After letting Ana go back, Lu Ning received a call from Yin Xiu after the meeting. This man seemed to have guessed Lu Ning's mentality, and the first thing he said was: Find a place to meet and chat.
The "eyes" controlled by Yin Xiu are indeed monitoring everything in this base at all times. Since Lu Ning didn't deliberately avoid it, her whereabouts should have reached Yin Xiu's ears at this moment.
The last place we chose was the same place we met last time.
Seeing Yin Xiu again, it can be seen that he seems to be more contented. This time, since there were only two people meeting, Yin Xiu booked a private room. When Lu Ning arrived, he was pouring himself a bottle of wine.
"Lu Ning, please sit down." Yin Xiu gestured, "Should we order first and then talk, or have we already talked about ordering?"
"Order." Lu Ning already knew how to talk to this person.
"That's right. We have to calm down and discuss today's matters." Yin Xiu tapped the bell on the table, and soon a waiter came in and handed over the menu. The two of them each ordered a few formal dishes, and looked at each other with a relaxed attitude for a long time. After the dishes were all served, Yin Xiu said, "Then let's get started and chat while eating."
"You know what I'm asking." Lu Ning picked up a piece of mutton chop, "We'd better get straight to the point."
"No, no, no, that will make both of us full of questions." Yin Xiu waved her hand, "Let me suggest... why don't you guess what my goal is, as a tourist."
Lu Ning knew that he didn't want to ask about the mission, so based on her investigation today and comparing it with Yin Xiu's previous attitude, she found one possibility that was more obvious.
"You're choosing a place to go."
Yin Xiu smiled, took a sip of wine and said, "About that, I am indeed inspecting this place and promoting it as a place where you can live happily. I have to say that the scenes found in the distribution center are somewhat unpleasant. It’s not easy to find a scene that has the opportunity to be transformed into a more livable place.”
"You are quite demanding." Lu Ning chuckled.
"Everything I have done is for a more comfortable life, including upgrading, and what I am doing now. The world I used to have has no place for me, but now, the distribution center is quite generous to us old people." Yin. Xiu said.
"And your mission coincides with your purpose?" Lu Ning asked.
"It's very close. According to my inference, the release of the task should actually be in line with each of our chairman's current conceptions of life goals. It's a pity that some people are too weak to take this position." Yin Xiu said.
Lu Ning wasn't going to discuss too much about whether he was too arrogant. He cut the mutton on the plate and continued to ask questions: "It's not you who really holds absolute power, it's Yin He, right?"
"Ah, I never cared about this. The simple rule that surface power determines everything only exists in a barbaric environment. I even wish to hide behind the scenes."
It can be expected.
"But why do you want to attack Kilgour?"
"Ah, this is unfair, Lu Ning. It's impossible for me to give Yin He a particularly detailed order. She is a smart person. You know, many times it is better to let a smart person make their own judgments than to give blind orders to someone from a distance. A lot. But because of this, those two people were unfortunately involved in the aftermath of the incident." Yin Xiu put on a regretful expression, "Even for these two people, I will try my best to transform the world. into a better place.”
"That means you don't plan to stay?" Lu Ning asked.
"I made some deals with the ascetics and learned about some conditions outside the world." Yin Xiu still looked regretful. "Due to the invasion of the sea, this world has now become very easy to attract organizations with the ability to travel through the world. Please note that even with the defensive power of this world, this place cannot be regarded as my ideal place to live. And now I am just accumulating experience. Are you satisfied with this explanation?"
Lu Ning put a clean bone next to him: "Even if I am not satisfied, I can only believe it. What I need to know is that you made everything return to normal. What about other people? No matter how powerful this power is, it is just Covering up the problem rather than solving it. The root of it all is still shooting.”
Yin Xiu smiled: "Isn't the answer already there from the beginning?"
"I don't care about other people in this shooting. What does Moonlight Valley mean to you? I know it is built to imitate the potential field of light. Which feature do you want?" Lu Ning got to the point.
