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In essence, players are a very purposeful existence, and their actions are basically traceable.

Not that they need a tangible benefit in anything they do, but they certainly do.

For example, to save a stranger, what they need is to satisfy their inner sense of justice or some other desires.

At this moment, Lin Luo's sense of justice has been satisfied.

The passenger opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something more, but after glancing at the scythe shining with metallic luster from the corner of his eye, he still shut his mouth obediently and did not say any profound words.

On the contrary, the film girl who had escaped from danger subconsciously walked away from Lin Luo when she got out of the car and passed by Lin Luo, and muttered a few words like 'crazy' and 'crazy'.

Lin Luo didn't care about this. When the last person willing to get out of the car left, he reached out and patted the door, and shouted to the cockpit: "Okay, you can drive away!"

The driver uttered a strange cry of unknown meaning, and then the door closed and closed, and the carrier turned around on the spot and drove towards the road it had come from.

After watching the vehicle go away, Lin Luo turned around and looked at the gate of the city.

Perhaps it was his illusion, even standing in the berthing area far away from the urban area, he could already smell a sulfurous smell.

"It's really foggy."

Lin Luo put the sickle on his back and looked down at the body of the ticket inspector.

There is no doubt that the other party is transforming into a zombie pigman, but the problems that troubled Lin Luo did not disappear because of his death.

One, how did he become a zombie pigman?If this change is based on a virus-like transmission mechanism, how should he find and break this mechanism?

Second, even if the other party becomes like this, logically speaking, the zombie pigman is a kind of inert creature, that is, the so-called neutral - so why is this human-turned zombie pigman so aggressive?

The understanding of the game mechanism can not help Lin Luo solve this part of the puzzle, and the computer language composed of 1 and 0 is only for the game, but after arriving in the real world, this part of the ambiguous content has more meaning. Detailed answer.

But at least Lin Luo still holds the initiative in this regard.

With these questions in mind, Lin Luo took Laurentina to move forward. Their purpose of coming here is not only to solve these puzzles to satisfy their own curiosity.

After passing through the city pass where there was no one there, Lin Luo saw many passengers getting off the car on the road ahead.

The empty pass and the incomparably gloomy atmosphere made many people retreat. They lingered at this border, determined to become confused again.

And here, Lin Luo saw Laurentina's fellow countryman, the silver-haired wandering doctor walking forward slowly, with firm steps.

Judging from her expression, she seemed to have an agreement that she had to abide by, so even though she had already sensed the danger, she resolutely stepped into it.

Lin Luoduo glanced at her. He didn't hate this kind of person who knew the danger and was unwilling to step into it, but moved forward resolutely in order to fulfill his duties.

But since the other party has made a choice, it means that she has an accurate understanding of her behavior.

Therefore, Lin Luo would only wish her good luck.

After leaving the pass, Lin Luo looked for the direction, and his destination was the city's civic center.

From the map of Atyrau in the pass, it is not difficult to see that the Governor's Mansion of the City Governor and the Municipal Center are in the same building, so it will not be too difficult to find.

Atyrau's urban construction style is a circular city style. The various industrial areas, residential areas, commercial areas, and administrative areas are constantly shrinking inward like a series of rings.

The Civic Center is at the very center of these circles. After realizing this, there is no way to get lost on the way to the Civic Center.

Lin Luo and Laurentina's feet are fast, and even at the pace of walking, they can keep up with the speed of ordinary people.

The route they chose happened to be from the outermost berthing area all the way to the administrative area. Lin Luo felt that this would allow him to discover the changes in the city most intuitively.

In fact, the changes in Atyrau are palpable.

Order still exists in this city, but from the police cars, ambulances and fire trucks that are constantly speeding past on the road, it is not difficult to see that order is just trying to maintain it.

The pedestrians on the road were all in a hurry, and their faces were full of nervousness, as if someone was chasing them.

After observing for a while, Lin Luo connected their expressions with the driver of the transport truck.

"Did you hear any unusual sounds?" Lin Luo suddenly turned around and asked the nun beside her.

Laurentina immediately closed her eyes and listened to the noise in her ears.

But apart from a tearing murmur from deep down her spine, she heard nothing unusual.

After getting the answer, Lin Luo showed a thoughtful expression.

