Before, Xiao Nuo had such a preconceived impression that all the members of the Remnant Star Building were in China. However, this does not seem to be the case, and if Xiaonuo and Tiyunzhuo's conjecture is correct, it is likely that Shengzhou is a Chinese living abroad.

The time of Shengzhou's last post was 4:02 a.m. on the 17th, and the time when the ghost QQ killed the other three members was at 12 o'clock. The two time points coincide, that is, the time difference between the country where Shengzhou is located and China is four hours.

Taking Greenwich as the standard time, China is the East 8th District, so the country where Shengzhou is located should be the East 12th District. Countries in this time zone include New Zealand, Fiji, the Marshall Islands and other South Pacific island countries. Among these countries, the most likely place for Shengzhou to live is New Zealand, because it is a popular country for Chinese students and immigrants.

The next day, Thursday, June 29, Xiao Nuo told Ma Ming about this conjecture, and Ma Ming said that he would go to the forum to investigate Shengzhou's IP address, and should be able to know its specific geographical location.

At this time, the university is approaching the final exams, whether it is public classes or professional courses are troublesome things, Xiao Nuo had to put most of his energy on revision, so most of the investigation was handed over to Ma Ming, who was about to graduate from his senior year this year, and there was no pressure on his schoolwork, nor did he see him in a hurry to find a job, but rather like an idle cloud and wild crane, wandering around the library and Internet cafes all day long.

THAT NIGHT, MA MING CALLED AND SAID THAT THE IP ADDRESS HAD BEEN CONFIRMED, AND SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS GOOD, AND THE SOURCE WAS A TOWN CALLED HAMILTON IN THE NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND. But he can only confirm it to this extent, and he can't be more detailed.

Recently, there has been a trend of going abroad, many people have gone to New Zealand to study in high school or university, and there are not a few immigrants, and there are more than 50,000 international students alone.

"Do you have any classmates or friends in New Zealand or anything like that?" You can call them for help. ”

On the phone, Ma Ming asked Xiaonuo. XIAO NUO FROWNED AND REPLIED, "YES, YES, BUT SHE IS IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, NOT IN HAMILTON." ”

"As long as you're in New Zealand, it's better than at home. TELL HER TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE NEWS ABOUT THE HAMILTON CHINESE IN THE NEW ZEALAND NEWSPAPERS OR ON TELEVISION ON JUNE 17 OR 18. ”

"Why the seventeenth and eighteenth?"

"You have to take into account the delay, it usually takes a day after the news to be reported."

"Okay."

"IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE HAMILTON LOCAL NEWSPAPER."

"Just ask."

Xiaonuo used to have a high school classmate, who transferred to a high school in New Zealand in his sophomore year, and the two of them have a good relationship, so they have been in contact with each other, and occasionally chat through QQ. This student successfully passed the Yasi exam last September and entered the local university, and now, like Xiaonuo, is also a first-year college student. XIAO NUO SUDDENLY REMEMBERED THAT THIS FRIEND OF HERS HAD MENTIONED IN A LETTER THAT SHE WENT TO THE NORTH ISLAND TO PLAY DURING THE WINTER VACATION IN JULY LAST YEAR (NEW ZEALAND IS WINTER IN JUL), AND SHE LIVED IN A NETIZEN'S HOUSE IN HAMILTON, AND SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND HELP WITH THIS RELATIONSHIP.

It must be too late to write an ordinary letter, so Xiaonuo sent her an email, hoping that she would help investigate the matter.

After the email was sent, Hino said hello to Tiyun and immediately went offline, because she had to spare her energy to cope with the exam.

The next day, when I took the Marxist-Leninist theory class, it was noon. The teacher marks the key points of the final exam above, and a group of students below reverently record them. For the first time this semester, most of them listened to Marxist-Leninist theory classes so seriously.

Xiaonuo held a red pen in his right hand, flipped through the textbook in his left hand, and listened to the teacher's words with his ears, gradually feeling a little tired.

She made the position by the window, the noon sun shining on her face, warm and comfortable, slowly her eyelids began to sink, yesterday drove all night train, fatigue will take advantage of the confusion to surface the water. The pen rolled to the ground with a "snap", and she fell asleep on the table............

………… It was raining heavily, the wind was cold, it was pitch black outside the window, and the raindrops were beating on the windowpane with a dull thumping sound. Xiao Nuo found herself in a room that was very familiar to her with the furnishings and decorations, which was her cousin Tang Jing's bedroom. The room was dark, there were no lights, only the computer screen flashed white, covering the room with a faint layer of white.

