Chapter 209: Scavenger (5) Miracle of Reincarnation
Police station.
"We've discussed it. Catch the one codenamed Blind Man." The police officer was holding a cigarette and flipping through a stack of A4 papers.
Yin Mingwu cursed in his heart.
After he entered the copy, he was given a special identity: an undercover agent planted by the police inside the [Dark Cloud] organization.
The first decomposition task is to capture a scavenger of [Dark Cloud], who is one of the 12 players, and send him to the police station for interrogation.
Why catch the most difficult one when there are so many people to catch?
"Change someone else. I can't handle him." Yin Mingwu rubbed his disabled knee. "You guys have good taste. You picked a difficult one right at the beginning."
The police officer raised his eyebrows and glanced at him: "Just arrest him. It's your job to figure it out."
Yin Mingwu grabbed the document and left the police officer's office cursing. Before closing the door, he suddenly thought of something: "Why do you want to arrest the blind man? He looks like a pretty boy."
"No particular reason," the police officer said slowly, "I think I've seen his face somewhere before. It's strange, but I just feel familiar."
*
Dark Cloud Headquarters.
Gao Mengtang and others yawned and reluctantly crawled out of bed, preparing to go to Chen Yuan's birthday party.
Along the way, Wei Wei was asking the staff about Chen Yuan's news.
"He just turned 18. Is he in college?" Wei Wei asked.
Driver: "I'm about to graduate from college. I'm in the junior class at Zhongzhou University and I'm a senior this year."
"Young and promising." Wei Wei praised him halfheartedly, "What is his major?"
"Biochemical." The driver yawned. "This guy has a very strange personality, like a gourd with a sawed mouth. He usually doesn't say a word and doesn't like to exchange pleasantries. You just give him the birthday present and leave quickly."
Gao Mengtang opened his eyes dazedly: "He is so withdrawn, why did he hold a coming-of-age ceremony?"
"Who knows? Normally, he doesn't even mention his birthday. He's doing experiments at school on New Year's Eve." The driver yawned again. "This year, he suddenly said he wanted to have a birthday party. Inari dotes on him a lot, so he wants to give him a grand one."
Great. This coming of age ceremony is going to be something big.
Let's deal with it as it happens. Gao Mengtang closed his eyes peacefully and leaned back in his chair.
The truck stopped next to a suburban detached villa, and seven people worked together to lift the sculpture out.
"Send the gift in and come out immediately, understand?" The driver glanced at his watch, "I'll give you 20 minutes. Don't dawdle. I'll wait for you outside."
Don’t wait, Gao Mengtang thought, he will definitely not come out in 20 minutes.
If nothing unexpected happens, that would be an accident.
They used all their strength to lift the heavy sculpture, their legs trembling, and entered the villa, where they saw many people busy decorating the venue for the coming-of-age ceremony and hanging a bunch of skull decorations on the steps.
As Gao Mengtang and the others walked in, there was a person who looked like a college student. He should be Chen Yuan's friend from college. He wanted to lend a hand. When he looked up and saw Gao Mengtang, he blurted out: "You are so beautiful."
"Well, thank you." Gao Mengtang was so tired that sweat broke out on his forehead. He definitely wasn't at his most handsome right now.
Then, someone looked at Gao Mengtang curiously.
So far, everything works fine.
Until, a person who was arranging flowers pushed the vase over with a bang. He suddenly screamed and stared at Gao Mengtang.
More and more people looked towards Gao Mengtang. Most of them stared with their eyes wide open and their bodies petrified, as if they had seen a ghost.
...Not really, I'm so tired that my expression is a little grim, is it necessary to look at me like this! Gao Mengtang complained in his heart.
Seven people put the sculpture on the floor, panting heavily. Gao Mengtang tidied up his hair and exhaled, "This is a birthday gift from Lei Gong to Chen Yuan's younger brother. Lei Gong is injured and cannot attend this coming-of-age ceremony. We are here to send it over on his behalf."
