Chapter 10 Chapter nine

Rose came to the door and hesitated.Yuan Zhenxia said: "There is no need to knock on the door, I think something is very wrong—" He arrived here late, and there was already a "bang" sound in the room—the sound was not very loud, if someone else Hearing it, it may not be easy to immediately determine what the sound is, but with the experience of Yuan Zhenxia and Rose, it is immediately certain that it is a gunshot! Rose is an expert in all kinds of weapons, big and small. As she ran forward, she shouted, "Two to five to the revolver. Hurry up, maybe you can win a second!"

Yuan Zhenxia followed her closely. There was an echo in the house. It was not easy to determine from which direction the gunshots came from. They first broke into a luxuriously furnished living room, which was empty, and then , the two separated, one left and one right. Yuan Zhenxia had just stepped into the restaurant when he heard Rose calling behind him: "Here we are!" Yuan Zhenxie turned around, saw Rose open the door and entered a study room, he rushed in too, just in time to see Hao Te lying on the desk.His hand was drooping, and the gun had fallen to the ground. On his left temple, there was a terrible dark deep hole, and strangely thick blood was gushing out, as if the blood was too thick to flow out easily. , so not many.

Rose was holding up Howt's head. With such a shot, the person who was shot would not even have a chance to live for half a second. As long as his finger is pulled down, death will come immediately without any delay. It is probably the most straightforward and painless method of suicide! Hou Te must have made up his mind to die, and the reason why he was not on the boat, and the car died, of course, was to crash the car or jump into the sea, which would prolong the process of death, which is definitely not as simple as killing him with a single shot! The question is, why did he seek death?

Rose gently lowered Hout's head. Hout's expression was not in pain. On the contrary, before he died, he felt relieved! In an instant, the entire beautifully furnished study room was extremely quiet. After Yuan Zhenxia took a breath, he heard a slight "rustling" sound.According to the sound, it was a small tape recorder in operation.The button shows that it is in the recording state! Yuan Zhenxia stretched out his hand and turned the tape recorder upside down.Let go of your hand again, and you hear a rushing sound, another hasty sound of drawing a drawer open, and then, Hout's voice.

Hout's voice sounded similar to when Fang Fang came up from the sea and shouted at people on the speedboat, hoarse and terrifying.What he was yelling was: "God... Zhuoke is right! He is right! I should die, I want to die as soon as possible, I don't have time to make a will, everyone should die soon!" After the last sentence was said, there was another sound of glass colliding - both Yuan Zhenxia and Rose saw the wine bottle and the broken wine glass, before Hou Te shot himself, he obviously wanted to take advantage of the anesthesia effect of a large amount of alcohol to ease the pain of death.

What else he did is unknown, but what follows on the tape is about three minutes of gasping, drinking, and Hout muttering to himself, "Zuck is right! Chuck is right! He's right! " Next, there was the sound of the car horn - it was Yuan Zhenxia who honked it after they reached the door.Then, there was the sound of a metal object falling to the ground, and immediately after that, there was the sound of gunfire.and the sound of the two of them rushing in. When they heard the sound of a metal object falling to the ground, Yuan Zhenxia and Rose saw at the same time that there was a metal plate on the edge of the table, right at the foot of the corpse lying on the table.

They are no strangers to this metal plate. Howt mentioned it when he told his story in the hotel before his death, and even showed the photo to everyone. So they were not in a hurry to pick it up, they just looked at each other, and in that moment, they both thought the same thing: In the last two minutes of Hout's life, he must have held the gun in one hand and the metal plate in the other , and at the same time as he pulled the trigger, he let the metal plate fall to the ground. It can also be seen from this that his cause of death (jointly, Zhuo Ke's cause of death) must be related to this metal plate to some extent!

Yuan Zhenxia took a breath, leaned over and picked up the metal plate, only to find it quite heavy. The pattern on it was the same as the one seen in the photo - one part, it must be a human hand, but the other part , but no matter how I imagined it, I couldn't think of what it was. The whole metal plate, although weird.But it is not scary at all, and it is even more difficult to associate with death! Rose sighed, "Call the police!" Yuan Zhenxia handed the metal plate to Rose, walked over to dial the phone, and then found a chair and sat down.Rose raised the metal plate, raised it to Yuan Zhenxia, ​​winked, and put it away again.Yuan Zhenxia knew that it meant that he should not mention the metal plate to the police.

