Offer a savior to the infinite world!

[No problem, um, but why do you want to check this thing? ]

[This kind of old urban area is simply a natural breeding ground for crime, very suitable for hiding and selling stolen goods and various shameful things, so under normal circumstances, the proportion of cases... Well, this is the result of the investigation? ]

[Yes, the cases involving the old city account for less than 1% of the total number of closed cities]

What is the overall number of cases?

[According to the data, an average of more than 5 cases occurred in the closed city every year in the past five years, with an average of more than 4 violent cases and 2600 major cases per year, of which only 107 major cases involved the old city.]

With the help of the reliable AI girl, Lin Yi quickly obtained the information he wanted.

There are very few related cases. Because there is such a natural, complicated old town area where the police have difficulty in grasping the situation, all kinds of criminals seem to treat this place as if it does not exist and almost never choose to do their work here.

This means that there is some problem in the old town.

"Is this where the anomaly is? But the question is, what is the key to the anomaly?"

Without hesitation, Lin Yi came down from upstairs and instructed Iino to find a way to collect information related to the old city through various chat forums. At the same time, he prepared to go in the direction of the old city to take a look and investigate the situation there.

As a result, when he got there, he found that all the roads leading from the new city to the old city were now blocked by the police, and various small roads and alleys were also blocked by municipal staff, as if they were quite reluctant to let anyone break in.

“It looks like it was built just a few days ago.”

Lin Yi pressed the wall in front of him and made a rough judgment.

[I also found some things here, well, it's just urban legends. On the forum of Feng City, many users mentioned that some kind of supernatural events will occur in the old city of the southern suburbs at night, which is very dangerous. There are many different versions, but it can be felt that many people have taboos about that place.]

[Oh, by the way, these walls were built three days ago because four days ago, a group of college students drove into the old city in the middle of the night. As a result, one of them was missing when they drove back. They went crazy and killed people in the school that night, broke into many student dormitories and hacked and killed people, and finally all were shot to death. Hmm... The records in the police station are very vague about this. They seem to deliberately not use electronic documents, but only use paper documents for records. I don’t have detailed information here.]

Iino's voice was a little confused, probably because she couldn't understand why someone would deliberately use paper documents when they already had a computer.

"You are worthy of being my good assistant. Without you, these things would be difficult to find."

Lin Yi admired from the bottom of his heart.

[Ugh… This is what I should do…]

The girl's response was the same as always, with a hint of shyness.

"Well, next, let's do a rough investigation to see what's in this old town."

Nodding slightly, Lin Yi leaped up in one step, easily stepped over the wall, and landed on the land of the old city.

Chapter D-03: Seeing the Trick at Noon

The surrounding environment became quiet in an instant.

The hustle and bustle of the city suddenly became blurred, as if covered by a curtain and could not be clearly identified.

The atmosphere is completely different.

"Normally speaking, shouldn't horror movies happen in the middle of the night? How can something like this happen in broad daylight?"

Lin Yi muttered this to himself, then opened the backpack on his back. A micro drone flew up from it, with a video probe that could rotate 360 ​​degrees freely extending out. It moved a little at first, then nodded at Lin Yi, and finally looked around and flew beside Lin Yi.

The small energy detection drone, which Lin Yi bought at a high price, was a reconnaissance device for Iino. With this device in hand, his assistant could operate the device to provide various support, especially since Lin Yi had added many gadgets to it.

Although he originally wanted to buy a heavy robot, this thing is not cheap even in the Savior Community. Lin Yi, who usually likes to buy things lavishly, naturally does not have the corresponding funds saved, so he can only settle for the second best and buy a small drone.

[Ambient energy readings... Hmm, energy activity is 10 percentage points below normal. Something is wrong in this suburb.]

The assistant girl, whose scanning capabilities were further enhanced by the drone, quickly reported the abnormalities she had discovered.

"Is the energy activity low?"

This situation usually occurs because there is some kind of energy source nearby that absorbs the surrounding energy. However, Iino did not detect the existence of this energy source. Perhaps it has left? Or perhaps it is hidden.

