Chapter 361: Inhuman (169) (1st + 2nd) [VIP]

Most of the people present didn't know who Qiao Bie was.

This name sounds very ordinary. Even in the team within the City of Violence, not everyone knows the names of the people in power in this city. Generally speaking, this information is only needed to be known by the team leader. The team members only need to follow the team leader's arrangements to explore the ghost stories.

Even though most of the Foundation's employees have found various reasons and used various methods to leave their original teams and set up their own businesses, a few days are not enough for them to understand the City of Violence to this extent.

People who don’t know who this name belongs to are naturally confused, and those who know what this name stands for are just as confused as them.

Bai Jinshu's words actually caused an eerie silence.

Hang Yiqing exhaled slowly: "Tell me about it."

His reaction was calmer than Bai Jinshu had expected. He had been prepared for Hang Yiqing to get furious after he said this.

However, judging from the impression that Hang Yiqing gave them during this period, the word "furious" would basically not appear in describing him. The angriest he had ever been in anyone's memory was when he restrained himself and smashed a cup only after all the thugs had left.

"Bingqi," everyone around was a little hesitant. Yun Guang took the initiative to step forward and start a conversation. He also explained to the confused foundation employees behind him, "Are you talking about the kid from Purple Street? The one who was adopted by the Purple Street gang and was eventually replaced by a fake person to become the patriarch of the Qiao family in the City of Violence?"

After he said this, several Foundation employees in the City of Violence behind him remembered and their faces showed alternating expressions of surprise and sudden enlightenment.

The Qiao family knew about this, but this person actually came from Purple Street and had even been replaced by a fake person...

"Yun Guang," someone asked hurriedly, "Didn't they say that fake people can only replace newcomers in investment banks?"

He was adopted by the Purple Street Gang and has lived in this Novice Village for at least a dozen years. How could he be a member who can only stay in the Novice Village for fifteen days?

"This is very complicated to explain," Yun Guang thought for a while, "I'll explain it in detail when I have time. The main question now is why do you think Qiao Bie is suitable, Bingqi?"

When they communicated before, they always referred to him as the child. This name, which was not welcomed by Hang Yiqing and Lao Guan, rarely appeared in their conversations. After the two sides exchanged messages, the fire on Zi Street and the child's betrayal became the result of being replaced by a fake person. At this time, the name used to refer to him was not "child" but "Qiao Bie", which made it hard not to doubt whether his implication was to intentionally separate the people represented by these two names.

"Well," Bai Jinshu nodded, "He is very likely different from other pseudo-humans."

In fact, there were signs of this anomaly a long time ago. After all, most of the pseudo-people are not actually the identities they occupy, so naturally it is impossible to know the detailed details about their past.

If the Qiao Bie they met in front of the Powder Building was a fake person who had killed all his former relatives without any regrets, then why would he dream about what happened in the middle of the night and even excuse his actions in his nightmares?

There is definitely something wrong with the fact that Qiao Bie's hallucinations can appear in ghost stories and become a nightmare of "regret that cannot be let go".

"Indeed..." Guan Hongyan muttered softly, "There is definitely something wrong with this."

At first, everyone thought that the man who burned down the gang was the one who abandoned Purple Street after seeing the prosperous world. No one doubted his behavior of feeling regret when he recalled Purple Street in his midnight dreams, and even trying to excuse himself in the illusion.

But after confirming that the current Qiao Bie was replaced by a fake person, this matter became wrong.

The fake person seems to have the emotions of a real child and is regretting what he has done?

"Does he think of himself as a child?" Xiao Tang said frankly, "Well, I remember that the child said that he had brothers and sisters around him when he was young. The audience in the live broadcast has watched him grow up. How do you say it? They have become what's called a mom fan? So after replacing him, they can empathize with him?"

"It's not impossible..." Yun Guang touched his chin, "When Changfen and I were in Port N, we killed many fake people, but none like this. Starting with him might really be a breakthrough."

After all, collecting materials is no longer an option now, so we can only start with this abandoned case and this unique pseudo-person.

"Well... how can I put it," Yuan Shanming said weakly, "Will it be of any use if we go?"