That metal plate must have a key role, and Yuan Zhenxia also believes it.The real cause of Hou Te's death, the police must not be able to find out, so he nodded slightly.Not long after, the "whining" sound of the police car was approaching from a distance, quickly approaching! Because of the tapes left by Hout.He committed suicide, there is no doubt about it, so Yuan Zhenxia and Rose didn't have any trouble, and they went through the usual procedures.They left the house and went back to the hotel. As soon as he entered the hotel lobby, he saw the three investigators under Xiao Guo, who looked very nervous and flustered, and followed them into the elevator.

All three of them were tall men of great stature.But at this time.Because of their expressions, they look like helpless children.As soon as they got into the elevator, they exchanged glances with each other, and said to each other, "I heard...Mr. Hout...suicide?" Yuan Zhenxia replied in a deep voice, "Yes!" The investigator took a breath: "Doctor Yuan, one person disappeared and one committed suicide. We feel the whole thing...mysterious and unbelievable...it's too weird, so...we have resigned from Mr. Guo and withdraw from the investigation of... The matter was investigated..."

Rose didn't seem to have heard those words at all.Yuan Zhenxia had absolutely no intention of stopping their actions, but he couldn't help raising his voice: "What's the matter, you don't even have the least curiosity?" The man muttered: "Compared to curiosity, life...is more important!" Yuan Zhenxia snorted: "Without curiosity, human life is stagnant water, meaningless at all!" The three investigators obviously had no intention of arguing with Yuan Zhenxia, ​​they just said in unison: "We have decided to withdraw!" The elevator had already reached the top floor, Yuan Zhenxia stepped out with Rose on his arm, he didn't even look back at the three people, and he didn't hide his contempt for the three people in his heart.Rose saw what he was thinking, and sighed softly: "Why be angry, most people, um, most people are like that!" Rose's voice was so soft and sweet that it made everything she said, no matter what it was about, very reasonable. Yuan Zhenxia sighed, and the unhappiness in his heart disappeared.He thought to himself, maybe not everyone is so curious, only one tenth, or even one percent of human beings are curious.It is enough to make human beings continue to progress!Curiosity is the driving force for all scientific inventions, improvements in production methods, and the revelation of various mysterious events! The gentleman Yuan Zhenxia admired had such a strong curiosity that he lived in it all his life.It is full of mystery and weirdness, and the same thing, if it happens to a person who is not curious, must be easily let go, and no strange things will be discovered again. But now, Yuan Zhenxia couldn't help thinking: What kind of strange things can be discovered in the matter of tracking down Dr. Li Wen's whereabouts?Specifically: Howt and Zhuo Ke were in the sea, what did they see? Both Yuan Zhenxia and Rose were thinking about the same problem, so when they raised their heads and made eye contact, they said in unison: "If you want to know what happened in the sea, it's useless to imagine it here." When they said this, their expressions were very dignified.Because they have all decided to explore in the sea again.The unknown is not knowing what is in the sea, but the known is that there are two people who do not know what they encountered in the sea, and they feel that death is the best relief! Yuan Zhenxia smiled wryly: "That gentleman... In his early experience, once, he saw a strange phenomenon in the sea and drove him crazy, and he lived in the madhouse for half a year!" There was unconcealable fear in Rose's voice: "Yes, he just saw a living person with an angry beard in a sunken ship... so frightened, are people's nerves so fragile? That gentleman He is already a very strong person!" Yuan Zhenxia tilted his head: "You mean, what Monte and Zhuo Ke saw at the bottom of the sea is actually quite ordinary, but it was an accident that made them feel extremely shocked?" Rose's voice hesitated: "It's possible." Yuan Zhenxia smiled bitterly: "Can you guess what happened on the bottom of the sea based on the clues you know?" Rose took out the metal plate.Put it on the table.Yuan Zhenxia poured two glasses of wine.Passing a glass to Rose, both of them stared at the pattern on the metal plate. Rose pointed to the metal plate: "That hand looks very powerful, and that strange thing... seems to be holding each other!" Yuan Zhenxia took a sip of