My Endless Life.

Chapter 352: Reptiles and Knights

As the night deepened, candles were lit in the mansion.

Sun Xiaoqing and Li Qi then discovered that all the light sources in the mansion came from candles and oil lamps, and these candles and oil lamps were as bright as electric incandescent lamps.

Just as eight o'clock in the evening, a bell rang in the mansion.

Sun Xiaoqing left the room alone and went to the kitchen on the first floor to eat. When she arrived there, she found that in addition to Lisa and Jeff whom she had met today, there were seven more people.

There were seven people, four men and three women. Among the three girls, there was a little girl who looked about ten years old, about the same age as Li Qi.

The little girl had long dark red hair and was following a woman with the same hair color. From their appearance, they should be mother and daughter.

Among the remaining five people, three of the four men looked like students, and they were wearing the uniforms of an unknown school.

The other man was a middle-aged man in his fifties. He was thin and wearing a suit, with short gray hair that was a bit messy.

He was sitting alone in the corner, twirling his fork on his fingers. When he saw Sun Xiaoqing come out, he glanced at her, then looked away and stopped paying attention.

The last woman was a fat black lady. She wore a headscarf, had thick lips, and was wearing a fur coat. She looked like a rich person.

Sun Xiaoqing's eyes swept over them all, finally landing on Lisa who was bringing out food from the kitchen.

Lisa put down the food in her hand and looked at Sun Xiaoqing. Seeing that she came out alone, she asked in surprise:

"Where's your...nephew?"

"He fell asleep in the room. I saw he was sleeping soundly so I didn't disturb him. Please leave me some dinner later and I will bring it back for him."

Sun Xiaoqing said politely.

Lisa didn't say anything, just said:

"That's a shame. I wanted him to get to know Kate, but now there are only two kids of their age in the town."

After hearing what Lisa said, Sun Xiaoqing quickly realized who this Kate was. She was obviously the little red-haired girl in the white dress.

When the little girl heard Lisa mention herself, she looked up at Sun Xiaoqing, and there seemed to be some expectation in her eyes.

“…Let’s wait until he wakes up.”

Sun Xiaoqing said with a dry laugh.

It is true that Li Qi is nine years old, but Sun Xiaoqing always feels that he does not look like a nine-year-old child and it is unlikely that he can play with children of the same age.

However, it is not her decision whether to get to know him or not. She has to go back and ask Li Qi for his opinion.

As for now, Sun Xiaoqing wanted to take advantage of dinner time to find out the situation here as soon as possible and see what this small town was all about.

……

"No signal... not even a satellite phone?"

Li Qi was alone in the room, so he naturally did not go to rest as Sun Xiaoqing had said.

He was fiddling with the mobile phones in his hands. At the moment, he had two mobile phones in his hands, one was his own and the other was Sun Xiaoqing's satellite phone.

The original mobile phone had no signal, and except for some small games that did not require an internet connection that I had downloaded before, all other internet-connected software could not be used.

It would be fine to know that, but even the satellite phone cannot be used.

This place is not underground, and Li Qi is sitting by the window. Logically, there should be no signal, but even the satellite phone cannot be used.

"Isolated from the world?"

Putting down his phone, Li Qi turned and looked at the night sky outside the window thoughtfully.

The night sky was filled with stars, and the full moon hanging in the sky illuminated the entire town, making it extremely bright, so bright that even if you looked far away, you could clearly see the scenery over there.

Li Qi stared at the full moon in the sky, lost in thought for a moment. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and immediately took out his cell phone to check the calendar for the current date.

Today is November 11th, the 19th day of the th month in the lunar calendar. As we all know, the full moon only occurs on the th day of every month!
So this full moon in the sky is definitely not normal!

So the pollution here has something to do with the moon in the sky?
Li Qi couldn't help but make such an association.

After looking at the moon for a while, Li Qi moved his gaze downwards to observe the entire town.

He was just looking around casually, but suddenly his gaze focused and looked towards a corner of the town.

He didn’t know if it was his illusion, but he seemed to have seen another Sun Xiaoqing... and another himself.

……

On the road in the forest, there are two forks leading to different roads.

A man in a suit with an oriental face stood at the fork in the road and made a phone call:

"We lost them. They disappeared before the fork in the road."

The man said to his companion on the other end of the phone.

As soon as the man finished speaking, there was a sound of keyboard tapping on the other end of the phone, followed by a girl's voice:
"That's not right. Logically, there shouldn't be a fork in the road ahead of you."

"The fact is, there is indeed a fork in the road ahead, [Crawler], are you sure you didn't navigate it wrong?"

