Chapter 51 Mimi, why do they call you Brother Mi?
It was dark and night.
The street lights on both sides are dim, barely able to illuminate the surroundings.
The doors of the shops on both sides of the street were open, but none of the lights were on. There seemed to be faint shadows moving inside, but somehow it made people feel inexplicably creepy.
"Liu Ming..."
There was that voice again, coming from behind, and it seemed closer than before.
Liu Ming turned his head suddenly, his eyes cold and stern, "Who? Come out!"
Behind.
The streets were empty, there was no one at all.
"Brother, don't look back..." Sister Liu Xue's voice was trembling, and she was so panicked that tears were about to come out: "We might have touched that thing."
She didn't even dare to say the word "ghost", for fear of angering the evil spirit that was targeting them.
But she couldn't figure it out.
My brother is a policeman and he does good things.
She was just a student who had just entered high school. She had a few quarrels with her classmates on weekdays, but they made up quickly.
My parents work honestly and are hardworking.
The family has never done anything wrong.
Liu Ming frowned, but held back from scolding the family for their feudal superstitious ideas, telling them that there were no ghosts in the world, and if there were, they were just people pretending to be ghosts.
Able to pull off such a massive scam.
He suspected that it was a scam by some program crew or some large group. Thinking of this, he became calmer, knowing that no matter how harshly he scolded, it would not change anything.
He just needs to ignore these things and go home with his family.
Think of this.
Liu Ming took the lead and walked forward, followed closely by his parents and sister, fearing that they would be captured by the ghost if they fell behind.
Walked about two hundred meters.
The surroundings were still quiet, without even the sound of insects, birds or wind. It was so quiet that I couldn't help but feel nervous.
Liu Ming began to feel that something was wrong.
But he still couldn't believe that they were all created by ghosts.
Continue walking forward for a few dozen meters.
"Liu Ming..."
That voice came again.
This time, Liu Ming turned his head carefully and quickly, not leaving out any corners, but strangely, he still didn't see any suspicious shadows.
He calmly withdrew his gaze, quickened his pace and led his family forward.
It was such a long road, and he didn't believe that the other party would use such a large amount of force to block the road and clear out the people. When he returned, he would definitely investigate this matter carefully and find out the person behind it...
"elder brother--!"
My sister's frightened voice suddenly rang out.
Liu Ming turned his head suddenly and saw the most horrifying and most desperate scene in his life.
A person who looked like he had been skinned stood in the shadow, grabbing Liu Xue with bloody hands and trying to pull her into the shadow.
The opponent's power is enormous.
When Liu Xue screamed and struggled in fear, her arm hurt so much that it felt almost torn off, and the surface of her skin was stained with the blood of the flesh and blood man, which looked horrifying.
Liu's father and mother were completely stunned by this scene.
It was not until Liu Ming reacted first and hurriedly grabbed Liu Xue's hand that Liu's father and mother came to their senses and shouted shrilly, "Xiao Xue!"
The two men hurriedly hugged Liu Xue and pulled her back.
The skinned figure's gender and facial features could not be seen, only a large hole was exposed on the bloody face, as if laughing at their naivety and arrogance.
Blood and flesh surged in like a tide of insects, swallowing Liu Xue bit by bit.
Even though the family of three tried their best to slap and attack the strange flesh and blood, they could not stop this scene. Liu Ming was horrified and anxious, and he immediately let go of Liu Xue and turned to attack the skinned man.
He kicked with all his might.
“Stop it!”
Even a 1.80-meter-tall man would fall to the ground because of this, but the strange thing was that the person opposite did not move at all, but instead smiled broadly at Liu Ming.
Liu Ming was hit hard and fell to the ground. He didn't care about the pain and hurriedly got up, "Xiaoxue, don't be afraid--"
"Brother, save me."
Liu Xue cried out in fear and terror, but could only watch herself being swallowed by flesh and blood, her consciousness falling into complete darkness.
Also plunged into darkness.
There is also Liu Ming and Liu's father and mother.
"No - Xiaoxue!!" A shrill and urgent roar sounded, instantly interrupting the lively barbecue restaurant.
Liu Ming stood up suddenly, causing the things on the table to shake and fall down.
