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Chapter 3
☆、Chapter 3 Bitter Night
After walking a long road in the wind and snow, the four of them did not encounter any strange incidents on the way, and returned to their residence smoothly.
But as soon as the few people went back, they felt that the atmosphere in the room didn't seem right. Several people sat in the living room with pale faces, motionless, and the air was dead silent. The atmosphere was even worse than when everyone first arrived here.
Lin Qiushi's eyes shifted to several people, and he quickly counted the number of people. After confirming that there were not too many people, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"What happened?" Xiong Qi asked.
A man sitting inside trembled and said, "Upstairs, the body upstairs is gone."
"It's just that the corpse is gone?" Xiong Qi said, "Are you newcomers? What's there to be afraid of when the corpse is gone?"
"It was eaten." The girl next to her whimpered, tears streaming down her face, "Blood everywhere..."
Xiong Qi and Xiao Ke looked at each other, knowing that they could not get any useful information from these people, so the four decided to go to the third floor to check the situation.
They climbed up the stairs, and when they got to the second floor, Lin Qiushi noticed something was wrong - there were blood stains on the walls of the second floor.
Because it is a wooden house, the walls are also the tan color of wood. Lin Qiushi saw some black spots attached to the walls, as if something had been splashed on.
"Be careful, there may be something on it." Xiong Qi walked at the front.
Finally reaching the third floor, Lin Qiushi finally understood what they meant by being eaten.
The place where the corpse was originally placed was empty, if only that was the case, but the corpse was gone, but there was something else. I saw that the ground was full of shreds of meat and bones, as if the corpse had been brutally torn apart by something, gnawed and smashed, leaving only broken fragments.
Lin Qiushi couldn't help turning pale when he saw such a situation, and felt his stomach churning with discomfort.
"The food is very clean." Xiao Ke was used to it, "I don't know what it is."
"Alas." Xiong Qi sighed, "Let's go, lock the third floor, and live on the second floor today."
"Well." Xiao Ke replied, "I'll ask them about their specific situation."
They went back to the first floor and asked in detail what happened.
The people downstairs then told them what happened in the house.
It turned out that after Xiong Qi and the others left, a group of people searched the building. When they found the second floor, they heard a very strange sound from the third floor. It was as if someone was chewing something, with a chomping sound on the outside.
Then everyone counted the number of people, and after confirming that there was no one of them on the third floor, they began to sweat.
The crowd didn't dare to go up to see the situation, and were stiff on the second floor to observe the situation. When the chewing sound disappeared, they dared to go to the third floor to see the situation - but only saw the broken meat and bones all over the place.
"It's terrible." Another older girl in the team had a dull expression, and she said, "I'm only entering the door for the third time. How could we encounter such a world? Can we get out alive? What the hell is that thing? what is..."
No one could answer her question, and the room was silent.
Xiong Qi sighed slightly, saying that he was hungry and wanted to find something to eat, and asked if anyone would go to the kitchen with him.
Lin Qiushi said, "I'll go with you."
Ruan Baijie sat next to Lin Qiushi and said softly, "Qiushi, I'm hungry too, I want to eat noodles."
Lin Qiushi: "I'll go see if there's any, and I'll cook a bowl for you."
"Okay." Ruan Baijie bent her eyes and looked at Lin Qiushi gently, "Be careful."
Lin Qiushi nodded.
The kitchen is to the left of the living room, there is no natural gas here, only the most primitive firewood.
Xiong Qi and Lin Qiushi didn't talk much along the way, until they got to the kitchen, when Xiong Qi lowered his head and started a fire, he said, "I'm not going to tell them everything."
"What do you mean?" Lin Qiushi was stunned for a moment.
Xiong Qi looked at the door in silence, and after confirming that there was no one outside, he whispered, "I'm not sure that there are people in our team."
Lin Qiushi's back got goosebumps because of this sentence.
"Such things have happened before." Xiong Qi said, "The teammates we thought were actually not teammates, but those things."
