On the dim and mottled road, three figures moved forward in flickering light and darkness. Rather than walking at night, they should be described as walking in the netherworld, because these three people seemed to be swallowed up by darkness in the next second.
Only subtle footsteps were suppressed in the darkness, and even breathing was hard to hear. Chu Jiu was close to the power and suppressed all his movements, ensuring that they were undetectable, and he also had to take care of Fu Qing who was beside him.
No one can tell what kind of laws will be triggered by doing something in this area. It feels a bit like opening a blind box, but this blind box is very dangerous. It is very likely that one of your unconscious actions will turn you into a corpse. .
The few people walked dullly for who knows how long, and Chu Jiu finally couldn't help but speak.
"Can we still go out?"
You cannot speak, and it is best not to speak unless necessary. The rule in the supernatural zone is that if you do more, you will make more mistakes, if you do less, you will make fewer mistakes. If you don't do it, you may make mistakes.
Chu Jiu knew, of course Chu Jiu knew. After following Professor Wang Xiaoming, who was known as the top IQ in Asia, for so long, it was certainly impossible without such an IQ, but she still spoke.
Because of confusion, because of depression, and even more because of fear.
This endless road looks like a giant man-eating beast. They are like three small beasts, following the giant beast's mouth and entering each other's intestines little by little.
When she was helpless, Chu Jiu could only hypnotize herself.
But now that she has a backbone, Chu Jiu, under depression and panic, just wants to find some hope of survival.
Shen Lin glanced at her and didn't answer. He took something out of his arms and threw it into the other person's hand.
In the dark environment, he couldn't see clearly what it was, but what Shen Lin could give at this time was certainly not simple. Chu Jiu had to hold it carefully and began to figure out how to use it.
The outer layer is wrapped in plastic oil paper, a bit like a snack bag.
The whole thing is not big, about a palm long and two fingers wide. The texture is hard, but not too hard. You can feel that this thing has a tendency to collapse when you use force.
"What should I do??" Chu Jiu asked proactively. Her expression was solemn and uneasy, and she once doubted whether she could take on such a big responsibility.
Shen Lin still didn't reply. He took something back from the other party and seemed to unpack it. When Chu Jiu was stunned, something was put into her mouth.
It's a bit sweet and bitter, but also has a mellow taste, and the taste is a bit familiar.
The environment in the depths was a bit complicated. The depression and fear around her filled Chu Jiu's mind. She had no extra brain space to think about it, so she could only look at Shen Lin in confusion.
"What's this?"
Shen Lin threw the unpacked package to Chu Jiu again with a cold expression.
"Chocolate, what else could it be?"
Chu Jiu was even more confused. Can chocolate have an effect on supernatural events? Or is it like gold, does it have any hidden benefits that they haven't discovered? Shen Lin was the first to discover the function of this thing?
If so, this will be another major discovery for mankind in dealing with terrorist events.
She asked nervously.
"What's the use of eating this?"
Chu Jiu was ready for any answer. Perhaps she had stayed with Wang Xiaoming for too long. Shen Lin hadn't answered yet. Her mind was already filled with academic reports, including the paper on the possible impact of chocolate on ghosts. There are more than ten articles, and now I just need one direction.
Of course, Shen Lin's answer surprised Chu Jiu, and he responded indifferently.
"It will make you shut up and calm down for a while."
This answer made Chu Jiu's brain go blank. In an instant, fear, depression and all kinds of psychology were completely wiped out. She was confused at this moment.
"this one?"
Shen Lin crossed a small pit in front of him and asked back without looking back.
"if not?"
There was no end to this conversation. Fu Qing was the only one trying to hold back his laughter and almost laughed out loud.
Shen Lin didn't lie. One of the reasons why he brought chocolate was to shut up people. However, this person was not Chu Jiu, but Ji Zhun.
The new born Li Gui is a rebellious boy, with a weight of 130 and a rebellious body of 129. Unless there are special circumstances, he will definitely go to the west if you say something, and for no other reason than to show you that he is not easy to mess with.
