Chapter 494

"Cat-faced old lady?" Su Bai held this piece of paper in his hand. If he was right, this piece of paper should be Su Bai's clue. But this clue was a little too serious. It was passed to him through the death of a listener.

When Su Bai entered this world, the story had already started. It might have just started, or it might be halfway through, or it might even be at the end.

However, he did have some impression of the cat-faced old woman. When the matter of the cat-faced old woman was publicized, he was still young. Even if the cat-faced old woman made a big fuss at that time, it was only in Bing City and Heilongjiang Province. For people in other parts of China, it was only used as a horror story or as an example to scare disobedient children.

This incident was said to be about an old lady. When she died, a cat passed by her, and her corpse came back to life. (This was a very traditional folk custom. Until now, most of China's rural areas do not allow livestock to approach during funerals. All the livestock were kept at the places where they should be kept. This was to prevent animals from passing by the corpse and "borrowing the air" from it. This "old lady" had "borrowed air" from the cat, and her corpse came back to life.)

It was said that this "old lady" ate children. There was a process for this rumor to spread. In the beginning, many people did not believe this rumor was true. But many people who came back from other places said that this rumor was also spreading in other places. This seemed to increase the credibility of the rumor. What happened in the end? Some primary schools would hold a special school assembly, where the principal would stand on the podium and lecture the students.

The content of the meeting was that all the primary school students had to go to and from school in pairs. They were not allowed to "go out" alone. Secondly, all the primary school students had to tie red ropes. (This was also a rumor. It was said that the "old lady" ate children, but tying a red rope on her wrist was enough to ward off evil spirits.)

In the end, this rumor spread to the extent that all the children in Heilongjiang Province started to panic. Some children even stopped going to school because they were afraid of being eaten!

This incident was so serious that it affected people outside of Heilongjiang Province, and the ending of this rumor was dramatic — —

The so-called "cat-faced old lady" alerted the central government, and the army was sent out. The "cat-faced old lady" was shot in the back of the head by the soldiers and died!

From a modern point of view, people would always feel that the people of that period were simple, ignorant, and ridiculous. But if one was not from that period, it would be hard to imagine the horror that the cat-faced old lady brought. It was comparable to the panic of the entire city during the SARS epidemic.

Su Bai took a deep breath and exhaled heavily. The theme of this story world should revolve around this cat-faced old lady if there was no accident.

However, why didn't the cat-faced old lady really try to kill him in the dark of night just now?

Why did she only kill the listener?

This was what Su Bai was most puzzled about, and it was also something he could not figure out for the time being. The cat-faced old woman had only frozen his hand so that he could not shoot. Although he quickly switched to the zombie bloodline and broke the frozen shackles, the other party was really too lenient to him.

That's what he couldn't figure out. The cat-faced old lady only froze his hand so that he couldn't shoot. Although he quickly switched to his zombie bloodline and broke through the ice, she was too lenient.

Even though he couldn't figure it out, he still had to do what he needed to do. Su Bai checked the corpse of the male listener.

"He's really poor," Su Bai muttered as he looked at the items he had collected from the corpse. A throwing knife, a string of talismans, and a breastplate. But these were all very cheap items. Even if he were to exchange them for a microshop, he estimated that they would only be worth around a hundred story points. Naturally, when Su Bai brought these items to trade, he had to give them a 50% discount. How could he trade with just a few dozen story points? What could he trade with just a few dozen story points?

What could he trade for with just a few dozen story points? It had to be known that Su Bai's current weapons were two Hellfire shotguns, which were already worth a thousand story points. It was meaningless for Su Bai to get more trinkets. Even if he needed to trade with others in the future, these junk wouldn't be a bonus, and no one would want it.

He was a little disappointed, but fortunately, Su Bai didn't have much hope in the first place. After leaving the corpse, Su Bai continued to wander on the road alone. At around five o 'clock, the streets began to regain their liveliness. People began to ride bicycles to work. The breakfast shops on the side of the road also opened for business, and the people began to regain their liveliness.

However, this kind of liveliness and liveliness made Su Bai feel a little unreal. This seemed like an ordinary city, but Su Bai knew that this was the scope of his activities in this story world. Even if this city had a train station and an airport, Su Bai would never be so naive to think that he could leave this city.

Now, the first thing to do was to find the other listeners in this city. As a person who joined halfway, Su Bai was disconnected from the development of this story world. To enter a story world to complete a mission, he had to first understand this story world. Finding the listeners who entered this story world from the beginning was the most efficient way.

However, he had to find them first.

