Chapter 117 The Day of Doomsday (Twenty)
The security team stood on both sides of the stairs, like loyal guards. One of them happened to be the one who collected the bodies of Liu Dong's neighbors. He was obviously impressed by Qiao Yuan and recognized him the moment Qiao Yuan walked in. His sharp eyes fell directly on Qiao Yuan and others, with a vigilant look.
However, Qiao Yuan was thinking about another thing——
After stepping into the building, she felt a gaze briefly falling on her, but when she wanted to look again, the gaze quickly disappeared without a trace.
This gaze obviously did not come from the security team.
When Qiao Yuan and the others walked in, they happened to meet someone with his family, asking the Son of God and the Saint Daughter when they could summon God to end the apocalypse. Although he had his back to Qiao Yuan and the others, one could still feel his piety and longing from his words.
And in the face of his question, it was the Son of God who finally answered: "God is coming soon."
Qiao Yuan felt that the range was too wide, but the person who asked the question and his family seemed to be very satisfied. They turned around and left with joy on their faces.
The eyes of the Holy Son and the Holy Daughter also fell on Qiao Yuan and others. After realizing that they could move forward, Qiao Yuan and others quickly walked over.
As the four approached, they heard the fierce voice of the security team: "You can't look directly at the Holy Son and the Holy Daughter!"
Qiao Yuan recalled that the man just now seemed to have his head down as well. She originally thought that this was a voluntary act out of faith, but she didn't expect it to be a rule.
However, Qiao Yuan still lowered his head and obeyed. After all, he had already seen everything he should have seen.
Seeing Qiao Yuan lower his head, the other three also lowered their heads.
This time it was Qiao Yuan who asked the question, and what she wanted to ask was of course about the shadow. She was originally thinking about whether to ask directly, but when she felt that gaze falling on her again, Qiao Yuan changed her mind and changed the words that were about to blurt out: "I opened a hotel before, but the lucky cat on the counter became self-aware and occupied my hotel, but it doesn't look like it is infected. How can I restore it to its original state?"
"Not an infected person..." This time it was the Saint who answered Qiao Yuan. She repeated it in an emotionless tone, and then said, "Wait for God to come."
After getting the answer, Qiao Yuan did not leave in a hurry, but asked another question: "When can we meet Mr. Hammers?"
The Saint's emotionless voice soon sounded: "If there is anything, we can also answer it."
Hearing the words of the Saint, Qiao Yuan said calmly: "Mr. Hammers established this safe haven in the end times and provided us with favorable conditions. We really want to thank him in person."
Son: "Father is busy summoning God. He will appear in a few days."
Qiao Yuan noticed that the Son of God and the Daughter of God called Hamos "father", but thinking of what she had heard before, someone said that the two had been raised by each other since childhood, so she guessed that they might be adoptive father and child.
But of course it was impossible to ask such a question directly, so Qiao Yuan followed the previous person's example and thanked him, then walked out with the other three people.
After walking a distance from the building , Yu Guo shook his head and said, "Waiting for God to come... Isn't this the same as not saying anything?"
However, the four of them had been prepared before and knew that the role of the Holy Son and the Holy Daughter was more to pray for blessings, so apart from Yu Guo who sighed in a disappointed tone, the others did not feel much disappointment.
Song Yanchi frowned: "It seems that we can only wait for Hammers."
Sheng Guiye added rigorously: "And the coming of God."
Sheng Guiye's words made Yu Guo and Song Yanchi almost immediately think of what the infected people had said before. It seemed that the other side also had gods, and even helped the infected and the shadows to be accomplices.
But the base said that God has not yet come, so the two should not be referring to the same thing.
Yu Guo laughed: "I didn't expect that the first time I encountered a copy with gods, I would welcome two of them."
Yu Guo's words also brought back Song Yanchi's not-so-pleasant memories. He subconsciously looked at Qiao Yuan, only to find that the other party seemed to be lost in thought.
Only then did he realize that Qiao Yuan seemed to have not spoken a word since he walked out of the building.
The other two also noticed this and their eyes fell on Qiao Yuan.
