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Chapter 158 The Silent Court

【Slit-Mouthed Woman - Saya】: So noisy.

【Slit-Mouthed Woman - Saya】: I will send my sister away myself.

The group photo immediately ended this little farce.

Lin Yan almost spat out the water in his mouth while looking at the screen.

When was this photo taken, Saya?

Didn't she just go back to her room to meditate?

Did he hear the commotion in the group chat and deliberately run out to give Ajiu a pair of scissors, just so she could post a selfie in the group to keep things quiet?!

Saya is destined to be a doting father to her daughter; there's no hope for her.

However, the commotion in the group chat just now left Lin Yan somewhat amused and exasperated.

These wicked women must have realized that Ah Jiu's abilities are special, and one by one they've started trying to win him over.

But as Lin Yan looked at the chat history, he seemed to remember something and started scrolling up.

Then the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

The one who's usually the most active in the group, who immediately jumps out and sends bombardment emojis whenever someone speaks, and who loves to bombard people with voice messages in the middle of the night, is the "Funeral Love Family - Heavy Metal Nun".

I haven't said a single word in the group for three whole days, not even a single punctuation mark.

"neat."

Lin Yan's tone was solemn.

"Brother, I've noticed it too."

Chu Chu appeared on Lin Yan's phone.

"I just scanned all the network nodes in the southern suburbs of Jiangcheng."

"The audio signal from the heavy machinery factory has completely disappeared, as if it has been erased from the map."

"That place seems to have become a silent zone."

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Lin Yan frowned.

A silent zone? There's no truly silent place in this world.

Even in the deepest, most remote forests, there is the rustling of leaves in the wind and the chirping of insects.

Moreover, it's in the southern suburbs, which is an industrial area where machines are running 24 hours a day.

"Is it blocked by some kind of rule, or is it unable to receive any signals at all?"

Lin Yan asked another question.

"It's not blocked."

Chuchu's little face scrunched up in a frown.

There was absolutely no sound, as if the rules governing sound in this area had been erased.

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Lin Yan's heart sank.

The fact that they managed to silence the nun's fiery temper means she's in big trouble this time.

"Buzzing—"

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Just then, my phone vibrated.

Old Zhao's phone call.

"Lin Yan, we have a job."

The faint sound of a helicopter could be heard from the other end of the phone.

"An accident has occurred at the heavy machinery factory in the southern suburbs."

"Wasn't that place designated as a high-risk restricted area by you?"

Lin Yan asked the question knowing the answer already.

"It is indeed a restricted area, but the outpost responsible for monitoring the perimeter lost contact early this morning."

Old Zhao's voice was halting, he must be getting on the helicopter.

"Chen Feng sent a five-man tactical advance team in to investigate, and a series of strange things happened within ten minutes of them entering."

"The communication was clearly connected, but there was absolutely no response from the other end."

"It's not just that they didn't respond, it's that there was no sound at all."

"I can't even hear the heartbeat on the vital signs monitor!"

Lin Yan and Chu Chu exchanged a glance.

The heartbeat has stopped?

If a person dies, the instrument will definitely issue a warning, and even if no sound is transmitted back, it will still display a message on the panel.

These situations basically match what Chu Chu just mentioned about the silent zone.

"Commander Chen means to send you, the special envoy for this project, to take a look."

He said that after all, you were there last time—"you reasoned with me."

Old Zhao coughed lightly, feeling uncertain as well.

"Okay, send me the coordinates."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Yan glanced at Ajiu, who was still watching cartoons.

"Come on, Ah Jiu, let's change your clothes. I'll take you out to play today."

Half an hour later.

The heavy machinery factory in the southern suburbs is surrounded by a three-kilometer cordon.

Su Qinghan had been waiting here for a long time.

She glanced at Ajiu beside Lin Yan, then turned and went back to the car.

After coming out, he handed Lin Yan two sets of equipment: a specially made tactical headset and a portable life monitor.

"Be careful, the magnetic field in there is very strange; even the station's sonar detectors can't penetrate it."

Su Qinghan glanced at Ajiu several times as she spoke, before finally looking at Lin Yan and saying, "Commander Chen asked me to remind you that if things become unmanageable, retreat immediately."

"Only living special envoys are valuable."

Lin Yan took the equipment, said nothing, just gave her an OK sign, and led A Jiu across the cordon.

The sky was overcast today, which made Lin Yan feel a little uncomfortable.

The closer you get to the heavy machinery factory, the more pronounced the eerie silence becomes.

Lin Yan stepped on the withered branches.

I did not hear the sound of the branch breaking.

He stopped and looked down. The branch was indeed broken, but where was the sound?

The feeling of not being able to match the sense of touch and hearing was very strange.

He tried clearing his throat.

His vocal cords were vibrating, and air rushed through his throat, but he couldn't hear any sound he was making.

It's like watching the World Cup in a library, where the sounds that should have been there were nowhere to be heard.

Lin Yan's pupils contracted slightly.

At first, this feeling was quite novel.

But over time, the brain gradually realizes it.

Humans are used to using hearing to help them judge their surroundings. Once they lose sound, their brains will create feelings of insecurity and panic.

He turned to look at Ajiu.

Ah-Jiu opened her mouth wide in curiosity, as if trying to speak, but no sound came out.

She tilted her head in confusion and tugged at Lin Yan's sleeve.

Lin Yan patted the back of her hand, signaling her to stay close to him.

The two continued deeper into the factory area.

Ahead lay a vast, abandoned workshop.

An armored off-road vehicle was parked in an open space with its doors wide open; this must be the advance team that had lost contact.

Lin Yan approached cautiously.

There was no one in the car, but several special rifles and monitoring devices were scattered on the muddy ground outside.

Lin Yan picked up a monitoring device.

The screen can still light up, but the pulse line on it has become a lifeless straight line.

Not far from the instrument, there seemed to be something moving. Lin Yan walked over and leaned down to examine it.

There was a pool of blood on the ground that had not yet dried.

Mixed in with the bloodstains were several slightly twitching pieces of flesh.

Lin Yan used his military knife to pick up a piece of meat and examined it carefully.

I didn't recognize him.

At this moment, Ajiu walked over and pointed to her neck and throat to Lin Yan.

Lin Yan realized that it was human vocal cord tissue!

Moreover, the incision was extremely smooth, as if it had been peeled off the throat in an instant.

Lin Yan felt a chill run down his spine; he now understood what the advance team had encountered.

If he's not mistaken, conventionally, fields with rules about silence have stringent requirements for sound itself.

When faced with an emergency, this well-trained tactical squad instinctively tried to call for help via communicator.

The sounds they made crossed a certain boundary, triggering the rules hidden within.

Their vocal organs, including their vocal cords and entire respiratory system, were all instantly erased!

The Silent Courtroom.

Lin Yan gave this unknown and bizarre creature a code name.

This is a terrifying rule that allows no room for dissent.