Chapter 2: The City of Eternal Night
Lin Ming, who walked down the stairs, walked out of the side door on one side, only to find that the entire dark and gloomy hall of the hotel felt lifeless, and everyone was sleeping.
The weirdest thing is that an old woman who is talking on the phone in the honest phone room is also holding the phone and leaning against the phone room door. And it's not like I'm asleep, but as if the power has been cut off, I faint directly.
Lin Ming opened the glass door of the phone room, and the old woman fell directly to the ground, but she didn't wake up at all. It feels as if you're dead.
This weirdness gave Lin Ming a sense of immediacy as if he had gone on the wrong set. This must be haunted, could it be that some supernatural event has happened?
The thought that there might be a supernatural event made Lin Ming more and more confused, and he felt that the best way now was to leave this inn immediately that was a little abnormal no matter how he looked at it. Even if you're looking for excitement or something, these things in front of you are really a little too unusual.
When Lin Ming walked towards the hotel gate, he saw that in the side hall, several people who seemed to be obviously talking and eating, and people in suits and leather shoes and bowler felt hats were also fainting together. The lobby manager of the hotel also held his cheek with one hand, looking as if he was asleep.
Just as Lin Ming was about to leave the increasingly weird and gloomy hotel, suddenly the wall clock on the wall rang. The lobby manager, who had been sleeping like a dead man a moment ago, suddenly seemed to come to life.
"Hey, Mr. Murdoch."
Lin Ming felt that this lobby manager should be calling the original owner of this body, so he turned around, and the lobby manager looked at the message on the side and said, "The cafeteria called and said that you forgot your wallet with them." I advise you to get it now, knowing that you have only paid three weeks' rent and it is due 10 minutes ago. โ
Although Lin Ming was puzzled, he at least knew the surname of this original body, so he followed the words of the lobby manager and asked, "I've been living here for three weeks?" โ
He deeply felt that this person's nerves were tenacious, and he could live in such a suspected haunted hotel for three weeks without going crazy, could it really be some kind of perverted murderer?
The lobby manager had a look on his face that you wouldn't want to pay for, "It's written in black and white, Mr. Murdoch." โ
Lin Ming wanted to see what the name of this original body was, so he walked over, only to see the lobby manager pointing to the hotel guest's account book and saying, "Day, and date, our account book is as meticulous as the guest's bed. โ
On the signature on it is written a line of text, Jยท Murdoch, 5/2305, Central Are Earth City.
However, it is difficult to guess what this original body is called by just one initial letter. And this date is also a bit odd, 5/2305 Is this the meaning of May 2305? And then there's the center of the earth, which is the name of the city.
However, Lin Ming was not the time to dwell on this, after all, those who wanted to trouble him were upstairs in this hotel. The most important thing for now is to get out of this increasingly spooky hotel first.
So Lin Ming said: "I'll pay when I come back." Then he turned and walked out the door.
The lobby manager of the hotel shouted behind Lin Ming: "That's best, if you don't have money, don't want to live here for nothing!" "Sounds like this guy is really a dedicated and responsible person.
After pushing open the revolving glass door of the hotel, Lin Ming found that it was dark outside. However, when I think of the time of the clock, it is exactly 0:00 in the morning. Obviously, it's normal that it's dark now.
However, the eerie sky seemed to be obscured by a curtain of darkness, and there was neither the moon nor any stars. The whole city was shrouded in darkness, the roads were damp, and the buildings around it were black. Only dim lighting can make the city seem to come to life.
Sure enough, the city, along with the hotel behind him, gave Lin Ming a feeling, that is, weird, gloomy and dark. And there is a vague sense of unreality, as if all this is still a dream.
Although Lin Ming felt that he was not dreaming, unless he could really realize that he was dreaming, even if he was in a dream, he might not be able to realize it. But on the other hand, Lin Ming felt that his consciousness was awake, and it didn't seem like he was dreaming at all.
The city's architecture is characteristic, with a resemblance to New York and Chicago in the 30s, with some classical architecture interspersed between tall and thin buildings.
But all the buildings were dark and gloomy in the drowsy night. Even the streets are thin and narrow, and even on both sides of the highway there is only a narrow sidewalk, and in some places there is no one.
