After returning to the hotel's guest room, Deng Fan immediately carried out a thorough examination of the room. He did not even answer Tang Xin's surprised questions about what he was doing.
Deng Fan speculated that this world might be hiding many extremely precise cameras, and whether they were inside or outside of the room, they could possibly be watched. If this was true, it was indeed a horrifying thing. Imagine if you suddenly realized that every movement in your life was being watched by countless pairs of invisible eyes. Would you go crazy?
After some investigation, Deng Fan destroyed all the suspicious items inside the room, and sealed off all the suspicious items that were stuck inside the wall.
"Big Brother Deng, what are you doing this for?" Tang Xin was extremely doubtful and could not help but ask again.
"Nothing." Deng Fan did not plan to tell Tang Xin his guess. Patting the dust off his hands, he said: "I'm sorry to have to tell you, my plan has failed, and I was unable to find any food."
"I knew it when you came back." Tang Xin said.
"I'm really sorry about starving you."
"Don't say that. How can I blame you …" Tang Xin immediately followed up with Deng Fan's words.
"It doesn't matter if I'm hungry, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on." Deng Fan was worried.
"No problem, I can still hold on." Tang Xin said.
"No matter what, I will continue to look for food." Deng Fan said, "It's a pity Hei Zi died, I don't know where he hid the food."
"Are we still going to that place today?"
That place is the tallest building here.
Deng Fan looked at Tang Xin and pondered for a moment. Finally, he shook his head and said, "You did not eat lunch, so you definitely do not have the strength to walk. Let's first solve the problem of your stomach first then talk!"
Deng Fan spent almost an entire afternoon yet he still could not find any food. At this time, he suddenly remembered what Hei Zi and Ma Wei had said to him before. From their conversation, Zhang Xuan learned that there were many ways to get food in this place. Other than killing people, there must be other ways. Finally, he went to a place he had always overlooked, which was underground.
Usually all the buildings had an underground parking lot, and this place was no exception.
Just as Deng Fan arrived at the entrance to the underground parking lot, he saw a notice pasted on the wall. The gist of it is that if you want to find food, you can find a kind of phone box underground (with photos attached). Once you enter, you just need to complete the challenge of different kinds of difficulty to get the corresponding food reward.
In the underground parking lot, besides a few abandoned cars, there was also a black cage that resembled a phone booth sitting in the middle of the parking lot.
Deng Fan did not hesitate to open the door and enter the cage.
There was a touch screen inside, and the first thing that appeared on the screen was the interface to select the language.
Deng Fan chose to use the English interface and then move on to the next step.
This step was choosing the difficulty, and the mission was actually killing zombies!
The lowest difficulty was five zombies while the highest was one hundred!
Deng Fan tentatively chose the second difficulty, the mission was to kill ten zombies.
After choosing the difficulty, he pressed confirm. Then, with a flash of white light, Deng Fan was immediately brought to another space.
He found himself in a spacious and sealed room. There were all kinds of weapons around the room, including machetes, swords, axes, etc. However, they were all cold weapons and did not have any firearms or equipment. Some of these weapons were placed on the weapon racks, while others were scattered on the ground. Many of these weapons were stained with blood, clearly indicating that they had been used for slaughter before.
After a while, Deng Fan suddenly heard a burst of rumbling sound, and the ground slightly shook. Soon after, he saw a metal cage rising up from the center of the room, and inside was a zombie with bared fangs and brandished claws!
Deng Fan counted carefully. There were exactly ten of them, and there wasn't a single missing person.
Very quickly, the zombies were released from the iron cage. As if they smelled their prey, they started to move towards Deng Fan at a fast pace while baring their fangs.
Deng Fan was very familiar with these low levelled zombies, he was confident that he could take care of them without using any weapons. However, just to be safe, he picked up a metal sword that had fallen to the ground.
Because the massacre of zombies was very bloody, it was not mentioned.
Minutes later, Deng Fan left the underground parking lot with a basket of food.
He had wanted to challenge a few more tests before leaving, but he realized that it would be hard to walk with too much food. Moreover, he already knew about this method of obtaining food, so no matter where he went in the future, as long as he found an underground parking lot, he wouldn't need to worry about not having food.
Due to the excessive killing, Deng Fan's body was covered in blood, so he could only go to the clothing store and change before returning to the hotel, in case Tang Xin was scared by his bloodied appearance or felt disgusted.
After this incident, Deng Fan was able to deduce a few more things:
Number one: there was indeed a biological and chemical base hidden here, and it was most likely shot from underground.
Second: this place is highly technologically advanced, far beyond the average level of science and technology in the world.
Third: This is most likely a real person show that someone had planned. As for who was watching this show, no one knows.
That night, Deng Fan decided to stay at the hotel for the night before continuing on his journey tomorrow morning. This was because he didn't know how far he would be able to walk after this hotel, and it wasn't safe to travel at night either.
