Dawn came quietly, and the somewhat gloomy sky indicated a sultry weather. The moisture is rising from the ground, and it's only six or seven o'clock, and it's enough to make a person walking outdoors sweat.
When Lu Ning walked back to the hotel, she saw the trio looking tired. Liu Changan didn't know when she came back, and Gao Yunji and Fei Yunwei didn't know what they were busy with these days. Out of distrust of these people, she didn't try to recruit them anymore.
"Good morning."
Fei Yunwei looked haggard, while Gao Yunji and Liu Changan were better. When they saw Lu Ning, Liu Changan even said hello.
"You're back? Nothing happened?" Lu Ning asked casually.
"Haha, no danger, thank you for your concern." Liu Changan smiled.
"What have you been doing recently? I told you that if you want to leave, we should help each other." Fei Yunwei suddenly said in a sinister tone, "It's not like we don't share clues, but don't think we are just messing around."
At this time, Gao Yunji covered his mouth, then nodded to Lu Ning, as if he was not ready to speak, and dragged him back to the hotel.
Just because they weren't going to say anything, it didn't mean that Lu Ning couldn't see anything.
The figure of the female ghost has become much thinner. Although she is still following the three people closely, she is no longer as ferocious as before, and the evil spirit around her has almost dissipated. This is undoubtedly a serious injury. Judging from the fact that the female ghost did not take any revenge, it is very likely that this female ghost is actually the protector of one of them. They must have gone to some dangerous place last night.
There are mud spots on the shoes, the clothes are made of long-sleeved waterproof fabrics, and there are some water marks and wrinkles from the trouser legs to around the knees. These alone have a strong direction.
But Lu Ning had no intention of asking the three of them.
Returning to the hotel room, she fell back on the bed. Her tense nerves finally relaxed a little, and the fatigue from a sleepless night also came over her, causing her to gradually close her eyes...
"--land------"
Noisy information condensed into meaningful sounds in the air.
"——Ning——"
There was a sound of death, but it could not reach the ears of the person on the bed. After all, Lu Ning was already asleep, and the sound was too small.
"we are at--"
However, the other party had no way of knowing this, and still sent out signals for help word by word.
"medical--"
Ding dong.
The doorbell rang, completely disrupting the unstable flow of information in the air and waking up the person on the bed.
"who?"
"it's me."
Yuan Xi's voice came from outside the door.
"Let's confirm whether you are back here. Shu Xingruo has been sent to a safe place, and Sun Mozhu will temporarily protect her safety. Last night's action plan was successful."
Lu Ning reluctantly got up from the bed and opened the door. Yuan Xi and Xiao Shifan were standing outside the door. Seeing her opening the door, Xiao Shifan handed over a document bag: "Shu Xingruo asked me to give this to you. I didn't peek at it."
"Ah, it seems she has the secret." Lu Ning yawned and took the document bag, opened it casually, glanced at the contents of the first page, nodded and said: "I understand... Although I really want to talk to you. Share, but I’m tired now.”
"It doesn't matter, you rest first, we are going to the outskirts of the city." Yuan Xi said.
"Suburbs? Which way?"
"To the east, there is a lush forest there, covering an area of about ten square kilometers. It is quite vast, but it is more famous for the nickname given to it by the people here."
"Corpse Exposure Forest?"
"Well, now that this is over for the time being, we plan to start the investigation of ghost stories. Cheng Wuling also specifically said that, remember?"
Lu Ning nodded. She had already remembered this matter, but it probably had nothing to do with the rescue plan. Cheng Wuling didn't go into details that time.
"Wish ya'll good luck."
"See you later."
After greeting each other, the two left. Lu Ning closed the door and returned to the room. She opened her computer with her eyes open and opened a few programs before lying back on the bed.
When she woke up, the sun outside had already set, and Lu Ning's stomach began to complain. She said that she really hadn't eaten anything since dinner last night.
By chance, she received a text message. Lan Yushu sent a message saying that there was a breakthrough there and invited her out for a meal to celebrate. Lu Ning thought for a while and replied "I'll be there soon", then checked the computer, confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the program, and then freshened up and left the room.
It's not yet time for the night market, but the restaurants are all open. As a half-local, Lan Yushu knows the signature dishes of every restaurant on this street by heart. But what surprised Lu Ning was that not only Lan Yushu was present, but also two of his colleagues.
"Let me introduce, He Nianqing, who is responsible for our liaison work, and Chen Xue, who is responsible for surveillance and espionage." Lan Yushu introduced the man and woman who came with Lu Ning, and the two of them nodded politely to Lu Ning. , seemed to know that Lu Ning might be a companion in the future, and his attitude was very familiar.
Although Lu Ning is not very good at dealing with people, she will respond with enough enthusiasm when others take the initiative to make friends with her. In addition, now she has lowered her profile and asked a few people for some supernatural knowledge. After having a common topic, she is actually quite enthusiastic. Get along.
After a while, the conversation turned to business.
"Yesterday, while you were taking action, we stopped two police cars that were dispatched in advance. As expected, the people in the cars did have problems."
"Have you been interrogated?" Lu Ning asked.
He Nianqing nodded: "It took a little time. Those guys are so fragile that I don't even want to call them enemies."
"Fragile?" Lu Ning immediately thought of the "person" who disintegrated immediately after being shot on the mountain that day.
