Chapter 9: The Vanishing Man
Have you ever experienced such a thing?
When I woke up, everyone around me was gone, except for a few people. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ info The morning is surrounded by emptiness, there is no sound of kettles gurgling and bubbling, there is no sound of people walking, there is no sound of whispering in a low voice, what you say is absorbed by the endless vastness, disappearing completely, without any response. Even though the house is still there and the scenery is still there, I can't find anyone, and although I feel ridiculous again and again, I can't help but be suspicious......
ββIs there only five people left in the world?
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"I see. Fan Ziling stood under the scorching sun, looking at the neat little white buildings in the basin. Yesterday it was a lively city, but today it has become an empty city. He narrowed his narrow eyes and said with a smile, "The so-called phantom base, that's what it's all about......"
Boom. Bai Hengyuan kicked over the chair with his foot, with a sinister look in his eyes: "I have long known that the people here are not well-intentioned, but I didn't expect to dare to play with the master for this ......"
As he spoke, his voice gradually lowered, and a fierce smile appeared on his handsome face, and his eyes were cold to the bone.
"The bus was deflated, but no one moved the contents inside. Zheng Yihao stood up from the front of the bus, patted his dusty hands, and walked over with a frown.
"Curing bulletproof glass, biometric combination locks, they can't do anything if they want to take the contents inside. Leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, Chen Zhi, who had been silent, finally said lightly at this time. He was the first to notice that something was wrong and wake up all the members of the team, but after confirming that the Phantom Base was empty, he kept staring into the distance as if he was thinking about something.
"Boss, if you still say this kind of thing, you won't be in a hurry......" Bai Hengyuan said irritably, but as if he had thought of something, he stopped talking, and his expression stiffened Don't look at him anymore.
The short interval was unexpected, and it suddenly descended into this space.
His words were truncated too quickly, but they seemed particularly abrupt. The silence, frozen as a substance, made it feel like time had died from the land for a moment.
The sky is so blue that you can't see the limit. It receives the sunlight with a broad mind, and the strong ultraviolet rays scorch the world mercilessly. On the empty grass, only uninhabited houses stand scattered, and the wind stirs the green trees and green mountains in the distance, but for some reason bypasses this quiet land.
After a few breaths, Chen Zhi lowered his eyes, and said slowly in a cold and calm voice: "Ziling, are there any traces of the use of illusion here?" as if there had never been a silence that seemed to be substantial just now.
Fan Ziling immediately answered: "No, if you use illusions......" He threw his right hand in the void, and a turquoise semicircle cover fell to the ground, separating a piece of space, "The inside of the cover should be restored to its original state." β
"In other words, this is not their home base at all. Wei Xuan grinned and sat on a stone and said, "It seems that they have another place to live, this is just one of the strongholds they use to intercept others, and they can be thrown away at any time." β
"The question is......" Bai Heng took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed his irritability, and said in a calm tone, "Why, they would target Gu Lian alone? If it is important that she has no special abilities, Wei Xuan will not either." It stands to reason that the other side should target two people at the same time. β
"Ah, that'......" Wei Xuanyan's eyes bent when he heard this, as innocent and innocent as a child, and he grinned, "I think I know the reason." β
Everyone was slightly surprised and looked sideways. The little boy with red lips and white teeth smiled like a spring flower, and his skin became more and more like snow in the sun, and he smiled softly with his lips hooked, and said softly: "Don't you notice? That honey magic tea...... She was the only one who drank it. β
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Gu Lian was half asleep and half awake, and felt that the ground was shaking and shaking violently. Did there be an earthquake? She thought vaguely, feeling a strange feeling of pressure all around her, and moved her body uncomfortably, waving her hand as if she wanted to shake off the feeling......
Syllable.
The pain came from the back of her hand, and it woke her up. She opened her eyes suddenly, just in time to see the face of the imminent World War. Because the face was so close and dirty, she could barely tell what expression was on that face, and could only see the clear whites of the other person's eyes.
"Don't move!" the man spitted.
The stench is tangy.
Gu Lian didn't know if it was because she was smoked by the stench, or if she felt uncomfortable with hunger, and she retched all of a sudden. However, when I looked down, I could see many, many pairs of feet, some bare, some shoeed, and yet ...... Well, it's mostly dirty.
What's going on......
