The old street of Whale Swallowing City in the nightmare world has a weird sense of art.
This sense of art comes from the style of old buildings in the last century, a combination of Chinese and Western styles, and a picture full of the characteristics of the times. It is reflected in every brick and tile, the sculptures on the wall, and the old lampshade on the old street lamp.
It was as if time had really gone back a hundred years.
It’s just that some action figures decorations in the shop glass and the zebra crossings on the road brought the timeline back to the present.
Coupled with the gloomy filter unique to the nightmare world, the roadside shop in front of you looks even more weird and eerie, even grotesque at one point, and the eyes of the model figures inside seem to be staring at you.
Paper cranes circled around the shop, as if trying to find a way in.
But the door was closed tightly, leaving not even a crack for the paper crane.
The paper crane was very anxious.
A few times, it hit the glass head-on, making a popping sound.
Unfortunately, I still can’t get in.
"Come back."
Lin Mo waved his hand at this moment, and the paper crane seemed to have received new instructions, turned around, and flew back to Lin Mo's palm.
Putting the paper crane into their pockets, Lin Mo and Expert Zhou walked to the door of the store.
"Team Leader Lin, when you stopped the car to check, did you already realize something was wrong with the store? Do you have any other plans that you haven't told me?"
Expert Zhou had been kept in the dark once, so he was now feeling a little paranoid. And because Lin Mo had acted so arrogant before, he believed that all this was part of Lin Mo's plan.
Lin Mo neither admitted nor denied it.
He did feel that there was something wrong with the store at that time.
But since I didn't find anything, I didn't pay much attention to it.
Now it seems that the situation is not what I thought.
The escaped dummy is inside.
Because the distance was close enough, even without the paper crane, Lin Mo could still feel the breath of the dummy.
But something interesting happened.
The next moment, the dummy's breath disappeared.
It felt like being on the phone and suddenly, the other party hung up.
Very abrupt.
Lin Mo knew that it was because the paper crane hit the glass just now that the people inside became alert.
The next moment, Lin Mo took out a bean and stuffed it into Expert Zhou's mouth.
"Mobilize the action team, surround this store, and don't allow anyone to leave."
Before Expert Zhou could react, he returned to the real world.
After waking up, Expert Zhou thought about what Lin Mo had just said, and immediately turned on the intercom to call for help.
Obviously, the so-called encirclement refers to the real world.
In this way, if there is someone in that store, the blockade in the current world can cut off their escape route.
As for the nightmare world, Lin Mo is there.
When Lin Mo was left alone, he walked to the door and tried to push it open.
With a creaking sound.
The door opened.
The door was not locked.
Lin Mo thought about it and walked in.
The other party could set a trap in that old building, but they would never have thought that they would find this place so quickly. Besides, even if there was a trap, or even a second bomb nightmare, Lin Mo was not afraid.
He has enough cards to deal with it.
"Welcome."
There was a strange electronic sound coming from the door.
Just like when Lin Mo entered this store in the real world.
The same sound, but when heard in different worlds, the feeling is completely different.
In addition to this welcome voice, the model figures inside are also completely different from the real world.
It was also full, but all the models and figurines were of the weird and scary type. Lin Mo could feel that there was something weird mixed in with these things, and it was hiding in them, staring at him with ill intentions.
Far in the front, over the counter, a candle was burning.
The flames flickered, causing the shadows of the model figures in the room to sway left and right. The light did not bring any sense of security, but instead made people feel more frightened.
If there is a timid person here, he would definitely hope that the candle is extinguished.
At least out of sight, out of mind.
Behind the counter, a figure was working with his head down.
Lin Mo agreed with the other party.
He is the owner of this shop.
The appearance and even the movements were the same as when he saw the other person in the real world. The only difference was that the one being repaired by the shop owner was the dummy that had escaped before.
The dummy's body has been disassembled.
As if dismembered, the body parts were neatly placed on the table, the most eye-catching of which was the mannequin's head.
At this moment, the head stared, as if he wanted to say something.
But its jaw was also removed.
So, it’s impossible to speak at all.
Even it should be dead.
Because Lin Mo could no longer sense the breath of this mannequin.
"You can look at whatever you like. They are not expensive."
At this time, the shop owner lowered his head and said something.
It was the same as what the other party said when Lin Mo came in in the real world.
Lin Mo smiled, then reached out and grabbed a scary ghost doll figurine from the side and placed it on the table: "This is good, my son should like it."
The shop owner was a little surprised at Lin Mo's calmness. He looked up and continued to disassemble the limbs of the dummy.
"This is for you, no charge!"
"That's so embarrassing!"
"You're welcome. You're the most special guest. Now that you're here, let's chat." The shop owner then took out the heart from the mannequin's chest and placed it on the table.
The heart is still beating.
Lin Mo suddenly realized that the dummy was not dead, it was just taken apart.
How did the other party do it? Who is the other party?
Lin Mo pondered for a moment.
He asked tentatively.
"The fixer?"
This was completely a flash of inspiration, because Fu Chong and the monitoring equipment had captured this name before, in addition to the repairer, there were also "eyes" and "blind man".
The reason why Lin Mo was able to connect the repairman with the shop owner was simple.
