I'm the mayor of a simulated ghost city

In the archive room of Guangming Power Plant, Lu Yao and the factory director turned on a dim lamp, placed it on a chair, and used books to block out the light to prevent being discovered.

Just after talking with the factory director, Lu Yao heard that Lu Ming did not go to detonate the power plant tonight. She thought about it roughly and it was true. When she tried to commit suicide for the second time, Lu Ming appeared by the river, which means that he did not detonate the explosion every time.

Unable to figure out Lu Ming's intentions, Lu Yao decided to ignore him for the time being.

Anyway, his goal is to kill everyone, and once everyone else has been killed, he will naturally appear.

So, Lu Yao decided to find the deceased first.

At this time, Lu Yao kept looking through the file records, while the factory director stared at the door blocked by the table pushed by Lu Yao with a worried look on his face, and asked without turning his head: "Achang, I have read this file countless times. If there were any clues about the deceased, I would have found them long ago."

“Maybe there are areas that are being overlooked.”

Lu Yao remembered that Lu Ming had told her before that he had found the characteristics of the deceased before the explosion, but unfortunately he did not finish his words at that time. And now Lu Ming, who was unknown to her, did not seem to know this characteristic, otherwise he would not have killed so many people.

Follow the records about past disaster years.

After Lu Yao saw that the first batch of dead people mistakenly joined them, not only people from the factory died, but also people who were relatives of the factory.

The first victim of the first session was the factory director’s sister, named Meng Lianrong.

Seeing the photo of Meng Lianrong, Lu Yao paused slightly and looked at the factory director. Meng Lianrong looked like she was in her fifties, but this factory director seemed to be only in his thirties.

Feeling Lu Yao's gaze, the factory director moved over from the door, saw the photo and explained, "This is my mother."

"Ah? Aren't you the current factory manager?"

Hearing Lu Yao's question, the factory director looked at Lu Yao in confusion and said, "That's nonsense. Achang, are you scared out of your mind by them? You know, the factory director is my uncle. Recently, something happened to my uncle's family in the city, and he has not been in the factory. I am the deputy factory director."

"Oh, yes, I forgot." Lu Yao laughed, but he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

Continuing to look through the records in the record book, the number of deaths in each session was about 18 people. Although there were only 15 or 16 regular employees in the factory, their relatives were also counted in the number of deaths in the disaster.

Some even implicated distant relatives. With so much involvement, it's no wonder that everyone isn't going crazy, and they can't escape it even if they resign.

"Bad luck is a terrible thing."

Lu Yao turned to the fourth issue and felt a little strange: "Hmm? Something is wrong."

"What's wrong?" The factory director came closer and asked while keeping an eye on what was happening outside.

"The death toll in the fourth session is lower." Lu Yao pointed to the death list, which showed 16 people.

The factory manager did not find it strange and shook his head, saying, "What's the big deal? The number of deaths changes every year. There is no pattern."

Indeed, sometimes 17 died, sometimes 18, or even 19, but these 16 were a little too few.

But as long as there is a problem, it must be marked. This has always been Lu Yao's style of doing things. She cannot pin all problems on chance or coincidence, otherwise she would have died a hundred or eighty times.

Thinking of this, Lu Yao continued to ask: "Then Director, do you remember what happened that year?"

"That year, I don't remember it very clearly. It seems that at the beginning, something happened to the son of the workshop director... Oh, yes, it was a car accident. At that time, his son went to the city to take an exam, and I was the one who took him there. Later, I can't remember who was involved in the accident..."

Hearing this, Lu Yao's fingers trembled, he turned around suddenly, and stared at the factory director in a daze.

In Lu Yao's eyes, the factory director was scratching his head, thinking seriously. He had an honest face, but was timid and there was a risk of him jumping up out of fright at any time.

Looking at his face, he was the only person in the entire factory who was unwilling to hurt others.

After pondering for a while, Lu Yao let out a long sigh and closed the record book.

The factory manager looked at Lu Yao in confusion: "What's wrong? Why don't you watch it?"

“Because I found it.”

"Found it? Did you find the clue?" The factory director was delighted. He clasped his hands together and said happily, "That's great. In this way, we don't have to fight and die!"

Lu Yao pursed his lips: "Well, I found the deceased."

"You found the deceased so quickly? Who was it?" The factory director was even more excited. He didn't expect that Fan Shichang was so smart tonight that he found the deceased in one go.

