Volume 17: Labyrinth of Desperation
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I seemed to have a premonition of some kind of ending, but unfortunately I was blinded by human nature and blocked my intuition. I always tried my best to think of things as good as possible with an optimistic attitude, but unexpectedly the curse finally broke me fantasy, and finally used the cruel reality to press me to the ground and rub me again, and sent me to the abyss of hell with absolute cruelty.
Did I do something wrong?
I did nothing wrong. In order to escape from hell as soon as possible, it is a decision that is acceptable to me and even everyone to get as much as possible to increase the chips.
I made a mistake. For the sake of seemingly considerable benefits, everyone, including me, stepped into the profit trap.
In fact, whether it is right or wrong, what has happened has happened, and the only thing I can do is to move on and continue to fight after making the promise that I don’t know whether it can be fulfilled.
Walking farther and farther on that dangerous road full of death, until I reach the end, until I get the final answer I want.
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The familiar hazy feeling, the familiar sense of trance, the inability to distinguish time and space, and the false reality. The only thing he knew was that when He Fei opened his eyes, he found that he was in Car No. 5 of the Hell Train.
All injuries were healed quickly, and the damaged eardrums recovered as before. Unexpectedly, as soon as the hearing was restored, the first thing that hit the ears was an angry roar:
"Japanese! I actually went to jail this time! Why am I so unlucky?"
Mixed with unwillingness, the roar resounded through the carriage and broke the silence of the scene first. Not only did it instantly bring He Fei back to reality from his trance, but it also shocked the executioners lying around. There is no doubt that because the situation is currently When he regained consciousness, anyone would be shocked if Duan suddenly yelled.
Hearing the curse, He Fei straightened up and followed the sound to find the source. Looking around, he saw Peng Hu, who was dressed in standard prisoner clothes, standing opposite him. His anger was rising. He was stroking his smooth head while sitting on the ground and cursing. From the expression on the bald man's face Combined with the clothes he wore on his body, as expected, Peng Hu seemed to have been arrested by the police again and taken to the police station for torture and interrogation.
(Eh? Why add 'and'?)
Yes, Peng Hu did enter the police station, and it was a violent invitation that was comparable to police and gangster movies. I wonder if he looked too good to be a good guy. There has always been a deep connection between the bald man and the police station. On the morning of the second day of the mission, he was arrested by a group of police officers in the corridor as a home invasion robber. During the period of custody of the police station, the interrogation team specially interrogated him every day and used various methods to force him to confess his crime and force him to reveal his past criminal records. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Since he had been detained once at the Mong Kok Police Station, the bald man instantly recognized the reality. He knew that with his face, even if he did not plead guilty, the police would not let him go. In order not to be arrested They were strict in extracting confessions, so this time Peng Hu learned the lesson. Instead of refusing to plead guilty, he directly admitted that he was the robber. He even confessed to all the other unfounded charges that the police had pressed against him. Sure enough, when he saw the bald man confronting All charges were accepted, and the police were overjoyed, and by the way, they tentatively closed down some of the unsolved cases in recent years. The bald man was not afraid of boiling water and nodded in recognition without exception.
Faced with such an unexpected result, the murderer was so happy that even the police couldn't help but be surprised and curious. As for Peng Hu...
There is no denying that his honest confession prevented him from suffering physical pain, but because he confessed too quickly, after a series of interrogation procedures such as signing and depositing, he was sent to the court by the police station for sentencing on only the seventh day. During the trial, All charges were found guilty. In the end, the court sentenced Peng Hu to 20 years in prison and deprived of political rights for 20 years on charges of home invasion, kidnapping and extortion, and human trafficking!
After the sentence was pronounced, Peng Hu, who was dressed in prison clothes, was escorted by a large number of armed police and sent to the Akiye City Prison to serve his sentence through labor reform. Of course, even though he was in prison, he did not stay in the prison for long. Three days later, he arrived on the 10th day of the mission. At that moment, as midnight fell, the bald man who was sleeping soundly in the cell disappeared out of thin air and successfully escaped from prison with the help of the curse rules.
