Chapter 353 Meeting

Dinner time passed quickly.

Soon Sun Xiaoqing returned to the room with the dinner prepared for Li Qi.

Li Qi looked away from the outside and looked at Sun Xiaoqing.

He didn't speak, but Sun Xiaoqing understood what he wanted to ask.

After placing the rather sumptuous dinner on the wooden table in the room, Sun Xiaoqing exhaled and said to Li Qi with a slightly solemn tone:

"I have inquired clearly. This place is indeed dangerous, at least at night. It is said that all the people who went out at night never came back, and they don't know where they went."

During the dinner, whether Sun Xiaoqing believed it or not, Lisa told her about the town.

The town is called Springwood Town, which is quite famous in the local area.

The original manager of the town was also a business-minded person. He integrated the legends of nearby towns and compiled various ghost stories. He then used these ghost stories to attract tourists and turned the place into a ghost town.

It has been more than ten years since the town turned into a local tourist attraction. In the past ten years, nothing special has happened in the town.

Until after the Dark Day happened.

"The town disappeared, and even the people in the town disappeared. Lisa was a police officer in Stortford. After learning the news, her first reaction was that there were other strange stories in the town, so she and her partner thought Come to town to investigate, and then...they're trapped here."

Sun Xiaoqing continued to explain.

Except for Lisa, this is how many people here came to the town.

Either they came here because of the strange stories in the town, or they just wanted to pass by the town and take a look.

All the people who come here have one thing in common, that is, they originally wanted to enter here.

After listening to what Sun Xiaoqing said, Li Qi thought for a while and suddenly asked:

"If we say that only people who 'want' to enter here will come to this small town, then it stands to reason that the number of people should be increasing, but... we don't seem to have seen that many people today."

"Yes, Lisa said that the number of people here will be maintained at a certain number, and new people will appear only after the people in front of them 'disappear'.

"Yesterday, a family of three couldn't bear to stay here. They drove away after the sun went down and haven't returned yet. Then we came."

"A family of three?"

Li Qi captures the key.

Sun Xiaoqing nodded: "Yes, so if nothing else happens, there should be another person coming."

The town is like a container filled with water.

Only when the water originally existing in the container overflows can new water be accommodated into the town.

That doesn't sound like something pollution would do.

Because he received too little information, Li Qi could not guess the cause of the strange things happening in the small town for a while. He put aside these doubts for the time being and turned to ask Sun Xiaoqing another question:

"Have you ever asked them which side to choose when faced with a fork in the road?"

"right."

Sun Xiaoqing answered immediately without thinking.

Li Qi narrowed his eyes: "Everyone?"

"Everyone is the same, without exception. They all chose the right side and came to this small town."

Sun Xiaoqing nodded.

The people in the mansion have lived here for a long time. When they came, Vincent, the mayor who is now temporarily responsible for managing the town, also asked them about the situation when they came here.

After investigation and comparison, they found that everyone who came to the town took the right branch road to enter the town.

There are no exceptions.

So no one knows where the left side leads. Even if they go back now and want to take the left side, they can't find the fork in the road they encountered before.

The passage connecting the town to the outside seems to have become a 'ring', and no one can leave this ring.

They can only live in the small town in the ring, not knowing when they can get out or how long they will stay here.

"Who was the first person to come here?"

Li Qi then asked again.

Sun Xiaoqing replied: "It's Lisa. She and her partner came to this town first. At that time, the town was deserted. Her partner went out to investigate at night and never came back. Then the next day Sent is here."

Sun Xiaoqing paused here. She recalled the news she got from Lisa and continued:

"Vincent had just been discharged from the army and originally wanted to drive around the United States to relax. On the way, he heard news about the small town. He was interested and stopped by here to have a look, but he didn't expect that he would not be able to go back.

"Lin Hui was the third person to arrive here because his mother liked strange rumors very much. In order to make his mother happy, Lin Hui took her to this small town, but he didn't expect that he would not be able to get out after he arrived. ”

There are currently three managers of the town, the town mayor Vincent, the town deputy mayor Lin Hui, and the mansion manager Lisa. All three of them were the first to arrive here, and one of them is the police chief. One is a veteran with management experience, so it is normal for him to become the temporary manager here.

"Where is Lin Hui? What is his identity?"

"His identity is very ordinary. He is just a fitness instructor at a gym. Oh, I heard that he has good shooting skills. He also has a gun license and carries a gun with him."