Laurentina is very sensitive to the outside world, although this is the sequelae caused by the inhuman surgery on her body.

But now that she has said so, combined with the contents of those diaries, Lin Luo feels that it is necessary to make another assumption.

Is there a possibility that the pollution ability of the nether portal itself is not enough to envelop the entire city?

At least one portal, which is only three meters by two meters without counting the border, shouldn't have this kind of pollution ability.

Lin Luo did not confirm this guess, he just continued to walk towards the direction of the municipal center, and kept observing the surroundings trying to find the answer.

Atyrau is a small city, and the distance from the parking area to the city center is not very far. Even if Lin Luo stopped and walked, it only took him ten minutes to arrive outside the five-story municipal building.

"Very well, now there is a problem."

Looking at the building in front of him, Lin Luo pouted helplessly: "The governor didn't put the portal here."

The municipal building in front of it is intact, without any trace of erosion.

Lin Luo is aware of the ability of the nether portal to pollute the surrounding squares, and it will directly replace the surrounding squares with the nether. This is not a phenomenon that can be covered by placing the gate deep enough.

After entering the lobby on the first floor of the Civic Center, the public officials at the entrance all looked so nervous that they were about to vomit.

But after Lin Luo looked around, he found that they seemed to have heard some instructions, and they didn't wear any jewelry on their bodies, let alone gold.

Laurentina tilted her head and looked at the surrounding public officials with interest. She swung the machete behind her and found that no one cared about the murder weapon.

In other words, no one cares about their own existence.

Lin Luo stepped forward, and he walked to the front desk of the customer service, wanting to see if there were any normal people here who answered him.

As a result, Lin Luo was a little surprised when she came to the front desk, because the customer service at the front desk didn't show the same nervousness as her colleagues.

There was a bit of haggardness on her pretty face, and the swollen eye bags and dark circles couldn't be covered with foundation.

But she just looked tired, not nervous.

Even when she saw Lin Luo and the two walking to the front desk, she suddenly got excited, put one hand directly on the alarm button and said loudly: "What are you going to do?! You are not allowed to bring controlled items into the Municipal Center!"

"The zombie crisis is about to break out, do you still care about the control of knives?" Although Lin Luo said so in his mouth, in order to prevent this seemingly normal guy from becoming abnormal, he was still a little far away stopped:

"I said, you really didn't notice the changes around you?"

The customer service lady also seemed to be a big-hearted person. After discovering the kindness expressed by Lin Luo, she also relaxed a little:

"Who knows—I've only been here for two months, and the internship period hasn't passed yet. Anyway, when I came here to report, the seniors were so nervous."

Now even Laurentina's expression became weird: "You just feel that they are nervous?"

"Ah, I'm still a little deaf." The customer service nodded: "Maybe it's just the corporate culture."

While talking, the customer service officer also felt a little thirsty, so he took a bottle of unopened black tea from the table and took a sip.

Lin Luo watched her movements, and for a moment felt as if he had found some clues.

"I'm here to see your Governor Grolifa. The engineering team he sent earlier had problems during construction. I'm here as a representative to discuss relevant matters with him."

Lin Luo continued to talk nonsense.

"The governor didn't come to work today." The customer service replied bluntly: "It's like this every Thursday. On this day, he will visit the executives of those pharmaceutical companies in the city."

"Why?" Laurentina asked directly.

"It should be for his wife." This big-hearted customer service also maximized his habit of answering questions: "It seems to be cancer or other diseases, and it may also be ore disease. In short, there is no cure. disease.

Laurentina turned her head slightly, and looked at Lin Luo who was thinking aside.

"The lower world, incurable diseases, medicine..."

Lin Luo frowned slightly, and muttered: "Could it be...but it doesn't make sense."

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Chapter 22 Uninvited Guest

The customer service lady speaks very fast, and there are always many new topics when she speaks.

After a while, she felt a little dry mouth, and took a big gulp of the unsealed fruit juice on the table.

The capacity of the juice is not large, and it was consumed in just a few sips. After the customer service lady threw it into the trash can, she changed hands and took out a new bottle of juice from under the table.

Lin Luo saw her action in his eyes. After learning the new clues, the light that flashed in his mind was finally caught:

"Is this juice delicious? I think you like it very much."

