Trickster Hunter

Chapter 54 The clock on the building

As time passed, the atmosphere in the temporary barracks gradually became uneasy.

Although most of the missing people were confused when they were brought in, there were still many people who knew the situation. Through word of mouth, these 188 people soon knew what they were about to face.

At the beginning, some people protested, believing that the Federation had no right to restrict their personal freedom, and even tried to break through the blockade line - after all, this group of people finally escaped from the abnormal time and space and returned to their familiar world, but now they are told: Things are not over yet, you have become the abnormal node, and anyone else will not have a better mentality.

But after the protest was completely ignored and it was completely hopeless to break through the blockade line, people gradually accepted this fact.

Of course, the main reason was what Sun Hang said to them through the radio after the four stubborn guys tried to escape and were knocked to the ground by the soldiers with riot shields and dragged back to the camp.

"You know in your heart that all abnormalities are real. The time in your cognition is not consistent with this world, so don't have any luck. Even if you successfully escape from this place, you have to face the abnormal situation alone. It is better to stay with everyone so that you can take care of each other in case of any emergency."

Except for a small number of people with personality defects, most people have a herd mentality. After hearing what Sun Hang said, everyone thought it made sense and suddenly became much quieter.

However, when the sky gradually brightened, the crowd began to stir.

This is the fear of the unknown, and the emotion of fear is very easy to spread among the crowd.

From the perspective of Sun Hang and others, this is the beginning of the day (5:00am), but in the eyes of this group of people, it is the arrival of night (7:00pm).

After many tests, Sun Hang and others can basically determine that the "time point" of these missing people is exactly ten hours later than the real world.

"Tell your subordinates to maintain order in the temporary barracks. There must be no trouble at this time." Sun Hang pulled the officer who had accompanied him over and said seriously, "But don't let the soldiers get close to the temporary barracks. My suggestion is to get two high-pressure water guns to calm the situation."

"Are you sure there will be an 'accident' today?" The doubt in the officer's eyes has faded a lot compared to before, but it has not completely disappeared.

The officer's rank is colonel, and he is also the second-in-command of Longquanyi Air Force Base. When the base commander was hijacked by Ye Xuan, he can basically be regarded as the person with the highest level of authority on the scene.

"It's not 100% certain, but the abnormal state of their bodies has not been eliminated, and you know this."

The colonel slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air without speaking.

Not long ago, he asked the soldiers to find several missing persons, pointing to the giant timeboard outside the camp, and asked them one by one about the time they saw - without exception, the time everyone answered was ten hours later than the time the colonel saw with his own eyes.

"Do you remember more details about the second 'resonance'?" Yang Lian asked.

"My memory is already very vague. The more I think about it, the more distorted the picture becomes." Sun Hang shook his head. "I can only remember that it was cloudy and I was probably on the rooftop of the institute. Then, I could see the tall buildings in the business district in the distance... Wait! Business district! Tall buildings!"

"What's wrong? Any new discoveries?" The colonel, who had already turned away, was startled and came over again.

"Yang Lian, call the people in the institute and ask them to go to the rooftop immediately and take a few photos of the business district for me!" Sun Hang said.

"Okay!"

In less than five minutes, dozens of photos were sent via email.

It can be seen that the shooting tools used by the photographer are quite professional. On such a foggy cloudy morning, the buildings in the business district in the distance can be photographed so clearly. Many details may not even be seen by the naked eye, but they are clearly presented in the photos.

"What's the name of this tall building?" Sun Hang pointed to a tall building half-hidden behind the clouds in the first photo and asked.

"It's the Financial Center Building. It's the tallest building in Tianfu City, four hundred..." Yang Lian got stuck halfway through her words because she had already discovered the key to the problem.

At the top of the glass curtain wall of the Financial Center Building are four huge screens. When there are no business activities or other special circumstances, these four screens display four huge clock dials with a diameter of more than 20 meters - in this photo taken by a colleague from the institute, the two pointers on the virtual dial of the Financial Center Building are exactly at 5:08.

In the "virtual picture" seen by the secondary resonance, there is actually the key information of time!

Looking at Yang Lian's eager eyes, Sun Hang shook his head with some difficulty.

"I can't remember... I can't remember it at all." Sun Hang murmured, "I only vaguely remember that there seemed to be a clock hanging on a building, but I have no idea what time the clock showed."

"Is it because my memory is fuzzy, or is the clock just for show?" Wang Xiyi asked.

"What do you mean by... that clock is 'only for show'?" The colonel asked in confusion.

"It means that the clock is a decoration. It is just a clock. It will not provide you with any other information." Wang Xiyi explained, "The clock is just a concept. You know there is a clock there, and you can 'see' the clock, but the clock does not show the time... because it is just a clock, a concept of an object."

"In other words, the clock is likely to be blank, without even a pointer?" The colonel said, not quite understanding.

"There may be pointers, but they don't point to any number." Wang Xiyi said, "Of course, your understanding is correct."

"No... I remember that the pointer on the clock pointed to a certain number... But there seems to be a force in the dark that told me not to care about the clock and to forget everything I saw..." Sun Hang pressed his hands on the temples on both sides of his head, "The more I think about it, the blurrier the picture becomes... I can't even 'see' the shape of the central building clearly now."

"If it's just a simple memory blur, I have a way." Wang Xiyi picked up the phone and dialed a number.

"Hello, Director... We need support." Wang Xiyi said to the microphone, "Request to call the contained weird 'Ji 1992' and send it to the air force base as quickly as possible."