Chapter 240: Scavenger (36) The Real Purpose of the Shredder
He Lun dragged Wei Wei's arm away from the shredder feed trough in the middle. He opened the status bar and saw that Wei Wei's red, blue and white bars had all reached the bottom.
He pried open Wei Wei's teeth and poured a bottle of spirit recovery agent into him: "This is my last bottle of recovery agent. It's bad, it's bad, there will be a fierce battle with Lei Gong soon. Tu Cheng, what are you doing, help Brother Wei!"
The shouts hit the wall, causing layers of echoes. Tu Cheng pressed his back against the wall, looking terrified. Upon hearing He Lun's call, he took a step towards them with trepidation.
Heron: "What?"
"Did you see it just now?" Tu Cheng asked, "That black shadow."
"Shredder?" Heron said, "It's retreated into the ocean. Come quickly, let's hold it..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Tu Cheng howled in anguish, "Don't mention that word, please."
"What word?"
"Sea, sea..."
"Ocean?" He Lun wiped the blood off Wei Wei's body in a hurry. "What's wrong with you? You've been a pirate for more than 10 years..."
Halfway through his words, He Lun suddenly remembered that Tu Cheng had made a deal with a black businessman, and immediately shut up. But Tu Cheng did not let go of this sentence, and said unhappily: "How can I be a pirate? I am afraid of water and I can't swim."
I forgot it completely. He Lun sighed, and the two of them closed the shredder's feed trough, lifted up Wei Wei's arms, and dragged him out.
"I saw it clearly just now." Tu Cheng broke the silence, "Just now, what stretched out from the feed trough was... was... an octopus tentacle."
He Lun panted heavily. This battle was not easy for any of them. "Even if a grilled squid tentacle sticks out, I don't care. I just want to pass the level."
They walked to the entrance of the management area and said to the guards of Tanhualing outside: "The Many-Faced Buddha is dead."
The guards were stunned for a few seconds. "What? Dead? That was a monster infected with the Deathborn virus. Was it killed by you?"
"Of course!" He Lun raised his head proudly, "We are very capable."
*
Room 311, Chen Yuan's ward.
"Linli, what do you think is the use of a paper shredder?" Gao Mengtang leaned his head against the wall and sighed sadly.
They were too far away from the management area to open the mind link. I don't know how Wei Wei and others will break the deadlock, nor do I know what their situation is. Lei Gong stared at Gao Mengtang and didn't let him leave.
It was not realistic to run away secretly. With the power of Thunder God, Gao Mengtang would be electrocuted into charcoal as soon as he raised his foot. In addition, he could not abandon Lin Li and Bai Jie.
On the other side, Bai Jie was already wiping away tears: "Brother Wei, you must come back. He Lun, if you come back, I will never quarrel with you again..."
"Let's do some divination," Gao Mengtang hugged Lin Li's arm and stuffed a crystal ball into her arms, "Let's do some divination. What is the purpose of the shredder? What will happen? Can Wei Wei and He Lun..."
Gao Mengtang didn't say the last word "alive". They were in great danger, and once he realized this, Gao Mengtang felt as if his heart was cut by a knife and it was difficult to breathe.
Lin Li, who had lost half of her soul, had a blank expression on her face. She took the crystal ball in a daze, held it in her arms, stared at her reflection in the crystal, and then...
Then it froze, motionless, and this state lasted for at least five minutes.
Gao Mengtang poked her shoulder carefully.
Lin Li remained motionless, as if he was unaware of the presence of someone around him.
"Linli! Linli?" Gao Mengtang raised his voice. Lei Gong shouted "Shut up!" but Gao Mengtang pretended not to hear.
Finally, when Gao Mengtang waved one hand in front of Lin Li's eyes, Lin Li came back to her senses. She slowly turned her head, stared at Gao Mengtang from above her glasses, and said in a hoarse voice:
"Who are you?"
Gao Mengtang: “Eh?”
Lin Li repeated again: "Who are you?"
"I am [000 Blind], Gao Mengtang, your leader." Gao Mengtang said in confusion.
Lin Li shook his head and looked away with disinterest: "I don't know you."
What is going on! The lives of the two people are uncertain, and now, has Lin Li lost his memory again? Gao Mengtang is even more helpless, and suddenly, he thinks of something.
"Lin Li, is this the result of your divination?"
"I don't know you." Lin Li just repeated.
