Deviation: Expeditions of a Non-Human Group

Chapter 45 Missing Children (6)

"Sister... did you hear some voices?" Lin Xi patted Ye Jinci lightly with some fear, and seeing that she didn't respond, she raised her head to look at her, only to find that Ye Jinci was already asleep up.It seems that the events of the past few days have indeed made her a little tired, but now there is a special situation, she needs to wake up Ye Jinci.

Lin Xi shook Ye Jinci's arm and called her softly, but she didn't wake up.Lin Xi thought that maybe she was hallucinating in a dream, and just as she was about to go back to sleep, she heard the cry of the child again.

"Sister, you startled me. I thought you were hit by some kind of spell and couldn't wake up! It's okay..." Lin Xi said.

Ye Jinci pondered for a moment, and said a little strangely: "Indeed, I don't usually sleep very much, and even if I do, I don't sleep very deeply. I don't know what happened today. That's all, it's not important, Xiaoxi, hurry up Tell me what happened."

As if responding to Ye Jinci for Lin Xi, the shrill cry of a child resounded again, and the two couldn't help but look at each other. "Is this what you want to tell me?" Ye Jinci asked.

Lin Xi nodded and said, "It's like a child crying, maybe...maybe it's the clue we're looking for, but...why didn't I hear it last night?"

Ye Jinci: "Perhaps this is what the three elders told us, when there is 'the right time, place and people', there will naturally be an 'opportunity' for clues to appear."

After expressing their thoughts a little, the two decided to wake up the other people and tell them about it.

Lin Xi went to knock on the door of Xu Yan and Ye Lingfeng's room, and Ye Jin resigned to knock on the door of Chen Yi, Xu Lang, and Yi Han's room, but unexpectedly found that they had already been tidying up and were about to come out.

"So you heard it too?" Lin Xi asked. "The reason why we came to wake you up in the middle of the night was because we heard a weird cry. Did you hear it too, so you want to come to us?"

The others nodded, indicating that it was indeed the case.

"Then you say, is this the 'time' that the three elders said? So the clues came out by themselves?" Xu Lang said.

It's just that they heard the sound, but they couldn't judge the direction of the sound, because... the sound seemed to come from all directions, coming from here for a while, and coming from there for a while.It passed directly into their ears, but it was difficult to judge their specific positions, which made everyone upset.

Where should they go to find the source of the sound?
Everyone fell into deep thought, then Chen Yi raised his head and said, "After thinking about it, the only place I can think of is the dark room in Lin Ling's room. After all, we have searched all other places, except for the dark room in Lin Ling's room. In addition, there is no place to hide anything for the time being."

This was thought of together with other people. Indeed, only the dark room was worth checking.It's just that now that Lin Ling is in his room, it's not easy for them to get in, let alone open the mechanism of the dark room to get in.

Well, then I had to repeat the old trick and try to stun Lin Ling.

"Do we have any spells that can make people faint? Wouldn't it be good to just activate the skills so that he can't wake up in a short time?" Lin Xi said.

So everyone went back and forth to Lin Ling's room lightly, and when they arrived at his door, Lin Xi carefully opened a small gap and said, "You guys start quickly."

Xu Yan and Ye Lingfeng nodded, and the two of them pooled their skills and applied them to Lin Ling at the same time. Afterwards, under their arrangement, Lin Xi tiptoed to Lin Ling's bedside to observe him, and tried a few times , found that he had indeed passed out, and waved to a few people outside the door to let them in.

They twisted the antique bottle like last time, and opened the mechanism of the darkroom.The mechanism took effect, and the door of the dark room opened with a 'squeak', and the inside was instantly revealed. Several people looked at each other and entered the dark room.The first one to enter was Yi Han, he casually turned on the light switch he found last time, but this time the light in the dark room was not as bright as last time, but rather dim, which added to the feeling of night.

However, it was no different from the last time they looked at it, and there were still items that looked a little strange but were understandable.

"Isn't it time for the 'clues' to appear? Then what's the matter with the voice we heard?... What does it remind us of?" Lin Xi asked with some doubts.

The others shook their heads, and they didn't seem to have any special views or insights.

"Forget it first, let's see it next time." Yi Han said.He shook his head, just about to leave here.

I heard someone exclaim "Wait a minute!"

Just as the others wanted to ask what happened, they saw Xu Yan put a finger to his mouth, motioning for everyone to be silent. "Don't talk, everyone, listen to what this sound is?"

Everyone fell silent immediately.There seemed to be a male voice swearing, and there were also the sounds of children chirping and crying. "Where is this sound coming from?"

This time the voice still seemed to be coming from all directions. Just as they felt helpless and wanted to leave, they found that the voice became clearer and clearer, and they had already begun to distinguish directions.

……

"This voice...seems to be...below us?" Xu Lang said hesitantly.

Indeed, Xu Lang was right, the voice they heard came from under the floor.No wonder they didn't find any problems in the dark room. It turned out that there were hidden mysteries in the dark room, but they were confused by this place, mistakenly thinking that this was already the most hidden place.

In fact, there is a real 'dark room' where they can't see.

Lin Xi's mood at the moment is a bit complicated. She originally had a good impression of Lin Ling, and she also had some trust. After all, he is very pleasing to the eye, treats them all well, and is thoughtful and considerate.Now in the dark room in his room, almost conclusive evidence was found. Although it was expected, it made her feel a little uncomfortable.

Unexpectedly, there is such a "devil" heart hidden under his handsome and innocent "fairy" face, which is unpredictable and easily falls into his trap. People who believe in his words and believe in him.

In fact, he has a lot of scheming, easily deceives others, and pretends to be an innocent and kind person, but he is doing things that are unimaginable—or in other words, he will not be imaginable, he will use his own ways to lead and confuse others.

