Escape from the world [Cthulhu]

The atmosphere at lunch time was no longer as relaxed as in the morning. The thick fog had dissipated a bit, but it still existed.

The assembled investigators ate their lunch in silence, while other tourists sat scattered in the restaurant. It can be seen that there are a lot fewer people than in the morning.

"I found out the flow of people from the tour guide." He Ying borrowed Lange's notebook, "the number of people dining this morning is 79, including two people like us who live in one room. When we set off in the morning, there were 8 people Decided to stay in the hotel, 13 people decided to come here on foot after asking about the distance and direction - I think it is doubtful whether these 13 people got here, because the guide refused to tell me the actual number of people who entered the water park."

"Before I went to the tour guide, there were two groups of people who chose to return to the hotel because of 'discomfort' and 'there was no signal here'. A total of 6 people went back," He Ying said, looking up at the empty restaurant , "In other words, there should be 52 tourists in the water park now."

Yan An frowned: "There must be something in the fog, so we can only travel by car... Those 13 people, we can treat them as dead."

"Second," said Lange who came back last, "I just came back from the park, and there are obviously a lot fewer people there now..."

After lunch, the bus returned to the water park, and some tired tourists and investigators returned to the hotel together.

Standing outside the hotel, the investigators always felt that something was wrong.Everyone who had an investigation went through an investigation, but no one found anything.

As soon as they entered the hotel lobby, they saw a woman arguing with the receptionist at the front desk. He Ying could recognize that this was the woman who was still holding a laptop in the water park and tapping away.

"I need an explanation!" The woman said angrily, "Why is there no internet either outside or in the hotel?! Do you know how much this has delayed my work! Can you afford the loss caused?!"

The receptionist was obviously inexperienced, and explained stutteringly: "I'm sorry, we have already arranged personnel to overhaul it..."

"So you want me to do this now and wait?!" The woman became even more angry, "I'm not sure if it can be repaired, right?!"

The general manager of the hotel, Nelson, came in a hurry, and he smiled before he reached his mouth: "Oh, I'm sorry to cause trouble to our distinguished guests... What are you doing? Go and make a cup of coffee for the guests!" After dismissing the receptionist, Nelson said to the woman with a smile, "My guest, I am very sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. From now on, all your consumption in Paradise Island will be charged to my account, although it cannot be compensated." Your loss, but at least it's a little bit of my heart."

The woman's anger subsided a little, and she was guided by Nelson to sit on the sofa: "Finally, someone who can talk has come, and the consumption is fine. If you really want to do something, just arrange vehicles and boats to send me out."

"Your wish is the direction of our efforts!" Nelson graciously took the coffee from the receptionist and put it in front of the woman, "The only boat that comes here every day is the one that arrives at night. If you decide to leave, wait Next, I will arrange a vehicle to take you away."

"That's about the same..." The woman picked up the coffee and took a sip, "Why the hell did I come to this small island? I missed such a big news..."

Nelson apologized again to the woman, and left on the pretext of arranging for a vehicle.

Yan An said to the others: "You go back first, I'll go talk to her."

An Xian was a little worried, but was pulled away by He Ying: "It's all right, he's full of energy now, don't worry."

How Yan An handled it did not tell others, but in the end the strong woman did not leave the hotel.

They met in the lobby at dinner time, and the investigators knew what Yan An was doing.

The strong woman leaned over excitedly: "You're right! I went to the kitchen to check, and the restaurant's food preparation capacity is definitely not enough for 80 people."

This strong woman is a reporter like Lange, her name is Lina, and she is the editor-in-chief of a certain official media. This time, she was specially invited by Croft to come and play, just to get a small page under her hands.But it's clear that Paradise Island has changed from a dispensable resort to a mysterious place where tourists disappear in her eyes.

Chu Lishu was amazed, and said to He Ying in a low voice: "Now I kind of believe that the last module was brought by you by hugging his thigh. Mr. Yan An's shot is amazing if he doesn't make a move. In the next few days, there will be people The number of people watching the resort for us has changed."

