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

"The information can probably be consolidated."

After about half a day of investigation, Jian Shenxiu seemed to feel that the collection of information was enough for the time being, so he took Markesias to a corner and walked to a secluded path. After looking around for a while, the two found a roadside bench and wiped it off, preparing to take a rest.

Seeing that Shenxiu then turned his head, he motioned for Markesias to take out the tablet from the bag.

"The investigation just now has verified a lot of my guesses."

"Well, here."

Marksias nodded immediately, took out the tablet and pen from the bag and handed them to him. Then he sat sideways beside Jian Shenxiu. Waiting to see Shenxiu's follow-up orders.

"We just interviewed a dozen residents here, including the service industry, catering industry and transportation. Judging from the information we have investigated..."

Seeing that Shenxiu took over the computer, he began to sketch on it, thinking while writing, sorting out his thoughts.

"At least we have verified the following facts."

"First, from the traffic records, this place is really in decline. There are almost no tourists in the off-season. There are no traffic records of a large number of outsiders entering at night."

"Yes! Traffic records can best reflect the flow of people!" Markesias' eyes lit up, and he immediately understood the intention of meeting Shenxiu.

"Since there is no large influx of outsiders at night, if there are abnormal crowds gathered here at night, it must be the work of locals!"

"That's right." Jian Shenxiu nodded with a serious expression, "Now it is equivalent to ruling out the possibility that the abnormal temperature is caused by outsiders. But it also means... the suspicion of these local people has increased."

"Um."

At the mention of this, Markesias' expression became a little more serious, and his eyes became more wary when he looked around.

"Secondly, what was mentioned in the previous report by the investigators is that there is an abnormal consumption of goods in this tourist area, which is indeed true."

Jian Shenxiu thought about it, then wrote on the tablet.

"Several stores we visited have found that they prepare a large amount of goods every day. But now is the off-season, and normal commercial consumption is far from the amount they prepare every day. And the strange thing is--when they prepare every day Even though so many materials have been consumed and all of them are consumed, no one can explain what they are consuming, and everyone is at a loss when they mention this..."

Seeing that Shenxiu paused at this point, he gently placed the pen on the keyboard, his eyelids drooped slightly, covering up the red glow at the bottom of his pupils.

"During this period, I used some special means to confirm that they were not lying—at least they didn't think they were lying subjectively. In other words, they really didn't know where the things they prepared went, and they didn't know why they were lying. To prepare for these things. But still do these preparations subconsciously."

"They were manipulated?" Marchesias was shocked. "What is manipulating them to do all this?"

"No, it doesn't look like manipulation." Seeing that Shenxiu frowned, he didn't agree with the young man's guess, "If it was manipulation, the traces are still obvious, and I should be able to see it during the investigation. I can't see it yet. As for the specific reason, we can only roughly guess that it is a mental influence.”

"Is that so..." Markesias lowered his head and seemed a little hesitant.

"But this is very troublesome, because it is difficult for us to distinguish when these local people are safe and when they are dangerous. They may be ordinary people one second, and become enemies the next second."

"Indeed, it is indeed a bit tricky. This is the third point, there may be a spiritual impact." Jian Shenxiu nodded, a little silent.

"If something is really interfering with them, making them take these actions against their subjective wishes. It is difficult for us to distinguish what behavior is their initiative and what behavior is after they are influenced."

Speaking of this, seeing Shenxiu seemed to have a headache, and the movements of his hands paused for a while.

"We don't even have a way to tell when they're trustworthy and when they're the enemy. The unknown is the scariest thing."

"Then what should we do next? If we don't know anything about the enemy's abilities, it will be difficult to find an angle to cut in."

"Let's just assume it's a kind of mental ability." Jian Shenxiu held his chin and said thoughtfully.

"Then we must first determine its manipulation medium and transmission method to prevent us from being inadvertently recruited. The second is its control strength and control range, to what extent this kind of mental interference affects people, and how large it is."

"Manipulating the media and the way of communication are not yet visible. In terms of intensity, we can only see that it affects people's subconscious mind, and has done some tricks in places where people are not subjectively aware. But this effect seems to be very stubborn, even if Even if they are reminded, they will not take the initiative to break it, but will avoid thinking about this issue. In terms of scope, the entire resort, most of the people we visited, have more or less displayed a certain degree of symptoms.”

