Chapter 352 Reptiles and Knights

As the night deepened, candles lit up in the mansion.

Sun Xiaoqing and Li Qi then discovered that all the light sources in the mansion came from candles and oil lamps, but these candles and oil lamps were as bright as electric incandescent lamps.

Just after eight o'clock in the evening, the bell rang in the mansion.

Sun Xiaoqing left the room alone to eat in the kitchen on the first floor. When she arrived, she found that in addition to Lisa and Jeff, who she had met today, there were seven more people.

There were four men and three women among the seven people. Among the three girls, there was a little girl who looked about ten years old, about the same age as Li Qi.

The little girl had long dark red hair and followed a woman with the same hair color. From the looks of it, they should be mother and daughter.

Among the remaining five people, three of the four men looked like students. They were wearing school uniforms of an unknown school.

The other man was a middle-aged man in his fifties. He was thin in a suit and his short gray hair was a little messy.

He sat alone in the corner, spinning his fork with his fingers. When he saw Sun Xiaoqing come out, he looked at her, then looked away and stopped paying attention.

The last woman was a fat black woman with a headscarf on her head, thick lips, and a fur coat on her body. She looked like a rich person.

Sun Xiaoqing looked around them and finally landed on Lisa who was bringing out food from the kitchen.

Lisa put down the food in her hand and looked at Sun Xiaoqing. Seeing that she came out alone, she asked in surprise:

"Where is your... nephew?"

"He fell asleep in the room. I didn't disturb him because he was sleeping soundly. Please leave me a dinner later and I'll take it back for him."

Sun Xiaoqing said politely.

Lisa didn't say anything, just said:

"That's a pity. I originally wanted him to meet Kate. Now there are only two children of the same age in the town."

After hearing what Lisa said, Sun Xiaoqing quickly understood who Kate was. It was obviously the little red-haired girl in a white dress.

When the little girl heard Lisa mention her, she looked up at Sun Xiaoqing, and there seemed to be some expectation in her eyes.

"... Let's talk about it after he wakes up."

Sun Xiaoqing laughed dryly.

Li Qi is nine years old, but Sun Xiaoqing always feels that he doesn't look like a nine-year-old child, and it is unlikely that he can play with people of the same age.

But it is not her decision whether to get to know him or not, and she has to go back to ask Li Qi's opinion.

As for now, Sun Xiaoqing wants to take advantage of dinner time to find out the situation here as soon as possible and see what this town is all about.

...

"No signal... Not even a satellite phone?"

Li Qi, who was alone in the room, naturally did not rest as Sun Xiaoqing said.

He was fiddling with the mobile phone in his hand. At this moment, he had two mobile phones in his hand, one of which was his own and the other was Sun Xiaoqing's satellite phone.

The original mobile phone had no signal. Except for some small games that did not require networking that were downloaded before, all other networked software could not be used.

It would be fine if I knew it, but even the satellite phone could not be used.

This is not underground, and Li Qi is sitting by the window. Logically, there should be no signal, but even the satellite phone cannot be used.

"Is it isolated from the world?"

Putting down the phone, Li Qi turned his head and looked at the night sky outside the window.

The night sky is full of stars, and the full moon hanging in the sky shines on the whole town, making the town extremely bright, so bright that even if you look far away, you can clearly see the scenery over there.

Li Qi looked at the full moon in the sky, a little absent-minded, and suddenly he seemed to think of something, and immediately took out his phone to call up the calendar to see the current date.

Today is November 19th, the 24th day of the 10th lunar month, and as we all know, only the 15th of each month is the full moon day!

So this full moon in the sky is definitely not normal!

So is the pollution here related to the moon in the sky?

Li Qi couldn't help but make such an association.

After looking at the moon for a while, Li Qi's eyes moved down to observe the whole town.

He was just casually scanning the area, but suddenly his eyes fixed on a corner of the town.

I don’t know if it was his illusion, but he seemed to have seen another Sun Xiaoqing… and another self.

…

On the road in the forest, in front of two forks leading to different roads.

A man in a suit with an oriental face stood at the fork in the road and made a phone call:

“I lost them. They disappeared at the fork in the road.”

The man said to his companion on the other end of the phone.

As soon as the man finished speaking, the sound of keyboard tapping came from the other end of the phone, followed by a girl's voice:

"No, there shouldn't be a fork in the road ahead of you."

"The fact is, there is indeed a fork in the road ahead of me, [Crawler], are you sure you didn't navigate it wrong?"

"It's a bug, not a crawler! Damn it!"