All the above are completely true, everything is true. Although it seems that Peng Hu was arrested and imprisoned and thus avoided performing the supernatural mission, in fact, for the bald man himself, he was extremely angry and reluctant. After all, Peng Hu himself He is not the kind of person who cowardly escapes. He feels guilty for missing his mission. Unfortunately, there is nothing he can do. Who made him so unlucky to be caught by the police again?
As you can imagine, due to excessive grievance and dissatisfaction for a long time, when the mission was completed and returned to the train, the bald man's mentality exploded and exploded directly on the spot!
"Fuck! Sooner or later, I'm going to clean up the police station and kill all those blind police officers who only judge people by their appearance!"
In the carriage, the bald man was incompetent, furious and cruel. Unfortunately, no one paid attention to his anger. Especially for a certain cold girl, it made him smile instantly. Sure enough, as soon as he knew that the other person was being arrested, he didn't care to look around. , Cheng Ying immediately smiled and felt refreshed, and then opened her mouth to comfort her with a tone of great joy: "Tsk tsk tsk, I said bald, you are really wrong! No, it's not wrong, but you are simply a talent! Judging from your clothes, you were probably arrested and taken to the police station again... No, this time you should be going directly to jail, right?"
In fact, strictly speaking, compared to the miserable situation of Peng Hu Zhengdang in prison during the mission, the aloof girl is not much better. Because she fought with Xu Zhen for her life during the mission, the ending was tragic, and Cheng Ying herself also died due to her injuries. He fell to the ground and fell into a coma. Fortunately, he was discovered by community security and sent to the hospital in time. Otherwise, he might not have survived. Due to a murder case in the community, and Cheng Ying herself was obviously related to the case, she was unconscious during hospitalization. Cheng Ying was naturally monitored by the police, and was under 24-hour custody inside and outside the ward. She seemed completely unaware of her long-term coma, but in fact she had woken up from her coma on the second day after being hospitalized. Someone might have asked after seeing this, since she was already awake. Why did the girl continue to pretend to be in a coma?
reason?
The reason is too simple. Who is Cheng Ying? As a professional killer, she was well aware of the police's behavior and even how to deal with suspects. Therefore, in order to avoid police interrogation, Cheng Ying decisively adopted a delaying strategy while in the hospital, pretending to be unconscious until the mission time limit was completely over. At this moment, how could the bald man be happy to hear the ridicule from Cheng Ying? Immediately like a cat whose tail was stepped on, he jumped up and retorted: "Go to jail? Do you think I want to? That idiot named Wang Haitao didn't let me and Sister Qian enter his house at all. No." I just opened the door, but I even frantically chose to call the police and accuse us of being robbers. When I was arrested, luckily I had an idea and dragged a delivery boy into the water. Otherwise, even the girl Xueling would have been arrested. Do you think Xue Ling is right? Sister Ling?"
At this point, fearing that Cheng Ying, who was staring at him with disdain, didn't believe it, the bald man kept looking for witnesses and hurriedly looked aside at Qian Xueling.
"Hey, sister, what's wrong with you?"
Perhaps the previous experience was too profound. Even after returning to the train, the beautiful lady was still in a sluggish state. It was not until Peng Hu called out one after another that she suddenly came back to her senses. Qian Xueling looked at Cheng Ying as if she had just woken up from a dream and then said to her. He nodded and confirmed: "Well, everything Brother Peng said is true. If Brother Peng hadn't suddenly come to his senses at that time, even I might have been arrested by the police."
"Haha, did you see it? The witness came out!"
After Qian Xueling's personal confirmation, Peng Hu felt proud that he said so, but he didn't know the woman's true thoughts at the moment. Recalling the life and death experience of being chased by hawks, Qian Xueling regretted deeply and regretted why he didn't talk to her in the first place. Peng Hu was arrested by the police together. As for the reason, no one knows better than Qian Xueling. Although she finally escaped from the red circle and escaped death, she spent the next few days in the hospital.
