Geikie-Windjana Way
LE - 155km. "
Gu Jun stared at the road sign and his heart skipped a beat. This was the road sign, this was the place.
There was a gas station several hundred metres to the west and further away were some short buildings. There were vehicles filling up at the gas station. He could see that they were all humans, not gorillas or baboons, so he had not returned to the wrong place.
Malachite, Gold, Ambergris and Aquamarine, the three men and one woman were confused. They kept asking each other questions.
Kathlyn had already noticed the language barrier. "Perhaps I have a solution." She then said, "I feel like I can summon Peacock out at the same time. We can communicate telepathically, how about we translate each other's words?" Perhaps it was due to years of mental block, she accepted this situation quickly and many of the questions that had been bothering her for years disappeared.
"We can try." Gu Jun nodded. Kathlyn/Peacock was not a normal case of multiple personality disorder, he could not tell for sure.
Instantly Kathlyn's expression shifted. Her brows creased and her eyes closed and opened as if she was in pain …
Suddenly, her eyes glowed with different colors. She opened her mouth and it was Peacock's voice, "Mr. Nightmare Man." Then she changed back to Kathlyn's voice, "I'm still here! This will work. "The two personalities were active in this body at the same time, acting as translators.
"Let's go." Gu Jun walked towards the gas station. He ordered Malachite and the rest to follow him.
These land's travellers were shocked by everything they saw. They had been to so many places in the Dreamlands but they had not seen a 'car' before.
This was a small to medium-sized gas station with a convenience store. Most of the vehicles that passed by were tourist vehicles, some were towing boats, obviously they were going to the coast.
A fat Caucasian guard at the gas station watched the group walk over and his eyes studied them.
"Hi." Kathlyn greeted and said nonchalantly, "We are running a walking tour with a fantasy theme."
"I think I remember you." The fat guard said, "Your car has been parked there for more than 10 days, we were about to call the police."
It turned out that Catherine and Tom had driven here. A red hatchback Ford was parked in a free roadside parking space not far from the gas station.
The group walked over but without the keys, Gu Jun used the Ancient Seal stone to smash the driver's window. With a bang, the car alarm blared. Catherine had no choice but to shout at the fat man, "I've lost the key!"
Fatty was confused. It was them, right? In fact, he was a little blind when it came to Asians.
However, this was Catherine's car. Her handbag was still next to the driver's seat. It contained her cell phone, documents, and some cash.
When the fatty walked over with another bulkier security guard, Catherine showed her identification to prove that they were not stealing a car.
Tom's cell phone was there too, but both were out of battery, so they headed for the convenience store.
This convenience fast food restaurant was quite large and had all kinds of services. There was a supermarket area, a restaurant area, an ATM machine, a vending machine, and a small children's play area. When they walked in from the entrance, even though this place was supposed to promote individuality, the shoppers and diners still turned to look at them.
"Can you take off the mask?" Kathlyn whispered to the nightmare man. "You look too much like 'Michael Myers' now, you know that, right?"
They were in the gunny outfit but the nightmare man was wearing a white mask and his gaze was eerie. He was like the murderer Michael Miles in the movie Moonlight, the people here would be afraid that he would suddenly pull out a gun.
"I know." Gu Jun said, he was one of the most infamous murderers in film history. "But trust me, if I take off the mask, they will be even more afraid."
He had more important things to worry about. He took the phone to the charging station and plugged it in.
The time was 5: 21 pm Western Australia Standard Time.
"We're back …" Gu Jun finally gave a long sigh of relief. It was not decades or centuries later but only half a year later.
"Why would they be inside there?" At the same time, Peacock looked at the television screen in the corner with confusion. Aquamarine asked, "Are their souls trapped inside?" Malachite looked at the barrel-shaped customers at the table. They were munching on fries, fried chicken and cola. Malachite asked darkly, "Are these people our people? How come they are so fat? If the Ossarians come, how are we going to fight them? "
They spoke in the land's travellers' language but to the white customers, it was probably Chinese.
Gu Jun had no time to think about it. He connected his phone to the store's Wi-Fi and immediately searched the internet.
The world had not changed much. In January of the year, the 'flu epidemic' at Eastern State had ended. For the next half a year, there was no news about the whole city. There were no follow-up reports about the pandemic either. Obviously, the government did not want the public to discuss it.