wine: when the wine brought a warm current down his throat, his heart suddenly moved, pointing to the strange thing on the metal plate and asking: "If you replace that strange thing with another About hands—" Rose immediately continued: "That is two clasped hands—" Then, the two of them said in unison: "Usually, two hands clasped together. It represents mutual assistance, solidarity or friendship." They had the same idea, which made Yuan Zhenxia very happy. He reached out and touched the back of Rose's hand lightly, with an expression of ready to be scolded by Rose. But Rose didn't realize it, which disappointed Yuan Zhenxia. She continued: "If one hand is black and the other is white, it's like the mutual cooperation between black and white." Yuan Zhenxia nodded: "It can be replaced by hands of any color. If it is one red and one white, it means that there will be no more conflicts between Caucasians and Indians." Rose slowly took a breath: "But now, a pair of hands are holding an unknown object. According to our reasoning just now, this pattern can represent the cooperation between the "hand" and the strange thing." Yuan Zhenxia understood Rose's hint, and shook involuntarily, so that a little of the wine in the glass splashed out. He looked at Zhigui, and she also had a look of horror. Yuan Zhenxia took a big sip of wine: "The hand is a human hand. I don't know what the strange thing is. Then... the pattern on this metal plate represents the cooperation and unity between human beings and a strange thing?" Rose lowered her head slightly: "It seems that this can only be the case, that strange thing... can be assumed to be a kind of alien." Yuan Zhenxia whispered: "The cooperation and unity between the aliens and the earthlings!" Rose raised her eyebrows: "What does that remind you of?" Yuan Zhenhe smiled wryly: "The Japanese Empire and the so-called Manchukuo have cooperated and united!" Rose also smiled wryly: "Too strong on the one hand and too weak on the other?" Yuan Zhenxia nodded, and suddenly, there was a chill in his heart again, so that his voice sounded a little out of tune: "Zhuoke once told Hou Te when he was drunk that he would rather die than everyone should die." It's better to die than to be that kind of slave! He really mentioned the word "slave". Was it in the sea that he saw the earth people being enslaved?" Rose's face was pale: "A large group of people on earth are being enslaved, and the scene of being enslaved must be extremely miserable and terrifying, so people who see that scene feel that this kind of fate is very likely to befall them. On the body, if there is a day, it would be better to die sooner!" Yuan Zhenxia murmured: "A large group of earthlings...could it be the group we are looking for?" After Yuan Zhenxia said this, he fell silent, and Rose also pursed her lips and remained silent. Rose had said long ago that she felt that the strange things that happened in the Fauveau Strait were related to what they were doing.But when she said that.Nothing more than a vague concept until then.Yuan Zhenxia's words made it concrete. Both of them turned quickly.After sorting out the known clues, Rose involuntarily held Yuan Zhenxia's hand. Her hand was so cold that Yuan Zhenxia held her hand in his palm. Rose said: "My parents... parents... ...if undergoing that terrible slavery..." Yuan Zhenxia's voice was extremely resolute: "No matter how great the disparity in strength is, the situation can be changed, at least. They are so afraid of being found out, and they have been keeping secrets all the time, which proves that they have no blatant conditions, and they are not completely invincible!" Yuan Zhenxia's voice was very impassioned, almost like declaring war on aliens. Rose's expression was also very serious, and the two of them held hands even tighter. In an instant, what they thought was that there were only the two of them on the earth who knew that there was such a terrible and serious crisis. , The psychological distance between the two is naturally very close, and they can feel this in each other's eyes. Then, they all thought of the same question: "What should I do?" If you really want to declare war on aliens, who should host it?There are nearly 200 countries on the earth. Although there is an organization called the "United Nations", what big things can the United Nations really unite to do?Kingdoms on the earth are fighting endlessly for different concepts and competing for interests.Even in the same country, because of different concepts and competition for interests and rights.And killing endlessly! As people living on a planet, earthlings are just a