bookcurios Chapter 10
Chapter 10
Rows upon rows of high-rise buildings, the elevated light rail shuttles among them, the traffic on the road is flooding, and the streets are crowded with people—this is the mirage that most of the people present are familiar with.
The crowd was thrown on the sidewalk of a bustling commercial street, their ears were filled with the sound of attracting customers from the shop's speakers, and people in groups of threes and twos kept walking by, just like the most common afternoon scene.
Mo Xing looked around, sat down on the ground casually, and said to the others: "I didn't bring a bag, does any of you have water? I'm too tired from beating zombies down there just now, and I'm thirsty."
Among all the people, only Chu Shengjiang was holding the bag in his hand, and he silently took out a bottle of unopened mineral water and handed it to Mo Xing.
Mo Xing took it and unscrewed it, raised his head and gulped down half the bottle, then held up the bottle and handed it to Mu Xuanqing, seeing that he didn't take it, he closed the cap and stuffed it into his pocket.
Seeing that he wasn't nervous at all, Qiao Shuqin couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Mo, those two asked us to find them... How can we find them in such a big city! Did you and Teacher Zheng figure it out?"
But Mo Xing waved his hand: "This is a domain space with a master, and everything is done according to the master's wishes. In this case, it is impossible to predict."
Qiao Shuhua tried to talk to passers-by, but those people seemed to be unable to see her, and even walked right past her, scaring her to run back and hug her sister.
Mo Xing comforted her: "It's okay, everything here is an illusion. That girl can't really build a physical city."
Mu Xuanqing suddenly said, "Only the murderer knows where the body is."
The others were awakened by him, and turned to look for Zhou Xiaowen, but found that he was not here.
The driver still said in a deep voice: "He wasn't there at the beginning. I observed the scene just now when the scene changed."
Mo Xing supported his cheek with one hand on his leg: "He is probably isolated alone, enjoying the 3D scene of hell."
The Qiao family sisters and the men's team couldn't help but shudder when they heard the words.
On the contrary, Zheng Tong cleared his mind and analyzed: "Since the murderer is still at large, they asked us to find the corpse, which means that they should be in a state of being alive and dead in the outside world. If they find their corpse, they can testify against the murderer. But here is Phantom, we can't touch anything, how should we find clues?"
While talking, he stretched out his hand to touch the flower bed beside him, and saw that his hand really penetrated through without touching anything.
At this time, Mu Xuanqing spoke again: "Their real purpose is not to find the corpse."
Everyone else looked at him with puzzled faces, not knowing why he came to this conclusion.
Mo Xing smiled and said, "Mr. Mu still sees it clearly."
Mu Xuanqing glanced at him indifferently, and it was clearly written on his face - didn't you already know it.
Mo Xing shrugged: "Okay, let's stop bragging about business. The three boys from the men's team, please look at that date and think back to what you were doing at this time that day."
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and saw the specific date and time on the electronic clock hanging outside the door of a shop.The three members of the men's team thought about it carefully for a while, and discussed with each other a few more words, confirming that there will be a fan meeting that night, and they should be in the company to make preparations at this time.
"Okay." Mo Xing stood up, "Then let's go to your company first and lead the way."
The three members of the men's team led the group forward.
Soon they discovered that the scenes on both sides were flowing backwards rapidly, allowing them to walk at a speed of tens of yards per hour.Not long after, everyone came to the building where the company of the men's team was located, but they still couldn't touch anything, so they couldn't enter the building.
Mo Xing sat down on the spot again, and said relaxedly: "Wait a while, there is probably information outside the building."
Mu Xuanqing and the driver were calm all the way. Zheng Tong observed the surroundings carefully. Although the three members of the men's team and the Qiao family sisters were uneasy, seeing Mo Xing so leisurely, they gradually calmed down.
Everyone waited quietly.
Chu Shengjiang also suddenly shortened his body, squatted down beside Mo Xing, and asked softly: "Mr. Mo, the queen who became a ghost... is the same as the one before her death?"
Mo Xing turned his head to look at him, seeing his nervous face, he couldn't help but smile gently.However, what he said shocked everyone's worldview once again.
"No, people and ghosts are not the simple difference between life and death. Ghosts cannot be simply understood as the state of people after death."
Mo Xing flipped his right hand, and took out the white jade hairpin out of nowhere, playing with it back and forth in his hand, while explaining slowly.
"Humans have three souls and seven souls. Under normal circumstances, the seven souls will not leave the body, and will dissipate when the body dies. The three souls are later, generally dissipating after 49 days in seven days, so the soul can still be summoned within seven days. After seven, it is almost impossible to recruit.
"However, there are also some people who did not rest in peace. The huge obsessions left behind bind the three souls, preventing them from dissipating naturally. This forms ghosts. Ghosts and people in life have similarities in consciousness, which is due to the three souls. , but the essence is still that obsession. Therefore, it can be said that the ghost is both the person and not the person.”
Xie Chu, Pei Huaining, and the sisters of the Qiao family were a little confused, but Chu Shengjiang showed a mixed look of sadness and joy.