Gao Mengtang spoke the last few words slower and slower, becoming more and more hesitant, because he realized that almost everyone in the hall was staring at him with an extremely strange expression.
That was definitely not an expression of being stunned by beauty, but rather one of disbelief and... horror.
They stared at Gao Mengtang intently. Some of them glared at Gao Mengtang for a while, then tapped on their phones, as if they were sending messages to someone.
Click, click. The shutter sounds rang out. Someone was secretly taking photos... of Gao Mengtang.
"What, what's wrong?" Gao Mengtang touched his face, took out a small mirror and checked his appearance.
It's normal, my face is a little red, I feel tired. There's nothing special.
Wei Wei didn't know what was going on either. He frowned and shook his head in confusion: "I don't know."
The group of people began to whisper, and what they were speaking was actually the language of the Otherworld.
"What are they talking about?" Gao Mengtang asked in a low voice.
Bai Jie translated: "'Who is this man?' 'Thunder God's scavenger.' 'Why does he look like this? Oh my god, he actually...' 'Thunder God has done something good again, he may not like it.'"
What a nonsensical conversation!
Gao Mengtang had never been looked at as if he were a monster before, so he felt unhappy and raised his face higher so that they could see him more clearly. He even made a "yeah" gesture to the camera that was filming him.
The college student who helped them lift the sculpture was also not aware of the situation. He looked around and scratched his head: "This group of people are Chen Yuan's friends outside of school. They are very strange, right? They often speak some gibberish. Oh, by the way, my name is Xie Wuling, what's your name?"
"Gao Mengtang."
They shook hands, and something even more shocking happened to Gao Mengtang. Just as he and Xie Wuling were shaking hands, the voiceover of Monster Book sounded:
[Butcher: Xie Wuling]
[Xie Wuling. The name is impressive, isn't it? But he is just an ordinary college student... not that ordinary, after all, he was admitted to Zhongzhou University... He is an ordinary top student.]
[Until he met Chen Yuan]
[■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■]
[Note: Xie Wuling can be saved]
He is actually a butcher?!
The players looked left and right, but couldn't see anything abnormal about this enthusiastic college student.
"Let's go quickly." Wei Wei whispered, "Something is wrong here."
Everyone was about to run away when a man in a suit and tie came over and said politely, "Thank you very much for the gifts. Please follow us. We need to register."
"No need," Wei Wei said immediately, "You guys figure out the registration yourself. Our mission is to deliver the gift. The gift has been delivered, and we are leaving now."
When they turned around, they found that dozens of people had quietly surrounded them and stared at them with unfriendly faces. It was obvious that they were not going to let them go.
Gao Mengtang knew that these people were most likely coming for him. After thinking for a moment, he said to Wei Wei, "Take the others and leave first. Ask the driver for help. I'll go and register."
"No." Wei Wei refused.
"Go quickly." Gao Mengtang lowered his voice and said seriously, "They are most likely from Tanhualing. We can't deal with them. If something unexpected happens, we can't just stay here. We need to find outside help."
Wei Wei thought for a moment with a serious expression, then said softly, "Okay."
He Lun refused to leave no matter what. He stayed to accompany Gao Mengtang, and the rest of the people followed Wei Wei and left first.
Led by the man in the suit, they first knocked on Chen Yuan's bedroom door.
Chen Yuan, wearing a bathrobe, pushed open the door. He was tall and a little hunchbacked. His skin was pale, his face was gloomy, and his facial features were three-dimensional, like a mixed-race child. He saw Gao Mengtang at a glance, and like those people just now, he was shocked at first, then horrified, and then... a cold anger burned on his gloomy face.
While he stared at Gao Mengtang, Gao Mengtang also looked at Chen Yuan in surprise.
Chen Yuan looked very familiar. He must have seen this person somewhere...
"You two, come with me." Chen Yuan's voice was low and unclear. He directed a group of people to carry the sculpture to the underground vault.
