Chapter 91 Nothingness (3)
When Duan Jiangli opened his eyes, he was lying on the bed that he was most familiar with.
After rubbing his eyes, Duan Jiangli vaguely remembered that he still needed to work today, so even though the spoiled young master wanted to stay in bed, he still struggled to get up.
Because there is no one around him who can take care of him.
As soon as Duan Jiangli put forward this thought, he began to resist it instinctively in his heart, as if the facts should not be like this.
He remembered that the origin anomaly at Yucheng University had just been quelled two days ago. At this time, they found an abandoned mountain village called Phoenix Village. It should have been the new place for the origin invasion, but for some reason it seemed to be stopped in advance by some force.
There was a sudden sharp pain in the head.
Duan Jiangli vaguely felt that he seemed to have overlooked some key link.
He had a terrible headache, but he couldn't remember anything else.
Duan Jiangli's years of experience dealing with the origin immediately made him extremely alert to his vague memories.
Because Duan Jiangli has seen too many behaviors of humans who have been mentally polluted.
Some patients who have been contaminated by the origin spirit will have the same experience as him, with memory tampering, temporary amnesia, or even memory confusion.
Duan Jiangli suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
If it was really as he guessed, then when and where was his memory tampered with?
What memory had been altered?
After Duan Jiangli put on his uniform, there was still some time before he had to go out, so he simply made himself a cup of American coffee and sat on the sofa thinking carefully about the logical chain between his memories.
Finally, when the bitter taste of coffee entered his throat, Duan Jiangli narrowed his eyes.
How was Phoenix Village discovered by their Abnormality Center?
Duan Jiangli's memory is very confused about this.
He couldn't remember the whole thing.
The node where the memory is lost should be here.
The spiritual pollution of Origin is not impeccable. Those monsters are not like humans, they do not have logical thinking in their brains, and they will not really think about what humans think in a certain situation. Tampering with memory will only fabricate some similar scenes, not compile out of thin air. Therefore, there will be many fatal loopholes in logic.
Perhaps for ordinary people, it is temporarily impossible to wake up from such a scene, but in order to deal with the origin, Duan Jiangli has worked very hard. He has received professional training in dealing with mental pollution.
So first of all, we need to find a way to find the part of his lost memory.
Duan Jiangli's intuition told him that he had forgotten something very important.
But now he is in the open and the enemy is in the dark, so Duan Jiangli plans to pretend that he has noticed nothing for the time being, keep his troops in place, and wait and see what happens.
After drinking a cup of coffee, General Duan left the car and headed for the A City Protection Center.
Today is the day they are responsible for cleaning up the area of Phoenix Village.
Although the Origin was wiped out, some abnormal things were left behind that needed to be dealt with by their First Team to prevent ordinary people from encountering them and being contaminated by the residual Origin radiation.
Duan Jiangli was instructing his team members to do their work while casually patrolling around with his walkie-talkie in his hand.
His most familiar deputy captain Zheng Yuan was not there. Zheng Yuan was his sister's confidant. He was very caring towards Duan Jiangli and had a relatively mild temper. When Duan Jiangli first took office, many people looked down on him because of his lack of qualifications and young age. Not only did they isolate him, they also gossiped about him privately, saying that he came in through the backdoor.
Once, when Duan Jiangli went to the tea room to get some water, he happened to hear people talking about him. At that time, Duan Jiangli was just a kid who had just come out of the ivory tower and did not have the mature means to handle interpersonal relationships. He just froze there, standing there stupidly with the cup of water in his hand, in a dilemma.
At this time, Zheng Yuan walked over and saw Duan Jiangli looked absent-minded. He basically understood what had happened. So he pulled Duan Jiangli in, scolded the team members who had gossiped, and asked the team members to apologize to Duan Jiangli one by one.
Until later, Duan Jiangli convinced everyone with his thundering methods and outstanding qualities, and Zheng Yuan, like an amiable elder, had been silently watching him with admiration behind Duan Jiangli.
Zheng Yuan is Duan Jiangli's last relative in this world.
"Where is Deputy Captain Zheng?" Duan Jiangli grabbed a team member and asked.
The team member said: "Captain, Deputy Captain Zheng went home to get married and applied for leave."
Duan Jiangli frowned fiercely, and a feeling of disbelief rose up in his heart.
Zheng Yuan is a very dedicated person. To put it bluntly, he is a pure-blooded saint. He is the kind of person who will really sacrifice himself for world peace.
Getting leave to get married seems a bit inconsistent with Zheng Yuan's personality.
