"How long do we have to go?"
On the road to Huangquan, Hu Weiwei couldn't help but ask this question.
Just looking at this seemingly endless road makes people feel irritable, let alone walking like this all the time. Hu Weiwei no longer remembers how long he has been walking, but nothing around him has changed much. He can't see it. Hope of getting out at half hour.
These words expressed everyone's feelings to a certain extent. Chu Jiu and Fu Qing looked at Shen Lin cautiously, their expressions full of nervousness.
Shen Lin's steps slowed down, his expression unchanged.
Everyone's expressions and emotions can fluctuate violently, and everyone can show restlessness, except him.
As the backbone of their small team, Shen Lin cannot show too many negative emotions, otherwise the small team will fall apart amid doubt, fear, and suspicion.
The degree of crisis when people are distracted by terrorist incidents is no less than that of evil spirits.
Anxiety, numbness, and depression were all suppressed in Shen Lin's heart. He frowned and looked at everything on the road.
It had been more than three hours since they met the group of survivors and left, but they encountered nothing during the three-hour journey. This dangerous road to hell seemed to have lost its effect on their team. The life-buying money that Shen Lin had high hopes for also failed to have the desired effect.
This improvised team of four was in trouble.
"What's the purpose of us going on like this?" Fu Qing couldn't help but ask.
According to the archives at the headquarters, the death cycles of life money holders are extremely short. The shortest is two days, and the longest is only seven days. Every minute and second wasted now is torture for Fu Qing. Especially since he didn't know how long the journey would last, Fu Qing was afraid that he would reach the moment of death on this endless road to hell.
"The very beginning of walking on the Huangquan Road." Shen Lin rarely responded.
"Is there a beginning and an end to this road?" Fu Qing was stunned.
The three people present were a little confused. They always thought that this road that looked exactly the same everywhere they went was endless, but they didn't expect that there was a beginning and an end.
"Since there is such a road, of course it has a starting point and an end point. The characteristics of the Underworld Road are destined to lead Li Gui to the end after embarking on this road." Shen Lin suggested describing part of his understanding of the Underworld Road.
Being stingy with information at this stage made Fu Qing, who held the life money in his hand, paranoid and suspicious. The life money in his hand was one of the few life-saving straws for this team.
The grand blueprint of the "Hell Project" during the Republic of China made several people present lost their minds for a long time, especially Hu Weiwei.
As the headquarters, Chu Jiu and Fu Qing have a natural advantage in obtaining information. They know more or less some information about the Republic of China period, but they have never known such detailed information.
Hu Weiwei was still in the early stages of survival. He had never thought that there was such a thing as the horror recovery.
The news that ghost controllers have existed since the Republic of China shocked Hu Weiyi for a long time. From this, it can be inferred that the dark side of this world has been going on for a long time in places unknown to ordinary people.
Especially when he thought of his previously ignorant self who was always on the verge of death, Hu Weiwei couldn't help but swallow his saliva. It felt too bad that human beings had been living ignorantly in the midst of terror.
"So, there is a high probability that there will be a group of extremely terrifying ghosts at the end of this road. Is that the real hell on earth?"
Recalling Shen Lin's previous description, Hu Weiwei thought of this, and his already depressed look became a little crazy. He didn't even dare to look back now, for fear of seeing something if he looked back. Incredible stuff.
"At least according to the current speculation, that's the case." Shen Lin glanced at Hu Weiyi and did not remain silent because it was this guy's problem.
Now that the conversation has come to this point, there is no need to hide the less important things from them.
"If this road has been there since the Republic of China, how many evil ghosts must have gathered at the end of Huangquan Road." Both Fu Qing and Chu Jiu thought of this possibility, and just thinking about it made people's scalp numb.
"If the most important purpose of the existence of this road is to attract and trap evil ghosts, and to reduce the harm of the resurgence of terror to the real world to a certain extent, why not use a circular structure?" Chu Jiu said while making a ring gesture. .
