After Lu Ning briefly told her experience, Li Xilou returned the two of them to the real world. After chatting there for so long, in reality the two people's eyes just met.
Li Xilou's ability cannot be underestimated. Just like Lu Ning's own, what he is showing now is probably just the tip of the iceberg.
"I have another question." Lu Ning said, "Since you have discovered that those characters have an inexplicable attraction to you, have you ever visited that family again after that?"
"Of course. They know nothing about it." Li Xilou nodded and said, "I also asked someone to investigate. They have lost most of the inheritance of things passed down from their ancestors. They are just an ordinary family. .There are too many historical materials lost, and it is impossible to know who left these characters."
"I see……"
"Okay, Miss Lu Ning, you asked one question, now it's my turn to ask you. What do you know about these characters?"
Lu Ning thought for a while and then told the story Emmy told herself before.
Of course, this story cannot avoid the part about superpowers, and Lu Ning did not deliberately avoid it. After she finished speaking, neither Li Xilou nor Liu Huanyu had any expressions of surprise or doubt. From now on, Lu Ning also knew that Li Xilou had also told Liu Huanyu about super powers.
"In other words, as far as you know, these characters should come from the spread of a cult formed by superpowers about two or three years ago, rather than originating many years ago?"
"Exactly, this is where the intelligence of the two of us conflicts. I can think of an explanation, but it is only a speculative explanation." Rooney said.
"Then there's no need to say it. There are too many possibilities, and just guessing doesn't make much sense. Well, the symbol you mentioned... I want to find a chance to take a look at the people in this organization. As for you, it seems that you are planning to Are you going to solve the two tasks in the second stage?"
"Yes, do you have any idea? If possible, I hope to make some preparations in advance."
"Huan Yu, we have also collected some information." Li Xilou smiled and glanced at the people around him.
"That's right, Miss Lu Ning, I have been paying attention since Xilou told me the relevant matters. First of all, we received the invitation letter to the Red Snow Ball. The owner of the Jinpingshan Red Plum Pavilion is not a person. There is a famous rich man named Luan Dongchuan. We don’t have much communication with him. However, based on some contacts with his secretary, we probably know that he usually does not live in this mansion, but rents it out to others. It is the same this time. From another more private source, it can be found that the rental time this time is from December 24th to January 9th, which means that the organizers of the Red Snow Ball are planning to settle the matter within this period. .”
"In other words, if I go on December 24th, people will already be there by then?"
"Yes, because the rent is expensive and the dance must be decorated, you should be able to meet the people preparing there in advance." Liu Huanyu smiled and nodded, "But I think if the organizer is deliberately doing something inappropriate, A good action will definitely not show up directly, but select some agents to divide the work and complete the preparation work."
"Where people with superpowers gather, it is difficult not to have some friction. If someone is willing to guide them, a fierce fight may begin." Li Xilou said, "We don't know how many people the invitation letter has been sent to. Even if You are powerful, and it is difficult to resist the calculations of various treacherous abilities."
"...I understand." Lu Ning didn't need Li Xilou to remind her of this matter. She had experienced battles between superpowers many times, and such things as hidden fronts were almost necessary.
"If you want to continue solving these tasks, it will also be a help to me. I can provide you with some intelligence assistance that is not too troublesome... Huanyu, you can give her your No. 2 contact number. You can contact her at any time during the day. She, we have channels here for some private information that is difficult for ordinary people to obtain," Li Xilou said.
"Okay, then I want to..."
"You have to ensure that the fifteen-year-old murder incident and the Red Snow Ball will not cause widespread harm. Once a mistake is made, our cooperation will end here. If it is caused by you, I will even punish you How about being classified as an enemy?" Li Xilou asked her.
"It's fair." Lu Ning stretched out her hand, "It's a pleasure to cooperate."
"It's a pleasure to cooperate." Li Xilou shook hands with her.
Sure enough, cooperation between fourth-level tourists and strangers has become more and more troublesome. Tang Ling is a person who is difficult to cooperate with. Li Xilou is slightly better, but it also gives Lu Ning a headache. She sincerely expected to meet an acquaintance in this scene, and communication would not be so difficult in the future.
