"Name?"
"Zhang Heng."
"Educational level?"
"I'm studying at university."
"Place of household registration and ID number?"
"…"
In any case, Zhang Heng chose to call the police when a living person disappeared in front of him. The police were quick, but they didn't find much. It was late, and there were no other witnesses in the vicinity except for Zhang Heng. There were no cameras in the alley, and they could only see what happened at the entrance of the alley from the camera of a pharmacy next door. As for what happened inside, they had no way of knowing.
The police officer who handled the case brought the two back to the police station. Zhang Heng waited on a chair outside for about twenty minutes until the couple who were fighting were mediated. Only then did someone call him in to record his statement.
The policewoman opposite him asked him a few questions related to personal information as usual. After that, she finally got to the point. When she asked how the person disappeared, Zhang Heng hesitated for a while and decided to tell the truth.
"It was a little dark there, and I couldn't see clearly. She seemed to have been swallowed by the wall."
"What?" The policewoman who recorded the statement suspected that there was something wrong with her ears. "What is this? A metaphor? Did a wall collapse and bury her inside? "
"No, it's literally what it means," Zhang Heng said.
The policewoman slammed the gel pen in her hand on the table, looking a little angry. "You are a college student. You should know that it's illegal to make a false police report. Do you want us to inform the leaders of your school?"
Zhang Heng was silent when he heard that. He didn't blame the policewoman for her outburst at this time. No matter who gave up their evening rest to work in the office, they would never be happy to be played like this.
However, it was a matter of life and death, and he didn't want to make up a reason to mislead the police. He could only say, "Maybe I saw it wrong. It was very dark there, but from my angle at that time, she did seem to disappear into the wall."
The policewoman frowned. This time, she controlled her anger and looked at Zhang Heng. The latter didn't avoid her gaze, calmly staring at the policewoman.
The policewoman didn't see any mischief or joke in his eyes, and Zhang Heng had said before that it was too dark for him to see clearly. So in the end, she decided not to dwell on this issue and asked about the relationship between Zhang Heng and the missing person.
…
The statement took a total of 20 minutes to record. Probably because Zhang Heng had been very cooperative, the policewoman's attitude had improved a lot. After she finished writing the last word, she said frankly, "In our country, an adult can only be filed for 48 hours if they go missing, and it has to be an immediate family member who reports the case. Her situation is really bad … and the child hasn't spoken a word. Anyway, thank you. At least we found a minor wandering on the streets. We will find a way to find out his identity as soon as possible and contact his family to pick him up."
Zhang Heng had done what he could. He had expected this outcome, but he still felt a little regretful. He knew that it would be difficult to rescue the old scavenger. There were many people living at the bottom of society in every city, and few people cared about their lives. No matter what that thing was, it was cunning enough to know which target to attack, and it would cause the least amount of trouble. In fact, if Zhang Heng had not happened to pass by, no one would have known that two scavengers had disappeared from the city tonight.
Zhang Heng got up and shook the policewoman's hand to say goodbye. He then looked at the scavenger kid sitting on the stool, seemingly still in a daze. He was still holding the half-eaten fried chicken that he had picked up from the trash can.
Zhang Heng took out 300 yuan from his wallet and handed it to the policewoman. "Buy him something to eat. He hasn't had dinner yet."
The policewoman raised her eyebrows but did not take the money. "You're quite a nice person. Alright, I don't need your money. He's already at the police station. I won't let him go hungry."
Zhang Heng walked out of the door with a heavy heart. What he encountered tonight was undoubtedly a supernatural event. He just didn't know if the source was a monster like Moresby or a player with a game item like him.
Regardless of the answer, it wasn't a good sign. According to the strange man in the Tang suit, some things had existed in this world for thousands of years, but for so long, everyone had been living in harmony.
However, the appearance of this mysterious game had broken the peace. Zhang Heng suddenly realized that Moresby's appearance at Hongqiao Airport wasn't as simple as the strange man in the Tang suit had said. There must be a reason why it had set foot on this foreign land.
But the more troublesome part was the players. As the game progressed, the surviving players would more or less have game items on them. Zhang Heng didn't know what mechanism the game creator used to select the players, but it was obvious that not everyone liked to keep a low profile like him.
After mastering extraordinary power, how to use it would become a multiple-choice question for everyone. Especially considering the pressure of death that they had to face in every round of the game, the possibility of players resorting to extreme actions was also increasing.
Zhang Heng didn't want to be a hero, but he didn't want the place he lived in to be messed up.
…
It was almost twelve o 'clock when Zhang Heng returned to school. He didn't go to the main entrance, but the side door on the west side. Since this door was far from the bus station, not many people used it. However, it was close to the residential area, and some teachers would pass by here on their way to and from work.
When Zhang Heng walked to the door, a Mercedes-Benz stopped on his right. Shen Xixi hurried down from the car. She was stunned when she saw Zhang Heng, and both of them felt a little awkward.
Zhang Heng remembered the rumors he heard before, but the black Mercedes-Benz drove away quickly. He didn't see if the driver was the old man mentioned in the rumors.
Shen Xixi quickly stuffed the black bag in her hand into her small bag, and her expression quickly returned to normal. However, she couldn't help but smile bitterly. "It seems like we always meet at the wrong time."
"You don't have to explain to me," Zhang Heng said. Zhang Heng was telling the truth. They were just ordinary friends. No matter what Shen Xixi did, there was no need for her to tell him. Besides, Zhang Heng didn't really believe the rumors. With Shen Xixi's intelligence, if she really wanted to do something like that, she wouldn't have made it so obvious and asked the man to drive her to the school gate.
Zhang Heng was curious why Shen Xixi didn't refute the rumors even after all this time.
The latter opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but after looking at the time on her phone, she said, "Let's talk later. The dormitory is about to lock up. I have to go now."
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