"Have you heard of the Möbius strip? It is connected end to end, with no end or starting point. Theoretically, as long as this pattern is achieved, the evil ghost can go on this road endlessly."
As Wang Xiaoming's assistant, Chu Jiu has considerable academic attainments. She tried to explain her thoughts in a very common way.
The conversation effectively relieved Fu Qing's tension, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Perhaps it is the limitation of the times. During the Republic of China, warlords were fighting and the world was in turmoil. At that time, most people in the country were illiterate. They could not be expected to do some research on such academic issues. Perhaps it was for this reason that limitations into their thinking.”
This is normal. The chaos of that era is now thrilling enough just to read about it in history books, let alone experience it in person.
No one should ask for more from people of that era, it is hard to imagine that they could achieve this.
"What a pity. The use of ring structures has proven to be quite efficient in all aspects of the real world. If our predecessors had such thinking, perhaps the horror recovery of our era would be more stable and leave us with more time."
Chu Jiu felt a little regretful. After being with Wang Xiaoming for so long, the most talked about thing from time to time was that the time was too short.
Yes, the time is too short. Compared with the more than 30 years of terror recovery in the Republic of China, the modern terror recovery only took four or five years to fully erupt. The Ghost Controller headquarters in Chengdu are a little rushed to put on the shelves, let alone these precarious devils. It is not easy for the Ghosts to form such a large-scale combat force as they are today, and to elect a representative twelve captains.
"If they had really done this, we would have been greeted by a real horrific storm."
Shen Lin spoke up.
"Don't think of people in the past as too stupid, and don't think of yourself as too smart. Many things I have experienced have proved this point."
"The efforts made by the Republic of China to completely solve the resurgence of terror are beyond the imagination of those of us. They implemented one plan after another, but it seemed that they failed because of one problem after another."
"Huangquan Road is one of the most successful projects in this batch. Its success is remarkable and is not as simple as you think."
"Captain Shen, many theories in the real world have proven the superiority of ring structures, especially in this situation. The Möbius strip should be compatible with this situation." Chu Jiu couldn't help but speak out. With a stubborn streak.
She obeyed Shen Lin in many actions during the terrorist incident, because Chu Jiu knew very well that her handling and decisiveness of similar situations, as well as her psychological soothing in the face of fear, were far inferior to Shen Lin's. But now that this was her professional field, she You have the right to have your own opinions and stubbornness.
Shen Lin also didn't react too much to Chu Jiu's rebuttal. As long as he didn't fearlessly seek death in a terrorist incident, Shen Lin could tolerate many problems, including this kind of verbal dispute.
"A high-pressure water pipe starts transporting water from 0, and the pressure of the water flow will gradually expand. When the water pipe forms a closed loop, the pressure gradually expands. What will happen to this water pipe?"
Chu Jiu was stunned for a moment, but Fu Qing on the side reacted.
"It will explode. In a closed-loop state, the water pipe cannot withstand the continuously increasing pressure. It will collapse sooner or later."
"That's the problem. When the Huangquan Road forms a closed loop and the evil ghosts walk on this road endlessly, and the foreign evil ghosts enter the Huangquan Road and are unable to get out, the terror here will gradually increase until the Huangquan Road can no longer bear the load."
Speaking of this, Shen Lin made a gesture like fireworks blooming.
"In the end... Bang! An unforeseen terrorist event breaks out in many places, and the world may end in the next second."
Several people present were stunned. Just thinking about that scene made people shudder.
"What should we do to solve the problem of water pipes that continue to be pressurized?" Shen Lin looked at Chu Jiu, the first person to ask the question.
Chu Jiu took a deep breath and answered as if accepting her fate.
"Release stress and return it to normal."
"What's the way to relieve stress?" Shen Lin asked again.
"The most conventional method is to build a reservoir. As long as the reservoir is large enough and strong enough, there will be no problems with the entire pipeline until the reservoir overflows."
This kind of logic is too childish for Chu Jiu, who has an academic background. Her helplessness is based on the fact that her knowledge and theories seem to be of no use now.
