The red moon returns

Chapter 402 The next day

"It's meaningless to just speculate. Even if the city lord is the mastermind, we can't do anything to him for now. We can't even contact him."

Lin Qi was silent for a moment, his expression had calmed down:

"It's only the second day, and there are still several days to go. There's no need to rush. We should do our job at our own pace. Our performance today should be very conspicuous. Regardless of whether Knight Terry is an accomplice or not, he will definitely report our existence to the city lord. By then, his reaction will naturally show his position."

Miss Diana asked, "Don't we need to test Knight Terry or ask him to keep it a secret for us?"

"I was planning to do this at first, but after thinking about it carefully, there is no point in doing so. There are too many soldiers who witnessed what we did, and there may be the city lord's men among them. We can't ask them to keep it secret. So asking Terry to keep it secret will not have any effect other than exposing that we have discovered the problem with the city lord. It is better to let nature take its course."

Officer Natalie's expression was stern: "Then those four soldiers just now..."

"On the contrary, they don't have to worry because they took the money and told the truth. Of course, the premise is that they really told the truth." Lynch sneered, "They can't take the initiative to tell Knight Terry or Steward Rocky. Think about what they would say, hey, you see, I took the money and sold you out, it's impressive, right? Hiss, don't pinch me."

Avoiding the police officer's fingers and the countess's meaningful gaze, Lynch pretended to check the human-faced fruit he planted last night and went around to the other side of Judy, thus surviving temporarily.

Nightingale and her colleagues had indeed carefully selected the best fruits. The ten seeds from last night had successfully sprouted.

Before it matures, it is no different from an ordinary shrub, except that it grows extremely fast and cannot be watered with human blood for a day, otherwise it will wither and die. Once it grows and the fruit turns into a human form, if it is not picked within two hours, it will frantically absorb the blood and life of the surrounding creatures until the fruit finally explodes and the seeds spread all around.

At this time, due to the existence of the mother body, there is no need to water it with blood. The mother body will automatically transfer blood to offspring, making the range of human-faced fruits larger and larger, and finally forming a dead land with only this kind of plant.

But that's for later, at least for now, these are still ten lovely little shrubs.

Lynch bought a wooden bucket at the grocery store in the square, cut his palm and added water to it. Then, when no one was paying attention, he watered ten bushes with his own blood.

What was quite strange was that as soon as the blood touched the branches and leaves of the shrub, the shrub began to greedily suck the bloody water, just like those crazy vampires in the legends of his hometown. Moreover, as the shrub was watered, Lynch actually developed a sense of closeness with this thing as if they were connected by blood, which made him feel creepy.

This was his first time to come into contact with a purely mysterious creature. His throat became dry after seeing it. He could only say that it was worthy of being a mysterious creature. This thing was indeed evil.

After watering the ten bushes, the four people finally felt relieved. The ten human-faced fruits were all healthy, which meant that the entire mission went quite smoothly. Apart from the possibility that everyone might die inside and be unable to get out, there was nothing special.

"If we don't tell Knight Terry, what about Dr. Swen?" Miss Diana was obviously not interested in everyone dying here. She thought, "Her identity should not be as sensitive as Mr. Terry's."

"Well, I think she can be trusted, but I won't be in a hurry to tell her tonight. I want to make a decision after I have contact with that crazy old man who curses people casually." Lynch pondered, "Dr. Swen has just been back for a month, and he appears here. I don't believe there is no connection at all. Anyway, I will get more information from the old crazy man tonight. It's the last insurance. It won't be too late to tell her about the city lord tomorrow. I think it's getting late now. Let's go to the woods before the city gates are closed. Plant the last five fruits and then go home. Wait for her to come back and then test her. I hope there will be no accidents in the fortress barracks this afternoon."

The plan was set, and the four of them no longer hesitated. They put the city lord's matter aside for the time being and headed straight for the East Gate, which was where they entered the city.

As soon as we arrived at the city gate, we noticed that the atmosphere was a little off.

There were at least forty or fifty people gathered outside the city. Judging from their clothes, they were all foreign travelers. In addition to the soldiers who had kindly reminded us yesterday, there were also a few auxiliary soldiers guarding the gate. At this moment, they were controlling the city gate with a serious look on their faces. There was also a small shack next to it, and everyone who came in was taken into the shack.

The people outside complained and kept urging them to come in, but facing the gleaming swords of the soldiers guarding the gate, they dared not resist. They lined up outside the city obediently, but looked towards the east from time to time, as if someone might catch up with them at any time.

"What are you doing?" The three ladies were a little puzzled, especially the shack. People who went in were tidying up their clothes when they came out. Some of them were wearing them crookedly, which looked quite weird. But Lin Qi understood it at a glance.

"It's what I suggested to Dr. Swen this morning. A physical examination. I'm afraid those who are injured won't be able to come in. If they come in, they will be detained and isolated on the spot and won't be free for a few hours."

I was a little surprised that these people could really draw inferences from one example. I took Terry's badge to ask the soldiers, and sure enough, it was Knight Terry who was reminded by Doctor Sven. This step was added to all four city gates.

No one has been bitten yet, but several people had fresh scratches on their bodies. They were all detained directly and could not leave until six hours later.

There is always a feeling that a storm is about to come. Lynch feels that the pressure of the atmosphere has suddenly increased, but this is necessary. Otherwise, as the movie testifies, the xx crisis will spread too easily.

"But why are there so many people?" Officer Natalie asked in confusion, "Didn't there were few outsiders entering the city yesterday?"

The answer was not surprising, the ghouls came.

It was not the kind of groundless rumors about ghouls, or seeing the shadows of ghouls from afar. This time, almost everyone saw them up close, lurking nearby, and there were quite a few of them.

Although there was no actual attack, the ghoul's terrifying appearance and smell frightened passers-by, so they fled nearby.

All four of them realized that the three-day siege mentioned in the test was about to begin.

It was not a real siege, but just like now, a complete blockade on all sides, cutting off all entry and exit, until three days later when the zombies started attacking the city, taking it away in a dozen hours.

However, it was not the last day yet and the surroundings were still safe. The four of them still followed the original plan, went into the grove they came from, and secretly planted the last five fruits.

And under Lynch's instigation, the three ladies claimed one each. According to Lynch, hanging the four heads at the door of No. 221 would definitely attract a lot of attention.

Officer Natalie thinks it is right and it can also attract a lot of police officers, but... this guy rarely goes crazy, so just go crazy with him.

So, the three of them each chose one, and the matter was settled. However, when the last fruit was planted, an unignorable stench suddenly drifted into the noses of the four people.

The four of them grabbed their weapons instantly.

The smell was very recognizable, it was the stench of a ghoul.

It is said to come from a fungus, but it doesn't matter what it comes from. What matters is that the ghoul is nearby.

Sure enough, looking through the sparse woods, the four people immediately saw two strange figures wandering deep in the jungle.

More than a day after arriving at the Memories of Strange Things, the four finally saw a real ghoul for the first time.

(End of this chapter)