Star Trace Gate

Ren also heard the shouting and turned around, seeing Xiao Yuan hurriedly chasing after him.

He looked at the other person and asked, "What's the matter?"

Xiao Yuan ran up to him and said enthusiastically, "Brother, let's go together. I'll help you...!"

"Forget it, I want to walk alone on the first day." Ren also politely declined: "If there is a chance later, we can walk together."

Xiao Yuan was not angry at being rejected, he just smiled and nodded: "Haha, this broken place looks very dangerous, we really need to build trust first, I can understand...!"

"Okay, I'll leave first."

"Then let's go out first. When we get outside, I'll tell you something and then we'll part ways." The little soul said mysteriously.

"okay."

Ren Ye didn't even ask him what he wanted to say. He just responded and walked out of the villa.

The two walked side by side, carefully looking at the surrounding scenery as they walked.

This is an abandoned villa located at the foot of the mountain. The yard is very large, about the size of two football fields in front and back, but it is full of weeds and vines. The highest point is about one meter high, and the tips of the grass can cover an adult's waist.

The courtyard is surrounded by high walls. Looking around, many places appear dark and gloomy. In short, this place looks like a mansion that has been abandoned for a long time.

"Whoosh!"

As the two walked forward, they saw a black stray dog ​​nimbly jump onto the courtyard wall, then run along the wall for several meters, and finally jumped out and disappeared.

Ren Ye looked in the direction where the black dog appeared, but saw the grass there swaying wildly, as if there was some living creature hidden in it and moving around.

He paused for a moment to observe.

Soon, the swaying of the grass stopped, and a small chimpanzee jumped out, grinning at Ren Ye and Xiao Yuan.

"Fuck."

Next to him, Xiao Yuan was shocked and cursed: "Damn it, this place is too fucking evil! Why is there an orangutan here?"

As soon as he spoke, the chimpanzee swooped back into the bushes and disappeared.

"Let's go, let's go." Xiao Yuan urged, "Let's not stand in this yard! I always feel that this place is... creepy."

"Not only do we have to find clues, but we also have to avoid the search by the law enforcement team." Ren Ye turned his head to look at him, frowned and reminded him: "Don't go through the main entrance, jump over the wall to get out."

"Okay." Xiao Yuan nodded.

……

Not long after.

The two jumped out of the villa wall and walked along a remote street all the way to the center of the county town.

Along the way, Ren Ye and Xiao Yuan walked while observing the situation in the county town, and felt inexplicably uneasy.

This place is completely different from the several migration star gates that Ren Ye had visited before. It is filled with an extremely weird, absurd and bizarre atmosphere.

Although this street was remote, they still saw some passers-by. However, the behavior of those passers-by was very strange. When they walked, they only walked along the sides of the road, lowered their heads, kept a distance from each other, and walked quickly.

Ren also observed that the middle of the road was empty and the road surface was very flat, but there were very obvious white lines drawn on both sides, like pedestrian signs, and those people could only walk within the lines, as if they did not dare to step into the middle of the road.

In addition, there are slogans written in black on the walls on both sides of the road, as well as various small flags representing the Great Power Tianlong Law Enforcement Team.

For example, "Long live freedom, long live law enforcement!"

For example, "Keep quiet, no loud noises, no loud discussions."

"...!"

Ren Ye looked at everything around him and probably guessed in his heart that the law enforcement team of the chaos camp had obviously completely occupied the Fulai County and had begun to suppress thoughts, strictly control, and vigorously carry out ideological education work.

To put it bluntly, this is what the rebels did after they occupied the country, and then they began to suppress the people by force, thereby cultivating obedient subjects.

Therefore, this place doesn’t look like a county town at all, but more like a large prison, an “absurd place” that emerged during a special period.

In front, Xiao Yuan suddenly caught up with a middle-aged man and asked rudely, "Hey, big brother, please stay."

The middle-aged man in a suit and carrying a briefcase turned around and asked in annoyance, "Why did you call me?"

