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Lu Miao unfolded his paper map and pointed to the East Gate area. "You came from the opposite direction of us. I guess you have already visited the temperate plant exhibition area."
The police officer nodded honestly.
He Ping'an showed them the photo of the "Emergency Notice".
The four of them frowned suspiciously. "It seems... to be the real rule? But I feel like something is wrong."
Song Zhen looked embarrassed: "I can't tell what's wrong."
Lu Miao asked again: "Are you taking the main road?"
"Yes, we ran along the main road."
"That's right. If the main road in the tropical and subtropical plant exhibition area is closed, it doesn't make sense to close off only a section and put up a sign. The main road is a circular avenue around the central lake. If tourists come from the temperate plant exhibition area, it is equivalent to walking on the blocked section of the road, which is unreasonable."
“Indeed, the logic of the Emergency Notice is not rigorous enough and does not match the style of the rules issued by the park.”
The confident deer saplings were covered in cold lights, like shining pearls. "The red-clad staff at the previous exhibition hall hinted to us that the Emergency Notice appeared very suddenly, and they did not receive any notice to evacuate tourists. It was obviously intended to intercept us and hoped that we would take a detour."
"If we had gone towards the east gate, it might not have appeared," said He Pingan.
"But the position of the door shifted, and its original location became a wall." Feng Yan felt frustrated.
"The paper map had the correct route, the problem was with us."
They were puzzled by Lu Miao's words.
She pointed to her eyes. "Cognitive impairment."
Song Zhen suddenly realized. "When we see objects beyond common sense, our cognition has been affected, so we can't see the real exit. On the contrary, if we are firm in our cognition, can we see the real exit?"
“Yes, but it’s quite difficult.”
The police officer smiled. "There is a way to find the real exit, and other difficulties can be overcome."
Lu Miao did not soften his stern expression. "Let's wait until the fog clears."
The reflective floor-to-ceiling glass reflected the solemn reflections of eight people.
The sky was dark like night, and thick fog engulfed the entire botanical garden. They could only see the vague tree trunks next to the orchid house to the greatest extent possible.
Lu Miao stared at the thick fog outside the window without blinking.
The fog clung to the glass, leaving behind a trail of silky larvae that squirmed along the glass.
In the blink of an eye, the larva disappeared without a trace, as if there was only ordinary thick fog outside.
"Bugs..." Wang Keke beside him pointed out the window and trembled. "So many bugs!"
Help! She couldn't imagine running out and having countless bugs burrow into her skin.
The others, whose faces were as pale as gold, also saw it.
Pop.
A patterned moth suddenly crashed into the floor-standing glass.
Snap. Snap…
Flies, bees, beetles... a dense swarm of insects flew over one after another, scaring everyone.
"Some insects are attracted to light, so it may be the lights in the exhibition hall that attract them," said He Ping'an.
Wang Keke shuddered. "Street lamps also emit light, so they just hit the lamps."
All the many-legged insect bellies were facing them, and they felt a chill all over their bodies.
"Don't stand in front of the window anymore." Lu Miao turned around and left decisively.
The staff in red also stayed away from the floor-to-ceiling glass, showing expressions of disgust.
The man with glasses talked to a staff member in red for a few words, then turned around and ran into Lu Miao.
Her gaze was like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath, piercing through his heart and seeing into his innermost being.
He felt inexplicably timid.
"You have been keeping silent since you came in. Are you avoiding someone?"
"Really?" His smile seemed a little stiff.
Lu Miao's voice was cold: "Are you hiding from the military or the police? What is your purpose in approaching us?"
"Don't get excited." He pushed up his glasses. "I'm just a person who needs money and a job. You are part of the system, so the treatment is pretty good, right?"
“We don’t take people who are unidentified and may be wanted criminals.”
He smiled helplessly. "If I were a wanted criminal, would the officer not recognize me? Really, I'm just a man who needs a job."
Lu Miao looked at him for a moment. "What's your name? Real name."
"My name is Weekend. I used to be a bodyguard for rich people, and I'm pretty good at it. I'm 26, still young, and I can stay up all night."
"Don't try to trick me. I'm not your interviewer."
Smile on the weekend.
She refused bluntly: "You are more suitable to join the bounty hunters supported by capital. Those people are decisive, cold-blooded and cruel, and are more worthy of being your teammates."
"Ah, I don't like that style. It's too rough."
"You're tired of it, right?"
He sighed, no longer pretending to be a polite white-collar worker, and rubbed his chin in distress. "How did you figure that out?"
Lu Miao sneered and stared at his fingers. "The finger joints of ordinary white-collar workers are not so thick. Since you used to be a bodyguard, why do you dress like a businessman? The disguise is too deliberate. And if you work in business, you can't help but feel sad when you leave your phone behind."
He was convinced. "It doesn't matter. You will see my value as a teammate."
Lu Miao stopped chatting with him.
She could tell that he needed the government's protection, so it was clear that his true identity was very sensitive. She didn't like teammates who were difficult to control, so she didn't consider recommending him to join the Fluorescent Green Team.
Song Zhen and Zhang Lian were whispering around the orchid display board.