"To be honest, this is quite an astonishing range." Jian Shenxiu said this with unconcealable shock, "The scale of this resort is definitely not small, including the surrounding forest area, the entire resort will be equivalent to several The sum of the blocks. If everyone in such a large area is affected, then the scope of this weird influence will be unprecedented."

The entire resort, the nearby forested area, and even the adjacent St. Paul's Beach—even with Jian Shenxiu's understanding of weirdness, he has never seen a weirdness that can affect such a wide area. He himself is also an expert in this field. Even though these victims' performances are not very deep, such a large-scale mental impression can still be described by the word "terrifying".

"Do you want to forcibly evacuate everyone in this resort?" Hearing this, Markesias also realized the seriousness of the situation. He looked at Jian Shenxiu's eyes and became worried, and his words were full of worry.

"Get everyone out of the area before things get any worse?"

"No." However, this seemingly reasonable proposal was flatly rejected by Jian Shenxiu, who directly denied:

"We now know too little about this kind of spiritual influence, and we don't even know its transmission medium and transmission method. Blind action will only scare the enemy, and may lead to more serious consequences."

What if these people suddenly rioted after they withdrew? What if the weirdness left behind them, and these people went mad or even died during the forceful evacuation? Now that we know too little, I really don't know how far this weirdness can go.

"Don't rush in for the time being." Seeing that Shenxiu frowned, he finally shook his head, "Although we found out that this was only two months ago, according to the survey feedback, this legend has been circulating in the local area for a long time, but we discovered it relatively late .”

"And during this period, since there have been no deaths or disappearances, it's better not to break the status quo casually."

"Then... what should we do next?" Markesias was also confused. The hooded boy looked at Jian Shenxiu suspiciously, unable to figure out how to proceed next.

"No matter how weird the enemy is, its control strength must have a limit."

Seeing that Shenxiu was thinking, he raised his hand and called up the map of the resort on the tablet, and spent a whole circle on the map. Then I collected all the photos taken by the micro-camera along the way, and began to mark the location on the map. Trying to find commonalities between them.

"Even if it is weird, it is impossible to affect such a large area completely out of thin air and in one step. Then if you want to achieve the current effect..."

Jian Shenxiu flipped through the photos one by one, trying to remember if there was anything he had overlooked.

"There must be some kind of [medium], but we haven't found out what this [medium] is yet."

"..."

There was a moment of silence between the two, seeing that Shenxiu was frowning and thinking about the angle of breaking the situation, and Markesias also kept silent tacitly, not disturbing his thoughts.

"No, there is too little information now."

After thinking for a while, Jian Shenxiu still couldn't find what he was looking for from the group of photos. He sighed and concluded:

"In this case, we can't trust the locals too much, so we can only investigate by ourselves. We still need to collect further information. Since the report mentioned that the abnormal heat appeared at night, we can wait until night to take a look. What will happen to this place at night?"

"The next step is to determine what this possible [medium] is."

Seeing that Shenxiu was finalized, he quickly wrote down the next action plan on the tablet.

"Then, find a way to determine the intensity and intensity of this impact. Finally..."

When he said this, his eyes narrowed, with a dangerous look.

"It is necessary to investigate what role the hotel and the Asahi Group played in this incident. Whether it is the accomplice, the mastermind behind it, or just like they are showing now, they are just simple victims."

"But these are not in a hurry. There is another thing that can be done right now." Seeing Shenxiu's words suddenly changed, the movement of his hands stopped, and he took out the mobile phone from the pocket inside his sleeve .

"Hey, Xi Wei, yes, I know that the monthly reading group is here, you can deal with your own problems. I have another matter now, help me investigate this time Sphingers Academy and Hana Asahina's school Who is the organizer of the school trip, and focus on investigating whether he has been to this resort. If you find any clues, please let me know immediately."

"If the Asahi group really didn't lie, they are indeed victims." Jian Shenxiu put down his phone, turned to look at Markesias beside him, and frowned.

"Then even they have been counted into it. The mastermind behind this incident may have planned far more things than we imagined."