The customer service lady didn't suspect him, and said carelessly: "Of course, this fruit juice has been my favorite drink since I was a child. I don't drink much water."

"Don't drink... water?"

"That's right, since I was in school, I only drink drinks." The customer service lady showed a slightly embarrassed smile: "After all, drinks are delicious."

Lin Luo also responded with a polite and awkward smile, but he was not very surprised by the customer service lady's hobby.

Not to mention these supermen in the world of Terra, even on the earth before crossing, Lin Luo has encountered people who only drank carbonated soda since childhood.

But now, this point of the customer service lady pointed out another clue.

She still remains normal among the crowd, could it be because she only drinks drinks?

That is to say, the city's water source is polluted from the source.

After thinking about this, even if the admiral is still missing, Lin Luo can know where he should go next.

After asking about the location of the water plant, Lin Luo and Laurentina bid farewell to the customer service.

When leaving, Lin Luo specifically told her to either miss work and go home, or hide in the lounge and close the door if something unusual happened, and find a safe place to hide.

By the way, he also persuaded this big girl who only drank fruit juice a little bit. Now that she drinks fruit juice very well, she will suffer if she finds out that she has kidney stones in a few years.

As a small mobile city, Atyrau has all its water treatment facilities integrated in one place, which saves Lin Luo the trouble of searching for water plants one by one.

The situation of the water plant is roughly the same as that of the municipal center, and even a little more serious.

Some workers engaged in heavy physical labor need a lot of water, so their state is much more serious than others, and many of them have entered a state similar to that of the ticket inspectors.

Lin Luo didn't want to make too much noise. He asked Laurentina to stay on the periphery and be ready to respond at any time, while he entered the stealth mode and went all the way.

Those ordinary people who are tense are themselves distracted, and they can't detect the existence of the other party after Lin Luo sneaks.

And when Lin Luo entered the interior and came to the water circulation system, he saw someone still patrolling normally.

However, just as Lin Luo thought before, it is impossible for the Governor to make such a big commotion, and he is the only one doing things.

He must have kept some helpers, and these people may not be contaminated.

These patrolling people are obviously not the original waterworks workers. They all have hideous tattoos on their bodies, and some of them have barcode-like patterns on their faces.

Combined with their temperament, these people seem to be the governor who raised the prisoners in the prison as his subordinates.

Compared with normal people, the moral standards of the prisoners are enough to allow them to be used by the governor to do these crazy jobs.

Lin Luo looked at the cameras around him, bypassed the guards from a blind spot, and approached the factory building next to the circulation system.

The sound of turbulent water was like the roar of an angry lion, covering most of the voices, but Lin Luo still heard something wrong from those voices.

He carefully stood up against the window sill, and looked into the house through the old window.

The main pipeline of the water supply system is placed in the center of this factory building, and the fresh water that has completed sewage treatment will start here and flow to thousands of households in the city.

The main pipe with a diameter of several meters is in an open state, and around the pipe is a scene like a bloody sacrifice.

An operating bed was placed there, several high-strength restraint belts bound the humanoid creature on the bed, and even though the creature had been disembowelled, it was still alive, and it was still struggling and howling.

It howled like a wild boar, and it was not difficult to tell from its already completely inhuman appearance that this creature was a unique creature in the Nether, a real zombie pigman!

Lin Luo's eyes narrowed slightly, and he saw that there were a large number of pipelines on the zombie pigman's body. A large amount of body fluids were extracted from the pigman's body and mixed at the end of the pipelines.

The mixed product will be put directly into the main pipe of the water supply system, and enter everyone's mouth along the water flow.

The nether portal is not the real source of pollution, but this zombie pig is... and it's a man-made source of pollution.

Lin Luo's expression darkened, he took the sickle behind his back and exhaled lightly.

He knew that he wouldn't need to sneak anymore.

The sharp sickle swayed like a crescent moon. Under Lin Luo's power, the sickle easily pierced through the metal factory gate and cut a cross on the surface.

Afterwards, the guards in the factory saw a man in a black suit rushing into the house through the gap, dragging the huge and frightening sickle on the ground in his hand, cutting it into pieces. everything on the path.

The guards reacted very quickly, and these hob meats who could work under the Governor immediately took up their weapons, and were the first to press the alarm in their hands.