Chapter 109

Another morning.

When Tian Yiliang got up, the alarm clock hadn't rung yet. His brain seemed not to be fully awake yet, still groggy. He yawned and walked out of the room, and saw his cousin sitting at the dining table, drinking porridge quietly.

"Good morning." His cousin greeted him. "Are you going to school?"

"...Yeah." Tian Yiliang was stunned for a moment, nodded involuntarily, and sat down at the dining table. "There is a basketball game today, sister, are you coming to watch?"

"No, I have something to do." His cousin said indifferently, "Which team are you playing against today? Anxin Gardening?"

"No, I'm not afraid of Anxin Gardening. They are very weak." Tian Yiliang said indifferently, picking up a fried dough stick from the plate, "This time we have to deal with a new team, and they are quite powerful... I think I told you about them, right? The Demolition Office?"

"You didn't." His cousin still had that calm tone, lowering her eyes and drinking porridge, "But I know them. They are very powerful."

"Is that so?" Tian Yiliang couldn't help but slap the table. "Last time, we prepared for the Shuyi Cup for a long time, but this Demolition Office showed up and took the championship in no time! And, and..."

Tian Yiliang paused, and suddenly got stuck. It's strange, even though he had been up for so long, his mind was still a little hazy. He wanted to give some more examples, but his mind was blank and he couldn't remember anything.

Only the concept of "The Strange Talk Demolition Office is awesome" was firmly stuck in his brain, as clear as smoking.

By the way... why would a school basketball team call itself "The Strange Talk Demolition Office"?

A slight confusion passed through Tian Yiliang's heart. He felt vaguely that something seemed to be wrong, but he couldn't remember it.

At this moment, he heard his cousin opposite him suddenly speak: "I know they are very powerful.

" "So when you wake up, please be sure to tell me a message."

"?" Tian Yiliang was stunned, "What woke up?"

But his cousin ignored him, just raised a pair of empty eyes and looked at him seriously. The sound was like a rapidly inflating balloon, getting louder and louder, higher and higher, until finally, it came from almost all directions, pressing hard on his eardrums-

"Tell them that it has found the right door. It's about to start looking for the key.

"Don't let it find the right key. Remember, don't let it find the right key-

"Stop it! ! ! "

……!

Tian Yiliang suddenly opened his eyes and found that he was lying on the desk.

The mobile phone next to him was beeping. Tian Yiliang struggled to turn it off, and straightened up with a sore back. Recalling the dream just now, he felt a sense of absurdity in his heart.

It was not strange to dream about basketball. He was a member of the school basketball team in high school and was obsessed with "Slam Dunk" when he was in school; it was not strange to dream about doors and keys. The demolition office mentioned these two keywords a long time ago. During this period of time, Dali weeding was also racking his brains. He carefully investigated and tried to find out the true meaning of it.

As for dreaming about the ghost talk about the Demolition Office...well, this may be a bit strange. But considering the strong presence of the Demolition Office in the recent rescue operations, it seems to make sense. They also specifically mentioned in the internal meeting yesterday how to communicate and cooperate with the rescue personnel of the Demolition Office in the future.

The biggest question is, why did he dream about his cousin?

Tian Yiliang rubbed his eyebrows and slowly sat up.

His cousin, Tian Jiangming, is five years older than him and is also a psychic. She had been working as an official before he entered the industry. She was the person who helped him the most from childhood to adulthood. In a sense, she was also a guide.

But she disappeared. She disappeared six years ago. Until recently, Tian Yiliang learned about her whereabouts from Anxin Gardening -

she had died long ago, in the unit building of Lanziqiao.

And now, she is still staying in that building as a dead person, guarding a door that she doesn't know will open again.

The news came from Anxin Gardening, and the news about Anxin Gardening came from Gu Ming from the Demolition Office. Because of this, Tian Yiliang even asked his assistant to find a reason and sent some thank-you gifts to Gu Ming.

