Chapter 2 What's Behind It
Actually, I don't want to have anything to do with it.
It's just that I remembered that day, when I saw the gray whirlpool, I told Shen Jingyun the specific location of the whirlpool, and also told him that it came from underground.
And the building that Xu Lang pointed out to me was not the one where I saw the gray whirlpool?
Did my words provide a basis for Shen Jingyun to make him bold enough to do this action?
Actually, I don't know anything about what Shen Jingyun has done in the past three months, and we haven't even had time to communicate, and there has been a huge gap.
Thinking of this, I felt a little sad, and the hand holding the coffee cup trembled slightly.
"Xiaoshuang?" Xu Lang, who was sitting in front of me, tried to call me.
"It's fine." I looked up, smiled at Xu Lang, and said, "That day must have been dangerous, right?" Are you also involved? ”
Although everything has passed, when I think of the mysterious mental hospital, I still feel dangerous, and I can't help but worry about Shen Jingyun.
"How am I qualified to be a part of all this? Even some of the things I knew were inadvertently revealed to me by Shen Jingyun. Also, listen to some of their conversations. All I know is that the relevant departments of ZF were also involved in this operation, and secretly surrounded the hospital first. Xu Lang's words were a little messy, he was trying to explain the situation to me that day.
I listened carefully, and suddenly understood the reason why Shen Jingyun insisted on putting me in that small village.
"At that time, there was not much movement. I didn't even take the medicine and fell asleep, and I didn't hear a single movement. It wasn't until Shen Jingyun broke into my hospital room and woke me up that I knew they had attacked the hospital. Speaking of this, Xu Lang shrugged helplessly.
"And then?" I asked.
"Later......" Xu Lang frowned and scratched his head, and said to me: "That's what Shen Jingyun told me that there is a big guy underground, and they are going to deal with it." He gave me a choice, saying that after this operation, all the doctors here who knew about it would be 'dealt with'. The meaning of dealing with them is not to kill them, but to detain them, and to take certain precautions. And the patients here will be transferred, and then subjected to gradual hypnosis, forgetting about the things here. ”
"Of course, not all patients, not including the truly insane. It's our feed. Xu Lang said with a wry smile.
"Feed?" I wondered in my heart why Xu Lang would use such a strange description on himself.
"Yes, it's feed! When our spirits, plus our life force are about to be sucked dry, we will be thrown into the ground and truly eaten. Of course, it is to be picked and chosen, such as what essence blood and key organs are sucked. Flesh is disposed of in secret. Speaking of this, Xu Lang's expression was already a little angry, and he picked up the coffee cup and subconsciously drank it dry.
Then he yelled, "Damn, I really want to order a beer." Although I am very careful about my life these days, I don't want to get a little bit of alcohol. I was afraid that it would put me in danger by losing my caution and sobriety. But sometimes, in retrospect, the pain is so hard to forget, I really want to have a little drink. ”
"Or else...... Just a beer? I suggested cautiously, because I could see that Xu Lang was really in pain, and maybe a beer would soothe him. I can't bear to see a man so uncomfortable.
Xu Lang just struggled for a moment, then shook his head and said to me, "No." ”
His expression gradually regained his composure, continued to light a cigarette, took a few big puffs, and said: "Since I have chosen this kind of life, I keep telling myself that what I want to do must be done. As he spoke, there was some firmness in his eyes.
I think such a man is worthy of appreciation, and the psychological pain is often more unbearable than the physical pain, and it takes a strong will to be able to stay away from alcohol and depravity under this kind of pain.
"In short, Shen Jingyun gave me two choices at that time. He said that in such a harsh environment, the 'feed' he came into contact with almost collapsed when he was not full of energy. I was the only one who made him see a man's will, so he gave me these two choices. The first is to follow the secret transfer, go to the secret 'sanatorium', and through the hypnosis of the master, gradually let me forget this painful past. Second, he helped me sneak out and keep this painful memory alive. Xu Lang raised his head and looked at me.
"You chose second?" I asked.
"Isn't that obvious?" Xu Lang smiled bitterly: "Maybe I'm a fool, and I can be rearranged to live an easy life." But I don't want to. I endured inhuman torture in that mental hospital, losing at least 10 years of my life, am I willing to do so? And ......" When he said this, Xu Lang clenched his fists.
"Huh?" I think I understand his choice a little bit, he doesn't want to be a weak person who escapes life.
"And more importantly, that squad that used to be mine. My dearest comrades-in-arms, my brothers, are all dead. Xu Lang took a deep puff of his cigarette, and his hand holding the cigarette seemed a little trembling.