Yin Xiu opened a new bottle of wine. After calming down for a few seconds, she said, "I didn't want it. This is Yin He's decision. After all, she knows better."
"Which point?" Lu Ning emphasized again.
"Floating platform." Yin Xiu gave the answer.
Lu Ning immediately recalled those floating platforms and the bones on them. She had already realized the usefulness of this thing, and Yin Xiu immediately confirmed it.
"The potential domain of the Mantra of Light locks every individual in the civilization that falls into the sea, but through this blockade, the Mantra of Light can lock all the same kind of life in and out of its potential domain through similar effects. In other words, it can Only the living beings within the civilization who are currently alive can enter and exit the realm of light mantra."
"What you need is this blocking effect. You have to lock out all the organizations that have sneaked into this world. However, this does not guarantee that new organizations cannot discover this place, so there must always be someone on the floating platform in this world. Add new delegate."
"I'm impatient for this kind of thing." Yin Xiu said with a smile, "What about you? Lu Ning? You definitely don't plan to stay here. I can see that you are so focused on the investigation not because of the task, but because you belong to this world. The feeling is not strong either.”
"You don't have to worry about this." Lu Ning said.
"Okay, let's change the topic, such as how to deal with those forces? Or what are the purposes of other investors in the filming? I am happy to discuss these things."
"Who are the six people who went to the Light True Words Realm?" Lu Ning asked.
"Huh?" Yin Xiu really asked this time, "Going to the Light True Words Realm? I know Yin He must have been there. She described the situation there to me, but six people? I have never heard of it."
Lu Ning's heart skipped a beat.
"You know nothing about the beginning of Moonlight Valley?"
"I know the whole plan. I also have the mantra and understand this, but the beginning you mentioned-" Yin Xiu also realized something.
The air around them seemed to become quiet. The two looked at each other and stopped moving their hands. After a long while, Lu Ning asked: "Are you sure you understand Yin He completely? I want to remind you that although she looks very similar to a tourist I once knew, the differences in details have made the two completely different. I I can’t tell what kind of person this is.”
"She is a very good person, so good that I am a little jealous of her. If nothing happens, she will become the top figure of Chenfeng Group in a few years. Not to mention there will be someone like [Watcher of the World] Invisible identity in the future.”
"You know that's not what I'm talking about." Lu Ning's eyes were serious. "Of course she is smart. Smart people know how to hide. She can hide her true thoughts all the time. You support her, so you can't find any problems."
"She...has her own purpose? How is it different from us now?"
"Isn't it obvious? There is no difference, just one difference!"
Yin Xiu frowned: "We are also outsiders."
Tourists are also denied an existence outside the world.
"Do you know who is responsible for the forgotten people who died here?" Lu Ning asked immediately, "Besides Yin He, I don't know who else would do this."
"But Yin Ha did say that she did not interfere in these matters. Unless..."
six people.
Yin Ha is not doing these things alone, she has her own allies.
"Then this place is really uninhabitable." Yin Xiu smiled bitterly, "Sure enough, there are accidents everywhere."
"Can you still remain normal in front of Yin He now?" Lu Ning softened her tone, "She is still willing to cooperate with you, at least it's not too bad."
"No need to question my acting skills, but now I regret saying that I don't need any strength." Yin Xiu sighed, "Lu Ning, if I fail to go back in the end... help me build a monument."
"Are you thinking about the funeral now?" Lu Ning didn't expect that there was someone more pessimistic than herself.
"Ha, after all, I know Yin He's abilities very well. As for the inscription, let's just write about a guy who pursued peace and finally stayed in the tomb he chose for himself." Yin Xiu picked up the wine glass and drank it all, with a hint of drunkenness in his eyes. His expression was, "Have we talked things through this time?"
"I'm not sure about you." Lu Ning shook her head, "I won't completely listen to your side of the story."
"I understand. But it doesn't matter. One day, you will know what a sincere person he is."
