Chapter 485 Above the Posa (20) (1st + 2nd) [VIP]
While Zhao Yinglai was still feeling lucky that he didn't reveal this information, the audience on the barrage had no idea what was going on.
【Ah? What guess? 】
[Why did you suddenly start the experiment? ]
[My network is stuck? Did I just lose a keyframe?]
[Do you two have an encrypted channel? Why are you talking in incomprehensible language? ]
[Aoshen and Daxianer's riddles make us look stupid. 】
So, can anyone tell me what just happened?
[In front, just now Aoshen and his men helped the old man get on the car, the old man got on the car, and then disappeared.]
[No, it was Doctor Fan who said something before getting on the bus, which caused Aoshen and the others to suddenly start talking in a charade. But the voice was too low, so I didn't hear it clearly. If I had known, I would have listened carefully just now.]
[I vaguely heard that they had to leave within seven days...but I don't know if I heard it correctly.]
[Don't worry about the ones in front! I recorded the screen! Wait a minute, I will export the screen recording, amplify the sound just now and slow it down, and you will know what they said. ]
【Thank you so much, Screen Recorder. I'll be waiting for you. 】
[Leave it to me, I’ll go direct the video now. ]
The old man spoke in a very low voice, and his pronunciation was very unclear. The words were connected and the sounds were swallowed, so the sentences were vague and indistinct. If Bai Jinshu and Zhao Yinglai were not close enough, they might not have been able to hear clearly.
Zhao Yinglai rubbed her hair. Since she couldn't tell anyone what exactly "Above Posuo" was, she simply continued what Skao had just said: "Brother Faye, who are you going to find for the experiment?"
The meaning of finding a person for the experiment is nothing more than finding an unlucky person, then hinting this information to him, and then observing whether he will be kept after he learns this information.
To achieve this experimental result, two elements are required. First, a person who comes from another world like them. Second, this person can understand their hints and will express them after understanding.
The only people who fit the former category are the members of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau and the exploration team, as well as Cai Hong and Fang Sha, who go by the aliases A Lian and A Yuan.
Zhao Yinglai thought about it and felt that according to the current situation, the guinea pig that Scarao was talking about was most likely Cai Hong Fangsha.
Sure enough, the next second, Bai Jinshu's voice rang out: "A Lian and A Yuan."
"We may not be able to catch these two people," Zhao Yinglai touched his chin and said objectively, "They tricked us before. Maybe they have run far away or hidden themselves now?"
[Above Posuo] is so big that finding these two people who are hiding is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"No hurry," Bai Jinshu said slowly, "This night... is still very long."
The first emotion Bai Jinshu learned was anger, and what Skao taught him was calmness.
Sometimes, being too impatient will lead to chaos.
Even though he had planned to kill these two men tonight, he was still unhurried due to the 80% influence of Skao.
What's more, once the true identity of the space [Above Posa] was revealed, many of his previous doubts were answered at once, and the purpose of the two people coming here became clear.
"I'm not in a hurry...but I'm afraid they will run away." Zhao Yinglai muttered.
"Do you believe me?" Bai Jinshu suddenly looked at her with a smile.
"What to believe in?" Zhao Yinglai hesitated.
"Believe me, I have good luck. The location of these two people will be sent to us soon." Bai Jinshu said this and walked towards the pharmacy.
"Hey——" Zhao Yinglai was stunned, "Don't go, let's talk it over first, what should we do about what the old man said?"
Do you want to inform other teammates?
But if one of them is stupid enough to spread the news that this world is the underworld, then everyone will die together.
If not... exploring unknown space requires strength in numbers. If it were just the two of them, they might not be able to explore all the rules.
"There's nothing wrong with that." Bai Jinshu tilted his head and followed the Riskao-like thoughts in his mind, saying bluntly, "It's a disaster to let people with incompetent abilities get information they shouldn't get."
Among all the exploration team members, only Zhao Yinglai could barely catch Skao's eye.
