President Shen Always Top Up Money

Xiaofang

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Wu Fei and Shen Xing followed the crowd walking in front.

Mayor Jin walked to the residential area to the west, and met a man named Lao Lu at the intersection.

Mayor Jin asked, "Has the situation improved?"

Old Lu shook his head: "The people who had hallucinations didn't get better, but there were three more people who had hallucinations."

Old Lu: "They are the mother-in-law of Zhu Tuhu's family, the youngest daughter of Lao Ning's family, and the old man of Zhao family."

Mayor Jin: "It's weird, these people don't have much contact with each other."

According to the conversation between the two, it can be known that during this period of time, many people in the town have hallucinations one after another, and they have not improved, and the reason cannot be found.

The elders of the Zhu clan saw it and said that someone cast a curse on them.

Mayor Jin and Lao Lu, who is in charge of handling the case, don't quite believe this kind of strange explanation, so they have been investigating the truth.

The two decided to go to the homes of the three newly recruited families first.

Most of the residents in the town live in simple one-story houses. Mayor Jin went into the house to inquire and investigate. Tourists can also follow in, and the items and props placed in the room can also be flipped.

There is a butcher shop in front of Zhu Tuhu's house, and his living quarters in the back. His wife is lying on the back bed, sometimes silent, sometimes humming a local tune.

Butcher Zhu said that he was normal when he went out to pick up pigs in the morning, and he had been selling meat in front since then. His wife didn’t call him to eat as usual at noon.

Mayor Jin and the others visited Lao Ning's house again.

Lao Ning left early, and now there are only Lao Ning's wife and two daughters left in the family. The eldest daughter is already a girl in her twenties, but the youngest daughter is only eight years old this year.

When Mayor Jin went, the eldest daughter was still working outside and did not come back, and Granny Ning took care of the younger daughter in the room.

The little girl was lying on the bed, humming a nursery rhyme, and her symptoms were the same as those of Zhu Tuhu's wife.

Wu Fei walked around Ning's house with other tourists looking for clues, and suddenly found a photo on the bedroom table. The woman in the photo was exactly the same as "Xiaofang".

It seems that Xiaofang is probably the eldest daughter of the Ning family.

Then when she comes here to watch after get off work, she should be able to find her.

Then Mayor Jin and Lao Lu went to visit Mr. Zhao, who was also in the same state.

After leaving Zhao's house, Lao Lu and Mayor Jin returned to the mayor's office.

As soon as they entered the office, the door was locked, and tourists could not follow the office, but could only stand outside the office and listen to them.

Old Lu: "Mayor, there is no clue about this matter yet, what do you plan to do next?"

Old Lu: "How about we go and see the priests of the Zhu clan?"

Mayor Jin said: "Farewell, they are all modern, and they still believe in curses, which makes people laugh."

Mayor Jin: "I guess there is still a problem with the drinking water or the nearby air, soil, and plants. I have invited corresponding experts to come and inspect it, and they will arrive tomorrow."

Old Lu said: "Okay."

It was already four o'clock in the afternoon, and then Mayor Jin stayed in the office to work, while Lao Lu left Mayor Jin's office and returned to his own office not far away.

The tourists watched for a while and saw that the two had no intention of leaving. They knew that the scene on their side had come to an end, so they dispersed.

Wu Fei went back to find Yuan Sanpang, Yuan Sanpang and Yuan Lao were sitting in the downstairs lobby of the "rest your feet" inn.

Xiexiejiao is the name of the inn where Zhang Zhen stayed.

Wu Fei told Yuan Sanpang and Yuan Lao about his experiences, and then asked, "Sanpang, how is Zhang Zhen's side? Where is he now?"

"He went back to sleep." Yuan Sanpang replied, "After he came back from Mayor Jin's house, he passed by a wine shop in front of him, and then went in to buy wine, and used it to relieve his sorrow. While drinking, he performed a one-man show, sang The distress of failing in my exams, the resentment of being rejected by Mayor Jin, etc., and I even inquired about Jin Mudan with the owner of the restaurant."

