Chapter 20: The Death of Xiao Yuan
Every time Sun Yuchen used his mental power to overturn a 'wave' of people, the people behind him came like a 'tide'. In the back, these people even close together, forming a solid human wall to move forward. Sun Yuchen gradually felt struggling, no matter how strong his superpower was, he couldn't compete with the hundreds of people who were united.
The situation was urgent, and Hang Yi said to Lu Hua: "Can you make two defensive walls at the same time?" β
"Yes, but the physical exertion will also be doubled." Lu Hua said.
"Sun Yuchen can't resist anymore, you block the people on his side first!"
Lu Hua stood in the middle of the carriage, propped his hands to the sides, and built two defensive walls to block the attackers from both ends. Sun Yuchen breathed a sigh of relief and said to Hang Yi: "It's not that I can't deal with it, it's just that if I do my best, these people will be killed and injured." β
Hang Yi said: "I'm glad you didn't do it. If we kill people in front of so many people, the charges they have imposed on us will really be well deserved. β
"So what are you going to do? It is impossible for Lu Hua to use superpowers all the time. Han Feng said, "These people seem to be planning to consume me to the end, and they will not retreat." β
Hang Yi asked Lu Hua: "How long can you hold on?" β
Lu Hua said: "Fortunately, the aisle in the carriage is relatively narrow, and if you just make two square defensive walls, you can't consume too much physical strength." But I can only do it for two or three hours at most. β
Hang Yi patted him on the shoulder: "Two or three hours is already very good, I will think of a solution during this period." β
However, the old Chinese gentleman, who misunderstood the most in this carriage, had been listening to their conversation. As if he had discovered some enemy intelligence, he shouted at the attackers on both sides in a righteous manner: "They can't use superpowers all the time, there is a limit!" β
This sentence is like a cardiotonic injected into the blood of the attacker. They encouraged each other, 'excited' each other, and had high morale, and waited firmly outside the defensive wall, waiting for the two unbreakable "glass 'doors'" to disappear automatically.
"Damn old man!" Han Feng was furious and wanted to walk over and beat the old man. was stopped by Hang Yi: "Do you want to show everyone that we are really villains?" β
Han Feng only looked left and right, staring at the people in the No. 9 carriage, beware that the people in this carriage had also joined in dealing with them.
Hang Yi noticed that Xiao Yuan was hugging his mother tightly at the moment, obviously frightened by what was happening at the moment, he glanced at Ji Kairui who was holding a pistol, and then at the attackers on both sides. Although he didn't know what was going on, he instinctively felt the threat of death, and he said tremblingly, "Mom, are we going to die?" When you die, will you no longer be able to play with toys and eat candy? β
The mother hugged her son in her arms: "No, don't say stupid things. No matter what happens, Mom will protect you. β
Xiao Yuan nodded sensibly, he looked at Dong Manni, suddenly broke free from his mother's embrace, ran to Dong Manni, looked at her with a pair of innocent eyes, and asked, "Big sister, are you really a superpower?" β
Dong Manni looked at the little boy in a daze, her lips were open, and she was a little speechless.
Xiao Yuan said: "Whether you are or not, I believe that the big sister is not a bad person." The bad guys won't play with Xiao Yuan, and they won't give toys to Xiao Yuan, right, big sister?! β
Dong Manni squatted down, stroked the boy's little face, and said, "Xiao Yuan, something is ...... You don't understand. But my sister assures you that no matter what, I won't let you get hurt. β
"And Mom!" Xiao Yuan said.
"Well, and Mom."
Xiaoyun stretched out his little finger: "Let's pull the hook, I will believe you when the hook is pulled." β
Dong Manni hesitated for a moment, stretched out her little finger and Xiaoyun to "hook and stamp, it will not change for a hundred years", and then 'touched' his little head and asked him to return to his mother.
When Han Feng saw this scene, he snorted disapprovingly, and his lips made a mouth shape of the words "fake good person".
Hang Yi didn't think so, he stared at Dong Manni, and seemed to see the complex side of human 'nature'.
The current time is 6:20 p.m., and Hang Yi must cherish every minute that Lu Hua can keep. His task is twofold: first, to calm down these people who are trying to fight with them; Second, find the "law of death" to avoid another death, and finally total annihilation.
In contrast, solving the immediate problems is clearly a top priority. Hang Yi thought about how to not only not hurt these people, but also stop them from making trouble, maybe ......
He thought of a solution, but he didn't want to use it until he had to.
Hang Yi asked Lu Hua: "Can you use superpowers and think at the same time?" β
"Yes." Lu Hua said.
"Five people have died so far, do you have any clue about the 'law of death'?"
Lu Hua shook his head and said, "I haven't been able to find anything in common with these five deceased, nor have I been able to find any really valuable hints. β
Hang Yi said: "Time is running out, and the form is becoming more and more unfavorable, if we continue to delay like this, I am afraid that it will really be planted in the hands of Dong Manni alone, and the whole army will be wiped out." β
"So what do you think should be done?" Lu Hua asked.
In fact, Hang Yi didn't have a good idea, he just felt that time was tight and something had to be done. "You tell us all the slightly reliable ideas, even if it's a blind guess, we should guess all kinds of situations a few times, maybe we guessed correctly by mistake?"
