Fantasy Game: Infinite City

“After I left the hotel in the morning, I went to a farmer’s market nearby.”

"What are you doing there?"

"Listen to gossip, especially gossip about places like this. Don't underestimate places like this. The old people who can be here are not fools. I soon heard a strange gossip."

Zhao Xuan told Su Qing that he heard two elderly people discussing something in front of a stall, and they kept glancing at a stall near them while they were talking.

Using a homemade monitoring device, Zhao Xuan was able to clearly hear their conversation from a safe distance.

"According to what they said, something seems to have happened on a farm ten kilometers away from the city. Although they didn't mention the name of the farm in their conversation, there was fear between the lines, as if there was some kind of man-eating abyss there."

And through their strange looks, Zhao Xuan could basically confirm that the stall next to it should be together with the farm, so according to the locations written on the packaging bags of some agricultural products, Zhao Xuan calculated the coordinates of the farm.

"But I didn't rush to the farm right away because when I was at the farmers' market, I saw a group of fully armed rebels driving past there, so I followed them first. After all, it was not normal for them to be here."

The rebel convoy was not small, with six or seven jeeps, a truck and two armored vehicles. In order not to alert the enemy, Zhao Xuan kept a safe distance and followed the convoy.

The convoy was not driving fast in the city, and those who should be local residents were not curious about their appearance at all, as if they were used to it. Zhao Xuan discovered that when passing a fork in the main road, two jeeps left the convoy and headed towards the hotel.

Zhao Xuan found the right opportunity and threw a self-made micro robot onto the rear car, using them to monitor the two jeeps. He stole a motorcycle from the alley next to him and caught up with the rest of the convoy.

"It's unclear what's on the truck, but the rebels in the other vehicles are very different from those they've seen before. Not only are they wearing unique armored protective suits, but most of their weapons are energy weapons. I guess they're some elite squad."

After stopping and starting along the way, Zhao Xuan soon followed outside the city. After leaving the city, the convoy began to speed up, but the progress was still very stable, and it should not have noticed Zhao Xuan following behind. Following the convoy, Zhao Xuan came to the foot of a mountain some distance away from the city, and could see a large area of ​​terraced fields halfway up the mountain.

The convoy continued to move forward and soon arrived at a heavily guarded checkpoint. Zhao Xuan temporarily stopped tracking the convoy, turned the car around and rode into the nearby mountains and forests. After setting up some booby traps here, he used nearby stones and branches to create a temporary remote monitoring system.

"From the conversation between the team leader and the head of the checkpoint, I can roughly confirm that this place is the farm I heard about before. On the surface, there seems to be nothing wrong with those terraced fields, but this group of rebels will definitely not appear in an ordinary farm for no reason."

Zhao Xuan's premonition was correct. After the convoy drove above the terraced fields, Zhao Xuan discovered a huge factory area blocked by artificially planted trees. After the convoy stopped, Zhao Xuan observed that a lot of armed forces got off the two armored vehicles, but they were not rebel forces. Judging from their attire, they looked more like "Night Owl" members.

"After these people got off the armored vehicle, they immediately surrounded the truck and knocked on the rear panel. After the panel opened, several members who were also believed to be members of the Night Owl jumped down from it."

Then, Zhao Xuan saw that these members of the "Night Owls" escorted a lot of people down from above, and most of them were about the same age, between 20 and 30 years old. Judging from their miserable appearance and dirty clothes, these should be the real "piglets".

"After they were controlled by members of the Night Owl, a small group of people walked out of the factory area. They loaded some boxes onto the truck. There were about 20 boxes. The truck was almost full. After the truck was loaded, the rebel convoy immediately left the farm."

Soon after, another group of people came out from other factory buildings, holding what should be some special medical devices or something like that. They conducted some inspections on those "piglets". Those who passed the inspection, regardless of gender, were all taken to the largest factory building, while those who failed the inspection were restrained with handcuffs and shackles, and driven to the terraced fields below to do hard labor.

"There are also some people who passed the inspection but were injured or weak. They were all injected with something and then locked in some metal cages. They were placed in the wreckage of a factory with only a roof but no walls."

The farm is heavily guarded. Not only are there a large number of armed patrols, but there are also armed vehicles, anti-aircraft missiles, and even detection radars. It is impossible for Zhao Xuan to get in.

Fortunately, the equipment made by Zhao Xuan would not be scanned by radar, so it could be used to see why the defense of a farm is so weak.

"Through careful observation, I found that the terraced fields only occupy one-third of the entire farm. The larger part should be the factory buildings. From a simple scan of the geological structure, it can be seen that there should be no permission to build underground facilities there, so there must be something important in those factory buildings... Let me drink some water first."

Zhao Xuan picked up a bottle of orange juice on the table, opened the lid, and drank the orange juice directly before continuing to speak.

“Gulp…Gulp…Okay, let me continue. But I can’t investigate the location of the factory area for now, so I looked at the location of the terraced fields again, wondering if I could find any clues. To be honest, there’s something wrong with the terraced fields.”

Zhao Xuan observed that there were indeed many crops planted in the terraced fields, but after a closer look, Zhao Xuan was sure that those crops were definitely not from this planet. Although Zhao Xuan was not an expert in biology, he would not make mistakes in the basic common sense of agriculture, not to mention that those things were obviously not something that could grow in terraced fields.

"I observed the water in the terraces again. The color of the water was also wrong. At first I thought it was due to the refraction of light. However, after using the detection equipment to calculate, I found that it was not water at all, not even liquid, but a gel-like substance."

