implication [end times]

Failed again?

For a moment, the way Ah Song tilted his head thinking made Ran Yu think of his younger brother who was far away at home.When Ran Qiu was concentrating, he would subconsciously tilt his head to the left, staring at people with bright black eyes.

Before Ran Yu had time to ask what he meant, Ah Song nimbly squeezed into the crowd, a small drop of blue melted into a large expanse of blue, and soon disappeared.

Ran Yu chased after him for a few steps, and when the chatting crowd he passed saw him, they all stopped and stared at him.The further he walked, the more people passing by stared at him.Ran Yu was terrified by these heresy-looking eyes, and was about to stop when he heard a familiar voice not far ahead.

The words are straight and round, with some consonants at the end, which sounds very comfortable.It's Xu Pei'er.

Xu Pei'er was also wearing the sea blue robe, but without a hood, revealing a calm and pure face.She was talking to the people next to her sideways, and when she found someone approaching, she quickly turned her head and her eyes met Ran Yu.

Ran Yu approached quickly and asked, "Teacher Pei'er, do you know where this is?"

Xu Pei'er obviously recognized him, and said with a smile, "This is the right place."

The other two ladies who were chatting with Xu Pei'er just now also looked over and said in unison: "This is the place to come."

Their voices were very stable, with no ups and downs in tone. They were obviously human voices, but Ran Yu always sounded like an electronically synthesized prompt sound when the communicator failed to dial.Even Xu Pei'er, who has always been pleasant to speak, has this tone of voice.

Intuition told Ran Yu that these people are very abnormal now.

But when he passed by just now, he overheard them talking about other things, and the tone of voice was still fresh and normal... Is it because this question is special, or because he is an outsider?

Although not very good at reaching out to strangers, in order to learn more, he has to join in.

Recalling the chatting skills taught by He Rongsheng, Ran Yu chatted about the weather when he had nothing to say: "It's so hot today, it's almost thirty degrees?"

"More than that, the highest temperature today is 36 degrees."

"I start sweating when I go out in the morning, it's a horrible weather. Luckily the office has air conditioning."

Their voices regained their vigor and vitality, and they asked questions enthusiastically as if they had just discovered Ran Yu, and found out clearly about Ran Yu's current life and family situation.Ran Yu always seemed passive when chatting in the crowd, answering every question, but never mentioned his job, only said that after the exam, he obeyed the assignment and entered a work unit at will.

Several ladies chatted with Ran Yu for a while, and seeing that he really couldn't talk back, they chatted about other things on their own.Ran Yu was determined to respond to all changes with the same, and stood aside, silently observing the current situation.Just when Ran Yu was talking to them, those who had been staring at him looked away and continued the conversation in their own small circle.

Many people have already gathered in this suspected abandoned underground parking lot. Everyone is wearing the sea-blue robes they wore in the big classroom last time, but they don’t wear masks—or they haven’t started wearing them yet. There are a few big bamboo baskets in the corner, The basket was filled with the same black masks as last time.Ran Yu made a little calculation, and there are at least a hundred people here.These people were not alone, they gathered together in twos and threes, chatting about different topics enthusiastically, with the same excited light in their eyes.

He suddenly figured out why he was being watched just now, because he was the only one acting alone.

Ran Yu recalled that when he was stared at by many people, he still felt a chill down his back.This is completely different from the mutated beasts he met outside the city. Facing ferocious beasts, no matter how greedy and terrifying their eyes are, the instincts that Ran Yu has been trained since childhood will make him grasp the weapon immediately and go into battle to kill them. They... And now, facing the same kind, he absolutely cannot solve this looming danger by slaughtering.

From Xu Peier's chat with the other two ladies, Ran Yu learned that the short-haired, round-faced lady was called Xiao Yang, and the long-haired, square-faced lady was called Sister Qing.The ages of the three are not much different, but only Xu Peier has a job, and the other two are housewives.

For some reason, Ran Yu felt that they were very frank and enthusiastic when they talked, even confiding in their hearts, and it was not at all obvious that they were meeting for the first time.This is completely different from his previous impression that he always beat around the bush when chatting with people in the city.Different to the point of being weird.

According to Xu Peier's description, several students in the school where she worked were abused and seriously injured.Among them, a very well-behaved and sensible child in the class where she was the head teacher also encountered this kind of thing. She insisted on seeking justice for her students.She went to the Security Bureau and the Inspectorate to report the case, but those people had no ability to investigate clearly.A few days later, Xu Pei'er met a stranger on the way home from get off work, who gave her an invitation letter, and she went as soon as she gritted her teeth.