"Hey! You are all comparing your misfortunes, right? I guarantee that no one here is worse off than Pindao!"
Just like everything cannot be done without someone's participation, when they saw Peng Hu and others recounting their experiences, an exaggerated shout that was not to be outdone came instantly. Everyone looked for the voice and saw that Chen Xiaoyao, who was undressing his upper body and taking off the bandages, had already left the ground. Jumped up, then with an exaggerated expression, he smiled bitterly and said: "Oh my god, I was really fooled. Who would have thought that this supernatural mission was ordinary on the surface, but in fact there was an earthbound spirit hidden inside. If it weren't for the poor Dao Jiling, maybe you won’t be able to see me when I come back this time.”
Earthbound spirit! ?
Sure enough, when Taoist Chen said this, everyone was shocked except Qian Xueling, who had a similar experience with the young man during the mission.
It’s not surprising that everyone had such a reaction. After all, the executors’ experiences during the mission were different. Peng Hu was arrested and imprisoned and did not know about it. Although Cheng Ying knew that there were locusts, she still couldn’t figure out the level of the locusts. After hearing this, who would Calm? Not to mention others, even Zhao Ping, who was about to get up, subconsciously changed his expression.
Earthbound Spirit, an Earthbound Spirit appeared in an ordinary level mission.
Faced with such a result, knowing such a truth, for some reason, the discussion disappeared, the noise disappeared, the atmosphere returned to quiet, the carriage environment returned to deathly silence, everyone was silent, almost looking at each other with weird eyes, maybe Whether it was something they felt in their hearts or the shocking news, they gradually became aware of it. Gradually, people began to observe and scan, with frustrations in mind, and looked around the car with wide eyes, prompted by a growing uneasiness.
After looking at the carriage several times, everyone finally discovered something...
After being quiet for half a minute, Peng Hu, whose face was already twitching frequently, first turned his eyes to Chen Xiaoyao: "Well, Gao Jikun, who was in your group, is dead, right?"
Through observation, we also found that Chen Xiaoyao's expression was no better than Peng Hu's. His mouth twitched and his face was pale. He just nodded and replied casually: "Well, he's dead. He was killed by the Earthbound Spirit."
After getting the answer, Peng Hu continued to move and looked at Cheng Ying.
As for Cheng Ying...
The girl's expression was extremely ugly. Before the other party could ask, she had already answered in advance, and answered briefly in four words: "Xu Zhen is dead."
"No need to ask me, I've solved it here."
Out of instinct, when most people instinctively looked at the guest chair in the corner, Zhao Pingyi, who had just sat there, answered first with cold words. However, the answer was an answer. In fact, as soon as he sat down, the man with glasses stood up immediately. After getting up, the man began to look around, expressionlessly scanning around the car until he had completely observed it. Then, the man's expression changed slightly and his brows furrowed.
Next, under the collective ugly expressions of everyone, under the collective fearful gazes of everyone, Zhao Ping moved and walked straight forward, towards the handsome young man who had been sitting on the ground with his head bowed and silent since the return train.
Da da da.
Listening to the footsteps and standing still, looking at the legs in front of him, He Fei slowly raised his head, and looked at Zhao Ping who was looking down with his slightly haggard eyes. After looking at each other for a few seconds, the man with glasses was the first to speak: "I remember you and Yao Fujiang is in the same group, right? Can you explain?"
"Brother Yao!"
The bespectacled man finished his words, and before He Fei could open his mouth, Peng Hu roared loudly. The roar filled with sadness instantly filled the entire carriage, and tears welled up in his eyes and slowly flowed out.
Plop.
As the roar ended, the bald man slumped to the ground and hung his head in a daze. He lowered his head in silence, his head hanging tightly, as if he was deliberately hiding his tears, and his whole body remained silent and fell into a dead silence.
