life copy game

Chapter 718 Invitation from the Believers of the Old God

The collapsed and broken desk, the blood splattered on the wall, and the knife marks left on the ground and the wall.

Wu Lan squatted on the ground, carefully looking at the traces left behind.

There was a fierce but not too fierce battle in this office.

The people who attacked here are very strong, but the owner of this office is not defenseless.

"We haven't touched the scene here."

A calm voice sounded behind Wu Lan, from West, the person in charge of Moonlight in Newland.

"Thank you,"

Wu Lan stood up and nodded, she glanced at West, "You really didn't see anyone leave here?"

She knew very well that Moonlight must have someone watching at the branch entrance of the institute.

"At least not as far as we can see."

West replied calmly.

"Um,"

Wu Lan nodded slightly, she took a step forward, and stopped in front of the broken desk, "Do you have any clues over there?"

"No,"

West shook his head, "Actually, we are also very curious about how the 'things' or people who attacked here did all this, what information your people may have left in the data, but you know, All your computers are automatically encrypted without any operation, and it is impossible for me to remove the hard disk of your computer to crack it."

"Okay, let us handle it next."

Wu Lan smiled and nodded, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

This sentence is seeing off guests.

She didn't believe that Yueguang hadn't considered cracking these hard drives. After all, this branch stored a lot of internal information of the research institute.

If it wasn't for the fact that the research institute discovered it quickly, and she came quickly, these hard drives would have been cracked, copied and reinstalled.

Wu Lan didn't come alone this time, she also brought the staff of the research institute that she temporarily transferred.

These staff members are currently using authority verification devices to unlock the locked computers and access the information inside, in order to restore the work of this branch as soon as possible.

This process may involve recovering classified documents, and it may not be appropriate for Moonlight to stay here.

"fine,"

West also laughed, and he waved his hand, "Maintaining peace in Newland is our duty, please feel free to contact us if you have any questions."

The subtext of this sentence is to tell Wu Lan that this is the territory of Moonlight, and they will not give up monitoring here.

Both of them understood the meaning of the other's words and said goodbye to each other with a smile.

Wu Lan kept sending West out the door before returning to the hall outside the office.

Looking at the busy staff in the hall, Wu Lan leaned against the door of the office, lost in thought.

Does West really know nothing?

Do not know, or do not want to say?Or can't say?

Is the force that led to the disappearance of everyone in the branch really some kind of 'strange phenomenon'?

If it's not a weird phenomenon, but man-made, why choose the branch of the research institute?
Doesn't the other party know that this will attract the attention of the research institute, and even the eyes of many B-levels?
Judging from the behavior of the other party, if it is really man-made, it is some kind of force lurking in the dark. They are operating within the sphere of influence of Moonlight, and they are rashly provoking another big force.

Do you want to stir up troubled waters and fish in troubled waters?
But with the current state of the research institute and Moonlight, it is impossible for a conflict to break out.

Or is there a reason why you have to choose the branch of the research institute?

Thinking, Wu Lan walked into the office again.

She glanced up at the ceiling.

The lamp was out of order, and now that night had fallen, the lighting of the entire office depended on a temporary emergency light source hanging from the ceiling.

The building has good lighting. She has been here in the afternoon, and the office hall outside has a good view even if the lights are not turned on during the day.

The time they speculated that the 'attack' occurred should be yesterday morning, when everyone was at work.

Why would an attack during the day break the lamp?

Was it destroyed by accident?Or deliberate sabotage?

Wu Lan walked to the broken desk step by step. Some of the desk's original drawers were broken, revealing the torn documents inside, while the remaining complete ones were pulled out.

According to Moonlight, when they came in, these drawers were like this, and they kept the scene as much as possible.

Clearly the drawers had been rummaged through, but no additional fingerprints were left at the scene.

Wu Lan glanced at the drawer in front of her, but she didn't stay on the drawer, but reached under the table on one side of the desk.

She fumbled with her fingers for a while, found a small hidden button, and then gently pulled it hard.

Click—

A thin hidden compartment popped out, and inside was a not-so-thick investigation document.

The person in charge of the Newland branch of the research institute is Xia Ye. He is a cautious but strong guy.

As an old friend for many years, they have visited the ruins together, killed monsters together, and solved strange phenomena together. Wu Lan is very clear about the character and habits of her old friend.

Xia Ye likes to make this kind of hidden compartment under the table, to hide some things that are too late to hide in the safe.

Perhaps Xia Ye hid this document beforehand when he realized something was wrong.

Wu Lan thought about it, and took out this document.

The content of the document appears to be an investigative report by staff of the Institute's branch.

Wu Lan roughly flipped through it. This is an investigation report on an uncontrolled supernatural phenomenon that may exist in the city-state of Newland.

This book is the responsibility of the branch of the research institute, to collect information on some supernatural phenomena, and then report them to the headquarters in a unified manner, which may be mixed with the phenomenon of the opening of the ruins, or the existence of some powerful supernatural items.

In principle, this kind of information collection will not be particularly strict, and the branch will not intervene too deeply, otherwise it will arouse Yueguang's hostility.

The report in Wu Lan's hands probably also conforms to this principle.

