The bonfire was like a star, illuminating most of the night sky.
Countless passengers lay on the ground, counting the stars in the night sky.
Some were laughing and chatting with their companions, some were stirring the bonfire with a worried face, and some were looking around, not knowing what they wanted to see in the dim light.
Nervousness, or anticipation.
No one knows what will happen tomorrow or even the day after tomorrow.
Staying here for a while, whether they can usher in a new future.
From this moment on, are they about to embrace a new life.
Hesitation, confusion, expectation, excitement … …
All kinds of emotions floated back and forth over countless bonfires.
"Pa."
There were some sparks in the bonfire.
Law raised the wooden stick and turned over the remaining firewood.
"It's like a group camping," he said.
"It doesn't look like it at all."
Jin looked around, there were only bonfires and people lying everywhere.
It was said to be camping, but there were no tents in this large area, and only large tents could be seen in the distance.
Bonfires and tents were like the boundary between poverty and status.
Law smiled and stopped talking, his eyes reflecting the fire.
He wondered what Machi, who was in the same place as him, was doing and thinking at this moment.
Was he like him, looking at the bonfire close at hand, and then thinking about each other?
Thinking so deeply, Law felt a little guilty and couldn't help but look at Jin, thinking about how this guy went out to explore with a clear conscience.
Aware of Law's gaze, King suddenly showed his dead fish eyes. He was very experienced and silently left the back of his head to Law.
Law shook his head slightly and waited for the passage of time in silence.
By the way … … why hasn't Black Cat come back yet.
He just went to inform Biscay, and it didn't take long to go back and forth.
Come to think of it, that guy must have eaten and drunk enough before coming back.
As the night deepened, the people here took the ground as their bed and the sky as their quilt and fell asleep one after another.
The previously noisy night suddenly became much quieter.
Luo Hejin's bonfire was still burning tenaciously, and the two of them were not sleepy, whispering some meaningless words.
Not long after, they all looked in a certain direction.
There, a black smoke followed the ground, vaguely like a small black snake.
"This guy is finally back." Law stared at the winding black smoke, but it was the Black Cat.
The Black Cat came close, changed back to its original size, but only the size of a fist, and then burped softly.
He did come over after eating and drinking, because he wasn't stupid and knew what kind of food Law's side would be.
Looking at the empty jar on the ground, he felt that his decision was quite wise.
Law slapped the Black Cat's head, and without waiting for the Black Cat to react, he said directly: "I have something for you to do."
"Can't you let me rest!?" The black cat's eyes widened.
Law said, "Cut the crap. You have one night to find Sheerah's location."
The black cat curled its lips: "Alright, alright, alright, but it's been so long, I'm not sure if I'll be able to recognize her"
"Jin..
Law looked at Jin.
Jin understood, raised her hand, and manipulated Chi to draw a portrait of Sheerah, showing a considerable control.
The Black Cat looked at the portrait that Jin drew out of thin air with Chi, memorized it, and then turned into black smoke again, heading in a certain direction.
After ordering the Black Cat to find Sheerah, Law lay down and quickly fell into a light sleep, and so did Jin.
In this environment, they couldn't sleep soundly.
On the other side, the Black Cat, who had turned into smoke, wandered around.
Although most of the people here were asleep, it wasn't easy to find Sheerah among more than a hundred thousand people.
Fortunately, they were all sitting on the ground. If everyone had a tent, the Black Cat would vomit blood.
One hour, two hours, three hours …
The Black Cat swept through part of the area, but found nothing.
"Let's go over there and take a look."
The Black Cat turned her little head, memorizing the places she had searched so as not to waste her efforts.
The smoke stuck close to the ground, meandering.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, the Black Cat stopped, and the snake-like smoke shrank into a ball in an instant, pressing down on the ground, and looked at a certain direction.
There, there was a bonfire with a few sparks left, and seven or eight people were lying around it, sleeping soundly.
"What's that?"
The Black Cat saw the shadow next to the bonfire trembling slightly.
A pair of silver pupils appeared in the black smoke.
Her pupils shrank, and she saw the true face of the shadow. It was three small black snakes, which came out of the shadow of the fire, and then went to the sleeping people next to them.
The small snakes got into the clothes of the sleeping people, came out a moment later, and crawled to another sleeping person.
Not long after, the three small snakes returned to the bonfire, got into the shadow of the fire, and disappeared in an instant.
The Black Cat observed the bonfire vigilantly and waited patiently for a while. After finding nothing strange, she went to check on the sleeping people around.
"Dead …"
The Black Cat checked and found that the nine people lying next to the bonfire were all dead. Their faces were peaceful, and they had died silently in their sleep.
"It was the three snakes just now."
The Black Cat looked at the bonfire again. There was no trace of the black snakes, only the shadows reflected by the weak light of the fire.
"Should I go back to Luo, or continue looking for Sheerah?"
The Black Cat thought about it seriously. She didn't think that the black snakes that came out of the shadows would be a threat to Luo Hejin. Moreover, it had nothing to do with him even if everyone here died, so she decided to continue looking for Sheerah.
The night passed, and the sun rose.
Soon, the crowd became restless.
There were people dead, and quite a few of them.
Nine corpses lay quietly next to an extinguished bonfire, surrounded by people who were staring at the corpses and talking.
"Out of the way, out of the way!"
A rough voice came from outside the crowd, and an army of about twenty people pushed through the crowd.
The leader was a slightly plump officer with a bulging belly. After squeezing through the crowd, he immediately shouted, "Do you think you're sardines in a can? Spread out! "
The people around him did as they were told and retreated a distance, no longer crowding together.
Only then did the plump officer squat down to examine the corpses. Soon, he found obvious snake bites on the necks of the corpses, but there was no blood or signs of poisoning.
"Blood clotting toxin?"
The plump officer frowned slightly. He checked the other corpses and found that the cause of death was the same for all of them.
At the same time, the other troops also found the other corpses to investigate the cause of death. There were obvious snake bites on the necks.
The information was quickly pieced together. The time of death was five hours ago, around two in the morning. There were a total of ninety-nine corpses, and they were at most two kilometers apart from each other.
After connecting the locations of all the corpses, no pattern was found. It was just scattered and messy, and no one at the scene had ever seen a snake.
Somewhere in the distance, Luo Hejin looked at the sounds of discussion coming from afar.
"What do you think?" Luo asked.
"It's the perpetrator." Jin replied.
"Then, why are there ninety-nine, not nine hundred and ninety-nine, or even more?" Luo guessed.
"There's a high probability that it's because of restrictions."
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