Chapter 193 An unexpected discovery among the relics
Yu Sheng admitted that he really couldn't hold it in.
He even considered Snow White leading the Forty Thieves to appear in front of him, but he never thought of such a niche word combination as "Snow White and Her Seven Thunder Titans". Looking at those silent giants as tall as two stories appearing in front of him, he was stunned as if he had been struck by lightning for two hours. It took him a long time to utter a few words: "I... this... she... what the hell is going on?!"
"Each subset is a distorted story, and sometimes the distortion is serious," Little Red Riding Hood said calmly, with a half-smile on her face, "just like the original story of Little Red Riding Hood didn't have a giant wolf four or five meters tall and a pack of dark wolves howling in the forest. In the 'bloody court' that Snow White faced, the hunting and pursuit between her and the 'queen' was also more cruel than you can imagine."
Yu Sheng was stunned as he listened. It was hard for him to catch up with Little Red Riding Hood's story, but he looked even more confused. He raised his hand and pointed at Snow White, who was a little dazed because she suddenly came to an unfamiliar environment: "She needs this configuration to fight the 'Queen'?! Then what kind of queen is she facing? A TM Primarch?!"
“…I don’t quite understand this joke, but the queen of the bloody palace will have a magnetic field that rotates.”
Yu Sheng: “……?”
He suddenly stopped talking, but just raised his head silently, watching the Thunder Titan in iron armor slowly bend down, carefully put the thin girl on his shoulders on the ground, and then the figures of the giants disappeared one after another in the air - after they disappeared, the dejected look on Snow White's face finally eased a little.
"I suddenly feel that your 'Black Forest' is quite mild and comfortable to live in," Yu Sheng finally said to Little Red Riding Hood after a long silence, "It is definitely more feasible to find a breakthrough in 'fairy tales' from the Black Forest than from a subset of Snow White."
"I think so—she's really a little bit crazy there."
As they were talking, Snow White had already arrived in front of Yu Sheng and the others. This skinny, harmless-looking girl with short hair looked at this place in amazement, as if she still couldn't believe that she had really "jumped" from that horrible blood-stained palace to a safe zone: "Is this the 'wasteland' you were talking about?"
"Yes, a boring but safe place," Yu Sheng quickly adjusted his expression and said with a smile, "It seems that our attempt was successful."
Snow White tilted her head and looked at the gray sky in the distance, then suddenly lay down on the spot. She just lay on the gray grass, her whole body tensed for a moment, and then slowly relaxed.
The girl narrowed her eyes slightly, and after a long while she spoke softly: "I don't want to move at all."
"I understand your feelings, and so do I." Little Red Riding Hood simply lay down and stayed side by side with her. "It's really tiring - finally I can take a break."
Yu Sheng was just about to talk to them about tomorrow's arrangements and ask if he could directly perform the formal "blood-giving" ceremony on the others. However, after seeing the two girls' actions, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Let's talk about it later, a few minutes won't make any difference - it's been a long time since they had a moment of relaxation like this in the nightmare.
…
Early the next morning, Yu Sheng came to the orphanage. This time, he met all the "parents".
There is no need to elaborate on the blood donation process, and everything went according to plan. However, considering the number of people, it was obviously not appropriate to let everyone come up and take a sip (mainly because the scene was indeed too weird). Therefore, Yu Sheng put his own blood in advance, mixed it with an appropriate amount of water, and distributed it to everyone.
He sat in the middle of the room, watching a dozen boys and girls (and a cat) holding a bowl each, as if they were swearing an oath of blood. He felt that in the next second, these people would throw the bowl to the ground and then surround him to join the Liangshan bandits...
Fortunately, these random thoughts did not affect his facial expression, and he remained serious until the end of the ceremony.
"In this way, those of us who are most at risk of losing control have established a 'barrier'," Little Red Riding Hood breathed a sigh of relief, "As for the younger children, we will arrange for them to be 'vaccinated' in batches in the next few days."
"...I have a feeling that the 'wasteland' will become quite lively in the future," Yu Sheng thought for a moment and said thoughtfully, "I just wonder if there can be some construction there, some entertainment facilities or something, so that none of you will find it boring when you go there."
"We are not that hypocritical," Little Red Riding Hood pouted, "We can sleep peacefully, what else do we want?"
Yu Sheng laughed, but just as he was about to say something, a rapid ring from his cell phone interrupted his thoughts.
He took out his cell phone and saw that it was an unfamiliar number.
After the call was connected, a familiar young man's voice came from the receiver: "Um, hello, is this Mr. Yu?"
Yu Sheng reacted for a moment, then suddenly remembered why the voice sounded familiar - it was Lao Zheng's nephew.
When he left after the last investigation, he left his cell phone number to the other party.
