In order to avoid the rush hour traffic, they got up very early on the day of departure.
Sister Xu was yawning in the back row, but Lin Fan was unusually energetic.
John Woo accepted his fate as a driver without any joy or sadness.
It was not until two hours later that Lin Fan yawned drowsily on the highway, and Sister Xu regained her energy and woke up.
"So, you suspect that a domain has formed there?" Sister Xu took out a hamburger from the prepared lunch roll beside her and started eating.
"It's not us, it's him." Lin Fan wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and replied with spirits.
What could she know?
Didn't John Woo tell her that this kind of situation where people can only go in but not out is mostly because there is a domain in that area that separates the two sides.
People outside can go in, but people inside cannot get out.
So it makes sense that the network signal is not working. Maybe Ma Baobao and the others are still working on the construction as normal, but because of the isolation of the domain, the signal cannot be received from the outside.
"What is a domain?" Lin Fan also asked at that time.
John Woo's explanation is that it is a small barrier. It cannot form a world on its own, but it can be installed on top of the existing world, similar to an all-round shielding door.
Speaking of screen doors, Lin Fan inevitably thought of the subway...
"Domains are rare nowadays. Were there any signs before?" Sister Xu asked again.
Wu Yusen was a veteran special agent, and his words didn't convey a sense of urgency, so Sister Xu didn't pay much attention. She gathered her gear and asked about it in the car.
"No. That place is remote, a small mountain village. Most of the people there are elderly people and left-behind children, so it doesn't attract much attention. I searched the news in the past six months and found no relevant reports."
There are good and bad sides to this. Generally speaking, it's not good. If something happens, it's hard to get out.
"Hmm..." Sister Xu pondered for a moment, feeling the equipment should be sufficient, and then said, "I wonder if this is the Spirit Ghost Domain or the Demon Demon Domain."
"Is there any difference?" Lin Fan yawned with drooping eyelids.
She regretted that she should have slept for a while.
"Yes. The ghost realm is under my control, but I have no control over the demon realm." Sister Xu grabbed another chicken roll and started eating.
"Hmm?" Lin Fan's fuzzy mind couldn't function anymore.
"The ghost domain belongs to the supernatural category, Sister Xu can solve it with some means. If it is a domain created by demons, it is not within Sister Xu's area of expertise, and she is not much different from us." John Woo explained on the side.
"Huh?!" Lin Fan was startled, his sleepiness completely gone. "Then how do we know if it's the Ghost Realm or the Demon Realm?"
"You'll find out once you get in." Sister Xu felt like she was almost done. She took out a cup of soy milk and handed the food bag to Lin Fan. "You should eat more too."
Lin Fan took it in a daze and held it in his arms. "No, what if we go in and it's not the Spirit Ghost Domain? We can't get out, right?"
"If it weren't for the Spirit Ghost Domain, we wouldn't be able to get out." Sister Xu looked unconcerned.
Lin Fan thought, are all big bosses like this? It doesn't matter if they can't get out?
"We have already notified our colleagues who are responsible for the demons. If we still don't get any news after 24 hours, they will come to support us." John Woo said with a smile.
"That's good." Lin Fan said, why doesn't everyone care so much, isn't it dangerous?
"This is the Dharma Ending Age, and powerful demons no longer exist. This kind of domain isn't that dangerous," Sister Xu said leisurely from the back row. "It's just that its sudden appearance makes me wonder if some ancient artifact has been unearthed."
Only then did Lin Fan realize that he had asked what was in his heart.
Some ancient artifacts are very old, and because of their original deterrent effect, some of them will produce spirits.
This area and the unspeakable things are all under Sister Xu's responsibility, so she decided to come over and take a look after she knew about it.
After all, this was an extension of an unfinished case she had been working on. She couldn't just pass it on to her colleagues in the Demon Department without even looking at it. Wouldn't that be nonsense?
Based on previous experience, Sister Xu felt that this situation was not too serious. As long as she could find the crux of the expansion domain and collect and send as needed, it should be able to be solved relatively easily.
Seeing Sister Xu's relaxed expression, Lin Fan felt that his own anxiety was simply petty. With the boss here, what was there to be afraid of?
After figuring it out, I didn't care about anything else and opened the breakfast in my hand and started eating.
The accident happened in a small town in Su Province next to Gao River.
Because it is located in a plain, in the early years, everyone relied on farming and producing grain for a living. In recent years, young people have mostly gone out to work in order to make money, leaving behind only the elderly and children.
There are not many people in the town, and there are no tourist attractions that can be developed. The economy is declining, and it is even more difficult to retain people.
"It's just ahead." John Woo suddenly reminded Lin Fan when he tilted his head to look at the scenery outside the window.
"Huh?" Lin Fan, still grinning foolishly, instantly retracted his head. "In front? Where?"
After asking, I realized I was stupid again. A domain is not a wall. How can it draw a clear dividing line for you?
At this moment, a minibus came up from behind the Prado with a "beep beep" sound.
As John Woo was approaching his destination, he slowed down his car to observe the surrounding situation, and was overtaken by a shabby minibus.
Lin Fan seemed to see the minibus driver overtaking the Prado, and then he grinned at them with his teeth bared, with the vegetable leaves clearly visible on his teeth.
"Hey, their car was heading forward..." Lin Fan looked at the minibus bouncing along the dirt road and suddenly thought, "Minibuses are supposed to leave on a regular schedule. If they disappeared, it would definitely attract attention, but that doesn't seem to be the case."
"Maybe the minibus route just happens to miss the boundary of the domain. After all, the shape and size of the domain are not necessarily regular, and it is not defined by the road surface we see now." Sister Xu was no longer lazy at this time. She stretched her head to the front row and said with squinting eyes.
Sure enough, not long after, the minibus stopped at a location, dropped off a man, and then drove away again.
"Looks like this isn't the right road. We need to go inside." Wu Yusen sped up to where someone had just gotten out of the car. Seeing the person crossing the road and heading left, he opened the window and called out. "Hey, fellow, are you going to XX Village?"
The man looked at the huge bully, stunned for a moment, and replied subconsciously. "Yes."
"We are going there too. Why don't you get in the car and we will take you with us?" John Woo said with a smile.
He wanted to bring a local on board so he could get some useful information.
But somehow this touched a nerve, and the man immediately became defensive and refused. "No, I can walk by myself. You guys go on your own. Just follow this road and go straight ahead."
"Okay, thank you fellow." John Woo was not discouraged. He smiled and retracted his head, turned the steering wheel and turned left.
Not long after driving along the path, Lin Fan felt as if she had passed through something. The subtle penetrating feeling made her feel a chill all over her body.
Sister Xu's voice rang in my ears.
"Feel it? We're already in."
What's inside? What's inside? I haven't thought about it yet, la la la la
I've been disturbed for two days now.
Someone in the neighborhood passed away, and they set up a tent in the parking lot downstairs for the funeral. The speakers were really loud, and there was a karaoke performance, but the singing was out of tune. The man sang, then the woman sang, and then the keyboard, then the flute—all mixed together, it was awful. And then there was the constant grating of the microphone hitting the speakers.
It's not like someone has done this before, and they've always been careful with the noise. But this place is just like a shopping mall opening. It was already loud yesterday, and today is even louder. It's so noisy that those who don't know could mistake it for a wedding.
Let's put the funeral first. We all complain about the noise, but there's nothing we can do. We just give in. But this family is so clueless. It's like they're not even from our area.
The subwoofer made my heart tremble. I closed all the doors and windows at home and hid in the farthest corner, but the sound was still louder than the sound of people doing business downstairs half a month ago.
Forget it, I'll endure it and consider it as a blessing.