Chapter 517 Non-existent people [5500 monthly ticket]
Lin Mo knew that he had nothing to do with the merchant for the time being.
You can't kill the opponent, because then little Jie Xi will be finished.
Beating him up and making him suffer is the only thing he can do at the moment.
But this matter is definitely not over yet. Lin Mo has to find other ways to rescue Xiao Jiexi's personality.
When he started just now, Lin Mo secretly let a ghost hide in the shadow of the businessman. The ghost was mentally ill. Although he was powerful, his ability to perceive ghosts was not strong.
In this way, you can lock the merchant's location and find out what the other party has done.
Lin Mo was making a dangerous move.
He had to figure out some things first.
One more thing, he had to calm down. He didn't want to see the businessman now, otherwise Lin Mo was afraid that he wouldn't be able to resist killing him.
Ask Nie Hong and Rabbit, how they were kidnapped, where they were during this time, and what happened.
Nie Hong and Rabbit both gave the same answer to this matter.
"We've been stuck in a house."
"Other than being boring, everything else is fine."
Lin Mo nodded.
The businessman obviously didn't care about the two of them. In other words, the businessman had tricked him before just so that he could bring him back into the lunatic asylum.
Seems simple.
But the businessman must have other plans behind this.
Lin Mo felt that he needed to change his tactics.
You can't just listen to these lunatics on everything, you have to investigate in your own way.
So he stopped a patient and asked him directly if he knew the wise man.
The other party replied that he knew.
But I also don’t know where the wise man is.
Lin Mo asked the other party if he had ever seen a wise man, and the other party shook his head.
Several in a row gave the same answer.
This is strange.
Lin Mo remembered that the patient who led him the way before said that the three most famous patients in the 4th Ward were the novelist, God and the wise man.
Everyone has heard of the Wise Man, but no one seems to have seen it. Lin Mo asked at least a dozen patients, but no one has seen the Wise Man.
What about the others.
Someone must have seen the novelist. After all, the queue is so long. Where is God?
Lin Mo began to ask if anyone had seen God.
It's similar to the wise man, everyone knows it, but no one has seen God.
Lin Mo continued to ask, and Nie Hong also went to help.
Finally, when asking a silent man hiding in a corner, Lin Mo got a different answer.
The place where the other party was staying was very remote, there were no other patients around, and this person was not wearing a hospital gown, but a shirt. His expression was a little dull, and he was incompatible with the crying and laughing patients around him.
Lin Mo asked him if he had ever heard of a wise man, and the other person shook his head; as for God, he still shook his head.
At this time, Lin Mo noticed that the other party was holding a piece of paper with a picture of a woman on it. The painting was good. When he discovered this person just now, the other party had been staring at this painting.
"Lovesick?" Lin Mo guessed.
The man's reaction was a little extreme.
"I'm not sick. I'm not a mental patient at all, let alone a lunatic. Someone took me into this place for no reason. Damn it, my life is completely ruined. I would have a happy family and my own life.
Life."
The man muttered to himself.
He said he wasn't crazy, but it looked like he was going crazy.
But Lin Mo was very curious about this person who had never heard of the wise man and asked a few more questions.
I found that this guy was in a similar situation to Nissen, and he was also arrested from outside almost a month ago.
Looking at this person, Lin Mo suddenly realized something.
So he asked the other party where the same group of people who had been arrested were.
The man didn't want to say anything at first, but after Lin Mo's "friendly" plea, he agreed to take Lin Mo to find someone.
After going around and around, he arrived at a dirty corner filled with rubbish and knocked on the door of a ward. Lin Mo saw a group of men and women in the room.
The characteristics of these people are that they don't wear hospital gowns, they don't cry or make noises, and they almost don't have mental fluctuations on their bodies.
If there are no mental fluctuations, then you are not crazy or mentally ill.
Is a normal person.
These people were very wary, and it took Lin Mo some effort to gain a little trust.
So he asked about the wise man.
Most people shook their heads and said they didn't know, and a few said they had heard other patients mention it but had never seen it.
Now Lin Mo had to doubt something.
Do wise men really exist?