Can this group of people convince a fake person to backstab his own kind and lead them into his own space with just words?

Even if the fake person has the memory of a child, it would be more useful to have Lao Guan and Hang Yiqing to compare, right?

But...these two people were originally willing to help them overthrow the fake person because of the child. Now, no one can accept asking them to come forward and face the person who may have killed their child, right?

He plucked up the courage to look at Hang Yiqing, but only saw his hands stroking the rim of the cup.

"Let's try it first," Yun Guang made a prompt decision, interrupting Yuan Shanming's next words, and spoke again to Hang Yiqing, "By the way, when we came back from outside, we brought the dragon in the subway with us. As a strange story in the subway, he should know a lot about the pseudo-human space. I think you two should see it. I'll tell you in detail about the situation in the subway..."

Yun Guang and Hang Yiqing left, leaving the others in the hall looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Then...are we still going?" Lu Changfeng scratched his head.

"Go," Bai Jinshu and Xu Zichen said in unison. Bai Jinshu continued, "Hang Yiqing will definitely not be able to get over it, but we must fight for Qiao Bie."

Now that the Novice Village is in such chaos, some unexpected situation must have occurred on the side of the pseudo-people. They even took the initiative to cut off the signal from the investment bank, turning the Novice Village into an isolated island.

This also means that the Novice Village at this time is completely out of the control of the investment bank.

No one knows whether the investment bank has a backup plan in the pseudo-human space. Before, it took them a long time to find a place without live broadcast. Now, not to mention the signal, not even a single character can be transmitted in the entire space. This is a great opportunity to destroy the pseudo-human space.

If they don't seize the opportunity now, who knows whether the investment bank will let people enter the Novice Village after they leave.

"But there's a problem," someone from the Foundation interrupted, "Now that there's a problem with the subway, how are you going to get to the capital of violence?"

The No Man's Land is far away from the City of Violence. It only takes a few minutes to get there by subway, but on a real map it takes at least three days of travel. Not to mention whether everyone has three days left here, it will take three days of travel alone. It will be difficult to hide from the fake people who are attacking the newcomers on the road.

"We have no problem," Bai Jinshu glanced at the people around him and named them. "I, Xiao Tang, Jin Ling and Brother Yuan all have the ability to use Thousand Miles a Day. This buff can ignore the distance and directly transfer through space. The CD is twelve hours, so we can definitely go to the City of Violence."

"No problem with me," Xiao Tang waved his hand, "Just leave Huangmao here."

Jin Ling also nodded.

"It's not possible for the two of us," Guan Hongyan and Xu Zichen shrugged, "It would be possible if we could use that dragon to transfer, but Yun Guang just wants to ask him a question now."

The current state of the Novice Village is at least 80% to blame for the subway breakdown. All transfers between areas here rely on the subway, and the distances between areas are far, so once a problem occurs, not only will the foundation that has lost contact with the investment bank become an isolated island, but every area in the Novice Village will be an isolated island.

When they discovered that someone was slaughtering a large number of newcomers, the team that was not well-informed and unaware of the subway accident had no choice but to leave by subway and fall into the trap of the fake people again.

"Why don't you join us? We plan to go to the No Man's Land and take a look around it," one of the Foundation employees volunteered. "There are not many fake people here, and they don't come in groups. Maybe we can capture one alive and get something out of him."

Guan Hongyan and Xu Zichen nodded.

This is probably what most people can do nowadays.

It is best to go to the city of violence as soon as possible. As for Hang Yiqing, Yun Guang took him away not only to talk about Xiaohuo, but also to do some ideological work on him indirectly.

They have to make the preliminary preparations on Qiao Bie's side first before waiting for Hang Yiqing to come and give him the final blow.

Everyone from the foundation teamed up with acquaintances and left this strange place in twos and threes: "Then you go and fight for that Qiao Bie, we'll see if we can catch a tongue."

Xiao Tang and Huang Mao's situation is special, so Huang Mao decides to stay in the ghost story and let Xiao Tang go out with everyone.

