I am immortal with scientific thinking

From the perspective of Lin Chen and his companions who were standing on a vantage point, they could clearly see that the hotel, about 200 meters away, had turned into ruins.

The streets were full of traces of explosions, with dense bullet holes clearly visible and bodies scattered all over the ground...

This is where the three special forces members stayed. At this moment, it has turned into a ruin. Many relevant personnel have set up a cordon here. The surroundings are empty, and pedestrians come and go in a hurry, and they don't seem to dare to stay for too long.

"Another trap." Lin Chen took a look and looked away.

Although nothing seemed unusual on the surface, relevant personnel were cleaning up the rubble and searching for survivors, ambulances were on standby, and nearby law enforcement officers prevented irrelevant personnel from coming... Everything seemed so normal, as if there were no flaws.

But it's just because it's too normal, so normal that there aren't even many people around.

Lin Chen didn’t know what other places were like, but he knew very clearly that among the things that Donghua people loved most in their lives, one thing that definitely ranked high was - watching the fun.

A building reduced to ruins and streets full of traces of fighting would be a huge event no matter which city in Donghua it was. But outside the cordon, there wasn't even a single onlooker, not even a reporter... This was too fake.

These monsters stole the bodies of living people, imitated human behavior, and learned daily manners... It is true that they learned very hard, but there is one thing they did not expect, which is that many times when humans do things, they do not need logic, but this kind of thing still happens frequently.

For example, even though they know it is dangerous, people still like to watch the fun. Even if there is a fight between two sides, there will always be a crowd of spectators around.

"This is obviously a trap. There is no need for us to break into it. So what should we do next?" Su Mu also noticed that something was wrong and asked.

Lin Chen did not reply immediately, but disappeared from the spot in a flash.

Then, at the corner of the street, he spotted a pale man, walked straight up to him, grabbed the man's neck with his cold hands, and pressed him to the ground.

But before he could ask any questions, Lin Chen discovered that the man had been lying on the ground motionless. He had already become a cold, slightly rotten corpse.

The most crucial thing is that his head actually caved in at the moment he fell to the ground.

Lin Chen's expression changed. He grabbed his scalp and lifted it, then frowned deeply.

Su Mu, who followed behind, also had a changed expression, because there was a very obvious big hole in the man's skull, and the fresh human brain was missing, and no one knew where it went.

"These people... have no brains?" Su Mu said in a surprised tone.

What shocked Su Mu was not that the other party could move without a brain. After all, it was a monster, so it was normal for it to have some weird characteristics.

What really shocked him was that, if one inferred from the situation of the man in front of him, those “people” who were chasing him or still living in this city were all brainless.

So the question is, where did their brains go?

Where have the brains of millions of people in this city gone?
"We came here to search for supernatural events that can provide materials for studying the soul realm. The good news is that we have come to the right place, and the bad news is also that we have come to the right place." Lin Chen stood up with a serious look on his face. "At least the brains of millions of people have been invaded by idealism today, and the weirdness caused is not just ordinary horror..."

"In that case, should we retreat first? The monsters bred from the brains of millions of people are simply not something we can fight against with our current means!" Su Mu's face showed obvious worry.

Although the black technology they now possess is powerful, they cannot kill millions of people, let alone fight against this strange existence that has caused qualitative changes due to quantitative changes and has silently trapped the entire city under the nose of human civilization.

Lin Chen also fell silent at this moment, weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

Although opportunities and risks coexist, the prerequisite is that you must have the ability to survive.

Otherwise, it would be like hitting a rock with an egg. Not only would you not be able to fish in troubled waters, but if you are not careful, your entire army would be destroyed.

Just as they were thinking about it, what they didn't expect was that at this moment, Lin Chen's cell phone suddenly vibrated.

An unknown caller appeared on the screen.

No, it is not an unknown call to be exact.

Since entering this city, the only people this satellite phone can communicate with are their team members and Fang Changqing.

However, the phone numbers are different each time, in order to prevent any mysterious beings from crawling along the telephone line and targeting the holder.

So the call was unknown, but it must have come from one of these people.

But... at this time?
After thinking for a while, he answered the phone.

"Leave here, leave here..."

As soon as the phone was connected, a very thin and light voice was heard, like the mumbling of a person waking up in the middle of a dream, which sounded so unreal.

"what?"

Lin Chen frowned and asked directly.

The voice on the other end of the phone fell silent at this moment. After a long while, a hoarse, dull voice came:
"Dr. Lin, it's me, the captain of the special forces team."

team leader?

Lin Chen's expression changed, he looked at the ruins in front of him and said:
"Give me a reason to trust you. According to the original arrangement, you were to find a place to stay, observe the anomalies in this city, and then cooperate with us the next day."

"But we lost contact the next morning. We rushed here with the satellite phone and found that your base had become a ruin. Even your satellite phone had become a trap, waiting for us to step on it."

"In this case, why should we believe that you are real and not a monster in disguise?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone before he said:
"I don't have any way to prove that I'm not fake, but I can tell you that I am real and not a monster in disguise."

"Just yesterday, not long after we checked into the hotel, we followed your orders, Doctor, to contact the city's garrison, law enforcement, and the Supernatural Research Institute branch." "But what none of us three expected was that not only did the city's garrison lose contact, we were also targeted by those monsters, who followed the signal and chased us."

"At that time, the whole city seemed to be crazy. They used almost every method, such as dump truck ramming, human bombs, terrorist attacks... We were always in a passive situation and we didn't see you coming to support us. So at the critical moment, the blasting expert decided to sacrifice himself to cover the two of us to break through..."

Lin Chen's eyes moved as he listened.

