Lu Ning heard a crack, not an actual hearing, but a change caused by a familiar turmoil. She thought about it carefully, and it seemed that she had felt it occasionally while helping others after going to Zhiyu Town some time ago.
She took out her phone and checked the task content in the Crow APP.
Sure enough, in the APP, the third stage was unveiled. She didn't do it herself. Where were Meng Juan and Tang Ling? Who opened the new stage?
【The Third Stage·Intertwined Bones
3-1 Capture the directory of Type A virus.
3-2 Establish a stable stronghold with no less than 20 people.
3-3 advances the stage to the fourth act. 】
Obviously everything is not settled yet!
Meng Juan in the other room also showed a little surprise. He got up and went to Tang Ling's door and knocked on Tang Ling's door. Soon, Tang Ling opened the door and looked at Meng Juan with sleepy eyes: "Brother Meng, what's wrong?"
"The third stage has started." Meng Juan said, "We have to make some preparations. Tang Ling, I have a bad feeling. This scene doesn't seem to be as simple as we thought."
"What?"
"Neither you nor I took the initiative to trigger the next stage. I don't think the girl who lives in Dong-Huiyue has such a sense of elegance. As for the gentleman who has no interest in coming here at all, he has no time to live a stable life, so how can he take the initiative to break it? "
"Don't you think...we don't need to grasp this?"
"When the time comes, the stage will naturally move forward. This is force majeure and we have no way to stop it. So the future of this world is worse than we think it may be."
"Then Brother Meng, you..."
"Tang Ling, I need to teach you something, how to use your abilities to adapt to various survival situations. This is a chaotic scene, and the future of a chaotic scene is always unknown." Meng Juan whispered, "It's not good - As expected, there is no free lunch in the distribution center, and this trap begins when we choose an ability.”
As dinner time gradually approached, Lu Ning also came downstairs, waiting for the daily dinner time. But after going downstairs today, she saw that the living room was being rearranged, and some decorations had been hung above the living room. All servants except the chef Wei Haonan are dressed here. Seeing Lu Ning coming down, Qu Langyue came over with a smile and said: "Miss Lu Ning, the living room is currently being decorated for a dance party. Maybe it is not so convenient to rest here. You can use the side hall next to it or the rooms on the third floor. , it won’t take us long, and of course dinner won’t be delayed either.”
"Even if someone dies, you still have to hold a dance party?" Lu Ning asked.
"The master's invitation is for this purpose. The dance must be held unless we are all gone."
Lu Ning thought for a while and then asked: "I want to know...if your master asks you to cooperate in killing people, will you obey the master's order, or will you refuse the request in accordance with the law or morality?"
Qu Langyue was stunned for a moment: "We will try our best to stop the master. Our position is that of servants, not accomplices."
Hope she is telling the truth.
Lu Ning walked to the kitchen. Wei Haonan is still busy with dinner. Judging from the dishes being prepared, this time it is a Chinese meal. Wei Haonan can cook any kind of Eastern and Western dishes at his fingertips. As far as the chef is concerned, he has already been seen by Lu Ning. The most amazing chef. Every time Lu Ning comes to the kitchen, she can get snacks such as puddings, pastries, and even handmade ice cream from the refrigerator of this dedicated chef.
"Miss Lu Ning! Look at today's dishes, I guarantee that everyone of you will be happy! After that happened, I think you all need delicious food to relieve your mood!" Wei Haonan said loudly when he saw Lu Ning coming in. .
“Lunch is pretty good.”
Lunch is not like dinner, usually not everyone comes together, but who comes and brings their food. Wei Haonan usually prepares three different combinations for guests to choose from.
"But lunch is not sumptuous enough." Wei Haonan said with a smile, "I'm just worried whether you will still have the appetite to enjoy the food after seeing such a scene."
"This is not a problem you need to worry about. At least my appetite is normal." Lu Ning said.
"That's good!"
The chef still looked very motivated, and Lu Ning remembered that he was also outside the door, but he didn't seem to be affected by the murder scene at all. Finally she grabbed some more snacks and walked back to her room.