But maybe I'm just overthinking it.
Duan Jiangli thought silently.
Zheng Yuan just asked for leave, why did he feel so scared for no reason? `
Zheng Yuan and his girlfriend have been dating for a long time and they love each other very much. In addition, there have not been any particularly difficult or unusual cases recently, so it seems understandable for Zheng Yuan to take leave to get married.
But why is my heart beating so fast?
Just as Duan Jiangli couldn't help but let his mind wander, a team member's voice came from afar: "Captain, there's a human tourist who strayed in here!"
Duan Jiangli gathered his wandering thoughts and hurried over.
He saw a man in a black suit being dragged out. The man was good-looking, with a handsome appearance, and a hint of confusion on his face.
Duan Jiangli turned around and asked, "Isn't it the origin?"
The teammate said: "No, he is a normal human being."
So Duan Jiangli looked at the man in the suit again. The man lowered his eyebrows and seemed to be thinking about something.
He had a pair of impressive light grey eyes, which looked particularly extraordinary when he lowered his eyes like this.
Duan Jiangli asked the man in front of him softly, "Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
Although there is currently no concrete evidence that the ruins of Origin will continue to affect humans - because they have never been able to successfully kill the Origin before, it is still better to be on the safe side.
The man whispered, "Maybe a little."
He raised his light grey eyes, and it was then that Duan Jiangli discovered that his pupils were tinged with blue, which made him look a bit seductive in the afternoon sun. If the man had not had a very traditional Asian bone structure, Duan Jiangli would have suspected that he was mixed blood.
Duan Jiangli thought, this person doesn't seem like a normal person at all.
Could it be that the origin has evolved to this point? Has it become impossible for them to tell whether it is human or not?
He became alert, but heard the man continue: "There's something wrong with my memory."
Duan Jiangli, who also had memory problems, felt his soul tremble violently. To describe it, it was like some kind of resonance in the strings of fate.
The man seemed to have keenly noticed Duan Jiangli's abnormality, and he asked, "What's wrong?"
Duan Jiangli was in a state of confusion. He tried his best to remain calm and said, "It's okay. Maybe you have been mentally contaminated. I'll send you to a specialized hospital for a checkup."
*
Gu Qiufeng successfully infiltrated this official organization called the First Team.
The young captain's reaction just now was not right.
Gu Qiufeng followed behind Duan Jiangli and pondered for a moment. When he confessed that there was a problem with his memory, the other party showed an expression that seemed to be excited and happy for a moment.
It was like discovering some kind of fellow.
Could it be that in this game-like world, there is more than one player?
And judging from Duan Jiangli's performance, perhaps he has not yet realized something deeper.
It was rare to meet someone who might be a teammate, so Gu Qiufeng certainly wouldn't let him go, so he started to ask Duan Jiangli for something to talk about: "What exactly is the origin you are talking about?"
Duan Jiangli also had some doubts about Gu Qiufeng's behavior. Instead of answering, he asked, "Did you see any strange phenomena in Fenghuang Village?"
Gu Qiufeng said: "Of course."
"What?" Duan Jiangli looked up at him.
Since he wanted to win people's hearts, Gu Qiufeng certainly wouldn't play tricks at such a critical point. He answered honestly: "I got on a strange bus, and then I realized something was wrong and got off the bus. I found that the bus had stopped running after a traffic accident. There was only an abandoned bus station where I got off. Then I entered the temple in Fenghuang Village because a red ghost was chasing me..."
A member of the first team at the side couldn't help but say: "You can't even write a novel..."
Duan Jiangli glared at the team member who interrupted him, interrupted his complaints with a gesture, then turned to Gu Qiufeng and said gently: "Go on."
Gu Qiufeng smiled and said, "Captain Duan, you don't think I'm making up a story, do you?"
"No. I believe you." Duan Jiangli said seriously.
Gu Qiufeng also showed the same memory loss symptoms as him. Duan Jiangli felt that Gu Qiufeng's experience might serve as a breakthrough to help him find his lost memories.
"But," the team member who was ordered to shut up by Duan Jiangli couldn't help but say, "We also saw that temple, it collapsed a long time ago."
Gu Qiufeng: "Do you want me to speak or do you want me to speak?"
Duan Jiangli said helplessly: "Mr. Gu, I really believe what you said, please continue."
Gu Qiufeng said: "I have a bad temper. He interrupted me several times. I don't want to talk anymore."
Duan Jiangli: "..."
For some reason, he was not at all surprised by the temperament of the man in front of him.
There is even a feeling that he is worthy of it.
