Chapter 1363 Night
"While we have time now, let's introduce each other, starting with me. My name is Gao Yanqing. In real life, I am an animal trainer and work in an aquarium." A very thin man sat on the ground and spoke, with a wound on his forehead.
Noting that the fat man was staring at the wound on his forehead, Gao Yanqing did not shy away. He took the initiative to lift his curtain and showed the wound to him openly, "It is common to get injured in our industry, but I quite like it. I still prefer being with animals than being in contact with people. After all, some people are worse than animals."
"Zhang Qizheng, I am the director of a library." The old man straightened his back. Rod, calm temperament.
"Li Bai, surgeon." Li Bai nodded slightly to everyone.
"Yao, Shun, and Yu, hotel front desk." Immediately after Li Bai, Yao, Shun, and Yu said naturally.
"Wang Fugui, I am a truck driver." The fat man followed Jiang Cheng's teachings and knew that the more he spoke, the more flaws he would reveal. His self-introduction was as concise as the first two.
"Jiang Cheng." Jiang Cheng said very naturally, "I don't have a regular job. My latest job is writing books, which is online articles. Fortunately, the readers of the books are very good, and I can make ends meet."
"Tang Qisheng, my profession is quite special. I am a folklore investigator." The middle-aged man with a good appearance said in a dull voice, "My main task is to go to various remote places. I collected stories from the area, then came back to sort them out, and finally compiled them into a book.”
“Zhu Jie, I am an encoffiner and work in a funeral home. I am responsible for sewing up corpses so that family members and friends can see the last face of the deceased. This is special. Under certain circumstances, it will also help the corpse that cannot rest in peace to close its eyes," the woman who came with Tang Qisheng said slowly. The woman looked very serious and had a maturity that transcended her age.
Then there was a woman around 40 years old. The woman was slightly fat and wore a pair of glasses. She looked very comfortable. But what Jiang Cheng and others never expected was the woman’s identity. “You can just call me Lu Qin. I come from a A rather special organization is called the Night Watch. Since everyone can meet here, they are definitely not ordinary people, so I still want to be honest. , This will save a lot of trouble."
Sure enough, after hearing the words "night watchman", the expressions of several people present changed, but they soon returned to normal. Jiang Cheng understood that everyone was not being raped. I was shocked by the word "night watchman", but I just couldn't figure out why this woman named Lu Qin was so honest and revealed her identity as a night watchman.
Jiang Cheng had two guesses. First, Lu Qin was pretending to be a night watchman in order to scare other teammates with ulterior motives. However, after thinking about it, Jiang Cheng felt that the possibility was very low.
Secondly, Lu Qin is a night watchman, and she came here for her group. She revealed her identity in order to disrupt the public. If this is true, then there must be one of the remaining people. And her accomplices.
However, this point does not make sense. Jiang Cheng thought about it and couldn't come to a conclusion. The mission has not officially started yet. No matter how you look at it, it is too early to reveal your identity now, and it will do more harm than good.
Lu Qin's face remained calm after revealing his identity, and his eyes did not look at him in particular, or meant to warn several people in Jiangcheng. The fat man immediately became vigilant after hearing the words "night watchman", but after waiting for a long time, nothing happened. This made Lu Qin He was also very strange.
After Lu Qin, there was the last person left, and everyone subconsciously turned their attention to him. He was a young man, about 25 years old, with an average appearance, wearing a dark green military uniform that did not fit well. The coat was baggy, but his eyes were bright, as if he had been waiting for a long time, "It's my turn, it's my turn," My name is Shao Tong, I am a Taoist priest, and everyone respects me because I can kill demons without any trouble!"
Fat Man: "?"
Hearing these remarks, Jiang Cheng The four of them were a little confused, but judging from the performance of Zhang Qizheng and others, it was obvious that they had been shocked by Shao Tong once, so they were not surprised this time.
Finding that the other party was staring directly at him, Li Bai couldn't figure out the other party's intention, so he had to bite the bullet and deal with it: "Mr. Shao is good at slaying demons and demons. I hope you are here this time. Everything will go well.”
"Amitabha, that's good, that's good." After receiving the response, Shaotong clasped his hands together with a pious face.
Fat man: “???”
Everyone: “…….”
