Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 1745 Among Us
Lin Sanjiu's doubts had tormented her for a whole night.

At the beginning, this doubt was just a little curiosity; after a few casual questions, doubts gradually grew out of curiosity.The more she thought about it, the deeper the shadow in her heart became, and it gradually turned into thick doubts, making her restless.

When they were chatting after dinner, she suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Yes, you are right... Well, if I had known you earlier, I would have discussed with you about everything." Not far from her, Batou De and the bearded uncle were talking in a low voice; what did they say? Saying it with his upright and clear voice seems to add a bit of weight.

The bearded uncle sighed and said, "It's not an option for the two sides to confront each other like this, it's too dangerous, but I can't figure out how to prove..."

Lin Sanjiu turned her eyes away, and took a look at the section of the city road she was in at this time.The scene where they were attacked by evolutionists and the long-standing reputation of the Eight-Headed Virtue won them the trust of ordinary people; To prepare, I saw the fort that was temporarily transformed by intercepting and blocking the city roads - and was even invited to have a meal.

It was already dark outside, and all kinds of lights lit up in the city road: there were very primitive oil lamps and torches, and there were also straight beams of light that looked like they were taken out of a science fiction movie.As an ordinary person, after living in the Twelve Realms for a long time, he still has the opportunity to earn special items, even if it is only some relatively ordinary items.

The group of them was sitting in front of a pile of temperatureless fake bonfires, discussing the next step in its indifferent firelight.

Lin Sanjiu glanced at the dreadlocks.

He seems to have accepted his fate and gave up his attempt to run away from Batoude; after all, the evolutionists who attacked saw him standing with Bazude, and now he is not an accomplice but an accomplice, so why not ——At this moment, Dirty Braid is almost finishing his second bottle of wine.

"Why didn't you go over and talk to them?" Lin Sanjiu asked softly.

"Hey, what kind of flowers can I say if I say it?"

I don't know if it's because of drinking, but the dreadlocks are not concealed, and he said everything when asked: "I have no malice towards ordinary people, but I have nothing to do with them. Mutants came from them, and they It’s natural to have to bear doubts, and I’m not completely relieved yet. Didn’t Zhong Qing say that mutants may change back and forth between the two forms... Before I come up with an idea, I’d better first Be on your guard."

"How many people are there in Fanjia City?"

"It's hard to count the number of evolutionaries. In general, it's probably between 5000 and [-]. Ordinary people, I don't know where I heard that there are almost [-] people now." After thinking about it, Dirty Braid Added a sentence: "I don't know how many people died today."

In other words, even for people who have lived in Fanjia City for a long time, most of them are unfamiliar faces in Fanjia City—who can know all five to 7000 people?
Zhong Qing walked over, sat down next to Dirty Pigeon, and asked Lin Sanjiu, "Why are you asking this?"

"I'm wondering where the mutants came from," she murmured, frowning, "Is it really from Fanjia City? Or did they sneak in from outside?"

"I don't know anything else. The Apu with only the head left and the elder sister with countless new bodies bursting out of her body are indeed from Fanjia City. I live on the same road as them. Come and go often."

That being said, Dirty Braids didn’t seem to have a close relationship with them, and they didn’t express much distress and regret. Instead, they became worried about their residence: “My house is a special item, and I was too anxious when I ran away. , I didn’t have time to pick it up, I don’t know what’s going on now... I have to look for it tomorrow, it cost a lot of money to buy.”

"Then be careful," Lin Sanjiu ordered casually, but it felt as if something stirred in his heart, and a little more inexplicable feeling surfaced.

To use an analogy, it’s like when you go out, you feel like you forgot something, but after thinking about it carefully, you feel that you have brought everything you should bring.

She is no stranger to the follow-up of this feeling: often after going out, getting in the car, and walking a long way, she suddenly realizes that she has indeed forgotten something, which is usually quite important.

Lin Sanjiu couldn't wait for the moment when he suddenly realized what happened afterwards.She had a feeling that by then it would be too late; before she "went out", she had to grab that thing hidden in the back of her mind.

"It's the first time I've heard of this mutation method," Zhong Qing said just at this moment, interrupting Lin Sanjiu's desperate efforts to find clues in her mind, which made her faintly agitated. "In the doomsday world, there are still too many things we don't know..."

This is true.Facing the vast and changeable doomsday world, the evolutionary understands only the tip of the iceberg.Among other things, Lin Sanjiu still doesn't know what the black mist body and the red brick wall are.

"But one thing is for sure, someone has attacked ordinary people." Zhong Qing continued: "Instead of asking what the method is, I think it is better to ask what is the motive. To mutate ordinary people, who will benefit?"

Lin Sanjiu was reluctant to let her thoughts follow his question, but his question was really thought-provoking——she thought for a while, but she didn't have any clues, so she waved her hand and motioned for Dirty Braid to hand over the bottle .

Evolvers in the doomsday world have always been willing to share when facing people who are stronger than themselves; Dirty Braid handed the bottle to Lin Sanjiu without any objection, and said, "I like Fanjia City quite a bit, a few I just moved here a month ago, and now it seems that I can't live in it, so I have to leave early."

No wonder he didn't feel much about the mutation of Apu and the middle-aged woman. It turned out that the dreadlocks were also new.

"You just came here, so you know Fanjia City quite well."

No, it wasn't the doubt that plagued her.

...Strange, what is the problem that makes doubts gnaw at her like a mouse?Is it related to the strange performance of the eight-headed German?
"That's right," Dreadlocks replied, "Although I haven't moved here for long, I've been here many times before."

She took a sip of the wine; it was unlike anything she had tasted before, sour and spicy, and swallowing it was like a punch in the stomach.

