Fruit Man [Unlimited]

In the photo, with a big tree as the center, circle after circle of dead people stood upright in the pit.

The two detectives were unable to exhume the dead bodies in their entirety, only their heads or upper bodies.But that's what makes it even scarier!

Beth added: "According to the records left by the two police detectives, the family's backyard is full of dead bodies, and they are all buried upright in the soil, and most of them are buried alive. The number is close to a hundred!"

Hansen, who was younger, trembled and was hugged by his mother.

Nancy couldn't believe it: "What is this family doing? How could they do such a thing? And so many people died, why didn't anyone find out?"

Beth sneered and replied: "I don't know the answer to this question. I can only tell you based on the information left by the two police detectives. They said that Shilin Town was a famous remote place with poor mountains and rivers. There were several towns in the town. There are bullies and gangsters, including the mayor and the sheriff. And the family with a lot of dead bodies buried in the backyard is said to be the mayor's brother's family."

"The mayor's younger brother opened a mine in the town, and the townspeople did not dare to work in his mine. The mayor's younger brother couldn't force the locals too much, so he often went out to recruit workers. Every time he came back, he would bring back a batch of mines. Cheap miners, and most of these miners are alone or have little family power.”

"Those corpses...according to the investigation of the two police detectives, they are almost all miners tricked by the mayor's brother. When these miners came, they found that they were cheated, or felt too hard, so they wanted to leave. The mayor's brother didn't know why. He liked to invite miners who said they were leaving into his house, take them to the backyard, force them into the dug pits by force, and bury them alive."

Several people scolded when they heard this.

Beth shook her head, "This group is not the only ones who died. Look at these photos again. These are photos taken by the police detectives in the mine of the mayor's brother. The dead people in them are basically incomplete. Abuse. The detectives suspected that the mayor’s brother was killing these miners to intimidate other miners and make them stay as slave labor.”

Adam asked Beth to send him a copy of these materials, and couldn't help asking: "Auntie, are you saying this to tell us that the blockade of Shilin Township every 19 years is caused by these evil spirits?"

Beth laughed and shook her head: "Of course not, this is just the beginning of everything."

Beth said with deep sorrow: "When the mayor's younger brother was arrested by two police detectives, the mayor was also controlled by the sheriff. The slave labor in the mine was released. If these miners can be transferred away in time, the future There will be so many tragedies. But at that time, the whole town was blocked, people outside could not come in, people inside could not get out, the weather was cold, and the food reserves were not enough, so the town gradually became chaotic. At the beginning, those The food and accommodation for the miners are provided by the town, but when the townspeople in this town have nothing to eat, who can take care of these outsiders?"

Everyone changed color, and the chaos that followed could already be imagined.

Beth continued: "The miners who were released were already full of fire. When they found that the food was getting less and less and the heating time was getting shorter and shorter, they turned into thugs and attacked the townspeople everywhere. In order to protect themselves, the townspeople, together with the sheriff and several mine owners, jointly deal with these miners."

"More and more people died... After half a year, the town was finally connected to the outside world. The two police detectives had already died, one of them had died, the sheriff and the mayor had both died, and the mayor's younger brother died in an extremely miserable manner. The other townspeople and miners are less than one-fifth of the original number."

Mr. Bertram suddenly said anxiously: "It's bad, how similar is the current situation to that year? There are more than 300 miners released from the George Mine!"

Bill Hansen hurriedly comforted him: "I have inquired about it. Because of the previous history, the town has prepared food and fuel in advance. Let alone only [-] miners, even if there are [-], we can feed them and live there." warm."

Lying on the bed, Lai Ge ordered Little French Fries: "Can you give me a copy of all the information she collected in Beth's communicator?"

"No problem~" Little Potato Fries gave Lai Ge everything he wanted in less than half a minute.

Lai Ge flipped through those materials while listening to Beth tell everyone about ancient times.He was especially interested in the big tree in the backyard of the mayor's brother 190 years ago.

Beth has been speaking for the second third fourth for 19 years.

"19 years after the tragedy, no one expected that the blockade would reappear, and Shilin Town became an isolated town again. This time, everyone did not make any preparations, because at that time, who would have thought that the town would be closed for a second time. Second-rate?

The situation was also very bad that time, and there were no less than twenty missing persons.

The townspeople united and searched everywhere, but they couldn't find the twenty people.

When the third and fourth blockades came, people learned their lesson and started hoarding food, building farms, and guarding their families during the blockade.

