Chapter 31: Fifteen Trespasses Through the Titanic (7)
The sheriff smiled wryly, "It's not such a simple question. In fact, the mayor can drive himself to the town of Eastleigh, which is located in the north, and then come back. ”
The mayor was not young anymore, and of course he didn't want to move, but he already believed it a little. So he asked, "Tell me, what the hell is going on." ”
"Well, there's an army base near Ferham, in the southeast, and I was going to go there for support. But something strange happened. I felt like I was at the base, and even everything was pretty much the same as I remembered. I also spoke with the chief officer of the base. But when I returned, I found that I could barely remember the details of what had happened, and even anything that was involved in the kidnapping was vague. So now we are facing the problem of this. ”
"Hey, you're not kidding about that."
"How could I be joking, but I've been a police officer for 26 years, and it's the first time I've had trouble like this. And what strikes me as strange is that there are some people and things that I remember coming into contact with, but now I can't remember them at all. But some things are remembered very well. ”
And those reporters also gathered at this time.
A young reporter shouted, "I think it's a huge conspiracy." That person is nothing more than a bait thrown by the real mastermind. ”
"So how do you explain what happened to Levinke?"
Levinke was the guy who was still in a trance, one hand shaking all the time, as if something terrible had happened. I saw him suddenly hold his head and roar, "We are all trapped and have nowhere to escape!" ”
"He's crazy!"
Many reporters couldn't help but shake their heads when they looked at Levinke, who was held down by the guards and brought to the side room.
"I think his experience is worth a test. For example, if you, a big reporter at The Times, could you consider going back to London in person? ”
"What a joke, I'll go back. To whom is the news here? But this guy had a twinkle in his eyes, and it was clear that he knew more than that.
"That means you don't dare to go back."
"Hey, you're going to provoke me. Why don't you go back to your Manchester? ”
An old reporter coughed and said in a deep voice, "So gentlemen, how do you explain what we are discovering today?" There is no communication between the outside world. Even if you go to find outside support, you will find that you have lost your memory when you return. And quite a few of our colleagues left the port of Southampton and then they lost contact. ”
One of these journalists is a smart person, and one of them said, "I don't think there's a clue even if science explains what happened." I felt like we were covered in a glass bottle. ”
"So who is responsible for all this?"
Many reporters remembered the strange guy who suddenly appeared, the guy who claimed to be going to fight against the White Star Company.
That guy wasn't normal from the start, no one knew where he came from or what he really was for. And the guns he used were surprisingly powerful.
If you think that all this weird situation is related to that person, it may even be caused by him. It's a little bit incredible.
"Suppose, I mean, gentlemen! If it really has something to do with that person, how can we be sure of it? ”
"I think we should go directly to him and ask for clarification."
"I don't see it that way, maybe that man is a demon and he's doing an experiment."
"Ha, isn't it possible that our Mr. Schurrle still has to pray to God? Looks like we should all go to church and get the missionaries to help. ”
"Why not? If he is a demon. So how do we fight him? We're stuck here, we can't get out. ”
"Hey, guys, please don't be pessimistic. Why aren't we convinced that we are the survivors, that everyone else is gone? ”
"No arrogant person would think like that. I think it must be some kind of secret experiment. You know, the government guys, they always like to do some mysterious research. ”
"But anyway, now we should go to that guy and ask for it."
Lin Ming once again received the other party's request to invite him to come out for a face-to-face interview, and judging from the other party's tone this time, Lin Ming felt that these people might have discovered more things that were different from common sense and difficult to understand. He is accustomed to thinking of this situation as a bug caused by the incompleteness of the movie world.
After Lin Ming continued to appear in that shape, he could clearly see that these people on the scene had been divided into three factions, the first faction looked at him with awe, and the second faction looked no different from before. The third faction is deeply hostile.