Sometimes when he woke up from a dream at midnight, Tian Yiliang couldn't help feeling disappointed. After all, he had been looking for his cousin for so long, and who would have thought that the two of them were so close that they were only separated by a wall. Besides feeling disappointed, he also felt relieved, because at least his years of searching finally had a result.

If it was because he was thinking of someone, it wouldn't be surprising to dream about his cousin. What was strange was the state of his cousin in the dream, and what she said...

——It has found the right door. It is about to start looking for the key.

The words are vague, but it is hard not to pay attention.

What does this mean? Is it a random combination of my subconscious in my dream, or...

Tian Yiliang couldn't help but murmur in his heart. The mobile phone on the table suddenly rang. Seeing that it was a call from a colleague, Tian Yiliang picked up the call and responded with a few "hmm", but his expression suddenly froze.

Then he widened his eyes in surprise.

*

On the other side.

Perhaps because he was too tired recently, Xu Ming slept until ten o'clock the next day.

Qiu Yufei had already gone to work, and the whole second floor was quiet.

Xu Ming woke up and found that he was so sleepy last night that he forgot to set the alarm clock. His heart was immediately hanging; he opened WeChat and quickly scanned the chat history. He found that he had not received any messages from Anxin Gardening or Dali Weeding, so he breathed a sigh of relief. After quickly finishing washing up, he went to the glass room to take a look. He learned from Niu Bugeng that no one was found trapped in the strange talk, and he felt relieved.

"That's good, then I'll wait... eh?"

Halfway through his words, his eyes fell on the screen of the laptop, and Xu Ming suddenly changed the subject: "Didn't you say there was no one? "

She pointed to the screen being played. On the screen, a huge man was wandering in the ghost story, and his back looked like a small mountain.

Niu Bugeng took a look and shook his head.

"It's not." It said softly, and pressed the screen carefully a few times. The playing picture suddenly changed the angle, revealing the man's face - as if afraid that Xu Ming couldn't see clearly, Niu Bugeng deliberately magnified the details.

The round and fat face was not only filled with fat, but also with countless eyes of different sizes that were blinking.

"..." Although Xu Ming had rich experience in seeing ghosts, he also felt that the appearance was a bit too stimulating, and couldn't help but sigh.

"This is not a human." Niu Bugeng said, "It should be a mutant root."

Of course, it was just a guess. But it looks so weird, and it came from outside. After entering, it can wander around as it pleases... The probability of it being a mutant root is much higher than that of a dead person.

Xu Ming heard this and nodded in understanding.

As for mutant roots, that is completely beyond the business scope of the demolition office. Xu Ming was too lazy to find things to do for herself, so she gave Niu Bugeng a few more instructions and turned back to the house -

it was rare that she was so free today and had plenty of time. She planned to find something to eat first, then study the newly unlocked rulebook skills carefully, and do a memory review by the way.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the living room, he ran into Panpan's back - she was standing outside the kitchen door, her body pressed tightly against the door sill, and she was peeking into the kitchen. She looked mysterious, and no one knew what she was looking at.

Xu Ming paused when he saw this. He opened his mouth to ask in detail, but Panpan seemed to have noticed something and turned her head suddenly. When she saw him come in, she immediately raised her hand to make a silence gesture, and waved at him repeatedly, asking her to come over.

Xu Ming was confused, but he did as he was told. After walking over, he noticed that Panpan was biting her lips tightly, but her eyes were bright and she looked very excited.

Xu Ming became more and more puzzled, and followed Panpan's gaze to look into the kitchen. However, he saw two familiar figures standing in front of the gas stove. One was tall and straight, with a pink apron tied around her waist, which showed off her thin figure; the other was wearing a somewhat bulky home clothes, with her long hair neatly tied behind her head, looking simple and neat.

They were the mothers of Landuo and Panpan.

From Xu Ming's position, he couldn't see what they were busy with. He could only hear the bubbling sound in the pot and the words of Panpan's mother, which came from time to time:

"Don't be anxious... Yes, turn it over now... Fry it again, so that it will taste good when put into the soup..."