In this city, finding those people was undoubtedly like finding a needle in a haystack. Moreover, Su Bai didn't have the time to use his ability to develop his own forces in this city. On one hand, it would take too long. On the other hand, it was a little contrary to the story that the terrorist broadcast emphasized. If he did so, it would definitely cause the terrorist broadcast to be dissatisfied, and he might even be punished.

…

Early in the morning, Su Bai walked into a breakfast shop and ordered two deep-fried dough sticks and a basket of steamed buns. Opposite the breakfast shop was a newsstand. Su Bai basically bought a copy of all the local newspapers in the newsstand. He read them while eating his breakfast.

Su Bai ate at a moderate pace and read at a moderate pace. Perhaps it was because of his different mentality, but Su Bai wasn't too anxious or impatient.

He discovered that there were still three local newspapers that reported a theft at the back of a local kindergarten. It seemed that the cat-faced old woman's matter had become a dark cloud that shrouded the city. Therefore, no matter what it was, as long as it was related to children, the newspaper reporters would deliberately talk about it to increase their selling points. It was the same for these three newspapers. Of course, the reason was very simple. This was not a simple theft. The staff dormitory behind the kindergarten had been broken into and searched, but no belongings were lost. The cash, watches, and other things were still there. Therefore, the reporters who wanted to stir up trouble even if they had nothing to do had directly written that the cat-faced old woman was scouting the kindergarten.

Su Bai closed the newspaper and put the last bit of the deep-fried dough stick into his mouth to chew. He put the newspaper on the table, paid the bill, walked to the roadside, and stopped a tricycle.

Riding on the tricycle, Su Bai arrived at the kindergarten. What made Su Bai feel the "terror" of the cat-faced old woman was that the kindergarten had suspended classes.

The cat-faced old woman's incident in Bing City and the whole of Heilongjiang Province not only affected the children, but also the adults. After all, the adults were the main body of society. When the adults were affected by the cat-faced old woman's matter, it would naturally affect the children.

The exaggerated reports of the reporters had caused the kindergarten to suspend classes. Su Bai was also amused. Luckily, the kindergarten was not empty. There was an old man sitting in the guardhouse, sunbathing and reading the newspaper.

Su Bai walked over and passed a cigarette to the old man. The old man smiled and took the cigarette and passed a match to Su Bai.

Between men, sometimes, it was just a cigarette. Especially more than a decade ago, even before that time. Regardless of whether they smoked or not, they would always carry a pack of cigarettes in their pockets.

"When will the kindergarten classes resume?" Su Bai purposely imitated the local accent and asked.

"Soon. Probably in the next two days. The parents had started to make a fuss and refused to send their children to school. Yesterday, the Police came to visit and said that everything is fine. In the future, there will be more patrols. The principal and teachers are already helping the parents. Classes should resume the day after tomorrow. Most of the teachers and staff are staying at home and not in the school. They will only return the day after tomorrow."

The old man smoked happily and did not notice that Su Bai did not leave from the entrance. Instead, he entered the kindergarten.

The kindergarten was not big, and there were not many staff. That's why the row of small houses at the back of the kindergarten were the homes of a few staff members. Some of the houses even served as offices.

According to the newspaper, the locks of this row of small single-story houses had been pried open, and the inside of the houses had been turned upside down.

Su Bai rubbed his chin as he pushed open the door of one of the houses. This was the only house that was not locked.

After walking in, he felt a damp feeling. Obviously, the accommodation of these staff members was not very good.

After looking around, he did not find anything special. After all, the police had also come to check. Even if they found something, it would not be Su Bai's turn. However, when Su Bai walked out, he saw a woman in plain clothes walking towards him with a thermos bottle in her hand. She also carried a black plastic bag in her other hand. The bag should be filled with fish, because Su Bai could already smell the fishy smell.

She was surprised to see Su Bai coming out of her dormitory.

"You are?"

"Oh, I am a police officer. I came to patrol. Have you found anything special recently?" Su Bai said calmly.

"No, since the last thief came, nothing happened." The woman smiled at Su Bai. "Come in and drink some water, comrade."

"No," Su Bai refused.

"Oh, then you have worked hard." The woman bowed slightly to Su Bai and walked into her room.

However, ten minutes later, Su Bai was still standing outside the door.

Half an hour later, Su Bai was still standing outside the door.

Three hours later, Su Bai was still standing outside the door.

Six hours later, the sky began to darken, but Su Bai was still standing outside the door.

At this time, Su Bai finally rubbed his sore shoulders and knees and said, "My hearing is quite sensitive."

The door opened slowly.

The woman in plain clothes was still holding a thermos bottle in one hand and a black plastic bag in the other. The fish that was bought from the market was now dead.