After leaving the hotel, she felt the cold again. The origin of this severe cold was still unknown. Lu Ning did not discuss this topic with Li Xilou. After all, Li Xilou was probably not interested in such a thing.
After taking some time to rush back to the city, it was already around one o'clock in the afternoon. She paid attention to the shops on the road. Many of them were closed. Except for some large stores that were still open, no one went out at all in such weather. There are only slight signs of plowing of the snow on the road, but the road has not been completely cleared. Snow plows can be seen working in the distance, but compared to the huge amount of work, the number of snow plows that can be dispatched is obviously not enough. .
When Lu Ning returned to campus, she could see some school workers and students shoveling snow outside. They were all wrapped in thick coats, but looking at their movements, they were still freezing.
She walked quickly into the bedroom and found that Li Xian was still lying on the bed, sound asleep.
"Li Xian!"
"What???" Li Xian's bed shook, but before she could get up, "An earthquake?"
"What the hell are you doing? You don't get up after one o'clock in the afternoon?"
"Good guy... you came back quickly enough..." Li Xian said lazily, "Lu Ning, I found a good way. As long as you fall asleep, you won't feel hungry, and you don't have to climb down to freeze instant noodles. …”
"What are you doing? Come down quickly. You're hungry and can't keep warm?" Lu Ning picked up the thermos and picked up Li Xian's to get some boiling water.
But when passing by Ying Caiyi's bed, she found that Ying Caiyi was not in the bed.
"Li Xian, where is Ying Caiyi?"
"Didn't you go get something? You'll probably be back soon. The school gate is less than a hundred meters away... It's a shame she dared to go out in such a cold weather. Ah, Lu Ning, thanks for the hot water."
"Do you still want me to say drink more hot water?"
"...hehehe."
Lu Ning came back from fetching water and made herself a box of noodles, turned on her computer and started browsing the news. The news about Distortion Point has basically disappeared. The game of "Distortion Point" company is still operating normally, but it has not made any waves. It just has some reputation in the market as a game with good reviews. She didn't try to contact Tang Ling again. Most likely, the other party was too lazy to contact her anymore, so the cooperation would have ended here.
Afterwards, Lu Ning searched for news about "disappearances" in some nearby city news. After the previous four boys died, there was no movement for several days, and even the police made no breakthrough. Disappearances still occur from time to time. Several elderly people, children, easily lost persons and missing persons notices can be found, but it is impossible to connect them with previous cases unless another miserable corpse is discovered.
Having gained nothing, Lu Ning regretfully closed the webpage and started eating instant noodles. Li Xian also climbed out of bed and started making food for herself. The atmosphere in the dormitory was very quiet for a while. I don't know when it started to snow again outside. This time it was not heavy, but it caused the snow shoveling team outside to give up their work and return indoors.
"This weather... Damn it, when will it end? I don't have much food left." Li Xian yawned and said, "I don't want to be like Ying Caiyi and go all the way to get express delivery... She can still get it back now. Come?"
"I didn't receive her message." Lu Ning glanced at her phone, "If she encounters any difficulties, she should come to us for help, right?"
"Oh...let me look at mine...hey!"
Li Xian screamed, and Lu Ning hurriedly got up and came over.
"Have you heard from her?"
"Three or four... are broken." Li Xian tugged at it, "She probably contacted me and found out that I didn't reply and then stopped contacting me. This... she didn't say what happened."
Lu Ning leaned over to take a look, and it was true that Ying Caiyi's message was "Can you do me a favor?" 】【You haven’t gotten up yet? 】【Forget it if I'm not here】A few sentences, judging from the sending time interval, there is still a gap, but the time is around ten o'clock in the morning.
"Has she already gone out in the morning?" Lu Ning asked with a frown.
"I really haven't woken up yet... If she can't find me, she should find someone else, right? Ask the dormitory next door?"
"I'll ask."
