Tianjin people will never lose SAN

Chapter 196 Strange Dreams and Backpacks

Liu Yonglu was dreaming yesterday, and Carol in room 1408 also had a dream.

In his dream, he was trapped in a dark underwater ruin. There were countless stone buildings in the ruins. The architectural style was completely different from that of Moses Sad. They all had sharp and unusual domes, decorated with various stone carvings, all of which were flowers and creatures, but... these sculptures seemed to have completely ignored their practicality as buildings themselves.

They stick out exaggeratedly, and Carol believes that at least 80% of the sculptures are likely to fall during a thunderstorm and strong winds.

In fact, many huge sculptures on the seabed have collapsed. As far as the eye can see, countless shipwrecks are pressing on the dome of underwater buildings, and the cabins and decks are pierced through. From a distance, it looks like a puncture graveyard of ships.

Most of the ships had old hulls, original wooden structures, and long-abandoned shipbuilding techniques. Carol could see densely packed oar positions on both sides of the ships.

Some of the ships were very large, with keels and rudders covered with iron sheets visible. The two types of ships must have been used several centuries apart, yet now they have both sunk into this strange underwater ruin.

A blurry figure slowly walked out from the dark cabin of the sinking ship, his white hair and beard seemed to be able to split the sea and step on the waves.

"Do you remember what I told you?"

The figure was still several hundred meters away from him, but the question came clearly into Carol's mind.

Who is he? What did he say to me? Chaotic memories washed over Carol's brain. He had some impressions, but those memories that had just been retrieved burst like bubbles formed by waves hitting rocks.

Just as Carol was puzzled, he opened his eyes and woke up again in the room with beige wallpaper.

"Carol, are you awake?"

Delorean was drawing a map nearby. They had been in room 1408 for three days, and not only had they not found the box that the minister mentioned, they had also lost their direction, let alone getting out of the room.

Carol took the map from DeLorean and took a look at it. In fact, they had made various marks since they entered the room, but 1408 seemed to be an irregular and gradually expanding strange space.

During the three-day operation, they occasionally found marks left by themselves, but those marks were not coherent and the clues were often broken as they walked.

"Where's Rubin? Hasn't he come back yet?"

Carol took out a biscuit from his bag and stuffed it into his mouth. They had prepared food before coming in. Carol was a soldier who had just returned from the battlefield. He didn't care about this level of environment. Holding on in the trenches day and night was much more difficult than it was now.

But others don't think so. The endless loss makes some investigators anxious and almost crazy. Rubin mentioned earlier is such a case. When it was his turn to keep watch last night, he left his position without permission. Maybe he was attracted by something, or maybe he wanted to find an exit alone. In any case, he never came back.

"He hasn't come back yet. Maurice told me that he saw Rubin walking in that direction."

"Well, let's go catch up and see later."

At this time, Dai'er handed over a bag containing a piece of dried insect limbs.

"The forelimbs of the Son of Aihot are not supposed to be very aggressive, especially when facing an obviously unbeatable enemy."

During the three days, the Brave Team encountered three attacks from the clan monsters. The number of the opponents was small and they did not pose any threat to the team, but their blind aggressiveness made Carol concerned.

Those guys seemed to be trapped in 1408 as well. They were not the masters of the space, but prisoners of the space just like himself.

"From today on, the team is not allowed to act alone. I will rearrange the vigil schedule."

After swallowing the last bite of biscuit, Carol stood up and patted the residue on her hands.

Before coming in, the minister told her that three days would be a critical point. Carol gradually understood what she meant. It was not that some thorny danger was quietly approaching, but that the boring, monotonous and depressing atmosphere in 1408 would make many nervous people gradually lose their minds.

Carol covered her head and recalled the dream just now. Did anyone remind her? Hints on how to solve the secret of 1408.

…At the same time, three members of the Shi Weitian team, plus the seconded little genius brother and sister, also stood at the entrance of the castle of the shelter department, and each of them carried a lot of luggage.

Because before coming here, the minister's information said that the space in room 1408 was constantly expanding, but she couldn't tell exactly how big it was or what its structure was.

Therefore, whether you go in to rescue people or to resolve special incidents and completely quiet down Room 1408, it will not be a matter of one day or one night. It is recommended that the Shi Weitian team should be adequately prepared.

Lin Brown was carrying a large handbag, which, needless to say, was filled with all kinds of combat equipment. The small bag he usually carried was a minimalist version, but this time he was going on a mission, so he brought the tactical version with him.

Millie Tang carried a large shoulder bag, which contained her personal belongings, as well as a number of potions and ritual materials.

The two little geniuses didn't bring that many things. They didn't bring much with them when they came to New New Lent, and even if they took everything with them, there wouldn't be much.

Among the people, Liu Yonglu's backpack was the heaviest, weighing down. What did he bring? Food and daily necessities, which were enough for his coat pockets, but he was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable inside, so he stuffed canned meat and dried fruits into his bag in bags.

Everyone else looked like they were on a mission, except him, who looked like he was going to open a grocery store on the train.

But Liu Yonglu didn't know, and no one else noticed, that his backpack would shake slightly from time to time, as if something living was stuffed inside.

"Everyone, when we go in today to fight for the pole, do it according to your ability. If you really encounter a corner adjustment, you still have to fight back. Do you hear me?"

Before Liu Yonglu went in, he explained two jargons. Millie Tang understood them, and the other three understood only one-third of them. Why? Liu Yonglu taught them yesterday.

After drinking the night before, the five of them held a meeting in the Investigation Department the next day, mainly to share the intelligence they got back from the minister.

In addition to these five who are willing to take the risk, Marquette, the Tigers and the Chicken Walkers are also listening in the back.

Millie Tang had done her homework. Although the information provided by the minister was mostly words like "suspected" and "speculation", Millie Tang had rich experience in handling occult incidents. She compiled a set of easy-to-understand information based on her own research.

She was talking in the front and the other seniors were listening in the back.

Millie Tang first took out the floor plan and analyzed the structure of the containment department. She had never been to this place before. Although the space in room 1408 might have exceeded the spatial concept of the building itself, it would be better to know more about it.

Then Millie Tang speculated that although there were many gods' followers and polluted ordinary people hiding in the space of 1408, these things were not the main threat.

There should be a pollution source that is changing or even monitoring the space. The ancient relic that was borrowed from the containment department before was called "Eye of Light and Darkness". Its main use was to seal and imprison. The ancient relic is gone, and I don't know how this thing got out.

Therefore, if you don’t find the source of the pollution after you go in, you may not only fail to save people, but you may also lose your life.

After Millie Tang finished speaking, it was Liu Yonglu's turn to speak. After all, he was the captain of Shi Weitian, and it would be unreasonable for him not to say a few words when he went out on a mission for the first time.

What does Liu Yonglu know? If Millie Tang's knowledge of intelligence is enough to write a long paper, Liu Yonglu's knowledge is hard to write a children's book.

But the atmosphere was now such that he couldn't show his weakness. Liu Yonglu thought to himself, I can't teach you the skills, but I can teach you a few jargons.

I was really going to have a seizure today. I had just come back from sending my daughter to the nursery and had been writing for less than two hours when the teacher called and said she had vomited.

I was taken to the hospital to queue up and see a doctor. They said it was nothing serious, just a bad cold. I was so sleepy when I got home.

Liuliu has been coughing for a month. I hope you get better soon, little ancestor.

Hey, there are fewer proofreadings today, so please don’t be picky, and I will officially enter room 1408.

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(End of this chapter)