Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 1591 The road to nowhere
"Joe...Professor Joe?"

Across the dense and almost ferocious iron railings, Wu Yiliu didn't dare to get too close; his eyes passed through the narrow gap, and fell on Professor Qiao's silhouette cut into pieces by the railings, and he let out a soft cry.

The shriveled woman had left for nearly 10 minutes, and Professor Qiao's silence, which lasted until now, finally made him unable to sit still.Before the female evolutionary left, she neither affirmed nor denied, and Professor Qiao's question hung in the air as if it had been nailed, disturbing people's minds.

If they really found Yingshui'an... Wu Yiliu didn't even want to think about it.

After a few seconds, the old lady's voice sounded, unexpectedly calm.

"I'm fine." She said slowly, "They have a lot of tricks, it's not surprising to find a few names, don't blame yourself."

The three words "I'm sorry" in his throat became even hotter, even though Yaichi Liu didn't know what he wanted to apologize for.

The old lady turned her head and looked around, as if she had just realized that she was locked in an iron cage. "This is her special item." She looked at it and said, "You'd better not touch the railing."

Wu Yiliu also noticed that in the smooth and deep iron gray, occasionally a black line flashed past lightly, like an electric current or a swimming fish, flashing and disappearing.After all, this is something used to trap the evolutionary, and he dare not even think about the consequences if he encounters it.

"She didn't kill us, she didn't infect us, but she just locked us up." Professor Qiao seemed to have returned to normal, and said, "This is a bit strange."

"Yes." Wu Yiliu somewhat relieved, and replied, "I thought over and over again, we obviously don't have a single thing that can check and balance them, and it's completely useless to them... It's like entering a house at home. I found a bug, instead of disposing of it early, I covered it with a cup instead."

"One thing is for sure, they will get rid of us two bugs sooner or later. Either killing them or infecting them will not keep us in prison forever." Professor Qiao can still smile at this time, which makes Wu Yiliu feel admiration. — "But the female evolutionary didn't touch us just now, why do you think about it?"

If it weren't for the weird environment at this time, it would be a bit like being in class.Wu Yiliu thought about it for a few minutes and said, "I can't figure out what use we are to them. If this possibility is ruled out, then I only have one feeling, and I don't know if it's right...she Do you have to ask someone for instructions before you can do it?"

This statement sounds incredible: as an evolutionary, that shriveled woman can obviously walk sideways, so why would she need to ask the shapeshifter for advice when dealing with ordinary people?
Maybe Professor Qiao didn't feel like it, and fell into thinking and didn't speak.Wu Yiliu sat down on the ground with a "gudong" and said with a wry smile: "Forget it, no matter what, it doesn't make much sense. They are going to turn this place into a real copy..."

Facing the doubtful eyes cast by Professor Qiao, he told all the news he had just inquired about; even though he tried his best to control his emotions while speaking, he couldn't help but become more depressed and desperate as he spoke.

"For shapeshifters, the fake copy is almost perfect. The only shortcoming is that it has no binding force on evolutionaries."

He lowered his head, pulled his shoelaces, and said: "If it were me, I would use special items to turn it into a true copy with exactly the same content and the same operation, but binding on the evolutionary. At that time, the ones that come in No one can escape... I thought and thought, but I couldn't think of a way."

"That item, can it be used like this?"

"It should be possible," Wu Yiliu recalled, "it can 'form a copy according to the arrangement', that's what they said. Besides, if it can't be used in this way, why are you looking for it? Duplicate, isn't it like lifting a rock and shooting yourself in the foot?"

Professor Qiao tilted his head thoughtfully.She is very old and has experienced ups and downs for most of the day, and now she can't hold back and sits down. "It would be quite interesting if it really succeeds," she said with a slight smile, "I really want to see it."

Wu Yiliu couldn't help turning his head to look at her. "Professor Joe..."

"I know, it sounds bad." The old lady said, subconsciously turning the ring on her finger. "No, it's not just bad, it's completely hopeless."

Sure enough, Professor Qiao couldn't help it... After all, they are ordinary people, and it's already incredible that they have made it this far.Wu Yiliu nodded, silently buried her face in her knees.

Is it really so powerless to be an ordinary person?If he doesn't struggle, he may still have a few years or more than ten years of life; if he struggles, he is about to come to the end.

The two sat in the cage for a long time.From time to time, Professor Qiao would talk to him about some past events, almost all of which had never happened on this timeline.After all, what else could she be doing now?Both of them could only wait for the shapeshifter to pronounce their sentence on them in helpless desperation—Yu Yiliu clearly understood the mood of the condemned prisoner.But the strange thing is that several hours have passed, but no one has come to deal with them.

what happened?

It’s fine if you give him a good time, but tormenting in the unknown without going up or down like this is really uncomfortable, as if a hard stake is stuck in the chest, piercing the throat when sitting, and pressing the stomach when standing up.When Wu Yiliu was circling anxiously in the iron cage, he suddenly heard the sound of keys banging in the corridor outside the door.