Abandoning this strange idea, Duan Jiangli coughed lightly, waved his hand to let the team members go somewhere else, and then looked at Gu Qiufeng: "Now only the two of us can hear, go ahead."
Gu Qiufeng asked, "Mr. Duan, have you found out anything about the religious beliefs in the ruins of Fenghuang Village?"
"According to some records, it should be the natural mountain god worshipped, the divine Phoenix." Duan Jiangli said, "What's wrong?"
Gu Qiufeng said: "That should be correct. That mountain god has fallen and become an evil god."
Duan Jiangli thought of the fragment of the statue that they had picked up that was heavily contaminated, and couldn't help but mutter, "So there is such a connection."
Gu Qiufeng said: "After I entered the temple, I saw a statue. In order to let the statue protect me from being killed by the red-clothed ghost outside, I knelt down and worshiped it. As a result, the statue moved, and I realized that it was an evil god."
"Then how did you escape?" Duan Jiangli asked, "The statue you encountered and the ghost bus are the origin monsters of the abnormal existence we mentioned."
Gu Qiufeng: "Oh, so that's how it is."
"As for why I escaped, that's the point." He said, "I lost my memory. Before I lost my memory, I had some connection with that evil god. Anyway, he let me go in the end."
Duan Jiangli was stunned and said, "Humanity can actually have a connection with the origin?"
Gu Qiufeng shrugged: "I also want to know what happened."
He deliberately concealed the relevant part of the card, pretending to know nothing and asked: "So, Captain Duan, can you explain these phenomena?"
Duan Jiangli was in uproar.
His guess turned out to be correct!
Before I lost my memory, perhaps I had some connection with these origins just like Gu Qiufeng.
Duan Jiangli didn't think about it any more, so he asked again: "Do you know Yucheng University?"
Yucheng University also experienced an accident recently. The former suddenly returned to normal, and then Fenghuang Village appeared in the field of vision of the abnormal center in the form of ruins. Duan Jiangli has always suspected that there is some internal connection that he does not know.
Since Gu Qiufeng has some connection with the origin monster like the evil god of Phoenix Village, maybe we can take him to Yucheng University to try.
After multiple investigations, Yucheng University has confirmed that there is no threat, so there will be no harm in taking Gu Qiufeng to take a look.
So Duan Jiangli said: "This afternoon, I will take you to a place that may help you find some clues about your lost memories."
Seeing Duan Jiangli's reaction, Gu Qiufeng has basically confirmed that the other party is indeed a "player" in a sense like himself.
This young captain is quite cunning and is planning to test the waters on himself.
However, Gu Qiufeng was also going to look for the next card. Since collecting Fenghe, he discovered new blank cards. Although he didn't know what these cards looked like for the time being, his intuition told him that these were very, very important things.
Maybe there will be some opportunity at Yucheng University.
Gu Qiufeng narrowed his eyes: "Okay."
Duan Jiangli said: "But remember to stay with me at all times. I will protect you."
On the way back to Yucheng University, Duan Jiangli briefly explained to Gu Qiufeng the whole story of the incident at Yucheng University.
"In the end, you received a call from Yucheng University reporting the incident, and then you found that Yucheng University was on fire when you arrived?" Gu Qiufeng said, "This is really strange. If there has been no news from Yucheng University for many days, it means that the news was blocked by some irresistible force from inside. In this case, how did the last call come to you? Besides, half a year ago, the Abnormal Center had not been fully made public, right?"
Gu Qiufeng also heard the contact information of the Abnormality Center before getting on the bus.
Strange things have happened frequently recently, and in order to reassure people, the Abnormal Center has gradually revealed the tip of the iceberg of its huge body.
"That's exactly what we're wondering about." Duan Jiangli said, "Also, about the fire, although most of our internal staff used the excuse that the top leaders had to set the fire to prevent the monsters from escaping, the fire actually started from inside the campus, and it was not an ordinary fire, it was able to burn small Origins to death, and helped us solve a lot of problems."
Gu Qiufeng: “…”
Ah, the modus operandi.
Thinking of the evil things he had done, Gu Qiufeng had a premonition that the incident at Yucheng University was also related to him.
He couldn't help but touch his nose, feeling guilty, and said, "Who knows, maybe there was an internal conflict within the Origin."
As they were talking, Duan Jiangli had already driven them to the former site of Yucheng University.
Originally, this place was a remote suburb, and the economy was relatively prosperous only around the university. However, ever since the incident at Yucheng University, the surrounding area quickly fell into decline after the school relocated. The surrounding area is filled with low-rent housing, and it is deserted and lonely. Due to its origins, Yucheng University no longer looks like a university inside.
