Chapter 353 Meeting

Dinner time passed quickly.

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

Li Qi withdrew his gaze from outside and looked at Sun Xiaoqing.

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

After placing the rather sumptuous dinner on the wooden table in the room, Sun Xiaoqing let out a breath and said to Li Qi in a slightly serious tone:

"I've already found out. This place is indeed very dangerous, at least at night. It is said that anyone who goes out at night never comes back, and no one knows where they go."

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

The town is called Chunmu Town, and it is quite famous locally.

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

It has been more than ten years since the town was transformed into a local tourist attraction, and nothing special has happened in the town during these years.

Until the Dark Day occurs.

"The town disappeared, and the people in it disappeared with it. Lisa is a police officer in Stovford. When she heard the news, her first reaction was that there was another strange story in the town, so she and her partner wanted to come to the town to investigate, and then... they were trapped here."

Sun Xiaoqing continued to explain.

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

Either they come here for the town's ghost stories, or they just decide to pass by the town and take a look.

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

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

"If only people who 'want' to come here come to this town, then the number of people should increase. However... we don't seem to have seen so many people today."

"Yes, Lisa said that the number of people here will be maintained at a certain level, and new people will only appear when the previous people 'disappear'.

"Yesterday, a family of three couldn't stand staying here any longer, so they drove away after the sun went down and haven't returned since. Then we came here."

"A family of three?"

Li Qi captured the key.

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

The town is like a container filled with water.

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

That doesn't sound like something pollution would do.

Because he had too little information, Li Qi couldn't guess the true nature of the strange things happening in the town. He put aside these doubts for the time being and asked Sun Xiaoqing another question:

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

"right."

Sun Xiaoqing answered immediately without thinking.

Li Qi narrowed his eyes: "Everyone?"

"Everyone, without exception, chose the right side and came to this town."

Sun Xiaoqing nodded.

These people in the mansion have lived here for a long time. When they came, Vincent, the mayor who is now temporarily in charge of the town, also asked about their situation when they came here.

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

There is no exception.

So no one knew where the left led to. Even if they went back and wanted to go left, they would not be able to find the fork in the road they encountered before.

The passage connecting the town to the outside world seemed to have turned into a 'ring' and no one could leave the ring.

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

“Who was the first person to come here?”

Li Qi asked again.

Sun Xiaoqing replied, "It was Lisa. She and her partner came to the town first. The town was empty at the time. Her partner went out to investigate at night and never came back. Then Vincent came the next day."

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

“Vincent had just been discharged from the army and was planning to drive around the Commonwealth to relax. He heard about the town along the way and came here to take a look because he was interested. But he didn’t expect that he could not go back.

"Lin Hui was the third person to arrive here. Because his mother liked ghost stories very much, Lin Hui brought her to this town to make her happy. However, he didn't expect that he would be unable to leave once he arrived."

Currently, there are three managers of the town, the town mayor Vincent, the town deputy mayor Lin Hui, and the mansion manager Lisa, the three were the first people to arrive here. One of them is a sheriff and the other is a veteran. They all have management experience, so it is normal for them to become temporary managers here.

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

"His identity is quite ordinary. He is just a fitness trainer in a gym. Oh, I heard that he has good shooting skills and has a gun license. He always carries a gun with him."

I see. No wonder he is one of the managers here.

Li Qi nodded in understanding.

In this small town, outside identities are obviously no longer useful. The only thing that can decide who is superior and who is inferior is the most primitive force.

Sheriff Lisa has a gun, so it's no surprise that she would become the manager.

Vincent had just come out of the army, and perhaps he was carrying a gun. Plus, given 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 arrived 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 don’t seem like the kind of people who would take advantage of their power to do evil.

Perhaps that is why the people currently living in the town chose them as managers.

"So, everyone here has no identity issues? They are 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 this, she became a little unsure.

She asked with some fear: "Is there someone in here...who is not human?"

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

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Li Qi did not elaborate.

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

This is commonly known as the sixth sense.

Or you can call it 'intuition'.

Li Qi's intuition did not make him 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 circulation are no different from normal humans, but Li Qi always has a feeling that they are not normal humans.

Moreover, he was also concerned about the vague figures of Sun Xiaoqing and himself who appeared outside before.

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

…

"Knight?!"

Inside the mansion, the knight met Sun Xiaoqing.

Sun Xiaoqing, who was bringing a child with her, was also shocked when she saw the knight.

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

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

The knight suppressed his voice and questioned Sun Xiaoqing angrily.

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

"Aunt Sun, who is this uncle?"

"…He…he is 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 mid-level code member and a code member affiliated with the agent.

The agents under the Death Star are specifically responsible for clearing out traitors within the Antiquities Society.

Sun Xiaoqing has now betrayed the Ancient Monuments Society, so the knight should have the power to kill her here directly.

Fortunately for Sun Xiaoqing, the knight did not come here today to get rid of her, but just to convey the agent's words.

Originally... it should be like this.

"Damn it! Why did you bring him here!"

The knight resisted the urge to grab Sun Xiaoqing by the collar and beat her up, and asked, suppressing his anger.

Sun Xiaoqing opened her mouth, turned to look at Meng An, and said rather 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 may not be able to go back? Damn it! How can I explain this to the agents now?!"

The more the knight spoke, the more he became uncontrollably emotional.

The world situation is becoming increasingly chaotic, and the predicted end of the world is only a few days away.

No one knows how the end of the world will come to this world. It may be continuous natural disasters, or it may be widespread pollution.

But no matter which one it is, the world situation at that time will be completely different from now!

Countries will certainly not be able to maintain the original order. Under such a situation, it is unknown whether those who originally stayed abroad can return to the country smoothly!

At this time, Sun Xiaoqing brought Meng An to the United States Federation. If they failed to return to China before the end of the world, they would probably have to stay here and never go back!

It is known to the whole world how chaotic the United States will be when faced with major world events!

By then, how could Sun Xiaoqing alone protect Meng An!

The knight became angrier the more he thought about it. If he hadn't considered that there were other people nearby, he would have lost his patience and would have beaten Sun Xiaoqing up.

(End of this chapter)