Chapter 523 Black Snow (3000 Words)

Nine o'clock in the evening, Huanyang City.

The dense dark clouds shrouded the thousand-year-old capital of the Oran United States, which seemed extremely depressing and dull.

The cold wave of late winter is about to approach the East Continent, and the strong cold low pressure even makes this prosperous city seem to be shivering.

The dock of Huanyang City is the largest dock in the Oran United States. Although there are a large number of Oran people and Liaozhou people traveling on the dock even at night, due to weather reasons, it is no longer as lively as before.

Even the vendors who used to enthusiastically sell goods have closed their stalls and returned home early because of the depressing weather.

Except for the coast guards who held loudspeakers to maintain order, most people on the dock kept silent and lowered their heads, busy with their own things.

Zhao Heyan, wearing a white winter coat and carrying a suitcase, followed the crowd down from the passenger ship that came here from Hongye City and returned to this familiar hometown.

But her face did not show the excitement of meeting her family, but a strong worry.

When she was in college, Lin Lan speculated to her father that her temperament was very similar to Siren.

After that, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that this was the truth.

Efficient, ruthless, targeting the Navy Department everywhere, advocating to give up the ocean, all these signs show that her father is really very wrong.

After finishing all the work of the Student Union, she returned to Huanyang City as soon as possible, ready to go to the headquarters of the Tianxing Consortium to confirm again.

If it is really as Lin Lan speculated, her father is a Siren in disguise...

Thinking of this, Zhao Heyan gritted her teeth and was unwilling to continue thinking about it.

In her memory, after her and her brother's mother died, it was Zhao Tianyi who raised her and her brother.

If their father is really a Siren, doesn't it prove that they were raised by Siren?

Siren... can really have such delicate emotions and such perfect disguise?

It was with these complex emotions that Zhao Heyan took out her mobile phone after coming to the Huanyang Transportation Station from the pier and prepared to call her twisted brother Zhao Hesheng.

Although she had always hated her brother's actions and had basically not contacted each other in the past two years, she had to call to ask for more details in order to confirm the identity of their father.

But the phone came with an automatic reply that no one answered.

"He should still be in the nightclub of the consortium at this time... Why didn't he answer the phone?"

Zhao Heyan frowned. Before returning to Huanyang City, she had learned from her channels in the consortium that Zhao Hesheng should be in Huanyang City.

Not answering the phone is not Zhao Hesheng's style.

Since Zhao Hesheng didn't answer the phone, Zhao Heyan ignored it and decided to go home first.

Zhao Tianyi must still be in Tianxing Building. Since the third-generation robot went out of control, she learned from the employees who were still in the consortium that her father had almost never returned home.

While waiting for the automatic navigation car to arrive at the platform, Zhao Heyan was suddenly attracted by the topic of conversation among the people around her who were also waiting for the car.

"Lao Luo, I've been so unlucky these past two days. I just bought a new phone and it hasn't been used for two days, but it has been inexplicably out of signal. I called the after-sales service and they told me that the queue has reached the upper limit. Isn't this nonsense?"

"Hey, don't tell me. My phone has been having this problem recently. It happened when I was on the phone with a client today. It ruined my business."

"Is there something wrong with the signal tower in Huanyang City? Those robots laid off many people before, but after the robots disappeared, the Tianxing Consortium hired a bunch of new people to fill the positions."

"Damn, it's unlucky to mention that. The robots sold by the Tianxing Consortium almost scared me to death after they lost control..."

Such conversations happened one after another, making Zhao Heyan, the daughter of the Tianxing Consortium, lower her head unconsciously.

The third-generation robot incident may be just a small episode for the citizens of Huanyang City, but it is a catastrophe for the Orlan people in other cities.

And those robots will inexplicably self-disintegrate, and there is no definite explanation until now.

The most popular theory on the Internet is that the Tianxing Consortium activated the self-destruction program of the third-generation robot, which is also the most credible one.

But some people also say that it was Lin Lan, the winner of the Red Leaf Covenant of the New Alliance, who turned the tide and found a numerical control method to destroy the third-generation robot.

However, compared with the first theory, Zhao Heyan believes the second theory more in her heart.

Not only her, but also other students of the Red Leaf Naval Academy.

Back in Red Leaf City, Lin Lan and his powerful ship girls brought them hope, and Ji Chenlin and several generals of the Navy Department recognized Lin Lan's identity.

Perhaps, her junior really has the strength to change the future destiny of Orlan.

After getting in the car, Zhao Heyan kept browsing the latest news about the New Alliance and Lin Lan on her mobile phone.

Although Lin Lan has not appeared since the emergency broadcast, the New Alliance is very active.

