After leaving the milk tea shop, Jiang Xueming called for an online taxi and took Brother Qi to Pingyang County.
The sky is getting dark and it will soon be night.
Passing the Ring Expressway, passing the rural road fork in the Ruyun Mountain Scenic Area, and then driving more than 20 kilometers toward the satellite town, you can reach Jiang Xueming's hometown.
The two of them sat in the back row, chatting wordlessly.
Regarding the group of armadillo hunters, Jiang Xueming still had many questions in his heart and wanted to ask Brother Seven for advice.
"Xiao Qi, you said you are a newcomer? How old are you? How long have you been at the station? Have you ever seen a live armadillo hunter?"
"A woman's age is a secret. As for how long I stayed at the station, it's not convenient to tell you." Brother Qi hugged each other and glanced sideways at Mr. Xueming: "As for the armadillo hunter... I should I’ve seen one before.”
Xueming: "What does it mean I've seen you before?"
"Before we take up the job, we need to undergo training." Xiao Qi explained: "How to protect new passengers and how to keep an eye on old passengers. These things need to be rehearsed by watching some video materials. Among these materials, there are Information about armadillo hunters.”
Xueming took out a pen and paper and cell phone, preparing to write down everything Brother Qi said.
The evening sun sets outside the window and sets on the top of Ruyun Mountain.
The sky and the earth darkened, leaving only the lonely street lights flashing by from time to time.
Brother Qi took out a packet of toffee from his bag, tore it open and threw one into his mouth.
She spoke slowly.
"In the video data, we see that most of the hunters are dead, and the death state is usually not pretty. These people are difficult to deal with, and unconventional means must be used.
Regarding this, Mr. Xueming, after completing the safety inspection of the polarized sextant, you can also feel it during the armed test, right? "
Jiang Xueming asked: "Are you talking about the part where I tame my limbs?"
Xiao Qi nodded and continued.
"Yes, armadillo hunters were once passengers and highly inspired people, and they all went through a transformation at one time or another.
It's like you suddenly learned the art of shooting.
It's like ordinary people suddenly possess extraordinary divine power.
This extremely fast and violent change will make some passengers' hearts begin to swell.
When they return to the mortal world, they have already decided that they are no longer ordinary people. Like the unjust person who won the lottery, he considers himself a god and is superior to all living beings. "
Speaking of this, Xiao Qi's two little eyebrows also wrinkled, as if he thought of something very disgusting.
“Speaking of which, after many passengers gained this kind of power, they felt like completely different people when they returned to their previous living environment.
There are several classic examples of hunters appearing in video materials alone.
There was a hunter who was a boatman in Calcutta, India, before he became a passenger. He was forty-three years old and had a happy family. Because my daughter had one of her kidneys removed by local evil forces, she needed exorbitant treatment costs.
With his extraordinary mental strength and inspiration, the train ticket found the poor father and successfully helped him get the panacea and money.
But after he returned to the mortal world, he did not use a panacea for his daughter. Instead, he left a small sum of money for treatment and abandoned his wife and daughter.
He believed that all this was a gift given to him by Lord Shiva. The black cat was the mortal incarnation of Lord Shiva, and he was never a mortal, but a special son of destiny.
He couldn't figure out where he was, and the boundary between the real world and the station began to become blurry. He never took the rules and regulations in the passenger guide seriously.
In three years, he killed forty-one ordinary people, three passengers, and stole four panacea.
Whenever something goes against his will in life, he is like a god, handing down a death sentence to others.
As a watcher at the station, the first person to be killed was his waiter. "
"Didn't anyone at the station discover... that a waiter was killed?" Jiang Xueming's eyes widened, feeling unbelievable.
Xiao Qi explained patiently: "The materials in our training videos are all extreme cases. This hunter is very cunning and good at acting.
A few months after he joined the station, he gained the waiter's trust and completely understood what kind of person the waiter was, what he liked and disliked, and even his dining habits and daily routine. The two are almost confirmed to be husband and wife.
On the day before his wedding, this damn hunter poisoned his waiter wife to death. And he chose a fanatical female fan from among the followers around him.
He used drugs, brainwashing, hypnosis and plastic surgery to turn the female fan into the appearance of a waiter. He went back to the station as usual to make record announcements. He also used the excuse of pregnancy to take a year-long pregnancy leave. "
Jiang Xueming was stunned. He really couldn't imagine how a father who risked his life for his daughter's underground adventure could turn into a murderer in just one or two years.
Brother Qi looked sullen and continued.
“Because passengers were killed one after another, the station has also upgraded its security level.
Our waiters not only have to undergo fingerprint checks and personality tests, but we also have to go through a polarized sextant security check just like passengers. When it came time for the DNA test, the fake waiter was finally discovered.
Unfortunately, by the time our Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted local law enforcement to capture this hunter, he had already committed many murders.