"It's quite good at doing business here. As long as you buy wine in the wine shop and sit down in the shop, you can pretend to be a customer in the shop and chat with Zhang Zhen."

"Later, when she was almost drunk, Zhang Zhen went back to the inn and entered the room. She should have gone back to sleep."

Earlier, the girl said that there would be a major event at the inn tonight, but the sun has not set yet, so it is obviously not the time yet.

Yuan Sanpang asked: "What are we doing now?"

Wu Fei thought for a while and said: "We are not sure what the status of this checkpoint is. For us, we know that it has been ten years since the accident happened and the town was closed. But we don't know that this checkpoint is currently in the state of accident. The previous time is a kind of 'backtracking'; the accident has happened, but the illusion makes people forget that the accident happened and think that everything is as usual."

"Is there any difference?" Yuan Sanpang asked suspiciously, "Unless we really traveled back ten years ago, what we see now must be an illusion, but we don't know what caused the illusion. Think about it." It's pretty scary."

He said rubbing the goose bumps on his arms.

"The possibility of time travel can basically be ruled out." Wu Fei said, "Time travel cannot explain the origin of the weird fog that prevents us from leaving."

"Let's assume for the time being that all the people we have come into contact with are no longer present on the real timeline, and what we have seen and heard and trapped us here are all 'illusions'. But this 'illusion' We need to study exactly when the scene was created.”

"Have you ever heard of the 'big filter'?"

"The simple understanding of the 'big filter' is to assume that our civilization will inevitably experience a catastrophe that will destroy everything, so the question is whether we have passed the 'big filter' now. If not, then we will inevitably encounter this in the future One catastrophe, we are all destined to be destroyed; if it has been passed, and assuming that there is one and only one 'Great Filter', then the future will continue to move forward."

"This small town can now be understood as a small society where a 'big filter' must exist, and that unknown accident is its 'big filter'."

"If the time point we are experiencing now is repeating the experience of the victims in the small town before the accident, then we know that at some point in the future, a disaster will inevitably occur here. Therefore, we should have beware; if what is experienced now is not a retrospective of what has happened in the past, then what will happen in the future becomes difficult to predict."

"But no matter what, the reason for the 'normal' operation of this town should be hidden in this town. If we find it and crack it, or find a way to get us out of here and return to the real time and space, we should be able to pass the level."

"Since it is an illusion, there must be flaws. Let's dig as much as possible, and we should be able to find it."

"How to find out?" Yuan Sanpang said, "Isn't it impolite to ask 'do you feel that you are actually dead' when you meet someone directly?"

Yuan Sanpang continued: "And we don't know what the accident was, and it doesn't necessarily kill everyone like the big filter you said. Many people may have escaped, and now they are just 'illusions' '."

Wu Fei nodded: "San Pang, what you said makes sense."

"Let's go find that Xiaofang first, and see if we can figure out anything or find any clues," Wu Fei said.

Wu Fei and the others directly asked the innkeeper about the situation of the eldest daughter of the Ning family.

The innkeeper told them that the eldest daughter of the Ning family was indeed named Fang, and she usually worked in a clothing store in the town.

It's not time to get off work, so Wu Fei is going to go directly to the store to find her.

When Wu Fei and the others arrived at the clothing store, they saw a girl who was the same as in the photo standing behind the counter.

Seeing them coming in, Ning Fang raised her head, greeted with a smile, "Are you making clothes?"

Wu Fei suddenly thought that, as an actor, Ning Fang actually didn't know which tourist was "Liu Qing". She actually relied on "Liu Qing" to report her family name, or take out photos as proof.

Thinking of this, Wu Fei pulled Yuan Sanpang out, quickly stuffed the photo into his hand, and then pulled him in again.

Yuan Sanpang didn't realize what he did, and asked in confusion, "Wu Fei, what are you doing?"

Wu Fei had already dragged him to Ning Fang.

"Hello, are you Ning Fang?" Wu Fei said, then pointed to Yuan Sanpang beside him and said, "This is my friend Liu Qing."