The people around looked in the direction of the sound in astonishment and confusion, only to see the man's face full of horror and anxiety, as if he had encountered something extremely terrible.
Immediately following.
The people who were sitting at the same table with the man, who were obviously his parents, quickly stood up and apologized a little sheepishly: "I'm sorry."
After they finished speaking, the two of them quickly pulled Liu Ming aside and asked in a low and worried voice, "What happened to you? You stood up out of nowhere."
Liu Ming looked at the barbecue restaurant in front of him in a daze and disbelief.
What is...going on?
Why is he in a barbecue restaurant?
Was it all an illusion before?
But he still remembered the skinned figure, and that didn't seem like the powerful and terrifying power that humans possessed.
He looked around. Everything was exactly the same as he remembered. His parents were there, but Liu Xue was gone.
By the way, Liu Xue.
He hurriedly grabbed his parents' arms and asked, "Where's Xiaoxue? Why is she gone?"
The parents ignored the pain in their arms and were frightened by Liu Ming at the moment. They said in panic: "Liu Ming, don't scare mom and dad. Who is Xiaoxue?"
Liu Ming just felt a chill coming over him.
Just one second.
The family returned in the blink of an eye from the street nearly a thousand meters away from the barbecue restaurant.
The shop owner is busy delivering food.
The old-fashioned alarm clock hanging on the wall still showed seven o'clock in the evening.
Everything is exactly as I remembered.
This doesn't seem like a farce or scam deliberately created by a program crew or even a team.
And parents.
Their expressions at the moment were anxious and uneasy, but these emotions were only caused by the fact that something was wrong with him at the moment, as if the disappearance of his sister was an insignificant matter.
But he knows.
Parents treat all their children equally and would never discriminate like this.
A terrible guess gradually took shape. Liu Ming didn't want to believe it. He couldn't help but hold on to a glimmer of hope and trembled as he asked, "Mom and Dad, do you... still remember your sister?"
The parents looked confused.
Mother Liu looked at Liu Ming's nearly collapsed expression and became even more worried and scared: "Son, what's wrong with you? Are you under too much pressure at work? Have you... have you forgotten that we didn't have a second child at all?"
Liu Ming felt as if a cold water was poured over his face, and his teeth chattered: "Don't lie to me, Liu Xue, do you really have no impression at all?"
Having said that, he hurriedly took out his cell phone and looked through the photo album to find the photo with his sister, but the more he flipped through the pages, the creepier it became.
In the photo album.
There were his, his parents’, colleagues’ and other miscellaneous ones, but... there was no one from Liu Xue. It was as if in that short second, all traces of Liu Xue were swallowed up by that strange mass of flesh and blood.
Except him.
No one remembers Liu Xue anymore.
With shaking cold hands, he opened the social software, and there was no trace of Liu Xue in the top friends lists.
She really disappeared.
Liu Ming seemed to have all his strength drained away. He sat down abruptly, his face pale and desperate. He suddenly hit his head hard, and self-blame and guilt instantly overwhelmed him.
"Damn it, it's my fault!"
Liu's father and mother hurriedly stopped Liu Ming's self-abuse behavior, crying: "Son, don't do this, what's wrong with you?"
Liu Ming couldn't hold it in any longer and broke down and screamed, "It's my fault. You clearly said there was a ghost - why did I continue to lead you forward... Why did I have to look back every time?"
He recalled all the details.
He suspected that all this was caused by his excessive arrogance, which led to his sister's disappearance.
It's all his fault!
Everyone in the barbecue restaurant subconsciously lowered their voices, somewhat at a loss. Even though they didn't understand what the man said, they still insisted that they had a younger sister or something.
But the other person's sad and desperate expression can easily infect everyone.
But some people are a little scared.
I suspected that this person was hysterical. What if he went crazy and hit people? I quickly packed up my things and went to find the boss to settle the bill.
Mother Liu's eyes were red. "Son, let's not eat anymore. Let's go home first, okay?"
She thought that she should contact her son's colleagues to find out if something had happened that caused the child to suddenly become like this.
Liu Ming seemed to be under pressure and hurriedly grabbed his parents, "You can't go out! You can't go out."
He was terrified of going through this again.