Instantly, Gao Mengtang suddenly realized the true purpose of the shredder, and all the previous clues could be connected.
No wonder Lei Gong wanted to make a hollow man who looked exactly like Hei Yankai, and then made up a lie to trick Hei Yankai into coming. No wonder Jiang Xin wanted to inject herself with a virus to turn into a monster beyond recognition.
Shredder, shred, erase. That's it!
"Call, call." The intercom on Engineer Wu's waist suddenly rang, "Report to Engineer Wu, Thunder God's scavengers have killed the Many-Faced Buddha, the management area is safe. I repeat, Thunder God's scavengers have killed the Many-Faced Buddha, the management area is safe."
Engineer Wu clapped his hands and said, "Great!" The other Tanhualing employees also cheered.
The happiest people were Gao Mengtang and others. The stone that was pressing on their hearts suddenly disappeared: Wei Wei and others were all alive, and they defeated the Many-Faced Buddha!
Everyone in the room was very happy. The troublesome problem of the Many-Faced Buddha was finally solved. Only Lei Gong stood there in a daze, with his mouth open stupidly.
What?? The Many-Faced Buddha is dead, so how can he know the password to the shredder?
If I don’t know the password of the shredder, then all my efforts and careful arrangements will be in vain!!
System: "NPC [Thunder God] believes that he has broken the chain of clues. He regrets it, but what can he do?"
"After determination, [Decomposition Task 4]: Find the password for the shredder. Completed"
"The mission reward has been sent to the player's mailbox."
"【Decomposition Task 5】: Find a way to kill Lei Gong and kill him. Time remaining: 1 day and 6 hours."
"The remaining side quest for player [000 Blind]: Help Lei Gong get a place to join Epiphyllum Ridge. Unfinished."
Hearing the system notification, Gao Mengtang's good mood reached a new peak. He moved behind Lei Gong, lowered his voice, and said at a decibel that only he could hear:
"What should we do, boss? You asked us to find out the password of the shredder, and we did it. The password is on the Many-Faced Buddha. But you asked us to kill the Many-Faced Buddha, and we did it."
The sarcasm in the tone was exposed clearly, without any concealment. Lei Gong was furious and raised his fist to hit him.
"Hmm?" Gao Mengtang leaned forward, raised an eyebrow, and said with a smile, "Go ahead and hit me in the face."
Lei Gong glared at him with gritted teeth, snorted, turned around and left.
Looking at his short, wretched, but furious back, Gao Mengtang became more convinced of his guess. The other purpose of the shredder must be what he thought.
"Scavengers, you kill... kill... what is that thing called?" Wu Gong seemed to have lost his memory. "Anyway, you come with us to the management area. We'll be busy there." Wu Gong said, taking out a few full-cover helmets. "There is... something in the management area. We all have to cover our faces, just in case."
After putting on the helmet, Hei Yankai's voice came from behind the curtain again:
"Didn't Thunder God say that he wanted to investigate the Gao brothers and sisters? Let's go now." Hei Yankai walked out with long legs. He had outstanding looks and temperament. As soon as he appeared, he immediately became the focus of the whole audience.
“Don’t go!!” Chen Yuan’s roar came from the other side of the room. He rushed over and grabbed Hei Yankai’s arm tightly, “You can’t go. Do you want to die?”
Hei Yankai: "You should take good care of yourself..."
"Hei Yankai, are you really blind? Do you really know nothing?" Chen Yuan was furious, "Why did you——"
"That's enough!" Engineer Wu interrupted him, "Chen Yuan, before you speak, think clearly about who is in front of you! He is the twelfth wise king!!"
Chen Yuan shouted back even louder: "Wise King Twelve, is he still your chess piece?!!"
With a bang and the dull sound of flesh and bones colliding, Wu Gong punched Chen Yuan in the face. The corner of Chen Yuan's mouth cracked and a broken tooth flew out of his mouth.
"What are you doing!" Hei Yan happily hugged Chen Yuan in pain, "How could you hit him!"
Mr. Wu was so furious that his whole body was shaking. The look in his eyes when he looked at Chen Yuan showed that he wanted to kill him.
Chen Yuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes red, and glared at everyone in the room one by one: "Even if you beat me to death, I will still tell you..."
"Everyone," Gao Mengtang came out from the shoulders and put his arm around Chen Yuan's shoulders, "Let me comfort him. Don't worry, I've read a lot of books on psychology and I'll definitely calm him down."