During the usual security inspection at the station, his various values had entered the danger level. Our medical department also conducted a lot of rehabilitation training for him alone. However, after he resisted arrest and was shot to death, we learned that——
——He has been taking various stimulating hallucinogenic drugs and sedatives, just like a cup of soy milk every morning. These drugs allowed him to forcefully pass the polarizing sextant test. "
Jiang Xueming sighed for a while after hearing this: "Why should a good person become a ghost if he is not good enough?"
"Not only that..." Xiao Qi said worriedly: "This boatman also has many followers in Calcutta. He relies on extraordinary inspiration and can perform various psychic rituals."
Jiang Xueming: "For example?"
Xiao Qi rubbed her temples and had a headache thinking about this case.
“There are many people who come to this hunter to show their magical power in order to see their deceased relatives, loved ones and enemies, or simply to have fun.
But you know, we always think of supernatural things as spiritual disasters. But when there is a disaster, nothing good happens.
This case involved many cases within cases, including a wife who was looking for the soul of her deceased husband and dedicated her womb to the hunter in order to see her deceased husband. There are also some horrific families who steal the next door neighbor's child in order to ensure that their son is admitted to a certain high-caste aristocratic school, dig out the brain, and then give it to the hunter to perform inexplicable psychic rituals. All in all, it's very chaotic. "
Jiang Xueming held her forehead, feeling horrified, "Can he really do these things?"
"What is the most indispensable thing at the station? Tickets." Xiaoqi corrected: "If you want to deceive ordinary people, tickets can perform many, many 'miracles'."
Jiang Xueming still couldn't figure it out and gritted his teeth.
"He's not short of money anymore, so why would he want to harm people?"
"Because of that illusory sense of ritual..." Xiaoqi talked about this, with the same expression of hatred as Mr. Xueming: "Because these hunters all have a common characteristic. At the beginning It’s not obvious yet, but over time. They are getting further and further away from ordinary people... further and further away.”
Jiang Xueming: "Don't hunters regard themselves as human beings?"
Xiao Qi nodded and explained carefully.
"That's right, Mr. Xueming. Think about it carefully. When BOSS rescued the boatman, he only regarded him as a father who was in urgent need of a panacea - but what became of him later?
Mortal things have no value in his eyes, and neither a mansion nor a luxury car can fill the hole in his heart. He abandons his wife and daughter as soon as he says it.
He wants to enjoy himself beyond all the rules of the station and the world. He wanted to become a god, but he couldn't find the method. He thought that by building an evil temple and attracting a group of evil believers, he could create a golden statue for himself. "
"Mr. Xueming, please listen." Xiao Qi said as he rummaged through his handbag, found his cell phone, and played the video material to Jiang Xueming.
That's a recording of BOSS.
"In the rituals of many ancient civilizations, many barbaric and bloody sacrifices have procedures for sacrificing animals or living people. Why is this?"
"Because in people's subconscious common sense, life is the most precious thing for all living creatures - dedicating the most precious treasures to the gods is also the sacrificer, the presiding ritual, the initiator of the ritual subject, the participants in the ritual, and even the audience This is the closest they can get to God."
"The characteristics of most hunters are that they believe that they have extraordinary divine power that can see them from all directions and for a long time, and they also like to perform many inexplicable and wonderful rituals. This is a very dangerous thing."
“Homo sapiens is a social animal that helps each other, uses tools to make tools, and is willing to fight for a lifelong goal of long-term coexistence——
——But none of this has anything to do with gods. In other words, as the BOSS of the station, I have always been an atheist.
Understanding animistic things and dealing with spiritual disasters has always been a process of getting rid of superstition. "
"As for the terrorists among the passengers who turn traitor and turn into hunters, all waiters should pay attention to this phenomenon. Once they become obsessed and study various magic, theology, spiritual disasters and spirits, it will be difficult to turn back.
The station itself is not an illegal place for Homo sapiens civilization. Everyone has the citizenship of a natural person before becoming a member of the station. We respect every natural person.
When these hunters go to persecute other natural beings -
——Every panacea we hand over, like the mad butterfly and Vita brand that has been haunting us, will become a weapon for the murderer to inflict violence on the victim. "
"Although the road ahead underground is terrifying and dark, we still ask the waiters to help the passengers to light up new astral nodes."
The recording ends here.
Jiang Xueming finished taking the shorthand, "Your corporate culture is quite novel..."
"Yes, when I first joined the company, I wore a lot of pendants on my body and even had a skull tattooed on my arm." Xiaoqi recalled: "The big brother in charge of human affairs also repeatedly told me not to get any tattoos on my body in the future. , and don’t bring anything like a cross in, just keep it clean.”
Jiang Xueming was curious: "How did you answer others?"
"At that time, I was still a middle-school rebellious girl." Xiaoqi smiled, but felt a little embarrassed: "Let me tell you, since no gods can enter this place, is it like a place like hell where no one cares about you?"
Jiang Xueming: "What then?"
Xiao Qishen replied mysteriously.
