In the night, shadowy pedestrians appeared on the streets of Qinggang Satellite City No. 2.
After the crisis was over, the people who had been hiding in the underground shelter carefully walked out, holding their children and supporting their significant other, and walked towards their homes under the dim street lights. Some people will stay until the next morning out of caution, but there are also some who are impatient or have things to do at home, so they go home before dawn.
Many times in life, there are more disasters than disasters.
What you do the next day is far more important than what just happened.
"Then let's eat here?"
Lu Xin, No. 8, and the old security guard walked through the crowd returning home in silence.
The orphanage couldn't be empty, so the innocent Teacher Lu didn't follow him out. This was a party for the three of them.
In the night wind, they wrapped their coats tightly and no one spoke.
It's late at night and it's just after the crisis, so it's not easy to find a place to eat.
However, it happened that when they arrived here, they saw the owner of the restaurant, who had just returned from the shelter and opened the door of the restaurant. Before they could ask, the owner saw what they meant and immediately enthusiastically invited them into the store.
"You want to eat, right?"
"Come on, come on..."
"Why is it too late?"
The boss was very generous. "When guests come to eat, they are hungry. Since they are hungry, how can they not cook?"
What a warm and friendly boss...
Lu Xin sighed.
He realized that this was because his fantasy power about the city had not disappeared, which was why he had this special enthusiasm.
He was originally thinking about whether he should quietly remove the "illusion" power from the boss first, so as not to let others suffer from this abnormal enthusiasm. Then he saw the boss move a small mazza and sit next to the counter to choose small fried meat.
Throw it into the trash can piece by piece.
"This is..."
Lu Xin asked curiously.
"Oh, guest, you don't know..."
The boss said with a penitent look, "In the past, I mixed sour meat with fresh meat and fried it. When serving it, I added more salt and cumin. Most people can't eat it anyway. At most, I will have diarrhea when I go home, and it can't kill anyone, right?"
"But just now, I suddenly figured out that in life, you should compare your feelings with your own, and you can't do this in business..."
"So I picked out the bad ones first and cooked them for you..."
"..."
Lu Xin couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and secretly gave up the idea of withdrawing the power of "fantasy".
At least wait until you finish the meal before withdrawing...
"It's okay. Take a look at the menu and order whatever you like..."
Seeing the boss enter the kitchen, Lu Xin enthusiastically pushed the menu to No. 8 and the old security guard.
Now he is really generous.
After all, every time he performs a cleaning task, it means that he will receive a large sum of money.
Especially this time, what I have to solve is a world-class pollution...
How much does it cost?
In the past, I had already asked Qinggang how much money he would get for this task.
But this time, he was cautious and didn't ask for the time being.
Because he understood that Qinggang probably had no idea about such a large amount of pollution. They themselves didn't know how much money they should give themselves. They asked in a hurry, and they might fool themselves by just giving the amount, so it was better to give each other some time to think about it.
"Order..."
Seeing Lu Xin's relaxed expression and enthusiastic expression, No. 8 and the old security guard felt a little uneasy.
They couldn't understand, and they didn't know why Lu Xin suddenly wanted to take them to have a midnight snack.
Before the atmosphere turned cold, the old security guard acted calmly. He coughed lightly and took the menu.
"Old vinegar peanuts, cut salted duck eggs into a plate, and... get a bottle of white wine, it's better."
"..."
After saying that, he pushed the menu to No. 8 and looked at Lu Xin calmly, with an expression that seemed a little resigned to death.
"White wine, even better..."
Lu Xin twitched the corner of his mouth, but didn't say anything. He asked No. 8: "What do you want?"
No. 8 just glanced at the menu lazily, feeling depressed all the time. He shook his head and said, "There is nothing I want to eat."
Lu Xin suddenly frowned. "Then what do you want to eat?"
The food in this restaurant is already very expensive, and the boss has picked out the bad meat, right?
No. 8 was still a little listless and said lazily, "The stinky tofu braised noodles last time was good. It would be better if it had more meat sprouts."
"?"
Lu Xin didn't react at once.
When I invited No. 8 to dinner for the first time, he really wolfed down the food and looked like he was enjoying it.
At that time, I thought he was crazy from hunger, or was deliberately acting natural in front of me.
Unexpectedly, he is actually really good at this?
He was startled for a moment, then nodded and said, "It's okay, I still have a few bags of bean curd there, a specialty of Black Marsh City."
"I originally wanted to share it with my friends, but I really can't finish it. I might as well bring it all to you later."
"There's no meat sprouts. You have to buy some meat yourself to raise them."
"..."