The sudden appearance of the person was beyond everyone's expectation, but seeing that Hei Yankai nodded, no one raised any objections. Gao Mengtang asked them to wait in the corridor.
"What is the boss going to do?" Bai Jie asked blankly in the corridor.
Lin Li: “…”
Bai Jie nudged her with his shoulder: "Say something."
Lin Li: “…”
Miraculously, three minutes later, Chen Yuan actually calmed down. He wore a hospital gown and followed Gao Mengtang out of the ward together.
"I want to go to the management area as well." Chen Yuan said, "You are here today to deal with the Many-Faced Buddha, investigate the Gao brothers and sisters, and the third thing is to select the next employee of Epiphyllum Ridge, right? As one of the candidates, I need to be present."
According to the rules of Tanhualing, Chen Yuan must be present. When he brought up this reason, no one else could object. Wu Gong stuffed a helmet into his hand unhappily, and everyone went to the management area together.
As soon as he entered the management area, he saw Wei Wei and others sitting in the back seat of a pickup truck to rest. Gao Mengtang ran over immediately.
"How are you?" He saw that Wei Wei's face was as pale as paper, and immediately took out the healing potion and the spirit value recovery potion and was about to give them to him. Wei Wei waved his hand and didn't start.
"Mr. Blind Man, how many bottles of spirit value recovery potion do you have left?" Wei Wei asked weakly.
Gao Mengtang stuffed the medicine into his hand: "There's still a lot, drink it with confidence, just like water."
This was a lie. He didn't need the spirit value recovery agent, but Bai Jie, He Lun, Lin Li and others did. These days, his recovery agent was almost used up, and only two bottles of high-level recovery agent were left.
Wei Wei drank a bottle and wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand: "To kill the Thunder God, you need a shredder. The shredder can even kill, ahem, the Dead Born."
"Okay, I understand. You should get some sleep and rest." Gao Mengtang thought for a moment after hearing the word "paper shredder", "Wei Wei, do you still remember [Skill Scroll·Soul Replacement]?"
In this instance, Gao Mengtang once used this scroll to save Wei Wei. As the name suggests, the skill effect calls the souls of the two people. Gao Mengtang's soul enters Wei Wei's body and can use his skills. The same applies to Wei Wei.
"What's wrong?" Wei Wei asked.
The others were checking their IDs. Gao Mengtang took advantage of the moment when no one was paying attention and said in a low voice, "We have received the reward for Decomposition Task 4, which is a prop self-selected box. I will select [Skill Scroll Soul Exchange] again to exchange souls with you."
Wei Wei was confused and asked, "Why?"
"It's hard to explain it in a few words," Gao Mengtang wiped the blood off Wei Wei's face, then turned to look at Hei Yankai and the others, "Trust me, come, let's exchange souls."
…
"What are you doing? Hurry up!" Lei Gong shouted at them angrily.
Gao Mengtang, or rather, Gao Mengtang who was using Wei Wei's body, got off the pickup truck and followed them into the management area.
"Wait a minute, put on the mask." The staff of Tanhualing called him and put a helmet-like mask on his head.
"Brother Mengtang, what are you doing, so mysterious?" He Lun asked in a low voice through the mind link, "Why did you exchange souls with Wei Wei?"
"Let me tell you the point first," Gao Mengtang replied through the mind link, "Wait a minute, if something unexpected happens, don't save me. No, don't save my body, the body that now contains Wei Wei's soul. Because my body is absolutely safe."
Wei Wei joined the telepathic communication: "What does this mean? You exchanged souls to protect me?"
In the Black Tower game, the soul and the body are separated, but the monsters or butchers don't care about this. Their attacks are likely to destroy the soul as well. In the process of soul replacement, if one party dies, the soul of the other party will continue to exist in the new body.
Last time, the soul replacement lasted for more than two days, but this time, because Wei Wei was seriously injured and his soul strength was weakened, the replacement time was only two hours.
But it doesn’t matter anymore. If Wei Wei’s body dies within these two hours, at least his soul can be saved.
"Remember my words," Gao Mengtang said, "Thunder God will not let my body get hurt."
Bai Jie: "But, why?"
"Because Lei Gong wants to use the shredder..." Halfway through the sentence, a "beep" sound rang in his mind, and the time for the mental connection was up.
"Why does this link always break down at critical moments!" He Lun shouted in panic. The people in the front row turned their heads to look at him in surprise.
He Lun: "Uh, I'm talking about myself..."