However, compared to his excitement, Lu Yao gritted her teeth slightly. She realized that this was the first time she did something indecisive. How could she tell such an honest factory director that the deceased was him?

Yes, that’s right, Lu Yao noticed something was wrong from the beginning.

The reason why something was wrong was that there was no such person as deputy director in any previous list, and there had never been a deputy director's office.

The deputy director's office is what Lu Yao passed by when he first came here. It was clearly a storage room!

As for the time of the factory director's death, it was the year of the fourth term. The factory director was not an employee of the factory, but he had another identity, that is, the nephew of the factory director. Misfortune will not let go of people who are relatives.

So the nephew of the factory director happened to come to the factory that year and met the workshop director's son. On the way to send the workshop director's son to take an exam, they both had a car accident and died on the spot!

Lu Yao slowly raised his hand and pointed at the factory director.

The factory manager looked puzzled, looked behind him, and then showed a look of shock.

"What are you talking about?"

"The deceased is you." Lu Yao finally said it.

“No, it’s impossible…” The factory director took a step back in disbelief and stepped on a flashlight on the ground. The flashlight made his face look extremely pale.

Lu Yao looked at him steadily and told him the truth: "The dead do have a characteristic, which is that they cannot remember what happened after the year they died."

As soon as the words fell, it was like a bolt from the blue. The factory director really couldn't remember what happened after the car accident, but he also remembered that a large truck came and hit the driver's seat where he was...

Under the factory director's recollection, Lu Yao slowly took out the dagger: "If you can't do it yourself, I'll help you."

As he spoke, Lu Yao walked towards the factory director, who stepped back and shook his head desperately.

Although it is cruel, it is the only way. Perhaps, only by letting the dead return to death can the nightmare-like cycle of reincarnation be ended.

Just then, Lu Yao heard a strange sound coming from behind him.

"Swish!" A crossbow arrow broke through the window. Lu Yao dodged it, but unexpectedly, the crossbow arrow went straight into the factory director's head.

The factory manager collapsed immediately.

Lu Yao's eyes widened, he ran to the window, and shouted downstairs: "Stop! The deceased is already dead!"

However, a man in work clothes downstairs, with another person who looked like his brother, raised a crossbow and shot wildly into the window. It was obvious that they had even called their relatives from the mountain to join the massacre, and they brought hunting crossbows with them.

Seeing the crossbow arrows raining down on him again, Lu Yao had no time to reason with them. He hid back against the wall and stared at the factory director's body, only to see many more crossbow arrows on it.

Lu Yao turned his head away and looked out the window.

"What's going on! Now that the factory director is dead, the cycle of killing should stop! Damn it, how can we break this cycle?!"

After a while, the sound of bows and crossbows stopped.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Yao hurried out of the archive room and ran downstairs, only to see the two people lying on the ground. There was a man standing next to them, holding the crossbow that the two had just used, with blood still dripping from the crossbow head.

The man was wearing a white shirt and casual trousers, and at first glance he looked like an intellectual engineer from the city.

"Lu Ming?" Lu Yao told the truth. He was a little afraid to get close to Lu Ming at the moment.

However, when he heard Lu Yao's voice, Lu Ming turned around happily.

Compared to the shabby look when Lu Yao first met Lu Ming, Lu Ming now had a sunny and handsome appearance. The only difference was the blood splattered on his body and face, which made him look a bit weird.

"Fan Shichang!" Lu Ming was very happy, "Great, I finally saved you!"

"Save me?" Don't tell me you killed everyone just to save me.

At this moment, Lu Ming's face changed and he rushed towards Lu Yao at a high speed. It was not that Lu Yao was slow to react, but that Lu Yao felt that his eyes could not keep up.

This is not an ordinary speed at all...

So, Lu Yao had no time to react, and at this moment, Lu Ming suddenly held her and turned her over.

At this time, Lu Yao noticed that a rusty sign fell down from above his head. However, because the two of them had swapped positions, the rusty sign fell on Lu Ming, and Lu Ming's back was immediately covered in blood and his skin was torn.

Lu Ming had only one breath left. He smiled at Lu Yao and closed his eyes.

"Lu Ming! I have something else to tell you..."

......

Lu Yao woke up again with the shouting, and once again looked at the big peony quilt...

"!!!"

Damn it, I reloaded the game again!