Chapter 576 Above the Posa (112) [VIP]
"It's been two or three hours," Tang Ling glanced at his watch and blurted out, "If Xu Ke tells us, then we're all in trouble."
The special rules of this unknown space are like a pit placed on the road waiting for everyone to jump in. As long as you notice any clues about this place, you may fall into this pit.
What’s even more frightening is that this rule is based on collective responsibility. Not only will the person who discovers it fall into the trap, but those who hear related topics will also be judged as “knowing the truth.”
This means that in a group, once one person discovers the truth but is not aware of it and cannot explain it to others, everyone will be in danger.
"Hurry up and check it out," Zhao Yinglai jumped up from his chair, "If it's really Xu Ke who came back, something bad will happen."
They were also planning on having other members of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau being captured by the underworld and having the replaced paper figurines of the original owners taken back to the human world. Now, not to mention the safety of Xu Ke and other members, what would happen to the paper figurines?
"Where should they be if they are to be taken away? In the company?" Although Di Xueni was not clear about the current situation, she subconsciously followed everyone's words and said, "So should we go to the company to look for them now?"
"Time is a bit tight," William Chang looked at his watch, "There are still more than three hours until the time is up, how about we stay here?"
As soon as these words came out, Bo Jiren immediately nodded in agreement: "I also think there is no need to look for it. The risk is too great."
Everyone thought nothing would happen tonight, but unexpectedly, Xu Ke suddenly came back from the world of the living before they left. It would take about an hour to avoid monsters and rush to the company in the dangerous night, and it was not certain that they would find the person.
At least it is safe to stay in the pharmacy. If everyone goes out to find someone, and when it is close to the logout time and they need to fill in the rules, all the exploration team members are not together, and the complete filling of the rules cannot be guaranteed.
There were also discussions on the barrage:
【Why did this happen suddenly at this time? 】
[Why did Xu Ke come back from the mortal world? Shouldn't he be with Wen Qi? ]
[Didn't Wen Qi say that he went out because he received a phone call? So now Xu Ke knows that this is the underworld and is planning to come back and take his teammates away?]
[Which one did you mean by taking away? If you mean taking everyone away in one go and leaving them in the underworld, then that has indeed been done.]
[…What a joke from hell. ]
[Should we go find them now? I think several of the team members don't want to go.]
[Why hasn't Aoshen spoken? 】
[Aoshen is probably thinking about the pros and cons. To be honest, I feel like he is always vindictive. The captain of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau is an acquaintance of his. If a big shot provokes him, he may not want to let that big shot go.]
[To be honest, is it my illusion? Why do I feel like Aoshen is not surprised at all? 】
Due to an emergency, the exploration team members gathered together and talked about all kinds of things. Bai Jinshu stood in the corner with his arms folded and leaning against the wall, with only half of his face showing on the screen. He watched the noisy exploration team members from afar, with no intention of joining in.
"How about we split up and look for him," Di Xueni suggested. "We fill in the rules and one team goes to look for him. Is that okay?"
The members of Team 1 have basically recovered all their memories now, and they don’t have to fill in the rules, which makes them a perfect match to go find Xu Ke.
“I disagree,” a short-haired man retorted, “We’re trapped here and we don’t know how to get out now. It’s safer to stay with you guys from Team 2.”
What if they go out alone, and they haven't returned by the time the countdown is up, and the Foundation can't take them away?
"Then..." Di Xueni paused, "Then Wen Qi..."
She looked at Wen Qi hesitantly.
Wen Qi is the only aboriginal among them who does not have to leave here, and half of her body is still in the world of the living. She should be able to go find Xu Ke.
"I can't contact you." Wen Qi frowned.
Yes, Wen Qi is not a member of the exploration team, so she doesn’t have a watch terminal or group chat.
"Aren't you going to try to persuade them?" Zhao Yinglai squeezed through a group of noisy people and came up to Bai Jinshu and asked.
"What are you trying to persuade me to do?" Bai Jinshu glanced at her and said in a relaxed tone, "It's almost time to leave now, it's normal that no one wants to go."
The members of Team One were worried that they wouldn't be able to leave after they got there, while the members of Team Two were worried that the rules wouldn't be filled out completely after they split up. Everyone had their own reasons.
"You won't kill that important person?" Zhao Yinglai curled his lips, "Don't pretend. I don't believe you, you must have a trick up your sleeve."
"There's no need to talk about back-up plans," Bai Jinshu said, adjusting his collar slowly, "I'm just waiting here."
"You wait for Xu Ke to come by himself?" Zhao Yinglai took a few seconds to react, "Why would he come by himself? If he says something like this, he will be taken away..."
"It's a very simple deduction," Bai Jinshu held up two fingers and said casually, "If Xu Ke really came back, then there are two possibilities: he doesn't know where this place is, or he knows where this place is."
If it was the former, Xu Ke didn't know where this place was, so the purpose of his return was to take his teammates and captain away.