"Oh, right," Xiao Tang patted Yuan Shanming on the shoulder as they were preparing to move. "Brother Yuan, where are the rest of our teammates?"

So many things happened in just a few hours. They had been chasing the truth about the Novice Village these days and actually forgot that there were several teammates in the City of the Dead.

"Hiss..." Yuan Shanming also shuddered, "I forgot!"

It's no wonder that he forgot. Everyone around him had a look of surprise on their faces. If Xiao Tang hadn't mentioned it this time, no one would have remembered that there were still a few team members in the City of Violence.

Now all the newbies in the new village are being hunted down by fake people, and no one knows what happened to these people.

Yuan Shanming was startled and quickly opened the terminal to check the information of his bound team members.

The two girls who stayed in the city of violence were Xiaofei, Lao Ma, and Litao.

Yuan Shanming had been prepared to see that the team members were dead when he opened their information, but he did not expect that after opening it, four of them were still shown as alive.

"They're still alive?!" Yuan Shanming blurted out in surprise. After a few seconds, he realized that it was a bit wrong to say that. It sounded like he really wanted these four people to die. He added belatedly, "They should still be in the teahouse."

If something happens in the Novice Village, the safest place is inside the various ghost stories, especially the ghost stories with triggering conditions like the teahouse.

The team that can enter must collect materials in advance and obtain the approval of the ghost story master, who is also the owner of the teahouse, before they can enter.

In such a chaotic situation, the teahouse owner will definitely not let the fake person in. The [Teahouse] in the City of the Dead is the safest place because it keeps its doors closed for ghost stories.

Bai Jinshu and Jin Ling looked at each other and said nothing.

This situation might not just involve the teahouse, but also Old Ma.

After all, they didn't believe that a newcomer in his thirties could enter an investment bank without some secrets.

"Brother Yuan," Bai Jinshu spoke first, "How about we assign someone to pick them up? Or check on their condition?"

People's performance when facing a crisis cannot deceive others. If you want to find out the true colors of Lao Ma, the best way is to see what he does when facing a crisis.

[Then I'll go,] Jin Ling thought for a moment and quickly made a decision, [Right now the Novice Village is in chaos, it's dangerous to walk on the streets or appear in human settlements, my bugs can help me find the way and observe the surrounding situation.]

Yuan Shanming is an ordinary person. Even as the team leader, he can hardly guarantee his safety when the pseudo-people go crazy and kill each other. Xiao Tang and Huangmao are in a special situation. Huangmao has no means of self-protection. There is only one shadow puppet Xiao Tang to step on the mines, and the real body must definitely stay in the no-man's land to ensure his life safety.

In addition, the confrontation with Qiao Bie requires some smart people. It would be best if Xiao Tang and Cen Bingqi both go. The foundation member who is from the same organization as Cen Bingqi will definitely go wherever Cen Bingqi goes. In the end, it is obviously Jin Ling who is most suitable to return to the City of Violence.

Jin Ling herself did not shy away from taking something from other foundation employees to contact Hang Yiqing and hurriedly moved away.

Before leaving, Bai Jinshu showed some concern and asked her if it was okay for her to go alone.

[Don’t worry,] Jin Ling typed on the phone screen, [I have ways to protect myself.]

The mirage scene flashed through Bai Jinshu’s mind. He nodded and didn’t ask any more questions.

Jin Ling obviously didn't want to reveal her cards. They were not in the same organization, so it was better not to ask too many questions.

After Jin Ling left, the remaining few people prepared to go to the City of Violence.

For everyone, the City of Violence is a place they have been to once, and they are definitely much more familiar with it than other areas. However, this time the local leader Dita is missing, so it is obviously impossible to find Qiao Bie directly.

With the familiar "A Thousand Miles a Day" teleportation, everyone landed back on the streets of the city of violence.

Compared to the desolation and bleakness they saw when they first arrived here, the streets now seem to be more in line with everyone's impression of a violent city.

The streets were full of people fighting each other. As soon as they appeared, someone rushed over.

There was no need for Bai Jinshu to take action. Xiao Tang simply pulled and kicked the person in front out.

When it flew out, it knocked down several people behind it.