"You are right, but I think that although it is important to win the trust of the evolutionary, it is not the top priority." Badude raised his voice slightly, attracting the attention of several people. "You may not know that since the early morning, Guihe has blocked all access to Fanjia City. That is to say, the reason for the mutation of some ordinary people is still among us."

After saying this, everyone was silent for a while; his broad face swayed in the flickering shadow of the fake fire.

"Even if we have won the trust of the evolutionary now, and some people mutate in the end, wouldn't it push the situation even more into a desperate situation? I have some thoughts in my heart, and I plan to investigate secretly from tomorrow... I will have to help me then That's it." Batou De said, sighing.

The bearded uncle nodded again and again: "If you need anything, just tell me. We are ordinary people, and we need your help in protection."

Like a boss, Batou De stretched out his hand and patted Lin Sanjiu on the shoulder. "No problem, have you seen her? I don't know that you are an ordinary person. In the entire Fanjia City, I am afraid that there will be no evolutionary who can match her. With her here, you are absolutely safe!"

This was so full of words that even Zhan Li himself felt a little uneasy.The bearded uncle looked at Lin Sanjiu a few times, and became slightly puzzled: "Are you from Fanjia City?"

"No, she's a friend I met outside—"

"We're doing each other a favor."

The answers of Batou De and Lin Sanjiu sounded at the same time, and then fell down at the same time, and they looked at each other with a little embarrassment.The bearded uncle was very knowledgeable, so he stopped asking, and greeted him: "It's getting late, and there are still many arrangements for tomorrow, everyone, let's rest first!"

As a result, Lin Sanjiu, as a top combat power that could guarantee the safety of ordinary people, was placed in an open space outside the city wall, which was said to be facing the direction where the evolutionists gathered;But she didn't take it seriously, she spread a mattress brought to her by the bearded uncle, and sat down against the corner of the wall in the cold night.

Because of Exodus, she is not like Dirty Braid, who carries special items like a residence with her; although his big bucket does not look like high-end goods, it is much better than a floor shop——

Lin Sanjiu suddenly jumped up from the mattress, his palms were covered with cold sweat.

She understood what the doubts that had been troubling her had been.

She must find the dreadlocks now, and ask her carefully in person.A daily detail that seems so inconspicuous will slip past the edge of anyone's attention; but if we dig deep, what will be brought out?

... Dirty Braid was placed on guard nearby just like her, but where did it come from?

She quickly ran across the open space, jumped into the city wall, turned on the flashlight, and swept over the ordinary people in the shadows, surprising them all; she also met Zhong Qing on the way, but unfortunately he didn't know dirty Where did the braids go.

"What are you looking for him for?" Zhong Qing asked.

"There is something that only he can confirm," Lin Sanjiu left in a hurry after leaving only half of the sentence.

Her speed is extremely fast, so it only took her seven or eight minutes to find someone in such a large area.Dirty Zhuang drank a lot of wine, let alone devoted himself to his duties, and fell asleep leaning on a chair in the corner; when he was awakened by Lin Sanjiu's sudden rushing momentum, he knocked over chair.

"Hush!" Lin Sanjiu grabbed his collar and pushed him against the wall. "Answer me, were you standing at the door of your house when that middle-aged woman exploded?"

He recalled a moment and said, "Yes, yes."

"Your home is a special item in the shape of an iron blue cylinder?"

Dirty Braid nodded in confusion and anxiety. "So you've seen it before, and I'm still thinking about getting it tomorrow..."

"Then what about the walls you built?" Lin Sanjiu asked with a more serious tone, "There are no walls on both sides of your barrel, and you don't need walls to live in special objects. Where are your walls?"

"What?" The dreadlock's blankness was so thick that it almost dripped from his face, "What kind of wall are you building, when will I... what are you talking about?"

Lin Sanjiu's heart sank suddenly.

"You should think carefully about what I'm about to say before answering me." She whispered, "Since we saw Beard Beard from the window for the first time today, except you said at the beginning that he was beyond his control when dealing with evolutionists." , and haven’t spoken a few words to him again. You act so strange because you don’t know him, right?”

Dirty Braid looked at her eyes and seemed to think she was going crazy. "Yeah, what exactly are you trying to say?"

"Don't you really know him?" Lin Sanjiu stared at him closely, and asked: "Before the middle-aged woman exploded, that is, when we just found A Pu's head, you said that ordinary people mutated. Huzi said, he took someone to build a wall for your house before, and you drank together, and asked how you could say that ordinary people are mutated... Do you remember? Since you didn’t know him, why didn’t you deny it then?”

The look of the dreadlocks only lasted for a short moment in confusion before distorting into a state of almost pain.

He frowned tightly, as if he was in a severe headache, and murmured: "Because... because he really brought someone to build a wall for my house, we drank wine together, and I even lost him two times in a game of cards." A ball of fog..."

That's all what the bearded man said that night.

The hairs on Lin Sanjiu's body stood up: "But, you said just now that you didn't know him."

If it wasn't for her hands to support it, the dreadlocks would have almost slid down the wall. "Yeah, I don't know him, I saw him for the first time the night the mutant appeared...but he actually came to build me a wall before. No, I haven't seen him before, and I don't need to build a wall, But I remember that he really came, and we played cards together... I don't understand, what's going on? Why are two opposite things true?"

Lin Sanjiu loosened his fingers from his collar.

She thought of the sentence that Batoude said at night-"Since the early morning, Guihe has blocked all access to and from Fanjia City... The reason for the mutation of some ordinary people is still among us."

　In this chapter, the clue that what the bearded uncle said and the actual situation of the dreadlocks did not match, was in chapter 1732... After I posted chapter 1732, I was very worried that someone would say that this place was a bug, but maybe my technique of burying the clues It's like a cat burying feces, and it's too inconspicuous, so it seems like no one has noticed...

　
(End of this chapter)