Chapter 3: Peace Mansion (New Book Collection)
"It's almost six o'clock, is it so late, it looks like it's going to have to hurry." Jiang Yun glanced at the electronic watch on his wrist and frowned slightly.
At this time, the doors of the storefronts on both sides of the street were all closed, and there was no trace of anyone else on the street except Jiang Yun.
Before six o'clock, there was no one on the street.
This situation was unimaginable in Jiang Yun's previous life, but in the Federation, it was very common.
When night falls, lock the door and don't let the "strangers" enter.
This is also a federal taboo.
In the horror legends of the Federation, although those beings are not afraid of the sun, those who exist are still more active at night than during the day.
So, in the Federation, ordinary citizens return to their homes by six o'clock in the afternoon and do not linger too much on the streets, unless there is a special reason.
"Whew".
The small yellow car quickly passed by some of the closed shops, and the laughter and noise of the shops could be faintly heard in the air.
Obviously, there are people who are inside, drunk and drunk.
At this point, there are still customers in those bright shops? Aren't they afraid of encountering evil spirits?
They...... Of course not.
In a sense, as long as these customers don't leave the store tonight, the store can also be counted as a "temporary residence" for these guests.
The closer it is to six o'clock, the fewer people are still outside, which is the main reason why Mr. Shen is willing to pay points to post dispatches.
At this point, the delivery person who is still delivering the items outside is simply delivering with his life.
"The road with the right turn in front of me has turned gray, and it seems that this road is impassable, and I have to take a detour to get home." Jiang Yun looked at a certain circular virtual map in front of him, and secretly calculated in his heart.
As recorded in the horror legends, the closer to six o'clock, the more active those horror beings become, and the smaller the safe zone becomes.
Yes, the reason why Jiang Yun still dares to take orders outside at this point is that his confidence comes from the virtual map in front of him that is less than the size of an adult's palm.
This virtual map is Jiang Yun's golden finger.
The use of virtual maps is simple.
The small black dot in the center of the map that keeps flashing represents Jiang Yun, and the virtual map will show an area of fifty meters around Jiang Yun, once he moves in reality, the scene on the map will change accordingly.
On the virtual map, color is a very important hint, and white means safety.
And with the exception of white, all other colors mean different degrees of ...... Dangerous.
This danger often comes from..... That kind of existence.
It's like now.
The road in front of the right side of the intersection at the end of the front, at this time, on the virtual map, the color of the road is slowly changing from white to gray.
According to Jiang Yun's experience, this meant that the street was already the range of that kind of existence, and if he still chose that way to go home as before, he might encounter that kind of existence.
Jiang Yun didn't want to die, let alone want to, he didn't see anyone alive or dead.
Therefore, when Jiang Yun reached the intersection ahead, he did not hesitate to turn into the road in front of him.
"Long~Long~Long."
Not long after Jiang Yun turned into the road in front of him, Jiang Yun heard the roar of a locomotive engine behind him.
Hearing the sound behind him, Jiang Yun frowned, and subconsciously glanced at the virtual map.
On the map, the color of the area he is in is white.
But when Jiang Yun glanced at the rearview mirror of the little yellow car, his pupils shrank slightly, and for a while, he couldn't take his eyes off.
About two hundred meters behind him, a rider wearing a monstrous skeletal helmet was approaching him with a motorcycle handle in one hand and a half-man-high machete in the other.
Looking at the iconic skeleton pattern of the rider's helmet, Jiang Yun was slightly shocked in his heart: "Damn, this pattern, is it...... Evil spirit worshippers, those madmen. ”
In recent years, among the citizens of the middle and lower classes of the Federation, a mysterious organization has secretly arisen - the Evil Cultists.
In Jiang Yun's eyes, the members of this evil organization are a group of outright madmen.
These madmen call evil spirits the Holy Spirit, claiming that all people are guilty and that the Holy Spirit came to the world to cleanse the world from its sins.
Only by joining the Holy Religion, believing in evil spirits, and completing the "sacred rituals" can one please the Holy Spirit, wash away sins, and complete one's own salvation.
It doesn't sound like a big deal, but if you know anything about the teachings of these madmen, you will know that the "sacred rituals" in the mouths of these madmen often mean a series of horrific bloody crimes.
These evil spirit worshippers are most active in the Ninth Ring of the Federation, because it is the outermost ring of the Ninth Ring of the Federation, the closest to the wilderness, and evil spirit events are frequent, so the citizens there are more likely to be seduced by these madmen.
In fact, the federal government is not unaware of the dangers of the evil spirit worshippers, and over the years, the federal government has never stopped cracking down on the evil organization of evil spirit worshippers.
But because evil spirits are real in this world, some citizens out of fear of evil spirits, they finally choose to believe in evil spirits and abandon human nature.
Therefore, these madmen who worship evil spirits have always been unable to stop.
Jiang Yun had heard that the Eighth and Seventh Rings of the Federation had recently seemed to have signs of the activities of these madmen, but Jiang Yun never expected that the Fifth Ring where he was located had also been infiltrated by these madmen.
Looking at the cold machete in the other party's hand, Jiang Yun's scalp was slightly numb, and the other party caught up, definitely not to greet him.
"Luckily, it's not that far from home." Jiang Yun ignored the provocative move of the evil spirit worshipper wielding a machete in the rearview mirror, but gathered his mind and directly screwed the accelerator of the little yellow car to death.
"Whew."
The speed of the little yellow car immediately increased by another notch.
On the empty road, two locomotives, one after the other, drove by the street at a gallop.
"Hurry, hurry." Seeing the evil spirit worshippers behind him getting closer and closer to him, cold sweat slowly oozed from Jiang Yun's forehead.
Although Jiang Yun has raised the speed of the small yellow car to the top grid, due to the difference in locomotive model and displacement, the speed of the small yellow car is still more than one grade slower than the heavy locomotive behind.
If it weren't for the fact that the other party had been maintaining a playful posture, Jiang Yun estimated that the other party would have caught up long ago.
When the distance between the two sides was about fifty meters, at the end of the road ahead, a towering building was reflected in Jiang Yun's eyes.
Peace Building.
It's here.
Jiang Yun's eyes showed a hint of joy, and on the gray and white virtual map, a pure white building also appeared.
When Jiang Yun's gaze lingered slightly on this pure white building for a few seconds.
A line of words suddenly appeared on the virtual map.
Peace Building (Absolute Security Area): Owners of the building will be in absolute security and cannot be harmed by any presence if they follow the building's safety guidelines.
Soon, Jiang Yun had already arrived in front of the iron gate of the Peace Building.
Without caring about turning off the fire, Jiang Yun leaned the little yellow car into the corner, pushed open the unlocked iron door of the building, and quickly ran in.
The Peace Building, located in the old town of the C1 district of the Fifth Ring Road of the Federation, is an out-and-out old building because of its age.
At the door of a dilapidated building like this, it is naturally not like a rich community, where there is a security guard who can stand on his fists, run horses on his arms, and have a sense of security.
The only way to keep the building safe is the iron door that is locked with a hand.
To be honest, every time he went out and saw this rusty big iron door, Jiang Yun always had some worries in his heart, would this "old guy" who looked older than him suddenly strike one day?
Anyway, when Jiang Yun stepped into the Peace Building, he suddenly felt a sense of relief in his heart, as if he had been far away from all dangers.
On the virtual map, the black dot representing Jiang Yun also stepped into the pure white building.