037. The mission begins

The video begins with a hospital.

Outside the hospital, there was a lot of media and journalists, passers-by, and police officers to maintain order.

At this time, in the camera, a middle-aged couple was escorted out of the hospital by the police.

The wife looked very haggard, while the husband looked serious.

There are a few others who have come out, but everyone's attention seems to be on this couple.

Twilight heard some voices.

"It's all your son's fault that so many people died!"

"Murderer!"

"It's all your fault!"

"Murderer!"

I don't know where these shouts come from the crowd, but they are very clear in the noise and noise.

Hearing these cries, the wife could not hide her grief, and suddenly collapsed on her husband.

As for the husband, his lips trembled, as if he were suppressing something, but he said nothing about the accusations.

The video ended quickly.

Qiao Twilight glanced at the comments on the video.

[This is Wang's parents, they look like dogs, how can they teach such a son! ] 】

[That's twenty-three fresh lives, how embarrassed is he! 】

[It's all to blame on this Wang, if it weren't for him, how could there be such a big fire! ] 】

[What is his name, shouldn't his family apologize to those who died?] 】

[I read on the Internet that his father is a retired policeman, how did it become like this, the son doesn't teach, the father is at fault! ] 】

[This person seems to have run away from home without even studying in college, and at first glance he is mixed with society! ] 】

This Wang seems to be the idle person in society investigated by the self-media public account.

Qiao Du flipped through the comments and ate some melons, only to know that there is now an argument on the Internet that the fire in the apartment building was mainly caused by Wang.

Because some people witnessed him often carrying a woven bag home, they speculated that it might be some kind of flammable and explosive dangerous goods.

Moreover, in an interview with the medical examiner, he once said that he had slipped his mouth, mentioning that there were traces of beating on the body of the deceased with blunt objects and other things.

As a result, all kinds of rumors spread.

said that this Wang was a thug of a violent group, and he was approached because he offended someone, and a fire broke out during the dispute.

said that this Wang secretly resold dangerous goods, and his own negligence caused the fire, killing so many people.

said that this Wang wanted to molest the neighbor's woman, and the crime was not successful, and he became angry and set the apartment building on fire.

Anyway, the dead man can't speak, and there is no one to argue for him.

Qiao Du frowned.

Because he knew that the fire was most likely not Wang's cause.

After all, he had attended the memorial service of the owner of this building, the rich second generation, where those bright red words told him that the people lying in the coffin were the culprits of the fire.

It's just that Qiao Du still doesn't know how this fire burned.

"You have to get into the apartment."

Qiao Duan sent a WeChat message to Zhou Mingke.

[Qiao Dui]: Boss, I have a mission to do tonight, do you have any suggestions?

He briefly described his mission.

In this regard, the Chosen Game doesn't seem to care about Joe Twilight revealing to others.

Of course, according to Su Hong, knowledge is pollution, and the information of the unprocessed Chosen One game is freely revealed to other ordinary people, and the other party will only think that you are talking nonsense, or cause the listener to become crazy.

These contaminations are like deadly viruses that spread by one or two people at most, so they are difficult for most people to know about, even if there are no mandatory confidentiality clauses.

[Zhou Mingke]: You know, in the abnormal realm, everything is not so logical, and time and space may be disordered.

[Zhou Mingke]: So, accept the fact that you may not be able to do anything.

She said two words without beginning or end, and did not give any guiding advice to Qiao Dui's task.

[Qiao Dui]: Okay.

Qiao Du only thought that Zhou Mingke trusted herself.

He checked the specific location of the apartment, took a satchel from the editorial office, flipped over to a flashlight that could light up with two shakes, and set off.

The urban area where the apartment is located is on the other side of the Lingjiang River, which is considered the old city, and the high-rise buildings here are more age-sensitive than the CBD near Su Hong's house.

Coming down from the bus stop, before Qiao Du could confirm the navigation, he saw the orange-red color of the sky not far away.

At this moment, the sun has completely set, and the sky is covered with darkness, and the orange red is naturally not a charming sunset.

Qiao Du walked down the street and soon saw the building located along the street.

The buildings around the building were a little deserted, and I don't know if it was because of the fire that caused the residents to evacuate and temporarily flee their original residences, making the area dark, except for the dark monster building, which was falling a deep shadow.

Pedestrians subconsciously bypassed that road, and it was deserted under the dim street lamps.

It was only Qiao Dui, who looked up at the melted apartment building surrounded by a yellow cordon.

This building is burning.

The orange-yellow flames enveloped every corner of the building, lighting up the night sky like a candle that could never be extinguished.

People came and went, but no one noticed the fire.

Obviously, this is an anomalous fire that can only be glimpsed at a certain depth.

"I'm still talking about it now, I don't know how to dismantle it, and if I don't do it, I'm going to rot here forever."

Behind him, the owner of a fruit shop muttered.

"Boss, how do you sell apples?"

Qiao Twilight turned around and chatted with the boss.

“...... That inch is actually not bad, before I sprinkled the fruit here, he also helped me clean up. ”

The boss heard Qiao Dui's words and said casually.

“...... The fire department said that it was going to be pushed all, but the landlord didn't give it, so it's for sure, bulldozing him lost a lot. ”

"Boss, I want these three apples."

Qiao Twilight is a social phobia, not very good at dealing with such a talkative boss, only bought three apples and came to the community with a plastic bag.

The cause of the accident has not been thoroughly investigated, the scene is still blocked, and there are people on duty standing at the entrance of the community.

Qiao Du could only become friends with the other party first, and then sneak in.

He sat on a bench near the green belt of the neighborhood and spent time munching on an apple.

It wasn't until after eleven o'clock in the evening, in the dead of night, only the continuous whispering of a few cats and cats, that Qiao Du quietly approached the apartment.

The flames were vigorous, but they didn't burn Qiao Dui, but because of his arrival, the flames at the entrance of the building parted in two lanes and made way for him.

"Thank you."

Qiao Du is a polite person.

He walked into the apartment.

Because the fire burned almost the entire building, even the first floor was filled with a strong smell of burning, and the thick skin on the old walls seemed to have been melted by the heat, showing a disorderly pattern, and it seemed that one or two palm prints could be glimpsed from these lines, if there seemed to be none.

[The fire burned everything, but there is always something left, take a serious look at the ground!] 】

In Qiao Dui's vision, the red words rippled.

He immediately lowered his head, and saw that there was a blackened key on the ground that had been burned and slightly viscous by the south wind of Jiangcheng, and he picked it up, and found that there seemed to be a string of footprints next to the key.

Following that footprint, Qiao Du went all the way up to the fourth floor.

Footprints disappeared in the doorway of a room.

Even the doors of the room were burnt and deformed, twisted and inverted, and the walls around them were glowing with oil from the light outside.

Twilight reached out and lightly touched the melting, solidified magma-like wall.

【Entering the apartment: 1/1】

[Survive to dawn: 0/1]

[Investigate the truth about what happened in the apartment: 0/1]

【Quest Begins】

【Players, please close your eyes】

The distorted marks on the wall outlined the cold and indifferent words of the system, and Qiao Du gently closed her eyes as she had said above.

"What are you doing?"

At this moment, a call came from behind Qiao Dui.

He immediately turned his head.

I saw a man with a small head staring at him vigilantly.

Suddenly.

Joe Twilight looked around.

He found that all the charred, decadent, and broken was gone.

Instead, old, vicissitudes, mottled corridors.

The twilight sun is almost obscured by the buildings.

“......”

Qiao Du understood the meaning of "survive until dawn" in the mission almost instantly.

Because, at this moment, he was in the apartment building before the fire.