The captain threw a rope towards Chen An and the other four, and Chen An couldn't help but inhale slightly.
He knew the rules of confinement.
He neatly tied the rope around his neck, hands, and feet, so that he could only move forward with very small steps... These are the results of long-term training.
A necessary procedure to avoid riots by suspected contaminated persons.
These ropes are also specially made and very tough.
...
A group of four people, being "escorted" by several heavily armed members of the hunting team, crossed the border and came to the town. They were now at the northernmost point and had to cross the town to be imprisoned in the southernmost "confinement tower".
After leaving the hunting team's house, Chen An saw Chen Dahai with worried eyes among the crowd on the street.
"Dad, I'm fine, don't worry!" Chen An smiled a little in his heart, and he said loudly with a smile.
Looking at Chen Dahai, he nodded slightly, and then, from behind Chen Dahai, a long-haired girl wearing a light blue sportswear popped out.
The girl had a sad and anxious look on her face, and her big eyes were full of worry.
Looking at the tender Sirou, Chen An couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
[Worrying Sirou...]
"Chen An!" Tang Sirou put her hands in front of Cherry's little mouth, gestured like a trumpet, and shouted to Chen An: "If you are contaminated, I can't spare you!"
When Chen An heard this, he took a deep breath. Seeing Sirou worried about him, he felt that the "responsibility" on his shoulders was a little heavier.
If all this is false...heh, how is that possible!
"I'm fine, don't worry!" Chen An looked at Sirou with a forced smile on his face: "You didn't overcook the meat, did you?" Chen An said loudly.
Hearing this, Tang Sirou couldn't help but blink her eyes. A smile appeared in her anxious eyes with some tears before, and she said, "I'm so greedy for you! I'll send it to you tonight!"
"good..."
The figures of the crowd walked further and further, and soon came to the southern confinement tower area.
"Cough..." Chen An coughed slightly. He felt that his tired spirit and sore legs were making him drowsy.
This afternoon's encounter in the misty forest was a physical and mental exercise.
However, it was unprecedented for him to be imprisoned in the Confinement Tower for his first hunting trip.
He looked at the black tower in front of him. This tower had three floors. It was called a tower, but in fact it was just because it had a black conical roof.
What's strange is that the structure of this confinement tower looks like an inverted triangle, with the top floor being wider.
There are rumors in the town that the Confinement Tower itself is a terrifying sealed object, a special sealed object that the first-generation hunting team captain spent a lot of effort to tame.
The third floor here houses residents with different levels of pollution. Most of them are former members of the hunting team. They left without problems. Those with problems... can only be detained under house arrest. Those are all polluted lunatics. .
Poor, crazy hero.
Moreover, as the most tightly guarded confinement tower, ownerless and dangerous sealed objects in the town are also stored in it.
In the confinement tower, the bottom floor is the rest area for guards, the third floor is the area where suspected polluters and real polluters are detained, and the second floor is the storage area for sealed items.
The polluters and suspected polluters, even if they are both on the third floor, are detained far apart in the north and south.
The escorting guards pushed open the heavy metal door, and what caught Chen An's eyes were walls made of black bricks and a solemn atmosphere.
On the wall, there are torches stuck in metal card slots, surrounded by two gatekeepers and heavily armed guards.
There was a purple carpet on the ground, and his feet in white socks felt soft when he stepped on it.
Following the ropes that bound their bodies, the four of Chen An were strung together and led up the stairs.
Arriving at the second floor, where the stairs were on the other side, they were guarded by guards and walked through the second floor covered with glass jars.
There are square stone platforms on the second floor. The platforms are covered by glass jars, and inside the glass are "sealed objects" of various shapes.
There was a small green sword, a strange brown notebook-like thing, and a half-palm-sized, brown leather pocket-like object.
There is a squirming glass ball of black liquid inside, which is yellowed like toilet paper with blood flowing.
All these weird and weird looking things.
When passing by, Chen Anyou noticed that the closer these sealed objects were to the center, the more primitive and heavy the platform looked, as if the level of danger was higher.
Some of these sealed objects were soaked in water, and some had people constantly fanning them next to them, as if they were sealed in different ways.
When he walked to the central area, he bypassed a gap made of black bricks. The guard on the side looked inside and said, "Old Li, there is nothing unusual about Sealed Artifact A02 today, right?"
Inside was a man covered in a cloak. Hearing the words, the man raised his head slightly, revealing a thin, wrinkled, old face.
The man shook his head slightly and said hoarsely: "Everything is normal."
