After all, they had endured for several days and everyone had reached their limit. What was sustaining them now was reaching Xiyan City as soon as possible.
That means safety and a new life.
But now they were blocked outside the city, and some people couldn't figure it out. Perhaps it was because of impatience, anxiety, or perhaps they had ulterior motives. Rumors began to spread, which led to some people's mental breakdown and started to cause trouble.
An off-road vehicle carrying Lin Mo drove in the opposite direction of the convoy from the lane beside it, not going very fast, so that Lin Mo could observe each car one by one.
Lin Mo didn't care about the trouble, and he couldn't do anything about it.
He has more important things to do.
Xiaoyu is now in a deep sleep and cannot be relied upon in the short term. In this situation, it is almost impossible for Lin Mo to deal with a nightmare group of tens of thousands.
But it would be wrong to say that there are absolutely no means.
Lin Mo also has the powerful weapon, the two-dimensional ghost.
However, there are great risks in releasing the two-dimensional ghost in such an open area. Firstly, the two-dimensional ghost has a chance to escape in the chaos, and if it runs away, Lin Mo will have nowhere to find it; secondly, those nightmares are not fools. After knowing the horror of the two-dimensional ghost, it is impossible for them to stand there and let the two-dimensional ghost crush them. In this way, the nightmares can only be temporarily dispersed, and there is a possibility of them gathering again later. The most troublesome thing is that if the attack of the two-dimensional ghost causes this large group of nightmares to rush into Xiyan City ahead of time, it will not be worth the loss.
Lin Mo was very clear about the characteristics of nightmares.
If a large number of nightmares are generated in a closed area, the nightmares will devour each other in order to survive.
This will give birth to the 'King of Nightmares'.
Even if a nightmare king like 'Xiaoruan' was born, it would be impossible to control tens of thousands of nightmares and make them act as a whole.
The main thing is that a considerable part of the nightmare is completely controlled by resentment, malice and hatred. No one can control such a mindless nightmare.
But when Lin Mo observed just now, he found that there were too many such nightmares mixed in.
So this is not normal.
There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. Lin Mo now wants to find the key point of this problem.
It is impossible for so many nightmares to follow the convoy without any reason. Donghe City is 180 kilometers away from Xiyan City. The nightmare world is now fully expanded and is a one-to-one projection of the real world. If there is nothing to guide those nightmares, they cannot track all the way here in the nightmare world.
What Lin Mo was looking for was that 'guidance'.
The person driving the car was Wang Dalong, who was temporarily treated as Lin Mo's driver.
"Drive slower!" Lin Mo said.
Wang Dalong nodded and slowed down the car a little more.
Lin Mo in the car glanced at each car and each person.
These were people from Donghe City, with their families. Their cars were stuffed with large and small bags, and the roofs were also piled with things, just like they were moving house.
Everyone's face showed fatigue, despair, dissatisfaction and anger with the current situation, and the irritability that resulted from it.
In this particular case, anger and resentment are contagious.
If someone instigates it, things will immediately get out of hand.
Along the way, Lin Mo has seen several incidents of disturbance. It is no exaggeration to say that the crowds are very excited. At one time, more than 20 people blocked the road and refused to let anyone pass. They insisted on getting an explanation.
"Why should we stop here? You must be official people. Let me tell you, we will not let you pass without giving you an explanation." A man shouted at the top of his voice.
"We haven't slept for several days. Tell us clearly what we are going to do. There are so many of us, and we are just left here. Do you care? What is going on?"
"Yes, we have elderly parents and young children to take care of. We are not allowed to sleep and are forced to run around. Isn't this a hassle?"
"Look, this person can come from the front in the opposite direction. He must be an official. We can't let him pass. He must explain it to us clearly and give us an explanation."
"Yes, explain clearly and give an explanation!"
After someone made such a commotion, more people gathered around.
Lin Mo frowned.
In this case, how can he investigate?
"Expert Lin, what should we do? There are too many people around. How about we call for reinforcements?" Wang Dalong said in a low voice when he saw that something was wrong around him.