The allocation of materials between cities, large-scale job recruitment, the signing of various cooperation agreements between the three consortiums, and the transportation of materials to the Western Continent...

And whether it is the commanders of the various ports within the Navy Department or those greedy city agents, they all cooperate with the implementation of the policies of the new alliance.

It is hard to imagine that such a newly established temporary alliance can do so delicately in all aspects of internal affairs.

In contrast to the thriving new alliance, the Tianxing Consortium seemed to have disappeared after incorporating the Noah Dexin Consortium, and has not taken any action.

Not even a press conference was held.

As the daughter of Zhao Tianyi, she keenly felt that this was very abnormal.

Looking at the bustling streets of the city and the rushing river reflecting the lights outside the window, Zhao Heyan always felt that something was wrong.

Why are there no ships on the river today?

She did not see the announcement of Huanyang City’s river control on the homepage of the news website. Logically, there should be many sightseeing boats or cargo ships on this wide river.

But at this time, the river was empty.

For some reason, she always felt that there was something terrifying under the river staring at her, as if it was going to swallow up the entire city.

"Maybe... it's a psychological effect."

Zhao Heyan did not dare to continue watching, and quickly withdrew her sight from the river and sighed softly.

The river control may have been issued when the third-generation robot went out of control, and it has not been lifted. It is not too strange that there is no announcement on the homepage.

Compared with this, what she should worry about most at the moment is that she will find clues related to Siren from her father tomorrow.

With deep worries, Zhao Heyan finally returned to the villa area built by the Tianxing Consortium, entered the community and came to her door.

But just as she dragged her suitcase and opened the door, preparing to have a good rest tonight, a foul smell suddenly blew in the house.

"Cough, cough cough cough!"

The disgusting smell made Zhao Heyan's throat feel strong and dry, but she restrained it and rushed into the house holding her breath.

"This smell comes from upstairs. What is so smelly?"

After Zhao Heyan vigilantly scanned the empty living room, she immediately determined that the source of the smell should be on the second floor.

And when she walked up the stairs quickly and came to the corridor on the second floor, her eyes widened, as if she saw a picture that made her soul tremble.

On the wall at the end of the corridor, there was a man's body that had been dead for a long time and had rotted all over.

It was her biological brother, the person Lin Lan hated the most - Zhao Hesheng!

"No... Impossible, what on earth..."

Such a shocking scene made Zhao Heyan feel cold all over, and even felt dizzy.

Although she hated Zhao Hesheng very much, he was very concerned about his family despite his twisted personality and his murderous behavior.

And the posture of Zhao Hesheng's death made Zhao Heyan feel terrified.

His neck was severely deformed, and the reason why the body was hanging on the wall was because his neck was smashed into the wall!

It was as if the murderer had a terrifying brute force, pinched Zhao Hesheng's neck, broke it, and then smashed the wall with a punch and embedded it!

Zhao Heyan suppressed the grief and fear in her heart, trembling and took out the pistol for self-defense from the inside of her cotton-padded jacket, and came to Zhao Hesheng's body step by step.

When she saw that the wall was even smashed with spider-web-like cracks because of the dent, Zhao Heyan's heart could no longer hold back, and she collapsed to the ground helplessly, covering her face and crying.

Her crying was not only for Zhao Hesheng's death.

It was also for her father, Zhao Tianyi.

In Orlan, there are only three types of people who can kill Zhao Hesheng, the son of a consortium, in this way.

The first is the out-of-control third-generation robot.

But the degree of decay of Zhao Hesheng's body is not very serious, which must have happened after the disappearance of the third-generation robot.

The second is those who came to Orlan from the Natlan Empire and the Nine Islands of Liaozhou. Some of them still have supernatural powers and may also have this ability.

But although Zhao Hesheng is a pervert with a twisted personality, he is not a fool.

Are those killers and bodyguards under Zhao Hesheng, and even the gate guards of the villa area who have to strictly check their identities when entering and leaving, all freeloaders?

Then the only identity of the murderer is the third possibility...

Zhao Heyan's mind flashed back to the last time in the Tianxing Building conference room, when her father Zhao Tianyi gave her a cold and indifferent look full of silent murderous intent.

"Sai... Ren!"

Zhao Heyan clenched her fists and confirmed everything.

Her face was covered with tears. Just as she was about to get up and ask someone to collect her brother's body, her eyes were suddenly attracted by the scene outside the window on the wall where Zhao Hesheng's body was hanging.

Her pupils suddenly shrank sharply, as if she saw something weird.

It snowed in Huanyang City.

But if it was just snowing, it would not be enough to shock her so much at this time.

The snowflakes that were supposed to be white outside the window were actually... filled with horror and ominous black.