They didn't hesitate and took Lei Gong and the Scavenger to a small house very close to the shredder fence. They pushed open the door and saw a meeting room inside. Two people were cleaning up the mess left by the Many-Faced Buddha.
Hearing the door open, both of them looked up.
Gao Mengtang stopped immediately and stood at the door, not coming back to his senses for a long time.
Those two people were clearly his parents!
"Oh, isn't this my doll?" Gao Huan immediately put down the broom, opened his arms, and hugged Hei Yankai tightly, "Did you miss me? I missed you so much."
Gao Yaxuan also walked over with a smile and hugged Hei Yankai.
Seeing this scene, Gao Mengtang felt indescribably bitter. It turned out that in the eyes of outsiders, the scene of the three of them hugging each other was so warm and touching.
So... nostalgic.
"Hurry up and sit down." Gao Yaxuan brushed the dust off the stool. "Wa, do you still only eat vegetables and fruits? Brother, go get them... Oh, there's nothing delicious in this messy meeting room of mine."
Hei Yankai was a little embarrassed, his ears blushed: "It's not a doll..."
"Of course you're not a baby," Gao Yaxuan said with a smile, "We still remember how you looked when you were just learning to speak. You were so, so cute."
“No.” Hei Yankai felt even more embarrassed because the Tanhualing employee behind him was trying to hold back his laughter. “I, I’m over 600 years old. An elderly person.”
The three held hands and exchanged greetings for a while. Gao Huan and Gao Yaxuan always called each other brother and sister.
It’s a beautiful scene, but unfortunately, it further proves that Gao Mengtang’s family is fake.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Wu Gong got to the point: "Gao Yaxuan, Gao Huan, did you adopt a child?"
"Yes." The Gao brothers and sisters said in unison, "The child's background is not simple. I have asked Xiao Tien for instructions."
Gao Huan: "We have obtained permission from Xiao Tien. You can go and ask him."
Engineer Wu nodded, saying that they were just making routine inquiries and asked them not to think too much about it.
"Today we are going to elect the next member of Tanhualing. The candidates are Lei Gong and Chen Yuan," Wu Gong continued, "including the two of you, we have almost enough people. Let's have a meeting here."
Tanhualing pursues efficiency. After all, many of their work is not open to the public, so they cannot make a big fuss about everything. For something like recruiting a new employee, which is not particularly important, they can just find a place, hold a meeting, and vote by raising hands.
Hearing this, Lei Gong's eyes narrowed and he glared at Chen Yuan fiercely. The two of them fought like a pair of crickets fighting to the death for the quota of Tanhualing.
When it came to the final moment of voting by raising hands, unexpectedly, Chen Yuan seemed to not care at all. He folded his arms across his chest, leaned against the wall, and stared at the floor in a daze.
"Okay." Gao Yaxuan said, "Who are these people?" She glanced at Gao Mengtang and others.
Wu Gong smiled and put his arm around Gao Mengtang's shoulders. "They are Thunder God's men, great heroes. They were able to repel the enemy so quickly today... Who are they? Why can't I remember them?"
He looked around and it seemed that a name was stuck on his lips, but it was blurred.
The people around me seem to have gradually forgotten a name...
"Anyway, thanks to this guy." Wu Gong knocked on the helmet on Gao Mengtang's head. "If you ask me, this little brother can join Tanhualing after Leigong. He is very powerful."
Because Chen Yuan was disrespectful to Hei Yankai, many people disliked him, including Wu Gong, who was more inclined to Lei Gong.
But Chen Yuan was at least the second candidate for Tanhualing. Wu Gong proposed that Wei Wei "join Tanhualing after Lei Gong" and he was obviously biased towards Chen Yuan in front of her, and stepped on Chen Yuan at the same time.
Everyone in the room immediately looked towards Chen Yuan. Chen Yuan was still staring at the floor in a daze, without any reaction.
This guy is really abnormal today. Everyone in the room had the same thought.
"Brother Mengtang, what did you say to Chen Yuan? Why does he seem like a different person?" He Lun asked in a low voice.
Gao Mengtang: "Do you think now is a good time to have a private conversation, in front of more than 20 people?"
Heron: "Oh, then I'll shut up."
Engineer Wu pushed Gao Mengtang onto a chair and said, "Scavengers, all of you sit down and listen to our voting meeting. You have done a great deed today, and you are not just shameless people who only make people upset."