If the other party can disassemble the dummy, then they can definitely assemble it.
If you can disassemble and assemble, then it will be natural for you to know how to repair it.
There is nothing wrong with the logic.
The other party was obviously more surprised.
It's a disguised admission.
Lin Mo smiled: "I know a lot of things. For example, there must be a lot of dummies in this shop. I can't feel them because you disassembled them into parts and assembled them with other things."
This is what Lin Mo just noticed.
The other party is definitely a craftsman, and feels very similar to Yu Po and Yue Jie. As for who is more capable between them, it is hard to say.
But it seems like this 'repairer' will be difficult to deal with.
The shop owner neither confirmed nor denied Lin Mo's words.
He just wiped his hands and motioned Lin Mo to sit down.
"Lin Mo, Expert Lin, I know you. Your name is very famous among us."
"Us? Dummies?" Lin Mo asked.
The shop owner smiled and said, "Let's chat."
This time Lin Mo did not refuse, he sat on the chair next to him.
Lin Mo was certain that the shop owner, the so-called "repairer", was not a dummy. But now, after seeing how he eliminated the aura by dismantling the dummy, Lin Mo did not dare to say that his judgment was 100% correct.
As if sensing Lin Mo's doubts, the shop owner said, "I am indeed a mannequin, but I am different from other mannequins."
"What's the difference?"
The shop owner didn't answer immediately.
Instead, he asked a question in return.
"The Repairer, the Eyes and the Blind. Now that you know that I am the Repairer, aren't you curious about who is the Eyes and who is the Blind?"
Lin Mo was indeed very curious.
"You know?"
"Yes, I know."
"Who are the eyes?"
"you!"
"I?"
"Yes, it's you."
Lin Mo was happy to hear the shop owner's words.
But he seemed to be able to tell that the other party was not joking.
"Go on. I'm listening."
Lin Mo gestured.
The shop owner seems like a true wise man, a man with great scheming and understanding of intrigues, or to put it more simply, he is a smart man.
"Let me ask you a question first." The shop owner began to think in a jumpy way. Lin Mo thought to himself that he would not be confused by the other party, so he did not say much.
"You ask!"
"Mr. Lin, how many dummies do you think there are now?"
Is the first question so complicated?
How do I know how many dummies there are?
"I don't know!" Lin Mo was very honest. If he didn't know, he didn't know. He wouldn't pretend to know when he didn't know.
"I don't know the exact number, but I can give you a rough estimate. Let's put it this way, it's much more than you think." The shop owner then said, "At least tens of thousands."
That is indeed a lot.
Wait a moment.
Lin Mo suddenly realized a problem.
How did the other party know? Are the dummies from different places connected to each other?
If you don’t understand, just ask. Since you want to chat, you should be frank and ask questions if you have any.
"Yes, we do have connections with each other. The number I mentioned just now is only the ones I know. There are others I don't know, so there may be more."
"What's the big deal about having more people?" Lin Mo sneered.
When it comes to enemies that threaten human survival, no matter how many tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands there are, even if they are millions, we will not hesitate to kill them.
It's human nature.
Because the nature of a mannequin is to imitate and replace a living person.
This is an irreconcilable contradiction.
The shop owner ignored Lin Mo's provocation and turned his head and said to the person behind him: "Come out."
The next moment, a person walked out from a pile of puppet parts behind the shop owner.
This is obviously a fake.
But the strange thing was that Lin Mo could not sense the other party's breath.
This is not the first time this has happened.
Moreover, this dummy is in its initial state and has not yet imitated a living person, so it is easy to tell that it is a dummy.
"We don't necessarily have to imitate living people. This instinct can be eliminated." The shop owner said at this time.
Lin Mo didn't say anything, he was digesting the news.
The shop owner continued, "Let's go back to the issue we were discussing just now. I am the repairer and you are the eyes. Eyes represent vision, detection, and the ability to spot a dummy."
Lin Mo understood after hearing this.
It makes sense that the dummy calls itself the 'eye'.
Because I can see through their disguise.
"We were planning to get rid of you." The shop owner readily admitted it.
He was talking about the explosion trap in the old building.
According to this reasoning, if the eyes are oneself, then so are the blind people, because if the eyes are removed, the person will become blind.
"It's a pity that you failed." Lin Mo said with a smile.
The shop owner shook his head: "Failure? Haha, that may not be the case."
After saying that, an extremely fat nightmare walked out of the room inside.
Lin Mo had seen this kind of thing in Lu Xian's mirror.
The old building exploded because of this monster.
There is one here too.
If the opponent self-destructs at this distance, it will be a lot of fun.
"Aren't you afraid?" The shop owner keenly noticed Lin Mo's thoughts. He seemed to be very good at observation, which Lin Mo felt inferior to.
The other party is indeed smart, even cunning.
But it didn't work.
In terms of strength, I still have an absolute advantage.
I'm not the dead.
Of course not.
This fearlessness will be reflected in the expression and behavior, and will be keenly captured by the other party.
"What's so scary?" Lin Mo smiled. This time, it was the shop owner's expression that changed. He thought, "I understand, Mr. Lin, don't get me wrong. Our first choice is to get rid of you, but we also have a backup plan. I'll tell you about it, and you can listen and give me some suggestions."
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