Of course there is no way to deal with this guy. Ji Zhun has been obsessed with anime, games and some snacks some time ago. Chocolate is one of the foods he is obsessed with. Shen Lin usually carries this thing with him to spread food during the incident and make Erha temporarily calm or calm down. Be obedient, but you didn't expect that Chu Jiu used it first before Ji Zhun used it.
Another major function of this thing is to allow Shen Lin to concentrate.
Now that his balance as a ghost has almost collapsed, Shen Lin has gradually been unable to suppress the various side effects of his body.
Whether it's the weird reaction in the body caused by the ghost's resurrection, or the curse he encountered in the ghost story incident.
In the ghost story incident, Shen Lin was once attacked by a living corpse that invaded in reverse. He had to carry a coffin and move forward. At the end of the process, he made a desperate effort to survive and fought against the last ghost.
This ghost is the guy who was codenamed "Painful Ghost" by Shen Lin in the Li Ghost Files.
The core rule is touch. People who are touched by the pain ghost will be surrounded by stinging pain in an instant. This stinging will gradually increase until it hurts the person to death.
And this kind of pain does not affect the body, the ghost's pain is directed at the consciousness level.
Shen Lin relied on the invasion and competition between the ghosts to weaken part of the ghost's curse, but the pain still remained. He has always kept this part of the pain in the memory world of the ghost mother.
But now, as the ghost mother loses control more and more frequently, the pain begins to gradually lose control. He has to use some objects as a focus point to concentrate. Eating chocolate is one way.
The three people fell into silence again and walked for who knows how long. Shen Lin finally stopped.
Chu Jiu, who was following behind, did not move forward easily, nor did they ask questions. They quietly waited for Shen Lin's next move.
Looking around at the almost identical wilderness environment again, Shen Lin gradually became a little irritable.
In fact, from the third hour after entering this Huangquan Road, the outside world has disappeared. Except for the Huangquan Road that leads to nowhere, there is a darkness as thick as ink outside the road.
The darkness there was so dense that it was indescribable. If I had to say it, it was more like "nothing".
Nothing exists, and because it does not exist, darkness manifests itself as nothingness.
Shen Lin did not try it lightly. It was definitely not a rational act to try such a high-risk exploration when his own condition was extremely unstable.
Especially since he has been on the road to hell for so long, he has met all kinds of people. What would happen if he simply walked into that darkness, there wouldn't be so many people trapped here.
Outside the road is a forbidden area and cannot be walked lightly.
But the trouble is, after walking for so long, according to the original estimate of a few hours, Shen Lin should have arrived at Gui Mo's location long ago, but he didn't see anything at all, which is hard to accept. .
Not long ago, the ghost mother's weak sense allowed Shen Lin to sense that the out-of-control ghost not only did not stop, but was moving further forward.
This news was nothing short of terrible for Shen Lin.
Judging from the previous situation, the ghost mother's loss of control should have been restored very early. In theory, the theory should now stay in a certain area in the center of this road waiting for Shen Lin to go.
But the trouble is, the ghost mother continues to move.
The reason is unknown and the situation is unknown. The longer the ghost mother leaves, the worse Shen Lin's condition becomes. Based on his current physical condition, if he does not find Gui Mo or the ghost mother to recover within five hours, then he will The evil ghost will revive in an instant.
Shen Lin had to focus on the two people behind him, treating them like dead horses and living horses. There should always be something strange about the people Wang Xiaoming personally trained.
"To make a long story short, I want to find a place now, but this road is weirder than expected. The concept of direction we know doesn't seem to work for it. What can you do?"
Shen Lin first looked at Chu Jiu. Perhaps because of Yang Jian, he had some fantasies and expectations for this woman who also controlled the devil with the same type of eyes.
This kind of powerful ghost is enough to help ghost controllers see through the layers of ghost realm illusions. Chu Jiu may be able to find something on this hell road that they can't see normally.
Chu Jiu was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then looked at the young man named Fu Qing blankly.
The young man's originally normal face finally showed an expression of struggle, and he finally took out something as if he had resigned himself to his fate.
The thing made of gold was not big and looked a lot like a wallet. It was the first time Shen Lin saw such a unique gold product. A puzzled expression appeared on his face involuntarily.
Until he saw young Fu Qing take out a banknote.
