Following the route in memory and taking a slight detour, Lu Ning found the exit.
The time at this time was already around 4:50, and a gradual change could occur at any time. Lu Ning took a look at the situation around the shack and found that it was still safe, so she sat in the corner and waited for the arrival of Gradient.
Once the mind calms down, the scorching heat on the surface is not so unbearable. Lu Ning closed her eyes, and the dry air between her nose was filled with steaming heat, and then slowly disappeared. It was not a momentary switch, but a gradual replacement. The smell of moisture began to appear, like the fragrance of green grass after being washed away from dust, and the sound of dense rain also came to my ears, followed by A few grunts.
She opened her eyes in an instant, pressed her finger on the handle of the knife, drew the knife out of its sheath, and chopped off a monkey-like monster that jumped up in the air.
The sharpness of this knife was completely satisfactory. The monkey-like monster was cut in half directly. The smelly black blood fell down. Lu Ning slid sideways and avoided the front without being splashed much.
"He's back."
This is a world of heavy rain. Sure enough, the gradient is just a random switch, not a periodic change.
Lu Ning leaned down and took out the small bag it carried from the rope tied to the monkey monster's shoulder. A few copper coins jingled inside, but there was nothing else good.
Only when we return here can we feel that the dense rainstorm is so kind.
Lu Ning wrapped her coat around her head and rushed into the rain. The experience I learned from Teng Zijian before, using the shelter between buildings to move, can always reduce the time of running in the rain. However, she was still soaked. After running for a while, she looked up and found that she was near the library.
"Hey! People over there!"
Just at this moment, someone shouted.
Lu Ning looked over. There was someone holding a flashlight over there. The beam of light was very conspicuous in the rain, but other features were not clearly visible.
"Hello!"
"Tch, it's a human. I thought there was a monster coming."
The man mumbled and waved: "Come here, this is the containment team."
"Contain what?"
"I'm just trying to save those of you who are alone. Is it possible that you haven't been scared by the monsters outside? Come here quickly. There are people here. As long as you work, you will have something to eat." The man's tone was a little impatient, but he waited. Lu Ning came closer and he immediately shut his mouth.
The weapons and equipment on Lu Ning's body are not those that can be owned by those who were scattered by monsters. After living here for a little longer, you know that such people are definitely not easy to mess with.
"That, that..."
"Containment team? Who are the people who can take in others in such an environment? How many of you are doing this? What is the so-called 'job'?"
Lu Ning approached step by step. Although the man was a little panicked, he still waved his hands desperately: "I, I don't know! My job is just to pull people here!"
"You're lying." Lu Ning stepped closer, putting his hand on the handle of the knife, applying pressure without leaving any trace, "You are one of the old members of this team. You know very well what your team is doing, and you also know the so-called What will be the result of the containment? Your reason may be fear of death or greed for gain, but these cannot be the reasons for you to harm others."
"What did you say? I don't know, I-"
"I can smell the bloody smell on your body. It's very faint, but people familiar with it can detect it. Your eyes are not afraid but cautious. When you find out that my strength may be beyond imagination, your first reaction is not to recruit but to panic. These are all It shows that you have a certain amount of confidence, but it’s not like letting an outsider discover what you are doing.”
He took a step back, his expression full of panic.
"You have never killed anyone with your own hands. This may be your only saving grace, and it is precisely because of this that you did not pick up a weapon and aim it at me at the first time - this saved you."
Lu Ning drew his sword and slashed at the door of the library. A violent flow of air surged out from the sword, instantly cutting the door into several pieces. As the pieces of wood fell to the ground, the movement also alarmed the people in the library.
The above mentioned are just flaws of this person. What Lu Ning really cares about is who is under the control of this place. "Contain" may be ambiguous, but it is true that it requires some resources to support people. In this environment, not many people can afford this cost.
"who!"
"Get her!"
"Two, four, six, seven..." Lu Ning glanced around and counted the number of people squatting in the hall. They were obviously more ferocious than the ones outside the door, but they were just students, earning money by fighting monsters. Just a little bit of skill. The gap between this level and Lu Ning's special training in the distribution center can be said to be worlds apart.
Moreover, this group of people seemed to have no long-range weapons, which in a sense also explained their status.
