Returning from the abyss

Chapter 768 Second Stage, Scarlet Snow

Tian Qiuxian's family affairs are still handled by herself, and Lu Ning just went with her to buy some necessary medicinal materials to prepare decoctions. It is relatively easy to brew medicine here.

After dealing with the matter here, Lu Ning began to think about the whereabouts of that woman.Now this person is probably the person who is actually executing the plan behind the scenes.Of course, there may be more than one person behind the scenes. Considering this, Lu Ning has become more and more eager to track down that woman's movements.

She bounced a cluster of blue electric sparks.

[Greed] Judgment is actually more difficult to use. In the original scene, she was too focused to the point of being paranoid when she was split. Only by clinging to a target can she use it smoothly. Up to now, that woman has not given her danger to the extent that she must solve it.

Of course, after Tian Qiuxian's affairs here were dealt with, almost a day passed.Lu Ning randomly found a hotel in a nearby town to stay in. Tomorrow, she was going to go directly to the province and city where Mao Yizheng was located to see if there were any traces of these believers' activities there.The symbols on the cover of the book can never be wrong, Mao Yizheng must have been in contact with something related, but since the characters are not effective, that is to say, they are just imitations.

All the way without talking, Lu Ning used Judgment Day to speed up the whole process the next day, and arrived in the urban area after ten o'clock in the morning.The place where Mao Yizheng lives is a modern city, at least at the level of a second-tier city, with tall buildings and heavy traffic. Lu Ning found the studio where Mao Yizheng worked according to the address.This is a rented apartment. Of course, Mao Yizheng doesn't live here, he just handles his work here, and also provides a place for his assistant.Lu Ning turned around here, at least there were no distortion points around the studio.

The agreed time was tomorrow, and Lu Ning didn't rush to visit, but just took a look here and left.But she can still poke around the apartment, for example, there is a restaurant opposite the apartment building.

This is just an ordinary small restaurant, but because of this, it is easier to get some information.When ordering food, she pretended to be a fan and asked the boss about Mao Yizheng in the opposite apartment, and the boss said a lot with pride.

"You mean Mao Yizheng? Haha, he's a celebrity around here. He may not be as famous as the ones on TV, but if you know him, you know he's a great painter!"

"You recognize it?"

The boss proudly pointed to a photo on the wall: "That guy has also come to my place for dinner. Our bacon stir-fry is his favorite, and he has eaten it more than once."

"Give me a copy too!" Lu Ning showed excitement, "Can you say more?"

"Okay, okay!" Lu Ning added another dish, and the boss was even happier, "Teacher Mao, if you want to come to eat, it is usually at noon, and you may bring people from the studio with you. He is a very easy-going person. And not extravagant and wasteful, even if there are some leftovers, they will be packed and taken away."

"Who are there in his studio?" Lu Ning hurriedly asked.

"There were three before, and a new apprentice has been accepted recently." The boss really understands, "The female assistant is very shrewd. It is a slightly older man who sends and receives works, and these two are hired after coming here."

"You know quite well."

"We drank together that day, and the photo was taken at that time, haha." The boss laughed.

"When was this apprentice accepted? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Oh, Mr. Mao is considered a celebrity after all. Of course, this kind of thing would not be said casually. I guess it was less than a month. I don't know the specifics. It was because there was one more person who came to dinner last time. I only found out after asking a lot.”

If it is less than a month, it will not match the time Cui Fu asked for a manuscript.Lu Ning thought for a while and asked, "So will they come to eat recently?"

The boss paused, and then said: "This may be a matter of luck, after all, they don't come out to eat every day, do you think so?"

Observing her words and demeanor, Lu Ning already understood that there was some bragging in what the boss said just now.Mao Yizheng probably chose this place as one of the selected restaurants, and the number of times he came to eat was not as many as the boss hinted, and the boss's understanding was only limited to the few times they came.

That being the case, the time frame for that little apprentice to join is estimated to be wider.Indeed, since the studio has a separate apartment building, it is estimated that cooking is not a problem. Even if you don’t have time, you can order takeaway, and it is unrealistic to come out to eat every day.

