explosion, and it didn't look like an earthquake, but... something fell, or some huge object collapsed the floor of the house.
All the residents of the town disappeared. In the past, when he came out, those people would plot against him and kill him. But now, he was greeted by only dead silence.
But he didn't find any corpses, only piles of flesh-colored, sticky objects that looked like human fat lying in the ruins of the streets and alleys. There was no smell of blood, only an increasingly strong stench of rotting egg whites.
There was no one anywhere, and not only people, but all living things in the town had disappeared.
Lu Yanli entered a house and found that even the fish in the fish tank had turned into a ball of fat floating in the water.
What is infected
He found something, wrapped himself up tightly, and continued searching.
Until dark, he did not find any living things, and the whole town had become a deserted city.
He thought of the boss of the opera troupe again.
Cultural festival
How can we hold the event if all the people are gone
The day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow is the time for cultural sacrifice.
Many electric poles on the street were broken, and there was a complete power outage in many places. Lu Yanli picked up a flashlight he had found everywhere and an axe, ready to go to the power plant to see what he could repair.
He was in urgent need of help, and also needed to negotiate terms with the "idol" who seemed to have sanity.
Another psychic town.
Lin Chu did not rush over to ask, but let the shadow disappear around the corner of the stairs. He turned back to the dining table and sat down, eating bit by bit.
In the shadow of the corner upstairs, Lu Yanli stood there, closing his eyes and listening carefully.
After special training, people are very sensitive to other people's gazes. In this way, Lu Yanli does not need to rely on his eyes to monitor others, but only needs to listen with his ears.
He heard the other person eating without saying a word, breathing steadily, and seemed to be very calm.
When she saw those paintings, she was excited for a moment, and there was no doubt about her mood.
He needed to make the other party more excited and his emotions more violent.
After Lin Chu finished eating, she stood up and went to wash the dishes. She was stunned as soon as she stepped into the kitchen.
In the trash can at the kitchen door, covered by some items, half a ball of paper was exposed.
She didn't say anything, washed the dishes as if nothing had happened, kicked the trash can closer, and carefully pulled out the ball of almost soaked paper.
There were a total of 10 paintings, and the paint on them had mostly smudged, making it completely unclear what was in the painting. Lin Chu could only make out the rough lines, and it seemed... was a person
Only a man and a woman could be seen wrapped inside. The man was holding the woman down and strangling her neck.
The group outside was clearer. The man got up and left. The woman was lying on the ground with a large pool of blood on her head.
On the back of the paper, there was a row of pencil marks that had been erased. Lin Chu could see the pencil marks clearly under the light.
"Zhuang Ci is dead, the plan is accomplished."
Standing at the stairs, Lu Yanli heard the other party's heavy breathing for a moment, and the crackling sound of his hands unconsciously clenching the paper.
He took a few steps back to the door, opened it and closed it again, then walked back with more force.
"Lin Chu, are you done with your work?" Lu Yanli stood on the second floor and looked down. "Would you like to discuss something?"
Lin Chu walked out of the kitchen. She looked a little sad, just like when she first came in. She didn't look angry at all. She looked up and smiled, "Okay."
Lu Yanli, you are not the only one who can perform psychological control.
She went to the bathroom first, and gave me some psychological hints in front of the mirror.
You didn't find anything today, not in the kitchen, not at the power station... You don't know anything about Lu Yanli's weaknesses...
The institute needs him, but it's not the right time yet...
After I finished hypnotizing her, Lin Chu walked out the door, wiped his hands, and went upstairs.
Surface world, research institute.
"A major discovery. We have finally explored a brand new world that has never been invaded. Currently, in order to prevent strange invasions, no investigators will be sent out for the time being, and we will only conduct remote monitoring. What we need to do now is to find a way to jump without the help of supernatural forces as soon as possible."