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Xiaoqiong County is quite high above sea level. It is a county seat on a high mountain, or more precisely, it is a county seat located on a mountainside.Although it is a county seat, the place is really not that big. It only takes half an hour to drive around the city, and the population is actually not that big.

However, the air in Xiaoqiong County is very sober, because it is built against the mountains, and the architectural layout is also very local.It was the beginning of October at this time, and other places in the Xia Kingdom were still hot, but because of the high altitude, the temperature in Xiaoqiong County was already very cool.

Because the place is small and remote, and the local economy is underdeveloped, Xiaoqiong County is very quiet in the early morning, and the streets are empty.Cao Qiulan and his party went directly to the pre-booked hotel to open a room and rest, and the rest will be discussed at dawn.

Xiaoqiong County did not set up branches of special departments. Of course, the branches of special departments were only set up at the city level, and there were no general counties.But in this way, the logistical conditions of their mission this time must not be as good as that of the Huangniao community.

But it doesn't matter. Didn't Cao Qiulan and the others cope well when there was no support before?Moreover, this time the special department has also contacted other departments and the local government, and will ask them for support when necessary.Therefore, the group of people didn't have any worries. After a good night's rest, they sat down together to discuss countermeasures the next day.

Cao Qiulan flipped through the materials of the Xiaoqiong Manufacturing Bureau provided by the Xiaoqiong County Local History Office.

I don't know if Xiaoqiong Manufacturing Bureau really doesn't have a sense of existence, or there are other reasons, and the information provided by the local historical records office is also very little.

However, in the short text, Cao Qiulan still found some clues.

According to historical records, Xiaoqiong Manufacturing Bureau seems to have been full of contradictions since its establishment, and it can even be said that it was the result of the struggle between local officials and local gentry at that time.And even after the establishment of operations, there has been no shortage of shadows of them fighting each other.

As for the closing of Xiaoqiong Manufacturing Bureau in the end, although there are inevitable historical reasons and the reasons for the poor management of Xiaoqiong Manufacturing Bureau, it is also inseparable from the fighting with the big bosses behind the scenes of the manufacturing bureau. stable company.

Cao Qiulan couldn't help guessing whether their mission this time might be related to these secrets.Of course, it is still too early to make a conclusion. After all, these things are only inferred from the text, and the authenticity of the text is still in doubt.History is written by people, and as long as it is man-made, there is a possibility of mistakes and omissions, and it is more likely to be considered fake.

If you want to know exactly what is going on, you have to wait until you have seen it somewhere.But these are not urgent, everyone discussed it for a while, and the topic naturally changed. The materials are ready, and you have to stay in an abandoned building for six days. What if you don't have enough preparations?

Tents are of course indispensable, and we can't expect things like beds and bedding to be prepared for them in the abandoned buildings.In addition, considering the temperature difference between day and night on the body, and the ground will definitely be cooler, it is better to take good heat preservation measures. Not everyone is a ghost like Dong Yiyan, and they don't care about these at all.Not everyone has Cao Qiulan's cultivation, which has reached the realm of invulnerability to cold and heat.

The other is food and water, including clean water and drinking water. It is definitely impossible to have running water in abandoned buildings.

But they don't need to worry too much about this, Wei Yuanmei and the others are not taskers, they can come in and out freely to purchase supplies!

So, Cao Qiulan and the others leisurely waited for dinner and did evening class before going out to the mission site Xiaoqiong Manufacturing Bureau.Xiaoqiong Manufacturing Bureau is located in a mountain depression on the outskirts of Xiaoqiong County, a 10-minute drive from the county seat, and usually no one comes here.

The Xiaoqiong Manufacturing Bureau is surrounded by mountains on three sides, which means that there is only one entrance to enter. Although the area of ​​the Manufacturing Bureau is not small, basically no matter who comes, the people inside can clearly see it.Cao Qiulan and the others should be the last to arrive.

When they entered, there was already a hall with six people sitting together in a hall that was supposed to be a factory building, but now it was empty.A bonfire was built among them, and several tents were set up in the factory building, which really felt like camping.

The six people happened to be three men and three women, all of whom were unknown to Cao Qiulan and Zhang Mingli. It seemed that they were not lucky enough to meet acquaintances this time.Seeing Cao Qiulan and the others approaching in a large group, the six of them all showed vigilant expressions.Although they are taskers, most of the taskers are ordinary people with no superpowers, and Cao Qiulan and the others are not only large in number, but also seem to be difficult to mess with.

