Chapter 8: The City in Collapse

When the hands of the clock pointed to the moment of 12:00, just as Lin Ming saw, the whole city fell from a sudden noise and excitement into a deathly silence.

The traffic on the road stopped, the vehicles running on the elevated subway also stopped at this moment, and the cleaners who were cleaning up on the side of the street fell to the ground as if they had lost their souls. The policeman on duty also leaned against the car, as if he had fallen asleep. The people who were eating in the room immediately stopped.

It's as if they're indulgent. Lin Ming, who was observing all this, waited quietly. Because he always felt that something more incredible was going to happen.

Now it's like a server going down. Or in other words, the system staff began to perform maintenance. The whole world is completely silent, or this is the real reality of the city hidden behind everything that seems to be normal. Those dancing lives, all the things that have been planned, are just false illusions.

But Lin Ming didn't feel that his three views collapsed because of this, to be precise, he had such doubts from the beginning. It's just that this suspicion has never been confirmed.

What's more, he also realized that it was supposed to be the world of some kind of thriller sci-fi movie that he couldn't remember or had never seen. Then no matter how weird things happen in this world, he can bear it.

Obviously, everything fell into a state of stop, which was more conducive to Lin Ming's search for the truth.

Lin Ming walked on the empty street. On either side were the same thing as the living dead who had fallen to the ground. He didn't know if the humans in the city were human or not.

Or rather, they're just experiments for the whole city. Everything is nothing but a huge game? And those zombies in black, are they similar to GM existences?

The clocks in the roadside display windows, and the watches on the wrists of those people pointed to 12:00, and it was as if time had stopped at this moment.

At that moment, the ground of the city began to tremble, and old-fashioned buildings grew from the ground, as if you were playing SimCity.

Lin Ming saw with his own eyes that where it was originally a street square, a high-rise building suddenly grew, replacing the location of the original square. In another place, a tall building sank to the surface, and a new square appeared directly there.

The location of some streets has also changed, and a third building has suddenly appeared between the two buildings. What was originally a narrow path began to widen and became a wide road.

Some humans have disappeared forever, while others have reappeared in new places. The whole city is like a delicate machine, constantly changing its layout.

It was as if the buildings had been re-illuminated from their distorted fantasies, while some of the places that had existed had disappeared into thin air. The highway that had been straight suddenly became a bridge, and the place where the bridge was located disappeared without a trace.

Lin Ming didn't know how many times the city had experienced such a change. However, every such change has never attracted the attention of others, which is obviously abnormal.

Then it proves that the mysterious organization that secretly controls the city has the power to change human cognition and memory.

And at this time, the doctor's slightly funny and cunning face appeared in front of Lin Ming's eyes. He thought maybe the doctor was the key to it all. How can he alone change the memories of so many people?

Perhaps all he needs to do is change key memories, and the rest of the work is left to the vast and mysterious organization that controls the entire city. And in this way, his own accident has become a huge loophole in the whole rigorous plan.

At this moment, an extra portal suddenly appeared on a wall, and Lin Ming hid in a nearby corner. Sure enough, he saw Dr. Schreiber carrying a suitcase and following several black-clad zombies, one of whom was carrying a sleeping human.

I saw that the zombie in black placed the young man on his shoulder on the barber chair of a barber shop on the street, and then a zombie in black actually picked up the barber tool and began to give the young man a haircut.

It's a weird feeling. Lin Ming always felt that the behavior of these black-clothed zombies could not be judged by human thinking logic.

At that moment, the doctor who followed behind the man in black took a hidden glance towards the place where Lin Ming was hiding. This made Lin Ming feel like he was being seen for a while. It's just that the doctor didn't tell the black-clothed zombies around him who didn't know it.

This small detail made Lin Ming realize that this doctor and these men in black may have a long-term cooperative relationship, but they are not in the same group. The doctor apparently had a plan of his own.

This feeling gave Lin Ming the feeling that he was trapped in an invisible net. Each clue leads him to the truth, and each clue brings him closer to the truth.

