"Outsiders—aliens, perhaps. Beings in the universe other than humans. ”

Duke said: "We can survive thanks to those outsiders. I haven't met them though. When I woke up, everything was settled. They just told me that the outsiders asked us, the four surviving false sacrifices, to stay here, to establish this town, and to promise not to leave it until we had a suitable successor. ”

Chang Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, and his heart suddenly became a little heavier: "I am the suitable successor you chose?" ”

Duke looked apologetic, "Yes. The first time I saw you, I felt that I was the right person for me. ”

Chang Wei suddenly smiled, a little cold, and said, "I've always been grateful to you, Duke." But now I can't be grateful. ”

Duke stood up, walked over to Chang Wei, and pressed his shoulder: "So I'm sorry." ”

Chang Wei was silent for a moment and shook his head: "That's it." Think of it as a deal. You have provided me with everything I needed when I first arrived, and I have taken your place as a jailer in a prison that once dominated the prison. I won't be grateful to you again, Duke. ”

Duke's expression was a little gloomy, he removed the hand that was pressing Chang Wei's shoulder, and suddenly felt that this kindness was gone away in an instant.

He was silent for a long time: "I'm leaving, then you listen well, I will explain to you clearly." ”

"It seems that because of the request of outsiders, only the four of us who made the wrong sacrifice remained here, and the government seems to have forgotten about this place and never paid attention to it. It's just that when it came time to establish the mill town, they made some efforts. ”

"Over time, we went from being scared at first, to getting used to it. We always wanted to get out of here, but we didn't dare. Because we are demanded, and at the same time bear the responsibility of maintaining an item, which is the key item left by outsiders to suppress this place. ”

"Maintenance items?" Chang Wei said.

"Yes, some very mundane maintenance work, but it costs money." "We need to buy a lot of electricity every year to maintain the item and recharge it," Duke said. ”

"Electricity?"

"Electricity." There was a hint of hatred in Duke's tone: "That thing's appetite is getting bigger and bigger, from the initial electricity consumption of a few hundred dollars a year, to the later electricity consumption of hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars, you can imagine how heavy our burden is." Mill Town is a barren town, and we can't afford that much money. And the government doesn't care, we don't have anything to do. ”

"I once united with them and applied to the above to build a power station. But it didn't work out. The people above rejected our application outright, and we could only buy electricity from outside. ”

"Where's the money?"

"yes, what about the money?" Duke smiled with great self-deprecation: "Do you know how helpless it is when a sheriff is forced to control and sell independence? ”

"Independence? Selling independence? Chang Wei's eyes were slightly surprised.

"Yes. Propane. Duke said, "I've been a drug lord since fifteen years ago. The original participants were me, Liszt Kirkins, Pauline Rainey and Agatha Seagrave. We are four survivors. This was later discovered by Pauline's husband, Jim Rainey, and he got involved. ”

After a pause, he said, "Soon after, Pauline died of illness, and Big Jim took over all her work. Agatha later faded into obscurity, and her daughter Maxine took over. This situation has continued to this day. ”

"So energy is an excuse, and the purpose is to make money to buy electricity and maintain something to recharge?"

Duke nodded: "We use propane to make independence, and there are two locations for independence, one is the propane warehouse in the north, and it is Liszt who is in charge of independence. One is on Bird Island in the middle of the lake, and the presiding officer is Maxin. Big Jim presides over the propane purchases, and I escort them, and the channel is in Maxine's hands. ”

"Very good structure." Chang Wei said.

"Heh," Duke shook his head bitterly, "I don't want to, but I can't help it." I'm going to kick out all the suckers in Mill Town, but what's the use? When I die, I will definitely go to hell. ”

"And now." He looked at Chang Wei sharply: "All this will be borne by you." I want to live an easy time before I die. ”

He walked to the window and pulled back the curtains: "I'm not a good person, but I also like bright sunshine. My life has been too heavy and I have been overwhelmed. ”

Chang Wei walked out of Duke's office with the same look he did when he entered.

He walked down the hall, said hello to Linda, and walked out.

Just like encountering piranhas in Lakeside Town, Chang Wei also has some specious memories flooding back to his mind at this time—what Duke said.

Some plots are clear, but some plots don't match. This is no more than the previous time and space, the people and things of that time and space, in the first life, he knew more and remembered more clearly.

What is now in front of Chang Wei is nothing more than two choices.

All Duke did for him may have been just to find a replacement for this moment, to face something he would never want to face again.

There's a danger here.

This is true for Chang Wei.

Especially after the Piranha Incident, which destroyed the altar of the Mermaid Water Demon, the number of luck increased dramatically. Associated with gods, monsters, and extraordinary beings is the fortune of a large sum of money.

Is it to seek wealth and danger, or to avoid it from afar?

This is the choice that Chang Wei faces.

A lot of information and clues are clearly outlined, and Duke's words made Chang Wei gradually have a clearer understanding of the world.

So Chang Wei decided to stay.

The old masters, gods, monsters, plus outsiders or aliens. The earth is small relative to their existence. So the secret of Mill Town is not just the secret of Mill Town, but the secret of the whole planet. Chang Wei left Mill Town, no matter where he went, how far he was from this place, on the scale of gods, monsters, and aliens, it was no different from not leaving.

In that case, why not stay?

Just cut a stubble of luck - how can he be a coward?!

Duke's purposeful actions offset all Chang Wei's favorability towards Duke. As Chang Wei said, he will never be grateful to Duke again. In fact, Chang Wei didn't give Duke a punch, it was already his great mercy.

"Sheriff, nice seat." Chang Wei looked at the sun in the sky: "I don't know how many fortunes this stubble can harvest." ”

It's a good habit to keep your faith.

Although this place is not as good as the previous plane, he clearly knows many people and things, so it is arranged smoothly. It's vague here.

But this injected Chang Wei with a passion for challenge.

There's no wisdom bead in your hand, just take one step at a time, and that's interesting, right?