"Or... do you want to put your life in the hands of someone else?" He glanced at Zhao Ying.
Zhao Yinglai himself is not here. Do you want others to control Skao's life by telling others?
"Well... forget it," Zhao Yinglai twitched his lips, and was afraid that someone would get into trouble and drag everyone down, so he quickly changed the subject, "Brother Fa Ye, why do you think the old man told us this information?"
This old man said that his pharmacy has been open for more than four hundred years, so he must have been dead for at least four hundred years, right?
He has lived in the underworld for so long, could it be that he says this to everyone who accidentally enters here, and then those with higher understanding will discover the truth here, and the lucky ones among these people with higher understanding will not blurt out the answer and successfully leave here, while the unlucky ones will be left here as soon as they learn the truth?
Is there any benefit for him in doing this?
"Or did he find out that we are good people... unlike those suspects who came into this world just to escape punishment?" Zhao Ying guessed, "He saw that those members of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau were police officers as soon as they came in. He found out that we are good people, so he couldn't bear to keep us here for more than seven days?"
"That doesn't make sense..." She muttered as she walked, "If that's the case, why didn't he report us in the first place?"
"Hey, Brother Faye, Brother Faye?" She looked up and found that Skao had walked ahead, so she quickly ran a few steps to catch up with him, "Don't you think this old man is a little weird?"
Bai Jinshu turned around and asked: "What's weird about this?"
"It's strange that he didn't report us at the beginning," Zhao Yinglai thought thoughtfully, "What does he want?"
"Didn't he say that?" Bai Jinshu glanced at her, "He's after you."
Zhaoyinglai:?
"Me?" She didn't react for a moment. "What's wrong with me?"
"He wants to take you in as his apprentice," Bai Jinshu said casually, "So if you report us, you will be taken away by the police, and if you stay here for more than seven days, you will never be able to leave."
As long as the old man is not stupid, he will know how to choose.
He could tell Chang William's identity as a living soul when he took his pulse on the first day, but he had been practicing medicine for hundreds of years and had never found a suitable apprentice to inherit his legacy. It happened that the shadow puppet Jiang Jie from Zhaoying was a good candidate.
The old man had an idea and planned to keep them here by sending a message. As long as they stayed here for more than seven days, their souls would never be able to leave the underworld again. Jiang Jie would have to continue to survive in this world and worship him as his master.
The above is the superficial content expressed by the old man.
"And maybe..." Bai Jin said with a hint of meaning, "Because he can see that you are not human."
The sentence "You are not a human" was interpreted by the barrage to mean that Jiang Jie was Wong Tai Sin, but Zhao Yinglai knew very well that Scarao meant that he was a shadow puppet.
Once you know that [Above Posuo] is the underworld, then most of the clues will be answered instantly.
The old man in the pharmacy did not report them. Firstly, he saw that Jiang Jie, the last disciple of the Medical Saint, was a good seedling. Secondly, it was probably because Jiang Jie was a shadow puppet.
After knowing that this was the underworld, the mouthless butler and the old man's driver in the villa on the first day also had identities that could be associated with them. Most of these were paper figures burned for the deceased by their relatives in the world of the living.
Shadow puppets and paper figures probably look the same to them. As a "paper figure", Jiang Jie should have a corresponding "sacrificed person" around him. Chang William has been proven to be a living soul, so the "sacrificed person" corresponding to "paper figure Jiang Jie" can only be Skao.
"But if that's the case, why did he say these things so ambiguously..." Zhao Yinglai became even more confused.
If the old man also thought that Scarao was the "sacrificed" dead, he would not have told them ambiguously that "they must leave within seven days", because no matter whether it was the "dead" Scarao or the "paper man" Zhao Yinglai, there was no possibility of them leaving here, so it would not matter if he said it directly.
"Someone from the Abnormal Investigation Bureau said before that they have been receiving some strange cases over the past few decades." Bai Jinshu walked in front without answering her question. Suddenly he stopped and mentioned another thing.