Number 8 nodded obediently, looking uninterested.
Lu Xin added two more vegetables, meat.
Then, next to a small table covered with grease, three men waited silently for the boss to serve the food.
The old security guard's white wine and salted duck eggs were served first. They were indeed good wines and actually had labels on them.
He glanced at No. 8 and Lu Xin, and without asking, directly took the wine glasses to him and No. 8, and poured a glass for each of them.
The three of them picked up the glasses silently, with no intention of clinking their glasses.
They just sipped the spicy wine and thought about what was in their hearts.
Lu Xin As the inviter, he is most worried at this time.
The family members were tired and had already gone back, so at this time, I was facing these two people with the most primitive attitude.
There was no one to discuss with, so he was extremely cautious when speaking, and first sorted it out slowly in his mind.
After being silent for a while, No. 8 spoke first, "Is it really solved?"
"Yes."
Lu Xin put down the cup, slowly glanced at No. 8, and said, "Sword Bearer is dead."
It can be clearly seen that No. 8's palms trembled.
The old security guard next to him had a slightly incredulous expression on his face, and immediately lowered his head.
Lu Xin continued to look at No. 8 and said, "In addition, there is something wrong with Sword Bearer. There is also something wrong with Midnight Court that you were following before. Sword Bearer was close to being out of control at the end, and Midnight Court... is full of dead people!"
In such a small shop full of oil fumes, the atmosphere suddenly became a bit cold and hard.
Lu Xin tried to make his words easy to understand. "You can understand that the real Sword Bearer no longer has a core."
"His spirit has been killed, so all that's left alive is a walking corpse."
"No. 8, before, you were just following the orders of this walking zombie and acting mechanically."
"I think that your trials have become more and more extreme in a short period of time, which is also related to the state of Sword Bearer."
"..."
No. 8 was holding the wine glass tightly at this time, his face became paler, and he was sweating.
Lu Xin was worried that he wouldn't believe it, so he whispered, "His Mental Palace is in the wilderness outside. You can go and see it."
"Of course, remember to apply with the Special Purity Department in Qinggang first. This is the rule."
"..."
"No..."
No. 8 suddenly shook his head, with a tangled expression on his face. "Actually, I should have thought of it a long time ago..."
"When I got Xiaolu's confession at first, I didn't take it too seriously. Because I thought I could persuade Midnight Court to change the trial. But it wasn't until I received no answer to my countless prayers that I discovered..."
"..."
Having said this, he didn't say any more.
But it was obvious that he had connected his previous experiences with the current results and had figured something out.
Perhaps, he had already discovered that something was wrong with the problem, but he just had no way to verify it.
"No. 8, if you are willing, you can investigate with Qinggang Special Purity Department. What happened with Midnight Court is very strange. I also want to know what happened. If I have your cooperation, then I think maybe the secret of Midnight Court will be found faster..."
Lu Xin Seeing that No. 8 had accepted this fact, he patiently persuaded No. 8 with gentle words.
Midnight Court This world-class pollution has been solved.
But this time, he did not feel as relaxed as before after solving the pollution.
On the contrary, after the pollution was solved, more strange things were discovered, which caused the worry in my heart to never go away.
This is why he came back and found No. 8 right away.
If he doesn't unlock the secret behind Midnight Court, he won't be able to truly feel at ease.
Moreover, this worry is not because of himself, but because he is worried that this uneasiness will affect his family.
"Cooperate with them to find the secret of Midnight Court?"
On No. 8's face, expressions of surprise, indifference, and annoyance flashed successively. After listening to Lu Xin's words, he drank a glass of wine silently, and suddenly looked up, his eyes trembling slightly. "You brought me here just to tell me this?"
"..."
When he said these words, his eyes looked straight, and the hair on his forehead hung wetly in front of his eyes.
"No..."
Lu Xin faced No. 8's eyes and was slightly startled, understanding what No. 8 was thinking.
Shaking his head slightly, he looked at No. 8 and said, "I asked you to come over because there are some things I must make clear to you."
As he spoke slowly, his tone became very firm, as if it was a warning:
"Don't go to Teacher Lu or anyone else in the future, and don't try to bring other polluting forces to Qinggang."
"..."
"..."
No. 8 saw the power in Lu Xin's eyes, his pupils shrank slightly, and he listened indifferently.
"No. 8, or Xu Jing."
Lu Xin looked at him calmly and said, "I think there is nothing wrong with you not letting go of the orphanage."
"But there's one thing you're really wrong about..."
After a slight pause, his tone increased and he said in a deep voice, "You should have asked me directly from the beginning!"
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