In solving terrorist incidents, maximizing safety and maximizing benefits learned by Chu Jiu often lead to very different conclusions. This also makes the thinking mode she has developed for a long time useless in terrorist incidents, and may even bring risks.
"So, this road must have a beginning and an end. The end is the reservoir, the hell on earth set up for the evil ghosts." Hu Weiyi murmured to himself. He seemed to see the hope of getting out, which made him ecstatic. Then his expression changed continuously.
"If there is a limit to the reservoir, does that mean that the hell on earth at the end of the road is a time bomb that could explode at any time."
These words made Chu Jiu and Fu Qing stunned again, and then the three people present began to fear.
If the horror accumulated since the Republic of China suddenly broke out, the despair it would bring to the world would be unimaginable.
"What kind of situation has this thing reached now? Is it almost reaching its limit?" Hu Weiwei asked a question that made several people present nervous. They all looked at Shen Lin.
"Look at what I do, I'm not a prophet. No one knows what kind of state the hell on earth at the end of the road is now. It has been supporting for decades, and it may be able to sustain for decades, or it may happen in the next second. When it breaks out, no one knows.”
"Using ghosts to make ghosts, drinking poison to quench thirst. The temporary solution to the trouble on Huangquan Road is a huge time bomb planted for the future. The moment this bomb explodes, it is likely to be a terrifying crisis that cannot be stopped by all mankind."
Chu Jiu's face became extremely ugly after thinking about this. She seemed to have seen that desperate future, because she could not think of any possibility of solving this thing in the current situation. The ending of this world being destroyed by terror seemed to be doomed.
"Looking on the bright side, having that reservoir is much better than a sudden explosion on Huangquan Road." Shen Lin said.
He met the confused looks of several people and stretched out two hands, one with five fingers and the other with only one finger.
"The Trolley Problem. When a train is running, there is one person on the abandoned track and five people on the normal track. Which one do you want to save?"
Chu Jiu originally wanted to speak, but she swallowed her words as soon as they reached her lips. At this time, it was purely childish to talk about human life not being measured. Could it be that the train was about to kill people, so how about the value of your speech to the train?
She understood very well what Shen Lin was going to say.
"It is better to have an outbreak in one place than in many places at the same time. If there is a problem with the reservoir, we still have a certain chance to remedy it. But if the entire Huangquan Road breaks out at the same time, then even if we demolish the east side of this road in the vertical and horizontal territory, Even if the wall is patching up the west wall, there is no way it can be remedied.”
Silence is the road to hell right now. Several people were struck by this terrible reality and didn't want to say a word.
Until Fu Qing was walking and saw something.
"There seems to be light ahead."
The depressed Hu Weiwei suddenly raised his head. He did see light. It was real light. It was very different from the weird candlelight on Huangquan Road. The light was bright white.
This is the light that is absolutely impossible to appear on this weird road to hell under normal circumstances. This is the light of hope from the real world.
Hu Weiwei wanted to roar, scream, and express his current mood ecstatically.
He rushed out frantically. It took him a long time to rush out, but he found that everyone behind him was following him.
He turned around and found that Shen Lin had stopped Fu Qing and Chu Jiu who were advancing. This made Hu Weiwei's ecstatic expression slowly shrink until it became as gloomy as water.
"What do you mean? You want to kill the donkey?"
"There are no mills or donkeys here. The road is right in front of you. You can walk by yourself." Shen Lin said calmly.
"Are you fucking trying to play tricks on me? There's something wrong with the direction of this damn place and the things I see. I can't get there by myself in this life. I don't know what tricks you three used. Now, Take me out right now, and we will decide whether you live or die after I get out. If you plan to abandon me now, then everyone will die here!"
Hu Weiwei looked ferocious, like a bloodthirsty wolf, and his truly ferocious nature broke out at this moment.
Hu Weiwei no longer cared about thinking so much. After being stuck on this road for so long, he knew very well that this was his only hope of getting out. He could not give up at any cost.
(End of chapter)
