life copy game

Chapter 567 Fire Tree and Silver Flower
The current situation is slightly different from what He Ao expected. The number of patients in this hospital exceeds He Ao's estimate.

At this moment, the two FBI agents were gathering the surrounding crowd, but because the crowd was too large, there were scattered and undecided people everywhere.

These people covered the perimeter of the building, and it was not an easy task to go around these people and return to the door when he came in.

He Ao's eyes returned to the ruins of the collapsed building. Those souls who had just helped him and were imprisoned here were standing on the ruins like a tomb, watching him.

They waved lightly at He Ao, their bodies turned into pure shadows and disappeared into the dark night sky,

They have already died, but until now, they can really die.

Howo watched as their illusory spirits dissipated and their figures receded into the deeper darkness.

The FBI is only getting more and more, and he needs to get out of here as soon as possible.

The psychiatric hospital is surrounded by towering walls with a three-meter-high high-voltage power grid. It seems that there is only one entrance through the gate.

If it didn't work, he just had to see if he could climb over the wall and get out.

Smashing the wall too loudly will attract attention and may damage property.

This is different from the situation in the building. The purpose of being in the building is to save those imprisoned patients and to act bravely.

Complies with the definition of 'necessary emergency action' in the City of Wetland Law.

In the law of Wetland City, when the life, property and other rights and interests of oneself or the public are infringed, the actions performed to prevent the occurrence or expansion of such infringement are called necessary emergency actions.

Necessary losses caused by necessary emergency actions can be exempted from civil or criminal prosecution.

There is no clear definition of this necessary emergency action in the federal law, but almost all the municipal laws of major cities in the federal government have relevant provisions.

However, there are some subtle differences in the definition of this necessary emergency behavior between different cities, but the underlying logic is generally interoperable.

And because of the existence of cults and alien beasts, the entire federation's definition of this kind of behavior is actually relatively loose.

For example, in order to save other people, how to prevent the ceremony of sacrificing others, to avoid further damage to other people's lives, and eventually lead to the accidental collapse of the building, can basically be judged as a necessary emergency action.

In Wetland City, there is even a similar precedent for this kind of thing.

Although the federal law has no regulations on necessary emergency actions, it has in fact confirmed the existence of such actions through various cases.

Therefore, in the federal legal system, He Ao's actions just now are completely legal, and he is not responsible for the collapse of the building.

However, if he smashes through the fence without any danger and without the need to act bravely, unexpected property disputes may arise. Judging from the tightness of the fence, the cost should not be low, and he may be involved in damage property.

So hitting the wall directly won't work.

He Ao looked around, looking for a suitable point to climb over the wall. The overall height of the wall is about 13 meters, and with the three-meter high-voltage power grid, this height is not too difficult for a C-level physical fitness.

He Ao now needs to find a suitable place to climb over the wall, so that after he climbs over, he will appear directly on the street outside instead of the factory area next to him.

At the same time, his eyes were also looking for another figure.

Among the vanished souls who had just waved at him, the one with the head held up that had first reminded him to go away was not among them.

When bound by the magic circle, these souls were held hostage by that horrible thinking, and had no ability to communicate, and could only understand some basic words.
But now that the magic circle is broken, He Ao may try to communicate with them without suppression.

The soul with its head held high resembled a person in Jace's memory,

And when He Ao glanced around, not far from him, there was a shadow waving to him in the hazy night.

In the eyes of the Terror, night is as clear as day.

Although the shadow was far away from He Ao and was hidden in the darkness, He Ao could still clearly see the face of that shadow.

It is the soul with its head held high.

At this moment, his body is dissipating rapidly like other souls.

After the soul found out that He Ao saw him, he immediately waved to He Ao, then turned around and drifted deeper into the night.

He seemed to want Ho Ao to follow him.

He Ao glanced back at the lights lit by FBI agents in the distance, and after a short thought, he quickly followed.

That soul also seemed to know that his time was not long, so his speed was extremely fast.

He Ao chased after him, and in the blink of an eye, the two ran hundreds of meters along the wall.

In the end, the soul stayed beside a barren weed.

It seems that no one has come here for a long time, only the cold moonlight and the grass seeds blowing in the wind will visit here.

He Ao pushed aside the weeds, and a small rusty door appeared.

It seems that this door has not been used for a long time, and the cracks in the door are blocked by orange-red rust, rusting the door frame and the door together.

The door was not locked, and there was only a thick steel bar across the back of the door, which held the iron door like a bolt.

Now this steel bar has almost corroded with the door.

He Ao turned his head and looked at the soul standing beside him.