"Hell doesn't care about anything else. Hell controls everything. That's what the big brother in the human resources department said.
If you want to think that the underground world is hell, then it is indeed true. The BOSS is not only the most difficult living hell to serve, but also a disgusting bad kid.
During each journey, we must keep our eyes open.
Look carefully at its lava lake, the ancient runes on the rock walls, the colossus and the starry sky.
See clearly every mysterious and strange place——
——See it...
- Understand it...
——Tear off its veil and terror, but also carefully, like lifting a bride's hijab, slowly peeling it off. "
"I understand..." Jiang Xueming put away his notebook and mobile phone, "The boatman, the hunter you just mentioned, what happened to him in the end?"
"The local government cooperated with the armed personnel at the station and used two helicopters to clear his hideout. As for him, he built a bunch of messy things, like an alchemy workshop and a private laboratory used to research panaceas. , and there are many dangerous weapons. But humans have their limits, and no carbon-based creature can withstand a twenty-millimeter cannon to clean the ground." Speaking of this, Xiao Qi thought of something again, half-jokingly Said: "You won't follow the same example and give me poison, will you? Mr. Jiang Xueming?"
Jiang Xueming: "Are you kidding..."
Xiao Qi was doubtful.
"Then have you ever thought about this? Even a little evil thought? Have you ever felt that I, the waiter, is annoying for a moment? I have made it clear that the waiter not only wants to protect you, but also wants to keep an eye on you. After all, I don't know your past.
If you are like the protagonist in Doraemon, who is bullied by Fat Tiger every day, there is no chance that the first prop you get in this comic is a do-over gun.
When you got the weapon, you aimed at your former school bully friends and shot them back as hard as bullets. When the time comes to stop you, I'm afraid I will be the first to take the bullet. "
"I have thought about this..." Jiang Xueming answered seriously: "I have never had the habit of keeping grudges against people who have taken advantage of me or bullied me, so it seems that I have no need for this gun. "
"That means, if you have the chance, you will still pick up this gun?" Xiao Qiduo was cautious - after all, BOSS told her that Jiang Xueming was a special person.
Jiang Xueming turned his head and looked out the window, not wanting to meet Brother Qi's interrogating eyes.
He just explained: "Don't worry, I won't do anything radical. How could I poison you just because of Fat Tiger?"
Under this subtle crisis of trust, the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
In order to ease the embarrassment, Xiao Qi said with a smile: "Then according to the next story blueprint, if you don't poison me, then we will get married and get a certificate, right?! If you continue this, if we don't What will you do during your pregnancy leave? You are so smart, make up a fifty-dollar job for me."
"I thought of something." Jiang Xueming also said with a smile, "Is there a poison that can make you forget certain things and live a peaceful and happy life at the same time?"
Xiaoqi asked for trouble, lowered her face, and typed out her diary on her phone.
she wrote silently.
"He even poisoned me and still cared about my safety and health. He is so gentle. I cried to death."
"About the sense of ritual..." Jiang Xueming still couldn't figure it out: "Why does the boss want us to take the section of Moon Lane? You said it's for the sense of ritual? But what's the use?"
Talking about this, Xiao Qi felt a surge of unknown anger. She suppressed the incompetence and rage in her heart and explained in a good voice.
"This is an unnecessary and necessary road specially reserved by BOSS for every new passenger. You have various reasons to come to the station anxiously to do things. For example, to save your sister, you must be in an emotional, panic and fearful state of mind.
You walked for almost an hour, saw such a big house and bronze sculptures, and saw so many strange people traveling with you, and you would always think about it luckily, now, someone like you came to this station. There will definitely be more powerful people to help you, and at least you will be quiet, and you will not disturb the brothers and sisters who are working in the Five Kings Council, and you will not be like a medical emergency.
When we put on the costumes of waiters and formally meet you passengers for the first time, we want to tell you - when you finish walking this road, you will find that the ritual [walking] itself has no meaning, it is just to get from one place to another. a place.
Get rid of the superstitions in your mind. We are natural persons when we walk into the station, and we are still natural persons when we walk out of the station. "
Jiang Xueming nodded: "It's quite interesting. I'm starting to like BOSS."
Xiao Qi continued: "So you are a cat lover. I will also raise a cute cat to enchant you, hehe."
At this time, Jiang Xueming just looked at the dark fields outside the window silently.
He made a mental note of several characteristics.
Armadillo Hunter: Carbon-based creature.
Guaranteed plan: Use the 20mm cannon to kill,
Solution to try: Dump Truck Iaijutsu.
When they arrived outside Pingyang County, the two of them had just gotten out of the car and hadn't yet gained a foothold - the car door hadn't even been closed tightly.
The driver kicked the gas hard and rushed back into the endless dark road with the sound of wind.
Xiaoqi scratched his head violently, and the scratching sound spread far across the cement floor of the health center.
"What's going on? Why was the order canceled? The driver information can't be found. I haven't paid yet..."
