Volume 2: The Church of Light Chapter 218 Offline (Part 1)
Li Meina was surprised and asked, "He... knows your identity?"
Liu Jichuan said: "The fact that he was able to send people to keep watch in advance means that he not only realized my identity, but also guessed my purpose... I just don't know when he knew it, or... someone informed him?"
Li Meina was startled, her face turned pale, and she quickly said, "Director Liu, it's definitely not me and Meiya."
Not many people know Director Liu's identity, and she and her sister are among those who know it.
Liu Jichuan glanced at her, his eyes slowly moved to the outside of the car window, his expression looked unpredictable: "Don't be nervous, I didn't say it was you, rather than someone snitching, I'm more inclined to think that he caught it himself..."
He smiled and said, "This kid's growth rate is beyond our imagination. He is worthy of being the one I have chosen. It's a pity. I hope he can really become enlightened."
Li Meina looked at his expression through the rearview mirror, breathed a sigh of relief, and said carefully: "So what are you going to do next? The time given over there is running out."
The question dissipated in silence in the car.
Liu Jichuan did not answer, nor was he obliged to answer, which left Li Meina with no choice but to shut up.
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Xu Shen rested at home for two days , taking care of Hei Xue every day and practicing sword at the same time.
In addition to practicing sword, Mo Haiming's brother would also enter the fog and wander in the fog.
Although the foggy area near home has been explored, being in the fog itself is a kind of tempering.
Beep.
The communication sounded.
Xu Shen picked it up and took a look, then sighed inwardly, thinking that what was coming had finally come.
Two days... He really managed to keep his composure.
"Brother, are you going out again?" Hei Xue is very smart. Every time she sees Xu Shen pick up the communicator, she knows that he will leave.
Xu Shen nodded and touched her hair: "Be obedient and behave well at home."
"Can I go with you?"
Kuroyuki said aggrievedly.
Xu Shen's eyes moved slightly, and he said, "If you meet that dangerous woman from before, are you sure she won't notice you?"
Kuroyuki hesitated, then said carefully: "If I enter my brother's body, she shouldn't notice."
"Hide in my body?" Xu Shen looked at her and said, "Are you willing to be eaten by your brother now?"
Kuroyuki shook her head: "I wasn't eaten by my brother, I put part of my body into my brother's body, so that I can sense where my brother is, just like before."
As she spoke, she stuck a thin black thread from Xu Shen's shoulder.
Xu Shen understood immediately.
It’s the same tracking method as before, only this time the dosage has been increased.
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Xilan Town.
Located on the outskirts of Heiguang District, there are only two roads leading directly from the city. The roadsides are overgrown with weeds, the road conditions are somewhat dilapidated, and no one has repaired it for a long time.
Xu Shen drove to the front of the town and saw the people living in the town leading their cattle and walking with difficulty along the guide ropes.
From the ground, Xu Shen saw two rows of tire marks, and judging from the marks, there was only one car.
Xu Shen immediately drove over the tire marks and drove into the town.
Soon, in front of a tavern in this chaotic town, Xu Shen saw a car parked at the door.
He turned off the engine and got out of the car, then he lifted the curtain and walked into the pub. Xu Shen saw a figure sitting at the bar and the owner mixing cocktails behind the bar.
I call him the boss instead of the waiter because the latter wore a gold watch, had a big belly, and smoked a cigarette while mixing cocktails. Such informal attire and casual operation are definitely not something a waiter could do.
But unfortunately, there was a black cross mark on the other party's wrist.
Xu Shen narrowed his eyes slightly, then walked straight to the bar and sat next to the middle-aged figure.
"What would you like to drink?" A gentle voice came, and Director Liu tilted his head slightly to look at Xu Shen with a smile like an old friend on his face.
"White water."
Xu Shen said to the bartender.
"Would you like to try our signature bloody sea urchin?" the boss said with a smile, looking quite heroic.
"Just white water."
"All right."
A glass of water was handed to Xu Shen, but Xu Shen did not drink it. Instead, he tapped the glass with his fingers, as if playing with it, and asked casually, "Director Liu, is there a market here?"
"No ruins." Director Liu smiled and said, "Only people."
"Then why come here?" Xu Shen asked in a low voice, looking at the ripples caused by the knocking on the water cup.
"I just want to bring someone to see me." Director Liu finished the cocktail in his hand and handed the glass to the boss: "It tastes very good."
"Thanks."
The boss smiled and took the cup and washed it aside.
"Let's go."
Director Liu glanced at Xu Shen's water cup, knowing that he would not drink it, and stood up quickly.
But Xu Shen picked up the water cup, drank it in one gulp, and then handed the cup to the boss. He also stood up and said, "It tastes good, very sweet."
"Haha, what taste can plain water have?" the boss laughed.
“That depends on how you taste it.”
The words remained in his mind as Xu Shen turned and walked away.
