It's dark under the lamp, this is a difficult problem to figure out.
Although this word means "already experienced it but didn't notice it", it seems more troublesome when it comes to people like Lu Ning, Shang Wenxue and Zhou Weiyuan who are already more careful. Because if you didn't notice it before, the effect of recalling it again may not be much better.
Until they walked out of the dormitory building, the three of them did not reach a unified opinion on "darkness under the light".
"What Wei Shu told is not entirely true, at least he concealed a lot of things."
"But it would be nice to have someone willing to talk..." Zhou Weiyuan shrugged, "Anyway, we got something, so it's not completely without gain."
"You want the merchant to charge this thing?"
"You have to use it to know what the use is. Lu Ning, what about you?"
Lu Ning raised an eyebrow: "What's wrong with me?"
"Although I caught some loopholes in his words, this is the extent of what I can do. Did your previous pressing questions reveal anything? According to what I know about you, you guys are like this People never ask directly what they really want to ask."
"Because you can find a lot of doubts when you see him." Lu Ning said.
"What's the suspicion?"
"His clothes, the heater in his arms, and some behaviors... Let's put it this way, now we understand the world. If I were to choose a suit of clothes to prepare for a long-term battle, I would definitely choose Naofumi. A body like snow.”
She pointed at Shang Wenxue, wearing a leather jacket, trousers, and a hat. Although the lining could not be seen, Shang Wenxue's outfit was neither too thick nor too thin. It was easy to move but not indispensable. It had many conveniences.
"Wei Shu's clothes look tattered, but the core is thick and warm. The heating supplies he uses do not require an external power supply. With the two-year statement, it is very likely that they came from a businessman. In After meeting us for the first time, he went to touch cigarettes and found that there was no left, so he asked us for some... If this was not a cover-up but a habitual action, it can be said that he did not lack some spiritual comfort products. , but I won’t deliberately remember the number.”
"He can go find a merchant to exchange it."
"Would you use the money you get from killing monsters to buy some tobacco, alcohol and the like? He doesn't enjoy it once in a while, but he has it habitually for a long time."
Lu Ning clapped her fingers and expressed her thoughts: "The clothes and heater prove that he is adaptable to using that type of equipment. Asking others for cigarettes and alcohol shows that he has ample channels to obtain money. And the last words I asked were Considering his attitude towards the world...he is not blindly fanatical, but he is not normal either."
"Do you want to compare the logs?" Zhou Weiyuan asked.
"Not entirely. Based on these three guesses, I think Wei Shu should have a certain degree of control over this cold world. At least he can ensure that he stays in this world instead of constantly changing worlds with gradual changes. He must have had deals with businessmen, and he must also have companions, most likely the researchers who fell into this world together at that time."
Click.
Zhou Weiyuan stepped on a piece of broken ice.
"Researchers will just give up on research? They worked hard to open the channel when the world was still hazy, and now they are personally in it. If not all, there will be many people - what's wrong!"
Lu Ning was a little distracted because of her thinking, but Shang Wenxue was not like that. When she heard the sound of ice breaking, she had already stepped to the front.
Under the moonlight, at the intersection in front of this road, there were seven or eight fully armed people standing with guns in their hands.
"stop."
One of the people spoke, and his voice was very dull through the gas mask, but you could still hear the strong sense of superiority in his words.
"What's the matter?" Shang Wenxue asked, tilting his head.
"Leave the supplies you have and go back and forth from where you are." The man raised his chin, "Don't waste our time."
Lu Ning didn't expect to meet Jie Dao.
I heard Teng Zijian say before that many of the people lost here did not regard monsters as their main targets, but made a living by robbing other teams. The equipment of this group of people was completely purchased to deal with humans. There is no shortage of extremely powerful, incapacitating bombs, bright flashlights and other things. The only good news is that they have a mentality of cutting leeks. As long as they hand over the things obediently, they will Will not kill.
