Chapter 131 Strange Things Happen

After two days of searching without results, Zhong Yirou was a little frustrated.

"How can I tell Wu Jiu?" She sighed in the passenger seat, and opened the interface of the altar in distress.

Soon, a beautifully crafted celebratory animation appeared on the launch page.

[Since the launch of the altar, the daily active users of the game have exceeded 100 million users, and a new breakthrough has been achieved in technology. The physical game cabin will...]

Before the animation was over, Zhong Yirou chose to skip it and clicked on the [my] page, "Is there already so many people at the altar?"

She asked casually, "Didn't you say that it was closed before and no new people were allowed in?"

Yang Erci frowned slightly, "Yes, there are so many people."

A not-so-great intuition hovered in her mind like a vulture. Regarding the altar, she always believed that the game would use its methods to cover everyone in the real world, not only those players who had already entered the game to fight for their lives, maybe it would continue to attract new people through other means, until Totally control everyone there.

Although this sounds somewhat alarmist, Yang Erci always thinks so.

This game, or the unknown creator behind it, is by no means limited to its current scale.

What they want, perhaps as the name of the game is called, is to turn the human world into a sacrificial altar.

Zhong Yirou found An Wujiu, sent him all the information collected during the search, and then called him again, wanting to ask him if he would go back tonight.

But the call was never made, which Zhong Yirou felt very strange.

Yang Erci reminded her, "You forgot, he has a chip now, and he can be contacted through the chip."

"Oh yes." Zhong Yirou then remembered, so she looked for An Wu Jiu in her built-in address book, but strangely, she didn't find it. Zhong Yirou suddenly thought, maybe it was because An Wujiu got the chip and not covered all the data, so he kept the original owner's name.

So she rummaged, only to find an unfamiliar contact named Abraham Cruise.

"What an ancient name." Zhong Yirou blurted out.

Yang Erci turned the aircraft in the other direction, "What did you say?"

"I said the name of the original owner of this chip." Zhong Yirou read it to her, "Abraham Cruise, does it smell like the Old Testament of the Bible?"

Yang Erci suddenly frowned and almost stopped the aircraft in mid-air.

"This is the name of my former colleague..."

Zhong Yirou was stunned, "How come? Then this chip..."

"He is already dead," Yang Erci said. "He died suddenly at work, but I had already left at that time. A friend who was still in Chauvin told me."

Zhong Yirou thought about the daily operations of these people who sell second-hand citizen chips, "So it makes sense."

"What's the meaning?"

"These chip sellers generally have two purchase channels: one is to buy those poor people who voluntarily sell chips to them in exchange for money. These are given out of desperation, and most of them have no money and no power and may owe them. Debt guys, so their chips are not worth much to be honest, and they can't sell for a good price.

Zhong Yirou continued, "But there is another method, which is to take chips from the dead. In fact, according to the law, the citizens' chips after death must be confirmed and destroyed by the relevant departments, otherwise the information of the deceased before his death, such as cash accounts and work files. , as well as things like family files can all continue to be used.

However, some chip sellers have connections and can skip this link and allow the chips that should have been destroyed to be recirculated to the market. These people are either related to the government or have participated in the cremation and funeral process of the deceased's body. "

Yang Erci nodded, "No wonder chip sellers are so careful."

"Yeah, it will be found if you're not careful." Zhong Yirou couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect that even Researcher Chauvin's chip could be obtained, no wonder it's so expensive."

Saying that, she tried to contact An Wujiu through the chip, but this time it was still unsuccessful.

Zhong Yirou tried again, "No, I didn't even hear a sound."

"It may be a signal problem." Yang Erci said, showing her the current navigation projection.

Only then did Zhong Yirou find out that the navigation was also intermittent, flashing back and forth constantly, and it couldn't even provide a complete route.

"Is the signal so bad here?" Zhong Yirou glanced out the window, the streets outside were quite prosperous, not like a place where the high-altitude signal coverage was incomplete.

"It's alright," Yang Erci looked ahead, "I have a spare route identification device, so I can go by myself."

They finally returned to the apartment safely, and happened to meet Wu You and Nan Shan who were also returning at about the same time.

Knowing that they were the same as him, and they didn't have any gains about the blameless sister, Wu You was a little frustrated. He sat on the sofa and glanced at the electronic clock. The time displayed was [October 23, 10:45pm]

Turning his head to the side, Wu You saw Nan Shan standing by the floor-to-ceiling window. He seemed to be looking at the stars, and was very ecstatic. So Wu You also walked towards him, "Taoist, what are you looking at?"