"What?" Before, Shen Jingyun and I vaguely heard Xu Lang talk a little about his past, probably investigating a certain village, but he was attacked by fierce villagers, and then inexplicably came to this mental hospital, he once hoped that the army he belonged to could come to save him. I really didn't expect that.
Xu Lang's eyes were a little red, and he continued: "This is also what Shen Jingyun told me. He said it was the result of his investigation...... I was one of the lucky ones and was sent to the hospital. And all my comrades-in-arms who were on the mission with died in that village. He said that if I don't believe it, I can investigate it later. But if I regret it, I can go to him within three days, and he will put me in a nursing home. ”
"I don't understand Shen Jingyun, what did he leave you to do? What do you know all this about? Do you want a revenge? It's ridiculous. Hearing this, I couldn't help but speak, I couldn't understand Shen Jingyun's style of acting more and more, why didn't he arrange a relatively safe environment for Xu Lang, but let Xu Lang struggle here alone? What is Shen Jingyun's purpose?
I found that the more I thought about Shen Jingyun's behavior pattern, the more I didn't understand him.
Including him, he obviously has such extraordinary skills, has the status of a genius, and has a dazzling identity in the family. But he just wants to pretend to be an "idiot", is it because life is not exciting enough?
Regarding my excitement, Xu Lang smiled calmly: "Xiaoshuang, I don't think you should be excited." Shen Jingyun didn't give me an answer to everything he did, he said, it was a test. As for the test, I didn't think about it. He told me that the mental hospital was a big stronghold for the cult forces to infiltrate S City. Originally, he didn't want to pull it out easily, but it was a pity that the mental hospital was raising the real 'evil god'. Then the situation is different, no matter how much he doesn't want to startle the snake, he must also make this shocking blow. Because once the evil god becomes a certain scale, the disaster brought is unimaginable. ”
"What did he tell you about?" I found that although I became less and less aware of what Shen Jingyun was doing, I became more and more familiar with his behavior patterns.
"It's simple. There were still many of their strongholds in the city, and when one of the big strongholds was destroyed, those strongholds naturally shrank back. I used to be a SWAT, or rather, an agent, and I was in charge of investigating it all. Xu Lang's eyes became serious.
"No, it's too dangerous, it's not a world that ordinary people can meddle in at all." Thinking of those cultivators, I had to remind Xu Lang. I don't understand even more, why would Shen Jingyun let an ordinary person investigate this?
"I know. Like I used to think I was good and I could go all over the world. Later, I learned that I was a frog at the bottom of the well. But that doesn't stop me from having some other skills, to investigate, to do what I can. I may not be able to avenge my comrades personally, but I am a man, I have to do something, or I might as well forget this memory and start living again. Xu Lang said to me in a low but serious voice.
I was a little distracted, on the one hand, I respected Xu Lang's spirit, and on the other hand, I began to worry.
I somewhat understood the meaning of Shen Jingyun's words, it was not as dangerous as before, but the danger was always there, and he didn't want me to leave his side.
In this way, my conversation with Xu Lang seemed to fall into a relatively silent state.
I had a strong desire to be strong, even though I didn't know what I was so desperate for. Is it just for your own safety? I don't think so.
"Why are you telling me this?" I looked at Xu Lang and asked.
"Otherwise, who should I talk to? I think you should be in the know. Also, Shen Jingyun and I used to have a very interesting conversation when he took me out of that mental hospital. Do you want to know? Xu Lang looked at me and smiled, his teeth were very white.
"What?" I asked curiously.
At that time, I asked him, why did he have to take a girl with him for such an operation? You can see that you like each other. Is it because you like it and don't want to separate? Xiaoshuang, forgive me for asking, I'm really curious. As a special police officer, I have long been accustomed to following orders, and I am also used to being ruthless on the battlefield, so I asked Shen Jingyun this. Xu Lang was explaining to me.
"But, what do you guess Shen Jingyun said?" Speaking of this, Xu Lang looked at me and smiled unclearly.
"How?" I can't think of what Shen Jingyun will say, because he wants to protect me?
He said that liking would never be a reason for him to take you with him! The apparent reason is that he is protecting you, but in fact, he says that he is deliberately taking you to get acquainted with the world of cultivators. He can't say why he did it, but he has a subconscious that you will be very capable in the future, so capable that he will no longer be able to protect you at all. Xu Lang looked at me after speaking: "Do you believe it?" ”
After listening to Xu Lang's words, I couldn't be more surprised, Shen Jingyun actually looked at me like this?