Such people are the most terrifying and hard to guard against.

However, everyone couldn't find the way to the underground of the dark room, so they had to go back to their room while Ye Jin's spell on Lin Ling hadn't expired, and wait until the next day.

After briefly discussing the countermeasures and expressing their opinions, they went back to the room to rest, pretending that nothing happened.

At around [-] o'clock the next morning, Lin Ling was fine, she gently knocked on the door to wake them up like yesterday, and asked them to go out for breakfast.

"Sorry, I was really tired collecting materials yesterday. I forgot to tell my subordinates to make breakfast and went to bed in a hurry. I got up late this morning, so... so I have to treat everyone to the noodles I made myself this morning. "Lin Ling said with some embarrassment.

Lin Xi said, "It's okay, thank you for your hard work."

This time the breakfast was not as rich as yesterday, and the moods of the people eating were also different. Yesterday, they were excited and excited about having the opportunity to find clues. Today, they were feeling a little unkind to Lin Ling because of the accidental discovery last night. the opinion of.

"Lin Ling, do you have something to hide from us?" Lin Xi asked.

Lin Ling stuffed a big mouthful of noodles into her mouth, looked up at Lin Xi blankly and said, "What are you talking about? I have something to hide from you... Uh... I don't cook very well. ?"

He looks very smart, his pretty face is more cute than smart, but after what happened last night, it is hard for everyone to think he is cute, they only think that there is a heavy heart hidden under his cute appearance machine.

"That's enough, Lin Ling." Ye Jinci said with a cold face, "Excuse me, can you open the basement of your dark room for us to see?" It seemed to be a question, but in fact the tone was aggressive and imposing, which made people laugh. People couldn't help being shocked.

Lin Ling was taken aback, and said, "Did you misunderstand something? What kind of basement?"

Lin Xi slapped the table, stood up and said, "Don't pretend! To tell you the truth, we went to your room last night, turned on the mechanism of the dark room, and heard the cry of a child from the ground, it must be Where do you hide your children?"

"...Why are you going? Do you just not trust me like that?" Lin Ling lowered her head, looking very disappointed.

Yi Han: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and open it for us to have a look. Let me tell you, there are only a few of us in this dining room now, and you can't resist our power. So, you'd better be honest and don't Stop using superficial phenomena to confuse us."

Lin Ling looked pitiful with tears in his eyes, and he sighed softly: "Okay, come with me after you have breakfast."

"It's too bad! Stop talking nonsense and take us directly to the basement." Lin Xi said.

……

So they followed Lin Ling to his room, watched him turn the antique bottle a few times, and the door of the darkroom opened with a 'squeak'.He turned on the light casually, and there was a dim light in the dark room. "Everyone, please come in." Lin Ling seemed to put away the disguise on his face, and talked to them with a cold face. "Look, there is no basement at all, only this dark room where experimental items and various medicines are stored. You are too suspicious and think too much."

Xu Yan: "Your dark room can't be seen at once. If you hadn't opened it, it would be hard for us to imagine that there is such a big dark room hidden here. Presumably the basement is also controlled by agencies. You Just open it quickly, or don't blame us for being rude."

Lin Ling curled her lips and said hypocritically: "Since you don't trust me so much..." Just as she wanted to continue to show off her acting talent, she was mercilessly interrupted. "...Then I can't help it. It's just that I haven't opened the basement for a long time, and there is no strange sound as you mentioned..." His eyes were pitiful.

Others no longer follow this pattern, thinking that he is a person who is extremely good at disguising, and seeing his performance now will only make him feel even more bored. "Almost done, open it."

As if responding to their words, or hitting Lin Ling in the face, more and more mournful cries came from the ground again.

Lin Ling: "..."

The others looked at Lin Ling with a look of 'you see'.

Lin Ling sighed again, walked to a laboratory table, and found some bottles and jars, which contained various materials and liquids, probably some chemical experiment items.

"What are you doing?" Ye Lingfeng asked with a frown.

Chen Yi put a finger to his mouth to express silence. "Maybe this is the way to open the basement. With the right experiments, it should be enough?"

Lin Ling responded.He put on gloves, grabbed a piece of iron wire with tweezers, burned it slightly, and then quickly put it into a bottle filled with nitrogen gas, and then the wire burned violently instantly, and some brown-red smoke came out of the bottle, in this dim It is particularly obvious in the dark room.Then, a beep sounded from not far away, a floor tile sank, and another piece sank behind it, Ye Jinci used his spiritual power to illuminate the inside, and they saw a ladder leading to the bottom.

"Let's go. Please be careful. The ladder is not stable. Don't get too close." Lin Ling reminded.

The others responded and followed him down.

It's just that the basement has become very quiet again at this moment, as if the crying of the children heard before was an illusion. What's going on?

In the basement, Lin Ling turned on another light switch casually, and said, "The lights here are a bit dazzling, everyone, get ready to get used to it."

Caught off guard, they were stung by the light of the lamp, squinting their eyes to see what was going on in the basement.

The place is empty, there is nothing there, and at the same time, it is eerily quiet. The only sounds that can be heard are everyone's heartbeat and breathing.

Lin Ling said aggrievedly: "I've said it all. There are no children. You are still doubting me. I am so sad."

Everyone else was taken aback, how could this be?
What happened to the voice they heard last night, and the voice they heard when they talked with Lin Ling just now?It can't be an illusion every time, can it?

Lin Ling: "Look, there is nothing here, so I haven't been in for a long time. It's just that people from the tribe will come in to take a look when they need to clean up, but the frequency is extremely low."

Yi Han clicked his tongue and clamped his neck.

(End of this chapter)