general term. Under that general term, I don’t know how many divisions caused by the ugliness of human nature are included. If aliens want to enslave earthlings, it is easier than enslaving a group of ants—— Driven by instinct, ants will fight one after another, desperately resisting, while people on earth will not, but will help aliens to deal with their own people. , have seen too much! Their expressions were very depressed. They had always known that the earth was almost an undefended planet, but they had never felt that the earth was so fragile as they are now—the people on earth cannot take good control of their own destiny.It will be mastered by people on other planets! After a while, Rose said: "Up to now, it's just our imagination. I think it's very necessary to go to the sea to explore again—what Zhuoke and Howt saw, we also have the opportunity to see it." .” Yuan Zhenxia smiled wryly: "That's what I'm worried about. If the two of us can't bear the same terrible scene and have a strong desire to die quickly, then——" Rose pursed her lips tightly, and after a while Hui: "Our nerves are so vulnerable?" Yuan Zhenxia sighed: "Don't forget that gentleman, he was also crazy for half a year!" Rose raised her eyebrows: "Things have developed to this day. Can it stop? I think we can make a compromise. Don't go into the water with two people, I will go!" Yuan Zhenxia's eyes widened. For a moment, he didn't know what Rose meant by such a proposal.Rose added: "That way, I can't stand the shock. You want to die, but you stay awake and can try to stop me. It's better than both of you want to die!" Yuan Zhenxia waved his hands vigorously, and smiled sadly: "What kind of solution is this! Don't say I can't prevent you from committing suicide, even if I can, can I stop exploring? The result is not the same, it's better if two people feel that they don't want to live at the same time , Anyway, it’s death, maybe you can do some crazy things before death, and pursue the happiness of the moment before death!” When Yuan Zhenxia said this, there was a strange radiance in his eyes, and he looked directly at Rose.Rose is naturally familiar with Yuan Zhenxia's romantic character. If this kind of character is not restrained, it can reach the point of madness. Maybe he will deliberately pursue that kind of death! And he was breathing rapidly, staring directly at the other person like that, what was the "happiness in the moment before death" that he was thinking about in his heart, it was not obvious, Rose's heart couldn't help a frenzy, her heart beat very violently , she looked away first - if she didn't do that, she knew that she would inevitably be affected by Yuan Zhenxia's frenzy, then, she adjusted her breathing and tried to calm herself down.Yuan Zhenxia spoke again, his voice was not very loud, but his words made Rose's ears buzz. Yuan Zhenxia's words were so direct and aggressive: "Say! Always make the worst plan. And with the examples of Zhuo Ke and Hao Te there, it is not unreasonable to worry about it. Say! If we both feel that we are going to die No, what do you want to do?" Yuan Zhenxia didn't move at all, he would never turn Rose's body around, but his words made Rose turn around slowly and meet his eyes again. Yuan Zhenxia's eyes were burning, and Rose knew that her own eyes were probably similar, so she uttered these words from her alluring red lips: "I want to do what you want to do!" As soon as Rose's words came out of her mouth, everything seemed to stop in an instant. (The earth paused?) The gazes they stared at each other gradually changed from frenzy to calmness. Yuan Zhenxia felt extremely comfortable, and Rose obviously felt the same, because the two of them stretched at the same time and let out a sigh of relief. There was a chuckle. Just now, there was a real heart-to-heart communication between the two of them-it was completely unplanned and deliberate. There is no artificiality, but it just burst out naturally under such circumstances and conditions. This is a truly rare experience. I am afraid that there will never be such an experience for the second time in a lifetime! Yuan Zhenxia had a contented expression, crossed his hands behind his head, and Rose sat relaxed all over, with an elegant and moving posture. The two looked at each other again, and each smiled slightly. Together, the body has only a little contact, but the soul is an unreserved blend! The two of them said in unison: "Since this is the case, then there is nothing to be afraid of!" Yuan Zhenxia smiled "hehe", and added: "I have no fear, so where is the fear?" Rose smiled: "Tomorrow morning?" Yuan Zhenxia