Silver Blade and Rose

Zals himself has no memory of where he traveled when he was eight months old. Fortunately, No. 179 is a government cooperative agency in name. Hannah took a little effort and asked for the travel records of Bill and Lilian. Ordered a copy.

"It's a violation, please keep it low-key and keep quiet." She said in a low voice when she handed the printing paper to Zals, "We are not qualified to adjust this kind of records through formal channels, I got it with the help of a friend. "

Hannah stayed in this small room under the stairs every day, and almost never went out. Zals couldn't restrain his strong curiosity, and couldn't help asking: "What friend?"

"Netizen." Hannah said coldly.

Her complexion was not good, and she didn't seem very happy to ask him to ask this. Zals touched his nose, closed his mouth tactfully, and left with the paper that printed Bill and Lilian's travel records for half a year.

It stands to reason that he should keep it a secret for Hannah, but when he got upstairs, Zales still couldn't help telling Edwin about it.

He originally thought that there are all kinds of people on the Internet, and he was afraid that Hannah would meet bad people, but Edwin nodded and let the matter go, and stretched out a hand to him: "Let me see. "

While Zals handed him the paper, he was still worried about Hannah's "netizen" and said worriedly: "The person who can access this kind of trivial old records is either very powerful, or someone who reads the archives. In case he wants to use Hannah for something..."

"The network on No. 179 is connected to the Exorcist Association." Edwin said, "Even if you have to worry, you should also worry about whether they are being targeted, not whether Hannah, who stays at home every day, will be caught by someone." Abduction—come and see here, I think this record should be true no matter whether the source is legitimate or not.”

Zals followed him as he said, and bent down to look at the underlined line on the paper. There was a location written on it. According to the time, it was the record of Bill's car passing a certain road in August of that year.

"Do you know where it is?" Edwin asked.

"I don't know." Zals said, opened the electronic map with his mobile phone, and quickly found out where this road is located. "It's a scenic spot in the south, and there seems to be a relic that hasn't been developed much nearby."

He searched for the name of this relic and found that it was an ancient building complex excavated nearly 30 years ago. Most of the interior has collapsed, but some murals and ancient objects of archaeological value have been left behind, so there are many hobbies in this area. to visit there.Zals clicked on one of the vlogs shot on the spot and saw that the ruins were surrounded by lush greenery, which should be in the forest.

Passing the phone to Edwin, Zarles glanced at the other records on the paper, but found nothing suspicious.Bill's car almost always goes back and forth between the company, the construction site and home, and Lilian stays with him at home every day, without any special record of going out.It seemed that the family hadn't been out of York much, except for a family trip to the ruins for some unknown reason and to visit his grandmother.

Edwin stared at the phone screen, which was still playing the video that Zals had just clicked on repeatedly. After watching it several times, he paused at a certain point, and handed it back to Zals to watch.

The young and beautiful girl was wearing a backless dress that was incompatible with the environment. She was introducing the collapsed walls behind her with a bright smile. remains.

Because after 20 years, the collapse of the building became more serious due to environmental changes, and most of it was blocked by bloggers. It doesn't look exactly the same, but it should be the background of that photo.

He looked at the frozen picture on the screen, then at Edwin, and remembered one thing: "You didn't answer me last time, why do you care so much about this place?"

This time, Edwin didn't refuse to answer, and told him directly: "I think the connection between us may exist in that place."

When following the navigation guide and driving hundreds of kilometers to the high-speed exit on the record, Zals felt that Bill might have been a little crazy back then, otherwise why would he have driven Lilian and him so far to this remote place? places to travel.

He drove through the woods along the dilapidated and neglected path, and when he finally saw a few cars, the sign for the entrance to the ruins was clearly visible.

Those cars were not parked according to the faintly visible parking line on the ground, and they were parked outside the gate in a haphazard manner. A few young men with various equipment got out of the car, and after counting, they opened the door and let them wait in the car. The girls inside got out of the car under umbrellas.The girl was dressed plainly and looked very ordinary. After getting off the car, she opened a pink parasol and picked up another girl from the car.