The "shameless person" in these words was undoubtedly directed at Chen Yuan, but Chen Yuan seemed not to have heard it. She pulled away her chair and sat at the end of the long table.
"Engineer Wu, don't go too far," another person in the team said, "You should understand that Tanhualing is a scientific research organization, and it speaks with results. Which achievements of Lei Gong can compare with Chen Yuan?"
"That's right!" Another group of people immediately echoed.
The group of people were arguing as they sat down. Hei Yankai sat at the head of the long table, watching them quarreling in annoyance.
"Is it appropriate to have a private conversation now?" He Lun asked in a low voice.
Gao Mengtang chattered: "Chen Yuan told me that after joining Tanhualing, I will receive some common props used by Tanhualing employees..."
…
Half an hour ago. Ward 311.
"I don't want to talk to you." Chen Yuan said coldly.
Gao Mengtang looked outside and saw that everyone had left the ward and was waiting in the corridor.
"I don't want to talk to you either, but I want to save our own lives. Take this and I'll ask you a few questions." Gao Mengtang stuffed a small round object into Chen Yuan's hand. "Do you know why Lei Gong wants to join Tanhualing?"
Chen Yuan looked down and found that what Gao Mengtang stuffed into his hand was actually a resurrection coin!
"Why are you giving this to me? A bribe?" Chen Yuan asked angrily, and immediately stuffed it back, "I don't want it!"
"Why would I bribe you?" Gao Mengtang stuffed the resurrection coin back, "I want to save our own lives. Answer my question, why does Lei Gong want to join Tanhualing?"
Chen Yuan stared at him suspiciously, and after a while he said, "After joining Tanhualing, every employee can receive some necessities regularly, one of which is a prop called [Dropping Dew]"
After using [Dettol], you can make someone's soul fall asleep, and immediately fall to the ground, unconscious. It is often used by Tanhualing employees during investigations or infiltrations.
"For Lei Gong, the dew drops have another use." Chen Yuan said, "Lei Gong has abilities far superior to humans, and can separate his soul from his body. After the soul is dormant, it is very convenient for him to possess another person."
"Possession?" Gao Mengtang asked, "The soul enters another person's body?"
Chen Yuan: "That's right. Moreover, Lei Gong has the blood of the dead, and he can even devour some weaker souls. I suspect that he wants to use [Dew] to deal with my adoptive father."
…
"Wait, wait," He Lun was so surprised that he couldn't recover. "Brother Mengtang, did you give the resurrection coin to Chen Yuan?"
Gao Mengtang nodded: "Yes."
"We only have one resurrection coin!"
Gao Mengtang: "Only by giving him the resurrection coin can we survive, because..."
Just as he was about to continue speaking, Engineer Wu shouted, "Those who support Lei Gong joining Tanhualing, please raise your hands." After saying that, he raised his hand high. The whole audience fell silent and Gao Mengtang immediately shut up.
There were 20 people in total, and 10 of them raised their hands. Hei Yankai placed his hands firmly on the table, and he was actually in a trance, wondering what he was thinking about.
"It will be passed only if more than half of the votes are cast," Gao Huan leaned back in his chair. "Does this count as passed? Can we discuss it another day?"
Lei Gong was anxious: "I have always been loyal to my adoptive father!"
"Why don't you agree?" Wu Gong was also very anxious. "Do you want Chen Yuan, this wild dog, to join Tanhualing?!"
Chen Yuan seemed to be completely out of the matter and even yawned at this moment.
As the two groups of people were arguing, Gao Mengtang cleared his throat and stood up: "I'm very sorry to interrupt you, but what I have in my hand may have a certain impact on the results of today's vote. For this reason, I dare to present it."
As he spoke, Gao Mengtang took out two purses and placed them on the table.
When he saw the purse, Lei Gong reflexively touched his pockets and found that they were empty. His face suddenly changed and his whole body began to tremble.
Hei Yankai: "Isn't this the amulet I gave them? One for each person. What impact can a little toy like this have on the voting results?"
Gao Mengtang: "I hope you will open it and take a look."
"What is this for?" He Lun sought to understand, "Brother Wei, do you understand?"
Wei Wei shook his head slowly.
"No, this kind of thing..." Lei Gong stretched out his hand to grab it, but another person was faster than him and took the two purses first.
Bai Jie was worried: "Boss, your side quest is to help Lei Gong join Tanhualing. The things in the purse are not good for Lei Gong, right?"