nodded in agreement, and he stretched again. It was almost midnight, and he was really tired. Rose was still sitting in an elegant posture. Suddenly, the phone rang, and the two of them frowned at the same time—the atmosphere just now was very strange, so strange that it was a little ambiguous. Although it could not be expressed in words, both of them could understand meeting. They both enjoyed soaking up the atmosphere, but the ringing of the phone ruined everything.They each frowned and smiled helplessly, Rose bowed her body, pressed the button of a phone beside her, and a polite voice came: "Doctor Yuan, there is a visitor who insists on seeing you, since it is midnight, So we have to ask for your opinion, I'm the lobby manager." Yuan Zhenxia smiled wryly, thinking, if it is about being disturbed, there is no difference between a phone call and a visitor.But he was well-intentioned, so of course he couldn't say anything, he just asked in a non-enthusiastic voice: "The name and identity of the visitor is—" Before he could finish speaking, a call came from the phone. A very enthusiastic voice: "Yuan! It's us! Li Wen and Shufen!" Yuan Zhenxia jumped up suddenly—he really jumped up, very high, and Rose seemed to be in a high jump competition with him, jumping much higher than him—even though Rose’s every move was So beautiful and moving, but at this moment, if she is unprepared for this action, it will also shock the people around her. For a moment, neither of them could speak, and the voices of the lobby manager and Li Wen came from the phone.They were all calling Yuan Zhenxia, ​​Yuan Zhenxia only felt his ears buzzing, and Rose calmed down before him.Urgently shouted: "Quick! Please come up!" Yuan Zhenxia's ears were so vibrated that he couldn't hear any other voices since he heard it was Li Wen and Shufen.So he couldn't hear the rose calling, and he called, "Quick! Come up, please!" There was no sound on the phone, Rose looked at Yuan Zhenxia, ​​and Yuan Zhenxia also looked at her. They wanted to exchange opinions, but they really didn't know what to say! The assumption they made was that Li Wen, Shufen, the parents Rose was eager to see, and nearly two hundred people from all walks of life were all in a miserable state of enslavement—the tragic state of being enslaved. To the extent that people see it, they feel that human beings have come to an end, it is better to commit suicide as soon as possible, so as not to fall into that situation in the future! However, just after they analyzed and speculated in detail, and reached the conclusion they thought was the closest to the truth, Li Wen and Shufen, two people who are theoretically slaves of aliens, appeared, and his voice It sounds very happy and healthy, not like a slave who has been abused and tortured to the point of dying or surviving! This is indeed extremely surprising, and naturally the reason for their "high jump competition". It took them ten seconds to recover from the extreme astonishment. Rose was taken aback for a moment, and quickly picked up the metal plate.Yuan Zhenxia also thought of it.Li Wen, who hadn't heard from him for three years, suddenly appeared in this situation, which was not without suspicion. He also hurriedly made a gesture to Rose, indicating that he could act on his own. The elevator came quickly, and by this time it had arrived and the doors were open. Compared with Li Wen and Shu Fen, the expressions of Yuan Zhenxia and Rose are a bit stunned. She was originally an introverted woman, and she didn't change at this time. Both are radiant, in good spirits, or otherwise able to disguise and disguise.But Yuan Zhenxia is a doctor, and he can tell the state of his health at a glance. Once he sees the two of them, he can know that their health is extremely normal! Li Wen saw Yuan Zhenxia, ​​"Aha", opened his arms, and was about to hug Yuan Zhenxia, ​​but at that moment, he saw Rose. Like all men who saw Rose for the first time, even though his wife was by his side, he couldn't help but stop. He stopped breathing (some men even claimed that at that moment, even their heart stopped beating).In fact.Not only him, even Shufen was stunned by the beauty of the rose for an instant! Li Wen didn't stay for a long time, then waved his hands and made a meaningless "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhss After waking up, he said repeatedly: "Congratulations! Congratulations! Really congratulations!" Yuan Zhenxia knew that he had misunderstood, so he was angry and funny: "Where does the joy come from?" Li Wen pointed at the rose: "Aren't you... newlyweds and honeymoon?" Rose smiled generously and