Nina walked in the empty streets, and the townspeople who had been chasing her with malice in the past seemed to have evaporated, and there was no one in sight of the house, although she could see the smoke wafting from some people's homes, and through the windows, she could see that the food on the table was still steaming, and it seemed that there were still traces of people moving around the house not long ago, but after she dared to sneak into a family's house, she did not find any sign of anyone in the house.

It's as if after a certain point in time, all the people in these rooms have disappeared.

Thinking of this, Nina shook her head vigorously and threw her cranky thoughts out of her mind, she didn't dare to go too far from her home for her own safety, so she didn't know if this strange phenomenon had spread to the whole town, or if it was just around her house.

But the town does have a terrifying atmosphere of silence right now.

This silence gave Nina the illusion that she was the only one left in the world, and the huge loneliness filled her heart the moment she realized it, and made her inexplicably feel a little afraid to escape from here.

Why don't you take advantage of today's opportunity to escape?

In fact, when she was a child, she planned to leave the town of Melas when she grew up, take her mother to the big city to find her long-lost father, and escape from this town forever, but she was too young at that time, and her mother didn't know why she was reluctant to leave this town, so countless plans and proposals did not turn into action in the end.

Nina once wondered why her mother was reluctant to leave the place, but as the townsfolk have become more and more afraid of witches in recent years, and the persecution of their mother and daughter has become more and more fierce, and even when she was almost caught and burned at the stake a few days ago, she finally understood why.

She couldn't get out.

She is destined to be sacrificed here, so the townspeople of this town will not let them leave so easily, they or she will be judged as witches, and the death of witches will be used to quell more and more misfortunes in the town, which is a tradition passed down from generation to generation in the town of Merras, and it is also a superstition about the legend of witches in everyone's heart.

And what Nina didn't know was that this was a ritual or trial that should have been carried out a long time ago, and if Nina hadn't interfered with Wu Ming when she was young, I'm afraid she would have been burned at the stake or gallows in a few years. However, the arrival of Wu Ming and the power brought about by the cognitive modification completely disrupted the ritual process of sacrificing witches in the town, and the townspeople who were unable to perform any harmful acts naturally could not send Nina to be burned at the stake or gallows to be executed.

They could neither hurt Nina, nor did they dare to let the mother and daughter go.

Although the legend of the witch has never mentioned what the witch will do if she leaves the town, no one dares to challenge the lives of everyone in the town, if there is such an exception, if the witch is let go, it will cause a greater disaster, which they can't afford, so even if these townspeople can't actually persecute Nina for a long time under the cognitive modification brand left by Wu Ming, the townspeople will not easily let go of the mother and daughter, and they will do everything possible to tie them up in the town and prevent them from leaving.

The traffic between the town and the outside world is very inconvenient, the only bus that can lead to other cities is the fastest one trip every two days, there is actually only one road to the outside world, as long as the townspeople take turns to guard that road, they can eliminate the possibility of them escaping, plus the town itself is a semi-closed town that does not communicate so much with the outside world, and most of the people in the town live a poor life, so once something goes wrong with the road from the town, the bus cannot be opened, Then, given the economic situation of the townspeople, it is normal that the road has not been repaired for several years.

Today, Nina sees the light of day when she and her mother can escape from here, and she realizes that this may be their last chance to escape.

Mom's illness has been getting worse lately, and if you want to leave, it's best to do it while she can still walk

Thinking of this, she immediately ran back to the dim and gloomy house, where the windows were sealed with wooden slats, and after quietly fastening the door, she went to the door of her mother's bedroom, knocked on the door, and pushed the door in.

Mom, shall we get out of here?

Through the light that came through the cracks in the planks, Nina looked at her mother's pale and haggard face, and her eyes flashed with determination: "The people in the town are gone, let's flee here and go outside to find Daddy!"

To Nina's surprise, her mother agreed very simply this time, but just as she was about to help her mother get up and pack up her things and leave together, the middle-aged woman with a pale face and a thick sickly face coughed and interrupted her movements: But cough Nina, you go first cough cough

The middle-aged woman said this, and was soon interrupted by a violent cough, as soon as she heard her mother let her go first, Nina was suddenly anxious, she took her mother's hand and said: Mom, you are so sick, Nina can't leave you alone

Obedient, mom is okay The middle-aged woman gently held Nina's warm little hand, trying to show a weak smile, they are aimed at Nina you, if your mother follows you, you will definitely not be able to escape, so you must escape from here first, so that I can follow up soon.