On the other hand, there are still some pedestrians on the street, and there are strangely many of them, and every pedestrian is suspicious and walking in a hurry. Something seems to be busy.
And the weirdest thing is that it's obviously early in the morning, which happens to be the time when most people should sleep. But the city seemed to come back to life since the bell rang.
The busy clerks in the shops lining the streets, the people standing by the bus stops. There are also cars on the road. and the cleaners who are cleaning on both sides of the street, and the police who maintain law and order.
Lin Ming looked at the city that seemed to have come back from the dead silence, and this deep and dark night, the cold night wind made him feel more and more that all this was unreal.
Now that you want to figure out what all this is all about, it seems that going to the police station is the best option? Lin Ming guessed that the identity of the person he crossed over was abnormal, he might really be a sick murderer, but he could also be a good person who was framed and blamed.
So no matter what you say, you can't go to the police. So the best way at the moment is to investigate the original identity of this body through the only clues on the body.
At this time, Lin Ming realized that there seemed to be something in the right pocket of his windbreaker. When he pulled out the stack of papers, he found that they were all newspaper clippings. And these reports are all about a "call girl" killer walking in the city.
And judging from the reports, this person has killed at least 5 ****, and if you count today's one, it will be 6 people.
But why did the original body of this body collect these newspaper clippings? The perverted hobby of a perverted killer is still to further plant blame. But it's clear that there's something wrong with the city.
Dark modern Gothic-style high-rises are densely packed together, with only narrow aisles and roads connecting the districts of the city.
The people walking on the streets were dressed in the style of Americans in the thirties of the last century, but judging from the date records of the Okaloon, if I guessed correctly, it should be May 2305.
So Lin Ming directly grabbed a passerby who hurriedly passed by him and asked, "What year is it now, and where is this place?" โ
The man looked at the mechanical watch on his wrist and said, "This gentleman, it's 0:13, and this is Sixth Avenue in Zone B."
"I'm asking what year it is, what month is it, and what is the name of this city, is this the United States?"
"Damn, of course it's ...... now," the passer-by seemed to be a little confused, and he thought again, "Well, I forgot what year it is, but it should be May." And this city, it's called the center of the earth, don't you know? Also Where is the United States? โ
"Don't you know the United States?"
"I don't know, could it be that you're from out of town?" The passer-by looked very curious, and only heard the middle-aged man say in a deep voice: "You must know that I have lived in this city since I was a child, but I have never met outsiders?" The United States, where is that? Is it the same as here? โ
Lin Ming nodded and said, "It should be similar to here, but it feels more developed." There aren't so many pedestrians at night. Thank you! โ
The pedestrian seemed to be warm-hearted, but Lin Ming refused his offer to introduce the city he lived in, because he had already found the cafeteria where he had lost his wallet.
After crossing the road and walking a few more steps, Lin Ming came to the door of this cafeteria. At the door of the restaurant, a fashionably dressed blonde call girl with a lady's cigarette in her mouth and a sexy figure was throwing flattering eyes at him.
Lin Ming had a lust in his heart, but he was suppressed by him in an instant. It is not yet clear what exactly happened and what the situation is.
Even this kind of girl who looks as beautiful as a star can't make Lin Ming stop. But the call girl seemed genuinely interested in him.
Lin Ming guessed that he probably saw that the identity and clothes of this original body did not look like a poor person. After all, such a girl has a very accurate vision. But apparently he didn't bother with the temptation now.
Although there are still some doubts in my heart, the quality of the **** in this city is really high.
There were very few diners in the cafeteria, and the rows of tables and chairs were mostly empty. But there are also some diners holding food in the strange-looking cafeteria window in front of them.
It was a row of small glass windows that could only fit two hands, and there was a button in the glass window. As soon as you press it, the window will pop open. And below the window are the names of the food, which are "cheese, hot dogs, chocolate, milk, bread, apples, ......" and so on. There are hundreds of them.
Behind the window, there is only one clerk who is constantly sorting all kinds of food into those windows. Diners who come only need to press a button to remove the food from it.
Lin Ming approached the window and greeted him. The clerk immediately recognized who he was, and greeted politely: "Hey, it's you, you forgot your wallet here." โ