Erjiang. Zheng Yutong had planned to catch the poster and then deal with the winged fog, but now it seemed unnecessary.
The school made it very clear on the phone that the army searched the entire quarantined village but found no living people, not even a body.
The villagers, hundreds of soldiers, Elder Xue and the scientists, and Li Wei.
They all seemed to have vanished into thin air.
It's gone!
"What should we do?" Xue Yan was in a terrible mood. Her grandfather was missing, and now Li Wei was in the same situation. Although Zheng Yutong repeatedly emphasized that Li Wei would not die so easily, she still couldn't stop worrying about it.
"Continue with Li Wei's plan!" Zheng Yutong was equally at a loss, and now the only thing she could do was find something to distract herself.
They chose the rooftop of a small apartment building next to the fake address, a single-story building. From this location, they could overlook an area 3 kilometers away from Nuan Chaohong. For the two reincarnators, doing these things was not difficult at all.
At the usual spot in the morning, a black sedan stopped downstairs at the building where the fake address was located.
Two people got out of the car.
They turned out to be two blond, blue-eyed foreigners.
Zheng Yutong and Xue Yan immediately became alert. When the two people furtively approached the door of the fake address, they were certain that these two were their targets.
Zheng Yutong and Xue Yan exchanged a glance, and then, as if falling, jumped off the apartment building without attracting anyone's attention.
The area was already remote, and with the sun shining so brightly, pedestrians only felt two dark shadows flash overhead, but when they tried to look up, they couldn't see anything.
Ordinary people have absolutely no ability to resist when facing reincarnators. Before the two people who got out of the car could react, Zheng Yutong and Xue Yan each knocked them unconscious.
When the two unlucky souls woke up, they found themselves in an empty room, their hands and feet bound with ropes, and four people standing in front of them.
Four people wearing masks.
"Who are you? Damn it, let us go!"
These were two foreigners. When Zheng Yutong first saw them, she was quite startled. Could it be that the "An Hei" person Li Wei mentioned who posted the message was one of these two?
Regardless, the questions that need to be asked should still be asked.
"Was that post on the Dark Apocalypse Website posted by you? Which of you is 'An Hei'?"
The two foreigners were visibly taken aback upon hearing this, and tentatively asked, "Who are you, Qing?"
We definitely didn't arrest the wrong person!
Zheng Yutong, Xue Yan, and the other two exchanged a knowing smile. However, the two foreigners then showed expressions of relief.
"Great, now that we've met you, Qing, our mission is complete. I have a paper bag in my pocket containing something for you, 7. Since you are Qing, take the things and let us go!"
What's the meaning?
Zheng Yutong and the other three looked at each other, unable to guess what the two foreigners were up to, but judging from their expressions, it didn't seem like they were acting.
Sure enough, a yellow brown paper bag was taken out from the man's clothes. Inside, there was a disk and a cassette tape.
Xue Yan immediately dialed a number. After arresting the two foreigners, they immediately used their connections to investigate their backgrounds. Now, Xue Yan was asking about this matter.
On the other end of the phone was the head of the Foreign Residents Administration Bureau, who was also one of Elder Xue's disciples. Naturally, he handled Xue Family matters extremely efficiently and quickly sent over the information of the two foreigners.
"Paul Roll, nationality, previously imprisoned in his home country for theft, entered the country a month ago,"
"Michel Roland, a citizen who had previously been arrested and imprisoned in his home country for robbery and intentional assault, entered the country a month ago," Xiao said.
Two scumbags, criminals?
It's safe to say that both of them are complete computer illiterate, which clearly contradicts Li Wei's description of a top-tier hacker as "An Hei."
What exactly happened? Zheng Yutong was completely confused. Perhaps the cassette tape in the brown paper bag could clear up her doubts.
They took out the player, put the tape in, and soon a strange voice came out of the speaker. It was speaking English. Zheng Yutong and Xue Yan were both well-educated and could understand it, but Luo Cheng and Chen Dali could only stare at each other blankly.
Hello, I am "An Hei".
"Qing, let's call you that for now. The fact that you can hear this tape means that even if you're not a reincarnator, you're still a very capable person. Your deliberate alteration of user information with the internet service provider was a truly impressive move, but unfortunately, I saw through it. Your ability to do that really surprises me, which is why I'm willing to get to know you..."
"The afternoon appointment is canceled. In fact, you and I both know we won't be meeting there. I'm sorry, we can't actually meet for now because you Reincarnators possess power beyond that of ordinary people, as you can see from how easily you subdued these two foreign criminals. Okay, let's get to the point. These two are insignificant little people; you can ignore them. As for why I know about the existence of Reincarnators and why I'm interested in you, that disc will basically satisfy your curiosity."
"Qing, if you are a reincarnator, then you are the first reincarnator I have encountered. The other reincarnators could not give me what I want. I hope you are the one I am looking for."
The sound stopped playing here.
Who exactly is this "An Hei"?
If Li Wei were here, he would be amazed by the other party's scheming and ability. Unfortunately, neither Zheng Yutong nor Xue Yan seemed to care much about this matter.