But it was useless, people would always go missing, one hundred and two people disappeared during the third blockade period, and nearly 200 people disappeared in one breath during the fourth blockade period. "

Aaron couldn't help interrupting again: "Aunt Beth, just tell me the reason for the disappearance."

Beth gave her nephew a patient look: "I'm about to talk about it. Because people keep disappearing every time there is a blockade, both the town and the government above are sending people to investigate. During this investigation, the investigators found a A very strange thing is that there are many long-lived people in the town. Some long-lived people even lived from the first blockade period to the fourth blockade period."

Aaron narrowed his eyes: "Is it really related to the longevity? Will someone engage in evil sacrifices and exchange human life for longevity and youth?"

Unexpectedly, Beth shook her head.

Lai Ge also sat up on the bed.

Everyone else looked at Beth.

Beth sighed: "Your thoughts, those investigators have also had. They also investigated in this direction at the beginning. They took those long-lived people to the police station for interrogation over and over again, and searched their houses. Because the news leaked, those in the town The families of the missing people even joined forces to go to the homes of the long-lived people to make trouble, and some people arrested the descendants of those long-lived people. The incident was very big at the time, and many long-lived people were killed by angry townspeople."

"But the investigators finally found out that the disappearance of the missing people has nothing to do with those long-lived people. In order to prevent people outside from disturbing the lives of the townspeople out of curiosity, this matter was suppressed by the government. And Only the mayor’s secretary made a record of these relevant materials, and she later switched to work in the library instead of being a secretary, and the materials I know are basically collected by her.”

Beth also looked at the nurse Nancy, and said kindly: "That secretary is also called Nancy, and she is also a rare long-lived person. She has been researching the secrets of the town that was blocked once in 19 years, and the reasons for the disappearance of the missing. , and why they live so long. She lived until I took over as librarian."

Lai Ge and the others showed expressions of "I see". No wonder Aunt Beth, who is an ordinary person, can know so many secrets. It turns out that she is only the successor. The real investigator is the former librarian. A wise old man who was born in the first blockade, went through the next seven rounds of blockade, and lived to be 150 years old.

"So what is the reason why some townspeople live so long?" Aaron asked impatiently.

Beth paused, "What I'm going to say below is just the speculation of Mrs. Nancy and me, and it may not be the correct answer."

"Auntie, tell me quickly!" Aaron urged.

Beth took a sip of water and said, "Mrs. Nancy made a major discovery. She discovered that during the six months of the town's blockade period, everyone's hair and nails will not grow, and food will not spoil."

interesting.Lai Ge listened intently.

The rest of the restaurant also showed surprised expressions.

Beth: "So Mrs. Nancy speculates that every time the town is blocked, people's time will stop. In addition, as many people disappeared during the blockade period, the corresponding number of people in the town will be extended by 19 years. "

"Hey?!" Everyone exclaimed.

Aaron frowned: "How are those whose life spans are increased selected? There is always a pattern, right?"

Beth smiled bitterly: "There is no pattern, it's completely random."

The crowd was silent.

However, Lai Ge raised the corners of his lips. It was just randomness that allowed this town to go through nine reincarnations, and when it reached the tenth time, there were still more than 4000 people living here.

If there is a pattern, those who live long will inevitably bear the crime of making the missing disappear.

But there is no rule, it is completely random, and the long-lived people can think with peace of mind: It is not because I want to live longer that I have harmed who and who, I am innocent, I am just lucky.

However, the number of long-lived people is not fixed on certain people, but increases every time they are blocked.

Anyone can become a vested interest. As long as you want to live forever and maintain a certain youth, who doesn't want to stay here for a long time?

Beth also said: "Some people left after knowing a little bit of the inside story. No one wants to be a missing person. But there are also many people who want to be the lucky ones who live a long life, or hope that their offspring will also be that lucky one."

Aaron interface: "So some people were called back."

"Yes." Beth said with a painful expression: "Some people really care about future generations and hope that they can have the opportunity to prolong their lives. But some people hope that the lucky one will fall on their own head. But if the population of the town continues to decrease , which means that both the lucky and the missing are very likely. No one wants to be the missing, so the only way to increase the number of town residents is by a large amount.

The would-be lucky ones are desperately trying to keep the town secret in order to keep the population and attract more.This is why mine owners like George dared to intercept black miners, and the sheriff and the others turned a blind eye.

