Indescribable cyberpunk

The steaming sweet potato was wrapped in newspaper. The little girl took a big bite, and then subconsciously spit it out because it was too hot. Looking at the water-stained sweet potato that fell to the ground, she flattened her mouth and bent down to pick it up. , the collar at the back of the neck was grabbed by one hand.

"No, just eat clean."

Zhu Jue held his cell phone and looked at the photo of the tattoo he had just taken. His eyes turned to the leader in front of him.

"Who tattooed this pattern on you?"

"I saw it on a sampan on the beach. I thought it was very impressive at the time, so I asked someone to get a similar tattoo."

The lying leader was kneeling on the ground, speaking tremblingly while feeling cold.

Even though nothing scary happened, the situation wasn't much better for him right now.

"Sampan. Where else can you find it?"

"You should still be able to find it."

"Well, I'll give you an hour to get this sampan back for me and find a boat on the way. I might need it."

After uploading the photo to the studio group and asking He Ye to help search it online, Zhu Jue said without raising his head.

"I'll help you find it right away!"

As soon as he heard that the other party was willing to let him go, the leader immediately wanted to get up.

"Let you go?"

thump!

Zhu Jue shouted lowly, and the leader knelt down again.

"When I told you to look for it, I asked your men to look for it. Do you understand? Tell them that I will only give them one hour. If they can't see the boat and the sampan, ask them to prepare some wreaths and paper money for you. Or something like that, maybe you don’t want to do this, or why don’t you make a cross?”

As long as they catch their boss, the younger ones below will naturally be obedient. After Zhu Jue left a fist mark on the wall next to him in front of him, the guy turned around and ran out with a kick in two steps without saying a word. He kicked his little brother because he couldn't stand firm and fell down. When he got up, he turned around and bowed to Zhu Jue to apologize.

"Children, go home, you are so young, don't wander around outside."

He pinched the little girl's nose with a fierce look on his face, and stuffed the sweet potatoes he bought into her arms with his other hand.

Two roasted sweet potatoes, that's all Zhu Jue gave her. It's not that he has no money. In fact, as long as he wants, he can go to the nearby cash machine and pick up a box of money for the little girl. But this is not helping her. , but harm her.

In a place like this, if an underage girl has a large amount of money and no ability to protect herself, the outcome waiting for her will definitely be much more terrifying than the gangsters who took advantage of her just now.

Everyone has their own life, and Zhu Jue doesn't think he is a kind enough person to be willing to protect a strange girl for the rest of his life.

But if you see someone, it’s always okay to help him.

Turning around, he looked at the mottled metal door panel, which had reddish-brown rust on the corners. There were obvious signs of looseness between the bottom frame and the corridor, and there were several semi-wet mud marks on the door frame.

I don’t know if it was drying slowly due to the weather, or if someone had just come in and out not long ago.

"Have you made contact?"

Zhu Jue had naturally knocked on the door a long time ago, but no one came out to open the door, and no one even answered. She had to ask Chen Li to contact Jeffrey Talos's daughter.

"She said her father should be at home."

Looking at the messages on TALK, Chen Li turned the screen over and put it in front of Zhu Jue.

"at home?"

They weren't revealing their identities right now, so if there was anyone in the room, there was no reason not to say hello.

He bowed and checked the mud mark on the door frame again, pointing his toes forward, which meant that it was a mud mark left when he went out.

"Back off."

He waved his hand and told the two people next to him to step away. Zhu Jue was not prepared to wait any longer. He held the door handle with his left hand. Like this inferior door lock in the old city, it could be easily opened by relying solely on brute force.

With the force of his arm, the door frame shook violently and became looser. He pushed forward tentatively, and the door opened back with a creaking sound.

Bang!

Before Chen Li and the gang leader behind could see what was happening inside, the door was closed again by Zhu Jue.

"You two, turn around. Don't turn around until I say something."

After pausing at the door for a while, Zhu Jue put the backpack containing the wind chime on the wooden frame outside the house, patted the forehead of the wind chime that was about to climb out and told it to retract. The weapon box that had just been wiped clean with a rag stood on the ground and turned on the mechanism. , the clear evil ghost sword was unsheathed, and the two people behind them turned their heads hurriedly when they heard the clanging sound.

After confirming that both of them turned around, Zhu Jue opened the door again, stepped in, and quickly closed the door.

Buzz~

There was a sudden buzz in his mind, a familiar feeling. Zhu Jue had never thought that there was a source of mental pollution in this room before, so he closed the door immediately after opening the door.

The light in the room was dim, and Zhu Jue tried to touch the switch on the wall next to him. It clicked back and forth a few times, but there was no light as expected. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the half-cut white candle on the shoe rack next to the entrance.

Fortunately, it's not night yet. Although the sky is dark, the general appearance of the house can still be seen. The light penetrates into the house from the old iron-barred windows.