Oh. Xu Ming suddenly realized. It turned out that she was instructing Landuo to cook.

... Wait, who is instructing who to cook?

Xu Ming was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he was a little dazed. Panpan, who was standing aside, seemed to have finally seen enough. She bit her lip and tugged at Xu Ming's sleeve, leading her to quietly retreat outside, all the way to the yard. Finally, she couldn't help but jump on the spot. She looked like she was laughing, but also like she would cry at any time:

"Sister Xu Ming, did you see it? You saw it, right! My mother, she is teaching people how to cook - she! Is teaching people! How to cook!"

She made the kind of humming sound that only children would make when they are super excited, and couldn't help but jump on the spot again. Xu Ming looked at her jumping around with amusement, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

She probably understood the excitement of Panpan - after all, when her mother first came to the small house, she couldn't even speak a complete sentence.

She was confused and dazed, like a fragile empty shell supported by only a few memories and emotions. She would only follow Panpan everywhere. If Panpan didn't hold her, she would just stand there quietly, casting empty and blank eyes equally at everyone passing by.

However, this situation seemed to only appear when they just moved in... Xu Ming recalled carefully, and then she remembered that on the night Yufei came, Panpan's mother also followed in the yard to watch the card game. Two days ago, she saw the other party playing with a puppy in the yard. When he saw her coming, he smiled at her kindly and said hello.

Her originally messy hair began to be neat and tidy at some point. Her originally dull eyes gradually became gentle. Until today -

she even stood in the kitchen and taught Landor how to cook seriously.

Before Xu Ming could marvel at the mystery of this change, Panpan beside him spoke again.

"...Thank you, thank you." She looked much calmer now, even a little shy, and her voice was much lower. "I'm sorry, I should have said this earlier. I just think that I should have said it in person when you are all here, but I haven't waited until she comes... But really, really, thank you very much!" "It

's okay, no need to thank me specifically." Xu Ming replied quickly, but he felt a little strange in his heart.

What does "wait until you are all here" mean? Are the people in the small villa basically here every night? What about the “didn’t wait for him”…

Panpan rubbed her face to suppress her excitement and managed to utter the following words:

“When Teacher Ju Ming gave me my work badge at first, I didn’t quite believe it. I didn’t expect that what she said was actually true! My mom hasn’t really cooked for a long time. When she was in the apartment building, she always walked around with an empty pot and bowl, as if she couldn’t see what was in her hands. I was very scared at that time. I was afraid that one day she wouldn’t even be able to see me. I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to catch her…”

The little girl who didn’t change her expression when her arm was removed in the apartment building, now couldn’t help but frown, trying to hold back tears and laughter:

"Anyway, thank you... She's back, I can feel it, she's back, my mother is back..."

She buried her face in her hands, her voice became muffled, and her shoulders began to shake.

I always thought I was powerful enough, strong enough, and able to stand on my own. Only when that familiar and powerful figure appeared again would I suddenly remember that I have always been a child who can't live without my mother.

Xu Ming looked at Panpan, who finally couldn't help sobbing, and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something. After a while, he didn't say anything in the end. Instead, he gently stretched out his hand and put it around the other's shoulders. After an unknown

amount of time, Panpan finally took away the hand that was blocking her face. After wiping her eyes vigorously, she suddenly seemed to think of something, reached into her pocket and fumbled for a while, and soon took out something and handed it to Xu Ming.

Xu Ming lowered his eyes and found that it was a small plastic hairpin with a rose pattern. After a little thought, he frowned slightly: "This is..."

"My baby." Panpan sniffed and said seriously, "It's also called 'root', right?"

"I see that you seem to need this thing very much. I don't have anything else valuable, just this one, why don't you take it."

Xu Ming: "..."

As expected.

Xu Ming exhaled lightly, but his expression suddenly became serious.