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Returning to the tenth floor, Lu Ning felt that her mood was getting heavier. An Youxi can't move freely yet, but everything seems to be coming. The reason why the three mantras came to him in the first place was not accidental. They were simply frightened out of the hospital by Yin He and chased after him, the last living person they came into contact with.
The two places she looked for after that were places that Yin He had visited personally. She could observe everything quietly and then deal with everything, but Lu Ning didn't understand why she just made such a cover-up, or whether this kind of cover-up was enough for her.
If Yin Ha had five companions, who would they be?
Six people in charge?
When Lu Ning thought about these things and opened the door to the room, she smelled a burning smell. The fire alarm didn't go off, so what on earth was——
In the blink of an eye, Lu Ning found herself standing at the door of a room that looked like it had been burned by fire. She turned her head and saw a similar corridor. Large pieces of the wall were charred and peeling off, and the metal lighting had been burned. look like.
This was not an illusion, Lu Ning quickly confirmed. I didn't find any small world using the space exploration device. The layout and decoration of the corridors and rooms are exactly the same as the hotel, except that they were burned to look like this.
Time, this is the first thing Lu Ning wants to know. She couldn't directly control the mantra, which meant she wasn't accidentally pulled into a harbor. This place was more like the abnormalities she saw when she first saw this scene.
A hotel that has burned down? If this is true, it could very well be the future. Lu Ning walked down the stairs and saw the clock hanging on the wall at the front desk in the hotel lobby. It stopped at half past seven. Unfortunately, she didn't know whether it was morning or evening, let alone the specific date.
Lu Ning looked outside the hotel door and found that it was actually the normal world there. Someone walked in, and as soon as he opened the door, the person disappeared.
Since the space detection did not find any space problems, it may be that the time here is somewhat misaligned. But Lu Ning couldn't figure out what he triggered that caused him to come in. Even if there were many illogical trigger events in the fourth level, something had to be triggered for it to happen, right?
Lu Ning decided not to leave the hotel for the time being. She didn't see the body, maybe the hotel was effectively evacuated when the fire broke out? And what was the cause of this fire? Man-made or accident?
If everything makes sense here, it's bound to leave a clue. Lu Ning was really interested now. She wanted to know what happened to the hotel after the fire.
Lu Ning walked around the hall, storage room, kitchen, and various rooms on the first floor, which was quite interesting. Although there were no bodies, charred humanoid outlines could be found on the walls and in some places on the floor. If you examine the outlines more closely, you will find that they are not human.
The head shape is very different from that of humans, which may be explained by the fact that it died in strange shapes before the fire. But there are obviously some extra limbs on the body, which is weird. One possibility is that there is another explanation. Each outline has similar characteristics, so it is not a coincidence.
Lu Ning walked up to the second floor. Only some tattered tables and chairs were left in the restaurant. After all, most of them were made of wood. However, some high-end stone tables and glass tables were still intact. Lu Ning finally found a coagulated substance suspected to be blood on one of the tables. The reason why I say it is suspicious is because this thing is dark blue instead of red and black, but other than the color and the properties of blood, it is very similar.
Now her thinking has changed from "someone set fire to the hotel" to "the hotel was invaded by unknown creatures, and the intruders were destroyed by burning down".
But the attack by unknown creatures... This is not like the methods of several major forces that Lu Ning knows. What's more, the hotel can be said to be one of the strongholds of investors. How could it be stolen so easily?
Continuing to go upstairs to check, Lu Ning heard movement when passing by the gym on the fifth floor, which seemed to be a person's moans. She reached out and held the handle of the kitchen knife, cautiously passed through the damaged door and walked over.
There was a man lying there in the dark liaison, with half of his face sticking out from behind a treadmill. There were a lot of burn marks on it.
"Help……"
Lu Ning stepped forward a little: "Who are you?"
"I...work...here." The man stretched out an arm, but only the arm was in general shape. It was broken at the elbow, and the section was burned black.
"Oh." Lu Ning looked down at this man and slowly pulled out the kitchen knife, "But why are you still alive?"
The head, half an arm, and a bit of chest connecting the two are the only remaining body parts of this person.
