Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

What did this guy just click on the computer?

Could it be him who did this?!

Shen Xinghui opened the task and saw that the time displayed on it was indeed the 19th, but he remembered it was not this time before.

He couldn't help but frown slightly, wondering in his heart how this man did it. A doctor shouldn't be able to do such a thing, right?

Shen Xinghui's deer-like eyes flickered a darker hue, a hint of doubt and vigilance. He raised his head, his gaze passing Xia Jiumeng and landing on Li Shen in the distance.

Li Shen was standing there, looking back at him with a barely perceptible smile on his face. His usually calm eyes made Shen Xinghui see a hint of provocation.

In the end, Xia Jiumeng’s persuasion failed and she finally agreed to go with them.

After confirming that they would depart together, Xia Jiumeng simply booked three tickets to Luoxia City.

Today is only the 16th and there are still three days to clean up, which should be enough.

"Let's continue eating." Xia Jiumeng put down the communicator and said as she looked at the bubbling hot pot in front of her.

She only took a few bites.

The two men couldn't help laughing and shaking their heads at her heartless look.

But it has also joined the ranks of hot pot.

Because there was no busy day, after dinner Xia Jiumeng and Shen Xing sent Li Shen out of the community.

"See you in a few days."

Li Shen said before getting in the car.

"it is good."

Seeing her nod, Li Shen walked to the driver's seat and drove away.

Shen Xing replied: See you in a few days~~ [whispering softly.]

"Shen Xinghui?" Xia Jiumeng called him several times but there was no response, so she tilted her head curiously.

"Huh? Huh?"

Shen Xinghui was shocked when he saw the enlarged face in front of him.

"I called you several times but you didn't respond. What are you daydreaming about?"

"No, no, I was just thinking about the mission."

"is it?"

The two talked as they walked.

The warm yellow light stretched the two people's figures, making them look warm and romantic.

......

A few days later, they arrived in Luoxia City safely by plane.

As soon as they got off the plane, they immediately sensed the tense atmosphere of the city. The people on the streets were all in a hurry, and there was an indescribable sense of oppression everywhere. There were fewer pedestrians, and even children were nowhere to be seen.

It doesn't look like a bustling city at all.

Xia Jiumeng frowned when he saw this. The situation here might be more serious than they imagined.

I'm afraid this homeless riot is not as simple as the mission says.

Shen Xinghui's eyes also became sharp. He and Li Shen looked at each other, and a dark color flashed in their eyes that only the other party could understand.

"Let's go to the hotel and settle down first."

"it is good."

After completing the formalities at the hotel booked for them by the association and putting their luggage away, they went to the local hunter association to report.

There were many people in different clothes in the hunter hall. They seemed to be hunters from other cities.

I didn’t expect so many hunters would come. It seems that this mission has attracted many people. Seeing this, Xia Jiumeng walked to the screen in the middle of the hall and watched.

Li Shen glanced at Shen Xing and said, "I'll report to the central hospital first. It's crowded here, so please protect her."

Although he came here under the pretext of observing a patient who had undergone surgery before, the hospital still temporarily transferred him to the Central Hospital of Luoxia City as the temporary deputy director of surgery.

So he needs to report, and this place is about to face a wave of homeless people, and he can help in case the medical staff are insufficient.

In response to his instructions, Shen Xinghui nodded and said seriously, "I will protect her even without you telling me."

"Ah."

Li Shen turned to Xia Jiumeng and said, "Jiumeng, I'm leaving for a while and will be back later."

"it is good."

Xia Jiumeng nodded obediently.

After Li Shen left, she and Shen Xing returned to the mission desk and handed over their hunter certificates.

"Hello, we are hunters from Linkong City. We have accepted a support mission and have come here to report."

"Okay." The staff nodded and tapped their ID cards in front of the scanner.

The staff member looked at the information displayed on the computer and confirmed that it was correct before speaking to them with a smile.

"Hello, Luoxia City welcomes you."

"thank you for the help."

As he said this, he pushed two metal tags to them.

"This is a temporary tag. You'll need it when you head to the city's edge tomorrow. Your accommodation and food expenses during this time will also be recorded on it. Once the wave of wandering bodies passes, our Hunter Association will reimburse you."

Xia Jiumeng nodded, it was quite humane.

"Ok."

"By the way, may I ask, what is the situation now?"

The front desk staff didn't expect her to ask this. After all, many hunters just registered and left.

There is no danger in dealing with this low-level stray body, as it happens every year.

But I have to say that this year seems to be a little different, and there are even more hunters coming.

"The situation in the city is basically normal, but there are obvious energy fluctuations in the forest on the edge of the city, and many stray bodies have appeared outside the city."

"Compared to last year, the frequency of stray bodies this year has changed slightly," said a staff member as he looked through the records of previous years on the computer.

At this time of year in previous years, there had been no unusual energy fluctuations at the edge of the forest.

Xia Jiumeng pondered for a moment, thinking that any change was not a good thing, so she continued to ask, "Have you sent anyone to check it out?"

The staff member shook his head. "No, the city forbids anyone except hunters from leaving for a few days before and after the outbreak of the wandering body."

"Our association's senior staff have used professional equipment to test it, and the slight energy fluctuations are normal."

"Okay, thank you."

After learning the news she wanted, Xia Jiumeng took Shen Xing back to the hotel.

Their room in the hotel was a three-room suite, and they had no idea how the association arranged such a room for them.

"Do you think there is a problem with this mission?" Shen Xinghui asked while helping her wipe her hair.

Xia Jiumeng used Li Shen's notebook to look up some information about the wave of wandering people in Luoxia City in previous years.

"When something is out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy going on. Even the slightest change could hide a huge disaster."

"You've become much more cautious."

"not bad."

Xia Jiumeng checked the records of recent years and found that they were all low-level EF-level wandering bodies, which were extremely easy to deal with.

Apart from a minor confusion caused by the large numbers, there were no serious casualties.

Xia Jiumeng thought to herself: Am I overthinking it?

But when I looked at the pictures of the cleanup activity at the end of last year's homeless body wave, I suddenly stopped.

The picture shows a scene where hunters are cleaning up outside the city after the wandering body tide ended. Although there is a lot of damage everywhere, it stands to reason that low-level wandering bodies do not have cores.

But Xia Jiumeng found a reflective spot in a half-cut bush somewhere in the picture, and her intuition told her that something was wrong.

After thinking for a moment, she turned the computer a little, pointed at the picture, and said to Shen Xinghui, "Xinghui, do you think there's anything strange about this picture?"

Shen Xing looked at the picture for a while and didn't find anything different, but Xia Jiumeng said so, so she must have discovered something, so he looked at it carefully again.

"There's something wrong with this reflective spot."

Shen Xinghui seemed to have also noticed the reflective spot in the bushes.

That location is not facing the sun, and it is even near a dense forest. Logically, there should not be any reflective spots at the angle where the photo was taken, but there is a reflective spot there.

"This reflective spot is a bit strange."

"You think it's strange too, right? What do you think it is?"