Returning from the abyss

Chapter 782 Snow Trail
After Lu Ning briefly told about her experience, Li Xilou returned the two of them back to the real world.After chatting there for so long, the two of them just met their eyes in reality.

Li Xilou's ability should not be underestimated, just like Lu Ning's own, what he shows now is probably just the tip of the iceberg.

"I have another question." Lu Ning said, "Since you have discovered that those characters have an inexplicable attraction to you, have you visited that family again after that?"

"Of course. They don't know anything about it." Li Xilou nodded and said, "I also asked someone to investigate. They have lost most of the inheritance of things passed down from their ancestors. They are just an ordinary family. .There are too many lost historical materials, and it is impossible to know who left these characters."

"I see……"

"Okay, Miss Lu Ning, you asked one, now it's time for me to ask you. What do you know about these characters?"

Lu Ning thought for a while, and then told the story Emmy told herself earlier.

Of course, this story cannot avoid the part about superpowers, and Lu Ning did not deliberately avoid it.After she finished speaking, neither Li Xilou nor Liu Huanyu showed any surprise or doubt. From this, Lu Ning also knew that Li Xilou had also told Liu Huanyu about superpowers.

"That is to say, as far as you know, these characters should come from a cult that was formed by superpowers about two or three years ago, instead of originating many years ago?"

"Exactly, this is where our intelligence conflicts. I can think of an explanation, but it's just a guessing explanation." Lu Ning said.

"Then there's no need to say, there are too many possibilities, just guessing doesn't make much sense. Well, the symbols you mentioned...I want to find a chance to take a look at the situation of the people in this organization. As for you, it seems that you plan to Are you going to solve the two tasks on the second stage?"

"Yes, do you have any clues? If possible, I hope to make some preparations in advance."

"Huanyu, we have also collected some information." Li Xilou smiled and glanced at the people around him.

"That's it, Ms. Lu Ning, I have been paying attention to the relevant matters after the West Tower told me. First of all, we have received the invitation letter for the Red Snow Ball. The owner of the Red Plum Pavilion in Jinpingshan is a A well-known rich man named Luan Dongchuan, we didn’t have much contact with him. But according to some contacts with his secretary, we can probably know that he doesn’t live in this mansion normally, but rents it out to others, and it’s the same this time. From another private source, it can be found that the rental period is from December 24th to January [-]th, which means that the organizer of the Red Snow Ball will settle within this period."

"In other words, if I go on December 24, people will already be there by then?"

"That's right, due to the high rent and the fact that the dance must be arranged, you should be able to meet the people preparing there in advance." Liu Huanyu smiled and nodded, "However, I think if the organizer is deliberately doing something wrong A good move will definitely not show up so directly, but select some agents to divide the work and complete the preparation work."

"Where people with superpowers gather, it's hard not to have some friction. If someone is willing to guide them, a fierce fight may begin." Li Xilou said, "We don't know how many people the invitation letter has been sent to. You are powerful, and it is difficult to resist the calculations of various treacherous abilities."

"...I understand." Lu Ning didn't need Li Xilou to remind her of this. She had also experienced the struggle between superpowers many times, and things like Zangfeng were almost necessary.

"If you want to continue to solve these tasks, it will also help me. I can provide you with some information assistance that is not troublesome... Huanyu, you can give her your number two contact number. You can contact her at any time during the day She, we have channels for some private information that is difficult for ordinary people to obtain." Li Xilou said.

"Okay, then I'm going to..."

"You have to ensure that the murder of the [-]th teenager and the Red Snow Ball will not cause large-scale harm. Once there is a mistake, our cooperation will end here. If it is caused by you, I will even kill you Becoming an enemy, how about it?" Li Xilou asked her.

"It's fair." Lu Ning stretched out her hand, "It's a pleasant cooperation."

"Happy cooperation." Li Xilou shook hands with her.

Sure enough, cooperation between fourth-tier tourists and strangers has become more and more troublesome. Tang Ling is a difficult person to cooperate with. Li Xilou is a little better, but it also makes Lu Ning feel a little headache.She sincerely looks forward to meeting someone she knows in this scene, so that communication will not be so difficult in the future.