"As long as Dr. Yan is willing to work, we just need to put on a good posture and wait to win." He Ying also sighed from the bottom of her heart.

Nelson didn't show up at dinner time, and some guests, aware of the dwindling crowd, were fooled by the receptionist's answer of "leaving the resort early."

Originally, He Ying and Chu Lishu planned to take Lange to the villa area to find out, but because someone got lost in the thick fog today, this plan was forced to be cancelled.After eating, the investigators originally planned to go back to the room to study whether they should borrow the hotel's car to go out to explore... But they were forced to stop as soon as they reached the second floor.

It was still the same group of boys yesterday, but yesterday they surrounded that boy to make him pay, but today they moved their hands and feet.

"Hey! Don't be so stingy! My parents said, rich people like you can't run out of money! What's wrong with sharing some with us!"

"That's it!"

"No wonder people like you have no friends, you are too Grandet!"

At first it was just hands and feet, but it gradually evolved into punching and kicking.

An Xian rushed over and separated the boys: "What are you doing!"

"Auntie, what we do has nothing to do with you!" The leading boy motioned others to talk about An Xian, "Don't meddle in other people's business, there are so many of us, Auntie will suffer."

Anxian [Strength] check/exit: 65/11 [extremely difficult to succeed]

An Xian squeezed in successfully, and successfully protected the beaten boy in her arms.

Yan An grabbed the leading boy from the outside: "Who told you that she was the only one?"

Lange stood behind Yan'an, like a wall, and smiled at him with two rows of white teeth.

The boys rushed away, An Xian checked the beaten child up and down, but fortunately, there was no serious injury: "Are you okay?"

The boy shook his head, his voice was very weak: "It's okay, thank you."

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An Xian took out a wet tissue to wipe the boy's face, and asked in a low voice, "What's your name?"

"Leonard."

"Did you come here by yourself or with someone else?"

"I came by myself."

"Are you staying with them because you want someone to be with you?"

Leonard nodded.

"They're not good kids, don't play with them anymore," An Xian smiled and took Leonard's hand, "My sister has never been to this kind of place, can Leonard accompany me?"

Leonard hesitated for a while, then nodded.

This child looks to be twelve or thirteen years old, but his height is only about 1.3 meters ten, which is a bit shorter than boys of the same age.

When An Xian brought Leonard over, he hid behind An Xian and secretly looked at these people, looking a little scared.

During a simple conversation, they learned that Leonard's parents are world-class rich men, but they are not good at taking care of children. As an only child, Leonard has been lonely since he was a child. Often bullied.On this trip, he refused the company of his parents and housekeeper, and came to Paradise Island by himself. He originally wanted to change the environment and make some friends, but without the protection of his parents, he was bullied even more ruthlessly.

An Xian felt distressed: "Which room do you live in?"

Leonard whispered: "I live in 420." It was a room on the east side of the fourth floor, and it was one of the rooms with the best sea view.

"Go back, I'll send this child back first." An Xian straightened up, holding Leonard's hand.

Yan An nodded: "Be careful."

Hill bit his lip and said nothing.

The investigators continued to walk up the stairs, while An Xian sent Leonard back to room 420.

There are a lot more people in the mall than yesterday, whether they are business personnel or customers.

The one with the best business is a handicraft store. Sitting behind the cash register is a middle-aged man in his 30s. He looked down at the things in the editor's hand, and when he saw someone coming in, he just took a cold look and then looked down again. .

The salesperson in the store wore the uniforms distributed by the mall, and greeted warmly: "Welcome to Paradise Island to play! The handicrafts here are all good things collected from the indigenous villages here, and some of them are made by our shopkeeper himself. Although it looks rough, it is a unique handicraft of Paradise Island, which is absolutely not available in other places. It is a good choice whether you keep it for yourself or give it to others.”

He Ying noticed that the three sisters were also in this store, and they were gathering together to look at a strange-looking wind chime.

