Chapter 402 The Next Day
"There is no point in relying on pure speculation. Even if the city lord is really the mastermind, we alone can't do anything to him for the time being. We can't even contact him."
Lin Qi was silent for a moment, and his expression calmed down:
"It's only the second day now, there are still several days to go, don't worry, we will do our thing at our own pace. Our performance today should be very conspicuous. Whether Terry Knight is accomplice or not, we will definitely put it down Report our existence to the city lord, and you will naturally be able to tell his position from his reaction."
Miss Diana asked: "There is no need to test Knight Terry or ask him to take his place. Should we keep it a secret?”
“I planned to do this at first, but thinking about it carefully, there are too many soldiers who witnessed what we did, and there are probably people from the city lord among them, so we don’t. Maybe asking them to keep it secret won't do anything except expose the problem we've discovered about the city lord. It's better to just let it take its course."
Officer Natalie looked stern: "The four soldiers just now..."
"They don't have to worry, because they took the money and told the truth. Of course, the premise is that what they told is indeed the truth. "Lynch sneered, "They can't take the initiative to talk to Knight Terry or Butler Lodge. Think about what they said, hey, you see, I sold you out for money, that's pretty cool, right? "Hiss, don't pinch people."
Avoiding the fingers of the police officer and the meaningful gaze of the countess, Lynch pretended to go to check the human face fruit planted last night and went around Zhu. The other side of the pedicle is temporarily alive.
Nightingale and the others were indeed the best selected fruits, and the ten ones last night had successfully sprouted.
Before it matures, this thing is no different from an ordinary shrub. It just grows very fast and cannot be watered without human blood for a day, otherwise it will wither. Once it grows and the fruit turns into a human form, if it is not picked within two hours, it will madly absorb the blood and life of surrounding creatures until the fruit finally explodes and the seeds spread around.
At this time, due to the presence of the mother, there is no need to water it with blood. The mother will automatically transfer the blood to the offspring, making the scope of the human face fruit larger and larger, and finally forming a field with only this kind of plant. place of death.
But that was later, at least for now, these were still ten cute little shrubs.
Lynch bought a wooden bucket from the Plaza Grocery Store, cut his palms and poured water into it. Then, when no one was looking, he watered ten shrubs with his own blood.
What is quite strange is that as soon as the blood water comes into contact with the branches and leaves of the shrub, the shrub begins to greedily suck the bloody water, just like those crazy vampires in the hometown legend, and as the water is poured, Lynch actually and This thing created a feeling of closeness that seemed to be connected by blood, which made him feel tingly in his heart.
This was the first time he had come into contact with a purely mysterious creature. His throat went dry when he saw it. He could only say that it was indeed a mysterious creature. This thing was indeed evil.
After watering ten shrubs, the four of them finally felt relieved. The ten human face fruits were all healthy, which meant that the entire mission went very smoothly. Apart from the possibility that everyone would die inside and not be able to get out, Nothing special.
"If you don't tell Knight Terry, what about Dr. Swain?" Miss Diana was obviously not interested in everyone dying here, and thought, "Her identity should not be as sensitive as Mr. Terry. ”
"Well, I think she can be trusted, but I won't rush to reveal it to her tonight. I want to wait until I have contact with that old lunatic who casually curses people before I make a decision." Lynch pondered, "Dr. Swain Just a month after he came back, he appeared here. I don't believe that there is no connection at all. Anyway, let's learn more about it from the old lunatic's mouth tonight, which is the last insurance. It won't be too late to tell her about the city lord tomorrow. I think it's not too early now. Let's go to the woods first before the city gate closes. After planting the last five fruits, we can go home and try to trick her again when she comes back. I hope there won't be any more trouble at the fortress barracks this afternoon. What unexpected incident happened? "
The plan was decided, and the four of them no longer hesitated. They put aside the matter of the city lord for the time being and went straight to the east city gate, where they entered the city.
As soon as we arrived at the city gate, we found that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
There were at least forty or fifty people gathered outside the city. They were all foreign travelers. In addition to the few soldiers who kindly reminded them yesterday, the gatekeepers also came with a few auxiliary soldiers. At this time, they were controlling the situation with serious expressions. A small shack was built next to the city gate, and one came in and the other was brought into the shack.
The people outside complained and kept urging, but they did not dare to resist in the face of the shining swords of the gatekeepers. They lined up outside the city honestly, but looked eastward from time to time, as if there might be someone behind them at any time. Just like catching up.
"What are you doing?" The three ladies were a little confused, especially the small shack. People who went in were sorting their clothes when they came out, and some of them were wearing crooked clothes, which looked quite weird. But Lynch understood it at a glance.
“That’s what I suggested to Dr. Swain in the morning. A physical examination. I’m afraid those with injuries will not be able to come in. They will be detained and quarantined on the spot. It will take a few hours for them to be freed. "
I was a little surprised. These people were really able to draw inferences from one instance and asked the soldiers with Terry's badge. Sure enough, it was Dr. Swain who reminded Knight Terry that all four city gates had added this step."
No one was found to have been bitten yet, but several people had fresh scratch marks on their bodies. They were all detained directly and could not leave after six hours.
There is always a feeling that a storm is about to come. Lynch felt that the pressure in the atmosphere rose immediately, but this is necessary, otherwise the movie proves that the xx crisis will spread too easily.
“But why are there so many people?” Officer Natalie asked doubtfully, “Didn’t there not be many outsiders entering the city yesterday?”
The answer is not surprising, the ghoul is coming.
It is not the previous rumors about ghouls, or the shadows of ghouls seen from a distance, this time almost everyone has seen them up close, and they are haunting nearby, and there are still a lot of them. Quite a few.
Although there was no actual attack, the terrifying image and smell of the ghoul frightened the travelers passing by, so they fled nearby.
All four of them realized that the three-day siege mentioned in the test was about to begin.
It was not a real siege, but just like now, the surrounding areas were completely blocked and access was cut off. It was not until three days later that the ghouls began to attack the city, taking away the city in a wave in a dozen hours.
However, it was not the final day yet, and the surroundings were still safe. The four of them still followed the original plan, got into the grove where they came from, and secretly planted the last five fruits.
And under Lynch's instigation, each of the three ladies claimed one. According to Lynch, hanging the heads of the four people at the door of No. 221 will definitely attract a lot of attention.
Officer Natalie thinks it's right, and it can attract a lot of police officers, but...it's rare for this guy to go crazy, so let's go crazy with him.
So, the three of them each chose one, and the matter was settled. However, when the last fruit was planted, a rotten smell that was hard to ignore suddenly floated into the four people's heads. In the nose.
The four of them grasped their weapons instantly.
This smell is so recognizable, it is the rancid smell of ghouls.
It is said to come from a fungus, but it doesn't matter what it comes from, what matters is that the ghoul is nearby.
Sure enough, looking through the sparse woods, the four of them immediately saw two strange figures wandering deep in the jungle.
More than a day after arriving at the Memories of Strange Objects, the four finally saw a real ghoul for the first time.
(End of this chapter)