Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 104 The Dreaming Node
Chen Yan closed the door and returned to the restaurant.

After only going out to say a few words, the sky was almost completely dark.

The street lights have not yet been turned on, and the pedestrians on Walker Street are not too dense.

The winter season in the empire allows normal office workers to get off work before five o'clock. At this time, the rush hour for off work has passed, and the ground leveled by the workers commuting to work has been covered with fresh snow.

The new snow was dyed into small pieces of light yellow by the dim kerosene lights from the houses on both sides of the street, and spread to the end of the street in the darkness before the street lights came on, forming a unique scene on the narrow street of Walker Street. night view.

Chen Yan entered the dining room where the kerosene lights were relit, and said in a low voice:
"It's the Sheriff of Walker Street."

Ogami stuffed the last piece of baked potato into his mouth and said in a firm tone, "That man has no intention of killing you."

Chen Yan was not surprised by this.

Ogami chewed twice, swallowed the baked potato, and added:

"I've seen him before, he's similar to the guys down town, but not to their level, so I didn't go after him."

Chen Yan digested this sentence for a while, and then quickly had indigestion: "I don't quite understand."

Ohgami explained patiently:

"They call themselves extraordinary."

"Based on the purity of the blood, the person outside the door just now is considered to be half a transcendent."

Chen Yan's eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "He is actually a virgin."

This time it was Ogami's turn to suffer from indigestion: "This title is simply..."

Chen Yan explained: "Most of the superhumans in the empire have their own gods, and they call those [who prayed to the gods, but did not receive the blood of the gods] "virgins."

Ohgami nodded: "Is that so? It's really vulgar."

Chen Yan leaned on the dining table, meditating:

"Officer Klein has also started to solicit votes. This is really unbelievable. Isn't the street police department busy enough for him? Why should he get involved in government affairs? I don't think it's just because of the so-called [self-motivated mind]."

Based on what he had learned about the general election, he explained to Ogami the administrative system of the empire, and by the way explained the popular agreement among the superhumans: [A covenant of no war].

All this successfully aroused Ohgami's interest.

"Empire's electoral system sounds fair."

Chen Yan responded: "Yes, it sounds fair, but it doesn't actually work. Most people in the empire are uneducated, and they can't even write their own names. It's easy to waste their votes."

Ohgami’s summary hits the nail on the head: “But this system is still useful—under the shackles of the [no-war treaty] you just mentioned, the political system of the empire is not only applicable to mortals, but also has certain binding force on superhumans. .”

Chen Yan nodded: "I think this is the reason why those extraordinary people gathered in the lower city yesterday afternoon: they want to gather votes."

"For things like ballots, a few or dozens of them are not very useful. Only when the votes of a whole group are gathered can they be effective."

This is the case with the Asian community.

"But what exactly they're trying to do with those votes, I don't know."

Ogami's voice was calm, with a thoughtful look in his eyes: "I see...Master Landlord, can you grant me a request?"

Chen Yan nodded: "If I can do it, I will try my best."

Ohgami said, "If you meet someone who doesn't die, please tell me."

A person who will not die... is it [Undead]?

That name immediately appeared in Chen Yan's head.

Jack Baldo.

This guy miraculously reappeared in Chen Yan's field of vision, which made Chen Yan feel a wonderful premonition—he had a premonition that all this was not a coincidence.

At the same time, he realized another thing: Ohgami went to the lower city yesterday, perhaps because he caught the trace of Jack Baldo.

Ohgami's mission is to "cut off the undead", but he also clearly expressed his meaning: killing is just a means, not an end.

So, for him, simply killing a [undead] is actually useless.

What does Ohgami's so-called "severing immortality" mean?
Chen Yan couldn't figure out this question for the time being.

He said goodbye to Ohgami, went to the bathroom on the second floor, and then returned to the bedroom.

Pull out the camera from under the bed, put it on the hanger, cover it with clothes, point the camera at the position of the bed, then turn on the switch of the camera and adjust it to the recording state.

Although he is not busy today, he feels that his body is very tired.

The wind and snow are howling outside the window, the street lights are still not on, and the expensive heating ensures that the temperature of the entire apartment is kept above [-] degrees Celsius, which is enough for the people in the apartment to spend a warm and snowy night.

Lying on the bed, Chen Yan soon fell asleep.

The hour hand of the clock on the wall turned silently, and it was already midnight without paying attention. Most of the street lights on Walker Street had been on for several hours, and most of the residential houses on both sides of the street had their lights turned off.

Outside the apartment at No. 33 Walker Street, under the unrepaired street lamps, amidst the flickering lights, a figure wearing white high-heeled shoes reappeared at some point.

She didn't know where she came from, and she didn't know how long she had been waiting for, but she just waited there quietly, not afraid of the wind and snow.

In the direction of the city center, the bells of the Moon Clock Tower strike midnight.

As if she had received some kind of signal, she walked up the invisible stairs and entered the apartment building at No. 33 Walker Street through the window.

She came to Chen Yan's bedside, covered her stomach with her left hand, and put her right hand on Chen Yan's forehead.

Feeling the hot palm of her right hand, she felt that something was wrong, so she frowned, and the silvery white silkworms adorned the blue pupils like silver light under the moonlight.

She hesitated for a moment, got into Chen Yan's bed, put her arms around his waist, and pressed her forehead against his.

The moment the girl closed her eyes under her long white eyelashes, the pendulum of the wall clock in the bedroom stopped swinging.

……

……

Chen Yan stared blankly at the sea in front of him, only to see that the end of the sea level had become dark and unclear, large sheets of stratiform clouds covered the sun, and roaring waves blocked the direction of the ferry.

'How do I... I'm back on the boat again. '

He was not awake in the dream, and he was as muddled as a normal person dreaming, not knowing that he was in a dream.

Standing on the deck of the side of the ferry, he felt cold, as if he had lost heat all over.

He can't feel it with his unconscious consciousness, this kind of coldness is not only from the environment, but more from the spirit——

The coldness from the spiritual level enveloped him, making him feel as if he was the only one left in the world.

(End of this chapter)