"It's a bug, not a crawler! Damn it!" The 'crawler' on the other end of the phone cursed in dissatisfaction, and then said: "Then I don't know, but I guess it's very likely that the place is affected by some kind of pollution. My suggestion is that you return immediately. After all, my mission is also completed if Sun Xiaoqing dies."

"After all, she was once our companion. If she really entered a polluted area, we must find a way to rescue her."

The man in the suit sighed.

They are code-named members of the Ancient Relics Society who were sent by [Agent] Zhao Hong to deliver messages to Sun Xiaoqing and protect her.

The woman's code name is [BUG]. She is proficient in hacking techniques and is the most powerful cyber hacker under the agent.

The man, codenamed [Xia Ke], is proficient in dozens of ancient oriental martial arts, and is skilled in swords, spears, sabers, and halberds.

The two form a two-person team, with BUG responsible for providing target information and mission details, and the knight responsible for executing the mission.

The mission of finding Sun Xiaoqing this time was assigned to them by the agent. Their goal was to find Sun Xiaoqing, provide her with appropriate protection, and convey the agent's words to Sun Xiaoqing.

Originally, they were following Sun Xiaoqing's cell phone signal and followed her all the way here.

But unexpectedly, when she was about to get close, Sun Xiaoqing's cell phone signal disappeared here.

The man looked at the fork in the road ahead and didn't know which way to go, so he called [Crawler] on the other end of the phone to confirm the next route.

However, after the crawler lost the signal, it was unable to re-lock Sun Xiaoqing's mobile phone signal for a while. She checked there again, and then said to the man:
"If it really doesn't work, just choose a way for yourself. But I think it's better for you to come back. If it's really polluted, even if you can get out, you'll have to pay a certain price."

"It's okay. You know the power of my magic weapon. No matter how desperate the situation is, I can at least guarantee my survival."

"Okay, if you insist."

The reptile stopped persuading him, and after hanging up the phone, the knight stood at the intersection and thought carefully, and finally chose the road on the left.

The knight's idea is very simple, men go on the left and women go on the right. At the moment, he is the only man here, so of course he should go on the left.

The car started and drove onto the road on the left. The knight turned on the headlights and looked around the road vigilantly. At the same time, he placed his right hand on his chest, tightly holding the silver cross on his chest.

This is his special item, the [Cross of Rebirth], which has the power to bring the user back to life after death.

But the price is that the gender and age after resurrection cannot be fixed.

And their personality will also change to that of their gender and age after resurrection, only their memories will not change.

The knight was originally a female, which is why he teamed up with BUG, ​​who doesn't like men very much.

It’s just that he died once during a mission before, and after being resurrected by the Cross of Rebirth, he became what he is now in terms of appearance and personality.

The knight himself didn't think there was anything wrong, but BUG seemed to have a strong opinion about it. Ever since he became like this, BUG has never been kind to him.

Anyway, no matter what, the Cross of Rebirth is the confidence that the knight has the courage to enter the polluted land. With this cross, the knight can at least ensure his survival.

The car drove forward in the night, and the knight looked around with vigilant eyes.

After driving for a while, a small town under the night sky appeared in front of the knight.

The lights in the town were bright, and people could be seen working with lights on on the road. When they saw the knight's car, they all raised their heads and looked at the knight, with complex emotions in their eyes that the knight could not understand.

The knight withdrew his gaze from them and scanned the town, finally stopping at a place that looked like a bar.

The bar was brightly lit, but there was no sign outside the door. If the knight had not seen the people drinking and chatting inside through the light projected from the room, he probably would not have thought this was a bar.

After getting off the car and walking to the door of the bar, the knight pushed the door open and walked in.

The moment he entered the bar, everyone in the bar looked at him.

Being stared at by these people, the knight became alert. He glanced at everyone, walked to the front of the bar, and sat down in a seat away from the crowd.

The bartender working behind the bar saw him sit down, and a strange look flashed in his eyes. He asked the knight:
"You...would you like something to drink?"

"Just anything will do. By the way, let me ask you something."

The knight said casually to the bartender.

"what's up?"

"Have you ever seen a woman, an Oriental woman, driving a rented black Beetle and wearing a dark red coat?"

The knight asked the bartender about Sun Xiaoqing.

As soon as he finished speaking, a yellow-skinned young man wearing a cowboy hat stood up and said:
"Are you asking Ms. Sun?"

"Ok?"

The knight turned to look at the young man, who smiled at him and said, "Ms. Sun is now living in the mansion. If you know her, I can take you there."

"you are?"

The knight inquired about the young man's identity.

The young man took off his cowboy hat, revealing a Chinese face. He extended his hand and introduced himself to the knight:

"My name is Lin Hui, and I'm the mayor of this town...well, at least for now."

He introduced himself like this.

(End of this chapter)