In embarrassment, everyone ended the chat. In order to cope with the next situation, everyone They each found a place to rest. Fortunately, the room was not too small and could accommodate 10 of them.
Leaning on the haystack, listening to the sharp sound of the occasional wind blowing through the gaps between the boards outside, Fatty became increasingly uneasy. He and Jiang Cheng were in the same corner, blocked by haystacks. , quite hidden.
The fat man put his face close to Jiang Cheng's ear, "Are you asleep?"
His voice was very small, covered by the wind outside, and could almost be ignored.
Jiang Cheng opened his eyes and glanced at the fat man, "Don't think too much, take the time to rest. It will be difficult to rest after dawn."
The fat man's face turned bitter, "I know , but I can't sleep no matter what, why don't you talk to me and tell me the truth, my heart is pounding, my right eyelid is "I'm also dancing hard."
At this point, the fat man glanced outside and lowered his voice, "I feel like something is wrong with these people. Listen to their self-introductions, especially That Shaotong, Taoist priest, Amitabha, he seems to have a problem here." The fat man nodded his head with his finger.
Jiang Cheng didn't take it seriously, but he patiently explained to Fatty: "No one who has survived to this day is a simple person. The only meaning of his introduction is to give us a bridge of communication, which is a good start. As for We didn’t tell the truth about the content, and neither would they, but there was a lot of skill in it.”
“Take Gao Yanqing, for example. He said he was an animal trainer and was in the water. He works in the aquarium, but I don’t see it. People who have been exposed to water all year round will not have the same skin as him. Also, the injuries on his face are not right. I can’t think of any animal that would leave scratches like that. He should be "He was scratched."
"Human?" Fatty recalled the scar on Gao Yanqing's face. The scar was very obvious and deep. It didn't look like it was scratched by a sharp claw. People can do it.
Seeing that the fat man was still not enlightened, Jiang Cheng let out a breath and made a mouth gesture.
The moment Fatty understood it, his expression changed, because what Jiang Cheng said was a ghost word.
This was a very strange feeling. When Jiang Cheng said this word, something seemed to flash in Fatty's mind, making him almost immediately convinced that this was true. The one who really hurt Gao Yanqing was a ghost!
Thinking along this line of thinking, a terrible guess emerged. When did Gao Yanqing's injury...exactly happen?
Before entering this world?
Or after entering this world?
If it's the former, that's it. If it's the latter... Fatty's heart skipped a beat, then this matter would be troublesome. This at least meant that Gao Yanqing encountered a ghost, but not only did he survive, but he also Never mentioned the matter.
Why?
What is he afraid of?
Also, do Zhang Qizheng and others know about this matter?
Fat Man didn’t expect that he would encounter such a difficult situation not long after he entered this world, and he didn’t even understand what was going on in this world.
“Don’t think too much, take a rest and you’ll figure it out.” Jiang Cheng reached out and patted the fat man’s shoulder, then continued to lean against the wall and closed his eyes.
Seeing Jiang Cheng's appearance, the fat man simply stopped thinking about it. He calmed down and leaned against the haystack. After an unknown amount of time, he actually fell asleep and had a series of strange dreams.
In his dreams, he was sometimes chased by ghosts, and sometimes fell into the endless abyss. In short, it was better not to sleep that night. When he woke up, he only felt sore all over his body, as if he had been severely beaten. Beaten.
At this time, there was nothing around him, the doctor was gone, and there was no one in the room.
The fat man's heart was lifted. There was light coming through the gap between the wooden boards. It was already dawn outside, which gave him a little confidence. He slowly groped towards the door, which was ajar. , and gradually a voice came in.
Someone is talking, outside the door.
After confirming that he heard Jiang Cheng's voice, the fat man carefully opened the door. Everyone was sitting together outside the door, talking fiercely, and the atmosphere didn't look quite right.
“Brother Fugui, you’re awake.”
Yao, Shun, and Yu were facing the door and were the first to spot the fat man sneaking his head out.
Inviting the fat man to come and sit down, Jiang Cheng handed him a water bag and stuffed him with two baked hard pancakes. The fat man didn't feel anything when he received it, but the next second, he Come to think of it, where did these things come from?