"I found out later that he was also introduced to this association by a classmate. It was for a few v-points, in exchange for a few packs of restricted medicines, to treat his mother." Xu Pei'er's mouth curled into a mocking smile. Here, v points cannot be transferred and circulated, but some people do it too easily. Feng Haotian, the big boss of Yihuan, can use a few v points as hooks to ruin people's lives at will. came out, and my student is still lying in the hospital."

Xiao Yang sighed: "Who says it's not? The family next door to me has a family of seven, squeezed in a house 50 meters away, and they just want to save more v points for a bigger house. The girl in that family gave birth to five, but still The man didn't get enough points, somehow he joined the mutual aid association, and donated his youngest son in exchange for v points... I heard that the youngest son was admitted to a mental hospital some time ago, and died in it in the past two days."

Ran Yu suddenly asked, "Excuse me, is your youngest son Yu Qi?"

Xiao Yang asked in surprise: "How do you know? You also know that family?"

Ran Yu nodded vaguely, and asked again: "Was he sent in because of schizophrenia? Did he ever say he was someone else?"

"It seems to be there, it looks good," Xiao Yang said, "He said that he is a noble lady, and he even stole his mother's lipstick."

Madam?Ran Yu was taken aback.Shouldn't it be a middle-aged man who lost his son at the age of 40?

Is that boy named Yu Qi really schizophrenic, or is he trying to escape the use of his parents and the sanction of the main city's laws?If it is the former, when did he split, and is it related to this association?

What happened to him after he was "sacrificed" by his father?

The answers to all these questions are unknown with the sudden death of the young man.

At this time, a homeless man's slightly smug smile broke into Ran Yu's mind.If what the teacher Yuan Qiong said is true, if the association thinks that there is something more precious than the V point that can be obtained from a poor and ordinary boy, if the boy is not really schizophrenic, then is he regarded as some kind of ……container?

A container for the souls of others.

This thought made Ran Yu uncomfortable as if being pricked by a needle.He was so instinctively disgusted by the event that the negative feelings fed back physically.The skin on his abdomen was aching, and Ran Yu knew there was a long scar there, but he didn't know when he went hunting and predating it.

While Ran Yu was thinking about things, their topic shifted to Xu Peier's work.

"I'm really envious of you having a job," Sister Qing said, "It's great. Your labor value is higher than the value of childbearing. It's much easier to work than to keep having children. I worked for two years before I got married, and that was my whole life. It's the happiest time."

Xiao Yang nodded; "Me too, but I was forced to get married by my family after only working for three months. Because they said that if I had children at home, I would get more V points and make the family live better."

Ran Yu was at a loss on this topic.Seeing this, Xu Pei'er didn't shy away from anything, and acted as a teacher to popularize science for him: "You have just been in the city for more than a week, so it's normal not to know about this. In the city, everyone has to accept the unified value assessment vpa at the end of each year. The full name is valuepointaverage. It is divided into three value dimensions: order, efficiency, and resources. Among them, resources include population and materials. Female fertility can create population, so you can get the corresponding v point. If you have a job, follow the performance, in terms of efficiency and materials Obtain v points. Order is the state of our usual law-abiding."

As expected of a teacher, Xu Pei'er spoke in an orderly manner, which was much clearer than the pile of troublesome study documents that were handed out before.

Sister Qing suddenly lowered her eyes, looking a little sad: "It's much more difficult now than in the past. In the past, the population of the main city was strictly controlled, and one or two children could get enough v points. Now it is said that the satellite cities will be expanded, and the birth index is getting higher and higher. It’s getting higher and higher. I have several friends who died in the delivery room when the fifth one was born. I don’t know how many times I can survive.”

Xiao Yang comforted her: "Don't be too sad, don't we just want to make some changes? Since everyone thinks it's unreasonable, we need to change it."

When Sister Qing heard the words, her expression slowly recovered when she raised her eyes: "Yes, it will change soon."

Seeing that the timing was just right, Ran Yu asked, "Then what are we going to do next?"

"Do what needs to be done."

"Do what needs to be done."

"Do what needs to be done."

Three straight voices without ups and downs sounded, and their eyes became as cold as the voices again.

Ran Yu was about to change the subject when he heard the voice getting louder and louder, and the people around him also started to speak out one after another. Different voices but the same monotonous voices like electronic synthesis mixed together, buzzing and repeating in Ran Yu's ear: "Do it!" What to do. Do what to do..."

This low and monotonous frequency made Ran Yu's eardrums feel numb, but fortunately, the loud slogan didn't last long.On the left side of the parking lot, the crowd moved.

Ran Yu wandered among the crowd, wanting to see what these people were going to do.

When he got to the exit, he saw some people handing out things against the wall.Those big baskets were filled with sticks and knives of all kinds, and when people went out they were given a weapon.

The people who had gone out in front of them walked to the street with weapons in hand and with open arms.

At this time, Ran Yu understood what they said "what to do".

They're going to start a riot.