According to his limited knowledge and experience of the other world, all those who returned were caught by the police and then returned to their own world, so the method he should adopt is to take everyone to surrender.
As the captain, Huai Jiamu is still recuperating in the pharmacy. No matter what, Xu Ke must come back to take his captain away.
And if it is the latter, Xu Ke knows where this place is, then he will be faced with two choices again, that is, Xu Ke does not know and cannot say that this is the underworld, and Xu Ke knows and cannot say that this is the underworld.
If it is the former, his actions will go back to the initial speculation, that is, taking his team leader to surrender, then he will definitely return to the pharmacy.
As for the latter... things will get interesting.
"Xu Ke knew where this place was, but he didn't know that he couldn't tell the truth here. So guess how he came back." Bai Jinshu raised his eyebrows.
"Shock state..." Zhao Yinglai answered tentatively.
Time was running out, and he certainly didn't have time to find some Taoist master to cross the Yin and Yang worlds. As an ordinary person, the most successful and efficient way was to pretend to be dead, which meant that Xu Ke's body in the world of the living must have gone into shock.
In a state of shock, dead but not completely dead, in this state, he pretended to be a dead soul and entered the underworld, but his body was actually still in the world of the living. As long as he was out of danger, he could leave this world immediately.
"I guess the indigenous people should be immune to this rule." Bai Jinshu tapped the table lightly with his fingers.
[You can't say this is the underworld] This rule seems to only apply to living souls like them. When Chang William and his team sneaked into the police station before, the police did not avoid related topics.
Xu Ke is now in a state of superposition between the living and the dead. Before his body in the world of the living is successfully rescued, he should be considered a dead soul in the underworld.
Of course, the dead can speak out relevant content without having their memories erased because they are already dead.
"You mean, if Xu Ke really told all the team members, then he is the only one whose memory has not been erased..." Zhao Yinglai thought for a while, "That means the only one who is not in trouble is their captain..."
That is Huai Jiamu who is still in the pharmacy.
Without knowing what exactly happened, Xu Ke certainly didn't dare to do anything else. Besides, one cannot stay in the underworld for more than seven days. Today is already the sixth day since they entered here. His top priority is to take out the only captain who is not in trouble.
No matter what, no matter what choice Xu Ke made, he would eventually return to the pharmacy.
No wonder Skao is so laid back.
It turned out that he had calculated from the beginning that Xu Ke would definitely come back here.
[No wonder Aoshen is not in a hurry at all...]
[He was sure Xu Ke would come to him.]
[The captain of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau is a Xu Ke trap. ]
Zhao Yinglai twitched his lips and sighed sincerely, "What are they arguing about now?"
Since Xu Ke will be back, there is no point in going to the company to look for those team members.
"I don't know." The long-haired young man blinked and said innocently, "Maybe he likes to quarrel."
"I'll go and tell them to stop," Zhao Yinglai said with a click of the tongue, "If they keep arguing, Xu Ke will probably notice something is wrong."
This group of people were just arguing about who should go to the company, but now the content of the argument has become a question of the foundation's judgment. If the argument continues, it is hard to say what this group of people will say.
"Alright, alright, stop arguing," she said as she walked towards the door. Before she could finish her words, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye, "Xu Ke?"
Xu Ke was standing in the shadow of the street lamp in front of the pharmacy, and he didn't know how long he had been watching.
Is he really back?
I don’t know which stage of his current condition Scarao guessed... Zhao Yinglai subconsciously glanced behind him and did not see any other team members.
Afraid that someone had already told others that this was the underworld, she quickly made a judgment in her mind and put on a surprised expression.
"Why are you here?" Zhao Yinglai gestured to everyone who had stopped talking after hearing her figure, and then winked at Wen Qi, asking her to hide first, and then took a few steps towards the door, "Why are you here? Weren't you arrested by the police?"
Xu Ke stared at her with a gloomy look in his eyes. After several seconds, he waited until she came closer before he said slowly, "Yeah, you probably didn't expect me to come back, right?"
"Hmm?" Zhao Yinglai raised his eyes curiously, "What do you mean?"
Xu Ke’s behavior… did he know something?
"What is this?" Xu Ke paused and took something out of his pocket.
Zhao Yinglai took a few steps forward before he could see clearly that what appeared in Xu Ke's hand was actually the incomplete little paper figure that possessed the original owner of the big shot.
"This is..." She was surprised and cursed in her heart, "What is this?"
How did the paper figurine possessed by the original owner of a big shot end up in Xu Ke's hands?
Tang Ling and his team stuffed this thing into the pockets of their team members, preparing to have them bring it back in person when they were sent back to the world of the living by the underworld messengers. Now that the team members were not here, it was probably because Xu Ke had revealed the fact that this was the underworld that something went wrong, but how did the paper man appear...