said, "You have misunderstood. In fact, Doctor Yuan and I have only met each other not long ago!" Yuan Zhenkuai's heart flashed a bit of apathy, but he also agreed with Rose's words: "Yes, we have known each other for a long time, but——you can't say that you are a stranger anymore, can you?" After saying this, he looked directly at the rose. Yuan Zhenxia looked eager to get Rose's answer.Rosary bit her lower lip, nodded slowly, Yuan Zhen, Xia involuntarily reached out and patted his heart—a heart that was hanging in mid-air, finally let go. In this situation, in anyone's eyes, one can know that this pair of men and women are exchanging feelings between each other. All full of affection! Li Wen deliberately asked Shufen: "It's so pretty, isn't it? Let's follow suit, oh, Shufen, we've been married for more than three years, and we're not strangers!" As he spoke, he pulled Shufen over, hugged her in his arms, and laughed loudly. Shufen was struggling and her face was flushed. Yuan Zhenxia and Wengui made a gesture of "please sit down" , Yuan Zhenxia laughed: "This is typical flirting!" Li Wen and Shufen sat down, and Yuan Zhenxia cut to the chase: "Li Wen, your father came to see me, and he said it was three years. You didn't have any news, and he expressed concern, so—" Li Wen waved his hand: "That's me. No. I had a long-distance call with him nine days ago, and we talked for 20 minutes. He was very happy, do you want to listen to the recording?" Yuan Zhenxia was stunned for a moment, he had a long-distance call with his father, why bother to show the recording to others, did he want to prove something?The sudden appearance of Li Wen and Shufen raises too many questions. First of all, why are they here? This is not a popular travel area like London, Paris, or Rome, and it is unlikely that you will meet here by chance! Yuan Zhenxia first said casually: "Of course there is no need. Your father is getting old. If possible, it is very necessary not only to communicate with him, but also to spend more time with him!" Li Wen smiled noncommittally, Rose handed them the wine, and Yuan Zhenhe asked again: "How do you know I'm here? How come you are here?" Li Wen and Shufen looked at each other, their expressions became a little serious, and in an instant, the happy atmosphere of the reunion of old friends just now became very stiff—Yuan Zhenxia could even feel that the laughter just now was deliberately manufactured come out, rather than naturally produced, that's why it disappears so easily. Yuan Zhenxia broke the silence first: "When you come to me, you always have something to say, don't you, why don't you say it all?" Rose also said: "Yes, I am also very concerned. My name is Rose. I believe that the two people closest to me, my parents, are also in your...group. Their names are—" Li When Wen and Shufen heard it, they both let out an "ah". They expressed surprise and looked at each other. Shufen seldom spoke, but she still couldn't help saying: "Your mother is a very beautiful woman, but your beauty is completely different from hers!" Rose sighed: "What happened to me is so complicated that it could be written into several novels." Both Li Wen and Shufen looked full of curiosity, but they didn't ask any more questions. Li Wen spread his hands: "We are a group of people, we have a common goal and formed a group. All the participants think that The current social organization and structure are all based on the bad side of human nature! Therefore, we have to do the opposite and build a group society based on the good side of human nature!" As soon as Li Wen started to speak, Yuan Zhenxia and Rose listened attentively. When his words came to an end, Yuan Zhenxia nodded: "This is an excellent ideal." Shufen added: "Yes, if we don't think this ideal is good, we will never participate—all the participants are very confident, so after three years, our ideal is being gradually implemented, and the results are excellent. Yes A true human paradise." Yuan Zhenxia and Rose didn't express any opinions, Li Wen said again: "Our actions are not easy for the world to understand, so in order not to be disturbed, we try to keep our actions secret. It seems a bit mysterious. .” Yuan Zhenxia snorted. Naturally, he couldn't be satisfied with Li Wen's understatement. He asked, "Where is your paradise?" Li Wen shook his head: "I can't tell you." Yuan Zhenxia laughed: "Is it because of me and Rose's investigation that your location may be exposed again, so you came to see me?" Li Wen and Shu Fen looked at each other again, Li Wen said: "You can say that!" Then, he and Shu Fen said in unison: "Please don't disturb us!"