Path of the Dead Prequel: Wings of Silver

A few flashes of lightning flashed across the dark sky in the distance, and dull thunder rolled in. Raindrops pattered on the car window from light to dense, and the sky became completely dark. Ahead was a high-speed section with extremely poor road conditions. The cars were crawling slowly like snails, and the air instantly became cold. The station wagon is illuminated by taillights and headlights of various colors at the front, rear, left, and right, and the warm tones break up the gray-blue picture, making it less boring. For North Carolinians, this kind of weather marks the beginning of a short rainy season at the end of summer, followed by fall.

Happiness is not a secret that can be treasured, even if it is just a thought or state of mind, because you don't know when your other half will call the phone. Soon, I received another call from Sister Di. She had already arrived home and asked me why I didn’t take the completed bag away.

"You wouldn't just open the door and leave without even entering the kitchen after getting up, right? Didn't you read the note on the table? She looked slightly unhappy and said,"Then what else should I prepare them for?" The lunch on the table is still untouched."

"The taxi arrived so quickly that I didn't take care of it as it arrived just as I was getting dressed."When I saw Krys staring at me, I felt a little embarrassed, so I planned to chat a little more and asked,"What have you prepared? I don't even know about the bag"

"Just ordinary sweatshirts, digital watches, etc., and the bag of money Desmond gave last night. Forget it, you go about your business."

I put down the phone and saw the detective in the driver's seat looking at me suspiciously. I had to wave my hands and explain to him that I filled in the money in the envelope myself, but it would be more reasonable to borrow his name. Fan Fat He quickly realized something and hurriedly went through his old bag and found the plastic bag he had been carrying around these days. He pointed at me and yelled:

"Okay, no matter who you are, you treat me like a bank. If you don’t have any money, you steal jewelry and exchange it for money as a favor. How can you do that!"

I thought to myself that this was originally an ill-gotten fortune of unknown origin. Can I be so excited? Apart from what I took away and what Old Daisa gave away, he still had a lot left. But since it came to money, Krys pointed the finger again. That's right Dixie.

"I think that's a white-collar bitch testing you. She will definitely remove valuables before bringing someone who doesn't know the details. I would do that in her place. Then, she put some small money in a bag to see what you would do. Maybe there are cameras everywhere in the house, and she might keep her eyes open all night long to guard against you."

"Well, what you said makes perfect sense. Even if a normal person is madly in love with the other person, when they bring someone home for the first time, they will be careful, so that even if they meet a scumbag, they can stop their losses immediately. The detective was a little angry because I got there first. He was singing along and asked:"I don't quite understand your thinking pattern. Since you are the one hooking up with her, why do you want to pay her back some money?" Say it's me? I never got involved in your messy affairs from beginning to end."

"In fact, that's not the case. My original purpose of going to see Dixie was to say goodbye to her and to stay away from her."I rubbed my face, looked at the cartoon chef on the sign of the chubby burger restaurant, and said:"However, I couldn't deceive myself. I went to Alyosau in whispers."

"Alyosulfur? Paco had always been interested in this, so he turned around and asked,"What is that?""

"To put it simply, it is someone's fragmented memory that happened decades ago and needs to be restored through dreams. I raised my cell phone to everyone and said,"So, when I woke up, I called the drifter's phone number and wanted to ask him about locker H1-092 in the Parkview Business Building in New York.""

"What did the other person say? Eubisio was smoking silently by the window. When he heard someone interested, he asked,"He promised to help you find it?""

I played the phone recording to everyone, but now that I talked about him, Lao Dai had some different opinions. He said that he was caught off guard at the time and felt it was very mysterious, but after returning to the hotel and thinking about it carefully, he had a general understanding of the other party's tactics. That shouldn't be difficult to do

"How did he do that? Fan Fan saw that the topic of conspiracy theories was coming up again, so he leaned over and asked eagerly.

"In fact, many celebrities or popular stars have people who deliberately collect their information. Those things are secret and cannot be disclosed, and are only used for future needs. For example, during the election campaign, if you want to suppress your opponent, you will send out some sensitive copies to force the opponent to make concessions; or if you encounter a major public relations crisis and cause regional or domestic conflicts, these things can be thrown out in time to divert public attention. So, it's not a mystery. The detective blinked slyly and said,"When you think about this, the ghost's routine becomes very clear." When withdrawing money at a gas station, this guy was able to find out the cash balance in the card from somewhere else. He checked it using his mobile phone. A celebrity like Dixie usually applies for many cards, so she only needs to send a virus email in the name of the bank. As long as she clicks on it, she will naturally be embedded in the Trojan horse. In this way, she will naturally know how much money the other party has borrowed."

"And what if the white-collar bitch is very smart and refuses to click on emails?"Krys smiled secretly and asked

"You always use the Internet, right? You click on any link, view any content, and the Internet time and Internet access patterns. Everything that provides Internet services can be seen and recorded. Providers such as Verison and ATT can collect information and sell it to advertisers without user consent. This behavior is legal. Sometimes governments condone or even coerce suppliers. So your personal information is no different than running naked."The detective bared his teeth in amusement, and the subtext was: How dare you test me even if I'm a demo?