"Pan Pan." She said with a straight face, "Do you remember what Article 20 of the "Strange Tales Demolition and Relocation Office Employee Code" is? "

"..." Panpan was startled by her sudden stern tone. He glanced at the work badge hanging on his chest and paused for a while before saying uncertainly: "It seems like, don't take other people's roots... but you can steal the roots of strange stories..." "Let's

put the second half aside for now." Xu Ming said immediately, "Let me ask you, you are a dead man, right?"

"..." To be honest, putting aside the context, this question really sounds like looking for trouble.

Panpan was still frightened by her tone, so she paused for a while before nodding slightly.

"Although I don't wear my work badge, I am also an employee of the demolition office, right?" Xu Ming asked. Seeing Panpan nod again, he immediately added: "Since you are an employee, you should abide by the employee code of conduct."

"The code of conduct has already stated that you cannot take the roots of a dead person. If I took your roots, I would be breaking the law knowingly. Do you know how serious this problem is? This kind of behavior will be severely punished." Xu Ming said seriously, pushing the hairpin back, "So, don't hurt me, understand?"

Panpan: "..."

Ah... is there still such a saying?

Panpan was confused and put away the hairpin following Xu Ming's movements. Xu Ming stared at her for a while, then chuckled softly, leaning down on his knees to look at her:

"Anyway, I received your thanks. I appreciate your gift. Besides, haven't you been helping me to find people to blame recently? We're even."

She touched Panpan's head, stood up again, took her hand, and walked back into the house.

Panpan's heart was obviously still in the kitchen. As soon as she entered the house, she looked in the direction of the kitchen frequently. Seeing this, Xu Ming let her go and walked to the second floor alone. As he walked, he recalled where he had put the newly bought avocado chips - he had just gone upstairs when he heard footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw Panpan running up with bread and boxed milk.

"Well, sister, this is for you!" Panpan saw her stop and immediately handed over the bread and milk. Xu Ming's eyes lit up, and just as he was about to thank her, he heard the other party say, "Brother Landuo asked me to bring it to you!"

"He also told me to suggest you eat less because you will have lunch soon. It is better to eat something hot..." Panpan repeated it seriously, waved happily at Xu Ming, and ran downstairs to find her mother.

Xu Ming was left alone, looked down at the bread in his hand, was silent for a while, and then laughed softly, tore open the bread package, and continued to walk upstairs while chewing.

When he returned to the bedroom, he had just finished one loaf of bread. Xu Ming clapped his hands and wiped his mouth, then took out the rule book hidden under the pillow, turned to the page about brain mushrooms, put his hand on it, took a deep breath -

when he opened his eyes again, he heard a scream not far away!

It didn't seem quite right to call it a scream. To be honest, it was more like some kind of angry roar. Xu Ming subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound, but before she could find the exact location, she heard a loud dog roar -

all the roars stopped abruptly.

The originally dark environment suddenly became bright. Xu Ming looked around and realized that he was in an alley with street lights on. At the end of the alley, two figures were getting closer and running towards the light...

until they ran under the street light next to Xu Ming and finally stopped.

Then there was a burst of unbelievable whispers -

"I'll go. I'll go, I'll go, I'll go!" Xu Ming, floating in the air, looked at the other self shaking his head in disbelief, his voice getting louder and louder, until finally, it turned into an excited shout, "We got it! We actually got it!"

She carefully took something out of her pocket. Xu Ming looked down from above and saw a half-rotten, rotting apple.

It looked shabby, but the other self treasured it as if it were a crown. He held it in his hand and looked at it for a while before putting it away as if it were a treasure. He was still immersed in ecstasy, jumping and waving his fists on the spot. When he was in high spirits, he even turned around and gave Landor a hug, and then hugged his dog. He looked very happy.

... Really unstable. You can tell at first glance that he has never seen the world.