More than a dozen people surrounded Gao Mengtang silently.
"Excuse me, where do I register?" Gao Mengtang asked.
"In the vault." Chen Yuan muttered.
They entered the vault, but did not see the registration book. Gao Mengtang asked again in a good-tempered manner: "Where do we register?"
This time Chen Yuan ignored him, but lifted a corner of the black cloth of the sculpture and glanced inside.
"How old?" Chen Yuan suddenly asked.
Gao Mengtang was stunned for a few seconds before he realized that Chen Yuan was talking to him: "This sculpture is about 1.6 meters tall..."
"I'm asking you about your age." Chen Yuan interrupted him impatiently.
"I'm sorry this year, does this have anything to do with birthday presents?" Gao Mengtang ran out of patience. "Thunder God has something else to do, so we have to go back."
Chen Yuan raised her eyelids and stared at him from bottom to top. After a few seconds, she said, "I understand. Take something from the vault as my return gift to Lei Gong. I don't want to owe him anything."
Gao Mengtang was too lazy to argue and picked up a silver bunny ornament: "Let's take this one, we can--"
The dozen or so people who had surrounded them just now had all left the vault, and the heavy iron door slammed shut in front of the two of them.
Click. There was a sound of the door being locked.
"Hey! What are you doing! Come back!" He Lun rushed over and banged on the door, but there was no response.
Gao Mengtang was stunned for a few seconds, put the silver rabbit back in place, and smiled helplessly: "What was supposed to happen still happened. He Lun, stop knocking, it's useless."
In anger, Heren kicked the door dozens of times, transformed into a knight and stabbed it wildly with his spear, but there was not even a scratch on the door.
"What the hell is this?" He Lun sat on the ground angrily and pounded the floor. "Brother, what's wrong with them? Why are they looking at you like that?"
"I don't know either..." Gao Mengtang searched everywhere in the vault. "Luckily I asked Wei Wei and the others to leave first. I hope A Wei can find some help."
When He Lun heard the word "Wei Wei", his expression was unnatural for a moment. He had not yet let go of his sister's death. He grabbed his hair and remained silent.
*
Outside the villa.
As soon as Wei Wei and others left the villa, they heard the system's "mission completed" prompt.
But they were not happy at all. Gao Mengtang was still inside.
"The blind are in danger," Wei Wei knocked on the driver's window, "quickly find someone to rescue the blind and others."
The driver took off his sunglasses, his expression was very subtle: "What do you think we are? A loving family?"
Wei Wei was startled: "What?"
"Four of them have come out, that's good enough, get in the car quickly. Don't worry about those two." As he said that, the driver stepped on the accelerator and the engine started buzzing.
"You fucking bastard!" Wolanbei grabbed the driver's collar through the car window, "Go save them!"
Driver: "How dare you do that to me?!"
Tu Cheng ripped open the car door, pulled the driver out, and raised his fist to hit him. The rest of the people also surrounded him angrily.
"Stop." Wei Wei said coldly.
The people who were fighting stopped moving and looked at Wei Wei.
Wei Wei's eyes swept over everyone, and his voice became more serious: "Lin Li is gone."
*
The two waited in the vault for a full hour, but the door never opened and no sound from outside could be heard.
Gao Mengtang was about to fall asleep after waiting for too long. At this moment, the click-clicking sound of the door lock opening, like the fairy music lingering in the ears for three days, woke Gao Mengtang up instantly.
When he opened his eyes, he found that what opened was not the main door of the vault, but a one-meter-high secret door in the corner.
Lin Li came out from the secret door, his hair was disheveled and his face looked like he was sleepwalking.
"How did you get in?" He Lun jumped up, "There's actually a secret door here!"
Lin Li looked at the two of them with a blank expression: "The miracle of reincarnation, the legend of immortality..."
In this situation, Gao Mengtang was not in the mood to guess. He looked into the secret passage and said, "Let's go in and take a look."
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