"I have been thinking about this guy these days. No matter who he is, there must be a huge information collection team behind him. Many things cannot be accomplished by one person alone."Hun Scythe thought for a moment and said:"It's okay to let him check the cassette matter. No matter what the conclusion is, you can identify his business ability. He may play a key role in many aspects in the future."

"Are you going to use his brain to dig out information about the Golden Light Party and the Butterfly Society?"Pang Fan picked up the Weed and asked.

Seeing this group of people whispering, they would soon bring up the past of Lycu's ancient shady house, so I pulled Krys next to me and told her about being invited to dinner by Dixie, and she gave it to me Women are never interested in serious topics such as perfume, but they enjoy talking about gossip, and their attention was instantly diverted. Then Krys asked me about the decoration of her home, her dressing sense, what brand of cosmetics she uses, etc. She was interested in it. Topic, after I finished speaking vividly, the discussion ahead ended.

"It's so amazing. He is really used to being in big scenes. He can see through the weaknesses in your character at a glance and make you swallow your words without spending a penny on the perfume he got from the garage sale. It is impossible for Charlie to defeat her. That kind of person is meticulous and will consider every aspect. She will remember everything you can think of and everything you can't think of. It's okay if she continues to be so good to you. If she turns against you later, You will be miserable. I don't interfere with who you associate with. If it were me, I would find it easier for female soldiers to get along with each other."

"I just have a normal relationship with the female soldier. I smiled bitterly. I couldn't tell her the truth, so I replied:"Besides, her social relationships are so complicated, and she doesn't listen to my advice. She is very self-centered. She might not be able to come back if she goes out to do things one day." I still think normal people are more suitable for me. I don’t think too deeply about Dixie, just go with the flow."

"Little slippery man, maybe it’s not appropriate for me to say this. After all, Tieblich is explicitly prohibited from contacting women. But I think you should go to her house more times. Eubisio turned his head and said,"Let's just do it as an experiment.""

"One of you objects to my contact with her, and the other encourages me to contact her more. What do you want me to do?"

"You haven't had that kind of strange dream even once since you came back from Sunset, have you? But the first night you arrived at her house, you fell back into the distant past. Moreover, the female corpse in the mud pool also specifically mentioned her, so I was wondering, could her home or the woman herself be some kind of node?"Hun Sickle thought for a moment and replied:"So at least you have to go there again. If you can still have that kind of dream, doesn't it confirm my speculation? Isn't this what interests you the most?"

"This is supposed to be my family matter, right? Even if there is such a thing as Alyosulfur, it is revealing my father’s past erotic history."

"Why do you think we established checkpoints in the United States?"The vivid expression that had appeared on the short man's face just now disappeared completely in an instant, as if wiped away by an invisible hand. It was replaced by the usual coldness and a trace of inhumanity. Yubixi Ao said in a cold tone:"The purpose of our arrival is to investigate these two extremely dark forces, the Golden Light Party and the Butterfly Society. I listened to the conversation you just had with this girl, and I still remember why the Shura Pine was originally judged. ?"

"You mean Butterfly Nightmare? I was taken aback and shouted:"But that doesn't mean anything. Maybe it's what I thought of.""

He glanced at Krys' face full of doubts, so he changed his mind and said that it was dinner time. The car was stuck anyway, so he might as well take the opportunity to go across the street to buy some hamburgers and fries to fill his stomach. The journey was still long. Maybe after leaving the town I can't wait for the next one

"The person who said this is not you, but your father. You are just going through the process."I had to follow him out of the car obediently. Soul Scythe deliberately held up an umbrella to cover our backs. As he walked, he said:"I know you are worried that this kind of conversation will make the girl next to you more suspicious. The bad things will no longer be hidden. As long as you cooperate with us, from now on I will never talk to her in front of her, or even help you to lie. Otherwise, I would have to have a long talk with her."

"Okay, I understand. What do you and Lao Dai want to ask?"I lit up a cigarette impatiently and went to the counter to pay.

"Listening to your description, I may have realized what Alyosulfur is roughly.Yes, this kind of thing actually exists in the dark world, but it is not as high-end. The guys from the White Wolf Arbitration Court headed by the Young Faction are good at this. They will use some kind of magic method on people who go out to handle special important matters, cut their memories into two, seal them on special foils, and store them in the moon. In the exposed archives."Hun Scythe pretended to want this and that. When the people in the fast food restaurant were busy, he dragged me aside and whispered:"If they die, this file will naturally be destroyed; and if they come back alive, Then through a magic spell, the object is returned to its original owner. Therefore, when the female corpse mentioned that the other half of her brain was sealed, she was alluding to this kind of information library."

"Could it be that you want to talk about that luminous bracelet? I subconsciously touched my chest and asked,"Is it the same thing?""