Under Cao Qiulan's signal, Kong Liangjian took a step forward, showed his ID, and then introduced their identities and the country's policies.The six questers this time were all herbivores, they just wanted to survive the quest, they didn't have any ambitions, and they didn't do anything bad.After confirming their identities, the six missionaries happily accepted the arrangement and registered their respective identity information.

In fact, a male tasker also explained that he has supernatural powers. His name is Li Zhengyi, and he is also a senior person.Although the taskers are basically ordinary people, Cao Qiulan, a supernatural being, has also encountered two. One is naturally Li Yunyun. Her dreams are quite special, and she can dream about things related to her surroundings.The other is the dead Zuo Gen, who has the ability to predict danger.

Li Zhengyi's ability is rather special, somewhat similar to the combination of Li Yunyun and Zuo Gen's abilities.Li Zhengyi was quite wary of his companions at first, but now that the special department has intervened, he stopped hiding and said directly: "I...I can dream about the imminent death the next day, but there is one condition , the person who is about to die must be someone related to me."

Cao Qiulan thought for a while, and quickly grasped the point, "Can this kind of death be reversed or saved?"

Li Zhengyi said with some hesitation: "I... I'm not sure, I hope to desire, but maybe I can't. In fact, after I got this ability, I had a total of fourteen such dreams. Most of the dead are the same as us people."

"But once, I had a dream about the death of a friend. I tried various methods to prevent it, but in the end he died the same way as in my dream, and the way of death was still the same as in my dream. The same goes for others, I tried Changes were made, but they all failed.”

"I'm not sure if it's because I'm not capable enough to do it, or if this kind of death is really doomed."

Cao Qiulan nodded slightly and pondered.Death in the world is artificially divided into many people. The best is naturally to die without a disease, and to die in bed. Those who die of illness are also considered natural deaths.Unnatural death includes suicide, homicide, and accidental death.

But regardless of the classification of these human beings, according to the records in the book of life and death in the underworld, human death can also be divided into normal death and abnormal death.The so-called normal death refers to the end of the life span in the book of life and death, and the law of death does not matter whether it is natural death or unnatural death.

As for abnormal death, it is of course the opposite of normal death. The book of life and death has not yet expired, but due to some reasons, he died tragically.Most of the dead in this situation were abnormal deaths, and all those who committed suicide were abnormal deaths.

To know whether the death in Li Zhengyi's dream can be changed, it is actually very simple to say, as long as you know whether those people's lifespan in the book of life and death has expired.It's a pity that it's easy to say, but it's impossible to do. None of them have the right to check the book of life and death, and it is impossible for the Yin officials to agree to help check the book of life and death for this reason.

So Cao Qiulan just thought about it and gave up this tempting idea.However, although it was verified, he tended to change it, because he vaguely felt that the deaths of all taskers should be abnormal deaths.

Thinking of this, Cao Qiulan asked: "Did Li Shanxin... have a dream last night?"

Li Zhengyi understood what Cao Qiulan meant. The missions of the infinite horror game are full of dangers. People may die at any time, and of course they may not die. Sometimes it depends entirely on luck.Cao Qiulan probably wanted to know if anyone would die today.

Li Zhengyi shook his head and explained: "It is possible to have a dream before we have contact. Yesterday, I didn't know everyone. But if something happens tomorrow, I should be able to dream it tonight. But it's not necessarily true. And there were deaths that I didn't dream about."

Cao Qiulan showed a thoughtful expression, thought for a while, and said: "Li Shanxin, have you... dreamed about yourself?" The abilities of the two supernatural beings that Cao Qiulan has seen are all beneficial to her. But Li Zhengyi's ability seems to only benefit others.

Li Zhengyi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and his expression became a little complicated, "I have actually thought about the question of Daoist Cao myself, and the answer is that I don't know. In fact, I hope to dream of myself, but also worry about dreaming of myself." I hope to dream of myself, because if I know my crisis in advance, I may be able to avoid it.I don't want it because I am worried that the death in my dream cannot be changed.

"I understand." Cao Qiulan nodded and did not continue to ask.In any case, Li Zhengyi's ability is quite useful, and it is worth recruiting by special departments.Of course, this has nothing to do with Cao Qiulan, he is just a consultant, someone else will be responsible for the specific recruitment of Li Zhengyi, and he will definitely not contact him until the mission is over.

When the conversation was almost over, Wei Yuanmei and the others began to set up a tent. Cao Qiulan and the others were not good at this, so they stopped making trouble and continued to sit by the campfire and chat with Li Zhengyi and the others.It's just that the content of the chat has changed from serious to relaxed, and the topic of Tiannanhai is very casual.