"In this cold weather, if we hand over everything, we will die." Shang Wenxue laughed, "Is there no room for negotiation?"
"Stop talking nonsense! Find a place to wait until the gradual change! You're lucky if I don't let you stay!"
"Then you can stay~"
Shang Wenxue raised her hand, and the pistol instantly appeared in her hand. There was a soft sound, and then more than twenty high-energy beams scattered from the muzzle, hitting everyone in front of her instantly.
Suddenly, screams began. These two were relatively lucky. They were only penetrated by the laser in the shoulders and abdomen. The others were all hit in vital parts and died on the spot.
After firing, Shang Wenxue quickly put away the gun and dropped three darts from her cuffs. When the two people just started screaming, her darts had already been taken out and accurately cut into the muzzles of the guns held by the two people. The most direct means of killing.
"Slow down -" Zhou Weiyuan wanted to stop Shang Wenxue, but how could he stop him? She had already jumped forward, and the sharp metal tip of the cane slit the throat of one of them, and then stabbed into the other arm of the other person with an injured shoulder blade. She stumbled and stabbed him directly to the ground.
"Are you going out to rob someone with such skills? You are really confident."
Shang Wenxue stepped on the last living person, lowered his tone slightly, and looked down at him. Lu Ning and Zhou Weiyuan slowly walked over, one picked up the scrapped gun in his hand, and the other took off his mask.
This man looked to be in his thirties or forties, not a student. Lu Ning dug into his pocket and pulled out an identity card. There were serious signs of wear and tear on it. Apart from that, there was nothing else on him that could identify his identity.
"They have quite a lot of stuff."
Zhou Weiyuan threw the gun aside and turned around to dig through the body again. The laser burned small holes in the corpses, and the protective gear on these people did not protect them at all. As for the firearm, Zhou Weiyuan soon discovered that it was just an ordinary standard light submachine gun, the kind that could be held with a body armor at a longer distance.
"It's a pity that they are all empty shells. It's not easy to deal with those monsters. These guys are just pawns."
"You mean this group of people is not all of them?" Shang Wenxue glanced at the trembling people at his feet and licked his lips, "Is there any way..."
"We don't need to regard these guys as the main target, don't forget what we should do." Lu Ning put away the identity card, then clapped his hands and stood up, "His gun-raising posture is not standard. They have received training and have not experienced any combat. In other words, as soon as they entered here, they were absorbed into a certain team responsible for the robbery mission. There were several frostbites on his face, proving that the living conditions were not very good, that is, in Proof of their low status in the team. A set of twelve injections were found in their pockets. They were all the most common satiation potions. They were cheap and had not been used yet. Obviously, no matter what the situation outside was, they would continue to carry out such plunder outside for a long time, and Just left. This group of people should be returning to the team's core location regularly to turn in the looted items and obtain injections. I didn't find any special equipment outside the body. The team should have used poison or the like to control them. In this way There is nothing worth exploring in them.”
"Understood." Shang Wenxue curled his lips and pulled out the cane. The man on the ground let out another cry of pain, but it was very short. His body rolled slightly, and the cane pierced his temple.
The suffering you have endured is not a reason to inflict suffering on others. Both Lu Ning and Shang Wenxue have the same concept in this regard.
"Look for other corpses and see if there is any contact tool. If they want to return to the team, they must have a way to contact the person who controls them."
The three of them rummaged around and found nothing more except some daily necessities.
"We look like the first group of people they robbed." Zhou Weiyuan stuffed a pack of bullets into his backpack and looked at the submachine gun with a bit of disgust. If the pistol was okay, these would be a bit cumbersome for him.
"There is no contact tool." Shang Wenxue also shook his head, "Lu Ning, didn't you say you shouldn't treat them as the main target? Why are you trying to get to the bottom of it now?"
"Something I care about." Lu Ning lowered his head and took out a small "compass" from the shoulder strap of a corpse's backpack.
"What?"