What he said was well-reasoned and in line with reality. It was because he was trapped in that weird dream last night that he failed to react in time to provide support. Moreover, the other party's rationality and logic did not seem like something a monster could fake.

But nothing can be certain, and no one knows whether behind the supernatural events that shroud this city there is an existence comparable to or even beyond human intelligence.

So he naturally didn't believe it so easily and questioned:
"Since you broke through in time, why didn't you send us information as soon as possible? And you said that the people in the entire city have been replaced by monsters. If that's the case, where did you hide and escape their pursuit?"

"Although we escaped the monsters' pursuit, the place where we disappeared last allowed the monsters disguised as humans to roughly lock our location and use the signal tracker. If we force a contact, our location will be exposed." The captain on the other end of the phone explained, "And we have roughly figured out the killing pattern of these monsters. If we rashly send you a message and let the signal tracker lock your location, you will also be hunted by the monsters."

"So just in case, we left a special program in the satellite phone of the blasting expert after he died. As long as you are within range, we will receive the signal and can forcefully activate the communication and inform you of the current situation."

"Murder pattern?" After hearing this explanation, Lin Chen did not immediately question this behavior. Instead, he paid keen attention to one point in the words and asked, "What is the killing pattern of these monsters?"

In supernatural events, no matter what form the disaster breaks out, there is one thing that cannot be escaped, that is, there must be a form or pattern of killing people.

For example, if you don't hear the sound of a monster that kills people, you can avoid it. If you beat the fake person who kills people with his body, you can survive. There is also a female tree that can interfere with brain waves. As long as you find a way to create waves of similar frequency, you can reduce the power of the opponent's attack with a high probability...

Determining the pattern or pattern of paranormal killings is the key to being able to deal with or survive.

"The killing pattern of these monsters is..." At this point, the other end of the phone suddenly paused, and there was a burst of noise, as if the signal was not connected smoothly. After a moment, a clear voice came out, "Don't let these monsters find out that you... are human!"

"Don't let the monsters find out that we are human?" Lin Chen's expression changed when he heard this, and he said, "You mean to let us disguise ourselves as their kind?"

"No, it's not disguise. If we disguise ourselves as their kind, we will be easily discovered and hunted down." The captain on the other end of the phone said negatively, "We want them to misjudge that there are no humans inside, but instead another more terrifying existence, so that they dare not take action."

"An even more terrifying existence?" Lin Chen frowned. "You mean, what caused the city to fall completely was not the monsters that are now chasing us all over the streets and replacing the bodies of the original residents, but another more terrifying existence, so terrifying that even these monsters in human form are afraid?"

"I can't explain the details in a few words, but after a night of investigation, we are sure that the monsters that have replaced humans on the streets are just latecomers. What really caused the fall of this city and the outbreak of at least A-level or even S-level supernatural disasters was another incident." A dull voice came from the other end of the phone, "So, Doctor, the most important thing for you now is to leave here and report the information here, instead of getting into danger here."

Lin Chen did not accept the other party's suggestion, but his expression changed and he asked:
"Where are you now? I want to come find you."

"No, Doctor, you can't come over. You'll only make things worse." The captain on the phone directly rejected Lin Chen, "We are staying with the survivors now, but I'm not sure if there are monsters among them. If you come over, it will really lead to our annihilation."

"That's true, but the problem is, I don't trust you." Lin Chen's tone was a little cold at this moment, "So far, all the information is one-sided, but how can I be sure that what you said is true and not a lie?"

"You are urging me to leave now. How can I know whether you are sincere or a monster in disguise, wanting us to leave here temporarily to buy more time so that a more terrifying existence can be nurtured in this city?"

"I only believe in verified facts, not what I hear or see with my senses."

There was silence on the other end of the phone at this moment, and finally a very special positioning method appeared on the screen.

Finally the caller said:
"Doctor, since you have decided to come here, be careful."

After that, the call was disconnected.

"They didn't get wiped out?" Su Mu asked from the side. He also heard the conversation on the phone.

"Two escaped, but I'm not sure whether they really escaped or were monsters in disguise." Lin Chen put down the phone.

"Then what should we do now?" Su Mu said.

"I can only go and verify its authenticity." Lin Chen said.

"But what if this is a trap?" Su Mu hesitated.

"Then we have no other choice." Lin Chen looked at the ruins hundreds of meters away. "If we want to see the information about this city clearly, we must go deep into the taboos. We must either touch the core nest of these monsters or find relevant survivors. There is no other way."

"...In that case, let's go and check it out. I hope these survivors are real." After hesitating for a moment, Su Mu also made the decision.

"That's right, but just in case..." Lin Chen took out the satellite phone again and entered a string of keys.

"Are you asking for support? But Tianhai City is unable to spare any troops, right?" Su Mu asked curiously.

"It's true that we can't spare any extra manpower, but that doesn't mean we can't provide other support, such as... from the sky." Lin Chen didn't explain much, but put down the satellite phone, "Find a car, we'll rush to where the other party is, and then... eh?!"

At this moment, Lin Chen felt the satellite phone in his hand vibrate noticeably. He raised it up and his eyes suddenly froze.

When Su Mu saw this, he couldn't help but move closer and saw a text message displayed on the screen:
"Don't come over here! Be careful of people with mental problems!"

What does it mean?
A thoughtful look appeared on Lin Chen's face, and he was about to press the phone to trace the source of this information.

But at this moment, a cry of surprise suddenly came to his ears:
"Achen, be careful!"

Ok? !

Lin Chen raised his head subconsciously.

A huge roar whizzed past his ears, and when he looked up, he saw a huge dump truck rushing towards him!

boom! (End of chapter)