Lin Mo waved his hand, opened the door and walked down.
"Be quiet for a moment."
"Be quiet."
Lin Mo raised his voice, and perhaps seeing how powerful Lin Mo was, the people around him fell silent.
"Are you an official? Tell us clearly what is going on and why are you stopping us here? If you don't explain clearly, you can't leave."
Someone in the crowd shouted.
Lin Mo smiled and said, "You are all talking at the same time, who knows what you are going to do? So, elect a leader and I will tell you the situation."
"Or you can volunteer."
Lin Mo looked around.
These are ordinary people who are just a little hysterical because of fear.
Of course Lin Mo would not argue with them.
At this time, someone actually came forward and said that he could represent the people around him.
Lin Mo looked at the other person. Hmm, he was a middle-aged man, quite tall, wearing glasses, and looked quite prestigious.
"Then it's you!"
After saying that, Lin Mo went up and put his hand on the other person's face.
The latter was stunned and was about to get angry.
The next moment, he found that his eyes went dark, and soon he could see again, but he was in another place.
Dark and eerie.
It was still a road, but there were no cars, and there were densely packed and strange figures standing around.
Some look like humans, while others are so abstract that you can’t tell what they are at all.
Perhaps all this happened too suddenly, so that the middle-aged man was stunned for three full seconds without reacting.
Until he saw a madman wearing bloody clothes, showing a mouth full of sharp teeth, and rushing towards him with a knife in his hand. At the same time, a scary female ghost emerged from under his crotch, making a strange giggle.
This scene instantly made me addicted.
People cannot scream out in the moment of fear.
It's the kind where you want to shout but can't.
And at that moment, my brain went blank, as if I had been hit on the head with a hammer.
But my mind is very clear.
There is one more important point.
It means that you may not be able to control some muscle groups of your body.
Especially when you have been driving for two hours and still haven’t had time to go to the toilet, and you have been holding it in all the way.
Whether it is the sphincters of the nightmare world or the real world, they are completely liberated at this moment, just like a flock of sheep running out after the sheepfold is opened.
Just at this moment, there was a snap.
The middle-aged man felt like he had been slapped in the face.
The next moment, the light returned.
He shuddered violently and then let out a scream.
It is no exaggeration to say that most little girls cannot produce that tone.
"Alright, alright, stop yelling." Lin Mo patted the guy's shoulder, but it was useless, so Lin Mo just let him yell.
This cry caused by fear will not last long.
He just stared with his eyes wide open, covered in cold sweat, his face pale, and his teeth chattering uncontrollably.
"What's your name?" Lin Mo asked.
The other party looked at the surrounding scene for a while before saying: "My name is Huang Sheng."
"Okay, Mr. Huang, you saw the scene just now. What you saw was right at this moment, in the nightmare projection area of this place. How many monsters did you see? Tell us about it."
"There are countless of them. There are too many to count. It's so scary. There is a female ghost. It, it..."
Mr. Huang has become somewhat incoherent.
Lin Mo asked him to relax.
"Everyone has heard it. Originally, this matter is confidential, but I think that as the parties involved, you have the right to know. Yes, a large group of nightmares followed you all the way here. If you are allowed to enter Xiyan City, then those terrifying monsters will follow you in."
"Think about it, why did you come to Xiyan City?"
"It's for the safety of yourself and your family. So, if you come in under such circumstances, what will be the consequences? I tell you, everyone will be doomed. No one among you will be spared."
Others didn't quite believe it, but the middle-aged man Mr. Huang already believed it.
And I believe it firmly.
Then he started talking to the people around him, completely ignoring his wet crotch.
Or maybe it's better to have their own people speak for them.
Of course, it is not ruled out that the people around are afraid of Lin Mo.
They saw it clearly just now. Lin Mo just stretched out his hand and pressed Mr. Huang's face, and the other person closed his eyes and fell asleep. A few seconds later, he was woken up by a slap, and Mr. Huang was scared like that.