"All right, ladies and gentlemen. Could it be that you have already fulfilled the conditions I requested? And what about the head of the White Star Company? ”
The sheriff sighed, "I have to admit that Your Excellency's request has stumped us. We were unable to contact the person in charge of the White Star Company, and in fact we were not even able to have any normal communication with the outside world. ”
Lin Ming pretended to frown, "Do you want to entertain Lao Tzu?" Can't get in touch with the outside world? Or are you not planning to contact me at all, but are planning to besiege me here? ”
At this time, a young reporter asked in a loud voice: "Sir, you know everything that is happening in this city today, right?" ”
"What happened?" Lin Ming asked in a very confused tone, "I don't understand what you're saying." The worst thing I'm aware of in this city right now is a steel coffin carrying the White Star Co. scam heading in the direction of sinking. ”
"No, that's not how I see it! Your Excellency seems to be trying to prevent the ship from leaving. Then I have to have a very bad guess. That is, you know what strange things are going to happen in this city. It may even be related to you. And the Titanic is our only chance to escape from here. It may be that not only the city, but our entire country is in trouble. ”
Lin Ming looked at this little brother, and I have to say that his thinking is very sharp but also very divergent. From a certain point of view, it can indeed be deduced that the Titanic is the only way to leave this city that has now begun to become weird. But it was clear that he didn't know the real truth.
"You are confident, gentleman, but I don't understand everything you say. Maybe you should let go of the encirclement and get me out of here. Perhaps in this way I will be able to verify whether the words you are talking about, which seem like dreams and hallucinations, are true. ”
Lin Ming proposed to let the police let go of the siege, which immediately made the vast majority of people at the scene strongly oppose, "You know, this is absolutely impossible." ”
"Well, in that case, it means that there is no need to talk about it. Then I think it's safer to stay in the hotel. You can continue to discuss how to resolve the hostage crisis. ”
However, at this time, there was a shout from the other faction of people who seemed to be very resentful of Lin Ming, "He is a devil, and all this is a devil's joke." We're stuck here and can't escape! Only by killing him can we be completely freed from this nightmare! ”
Lin Ming frowned, and shot at the person who was shouting, but it didn't kill the guy, but only warned him to shut up.
"I don't know what's wrong with this city, but it seems like you're not on the same page. So goodbye guys, let's continue negotiations tomorrow. ”
Lin Ming's departure made these people at the scene look at each other, and the mayor asked, "Why didn't you try to keep him just now." At the very least, ask him what the hell is going on. ”
"I don't think all this weird thing has anything to do with this kidnapper. He just happened to be at the right time. If it is really possible to know the truth, it must be related to the White Star Company, which built the Titanic. ”
"Could it be that all this is the ghost of the White Star Company?"
"Who knows."
"No, he must be a devil. He dragged our souls into the nightmares he created to play games. Now the only way to get out of this nightmare is to kill him. ”
"Hmph, if this is really the devil's dream, then how are we going to kill him? You can't kill someone outside of your dreams in a dream. ”
After seeing Lin Ming come back safe and sound, Ruth breathed a sigh of relief and asked curiously, "What happened?" ”
"Nothing, it looks like something weird is going on in town."
"Weird things? By the way, they're willing to negotiate with you? ”
"No, just keep waiting. Anyway, we had plenty of time and plenty of food. ”
Lin Ming looked through the window at the guards who were watching him. In fact, the surveillance is much smaller than before. Now the port of Southampton is about to face the biggest problem, and that is food.
Drinking water and energy are not a problem, but for a city, most of the food needs to be transported by road. But it is impossible for the outside world to transport supplies in.
Lin Ming has been thinking about the working mechanism of the film world, for example, the time span in some film worlds is not just a few days or a week or two. There are many movie worlds that span more than a month, or even months, and more than a decade, or even decades, or hundreds of years.
So how can these problems encountered by the Port of Southampton be solved in these movie worlds with a large time span? If there are too many bugs, the movie world will collapse directly.
Lin Ming is ready to enter the Titanic world for the next time, and the last time in a short period of time, to experiment.
By the fourth day, the atmosphere in Southampton Harbour had begun to get very tense. Even those ordinary people have already felt the problem of lack of supplies.
In fact, Lin Ming couldn't feel this during the five days he stayed here before. This is because this time he left a large number of people who should have left on the Titanic, in this port city.