Chapter 66 The beginning of everything! Ancient evil omen
There was a huge crowd at the tram stop.
Xiao En heard the cries of the newsboy before he got close, and the area was crowded with clerks buying newspapers.
"Big event! Big event!"
"The Dele region has encountered an unprecedented locust plague!...Experts predict that grain production will be significantly reduced this year!..."
"The grain trade has suffered a heavy setback!... Grain prices continue to rise!..."
Locust plague?
Xiao En's expression changed, and he quickly squeezed through the crowd, casually took out a 1 dinar note and handed it to the newsboy. He backed out before he could even wait for the newsboy to give him change. He opened the paper in front of him. When I looked at the newspaper, the front page headline was indeed a photo of a locust plague in the Dele area. On a vast plain, there were dense swarms of locusts as far as the eye could see.
Something big happened!
Ordinary people don’t know what the protective force behind the Dele area is, but Xiao En knows very well that it is the base camp of the natural orthodoxy and the territory of the great druids.
An unprecedented locust plague breaks out in a place where archdruids are stationed?
The reason behind this is that Xiao En breaks into a cold sweat just thinking about it.
"Sean?"
William's voice sounded not far away. He looked a little lame. After accidentally discovering Sean, he immediately shouted: "Go to the dock area! There! There was a large-scale riot and looting..."
"A stampede occurred..."
Police whistles have sounded on the streets in the distance, and a large number of police officers can be seen on the corner heading towards the dock area.
After hearing this, Xiao En immediately put down the newspaper in his hand, ran up quickly and said, "What happened?"
"Why did such a big commotion suddenly break out?"
William's leg injury has not completely healed, and he should have continued to recuperate during this period. In the battle with the mistress, William was finally enthusiastic and chased after him, but he did not expect that the debris was collapsed due to the aftermath of the explosion. Broke a leg.
This was because Daisy was protecting him, otherwise he might have been paralyzed for several months.
"The fleet transporting grain in the Dele area did not arrive as scheduled, and coupled with the fermentation of the newspaper news, the citizens were rushing to grab food."
William's leg injury has affected his actions, but fortunately he is a warrior Path, recovery ability is amazing, even if he is limping, he can walk very fast.
Thirty-five percent of the grain in the Kingdom of Dorne and 50% of the livestock and meat are imported from the Deleh region. A large part of the reason for the current high quality of life of ordinary people in Dorne is because of the cheap grains in the Delele region. Without the maintenance of cheap crops in the Delele region, Dorne's price level will rise sharply.
Dockside area.
Xiao En saw an extremely crowded crowd before he got close. The shops near the market had been looted. The noisy voices were mixed with the cries of children, the shouts of women, and the calls for help from the elderly. William's figure flew forward, forcibly pushing away the flow of people on both sides, and protected a little girl who fell down.
He is an extraordinary person on the warrior path, with strength far beyond that of ordinary people. He picked up the little girl who was trampled after falling and handed it to Xiao En who was standing aside.
"Evacuate the crowd immediately!"
At this time, a large number of police officers arrived nearby.
Xiao En took the little girl. She was still breathing weakly. He didn’t have time to think too much, so he immediately hugged her and squeezed out. His invisible hand pushed away the crowded people nearby. After squeezing, After going out, Xiao En immediately handed the little girl in his arms to the police officer on the side and shouted: "Send to the hospital!"
From this position, you can see that the market area has been packed with sardine cans. , an old man's arm was exposed under the crowded crowd at the corner, lying motionless on the spot, only trembling slightly when being stepped on, and he was now unsure of his life or death.
——Group mind suggestion!
Just when the commotion further expanded and everyone else was a little helpless, Xiao En suddenly saw Ivan, a psychiatrist at the Night Watch headquarters, running in the distance. There was an obscure feeling hanging over him. With a deep aura, the moment he raised his hand, a strange pale eyeball actually appeared in his palm.
A powerful psychic wave erupted.
The originally turbulent crowd gradually calmed down. People seemed to have a common thought at this moment. Starting from the outermost area, the crowded flow of people was gradually evacuating.
Xiao En also felt a spiritual consciousness injected into his thoughts at this moment.
"Suggestion!"
Different from the last time Xiao En was attacked, this time he clearly felt that his mind was invaded by some kind of power.
However, the ordinary people nearby were unaware of this. They were like puppets on strings, subconsciously following the spiritual hints implanted by Ivan and constantly evacuating towards the three-way intersection. At this time, the police Finally, people can be sent to squeeze in to maintain order.
Fifteen minutes later.