Lu Ning pretended to ask a few more questions, and the boss really couldn't say anything more, so she went to eat with a little disappointment.

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On the other side, Tang Ling has also arrived in the city where Lu Ning University is located.She was not surprised that there were many incidents related to the distortion point, big and small, and the traces of someone behind the scenes were very obvious, but they couldn't be found.

"This is really a troublesome thing."

Tang Ling frowned. Her ability is not very suitable for tracing. At most, she can turn the relevant people into information carriers to read the memory. However, this is actually quite inefficient. After all, there are not many believers Know what they're doing, just follow orders and go with the flow.

"Sister Tang, is this the school?"

When passing by a campus, Tong Yang suddenly pointed to the school gate and asked, his expression full of envy.Tang Ling glanced at it. She didn't care about going to school, and she didn't look forward to campus life from the beginning.

"Yes... It seems that there is still something going on today." She glanced at the cars parked outside the school gate, "This place is not very safe, if something happens, we should hide from this kind of place——huh? "

She stopped for a moment.

A person got out of a car that had just stopped, and Tang Ling happened to know this person, very familiar.

The face that was always a little drowsy now had a sad expression on it. He locked the car, walked towards the gate of the campus with somewhat vain steps, said a few words to the guard, showed his ID, and left go in.

"...Do you want to go in and have a look?" Tang Ling raised the corner of his mouth.

"Ah? Sister Tang, didn't you say to hide?"

"It's nothing, I suddenly wanted to go in. How is it?"

"Yes, but this kind of place can't just go in casually, right? We..."

"Stop talking nonsense."

Tang Ling grabbed Tong Yang's collar, followed the campus wall to find a deserted corner, jumped over the wall and fell into the campus.

"Camera... Okay, no." Tang Ling scanned around, and then patted Tong Yang's back, "Come in, you go shopping, just outside, no one will look for you. I'll leave first .”

"Tang... Sister Tang! Don't leave me behind!"

"Ha, it's too troublesome to take you with me." Tang Ling waved his hand, "Can't you have fun by yourself? Don't cling to me all day long."

Tong Yang was very frustrated, but Tang Ling was not someone who would worry about his feelings, so he found a direction and walked away quickly.

The person she saw was Meng Juan.

Smell is the easiest thing to track for Tang Ling. He could even smell Lu Ning's presence before, but now Meng Juan, who is more familiar with him, is even easier.She quickly found the building Meng Juan had entered, found a random student and copied her campus card, and walked into the building easily.

"Senior Meng Juan~"

Tang Ling's mood improved for the first time since entering the scene.

At the door of the room where the smell was, Tang Ling stopped and pricked up his ears to listen to the sounds in the room.

"...I'm sorry, Mr. Meng."

"I don't want to hear sorry!"

"At the request of the police, we cannot make this matter public..."

"Even if you didn't ask, you wouldn't make it public, right? This kind of thing can be suppressed, anyway, it's normal for a school to have one or two students who commit suicide every year, right?"

"Mr. Meng, your words..."

"Call me here at this time, don't you want to discuss this matter? I hope this matter will be suppressed even after everything is over. Don't pretend to be sympathetic. You don't care about my sister at all!"

"She is a student in our school, how could we not care!"

The voice in the room was not low, Tang Ling understood it after hearing it, Meng Juan's situation seemed to be... not waking up yet?

"Haha, it turns out that senior had this kind of youthful vigor before, and I thought he was always that lazy." Tang Ling grinned, "It just so happens that it's better to find senior to work with that woman, at least more Take it easy. I'll wake him up."

The quarrel in the room quickly ended unhappily. Meng Juan slammed the door and walked a few steps in the corridor with an angry face. Then he sighed and walked into the bathroom.

When he came out after washing his hands, he happened to see a person coming out of the bathroom next door.

"Brother Meng." Tang Ling greeted with a smile.