It couldn't be that when the team members were taken away according to the rules, the residual soul possessed by the paper man was counted as dead and was not taken away with them.
Worse still, could it be that Xu Ke saw the entire process of Tang Ling and the others placing the paper figures...
Before she finished thinking, she heard Xu Ke continue: "I saw Tang Ling put this thing in my team member's pocket with my own eyes, and I also saw Qiu Zihan set the fire. You have always known where this place is and have always wanted to use us, right?"
【Oh shit, oh shit. 】
[Were they seen by Xu Ke when they set the fire? ]
【How can I get this round?】
[There's nothing to say about this... I think everyone will leave in a few hours, so Xu Ke can think whatever he wants. What can he do as an aboriginal?]
[What can he do as a native? He can attack everyone! ]
【What's the meaning? 】
[Did you forget? Xu Ke is immune to damage from rules. If he now thinks that Ao Shen and the others are bad guys, and then stands here and shouts that this is the underworld, then everyone will be finished, right? ]
[Oh my god…]
On the screen, Zhao Yinglai also thought of this problem. He sighed in his heart and cursed Qiu Zihan for being a talkative person with a weak demeanor.
It was just a matter of setting a fire, but they were caught in the act by Xu Ke. Now it is known that they were the ones who set the previous fires, and they were also the ones who caused the team members to be caught several times before, and they are now exposed.
"How can this be considered as using you?" She cursed in her heart while quickly calming down Xu Ke's bomb, "We have been using our own methods to get you out."
As long as we kill them and tell them that the act of setting the fire is to rescue these team members, everything should be fine.
The bad thing about Xu Ke is that he has a strong sense of justice, but it's also a good thing that he has a strong sense of justice. They can fool people by creating an image of someone who knows everything but has his own difficulties. As long as they can fool them for a few hours, after they leave, it won't matter even if Xu Ke comes to his senses.
"What about your team members? Were they left behind after they learned the truth? People who don't belong here will have all their memories erased after knowing the secrets here," Zhao Yinglai's expression became more sincere when he said this. "Really, we didn't tell you for your own good."
Xu Ke's expression seemed to relax a little.
Zhao Yinglai quickly struck while the iron was hot: "Don't stand outside, come in first, we know where your team members were taken, it's not safe at night, we will take you to find them tomorrow morning, we also have a way to get them back to the other world."
"Look." She pointed to a group of people in a pharmacy in the distance to increase credibility. "Those people are just like your teammates. They were left here. We entered here to find them. Now their memories have been restored. If you don't believe me, go ask them."
She wasn't lying. A team was indeed left here, and they did lose their memories and then recover them, but they were not the natives of this world.
Xu Ke didn't move.
"Really?" Zhao Yinglai stepped forward and put his arm around his shoulders, pulling him in the opposite direction of the pharmacy while winking at Chang William frantically, hoping that he could understand her signals and come over. He knew that now was the time to use his fixed attributes to calm Xu Ke down. "Let's go in and talk."
"We didn't expect you to come back," Zhao Yinglai said as he walked to make amends for Tang Ling and the others' behavior tonight, "If you didn't come back, the police would have arrested the remaining team members tonight, and they would have returned to another world."
Her most important goal now is to get Xu Ke away from the pharmacy.
Jiang Jie is her shadow puppet, and she will not be left behind even if she hears the truth that this is the underworld. But the same cannot be said for the others. If Xu Ke stands here and shouts, at least two-thirds of the people will be taken away.
【You’ve worked so hard, Daxian. 】
[I am moved to tears. Brother Daxian tried his best to take Xu Ke away from here.]
[Xu Ke seems to not believe in the immortal.]
[If I were Xu Ke, I wouldn't believe it either. I saw you stuffing things into my teammates' pockets just a second ago, and now you tell me that you are doing this for their own good, I would also doubt your motives. I would also doubt whether you also stuffed things into my pockets before, and whether you also used me to achieve some purpose.]
[This is really hard to explain. It’s really hard for Brother Daxian. ]
【Deduction 1 for helping Daxian Ge change the topic.】
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Zhaoyinglai is also trying to steer the topic away from this direction.
The arson incident can be explained, but the paper figurine incident is really hard to explain.
Xu Ke also knew that some death row inmates were evading legal punishment by finding substitutes. Paper figures were the medium through which they carried their substitutes. Their act of carrying paper figures was tantamount to putting themselves in the position of the death row inmates.
According to Xu Ke's sense of justice, if he thought that these paper figures were stuffed into the pockets of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau members by Tang Ling and others and taken to the world of the living to exonerate some death row prisoners, he would probably explode in the next second and drag all of them down with him.
"So you are here to save people?" Xu Ke stood where he was, not being led by Zhao Ying, but looking straight at him.
"Yes, yes," Zhao Yinglai nodded.
"Then why?" Xu Ke's tone suddenly turned cold. "I saw Wen Qi here too. Why is she here? Shouldn't she be at my parents' house?"
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