The 'Crawler' on the other end of the phone cursed with dissatisfaction, and then said: "Then I don't know, but I guess it is very likely that the place is affected by some kind of pollution. My suggestion is that you return immediately now. Anyway, if Sun Xiaoqing dies, my mission will be completed."

"After all, she was a former companion. If she really entered a polluted place, we have to find a way to rescue her."

The man in the suit sighed.

They are codenamed members of the Monuments Association sent by [Agent] Zhao Hong to deliver news to Sun Xiaoqing and protect him.

The woman's code name is [BUG], she is proficient in hacking technology, and is the most powerful network hacker under the agents.

The man’s code name is [Xia Ke], he is proficient in dozens of ancient oriental martial arts, and is proficient in all swords, spears, swords and halberds.

The two are a two-person team. The BUG is responsible for providing target information and mission details, and the knight is responsible for executing the mission.

This mission to find Sun Xiaoqing was assigned to them by the agent. Their goal was to find Sun Xiaoqing, provide her with appropriate protection, and convey the agent's words to Sun Xiaoqing.

Originally, they were chasing Sun Xiaoqing's mobile phone signal and followed her all the way here.

Unexpectedly, as he was getting closer, Sun Xiaoqing's cell phone signal disappeared here.

The man looked at the fork in the road ahead and didn't know which way to go, so he called the [Crawler] on the other end of the phone to confirm the next route.

It's just that after the crawler lost the signal, it couldn't re-lock Sun Xiaoqing's mobile phone signal for a while. She checked there again, and then said to the man:

"If it doesn't work out, just choose your own path. But I would say it's better for you to come back. If it's really polluted, even if you can escape, you'll still have to pay a certain price."

"It's okay. You know the power of my magical objects. No matter what kind of desperate situation it is, I can at least guarantee that I will survive."

"Okay, if you insist."

The reptile stopped trying to persuade him. After hanging up the phone, the knight stood in front of the intersection and thought about it carefully, and finally chose the left path.

The knight's idea is very simple, men are on the left and women are on the right. He is the only man here at the moment, so of course he has to go to the left.

The car started and entered the road on the left. The knight turned on the car lights and looked around the road warily. At the same time, he put his right hand on his chest and grasped the silver cross on his chest.

This is his rare item, the [Cross of Rebirth], which has the ability to bring the user back from the dead.

But the price is that the gender and age after resurrection cannot be fixed.

And its personality will also change into a personality similar to the gender and age after resurrection, but the memory will not change.

The knight was originally a woman, which is why he teamed up with BUG who didn't like men very much.

It's just that he died once in a mission before, and after being resurrected by the Rebirth Cross, he changed into his current appearance and personality.

The knight himself didn't think there was anything wrong, but BUG seemed to have a problem with it. Ever since he became like this, BUG had never had a good look towards him.

Anyway, the cross of rebirth is the confidence that the knight dares to break into the polluted land. With this cross, the knight can at least ensure that he survives.

The car drove forward in the night, and the knight looked around with vigilant eyes.

Not long after driving, a small town at night appeared in front of the knight.

The lights in the town were bright, and people could be seen doing work with lights on on the road. When they saw the knight's car, they all raised their heads and looked at the knight, with complex emotions in their eyes that the knight could not understand.

The vigilante looked away from them, looking around the town, and finally stopped at a place that looked like a bar.

The bar was brightly lit, but there was no sign outside the door. If the knight hadn't seen the people drinking and chatting through the light projected from the room, he probably wouldn't have thought it was a bar.

After getting off the car and arriving at the door of the bar, the knight pushed open the door and entered.

The moment he entered the bar, everyone in the bar looked at him.

Being stared at by these people, the knight became wary. He glanced at everyone, came to the front of the bar, and found a seat away from the crowd.

When the bartender working behind the bar saw him sitting down, a strange meaning flashed in his eyes, and he asked the knight:

"You... want something to drink?"

"Just bring me anything. By the way, I want to ask you something."

The knight casually said to the bartender.

"What's up?"

"Have you ever seen a woman, an oriental woman, driving a rented black Beetle and wearing a dark red coat?"

The knight asked the bartender for news about Sun Xiaoqing.

As soon as he finished speaking, a yellow-skinned young man wearing a cowboy hat in the bar stood up and said:

"Are you asking Ms. Sun?"

"Um?"

The knight turned to look at the young man, who smiled at him and said, "Ms. Sun lives in the mansion now. If you know her, I can take you there."

"Who are you?"

The knight asked the young man's identity.

The young man took off his cowboy hat, revealing a Chinese face. He stretched out his hand and introduced himself to the knight:

"My name is Lin Hui, and I am the mayor of this town...well, at least for now."

He introduced himself like this.