Fog Formula-Warning Book of Fog City Search Chief's Strange Talk

"Are you... still looking for answers?"

The white-haired boy was dumb, he looked at Shenxiu in a daze. This didn't seem like such an unexpected answer, but it was so surprising when it came from Jian Shenxiu's mouth.

"Yeah, it's surprising, isn't it?"

Seeing that Shenxiu smiled, that smile seemed to be laughing at himself, but in the dark shadows, it looked extraordinarily cold, with traces of ferocity.

"The search bureau that is fighting against weirdness actually doesn't know what it is fighting against. In this huge Yukimizawa, maybe someone knows, but..."

That tone seemed to be loathing, hating, or angry at some existence in the shadows.

"At least that person is not me."

"..."

This made Nanami and Gong silent. The first half of Jian Shenxiu's sentence was shocking enough, but the real deep meaning was hidden in the second half, which made him feel cold. There are too many mysteries and threats about the fog, but as Jian Shenxiu hinted - even in this case, the city is still full of factions, not monolithic.

As the top leader of the organization investigating the fog, Jian Shenxiu is already the absolute leader in the city, but he is still not the person who knows the fog best in the city. Even for him, this city still hides many secrets for him.

There are always two fogs in Xuejianze, one is hidden in the deep and remote shadows, weird and mysterious; the other is absurd and gloomy, hidden in the hearts of weird and weird people.

However, this supposedly frightening fog made Qihai and Gong's heart skip a beat, and the words fog and weird grew like weeds in his heart. It was as if an unknown world had opened up before him. He still doesn't know much about these [truths], but through that door he seems to catch the tail of something.

That is something called [meaning] hidden behind that mist.

"In fact, very few people know that before Yongye, Xue Jianze has already started to spread many strange stories. It was only after Yongye that these things really entered people's field of vision."

Seeing Shenxiu walking in front, he said quietly.

"Looking through some past materials, sometimes people doubt whether the eternal night five years ago was a natural disaster, or a man-made disaster. Or both."

"Mr. Jianshen means..." Qihai and Gong heard that his pupils shrank.

His heart was shocked, this is not an ordinary accusation, if Jian Shenxiu's words are true, it will be an earth-shaking event for the citizens of Xue Jian Ze! The coming of Eternal Night completely changed the city, and everyone thought it was a natural disaster of doom.

But now someone actually stood up and declared that this incident was actually a man-made disaster!

"The coming of the eternal night, could it be a man-made disaster?"

"I didn't say that. If you want to talk about man-made disasters, it's probably just that some people provoked something that shouldn't be provoked, or released something that shouldn't be released." Jian Shenxiu shook his head.

"But...it's not convenient for me to tell you the confidential things, but I can talk about some things that are not secret."

Seeing Shenxiu's eyes move slightly, he mentioned some details of the past.

"As I said just now, before the eternal night came, there were already many strange stories circulating in Xue Jianze, but they hadn't reached a large scale at the time. And when the eternal night came, the first batch of special effects drugs for mutant creatures, It was not developed on-site, but pulled directly from the warehouse."

"this means……"

Qi Haihe Gong immediately understood what Jian Shenxiu meant, and the words came out of his mouth.

"It doesn't matter what the reason is for them to study these drugs. At least it means that people have been researching these drugs long before the eternal night comes!"

"Yes." Jian Shenxiu nodded, "Even if they don't know what will happen in the future, they are still studying these things. It shows that they have a special understanding of weirdness. Even NAVI's perception of weirdness is inherited their data."

"..."

Qihai and Gong felt chills on their backs, as if they had suddenly fallen into some huge conspiracy.

"Just listen to these things. These are not classified. But it's best to forget them when you wake up tomorrow."

Looking at the boy's expression, he saw that Shenxiu already knew what he was thinking, so he frowned and reminded.

"The Eternal Night incident five years ago changed too many things. I know you are that kind of person, but at least you should know that your life belongs to you."

"What kind of person?" The boy was taken aback.

"Firefighter. It's not a formal name, but just a popular name for a certain type of people within the search bureau."

Jian Shenxiu explained.

"Xuejianze was suddenly closed by fog five years ago, but this is a seaport city. Before the closure, the city had developed tourism and commerce. Naturally, such a city has many floating population whose families are not here. Some of them just work here, some of them just go to school here, some of them just come here for tourism—”

"Then in that eternal night, these people lost their wealth, relatives and even everything as a matter of course. Many of them failed to survive the eight-month chaotic period, and those who survived were often afraid of the fog and weirdness. With an extraordinary passion."

"They want to go back." Jian Shenxiu said silently.

"They want to end this chaos. Xuejianze is not their hometown for them. They must go back and return to the life they used to live."

"This..." Qihai and Gong blinked. "I'm not……"

"A firefighter literally refers to a person who fanatically chases the fog. Even knowing the danger, he still jumps into it like a moth to a flame."

Seeing that Shenxiu interrupted him, he explained directly.

"But it's often not just for the pure reason [of curiosity] to do such crazy things. They often have more and deeper reasons for chasing the fog, just like the kind of people I just said. They want to Take back their lives."

Seeing Shenxiu talking, he set his eyes on the young man in front of him.

"There is this one, and naturally there are other reasons. For example, some people are looking for the meaning of living because they are too confused in life. After many choices, they finally set their goal on weirdness."

"..."

Qihai and Gong stopped talking, and for some reason in the dark environment, Shenxiu's eyes looked so hot and dazzling, as if he had seen through all the calm and pretense.

“The word [meaning] is very important to human beings. Sometimes, human beings pursue it.”

"It will be even crazier than I imagined."