He couldn't afford to lose his parents again.
That's right.
He could call his colleagues and ask them to help him find a master who could help him find his sister.
That ghost might target their family.
Liu Ming forced himself to calm down and quickly called his colleague, "Zhao Chao, please listen carefully to what I say next. I am not kidding you, nor am I lying to you. I need your help."
As soon as Zhao Chao received the call and heard Liu Ming's serious tone and conversation, he immediately sat up straight and said, "Go ahead."
Liu Ming took a deep breath and said, "Please help me check if there is any reliable ghost hunter. Bring him to this address to find me. Our family has been targeted by a ghost."
Zhao Chao: “…”
He couldn't help but pick up the phone and repeatedly confirmed the phone number. The voice and tone were indeed exactly the same as Liu Ming's.
But today's AI technology can achieve exactly the same thing.
Zhao Chao: "I'm sorry, but I find this hard to believe. Can you help me answer some secrets that only we know?"
He needed to confirm that it was him.
Liu Ming took a deep breath, knowing that now was not the time to rush. There were still seven hours before the barbecue restaurant closed, so he could wait.
"Sure, go ahead and ask."
"Three years ago, when you and I were on a mission, I told you something very important while we were in the car. What was it?"
Liu Ming said without hesitation: "You asked how to pursue your wife and whether she likes you. Later, I gave you a red envelope of 1,000 yuan."
Zhao Chao continued to ask for a few more pieces of information that only the two of them knew.
Every time, Liu Ming on the opposite side got the answers right 100%.
Instead of feeling relieved, Zhao Chao became even more nervous and serious: "Liu Ming, tell me the truth, are you sure you are not lying to me?"
Things like hauntings.
How could it be true?
But when he recalled the eight years he had been in contact with Liu Ming, he was sure that the other party was never a person who would joke around casually.
Just when the heart keeps wavering.
He heard Liu Ming's voice hoarse, trembling and painful: "I didn't lie to you, that ghost - may have killed my sister."
Zhao Chao was stunned.
He had never seen Liu Ming break down and lose his composure like this before. You know, when he was accidentally stabbed during the fight with the gangster, he remained calm and restrained the gangster without panicking.
But now, when the other party mentioned his sister——
Zhao Chao suddenly realized what was happening and said hesitantly, "No, where did your sister come from?"
The other side fell silent.
Accompanied by heavy breathing, indicating that the person on the phone was in a state of extreme excitement but trying hard to suppress it, a voice even hoarser than before sounded.
"That ghost erased all traces of my sister."
For several full seconds.
"No one remembers her anymore except me."
There was an almost uncontrollable cry in this sentence, "Chaozi, I know you may suspect that I am crazy and hallucinating, but I beg you, help me, I can't lose another loved one..."
When he spoke the last part, he almost choked with sobs.
Zhao Chao's hesitant and struggling expression gradually became firm. Thinking of the tacit understanding and trust between him and Liu Ming when they were on a mission, as well as their friendship over the years, he gritted his teeth and said, "My cousin seems to know someone in this area. I'll go ask him. You wait for my news."
"Thanks."
After hanging up the phone, Liu Ming tried hard to suppress his collapsing emotions. When he looked up again, he saw his parents' undisguised worried eyes, and his heart ached again.
My parents really forgot about my sister.
He had no grudge against that ghost—
Thinking of this, Liu Ming could hardly hide the hatred in his heart.
at the same time.
Zhao Chao immediately sent a message to his cousin, telling him briefly about Liu Ming's situation.
After sending the message.
Liu Chao couldn't help but get up and walk around, picking up his phone from time to time to see if there was any message.
He had never been very willing to associate with his cousin before.
The reason is very simple.
My cousin firmly believes that there are ghosts in this world, and he goes everywhere to seek masters to learn all kinds of supernatural things. He is deceived every time, and he will try to come into contact with them again the next time.
Until this year.
It was as if my cousin had disappeared and I couldn’t get through to him on the phone.
That’s not all.
At this year's family gathering, my cousin solemnly advised everyone not to come into contact with anything unfamiliar on a daily basis, and to ignore anything that seemed wrong.
This weird look is even more serious than before.