The melodious sound of the violin floated faintly from the room. The violin girl was probably immersed in her favorite music again. Today, Lu Ning felt that her skills seemed to have improved a lot, and her voice became more melodious and sweet, with a lingering lingering feeling in it.
After returning to her room, Lu Ning called up the Shanhe Kanyu map and checked everyone's location. Under the ink dot marks, except for Mr. Zhou who went to the reception room to read the newspaper, everyone stayed in their rooms and did not move around. There are still six servants decorating the hall and one busy in the kitchen. The number of ink dots is correct.
Unfortunately, people she has come into contact with can only be marked on the map. If a murderer she has never seen sneaks into the Red Plum Pavilion, it will not appear on the map. Of course, Lu Ning judged in her heart that the murderer should still be in the Hongmei Pavilion, and among the guests.
Lu Ning sat at the table and began to think about the next matter. The opening of the third stage means that Zhao Xihua and Zhao Chenshuang will definitely enter the doomsday script next. The mission also confirms this from the side. Whether it is a type A virus catalog or establishing a stronghold, it is not something that needs to be done in normal society.
She had already hinted at her father and several friends in the dormitory before. Although Zhao Xihua had said that his end would be an infection-like end, it was still unclear what the scene in the distribution center would look like through fusion and distortion. The development of the doomsday world may not necessarily follow the script of Zhao Xihua's "previous life". The mere existence of superpowers is enough to change many possibilities.
It took a lot of time to think about the plan. The level 4 scene was as vast as the entire world. Even if Lu Ning didn't think about people outside her own network, all arrangements were much more complicated. Level 3 had never had such a broad space for performance before. However, Lu Ning What I'm not very good at is thinking about such a big picture.
Even when Ye Yunmei knocked on the door and told Lu Ning that dinner was ready, she had considered several feasible strategies.
Dinner guests filed in. The restaurant was still the same as before, but the number of people was reduced.
When the food was finally served, Mr. Zhou knocked on the table: "Why is there one missing?"
"Didn't one die today?" Miss Yan said impatiently.
"I've already forgotten him. There are fourteen people here now, and the singer is not here." Mr. Zhou said coldly, "Servant, what's going on?"
"Mr. Zhang said that he was not feeling well, and today's dinner will be sent to his room." Qu Langyue said.
"Did you hear what he said with your own ears?" Mr. Zhou asked.
"Ye Yunmei heard it." Qu Langyue looked to the side. Ye Yunmei nodded: "I heard Mr. Zhang say this in the room."
"Have you seen anyone?" Mr. Zhou asked.
"Are you going to let everyone eat?" Miss Yan yelled, "If you are suspicious, go and see for yourself! I don't care what happens to the singer! Serve!"
When the two most powerful people at the table quarreled, no one else dared to say anything. The servants began to serve the food. The Chinese food was delicious and delicious. As Wei Haonan said, it made people feel much more relaxed.
The only thing that spoiled the scenery was that Mr. Zhou finished his food in a hurry and then got up and went upstairs.
Without a cold guy like him, the chat after the meal became much more harmonious. Miss Yan is just grumpy, not too biased, but the lady is very good at sizing up the situation. Seeing that most people are willing to chat now, she doesn't bring up any disappointing topics.
Lu Ning slowly joined in the chat. She first praised the girl playing the violin next to her for improving her skills. Sure enough, the girl was very impressed, and the two immediately started talking. The girl's name is Qi Leyin, and her family is well off. She has been learning the violin since she was a child, and she is just very interested in music. Her superpower has nothing to do with music, but the ability to dissolve any inanimate object in water, including metals and the like. Such liquids can also be extracted in reverse.
"A very convenient ability!"
"It's not that convenient...because the items that are dissolved and restored will lose their original form. It's like dissolving a piece of salt in water and then precipitating out. It won't be what it was before."
Obviously there are some limitations in abilities. Qi Leyin doesn't seem to be very interested in his own abilities, and he doesn't seem to have specifically tested his abilities. Fortunately, she is a bit simple. As long as she talks about music, Lu Ning only needs to be there to echo her, and she can talk for a long time by herself.