Nan Shan recovered and shook his head with a smile, "It's nothing."

"Nothing to take so seriously?" Wu You also took a look out, and there was nothing special.

"It's just watching the sky at night." Nan Shan looked up at the dark night sky, with a cold white full moon on it, the smile on her face gradually faded, and her brows were slightly wrinkled.

"Is there something wrong with the astronomical phenomenon?" Wu You asked again.

Indeed there is.

"Today is Frostfall, the third day of the first month of the month, it should be a new moon."

Wu You frowned, and also looked at the night sky. The moon was perfect and bright, and no matter how turbid the air was, it still exuded a brilliance.

It was a strange thing indeed, and he told several others about it.

Zhong Yirou just came out of the room and whispered to everyone, "Noah is still sleeping, she seems very tired."

Yang Erci warmed up some food and gave Noah a note, and the rest of them were divided into four and filled their stomachs. She entered the study with half a loaf of bread, intending to check her emails and record her recent discoveries by the way.

After starting the host, she found an anonymous encrypted email among the unread emails. Yang Erci felt strange, tried to open it, and found that he needed to enter a string of passwords, and the password prompt was [Last day].

Yang Erci thought for a while, and a string of numbers appeared in his mind, which happened to be the number of digits in the password box.

She excitedly entered the date of that day, the day when her father left without saying goodbye.

Unsurprisingly, the email encryption was lifted!

It's Dad's mail!

Yang Erci habitually copied and transferred the email to his own chip cloud storage space, and then quickly opened the email, but at this moment, the projection suddenly went out, the lights went out, and nothing could be seen.

Not only her room, but behind Yang Erci's workbench was a large piece of floor-to-ceiling glass, and she could clearly see that the lights in the entire city went out at the same time.

10:45 pm.

An Wu Jiu feels that this place is not right, even if Lilith is not his sister, he must visit again for her safety.

In retrospect, Lilith's behavior was also a little unusual just now. It's normal to be scared when she sees a man and the former boss at her door, but this time she was too cold and calm.

"What if she doesn't admit it this time?" Gabriel didn't have much confidence. He was a person who was rarely rejected, so he was in a bad mood when he was rejected.

Shen Ti didn't make a sound, and pressed the elevator button. The other elevator was the same as when it came, showing that it was under maintenance and could not be used. They could only use the one on the right.

"To be honest, I didn't think about that." An Wujiu said.

The old elevator climbs up little by little, and the numbers keep evolving.

"I just feel that someone is watching here, will it be..." He paused, "Apart from us, is there anyone else looking for her?"

Shen Ti speculated, "In addition to finding your own sister, you may also be eyeing her. It may be the perverted man last time, or it may be Chauvin. It's hard to say."

"Does that mean you are going to help her now?" Gabriel understood and didn't object. "Well, I just happened to find the guy who followed me last time and come over again. It's easy to talk to people."

After he finished speaking, he started to call, but probably because the signal in the elevator was too weak, he couldn't get through.

"What the hell is this signal." Gabriel cursed.

Fortunately, the elevator door opened at this time.

The three of them got out of the elevator, An Wu Jiu looked at the other end of the corridor that was shrouded in darkness, it was quiet.

They walked again along the same road ten minutes ago, only when they came to Lilith's residence from the corner, they found that her door was open.

An Wu Jiu frowned.

It was exactly as he thought.

"Gabriel, you are behind, don't follow too closely."

It was the first time that Gabriel saw An Wujiu like this. He had a shockingly beautiful face, and he went in and out with this handsome green-eyed guy beside him. He didn't know how noticeable he was, but he was usually very talkative. Simple in purpose, pure in heart, and a gentle focal point.

But now he is like a skilled hunter, with extremely professional footsteps and stature, and it seems that he has undergone very systematic training.

Gabriel watched the two approaching the house, feeling a little hairy in his heart, and looked back. The dark and deep corridor was full of unknown fear, as if there was a thick black fog entrenched in it, waiting to emerge.

He turned around immediately, only to find that both of them had already entered, so he hurriedly followed.

The scene in front of him made Gabriel's unpleasant mood even more depressed, and he swore that he had never had a night as depressing as today in his life.