Xu Ming criticized in his heart with an expressionless face, and after

a moment of silence, he couldn't help but laugh. Not only her, but Lando also seemed to be infected, with the corners of his lips curled up in a very small arc, and his eyes quietly and attentively followed the ecstatic Xu Ming, as if he was watching a dancing butterfly.

"So when are you going to kill me?" he suddenly asked.

"..." "Xu Ming" suddenly stopped jumping on the spot, and Xu Ming in the air also froze.

Die. Xu Ming closed his eyes silently - she didn't know whether the other self had forgotten it, but she really almost forgot about it.

On the other side, noticing Xu Ming's sudden silence and stiffness, Lando blinked, and the arc of his mouth slowly shrank.

"You haven't forgotten, have you?" he whispered, "We agreed a long time ago. I'll help you get the root, and you'll help me die. This is a promise."

"Yes, I know..." "Xu Ming" on the ground responded subconsciously, and couldn't help but raise his hand to smooth his hair. Xu Ming, floating in the air, watched quietly, and looked away unable to bear to look.

"I" was nervous - she could almost see it at a glance.

It turned out that I was really not prepared at all.

Looking at the surrounding environment again, she immediately had a deeper understanding of her own nervousness - late at night, in an alley, no one around, and a big-eyed shadow dog as tall as a person lying next to Landor.

It would be best if you could communicate well with the other party. If the other party is really angry, in a place like this, no one would know if you were bitten to death and eaten.

Although Xu Ming now knows that such a thing is impossible to happen... but if she puts herself in that moment, it is already very difficult to maintain her expression under such pressure.

But she is also really curious, how did this matter finally come to light?

At least from "her" current performance, Xu Ming is sure that she definitely does not know the so-called method of "killing the mutant roots". The fact that this matter can be covered up means that she must have coaxed Landor in the end. The question is, how did she coax him...

Xu Ming crossed her arms, and something seemed to flash through her mind. Almost at the same time, another "Xu Ming" below suddenly spoke, and his expression seemed to be much more calm.

"Don't worry, I will do my best to fulfill my promise as long as you don't go back on your word." "Xu Ming" said with a serious face, and Lando nodded, not realizing that "Xu Ming"'s expression at this time was already an optimized version.

"I will definitely do it" and "I will do my best" are completely different things; not to mention that there is a restriction added in front.

The next second, "Xu Ming" changed the subject and his voice suddenly lowered: "It's just that before I 'kill' you, there is one thing I want to figure out no matter what."

"Can you tell me why you want to disappear?"

"......?" Lando tilted his head, obviously not expecting "Xu Ming" to ask such a question. After a pause, he said as a matter of course, "There is no special reason. I just don't want to exist anymore."

"Are you sure?" "Xu Ming" slowed down his voice again, "Personally, I really hope you think about it again. Once you 'die' again, everything will be gone..."

"Except for my name, I have basically forgotten everything in the past." Landor interrupted her, "I don't remember what I had, and I don't think I can have anything anymore. My connection with this world has been completely severed, but I don't even have the chance to die peacefully like an ordinary dead person..."

Oh no. Xu Ming, floating in the air, thought expressionlessly.

Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes, someone is going to take advantage of it -

sure enough, the next second, I heard another self say: "Who said that."

Then, he held Landor's hands and looked over carefully: "I know you. You know me too. Although things were not very pleasant between us, there are some memories...

"Don't you think this kind of connection is not a connection?"

"..." Landor lowered his eyes, looked at her hand tightly holding his, but fell silent.

"Xu Ming" carefully observed his expression, his eyes moved slightly, and then added: "If you think it's not enough, I can accompany you to establish more connections.

"You can try to establish connections, but you only have one chance to truly disappear. I really hope you can think it over carefully.

"At least don't show that expression of 'If I disappear, no one in the world will care' again. "

Xu Ming" said softly, lowering his eyelids slightly, holding Landor's hand, but tightening it a little.

"At least I care. "She whispered.

"..."