"Huh? You... Are you a student here? Do you recognize me?" Meng Juan was a little surprised.

"Although this looks interesting, I don't have the hobby of waiting to expose other people's past scars. I should wake up from this not-so-pleasant dream, right?"

"What did you say?" Meng Juan was a little puzzled, but at that moment, Tang Ling's fingers touched his forehead.

Meng Juan's gaze was blank for a moment, and at this moment, Tang Ling also felt a strange shock. She quickly withdrew her hand and looked around, but did not see any change.

"just……"

"You just woke me up."

Meng Juan's lazy voice came, but this voice made Tang Ling feel a lot more at ease.

"Brother Meng, you're awake."

"You may have done something to increase the difficulty." Meng Juan smiled and took out his mobile phone, "Oh...it seems that it's not time for me to appear on stage."

"What do you mean?" Tang Ling was puzzled.

"The second stage has already started because the actors are on stage ahead of time. Hmm...Scarlet Snow? Quite a meaningful name, mission...hehe. The murder of fifteen teenagers."

"What?" Tang Ling hurriedly took out his mobile phone, and as expected, there was a new reminder of the distribution center on it.

[The second stage - the scarlet snow has unfolded.

2-1 Catch the real culprit of the "Murder of Fifteen Teenagers".

2-2 Participate in the Red Snow Ball and survive the end of the ball.

2-3 advances the stage to the third act. 】

Very short message.

"Tang Ling, Tang Ling, the fourth level is not a scene that can be passed casually, and you have suffered a little loss, so you have to pay attention in the future." Meng Juan glanced around with a smile, "From the perspective of the environment... the school Is it? I should come out of the office here to wash my face and calm down? Well, it is roughly clear..."

"Ok?"

"Let's find a suitable place to talk. The school corridor is not suitable." Meng Juan took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his hands. "If the school is here, the garden is a good place."

Tang Ling naturally agreed.

The two sat down on the lawn of an empty park nearby, and Meng Juan said, "It's really interesting. Tell me what happened to you."

"Okay." Without hesitation, Tang Ling told all his experiences along the way, including meeting Lu Ning, guessing about the scene and so on.

"Sounds really good. You still have a child with you? According to your personality, you would never bring a bottle of oil. This scene has brought back many memories of our past."

"Brother Meng, do you have any ideas? To be honest, even our current task is very difficult to do, and I have no idea about your task." Tang Ling said distressed.

"It's easy to say, I will help you with your mission, don't worry. But my mission is a bit interesting..."

"how?"

"Because you woke me up in advance. If I'm not wrong, my time should be in winter." Meng Juan laughed.

"Why? Because of the scarlet snow?"

"No, no, because...the real culprit in the murder of fifteen teenagers should be me." Meng Juan shook his finger, "In the original world, I killed fifteen and myself with a sense of revenge. My sister is a student of about the same age, and the case has been pending. Since my target selection is completely random, the police have no way to find out my identity through interpersonal relationships, and there is no evidence left at the scene... Haha, but it was a long time ago But now that I'm awake, of course I won't do the same thing, boring."

"If I had been earlier..."

"Are you talking about my sister? How can a character in a scene compare with the real one? The real my sister is dead, long ago." Meng Juan shook his head, "In short, if the murderer wasn't me, the task How to accomplish it? With the method of distribution center, it is likely that another person has done the same thing."

"Oh……"

"But you also bought me some time advantage. We don't have to worry too much, just treat it as cultivating some experience for you, Tang Ling. By the way, when you entered the scene, what ability did you choose?"

"Supreme flesh and blood, an ability to change flesh and blood arbitrarily from the previous scene."

"Okay, that's all for now, even close people, don't reveal the weakness of your abilities. As for me... I have to make some preparations for my abilities first. From this point of view, I have to thank you, Tang Ling."

"Brother Meng won the prize."

"Haha, my own, don't be so polite. When I am ready, I will help you solve the task first, and then you will help me." Meng Juan chuckled.

(End of this chapter)