Starting with dissecting ghost stories

Chapter 180 Three Things

The taxi stopped at the entrance of Wang Xinran's residential area, and Shen Xing got out.

Soon, another person in uniform walked over, raised his hand, and handed Shen Xing a vest.

Shen Xing naturally took the reflective vest and put it on, casually asking, "Her mother didn't control herself?"

"The clock's resonance is getting stronger and stronger, and the white worm can't get close on its own," the man who had handed over the vest said, before leading Shen Xing into the residential area.

Since Wu Xiaoting was arrested, her mother seems to have never opened a shop and has mostly stayed at home.

By using the excuse of checking the water meter, they easily gained the other party's trust.

After Wu Xiaoting's mother opened the door, the man controlled by Wang Xinran immediately caused the white worms to spread towards her mother, and in just a moment, he brought them back under his control.

Because Wu Xiaoting's mother's brain was repeatedly eroded and driven away by white worms, the tiny damage in her brain had become fixed, making it easier for the white worms to erode her brain. Once inside, they would connect directly without needing to rebuild a channel.

This was Shen Xing's first time here. Led by Wu Xiaoting's mother, he arrived at Wu Xiaoting's room and saw the human head hanging on the wall opposite the bed.

It is indeed Wu Xiaoting's head...

The skull was a sickly, deathly white, and its skin looked like thick, frozen rubber, making it even more terrifying than the Wen Yan skull we had seen before.

It looks a bit like a dead person's head that has been protected and soaked in formaldehyde, but the cheeks and forehead of the head do not have the wrinkles that would result from soaking in water.

If we're talking about what it's most similar to... it would probably be plastinated specimens. The technology in this area is quite mature in China, and there have even been related touring exhibitions, which have sparked large-scale social discussions.

But regardless of the cause, one thing is certain: the owner of this head is definitely dead.

When did the other head disappear?

"Search her memories and see if anyone else has come to this room in the past few days besides Wen Yan and Shen Yuan," Shen Xing said, looking at Wu Xiaoting's mother.

Soon, Wu Xiaoting's mother nodded, then closed her eyes, seemingly in recollection.

After about a minute, she opened her eyes again and looked at Shen Xing.

"A man claiming to be a police officer came by... but I feel there's another piece of information I need to share with you."

"What information?" Shen Xing asked, puzzled.

"After the Ninth Detachment lifted the blockade, an unusual number of trucks entered the city."

An unusual quantity? A truck?

"Are you sure this isn't a normal freight shipment?" Shen Xing pressed.

"This city doesn't have that much freight volume," Wang Xinran shook her head and said, "Besides, they all drove to different places and parked on the side of the road. Many of these vehicles are under surveillance, and you can detect obvious noise on the outside of their cargo boxes."

"Will the Ninth Detachment let these vehicles in?" Shen Xing wondered.

If these vehicles could be detected for noise using surveillance cameras, wouldn't they have been intercepted at some point? Radar, satellite imagery, road monitoring...

Suddenly, Shen Xing seemed to have thought of something.

Transporting things here... with noise...

Lu Lingyun does seem to have said something.

The chandelier's honeycomb-like growths were transported here from outside.

Are all of these abnormally dry?

When did it start planning all this?

Shen Xing couldn't help but recall the other party's analogy of "cat and mouse," which compared humans to cats and the supernatural to mice hiding in the shadows.

In the end, however, it expressed the idea of ​​hoping that humans could coexist with the anomalies.

only..

This reminded me of what I had asked Lu Lingyun about the first completely fallen Mother Nest City.

Such a massive daily death toll, and an uncountable number of missing persons... this doesn't look like a peaceful coexistence.

Shen Xing took out his phone, looked in the direction of Wu Xiaoting's mother, and said directly, "I'm going to find Cheng Ren."

Shen Xing's phone received another call.

"You can't... disturb... Ah Ren... you can't..."

After answering, all I heard was that same hoarse, unpleasant noise, mixed with that repetitive voice message.

I couldn't get in touch with them... and it was indeed the other party who "automatically" responded as soon as I spoke.

It's like a pre-programmed computer program.

If I find Cheng Ren, is it a bad thing for him?

"Xinran, can we still find any trace of the person who came here that night?" Shen Xing asked Wu Xiaoting's mother.

"I'm trying. The other person left the room less than two days ago, so the footage from the security camera shouldn't have been erased yet... It's possible to find it."

Wang Xinran paused briefly, then, controlling Wu Xiaoting's mother, continued, "Give me some time. I can trace his location through surveillance and other people's memories."

"Okay, check his location." Shen Xing nodded.

But just then, his phone, which he had just hung up, rang again.

Shen Xing picked up his phone again; it was still an unfamiliar number.

Will searching for the other person also trigger a phone call?

Shen Xing pressed the answer button and held the phone to his ear.

This time, there was no background noise like in the previous two calls; it was just like a normal conversation, with the other party's voice coming through the receiver.

"I mean... being too clingy isn't good."

The other person's voice was higher-pitched than the last time I heard it, sounding more like a teenager of sixteen or seventeen than an adult in their twenties.

However, Shen Xing recognized the other person immediately because of that extremely affected way of speaking.

"What do you want to do?" Shen Xing asked directly.

He has never liked beating around the bush; he asks questions directly.

"Didn't I tell you, Xing-ge? I'm putting together a jigsaw puzzle, I'm piecing together a world where we can all live freely..."

'

Upon hearing this, Shen Xing immediately said, "If you don't clearly state what you want to do, how can I decide whether or not to help you?"

"Hmm... okay then~"

The relaxed tone in the other person's voice could almost be heard through the phone.

"Brother Xing, I'm going to reboot this world, you know, it's the second reboot, right? It's okay, everyone will forget everything, and the abnormality in your body will resonate deeply, just like Ah Ren... Hey, right, you resonated with it the first time you rebooted, right? How much? Do you remember?"

"How about it? Want to do something together? Come on..."

Restart.....

Did I feel the same way when I first restarted it?

What does that mean?

Does that mean that the abnormality that appeared in my body five years ago was because of the first reboot, which caused me to deeply integrate with a certain abnormality?

Perhaps Shen Xing had been silent for too long, because a sigh came from the other end of the line.

"Brother Xing... I can't beat you... If you find me, will you kill me? I know you'll definitely find me, is it really impossible for us to be friends?"

The other person sounded somewhat aggrieved, as if Shen Xing had wronged them in some way.

But before Shen Xing could answer, the other person started talking to himself.

"However... Brother Xing, I have a lot of experience when it comes to making friends. For example, I know that if Ah Ren's wife hadn't died, even if he had the ability, he wouldn't have had the motivation to help me."

"I know you don't like hiding things, so I'll tell you everything you want to know~"

"Wow, Brother Xing can do three things now!"

"First, find me and then kill me. This is very simple for Brother Xing. However, even if you kill me, the resonance will still activate precisely at 5 PM."

"Secondly, Brother Xing can leave this city now. Without you, I'll have to take my companions elsewhere to complete the resonance. You can protect this city!"

"Third, you can also skip the first two things and go save that human woman... what was her name again?"

Shen Yuan? Your sister? Ah Ren went there again.

"However... it seems that Brother Xing can only choose one of the three things to do."

"Brother Xing..."

'

"When I regain my memories next time, will I be able to see you again?"

Shen Xing listened to the voice coming from the receiver and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

Making yourself choose?

He was starting to dislike the other person.

>