After spending more than half an hour walking, the hotel appeared in Zhao Wenrui's field of vision.

It's more recognizable than expected, like a nail in a flock of chickens and cranes, and it looks like an old two-story motel.

Before I entered the store, a musty smell came from the inside, which matched the first impression of the store.

In the unpleasant sound of 'squeaking' and scratching his lungs, Zhao Wenrui pushed open the door and came to the lobby of the hotel.

The first thing that catches the eye is the mosaic tile-like trivial and annoying floor tiles, which were originally black and white, but the dirt and damage make it lose its distinct and opposing characteristics, leaving only the impression of being old and poorly maintained.

It can be said that this hotel only needs to evacuate people, so in fact, the abandoned place will have no sense of disobedience.

The funny thing is that in such a hall, there is also a grand piano elegantly placed, looking at the crooked appearance of the paint, it is estimated that a little heavier hands and feet can make it fall apart.

On the old wood-paneled counter, a dirty service bell sits and no one behind the counter.

Zhao Wenrui didn't go to ring the bell, but took out the metal badge of the secret investigator, used it as a police badge, pinned it on his left chest, and then went around to the back of the counter to check.

The counter was a mess, with a garbage accumulation of mostly leftovers, some of which were even visibly spoiled and moldy. Bugs are rampant, obviously redundant to normal, and most of them are poisonous insects.

Although he was wearing leather gloves, Zhao Wenrui still didn't want to touch the items here, he stretched out his hand and waved at the corner, and some of the wooden decorations there were missing.

And he had an extra wooden ball in his hand. The wooden ball sprouts and sprouts leaves, and grows into a baton between breaths, and when it is shaken slightly, the excess part falls like autumn leaves, and before it hits the ground, it turns into a streamer and dissipates.

He used his baton to pull the garbage apart, then picked up a large, yellowed, curled paper with a damp twist.

This is the hotel's check-in book, and according to the above record, there have only been two occupants so far this month, one is five days ago and the other is two days ago.

In addition to the registers, some of the value included a bunch of keys, several of which were rusty and apparently unusable for a long time, and several of which had stickers on the handles that were blurred but still legible.

Zhao Wenrui didn't take this set of keys, so he didn't need it.

In fact, if he hadn't used extraordinary means recklessly, he might have been able to startle the snake, and he could have used magic to open all locks, even magic locks.

But now it is still difficult for him, a simple observation and comparison, he figured out the law of the key teeth, the door lock of the hotel is generally purchased and installed in bulk, and its design is not difficult to understand for people with certain professional ability.

In addition, he saw a price list. The price for a standard room is 1 shilling a day, with an extra 2p for breakfast.

As for why the price list posted on the small bulletin board was put away, the bright red X was put on the back of breakfast, which is enough to explain the problem.

Zhao Wenrui seemed to see that there was a problem in the kitchen first, and then even the normal operation was a little unsustainable......

"Hey, who are you!?" A somewhat angry male voice came from the direction of the entrance to the hall behind him.

Zhao Wenrui turned around calmly, looked at the other party expressionlessly, and gently tapped the metal badge pinned to his left chest with a baton.

"Recently, there has been a lack of police, and I came a little late. ”

By tapping the badge to attract the attention of the other party, hypnotism has been quietly stimulated.

The middle-aged man who was disheveled and had mud footprints, and was covered in stinky sweat did not question Zhao Wenrui's identity, but directly entered the complaint mode: "It can be regarded as looking forward to you, just now, I sent the last guest to the hospital." Officer, didn't you see Jessica at the front desk?"

"Jessica!Jessica!!Get me out if you're not crazy!" the middle-aged man roared in a loud voice.

Zhao Wenrui pointed with a baton, "Maybe over there." ”

Although he did not go over, his ears and eyes were clear, and he heard the movement.

It was a corner of the hall, not far from the staircase with its skewed rusty iron handrails, which looked like it led to a kitchen or something.

The middle-aged man said to Zhao Wenrui: "I am Martin Cohen, the owner of this hotel, what do you call it, police officer?"

"Wieland. ”

"Officer Wieland, take a look, it's terrible!" said Martin, who took the lead as the guide.

Zhao Wenrui followed behind, and when he turned into the corner door, he found that it was a restaurant.

The food on the table had not been removed, the bread was black and moldy, the milk was sour and worried, and there were cockroaches in the water of the carafe showing off their swimming talents......

And in the open space in the center of the small restaurant, four people were doing a strange dance.

