Returning from the abyss

Chapter 909
With the samples, Shire's investigation speed is very fast.About three to ten minutes later, Charles gathered all the mushrooms growing in the entire warehouse in one place, and even "purified" the place where the mushrooms grew.

"33 places... that's quite a lot." Lu Ning picked up a bucket of oil and poured it on the mushrooms, and burned all the mushrooms to ashes.But even so, he did not receive a reminder that the task was completed.If Shire's search didn't lead to anything, then mushrooms had already been mixed into the human body.

She didn't know how long in the future the scene she happened to see was, so she tried to get closer according to the time.

"Char, can you directly observe whether the internal structure of the human body is normal?"

"It's very simple, just adjust the mode." Charles nodded the side of his head, his eyes lit up slightly, "But in this case, my field of vision will be full of silhouettes, and I may not be able to react if there is a battle .”

"It's okay, it's okay like this... By the way, you have changed both eyes? I thought most people would only change one."

"There was a promotional event at the time, and I saw the price and the gift were very good, so I exchanged them together." Charles replied.

Lu Ning: "..."

Since this is the case, it is easy to handle. At most, it is just to scan the entire hotel, and there is no need to worry about the outside of the hotel. After all, what Lu Ning saw was "the hotel was blocked and burned", and the cause must be inside.And if Lu Ning was asked to pick the most suspicious place, it would of course be the room on the top floor with mushroom fragments.She asked Charles to go to the hotel to find someone, and she contacted Yin Xiu again, asking him straight to the point who lived in that room.

"Although I don't know why you are suddenly curious about such things, but there is currently no one in that room." Yin Xiu replied.

"no one?"

"Yes, that room belongs to another chairman named Han Lian. Since I can still remember him, it means that he is not dead yet. He was the first person to be kidnapped. After he was lost, he couldn't be found. Come back, but I don’t think Xuetu Electronics is particularly anxious, and his level is probably not very good.” Yin Xiu laughed, “Actually, the level of the tourists we are the chairman of the board is not the same Yes, doesn't it feel good to have me as your teammate?"

"Aren't you also tied up?"

"That was intentional... I didn't mention this. Since you asked on purpose, it means that you learned from some sources that there is something wrong with that room? Then I'll take care of it." Yin Xiu's reaction was still very fast.

"Be careful, it should be Umbrella Mushroom City, you know this organization, right?"

"The vitality is tenacious, but the fire is weak. So, after being defeated that day, are the remaining forces planning to lurk in this place and make trouble again?"

"It's not just this problem, I only found out when I was sent to the future by accident." Lu Ning frowned, "This hotel belongs to you, right? Do you know what is haunting the place in front of my room on the tenth floor?" ?”

"This is beyond the scope of my information. I have a lot of information about visitors from other worlds, but the exploration of this world is similar to everyone. But... I can try to find out." Yin Xiu said There was the sound of typing on the keyboard, "Don't get your hopes up."

"You deal with that room first, and I will clean up other places in the hotel." Lu Ning sighed, "I don't want that future to come true."

"learn."

Yin Xiu hung up the phone, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly.

"She doesn't know yet..."

Wei Jia's sneering voice came from the computer: "She is as busy looking for her own clue as we are, right? Yin Xiu, you are really hypocritical, and you are still whitewashing peace at this time?"

"Wei Jia, you have to believe that I really want to cooperate with you."

"The way of cooperation is that we work hard to collect intelligence, and you sit firmly on the Diaoyutai?"

The camera on the computer screen turned and pointed at a room that looked like a haunted house. In the eerie and empty room, there was only a rope hanging from the beam, and a dead body was hanging below it.

"Wei Jia, don't complain so much. You know it's best to stabilize your mind at this time." Yin Xiu said coldly, "There is nothing to sit on the Diaoyutai. I won't let you guys who don't have much special ability do extremely dangerous things. Now we have only one question to figure out—why Qin Zhilan hanged himself here.”