"Let your leader come out...or I can go see him."
Lu Ning relied on the sharpness of the weapon to cut off the weapons in the hands of the first two people who rushed over. The blade stopped in front of the third person. As long as that person stopped a little slower, the blade would have penetrated through the back of the head.
"...Our leader is not here, really!"
The person outside the door was obviously scared, and hurriedly explained: "We are responsible for recruiting people here and controlling them. If there are any faults, we will kill them to scare the monkeys..."
"What about the contact information?" Lu Ning asked coldly.
The man guarding the door looked at a person inside.
"I, Wu Yuhan, can you give me a name?" This man was obviously the leader. He was tall, carrying a big knife in his hand, and his words were quite quack-like.
"Lu Ning, I'm not here to ask you guys any questions. I just want to know how you formed such a team and how it operates."
"I can't say much about this. After all, I also work for others. We don't have too few people. You are no match for yourself. It would be more suitable to join us. Your skills can at least be classified as executive. position."
"But your organization will be exclusive, right? Only trustworthy people can hold higher-level positions, otherwise it may not last long."
"How should I put it?" Wu Yuhan scratched his head, "As long as you have a brain, it's fine."
The moment he finished speaking, someone suddenly fell above Lu Ning!
The entrance to the library is an arched door, and the area covered is not large. Due to the slippery weather on rainy days, it is difficult to imagine that someone would jump down from that place to launch a surprise attack.
Just not including Lu Ning.
The man held an electric shock device in his hand, and he must have been trying to subdue him. However, the moment he approached, a cloud of mist evaporated from Lu Ning's body, completely blocking his sight. He didn't dare to press the button of the electric shock device before the sudden moisture. He only heard a loud sheathing sound coming from the mist.
"Negotiations failed."
The wind blade cut through the water vapor and stabbed the fallen man through. Lu Ning took the opportunity to draw his sword and swung it. Blood splashed on the steps, making a soft sound that could be distinguished even in the noisy rain.
The water vapor only lasted for a moment. The steam dryer Ning Yeyi gave her could only dry the clothes. When the vision returned to clear, Wu Yuhan only saw the sneak attacker he arranged curled up on the ground and twitching.
"Get her!" Wu Yuhan roared angrily.
Lu Ning did not put away the knife this time. She turned her left hand to pull out the obsidian dagger and walked towards the people who were rushing towards her. After a few screams and the sound of weapons clanking to the ground, those people all covered their wrists. Wailed.
Wu Yuhan's expression changed, he raised his sword and barely blocked the first blow from Lu Ning, and took two steps back - he was slightly stronger than Lu Ning, but his fear of weapons made him timid.
"Wait! If you want to save someone..."
"Saving people is not the point. Tell me your upward contact information."
While Lu Ning was talking, her hands were still pressing forward step by step. Wu Yuhan couldn't dodge, and a piece of hair on his head was cut off. The feeling of cold obsidian brushing against his scalp made his hair stand on end.
"He'll be waiting for us at the Student Services Center!"
Wu Yuhan said hurriedly, he could no longer hold on.
"oh?"
Lu Ning slowed down a little: "Who is he?"
"He - he calls himself an 'engineer'." Wu Yuhan stammered, "He said he needs manpower. We, as long as we bring him enough people, we can get the supplies."
"Don't you know that you can buy supplies from merchants?"
“Who can afford it if it’s so expensive?”
"You don't even have a gun, how can this be considered supplies? Forget it, where are the people you captured?"
Seeing that Lu Ning had stopped his attack, Wu Yuhan quickly threw away his knife, turned around and started leading the way.
In a reading room at the back of the library, there were about a dozen people with panicked faces. There were not many people in this room. Two people with axes were watching here. They were startled when they found that Wu Yuhan had brought someone over.
"Open the door!" Wu Yuhan yelled angrily, "And call those guys over here!"
He still had some prestige among these people, so the two of them hurriedly opened the door of the reading room, and then pushed the people who were arrested inside to the door with shouts.
Lu Ning glanced at the group of people casually. She was just doing her best to save people. At this moment, she confirmed that they had been released and planned to take them away. However, when she glanced over, she found a slightly familiar face.