Yu Guo didn't have as many concerns as Song Yanchi and Sheng Guiye. Seeing that Qiao Yuan didn't speak, she pounced on her directly: "Sister, why are you silent? What are you thinking about?"
After hearing Yu Guo's words, Qiao Yuan quickly came back to his senses, with a smile on his lips: "I was just thinking about what the Saint Son and Saint Daughter said just now, but I haven't figured it out yet."
Yu Guo said with a smile: "So that's how it is. We were just discussing this matter."
After leaving the holy land, it was already afternoon. Yesterday, they were busy rushing to their accommodation and didn't walk around much, so they quickly decided to walk around the base first to get familiar with it, and then go to get today's food.
Qiao Yuan and the others also met other players at the base, about a dozen people, which could be considered a small group. Some of the players looked familiar, having seen them on the bus, while others were strangers. Among those unfamiliar players, there was one who was clearly in a leading position among the dozen people.
The leader introduced himself as Sun Ji. After confirming that Qiao Yuan and others were also players, he immediately proposed that Qiao Yuan and his group join his team and obey his command.
After all, they came from District 8, and because they were close to District 9, they arrived at the base earlier than Qiao Yuan. They had been here for five or six days, making them one of the earliest players to arrive at the base. They also knew people in the security team. Moreover, Sun Ji himself had experienced double-digit dungeons, making him the most experienced person in the group. He was also confident that he could lead everyone to find the shadow and find a way to change it back to its original state.
The players behind him who looked familiar to Qiao Yuan were obviously the ones who decided to join his team after his persuasion.
Because he had heard more or less about Qiao Yuan's deeds, Sun Ji still hoped to recruit Qiao Yuan into his team.
Qiao Yuan did not rush to answer whether he would participate, but instead indirectly inquired about the situation at the base.
Perhaps because he knew Qiao Yuan was considering it, Sun Ji readily revealed some information to her without involving any intelligence: "There is free food and drink, and the accommodation is not bad. It is considered to be a good environment among the dungeons I have experienced."
"If I hadn't seen you... uh, some of the players who came to the base later, I would have almost forgotten about Doomsday..."
"But this Mr. Hammers is really mysterious. We haven't seen him yet, but we have heard a lot about his deeds. If you are willing to join us, we can also share intelligence with you."
Yu Guo raised his hand like a student answering a teacher's question in class: "So what are we going to do after we join?"
A male player next to Sun Ji said first, "Of course, I will follow Brother Sun's instructions in everything", while looking at Yu Guo from head to toe with a lustful look, and even circled his lips around his chest a few times, smacking his lips as if he was extremely satisfied.
Yu Guo seemed not to notice and kept smiling: "It sounds like we got the upper hand. After all, you should have a lot of information."
Sun Ji had already seen that Qiao Yuan was the leader among the four, so he directly asked for his opinion: "Do you agree?"
Before Qiao Yuan could answer, he was interrupted by a voice that was almost breaking: "Get out of the way!"
When she heard this, she subconsciously dodged to the side. Except for some novice players who were still standing there in a daze, the other experienced players did the same.
Almost at the moment when Qiao Yuan stepped back, a black shadow had brushed past her feet and slammed down where she had just stood, colliding with the hard concrete floor with a loud "bang", and then red blood mixed with red and yellow things flowed out from the figure.
If Qiao Yuan had not stepped back in time, the black shadow would have hit her directly.
Qiao Yuan took a few steps back, and amid the screams of passers-by, his eyes fell on the black shadow on the ground.
is a person.
The other person was a middle-aged man who looked to be about 40 or 50 years old. It was unknown which floor he fell from. Although his brain had been smashed out, he was still alive. Half of his face was deformed due to the impact of the collision. His eyes were turned outward, his body was twitching violently, and his broken limbs were softly attached to the ground, shaking violently along with his trembling body.
He was still trying to open his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but because the bones in his body had pierced his abdomen, he could only make "huh" and "huh" sounds from his throat.
I don't know who notified the security team, and they quickly arrived with a doctor, but they were still a step too late. The next second after they arrived at the scene, the man's body stopped twitching.
Qiao Yuan had already seen that the man had no breath of life, and after examination, the doctor came to the same conclusion as Qiao Yuan. He then turned around and signaled several security guards to collect the body, while other security guards were separating the body from the people who were approaching.