And those long-lived elders, they can't leave the town, once they leave, they will die of old age.Some people lived enough and would walk out of the town on their own, and some people did not want to be controlled by the town, so they also walked out of the town. These long-lived people, without exception, instantly aged and died of organ failure the moment they walked out of the town. "

Beth closed her eyes, "The long-lived people negotiate with the government. They will provide a certain number of people for the government to study, in exchange for people who the government will not forcibly relocate this town, and will not reveal the secrets of this town to the outside world. The government agreed, and they People will be sent to do research once the blockade period is over."

Aaron raised his hand: "Auntie, why didn't the government people come in during the blockade period, don't they wonder why the town is blocked?"

Beth was silent, and said after a while: "It should be fear. As early as the third and fourth blockade period, before the blockade started, the government sent an entire investigation team over, but these people all became missing. "

"This..." Aaron's face turned slightly pale, "What kind of power can control such a samsara blockade, make people disappear, and also increase their lifespan? He even knows how to deal with people who are not good for him."

Mr. Bertram's face was heavy, and he looked at his wife without speaking.

Beth watched her husband carefully.

Little Hansen's mother, Qiao Lin, couldn't help but questioned her husband Bill Hansen: "You know, you and your father both know. You know that Shilin Town is so dangerous, and you still want me and my mother to stay. Even little Hansen will be imprisoned! You are too selfish!"

Bill Hansen opened and closed his mouth.

Old Hansen sighed, and said, "Qiao Lin, don't blame Bill, I told him not to tell. The town has a request, and no one can tell the secrets of the town to outsiders."

Qiao Lin said sharply: "You want to be the lucky one with a long life, right? You don't want to leave, so you dragged your son and refused to leave! You even asked your son to trick me into staying in the town. If you really think about us, You should have let us leave the town when we got married, even if we went to my mother's city to develop! In the end, you tricked my mother into coming here!"

Agatha was silent, she didn't say anything, but shook off Old Hansen's hand touching the back of her hand.

Little Hansen was dazed, looking at his parents, grandpa and grandma.

Old Hansen shook his head in pain: "No, that's not the case. This town made Bill's mother Rowling disappear, and I hated him to death! But look at our planet, are other places a paradise? As a mine star, our planet is no longer good , is the life basin. As early as a few decades ago, I heard that the rich there tried their best to go to other planets. If you don’t believe me, you can ask that Lai Ge and ask if their orchard has just been bought decades ago. .

I just hope... my family, my loved ones can live a little longer, until we are saved, or someone can solve our problems and unlock the secrets of our town. "

Qiao Lin sneered: "There is a probability problem. We may become the long-lived ones, but we may also become the missing ones."

"No! You don't understand! As long as they are town residents, people with household registration in the town cannot disappear!" Old Hansen blurted out.

Everyone was surprised, even Lai Ge raised his eyebrows.

Aunt Beth lowered her eyes.

Seeing her like this, Bertram understood: "You also know about this?"

Beth didn't dare to look her husband in the eyes, and nodded silently.

Bertram pursed his lips: "So you have concealed me for 14 years. I chose to stay in the town, and you didn't object. Because you know that the official town residents who have entered the household registration of Stone Forest Town will not become missing persons."

Beth swallowed: "Yes."

Mr. Bertram's face became even colder: "This is also the reason why many townspeople know that George Mine and other mines have illegal workers from other places, but they pretend to be deaf and dumb?"

He really didn't know that he hadn't really integrated into the town yet, and the townspeople kept some dirty things from him.

Beth could not answer, and had no face to answer.The townspeople actually know it in their hearts, but if they can't see it, they can pretend that they don't know.

Bertram suddenly asked: "Apart from those cheated miners, are there other people from other places who have disappeared here? The men have become miners, but what about the women? What about the children and the elderly?"

Beth couldn't answer the question even more.

Old Hansen said: "You don't have to stare at Beth and blame Beth, she can't do anything about many things. She doesn't say or do anything, she just wants to protect you."

Bertram wanted to say that if Beth told him these things, he could leave the town with Beth.But thinking that Beth already knew the secrets of this town to such an extent, I'm afraid he could leave, and Beth couldn't leave either.

And if Beth told him the secret, this town and the people in this town would not allow him to leave.

For this reason, Beth concealed him, but was really protecting him.

Aaron suddenly said: "Wait! I checked the missing persons during the previous two blockade periods, and there are still townspeople."

Beth looked at Old Hansen.