It is just some simple survey information, the core conclusion is:
In the past year, there have been a large number of cases of missing persons in the Newland city-state, and the closer the timeline is to the present, the more people are missing. Even the families of some informants in the research institute, and even the informants themselves, They are all suspected to be among these missing persons.

In fact, it was precisely because of the disappearance of these informants that Xia Ye noticed this strange phenomenon.

And from a geographical point of view, these missing persons are not located in a few fixed areas, but are evenly distributed throughout the city-state.

Xia Ye believes that there is a high probability that there is a very strong strange phenomenon existing in the city-state of Newland, and these missing persons are 'predating' by this strange phenomenon.

The date of this report was marked just two days ago. Wu Lan went to the research institute's database to check, but there was no record of this report.

That said, this report has not been uploaded yet.

According to Xia Ye's habit, this shows that she thinks this report is not the final version yet.

She is still investigating?She has some 'extra' clues?

Did she leave this document here because she thought the attackers were connected to it?

However, the situation of the "mysterious disappearance" of the branch of the research institute this time is really very similar to the situation of the "missing person" mentioned in the document.

The investigation by the research institute branch led to the attack by the man behind the scenes?

"The Ministry of Witches,"

While thinking, a young man with a tablet came in from the door, "The surveillance video has been analyzed."

"Let me see."

Wu Lan turned her head and stretched out her hand.

These surveillance videos are installed on the encrypted disk of the research institute, and Moonlight has no ability to analyze them.

The young man handed the tablet to Wu Lan.

Wu Lan looked down at the screen on the computer. The first thing she saw was the office hall full of staff and people coming and going. The time displayed in the lower right corner of the monitor was [-]:[-] in the morning.

But then, in the next second, all the staff in the lobby, whether they were sitting on office chairs or walking between workstations, all of them disappeared from the screen in an instant.

It's as if all the pictures of people were directly taken away, and the pictures of no one were directly spliced ​​together.

Immediately afterwards, just moments after this picture, the whole picture went black and the camera was destroyed.

Wu Lan frowned slightly, dragged the progress bar of the video forward, and glanced at the video again, and those who acted disappeared from her eyes again.

This time, she looked down at the time in the lower right corner. It was 16:[-]:[-]. The time moved smoothly without any trace of splicing.

How did you do it.

Holding the tablet in her hand, she rubbed the center of her brows, then glanced at the young man beside her, "Go and do your work first, I will call you if necessary."

"it is good."

The young man nodded.

"Oh, wait a minute,"

Just when the young man turned to leave, Wu Lan seemed to think of something, she said slowly, "Have you arranged the accommodation for tonight?"

"According to past practice, we booked the Maple Leaf Hotel,"

The young man replied slowly, "This hotel has signed a contract with the research institute, so it can directly pay the public account."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work,"

Wu Lan nodded,
"Should be,"

The young man nodded. He took a look at Wu Lan and made sure that Wu Lan had nothing else to do, so he turned and left.

Wu Lan, on the other hand, lowered her head, staring at the tablet computer in her hand, watching the video that was played repeatedly.

After a while, she raised her head and looked at the traces around her.

Why did Xia Ye have the chance to resist?The kind of thing that can directly 'disappear' can't work against a stronger transcendent?Or, what did Xia Ye discover?
She took out her mobile phone and retrieved the information that originally belonged to this branch, had just been unlocked by the staff of the research institute, and shared to the cloud of the research institute.

She searched through these materials. There were a lot of clues collected about the 'Newland City-State Disappearance Case', and it was very messy, but the comprehensive investigation report was the only one in her hand, and there was no specially marked information.

While she was looking for information, the screen of the mobile phone in her hand flickered, and an incoming call was displayed.

This call is not in the address book, it is an unknown call.

After thinking for a while, she chose to answer the call.

"Hello,"

The voice over there was gentle and clear, "I am Hao Yi."

"what?"

Wu Lan was stunned.

"I have an account of the research institute, and now I have sent you a message."

The person on the phone seemed to have anticipated her doubts, and continued calmly.

Wu Lan quickly clicked on the research institute's software, and sure enough, in the private chat of the software, she saw a message from an unfamiliar friend from 'Hao Yi', and there was also a reminder to add a friend.

In the research institute's software, users can send messages directly without adding friends, but only after adding friends can they send files and a large amount of picture data.

At this time, Wu Lan also remembered that when there were rumors that the director and Hao Yi traded the number of relics, he had prepared a separate authority account for Hao Yi.

"You... well, what can you do?"

Wu Lan didn't know why this mysterious Class B was looking for her, but she hesitated for a moment, and asked in a low voice. At the same time, she added 'Hao Yi' as a friend.

"I don't know if you would like to share the clues you got from your investigation today."

There was still a gentle and calm voice on the phone.

clue?

Wu Lan was taken aback again, her brain was spinning rapidly.

Strictly speaking, the clues she got here did not involve the secrets of the research institute, and the investigation report she wrote was also authorized to be read by this boss.

Moreover, the research institute's main goal for 'Hao Yi' is to 'woo as much as possible' and 'enhance goodwill', and the benefits of doing so are also obvious.