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The time Lu Ning made the phone call was enough time for Charles to search the entire building. Ordinary guests probably couldn't even find themselves when they were searched.

"How many?" Lu Ning asked in a low voice when she saw Charles coming downstairs.

"Ten, just right." There was some bloody smell on Charles' body, "Two are not fully infected, so I want to ask you how to deal with it."

"Ask me?" Lu Ning glanced at Xia Er, as if she had noticed something.

Charles followed her, saying that he wanted to observe what love is, and she had forgotten too many things recently.

"Anyone I know?"

In the utility room, two people were tied there, a man and a woman, with some blood on their bodies. It seemed that Charles used more violent methods to subdue them.

The male Lu Ning vaguely remembers being one of the first photographers who came with the car, which can be regarded as "acquaintance"; while the female is familiar in another sense. I haven't left at the film and television base yet.

Lu Ning's eyes sank slightly.

The photographer is someone who actually knows her identity, but to Lu Ning, it is no different from a stranger. The only thing that needs to be considered is how to continue the shooting after the photographer dies.

As for Chen Nai...she wouldn't really think of her as the phantom of her deceased friend, but just based on the short conversation after they got to know each other, Lu Ning also had some good feelings for the other party.

"What are the symptoms of the other eight deeply infected?"

"The brain is already occupied by the toadstool, and the spores can be sprayed out in the form of 'blossom' at any time. The state is quite dangerous, so I didn't stay, and burned them all. Anyway, if a few people die here, they won't be noticed." Charles replied.

"Are these two equally hopeless?"

"The technology I have mastered is not enough to perform this kind of hyphae stripping operation. Maybe nobles can do it. Moreover, many parts of their bodies have been eaten away by mushrooms. Even if they are stripped, they will probably be semi-paralyzed in the future."

"What a pity." Lu Ning stepped forward, knelt down, and patted Chennai's shoulder lightly.

A few seconds later, Chen Naiyou woke up, opened his eyes, saw Lu Ning, and his first reaction was not to panic or yell, but to look around.

"Chen Nai, are you awake?" Lu Ning asked softly.

"Hmm...dizziness." Chen Nai shook her head, of course she also saw Charles standing at the door, this is such a big place, Charles stood at the door, blocking all the way out.

"Lu Ning, am I going to die?" Chen Nai smiled.

"Yes, your body is parasitized by something, do you feel it?" Lu Ning also answered her in a very gentle voice.

"I didn't feel it, but... my intuition is not right. My energy is a little weak, and I need to sleep two hours more every day. I thought it was a problem of age, or that I didn't have a good schedule recently... It turned out to be such a big thing Ah..." Chen Nai's eyes were a little empty, and she looked out the window.

Lu Ning reached out and patted the photographer again, waking him up too.His energy was even more exhausted, and his eyes were bloodshot. Although he was a little excited about Lu Ning's words, he quickly calmed down.

"You two, unfortunately, this world is no longer the same as the one you know. You are parasitized by a creature, and you will probably die soon." Lu Ning said directly.

"Huh, that sounds like filming," the photographer lamented.

"Unfortunately, this is the truth. You two, I can't let you go away. To put it bluntly, you have become a source of infection that can break out at any time. I must kill all of this in the cradle."

"Then... can I take a look?" Chen Nai suddenly said, "The thing that parasitized us?"

Lu Ning gestured to Xia Er, and Xia Er took out a small knife from his pocket and threw it to Chen Nai.

"It has already parasitic in your body, you can see it by cutting the skin." Charles whispered.

Lu Ning untied the rope for the two of them, and Chen Nai grabbed the knife and scratched it on his arm, picking out some blue filaments from under the skin. They were not obvious, but they had already taken root in the flesh and blood.The photographer, who also cut himself with a knife, laughed sadly and held his head.

"It seems that we have indeed reached this point. I... It's not that I don't want to resist, but my body is very tired, and I'm afraid it has absorbed a lot of energy from this thing." Chen Nai squinted her eyes, as if she was about to fall asleep , "But if I die, those who know me will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly..."