If that's the case, no wonder he is one of the managers here.

Li Qi nodded understandingly.

In this small town, external identities can no longer be used. The only thing that can determine who is superior and who is inferior is the most primitive force.

Sheriff Lisa has a gun, so it’s not surprising that she would become a manager.

Vincent had just come down from the army, and perhaps he also carried a gun. Coupled with his status as a retired soldier, it was reasonable for him to become the mayor here.

Although Lin Hui has an ordinary status, since he brought a gun and came early, it is normal for him to become the third manager.

And the most important thing is that these three people look very kind, and they don't look like people who would do evil just because they have some power.

Perhaps it is for this reason that the people currently living in the town choose them as managers.

"So, there is no problem with the identity of the people here? Are they all normal humans?"

Li Qi asked again.

Sun Xiaoqing was startled when she heard this: "...It should be...no problem, right?"

Originally, she had no doubts about the human identity of these people, but now that Li Qi asked, she was a little unsure.

She asked with some fear: "There...are there people here who are not human?"

"I don't know, I just asked casually, okay, it's getting late, let's go to bed early."

Li Qi did not elaborate.

He just felt something was wrong. This feeling of something wrong came from the strength of his soul. The higher the strength of the soul, the higher the perception of danger.

It is also commonly known as the sixth sense.

Or you can call it ‘intuition’.

Li Qi's intuition did not allow him to sense too much danger, but it made him feel that this place was very strange and the people here were also very strange.

Obviously, their breathing, heartbeat, and blood flow were no different from those of normal humans, but Li Qi always had the feeling that they were not like normal humans.

Moreover, the figure of Sun Xiaoqing and himself that he had vaguely seen outside also made him very concerned.

Maybe if you have time, you can go out at night to see what is going on. Anyway, Li Qi is using a puppet body, so there is no need to worry about accidents.

…

"Knightsman?!"

Inside the mansion, the knight met Sun Xiaoqing.

Sun Xiaoqing, who was leading a child, also looked shocked after seeing the knight.

She subconsciously glanced at the child beside her, and when she saw the child beside Sun Xiaoqing, the knight couldn't help but widen her eyes:

"Meng An!? Why did you bring Teacher Zhang's grandson here?!"

The knight suppressed his voice and asked Sun Xiaoqing quite angrily.

The little boy named Meng An next to Sun Xiaoqing blinked at him, and then asked Sun Xiaoqing in a very innocent tone:

"Aunt Sun, who is this uncle?"

"...He...he's a colleague of mine."

Sun Xiaoqing felt like crying but had no tears.

The knight knew why she had such an expression, because he was a middle-level code member or a code member affiliated with an agent.

The agents are under the Death Star and are responsible for cleaning up the traitors within the Monuments Society.

Sun Xiaoqing has now betrayed the Ancient Monuments Society, and it stands to reason that the knight has the right to kill her directly here.

But fortunately for Sun Xiaoqing, the knight came here today not to get rid of her, but just to convey the agent's words.

Originally...that's how it was.

"Damn! Why did you bring him here!"

The knight resisted the urge to grab Sun Xiaoqing's collar and beat her up, and suppressed his anger and asked.

Sun Xiaoqing opened her mouth, turned to look at Meng An, and said aggrievedly:

"Yes... Meng An wanted to come here, so I brought him here..."

"If he wants to come, just let him come! Do you know what's going on in the world right now! Do you know that once you come here, you probably won't be able to go back! Damn it! How do you want me to explain to the agents now! !”

The more the knight talked, the more he became uncontrollable.

The world situation is becoming increasingly chaotic, and there are only a few days left before the predicted doomsday.

No one knows what form the end of the world will take. It may be natural disasters or pollution.

But no matter which one it is, the world structure will be completely different from now!

Countries will definitely be unable to maintain the original order. Under such a situation, it is unknown whether those who originally stayed abroad can successfully return to the country!

At this time, Sun Xiaoqing brought Meng An to the United States Federation. If they fail to return to China before the end, they will probably have to stay here! Never go back!

When the United States Federation encounters major world events, the country will be in chaos. This is something the whole world knows!

When the time comes, how can Sun Xiaoqing alone protect Meng An!

The more the knight thought about it, the angrier he became. If he hadn't thought of someone else beside him, he might have been unable to bear it and would have gone up and beat Sun Xiaoqing violently.