Opposite her, Landor raised his eyes slightly, wanting to say something

but stopping himself. Above her, Xu Ming covered his face with his hands, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

...Did I watch a lot of Japanese comics back then? It seems like I watched a lot of comics when I was a freshman, as well as light novels...

Xu Ming thought silently, secretly glad that at least he was floating at the moment. At least he didn't have to dig his toes on the ground.

...But judging from the subsequent developments, although these words were awkward, they should have worked.

No wonder. After all, Landor's eyes are always clear no matter what the time...

Xu Ming thought secretly, wondering if his conscience should be hurt at this time, but he heard Landor below suddenly speak, and his voice was as beautiful as ever, clear and like flowing ice water.

He said, you are lying to me, are you?

"..."The expressions of the two Xu Mings froze at the same time.

Lando had already raised his eyes and looked over quietly: "You are lying to me about the thing that can kill me, right?"

"..."Just like Xu Ming said, Lando's eyes have always been very clear. Perhaps it was because of being stared at by such eyes that "Xu Ming"'s countless prepared drafts were stuck in his chest. After a moment of silence, he finally nodded lightly.

"Yeah."

"But I can help you find a way." "Xu Ming" immediately added, "Just like you helped me find the roots. And I happen to have a piece of information about mutant roots in my hand. If you study it carefully, maybe..."

"What about the other sentence?" Lando interrupted her again.

"Xu Ming" was stunned again: "What? "

"Tell me, the one where you don't want me to die." Lando said softly, instinctively wanting to lower his eyes to cover his sight, paused, but forced himself to raise his eyes again, looking straight over, "Are you lying to me with this sentence too?"

"..." In response to him, "Xu Ming" was silent again.

This silence seemed a bit long. So long that Lando's sight dropped a little bit again. Seeing that his hand was still held by "Xu Ming", the corners of his mouth moved again, and he was silent and ready to pull his hand out, but as soon as he moved, his hands were pulled back by "Xu Ming".

Immediately afterwards, "Xu Ming" took a deep breath.

"Okay, I admit it. In a way, I'm not a good person. From the time I met you to now, I have sworn and told a lot of lies. "Xu Ming," paused after each word, "so I feel it necessary to emphasize that what I am going to say next is not a lie."

"I mean that."

"I really... don't want you to die. I don't want you to disappear."

...

Something in the air seemed to freeze in an instant. The street lights made a crackling sound, and Xu Ming, who was floating in the air, slowly looked away. For some reason, she felt something beating in her chest.

She didn't know how long it had been before she heard Landor's voice coming from below again.

He said, "Okay, in that case, I'll give it to you."

——

"Well, what? "

On the other side, in the kitchen.

Landor carefully put the lid on the pot and looked up blankly when he heard the question from Panpan's mother.

Panpan's mother glanced at him and slowly repeated her question: "You two, why haven't you been talking to each other recently? "

Other people have been busy with their own things and may not pay much attention; but as a person who always stays quietly in the corner, she always observes some things more carefully than others.

Landuo and Xu Ming, obviously did not quarrel, but during this period of time, he always seemed to avoid each other, unwilling to meet each other alone, and unwilling to talk to each other.

Panpan's mother has recovered a lot now, and her former enthusiasm has reawakened. It happened that she had the opportunity to be alone with Landuo today, so she asked one more question.

But her expression was still not very clear, so Landuo took a lot of effort to understand what she said. Soon he shook his head and lowered his eyes to look intently at the soup bubbling in the pot.

"No quarrel. No unhappiness. "He said slowly, "It's just that for some reasons, I can't tell her about the past."

"So, I don't know how to tell her that there are some things she doesn't need to care about. She doesn't need to feel that she owes me anything, it's unnecessary..."

He stared at the flickering fire in a trance, his voice so low that it sounded like he was muttering to himself. Almost at the same time, Xu Ming, who was far away in another fragment of time and space, finally heard the second half of Landor's words under the street light.

- "My life has already belonged to her. Even if it will be used for her, it is normal."

- "From today on, my life is yours."