Seeing the fat man’s doubts, Yao and Shunyu explained: “When you were sleeping just now, someone came to see you. They were people from this world. They claimed to be soldiers guarding the city, and they were dressed just like us last night. They are just like the straw men we have seen. They asked those of us who had uncovered the list to clean up and go find them later. They also brought the food and water.”
"Revealing the list?" The fat man asked in surprise: "Revealing what list?"
"I don't know yet, but it is nothing more than a step to advance the plot. The purpose is to make us familiar with our identity in this world as soon as possible." Zhang Qizheng lowered his voice. He said, "Compared with this thing, the thing I just said surprised me more."
"No. No, this is indeed strange." Zhu Jie said, her brows furrowed tightly, her brows filled with nervousness. "We shouldn't be so vigilant."
The fat man couldn't help but interrupt, "You...you guys. What are you talking about? Please tell me again."
"How did you sleep last night?" Jiang Cheng turned to look at the fat man.
The fat man nodded sheepishly, "Very good, I thought I would have insomnia when I first came to this world, but I didn't expect that I actually fell asleep, and I slept until just now. I didn't even know you came out, but the dreams I had were quite strange. "Yes." The fat man said the last sentence a little nervously.
Hearing this, Jiang Cheng was silent for a long time, and said to the fat man seriously: "Actually, it's not just you, all of us are asleep. Today we were all woken up by those who had walked through the door and walked over. The soldiers in front of us."
The fat man was stunned, and then asked: "How could this happen? Didn't we keep someone on guard overnight?"
Hearing this, Li Both Bai and Lu Qin were a little unnatural, but finally Li Bai spoke: "This time should be when Lu Qin and I are keeping vigil. At first, the two of us were still chatting quietly, but I don't know what happened, and finally fell asleep. The two of us didn't care at all. I couldn’t remember what happened.”
“Anyway, when we woke up, those soldiers were already standing in front of us.”
Lu Qin added: "This is the strange thing. Li Bai and I are two people. If one person accidentally fell asleep, the other person would definitely wake her up, but no, we don't even have the knowledge in this regard." memory, so I think we both fell asleep at the same time."
"This is not normal, we should. It was influenced by some kind of force.”
“Also, I don’t think you can completely trust two stranger teammates to keep watch, so there must be quite a few of you observing in secret, but the final result is. But everyone was asleep."
They are all experienced, so Lu Qin didn't mince words.
At this time, Tang Qisheng, who seldom spoke, spoke slowly. His voice was magnetic and gave people a deep feeling, "I said...could it be like this? I mean, what if, we saw last night The straw soldiers and the soldiers who came to see us just now... could they be the same group?"
Hearing Tang Qisheng's words, everyone's expressions changed slightly. This guess was too terrifying. Could it be that the straw man who stood last night could actually come back to life?
Are you still looking for them this morning?
“If this guess is true, then maybe this is the rule in this city. There are no living people in this city, or there are no living people in a certain period of time. At night, all people will exist in the form of straw men. , and after dawn, these straw men will come back to life, and the moment when the yin and yang change point is the moment when we fall asleep. "
"This is a mandatory rule." Final addition.
"This is just a guess. We still need to observe the specifics, but what is certain is that there is something weird about this place at night, and the feeling it gives me is not entirely because of those things." Zhang Qizhengruo Thinking.
After eating, the group of people walked outside and followed the direction the soldier said. The more they walked, the more familiar they felt. "Isn't this the direction we came from last night?" the fat man asked in a low voice.
"Yes, we walked along this street last night." Li Bai nodded.
But at this time, this street is no longer the gloomy scene it was last night. Although there are not many people, but...
Everyone is keenly aware that these passers-by have hurried expressions. He looked preoccupied, as if he was worried about something, and a feeling of fear permeated the air, which was disturbing.
Jiang Cheng reached out to stop a mother and son. The mother looked like she was only in her early 30s, but considering this era, the woman's real age was probably only 20 years old. She was holding a 4 or 5-year-old child in her hand. , mother and son were walking quickly, as if they were going to escape.
"Don't stop us anymore. We don't want to live in the city anymore. Something happened again last night. This time... this time it's the turn of Shopkeeper Wu and his family from Fu'an Inn!" The woman seemed to have recognized the wrong person, and shouted at the people in Jiangcheng with red eyes. (End of this chapter)