Ning Fang: "I am..."

Wu Fei: "I'll tell you that I won't admit my mistake. I've seen you in his photo. Let me introduce you. I'm Liu Qing's friend Chao Ou. I just accompanied him here to find you."

Speaking of this, Wu Fei poked Yuan Sanpang who hadn't reacted yet: "Liu Qing, tell me something, are you stupid when you see people getting excited?"

Yuan Sanpang was already being put on fire at this time, and he rolled his eyes at Wu Fei frantically, while he had no choice but to continue: "Yes...Xiaofang, I came here just to find you and ask if you would like to be with me. Let's get out of here together..."

Xiaofang is worthy of being a professional actor. She saw the photo in Yuan Sanpang's hand, and after confirming the other party's identity, her expression instantly changed to affectionate, sad, and helpless. She looked at Yuan Sanpang with tears in her eyes and said, "Brother Qing, I know Yes, but I told you when I left that I couldn't leave here."

"Why can't you leave this town?" Both Wu Fei and Yuan Sanpang realized that there was key information about this town, but no matter how they asked, Xiaofang didn't say anything, just saying that she couldn't leave.

In the end, Xiaofang became anxious when she was asked, she looked straight at Yuan Sanpang and said, "Brother Qing, don't try to persuade me anymore. Either you go with your friends now, or you stay , stay here and marry me."

Yuan Sanpang was startled when he heard this.

Wu Fei quickly smoothed things over and said, "Marriage is not a trifling matter. Today you are too excited to reunite after a long absence. How about this? I will take Liu Qing back today, let him calm down, and come back to you tomorrow."

Ning Fang nodded, but did not hold back.

Wu Fei and Yuan Sanpang walked out of the clothing store and on the road, Yuan Sanpang remembered what happened just now and was about to yell at Wu Fei when Wu Fei said seriously: "I remember that Liu Qing's personal task is to convince Xiaofang and He left together."

Yuan Sanpang's attention was diverted instantly: "That's right."

Wu Fei said: "So according to the original plot design, if you want to complete this task, you must find out the reason why Xiaofang is unwilling to leave, and solve this problem, and then persuade her to leave."

Yuan Sanpang said: "That's right. But we are not real tourists. Aren't these secrets and reasons all written by the playwright? Even if we find out, will it be useful?"

Yuan Sanpang scratched his face: "I don't think it's useless for us to fight this Xiaofang to the death, it's better to go around more, chat with different actors, and see if we can find out the anomalies in this small town. "

There was one sentence that he was embarrassed to tell Wu Fei, the way that Xiaofang looked at him just now made him feel a little... creepy.

Wu Fei thought for a while and said, "What you said makes sense, but I think it is still useful to follow Xiaofang's line of investigation, including continuing to investigate the truth about the casting of the curse."

"As you said just now, part of the anomalies in this town were created by the scriptwriters and deliberately presented by the drama. These anomalies may be related to the accident and the current anomalies in the town, or they may just be the background of the drama story, which is the same as the current anomalies. Nothing to do."

"But if these are not clarified, they will confuse our judgment and make us unable to distinguish which are deliberately abnormal in the drama and which are real abnormalities, so as to miss clues."

"So we have to investigate everything that is suspicious." Wu Fei finally said.

At this time the sun had already set, and the two of them rushed to the "Xiexiejiao" inn while talking. When they arrived, there were already many tourists standing on the corridor in front of the backyard of the inn. In the evening, Zhang Zhen and Mudan met for the first time.

The backyard of "resting your feet" is not very big and obviously not often taken care of. There are overgrown plants and trees. There is a set of stone benches and tables under the largest tree. There is a pond one or two meters deep.

Some weeds grew beside the pond, and under the darkness of night, the water in the pond was dark and lingering, reflecting thin light, making it hard to see the depth.

At this time, Zhang Zhen had already sobered up. Under the crowd watching, she took a few books and went to the stone bench in the backyard, and began to read.

Not long after, I saw a woman in white slowly crawling out of the pond.

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