Similarly, the world had not publicized any secret organizations or supernatural incidents …
But what about diseases and epidemics?
Gu Jun continued his search. There was another outbreak of Ebola in Africa this year. It had infected more than 5200 people and killed more than 3800 people. This made Gu Jun feel uneasy. It was hard to tell whether there was someone behind the Ebola outbreak or not.
However, there was another piece of news that made him even more anxious.
"Legionella pneumonia outbreak at Los Angeles, 15 deaths reported."
"Legionella pneumonia outbreak in Gaul, 26 infected, 3 dead."
"Before Ebola was quelled, legionella pneumonia reappeared, worsening the African epidemic."
"Legionella pneumonia …" Gu Jun frowned. Legionella pneumonia outbreak in 3 different continents and 3 different countries in the past 2 months.
Legionella pneumonia was a clinical syndrome caused by a bacterium of the genus Legionella. It got its name because the first known outbreak happened during a veterans' conference in Philadelphia in 1976. The pathogen was transmitted through the air. It invaded the human body through the respiratory tract and caused pneumonia …
He studied the information. The incubation period was 2 to 10 days. Initial symptoms included headaches, fatigue and body aches. Then after 1 to 2 days, the temperature would suddenly rise to 40 degrees Celsius.
In the early stages, there would be coughing and bloody sputum. Some patients would even have hemoptysis … As the disease progressed, there would be paralysis, confusion and even delirium …
"Legionella pneumonia." Gu Jun grumbled. If the 'Bloody Lung Disease' in the future information was brewing, were the two related?
The legionella bacteria was already a superbug. If there was a superbug, could it be …
Could the current legionella pneumonia outbreak be some kind of breeding experiment by the organization behind it?
The more Gu Jun thought about it, the heavier his heart sank. He wanted to contact Phecda immediately to bring him back. But the future information stopped him. 'It's not bad to wear a mask', he still did not understand what that meant. But the future illusions he saw in the tunnel … the various scenes of his own death …
He gave it some thought and told himself not to act rashly. He could not rule out the possibility that the black shadow was a kind aid.
For now, he could only confirm that Wu Shiyu had nothing to do with the 'chaos of Phecda'. She was not a traitor because according to the future information, she had already died.
She was the only person he dared to confirm. Even though he did not think Cai Zixuan or Wang Ruoxiang would be traitors, he knew that mental corruption could change one's mind.
In fact, their bodies could be possessed by other souls, so … no one could be easily ruled out as a suspect.
"How do I contact Dirty-minded Yu?" Gu Jun looked outside the convenience store. It was almost night. There was no time difference between Western Australia and China.
Their phones had disappeared on the white ship but she was probably still using the same number — Gu Jun memorized all his teammates' phone numbers because he had memorized them.
However, he had no idea whether the Phecda members' communication was monitored by the organization or not. It was unwise to call her directly.
'Unless … 'Gu Jun frowned.' If I don't say anything after I call her, it'll be a harassment call at most. ' Dirty-minded Yu had synesthesia and they had successfully communicated telepathically in the dream world. Even though they were quite a distance apart … perhaps she could sense something?
'Let's give it a try. ' He didn't use Catherine's cell phone to make the call. Instead, he went to the landline at the counter in the store. Since it was an international call, he asked Catherine to pay the waiter. Then, he picked up the phone and dialed the number on the landline.
Du, du, it connected! Gu Jun could not help but feel nervous. He beeped a few more times before the call connected. A lazy female voice said, "Hello?"
He gave another sigh of relief. It was Wu Shiyu's voice, she was still alive.
He did not speak, he did not even purposely raise his breathing but he was screaming internally, 'Dirty-minded Yu, can you hear me? It's me, Gu Jun! I'm not dead, I'm back! '
"Hello?" Wu Shiyu said again, "Hello? Who is it? Hmm … I guess I'll leave it to fate. " She grumbled, "Someone once told me that in horror movies, if you receive a phone call that doesn't speak, you'll be in trouble."
That sounds like something I've said before, Gu Jun thought. That's right, it seems to be something I've said during the special training.
Then he said the right thing to do to survive was … to hang up immediately. '
Beep, beep, beep … The call ended.
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