I can't let a momentary curiosity hinder my ultimate goal.

When the footsteps faded away, Bai Ye sat up from the bed.

He listened to it for a long time, but the footsteps didn't come back.

Are there any other exits at the end of the hallway?

White Night doesn't know.

Since there were no footsteps, I wondered if the people in the room were resting. Then he's going to get moving.

That's right, White Night has already made his own decision from the very beginning of hearing about the "curfew" rules.

That is, when it is evening, be sure to go out and have a look. Look at what unspeakable things happen in this town at night?

The waiter repeatedly emphasized that even when Bai Ye did not cooperate, he showed nervousness. Everything is told to White Night, there must be something in this.

It just so happens that the place where I live is the second floor. I don't have to find a way to get out of the gate at all, just go out through the window.

He opened the window with a slight movement. Didn't make a single sound.

The cold air from outside poured in, and it was refreshing.

White Night looked outside. I don't know when, the street lights outside turned off.

When I entered the room, all the street lights were still on. The warm yellow glow is on the road, giving peace of mind.

But at this time, due to the white night's gaze, there was only pitch black. The street lamp stands quietly like a tall and thin figure.

Good thing there is moonshine tonight. The icy silver moonlight sprinkled on the ground, allowing the white night to see something clearly.

Bai Ye thought about it, pulled out a hair, and carefully placed it on the doorknob. A few more similar small mechanisms were arranged.

As long as anyone has entered his room when he goes out, he will find it when he returns.

In addition, he installed a fully automatic turret on the floor. Place it in a place where you can monitor most of the location in the room.

The fully automatic turret can be used as a smart camera without attack mode enabled.

When the white night returns, you can see what happened in the room during the time he was gone.

He set everything up and jumped out of the window. Don't forget to leave a small gap in the window.

Falling on the lawn on the ground, the white night made only a slight sound. He leaned down and looked back at the hotel. His room looked black and hollow, just like any other room.

Bai Ye glanced at the hotel door again. In the darkness, the door of the black hole is like a huge mouth, as if it wants to choose people to eat.

Standing here in the white night, I always felt like I was being watched.

This feeling is not new to him. Walking on the path by himself, before entering Blackwater, the woods gave him this feeling.

Very familiar feeling, almost identical.

There was a malicious gaze coming from nowhere, staring at him. Let his hair stand on end.

White Night suppressed the feeling in his heart and crossed the path to the bushes opposite.

Using the plants as shelter, he took in his surroundings.

So far, everything is normal.

A town with no street lights, everything is pitch black. The house stood silently like a giant beast.

There was no sound around. Birds, insects...... The voices that should have been there were inaudible, and there was no human voice.

Only the wind blows through the surrounding plants, making a rustling sound.

There were a lot of black shadows on the side of the road, one after another, and at first glance they looked like human figures. But if you look closely, it's actually just ordinary trees, and the shadows of ordinary municipal facilities.

The white night moves forward. He noticed that not only were the street lights and the like not turned on, but not even a single one in the surrounding buildings was turned on. All windows are black.

This phenomenon only exists in ghost towns where no one lives.

But it's clearly not a ghost town. White Night knew that there were people here, and they lived in it. I just don't know what they're doing, are they resting, or are they standing in front of the window and watching everything silently?

Bai Ye looked at the time. It was only 7:40 a.m., and it was not yet eight o'clock. The average person doesn't sleep at this time.

With a cautious attitude, Bai Ye walked around the hotel where he was staying. This neighborhood is clearly the center of the town, with most of the amenities and housing in the vicinity.

Nothing to gain.

Originally, he was unfamiliar with this place, and he didn't even have a route, so he could only wander around like a headless fly. In addition, at night, I can't see anything clearly. Only some architectural contours can be roughly discerned. White Night kept these things in his heart. Especially similar to landmark buildings, he remembers them very well.

According to the information, the plants you want to find will grow near tall trees, especially old trees with vintage, which are the favorite places for blue flowers.

However, after some searching, Bai Ye did not find any plants that resembled ancient trees nearby, not even the huge trees that were relatively tall and could shade a single tree.

The most common plants here are clumps of shrubs. There are also street trees that are not too tall.

White Night fell into doubt.

What's going on, Blackwater doesn't have such a plant?

Could it be that I am missing something?

Or, will tall ancient trees hide in more secluded places?

White Night can't think of it for the time being, so where will the huge plant hide? After all, the scale of the tall ancient tree itself is already very impressive, and as long as it exists, it must be very conspicuous.

After searching for it again, Bai Ye still found nothing.

He thought about it for a while, and decided to go back and rest tonight, and then do another search during the day. At that point, I can talk to the people here and see if there are any clues.

Let's hope they don't let themselves hope.

Bai Ye was thinking about it, and when he was about to return to his hotel, he suddenly heard an extremely small sound.

His body has been strengthened by Night City, and he is far superior to ordinary people in every way. Including his hearing is very sharp.

This kind of sound is placed in the ears of ordinary people, and it is likely to be considered the sound of the wind blowing on the ground, but Bai Ye can clearly distinguish that this is definitely not the case.

This sound is more like the sound of the soles of shoes rubbing against the ground!

He immediately hid his body deeper into the plant.

At this time, who will be there?

What about the said curfew?

White Night hides his body tightly among the plants. Fortunately, he has always been very cautious, even if there is no one around, he does not rashly walk on the path.

Otherwise, he would most likely have been exposed by this time.

White Night stares out into the dark path, cautious observer. But after a while, he noticed a group of people coming on the path!