With a tense heart, she opened her eyes wide, covered her mouth and quickly observed the circle. Only then did she realize that they were now sitting in a position similar to that of a truck, the top of which was open, and the sun was shining overhead, and their skin was hot and red. The road was bumpy, and the truck was staggering, far less fast than Chen Zhi's bus. There were all people crowded around, none of whom knew each other, and they all sat together in a knee-hugging position, their hands free, and a thread wrapped around their ankles, and this thread connected everyone.
The heart was pounding so fast that panic seeped into the body from every pore, and the ears could clearly catch the gurgling sound of blood vessels desperately pumping blood.
Gu Lian's back was the door behind the truck, and she maintained this posture, slowly turning her head to look behind her little by little. Through the blue-lacquered iron fence, the unfamiliar stretching mountains fell behind him, and the vastness that was still sighing yesterday instantly became a natural cage of despair.
"Headache......" she muttered, rubbing her forehead.
The moment she opened her eyes, she was so frightened that she thought she had crossed the ...... again But if you think about it, trafficking is obviously a little more reliable than crossing.
She let out a loud sigh to soothe the sudden assault of fear. If she hadn't done so, she would probably have died in a shabby place that no one knew because of an explosion in her heart.
Gu Lian had to take a serious look at the situation in front of her.
Why, no, yes, this is human trafficking, alas! How much does she have to carry back, and before she has completely recovered from the hard work of the last time, she has to face a tragic life again? Well, why does a junior high school student who should study seriously need to face such an unexpected situation in a slot? Ahhhhhh......!!!h
There was a whining in her stomach, and in the surprised eyes of the person next to her, she suddenly slapped her cheeks hard.
Hiss...... qwq
My sister hurts so much!!
ββHowever, my mind was instantly gratified.
If I didn't see Chen Zhi and them, I think they wouldn't have fallen to the point of being like her. Is it possible that they secretly made a deal with the Phantom Base behind her back? With her understanding of them, even if she was sold, she would not do such a sneaky thing, but would eat her tofu openly, wave her hand with a smile and say goodbye, and then quietly stuff her with some talisman money and weapons, which should be a "breakup fee" - well, the more I think about it, the more I feel that it is so picturesque.
Is it possible that the Phantom Base has been robbed? It is also impossible, and if it is not for someone who is very familiar with the conditions of the Phantom Base, it is impossible to find and take the only young woman there without alarming others.
So...... Or is it still that......
She sighed.
Ruling out all other possibilities, even if she didn't want to believe it, it was true.
- The people at the Phantom Base sold her.
It's really unseemly, and the young man who laughs so sunny and enthusiastic is also a trafficker. She couldn't help but wonder, did Mama know about this? Liu Zijing did it from her, or was she also a part of it?
The more she thought about it, the more chilling she felt, and Gu Lian decided not to think about it anymore. After observing around and seeing that there was no one who looked like a surveillance, she turned her head and whispered to the man who had just been fierce to her, "Uncle, do you know where we are going, and what will we be taken to do?"
The man originally thought that this new little girl was surprisingly quiet, and was thinking about whether this girl was scared stupid, and was asked by her unexpectedly, and after being stunned, he said coldly: "I don't know." β
"Huh...... Isn't it......" Gu Lian muttered in a low voice, and turned to make up for Wei Xuan's appearance and deliberately smiled sweetly, "Uncle, you must know, tell me, okay?" Anyway, there is nothing to do on the road, one person counts the short, and the other counts the long, maybe we can escape after discussing it." β
The man squinted at her.
However, the girl's overly optimistic words were greeted with merciless mockery.
"Ha, run away?" the man seemed to have heard a big joke, and sneered, but his voice was hoarse and ugly, like a dried walnut, "It's quite beautiful to think, the sky is big, the land is deserted, where do you flee? Even if you escape, you have no food and no force, and in the end you will either starve to death or be killed by other creatures, I advise you to save it, you can't escape, your life has been ruined......" As he spoke, his voice became more and more hoarse, and he sneered, as if a stone was suddenly rubbing against the ground, and it was painful to listen to it.
When they were talking in a low voice, Gu Lian, who had been looking around with her peripheral vision, noticed something - no one spoke, no one wavered, people were like cold stone statues, hugging their knees and living in their own fortress, without any reaction.
- No, it's that they have lost the ability to react. (To be continued.) )