As the night grew darker, Tang Xin was already lying on the bed but she had not fallen asleep yet. Looking at Deng Fan who was sitting opposite of her on the bed, he suddenly said, "There shouldn't be a need to keep watch tonight, right?"
Deng Fan nodded his head, and said: "I don't think so. This inn is not very big, I have already searched it and I did not find any danger."
"That's great. You can finally sleep in peace." Tang Xin immediately laughed and said.
"Yes, we have to keep our spirits up. We'll continue our journey tomorrow." Deng Fan said.
"I can't sleep yet. Can you tell me a story?" Tang Xin said.
"You're not a child anymore. You need to listen to a story before you can sleep?" Deng Fan suddenly felt that it was kind of funny, but he didn't laugh out loud.
"I want to hear your story." Tang Xin said with a serious face, "I want to know about your past … I wonder if you could tell me? "
Deng Fan was surprised by his words. He could not help but ask, "Why are you so interested in my past?"
"Because I like to listen to the deeds of heroes the most. I know you are a hero, so I am interested." Tang Xin said.
"Who told you I was a hero?" Deng Fan couldn't react for a moment.
"I have no doubt that Shei Zi said that you are a hero of Wen Du." Tang Xin said.
Deng Fan came to a sudden realization, then laughed awkwardly and shook his head: "I almost forgot, you are also from the Wen Du, have you never heard of my name before?"
"I don't pay much attention to the news online. I read about all the heroes' deeds." Tang Xin said.
"Alright, I understand." Deng Fan understood and nodded, "Since you want to hear it, then let me tell you about the things that I have experienced that left a deep impression on me!"
After Di Lili confirmed that she had lost contact with the other party, they finally started to search for Deng Fan and personally participated in the investigation. The first thing they did was to interview the two female high school students that went to the Ghost Hut with Tang Xin that day, but in the end, they all unanimously agreed to not meet Deng Fan. Afterwards, she led her team to the vicinity of the haunted house to conduct a blanket search and interview people, but they didn't find any trace of Deng Fan.
After experiencing so many setbacks, Di Lili did not hold much hope anymore. However, she faintly felt that although Deng Fan seemed to have really gone missing, he was definitely still alive. He had merely gone to a place she did not know.
Di Lili was not considered young anymore, and had already reached the age of marriage early in the morning. Although she had no intention to marry, she had never lacked suitors, only that she did not fancy any of them.
One day, Di Lili's father called her over and earnestly said to her, "My daughter, you're not young anymore, you should find a man to marry. Otherwise, when you're old enough, you won't even be able to marry if you want to!"
Di Lili heard her words and said disapprovingly: "At worst, I just won't marry. This is my problem, Dad, don't worry about it."
"I know that your requirements are very high. You must find a man skilled in martial arts. But how can there be so many of these men in this world?" Father Di sighed.
"As long as you know! "Don't try to persuade me anymore, unless you can find a man who can beat me up, I'll marry him!" Di Lili was very firm in her words. She thought that she could suppress her father with just a few words, but unexpectedly, it was all in her father's favor.
In fact, that's what Father Di had been waiting for. After hearing his daughter's words, he immediately smiled and said, "You said it yourself! As long as a man can beat you, you have to promise yourself. "
"That still depends on what kind of man she is. She can't just casually give your precious daughter to a trash man, right?" Seeing that his father had such confidence in himself, Di Lili did not dare to say such words anymore and immediately gave herself a way out.
"Don't worry, why would Dad push you into a fire pit?" Father Di said.
"Then who is the man you're talking about?" Di Lili asked nervously.
"He is the successor of the Twelve Paths, Tang Zhan."
"Are you for real?" Di Lili was so shocked that she almost jumped up.
Tang Zhan claimed to be one of the top twelve disciples of the Tang Clan. His iron legs were unrivalled in this world. Not only did he possess exceptional skills, but he also had an illustrious background. The people in his family were either political dignitaries or wealthy merchants, and one could even say that they were either rich or wealthy. Such a man was naturally the son-in-law of his father.
When Tang Zhan found out that his father's daughter only liked men who excelled in martial arts, he immediately patted his chest and said: "How about we have a Groom Search Competition. If I can't even beat your daughter, I can only fight with my head and fight for the land. If I die, how can I have the face to marry her?"
Father Di clapped his hands and said, "Sure! "I believe that my daughter is definitely not Young Hero Tang's match. At that time, please be magnanimous and don't hurt my daughter."
"Don't worry, Uncle. We'll stop the match when it's time. As long as she admits defeat, I won't hurt a single hair on her head." Tang Zhan said.
"Good, good!" I will arrange for my daughter to fight with you as soon as possible. I wonder when would it be convenient for nephew? "
"I can fight at any time!" Tang Zhan straightforwardly said.
"That's good. I'll go back and make the arrangements. Just wait for my message." Father Di said his goodbyes and went back.