A few hours ago, they stole Lei Gong's purse and found a photo of Hei Yankai's ID card inside. Lei Gong had scratched Hei Yankai's face and written the word "death" on the back of the ID card in red pen.
"Oh—my God!" There was an uproar at the table.
Lei Gong collapsed in his chair as if his soul had been sucked out.
"What on earth do you want to do!" Wu Gong shouted angrily, "You, you are in your pocket."
Lei Gong whispered: "It must be..."
"You discovered me." Chen Yuan shrugged indifferently.
What's going on? Lei Gong looked up and saw that Engineer Wu was holding the ID photo with the word "death" written all over it in one hand, and holding a purse with the word "Chen" embroidered on it in the other hand.
Have the things in your pocket been replaced?
Lei Gong was shocked, looked around the conference room, and looked into the eyes of the scavenger codenamed Jiu Qian Sui. Jiu Qian Sui had just taken off his helmet, smiled at him, and nodded slightly.
"Have you seen clearly, everyone?" Wu Gong passed the purse and the ID photo inside it around, "Look carefully, what kind of person is Chen Yuan!"
Everyone was shocked and said:
"Chen Yuan, what are you going to do?"
"You are a student, why do you believe in these things?"
"Oh my God, oh my God! You actually did this to the twelfth wise king!"
Chen Yuan remained expressionless and said nothing.
When the vote was raised again, Lei Gonghao won the quota to join Tanhualing with a 17-vote advantage. On the spot, someone inserted a chip into Lei Gong's spine and found him a set of common items for internal employees.
"That thing that looks like eye drops is Dettol." Chen Yuan came behind Gao Mengtang without knowing when, "Remember to do what you promised me."
"Yeah." Gao Mengtang responded and put his pipe in the conference room.
As soon as he went out, he looked back and saw that Wei Wei had taken out the pipe again and was hanging it around Gao Mengtang's waist.
Gao Mengtang took off his pipe and whispered, "I left it here on purpose."
Wei Wei frowned: "But this pipe is very expensive."
Gao Mengtang threw the pipe under the table: "I'll buy you a new one when I get out."
*
Leaving the meeting room, Lei Gong grabbed Gao Mengtang's arm tightly and said, "You damn eunuch, did you steal my purse?"
Gao Mengtang: "Hey, I just helped you join Epiphyllum Ridge."
Lei Gong stared at him for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled: "You are right."
"Brother Mengtang, I'm completely confused." He Lun asked, "What's going on? You framed Chen Yuan, so why is he still so nice to you?"
Gao Mengtang: "Chen Yuan doesn't care about Epiphyllum Ridge. He is just worried that Hei Yankai will be hurt. I helped him. I know the real purpose of the shredder..."
Halfway through his words, Lin Li suddenly spoke up: "Prophet, betrayer."
"Oh my god, you can actually speak." Bai Jie shouted, "I thought you became mute."
"Betrayal," Lin Li repeated.
Eh? What betrayal? Gao Mengtang was standing in front of the Yuefan members. He turned around subconsciously and saw Gao Yaxuan and Gao Huan standing behind him chatting. The two of them were holding Hei Yankai's arms intimately.
Lin Li's eyes were looking in the direction of the Gao brothers and sisters.
The people you have always trusted have always betrayed you. The prophecy in the forest echoed in my ears again.
Gao Mengtang was stunned for a few seconds, then he suddenly looked at Hei Yankai. In this copy, there were two "Gao Mengtang", one was himself, and the other was his previous life, Hei Yankai.
A terrible guess popped up in Gao Mengtang's mind, and his whole body suddenly went cold.
"What's wrong, Brother Mengtang, keep talking." He Lun urged, "What is the function of the shredder?"
"Eliminate all traces of a person's existence." Gao Mengtang felt his tongue was stiff and his voice was strange. While he spoke, he kept staring at the Gao brothers and sisters. His brain was frozen and he couldn't believe the fact.
“Everyone will forget this person’s face, voice, and name.”
“It’s as if this person never existed.”
*
"I guessed the purpose of the shredder." In Ward 311, Gao Mengtang said to Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan: “What is it?”
After Gao Mengtang finished describing his guess about the function of the shredder, he waited for Chen Yuan to react for a while before continuing, "That's why Jiang Xin had to inject herself with the virus and use this extreme method to disfigure herself."
"...Yes." Chen Yuan sighed.
Jiang Xin must have known some secret and told it to others. It was discovered by the people of Tanhualing.