"I am," he responded immediately, "What's up?"
"I was sorting through my uncle's belongings and found something a little strange... I thought it might be of interest to you."
Yu Sheng's expression suddenly became serious. He looked up at Little Red Riding Hood and quickly responded on the phone: "Okay, we'll rush over right away and we'll be there soon."
"What's wrong?" Little Red Riding Hood couldn't help but ask curiously after Yu Sheng hung up the phone.
"It's Lao Zheng's nephew. He seemed to have found something when he was sorting Lao Zheng's belongings," Yu Sheng said as he stood up. "He has just finished his work here. Let's go over and take a look."
Little Red Riding Hood was stunned for a moment, then immediately stood up and asked: "How do we go?"
"Just open the door."
When Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood arrived, Lao Zheng's nephew was obviously a little surprised.
Perhaps he didn't expect that what Yu Sheng said on the phone, "I'll be there soon", would come so quickly.
Compared with the previous two days, the fatigue on the young man's face seemed to have subsided a little, and his mental state was obviously improved. He reacted quickly and did not delve into why the two "detectives" in front of him appeared outside the door shortly after hanging up the phone. Instead, he stepped aside to let the guests in.
Yu Sheng noticed that many things in the room had been packed up, and some large furniture and electrical appliances were gone. Perhaps they were sold second-hand or sent back to their hometowns in the past two days. The only things left in the empty living room were a slightly old coffee table and a few stools. On the coffee table was a portion of takeaway rice noodles that had been eaten but not cleaned up yet.
"Sorry, it's a bit messy here now. There are more things than I expected. I haven't finished cleaning it for two days." The young man threw the takeaway packaging on the coffee table into the trash can with some embarrassment, and wiped the table casually with a tissue. "The Secret Service came here these two days. I told them about my uncle's situation. They said that this matter has attracted the attention of the higher-ups, and those criminals will be arrested soon... Would you like something to drink?"
"Thank you, no thanks," Little Red Riding Hood waved her hand and spoke quickly, "Let's take a look at the 'strange things' you found first."
"Yes, this is it," the young man said as he opened the drawer under the coffee table and took out a small wooden box that looked quite old but very delicate. "The thing is in here. It was hidden in a secret compartment of the cabinet by my uncle. I think this thing may be very important to him."
Yu Sheng took the wooden box and opened it curiously.
Little Red Riding Hood immediately leaned forward.
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But there was only a wrinkled, black strip in the box that looked like dried kelp.
This unremarkable dried object lay quietly on the red velvet cloth. Yu Sheng could not tell what it was, but he thought it looked like something that middle-aged and elderly people like to use to soak wine - which was quite suitable for Lao Zheng's age.
However, just as he was wondering about this, Little Red Riding Hood beside him suddenly exclaimed in a low voice.
Yu Sheng quickly turned his head: "What's wrong?"
"I feel a little dizzy..." Little Red Riding Hood frowned and carefully moved her eyes away from the wooden box. "And I heard a strange noise. This thing... is problematic."
"Really? I felt dizzy too, so I opened it and took a look and immediately felt dizzy, so I quickly closed it again," the young man said immediately, looking scared, "so I suspect this thing is also some kind of 'strange item' collected by my uncle, anyway, it is definitely not something that an ordinary person like me can handle--"
The young man had just said half of his words when Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood stared at him together.
"...I didn't know what it was before I opened it," the young man suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "My uncle hid it so carefully, I had to see if it was useful."
Little Red Riding Hood curled her lips: "...Luckily you didn't join the Secret Service, otherwise you would have been listed on the annual typical accident wall by now."
At the same time, Yu Sheng hesitated for a moment and then cautiously extended his finger towards the dried items in the box.
The young man opposite was shocked when he saw this scene. He controlled himself not to look into the box and said quickly: "Hey, didn't I tell you not to..."
Yu Sheng didn't even raise his head: "That's different, we are professionals."
Before he finished speaking, his fingers had already touched the contents of the box.
The crying sound of the baby suddenly pierced Yu Sheng's mind.
The voice seemed to come directly from the depths of his soul, or as if it came from some extremely distant place, and then was transmitted directly into his consciousness through the ribbon in front of him. The clear and disturbing crying sound echoed in his mind, even making Yu Sheng stunned for a moment.
The next second, he suddenly withdrew his fingers.
In that brief contact, the "knowledge" was transferred and he knew what it was.
Little Red Riding Hood's somewhat worried voice came from the side: "Are you okay?!"
"I'm fine," Yu Sheng shook his head a little slowly, then woke up a little bit and looked at the box in his hand with a strange expression, "I know what this is."
"ah?"
“…It’s an umbilical cord.”
(End of this chapter)
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