It was a short girl, wearing a school uniform, with messy hair, and carrying a schoolbag. There were still some tears on her face, as if she had just cried, but Lu Ning knew that this guy should not be here under any circumstances.
Luo Xiao, a pyromaniac.
Unlike Yu Fen, who suffers from bipolar disorder, and Hu Yuan, who has fanatic tendencies, Luo Xiao is a simple pleasure addict. She likes to destroy everything, especially those things that are said to be very strong. Although she is not strong in frontal combat, she is quite good at installing dangerous explosives and incendiary objects. In the Rosicrucian information, Luo Xiao is the kind of person who "cannot be called a threat in terms of vision, but is very difficult to deal with in reality."
Only two thoughts flashed through Lu Ning's mind.
First, what is the purpose of her appearing here?
Second, where did she put the explosives?
Immediately, the explosion occurred.
The bodies of the two people guarding the reading room exploded from the inside out, and their flesh and bones turned into fragments. Along with the flames exploding in their bodies, a bloody wind formed. The people who were a little closer were injured by the explosion and broken bones and immediately screamed. When Lu Ning raised her hands to cover her face, she could still feel the pain in her arms from being hit by various broken bones.
But Wu Yuhan was even worse. A piece of spine flew out and pierced directly into his eye socket. He opened his mouth wide, as if he still couldn't believe it, but he came straight up.
"Everyone, please don't move."
Luo Xiao threw away the trigger switch attached to the hem of her clothes and showed a bright smile to Lu Ning: "Especially sister you."
No one dared to move, because there were dozens of identical detonation buttons connected by threads hanging down under the suit jacket of her school uniform. Not only that, there were several buttons from her cuffs that were caught between her fingers.
Remote control bombs are not particularly expensive among merchants. If Luo Xiao has teammates, they can certainly afford her consumption. Lu Ning never thought that she would sneak into such a place secretly and become a "victim"? The character analysis of Rosicrucian does not include the ability of this person to swallow his anger.
"The plan that was about to succeed was ruined by your rescue. Can't we just stop meddling in so many other things? Sister?" Luo Xiao looked at Lu Ning with a smile, "If I go back and get scolded, I will be in a bad mood, and I am in a bad mood. When things are bad, I like to listen to noises. If I accidentally blow up something crucial, wouldn’t it cause trouble for everyone?"
"Your existence is a mess." Lu Ning said with a cold face.
"Oh, don't think that just because you killed the two siblings of the Mi family with bad taste, you can get a place on the list of the doll party. With your little skills, the assassination department can just find anyone. Deal with you."
"Since you've heard of me, I seem to be pretty famous."
"...You're right. After all, that boy Xiang Yi is a big talker, and he can't keep his mouth shut about who he admires. As for keeping secrets... No one cares about you if you have no status! Hahaha!"
Along with a burst of laughter, another person suddenly exploded in the room, and in an instant, the scene that was originally a hell on earth became red again.
"Having said that, it won't be of much use if I kill you now. You should be glad that the special rules of this scene protect you..." Luo Xiao's laughter slowly subsided, "As for me, I will never do anything that will cause trouble for myself. Things, that would put me in a bad mood.”
"Your ambition is not small, but the bombs you planted are limited to this." Lu Ning raised an eyebrow, "The person just now did not explode internally. Your method was just to put the bomb behind his back so that it would not be easily detected. It's just a position. The first two... putting micro bombs in their diets wasn't a hardship for you, was it?"
"How dark is your heart that you would actually carefully observe the tragic death of others?" Luo Xiao smiled nonchalantly, "But these people have bombs on them, don't you care? There are also bombs in this library. , can you run away?"
"Your bombs will only be installed on people." Lu Ning ignored her provocation at all. "You just said that you have a plan. Since you will be scolded by someone when you go back, you are not the person in charge. Your purpose is to find someone. Get out of the hiding place of the leader of the team. In this case, your carrying capacity must ensure that these bombs are installed at the target location. As for controlling this place, you only need to install bombs on those who will definitely go there. My arrival is completely In the event of an emergency, you would not plant extra bombs in the library just for precaution."
"That's an analysis of normal people. Do you think your set of logical judgments can be applied to people like me?" Luo Xiao was still smiling.
"Once lunatics and fanatics have a purpose, normal logical standards will apply."