In order to erase the impact caused by Jiang Xin, the people of Tanhualing have to use a [paper shredder] to erase all traces of Jiang Xin's existence.
Scrape your face with a knife? That won't work. Tanhualing has plenty of ways to restore Jiang Xin's appearance, and then erase this face, along with the words and deeds it said, from everyone's memory.
Jiang Xin didn't want to be completely wiped out, as if she had never existed, so she chose this extreme method.
As long as he dies in the state of "Many-Faced Buddha", even if he is eaten by a shredder, researcher "Jiang Xin" will not be forgotten.
Chen Yuan nodded in agreement: "My teacher would do such a thing."
"So I need you to take this resurrection coin," Gao Mengtang pushed the thing in his hand over for the third time. This time, Chen Yuan did not refuse, "Because Thunder God..."
…
"So that's how it is!" He Lun slammed his fist into his palm, "Indeed, I can't remember what the Many-Faced Buddha looks like now. My memory is gradually fading!"
Helun had fought against the Many-Faced Buddha head-on, and he had a deep memory of him.
Engineer Wu had no direct contact with the Multi-Faced Buddha. Just now, he wanted to mention this name many times, but he had already forgotten it.
"What do you mean by betrayal?" Gao Mengtang asked.
Lin Li didn't answer, she seemed to have become mute again.
Hei Yan and his entourage completed the three tasks of this trip successfully. A convoy drove over and waited for Hei Yan to get in the car.
"Godfather." Lei Gong followed from behind.
Hei Yankai opened the car door with one hand, turned around and smiled at him: "New employee, keep up the good work."
Lei Gong stopped and shook his head with a fake smile: "I'm not here to please you."
Black Feast: "What?"
"I want to ask you, when we took the first vote, why didn't you agree with me joining Epiphyllum Ridge?" Lei Gong's voice was terribly cold at this moment, and his ugly face looked even more ferocious.
I didn't expect him to ask this. Hei Yankai was very confused: "Are you blaming me?"
A cold wind blew up for no reason, carrying dust all over the ground and blowing it into my face, scratching my cheeks painfully. It was completely dark, and the street lights cast many shadows of a person.
"It's not your fault." Lei Gong's skin glowed with a faint purple light, and in his deep voice, it seemed as if something was about to burst out.
Gao Mengtang grabbed his teammates and said, "Run, run, he won't pretend anymore."
"I want to kill you!!!!" The tone of Lei Gong's roar changed, a ball of electricity exploded, and the dark sky was reflected with a dark purple light.
Hei Yankai fell to the ground immediately. Beside him, the employees of Tanhualing were electrocuted to death in an instant, without even having time to utter a scream.
The player only felt numbness all over his body and then lost consciousness.
When they woke up again, they were inside the fenced building of the shredder. In the distance, Hei Yankai was unconscious and Lei Gong was standing next to the machine for entering passwords, poking at the screen.
The players woke up almost at the same time, but none of them dared to act rashly. Beside them, there was another unexpected person, Yin Mingwu. He was also captured.
Hearing the sound of the players standing up, Lei Gong turned around and said, "I just thought about it carefully. You already know the password of the shredder, right?"
Gao Mengtang paused while stretching: "Oh, I can't hide it from you."
"Do you think I'm stupid?" Lei Gong sneered, "How can tiny humans possibly fight against beasts that bleed the blood of death? Even if you struggle with all your might, at most you'll leave them with a few more scars."
The next second, Lei Gong teleported in front of Gao Mengtang and grabbed his collar: "You must have killed Jiang Xin with the shredder. Now tell me, what is the password of the shredder."
"3620607 oh." Gao Mengtang was not slow for even a second.
This made Lei Gong not know what to do. He had prepared all kinds of harsh words and tortures, but they were of no use at all.
"If you dare to tell me a false password--" Lei Gong growled.
Gao Mengtang interrupted him: "Isn't that the control console over there? Whether the password is true or false, why don't you try to enter it?"
"..." Lei Gong was silent for a moment, "Are you so kind?"
Gao Mengtang spread his hands innocently: "It's not that I have good intentions, I just have a strong desire to survive. I know you are very strong, and if you want to kill us, it's just a matter of snapping your fingers. Why should I compete with you?"
"You're quite sensible." Lei Gong threw him aside and walked towards Yin Mingwu, "But you don't know me well enough. You're a little naive to play tricks on me."