"The suspect disappeared for three or four days and then suddenly appeared, and was immediately sentenced to death?" Zhao Yinglai thought about it.
"Yes," Bai Jinshu nodded, "I have always wondered what these suspects were doing in this world during the three or four days they disappeared."
According to common sense, if a criminal wanted in this world wants to go to another world, it is simply to escape punishment, and it is normal for him to disappear after entering this world.
However, compared to a considerable number of criminals who disappeared or escaped without ever being found again, these criminals who were found to have traveled to another world, disappeared, and came back after a few days were very strange.
They can obviously start a new life in another world, so why do they want to go back?
"Because they discovered that they can't stay in this world for more than seven days, otherwise they will not be able to go back?" Zhao Yinglai guessed.
"No," Bai Jinshu shook his head slightly, "If they have committed crimes punishable by death in another world, then what's so scary about not being able to go back?"
They should be eager to start a new life in this world, especially after being detained here. Referring to the experience of Gu King Fu Yiran, as an outsider, he even obtained legal status here and became one of the company's employees.
"But I will lose my memory..." Zhao Yinglai hesitated.
"As long as I can survive, losing my memory doesn't matter," the long-haired young man said with an intriguing smile in the evening breeze, "When people reach a dead end, they can do anything."
A mere loss of memory means nothing to these people.
[Aoshen is right, so why would they go back? 】
[Unless they came here not to hide in another world. ]
【Hmm? Tell me about it.】
[It's a very simple inference. The sister who directed the video just now came back and said that the old man told Aoshen that they had to leave within seven days from the time they entered here. If they didn't leave, something would definitely happen. Assuming that if they didn't leave within seven days, they would never be able to leave again, then among all the people who entered here, there must be a probability that some of them did not leave within seven days and could never leave again. ]
【Oh, I see. So we all thought at the beginning that the goal of these prisoners was to stay in this world. But if staying in this world was an accident, and they came here just to achieve a certain purpose, only those who had an accident stayed, and those who went back after three or four days were not accidents, but the purpose was achieved?】
[Yes, that is the consciousness.]
So what do they want to achieve?
"Escape," Zhao Yinglai blurted out, "They found a way to allow them to survive after being sentenced to death."
Only in this way can we explain what happened to those death row inmates who suddenly reappeared after being missing for three or four days and were then quickly sentenced to death.
They found a way to avoid death after being sentenced to death...or rather, they found a substitute.
And the substitute that can be found in the underworld...
Paper figure.
"That's why the old man said that," Zhao Yinglai widened his eyes slightly, "He thought I was... a stand-in?"
He recognized Chang William's identity at first, and also realized that Jiang Jie was a "paper man". According to his understanding of the visitors from another world who often came to this world, he subconsciously regarded Chang William as someone who came here to find a substitute, and mistakenly regarded Jiang Jie as a substitute for one of them.
The old man took a fancy to the talent of "Paper Man Jiang Jie". It just so happened that those who came to make paper men were not good people, so he simply planned to wait until seven days later when all their memories were erased and they were completely transformed into ghosts in the underworld before accepting another disciple.
However, he did not expect that these souls, who had been labeled as "bad guys" by him, would suddenly become connected with a group of souls who were obviously police officers. Later, he discovered that they entered here most likely not to escape punishment, but to find the prisoners who had hidden in the underworld.
Even the captain of these police forces almost lost his life in the underworld because of this.
So after some hesitation and realizing that his judgment was wrong, the old man chose to tell them this information and asked them to go back seven days in advance so as not to lose their lives in ignorance.
Bai Jinshu nodded slightly and was about to continue speaking when he heard some commotion at the door of a pharmacy not far away.
"What's going on?" Zhao Yinglai took a few steps forward, "Did these people start quarreling? Hey... isn't that Wen Qi?"
Among the group of Abnormal Investigation Bureau members, Wen Qi in a white skirt stood out.
It’s just that Wen Qi didn’t seem like she had just come back and happened to run into someone arguing, but rather seemed like she was in the middle of a dispute.
