As the northernmost town, Wuyun Town has a small population due to geography and weather.
Under normal circumstances, the population of a small town in the state is usually 50,000-100,000, while the population of Wuyun Town is only just 40,000.
However, the town lives and works in peace and contentment. The main industry is sheep breeding. Almost every household is engaged in related industries. The town has opened its own factory and regularly purchases wool from households.
The sheep meat in Wuyun Town is tender, juicy and very delicious. It is especially suitable for barbecue and is also a key product of the town.
There are production companies outside the town that will contact the big farmers in the town in advance and come regularly to purchase some of the mutton and process it in the factory, and then sell it to various states.
Wu Jun is a buyer for a processing plant. Because sometimes the quantities purchased regularly are inconsistent, or there are special requirements for meat samples, he usually comes to Wuyun Town twice a month to contact him in advance to purchase mutton. related matters.
The residents of Wuyun Town gave Wu Jun a very warm impression. Everyone was smiling and courteous and thoughtful. The whole town was like a large shopping mall. Everyone was a waiter and was serving their customers wholeheartedly. Outsiders provide good service.
Of course, based on this alone, Wuyun Town has a lot of repeat customers, and its external business is very good.
Several companies that Wu Jun often purchases have their own breeding farms. There are two to three hundred sheep in them all year round. The business is very good, but because Wu Jun is an old customer, these companies will leave fresh mutton in advance for him every time. .
Arriving at the door sign that read "Chang Qingyuan Sheep Breeding Base", the door was open and Wu Jun walked straight in.
I said hello to familiar people a few times, and soon I saw Chang Qingyuan driving a four-wheel electric vehicle slowly driving towards me.
"Uncle Chang, I went to the sheep farm for a walk again." Wu Jun said with a smile.
Chang Qingyuan also smiled and nodded: "Yes, I will check it three times a day. It is unbeatable. The meat you want has been placed in the storage room of the slaughterhouse. Because it was killed in the morning, it was not put in the freezer."
"Okay, how many are there in total?" Wu Jun nodded and asked.
"The meat you want has been placed in the storage room of the slaughterhouse. Because it was killed in the morning, it was not put in the freezer." Chang Qingyuan added.
Wu Jun was stunned, remembering that Chang Qingyuan seemed to be deaf, shook his head helplessly, and said with a smile: "Uncle Chang, didn't you just tell me? I heard you. I'm asking you, how much meat did you leave for me?"
Chang Qingyuan didn't seem to take it seriously and replied: "There are 330 kilograms in total. I originally left about 400 kilograms for you, but just now Lao Wang next door insisted on taking away nearly 70 kilograms, saying that he left less for customers. Look. Look, is this meat enough? If it’s not enough, I’ll order some from other stores.”
"Okay, this time we are purchasing goods normally. If there is a lot of demand, I will tell you in advance." Wu Jun said.
As he spoke, Wu Jun climbed onto Chang Qingyuan's electric four-wheeler, and Chang Qingyuan drove along the road to the farm toward the slaughterhouse.
Before he even got close to the slaughterhouse, a strong smell of blood came over him.
"The ventilation fan inside is broken. I just asked someone to prepare deodorant. Don't go in yet. I'll ask someone to take it out." Chang Qingyuan said.
He took out his cell phone, made a call, held it to his ear for about half a minute without speaking, and then hung up the phone.
"Why don't you find someone to repair the ventilation fan? The smell here is too strong." Wu Jun fanned his nose.
"I've already looked for him, but he hasn't come yet." Chang Qingyuan said with a smile on his face.
Not long after, he kept the same smile and said to Wu Jun: "The ventilation fan inside is broken. I just asked someone to prepare deodorant. Don't go in yet..."
After hearing his words, Wu Jun showed a strange expression: "Uncle Chang, you just said this again..."
"Really?" Chang Qingyuan looked confused, then smiled and said: "I am so confused. I will only raise sheep in my life and know nothing else. I don't know anything except sheep."
Wu Jun also felt that Chang Qingyuan was not just deaf. He must have suffered from more serious amnesia symptoms as he said.
"You ask the truck to go to the back door, and we will deliver the meat." Chang Qingyuan ordered.
It took almost two hours to load all 330 kilograms of mutton into Wujun's freezer truck. He has to go to the next one, because this time he is planning to purchase mutton from two companies.
Most of the residents in this small town were named Chang. The owner of the second family was named Chang Jingming. The farm he opened was smaller than Chang Qingyuan's, but his family prepared a lot of fresh mutton for Wu Jun.