There was a harmonious atmosphere until Mr. Zhou returned to the restaurant again.
"Listen - there's no one in the room."
His words chilled the lively atmosphere.
"Let's talk about an interesting situation. I also asked in the room and heard the guy's reply, but I still broke into the room. No matter what I asked, I could hear his voice, but no one in the room could No." Mr. Zhou sneered and said, "Can someone explain it?"
"We stayed in our respective rooms before eating. What, what do we explain?" Michael said.
"It's better to go and see the scene." Lu Ning stood up, "Mr. Zhou, you just broke in, right? There's no guarantee that you just completed the crime disguise and came back to the scene, right?"
"Hmph, are you doubtful? I have a clear conscience. Anyone who is interested can come with me!"
Of course Lu Ning would pass by, and Meng Juan, Tang Ling, Miss Yan, Michael and others also stood up one after another. This happened again in the Hongmei Pavilion, and no one could sit still.
"Wait a minute! I can project the distant scenery here, and we can record the scene first!" Han Xuezhi suddenly shouted.
"No, wait a minute." Michael stopped and said, "How do you change your ability? I know that some people have several different superpowers, but this is a bit too good for you, right?"
Lu Ning has also seen Emmy use different types of abilities, but she has never been like Han Xuezhi, who just happened to come up with a suitable super power when the occasion came. It was such a coincidence.
When Han Xuezhi was asked this question, he hesitated a little. Mr. Zhou narrowed his eyes: "Then you might as well show your ability. I remember that you showed the ability to make marks appear yesterday, right?"
"He has shown the ability to fold earlier." Lu Ning added.
Han Xuezhi hurriedly rubbed his hands together and gestured like he was holding something: "Which room?"
"Dong-Shuo Yue." Mr. Zhou said.
"good……"
A three-dimensional snowflake pattern slowly appeared on the palm of his hand, as if the signal was poor. Gradually, the internal image began to become clearer. A three-dimensional projection of a room appeared on his hand. As Han Xuezhi slowly separated his hands, the projection also appeared. getting bigger and bigger.
"It's weird, his abilities are all real. Can someone who has never studied really master so many irrelevant abilities?" Meng Juan said curiously.
"Perhaps this young man's ability is to master multiple abilities." Mr. Xu laughed, "Let's not pursue this for now. Let's take a look at the current room to avoid any changes when we enter."
The room looked a little messy, but it was a matter of living habits. Mr. Zhou asked Ye Yunmei, and it seemed that the room had always been in this messy state. Fortunately, the stay was relatively short.
"Everyone has taken photos, right? Then we might as well go to the scene and take a look." Meng Juan said with a smile.
After such an interruption, everyone's emotions also stabilized. After all, they are all superpowers, and they are better than ordinary people in controlling their mentality. After arriving upstairs, everyone saw that the door lock had been broken with something that looked like a sharp weapon, and they all looked at Mr. Zhou.
Mr. Zhou raised a finger, and the metallic luster covered it, and a sharp knife gradually extended from it. He didn't even bother to explain, he just showed it, and then gave up his position at the door - to avoid suspicion.
Lu Ning and others walked into the room first.
"Mr. Zhang?" Meng Juan asked tentatively.
"I'm here."
The answer came from the room, but strangely, no one could judge the direction by the voice of the answer.
"We can't see you, where are you?" Lu Ning asked again.
"I'm here."
"In the room?" Miss Yan said.
"exist."
Several people looked around. The furnishings in each room were actually very simple. There was only a cabinet that could hide one person. However, the cabinet had been opened by Miss Yan, and there were only a few clothes inside.
"He Shanyong, is this voice true?" Miss Yan asked outside the door again.
"I can't tell the difference... I have never distinguished this kind of sound without a source!" He Shanyong looked a little panicked, "I activated my ability, but there was no response... It's like there is no truth or falsehood!"
"Then maybe he is dead." Mr. Zhou said coldly.