He grabbed Yin Mingwu's head and lifted him up from the ground: "Now that you know the password, there is no need for you to live."
"Little brother, little brother, calm down," Yin Mingwu kicked his legs anxiously, "Old Kui, you are crazy, why are you showing your cards so quickly!"
"Shut up, traitor." A burst of electricity shot out from Lei Gong's palm, and Yin Mingwu's whole body twitched. "Are you happy being a policeman? After betraying me, did you write a suicide note?"
Gao Mengtang stretched his body and said slowly, "Don't kill him."
"Old Wei, you!" Yin Mingwu uttered a few words from between his teeth.
Lei Gong laughed: "Who are you?"
"If you dare to kill any of us, I guarantee that all your efforts will be in vain. The next one fed to the shredder will be you," said Gao Mengtang.
Lei Gong laughed: "Grandpa, I am in a good mood today, so I will chat with you for a while. After all, I am ugly, and there are not many people who are willing to talk to me."
He pulled a chair over, sat comfortably on it, and pretended to listen attentively.
"When did you start hating Hei Yankai?" Gao Mengtang also pulled over a chair and leaned over it in a more relaxed manner, "Tori-i?"
Upon hearing this word, Lei Gong's expression suddenly changed. He gritted his teeth and wished he could eat someone alive.
…
Room 311, Chen Yuan's ward.
"Thunder God's goal is to erase all traces of Hei Yankai's existence," Gao Mengtang said, tapping his chest, "He created a hollow man who looks exactly like Hei Yankai, and his purpose is clear."
After erasing the traces of Hei Yankai's existence, he used [Drops] to occupy the body of the Hollow Man. From then on, Lei Gong got rid of his ugly body.
"You're right," Chen Yuan held his forehead in thought, "Thunder God has a morbid pursuit of beauty, but he has the blood of the dead, so he is destined to have no chance of beauty."
Gao Mengtang: "Now I want to know why." He took out the photo of Hei Yankai, Chen Yuan, and Lei Gong from Chen Yuan's notes and turned to the back. "What does it mean when it says 'I can't talk about the Torii'?"
Chen Yuan said with disdain: "Thunder God is both ridiculous and pitiful."
When adopted by Hei Yankai, Lei Gong was a very pitiful child - at least it seemed that way.
Because of his ugly appearance, Lei Gong was bullied by children of the same age and disliked by adults. Wherever he went, there were some strange looks, falling on him like beetles.
Accompanied by the creepy whispers like the flapping of beetle wings: Look, that person is so ugly!
This situation did not change when Lei Gong was adopted by Hei Yankai. Appearance cannot be passed on through adoption, but because of Hei Yankai, people became much kinder to Lei Gong.
Therefore, at first, Lei Gong loved Hei Yankai from the bottom of his heart. It was the first time that he gave Lei Gong sincere care without any discrimination.
"Later, Lei Gong studied fine arts." Chen Yuan continued.
Gao Mengtang nodded, indicating that he had listened carefully. He still remembered this detail, after the Spear of Azathoth pierced Hei Yankai's painting, Gao Mengtang confidently copied a similar one.
I thought that laymen would not be able to see it, but unexpectedly, Lei Gong could see the difference in the painting at a glance. At that time, Lei Gong said that he had studied art for more than 10 years.
Chen Yuan: "Since then, Lei Gong has become more and more dissatisfied with his adoptive father. Because no matter how good his paintings are, others only pay attention to his adoptive father's works."
"He felt that those people didn't understand art at all. They just thought Hei Yankai was good-looking, so they thought his paintings were better," said Chen Yuan.
Gao Mengtang complained: "Nonsense, just looking at the works, Hei Yankai is better than Lei Gong."
That was his previous life, of course he was good at painting!
"I don't understand art. I have no intention of judging who is better or worse between the two." Chen Yuan said indifferently, "It's just that after the Torii incident, Lei Gong's attack on Hei Yankai completely exploded."
Gao Mengtang asked: "What's the matter with the Torii?"
"I can't say." Chen Yuan said seriously, "Didn't I write it on the back of the photo?"
"This is an urgent matter, please tell me." Gao Mengtang urged.
Chen Yuan shook his head firmly: "No, I promised Thunder God that I can't tell anyone about this. A vow is a vow."
Gao Mengtang: “…”
I almost forgot that Chen Yuan is a human machine. He can take his roommate's casual complaint of "I want to die" as the truth and help his roommate die.
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