Lin Qiushi said: "Then why do you believe me? What if I am one of those things?"
Xiong Qi glanced at him: "You don't look like you."
Lin Qiushi: "..."
Xiong Qi continued: "And they don't look like people who have experienced this kind of thing a few times. They are too panicked, even more panicked than you."
Lin Qiushi was a little embarrassed to be praised like this: "Actually, I'm also quite afraid."
Xiong Qi laughed at himself when he heard this: "What are you afraid of? I urinated my pants three times the night I first entered the door."
Lin Qiushi thought of the terrifying woman last night, looked at his crotch silently, and thought that he could control it...
Xiong Qi: "I suggest that you also better keep some clues and don't tell them all."
Lin Qiushi nodded: "I see, thank you for your reminder, may I ask how many times you've come in?"
Xiong Qi: "Six times."
"Oh..." Lin Qiushi tried his best to digest the information Xiong Qi gave him, about the door, the team, and some hidden clues.
"It's useless for you to think so much, try to get out alive." Xiong Qi laughed at himself, "Although I think the world is hanging."
The fire in the stove was lit, and the water in the iron pot was scalding hot.
Lin Qiushi found a basket with ingredients next to it. There were eggs on the noodles, and even some green vegetables. He put the noodles down and fried another egg. The aroma of the food filled the kitchen, removing the shady feeling. of fear. Upon seeing this, Xiong Qi praised: "The craftsmanship is good."
"It's okay." Lin Qiushi smiled.
After cooking four bowls of noodles, Xiong Qi Xiaoke, Lin Qiushi, and Ruan Baijie, the others, Lin Qiushi, couldn't care less.
Ruan Baijie was also hungry, so she started eating noodles with the bowl in her hand. Ordinary people would make some noise when eating noodles, but she quietly ate the whole bowl of noodles, not even a mouthful of soup. After eating, he didn't say a word, and turned his head to look at Lin Qiushi.
Lin Qiushi was stared at by her fiery gaze and said helplessly, "Aren't you full?"
Ruan Baijie: "I'm full." As soon as the words fell, her stomach rang in cooperation.
Lin Qiushi: "...you eat, I'll get something else."
Ruan Baijie: "No, no, no."
Lin Qiushi: "Really not?" He pretended to continue eating, but saw Ruan Baijie's eyes popping out. This look was so cute that Lin Qiushi couldn't help laughing, "Okay, eat it, I'm almost there. already."
"Okay, okay." This time Ruan Baijie was rude.
After eating two bowls of noodles, the cold feeling of going out is finally gone. While eating, Xiong Qi told everyone the information they got from the old carpenter. Of course, he didn't say everything, and kept the last one. Well clues.
"Will the key be in the coffin?" There are still relatively calm people in the team, and one of them, a man named Zhang Zishuang, said, "Since the key clue is the coffin, then I think it's probably like this..."
"Oh, I hope so." Xiong Qi said, "I plan to go to the mountains tomorrow morning to chop down trees. All men will go, and women can also follow. It's really afraid of the cold, so just hide in the house, but the house If something goes wrong, we can't help."
After everyone discussed it, they all agreed with Xiong Qi's proposal. Although some people think it's too dangerous to go up the mountain in this snowy weather, the most dangerous thing in this world is not the weather, but those elusive dirty things. It is obviously the best policy to build the coffin earlier and leave here.
After such a delay, the sky darkened again.
After night fell, everyone took a simple shower, and went back to the room early without thinking about doing anything else. Lin Qiushi asked why everyone couldn't get together, Xiong Qi said: "Because when we get together, we will all fall asleep at a fixed time."
"What do you mean?" Lin Qiushi was a little confused, "It means that everyone will fall asleep when the time comes?"
"Well." Xiong Qi said, "Maybe it's the mechanism of this world. As long as the number of people in the same room exceeds a certain value, everyone will fall asleep at a fixed time. No matter what happens, there is nothing to do."
"Then don't we just have to catch up?" Lin Qiushi frowned.