Just take a look around first, at least do a preliminary inspection.

Thinking this way, Lin Yi randomly picked a 5-story apartment building next to him and walked up to this small building that had been abandoned for who knows how long. The outer walls were almost completely detached, and the electrical wires and various pipes were directly exposed outside.

All residents in the building had moved out. Iino scanned and confirmed that there was no life information here, and found that except for the 4th floor resident, almost all furniture of all residents had been moved out, leaving only empty rooms. Even the iron door used for anti-theft protection to enter the building was rusty, to the point that Lin Yi could open it directly without any effort.

[Energy activity further decreases, the temperature drops to 19 degrees, the current outdoor temperature is 26 degrees]

Just before entering the building, the assistant's serious voice sounded in Lin Yi's mind.

Why is it that energy activity is lower inside buildings?

Lin Yi, who became somewhat alert, took out a pistol loaded with engraved bullets and continued to move forward step by step.

Passing by the entrance with garbage piles and various advertisements on the wall. Next to the staircase, there are three doors in a deep corridor, and each door has a resident. According to Iino's scan, there are 3 households on each floor of the entire apartment building, and a total of 5 households on the 15 floors. Most of them have moved out, leaving only the 2rd household on the 3nd floor, the 4th household on the 4th floor, the 5th household on the 7th floor, and the 6th household on the 4th floor.

The first floor was empty. Two of the three doors of the residents were closed, but the last door was open. There seemed to be light shining out from the house, accompanied by a slightly choking smell of smoke.

Lin Yi's gaze passed over the ground covered with dust and brick fragments. He walked forward and entered the corridor. When he passed the first door, he seemed to hear extremely faint footsteps. He didn't know whether it came from upstairs, from inside the door, or following behind him.

When passing the second door, there seemed to be faint breathing sounds, as if someone was clinging to the door tightly, peeping outside, peeping at Lin Yi who was passing by, and trying hard to suppress his breathing.

Coming to the third open door, he slowly pushed open the half-closed door, and a mourning hall appeared in front of Lin Yi.

The flames of the burning candles swayed gently in the breeze brought by the open door.

The word "Fu" that was about to fall off the door also shook.

Lin Yi took another step forward and entered the house. He saw several paper figures standing in the mourning hall. They had pale faces, blush on their cheeks, and smiles at the corners of their mouths. They just stood there stiffly.

And a black coffin placed in the house.

...I always feel that it's a bit out of place for these things to appear here.

Lin Yi walked forward with some doubt, stretched out his hand to grab one of the paper figures and lifted it up, tossing it in his hand, but he didn't feel anything special, it was just a little light. Then, he went to the altar and found that the incense and candles seemed to have been lit not long ago.

In the photo frame in front of the altar is the back of an old man. The black and white photo is very blurry and the specific face cannot be seen clearly.

Lin Yi didn't care too much. He turned around and thoughtfully confirmed that there were no cameras around. Then he reached out and grabbed the coffin and gently opened it.

…is empty.

Looking at the empty interior of the coffin, Lin Yi frowned slightly and closed the coffin again.

Turning his head again, he looked at the face of the skinny old man in the photo frame in front of the altar, and then Lin Yi walked out of the house slowly. The moment he returned to the corridor, the door of the house also closed and locked with a click, as if someone had closed the door from inside.

By the way, were these paper figures originally in this position?

Lin Yi looked at the end of the corridor with some confusion, and saw two paper figures who seemed to be planning to go upstairs.

Take steps.

Walk towards the stairs.

The first door opened at this time, and an old man walked out of the house. He looked around with cloudy eyes and finally stopped at Lin Yi.

"Young man...what are you doing here?"

A hoarse voice sounded, and the old man's cheeks seemed to have stiffened, with only his lips moving slightly.

"Oh, I'm from the municipal government and I'm here to investigate dangerous buildings. Old man, are there any cracks or deformations on the walls and floors of your house?"

Lin Yi took out a small notebook from his pocket and spoke seriously, making up an identity without even thinking for a second.

“…I see…there’s nothing to see here…let’s go…”

The old man seemed to not understand what Lin Yi was saying. He stood at the door for a while with an expressionless face, then shook his head and was about to close the door again while speaking.

