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Chapter 37 037. Mission Begins

The video begins with a scene of a hospital.

The hospital was bustling with people, with many media and reporters, passers-by, and police maintaining order.

At this time, in the camera, a middle-aged couple was escorted by the police out of the hospital.

The wife looked very haggard, while the husband looked serious.

There are some other people who have come out, but everyone's attention seems to be on this couple.

Qiao Mu heard some voices.

"It's all your son's fault for killing so many people!"

"murderer!"

"It's all your fault!"

"murderer!"

I don't know where these noisy shouts come from from the crowd, but they are very distinct among the noise and noise.

Hearing these cries, the wife could not conceal her sorrow and suddenly collapsed on her husband.

As for the husband, his lips trembled, as if he was suppressing something, but he said nothing about the accusations.

The video ends soon.

Qiao Mu glanced at the comments on the video.

[This is Wang's parents, they look like dogs, how could they teach such a son! 】

[Those are 23 living lives, how can he be so embarrassed! 】

[It’s all this Wang’s fault. If it weren’t for him, how could there have been such a big fire! 】

[What is his name? Shouldn’t his family apologize to those who died? 】

[I read on the Internet that his father is a policeman who is about to retire, how did he become like this, the son didn't teach, it's the father's fault! 】

[This person seems to have run away from home before even going to college. He looks like a promiscuous person at first glance! 】

This Wang seems to be the social idler investigated by the official account of the media.

Qiao Mu looked through the comments and ate some melons, only to realize that there is an argument on the Internet that the fire in the apartment building was mainly caused by Wang.

Because some people saw that he often carried a woven bag home, they guessed that it might be some kind of flammable and explosive dangerous goods.

Moreover, in an interview with the forensic doctor, he once said that he slipped his mouth and mentioned that there were marks on the body of the deceased who had been beaten by blunt objects and the like.

As a result, all kinds of rumors spread.

It is said that this Wang is a thug of a violent group, and he was approached because he offended someone, and a fire broke out during the dispute.

It is said that Wang secretly resold dangerous goods, and his negligence caused the fire, which killed so many people.

It was said that this woman, Wang, wanted to molest her neighbor. When she failed to commit the crime, she became so angry that she set the apartment building on fire.

The dead cannot speak anyway, so no one can defend him.

Qiao Mu frowned.

Because he knew that the fire was probably not the cause of Wang.

After all, he had attended the memorial service of the rich second generation owner of this building, where the words as red as blood told him that the person lying in the coffin was the culprit of the fire.

But Qiao Mu still doesn't know how the fire started.

"You have to get into the apartment."

Qiao Mu sent Zhou Mingke a WeChat message.

[Qiao Mu]: Boss, I have a task to do tonight. Do you have any suggestions?

He briefly described his mission.

In this regard, The Chosen Game didn't seem to care about Qiao Mu revealing it to others.

Of course, according to Su Hong, knowledge is pollution. If the unprocessed information of the God of Choice game is disclosed to other ordinary people at will, the other party will only think that you are talking nonsense, or cause the listener to go crazy.

These contaminations are like highly lethal viruses that can be transmitted to only one or two people before stopping. Therefore, even if there is no mandatory confidentiality clause, it is difficult for most people to know about it.

[Zhou Mingke]: You know, in the abnormal domain, everything is not so logical, time and space may be disordered.

[Zhou Mingke]: So, accept the fact that you may not be able to do anything.

She said a few words without beginning or end, and did not provide any guidance for Qiao Mu's mission.

[Qiao Mu]: Okay.

Qiao Mu only thought that Zhou Mingke trusted him.

He checked the specific location of the apartment, took a satchel from the editorial office, found a flashlight that could light up after shaking it twice, and set off immediately.

The urban area where the apartment is located is on the other side of Lingjiang, which is considered an old city. The high-rise buildings here have a more contemporary feel than the CBD near Su Hong's home.