"Why did she come back so late?" Zhao Yinglai muttered casually, "I'll go check it out."
Wen Qi seemed to have had an argument with the members of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau, along with Tang Ling and Qiu Zihan from their exploration team.
When it comes to one of our own people, we always have to find out what's going on.
Bai Jinshu and Zhao Yinglai walked forward a few steps and soon heard Qiu Zihan's loud voice: "What's wrong with you guys? Are you gathering together to bully a little girl? Are you kidnapping her in broad daylight?"
Wen Qi stood beside him, her eyes slightly red, as if she had just cried.
"Wen Qi is still a minor, and her parents called the police..." One team member seemed to want to explain.
"Her parents are not good people," William Chang's voice also rang out, "People like this are social scum even if they are rich. If they were in our circle, they would be despised by everyone."
【Chang William's words are quite anthropomorphic.】
[Fuck, let’s not talk about anything else. Although Chang William likes to show off, he’s at least a decent person.]
[Indeed, William Chang is just a nasty person.]
A few comments flashed by, and Bai Jinshu and Zhao Yinglai also walked to the edge of the arguing crowd.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Ying came and pulled Bo Jiren to ask in a low voice, "What happened?"
Why did they suddenly start quarreling because of Wen Qi?
"It's like this..." Bo Jiren also explained in a low voice, "Didn't their captain just get resurrected, but their channel to return to another world was also destroyed? Deputy Captain Xu plans to take the team members to find out if there is any way to leave here."
Compared to the excitement just now, the exploration team members have obviously adjusted their moods.
Huai Jiamu was lying on a bamboo bed, and two people who looked like team members were carefully helping him change his blood-soaked bandages.
Many others looked ready to leave.
Huai Jiamu was seriously injured by Xiao Guo. Although he is no longer in danger of death, this dangerous world is obviously not conducive to recuperation, so after discussion, they decided to leave here first.
After all, they are members of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau. Even if the passage to leave here has been destroyed, the experience gained from dealing with these things for many years has made everyone more or less aware of some non-materialistic methods.
Just now, Xu Ke was planning to try these methods to see if he could leave here. After all, most of the psychic methods have a requirement of midnight.
Now that the time is almost up, it makes sense for them to look for a way to leave here.
Just when they were about to leave, the team that went after Cai Hong and Fang Sha suddenly came back.
They didn't find Cai Hong and Fang Sha, but met Wen Qi on their way back.
These team members were not aware that Wen Qi had already met their captain and deputy captain last night, and she even acted pitiful this morning, which made Xu Ke feel extremely guilty. He no longer planned to let Wen Qi return to her parents.
When Wen Qi saw Xu Ke, she couldn't help crying again, and that's why the group started arguing.
Huai Jiamu was injured, and the deputy captain Xu Ke was the highest-ranking official here. After the initial confusion, he quickly explained Wen Qi's situation to everyone.
It's just that her life experience is pitiful, and she would be worse off than dead if she returned to their world, so it's better to let her live in this world.
Bai Jinshu had heard these words once in the morning and had no interest in hearing them again, so he simply walked around the group of people and went to see Huai Jiamu lying in the pharmacy.
The old man in the pharmacy should have used medical skills to cure living people, but this is still the underworld after all, and the conditions are limited. Although Huai Jiamu's life was saved, he still did not wake up.
Not long after Bai Jinshu came in, he heard footsteps behind him: "Brother Fa Ye."
It's a sign of coming.
She also avoided the crowd outside and tiptoed into the pharmacy alone.
"Didn't I say I had something to tell you? So many things happened that I almost forgot to tell you." She lowered her voice and glanced at the eighth team member who was still unconscious. "When I came in just now, I was helping the old man and saw the injuries on their captain's body."
"That wound... is not right," she pointed, "Xiao Guo must have used an ordinary dagger to stab him, but there are burn marks near the wound."
Bai Jinshu's first reaction was: "He used a hot knife?"