This is not Lin Mo's imagination, this is a conjecture based on facts, because he has asked so many people, but no one has actually seen a wise man.
However, the wise man is still such a famous person.
Even though it was difficult to meet him, after asking so many people, at least one person had seen him, but none of them happened to.
What's even weirder is that Lin Mo asked them how they knew the wise man.
No one can answer it.
No one even knows some of the deeds of wise men, which is obviously unreasonable. The reason why celebrities can be called celebrities is because their speech and behavior are different from normal people.
Even if it is passed down by word of mouth, it must rely on some deeds.
Even if it is fabricated, it will help spread your reputation.
But in Ward 4, this rule obviously does not apply. As a result, many patients know about the "wise man" but know almost nothing about other things about the wise man.
Then Lin Mo had to doubt one thing: the wise man in the lunatic asylum might not exist at all.
This is just a character imagined by the patient.
A person who does not exist.
This kind of thing sounds a bit exaggerated, but it actually happened, and there are corresponding examples in the real world.
It is said that someone conducted a social experiment.
The experimenters themselves created a non-existent person, and then began to fabricate some stories about this person and spread them.
The test results surprised many people.
The experimenters did nothing but spread the rumor at the beginning, and the rumor started to snowball, getting bigger and bigger.
There are a lot of discussions on the Internet, and many people have begun to say that they have met this person and even interacted with him, such as eating or discussing.
As a result, such a non-existent person took shape in everyone's mind.
It's as if there really is such a person.
Even if the experimenters finally publicly stated that this was just a social experiment, many people still expressed disbelief, and some even swore that they had met the non-existent person.
Sometimes, people's imagination is very scary.
Reality and illusion sometimes have almost no boundaries in front of imagination.
Lin Mo suspected that the 'wise man' was in a similar situation.
Maybe the wise man does not exist at all, but is just a fictional character.
Lin Mo was also a little dumbfounded when he thought of this possibility.
Then wouldn’t my work have been in vain?
He took the initiative to run into this lunatic asylum, looking for a person who didn't exist at all. For a moment, Lin Mo felt that he was the clown.
"No, I still have to beat up the businessman."
Lin Mo became angry again.
At this time, a man came over and asked Lin Mo if he was a patient.
Lin Mo shook his head.
"I'm not a patient. I was deceived into the hospital a few days ago."
Lin Mo was half right.
Because he is really mentally ill now, and the curse on the yellow paper proves that he is now a mentally ill person, a genuine and certified one.
"Brother, we are planning to escape from this hellish place, why don't we come together?" The person who spoke seemed to want to get Lin Mo to join the gang.
Lin Mo was a little curious: "Do you have a way to escape?"
"Of course, but this is a secret. You have to gain our trust before we tell you. I hope you understand. After all, it is too difficult to escape from this ghost place. You must be careful." This person is probably from this group.
The leader is a very courageous young man.
"What do you need me to do?" Lin Mo didn't reject it. If there were other ways to leave the asylum, he could try it.
"Help us deal with a madman."
The scene where Lin Mo beat up the businessman was seen by one of them. Lin Mo was recognized when he came in just now.
Obviously in their eyes, Lin Mo is someone who can fight.
This group of people thought they were smart, but they lacked a person responsible for the force. They had been troubled by this for a long time. Now that Lin Mo was here, they saw hope.
Lin Mo inquired carefully and found out that these people found a passage hidden behind a cabinet in a certain ward.
"I'm sure this was dug when someone escaped from here before." The leader said with assurance: "But unfortunately, that ward was later occupied by a damn madman, and this madman is very scary, and we can't defeat him
, if we can deal with him, everyone can leave here through that passage."
Lin Mo asked if any of you had looked into that passage and were sure you could get out?
Suddenly, the room fell into silence.
No need to ask, no one has gone in to see it.
"But at least the possibility is high. We have to give it a try. That is our only hope." The leader's tone had a hint of gambler's paranoia.
Not just him, everyone in the room is the same.
Lin Mo understood.
That passage became a life-saving straw for these people, because it represented the hope of leaving the asylum.
To be honest, Lin Mo also hoped that the passage they mentioned could really lead to leaving the asylum.