Zhu Jue used the light to look around.

The old house has cracks everywhere, and the moisture appears in the form of visible dampness. However, this house is not sloppy because of its poverty. On the contrary, many places are kept clean, such as the desk in front and For example, the bowls and chopsticks on the folding table in the center of the room.

After taking a few steps forward, Zhu Jue sensitively smelled some blood, which made him frown slightly. He lowered his head and looked at his feet. There were pools of blood extending to a room on the inside.

He pursed his lips and walked forward while communicating with the studio: "Have you brought your mental protection device?"

In Yecheng Weird Studio, the surrounding real-time scenes captured by Zhu Jue's camera showed that even through a screen, the three people's attention was already highly concentrated. Wu Tong and Li Qinglian had experience and had already put on mental protection. Olivia hurriedly started the instrument, and Li Qinglian turned around to confirm before responding.

Tick ​​tock~tick tock~

Standing at the door of the room, Zhu Jue could hear the dripping sound of the faucet inside.

Taking a deep breath, he kicked open the door, holding the Green Wing pistol in his left hand and the long knife in his right hand to prevent monsters from rushing towards him.

There was no monster that was the source of mental pollution as imagined, but the scene in the room did not make Zhu Jue relax his guard but became more vigilant.

The smell of blood mixed with the fishy smell of the sea constantly stimulates the sense of smell. There is an old-fashioned razor placed on the edge of the white porcelain sink. The blood on the blade has not yet dried, and in the center of the pool and the lower pipes There were more than a dozen dark brown octopus tentacle-like things scattered around.

"Give an octopus a 'pedicure' with a razor? This family is quite leisurely."

Pouring his lips, Zhu Jue said something witty, pierced an octopus leg with the tip of the knife and put it in front of him. He looked at it in silence for a while and then threw it away.

"Wu Tong. No, Olivia, remember. Remember to give a close-up of this place when editing the short film. Do you understand?"

Zhu Jue was able to confirm that these "octopus tentacles" in front of him should be the product of monsters that are the source of mental pollution. He subconsciously wanted to call Wu Tong's name to highlight this part. He suddenly thought that there was an extra guy working for free in the studio. He changed his words.

"I will remember."

Olivia on the other side was stunned for a while before answering.

After walking around the house and checking on the second floor to confirm that no one was there, Zhu Jue came back outside. Chen Li and the gangster leader were waiting outside.

"Tell your friend to come back quickly. Her father is missing."

Standing under the eaves, Zhu Jue needed to confirm the whereabouts of Jeffrey Talos.

About half an hour later, Anna ran from the other side of the street and rushed into the house to check without saying a word. Zhu Jue did not stop her. Those octopus tentacles alone would not cause much damage to the human spirit. .

The girl was obviously very panicked after she came out of the house, and looked at the two strangers beside Chen Li with some uncertainty.

"Hello, I am a reporter from Yecheng, here to investigate the problems on the overseas islands where you originally lived. It is said that your father once caught a fish with human hands. I would like to do an interview in person. Of course , the interview is paid, but I don’t know where your father has gone?”

The evil ghost sword and green wing pistol were put away in the weapon case early. Zhu Jue pretended not to be aware of what happened in the house and asked Anna.

"Little Island! Little Island! He must have gone back to the island. He has been talking nonsense during this period. He has been going back to the island all day long to get something."

"But you told me before that luckily you didn't have a boat, so you didn't go back to the island."

"If you want to land on the island, you don't necessarily have to own a boat, don't you think?"

Zhu Jue raised his eyebrows and asked the gang leader next to him in a strange tone.

"Yes! I think your dad might go and grab it. He has already made an agreement with others to land on the island together, just like the people who disappeared before."

"I thought maybe we could look somewhere nearby that might be a boat ride?"

Zhu Jue put forward his suggestion "taking advantage of the situation", and Anna was obviously panicked because of her father's disappearance, so she hurriedly agreed.

The group of people found a taxi in the old city, followed the location provided by Anna, and headed all the way to the nearest small pier.

Sure enough, as soon as she got there, Anna learned through the watchman at the pier that a man who looked very much like her father had robbed a speedboat and set out to sea.

"Chen Li, help me take it to the seafood restaurant before and let Wood help take care of it. It won't eat cat food, so you can just feed it seafood. I will come back to pick it up later, and I will also give you a care fee. "

Zhu Jue, who was watching the development of the matter, handed the wind chime to Chen Li and glanced at the gangster leader, who understood the situation and took him to the boat and sampan found by his men.

Holding an umbrella and holding the photo of her father he got from Anna on his phone, Zhu Jue rejected Anna's request to go with him and had someone adjust the system on the speedboat to automatically navigate to the island.

"It seems that this island is really a must go."

Zhu Jue whispered to himself.

Ahead is an endless gloomy sea.