After leaving the hotel, she felt the severe cold again.The origin of this severe cold is still unclear, Lu Ning did not discuss this topic with Li Xilou, after all, Li Xilou probably is not interested in such matters.

After spending some time rushing back to the city, it was already around one o'clock in the afternoon. She paid attention to the shops on the road, and many of them were closed directly, except for some large stores that were still open. No one went out in such weather.The snow on the road is only slightly cleared, but the road surface has not been completely cleared. There are snow plows working in the distance, but compared with the huge amount of work, the number of snow plows that can be dispatched is obviously not enough .

When Lu Ning returned to the campus, she could see some janitors and students shoveling snow outside, all wrapped in thick coats, but they were still choking with the cold.

She walked into the dormitory quickly, and found that Li Xian was still lying on the bed and sound asleep.

"Li Xian!"

"What???" Li Xian's bed trembled, before she got up, "An earthquake?"

"What the hell are you doing? You don't get up at one o'clock in the afternoon?"

"Good guy... you came back fast enough..." Li Xian said lazily, "Lu Ning, I found a good way, as long as you fall asleep, you won't feel hungry, so you don't have to climb down to freeze the instant noodles ..."

"What are you doing? Come down quickly, won't you get warmer if you're hungry?" Lu Ning picked up the thermos, and picked up Li Xian's, ready to pour boiling water.

But when she passed by Ying Caiyi's bed, she found that Ying Caiyi was not on the bed.

"Li Xian, where did Ying Caiyi go?"

"Aren't you going to pick up your paperwork? I'll probably be back soon. It's less than 100 meters away from the school gate... It's a shame she dared to go out in such a cold day. Ah, Lu Ning, thank you for the hot water."

"Do you want me to tell you to drink more hot water?"

"...hehehe."

Lu Ning made a box of noodles for herself when she came back from fetching water, turned on the computer and started browsing the news.The news about Distortion Point is almost invisible. The game of "Distortion Point" company is still operating normally, but there are no more disturbances, but it has gained some reputation in the market as a well-reviewed game.She didn't try to contact Tang Ling again, most likely the other party was too lazy to contact her again, and the cooperation should have come to an end here.

Afterwards, Lu Ning focused on searching for news about the "disappearing incident" in the news of some nearby cities.After the deaths of the previous four boys, nothing happened for days, not even a breakthrough by the police.Disappearances still happen from time to time. Elderly people, children, some people who are easy to get lost and missing person notices can be found several times, but it is impossible to connect with previous cases unless another miserable body is found.

With no results, Lu Ning regretfully closed the webpage and started to eat instant noodles. Li Xian also got out of bed and started to make food for herself.The atmosphere in the dormitory was very quiet for a while, and it didn't know when it started snowing outside again. This time it was not too big, but the snow removal team outside gave up their work and returned indoors one after another.

"This weather...hell, when will it end? I don't have much food left." Li Xian yawned and said, "I don't want to go all the way to pick up the courier like Ying Caiyi... She can return it now come?"

"I didn't receive her message." Lu Ning glanced at the phone, "If she encounters any difficulties, she should ask us for help, right?"

"Oh... let me see my... hey!"

Li Xian screamed, and Lu Ning hurriedly got up and moved over.

"Have you heard from her?"

"Three or four... are broken." Li Xian pawed, "I guess she contacted me and found out that I didn't reply and she stopped looking for me. This... she didn't say what it was."

Lu Ning leaned over to look, and what Caiyi really sent was [Can you do me a favor? 】【People haven't gotten up yet? ] [Forget it anymore] A few sentences, judging from the sending time interval, there is still a bit of an interval, but the time is around ten o'clock in the morning.

"She went out in the morning?" Lu Ning asked with a frown.

"I really haven't woken up... She can't find me, should she find someone else? Ask the next bedroom?"

"I'll ask."