With the flickering light of the fire, Shen Lin could barely see what the banknote looked like.
The overall size is larger than ordinary banknotes, and the color seems to be pink. The specific lines cannot be seen clearly. Shen Lin can only half-guess that the overall shape of this banknote is similar to the Hades coin used in the previous score.
There are countless legends about the use of Ming coins on living people since ancient times, resulting in various misfortunes. Among the various folk tales that Shen Lin read, the most said about Ming coins. There are different opinions, and it is difficult to determine how taboo this thing is.
Only one thing is certain, and that is that living people often use dead people's money to do nothing good.
Shen Lin did not take it easily and looked at Su Jiu with questioning eyes.
They came from the headquarters, and Wang Xiaoming's instruction was absolutely necessary to bring this thing. Wang Xiaoming must know about the supernatural items about dead people's money, and if he knew it and let them bring it, he definitely had a deeper meaning.
"What's this?"
"Money to buy life." Su Jiu just answered, making Shen Lin's eyes narrow involuntarily. He smelled something bad from these three words.
"Since the outbreak of terrorist incidents, the Sky Eye system used in urban criminal investigations has been further upgraded and authorized for use by the headquarters. The purpose is to monitor the country and ensure a first-time response."
"About half a year ago, when official personnel from the headquarters were investigating a strange disappearance case, they accidentally discovered some very strange people."
"What's strange about them is their unparalleled luck." Chu Jiu paused here and her expression became extremely strange. She looked at Shen Lin and said in a different way: "Or, in other words, that weird luck ."
"The word luck seems difficult to associate with weirdness." Shen Lin frowned and thought.
In fact, luck is luck. Even if a person wins the first prize in dozens of lottery tickets, it is just unbelievable and cannot be called weird. Shen Lin really can't imagine any weird luck.
"In the case we are investigating, there is a person who is a middle-aged entrepreneur. Due to the impact of the financial crisis, as well as pedantic management concepts and traditional chicken-blood thinking, the company he runs is riddled with holes, and the business model is full of problems. Loss status."
"What is incomprehensible is that their company was profitable at the end of that year, and the profit amount was huge." Chu Jiu frowned at this.
"The amount of profit is huge. Then investigating their company's financial status should be able to calculate its profit point and business progress throughout the year. If everything is normal and the profit model is normal, it will not be incomprehensible." Shen Lin looked at Chu Jiu: "The business level of the headquarters is not so bad. You can say such things. You should have come to such a conclusion after investigation. Since it is an incomprehensible conclusion, let me guess."
Shen Lin thought for a moment and gave the answer.
"Your investigation results show that everything is normal and the company's loss-making pattern continues, but it still generates profits. This creates a paradox."
Su Jiu was stunned. She lamented that Shen Lin had inferred the conclusion just from her description. She could only say that he was worthy of being a twelfth captain level figure.
Chu Jiuyan nodded and said.
"There are no problems in our account investigation, and we can't find their profit points. Their loss pattern continues, but the company still generates profits. This completely violates normal logic, makes no sense, and is incomprehensible. "
Shen Lin frowned. He knew that things were not that simple, so he motioned for the other party to continue.
"During the subsequent investigation, we found several cases of paradoxes similar to this. For example, there was a couple. They were obviously enemies of life and death. They wanted to stab each other with a knife every day, but they were still extremely loving. Or there was a couple. A gambler, he almost lost everything at the gaming table, but when he finally exchanged his chips, he became the biggest winner in the casino that day."
"Paradox, facts and logic are completely opposite, the positive and negative status quo appear in the same person, this is the cause of similar incidents."
"Without exception, these people all died in the end, without any warning. We have tried to save them, and even sealed one of them in a golden coffin, but we still couldn't stop the other person from dying."
"And the source of all this is the banknote in front of you."
"Professor Wang judged that this banknote would strangely lead the recipient to a favorable situation no matter what the circumstances. But as time goes by, the person who uses the banknote will die without warning, and no one can stop it. "
"It's equivalent to."
"It's like buying life with money, buying life with money. This name is quite appropriate." Shen Lin looked at the note with a heavy expression, as if looking at an evil ghost.