After loading almost 500 kilograms, Chang Jingming also helped Wu Jun close the freezer door of the truck.
"If you hurry up now, you can reach your destination at night." Chang Jingming, a middle-aged man, reminded Wu Jun with a smile.
Wu Jun said: "I'm going to use the toilet first."
After saying that, he walked to the toilet set up near the entrance of the breeding farm with ease.
After finishing my convenience, when I walked out of the toilet door, I kicked a raised object on the ground.
Wu Jun felt that the protrusion was a little hard and was afraid of hurting others, so he immediately squatted down to check. When he reached out and touched it, he found that it seemed to be the handle of a knife.
Wuyun Town is located in the northernmost part, and the soil on the ground is fluffy. Although the ground is trampled by people passing by, but after grabbing the thing and pulling it out hard, the soil immediately turned up. It can be seen that it is indeed a The handle part of the knife.
The blade was inside, seemingly stuck in the dirt, but the thing was definitely not safe for anyone else here.
Wu Jun immediately grabbed the handle of the knife with both hands and pulled it up hard. All the soil was loosened and the knife was pulled out. However, the thing stuck on the knife was also pulled out, and it was still stuck on the blade, like a piece of Meat that has begun to rot.
A stench hit his face. Wu Jun frowned and held his breath. He took a closer look and found that the piece of meat did not seem to be from an animal, because the blackened skin looked like human skin, and it was right under the knife. Not far from the injury, there was a black mole that was obviously human.
"This is... human flesh!?"
After making this guess, Wu Jun was startled. While he was squatting, he heard Chang Jingming's voice coming from above his head: "Why did a piece of meat fall here? Well, this meat should have been loaded in your cargo truck. .”
"This... this is not mutton!" Wu Jun said in horror.
"Why not? I said yes." Chang Jingming's face was filled with a gentle smile, "Since we have seen it, why not stay with your driver, but you can't let your other colleagues see you again when they come over. So you have to go work in the slaughterhouse."
As he spoke these words, Wu Jun's expression gradually changed. From the initial fear, confusion, and uneasiness, he slowly turned into an expressionless face.
"I don't know what I said, did you hear clearly?" Chang Jingming was still smiling, as if he was talking about an ordinary thing.
Wu Jun nodded and said nothing, but turned and walked in the direction of the slaughterhouse. He was familiar with Chang Jingming's breeding farm and knew which way to go.
But before going to the slaughterhouse, he first handed the knife in his hand and the piece of suspected human flesh back to Chang Jingming. At the same time, the truck driver who was guarding outside also walked over expressionlessly and followed silently. Behind Wu Jun.
The two of them had just taken a few steps when another set of footsteps came from the direction of the door, and a plump woman wearing ethnic minority clothes walked in.
The woman was beautiful, but her expression was cold. As she walked in, she said coldly: "This place belongs to me now. Everyone else should leave."
Chang Jingming was shocked, and Wu Jun also stopped, because the weird thinking that made him lose control of his behavior and act disobediently disappeared at this moment.
However, Wu Jun's sanity has not yet recovered, and he is still in a state of secret control. Even if he is not careful, he will completely lose control.
Chang Jingming was surprised. He stared at the strange woman in front of him. Although he was already surprised at the moment, his face was still filled with a smile, just like everyone else in this town.
"Madam, have you encountered any difficulties? Can I provide you with any help?"
The woman said coldly: "I have already said, take everyone here and leave. This place is mine now."
Chang Jingming's well-maintained consciousness and emotions suddenly became a little blurry at this moment.
The expression on his smiling face had begun to change unconsciously, but even he didn't notice it.
"Did you hear that clearly?" the woman asked again.
"I think... I heard you clearly." The smile on Chang Jingming's face had completely disappeared, becoming more indifferent than ever before.
"Remember, take everyone here quietly." The woman left a word and walked into the farm without looking back.
Chang Jingming's head seemed to have turned into paste. He was in a mess at the moment, and his heart was in a mess, but a strange emotion was stabilizing him. This emotion was different from the emotions he was familiar with in the past.
The emotion in the past was a kind of moisturizing thing that silently made him feel nourished, but now the emotion in his mind appeared very suddenly, but it was much stronger than the comfortable feeling he was familiar with, with a sense of helplessness. Perceived aggression.
It is eroding itself rapidly.
He felt that he had changed, but he had to adapt to this change and could not resist.
He waved to Wu Jun, who had just become a family with him: "Let's go, let's get out of here."