*

I don't know how long it has passed.

Xu Ming, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened her eyes.

Maybe it was because of the ventilation problem, but her cheeks were a little hot. But she didn't care about that, she jumped out of the bed, grabbed a napkin, and quickly wrote down four numbers on it.

0316.

March 16th, four years ago. This is the time when she got the first root.

Xu Ming held her breath slightly, and quickly took out the locked notebook. Carefully turned the dial of the combination lock and entered the string of numbers. The

combination lock popped open with a click, and Xu Ming completely relaxed. She rubbed her still red ears, and a smile appeared on her face.

However, just as she opened the notebook, she heard a light knocking sound outside the window. Xu Ming turned around in surprise, only to see Lu Yueling had floated to the outside of the bedroom window without him knowing when, and was tapping on the glass. Seeing Xu Ming looking at her, she immediately pointed down.

"Niu Bugeng is looking for you! It seems urgent!" She said this hurriedly, and floated away again - Guo Shuyi and the others happened to be out playing today, and she hurried back to play cards.

Xu Ming frowned slightly, thought for a while, and locked the notebook in his hand again. Then he got up and prepared to go downstairs, and when he saw the mobile phone next to him, he was startled again.

The indicator light of the mobile phone was flashing. He opened the screen, and messages from Shi Mian popped out one by one. Xu Ming flipped through them one by one, and his brows furrowed more and more as he read. After a little thought, he simply called directly.

"Hello? Shi Mian? This is Gu Ming." Xu Ming walked downstairs while talking on the phone, "I'm sorry, I just saw your message, can you tell me more details...?"

When he came to the living room, he saw Lando putting a large soup bowl on the table. The moment their eyes met, they both paused. Lando seemed to want to run away subconsciously, but when he noticed Xu Ming's phone, he stopped moving. After a slight hesitation, he pointed to the soup bowl on the table and gave Xu Ming a questioning look. A

sweet breath wafted out of the bowl, Xu Ming's nose twitched slightly, and his stomach, which had only eaten a piece of bread, felt a little hungry at an inopportune time. Closing her eyes, she helplessly made an OK gesture to Landor. Landor's brows relaxed, and he immediately wiped his hands on his apron, turned around and went back into the kitchen to get dishes for her.

Xu Ming's attention returned to the mobile phone. While responding seriously, he turned to the glass room:

"Yeah, so an employee is missing, I understand... but we can't find him directly if you ask us like this.

"Can you provide some other clues? For example, where did he go and what did he do before he disappeared... By the way, where is your consultant? Did she find out anything?"

"Not yet. We are waiting for her news." Shi Mian's slightly hurried voice came from the phone, "We have also checked the situation before he disappeared. This is also the most puzzling point. He disappeared in his own home, and seemed to be reading a forum before he disappeared..."

Xu Ming: "?"

"Supernatural forums." Shi Mian added, "Including the several small forums of 'Bai Candle Square', he was responsible for monitoring them."

Xu Ming: "..."

I thought what you called "watching" were all AI detections... It's so simple, is it all done manually?

"Could it be that there is something strange about these forums? "Xu Ming guessed. While they were talking, they had already arrived at the glass house.

Niu Bugeng was sitting in front of the laptop at the moment. When he saw her coming, he immediately waved at her. Xu Ming walked over quickly, and the reply from Shi Mian came from the phone:

"We also have guesses in this regard, and we are now looking through his browsing and posting records. But he has a lot of smurfs...ah? What?"

The voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became confused, and it sounded like Shi Mian was talking to someone else. Xu Ming couldn't hear clearly what she was saying, but he knew that her tone sounded confused and anxious, full of disbelief.

Seeing that Shi Mian had no time to deal with him for the time being, Xu Ming was not idle either. He quickened his pace to the computer, covered his phone and asked Niu Bugeng: "What's wrong? "

Niu Bugeng glanced at her mobile phone, and without saying anything, he turned the computer screen towards her and clumsily operated the keyboard, constantly adjusting the area displayed on the screen.