Lu Ning quickly ran out of the dormitory, knocked on the door of the dormitory a few times, and asked. It was Ying Caiyi's two good friends who agreed to help her in another dormitory. They set off around 10:30 .

"They didn't come back?" Lu Ning asked the two people in the room.

"They said they were helping out and invited them to dinner. We thought they went straight to the restaurant."

Lu Ning sent two messages to Ying Caiyi, went back to the dormitory and told Li Xian to go out and find someone, and then set off again to the courier point at the school gate.There must be few people who would come to pick up the courier in this weather, and they should have an impression of the three girls coming.

Sure enough, the staff at the site remembered how many should be Caiyi.It seems that several couriers from Ying Caiyi also arrived together, and she wanted to take them away together, which caused the need to call someone before. She spent a little time here before calling two girls, around eleven o'clock Just moved the courier and left.According to the description of the staff, it is quite easy to distribute the items to three people, but the size is a bit big, which is not convenient.After the three of them went out, they walked towards the school, and did not pay attention to their whereabouts afterwards.

Lu Ning went out and activated the tracking ability of Requiem. The anger generated by the three girls was not obvious after more than two hours. After all, anger is still more important than death in the world.But there is another clue, that is, there are clear footprints on the untreated snow on the sidewalk, and the combination of the two makes it easy to track whereabouts.

The new snow was not heavy, and the footprints were not covered.There are few pedestrians, and the footprints are fairly clear.Under these two conditions, Lu Ning finally distinguished the footprints of the three groups of colleagues, and based on the shape and depth, it can be concluded that they are Ying Caiyi and the three people.She followed for a while, and at the only intersection between the school gate and the school gate, she saw that the footprints did not cross the intersection, but turned to the other side.

what happened?You can also reach another school gate after turning the corner, maybe because you don’t want to wait for the traffic lights?But in this weather, there were no cars on the road at all, so she didn't think the three of them were so impatient.

After following the footprints for a few more steps, Lu Ning found a new set of footprints.It is clearer than the footprints left by the three girls, indicating that the weight is even higher than the three girls carrying things.Judging from the size and stride of the footprints, it is speculated that this is a person with a height of about 1.8 meters and a weight of more than [-] kilograms. It is very likely that he is a male.

With Ying Caiyi's vigilance, if such a man accosts her, she will definitely not pay attention.After this new footprint, the three girls continued to walk forward. Even after passing the school gate on this side, they did not cross the road, but continued straight.

Lu Ning followed and walked across two streets, but at this moment, the footprints became very difficult to track, because a large number of messy footprints suddenly mixed into the ground, and the snow was trampled down, and it was impossible to recognize them In the direction of the footprints, this area still covers a wide area. Lu Ning looked up and saw that it was the entrance of a large supermarket.

People would come to this kind of place no matter what, and the various ruts at the door had flattened the snow a lot, and the ground was in chaos, even if a car stopped here and hijacked people into the car, it would not be obvious.

But... Lu Ning looked up at the entrance of the supermarket and walked into the supermarket.

"Hello, can I ask a question?" she asked the cashier inside.

"What is it?"

"Excuse me, did you see three girls passing by around eleven o'clock, and there should be a tall man next to him."

"I've been here, and I bought something." The cashier had an impression, "I remember it was a man who came in and bought some disinfection products, and the three girls were holding things in their hands, standing... in your position and waiting." Because it took me a while, I have a very clear impression."

"Thank you, did they leave here after that?" Lu Ning asked again.

"Afterwards, a car came to the door. It looked quite expensive. The man asked them to get in the car, and then drove away." The cashier said.

"Can you tell me what the car looks like? I'm a classmate of those three girls, and one of them is my roommate. I haven't come back and haven't heard anything about them. I'm worried about them." Lu Ning said immediately.

Hearing this, the cashier was also a little flustered, and hurriedly said: "I just remember it was a black car, I am not familiar with the car... I don't know what brand it is, or, or I can ask if I can adjust the monitoring a bit?"

"Thank you if you can." That's what Lu Ning wanted.

(End of this chapter)