But is the reality seen really true? After all, Lin Ming has already determined that the world itself is just a certain movie. For him, the most important thing is not to find out the truth of the city, but to leave this cinematic plane and return to the real world.

Lin Ming also knew that although the power of his current "FM" was not weak, he could still feel that this power was increasing every moment. But such power is not enough to fight against the darkness hidden in the depths of the city.

If you secretly use such power to wreak havoc, will you be able to find the truth about the city one step closer?

At this time, Lin Ming saw that the young man who was changing his hairstyle was directly taken out of a syringe by the doctor, aimed it at the door of his head and pierced it. The liquid in the syringe was clearly what the secret organization used to alter the memories of these people.

At this time, the vibration behind him made Lin Ming turn around, and he saw a hotel slowly rising. Two other black-clad zombies were carrying sleeping humans towards the hotel.

Lin Ming continued to follow the doctor to observe what they were doing.

What originally seemed to be just an ordinary wealthy family changed their memories and the room they lived in became a luxurious mansion. The doctor who changed the memories of these human beings muttered, "The rich get richer, and when they wake up, they will have a servant's room." ”

The dining table that ordinary rich people used to eat also became the kind of elongated dining table that only the rich have in their homes.

Lin Ming had basically seen what these black-clothed zombies were doing now. They are changing the memories of some people in the city with a liquid that can change and cleanse their memories. Changing their identities is like changing their lives at random.

But these zombies in black, and why did this doctor do this. Is this a social experiment? Or is it just for some kind of bad taste?

Lin Ming had already realized that no matter who this Dr. Schreber was, he needed to find an opportunity to meet him.

And the moment when the men in black began to gradually leave, it was obviously the best time to meet with this doctor. At least figure out what the hell this guy is up to.

Schreb limped out of the place that had suddenly turned from an ordinary wealthy neighborhood into a mansion. Lin Ming, who was hiding in the shadows, secretly followed from behind.

He grabbed Schreb by the neck and dragged him straight into a dark alley nearby. Then he shoved the guy straight to a nearby wall.

"It's not friendly to meet like this!" Schleber held his disc glasses and tidied up his messy clothes, and then he stared at Lin Ming as if he was surprised: "It turned out to be you!" ”

"If you're really a doctor, you should know who I am, right?"

Schreber's voice trembled slightly, "Mr. Murdoch, please don't ......"

Lin Ming interrupted Schreber's inquiry, "I think you must know what's going on in this city, right?" I just want to know, what is your relationship with those zombies in black? Answer me honestly, or I'll let you die! You know, I have that power, right? ”

Schreber was not angry because of Lin Ming's death threats, on the contrary, although he was a little nervous, he was actually not afraid of Lin Ming. Instead, he whispered, "Shhhhhh And it's not safe if they see us together. ”

"It's dangerous, isn't it! It's the zombies in black, I've seen what is going on in their heads. Tell me, what the hell is this, a ridiculous joke? ”

However, at this moment, Lin Ming noticed that there seemed to be footsteps not far away. And at times like this, there will be footsteps that are certainly not human. Then it's just the zombies in black.

"Forget it, it looks like we can't continue talking!" Lin Ming waved his hand and directly threw Schleber out of the air. He was now becoming more and more proficient in the abilities he possessed.

However, Lin Ming's behavior made Schleber excited, and he quickly said, "Oh my God! You really have the same ability as them, you can change things by will, and they call that ability FM. That's how the buildings you see are changed. I didn't expect you to be able to use such an ability by now. But I can teach you to use this ability more freely. Let me help you, John. So that together we can stop them and we can retake the city. ”

Although Lin Ming felt that maybe he should trust Dr. Schreber. But the voice in his heart reminded him not to believe this guy who looked at him as if he were looking at a rare treasure.

When Lin Ming saw an iron door suddenly appear on one side of the wall, he ignored Dr. Schreb and quickly ran towards a dark alley, and soon disappeared without a trace.