The two foreigners have been taken away by Xue Yan's men for a more detailed investigation. According to the agent who took them away, they will definitely find information about the instigator.
Zheng Yutong didn't care much about this. Perhaps if Li Wei were here, he would be concerned about what this so-called "An Hei" was. But at this moment, she only cared about Li Wei's safety.
But now, it seems she has no other choice but to watch that disc.
She opened her laptop, inserted the CD, and began to examine its contents. The CD contained a lot of information and pictures, some of which were even newspaper photos from the 1950s.
These things were scattered and disorganized, but they gave Zheng Yutong and Xue Yan the illusion that they had seen them somewhere before.
Wait a minute, isn't this very similar to Li Li's information?
Upon closer inspection, it was indeed so!
Although the content is different, both are arranged chronologically, collecting many seemingly chaotic and bizarre events. Of course, this "An Hei" collection is much more comprehensive than Li Wei's.
And it's even more "absurd".
Too much information can be overwhelming, especially such disorganized material. Zheng Yutong understood two or three parts of it, Xue Yan only understood one part, while Luo Cheng and Chen Dali had no idea what the information meant.
Compared to these things, a few high-resolution photos attracted more attention.
"These... these are the satellite photos Li Wei was recording, right?" Xue Yan stared at the photos in astonishment. She, who rarely showed much emotion, had wide eyes, clearly shocked by what she saw in the photos.
The photo was taken by a satellite at a distance of about 50 kilometers above the ground, so it's not very clear, but the black dots distributed on the surface are reminiscent of something.
Black fog!
Even Chen Dali, who isn't usually very bright, thought of it.
The black fog was densely distributed across the entire surface of the earth. Most of it was over the ocean, but some was on land, resembling a giant honeycomb briquette.
Below the photograph are some captions. "The first blackout appeared fifty years ago, about 1,000 kilometers off the coast of a certain American country. Its appearance caused the disappearance of hundreds of ships over the next few decades."
It must have been the work of that "An Hei" organization.
"Then, every 5 years, another patch of black fog would appear. But just two months ago, the number of black fog appearances increased and the time intervals became shorter. Now, on average, every 2 hours, a patch of black fog with an area of about?? kilometers will appear."
"The area where the black fog forms should be avoided by strangers; to date, there is still no relevant research or explanation."
While others might not know, Xue Yan turned deathly pale when she saw these photos and words. No one else had witnessed the power of the black mist, but she had personally experienced its terror.
This black mist appeared fifty years ago?
The news shocked her deeply. In that instant, many thoughts flashed through her mind: missing planes, missing ships, ghost realms, mysterious areas, Bermuda...
No one spoke throughout the entire process, until all the photos had been viewed.
They didn't know what to say. They had originally lived in this world and had become reincarnators; they thought this was how their lives would continue.
Who would have thought that such a huge hidden danger was lurking behind this wonderful life?
Because on the last photo, there was a line of text written on it.
"At the current rate, Empress Li, the black fog will engulf the entire world!"
In the building next door, there's a room with thick curtains hanging in the window.
Inside the room sat a young man with short, choppy hair, wearing a baggy T-shirt and large black-rimmed glasses, looking like a typical nerdy guy.
At that moment, he was thoughtfully writing something in a notebook. If you looked closely, you could see that he was wearing an earpiece, through which you could hear the voices of two men and two women talking.
After a long while, when the four people from the opposite apartment building came out, he took off his headphones and muttered, "Qing, didn't she come? But judging from the looks of it, these four should also be reincarnators. Now, the plan will have to be changed."
That's right, he was eavesdropping. Even if the target was four reincarnators, they probably wouldn't have noticed that there was a miniature listening device in that tape.
He leaned back on the sofa and stretched. The room he had rented for less than half a day was covered with photos, including one of Li Wei. In addition, there was even a photo of Guo Jian, the police chief who had been killed by Li Wei.
Without exception, the people in the photos are all reincarnated beings. Some are Chinese, and some are foreigners.
A phone rang, and the young man took his phone out of his pocket, looked at the number, and answered it.
The voice on the other end of the phone was very deep, and it only said one sentence.
The black mist in the "An Hei" area dissipated on its own!
The young man's expression changed several times in an instant.
"The black mist can actually dissipate on its own? This isn't a coincidence. Wait a minute, that... it seems to have entered this area of black mist, right?"
As if he had just thought of something, the young man's face lit up with excitement. He quickly took out his phone and made a call.
"Notify the Ministry of Public Security to issue an arrest warrant for the criminal Li Wei, male, ID number 'Long live Li Wei.' The charge? Uh, just say he murdered Police Chief Guo Jian. Hmm! He absolutely cannot be harmed. Yes, I want him alive, and I need to see him as soon as possible. The Xue Family? Heh, don't worry about them. This is a matter of national security. If they object, use the presidential decree. Also, prepare a helicopter for me." No matter what, even if it costs me my life, I will prevent this catastrophe from happening to Tianhou!