Most of the people in the dock area have been evacuated, and wounded people are constantly being carried out from the messy market area. The most serious casualties are near the livestock area. The sudden outbreak of riots has made the livestock go crazy. More than a dozen corpses came out, and it was unclear how many people had died.
At the intersection.
When Xiao En was arranging the injured, he saw a pair of corpses being carried out. After the mother fell down, she tightly protected her son. The two were trampled by the crowd. The little boy was only seven or eight years old. Look at their They were dressed like vendors near the market. They had dirty and bloody footprints all over their bodies, and the little boy's chest was already dented.
“Damn it!”
“Why did such a big commotion suddenly break out?” Xiao En’s eyes were slightly red, and an inexplicable anger surged in his heart.
Even if there is looting, so many people should not die suddenly!
Those who died in the stampede were basically old, weak, women and children, while strong adult men suffered no casualties. The ones who died most in the sudden riot were children, especially the younger ones.
Times are different, this is not the earth. Children in this era have to help with household chores. Even children as young as six or seven will help out around the market area in the morning.
Xiao En looked at the miserable corpses being carried out one by one, and listened to the desperate cries of the crowd in the distance. The anger in his heart turned into a trace of deep-seated murderous intent!
“What’s going on?”
William's eyes were red, as if burning with angry flames. He grabbed the police officer on duty in the market area, and said in a hoarse voice, like a beast roaring: "What do you do for food?!"
" Why didn't you report it in advance?"
The middle-aged police officer was so frightened by William's ferocious gaze that he trembled and said, "I don't know how many people came in at once. "
"Before we could react, someone was snatching the food."
"Then it was all chaos!"
As if thinking of something, the middle-aged police officer hurriedly defended: "Someone shot!...I also heard someone fired!..."
A stampede accident.
83 people died near the market in the dock area, and hundreds of people were injured. The victims were basically old, weak, women and children, and nearly half of them were children. Most of them belonged to poor families in the old city. The children, the youngest of whom is only six or seven years old, and the oldest of whom is only thirteen or fourteen, work in the market area every morning to earn a meager income.
The thing that Xiao En couldn't bear to look at the most was a little girl of 13 or 14 years old. She took a ten-year-old brother and an eight-year-old sister to help with odd jobs near the market to supplement the family's income. They waited until rescue When the personnel brought out the bodies of their three children, the bloody scene made everyone nearby couldn't help but look away sadly.
“Damn it!”
"Who fired the shot!" William punched the wall hard.
Xiao En looked at the grieving woman not far away who had fainted from crying, took a deep breath, calmed down, and silently put aside her confusion.
This is no longer an ordinary riot.
He didn’t believe it was an accident!
After seeing Xiao En take off his confusion, William immediately stood up and followed him. His eyes were red, he took out the gun from his waist and pulled the safety, and limped along. behind him.
"Did you find anything?" William's voice was hoarse.
Xiao En shook his head slightly, indicating that he should keep quiet, and then walked into the messy market area. There were blood stains everywhere on the ground, and there were several dead poultry in the distance. They seemed to be in a panic. He was trampled to death.
His spiritual vision did not see even a single trace of abnormality.
There are no strange traces here, only the faint sadness left by death.
“Inspiration!”
"Where is my flash of inspiration?"
After walking through the entire market area, Xiao En's expression seemed to have a trace of suppressed anger. He couldn't help but roar in his heart, shaking his brain. The mysterious knowledge is also trembling, and they hide in the gray matter area of the brain in fear.
What is happening here is definitely not normal!
Even if Xiao En didn't find any clues, his instinct told him that there must be someone behind this.
“Fuck!”
"Give me a flash of inspiration!"
Xiao En closed his eyes, closed off his five senses, and only pursued the most primitive spirituality. A gray fog seemed to appear in front of his eyes. When the concentration of spirituality and thoughts reaches the limit.
In an instant!
Xiao En peeked through the fog and saw a flash of hallucinatory scenes.
A man.
A man dressed like a businessman. He was wearing a gray robe that looked a bit like elsewhere. He looked at the crowds of people rushing to buy food in front of him, and it was about to turn into looting. There was a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, and then he gently raised his hand. One finger.
——Fear!
The crowd suddenly felt as if hot oil had been poured into boiling water. In the livestock area, some frantic mules and horses even broke their reins and ran wildly into the crowd. The crowd with frightened faces began to flee. Like a chain reaction, the entire market area exploded.
Buzz.
The flash of inspiration ended. Xiao En gasped and opened his eyes. He heard the whisper of knowledge.
"Call someone!"
Xiao En pulled out the gun on his waist, with murderous intent in his eyes, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Notify other nearby night watchmen."
" I found the murderer”
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(End of this chapter)