Xiao Nuo looked carefully and found that Tang Jing was sitting in front of the computer with her back to her and surfing the Internet, and only the sound of "crackling" typing was heard in the whole room.

"Tang Jing?!"

Xiaonuo shouted tentatively, but the other party did not react.

"Blues Nimbus?!"

Still no answer.

"Shocking?!"

The typing suddenly stopped, Tang Jing stood up from his chair and slowly turned around...... It was a dead white face, white and terrifying, and her beautiful face was distorted into a look of extreme fear, which was frozen on Tang Jing's face like this. She didn't say a word, and walked towards Xiaonuo step by step with this expression, and her wrist was still bleeding. Xiao Nuo took a few steps back in fright, and before he could open his mouth to say anything, he heard the wind and rain outside suddenly become stronger, and the computer behind Tang Jing suddenly sounded a "beep" sound, and the gray avatar was jumping in the friend list, indescribably weird, as if it was about to jump off the screen.

Tang Jing's expression became even more hideous, her mouth slowly cracked, her frightened eyes widened to the point that her eyeballs protruded, and her two pale arms bent at a strange angle, stretching out towards Xiao Nuo. Xiao Nuo turned around to escape, but she couldn't move a bit, and the blood flowing from Tang Jing's wrist had already submerged the instep of her foot. Seeing Tang Jing getting closer and closer, Xiao Nuo felt an unusually uncomfortable aura of death surging towards her, and she screamed in fear......

"Ah————!!h

Arnold wakes up and finds herself still in the classroom, the afternoon sun still warm, and the teacher and the class are looking at her in amazement.

"Hey, hey, you're alright." Cao Fangrui next to her quietly pulled the corner of her clothes. Xiao Nuo hadn't recovered from that nightmare yet, his face was extremely pale, and when he heard Cao Fangrui's words, he just nodded.

There was a whisper in the classroom, and the teacher had to knock on the blackboard, signal quiet, glanced at Xiao Nuo, and continued to talk about the key areas of the exam, but Xiao Nuo had no intention of listening to it at all, she only felt that her heart was about to explode.

After class, Cao Fangrui came over with concern and asked, "What's wrong with you?" The face is so ugly. ”

"I didn't ...... Nothing, just a nightmare. Xiao Nuo put the book back in his school bag, and at the same time reluctantly gave Cao Fangrui a smile.

"Really?"

"I didn't write down what the teacher said just now, so show me the key points you marked."

"Don't digress the subject, what the hell is going on?"

"It's a nightmare, really. Maybe I was too tired from an all-nighter last night. ”

Xiaonuo declined Cao Fangrui's suggestion to accompany her home, and walked out of the school gate alone. For some reason, she didn't want to go home, so she walked to a nearby park by herself. The park is very quiet, and the golden sunlight of early summer shines on the green space, and it is indescribably tranquil and serene. Little Nuo lay on her back on the green ground, smelling the fragrance of the grass, watching the floating clouds in the sky cast shadows on her face, and the gusts of pine breeze blew through the pine forest next to her, blowing the hair on her forehead gently, feeling very refreshing, and the terrible dream just now seemed to fade because of it.

Half a month has passed since Tang Jing's death. In the past half a month, Xiaonuo has been in sadness, confusion, anxiety and the boredom of wanting the truth but not being able to get it, although there are occasional small achievements, she still feels confused, and the uneasiness born from confusion. She also once asked herself, what is the meaning of doing this, is it a stubborn desire for the truth or a responsibility to fulfill to Tang Jing? Xiaonuo herself can't say clearly, she is also hesitant and confused, but under her weak and slender appearance, there is a strong personality burning, and that nightmare only makes her more determined.

No matter what that dream foretold, I would not give up.

When the clouds were blown away by the wind, the sun shrouded Xiaonuo again, and she narrowed her eyes and made up her mind in her heart.

When Arnold returned home, she found that the friend in New Zealand had replied, saying that she had asked a friend from Hamilton in the North Island to check, and the results of the inquiry would be sent directly to her mailbox.

The friend's friend was very enthusiastic, and at about nine o'clock in the evening, the email was delivered to Xiaonuo's mailbox: Sender: LEINHARDT Recipient: beilial CC: Date: Fri, 29 June 2001 18:54:56 +0800Subject: About the matter of the commissionReply reply to all according to the attachment according to the text forwarding the previous one and the next one back Hello: Regarding the investigation you commissioned, I have checked the local newspaper on the 17th and 10th, There are three reports related to the Chinese:1 A Chinese restaurant called "The Great Wall" opened on June 17.