Both of them raised their heads following the sound.

The footsteps accompanied by the sound of keys, obviously not coming towards them, floated up from one end of the corridor, passed the door with a "crash clatter", and disappeared at the other end.Wu Yiliu was about to jump on the railing, and after listening for a while, when the sound of keys banging sounded again, he hurriedly asked, "Professor Qiao, what time is it?"

"Five past three," the old lady took out her mobile phone and looked at it before replying.After they were caught, no one searched them; because even if they had mobile phones, they had no one in this world to call for help.

Wu Yiliu's heart felt hot, and he felt confident; when the key sound was about to reach the door again, he immediately yelled loudly—"Brother Chen! Brother Chen!"

The sound of keys and footsteps stopped at the door.Professor Qiao couldn't understand the situation, so he glanced up at him.

"Come in for a while, it will be fine soon," Wu Yiliu lowered his voice halfway, and shouted towards the door through the railing: "Just for a while, you will definitely not regret it, I have something good to see you!"

The person outside the door still didn't make a sound.But after a few seconds, the door was hesitantly pushed open a crack.Wu Yiliu's heart almost jumped out - he remembered correctly, it seemed that because he trusted his iron cage very much, the shriveled female evolutionist left without locking the door.

"What did you call me for?"

The shapeshifting guard who took a cigarette from him last time poked his head in and complained in surprise and suspicion: "What good can you do? Stop yelling, lest others hear and misunderstand me."

"You come in, I promise you will be fine soon, I won't let you help in vain, it will definitely not do you any harm." Wu Yiliu's palms were sweating, and he desperately wanted to keep him, saying, "Neither my teacher nor I can get out." It’s useless to keep the money…”

The word "money" immediately lit up the guard's eyes.He shrank his head and went out to look at the corridor. Seeing that there was no one outside, he sneaked into the room and the key on his belt slammed.After he quickly closed the door, his attention was first drawn away by the iron cage. He opened his mouth and looked at it for a while, then remembered the business, and asked, "Hey, how do you know it's me outside the door?"

When he came last time, Wu Yiliu had heard the sound of a large bunch of keys around his waist—not that he could remember the sound of the keys, but that the sound of a large bunch of keys was louder and more audible Come out, except for the guards, no one in this building has so many keys hanging on their bodies; in addition to hearing the sound of keys twice, both at the same time in the afternoon, the possibility that the same person is on duty is very high, he tried Once you try it, you are right.

However, the guard didn't seem too interested in how he found himself. His eyes stayed on Professor Qiao for a while, and his expression became a little more relaxed - just by looking at his expression, Wu Yiliu could guess his mental activities: Wu Yiliu looks like a young student with little money, but the old lady is different, she has a lot of savings in her life, right?

Professor Qiao is very reliable and has already pulled out his wallet.

"What do you want from me?" The guard probably knew that the money would not be for nothing, and asked cautiously.

"Brother Chen, although I really want to have a good talk with you," he tentatively asked, "but are you safe now? What if that female evolutionary suddenly comes in and sees you..."

"She left a long time ago, it's been two hours." The guard waved his hand and said, "The man who came last time suddenly came to her and said there was 'some news', and the two left in a hurry .”

Do you mean the visa officer?That shriveled woman left with the visa officer?
Wu Yiliu immediately asked: "What's the matter, where did she go? Can't she come back suddenly?"

The guard reported a place name, which was another small city four or five hours away by train from this city. "Or should I tell them how to get there? It's so far away, and they won't be able to come back for a while."

"Didn't she say what she was going to do?" Wu Yiliu already had a vague guess in his heart - the recent goal of the group of evolutionaries including the visa officer was to find the item that made the dungeon; at this time, the shriveled woman suddenly I set off with the visa officer, and it is very likely that I learned the whereabouts of the item.

He thought who was the shriveled woman asking for instructions, it seems that he guessed wrong?
No, not right.She had only left two hours ago; when he and Professor Qiao were arrested, the shriveled woman didn't know that she was going to find special items soon, why she didn't do it then is still a mystery.

"Why would you tell me about them," the guard began to lose patience.

Wu Yiliu knew that he had to give him some favors—but, this was probably his only chance, what would he do with the favors, so as to ensure that the two of them could get away?

"You know Pease?" He leaned closer to the railing and whispered, "It's the evolutionary who collects special items... Can I trouble you to let him come here anyway? Just tell him, it's related to matters of his own interest..."

　I’m a bit productive today, not only finished writing this update, but also finished the half-written and unwritten short story of Zhiliang (it’s really very short, only [-] words)

But maybe because I was too sleepy, I was a little unsure about the quality after I finished writing (I don’t have enough confidence in the new things I wrote), so I’m going to put it aside, and if it looks okay tomorrow, I’ll write Sent to the short story collection of love power generation.

I didn't plan to update there so soon, but everyone is obviously Pikachu, and today I kept shocking me...

　
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