"Your face?" Xiao Tang took a closer look and turned to look at Bai Jinshu in surprise, "Is this person a copy of you?"

Bai Jinshu turned around and looked over, and saw that it was the same face as his.

It’s just that this face only looks a bit similar at first glance. If you look closely, they are actually not similar at all, and the more you look at it, the less they look alike.

"It doesn't look like it," Xiao Tang also muttered, "Wait, wait, don't look at it!"

She shouted, "Let's deal with these things around here first!"

During the few seconds they were talking, many people rushed over.

There was no time to discuss more. Yuan Shanming was not good at fighting and was surrounded by everyone. He could only try to reduce his size as much as possible and try to observe his surroundings to obtain as much information as possible.

This observation actually enabled him to discover something.

Those who pounced on them and attacked them looked very similar to them at first glance, but upon closer inspection, they were fake people with indescribable differences. These people pounced on them one after another, and not to mention Yuan Shanming, even the three people around who were still dealing with these fake people felt a little creepy.

After all, not everyone can have the experience of killing not just one but a group of people who are exactly like you face to face.

Moreover, the pseudo-humans are impossible to kill, or their physical fitness is extremely excellent. Even if your combat awareness is not as good as theirs, you can't kill them with just one or two moves.

There are always fake people rushing towards you. In order to avoid being approached by them, the only way is to knock out the fake people who are close to you as soon as possible, instead of wasting time killing them.

This leads to more and more fights.

Bai Jinshu was able to handle it on his own at the beginning, but he became increasingly unable to cope as time went on. He simply increased the synchronization rate, avoided Huai Jiamu, and released Cen Bingqi to fight, while he was responsible for observing the surroundings.

So he also discovered some clues about the suspicious points that Yuan Shanming noticed.

These people who rushed over did have the same faces as them, but just like the ones they met at the beginning, these fake people looked very similar to them at first glance, but upon closer inspection, they were actually not that similar. Each of them had a lot of someone else's shadow on their face.

Bai Jinshu even saw his own and Huai Jiamu's shadows on the faces of several fake people.

He turned his gaze and found a face lying on the ground with its eyes open that looked familiar. He raised his eyes again and found that the face of the person who had just been elbowed and kicked out by Cen Bingqi looked more like the corpse on the ground than him.

These pseudo-people that pounced on them were too crudely copied. After losing the live broadcast and long-term observation, they seemed unable to copy them exactly.

And they really didn't have any plan. They were just like mad dogs that had lost their minds, biting anyone they saw on the street. They would copy whoever's face they saw and pounce on him. When they were beaten away, they would roll around and look for someone else or pounce again.

Xiao Tang's self-control was not very good to begin with, and he became more and more violent as the fight went on. In the end, he kept swearing, and almost used all the curse words to curse the opponent's entire family tree.

But it is of no avail. There are more and more fake people, and they are about to be overwhelmed.

Everyone fought and retreated, trying hard to extricate themselves from the circle of battle. However, no matter how many they repelled, many would surge up again, forcing them to continue fighting.

I didn’t feel it when I was in heaven, but I found it difficult after I actually entered it.

This group of fake people really seem to be crazy. If they can be seen like this everywhere in the Novice Village, it would not be surprising if the entire Novice Village fell.

Just when everyone was about to be overwhelmed by the fake people, Bai Jinshu suddenly felt the ground shaking under his feet.

Then suddenly it was empty.

He suddenly fell down!

Before he could react, several teammates on the ground fell down together, followed by several fake people.

They seemed to have fallen into a pipe opening in a shopping mall or somewhere else. Bai Jinshu fell into a thicker red pipe, and several people were around him.

Almost instantly, when the head of Xiao Tang, the last one to fall, just left the pit they fell into, a pair of hands stretched out from the side like lightning and suddenly closed the manhole cover again.

Xiao Tang didn't have time to see who closed the manhole cover. He turned over and grabbed the fake person's throat and broke his neck.

A figure jumped out from the side and helped them kill several pseudo-people who fell down with them. At this time, the pseudo-people on the ground above their heads who had lost their tracking targets scattered and pounced on the next target.