In fact, if Hao Yi hadn't come over to show his face today, it would not be so easy for her to carry out the investigation now.

Even if it is a real secret of the research institute, she believes that as long as she makes an application to the dean, the dean will most likely be willing to share it, but for that kind of secret, 'Hao Yi' will go directly to the dean.

Although it was the first time to really contact this 'B-level', she made a decision in just a split second, "Of course, my honor..."

Then she quickly and briefly described her findings.

The opposite party also listened to her narration very carefully, and responded from time to time to show that she was listening.

After she finished narrating everything, the other party fell into a brief silence, as if sorting out what she had narrated.

Then she heard the other person ask, "I want to hear your analysis."

"I think the disappearance of the branch of the research institute is most likely related to the disappearance that Ye Zi...Xia Ye investigated,"

Wu Lan tidied up her words and continued,

"And I think that Xia Ye has not grasped the particularly critical information, or that she has grasped the key information, but she has not fully sorted it out.

"Because she is a very cautious person. If she detects the danger in advance, she will definitely take adequate protection. Even if she is 'surprised' by a mysterious ability, she cannot be solved so easily, because from the battle in the office Judging from the traces, she may have noticed the 'weakness' of this ability.

"So on the whole, this 'attack' against the branch of the research institute is a 'raid' that is too 'advance' in theory. Before a clear threat is posed, the attack is launched immediately, killing the danger in the bud.

"but,"

Wu Lan paused, and said with some doubts, "What makes me a little strange is that if the other party is so cautious, it is impossible not to consider that the research institute will send people to investigate after the event, and they don't seem to be afraid of 'investigation'? "

"Um,"

After finishing her analysis, the other end of the phone seemed to be lost in thought, and after a brief pause, the other end suddenly asked, "Are you in the office now?"

Wu Lan: "Yes."

"Are the curtains closed?"

Continue to ask over there.

Wu Lan raised her head and looked forward, the closed curtains appeared in her vision,

"It's closed."

The curtains were evenly splattered with blood, proving that they were also drawn at the time of the attack.

"Thank you, your intelligence and analysis are very valuable."

Said slowly on the phone.

The two chatted for a few more words, agreed that Wu Lan would share the documents she found, and then hung up the phone.

Holding the phone, Wu Lan scanned the blood-stained environment again.

The narration with 'Hao Yi' just now also made her reorganize all the clues.

She took a deep breath.

Live to see people, die to see corpses.

Even if it is really the worst case, she will bring people home.

-

Newland city-state Vinland

He Ao slowly put down the mobile phone in his hand, and looked up at the bright moonlight in the sky.

With the appearance of 'Lenke', he walked out of the alley he was in.

Walking forward for another tens of meters, passing a few blocks, a small courtyard near the sea appeared in his vision.

This yard is the 'residence' of their boss that the red-haired man told He Ao.

"You came?"

And at this time, the red-haired man who had been guarding the courtyard gate for an unknown period of time also saw He Ao, and he walked over quickly.

"the weather is nice today."

Feeling the breeze blowing on his face, He Ao glanced at the cloudless sky and said casually.

"It's not bad...it's really good, it's really good."

The red-haired man glanced at the dagger in He Ao's hand, and carefully guided He Ao into the yard.

As he said that, he didn't know if it was because he wanted to continue the sentence 'really good', so he sighed to himself, "It's much better than yesterday's cloudy day when day and night were indistinguishable."

"Your boss, is Li Ming's confidant?"

He Ao looked at the opened courtyard door and asked thoughtfully.

"I don't know either. How can we keep up with a B-level deputy leader? I don't even know what that dragon looks like."

The red-haired man said cautiously, "But our boss is a C-level powerhouse, and he can talk to the deputy leader, and he is not only a big shot in Liming, but also..."

He got stuck at this point.

"then what?"

Ho looked up at him.

The red-haired man paused, it seemed that this was something he couldn't say, his face flushed, "You'll know later, anyway, it's your blessing to follow our boss."

"It seems that he has a lot of blessings."

He Ao smiled, and walked into the courtyard gate with the red-haired man.

As soon as he entered the door, a strong smell of blood came to his face.

He Ao raised his head and looked at the scenery in the courtyard.

The first thing he saw was a somewhat bleak garden. There was a tree near the door, but it was already withered. The flower bed near the door was planted with pure white roses, and the flower buds that had not yet fully bloomed were stained with bright red blood.

"Lunk, you're here."

On the stone steps in the deepest part of the garden, sat a middle-aged man with an ordinary face. He held a knife covered with blood in one hand, and slowly and carefully wiped the dark red knife with a white rag in the other hand. blood.

He was wearing some kind of gray and white clothing, and there were two people in gray and white clothes standing beside him.

The bloody knife tip submerges into the soft flower soil, and the pure white rose rippling slightly in the breeze.

He raised his head and looked at Ho Ao,

"Do you crave chaos?"

　Something happened, delayed for half a day.

There should be nothing to do tomorrow, it should be updated at noon (before 14:[-] noon?).

It has been more than [-] for many days in a row (super brave).

Last day ask for a ticket

　
(End of this chapter)