Because the other person fell directly on the street, there were quite a few people who witnessed it. Some of them subconsciously looked over here after hearing the noise, some ran over to join in the fun, and then stood there with pale faces after seeing what it was, and some immediately left with their companions with pale faces after seeing it.
However, some people had already gathered around, and for a moment, they squeezed Qiao Yuan and Sun Ji's groups into the crowd, making them less conspicuous.
The moment they heard the noise, Song Yanchi and Sheng Guiye almost simultaneously wanted to reach out to pull Qiao Yuan who was standing in front of them, but they didn't expect that Qiao Yuan's reaction was just as quick.
Seeing Qiao Yuan returning to a safe place, Song Yanchi breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not notice that Sheng Guiye stretched out his hand and then quickly retracted it.
Yu Guo also jumped back to Qiao Yuan's side. After discovering that the security team had blocked her view of the body, she couldn't help but smack her lips: "How come another person died?"
"Did he jump from the building, or was he thrown down?"
There were many people in the crowd who had the same doubts as Yu Guo. Some people who were close to the security team had already asked directly. After all, the former was suicide and the latter was homicide.
Qiao Yuan could still hear people around him talking in trembling voices: "It shouldn't be suicide, life in the base is so good..."
"Not necessarily. Maybe a relative died in the apocalypse and they just can't get over it. After all, mental trauma can't be compensated by material things."
"Damn it, isn't this the person I live with? What relatives does he have? I heard that he was a bachelor before the end of the world. He even told me about his time in prison. His parents were so angry with him that they died because of him going to prison. His relatives don't recognize him anymore..."
"Ah, then he must have killed him? What crime did he commit? Did he offend someone, and they came to take revenge on him?"
"I don't know. Anyway, when I heard that he was released from prison, I automatically distanced myself from him, and I didn't have much contact with him afterwards ."
"Please don't kill people indiscriminately. Our base is quite peaceful. Please don't let any murderers appear."
"Why do people keep dying recently? Someone died in our building before..."
"Dead? Tell me more about it. I haven't heard any news about this."
"So where did he fall from?"
"It looks like the building near the hospital..."
"Isn't it that he has a terminal illness?"
…
Qiao Yuan turned around and saw that there was indeed a hospital sign hanging on the small white building next door. No wonder the doctor came so quickly.
However, Qiao Yuan didn't think that this man was pushed down.
The hospital is six stories high. Judging from the man's injuries and the floor where the window was open , he must have jumped from at least the fourth floor.
Even if a person is pushed unexpectedly from behind, he or she will subconsciously hold his or her head or curl up to protect his or her internal organs during the fall. This is a completely instinctive reaction. However, the person in front of him or her fell down with his or her limbs stretched out, which resulted in the entire person appearing in a distorted "big" shape.
If he hadn't heard people talking about the recent deaths in the base, Qiao Yuan would have suspected that he had awakened some kind of death physique, as he had already encountered two deaths in just two days at the base.
The security team members were a little impatient with everyone's questions at first and didn't want to answer, but they couldn't help it as some people started to join in , and Qiao Yuan also added fuel to the fire.
Seeing that everyone was unwilling to leave without an answer, the security team could only walk over and whisper a few words to the doctor, then turned around and said to everyone, "This person has a terminal illness. He came for a checkup before and was thought to be a misdiagnosis. He was checked again today and it's still a terminal illness. So he can't stand committing suicide. Everyone should cherish life and disperse."
After hearing what the security team said, some residents subconsciously looked at the doctor, and the doctor nodded, as if agreeing with the security team.
It has to be said that the security team's words obviously touched the minds of many residents. After all , some people were eager to know the cause of the man's death, and in essence they were just afraid that there was a hidden murderer in the base.
After hearing that it was suicide, everyone showed a look of satisfaction, especially since the body had already been put into a body bag by the security team.
After seeing the security guards and doctors leave, some people turned around and left, while others left after expressing their feelings for a few words.
The crowd quickly dispersed, and for a moment only Qiao Yuan and Sun Ji's groups were left.