The guard nodded, as if he was relieved, and continued to escort Chen An and others.
Chen An glanced at it curiously.
The one sealed at the center should be the most dangerous sealed object in the town, and also the most terrifying existence.
With a little curiosity in his heart, Chen An saw that on the stone platform made of black bricks and larger than the surrounding foundation, there was a glass that covered the existence inside from the ceiling above the head, all the way vertically to the edge of the platform.
The glass cover was engraved with light yellow runes, as if it had been given the power of a seal.
Through the translucent runes, Chen An glanced at the sealed object No. A02 inside.
It was a palm-sized thing that looked like a rabbit puppet. The white fur of the puppet had a light yellowish greasy color, and it "stood" quietly in the glass cover.
What made Chen An feel horrified and chilled behind him was that the face of this rabbit puppet actually had an ugly and terrifying ape face!
The corners of the mouth of the ape face were wide open, and the red crystal eyes shone with a strange luster.
Not sure if it was his imagination, but Chen An felt like the rabbit was smiling!
[It’s so scary...] Chen An and others were quickly led through the central area of the second floor.
Even though the smiling rabbit disappeared from his sight, Chen An still felt heart palpitations.
It is worthy of being the most tightly guarded sealed object... It's really terrifying...
[But...why do I always feel familiar? It seems like that rabbit is very familiar to me... maybe it's an illusion. Today is the first time I've seen this sealed object. 】
"A riot occurred in A02!"
Suddenly, an old and anxious voice sounded from behind!
At this moment, the surrounding guards looked at each other. Originally, four people were escorting Chen An and others, but now only two were left.
Buzz!
At the same time, the buzzing of the alarm suddenly sounded on the second floor of the Confinement Tower!
The surrounding guards quickly gathered towards the central area!
"There was a riot in A02. It slapped the glass hard and spit out strange threads from its mouth. The target is...the south...what's there?"
Chen An heard the voice behind him and felt a little confused.
[South, isn’t the south the direction where I and others are? What's here? 】
Chen An looked forward slightly, and in front of him were still the sealed objects shrouded in glass covers.
And in the darkness not far away is the staircase leading to the third floor of the detention area.
"Don't look blindly. Go to the third floor. You are heroes, but the suspicion of contamination has not been ruled out." The guard watching them whispered to everyone.
Ling Qinglin nodded and turned his head worriedly.
Chen An, on the other hand, took a breath, his mind filled with doubts.
"There are only four suspected contaminated hunting team members in the south, and they just passed by."
There was a faint sound of guards talking from behind.
"Maybe a passing outsider irritated A02, but A02 can't break free of the seal, no problem."
...
What Chen An couldn't see was that A02, who was imprisoned in the glass cover, was looking in his direction at the moment, with a strange luster in his red crystal eyes.
It tried its best to spin out the thread, but it couldn't do anything to this special glass.
After a while, the scary smiling rabbit puppet could only take two steps back in despair, and sat down on the stone in the middle. The strange color in its eyes fell silent again.
...
Shaking his head, Chen An gave up his curious doubts and glanced out of the corner of his eye to see a unique sealed object in the glass cover close to the center area.
It was a pure white broken bone.
I don't know why, but when he saw the white broken bones, he clearly saw it accidentally from the corner of his eye, but a huge sadness suddenly rose from the bottom of Chen An's heart...
Feeling a little moist at the corners of his eyes, Chen An felt a little dazed.
[What is that white broken bone? I have never been to the Confinement Tower... Why do I feel familiar when I see the rabbit? Why do I feel sad when I see the white broken bones... As if the white broken bones have extremely important meaning to me... .]
Chen An closed his eyes slightly, and continued walking toward the stairs, led by the guard in front like a zombie.
He kept trying to recall the past, but they were all the warm daily life with Sirou, his parents, and the neighbors in the small town, Sirou's playfulness, his father's silent love, and when his mother was still alive. of tenderness.
Generations of people have worked hard to break through the foggy forest, eager to see the sun again and see the bright sky again.
This is a warm and happy day. Even in the darkness and fear, there is no sadness, because it is not allowed, and the dead will die. At least the living are still happy, and Chen An has always cherished the present. Happiness.
Humanity should yearn for love and hope...
【Love and hope? 】When Chen An thought of this, he suddenly felt his heart tremble.
An extremely vague, completely unclear, but seemingly trembling picture appeared in my mind.
It was a figure, saying these things, it seemed to be human... love... hope... not a monster... words...
In a daze, Chen An and others went up the stairs and walked towards the third-floor confinement area.
