Don't follow the rules

Chapter 476: Haojiu Home Furnishing City (Fifty-two)
Gao Yang?

Ning Yao, who had been walking lazily, suddenly stopped, and countless conjectures and possibilities burst out in his mind in an instant. Immediately, he turned around, picked up Gao Yang's wrist, and put it in front of his eyes to confirm it repeatedly, and found that the name bracelet had indeed changed back to "Gao Yang" again.

"When did it change?" Ning Yao asked seriously.

"What changed?" Gao Yang obviously didn't understand.

"What am I asking you... Forget it. What can I get out of asking you? A weakling like you definitely won't be able to figure it out." Ning Yao wisely chose to give up.

He looked in the direction of the car, and as expected, there was no trace of it.

"Because the next journey does not require any vehicles, have all the [passengers] been taken away?" Ning Yao murmured, then looked at the confused Gao Yang.

"No wonder they only took Chi Nian away."

Gao Yang pointed at his nose and said, "What do you mean? What is it that needs to reclaim [the passenger]? I escaped because I'm [the driver]?"

Ning Yao turned and walked away: "If you are illiterate, don't do reading comprehension. It's ridiculous."

"Okay." Gao Yang had been worn out by the capricious Ning Yao and had lost all his temper. As long as his elder brother was still willing to take him with him, he would be happy with anything.

The water mist did not attempt to attack or engulf the two uninvited guests. Instead, it tactfully retreated when Ning Yao moved, just like real water mist being dissipated by the heat of a human body.

Gao Yang just followed his elder brother's footsteps, not knowing how long they had walked. Time and direction had lost their meaning. They did not find any reference objects, and there was nothing but mist in sight.

The two seemed to be in an endless void. Although the ground beneath their feet was still solid for the time being, after walking in the fog for a long time, they felt that the ground beneath their feet might become empty at any time, and then like Chi Nian, they would disappear without even having a chance to call for help.

How long will this continue?
Gao Yang didn't know and didn't dare to ask, he could only follow his eldest brother closely.

"I've always thought that the name-matching trick was some new weird story plan that Du Jingxiu was planning."

Ning Yao, who was walking in front, suddenly spoke.

"Hmm, hm?" Gao Yang quickly agreed, but he soon found that he didn't understand a word at all.

But Ning Yao didn't care whether the younger brother behind him understood or not, he continued:
"This idea is actually logical. After all, it is based on the experience of the Association and the Alliance in fighting over the years. An Association with so many think tanks is always better than my own brain."

"But as I got to know her better, I gradually realized that this was not the case."

"This gave me some guesses, but I had no concrete evidence."

"And Chi Nian's disappearance just now and the switching of your name are actually evidence of my guess."

"So at this moment, I finally boldly determined the target. As long as I find it, my guess will have solid evidence."

Ning Yao walked forward with big strides, talking to himself. The temperature around him suddenly dropped to an incredible level. Gao Yang began to shiver uncontrollably, and even the breath from his mouth and nose began to condense into mist.

Suddenly, a heavy iron door appeared in front of the two men.

"Have we reached the end? When did this door appear? Why don't I have any feeling of going from far to near? It's as if it appeared out of thin air." Gao Yang walked forward in disbelief, stretched out his hand and gently touched the iron door. It was not until the real touch was fed back to his fingertips that he was really sure that he had walked out of the endless void of water mist maze.

"I see."

Ning Yao raised his lips and said, "It seems that the water mist just now should be a place like a 'transit station'. It does not have any other functions except for transit. There are no devices or items placed there. That's why I couldn't see anything just now, and other people who strayed in would also get lost. Only with a clear destination can we walk out of the mist and reach our destination."

"Then the sign for the self-pickup area we saw at the beginning must have been a bait specially placed for us by the planners to guide us to the self-pickup area. Maybe there is a 'gift' he prepared for me in the self-pickup area? It's a pity that he didn't expect that I had only a bucket of confusion in my mind before, and had no idea of ​​going to the self-pickup area, so he could only lead you around in the fog."

Gao Yang seemed to understand this: "Brother, does this mean you already have a destination?"

Ning Yao nodded: "It's behind this big iron gate." Gao Yang shivered again and couldn't help hugging his arms and rubbing them: "Where is this destination? Why is it so cold?"

"Warehouse." Ning Yao showed rare patience.

"Warehouse?" Gao Yang exhaled. "I think it's a cold storage?"

As he said this, he pulled the handle of the iron gate, but as expected, it didn't move at all.

"I guess we need some special key or tool to open it? Look at its heavy texture, and there are big iron bolts on the top and bottom, the handle is a big iron plate, and there is a big horizontal bar on the door. It must weigh several tons in total. I guess it's not a door that can be easily opened by manpower." Gao Yang said while patting the iron.

He was very curious: "If it's a warehouse, what's stored in it? Why does it seem like it has a very high level of confidentiality?"

Ning Yao did not answer him directly, but gently pushed Gao Yang, who was in the way in front of the iron door, with one finger: "It's just opening a door, there's no need for a key."

Then, without saying a word, he pulled out the large horizontal bar in front of the door and threw it on the ground, making a loud noise like demolition.

"Oh my god!" Gao Yang looked at the smoke and dust in shock. "Brother, I know you are strong, but you are this strong?!"

Ning Yao patted the dust off his hands and said, "I am surprised by what I have seen so far."

Gao Yang boasted: "I really haven't seen this kind of world before, so I still have to follow my brother Ning Yao."

Ning Yao glanced at him and said, "You are still far behind me in terms of your ability to flatter people, but you are a promising person. With more practice, you will surely become a capable flatterer in the future."

Gao Yang: ...Is this a compliment? It doesn't sound like a good thing.

"By the way," Ning Yao suddenly gave an ambiguous smirk, "Didn't you notice anything wrong?"

"What's wrong?" Gao Yang looked around. "What's wrong?"

"The big horizontal bar I pulled out is called a 'door bolt'. Under normal circumstances, it is used to lock the door and prevent the door from being opened violently. It is usually used inside the door." Ning Yao said.

"This steel door already has a bolt that locks up and down, why add another bolt on the outside?"

"Why?" Gao Yang asked.

"Of course it's to prevent the door from being pushed open violently~" Ning Yao pointed at the big iron door with a smile, "To prevent the things inside from rioting, push the door open."

Gao Yang's hair stood on end instantly, and he even stuttered when he spoke: "Brother, brother, you...you said your destination is behind this steel door that contains some monster?!"

"Tsk," Ning Yao said in a disdainful voice, "Watch your wording, okay?"

Gao Yang didn't care about that at all: "Brother, shall we put the bolt back in?"

"Why put it back in? I still have to go in."

"You still want to go in?"

"Not only me, you have to go in too."

"I won't go in!" Gao Yang was tough and said, "If I go in, I will definitely die miserably!"

Ning Yao smiled and threatened: "Believe me, you will die a more miserable death outside."

He licked the corner of his mouth: "The tender and juicy way to die."