But I have to say that these people take it too much for granted. But Lin Mo didn't say anything else. They should be aware of the actual situation, but they just don't want to admit it.
"Okay, I can help." Lin Mo agreed.
For him, if that passage can really leave the asylum, it can be regarded as a way out.
But judging from Lin Mo's current understanding of this place, he doesn't have much confidence.
But there is no need to say this.
"Let's go now." These people obviously didn't want to wait any longer. Maybe they were about to take action. Lin Mo noticed that they had collected some weapons that they could currently collect.
Sticks, iron bars, etc., and a few knives.
But they are all fruit knives, and in Lin Mo's opinion they are not very powerful.
It's not a big problem to deal with ordinary people.
But this is a lunatic asylum, and none of the patients here are good.
Some powerful patients can even use mental power to change their body structure, such as the 'Wangcai' Lin Mo once encountered. Although the madman barked, it seemed harmless, but don't forget, the dog will be anxious.
Bite.
Lin Mo had observed that the opponent's limbs were extremely strong, his jaw was wide, and his bite muscles were several times stronger than those of ordinary people. In addition, the opponent's mouth really had sharp canine teeth.
As you can imagine, it would be the same to actually pounce on and bite a few ordinary people to death.
For ordinary people without mental strength, being in a lunatic asylum is indeed similar to being in hell.
Fortunately, as of now, most of the patients we encounter are not aggressive or malicious. At least on the surface they look okay and quite harmonious.
But who knows if there are any ill-intentioned patients behind the scenes?
Lin Mo followed the group out and didn't go far. He went downstairs and gathered at the door of a ward.
"It's right here." The leader hid behind the door and clenched the fruit knife in his hand: "Be careful, the patients in here are very scary."
Lin Mo nodded, and no one else dared to go in, obviously wanting to clear the way for him.
But that's okay.
Lin Mo opened the door and walked in.
Just as Lin Mo entered, he felt the wind blowing above his head. He lowered his head and dodged to avoid the sneak attack of the patients in the room.
When I looked up, I saw a patient lying on the roof.
The patient had disheveled hair and was crawling on the walls like a gecko.
Still can't fall off.
Very strange.
The other person kept sticking out his tongue. Upon closer inspection, he found that his fingers had become somewhat mutated, resembling claws, and the amount of muscles on his arms alone was astonishing.
Lin Mo even saw some scaly lines appearing on the other party's skin.
Is this going to grow scales?
That's awesome.
When mental illness reaches this level, it is quite advanced.
It is estimated that this patient thinks that he is a gecko. However, under the influence of mental power, he can really fly over walls and walls, and his body, face and limbs have even undergone slight mutations.
Lin Mo seriously doubted whether this guy would really turn into a gecko if he was given some more time.
In view of the murderous intention of the other party, Lin Mo pulled out the brick, preparing to take the opportunity to give the patient a hard blow when the other party attacked later.
But he didn't expect that when the patient saw the brick, he screamed, rushed out the door and climbed out.
All of a sudden there was a lot of excitement outside.
When I came out, I saw a few unlucky people who had been knocked over by this patient and were lying on the ground wailing.
Most of the injuries were minor, but one guy was unlucky and had his ribs broken and couldn't stand up at all.
"Don't leave me, please, I don't want to stay here alone."
The man whose ribs were broken was sweating from the pain on his face, but what he was more afraid of was being abandoned here.
But others obviously don't want to carry this burden.
"Thomas, you recuperate here first, let's go in and check out the situation." After the leader finished speaking, he led people into the room regardless of the other party's pleas.
"Where is the passage?" he asked another person.
The man looked at a cabinet in the corner, went up and opened the cabinet.
There was a foul smell inside and it was filled with chores and tattered clothes.
After pulling out all these things, a large hole was revealed at the back of the cabinet.
There is no doubt that this is a channel.
Everyone in the room was very excited, except Lin Mo.
Lin Mo stared at the big hole. He always felt that the entrance of the passage did not look like an exit to the outside world, because there was a trace of weird spiritual power leaking out of it.
"Something doesn't feel right inside!" Lin Mo said truthfully, but no one listened to him.