Lu Ning quickly ran out of the dormitory, knocked on a few dormitory doors, and asked. It was Ying Caiyi's two good friends from another dormitory who agreed to go and help her. They set off at about half past ten. .
"They didn't come back?" Lu Ning asked the two people in the room.
"They said they were helpful and invited them to dinner. We thought they went directly to the restaurant."
Lu Ning sent two messages to Ying Caiyi, went back to the dormitory and told Li Xian to go out to find someone, and then set off again to the express delivery point in front of the school. There must be few people coming to pick up express delivery in this kind of weather, and they should have been impressed by the three girls coming over.
As expected, the site staff remembered a few of Ying Caiyi. It seemed that Ying Caiyi's several couriers had arrived together, and she wanted to take them away together, which caused the situation where she needed to call someone before. She spent a little time here before calling the two girls, around eleven o'clock Then he took the express and left. According to the description of the staff, the things are completely portable for three people, but the size is a bit large and inconvenient. After the three people went out, they walked towards the school and did not pay attention to their whereabouts after that.
Lu Ning walked out and activated Requiem's tracking ability. After more than two hours, the anger generated by the three girls was no longer obvious. After all, there is still more anger than death in the world. But there is another clue, that is, there are clear footprints on the untreated snow on the sidewalk. Combining the two, it is relatively easy to track the whereabouts.
The newly fallen snow was not heavy and the footprints were not covered. There are few pedestrians and the footprints are fairly clear. Under these two conditions, Lu Ning finally identified the footprints of three groups of peers. Based on the shape and depth, he could also conclude that they were Ying Caiyi and the three people. She followed for a while, and at the only intersection between the school gate and the school gate, she saw that the footprints did not cross the intersection, but turned to the other side.
What happened? You can reach another school gate after turning the corner. Maybe you don't want to wait for the traffic light? But there were no cars on the road in this weather, so she didn't think the three of them were so impatient.
After following the footprints for a few more steps, Lu Ning discovered a new line of footprints. It was clearer than the footprints left by the three girls, indicating that it was even heavier than the three girls carrying things. Judging from the size and stride length of the footprints, it is estimated that this is a person who is about 1.8 meters tall and weighs more than 80 kilograms. It is most likely a male.
With Ying Caiyi's vigilance, if such a man spoke to her, she would definitely not pay attention. After this new footprint, the three girls continued to move forward. Even after passing the school gate on this side, they did not cross the road, but continued straight.
Lu Ning followed and crossed two streets, but at this moment, the footprints became very difficult to trace, because a large number of messy footprints were suddenly mixed on the ground, and the snow was trampled hard, making it impossible to recognize them. In the direction of the footprints, this area covered a wide area. Lu Ning looked up and saw that it was the entrance of a large supermarket.
People will come to this kind of place no matter what, and the various ruts at the door have smoothed the snow a lot. The ground is so chaotic that even if a car stops here and people are kidnapped, you can't see it.
But... Lu Ning looked up at the supermarket door and walked into the supermarket.
"Hello, can I ask a question?" she asked the cashier inside.
"What's going on?"
"Excuse me, did you see three girls passing by here around eleven o'clock? There should be a man next to them, quite tall."
"I've been here and bought something." The cashier was impressed. "I remember a man walked in and bought some disinfectant supplies. The three girls were holding things in their hands and standing... right where you are waiting. Yes, because I spent some time, I have a very clear impression.”
"Thank you, will they leave here after that?" Lu Ning asked again.
"Then a car came to the door. It looked quite expensive. The man asked them to get in the car and then drove away," the cashier said.
"Can you tell me specifically what the car looks like? I am a classmate of those three girls, and one of them is still my roommate. There is no news about them yet. I am very worried about them." Lu Ning said immediately.
Hearing this, the cashier was also a little panicked and said hurriedly: "I just remember it was a black car. I'm not familiar with the car... I don't know what brand it is. Otherwise, why don't I ask if I can adjust the surveillance camera to take a look?" one time?"
"Thank you if you can." This is what Lu Ning wants.
