In order to communicate with others normally, Xu Shangqi had to bring a handful of sand to their second stronghold.
In fact, they don't need any stronghold, because judging from the current density of monsters, there is no difference between sleeping in a house and sleeping on the street, and the terrifying attack will not be weakened by the obstruction of buildings.
But perhaps it was the instinctive need of human beings for shelter from the wind and rain, so they finally found the upstairs of a relatively clean cafe as a base to spend the third night.
There is no doubt that this is an improvement, because everyone is mentally prepared for what may happen tonight, and they can even have the leisure to prepare things in advance that are conducive to communication.
The Scarlet Witch's vision problem is almost impossible to solve. Such a short time is obviously not enough for her to evolve sharp enough hearing and touch. But fortunately, Jarvis helps her, and Jarvis takes the trouble to repeat to her the things around her. Due to the situation, in order not to disturb others, I could only whisper close to her.
Although Laili can't hear, he can read lips. Because the pronunciation of English is different, the mouth shape is easier to read, so he can barely understand it even without professional training.
Xu Shangqi used writing in the sand to restore his communication skills. This was very effective because for a person who is good at writing Chinese characters, writing quickly can connect English letters to the end, which is as easy as eating and drinking.
Before it completely darkened, they started a heated discussion. Xu Shangqi still insisted on his point of view. He wrote at a very fast speed on the beach of sand: "Disasters will happen at night, and they will definitely happen." It has its own special meaning, but nothing special actually happens at night. Apart from the ethereal stars, it is just a dream."
"But it is very dangerous to verify this matter." Lai Li disagreed a little. He tried hard to swallow the redundant modifiers in those words. He obviously choked himself, but he could only keep it as brief as possible. "We might go crazy in our dreams," said.
"I think we have to figure out all the weird things we encounter in an organized way and prioritize them." Jarvis proposed a very rational plan and immediately put it into practice.
"The first is the most bizarre attack, which is of course an A in importance, but also an A in the difficulty of investigation, and then there's the state of the world, which I think is equally important and dangerous as the attack."
"The next thing is everything we saw in New York City. Its importance and danger should be rated as B. Then the whole story of the disappearance of the monster and the knot in Gu Yi's heart should be rated as C. Finally, we are I have no time to care about where Quill and the raccoon went. This matter should be classified as D."
"The more important it is, the more dangerous it is. If we challenge it rashly before collecting enough clues, it is very likely that we will lose our lives."
"But after all, we have just arrived here, and we still have plenty of energy. We can also encourage each other and maintain a good attitude. If we waste this precious time on things that are not important enough, it will probably slow down our progress. As a result, we were wasted here."
"So I think we should start from the intermediate level, that is, investigate the situation in New York City and find out what the city and the people in the city did when the disaster struck. This may reveal part of the disaster. The essence of the matter may also be able to find survivors.”
"Although I don't have hope for the last point, I think what you said makes sense." Laili nodded.
The other two people could not refute Jarvis's well-founded analysis. It was a blessing to have such a rational teammate under such circumstances, so several people began to speculate on what had happened to New York.
"I guess that one day a monster may parasitize the human body, and then it may secretly use its tentacles to sow more seeds into other people's bodies, and then they will hatch and kill humans one after another." Wanda took the lead in making the decision made a guess, but Xu Shangqi shook his head and said, "If that's the case, then why weren't many facilities destroyed? There were no traces of the military or police on the road?" Wanda frowned and said, "Maybe. The incident happened so suddenly that the officials didn’t react at all.”
"Do you know how many people there are in New York?" Xu Shangqi asked, scrawling a string of words in his notes: "Assuming that infection is carried out in binary, the time required is beyond imagination, as long as a monster is seen The true form will definitely cause panic.”
"Is it possible that there is an existence that sowed seeds in everyone at the same time, and then caused them to explode at the same time?" Laili looked at the words written by Xu Shangqi and frowned.
But Jarvis shook his head and said: "If its ultimate goal is to destroy mankind, then since it has the ability to sow seeds in everyone, why not just kill everyone? Or sow the seeds in the heart "The physiological structure of human beings is destined to be unable to resist such an attack." The discussion reached a deadlock, and it was obvious that Wanda's proposal was passed on to others.
The "infection theory" did not fit with what they saw in New York, and what Lali proposed
The "simultaneous outbreak theory" is very contradictory in the logic of the behavior before and after. Suddenly Laili had another flash of inspiration, and he said: "Maybe the culprit's purpose is not to destroy humans, but it just wants monsters?"
"What does it want a monster for?" Laili was silent again. He couldn't think of anything. Judging from the monsters they encountered, these monsters really didn't have many advantages.