When Gu Qiufeng stood at the school gate, he almost thought it was a botanical garden pursuing wild nature.
He turned his head subconsciously.
Duan Jiangli asked: "What's wrong?"
Gu Qiufeng looked as if he had just woken up from a dream and quickly turned his gaze away from a certain direction.
He wondered, "I always feel empty inside, and a little uncomfortable."
Just now, Gu Qiufeng subconsciously wanted to look for something. At the moment when he saw nothing, a feeling of loss suddenly filled his chest, as if he had lost something very important. There was an anxious voice in his heart that kept urging him: Remember it quickly!
Gu Qiufeng shook his head, shaking off unnecessary worries, and said, "Let's go in."
Duan Jiangli suddenly said, "Wait a minute, there seems to be someone over there."
He quickly pulled Gu Qiufeng and hid behind a nearby obstacle.
Gu Qiufeng narrowed his eyes slightly and saw a slender figure in a sweatshirt walking towards him from a distance.
The man had a nice figure, and as an agent, Gu Qiufeng instinctively felt that he was destined to be famous.
When the man approached and revealed a pair of peach blossom eyes, Gu Qiufeng's head buzzed. He subconsciously wanted to say a name, but found that he had no memory of this man in his life.
Duan Jiangli noticed that something was wrong with him: "What's wrong with you?"
Gu Qiufeng stared at the man entering the school without blinking. Only then did he feel his heart completely relieved. He took a deep breath and came back to his senses: "I should have known that man before I lost my memory."
Duan Jiangli frowned: "Your reaction doesn't seem like your friend."
"Yes. I subconsciously feel that he is very dangerous," Gu Qiufeng said, "After we enter the school, we should be careful and try not to be discovered by him."
Duan Jiangli nodded seriously.
"But I have to see what he's doing." He said, "This place hasn't been officially unblocked yet, and it's really weird for him to come here alone. If there's anything unusual, I have to report it to the higher-ups."
Gu Qiufeng said: "Then we will follow him quietly."
After the two made the decision, they followed the man into the gate of Yucheng University.
Yu Chi'ang moved quickly and Gu Qiufeng was also quite agile. The two of them followed the man quietly and were not discovered along the way.
The man came to a student dormitory. He paused and turned back unexpectedly. Duan Jiangli was scared to death and hurriedly pulled Gu Qiufeng and rolled into the lawn.
As luck would have it, the lawn was a slope, so the two men rolled down in a very embarrassing manner. Although they were not discovered, when they got up with a pile of grass clippings on their heads, the man had already entered the apartment building.
"He went in." Duan Jiangli said, "Wait a moment, I'm afraid he did it on purpose, I'll go check the situation."
Duan Jiangli walked slowly and carefully towards the entrance of the apartment building.
Because it was abandoned and inhabited by monsters, there must be no one to take care of it. Before he even entered, an indescribable stench reached Duan Jiangli's nostrils. Even though Duan Jiangli had received professional training, he almost couldn't resist the urge to vomit.
He entered the corridor, which was very quiet. Because of the fire, all the glass in the doors and windows was shattered, and glass shards could be seen on the ground. The walls were burned black, but other than that, the other facilities in the building were not seriously damaged.
But the man was no longer there. I didn’t know whether he went into the house or went upstairs.
The situation here is complicated, and Gu Qiufeng and Duan Jiangli are not familiar with it. If any unexpected situation occurs, they will not be able to run away in time. So even though he feels sorry for accidentally losing the suspicious person, Duan Jiangli decides to give up the pursuit without hesitation. He goes out of the building, and after receiving the signal, he immediately uses the equipment to report the situation to the upper level, waiting for someone to come for support.
When Duan Jiangli went out of the building again, he was unexpectedly covered in the afternoon light.
The building was not only pitch black, but also very cold, which gave Duan Jiangli a very bad feeling.
Only after he stood in the sunlight again did he feel as if he had survived a calamity.
Duan Jiangli turned back to find Gu Qiufeng.
The people were indeed still obediently staying where they were.
But when Duan Jiangli saw Gu Qiufeng, he discovered that there was something extra next to him.
"Cat?" Duan Jiangli hesitated, "There are ragdoll cats in a place like this?"
What the hell.
Gu Qiufeng picked up the snowball-like cat and said, "I've confirmed it, it's just an ordinary ragdoll cat."
"And I seem to..." he said softly, "I don't know why, but I feel like I like this cat very much."
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