This passage is the hope for these people to escape from here, so in their hearts, they have fantasized countless times that this passage can leave this ghostly place like the lunatic asylum.
"Go in and take a look first." Someone couldn't bear it and got in immediately.
Then the second person, then the third person.
After a while, these people all got in, and Lin Mo could still hear their conversation inside.
"This passage is so long, it looks like you can really get out."
"This must be a passage dug by a patient in the past. As long as we can get outside this building, there is hope."
Lin Mo also thought about climbing in and taking a look?
At this time, Lin Mo heard movement at the door and turned around to see the guy with a broken rib, bending over and trying his best to walk in.
But the other party was vomiting blood as he walked.
"Don't, don't leave me, I want to leave here."
As soon as he finished speaking, his body swayed, he fell to the ground, convulsed for a while, and died.
Lin Mo went up to check and understood.
This man was very unlucky. His internal organs must have been pierced by a broken rib. I didn't really see it just now.
Lin Mo shook his head helplessly.
He shouted towards the entrance of the closet passage: "Your man is dead, come out and take a look."
No response.
I don’t know if I heard it or not.
"This man is so miserable." My sister squatted next to him, curiously looking at the body that was still cold on the ground.
As soon as she finished speaking, my sister suddenly raised her head and stared at the passageway of the closet.
From this angle, the entrance to the passage looks like the bloody mouth of a monster hidden in the darkness, ferocious and terrifying.
"They disappeared." my sister said.
"Who?" Lin Mo didn't understand at first.
"The people who went in just now are disappearing one by one, and now there is only...well, not a single one is left, they have all disappeared." My sister's voice was a little excited.
It seems that I found something interesting and interesting.
"Just like the place we came in before, they have entered a new playground, and I want to go too." My sister was eager to try it.
Lin Mo understood it this time.
"It's the same as the place we just came in? Isn't that the world of horror stories created by novelists?"
"In other words, this passage is not actually an exit, but an entrance..."
That group of people sullenly broke into an unknown world of horror novels.
This is absolutely amazing.
Lin Mo still doesn't know much about the world of horror novels created by novelists. After all, the rules there are completely based on the settings of horror novelists.
For example, if the other party writes down how to get in, but doesn't write down how to get out, then there will be diarrhea.
Therefore, it was impossible for Lin Mo to go in without knowing anything about the situation.
Let’s take a moment of silence first.
Lin Mo turned around and prepared to leave.
But as soon as she reached the door, my sister turned around and said, "It seems like someone came out again."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard screams and cries coming from the passage behind the closet.
"Help."
"Ahhhhhhh!"
Along with the panicked footsteps, after a while, someone came out of it crying, one, two...
The younger sister counted the number of people, then broke the branches and told Lin Mo: "Brother, thirteen people went in just now, and now five people have come out. In other words, there are still eighteen people who have not come out. Am I right?"
"Who taught you mathematics?" After Lin Mo finished speaking, he then thought about it and guessed that his sister had never studied mathematics at all. He could teach her another day when he had time.
The person who ran out of the closet was obviously frightened.
Two of them peed their pants, and they were dripping while walking.
"Ghost, ghost, there's a ghost inside." The leader screamed with his voice splitting.
"I know, I know, I've told you that something's not right inside, you have to go in." Lin Mo was a little helpless, but they couldn't blame anyone else for this.
He finally figured out that this group of people was just a bunch of rabble and could never become something great.
So Lin Mo gave them some advice.
"When you're here, make peace with it. You can try to integrate here first and slowly adapt. Maybe when you get used to it, you won't even want to leave."
Mainly because of the current situation, no one can get out.
Since you can't get out, you might as well get out safely.
Or you can hone yourself and turn yourself into a psychopath, so that you can happily integrate into the big environment.
Lin Mo didn't want to waste time with these people.
Since the passage in the closet does not lead to the exit, it is meaningless. Before leaving, Lin Mo asked these people to leave quickly.
The psycho who thinks he's a lizard-man could come back at any time.
Go out and find Nie Hong and Rabbit, and together they go to find Nissen and the patient who are still waiting in line. These two are really obedient and are still waiting in line.