The Fantastical Beasts at World's End

After tossing and tossing all night, several people have not been able to take a good rest. The surprise, shock and novelty of seeing this base before, after getting on the bed, they were quickly dispelled by the overwhelming drowsiness. He planned to lie on the bed with all his clothes on and take a rest, but soon fell into a deep sleep.

This sleep lasted most of the day.

When Ye Zhao woke up, Xia Zhiming and the others on the opposite side were still asleep.He took out his mobile phone from his coat pocket. Because he hadn’t used it much, there was still a little battery left to barely maintain it. There was no automatic shutdown, but the screen had automatically switched to an energy-saving dim light mode, and the battery in the upper right corner kept flashing.I don’t bring a charger with me when I go out, and it will be completely useless when the battery runs out, but now that there is no signal at all, the mobile phone is useless except as a watch and an alarm clock.

He sat up and looked towards the balcony. It was already afternoon, and the sky was past the brightest time. With the shade of the trees on the side, the mottled shadows fell on the ground, making it seem that the room was not very bright, but it would not disturb sleep. people.

"Are you awake?" Nie Renyan deliberately lowered his voice from the upper bunk. Ye Zhao only felt the bed shake slightly, and saw a figure rolled down from the upper bunk. His movements were vigorous, and he didn't even make a sound when he landed.I don't know if it's because the prototype Qiongqi has a tiger's body, but when this person doesn't want to make a sound, even Ye Zhao can hardly hear him.Ye Zhao knew this very clearly when Nie Renyan touched the bathroom.

Well, the bathroom... Ye Zhao twitched the corner of his mouth, and decided to put aside the bad scene that he accidentally recalled in his mind.He glanced at the bed on the left, which had been empty until now.

Logically speaking, after such a long time, so many search and rescue teams going in different directions should be able to bring some people back. How come no one has stayed yet?

Nie Renyan put his arms around his shoulders, and said through his mind: [Don't look, I woke up before and heard a noise below, and I should have rescued another group, but no one has come so far. Either the two bunks were not intended to be occupied at all, or they were temporarily reserved for someone else. 】【Leave it to who...? 】Ye Zhao was a little puzzled, but he almost immediately remembered that the soldier had hesitated a bit when he allocated the house to them, and when he took out the keys, he only had six keys in his hand, and one for each person was just finished. See the extra two.

Because there were no people living in the third, fourth and fifth floors of this building before, why was the bed in the room at the top of the fifth floor left alone?Normal people prefer the third floor, there are relatively few mosquitoes, and it is not difficult to climb up.

Ye Zhao looked around. The only advantage of this room is that it is located in a remote location, so it is relatively quiet. When he saw the balcony, he froze for a moment: [...Maybe, the balcony is half blocked by the branches of a big tree, which is different. The place? 】【It's not just different, this is probably the biggest advantage. 】Nie Renyan stood up straight, with one hand still on Ye Zhao's shoulder, and the other in his pocket, squinting out of the balcony window with meaningful eyes.

In fact, when Ye Zhao saw this almost intact base, Ye Zhao almost immediately thought of the reason why it has not been eroded, it is very likely because of these dense trees that match the houses: [However, if these trees The reason, then there are many places with trees in the city, why don't they see any effect? 】Ye Zhao looked at those trees and frowned suspiciously.

[City tree? ] Nie Renyan raised his eyebrows: [The trees in the city are of course different from the trees that grow naturally here, and judging by the height of these trees, they should be many years old. 】The two were chatting when they heard the sound of a key being inserted into the lock from the other side of the door, followed by a slight "click" sound after turning, and the door opened.

Sure enough, those two beds were specially reserved.

Ye Zhao and Nie Renyan looked at each other, then turned to look at the door.I saw a small old man with white hair and childlike face come in, saw the two of them stunned for a moment, then glanced at the other sleeping people, then turned around and whispered to the people behind: "Hush down, someone is here sleep."

The little old man looked a little strange, he had a long goatee on his chin, and he was wearing not too thick clothes in the cold weather, but he didn't look cold at all, but his nose was a little red, I don't know if it was Frozen outside.With one hand on a yellow cloth pocket hanging slantly by his side, he stroked his beard with the other, and he drew square steps on his feet.

Following him was a boy with a round face who looked about ten years old. After he entered the door, he saw Ye Zhao and Nie Renyan smiled politely. The dimple on one side of his face made him look a little shy.Unlike the little old man who only had a cloth bag hanging all over his body, besides the same yellow cloth bag straddled across his body, he also carried a small leather bag in each hand, but it seemed to contain a lot of things. Shaking, making a "dingling dingling" sound.

When the little old man heard the voice, he immediately changed his manner from just now, turned around, pointed his toes at the boy's nose, raised his face and said in a low voice: "Take it lightly, you are holding a concert." Nah!"

Being scolded in the presence of outsiders, the boy blushed to the tips of his ears. He subconsciously wanted to raise his hand and scratch his head, but he forgot that he was still holding the leather bag in his hand, and there was another burst of "dingling bangs".

