Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 1562 There is nothing new under the sun

When other shapeshifters saw Professor Qiao walking with a "shapeshifter", they would naturally be less wary of Professor Qiao, right?
With this thought in mind, when Wu Yiliu and the old lady walked towards the parking lot together, he found that it was not his modified face that brought her much security, but the old lady provided him with almost infinite comfort .

Although there was only one more fellow traveler, there was a qualitative change from darkness to sudden light—his breathing and thinking gradually calmed down from the endless trembling, which made him feel so grateful to the old lady before. exist.

Because his mouth was in a "disappearing" state, the two of them couldn't talk along the way; it wasn't until they got into the ten-year-old Chevrolet and closed the door with a "bang" that Wu Yiliu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't take off the patch yet," the old lady ordered in a prepared manner, looked carefully in the rearview mirror, backed out slowly, and said while driving: "My residence is not far from here, when we get in Let's talk about the house."

Wu Yiliu nodded quickly.Even if he went back to get the money, he still didn't know where the vast world should go; when he was on the verge of despair, he was able to meet Professor Qiao and take him in.

"There are several families around here, all of whom are professors in the school." When she drove into a residential block, the old lady whispered: "I haven't seen their faces deformed yet, but I don't dare to trust them rashly." Be careful when you get out of the car, don't let them see you coming to my house."

Wu Yiliu is not going to go back to the school dormitory again, so even if there is no Libers, other students will start to guess what his disappearance means, so naturally they must not let others know that he has a connection with the old lady.

Professor Qiao's home is one of a group of townhouses, with a small area and few decorations; among the books in the room, the only decoration is a bouquet of fresh and abundant flowers on the coffee table.After the two sneaked into the house like thieves, the old lady locked the door and closed the curtains; Wu Yiliu took off the tape, rubbed the remaining glue on his eyelids vigorously, and asked, "Professor, how did you know?" You too... when did you notice it?"

The old lady gestured an index finger in front of her lips, motioning him to lower her voice, and said in a low voice, "Be quiet, the walls of my house are very thin."

After she motioned for Wu Yiliu to sit down, she continued: "I will answer your question later. What about you? What is your answer to your own question?"

"I think...by the time I realize it, it may have been several months." Wu Yiliu said with a wry smile, "It's hard for me to say, on what day did I suddenly realize something was wrong... as if I had been I didn’t pay attention, and when I noticed, the shapeshifters were already everywhere.”

This answer is [-]% true, but if you go deeper, it will inevitably make people suspicious: the faces around you suddenly deformed. This is a horror movie-level fright. How could you not notice it at first?Sometimes even he himself was full of doubts when he recalled it; it was because of this that he suspected for a long time that something was wrong with his spirit.

But Professor Qiao's face didn't change when he heard it. He just nodded slowly and said, "Yes... that's right."

Wu Yiliu was startled.

"In the beginning, their faces were not deformed very much, and they couldn't even be called deformed. They could only be called changes." The old lady looked at the vase of lavender flowers in front of her, and said in a flat tone: "For example, someone seems to be Some people lost weight, and their cheekbones protruded a little; some people seemed to gain weight, and their eyes looked smaller; some people seemed to be tanned... In the early stage, it was all ordinary and subtle changes."

For these initial signs, Wu Yiliu has no impression at all.He couldn't hide his surprise any longer, and the old lady could see it too, and smiled at him, the wrinkles suddenly deepened and then faded.

"Yes, I know more about them than you. For example, I know that their transformation is uncontrollable, but after a period of development, when they can take off their faces, they can Get your face under control."

"Professor, do you know what's going on with them?" Wu Yiliu couldn't help but leaned over from the chair. "I also just found out today that they can take their faces off—"

When he said this, he couldn't help shivering, and told all about his experience, the old lady just listened silently.Although she hasn't said anything yet, it seems that some years are floating over her head like a cloud, casting a shadow that makes her fall into some kind of emotion that cannot be touched by the house—she just sat like this for a while, Only then slowly opened his mouth as if sighing: "...in this world, who can really know what they are all about?"

Wu Yiliu could feel that what she was going to say next might be far beyond his imagination——while he was waiting, he tightly twisted his hands, and his heart beat faster and faster.

"A young man like you is more courageous than me, and you actually took the initiative to find me." Professor Qiao said with a hoarse voice, "I noticed you a few months ago. You always keep your head down. You don’t dare to look at people with your head, and try to avoid the opportunity to contact others... I have seen it all, and I have thought about it for a long time, maybe this is because you have also seen those shape-shifting people and are feeling scared.”

Was his behavior so conspicuous?No wonder he was targeted by Liebers.

"Then, Professor Qiao, why haven't you told me anything all this time?"

The old lady shook her head and said with a low sigh: "I dare not. Because there are too many uncertainties. Maybe you are actually a shape-shifter, trying to induce me to lose my guard against you and confess, just like you said If you are not a shapeshifter, you may think that I am a shapeshifter who came to test you, and how you will react to me is unknown."

When she said this, she paused for a moment before continuing: "There is another possibility that cannot be ignored, that is, both of us are normal people, but...one of them will hand over the other to gain the trust of the shapeshifter. go out."

Before hearing these words, this method had never even entered Wu Yiliu's mind.

"Professor, you are too cautious." He was stunned for a few seconds before subduing his astonishment and persuading him, "How could such a thing happen... The whole world has become a monster, and it is hard to find a normal person with a companion. How could he betray his companion to a monster, and then be alone in fear? And even if he betrayed him for a while, his face would not change in the long run, and sooner or later he would be discovered by the shapeshifter, which would outweigh the gain what."

Professor Qiao smiled slightly, as if he felt a little relieved by his persuasion. "I admire young people like you, who have a heart in place and a mind that can sort out logic."

Wu Yiliu just felt embarrassed, and she continued to say: "But, you don't know... These possibilities are actually facts that happened. I have witnessed it with my own eyes."

"Who is it?" He was taken aback, and a series of questions came out of his mouth: "Did it happen in our school? When did it happen? Who else is a normal person, and who was betrayed?"

"It didn't happen in this school..." Professor Qiao lowered her eyes, her cheeks looming under her gray and thin curly hair. "It was the last university I taught at."

Wu Yiliu didn't understand at all.Professor Qiao has been here since he came to this school two years ago—he was thinking about it, and when he suddenly took a breath, the old lady spoke softly.

"Yeah...the so-called nothing new under the sun. People's faces were deformed and twisted into monsters. It happened once 36 years ago."

　Do you still remember who Lin Sanjiu is? Anyway, I don’t remember, my memory is very hazy...

　
(End of this chapter)