Old Hansen smiled wryly, and said with difficulty: "We don't know who it is, and who we negotiated with. In short, one day in the town, there was a saying that as long as the townspeople with local household registration will not disappear .”

Beth added: "It's from the sixth lockdown."

Old Hansen: "But those townspeople will not seek death by themselves. During the blockade period, all of us must stay within the town limits and cannot enter the stone forest. This is rule one. Rule two, don't try to cross or open the blockade. Rule Three, don't wander around the town for two hours between [-]:[-] and [-]:[-] at night, and don't go out no matter what strange sights you see. This is what Beth and I want to tell you tonight, and we don't want to be missing Those who do, must abide by these three rules.”

Aaron murmured: "So from the sixth blockade to the ninth time, all townspeople who disappeared during the blockade violated the three rules you mentioned?"

Hansen nodded: "That's it. Similarly, as long as the townspeople can abide by these three rules, they will definitely not become missing persons."

"What about outsiders? If outsiders also abide by these three rules, will they still become missing persons?" Aaron asked.

Hansen replied: "If the rules can be followed, the possibility of disappearance will be greatly reduced, but even if outsiders have been hiding in the house, they may still become missing persons."

Aaron turned to look at Beth again: "Auntie, didn't that Mrs. Nancy find out who made this agreement with whom?"

Beth hesitated: "This is not stated in the information left by Mrs. Nancy."

Beth is lying.Lai Ge is looking at the information that Little French Fries dug out for him.

What he was looking at was a passage written by Mrs. Nancy.

It was a record like a diary.

On April 4, XX, seeing that the blockade period will be over for more than a month, the atmosphere in the town has improved a lot.

But those townspeople who couldn't find their families were still crying. Last night, another family disappeared, all three of them disappeared.

It's already April, but it's still snowing outside, as if the weather on the first day of the blockade has continued until today.

Uncle Wesson, who has lived from the first blockade until now, said that he saw the tree, and he said that he would go to the tree to talk to him. He and the people in the town would rather not live longer than the townspeople disappear again. up.

Immediately afterwards, Lai Ge opened the second diary selected by Little French Fries.

In the early morning of April 4, I just rushed to the entrance of the library when I saw many people gathered by the wall.

Three rules written on the gray wall with a spray paint pen.

Signed by: An old fool who wants a better town.

Many people are asking who is the person who wrote these three rules. Instead of going into the library, I turned around and ran to Uncle Wesson's house.

Uncle Wesson disappeared, and since that day, no one has seen him again.

Uncle Wesson is indeed an old fool. He probably exchanged those three rules with that unknown mysterious existence on the condition of his own life or something more important, in order to protect the townspeople.

Afterwards, the Beth family, Nancy, and the Hansen family were all discussing how to arrange their lives for the past six months without violating the three rules.

Bertram didn't blame his wife, he even understood her, besides, he wanted to stay in the town at first, and Beth actually rejected his marriage proposal at first, until he vowed to stay by Beth's side no matter what happened.

Little Hansen's mother, Qiao Lin, didn't quarrel with her husband anymore, but her face was not very good-looking.

Old Hansen was talking nicely to Agatha, saying that he and Bill would definitely protect their mother, daughter and little Hansen.

Nancy was the quiet girl and Aaron was taking notes.

Seeing that he couldn't hear anything anymore, Lai Ge jumped off the bed immediately, he was going to find that tree!

"Small French fries, where can you see trees through monitoring? Big trees."

"I haven't seen it yet." Little Potato Fries paused, "There is a strange thing, there is no surveillance on the farm, not a single one."

Lai Ge: "Oh?"

Little French fries plead: "I can fly into the sky and do a whole scan."

"Okay, then I'll trouble you. Focus on helping me see where there are big trees. If there are no big trees, small saplings are fine."

"Okay, yes, dear master, I didn't find the person who attacked the mayor, but I found the murderer who attacked the short-haired girl. He just sneaked into the town hotel and killed a passenger with the same method. "

Lai Ge didn't care about the players for the time being. He asked Little French Fries to send a message to policewoman Anting and the sheriff respectively, asking them to pay attention to the decapitated murder case in the hotel.

Little French Fries flew over the town and scanned the entire town, including farms and mines, in just 5 minutes.

"Master, apart from the farm, no plant-like life was found."

"Are there any trees on the farm?"

"I haven't seen it yet, but I can see traces of crops and indoor cultivation warehouses."

Lai Ge opened the window and jumped out from the second floor. The target: the farm.