Chapter 5, The Multilinear

Then he said to Bai Ye beside him: "In order to escape the pursuit of death, one must not be overly relaxed in spirit, but neither can one be excessively tense, nor overly focused on a single matter. For if one becomes too engrossed in one thing, it will lead to serious distraction in other details, which can be very fatal"

On the phone, Lin Shenhe comforted him, saying: "We are already aware of your situation, and we have a certain understanding of the entity that has been pursuing you. We have also been investigating this matter. Let me clarify that we have no ill intentions towards you; we only wish to protect you"

Wang Lei said with a hint of heaviness

I will not walk!

One, two, three, four, five, how could those five people over there have four lines on them

Lin Shenhe inquired professionally, "Have you seen anything unusual?"

Bai Yan nodded in agreement and asked Wang Lei: "What about you?"

This little rascal has a keen sense of observation, realizing this so quickly

The core figures consist of five individuals, all employing the same drawing technique: a circle represents the head, and four strokes casually drawn on the circle signify hair. A vertical line beneath the circle denotes the body, and adding a stroke and a dot above the 'body' along with another stroke and dot below it represents the arms and legs. Given such a crude method of drawing, it is no wonder that Director Lin Shenhe could not help but express his disdain.

Three minutes later, Wang Lei took the mobile phone handed to him by the police officer and began a conversation with Director Lin Shenhe, who was thousands of miles away. At that moment, he was surrounded by a total of eight police officers, who were protecting him as if he were a government official.

Yes! It is indeed four! As for someone like me, who has been targeted by that thing, all the threads on our bodies have been severed

Do those five individuals really have four lines on them

The speaker is Bai Ye, and she appears to be more anxious than Wang Lei himself. This young girl is now utterly terrified; in her view, her greatest hope for survival is to cling tightly to Wang Lei's leg, after all, he has survived a full year under the pursuit of death, making him extremely experienced

Great! I found them!

I am infuriated by you, you poker-faced person

Director, the second painting is finished

Rather than being endlessly pursued by that thing, it is better to stay here and fight with all our might

Wang Lei turned around, looked at the camera, and pointed with another finger to a certain place across the street, addressing Lin Shenhe:

The EMP disaster abroad has claimed many lives, and now you have become a target of that thing; it will be even more dangerous here

Wang Lei said coldly: "Because the time when our family was targeted by the Grim Reaper coincided with the day of the first EMP disaster! There must be a connection."

Her car was rendered inoperable due to the EMP shock, with all onboard electronic devices damaged, and it can no longer be started, so it must be temporarily abandoned here. However, Bai Ye's family is extremely wealthy, and she does not regard a BMW car at all.

The three of them talked as they walked, quickly exiting the impact zone of the EMP and returning to a world with electricity and signals. Once out of the EMP impact area, the Bai Yan sisters headed straight for the nearby China Telecom building. Although the EMP impact zone was not large, it caused the entire city to fall into panic, with shops on the streets hastily closing and staff fleeing. The situation in this telecom building was similar; however, Bai Yan's status as a police officer came into play at this moment. She presented her credentials and went directly to the counter to collect ready-made mobile phones and batteries, preparing to switch to her own SIM card and make calls home.

Bai Ye exhaled forcefully through his nostrils, grasping his cousin's arm with one hand, and then said: "Sister, let's hurry and leave here, buy a new phone first, and then call home to have them come pick us up."

Seeing Bai Ye suddenly become "justified and self-assured," Wang Lei couldn't help but smile

This is not a murder case, and I do not know how to handle such matters. Moreover ... ...

As Lin Shen spoke, he looked at Wang Lei's face on the screen, the image transmitted from the camera lens in the telecommunications building, while the other party was also raising his head to look at the camera facing him

On the screen in front of Lin Shenhe, the painting created by the "Prophet" was displayed, and the most crucial part of the painting: the protagonist, was just completed.

Lin Shenhe assigned the task of interpreting this painting to his subordinate. When he turned to look at Wang Lei on the surveillance screen, he found that Wang had left the mobile phone sales counter and was standing behind the glass window of the telecommunications building, intently observing something outside.

This is unacceptable! Are you still a man? If you die, what am I supposed to do? Cough, cough, that's not what I meant, don't get the wrong idea! I am still in my youth and wish to live for another hundred or eighty years! If you irresponsibly go and die like this, who will protect me?