The house was dark, and only the moonlight filtered in, illuminating part of the space. It was empty, no one was there, there were not many furnishings in the room, sofas, chairs, tables, a row of cups on the shelf, uniform colors, and various small items were neatly arranged on the coffee table.

An Wu Jiu half squatted on the ground, holding a bag of cheap bread in his hand.

There were other food and some daily necessities scattered on the ground, as well as the shopping bag that Lilith had just held in her hand.

"There is no sign of struggle, and there is no blood." Shen Ti checked the small room on one side and said to An Wujiu, "It doesn't look like it was kidnapped, there is not even a single scratch in such a small place."

An Wu Jiu also felt it was very strange, he lowered his head and stared at the floor and said to himself, "The position of this carpet has not changed."

Gabriel didn't understand, "How do you know there is no change? Didn't you come in before?"

Shen Ti explained: "What he meant was that there should be a change in the carpet."

This explanation confuses Gabriel even more.

An Wujiu told him: “Lilith should be someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder, everything in this room is very orderly, including this big rug. She bought a very square style, the pattern is also checkered, and the arrangement Very upright, without the slightest inclination."

“She used to carry this bag in her hand, but now all the contents in the bag are scattered on the ground. Logically speaking, if someone was kidnapped, it would be impossible not to leave traces, especially this carpet.” An Wujiu pressed his hand. On the carpet, "As soon as you enter the door, you will definitely step on this carpet, so if someone is holding her hostage, it will definitely shift the position of the carpet when she struggles."

Gabriel originally thought that Lilith was kidnapped by the perverted man in revenge, but now after listening to the analysis of the two, he felt terrified.

"You mean, no one held her hostage, she ran away by herself?"

An Wujiu is not sure.

Even if it is an urgent matter, with the degree of her obsessive-compulsive disorder, she should not leave these things on the ground.

Gabriel remembered, "There is only one exit in this building. We stood at the exit just after we got down, and came up again not long after. It is reasonable to say that she should not have left the building during that time, but it is hard to say now. She could totally watch us turn back, leave the house and take another elevator down."

Shen Ti shook his head, "The other elevator is under maintenance and can't sit."

Things are getting weirder.

An Wu Jiu's intuition told him that Lilith was no longer in this building.

"I'm dizzy, I have to smoke another cigarette." Gabriel touched the pocket of his dark gray sweater jacket and found the pack of cigarettes. "Just one."

An Wu Jiu thought that he had already helped him so much, so he made a special trip for them, and felt a little sorry, it was getting late, and he couldn't let Gabriel continue to follow him.

"Go back first."

Gabriel just lit a cigarette, and was a little confused, "Don't look for it anymore?"

"Let's talk about it tomorrow." Shen Ti smiled and hugged An Wujiu's shoulder, "It's alright, since people are already locked, they don't have to worry about not being able to find them, now it's a place where surveillance is all over, wait until the daytime to find the property here. The system should ask and ask, and it should be clear."

Gabriel was persuaded, "Okay, let's go back then."

The three of them went back to the elevator, An Wu Jiu glanced again, the one on the left was indeed disabled.

As the elevator descended, the three of them had mixed feelings, so they didn't talk much. An Wu Jiu stood at the front, facing the reflective elevator wall, thinking about his thoughts, when he was about to reach the second floor, he heard Gabriel talking about the topic of supper, asking them if they need a drink to relax.

"Thank you, but forget it." An Wu Jiu wanted to keep a clear head.

The elevator also went to the first floor.

An Wujiu walked out, under the dim light, Lilith's denial appeared in front of his eyes again.

He wants to go back to Yang Erci tonight.

"Shen Ti, we..."

An Wu Jiu turned around, the elevator door was about to close, and there was no one inside.

He turned his head again, and there was no one in front of him.

Shen Ti and Gabriel disappeared in the elevator.

An Wu Jiu rushed over before the elevator door was fully closed, but there was no time, and at this moment, the faint light in the building disappeared in an instant.

He walked out step by step, and the whole city fell into darkness.

An ominous foreboding came to mind.

An Wu Jiu tried to use all methods that could contact Shen Ti, but nothing worked, even the player communication system inside the altar failed.

Just when he was about to fall into despair, a familiar high-pitched voice appeared.

Every screen in the entire dark city lights up instantly. The facade of the building, the big screen in the school playground, the display screen in the hospital, and the large and small advertising screens on the street all light up at the same time.

What appeared on the screen was the same image, the rabbit in a magician's costume.

"My dear friends, here comes the surprise!"