Yan'an used his forensic intuition: "The owner of the shop should know something. Which of you has some good words? Go up and talk."

Lange was the only one who spoke up and volunteered to go.

The owner's English is not very good. He is an aborigine of Paradise Island. He used to make a living by fishing. Later, he injured his leg and couldn't go to sea. He had to make ends meet by manual labor.When this resort first came to Paradise Island, the aborigines were very repulsive. Later, Nelson came forward to negotiate and let some villagers who could not go to the sea or hunt come to work in the resort, which eased the relationship.

As expected of a reporter, Lange spoke humorously and was good at listening. Unknowingly, he led the shopkeeper to talk about a lot of things. Finally, the shopkeeper happily gave Lange the doll he had just made up.

Lange accepted it very happily, and then praised the owner's craftsmanship, and asked him to help his friends make a few dolls. As a reward, they can invite the owner to drink downstairs later.

"Of course, I'm glad you guys like this, but you don't need to drink." The shopkeeper smiled, "I still want to watch the shop here."

The three sisters listened for a while, a little envious of the doll in Lange's hand, and one of the girls said, "Sir, can you make us one too?"

The shopkeeper shook his head: "There are a lot of things in the shop, all of which are carefully crafted. There is nothing unusual about such temporary things."

The girls paid for what they had just purchased and walked away dejected.

Hill was still listless and didn't have much experience to participate in the conversation between men, so he walked around the store by himself, with He Ying accompanying her and taking care of her.

The salesperson also followed them, explaining what this thing is and what that is... In order to justify it, even ordinary dream catchers can be said to be woven with special craftsmanship on the island.

The most common thing in the store is a kind of handicraft with a strange shape. It is hard to say what it is, and the salesperson also vaguely said that it is a common decoration in the homes of residents on the island and it is used to pray for blessings.He Ying picked up one and looked at it, feeling a little familiar.

Hill was stiff all over.

Hill [Inspiration] check/exit: 70/19 difficulty success

Hill realized he had just seen this shape today, at the water park.

The huge combined slide in the water park was clearly built according to this shape.

"This... what is it?"

Hill [Will] check/exit: 65/88 failed

【san】1D3 out of order: 3

After saying goodbye to the shopkeeper, the investigators returned to Room 508, and An Xian had already returned by this time.

Yan'an spread the hand-painted simple map of the resort on the table, which marked the main building areas of the resort: hotels, water parks, villas, hot springs, amusement parks and folk streets.

He drew today's route to the water park on the map, and then asked Chu Lishu to draw the route they followed Hill to the villa area yesterday.

"There are two roads. We drive on the Folk Street, and we take the small road. After entering the forest, it is different. In theory, the road we take is closer to the water park than the Folk Street, and the distance is shorter." Chu Li Shu frowned and said, "But when we were walking yesterday, we didn't pass through the water park. It just felt like we 'passed by' the water park."

"I know why." Hill said suddenly.

Everyone looked at her.

She screamed, grabbed An Xian's shoulders and shook: "It's that child! She took us there! She's going to feed us to that monster in the water park!"

"Hill? What are you talking about?" An Xian was a little dizzy from her shaking, "Let go of me first..."

"That's not a slide! That's a monster! A monster that can eat people—" Hill's voice stopped abruptly, and he fell down limply, being caught by An Xian.

He Ying withdrew her hand holding the computer bag, and pushed her glasses calmly: "I'm sorry, the module hit people too easily before, and I used it subconsciously."

The author has something to say: Yes, Hill is temporarily insane

The next chapter is about what's crazy

And I am very motivated now, I want to tell you the story line of little Leonard

I put Leonard's two pictures on Weibo as childhood + adult

Microblog name: Yinzhao_猫猎猫

The biggest feeling: His partner is really blessed

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Thanks to the little angel Nanke for reminding me, I missed a chapter when I put it in the manuscript box_(:з」∠)_

I'm sorry, I'm so stupid, today's update is still normal at seven o'clock