And those things were also very strange. Through observation, Zhao Xuan found that some guys who were driven to the terraced fields to do hard labor showed abnormal conditions one by one after half an hour. Their eyes suddenly became dull, and the movements of their hands became mechanical. Moreover, the parts of their bodies that came into contact with those gelatinous substances also showed abnormal colors. Although they would soon return to normal, Zhao Xuan had reason to believe that those gelatinous substances, no matter what they were, must have had a serious impact on the bodies of those coolies.

"It sounds like it might be related to those members of Night Owl who were suspected of being brainwashed. It's very likely that many people originally had nothing to do with Night Owl, but were controlled by this thing."

Su Qing listened to Zhao Xuan's experience, thought about it, and gave his own opinion.

"Well, I had the same idea as you at the time, so after confirming that I couldn't get any more information, I immediately told my boss about my findings, then I left the vicinity of the farm and rode my motorcycle back to the city."

"Then how did you get those wreaths on your body and wet hair?"

"Speaking of this... I feel like something is wrong, but I can't really tell what's wrong."

Zhao Xuan continued to say that after he returned to the city and put the motorcycle back to its place, he suddenly discovered a very noisy and bustling sound coming from the other side of the street. Out of curiosity, Zhao Xuan walked towards the direction of the sound.

"The source of the sound was at a fork in the road a block away. There was a parade of floats there, and there were many people following the floats. But I didn't know the reason. I thought it might be some kind of folk custom, so I planned to leave."

However, everyone in the float team and the surrounding crowd suddenly took out coconuts of different sizes. Some even took out bottles or boxes of transparent coconut juice, and then began to spray the coconut juice everywhere like at the Songkran Festival.

"I was probably unlucky. Only my head was soaked by the coconut juice. When I was about to find something to wipe it, someone seemed to push me from behind. Then I was squeezed in front of the float by the crowd, and then I was pulled up by the people on the float. They also put a lot of wreaths around my neck. I wanted to leave the float, but I was always stopped by the people on it or around me. It was not until the float stopped to rest or something that I had the chance to leave them."

Su Qing's expression became serious, and he pointed at the trash can where Zhao Xuan had thrown the wreaths. Zhao Xuan waved his hand, signaling Su Qing to relax.

"I know what you want to say, so I threw that special electromagnetic bomb in. These gadgets can overload all small and micro electronic devices, causing them to be damaged and unusable immediately. Before I returned to the hotel, I also checked every part of my body and didn't find any device. Don't worry."

"It's possible that this is indeed a local custom, or maybe we are just overthinking it. By the way, have you done any research on the two jeeps that were separated from the convoy?"

"Well, they went to the commercial street and probably bought some food. But there is one thing worth noting. The place where they parked was very close to the clothing store we went to yesterday. However, no one in the car entered the store, and the people inside did not get in the car. It might just be a coincidence."

Su Qing also told Zhao Xuan the information he had investigated. After exchanging information with each other, they began to look for possible connections between the information. However, after comparing the information, although someone mentioned the two locations of breeding farms and farms in the temporary checkpoint in front of the tunnel investigated by Su Qing, in fact, the two locations seemed to have no substantial connection.

"How are the facilities on that mountain? Are there any problems?"

"I don't know. The security is very strict. There is no chance to get in. You just said that there was something wrong with the floats in the parade, but you couldn't tell me what it meant."

Zhao Xuan scratched his ears, frowned, and carefully recalled his previous feelings.

"My detector detected special energy parameters at the time, but they did not appear on the float team, nor did they seem to appear in the crowd around the float team. Instead, they were in some fixed direction. I still remember the location, which was a casino."

"This special energy parameter, is there someone monitoring the float team? Or maybe someone is watching you?"

"No, look."

Zhao Xuan took out a small detector from behind his waist, opened the data statistics interface, and handed it to Su Qing.

"According to the time, the detector detected and recorded the energy parameters at around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and it didn't last long, only about five minutes. Now thinking back, it was exactly when the float team left the vicinity of the casino that this special energy parameter disappeared. Based on this, it can be confirmed that neither the float team nor I was monitored. However, the casino has a large flow of customers, even in the afternoon, so although I felt that something might be wrong in the casino at the time, I couldn't tell what was wrong specifically."

Su Qing and Zhao Xuan thought about it carefully and suddenly thought of something.

"The teleportation anchor is locked!"

"We should tell the boss about this immediately. If we can confirm that there is a blocked teleportation anchor point within the casino, there must be some secret hidden there!"

"And there is a strong defense force."

The two immediately passed the message to Han Zu, who had not returned yet. Han Zu quickly confirmed that he had received the message and told Zhao Xuan and Su Qing not to act on their own.

"What did the boss say?"

"Let's rest first and make detailed plans when he comes back."

"Well, I'm going to take a shower. This coconut juice has made my hair stick together."

"I'll call you when the boss comes back. I'm going back first."

"Row."

Zhao Xuan walked into the bathroom and Su Qing returned to her room. It seemed that neither she nor Zhao Xuan revealed their identities today, so they were safe for the time being.

Six o'clock sharp.

Han Zu has not returned to the hotel yet, but Zhao Xuan and Su Qing can contact Han Zu normally, so there is no problem on Han Zu's side.

"It may take me at least half an hour, but it should be done before eight o'clock at the latest. During this period, try not to leave the hotel."

"Okay boss, we'll stay in the hotel."

"Yes, boss."

"Well, let's do this first."

After ending the call, Su Qing returned to his room to maintain his weapons, while Zhao Xuan went to the hotel's buffet restaurant and got something to eat. He also took some with Su Qing. Soon, it was already 8:20 in the evening.

Han Zu still hasn't returned to the hotel.