Chapter 402 The Next Day

"There is no point in relying solely on speculation. Even if the city lord is really the mastermind, we alone can't do anything to him for the time being. We can't even contact him."

Lin Qi was silent for a moment, and his expression calmed down:

"It's only the second day now, there are still several days to go, don't worry, we will do our thing at our own pace. Our performance today should be very conspicuous. Whether Terry Knight is accomplice or not, we will definitely put it down We will report our existence to the city lord, and his position will naturally be known from his reaction."

Miss Diana asked: "Don't you need to test Knight Terry or ask him to keep our secret?"

"I planned to do this at first, but when I think about it carefully, it makes no sense. There are too many soldiers who witnessed what we did, and there are probably people from the city lord among them. We can't keep them all secret. So we asked Terry to keep it secret. It won’t do anything except expose the problems we have discovered about the city lord, so it’s better to just let nature take its course.”

Officer Natalie looked stern: "The four soldiers just now..."

"They don't have to worry, because they took the money and told the truth. Of course, the premise is that what they told is indeed the truth." Lynch sneered, "They can't take the initiative to tell Knight Terry or Butler Lodge. , think about what they said, hey, you see, I sold you out for money, that’s pretty cool, hey, don’t pinch anyone.”

Avoiding the fingers of the police officer and the meaningful gaze of the countess, Lynch pretended to go to check the human face fruit planted last night and went around to the other side of Judy, temporarily surviving.

Nightingale and the others were indeed the best selected fruits, and the ten ones last night had successfully sprouted.

Before it matures, this thing is no different from an ordinary shrub. It just grows extremely fast and cannot be watered without human blood for a day, otherwise it will wither. Once it grows and the fruit turns into a human form, if it is not picked within two hours, it will madly absorb the blood and life of surrounding creatures until the fruit finally explodes and the seeds spread around.

At this time, due to the presence of the mother's body, there is no need to water it with blood. The mother's body will automatically transfer the blood to the offspring, making the area of ​​​​the human face fruit larger and larger, and finally forming a dead land with only this kind of plant.

But that was later, at least for now, these were still ten cute little shrubs.

Lynch bought a wooden bucket from the Plaza Grocery Store, cut his palms and poured water into them. Then, when no one was looking, he watered ten shrubs with his own blood.

What is quite strange is that as soon as the blood water comes into contact with the branches and leaves of the shrub, the shrub begins to greedily suck the bloody water, just like those crazy vampires in the legend of his hometown. And as he watered, Lynch actually developed a kind of relationship with this thing. The feeling of closeness, as if connected by blood, made his heart tremble.

This was the first time he had come into contact with a purely mysterious creature. His throat went dry when he saw it. He could only say that it was indeed a mysterious creature. This thing was indeed evil.

After watering the ten shrubs, the four of them were finally relieved. The ten human-faced fruits were all healthy, which meant that the entire mission went smoothly. There was nothing special about it except that everyone might die together and not be able to get out.

"If you don't tell Knight Terry, what about Dr. Swain?" Miss Diana was obviously not interested in everyone dying here, thinking, "Her identity should not be as sensitive as Mr. Terry."

"Well, I think she can be trusted, but I won't rush to reveal it to her tonight. I want to wait until I have contact with that old lunatic who casually curses people before I make a decision." Lynch pondered, "Dr. Swain Just a month after he came back, he appeared here. I don't believe that there is no connection at all. Anyway, I will learn more about it from the old lunatic's mouth tonight, which is the last insurance. It won't be too late to tell her about the city lord tomorrow. I think it's not too early now. Let's go to the woods first before the city gate closes. After planting the last five fruits, we can go home and try to trick her again when she comes back. I hope there won't be any more trouble at the fortress barracks this afternoon. Something unexpected happened."

The plan was decided, and the four of them no longer hesitated. They put aside the matter of the city lord for the time being and went straight to the east city gate, where they entered the city.

As soon as we arrived at the city gate, we found that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

There were at least forty or fifty people gathered outside the city. They were all foreign travelers. In addition to the few soldiers who kindly reminded them yesterday, the gatekeepers also came with a few auxiliary soldiers. At this time, they were controlling the situation with serious expressions. A small shack was built next to the city gate, and one came in and the other was brought into the shack.

The people outside complained and kept urging, but they did not dare to resist in the face of the shining swords of the gatekeepers. They lined up outside the city honestly, but looked eastward from time to time, as if someone might catch up behind them at any time.

"What is this doing?"

The three ladies were a little confused, especially the small shack. Everyone who went in was sorting out their clothes when they came out, and some of them were wearing crooked clothes, which looked quite weird. But Lynch understood it at a glance.

"That's what I suggested to Dr. Swain this morning. A physical examination. I'm afraid those with injuries will not be able to come in. They will be detained and quarantined on the spot. It will take a few hours for them to be freed."

I was a little surprised that these people were really able to draw inferences from one instance and asked the soldiers with Terry's badge. Sure enough, it was Dr. Swain who reminded Knight Terry that all four city gates had added this step.

No one has been bitten yet, but several people have fresh scratches on their bodies. They were detained directly and can only leave after six hours.

There is always a feeling of impending storm. Lynch feels that the pressure in the atmosphere has risen suddenly, but this is necessary, otherwise the xx crisis will spread too easily.

"But why are there so many people?" Officer Natalie asked in confusion, "Didn't there be no outsiders entering the city yesterday?"

The answer is not surprising, the ghouls are coming.

It is not the kind of ghoul rumors that were previously caught in the wind and shadow, or the shadow of the ghouls seen from a distance. This time, almost everyone has seen it up close, and they are lurking nearby, and there are quite a few of them.

Although there is no actual attack, the terrifying image and smell of the ghouls frightened the travelers passing by, so they fled nearby.

The four people realized that the three-day siege mentioned in the test was about to begin.

It was not a real siege, but like now, the surroundings were completely blocked to cut off entry and exit, until the ghouls began to attack the city three days later, and took the city away in a dozen hours.

However, it was not the last day yet, and the surroundings were still safe. The four people still followed the original plan and went into the grove where they came from, and secretly planted the last five fruits.

And under Lynch's instigation, the three ladies claimed one each. According to Lynch, hanging the heads of the four people at the door of No. 221 at that time would definitely attract a lot of attention.

Officer Natalie thought it was right, and it could also attract a lot of police officers, but... this guy rarely goes crazy, so let's go crazy with him.

So, the three of them each chose one, and the matter was settled. However, when the last fruit was planted, a foul smell that was hard to ignore suddenly floated into the noses of the four people.

The four people instantly grasped their weapons.

This smell is too recognizable, it is the foul smell of the ghoul.

It is said to come from a fungus, but it doesn't matter where it comes from. The important thing is that the ghoul is nearby.

Sure enough, the sight passed through the sparse woods, and the four people immediately saw that there were two strange figures wandering in the depths of the jungle.

More than a day after arriving at the Memories of Strange Things, the four finally saw a real ghoul for the first time.