Chatting and chatting, everyone can't help talking about their past. It can be seen that without professional training, if you want to protect your personal privacy, unless you don't speak, it is very difficult to do it.Wei Yuanmei and the others set up the tent very quickly, and it didn't take long to set up all the tents and return to the fire, just in time to hear Li Zhengyi say: "My hometown is Wuli County, a small place, you must have never heard of it."

Everyone said that the name was a bit strange, but I had never heard of it.After sitting down, Kong Liangjian said, "I know, Wuli County in Beiji City, right? This place is a gathering place of ethnic minorities, and in ancient times it was an area controlled by ethnic minority regimes."

"I don't remember when the dynasty started. The central government and the ethnic minority government that controlled the North Falcon City opened a mutual market, and established a market in the middle of the cities and villages on both sides. The market was exactly five miles away from the two sides, and it was The local people and merchants called it Wuli Market, but no one remembers the official name. Later, when a county was established here, it continued to use this name.”

Li Zhengyi looked at Kong Liangjian in amazement and said, "How do you know? There are indeed many ethnic minorities over there, but I am not. As for the origin of the name of Wuli County, to be honest, I don't know how it came about. I thought this name was strange since I was a child, but I only found out what happened after hearing it from you today. Are you also from Wuli County?" Isn't that too coincidental?

Kong Liangjian shook his head and said, "I'm not from Wuli County, but I went to Wuli County when I was on duty in the army, and I learned a little bit about it." Li Zhengyi was speechless for a moment.After a little understanding, he understood more deeply than his local area, which made him feel ashamed, and he was ashamed to call himself a native of Wuli County.

Kong Liangjian smiled, and only said that he and Li Zhengyi were destined, and exchanged phone numbers by the way.

Li Zhengyi didn't doubt that he was there, or maybe he knew that Kong Liangjian had other intentions, but he was happy to see it succeed.In short, the two exchanged contact information smoothly. As for the other taskers, they seemed to know nothing and were still cheerful.

As for what they think, only they know.They may know the fact that Li Zhengyi is about to be recruited by the special department, and they may be envious, but not everyone is willing to enter the special department and accept more constraints.

Although it is foreseeable that after entering the special department, they will definitely receive more preferential treatment and protection.

But people have their own aspirations, some people don't care about restraint, while others are unrestrained and love freedom.

As the saying goes, "Life is precious, but love is more expensive. If it is for the sake of freedom, both can be thrown away."

Everyone unanimously expected that the bonfire was about to burn out, and the night was already deep, and no one came again. It was expected that no other taskers would come.

After discussing the arrangements for the night watch, everyone left the person in charge of the night watch, and went back to rest.After all, this place is in the wilderness. Although it is covered by abandoned buildings, there may still be unpredictable risks. A vigil is still necessary.

Cao Qiulan and his group had three people on each side of the six taskers, and Cao Qiulan and his team had Zhou Wensheng and the three on their side.

Wei Yuanmei, who was the most powerful, was excluded from the range of candidates for the vigil, because the result of their negotiation was that one person from each side would be matched with each other and divided into three groups of vigil.This is also considering the hard power of the taskers and the lack of experience in vigil. If they are asked to vigil by themselves, they may not be able to deal with danger if they are really in danger.But on the side of the missionaries, a gentleman decided to let the three ladies have a good rest.

In this way, the three night watchmen selected by the taskers are all men, and it is natural for Cao Qiulan and the others to have men as their partners.Wei Yuanmei didn't have any objection to this either, she was not that sensitive, and she didn't feel that this was belittling her, or that there was any gender inequality.While men and women have equal rights, it is also necessary to recognize that there are indeed differences in gender characteristics between men and women.

It is only necessary to distinguish whether this difference is an objective fact or a subjective bias.For example, it is prejudice to think that women are not capable and should support their husbands and children at home.But women are generally weaker than men in physical strength, which is an objective fact.However, this does not mean that women are generally weaker than men, because women are also generally stronger than men.

And, these postures are generally different, and there are differences in specific individuals.Not all women are physically weaker than men, and there are women who are naturally strong.It's not a big deal, and it's not something to be discriminated against, it's just that everyone is a different individual.

Seeing that everyone had a good discussion about the night watch, Cao Qiulan confidently took Dong Yiyan's hand and returned to their tent.It was a two person tent and actually a little cramped given their height.

However, Dong Yiyan felt that although he and Cao Qiulan were squeezed into a narrow space, although he was not physically comfortable, he was quite satisfied in his heart.

