But before the old man could start, Xu Cheng changed his words and asked:
"First, tell me where it is."
"Linchuan Road, Village in the City."
Woo--buzz!
I started the classic car, stepped on the accelerator, and headed straight for the urban village on Linjiang Road, Haicheng.
Xu Cheng turned his cell phone to hands-free mode.
As a friend, communicating with the old man is actually a very comfortable thing.
There is no need to mince polite words at all, just say what you have to say and the old man will not care at all.
"You can tell me, what's going on?"
Xu Cheng asked simply, and then looked at the route, "Can you be more specific? It's half an hour's drive from the village in the city."
The old man explained what happened.
"I've been investigating the matter of extraordinary beings recently."
"That organization called Eyewitnesses is really powerful. It does a good job of blocking information. I paid a lot of money to find out some clues."
Of course.
As an official organization, the Witnesses have inherited the will of the legion, so they naturally have their strengths.
Information blocking is just one of them.
On the contrary, the old man was able to find some clues under such circumstances without arousing the vigilance of the witnesses. This is his real skill!
The old man continued:
"I found a video and will send it to you now."
Ding dong!
The video link has been sent.
Xu Cheng risked being issued a ticket and clicked on the video link while driving.
Please do not imitate.
In Xu Cheng's expectation, the old man's connections should be well-connected.
Where did that video come from?
Darknet? Bounties? Or other private channels?
But when Xu Cheng saw the title of the video clearly, he was suddenly stunned.
The expression is complicated.
Because he once watched the video called "Inventory of Many Horror Places Most Prone to Weird and Weird Stories".
Long before the Xinwuming incident broke out, Xu Cheng had already watched this video online.
At that time, when Qianqian took two boat tickets and invited her father to go to the sea to play together, Xu Cheng was watching this video!
The method to find this video is actually very simple.
Search for the keyword "weird stories" on any video website, and it will definitely be among the top ten videos!
This video is not unpopular, but has been widely circulated.
Playback begins.
The video producer recounted the locations one by one in a calm voice.
Ranked fifth: shopping mall;
Ranked fourth: Forest;
Ranked third: next door;
Ranked second: the sea;
Ranked first...
no difference.
The content in the video was exactly the same as what Xu Cheng remembered.
Xu Cheng frowned slightly, "I've seen this video online. Is there anything special about it?"
The old man replied: "Everything he said is true."
"Um?"
Xu Cheng was puzzled, "What is true?"
"This inventory."
The old man explained: "From the information I have collected, if the 'weird talk' in the video is understood as a 'weird arrival event', then the inventory of this video is almost completely correct."
"If it were just a marketing account hoping to attract attention, the overlap wouldn't be so high, right?"
"So I have a theory -"
The old man paused.
"The producer of this video is a transcendent person and is even closely related to the witnesses."
Xu Cheng asked rhetorically: "Is it possible that he is an eyewitness?"
"impossible."
The old man decisively rejected it, "The core operational thinking of the witness organization is to ensure that they become the only witnesses."
"There is no reason for such a group of people to take the initiative to produce such a video to attract other people's attention."
"As for deep space, organizations like the Star Chamber of Commerce are even more impossible."
"Because this video is public."
"As an official force, witnesses are fully capable of following the network cable to beat them."
"So I judge that the producer of this video is not from the three extraordinary forces of Witness, Star Chamber of Commerce, and Deep Space."
The old man smiled and said:
"He or she is very likely to be a folk extraordinary person, and one of the three extraordinary forces who have no control over them."
Xu Cheng nodded, "So you want to talk to him?"
"right."
The old man decisively admitted, "I contacted him."
It was still a long drive from the village in the city, so Xu Cheng decided to patiently listen to the old man explain all the details.
If you know more about it, you will never suffer a loss.
"How did you get in touch?"
Xu Cheng asked.
He originally thought that the old man would use his connections to target the video producer through some IP address or something more advanced.
But the old man's answer once again exceeded Xu Cheng's expectations.
"Isn't there a private message function on that video website? I tried asking and he replied."
Xu Cheng: "..."
It seems to make sense.
"What did you say?"
"I said: 'I am very interested in the supernatural world. If we have a chance, let's come have tea and chat.'"
"What did he say?"
"He said: 'Just wait for me.'"
"..."
Xu Cheng was stuck.
The old man was puzzled.
"What's wrong?"
"Are you sure he's not here to take revenge on you?"
"Hey! There are so many people who want to take revenge on me. One more is not too much, one less is not enough."
The old man said casually: "But he seems to really want me to 'wait'."
"I sent him a private message two days ago."
"And just today, about two hours ago, he finally contacted me."
"He said he would come to me now."
Xu Cheng: "..."
Why does it sound more and more like he's here to seek revenge?
Xu Cheng continued to ask: "So, what will happen next?"
Old man:
"When I received the private message, a boxing match was being held, which is the one my champion will participate in."
"After receiving the private message, I immediately dismissed the game and arranged for the players and spectators to leave."
The old man's move was very smart.
Although he acted lightly, in the final analysis this was still a meeting with an unknown transcendent being.
It's impossible not to be more cautious.
Meeting with the video producer while a boxing match is taking place is never a wise move.
If you are not careful, a large number of ordinary people will be involved, and the situation will get out of hand.
Therefore, the old man's choice to dismiss the game directly is definitely the safest approach.
"At that time, I asked my champion to go home."
"She obviously didn't fight enough. I could only comfort her by saying that it happened suddenly and we would continue next week."
The old man said: "Then I calculated the time and felt that my champion should have arrived home, so I planned to ask to confirm her safety."
"but--"
"No reply to the text message, the phone is turned off."
"That's why I contacted you."
Hearing this, Xu Cheng nodded.
"I understand, don't hang up the phone, I'll be there soon."
…
Ten minutes later.
Xu Cheng drove his classic car and turned into the urban village on Linchuan Road.
After wandering into several alleys, Xu Cheng came to a relatively lively residential area.
People who live here are often people who come to Haicheng to work.
The smoke from the fireworks is very strong.
It was already night time, and many restaurants were busy.
Xu Cheng suddenly asked the old man on the other end of the phone.
“Is there a hot pot restaurant in this urban village?”
The old man was stunned for a moment, then asked the people around him, and then replied:
"Yes, quite a few."
The hotpot is delicious.
"call……"
Xu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back on the car seat, and lit a cigarette.
"Then I probably understand where Qianqian went."
…
The village in the city is very big.
The snack street at the other end.
An open-air stall.
Qianqian waited for her hotpot.
One oil dish and one sesame dish each.
Duck intestines, yellow throat meat rolls, shrimps and crab fillets with thousands of slices...
Qianqian has had a habit since she was a child: turning off her mobile phone when eating.
It's not something Xu Cheng or Chu Qiu mandated, but Qianqian's own habit.
Especially when eating hot pot.
Because no one can disturb Chu Qianqian from eating hot pot.