Liu Jichuan looked at Xu Shen meaningfully, waved to the boss, and walked out of the tavern as well.
"Where are you going?" Xu Shen stood at the door and looked around casually: "Is there any important person here?"
“Only the little guys.”
Liu Jichuan walked out, and there seemed to be a little more relief in the smile on his face: "Follow me into the ruins, I will take you to meet a small person."
"oh?"
Xu Shen was quite surprised, but did not ask. Time would give the answer, and sometimes there was no need to ask too many questions.
The two of them escaped into the world of ruins. Liu Jichuan walked straight ahead, passing through the rotten water barrels and dirty garbage piles outside the tavern, but his body was spotless. In the world of ruins, reality was all illusion.
Xu Shen followed closely behind.
The two walked in a straight line through the town's buildings.
"This town is very desolate ." Xu Shen walked along the way and saw only a few fog people. He passed by many buildings, but they were empty. It was obvious that no one had cleaned them for a long time.
In some houses, the walls and floors were stained with blood, and no one had cleaned them up.
"Not long ago, this place suffered a ruin incident and was later abandoned." Liu Jichuan said, "Only a few survivors survived."
Xu Shen nodded. Just as he felt, it did look like it had been severely damaged by the erosion of the ruins.
Soon, they came to a small house.
The hut was rather shabby, and there was a father and daughter standing at the door.
The girl was very young, about four or five years old, but she looked sensible.
The father had a shaved head and was bending down to brush the dust off the little girl's feet, then he led the little girl forward.
"His name is Amei."
Liu Jichuan looked at the father and daughter who passed by and passed through their bodies, and said softly: "Walk with me and see him."
Xu Shen was a little confused, but didn't ask, just nodded.
The two of them followed the father and daughter like wandering ghosts.
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A Mei, 28 years old this year.
He has no surname and his parents died early, so he has no memory of them. Therefore, unlike normal fog people, his parents did not send him to a training school to teach him how to recognize Braille or how to tie a guide rope.
He grew up in a small town eating at various houses. Occasionally he would meet kind-hearted fog people who would give him some leftovers. Sometimes, when the harvest was not good, he would have to rummage through the garbage cans himself.
He didn't have a guide rope of his own, so even though he was a fog dweller, he could only wander around.
This also led to him often entering territories that did not belong to him. Sometimes he would grope his way into the homes of rich people and be beaten out, and sometimes he would fall into a ditch and get soaked.
I've been beaten and suffered.
But Amei still had a bad life.
The house left by his parents was reclaimed, so he had to live in the woods or in the corners of other people's houses since he was a child.
Build yourself a small nest using broken leaves and dead branches, as well as a broken bucket you picked up.
Occasionally, when it rained and his nest leaked, he would run to a rich man's house and squeeze in the rich man's doghouse for the night.
At first the dog would bark, and the owner would come out and whip him to drive him away.
Later, he wanted to please the dog.
So he shared some of the food he picked up with the dog, hoping to make friends with the dog through food.
But the dog remained fierce and did not eat his share.
Until one day, he gave out a sticky thing and heard a chewing sound, and then the dog stopped barking.
A Mei was very happy because he found something to please the dog.
That night he slept comfortably with the dog in his arms.
So every time it rained after that, he would dig out the same things and go to the doghouse to stay for a night.
But what surprised him was that every time his dog friends saw him, the barking sound changed.
Not long after, during a rainy day, he came to the doghouse again with something in his hand, but was caught by the owner who was guarding the doghouse. He was severely beaten, breaking his arm and one of his legs.
While beating him, he cursed: I told you not to hurt my dog, I told you not to hurt my dog!
At that moment, A Mei understood why his dog friend's voice changed every time.
At the same time, A Mei also understood that his dog friend’s life is more valuable than his own life.
Ah Mei was thrown on the street like a dead dog. He licked his wounds and tried to crawl back to his own nest, but he ended up crawling into another manor.
And his fate changed at that moment.
He was kept by his master in the manor and lived in a more comfortable place than his previous kennel.
His injuries were healed, he was nurtured, and the owner of the manor helped open his eyes, allowing him to see the world clearly for the first time.
His previous name was "Amei".
The owner of the manor said that the word "nothing" was too pitiful. He didn't even have a surname, and if he didn't even have a name, his life would be meaningless.
So they named him Ah Mei.
The owner said that coal is a good substance that can burn, emit light and heat, and illuminate others.
Therefore, in order to repay his kindness, A Mei tried hard to repay the owner of the manor.
Just like his name, he continues to shine and work for the owner of the manor.
More than ten years have passed.
The owner of the manor grew old, and his children began to take over the management, and many things gradually changed.
Young people are always radical, and Amei gradually got more scars on his body.
He began to recall the first night when he fell asleep peacefully in the kennel holding his baby.
It was raining outside, but he slept peacefully.