For Yao Fujiang, Peng Hu cannot sum it up in words, and the friendship between Yao Fujiang and Peng Hu is also very deep. After all, he was the one who personally welcomed Yao Fujiang, who was still a newcomer at the time, into the car. As time goes by, as time goes by, After going through a series of supernatural missions, the friendship between the two gradually deepened. Even though Yao Fujiang was not very capable, Peng Hu admired the other person's character very much. Yes, the flat-headed young man had a very upright outlook and was completely different from most of the other newcomers on the train. Yao Fujiang was the only one. This kind of person, apart from anything else, is worth getting to know based on his character alone, but why? Why is this happening? Why do good people never live long? Or does this saying really come true for Yao Fujiang?
"Hehe, hehehe... No way, Brother Fu Jiang is so awesome, how could he die? Originally, when I came back this time, I planned to give him the title of King of Plug-ins. Why, how could it..."
Similar to Peng Hu, when Chen Xiaoyao searched for a long time, when he completely recognized the reality and did not see the familiar figure in the carriage, the young Taoist priest became confused, began to talk to himself, swayed and staggered, and finally raised his head while holding the passenger chair. Asking himself, asking himself, he was as confused as if he had lost part of his soul, and he was talking to himself frequently. His face was blank, and he kept muttering something in his mouth, as if he was extremely unwilling to believe the truth.
The reason is understandable, because the other party is both his friend and his bad friend. He is the best bad friend in the team who is rarely willing to accompany him to scold and argue.
For Chen Xiaoyao, Yao Fujiang is different from others. There is no denying that the entire team has become the young Taoist priest's partner. However, in fact, there are not many who are as good-tempered as him. He Fei, who has a gentle personality, is okay, but it is a pity that He Fei's sense of humor is somewhat inferior, so what he usually likes most is to joke with Yao Fujiang and verbally attack each other. This is one of his usual pleasures. During the quarrel, the two parties gradually became familiar with each other and gradually became good buddies who can trust each other. However, At this moment, looking at the familiar figure that had disappeared in the carriage, Chen Xiaoyao couldn't accept it, couldn't accept this cruel reality!
As for Qian Xueling, she was already in tears, and the tears ran across her face and dripped to the ground.
Due to her gender, she had not had much contact with the somewhat shy Yao Fujiang in the past, but what could she do? No matter what, she and Yao Fujiang are friends after all, friends who have known each other for a long time. Yes, the order in which they boarded the bus can be said to be front and back. Both are newcomers, familiar with each other, experiencing supernatural missions together, and growing from newcomers to adults. As a senior, from the mutual sympathy during the Midnight Bell mission to their mutual progress and growth, until they advanced to senior, she saw everything and kept everything in her heart. Speaking of which, Yao Fujiang was better than her. To work hard, she could still rely on Zhao Ping at first, but Yao Fujiang always worked hard and trained alone in order to keep up with everyone. However, who would have thought that this man, in her opinion, was weak but very kind-hearted. The young man died like this! ?
As mentioned above, Yao Fujiang's death had a great impact on the team. Not to mention He Fei, Peng Hu and Chen Xiaoyao, who had the best relationship with him. After confirming with his own eyes that the flat-headed young man was not in the carriage, and after fully recognizing that the other party was gone, , Cheng Ying fell into sadness, feeling uncomfortable in her heart. .
Logically speaking, for an indifferent killer like Cheng Ying who regards human life as nothing, she should not have such a reaction. The reason seems to be at a loss. Unfortunately, she is not a robot after all. She also has feelings, joy, anger, sorrow, and joy. There is a saying that is good, even if When you hate someone, you can treat him as if you have been with him for a long time. Over time, both of you will eventually become friends and partners. Indeed, when Yao Fujiang first boarded the car, Cheng Ying really didn't take him seriously. Through observation, she also thought that the other person He is just an ordinary person with no abilities. This kind of person is not suitable for survival in the cursed space. It is estimated that he will die in a supernatural mission soon. This is what he guessed. Unexpectedly, after completing each mission, Cheng Ying suddenly discovered that he was wrong. !