He still didn't believe that there were ghosts in this world, and he vaguely suspected that Liu Ming was suffering from hysteria or something.
But as a friend.
He always helps, whether it helps or not.
Ten minutes later.
Just when Zhao Chao was getting anxious and planning to call his cousin, his cell phone suddenly lit up, rang, and the caller's name displayed on it was Sun Hao.
It’s my cousin.
He quickly answered the phone, and before he could call his cousin, the other end spoke directly: "Send me the address immediately, and don't interfere or get involved in this matter. Do you understand?"
Zhao Chao was stunned, and then hurriedly said: "No, Liu Ming is my colleague and good friend, how can I not go."
Sun Hao's tone was unusually serious: "If this is true, how can I explain to my family if something happens to you? Besides, you are not qualified to be involved in this matter. Give me the address quickly."
Zhao Chao just felt absurd and helpless.
But thinking of his good friend who was still waiting for rescue in the barbecue restaurant, he had to give him the address and Liu Ming's contact information, and repeatedly promised his cousin that he would never go there.
After hanging up the phone.
Zhao Chao immediately drove straight to the barbecue restaurant.
The other side.
After hanging up the phone, Sun Hao immediately wrote a report and submitted it, hoping to apply for the strange item number 79, code-named "Ghost Mirror".
Less than three minutes.
A pop-up notification came from software specially created by the containment organization.
[Inmate 482, your application has been approved. Please remember the taboos and rules for using this item. We thank you for your efforts.]
Sun Hao immediately put on special clothes and went to the collection point to get the strange items.
After a while.
The three members of Sun Hao's group came over immediately after receiving the notice, looking serious and nervous: "Captain, we are ready."
"Let's go."
A very ordinary car drove slowly from an even more ordinary warehouse.
Inside the car.
Zhao Chao was speaking on his cell phone, listening carefully to the person on the other end of the line. Next to him, a team member was typing quickly to write down the information.
If this matter is confirmed to be related to weirdness.
after.
This information will be uploaded to the containment bureau simultaneously and can be read by people in all branches so that everyone can understand all information related to the weirdness more quickly.
certainly.
The bigger reason is to prevent them from accidentally dying when dealing with strange events. At least this information can be preserved to provide reference for those who come after them.
Shelter Bureau.
Created half a year ago.
In just half a year, nearly a hundred people have died in their branch. All the inmates are carefully selected. Regardless of their mental resistance, psychological quality, and ability to think and analyze, as long as they are qualified, they will be accepted as a member of the organization.
They know that there are things called weirdness in this world.
The Containment Bureau is a line of defense that prevents the weirdness from gradually spreading to human society. Once they are completely defeated, human civilization will decline.
Weirdness cannot be killed by any technological product.
Possessing all kinds of weird and incredible abilities, all humans can think of is to deal with different weirdness through the characteristics of weird objects.
Sun Hao joined the shelter three months ago.
Since childhood, he has always firmly believed that ghosts exist in this world. Unfortunately, he has never found the so-called capable master.
He has always felt lost about this.
Until three months ago, he was accidentally involved in a strange incident. Relying on his extremely high mental resistance and analytical ability, he analyzed the strange taboos.
He survived.
I also accidentally got a strange object from this incident.
Immediately following.
The shelter found him and wanted him to join the organization.
As Sun Hao listened to this top-secret information, his expression gradually became confused.
For the first time, he realized how naive he was in the past. He actually longed to see ghosts and wanted to become a ghost catcher.
That's ridiculous.
The real weirdness is more terrifying than ghosts.
Once the containment bureau fails.
He could hardly imagine what kind of killing those monsters who were malicious towards humans would launch against humans. Humans were simply powerless to resist all of this.
He felt cold all over and grew up in an instant.
He began to learn how to deal with weirdness, memorized the abilities and characteristics of each weird item, and thought about how to deal with weirdness in his mind every day.
He gradually grew up and soon became the captain.
After Liu Ming finished telling his story, Sun Hao looked thoughtful and asked, "Are you sure that no one remembers your sister?"
The voice on the other end croaked, "Yes."
Sun Hao wasn’t sure whether this was a strange incident or... Liu Ming’s own imagination.