At this time, more members of Chang Jingming's family and the staff he hired came slowly from inside the farm, from the direction of the slaughterhouse, from the residential area and from the storage room. The smiles they usually saw on their faces were gone. He approached Chang Jingming silently.
Including Wu Jun and his truck driver, everyone kept the same pace in a tacit understanding and left here quickly.
However, Chang Jingming felt an indescribable sense of loss in his heart. After walking out of a familiar place, his hands and feet began to shake, trembling involuntarily, and he urgently needed to do something to stabilize himself.
The "order" was disrupted, and the murmur that had been heard in the ears disappeared, replaced by the aggressive voice of the woman just now.
"Get out of here, do you hear me clearly?"
Chang Jingming turned around and said expressionlessly to the dark crowd behind him: "The breeding farm next door is also very good. Do you have any different opinions?"
Everyone, including Wu Jun, shook their heads.
"Okay, let's go there."
Chang Jingming squatted down and picked up half a brick on the ground. Others were looking for things nearby, either broken branches as sticks or sharp stones.
Then the group of people walked to the nearest breeding farm next door.
About half an hour later, they arrived at the entrance of a restaurant called "Guangsheng Breeding Farm". The door was open, and they walked in one after another.
"Jing Ming is here. I haven't seen you for a long time. Welcome..."
There was a gentle-sounding man inside who seemed to be smiling.
This is the owner of the breeding farm next door, Chang Guangsheng.
However, as Chang Jingming and his party entered, the sound of fighting soon came from inside. No one screamed, just fighting silently. Each person was like a puppet on strings, heavy objects were knocked, tables and chairs were damaged, Sounds like bones breaking and splintering, liquid splashing, etc. were heard from time to time.
Outside Wuyun Town.
An inconspicuous hillside four kilometers away.
The inside of this small hill has been almost completely hollowed out and turned into a highly concealed temporary base for the special task force. Various instruments are running inside, the lights are flashing, and more than a hundred screens are running at the same time, fully monitoring the fog. The small town of Cloud Town.
There is a satellite thermal detection system at the top of the town, which can accurately detect the movements of every town resident at this time.
In the area showing the Chang Jingming Sheep Farm, a very conspicuous white light spot appeared there, while other darker gray light spots left the area one after another and flocked to another area showing the Sheep Breeding Base. The place.
As these gray light points poured in, the gray light points on both sides overlapped, and from time to time the originally moving light points disappeared.
"After Yiniang appeared, everyone in the breeding farm left and poured into this breeding base, and then people kept dying."
"The controlled behavior of the town residents is irreversible. They are competing for territory. Although everyone in this town is controlled by their behavior, they will still tend to instinctively want to gain control of a certain area."
"This appears to be the same way the runaway core anomaly currently controls the town."
"It's the same thing. It took control of the entire town without anyone noticing and turned all these people into puppets. This is its instinct. The people under his control also show its instinct."
"We have just blocked all the entrances and exits of the entire town. The last group of people who entered have been safely taken out. There is only one purchaser representative named Wu Jun who cannot be contacted."
"He must have discovered the secret of the town residents, so he has been 'left'. Well, I think there is no need for us to pretend not to know anymore. Even if it alarms the out-of-control core, we have to directly block the entire town now."
"Team leader, Meng Tianjiu has arrived."
The man with the Chinese character standing in front of the screen turned to look at the members of the special task force reporting to him behind him, nodded and said: "No need to invite him in, I will greet Meng Tianjiu personally."
"No." The reporter looked hesitant and said with some embarrassment: "He has followed Yiniang into the town. Let me report to the team leader. Just seal off the town and don't need to interfere with anything else."
The team leader was slightly stunned, but facing Meng Tianjiu, he was not angry at all. He just nodded: "I understand, you can receive the news from Meng Tianjiu at any time, and tell other team members not to act rashly."
"Here, this is what Meng Tianjiu gave to me. Let us put it in the command room." The reporter handed over a wooden sculpture that looked like Shen Xing.
The team leader took it in surprise and placed it on the large square table in the command room. Just when he was about to ask why he was doing this, the channel in the invisible headset he was wearing suddenly changed and was forced to switch to a higher-level upper channel. A young man's voice sounded inside.
"Hello, Team Leader He Tao, I'm Shen Xing, I'm on the phone with you now at the special headquarters. Well, please don't put the wood carving on the square table. Place it in front of you, just facing the screens. Yes, yes, just Like this. You don’t have to look around, I’m not on your side, just do as I say.”