So wrong, so wrong.
In his eyes, Yao Fujiang, who was not supposed to live long, miraculously persisted and survived one supernatural mission after another. Not only that, as time went by, Yao Fujiang himself also continued to improve, and the young man gradually overcame his timidity. Gradually he learned how senior people deal with things, and the most valuable thing is that no matter how much the young man progressed, his kind heart never changed. Through hard work, he gained the trust of Cheng Ying and was recognized by this cold-blooded killer. A typical example During the time when He Fei fell into a coma due to soul separation, Cheng Ying entrusted the task of taking care of He Fei to Yao Fujiang. All of the above are numerous, and all of them represent trust. It is almost difficult to accept Cheng Ying, his companion. Ying now regards Yao Fujiang as a trustworthy partner. People's hearts are apart from each other. It is really rare to have a trustworthy partner in the world. As a result...
A partner was found and trust was established, but I never expected that Yao Fujiang would die in this supernatural mission!
Recalling this, although Cheng Ying did not react as strongly as Peng Hu, Qian Xueling or Chen Xiaoyao, the girl still closed her eyes and remained silent for a moment in the increasingly severe sadness. The girl spoke slightly, and finally whispered something, a deep whisper that no one else could hear:
"Brother Fu Jiang, have a good trip."
The atmosphere at the scene was silent for a long time, and the environment in the carriage was oppressive and dead.
In the depressing atmosphere of sobbing and silence, perhaps a certain man with glasses was the only one who had basically no reaction to Yao Fujiang's death. The man's expression was calm, his expression remained as usual, and he could not see any emotion. He still maintained his expression. With expressionless faces and no emotion, He Fei looked at each other sitting upright on the ground.
Seeing that the young man looked haggard and his eyes were blank, Zhao Ping was quite patient after asking the question. He was not eager for the other party to reply immediately. Instead, he bent down and stretched out his right hand towards the young man, looking at the palm of the man's hand. He Fei hesitated for a few seconds. , finally stretched out his arm and was pulled off the ground by Zhao Ping.
Confirming that the other party's mood had improved, he raised his hand slightly and adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. However, before the man with glasses could say anything else, He Fei, who had already stood up from the ground, whispered with a disappointed expression. : "It's all my fault. It's my responsibility. Although I noticed something was wrong with the red circle at the beginning, I eventually fell into hesitation and did not give up the mission decisively. Therefore, I stepped into the mission trap with Yao Fujiang while hesitating. , it’s my fault. If I could have been more decisive and given up on the protection mission, he wouldn’t have..."
Snapped.
Before He Fei could finish speaking, Zhao Ping stretched out his arm again. This time, he slapped his palm on his shoulder and pressed the young man forcefully.
Noticing the other party's movements, He Fei was slightly surprised and looked at the gold-rimmed lenses, while Zhao Ping slowly shook his head as if he understood something, and then silently denied him with a thoughtful expression: "You don't have to be here." Having said that, I have basically made a guess based on what you just said, and the development of the situation is very likely to be different from what is actually said. After all, based on my understanding of your cautious character, you should not be so careless. "
Having said this, the bespectacled man paused for a moment, then narrowed his eyes slightly, moved closer, and finally put his face next to He Fei's ear and whispered in a low voice: "If what I expected is right, he should have pulled you in, right? "
this……
After hearing this, He Fei could not help but be stunned, while Zhao Ping continued in a low voice: "It is precisely because of this that I say that you are not responsible for Yao Fujiang's death. Of course, since Yao Fujiang is dead, out of respect for the deceased It’s impossible for me to make this thing public, which is entirely his own fault, so you don’t have to blame yourself. In my opinion, you currently... No, what we need right now, including me and everyone else, is to rest. It’s something serious. We’ll talk about it tomorrow.”
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