Xu Ming didn't understand what it wanted to express at first. She stared at the constantly switching scenes for a while, but gradually reacted.

"Where are the people?" She couldn't help but ask Niu Bugeng, "Where is the alien root we saw before? "

I clearly saw an alien root wandering in this weird story not long ago, but now there is no trace of it at all. This is not right.

Niu Bugeng looked at her with complicated eyes and shook his head gently. It was not clear whether he was saying "I don't know" or "It's gone." At this moment, Shi Mian's voice came from the other end of the phone again, sounding much clearer and much more confused.

"Um, Xiao Gu. I'm sorry, we just found something here." Shi Mian said quickly. Even though she tried hard to cover it up, Xu Ming still heard some panic in her tone, "Our consultant seems to be missing too."

"..." Xu Ming was stunned, and he also became confused. He said in disbelief, "Who?"

"Our...consultant. "Shi Mian said with difficulty, "The lady with the mutant root who often provides us with intelligence."

"Just now, one of our colleagues went to find her, wanting to ask her if she had found out more intelligence. It turned out that she was no longer in the office and did not leave any information..."

They got along very well with their own consultant. She was always easy to talk to and would never disappear without saying a word.

And she didn't take anything with her, and it didn't look like she wanted to run away from home... Even the things she used before were still on the table, without any of them being taken away.

"In other words..." Xu Ming slowly came to his senses and unconsciously clenched the phone, "The lady with the mutant root disappeared out of thin air? "

Shi Mian responded vaguely, and it seemed that he found it difficult to accept this conclusion. Niu Bugeng beside him widened his eyes and nodded vigorously.

"..." Now, it was Xu Ming's turn to stare at him with wide eyes.

Niu Bugeng probably couldn't hear the communication on the phone. He was not the kind of person who was curious and enthusiastic about other people's affairs - that is, Niu Bugeng nodded just now, probably because he thought Xu Ming was talking to him, so he responded.

And the topic they were talking about just now happened to be the alien roots. The missing fat man with many eyes on the computer screen.

...So, the one in the computer also disappeared out of thin air?

What's going on?

Xu Ming was getting more and more confused. At the same time, she couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Two mutant roots disappeared in different places. She didn't think it was just a simple coincidence.

Almost at the same time, a sharp cracking sound suddenly came from the living room.

Xu Ming was startled, and the anxiety in his chest suddenly reached its peak. He immediately turned around and ran to the living room!

When he rushed to the living room, he was stunned for a moment.

——The living room was empty, with no one.

Only two broken bowls fell to the ground, and the soup in the bowls spilled all over the floor. Next to the soup, there was a pink apron.

It was the one that Landor often used.

Shi Mian on the other end of the phone suddenly got into a commotion, and seemed to be talking to someone else again. The door to the living room was pushed open, and Panpan hurried over from the yard. Seeing Xu Ming here, she immediately looked relieved and said anxiously:

"Sister Xu Ming, have you seen Brother Landuo's dog..."

"Little Gu, we just got the news about Dali Chuwei--" At the same time, Shi Mian's voice returned to the phone.

Panpan: "My mother and I were just playing with the dog in the yard..."

Shi Mian: "The mutant root that cooperated with Dali Chuwei is also missing."

Panpan: "The dog suddenly disappeared!"

Shi Mian: "Tian Yiliang is said to have had a precognitive dream. It is not sure whether it is related to this matter."

Xu Ming: "..."

The air was still filled with the aroma of hot soup. Xu Ming stared at the broken bowl on the ground for a moment, closed his eyes and took a deep breath with restraint.

"Synchronize the intelligence. We also have a mutant root that suddenly disappeared here." Xu Ming said softly, his tone calm and calm, his fingers holding the phone so tight that they were about to cramp, "Can you talk about Mr. Tian's dream in detail?"

"Why do you think it is a precognitive dream?"