"Why are we not allowed to speak loudly here? Why does everyone have to walk within the line?" Xiao Yuan asked in a low voice.

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment: "You are not from here?"

"I was just sent in." Xiao Yuan replied with some sense.

The middle-aged man relaxed his brows slightly after hearing this, and said simply: "The meaning of long live freedom is that you can walk whatever line you are allowed to walk; the meaning of freedom of speech is that you can think anything in your heart, but you cannot say it out loud, let alone discuss it. What's so difficult to understand about this?"

"Oh, I see." Xiao Yuan nodded: "Thank you......!"

Before he could finish his words, the middle-aged man had already run several meters away with the thing in his hand, without even looking back.

"Fuck, this place is so depressing. If it keeps on like this, I'll get sick." Xiao Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

"Don't talk too loudly." Ren also pointed to some boxes hanging on the wall: "Is there anything that detects the decibel level? If you talk too loudly, they will easily arrest you."

"How terrifying." Xiao Yuan was speechless.

Ren also turned his head and looked around. At a distant street corner, he saw a number of black cars parked. The people sitting inside and standing outside were all familiar faces to him.

A small suit, cropped pants, small leather shoes, and a big bald head.

Those are... people from the Great Power Tianlong Law Enforcement Team, there are more than ten of them.

They stood at the fork in the road, chatting cheerfully, laughing heartily from time to time, with relaxed and comfortable expressions on their faces, while on both sides of the road, obedient citizens walked in a straight line.

Damn, what a ridiculous bunch.

"Oh, by the way, what do you want to tell me?" Ren Ye asked softly after retracting his gaze.

"Hehe, it's a good thing." Xiao Yuan grinned.

Ren also looked at the surrounding environment and waved his hand, "Come on, let's talk in this alley, don't stand outside."

"it is good."

After the words fell, the two of them followed the thread and walked into a dark and narrow alley. There was garbage everywhere, so there was no existence.

After entering, Ren Ye looked at him and said with a smile: "Go ahead."

Xiao Yuan looked around furtively and lowered his voice: "Hey, I found a clue, do you want it?"

"What clues?!" Ren also showed a very interested expression.

"A clue with a very clear direction. If you take it, you will definitely be ahead of everyone else." Xiao Yuan's face turned serious: "Did you see the customs uniform in the cabinet?"

"Yeah, I saw it." Ren nodded, looking puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"Let me ask you, is the customs uniform a particularly obvious clue?" Xiao Yuan asked.

"Not counting."

Ren Ye seemed to think about it carefully before shaking his head and saying, "It seems that these are indeed uniforms worn by customs units. This is a very clear clue. But it is not clear which department has these uniforms, who wears them, and which positions have these uniforms... So it doesn't count."

Xiao Yuan looked around again, his eyes bright and he said, "What if there is a work number on this uniform?!"

Ren was also stunned.

"Uniform + workwear, is this a clue that is very clear?!" Xiao Yuan said excitedly, "In the prison room, there is a piece of clothing with workwear!! What kind of clue is this? As long as we follow this clue, we will definitely be ahead of everyone else."

"Are you sure there is a job offer?!" Ren Ye immediately asked.

"brush!"

Xiao Yuan raised his hand and a long strip of work label was grasped in his hand, but the code on it was blocked by his hand and could not be seen.

"I didn't lie to you, did I?" Xiao Yuan asked, baring his teeth. "When I opened the cabinet, I saw this work sticker at first sight. But I hid it secretly... Hehe, this is a competitive star gate after all, so I have to be careful, right?!"

"That's normal." Ren Ye nodded slightly and asked urgently: "Brother, are you going to give this to me?!"

"Hey, brother, I found it with great difficulty... I can give it to you, but you have to compensate me." Xiao Yuan said timidly: "We can exchange clues."

Ren also frowned: "Fuck, the clue is so obvious, why did you want to exchange it with me? Wouldn't it be better to keep it for yourself?"

