Chapter 44: Consecutive Deaths
Judging from the name of the note, this person is his superior, Mu Lan guessed the various possibilities of Editor-in-Chief Liu's call before answering, after all, it was already 4 o'clock in the morning, but he really didn't expect it to be a blockbuster news as soon as he opened his mouth.
Editor-in-Chief...... What did you say? Mu Lan didn't know the experience of the original owner, so she could only try her best to simulate the tone of talking to her boss.
"I said Zhang Chengdong is dead." Editor-in-chief Liu on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, and when he saw that Mu Lan didn't take it, he sighed.
"I know it's hard for you to believe it, but this is the second person in the interview team to die, Xiao Zhang was found dead in his own home, it happened in the early morning, the police have filed a case, and now I don't know the specific cause of death, I inform you that you mean to be more careful, this matter is a bit evil."
"Thank you, editor-in-chief." Mu Lan also sighed, pretending to be very sad, and said, "What about the rest of the interview team, they ......"
"You said Yiyi, that girl doesn't seem to have any problems, she was still alive and kicking after work yesterday."
Lin Yiyi's eyes widened when she heard her name, in this case, it was obviously not a coincidence of the same name.
"Editor-in-chief, what do you mean by the evil sect?"
"Xiao Lan, I know that you young people don't believe in ghosts and gods, but ......" Editor-in-Chief Liu paused, listening to the voice as if he was drinking tea, he continued in a low voice: "I have experienced strong winds and waves, some things would rather be believed than not, the archaeological team you interviewed, didn't they dig up some evil things with a curse, since then, some people in the archaeological team have begun to disappear, plus Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhang, they are already the third person, this matter is a bit weird, and the social impact is not good, The above has been asked to be pressed down......."
"I'll give you a day off." Editor-in-chief Liu said: "Have a good rest at home, don't think about this matter first, maybe it's just my wild imagination, if the police contact you, cooperate with the investigation." ”
"Okay, thank you, editor-in-chief." Mu Lan said again: "I'll go back to the club in the morning, and I want to ask you about some things." ”
"Okay."
After ending the call, Mu Lan looked at Lin Yiyi and said, "It seems that we are colleagues." ”
"I didn't think I'd be a journalist!" Lin Yiyi said in surprise.
Mu Lan played with her mobile phone, her brain was running rapidly, and when she was thinking, she always unconsciously played with the things in her hand.
"At present, there is still no task prompt, but the phone call from Editor-in-Chief Liu has given us some clues, first of all, there are four people in the reporter interview team that Lin Yiyi and I participated, this is a team of reporters who interviewed the archaeological team, two of them have died, and one of the archaeological team is missing, and the strange events we have experienced since entering the dungeon show that this mission is related to some mysterious force, which may be one of the suspects who killed them."
"It seems that those spiritual bullets I exchanged are useful." Shi Zhengyang said: "After all, the spiritual power bullet has a certain effect on dealing with creatures that are not in a real physical state. ”
The eastern sky is white, the sky is gradually brightening, it is now five o'clock in the morning, there are more pedestrians and vehicles on the street, Mu Lan stopped a taxi, according to the address on the press card, everyone is ready to take a taxi to the location of the Xikang Daily newspaper.
In fact, there are cars in Shi Zhengyang's space, but everyone is relatively unfamiliar with the city, and it is not possible to drive casually outdoors, so they still honestly do taxis.
Mu Lan checked the map app on her mobile phone, and the office space of Xikang Daily is located in the center of the city, which is a large city, the central city of the southwest region, built in the central plain of the basin, and the west and south are huge mountains with high altitude.
Click on the browser to check the news, there is no case of serial death, it seems that it is indeed as Editor-in-Chief Liu said, because the impact is not good, the case has been suppressed.
About an hour later, the taxi stopped in front of a building, and everyone got out of the car to inquire about the floor of the newspaper office, and took the elevator to the 14th floor in the crowd of commuters.
As soon as the elevator door opened, she saw the four big characters of Xikang Daily, and the female receptionist at the front desk showed a surprised look when she saw Mu Lan, hesitated for a moment, and then whispered hello to her.
"Sister Lan, morning!"
Mu Lan nodded and asked, "Is Editor-in-Chief Liu here?" ”
"Here, in the office."
It shouldn't be the time to go to work now, there are only a few people in the newspaper office who are sorting out the documents, watching Mu Lan walk by with the three of them, most of them have strange expressions, Mu Lan nodded to the person who greeted her, and at the same time, some people avoided it like a ghost, lest they could avoid it.
It seems that the news of the interview team and the archaeological team has spread, Mu Lan looked around and saw the office with the sign of the editor-in-chief's room, so she walked over directly.
knocked on the door, Mu Lan pushed open the door and led her teammates in.
"Xiaolan, and Yiyi, you ......"
Editor-in-Chief Liu looked at Shi Zhengyang and Zhao Ziyu behind Mu Lan and was stunned, and said, "Why are the people of the archaeological team with you!" ”
The two of them are members of the archaeological team, Mu Lan also guessed, and now it has been confirmed, she found a chair and sat up, looking at the editor-in-chief Liu behind the desk, he was wearing a white shirt, in his forties, ordinary appearance but his beard was cleanly shaven, and his overall temperament was shrewd and capable.
"Editor-in-chief, you're right, this incident is truly unusual." Mu Lan said, she motioned to the three people behind her to find a place to sit down, the three Chosen ones had been standing at the door with a sense of oppression, and there were already people outside looking at this side.
Shi Zhengyang immediately closed the door to prevent other people from prying eyes.
"I think this matter has something to do with the archaeological team, so I contacted them, after all, it must involve my own life, isn't it, I still want to know more things."
"The police have filed a case, and these three cases are highly related, and they should be investigated together." Editor-in-chief Liu said.
When it comes to the world of reincarnation, Mu Lan doesn't think that ordinary people can handle this kind of supernatural event, but she also doesn't refute Editor-in-Chief Liu, she asks: "After that interview, how are the archaeological team members?" ”
Because Mu Lan suddenly entered the world of reincarnation, and she did not inherit the memory of the original owner, she could only ask on the side, for fear of revealing flaws, and the back-and-forth dialogue with Editor-in-Chief Liu was a great test of on-the-spot ability and acting skills, and occasionally Editor-in-Chief Liu would wonder why she asked something that she should have known, but it didn't hurt, no one could have imagined that behind this familiar face was a completely different person.
This involves another question that Mu Lan can't understand, is this world a parallel world, is this reporter Mu Lan herself in a parallel world, or is it just a temporary identity prepared by the main god for herself, she has always been very puzzled about whether the reincarnation world is a simulated plot or the real world.
I talked to Editor-in-Chief Liu for two hours, and Mu Lan didn't say goodbye to him until he was busy with the work at hand, and the information he mastered during this period was very critical, and Mu Lan discovered the whole thing from the conversation.