After all, Xu Ke mentioned that when they went there, the door to return had been burned down by Xiao Guo.
"No," Zhao Yinglai said softly, "What I mean is that Xiao Guo may have used more than just the dagger. The old man said that he used some evil magic. If the doctor here was not him but a doctor from somewhere else, the captain might not have survived."
Bai Jinshu thought for a moment: "You mean, Xiao Guo was able to hurt him not just because he stabbed him a few times?"
Zhao Yinglai nodded: "Yes, I think Xiao Guo must have something against their captain, but this time the incident happened suddenly, and he was afraid that the other team members would catch up, so he stabbed a few more times to make sure the captain would die."
But I didn’t expect that even so, Huai Jiamu didn’t die.
"This kind of thing cannot be prepared in a few hours." Zhao Yinglai added.
This "big shot" should have wanted to kill the captain of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau who knew his secret a long time ago, and this thing that the old man called an evil method should have been prepared long ago.
Bai Jinshu's eyes swept across Huai Jiamu's pale face: "Okay, I get it."
If that was the case, he could understand why Huai Jiamu was injured.
Neither in his memory nor in the captain's memory, there were any preventive measures against these things, not to mention that maybe the things in Xiao Guo's hands were intended to be used against him from the beginning.
[This is too hateful. ]
[Was Xiao Guo sent in to kill the captain from the beginning? He didn't do it until now. Then the big shot was afraid that the captain would tell others about him, so he didn't dare to urge him until the right time, and then he kidnapped his parents? ]
[To be honest, from this perspective, Xiao Guo has actually tried his best, but he just didn't expect that there would be another world. ]
【……really. 】
There was a lot of discussion on the barrage, and the farce outside the pharmacy came to an end.
Just because Xu Ke would be convinced by Wen Qi's miserable experience doesn't mean that others would be the same. The team members came in to find Wen Qi. There was originally a "big shot" watching them from the captain's side. If they not only didn't die, but also didn't find the missing eldest daughter of the founder of Tianquan when they came out, one can imagine the targeting they would face in the future.
The crowd had some disagreements, and just as they were about to enter the second round of quarrels, Wen Qi, who had been silently sobbing, suddenly choked up and said, "Forget it, Brother Xu Ke, you've been so good to me, I won't make things difficult for you, just take me out."
"What is she up to?" Zhao Yinglai lowered her voice and looked over. "Didn't you tell Xu Ke not to take her out this morning?"
Why is this happening again at night?
Bai Jinshu tilted his head to look at the bustling street: "She is making plans for her future after she gets out."
"Make plans after you get out..." Zhao Yinglai whispered twice, and suddenly realized, "She came in to find a substitute?"
The death row prisoners came in to find paper substitutes in order to have the paper man die for them. It is possible that Wen Qi came in to find a paper man to become "Wen Qi" for her, so that she could escape from the control of those people.
As long as Wen Qi is still "Wen Qi", she will not be able to completely break free from her parents' control. If she wants to completely get out of this predicament, she must no longer be "Wen Qi".
This method of finding a substitute seems to be circulated only in a small circle among death row inmates at present. She doesn't know where she got this information from, so she plans to use this method to escape from the predicament.
Zhao Yinglai: "So she has found a replacement now?"
"How pitiful! Being forced to this point, the best they can do is escape," the long-haired young man beside her sighed, which seemed real or fake, and then changed the subject, "Wen Qi was met by the team that went to hunt down A Lian and A Yuan, which means that the place where she appeared was near where A Lian and A Yuan appeared."
He smiled and shook his head, raised his eyes without any smile, and met Wen Qi's gaze again.
【Avatar.】
Late at night, Skaio mouthed the word.
The next second, he successfully saw Wen Qi's face change.
The author has something to say:
Oh (pretending): That's so pitiful. Let me help you.
These two people must be killed, but before they die, they must pull out all the clues that can be involved before they die, otherwise how can they deal with that "big shot"?
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