"Precisely because the body of the female corpse no longer exists and she has become a consciousness-like substance, the same form of Alyothi is given to you, which is thought. I plan to ask you to follow this part of her to find out the other half of her hidden secrets. You two have fought side by side in the same time and space, and she trusts you and the female anchor. The only one who knows the whole truth right now is your old man."

"I finally smelled it. It turns out that you are a drunkard who doesn't care about drinking. You don't care about what Alyotio is, and you don't care about the female corpse."Listening to his name, I knew what Eubisio was really referring to, and said angrily:"I hate my old man, but not to the extent of looking forward to his death. How can there be any reason in the world for a son to betray information about me? In the nightmare, I have put him in a dilemma due to a slip of the tongue, and also caused endless trouble for myself. Now you want me to do it again?"

"I'm not referring to your old man's involvement in the Butterfly Society, but he has connections with it, which is exactly what the higher-ups want us to investigate."

The soul sickle said that he paid special attention to the whispers between Krys and I during the conversation just now, and kept Madeleine in mind. Seeing that I was lost and out of control, he pretended to be relieved and claimed that the butterfly society actually did not cause any damage to the dark world, and the three The casualties of the major forces had nothing to do with them, so they were not included on the list. But we must check what should be checked, even if it is just a hypothesis, we must not miss any of them. Ten minutes later, I carried large and small bags with a gloomy look. Climbing back into the car, he distributed the food to everyone. Eubisio immediately changed his face and became energetic. Seeing that the rain curtain in front had stopped and the traffic began to loosen, he asked everyone if they wanted to hear strange stories? What Dixie said at the bottom of the waterfall When he mentioned the anecdotes about caves, he happened to have read relevant records.

The ancient Latin book is a fifteenth-century sheepskin manuscript. It mainly talks about gynecological diseases, how to protect the fetus, and how to give birth smoothly. The caves are just one of them. A short record originally refers to the formula used as medicine, so it was mentioned. It is said that this object is huge, looks like a tiger and a lion, and is covered in hard hair like a porcupine. However, it mainly eats herbivores, and its range of activities is The territory of the ancient Afrig dynasty, that is, the area along the Amu Darya River. During the Crusades, people saw cub specimens and accumulated scriptures in a monastery in Aleppo, so they were known to the ancients..

This thing may be viviparous, with only one cub in each birth. They do not eat their own placenta, and are occasionally picked up by people. The locals dry it and grind it into powder. It is said to be very effective for smooth delivery. But this kind of thing is rare Some people have seen it, because they live on the top of the mountains, and only go down to the river with rich water and grass when they are giving birth. The appearance of the cave frog is very scary, but its temperament is timid, and it will flee whenever it senses danger. Rats were scurrying around. At first, when people on the river bank saw it, they thought it was a harmful animal and were frightened, so they hid in their homes to be on guard day and night. Later, after discovering this, they banged various iron objects to scare and drive away the animal. Only then did they see the mysterious side of this thing. That is, it can change the terrain.

What kind of magical power is it? The ancient books are naturally a lot of nonsense. Some talk about gods in the mountains, and some say it is auspicious. Even the drawings in the scriptures brought back are all kinds of strange. Anyway, the ancient books People themselves don’t know it. But one thing is the same, that is, the art of hiding is particularly mysterious. It can turn rivers into quicksand and mountains into forests. People who want to hunt it will be trapped in it until the thing escapes. It will slowly recover after a long distance. Therefore, no one has been able to successfully capture living animals. For thousands of years, only stillborn fetuses have been encountered.

And this kind of thing completely disappeared from the world around 900 AD. Perhaps at that time It has become extinct.

After hearing this, Fan Fat began to think diffusely again. He took the emperor ray in the orichalcum mine as an example and thought that it might not be native to the earth. Most of these things were brought into low stars from outer space. The test object may be manufactured. The reason why the terrain changes is actually a kind of space distortion. Seeing that everyone is unconvinced, I found a piece of plastic film as an example. When a person presses his finger upward, the film will dent under the influence of external force. A piece goes down, and when the finger is lifted, it slowly returns to its original shape. Therefore, Fan Pang feels that space or dimensions may have volume and mass, and they are intertwined with each other, and the exterior and interior blend and actually coexist. But humans are low-dimensional creatures and cannot have the vision of higher life forms, so they cannot be seen before your eyes.

A psychologist once conducted an experiment called the Caterpillar Experiment. They placed many worms on the edge of a flower pot and covered them with pine leaves, which the worms love to eat, for observation. As a result, the worms crawled along the edge of the pot over and over again, neither falling out of the pot nor falling into the pot. When the pine leaves were eaten, they were still crawling. One day passed, several days passed, and eventually all the caterpillars died. This experiment not only proves the habit of blind following of worms, but also proves that they are actually two-dimensional creatures that can only see a straight line and have no concept of height. When we humans face dimensional problems, our cognition is similar to that of bugs.