Lu Hua disagreed with this approach: "Lei Ao, Shu Fei and Xinna have all failed. We now only have a maximum of six chances left. The point is, for every time we lose a companion, our strength is weakened by one point. If there were only one or two people left in the end, let alone defeating Dong Manni, they might not even be able to deal with these guys in the carriage. β
"At least we have a few more chances, we can't give up in vain, right?"
Lu Hua smiled bitterly and said gloomily: "It's the same whether you give up or not." It's useless to guess, let alone six times, a hundred times can't be 'blinded' right. β
Hang Yi looked at Lu Hua and said in a low voice: "Why do I feel that you have lost confidence and admit defeat from the bottom of your heart?" We've been in trouble countless times before, and we've never seen you so discouraged. β
Lu Hua was silent for a moment, and said reluctantly: "Hang Yi...... There's something I wasn't going to tell you. I'm afraid that when you find out, you will be as desperate as I am. β
Hang Yi looked at Lu Hua suspiciously.
Lu Hua said: "Dong Manni is not an ordinary person, she once participated in the show 'The Strongest Brain', in which she showed her special talent in finding patterns. She was able to discover patterns hidden in numbers, mind games (Rubik's Cube, Sudoku, etc.), stocks, and even human behavior patterns, shocking the experts and guests on that episode β and that was before she gained superpowers. β
Hang Yi was stunned for a long time and asked, "How do you know?" β
Lu Hua said: "I searched the Internet for information about her. β
Hang Yi said: "You mean, in terms of 'regularity', how can we not play her?" β
ββ¦β¦ I hate to say that, but I'm afraid it's true. β
Hang Yi was silent for a moment and said, "I'm good at playing games, but I don't know how to design and make games. In the same way, Dong Manni is good at finding patterns, but she may not be good at setting rules. So, don't be presumptuous, you must do your best to break this situation - Lu Hua, you are the smartest person among us, our hope, do you understand?! β
Hang Yi's words injected confidence into Lu Hua, and he nodded, his expression becoming resolute.
More than an hour passed, and car 9 was still in a stalemate. Because of the besiegers on both sides, the people in this carriage could not go to the restaurant to eat, and the people had to bring out dry food to satisfy their hunger. Food and water could not replace rest, and Lu Hua's physical strength gradually became exhausted.
The besiegers were aware of this, too, and they kept fighting for the moment when their defenses would collapse.
Xiao Yuan and his mother were eating bread and ham sausages, the bread was bought yesterday, and it was already a little dry and difficult to swallow. Xiao Yuan finally finished eating a loaf of bread and said to his mother, "Mom, I want to drink water." β
They have run out of water, and now they can't leave the car to get boiled water, and they can't buy mineral water because of the blockage of the road. The mother only took the cup to ask the passenger next to her for water, and the wife of the old Chinese gentleman poured half a glass of mineral water for her, and Xiao Yuan's mother thanked her and returned to her seat.
However, she saw a scene of horror - her son collapsed in his seat and closed his eyes.
"Xiao Yuan!!" The mother threw away the glass of water, cried and rushed over to pick up her son, testing his snortβhe had stopped breathing.
"Ahh The grieving mother let out a bitter wail.
Everyone was shocked, and the doctor who came from the No. 8 car hurriedly stepped forward, and after some examination, said sadly: "This child ...... Like the people before them, they died suddenly. β
The mother could not accept such a cruel truth and cried loudly. She looked at the stunned Hang Yi and the others, and complained, "Is this what you did?" Why? Why! What did this kid do wrong, you want to do this to him?! β
"Nope! It's none of our business! Han Feng shook his head violently, and then glared at Dong Manni angrily, he wanted to open his mouth to scold, but he endured it, because he saw that Dong Manni's eyes were overflowing with tears, and his expression was sad, and he slowly walked towards Xiao Yuan.
Dong Manni knelt in front of Xiao Yuan's corpse, stretched out her hand and stroked the boy's little face that still had a trace of body temperature, tears couldn't stop falling, and murmured, "Impossible...... How could it be you? β
Lu Hua was also heartbroken by the death of this lovely boy, but Dong Manni's words made him stunned, as if he had suddenly received some kind of important hint. He quickly glanced at his watch and learned that Xiao Yuan's time of death should have been 19:56.
That's right, the person who died at 19 o'clock corresponded to car "9". That has been decided.
But the death of the sixth deceased, Xiao Yuan, is obviously different from the previous ones.
For the first four days, one person died every day. But on the fifth day, two people died one after another (the Russian who died at 16 o'clock and Xiao Yuan, who died at 19 o'clock). Lu Hua faintly felt that this was not Dong Manni's original plan, but that something happened that destroyed this law.
And the most critical point, judging from Dong Manni's performance, she seems to be quite surprised by Xiao Yuan's death. In other words, she originally thought that Xiao Yuan would definitely not die. Why is that?
Lu Hua instinctively felt that the information that Dong Manni inadvertently 'revealed' might be the key to breaking the game. His intuition told him that the law of death formulated by Dong Manni had been changed due to the occurrence of a certain emergency.
What happened on the train that Dong Manni didn't expect before? Maybe knowing this, you can 'touch' the melon along the vine and find the law of death......
Lu Hua was so engrossed that he ignored that his gradually declining physical strength could no longer support the use of superpowers. The transparent defensive walls on both sides of the No. 9 carriage disappeared together.