"I know my own strengths and weaknesses." Xiao Yuan whispered, "As we all know, the more obvious the clues are, the more dangerous they are. If I investigate by myself, I'll be in trouble if I'm not careful. I've told you all that I'm really here to get the rewards for clearing the level... So, if you give me an ordinary clue, I'll give you this. Of course... business must be fair, and you may have to give me some more star sources."

Ren also stood there and thought carefully: "Then how many star sources do you want?!"

"How about 100,000?" Xiao Yuan directly offered: "Forget it, 80,000, plus an exchange of clues. Brother, I am at a disadvantage here... because my clues are from the workers' code, and there is no way to verify them at the moment, but yours are different. You may have already revealed some information, so your clues are equivalent to being shared by both of us..."

"Eighty thousand is indeed not a lot." Ren nodded slightly.

"In Tan Pang's words, it's just about making friends." Xiao Yuan smiled and said, "Eight days, eight people, everyone has to make two friends!"

"Well, that makes sense!"

Ren also turned his head and looked around. Seeing that there was no one at the entrance of the alley, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'll give you 80,000 yuan, come closer."

"Brother, don't tell anyone that I got this clue." Xiao Yuan stepped forward and warned, "There are a few stingy people in our team. When I was rummaging through the cabinet, they were a little unhappy."

"Come on, squat down and help me block it." Ren Ye waved his hand.

"Oh!"

Xiao Yuan bent down and squatted.

Ren Ye stood in front of him, a smile on his face, and suddenly lowered his head and asked, "Brother, do you know what I do outside?"

Xiao Yuan was stunned: "What do you do?"

"I'm a person who works in anti-fraud and ended up in jail." Ren Ye looked at him and said word by word, "I'll teach you a lesson for free. You must pay attention to details when doing things, and you must keep learning and have a reserve of knowledge. There is a criminal investigation course called traceology. Do you know what traceology is? I looked at the cabinet and touched it. There was a thick layer of dust hanging on the wall panels around the cabinet, but there was no dust on the customs uniform. What does this mean? It means that the time of the two pieces of evidence is not synchronized, do you understand? Also, the color of the blood on the customs uniform is wrong, some are too bright, which means that the blood stains were formed recently, which is also not synchronized with the dust in the cabinet, and no more than two days at most; third, the wrinkles on the navy uniform are too obvious, and do you know what gravity is? If the uniform is hung vertically on the shelf for a long time, the wrinkles will gradually disappear... Do you understand?"

Xiao Yuan was stunned.

"All these details only indicate one thing. The clothes were put into the closet by someone later, and then hung on the rack on purpose, and they deliberately startled everyone to attract their attention, and finally led everyone to guess that the person had obtained an important clue. Then, you stayed behind before leaving, and you carefully observed that the person had rechecked the closet, and then set up the persona of Madam Mang to lower everyone's vigilance and cheat them of the clues." Ren Ye pointed at him: "I gave you my clue, and you cheated me with a false clue that could not be verified. In this way, you have one more clue than others. In the end, you can also deny it, just say that the clothes were placed in the closet, and you did find the work number, and the deceived person volunteered and could only suffer in silence!"

Xiao Yuan blinked: "What are you talking about?!"

"You little bastard, the last person who cheated me was able to use two countries as bargaining chips and pawns. You are far inferior to him!!"

"Ong!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ren Ye's right hand suddenly glowed with a rainbow light, and he suddenly smashed forward: "You are lying like this, it's a bit too much!!"

"Oh!"

Xiao Yuan was caught off guard and was punched in the face, his skin was torn and blood gushed out of his nose!

“You…how could you hit someone…!” He mumbled incoherently and was about to stand up.

"Bang!!"

Ren Ye threw another punch, hitting the opponent's Adam's apple fiercely, completely making him convulse all over, covering his neck and kicking his legs violently.

After two punches, Ren also bent down, stretched out his hand to grab his collar, and said with a very cold face: "No matter who you are, you'd better stay away from me and behave yourself, otherwise you will die!!! Do you understand? If you understand, applaud! "