"The first batch of troops and I also chose the west gate. At that time, the west gate was not deviated too far. Why didn't we find the "Emergency Notice" blocking the road?" Song Zhen couldn't understand.
Zhang Lian was speechless and couldn't answer.
Song Zhen quietly glanced at Lu Miao who was talking to the man with glasses. "Is Captain Lu also affiliated with the military?"
"No, the three of them wearing fluorescent green barcodes are government civil servants."
She was stunned. "What kind of civil servant in any department would accept a notice from their superiors to enter the field of ghost stories?"
Zhang Lian was not in a position to reveal too much, so he changed the subject: "The situation in the botanical garden has become more dangerous now. We need to cooperate with them and escape together."
"Can we really escape?"
She saw with her own eyes that her teammates disappeared after entering the fake west gate, and she was left alone hiding, losing the confidence to escape.
"It's possible." Zhang Lian's tone was firm, and his eyes regained hope. "Captain Lu has extensive experience in solving ghost stories. She is confident that she can escape."
Song Zhen was secretly surprised.
She became more and more curious about Lu Miao, as she was able to restore hope and trust to a disheartened soldier.
"Okay, I have to have confidence too."
He Ping'an exchanged more specific information with Feng Yan and the police officers, and the three of them had a heated discussion.
Lu Miao sat alone in the corner, thinking about something.
The wooden sign in front of the chrysanthemum garden has a faint smell of paint on the third rule, which should be the newly revised rule.
The "Emergency Notice" appeared suddenly, so there must be new revisions to the rules above. Why is there no smell of paint?
Dr. Song, Zhang Lian, Feng Yan and the policeman have never seen the "Emergency Notice", which proves that it has only been out for a short time. Why did it suddenly appear? Is it really aimed at new tourists?
Or perhaps the rules on the wooden sign intentionally left a smell of paint, suggesting that there were new revisions, misleading them into believing in the rules of the Emergency Notice.
Lu Miao's eyes were cold.
If this assumption is true, the park and the party that wrote the "Emergency Notice" are in collusion to fool humanity.
That's not right either.
Rule 3 of the wooden sign outside the Orchid House: Any employee, visitor or organization is prohibited from tampering with the park's notices, or pretending to be the park's staff to write notices to mislead visitors. If you find any such behavior, please ask the staff in red or blue for help.
This article clearly demonstrates the park's position of helping humanity.
She couldn't figure out this major doubt for the time being.
"Captain?" Wang Keke saw that she was frowning in thought and called out tentatively.
"What's wrong?"
Wang Keke was delighted and sat down next to her. "That man with glasses has a sexy temperament."
Lu Miao knew her family background, so it was no surprise that she could tell where Zhou Wu came from. "Can you help me investigate his background?"
Wang Keke was surprised. "You want to recruit him? Captain, □□ is a ruthless person who likes to cheat thieves. Don't trust him easily."
"I have no intention of recruiting him. I am just curious about his true identity. If we meet next time, we will know each other better."
She gestured "OK". "I'll investigate once I get out."
The thick fog lasted for an hour, during which time a staff member in red came to ask about the map, and they changed the subject to ask about the bugs.
The red-dressed staff member embarrassed himself and left, avoiding the topic of "bugs".
An hour later, the thick fog dissipated and the thick dark clouds became thinner.
"It's humid outside. We have to wait until the sun comes out for half an hour before we can go out." The police officer is very experienced.
Feng Yan was worried. "It's 4:15 in the afternoon. We should try to escape before dark, otherwise the light will be dim and it will be difficult for us to distinguish the words."
Lu Miao understood that he was worried about accidentally running into the aquatic plant pavilion.
The clouds became thinner and thinner, and the faint sunlight penetrated through the clouds and broke through the fog.
At this time, the fog became half lighter, and the shadowy trees and flowers outside turned dark.
When they took a closer look, they were deeply shocked.
Outside the orchid house, the grass and trees were sparse, the flowers and plants were drooping, and they were a withered brown. The yellow bell trees on the main road were hunched, with dead leaves and no beautiful yellow flowers.
The fork in the road was filled with dead branches and leaves, and it looked desolate and deserted, with dry tree trunks that were almost black.
Outside, the dead tree garden seemed to have been destroyed by poisonous gas.
Compared with the orchid house, the orchids are still full of vitality and colorful.
"What's going on?" The police officer couldn't believe the scene before him.
Lu Miao suddenly felt the back of his hand itchy and closed his eyes. "Stop looking at it, it's cognitive pollution!"
The others felt as if struck by lightning, their skin began to itch, and they immediately closed their eyes and turned around.
"Be firm in your understanding and deny pollution."
Lu Miao's clear and cool voice is like a silver bell that awakens the soul.
They were in a botanical garden with lush branches and colorful flowers.
The botanical gardens were filled with ordinary fog.
The water quality in the botanical garden is the best.
The air in the botanical garden is the freshest.
The only exit is the west gate, which is located the same as on the paper map.
They constantly brainwash themselves, trying to wash away the spiritual pollution that has taken hold in their minds.
Gradually, their itchy skin symptoms subsided.
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