Cao Qiulan felt okay, he was lying in Dong Yiyan's arms, not feeling sleepy yet.

"This place is so clean, is it because of you?" Cao Qiulan asked looking at the top of the tent because the space was too small to turn over.

When they arrived at the place today, it was already too late, so naturally they couldn't explore other parts of the Manufacturing Bureau.But as far as the factory they are staying in now, it can be said that it is very clean inside, there is not a single imp.There's nothing wrong with that, and it's not like there are ghosts everywhere.But this ghost-free place has left a lot of yin, and I don't want to die without ghosts.

Dong Yiyan smiled softly on Cao Qiulan's hair, and said, "I didn't do anything, they scared them away." He really didn't do anything, but it's just that he still can't restrain his aura well, and humans can't detect it However, ghosts are very sensitive.

Cao Qiulan couldn't help but raised his hand and rubbed his hot ears. Why didn't he notice that Dong Yiyan had such a hormonal surge when he spoke in this voice? "I hope this mission will go smoothly and no one will die." He changed the subject abruptly.

"Yes, it's getting late, go to bed." Dong Yiyan pulled Cao Qiulan into his arms.Now they don't respect missions more and more. They used to wait for the mission to start, but now they are very casual and don't care about it at all.

Cao Qiulan didn't feel that there was anything wrong, leaned against Dong Yiyan's arms, and soon fell asleep peacefully.

On the morning of the first day of the mission, Cao Qiulan and the others still woke up early. At this time, the last group of night watchmen were still vigiling conscientiously, although it was already dawn at this time.Soon Wei Yuanmei and the others also woke up, prepared breakfast and toiletries, and let the last group of night watchmen catch up on sleep by the way.It was true that they still hadn't had enough sleep, so they were not polite, and went back to the tent to catch up on sleep.

Perhaps because they heard the movement outside the tent, the three female taskers who did not participate in the vigil also woke up one after another.Then as soon as they got out of the tent, they saw Dong Yiyan combing Cao Qiulan's hair with a comb, his smooth long hair was easily tied into a bun.

Don't think that Dong Yiyan is an ancient man, or called an ancient ghost, so his hair-tying skills are naturally perfect.

In fact, Dong Yiyan's skill was only practiced on Cao Qiulan after using the entity recently.After all, he was a royal family when he was alive, and the servants around him did everything for him.life skill?nonexistent.

Before his death, Dong Yiyan didn't even do such a thing as dressing himself. No matter what it is, someone will take care of it and let him tie his hair. Isn't that a dream?If he is married, or if he is interested in helping his wife's hair, of course he may not be able to do well.But when he was alive, he was single until he died, and he didn't have a lover, so he naturally had no chance to practice it.

After he died, ghosts have no substance. Even Dong Yiyan, who has condensed a substance, is still different from a human body. He can become whatever he wants without thinking about combing his hair and wearing clothes Clothes and such issues.

So, Dong Yiyan had the motivation and the opportunity to practice this skill until he owned the entity again recently!

Judging from Dong Yiyan's current performance, he has reached a very high level of this skill, and he has finally lived a romantic life where he can help his wife's hair!Dong Yiyan inserted Cao Qiulan's hairpin and admired his own work, feeling that it was perfect.Cao Qiulan shook his head, touched the bun on his head, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he stood up with confidence.

It can be seen that although Dong Yiyan feels good about himself, Cao Qiulan does not trust the former royal family's hands-on ability in this regard.At this time, Zhang Mingli and the others had already sorted out a clean place and began to decorate the altar. Cao Qiulan went to help after finishing her hair.Dong Yiyan thought for a while, and went over to help clean up the ground. Ever since he ate the ghost that Zu Yuanjun gave him, he found that his body had changed.

This change was very subtle at the beginning, and Dong Yiyan didn't even notice it, but as the days passed, the change became more obvious.He found that he was not so repulsed by the idol.Originally, Dong Yiyan was very reluctant to get close to the statue because of the restraint of attributes, and would not take a step into the temple at all, but now this feeling of repulsion seems to have weakened a little.

Of course, there is still a long way to go to be able to stay with the statue without any uncomfortable feeling, but this change is always good for Dong Yiyan, who has a Taoist daughter-in-law.Thinking of this, Dong Yiyan couldn't help feeling even more grateful to Mr. Zu Shuyuan.

Dong Yiyan carefully recalled the elders he met in his long life, and it turned out that Zu Shu Yuanjun was the most reasonable one.Therefore, doing something within his capacity for Zu Shu Yuanjun, even Dong Yiyan, who was once a royal family, did not feel condescended.