They have all seen the girl who got off the car this time, the blogger who smiled and introduced the ruins in the vlog they watched.She is tall and slender, with pink and white highlights on her blond hair, fashionable clothes and heavy makeup. She let the girl who got out of the car first hold an umbrella for herself, and took a look at the phone studded with rhinestones from her carry-on bag. Take this group of people into the ruins.

"Hasn't she already done the column here?" Zales was a little puzzled, "Why bring a group of people to do it again?"

Looking at the fully armed posture, it seems like you are going to shoot a movie inside.

Edwin didn't care too much about what this female Internet celebrity wanted to shoot in the ruins. Anyway, it was different from their goal, so just avoid it.He was eager to find the abnormality in the ruins, because from such a long distance, he could already feel that there was indeed something in the ruins that was vaguely attracting him.

Zars didn't have such a keen sense of perception, but he also felt that this place was weird.Obviously the research value is limited, but more than one Internet celebrity came here to promote it spontaneously. The few videos he found were full of enthusiastic praise, but the tourists attracted by them were still very limited, just like what they saw now , only the cars of the group of people just now were parked outside the door, and there were no people who came here for their fame.

It's kind of weird.he thinks.

Before he could say anything, Edwin had already unfastened his seat belt and got out of the car.

"Go, go in and have a look."

For the first time, his mobility was not as strong as that of Edwin, so Zars was stunned, quickly turned off the engine, got out of the car, and trotted a few steps to keep up with him.

Because of the limited research value, there are not even any security personnel in this ruins. The gate is just open to come in and out at will. It is difficult to tell who is who from the messy footprints on the dirt. It is impossible to investigate the people who entered and exited.They entered the door like ordinary tourists, and vaguely heard voices coming from not far away, so they turned their heads tacitly and walked in the opposite direction.

This side is relatively more remote, half-hidden in the woods, no more than the location of the group of people, it seems that there are few people, and there are not many footprints.There is no obvious path, and the roots protruding from the ground are in a mess, making it easy to trip. Zars subconsciously extended his arm to Edwin: "Help me, don't fall."

He used to take this kind of orienteering a lot in the past, and he had a lot of experience. He wanted to make it easier for Edwin, but the latter didn't appreciate it, and stood there looking at him meaningfully.

"Do I look like someone who needs help?" Edwin asked him.

Zars snorted, and smiled annoyedly: "I didn't think about it that much, I'm afraid you will be tripped..."

Of course Edwin was not a weak person in need of help, it was his subconscious actions that offended the other party——

He was about to apologize and withdraw his arm, but Edwin reached out and grabbed his arm first.

"Just kidding, let's go."

The jacket he was wearing was a bit thick, and Zales couldn't feel his body temperature, but...

Edwin was a bit of an anomaly.

He's not bad either.

It seems that they are all affected by this ruin, and their behavior is a bit weird.Zals thought slowly.

Although aware of this, he still lent his arm to Edwin and walked towards a dilapidated building high above, avoiding the raised tree roots on the ground.

They were all grown men, tall and long-legged, and it didn't take long for them to climb up the low slope, and several collapsed houses with only their foundations appeared in front of them.Edwin let go of his hand and took two steps forward, while Zars picked up half a brick on the ground, pinched it in his hand, threw it upwards, and caught it again.

"What do you think this place used to be?" He asked out of words, "The news reports only said that it was a suspected ancient building complex, and it seems that those experts didn't understand what it was..."

"It's not a human building," Edwin said abruptly.

Zales blinked: "...what?"

"Before this house collapsed, it was built in the style of the Whitelanders." Edwin followed his example and picked up a stone from the ground, threw it forward, and the stone smashed on the wall that had been eroded by the wind and rain. He made a hole, "It doesn't rain in Baidi, but it does here, so it can't withstand the wind and rain, and it collapsed within a few hundred years."

"You mean...these houses were built by the Whitelanders?"

Zals turned his head in disbelief to look at the pile of ruined walls, but he didn't see anything special, only the room in front of them had a hole punched out by Edwin, and a little light could be vaguely seen in the ruins inside.

"Not these, only this one." Edwin raised his legs and stepped over the collapsed outer wall, which was only half a meter high, and walked in. "You can find out what's going on."