He glanced at the team member next to him, who immediately understood and nodded, using the highest authority to start searching for all information about Liu Xue.
After a while.
The team members looked horrified and said quickly: "Captain, I have searched carefully, Liu Xue really exists!"
Although all the information about Liu Xue on the Internet has disappeared.
but.
He still found traces of Liu Xue's existence from some very unimportant clues.
For example.
Liu Xue's high school class is top-notch, with a total of 32 students.
Once someone's ranking drops out of 32nd, someone ranked 32nd from another class will take his place and enter that class.
The class size is always 32.
However, the school did not hold any exams during this month. But just yesterday, the class size inexplicably decreased by one and became 31.
This is one of the inconsistencies.
The second inconsistency is that Liu Ming's parents' monthly salary is more than 8,000 yuan. Liu Ming is already an adult and has a job. Although he lives and eats at home, he does not need any financial support from his parents.
So, after paying normal expenses every month, some of the couple's money disappeared.
There is no trace of the money on the Internet.
besides.
He also checked all the express delivery information of Liu Ming's family. Every now and then, there would be a package with the last digit of Liu's mother's mobile phone number, and the items in the package were for little girls.
For example, skirts, sneakers, bjd clothes, and sanitary napkins.
These can all be proven.
——Liu Xue really exists.
But some unknown force erased Liu Xue from everyone's memory, the Internet, and reality.
Liu Ming could hear the conversation here and immediately became excited: "Are you telling the truth?"
In fact, it’s during the agonizing waiting.
Once again, he wondered if he was having hysteria and had imagined a non-existent sister.
Time goes back.
A sister whose every trace was wiped out.
All this was too absurd and unbelievable, but he could never forget the scene of his sister being engulfed by blood and flesh. Until her death, she was still shouting, "Brother, save me."
He didn't believe it was fake.
But I don't want to believe this is true.
Just when Liu Ming wanted to ask how the other party found out, the person on the other side spoke up: "We are at the barbecue restaurant. I will tell you the details later."
Liu Ming's parents heard the entire conversation.
The two of them looked at each other, their expressions gradually becoming confused and frightened.
No way.
Do they really have another child?
Liu Ming stood up hurriedly and looked at the people who were about to enter the barbecue restaurant. His instinct as a policeman made him immediately judge that Zhao Chao's cousin was not ordinary.
These people have definitely experienced life and death and danger.
A glimmer of hope suddenly arose in his heart.
But the next moment, a familiar voice came from outside the door: "Liu Ming, cousin."
Several people turned their heads in unison.
The person who just spoke was Zhao Chao.
Sun Hao's expression suddenly turned ugly, "Didn't I tell you not to come over?"
Zhao Chao said seriously: "I also want to come over to help. After all, I am a policeman."
Sun Hao was angry and helpless.
The horror of this weird thing far exceeds human imagination.
But he didn't dare to let Zhao Chao leave alone now. After all, his strange ability was incredible, and no one knew whether Zhao Chao had triggered the taboo of the evil spirit.
"Please sit down first."
They deliberately found a remote place to sit down.
Logically speaking.
Sun Hao should use his authority to clear out the barbecue restaurant or keep everyone there, but considering this strange ability, it seems to be related to the reversal of time.
This ability is extremely terrifying.
There was a top-secret file in the containment bureau, which was related to time. Anyone who knew about this strange thing would have his future swallowed up by it and live in the present from then on.
When tomorrow comes.
Today will also become tomorrow, and those who live in yesterday will also disappear.
He didn't dare to intervene rashly to change the past, so as not to trigger the strange taboo. What he had to do now was to analyze the strange taboo and its attack method as soon as possible.
And...what exactly is it.
Only in this way can we use the [Ghost Mirror] to contain it.
Sun Hao looked serious: "Think carefully again, did anything special happen today? And was there anything different about the voices that called you three times?"
On the side, a member took out a special computer and looked at Liu Ming.
Very professional.
Zhao Chao was a little surprised: "Cousin, what kind of charlatan organization have you joined? This equipment looks more professional than our police station?"
Sun Hao said unhappily, "Shut up, I'm doing business."
In an instant, everyone looked at Liu Ming.
Liu Ming took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and began to recall the past bit by bit...
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