Xia Zhiming and the others turned over one after another, tending to wake up one after another.

"You!" The little old man glanced back at them, then turned to stare at the boy, stroked his beard with remorse, and said angrily, "Why did I accept such a stupid boy!"

"Teacher, teacher, teacher, master," the boy said with a look of sorry for you, "I, I, I will make up, make up, make up for IQ..."

The little old man had a horrible look on his face, sat down on the lower bunk bed, and waved his hand weakly: "Fuck!"

The bed squeaked a few times, Luo Xiaochen and the others sat up, Xia Zhiming rubbed his brows, looked at the two extra people in the room, and said in a daze, "This is... all living?"

Luo Xiaochen and Fang Siyuan were still a little confused. After listening to Xia Zhiming's words, they looked at the little old man and his little apprentice stupidly. It took a long time to realize that these two people were going to live here with them.

Seeing that everyone was awake, the little old man no longer suppressed his voice. He stretched out his hand and patted the little apprentice's arm, and said: "My little apprentice and I will live here from now on, and we will take care of each other from now on, ah." He He stroked his beard, looked around between Xia Zhiming, Fang Siyuan and Mu Mu and said, "Well, the evil spirit is very heavy... What do you do?"

It's quite rare to ask directly about work before you know your name when you first meet.Xia Zhiming was stunned for a moment, nodded and replied, "Those who engage in criminal cases will have more evil spirits." He didn't know how the little old man could tell whether they had serious evil spirits, but he just echoed out of respect for the old man.

"Oh——" the little old man elongated his voice, raised his face and thought for a while, "Criminal... the one in charge of that case?"

"Ah?" Xia Zhiming didn't understand, "Which case?"

"Hiss——" the little old man glared at him, "Why are you acting like a stupid apprentice like me? What other case could there be? I brought my apprentice here by plane just because of that shit, not City H A criminal team was set up, and people from several surrounding places were transferred here."

"Wait a minute!" Xia Zhiming picked out his ears, blinked and said, "What did you just say? Come by plane? Which class?"

With his hands in his sleeves, the little old man shook his hands back and forth twice, looking like a rosy-faced tumbler: "Which class can I do? CA0000, I heard that the others fell while flying, so I am the most annoying old man." Take the plane! It’s not as good as my pomegranate!”

Pomegranate?God horse thing?Everyone was at a loss when they heard the little old man's words.But this is not the point, the point is CA0000!Isn't that the plane that Mu Mu said the experts sent from above took? !So to say--

"Are you an expert sent from above?" There was a crack in Mu Mu's paralyzed face.

After all, the size of this little old man is estimated to be less than their chests. Although he looks good, he is very thin. It feels like a gust of wind can blow him away. The superior sent such a person to deal with the monster?Just kidding!

"What's the matter with your ghost-seeing expressions?!" The little old man's beard automatically rose without any wind, and he seemed very angry.

"No." Ye Zhao used his stunt again, and said calmly, "I just think you're hiding something." He said lightly, then glanced at Xia Zhiming and the others and said, "We are juniors. It's kind of rude not to introduce myself yet."

Xia Zhiming immediately realized his spirit, introduced himself briefly, and the others followed suit.

From the moment Ye Zhao opened his mouth, the little old man stared at him. Even though he was old, his eyes were not cloudy at all. Instead, they had a clear feeling of blue and white like a child. The way he looked at Ye Zhao There is some kind of deep meaning, and there is also a hint of inquiry.But when Nie Renyan spoke, his eyes immediately turned.

"Yo! It's you!" The little old man looked at Nie Renyan carefully for a long while, and then suddenly said hello.

Nie Renyan raised his eyebrows, looked at him for a few seconds, then shrugged, raised one corner of his mouth and smiled arrogantly: "Well, it's me."

Except for Ye Zhao, the others were a little puzzled when they heard the conversation between the two.Luo Xiaochen blinked and asked, "You guys knew each other before?"

"That's not true." The little old man sniffed, denying it categorically.

"That--"

The little old man chuckled: "Probably, we were one family 5000 years ago."

"..." Luo Xiaochen suddenly realized, "Your surname is also Nie?"

The little old man shook his head: "No, it's the old man. I have always been poor."

Where is the logic?Everyone became more and more confused, and felt that half of what the little old man was talking about was incomprehensible...

Ye Zhao calmly changed the topic, and said, "Senior hasn't said what your name is yet."

"Oh—you asked my name?" He glanced at the crowd, paused for a while, then turned his head to look at the sky arrogantly: "I won't tell you."

Everyone: "..."

Nie Renyan twitched the corners of his mouth, and said to this stubborn old man, "Then what shall we call you from now on?"

"Just call me—" the little old man stroked his beard, pondered for a while, and said with a serious face: "Master."

The little apprentice turned his face silently: His master has started to be mischievous again...

Everyone: "..."