"After three days, we will all forget, forget that someone died, and forget that you existed in this world." Lu Ning explained calmly, "Maybe it sounds uncomfortable."

"Yeah... It's hard. I wanted to be a star, and I wanted to be remembered by the world... But now, isn't there nothing?"

Chen Nai slowly closed her eyes: "I'm very tired, please don't make me suffer."

"I...I want to ask." The photographer suddenly said, and Lu Ning looked at him.The man also lowered his hands holding his head, "Are you the ones who specialize in dealing with this matter? Then...then I want to know, will this world ever get better? Will it become the way we knew it before?" Is it? Or... the world was originally like this?"

Hearing this question, Chen Nai opened his eyes again and stared at Lu Ning.

"...It will change, but whether it is good or bad, I cannot guarantee it." Lu Ning replied.

Both the photographer and Chennai couldn't help being a little disappointed, but the time had come, and when Charles came over, the hint was already obvious.

"As the two of you said, you won't have too much pain, just treat it as a dream that won't wake up."

"It sounds like you've already tried it..." Chen Nai forced a smile.

Lu Ning turned and walked towards the door, letting Xia Er do it.

"But I woke up..."

[The Disaster [-] mission is completed, and will be settled after the scene ends. 】

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The service personnel of the base do not live in hotels. There are a large number of dormitory buildings in District [-] and District [-], and there should be other districts as well, but Lu Ning does not know where they are.She only knew that if something happened, these service personnel and security guards would rush out from various places immediately, and the number of people was unpredictable at all.

However, there are not so many problems on the side of the Movie Fans Association.With plenty of time and a free identity, they can investigate most of the obvious things.Zhan Qiuxin and Li Chengfu are standing next to the staff dormitory building in District 20. Zhan Qiuxin is still smoking a cigarette, which is the only spot of light in the dark night.

"We used to have a companion, didn't we?" Zhan Qiuxin exhaled, "Pu...what is it?"

"The Urashima phenomenon." Li Chengfu handed over the phone, "I can't even save the name in the Crow APP, I can only write down the last message for our companion's death message through the side-by-side record."

"Who told you about the Urashima phenomenon?" Zhan Qiuxin asked.

"...Efelic, the chairman of Rufus Real Estate." Li Chengfu said, "He got someone to contact me, and I met him."

"And you're afraid to say it in front of me."

"It's always not good to step on two boats. I can't judge your character very well, but I can't say it now."

At this time, it is impossible to turn off the lights around the staff dormitory. After all, there are still night shift staff and people who have just got off work, but now it is completely dark.Rather, the entire base was in a blackout.

"The Urashima phenomenon is when a person passes through compressed time in a short period of time. The time itself has not changed, but the surroundings have already changed. Of course, this phenomenon has a derivative phenomenon, which is..." Zhan Qiuxin took a breath Smoke, "Urashima Taro's Box."

This is embodied as a trigger point in the phenomenon. Once a person caught in the Urashima phenomenon touches the "box", his time will immediately synchronize with the compressed time. For most people caught in the Urashima phenomenon, the result is It means "death".

"That's how our teammates died." Zhan Qiuxin threw the cigarette butt to his feet and stomped it out, "Although I recognized the Pushima phenomenon, I accidentally touched the switch of the box and never came back. Pu The degree of danger in the island phenomenon is completely uncertain. After all, when the time is not synchronized, it is difficult for external things to penetrate the time and cause damage. Even if it breaks away, it can recover. But once you touch the box, you are not far from death .”

She looked around.

"Li Chengfu, pay attention, we don't know where the box is now, we can't open anything easily."

"I know. I'm sorry for the concealment before." Li Chengfu said sincerely.

"It's nothing, what kind of person is Efelic? Can you tell me?" Zhan Qiuxin walked towards the staff dormitory.

"Him? This man is very smart and knows how to hide his clumsiness, but I think he has a natural arrogance. He probably comes from a relatively high social status." Li Chengfu snorted coldly, "I just made a deal with him .”

(End of this chapter)