After getting off the bus stop, before Qiao Mu checked the navigation, he saw the orange color in the sky not far away.

At this moment, the sun has completely set, and the sky is shrouded in darkness, so the orange red is naturally not a charming sunset glow.

Qiao Mu walked along the street, and soon saw the building along the street.

The buildings around the building were slightly deserted. It was unknown whether it was because of the fire that the residents had evacuated and temporarily fled their original residences, making the area dark. Only the dark, monster-like building cast a deep shadow.

Pedestrians subconsciously avoided that road, and it was deserted under the dim street lights.

Only Qiao Mu looked up at the melting apartment building surrounded by yellow police tape.

This building is burning.

The orange-yellow and nearly vermilion flame enveloped every corner of the building, making it light up the night sky like a candle that could never be extinguished.

People came and went, but no one noticed the fire.

Obviously, this is an abnormal fire that can only be glimpsed at a certain depth.

"I'm still wrangling about it now. I don't know how to dismantle it. Otherwise, it might end up rotting here forever."

Behind him, the owner of a fruit shop muttered.

"How do you sell the boss's apples?"

Qiao Mu turned around and chatted with the boss for a while.

"That Cunpou is actually not a bad person. He even helped me clean up when I spilled the beans before."

The boss heard Qiao Mu's words and said casually.

".The fire department said they were going to push it all away, but the landlord didn't give it up. That's for sure. He will lose a lot if he pushes it flat."

"Boss, I want these three apples."

Qiao Mu is a social phobic and is not very good at dealing with such a talkative boss. He only bought three apples and came to the community carrying a plastic bag.

The cause of the accident has not been thoroughly investigated, and the scene is still cordoned off, with people on duty standing at the gate of the community.

Qiao Mu could only become friends with the other party first, and then sneak in.

He was sitting on a bench near the green belt of the community to kill time and ate an apple.

It was after eleven o'clock at night, in the dead of night, with only a few cats humming incessantly, that Qiao Mu quietly approached the apartment.

The flames were strong, but they did not burn Qiao Mu. Instead, because of his arrival, the flames at the entrance of the building separated into two lanes, making way for him.

"Thank you."

Qiao Mu is a polite person.

He walked into the apartment.

Because the fire almost burned the entire building, even the first floor was filled with a strong smell of burnt. The thick skin on the old walls seemed to be melted by high temperature, showing chaotic patterns. One or two palm prints can be glimpsed from these lines, if there is nothing.

[The fire burned everything, but there are always some things left, take a serious look at the ground! 】

In Qiao Mu's field of vision, Yin Hong's words rippled.

He immediately lowered his head and saw a blackened key on the slightly sticky ground that had been burned and blown by the south wind from Jiangcheng. He picked up the key and found that there seemed to be a bunch of footprints next to the key.

Following the footprints, Qiao Mu went all the way up to the fourth floor.

The footprints disappeared at the door of a house.

Even the door of the house had been burnt out of shape, twisted and reversed, and the surrounding walls were slightly greasy because of the light outside.

Qiao Mu stretched out his hand and lightly touched the molten and solidified magma-like wall.

[Enter the apartment: 1/1]

[Survive until dawn: 0/1]

【Investigate the truth of the incident in the apartment: 0/1】

【Start of mission】

[Players please close your eyes]

The twisted marks on the wall outlined the system's cold and indifferent words. Qiao Mu followed what was said and gently closed her eyes.

"What are you doing?"

At this time, a call came from behind Qiao Mu.

He turned his head immediately.

He saw a man with short hair staring at him warily.

suddenly.

Qiao Mu looked around.

He found that all the scorched, decadent, and broken things disappeared.

Instead, there are old, vicissitudes of life and mottled corridors.

The setting sun is almost blocked by buildings.

"."

Qiao Mu understood the meaning of "survive until dawn" in the mission almost instantly.

Because, at this moment, he was in the apartment building before the fire.

(End of this chapter)