"Perhaps, maybe those powerful monsters have been eliminated by the Ancient Master." Laili speculated hard, and said: "Just like in zombie movies, there will always be one or two with special abilities among the countless ordinary zombies. "
"No, no, no." Laili quickly rejected his speculation. He said, "Although the Ancient One Mage is very strong, it doesn't seem to be of much use if those special monsters are wiped out by her with a wave of her hand."
"Don't you think it's strange?" Wanda suddenly said: "Compared with the attacks we suffered at night, those monsters on the road are like babies. The difference in strength between them is too big."
"This kind of monster is unlikely to be created to attack or destroy something. They are more like...more like..." Wanda searched for a certain adjective for a long time, but could not find it, but Jarvis did. He touched his chin and said, "More like a failure."
"If they are failures, what are the successes?" Jarvis asked and answered himself, but soon he shook his head and said: "No, the idea is wrong. There are failures, but it does not mean there are successes, or Compared to failures, they are more like some kind of...residues?" Xu Shangqi's hand suddenly froze, and then he wrote a line of words on the sand at extremely fast speed: "They are the residues of fear." Everyone looked at him with wide eyes. Xu Shangqi took a deep breath, tried to clarify his thoughts, and started to deduce with his rich imagination after watching countless horror movies: "Have you ever thought about it, we can't What will happen after resisting the attack at night and going completely crazy?" Everyone froze.
Scarlet Witch's fingertips began to tremble non-stop. Female physiological instinct made her hate those mucus, tentacles and tumors more than others. Just imagining that she would become that kind of monster already made him breathless. .
"You mean, if we lose to the night, we will become that kind of monster?" Jarvis looked into Xu Shangqi's eyes and asked.
But soon he found out something suspicious. He said: "Isn't this the same as infection? Human willpower is different. Some people must go crazy early, and some people go crazy late."
"Then the monsters that appeared earlier will definitely attract the attention of the authorities. How come there is no armed resistance to the end, but all of them are euthanized?" Several people were silent again. Obviously, the inference has reached a deadlock again here, no matter what the fact What cannot be ignored is that New York was not devastated.
Those collapsed buildings didn't look like they had been attacked by artillery, but like they were abandoned without maintenance, or were crushed by some large monsters. There were no traces of crossfire on the road. Most of the cars were intact, and many of them were intact. Life-critical supplies were not looted.
Although several people present can be called young heroes, it is obvious that they all realize that human beings are essentially chaotic creatures. If everyone can completely abide by their kindness when facing such terrible natural and man-made disasters If your original intention is not to harm others at all, then why are there so many bad things on earth?
So it is conceivable that in the face of a disaster, huge chaos will definitely occur. When the disaster does not come and there are only rumors, people will hoard supplies out of panic. As long as a monster is photographed, even if the authorities respond Quickly, small-scale chaos is inevitable.
Xu Shangqi, a foreigner, is not very optimistic about the organizational ability of the New York government, and the three locals are even less optimistic than him. It can even be said that they feel desperate without even looking at it. Therefore, there are no traces of crossfire in the city. Don't get past the reasoning block.
"Do you find it strange? Compared with the doomsday cities we have seen before, this city is too intact." On the boulevard of New York's Central Park, Quill was discussing similar issues with Rocket Raccoon, and the two of them This person is obviously more knowledgeable than those young people who have barely left the earth.
"I'm on the Lonta star, you know, that unlucky star in the constellation Centauri..."
"Oh!" Rocket Raccoon yelled with sudden realization, "It was because of the impact of other planets' orbital changes that they were unfortunately knocked out. Then they encountered a solar eruption and were knocked out of the galaxy. Then they were hit by the speeding Kree Empire planetary battleship. Did you hit the planet in the black hole?"
"Yes, that's it. Although the natives of Centauri like to call it the Unlucky Star, I prefer to call it Black 8. I was not so accurate when I played billiards on Earth." Thinking of the bad luck that happened to this planet , Rocket Raccoon finally showed his long-lost smile, he let out a sigh, and then said: "There are many unlucky stars in the universe, but few are as unlucky as him."
"You should say that I was unlucky. At that time, I was sent by Yondu to gather information on this billiard ball. To be honest, the leaders and residents there were quite good. Although there were not many people and the civilization was not developed, they responded very quickly. , and we are united.”
"Their only planetary shield opened immediately within a few tenths of a second after the impact, so the first impact did not cause devastating damage to the planet itself."
“But what’s funny is that the civilization leader’s brother thought it was his brother’s plot to kill him, so he killed his brother first and activated the propulsion device in violation of regulations. As a result, the people were not prepared and were all captured by the huge kinetic energy. The wall became meat paste."
"What I want to say is that civilization is very fragile under such natural and man-made disasters."
"If you ask me, human beings don't have the unity of the people on the billiard ball. In the face of such a huge disaster, no one will shoot? Why don't I believe it at all?"