It seemed that she wanted to say something, but before she could say anything, she was interrupted.

Come on, you take this. The middle-aged woman said, she reached out and groped under the bed for a while, took out a small money bag that made a soft sound of coins colliding, handed it to Nina, and explained in the latter's puzzled gaze: These are the necessities of life in the outside city, so Nina, you must be careful to put it away, after you escape, go to the nearest town to settle down, the money in the bag is enough for you to use for a long time, so don't be deceived, don't trust others too easily, if you don't wait for me to come in a few days, leave that town quickly, go to the big city to find your Uncle Carter, who is a good friend of Mom and Dad, and he lives there

Just like telling a child who is about to go away, the middle-aged woman said a lot of things that need to be paid attention to in one breath, and after realizing that her mother can't go with her, Nina also behaved very sensible, neither crying nor making trouble, and took every word of what her mother said in her heart, showing a maturity that is not like what a child of this age can have.

Soon the middle-aged woman was out of breath again because of her body, and her coughing stopped again and again, she took a few deep breaths, trying to calm down a little breathless, and then she opened her arms and held Nina in her arms: Okay, let's go now

It didn't take long for Nina to sort out the things she needed to take away, a few pieces of clothes, the money given by her mother and some dry bread stolen from someone else's house, carrying a small package that was not too big, and easily avoided the path that was often walked in the town, and quietly set foot on the road away from the town, the town still maintained a deathly silence, and Nina, who stepped on the road away from the town, could not calm down in her heart.

Because, the freedom of her and her mother is at this moment!

Stepping onto the road away from town, Nina looked back in the direction of her own home in the town, and thinking of what her mother had said, she took a deep breath and turned her head away, and then walked towards the end of the road to freedom.

With the crackle of the flames, the building's charred and fragile wooden structure erupted with a crackling sound like popping beans, followed by a bang and scattered sparks and dust, and the police station in Melas collapsed into a smoldering ruin.

After the witch enchantment hidden in the police station collapsed because of Gail's death, the police station outside also turned into a pile of charred ruins because of a fire, and the two outsiders who defeated the witch first had already left this witch enchantment, and soon with the support of the stealth detective, Wu Ming and Alex successively found Ziegfe who was rampage among the rats with Otto's collar, and a few surviving townspeople who had just rescued the town mayor, And Miss Anna, who hides in the building and fights with the rats.

The former dragon girl carried Otto, who had lost his strength after a death battle and was unable to fight again, as if he was in a no-man's land in the mouse, while the latter Anna was obviously in a bad situation, when everyone arrived, the house where they were hiding had been gnawed by rats and human-faced rats, and the townspeople hiding inside had been overwhelmed by the huge mental pressure to give up resistance, leaving only Anna and the mayor of the town with a pistol and a wooden stick to support them.

But fortunately, after Wu Ming and others arrived, the crisis they fell into was quickly resolved.

It really helped a lot after forcing out the rat colony, Anna took the initiative to walk to Wu Ming's side and thank him, if you didn't help in time, there would probably be a lot of casualties on our side, and then I'm afraid I would have to call the headquarters to put in containment materials to solve the change in this town

It's just a matter of effort. Wu Ming waved his hand to signal that he was not polite, and then his eyes swept to the few frightened townspeople who were shivering and sluggish in the corner at the moment, and the girl with long golden maroon hair and a shabby apron was in the ranks, and she also shrunk and trembled: Are these the people you saved?

Only tried his best to save six people, but two of them were swallowed up by the rat swarm when they escaped Anna let out a sigh, most of them were transformed into human-faced rats in the *** time, and there were very few people who survived, and then just now there were many face-faced rats leading the rat swarm to attack the survivors, and I don't know how many people were not transformed, and how many people survived

As she spoke, she looked at the shivering townsfolk as she saw Alex's behavior of counseling them with a dark face, and she was almost ready to stop the old hunter from pouring salt into the patient's wounds.

Wu Ming nodded, his gaze stayed on the girl for a while, the other party raised his head as if he was conscious, and the moment he met Wu Ming's gaze, it was like a frightened rabbit burying his head again, he knew that now was not the time to talk, and then turned to the topic: There is another place, the proprietress of the hotel in the town did not go to the town ***, the hotel actually has the enchantment we laid out, if she is still in the hotel now, there should be nothing to do, you can move the survivors there

What hostel? Rogge also walked over at this time, his expression was full of doubts, he looked at Wu Ming with a strange and confused gaze and asked, there is no such thing as a hotel in the town, who is the proprietress you are talking about?

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