These people should all be residents of the town, wearing their usual normal clothes, standing straight, lined up in a neat line, and walking slowly and silently.

Their eyes were stunned and staring ahead, expressionless. Everyone's faces were as if they were fake.

The most unusual thing is that they don't even have any lighting equipment on their bodies!

This is absolutely not normal!

Bai Ye looked at this kind of scene, and the whole person became vigilant.

Ten thousand of these people are wrong. Normal people come out at night, they will bring lighting equipment, even if there is no flashlight, at least they will turn on the flashlight on their mobile phone to see the road, right?

But here, there are more than ten people, and there is not a single one with lighting equipment!

They didn't even look at the road conditions, no matter what was in front of them, their eyes stared straight at the air, and they walked slowly like that.

The more you look at it, the more infiltrating it becomes.

After watching it for a while, Bai Ye even had an illusion.

He actually felt that there seemed to be a slight fluorescence flickering in the eyes of these people.

It's like the eyes of some wild animals that glow at night.

The white night was motionless. He wondered, what the hell are these people out for?

In a town with a strict curfew, there is such a group of people walking straight on the road at night. The target seemed to be very determined, somewhere not far ahead.

White Night held her breath, ready to follow them.

At this moment, these people suddenly stopped.

Where they were, downstairs from a residential building. More than a dozen people stood here, staring straight upstairs.

The residential building was black and hollow, without a trace of light or sound.

These people stared at it for a moment, as if they were very satisfied with the state of affairs. Continue to move forward silently.

White Night followed their footsteps and moved slowly. He soon discovered the peculiarities of the actions of these people. Every time they pass a building, they stop. Gazing directly at the light and sound of the building. After a while, when they are sure that there is no sound and no light, they will leave satisfied.

Whenever there is a little unusual sound coming out of a building. They'll all stop here for a long time to watch.

Until the sounds die out.

Bai Ye wondered in his heart, what are these people doing? Could it be some kind of special security patrol, which monitors the situation in the town at night?

There can be no light, and there can be no sound?

But why would they do it?

This Blackwater Town is really becoming more and more mysterious and more and more unpredictable.

Bai Ye guessed that this must be related to other strange customs in Blackwater Town.

He knew a few things so far: the strict curfew at night, the liars of the townspeople, the lack of lights at night, and these weird patrols.

It's getting weirder.

Bai Ye was just about to leave, when suddenly a gust of wind blew.

Blowing the bushes around him, rustling.

The group of people turned back suddenly!!

The eyes of each of them were like the eyes of monsters, staring at this place, and their whole bodies were motionless.

More than a dozen people, like strange statues, looked in the direction of the white night!

White Nights were hidden in the bushes, and all they could see was a piece of plant.

Bai Ye was deeply condensed, and his hand had already grasped the handle of the alloy war knife.

Always ready to fight!

As long as these weird guys dare to come over, he will not hesitate to make a move. Strangling danger in infancy.

A second passed.

Two seconds passed.

The two sides were in a stalemate for nearly half a minute.

No wind blew, and the plants did not make a sound again.

The weird guys, after checking it for a while, seemed to understand that it was the sound of the wind blowing through the plants. They turned their heads away and didn't care.

Keep moving forward.

White Night didn't follow. He had followed them for a long distance. I want to figure out where the final destination of these people is, maybe it's the ancient tree I want.

It's a pity that he followed all the way just now and found that these people were actually going around in circles in the central area. Around this area, constantly check for sound and light. As for other places, they don't go.

Have your own fixed route? Or is there another "patrol" somewhere else that patrols? I don't know this white night.

He calmed down. When the sound came from here just now, Bai Ye was very close to them, and he could clearly see the faces of these people.

The faces of these people are like wax figures. The shimmer of yellow in the moonlight is very unnatural. Their eyes don't seem to move, staring at one place without blinking.

And Bai Ye also recognized one of them. When he ate at the inn, the man ate in the hall. Bai Ye has carefully observed, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it, the clothes he wears and his appearance are completely the same.

It's just that Bai Ye clearly remembers that when the waiter said that it was almost seven o'clock, all these people went upstairs to rest.

Why is he here at this point?

Bai Ye watched the backs of this group of people slowly move away. There was some disappointment in my heart.

Although he found a lot of strange phenomena, none of them had anything to do with what he was looking for.

Bai Ye had an intuition that he wanted to find the blue flower, which had nothing to do with this group of people.

He looked at the time, and it was close to ten o'clock.

I wasted nearly two hours just by following this strange team tonight.

Seeing that nothing had been achieved all night, Bai Ye could only go back to rest. Recharge your batteries, and tomorrow you will have to collect clues during the day.

If you're unlucky, you might even get into a fight. It's all very likely.

Somewhat disappointed, Bai Ye came out of the bushes and returned to the vicinity of the hotel where he was staying as fast as he could.

While those people haven't turned around. He jumped on the wall with his dexterity and went straight to the second floor.

Squatting on the windowsill, he didn't go straight in. Instead, he looked carefully at the situation in the room.

There was silence in the room, and everything seemed exactly the same as when he left.

Bai Ye didn't dare to be careless, and directly opened the data perspective. A white light flashed in his vision, and there was no silhouette of a human figure in the room.

Bai Ye jumped down and closed the window.

The first step is to check whether the little trap that was left when you left was activated.

Hair on the doorknob, intact.

Nothing else was touched.

It seems that there is no problem.

Bai Ye thought in his heart, it was also possible that the other party's movements and actions were beyond the scope of his own exploration.