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[The 27th letter from Hem to Ran Yu] (excerpt)

To Ran Yu:

……

You told me last time that you were betrayed by a well-connected teammate for a full-attendance bonus for a barrel of gasoline when you were on a mission at the post office, and you were almost seriously injured. Leading to his death, the mood is very conflicted.Although you didn't say it, I can feel your struggle in your letter.At that time, I thought you were immature because I was a few years older than you, so I have to apologize to you.

A similar thing happened to me recently, and I just realized how unreasonable my previous judgment was.Thank you for being willing to contact me and tolerate my arrogance and arrogance at that time.

Here's the thing.Some time ago, one of my colleagues did something that jeopardized our entire unit.

Here, there are very few people I can trust, and he is one of them.We graduated together to work, and he is my most capable deputy.Although there is only communication at work, I believe he is a capable and responsible person.The work I do involves a lot of interests, and many colleagues can't stick to their hearts, and are easily blinded and do stupid things, and they will be severely punished.I was in charge of investigating that, and despite all the leads pointing to him, I never suspected him.

When the evidence was overwhelming and there was no possibility of reversing the case, I personally disposed of him.

I know what I went through was very different from yours, but the feeling of being hurt by someone I trusted was similar, and the feeling of hurting them was even more similar—it seemed like I took a knife to He, but that knife didn't have a handle, so no matter how hard I tried to stab it, I would bleed as much and endure as much pain.

……

It is said that the supply of various resources outside the city has been decreasing recently, please pay attention to safety.good luck.

your friend: hum

Ran Yu felt that Lou Yue's current state was very different from usual, but he couldn't say exactly what was different.

Lou Yue seemed to be exuding low air pressure all over his body. I don't know if it was because of the pain in his fingers. When he opened the door, his hand was trembling slightly, and he missed the keyhole several times.

Ran Yu had just woken up from a dream, and his head was not bright enough, he couldn't understand the current situation, and he didn't know how to explain it.In any case, a guest who came to live in him appeared in front of the master's study door in the middle of the night and tried to pry open the door, and was caught first. No matter how big a heart is, people will feel weird.What's more, this is Lou Yue, and what's more, the materials in the study may be unusual, otherwise, he wouldn't have installed such a complicated lock on purpose.

Lou Yue said to go into the study to talk, Ran Yu took a step back.

"No," Ran Yu said, "I didn't want to come here."

"Well, it's just sleepwalking, let's go inside and take a rest first, maybe subconsciously want to have a look?" Lou Yue said, and opened the door of the study, "After entering, you will know that there is nothing to see."

"...I don't seem to be sleepwalking." Ran Yu recalled the strange feeling just now, "It's very strange."

"Well," Lou Yue did not deny Ran Yu's words, "Don't be nervous, I'll chat with you."

With that said, Lou Yue walked into the study, pulled away the chair in front of the desk, and signaled Ran Yu to sit down.

The layout of the study is very simple, with several detailed maps of various areas of the main city hanging on the wall.On both sides of a desk are several rows of bookshelves placed against the wall. Various documents and books with complicated names are placed on the bookshelves by category.There are several iron cabinets next to the bookshelves, with three or four knobs on the doors, which look like safes.

In the middle of the night, Lou Yue actually thought of pulling him over to chat.

Ran Yu didn't think about it, anyway, he himself was confused by the increasingly strange sleepwalking behavior, and he didn't dare to sleep again when he returned to his room.

After talking about it, Ran Yu asked, "Captain Lou, when will I move out?"

"You've only lived here for two days, what, you're not used to it?"

"No, it's very good here." Ran Yu looked at Lou Yue and said softly, "I suspect that I may have been infected with that kind of puppet virus. If I continue to live here, I may do something that is not good for you."

Lou Yue still looked closely at Ran Yu, without showing the slightest surprise: "But your test results are not abnormal. This kind of puppet virus was newly discovered during the recent riots, and your sleepwalking should have occurred long ago. During that time, right?"

Ran Yu immediately understood Lou Yue's meaning: "Where did I go that night after the entrance exam?"

Lou Yue looked away, tidied up the documents on the table, and said, "I don't know. Maybe it was wandering around the railing."

Lou Yue was still unable to confirm whether Ran Yu was infected by an unknown virus similar to the puppet virus, or...has been acting all along.This feeling of having to doubt Ran Yu made him very irritable, but he had no other choice.

Lou Yue was a little confused, and looked down at a hand-drawn map pressed under the glass table.This is a thumbnail image of the main city, with some oddly shaped icons dotted on it.

Ran Yu didn't know how to express his feelings at this time, so he simply turned his gaze away and asked curiously, "Why is there a candle in this heart-shaped place?"

"It's just a code name, but don't underestimate this candle. It's the source of everyone's sense of security."

The sudden appearance of sea ghosts a few days ago brought panic to the residents of the main city, but only for a while, because people trusted the security system of the main city.

This trust is not blind.Decades ago, human beings who were about to be exterminated by sea ghosts were able to leave behind a trace of fire, build a huge main city in the harsh plateau area, and counterattack to drive sea ghosts back to the sea. Set of security systems.It is called the Leitu system, and it consists of two subsystems named "Yu Lei" and "Shentu" after two ancient legendary door gods who ruled evil spirits.The Yulei system is responsible for the third ring, the Shentu system is responsible for the second ring, and the core of the two is the Leitu system, which is responsible for the first ring.