This dance has a large range of movements, some like broadcast gymnastics. The dancers have chapped lips, haggard faces, dark circles under their eyes and cascading bags under their eyes, and there is no trace of vitality in their eyes, three of them have been completely empty and unfocused, and only one is still a little bright, but it is also in a state of confusion.

"I knew it was so! Look, officer, they're not far from madness. ”

Without waiting for Zhao Wenrui to say something, Martin stepped forward in three steps and two steps, grabbed the woman with a misty look in his eyes, and stretched out his hand to slap him a few times.

While fighting, he tilted his head and explained to Zhao Wenrui: "Jessica should be able to wake up, the three of them can't, theoretically they should be sent to the hospital, but it is already overcrowded, even the corridor is full of people, there is no place to put ......"

Martin poured bitter water, and Jessica, who had woken up from her blurred state, was very scared and pestered Zhao Wenrui, hoping that he could give an explanation.

Zhao Wenrui naturally can't tell the truth. It can only be a bluff, indicating that the case has made great progress, and it is currently in the period of collecting key information, and the sooner the key information is found, the more conducive it is to solve the case as soon as possible. Therefore, they need to actively cooperate.

"So this weird madness is not a disease, but a man-made curse?"

Zhao Wenrui gave Martin a meaningful smile and said, "It's just your guess......"

"Understood, understood!" Martin was amused by his astute assumption of the truth, and then twitched like a mid-power force, unaware of it.

Zhao Wenrui naturally knows the reason for this - the more emotional he is, the more susceptible he is to erosion, and the faster the onset of madness.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that these people in the City of the Divine Domain had the soul aggregation characteristics of the Source of Time, they would have all died because of the loss of the San value.

It can be said that everyone has madness, but the depth of the symptoms is different, and there are many reasons for the difference, the most important thing is the tenacity of the soul, those who collapsed early, which means that the quality of the individual souls it gathers is worrying, and there is basically no strong will.

After perfunctory Martin and Jessica, Zhao Wenrui began to collect clues.

There are only four guest rooms on the ground floor, and the rest have been replaced by functional amenities, including utility rooms, Martin's personal rooms, kitchen, laundry, staff lounge, and more.

The guest room is mainly on the second floor, and from the stairs comes up is a hollow-shaped passage, just like a shopping mall, standing in front of the guardrail to see the first floor, and the floor clock opposite the staircase immediately attracted his attention.

The clock had stopped working, the scale pointed to 11:35, and the pendulum was missing.

When he got closer to confirm, he knew that his previous judgment was correct, and that the grandfather clock was rich in mystical elements, especially the silver scales on the dial, which were almost all made of mysterious elements.

He quickly made a rough calculation, the mysterious elements contained in the grandfather clock, more than 20 euros, but he did not dare to start easily.

This is not a scattered part of the wild dog's body, but a dense aggregation, and the most important thing is that the artificial traces are too heavy.

After a little thought, he realized that this should be an important support for the methods used by the mastermind behind the scenes.

The clock is not what it is, but it is closely related to the law of time, so it reveals some characteristics, and it is like a clock.

There is no doubt that it is not suitable to act rashly, but he is not reconciled to do nothing.

So I saw that his palms were facing each other, twisting back and forth, as if there was a Rubik's Cube in his hands, but all he could see was the faint magic light circulating.

After tinkering for a moment, a cloud of liquid energy appeared in his right hand, and with a flick of it, the liquid energy adhered to the surface of the grandfather clock like soft mud, and then spread and penetrated like mercury, and quickly disappeared without a trace.

At that moment, the clock clicked softly, and the minute hand took a step forward.

At that moment, Zhao Wenrui didn't say it was moving, and even his breathing stagnated.

For a long time, there was nothing else around him, and he recovered from his sculptural state, and at the same time he sighed secretly.

Just now, my heart really mentioned my throat and eyes.

If it was really his operation that caught the attention of the boss behind the scenes, and the hands of the grandfather clock changed, it would mean that he probably made a fatal mistake from the beginning. That's how much he's underestimating how strong his opponent is this time.

It can even be said that even if the other party is not the strength of the Three Pillars God Deity, he is also a strong person at the level of Cthulhu Deity, a face-faced figure in the Luo Evil God.

If that's the case, then he shouldn't think about fishing in troubled waters. Instead, you should quickly think of a safe way to self-destruct to prevent being hunted by the other party.

Fortunately, the situation is not so bad.