At this moment, this soul has dissipated a lot, and there is not much time left for He Ao to fight for communication.

This soul should also know him, and has always shown kindness to him, so his guess should be right.

He Ao hesitated for a moment, and asked softly,

"My father, his soul is still there..."

Hearing this sentence, the soul with its head held high paused for a moment. On his distorted cheeks, cloudy eyes flickered. He seemed a little surprised that He Ao took the initiative to talk to him, and seemed to be caught in some kind of memory.

Finally, he said hoarsely, "Your father...he is different from us...his soul...has not been left..."

Hearing this sentence, He Ao's body stiffened slightly, he stared at the face of this soul, and said softly, "Thank you."

The soul in front of him, in Jess's memory, once had a relationship with him.

This person was probably older than Jess's father. Before Jess's father arrived, he was the chief consultant of the former chemical factory of the mental hospital.

He later became Jace's father's second-in-command, and once visited Jace's house one New Year's.

Jess' father seemed to keep his family away from the chemical plant, so after that, Jess never saw the 'consultant' again.

The consultant was not among the victims of the explosion at the time.

After his father passed away, Jess also thought of the consultant who had only met once, and asked someone to find the consultant.

But the final result was not ideal. Judging from the information Jess finally found, the consultant disappeared after the explosion, with no one alive or dead.

Now it seems that after killing Jess' father, the mysterious man arrested the consultant immediately, and eventually became one of the 'patients' in the remodeled mental hospital.

The soul of Jess' father was not left behind, which was actually what He Ao had expected.

Jess' father knew too much, and according to the prudence of the mysterious man, it was impossible for him to leave such a serious threat, not even a crippled soul.

A faint radiance enveloped the soul of the consultant in front of He Ao, which was a sign that he was about to disappear at last, and he would also return to eternal tranquility.

His soul was not complete. Judging from the attitude of those souls actively cooperating with He Ao, it was not a comfortable thing for them to be restrained by the magic circle and maintain this incomplete state.

There is not much time left for He Ao, so he needs to ask some more critical questions.

He Ao stared at his figure, thought about it again, and asked, "Did my father arrange the magic circle in the hospital?"

"Some are,"

As the soul gradually dissipated, the turbidity in the consultant's eyes also gradually faded away. He tried his best to straighten his head and looked at He Ao, "You have to trust your father, he is a respectable person."

The illusory body began to turn into pure transparency. The consultant of Jess' father, who remained in the state of soul, looked back at the piled up ruins, and then he retracted his gaze and stared at He Ao's cheek.
"You have grown up to be the same as your father, and it seems that you have gone further than him. Maybe you can do what your father never did. Your father mentioned you to me many times before he was alive. He only wanted you ,
"Be careful on the road ahead."

His figure completely became unreal, and for the first time a look of relief appeared on his distorted cheeks.

This thin shadow is like a dandelion passing away with the wind under the night, dissipating in the silent night.

Be careful going forward.

He Ao reached out his hand through the clothes, stroked the pendant on his chest, and watched the father's friend go away.

Then he turned around, clamped the wooden box under the armpit on the other side, grabbed the steel bar pinned to the door with his free hand, bulged his arm muscles, and lifted it vigorously.

Accompanied by a slight but sharp rubbing sound, this thick, rusted steel bar was slowly lifted up.

Then He Ao threw the steel bar aside, put his hand on the handle of the iron door, and pushed back hard.

Accompanied by a violent tremor, the iron door opened in response, and red rust fell like raindrops.

A remote alleyway appeared in his field of vision.

This seems to be the back door for transporting some supplies or processing waste when this area was still a factory in the past. This is a place only the internal staff know.

He Ao looked back at the factory area where only ruins remained under the night.

Although the answer of Jess' father's 'deputy' was very simple, it basically affirmed He Ao's previous guess.

The 'some' magic circles were arranged by Jess' father, which proves that Jess' father was indeed researching these magic circles before and achieved research results.

At the same time, this answer also illustrates another problem. Jess' father only completed the part of the magic circle, while the rest was completed by others.

Apart from Jess' father, I am afraid that only the mysterious man and the research team he hired have this ability and have the information of this project.

Judging from He Ao's analysis of the overall structure of the magic circle, the basic structure of the magic circle that built the skeleton should be arranged by Jess' father. These magic circles are integrated and have obviously been polished for a long time.

And the 'patches' on the wooden box, as well as those magic circles that absorbed souls and lives as the price, should have been added by the mysterious man.

The level of the magic circle in these parts is not bad, but compared with the main magic circle, there is still a clear gap.

Strictly speaking, in comparison, the techniques of the latter patches are a bit clumsy.