Zheng Tong thought about it carefully, and continued: "So that's the case. No wonder Mr. Mu said just now that 'their real purpose is not to find corpses'."
Mo Xing nodded: "They have been in the dark during their relationship with Zhou Xiaowen, and in the end they were quietly killed and thrown away by Zhou Xiaowen. It is their obsession to expose these things. Now we are live broadcasting, and through the live broadcast, let Thousands of viewers saw the original situation, which is their real purpose. Only in this way, they can 'peace their eyes'."
At this time, the driver reminded: "The person who appeared in the building should be Zhou Xiaowen."
The others hurriedly turned their heads to look, and sure enough, they saw a person wearing a hat, sunglasses and a mask came out of the building and was quickly turning towards the alley beside the building. His figure was indeed similar to Zhou Xiaowen.
Mo Xing stood up and said, "Follow. Don't worry, the people in the phantom can't see us."
I don't know if he got up too fast, but he staggered suddenly, and Mu Xuanqing, who had been following him all the time, calmly supported his elbows to stabilize him.
Mo Xing turned his head and smiled at him, not being polite, he stood up with his strength, and walked out first.
The crowd followed Zhou Xiaowen in front through several alleys with seven bends and eight turns, and saw the woman in green waiting for him in an alley, holding two lunch boxes in her hands.
Zhou Xiaowen walked up to her quickly, reached out to take off his sunglasses, and said impatiently: "Didn't I tell you not to come to me, I will come to you in two days."
The woman in green timidly handed over the lunch box, smiled flatteringly and said, "I made you some snacks you like. Today is my birthday, didn't you promise to accompany me..."
Zhou Xiaowen reached out to take the lunch box, and said angrily: "I'm going to the fan meeting later, I must be late tonight."
"It doesn't matter if it's late, I can wait..."
Zhou Xiaowen seemed to think for a moment, then suddenly his attitude changed, and he stretched out his hand to pinch the hand of the woman in green: "That's fine, I'll find you when it's over."
The two whispered a few more words, and Zhou Xiaowen quickly left with the lunch box.The woman in green watched him leave before turning and walking in another direction.
Mo Xing: "Let's follow her."
Everyone followed behind the woman in green.
Chu Shengjiang sighed: "I still remember those two lunch boxes. The duck neck and pig ears that Zhou Xiaowen brought back that day were delicious. He said they were given by his fans, and he secretly took them away from his manager."
Xie Chu then sighed: "I really didn't expect him to be such a person."
Pei Huaining asked, "Huh? I thought you knew..."
"Ah?" Xie Chu was stunned, "What do you mean 'I know'?"
Pei Huaining said with some embarrassment: "I happened to bump into you and Zhou Xiaowen talking in the stairwell once, and I heard you telling him to keep a distance from his fans..."
"So you said that." Xie Chu was helpless, "I found out that he was ambiguous with several fans at the same time, and also received gifts and money from others. If this matter is exposed, our entire group will definitely be scolded. But I really didn't know that he didn't sleep enough to suck blood, and he actually killed people."
Qiao Shuqin suddenly interjected, "Why...it's a bit like the story in our story card..."
While they were talking, they followed the woman in green back to an old building.The dilapidated place here is not at all like any place in a big city. There is also the word "demolition" written on the building. It should be waiting for demolition. It seems that almost no one is still living in it.
This time, the phantom did not stay outside the building.As soon as the surrounding scenes changed, everyone followed the woman in green into her small home with one bedroom and one living room, watching her happily tidy up the place and prepare.
In the middle of the night, Zhou Xiaowen came over in full armor.After eating the cake sweetly, the two walked into the room hugging each other again.
"Uh..." Qiao Shuhua turned his head a little embarrassedly, "I won't show it on the spot..."
"No." Mo Xing said, "The critical point is coming soon."
Sure enough, there was a momentary blur in front of everyone's eyes, and the time was fast forwarded for a while.The two people in the room came out to take a bath separately, and the woman in green was still fully dressed and planned to send Zhou Xiaowen downstairs.
At this time, Zhou Xiaowen asked the woman in green for money, but the woman in green looked embarrassed, struggled for a while and refused.Zhou Xiaowen immediately scolded with a long face, and the woman in green was not too happy, and argued in a low voice.
Gradually, the quarrel between the two escalated, and the woman in green began to show the evidence she had kept about Zhou Xiaowen's relationship with her and taking money, demanding that he either pay back the money or disclose their relationship.
Zhou Xiaowen seemed to have been touched against the scales suddenly, and his expression became ferocious. He slapped the woman in green with his hands, knocked her down to the ground, and threw his hands on her neck...
When the enraged Zhou Xiaowen woke up, the woman in green was limp on the ground and breathless.
He panicked all of a sudden, but quickly regained his composure. He entered the room and took a sheet to wrap him up, and then carefully tidied up the room to erase the traces of his presence.Then in the middle of the night, he carried the corpse and walked out the door, without even a trace of disorder in his steps.