Chapter Seventy-One: Silence
On the 11th, at about half past eleven o'clock in the afternoon, everyone returned to the main building one by one.
Among them, Zhong Lei had arrived at the back kitchen of the restaurant two hours ahead of everyone because he needed to handle lunch.
"I usually cook stir-fried dishes, and I don't do too much barbecue stuff, so if it's not to my taste, please forgive me."
Seeing that everyone had come, the somewhat blessed cook raised his head and looked at them kindly, and then continued to bow his head and take out the cut lamb blanks from the marinating water one by one.
"It's a little too small to get a barbecue, so I just chop it into chunks, so the pickle should be more flavorful."
"Good work, Brother Zhong Lei."
Chen Rongxuan walked up to Zhong Lei and patted the other party's back.
"Hey, this hasn't been baked yet, but I think it's already very fragrant."
Zhong Lei smiled honestly:
"The seasoning here is still relatively complete, so I didn't encounter any difficulties in pickling, so I tried it with the method in my hometown in my memory, but I don't know what the taste of roasting is."
"It's going to be good."
After Chen Rongxuan finished speaking, he glanced at the table not far away, and at this time, Lin Sheng, Pei Hongxin, Tao Tongguang, and Li Guang were all sitting there.
Then he walked and sat on the seat opposite Lin Sheng and Pei Hongxin.
"Hongxin, Brother Lin, did you find anything here this morning?"
"We've just communicated with the two of them, except for the above-ground garage and the surrounding area that you need to explore, most of the other places have been explored, and the rest is just a matter of going to visit in the afternoon, but we found out that ...... The known sites seem to have been deliberately maintained, the interior and surrounding facilities are relatively new, and we have found nothing else. ”
Pei Hongxin still looked like he was thinking about things all the time, and he didn't look up at Chen Rongxuan in front of him while speaking.
"It's different on our side, the interior of the parking garage is not too small, maybe twenty or thirty cars can be parked, but including the surrounding area, it looks like it has been abandoned for a long time, and there is a lot of dust in it."
Chen Rongxuan thought about it and decided to inform the two of them about the situation on his side first.
"Is that so......"
Lin Sheng also fell into thought.
The same buildings, some of which are brand new, and some of which are old, should be one of the hints given by the rules......
It's just that I still have no clue.
Although previous events often covered the entire city, the "protagonist" in the middle of it will usually be able to find a specific area of interest through prompts, rather than looking around the city like a headless fly.
But this time, the manor that trapped everyone should be a restricted area restored in the dream, although the scenery of the terrain and buildings in the distance can still be seen from the manor.
But the place outside the manor must have disappeared by the moment it reached midnight on the 11th, leaving behind only a simple "sight".
This kind of event, which restricts the "protagonist" within a certain range, is not as outrageous as the whole city in terms of size, but the existing scope is almost all core areas, so there are many more areas that need more attention than the relevant locations in previous events.
The incident has only just begun, and the "door" has clearly not yet appeared.
But if it comes after, where will it be......
Lin Sheng's expression sank.
This incident is somewhat similar to the "ghost catching" incident experienced before, could it be that the "door" refers to the gate of the manor after the tenth day?
There is a high probability that this is the case for most of the events that have been recorded in the past to demarcate small areas.
While Lin Sheng was thinking, Pei Hongxin on the side had actually been in a state of deep thought.
Not long ago, the information he had received was a bit more than he knew.
Or rather...... It's a bit too exciting.
So much so that at the moment, while digesting it, he also pondered the question of "whether he should tell others about this situation".
He now somewhat understood Lin Sheng's approach.
Once this news is made public, I am afraid that the first phenomenon that will arise will not be the collective thinking of countermeasures, but the direct transformation of the hidden anxiety of the people into panic on the surface.
At that time...... There is a high probability that this temporary team will fall into a rather chaotic state.
That Lin Sheng said that if everyone didn't find clues related to the thing called "door" within a certain period of time after the first strange story, or found the characteristics of the "ghost's" rules of action......
There is a high probability that the first deceased will soon be present in this incident.
If you don't know anything, maybe the rest of the rest will continue to struggle to survive.
But if you know that even if you survive, you will continue to suffer the same situation again and again......
At that time, even if you have the confidence to unite again, you may have a bad mentality, and even choose to go alone or give up on yourself.
After all, the high difficulty of survival and the high mortality rate of the "incident", and the fact that even if you survive by chance, you will have to deal with such an event for the rest of your life, which is bound to bring a sense of despair to everyone.
What everyone needs now should be a shot in the arm...... And not the truth.
And Lin Sheng gave himself the decision on whether to make it public.
It's a bit heavy......
Thinking of this, Pei Hongxin first affirmed his current thoughts.
For the time being, I won't tell everyone, including Chen Rongxuan, but rely on myself and Lin Sheng to think about countermeasures, and then guide everyone to implement them.
Lin Sheng saw that Pei Hongxin on the side seemed to have made up his mind, and then smiled as well.
Chen Rongxuan looked a little puzzled.
"You ...... Are there any other clues? ”
The two people in front of him shook their heads, and they couldn't give any answer for the time being, so Chen Rongxuan stood up:
"Since we can't analyze anything, let's take a rest first, I'll go to the back kitchen to help, and those girls said they want to get some other ingredients."
"Hmm...... Let's go and help, and it's not so quick to get enough food for ten people. ”
Hearing this, Tao Tongguang stood up as he spoke, and took Li Guang to follow Chen Rongxuan to the direction of the cold storage in the back kitchen.
Lin Sheng saw that there was no one around, so he looked at Pei Hongxin beside him:
"Did you make all these things yourself, including the credit issuing device and the bugging device?"
"Well, it's a hobby, and it's also linked to my major, plus I learn a lot of things on my own weekdays."
Pei Hongxin nodded.
"What you said before is true...... It's all true, right? ”
"I don't think you're the type to ask such stupid things." Lin Sheng replied.
"It wasn't in the past, but now it'......"
Pei Hongxin tilted his head backwards.
"I don't know...... It's time for you to believe something. ”
"Cognitive collapse is a normal thing, and I guess all dreamers in the past should have experienced it, including me at the beginning."
Seeing that the other party was a little frustrated, Lin Sheng lowered his voice slightly, and comforted the other party:
"Haven't you read a lot of supernatural novels, you can try to think differently, and put aside everything else, what we are experiencing now and what you have read...... It's very close in substance, which is why we like to call them 'ghosts' in the midst of events. ”