This involves a core question, why didn't the father of Jess, who is more skilled, not help the mysterious man complete other parts of the ceremony?
Howe didn't ask this question, but the following sentence of the deputy of Jess' father gave him the answer.

He told 'Jace' to trust his father.

What kind of person is Jess' father?

In Jess' memory, his father was a kind, gentle, not rigid, and helpful person.

The father's character has had a great impact on Jess's growth, and is one of the important factors in shaping Jess's kind character.

So would such a person set up a magic circle to sacrifice the lives of others and imprison the souls of others?

Even if these sacrificed people are helpless wanderers, people who die in any corner, no one will care about them.

Even if there is an elite team of lawyers behind the mysterious person and a well-connected consortium that can reasonably cover up this cruel incident, there will be no consequences.

Even if the mysterious person will pay huge rewards.

He Ao didn't know what the real situation was.

But the father in Jess' memory would never arrange these magic circles.

In fact, Jess' father is not pedantic, and he can even be said to be very flexible, but he always has a clear bottom line in doing things.

What the deputy said just now was to make He Ao believe in the father in Jess' memory.

And if the father in Jace's memory is consistent with reality.

Then the core conflict between Jess' father and the mysterious man is revealed.

At that time, the research on the magic circle might have encountered some kind of bottleneck. The mysterious man tried to push the magic circle forcefully by means of sacrifice, but was resisted and rejected by Jess' father.

In the process, Jess' father might have united some people and formed a confrontation with the mysterious person.

And Jess' father should have a certain charisma.

After all, the deputy who was tortured and made into a mutilated soul just now is willing to help the son of the old man 'Jess' even after more than ten years, even when his will is not so clear.

During this process, Jess' father should have caused a lot of trouble to the mysterious man, forcing the mysterious man to be unable to implement the idea of ​​sacrifice.

In the end, the mysterious man solved Jess' father forever by using an outside trick, and built this mental hospital according to his own ideas.

But this magic circle was not completed in the end, it could only maintain this state of constantly sacrificing life.

In the past ten years, I don't know how many bones have been buried under that beautiful garden forever.

Jace's father had tried to stop this, but he had failed.

He has no force, no power, no matter how smart he is, he is just a scholar, a scholar living in a world of order.

He Ao withdrew his eyes from the vast ruins.

This was the place where Jace's father fought in the last days of his life, and it is also the place where Jace's father's life was left forever.

He may have also seen his ultimate destiny, but he did not retreat.

He Ao turned and walked into the alley.

And gently closed the door.

Blooming ghost flowers sway in the wind in the silent night.

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"No one was caught? The building collapsed? The patients and staff were rescued? They were chased away by evil spirits and left the building before it collapsed? A nurse was missing? Okay, okay, nothing, please. "

In front of the villa swimming pool under the moonlight, the man in casual clothes hung up the phone. He turned around and looked at the figure sitting on the edge of the pool, looking up at the bright moon in the sky, "Boss, the target has run away again."

"Are all the patients in the hospital alive?"

The figure didn't look back, but asked calmly.

His voice is plain and ordinary, without any characteristics.

"They are all alive, but the 'nurse' we sent to manage the hospital is missing."

The man in casual clothes said softly.

"All alive..."

The figure in front of the pool stared at Mingyue and muttered to himself.

"Boss, what's the problem?"

The man in casual clothes asked suspiciously.

"In fact, in this world, there are some methods that allow a high-level soul to descend on another body and manipulate this body."

The boss looked down at the surface of the pool.

The bright moon in the water is rippling in the sparkling water.

"You mean, Jess is dead?" The man in casual clothes was taken aback, "Is a powerful high-ranking existence manipulating Jess now?"

"I thought so before,"

The figure stood up slowly, he turned his head and looked at the man in casual clothes, "But now I don't think so."

The man in casual clothes looked at the face that was extremely familiar but had never appeared in his memory, and he was a little dazed, "You think Jess hasn't changed? But he clearly showed completely different methods from before."

"Pollution and frustration, both can change a person's character,"

The figure looked up at Mingyue again, "He must have held some kind of ceremony in that alley at that time, gained some kind of power, and also suffered the pollution of that power. Unfortunately, I still don't know it. Who is the great being who traded?"

The violent sound rose into the sky, it was the fireworks released by a shopping mall not far away.

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He Ao, who was sitting on the bus, closed the pendant in his hand, turned his head and looked out the window.

Under the quiet night sky, flickering fireworks slowly flew into the air, exploding into bright fireworks in the night sky.

　later.

　
(End of this chapter)