Before he closed the door, Lin Yi, who was passing by, saw that the house seemed to be filled with smoke and many incense sticks were lit.

In the smoke, there seemed to be an old man hanging in the air, swaying slightly.

The paper man at the stairs had disappeared.

Lin Yi continued to move forward, stepped onto the stairs and walked upwards.

pat- pat-

At this moment a ball rolled down the stairs.

I looked up and didn't see anyone in the corridor on the second floor.

Lin Yi continued to move forward and came to the corridor on the second floor. Next to him was the staircase leading to the third floor. At the corner of the stairs, there was a pair of tall boots standing there. It seemed like someone was standing there, but it also seemed like someone just put a pair of shoes there.

In the even more dilapidated corridor, three doors were lined up and tightly closed.

It seemed that someone's voice could be heard in the house. Although the specific situation could not be distinguished, it could be roughly determined that there was a man making a loud noise, a woman crying, a boy talking to himself, and finally the sound of a sewing machine.

These voices sound behind those doors.

Lin Yi had already walked towards the third floor.

pat- pat-

A ball rolled down the stairs.

It seemed like a figure flashed past from upstairs.

Lin Yi stepped upwards, walked along the cracked stairs, and came to the area on the third floor.

There are 4 doors arranged in sequence. There are 4 households on each floor of the building, totaling 6 households in 24 floors. About half of them have already moved out. As the municipality cut off the water and natural gas here, life has become more and more difficult. The remaining people will probably move out soon.

Lin Yi stayed on the third floor for a while, his eyes sweeping over the children's graffiti on the wall.

These graffiti seem to be telling a story.

An ordinary family of three, and a black monster of unknown origin in the house.

It first replaced the father.

Then mom also became like it.

In the end, even the child himself became exactly like it, leaving only the black monster, the black house, and the distorted colors painted by the crayons.

Whose story is this?

Lin Yi moved towards the fourth floor again.

pat- pat-

A dirty ball rolled down the stairs.

Lin Yi looked up and saw the figure of a boy in gray clothes disappearing upstairs.

Take a step forward and move forward.

There were also four doors on the fourth floor, and the last door was ajar. The sound of people talking could be heard quietly inside the house.

Lin Yi walked up to the door and pushed it open. The first thing he saw was the ceiling, which was too low and almost hit his head.

Behind the door was not the living room as usual in a mansion, but a long corridor.

There was no door at the end of the corridor, only a corner. After walking from the corner to the end of the corridor, Lin Yi saw a door. He opened it and found a dark living room without any windows.

Someone's laughter passed by my ears.

Lin Yi turned his head and saw nothing.

Step into the house and turn on the flashlight.

The sofa was covered with a white cloth and a thick layer of ash.

On the other side of the living room was not a common decoration like a TV, but an unknown, very large object that almost took up half of the living room and was also covered by a white curtain.

There were voices coming from behind the curtain.

Walk forward and open the curtain directly.

Under the light, Lin Yi saw his own reflection in the mirror, the brightly lit house in the mirror, and the person sitting on the sofa.

Lin Yi turned around and saw that there was no one on the sofa.

When I turned around again, those people had stood up and turned to look over here, but I couldn't see their faces clearly.

Feeling slightly confused, Lin Yi turned around again, but there was still no one on the sofa.

When I turned around again, the people in the mirror had disappeared. Only a knot made of rope was left, tied around the neck of myself in the mirror.

Click!

The ground suddenly collapsed the next moment.

And Lin Yi had already fallen to the ground.

[Mr. Lin Yi?! Ugh, a fractured neck bone was detected? How is that possible? How could your current physical strength suddenly...]

Iino's anxious voice rang out, and she quickly transformed into a human form, supporting Lin Yi's fallen body.

Lin Yi quickly took out the Holy Grail bottle from his pocket. Although his neck bones were broken, his nerves were not completely severed due to his strengthened physical fitness. So he quickly drank a small sip of the liquid in the Holy Grail bottle, allowing his broken neck to heal quickly.