Then a grating of light was cast from the manhole cover above their heads. Everyone turned around and saw an unexpected person.

"You are that...that that..." Xiao Tang stuttered for a long time, and finally blurted out, "Fitness Brother!"

Isn't this the fitness guy from Dita's team who went into the nightmare with them? Guan Hongyan left with them, and Dita entrusted the fitness guy to other teams in the City of Violence.

But she couldn't remember the man's name, and her mind was filled with the fitness guy.

The gym guy held his forehead with a nervous expression and said, "My name is... Never mind, this is fine."

"I seemed to see someone entering this street just now. At first glance, they seemed to be acquaintances. Upon closer inspection, I saw that it was indeed you, so I quickly pulled you down." He half-crouched on the pipe and pointed at a few people behind him. "These are my new teammates. They haven't had time to be replaced by those things up there yet. You can rest assured."

"These are the friends I met before," the fitness guy pointed at them again, "you can rest assured."

Someone behind them waved at them, and someone said, "Welcome to join us and become Voldemort."

"What is Voldemort?" Yuan Shanming was confused.

"It's people like us who wait in the city's sewers or pipelines for fifteen days to be teleported out. We can't find those things up here," the fitness guy explained weakly, "Don't worry about that kid, he's seriously poisoned by Harry Potter. Why are you back?"

He remembered that when they left before, this group of people said they wanted to go back to the City of the Dead?

There are accidents everywhere now, why are they back?

"Let's come back to find Qiao Bie," Xiao Tang blurted out, "This situation is related to him now, we have to solve it."

They came to find Qiao Bie. There was no point in lying or covering up at this time. It would be better to make use of these people, at least to show them where Qiao Bie was.

"Qiao Bie?" The fitness guy was confused. "Who is this? Don't look for anyone in this situation. Just stay here. We have enough food..."

"The kid from Zijie," Bai Jinshu suddenly added, "Have you forgotten?"

"...Oh, that," the fitness guy slapped his forehead, "Why are you looking for him? This situation can't be caused by the Qiao family, right?"

Although the City of Violence is called this, no one would want to kill everyone for no reason. As the head of a family, isn't it good for Qiao Bie to live a good life?

"It's complicated to explain... Anyway, do you know how to find him?" Yuan Shanming didn't want to reveal too much.

"Well... I'm not sure. I need to ask the leader, but he may not tell me." The fitness guy thought for a moment and gave a suggestion, "You guys should just stop worrying about it. We're almost out, so don't make things complicated. Too many people died last time, and everyone in the City of Violence cherishes their lives..."

"Too many people died?" Xiao Tang suddenly caught this word.

“Oh, I don’t know about you guys…” The fitness guy patted his forehead again and sighed, “Alas, so many things happened that I don’t know how to tell you. How about I tell you guys first and then go find the leader.”

"Before, before Sister Tazi left, didn't she transfer Sister Hong to your place, and then plan to take the rest of us to other teams led by other leaders?" He led everyone to a secluded place and lowered his voice.

Everyone nodded.

"When we returned, we saw that the entire hotel was very quiet."

The gym brother paused for a moment, a mixture of guilt and reluctance appearing on his face: "After the second stage of the nightmare is triggered..."

"All those who failed have not woken up," the fitness brother said in a heavy tone, "most of the newcomers who participated in the first stage of the triggering... have also died."

They thought that the S ghost story, which was rarely gentle, had actually already revealed its sharp fangs in secret.

All those who have participated in the triggering will die after the ghost story ends, unless they enter the final ghost story stage.

"The number of players in the City of Violence dropped sharply after that incident, and Sister Tazi's reputation also dropped to the lowest point. She had no choice but to ask an acquaintance to censor my file and let me use a pseudonym. When you meet my new leader later, don't mention that you and I met in a nightmare," he whispered. "Just now, I was shocked when I saw Xiao Tang almost called out my name."

"Ah?" Yuan Shanming made a confused sound.

"But," he paused, "then why didn't Dita come to me and tell me about it?"

In this situation, why did Dita insist on hiding her only team member's identity and inserting him into the team of the City of Violence instead of handing him over to herself?

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