2 NAOTIONAL BANK PROVIDES CHINESE LANGUAGE BUSINESS SERVICES.

3 Due to the recent increase in car accidents, the police remind Chinese students to pay attention to driving safety.

But there's another piece of news, I don't know if it's useful to you. ON JUNE 20, I WAS IN WAIKAT. The university church held a funeral for a Chinese student. It is said that the student came from the mainland and was electrocuted while using a computer at home on the 17th. According to friends from the church, the international student's English name is DENNIS, and the Chinese name is Shengzhou Luo.

Shengzhou Luo？！

Katsufune Luo?!

It's absolutely free to come up with a name online, so some people come up with a whimsical name, while others just use their real name. The three names of Jinghong, Liuli, and Ming are all the first kind of names, and Shengzhou may belong to the second type.

If this Luo Shengzhou was Shengzhou, then four of the five people in the Remnant Star Tower had already died on the same day!

"There is no doubt that the mysterious ghost QQ has a great relationship with the Remnant Star Tower."

Arnold affirmed, and the person across from her was holding a straw from a Coke cup, noncommittal.

It was Saturday, June 30th. Xiaonuo and Ma Ming met at a KFC for no particular reason, but she remembered that she hadn't eaten KFC for a long time.

"It's getting weirder, this thing." Ma Ming's tone couldn't be said to be excited or confused.

"It's still a matter of time before Zishan's whereabouts have been determined." Arnold's eyes sparkled, and she felt like she had touched the doorknob. Ma Ming thought for a while, took out a piece of paper and pen, spread them on the table, and began to write: At the beginning of April, the Remnant Star Building was established with six members.

On April 12, Tiyun withdrew.

On April X (unable to determine), the homepage of the Remnant Star Building was uploaded. (Sometime after that, the memorabilia column "Tongjian" was damaged)

On April 29, Jing Hong began to write the novel of the Remnant Star Building.

On May 1st, Liuli and Jinghong gathered. Other participants are unknown.

On May 10, Jing Hong stopped writing the novel. The cause is unknown.

On May 10, Zishan's posts were all deleted for unknown reasons.

From 11:50 p.m. on June 16 to 05:05 a.m. on June 17, Jinghong, Liuli, Ming, and Shengzhou were confirmed dead. Two committed suicide, one for the note: Shengzhou last posted in the forum at 0:02 on the 17th Chinese time, and there was "everyone vote, be careful of knowledge", and it is impossible to confirm whether "knowledge" is a mistake of "Zishan" or a mistake of "suicide".

Writing this, Ma Ming stopped writing, picked up the paper and handed it to Xiaonuo.

"That makes the list much clearer...... Can you discern anything? ”

Xiao Nuo took the paper, looked at it carefully, and finally looked up and asked suspiciously, "Looks like ...... Something seems to have happened between Zishan and the others. ”

"Well, with the same feeling, judging from this timetable, something serious must have happened between them."

When Ma Ming said this, he couldn't help but scratch his head in frustration, "Oops, hey, maybe it's mentioned in the memorabilia on the homepage, but it's a pity...... It would be great if Shengzhou uploaded the repaired page in time. ”

Seeing his funny expression of scratching his head, Xiao Nuo couldn't help but giggle, and then remembered to pay attention to the image of a lady, and quickly covered his mouth. Ma Ming squinted his eyes and "hummed", but said nothing.

“…… Kindness...... Senior, so what do we do now? ”

"The most important problem now is to find Zishan's whereabouts and find him, then it is possible to find the truth."

Xiao Nuo nodded, suddenly remembering the nightmare, she hesitated for a moment, and told Ma Ming about the dream.

After Ma Ming listened, he smiled and said, "It sounds quite scary, you think too much." ”

"Hmph, that means I'm imagining?!"

Arnold pouted.

"How dare you, I mean, as long as you are firm in your heart and one in your heart, then there is nothing to be afraid of. The Heart Sutra says: The heart has no obstacles, no terror, and is far away from upside-down dreams. That's exactly what happened. If you have time to read the Buddhist scriptures. Ma Ming held the paper cup, held the mashed potatoes in his hand, and said with an old face.

"Really! You really talk like the Tang monk in the big words! Xiao Nuo said this, his heart was indeed a lot wider, and those few words of the Heart Sutra were carefully pondered, but they had the power to reassure people.

"By the way, senior, you are about to graduate, how are you looking for a job?"

"Why did you bring up this topic all of a sudden?"

"I want to know ......"

"There's no job worth selling my noble soul yet, it doesn't matter, emptiness is color, color is emptiness, right...... Ahem......"

Ma Ming's tone of reply was categorical, but the middle qi was obviously insufficient.