He didn't move, not expecting to avoid further detection by his opponent, nor was he so frightened that he forgot to make a move, but switched the overall perspective at the first time to observe the overall situation.

The broader market is an important perspective that he has always paid attention to. The situation of the market directly determines his operational time. If the result of the estimation is that the outbreak is imminent, then he will at most urgently harvest and retreat.

Otherwise, more can be harvested.

Like now, the mysterious elements contained in the grandfather clock have basically fallen into his pocket, and at the critical moment, he can come to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, not only to gain real wealth, but also to pit the boss behind the scenes.

Although one point is not enough to ruin its overall plan, there are a few more similar places, which will be like detonating the explosives under all the load-bearing pillars of the bridge, which will definitely make the other party unable to eat and walk away.

Laying down the mechanism at the secondary key node, he began to continue the main line of intelligence gathering.

The reason why it is said that collecting intelligence is the main line is because as of now, the cover door of this bureau placed by the boss behind the scenes has not been dug up.

Once this main key node is discovered, and a targeted hit is ruthless, then he will make a windfall, and whether it is fat enough to do a single dashing for 350,000 years, it depends on what kind of degree he can win, if he kills the other party on the spot, it will definitely be a great success.

The smell on the second floor is getting worse and worse, mixed with all kinds of smells, and I don't know if Martin is reluctant to open the ventilation equipment, or if there is no at all.

To Zhao Wenrui's expectation, there was no guest room here, and the door was actually open.

Maybe it's because of this kind of hotel, you don't need to worry about losing or damaging your belongings.

When Zhao Wenrui passed by, he glanced at it a few times and found that it was indeed the case.

The room is not big, the function is also very simple, can only provide the simplest washing, convenience and rest, no bedding, should be when the guest checks in, directly buy the packaged cleaned and disinfected bed sheets and quilts, or simply buy a brand new.

Therefore, these houses with large open doors are not the source of the smell, at most because they have not been cleaned for a long time and have a layer of floating dust, which makes the rooms that have nothing to do with tidiness look more and more old.

There are four rooms with tight doors, B4 and B6, C5 and C6, and Zone A is the four rooms on the first floor, and they are the so-called deluxe rooms.

When Zhao Wenrui was about to finish inspecting the empty room with the door open, Martin went upstairs with a bunch of keys strung with thin iron rings to look for him.

The delay was due to Jessica's not doing well.

Every time you fall into an unconscious crazy dance state, you will consume a lot of physical energy and energy, and even if you are awakened, you will be extremely tired.

So Jessica forced herself to say a few words and went to rest, while Martin hung up a sign that was closed and ran to sedatives the three dancing people in the restaurant.

The sedative was naturally started by him when he sent the guest to the hospital, and with this thing, at least it could delay the time for madness to completely make people crazy, so that the patient could simply repair the tired body and high spirit in a coma, although it was just a drop in the bucket, but this was already the only feasible way.

In this regard, Zhao Wenrui watched the whole process, dissuaded several departments, and did not help.

It is believed that the interaction with the souls can be exempted, so as not to trigger a change in time or a butterfly effect.

His strength should be concentrated on key points, and when the time is right, he will break the game with thunderous means.

"What's going on with B4?" asked Martin.

"Half a year ago, a guest was so drunk that his cigarette butt lit a mattress soaked with wine, and he almost died in his room. ”

"Oh, let's open it and take a look. ”

"Okay, Officer Wieland, you're doing your duty, there are very few officers like you these days. Martin was talking nonsense as he stepped forward to watch the door.

The door lock was a little rusty, and it took a long time to open it.

Zhao Wenrui only glanced at it a few times before exiting the room. There was nothing he was looking for in this room, and as soon as the door opened, he was already sure, and when he entered the house, he was simply pretending.

From a transcendent perspective, the 'door' can be a very representative and meaningful concept.

And at the point where the structure node of this city of the gods is located, it is even more exquisite.

Therefore, the action of 'opening the door' is best to let someone else do it for you, rather than him, an outsider. so as not to trigger some kind of trap.

"Next room, B6. ”

"The guest of B6 was Mr. Stephen, a specialist who was the one I had taken to the hospital. ”

"Expert, do you know what it is?"

"It seems that I learned efficiency or something, and I don't know much about it, but he claims to have been invited by Thomson Steel to improve production efficiency. ”

Zhao Wenrui said in his heart: "Do you shorten the time? This guy may be the obvious part of the series of means used by the behind-the-scenes boss to promote the process of the plan......

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