"The first thing they did when they woke up was to try to hurt themselves. It seems that as long as a certain amount of damage is accumulated, they will self-destruct. But except for the first two, we didn't have time to stop them, and the rest were not so lucky." He Nianqing was slightly a little bit. He said proudly, "Their memories still have the place where the 'transformation' occurred. Maybe we can find the remains of those who died over the years from there, so that we have legitimate reasons to request troops..."
"Where is the change?" Lu Ning asked.
He Nianqing glanced at Chen Xue and saw her nodding slightly before saying: "Hospital, Danma Central Hospital. That place is indeed a place where filth and evildoers gather..."
"That's it."
Chen Xue interrupted He Nianqing's words at this time, then looked into Lu Ning's eyes and said, "I think you might want to participate in this operation?"
"...Is your ability to read minds?"
"How is that possible? It's just that there are more people watching." Chen Xue denied with a smile, "It's just that although you have great potential, it is not allowed for newcomers to directly participate in the action."
Lu Ning was silent for a moment, and then said: "But even if you don't take me with you, I will go to investigate the hospital's problems. I have met many people when I came to Danma, and I can find others who are willing to go with me."
"Don't you trust us to handle this properly?"
Chen Xue's tone was very confident, but neither Lu Ning nor He Nianqing next to her felt that they were reliable.
Lu Ning knew that this time the enemy was too conspicuously exposed and too weak, which could easily give people the illusion that the opponent was easy to deal with - but this was the feeling she didn't believe the most in her life. Perhaps due to the long-term pessimistic attitude towards life, she never thought that such a good thing would happen.
On the other hand, He Nianqing has a practical judgment. When he truly understood the abilities of his "companions", he became more and more aware of how difficult the "enemies" that he could not touch so far were, so much so that it made people doubt that this was a hunting mission, because only that could bring Overwhelming external inequality.
But none of them could explain directly, so the source of the information brought through the identity of "Crow" could not be explained at all, so they had to think of other ways.
At this time, Lu Ning's phone vibrated. She said "Sorry" and then picked up the phone and saw Shu Xingruo's number displayed on it.
"Hello."
——The forest of exposed corpses.
Rumor has it that someone was walking through the woods in the early morning and saw a dozen corpses hanging on the trees in the forest. However, after calling the police, no corpses were actually found. After this happened four or five times, rumors gradually began to spread that "the forest is alive and will eat corpses."
Shu Xingruo and Sun Mozhu were currently traveling through this woodland bell. In midsummer, the branches and leaves were luxuriant, and the moonlight could not provide enough illumination. The two of them used flashlights to illuminate the road ahead of each other.
"Are you sure this is here?"
Sun Mozhu looked around. There are still cicadas chirping in the forest, and occasionally frightened birds flap their wings and fly to the trees in the distance. The breeze blows, bringing a bit of coolness, but from another perspective, it feels a bit cold.
But Shu Xingruo was very determined.
"The advantage I can get in exchange for such a bad situation is the 'key' about Qi Tan Qi Ye. I have given one of them to Lu Ning and one to Han Yin. These two people are the ones I feel the most at the moment. Don’t worry, I’ll check the rest myself.”
"In person? You didn't explain the danger involved." Sun Mozhu looked suspiciously, "Since you have such an important bargaining chip, why didn't you mention it earlier?"
"As I said, I only trust two people at the moment - if it's you, I can only count half of them." Shu Xingruo walked forward along a path between the trees, tapping each tree with his fingers. passing trees.
"Providing one's status will only be treated with emphasis by the enemy. After confirming it with Lu Ning, I understand one thing more and more, that is, no one except me has shown to have clues to the core."
"Clues that go straight to the core..."
Shu Xingruo suddenly stopped, tapped a tree twice with his fingers, and then twice more. After thinking for a moment, he turned his head and said to Sun Mozhu:
"You are a pursuer, right? Logically speaking, the name of this scene is "Pursuers of the Sacred Code", and you are the ones occupying the protagonist position. But didn't any of you pay attention? In this mission, even if we discovered There are so many anomalies, but none of the core of the mission—the Holy Scriptures, Star Spirits, and Silent Plan—are revealed."
"As long as the anomaly is exposed, the things behind it will be exposed. Those things are obviously the ultimate mastermind." Sun Mozhu said.
"Yes, we have obtained such additional information because of our identities. But after excluding this, where do you think our investigation has progressed?"
Sun Mozhu frowned and thought for a while, suddenly there was not much substantial progress in what was known so far.
At the same time, Shu Xingruo had already taken out his mobile phone and dialed Lu Ning's number.
"Hello?"
The other party got through quickly.
"Have you read what I gave you?"
"I haven't read it all, what's wrong? Do you have any questions?"
"There are some problems. Sun Mozhu and I have arrived at the Corpse Exposure Forest, and now I'm standing at the key position."
There was silence on the other side of the phone for a moment.
"key?"
"The key to activating the ghost story phenomenon - in fact, it should be said that it is a fixed operating method. This is the advantage I have."
"That's not an advantage."
Lu Ning responded quickly.
"What you know should be of the same type as the secrets in our hands. It is information that provides a lot of investigation directions but does not have direct pointing effects. But I am not sure if there are monsters there. It is too risky for only two people to go there. Yes, you leave immediately."
"No...that's what's weird."
Shu Xingruo peeled off a piece of peeled bark, revealing the wood underneath.
"I started it...it failed. The key has been triggered. What do you think is going on?"
Suddenly there was a gunshot in the woods.
"Xiao Shifan and Yuan Xi also went to the corpse forest today."