They are not so much a system as a set of sophisticated tactics against the enemy.After the establishment of the main city, this set of tactics combined with the increasingly revived technology developed more perfect.The main city is divided into one, two, and three rings from the inside to the outside, with a total of 26 secret defense bases, coded by English letters.The bases communicate with each other, and enjoy the highest authority over defense affairs.The base chiefs do not know each other's identities and are referred to by code names. Only the city master knows the list of chiefs and has the right to appoint and dismiss them.In this way, even if a certain chief rebelled, it would not affect the safety of the entire main city.

The place Ran Yu mentioned is code-named I, and it is located inside the second ring road. There is a heart-shaped pond next to it, just above the marked letters.

There are also quite a few letter marks in the third ring, but most of them are blurred, and some are blocked by documents and sundries on the table.Among the spare parts, the most conspicuous and the closest to the edge of the main city is an abandoned hospital three kilometers away from the temporary examination area, code-named E.

Lou Yue only looked down at the picture, and Ran Yu had to follow suit a few more times, and finally brought up the previous topic: "I think I need to be quarantined... Also, I need to tell you something. In the warehouse, I seem to have been bitten."

"I know, the doctor told me later that you have bite marks on your body and you saw blood."

"Then I shouldn't be..."

"No, you will be dangerous if you go out to quarantine and be known by others. The doctor is a student of Yan Ai, so he won't talk nonsense. Don't worry, everything is business as usual, you can rest here, and I will take a few days of sick leave for you." Lou Yue said without thinking Said, "If you let Albert and Old Wei know about this, you will definitely be locked up in the laboratory for an autopsy."

Ran Yu was stunned for a moment, and murmured: "But what if I really become a monster... I will kill you."

"You won't," Lou Yue raised his eyes, staring closely at Ran Yu's eyes and said, "Right?"

Before Ran Yu could answer, Lou Yue said again: "Don't worry, Yan Ai has taken a few tubes of blood from you when you were unconscious, to confirm that your physical condition is normal, there is no possibility of mutation, and the blood does not contain sea ghost virus antibodies. As for why you are not infected, their team is researching. You just need to wait for the results and cooperate when needed."

Ran Yu nodded in agreement.When facing Lou Yue, he always seems to agree to many things without thinking.

It was upon discovering this that Lou Yue's mood became extremely complicated.

When he got up to send Ran Yu back to the room, he said: "If you are still worried, I can also lock you at home. That way you won't harm others. Anyway, I'm not afraid of being harmed."

"Actually, that's pretty good. I've wanted to do this for a long time." Lou Yue suddenly smiled lightly, and when he turned his head, he saw Ran Yu's body stiffen, with a surprised and bewildered expression.So his smile became stronger, "Just kidding, don't be nervous."

After coming out of Ran Yu's room, Lou Yue went back to the study and put away the map under the glass.Then he took out another map from the safe and put it on the table, concentrating on it.

The distribution map of Leitu system that he let Ran Yu see before is indeed real, but it is just an old version before a large-scale update.

The sea ghost broke out in the mental hospital for the first time, which sounded a wake-up call for Lou Yue.Because one of the defense bases is on the back hill of the mental hospital. The 26 defense bases are like nodes, connected to form a network, silently guarding the safety of this human city.But even Lou Yue didn't have the authority to know the specific principles and methods, and he didn't even know whether the base on the back mountain was destroyed in this disaster.Lou Yue can only roughly know their location, and be on guard against any people or forces that attack these places.

It is conceivable that the key points of this highly confidential system are the places that sea ghosts are most afraid of and most want to destroy.

So, will there be a new tide of sea ghosts at point E?If that's the case, what kind of role will Ran Yu play in it?

Lou Yue suddenly didn't dare to think about it.

The next morning, Ran Yu was woken up by the communicator on his wrist.He recalled Lou Yue's words and expression in the study last night, and it was still difficult to fall asleep, and he could hardly close his eyes until dawn.

The caller was He Rongsheng, and his tone was anxious: "Ran Yu, do you still remember the electronic watch that I picked up at your door before the city entrance exam? Is it still with you?"

After He Rongsheng mentioned this, Ran Yu remembered that there was still such a thing in the bag.At that time, they were about to drive to the main city, and found that the man who failed to attack Ran Yu and was oppressed into a coolie had dropped his watch in good condition on the side of the road.They wanted to ask after entering the city, but they were busy with business after entering, and completely forgot about it.

"Why do you suddenly remember this?"

"It's too late to explain to you. Anyway, the situation is urgent. Can I trouble you to send it to Professor Yan Ai at the Third Ring Hospital?"

"Ok."

After finishing the call, Ran Yu tidied up quickly, and was about to open the door, but found that the door was locked.Because it is a dormitory assigned to the important officials in the first ring, the door is specially made, so strong that it cannot be pried open easily.

Ran Yu was startled secretly, he recalled Lou Yue's faint smile as if he was joking.Only then did he realize that Lou Yue was not joking when he said last night that he wanted to lock him up at home.