"The control method, although I know it is something like poison, but generally speaking, normal antidotes can be purchased from merchants. Although these people don't know how to rob their income, it is not difficult to collect a little money. So it is not difficult. I want to know what this means of control is.”
"How about a micro bomb?" Shang Wenxue opened his mouth and said another possibility.
"Um……"
"I've seen them. They can be buried under the skin, or they can be taken into the human body. There are many types of bombs like this. Just set a time limit and you have to go back and see people before the bomb explodes, right?"
This is indeed a possibility, but it is easy to verify. Lu Ning used a knife to cut open the clothes of a corpse and carefully checked the body surface. There were no surgical scars. Then he opened the abdominal cavity and found no trace of bombs.
Shang Wenxue didn't expect that she would do it as she said, and she would do the autopsy without hesitation at all.
"Is it important? This mess..."
"I always take precautions against imaginary enemies as much as possible. Okay, it's almost time to leave." Lu Ning wiped off as much blood as possible on his hand, and then picked up the "compass".
"merchant?"
"If there is no contact tool, the merchant's place is probably the best place to meet. It happens to be a bit late now, and the merchant may appear at any time. We can set out to look for him now."
Lu Ning also has this indicator used to find businessmen. As a necessity, it is normal for anyone to see it here, and it can be regarded as a blind spot. After collecting some loot, the three people left quickly. This place was not suitable for staying for a long time.
Shortly after they left, two men appeared on the road on the other side of the intersection.
"Very soon."
"After all... hum." The hooded person sneered, "But even though she was aware of it, she still didn't find anything. No wonder, there is too much confusing information in this scene, and the more suspicious she becomes, the more... It’s hard to clear away the fog.”
"I thought you would do it quickly."
"No...since there are other guys coming to join in the fun, let's use her as bait first. Don't you want to catch them all in one fell swoop? I really don't want to delay this scene for a second. The sooner we leave, the better."
"Mindset, mentality..."
"Delaying time is also risky. If Lu Ning discovers the truth, she will have an overwhelming advantage. After all, she is the 'Zhengshu'. I may have to make a certain degree of sacrifice to win."
"Honestly I don't think you can win at that point."
"…No one knows her better than me."
"You are talking nonsense, but your character determines that you are not as good as her."
"You are open-minded. Forget it, you are still helping me now, right? If I lose, it's okay for you to find another companion. I don't want to talk about personality factors."
"Okay, okay, so what are we going to do now? Fishing?"
"The other ones are not easy to deal with. Shang Wenxue has caused us a lot of trouble. Fortunately, I haven't done anything yet. Tsk, I hope I don't make wedding clothes for others."
While the two were talking, the corpse lying at the intersection had quickly turned into pus. Even the fabric and metal on the body could not last long before it began to corrode and decay. By the time the conversation was over, there were only some mixed materials left on the ground. substance and freezes quickly in cold weather.
"Take care of it."
One of the people raised her hand, holding a small device inlaid with a purple crystal. She pressed the button on it a few times, and then pointed it at the ground. Soon, the mixture disappeared in an instant, and the ground returned to form. Looking at the original appearance, it was impossible to tell that a killing had occurred here.
At this time, a vibration came from another person's pocket.
"Hello?" The man took out his cell phone, listened for a while, and then said, "No need to do anything. You should act as normal now. Yan Rong's trust in people will deepen over time. She won't It is easy to doubt anyone, and now that Zhou Weiyuan is separated from her again, no one will advise her."
The other end of the phone said something again, and his tone was a little urgent.
"Ning Yeyi? Huh, of course she has a problem. Listen, no matter what she discovers, you can just keep doing what you are doing now. Anyway, you didn't really do anything extraordinary, and she can't provide any evidence. . Speaking of which, how many suspicious people did you find there?"
After a moment, the hooded man smiled.
"Isn't that a lot? It seems that everyone has started to take action. Don't worry, the sooner you start, the easier it is to lose. Just protect your own safety, Cang Su."