I know

The two EMP disasters that occurred in the United States and France are well known to the three individuals, who understand that the only way to ensure safety is to leave the city as soon as possible

Bai Yan let out a bitter laugh, took out a damaged and burnt phone from her pocket, glanced at it, and then said: "Moreover, what we should do now is to leave this city first, right? This is an EMP disaster"

In the painting, there are three police corpses on the ground, depicted with remarkable realism, even capturing the clarity of their postures at the time of death. However, the most crucial figure, the murderer, appears as if drawn by a three-year-old child in a haphazard manner

Wang Lei spoke in a gloomy tone, his voice tinged with a hint of madness. Bai Yan looked at the mature Wang Lei with a sense of unease, realizing that she had misjudged him earlier. She had thought Wang Lei was an extremely calm person, but in reality, his nerves were on the brink of collapse. However, this could not be blamed on him; after being 'killed' dozens of times in a year, even the calmest person would eventually become like him.

Lin Shenhe glanced and frowned, saying: "So soon... how is it rougher than last time?"

Wang Lei glanced at the camera lens and quickly averted his gaze, then began to look around, observing his surroundings and paying attention to any potential "dangers" that could pose a threat to his life

Well, your spirit is quite good. If you can maintain such fighting spirit, there is indeed a chance for you to live a little longer

Lin Shenhe was taken aback and immediately turned his head to look at the painting just completed by the prophet. He discovered that the number of "hairs" on the heads of the five "core figures" was precisely four.

Wang Lei's expression returned to its previous seriousness, and he continued to look around, paying attention to his surroundings. At the same time, he said in a low voice: "Today is almost the day that thing chases me again. The incident at the intersection just now doesn't count; my death tribulation in the past two days has yet to arrive. Your appearance is a significant variable, and it could very well be the variable that 'he' wants to kill me."

Wang Lei nodded

Wang Lei thought for a moment, nodded, and said to Bai Ye: "I will leave here, but I will not go too far; I want to find out what is really going on"

After descending the overpass, Wang Lei guided the two sisters, Bai Yan, in choosing the right direction and continued onward

Outside the store, Wang Lei first walked to the nearby overpass, standing at a height to gaze into the distance, thereby assessing the radius of the EMP's impact. At this moment, their location was approximately one thousand meters from the center of the EMP. Standing on the bridge, Wang Lei easily spotted cars still traveling along the road and illuminated billboard advertisements in the distance

Is this Wang Lei? My surname is Lin, and I am from the Ninth Division of the National Security Bureau. We are aware that you are in great danger right now, and we have been looking for you.

Through previous "eavesdropping", Lin Shenhe learned that Wang Lei's ability is to distinguish between "normal people" and "disconnected individuals", which is referred to by the authorities as "wireless individuals"

Four wires

Wang Lei replied: "I am being pursued by some strange, indescribable things"

At that moment, Bai Ye, who seemed to have been terrified to the point of collapse just a moment ago, suddenly erupted with astonishing "fighting spirit". She grasped Wang Lei's chest with one hand, her expression resembling that of a housewife who has caught her husband cheating, filled with a fierce aura

On the road, he asked Bai Yan, "Officer Bai, are you planning to take me to the police station?"

Lin Shenhe nodded in appreciation, though he did not find it strange. As a severed one, and having survived for a year, he must possess certain outstanding qualities; otherwise, he would have long since perished under the relentless pursuit of that mysterious force.

While Bai Yan was inserting the SIM card, a nearby police officer noticed the three of them. After the EMP shock, Lin Shenhe had mobilized the entire city's police force to search for the trio. The combination of two women and one man, with Bai Yan in her police uniform and Wang Lei carrying a "sketch pad," provided very conspicuous references for identification. As soon as they entered the "powered" world, they were immediately noticed by the police maintaining order nearby. The combination of two women and one man, with Bai Yan in her police uniform and Wang Lei carrying a "sketch pad," provided very conspicuous references for identification. As soon as they entered the "powered" world, they were immediately noticed by the police maintaining order nearby

Why

Lin Shenhe agreed, saying: "I can understand. Over the past year, we have encountered many individuals like you, but most of them have perished. There exists an entity beyond our imagination that has breached our numerous defenses and killed them with 'accidents'"

I have been hunted by that thing for a year, I am already tired and annoyed

Then Wang Lei heard a voice interrupting

As soon as the words were spoken, Wang Lei transmitted the excited shouts of others through the phone.