If they tried to stop them, would they be attacked as well? It was too scary.
Everyone made way, mainly because no one dared to stop Lin Mo.
"Drive!" Lin Mo gave an order after getting back in the car, and Wang Dalong hurried forward.
After walking a few hundred meters this time, Lin Mo raised his hand to signal to stop.
At this moment, he was staring at a car.
In the driver's seat of the SUV, a man was talking to someone in the back seat and seemed a little anxious. The back seat had privacy glass, so one couldn't see clearly what was going on inside.
Lin Mo walked over and knocked on the driver's window.
The man driving the car was startled. He turned his head to look at Lin Mo in surprise, then rolled down the car window.
"What's the matter?" the man asked.
Lin Mo glanced from the front to the back seat.
Sitting in the back seat was a young woman, who was pregnant with a big belly.
The woman was a little emotional, as if she had just cried. Her eyes were moist and red, and she was wiping her nose with a tissue.
Lin Mo showed his ID.
"Open the car door and get out."
The man was obviously startled and kept asking what was going on. The pregnant woman in the back seat also opened the door and got out. She subconsciously hid behind her husband with fear in her eyes.
Lin Mo told them not to be nervous: "Tell me the basic situation."
The man began to introduce himself.
Including their names, occupations, and home addresses, it was very detailed.
Lin Mo's eyes never left the woman's big belly from beginning to end.
As expected, the problem lies in the pregnant woman's belly, or more precisely, in the fetus inside.
"How many months?" Lin Mo asked.
The woman spoke for the first time: "It's full term."
Full term means that birth may occur at any time.
"When was the last prenatal checkup?" Lin Mo asked again.
This time, it was the man who answered first.
"About a week ago."
The other party was already a little confused.
"What did the doctor say?" Lin Mo asked again.
At this moment, the young couple probably thought Lin Mo was a psychopath. You are a security officer, and you called someone out of the car just to ask about the fetus? You are just idle, right? Of course, you can't say this out loud, it's impolite.
"The doctor said the baby is healthy." The woman replied. She could feel that her husband was a little unhappy, so she secretly squeezed her husband's hand. The latter also felt it, looked back at her, and they smiled at each other.
Maybe they were arguing in the car over some trivial matter before, but at this moment, they made up.
Lin Mo noticed the micro-expressions of the young couple, but he was too lazy to care.
He is not idle.
At this moment he was sure that there was something wrong with the fetus in the woman's belly.
And it’s a big problem.
The thick, powerful smell of nightmare was now emanating from the woman's belly, like a chimney that continuously belched out thick smoke.
Lin Mo needs further examination.
He glanced at the young couple.
"Can I touch your belly?"
After these words were spoken, the man's face turned very unsightly and the woman also frowned.
They obviously thought Lin Mo was a pervert.
Lin Mo also realized that if he didn't say anything, they would definitely not agree.
This is also human nature.
He thought for a moment, summarized his words, and then said, "Here's the thing. I feel that something is wrong with your child. I can tell you that the child is haunted by some kind of nightmare. I'm not trying to scare you. Maybe in the corresponding nightmare world, there are horrible nightmares that have already started to attack your child. I'm here to help you. If you don't cooperate, I can be sure that your child won't be born alive."
This was half true and half false, but it obviously frightened the young couple.
But they still had some doubts.
At this moment, several cars drove over from the road next to them, and then police officers from Donghe City and Xiyan City got out of the cars, along with several officials from Donghe City.
When they heard Lin Mo's request, they had no doubt and directly stated that they must cooperate unconditionally.
"This is Expert Lin from the General Administration. He is currently the commander-in-chief of Xiyan City's response to the nightmare crisis. We must take what he said seriously."
The title is clearly very useful.
The young couple was also stunned.
Of course I agreed.
The woman also asked if she wanted to show her belly.
Lin Mo said no.
The next moment, he stretched out his hand and slowly placed it on the woman's big belly.
Then Lin Mo closed his eyes.
(End of this chapter)