"Actually, those things can't kill people casually." Xiong Qi said, "They need some specific conditions to kill people. The higher the difficulty of the world in the door, the broader the conditions, and some conditions are very... difficult to understand."
Lin Qiushi: "For example?"
Xiong Qi said: "For example, you can kill people who have shoes on their feet."
Lin Qiushi: "..." He silently glanced at the shoes on his feet.
Seeing his appearance, Xiong Qi laughed: "I'm just giving an example, what if the conditions in this world are to kill people who don't have shoes on their feet, but you will die if you take off your shoes. Besides, these conditions are not Single, some require many conditions to be superimposed together, so after summarizing the rules, it is safer to sleep until dawn at night." He paused for a while when he said this, "Of course, the premise is that you can fall asleep. ."
Lin Qiushi remembered what happened last night because of Xiong Qi's words. He glanced at Ruan Baijie, who was casually knocking with a handful of melon seeds in his hand. He always felt that he had passed the god of death last night.
It seems that as long as one is not careful, he will become one of the two cold corpses on the third floor.
"Go to sleep." Xiong Qi said, "Good night."
Lin Qiushi nodded: "Good night." He called Ruan Baijie again and told her to go to bed together.
Ruan Baijie yawned and put the remaining melon seeds on the table. She rubbed her eyes and muttered, "I'm so sleepy, go to bed earlier today."
Lin Qiushi said: "Okay, go to bed early."
The third floor was completely unusable because of what happened last night, so everyone moved to the second floor.
Lin Qiushi and Ruan Baijie still slept on the same bed. This time, he was ready and decided to lock the window first, and planned to close the curtain, but it seemed that the curtain had not been used for a long time and could not be pulled.
Ruan Baijie was lying on the bed in her pajamas and humming: "Qiu Shi, it's so cold."
Lin Qiushi was still studying the curtains, but he didn't look back when he heard the words: "Wear more when it's cold."
Ruan Baijie: "...you don't have a girlfriend, do you?"
Lin Qiushi was inexplicable: "Girlfriend, why do you have a girlfriend?"
Ruan Baijie fell silent, and when Lin Qiushi closed the curtain and turned back, she was already lying on the bed as hard as a dead fish.
Lin Qiushi still didn't understand: "What happened to you?"
Ruan Baijie's voice was soft, and she said, "You...do you have nothing to say to me?"
Lin Qiushi fell into deep thought. He looked at Ruan Baijie's beautiful face and finally had an idea. He said, "Yes."
Ruan Baijie showed a satisfied smile: "What do you want to say?"
Lin Qiushi: "That, that is... If we meet a ghost today, can you run slower?"
Ruan Baijie's indifferent face: "No."
Lin Qiushi was angry: "Then you fucking ask me what I want to say, go to sleep!"
So they went back to their respective homes, each found their own bed, and began to prepare for sleep back to back.
Originally, according to Xiong Qi, being able to sleep peacefully was the best way to spend the night, but Lin Qiushi's mind was full of all kinds of thoughts, and he was completely unable to fall asleep for a while. Ruan Baijie behind him looked like a pig, and fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes, so angry that Lin Qiushi's teeth itch.
As the night got darker, the temperature got lower and lower. Fortunately, the quilt was quite thick, and there was a warm living person sleeping beside him, so it wasn't too hard.
Lin Qiushi closed his eyes, combing through the clues during the day, his consciousness gradually blurred, and he was about to fall into a deep sleep. However, just as he was about to fall asleep, he vaguely heard a somewhat strange sound. Unlike the knocking sound yesterday, this sound came from the ceiling above their heads, and it was the sound of something sticky and heavy dragging slowly from the top of the third floor. Lin Qiushi's hearing was sharp, and the original drowsiness disappeared instantly. His breathing paused, but he slowly opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling above their heads.
There was nothing there, just old wood.
However, Lin Qiushi's body started to get cold, because he heard it clearly, and the sound stopped when it moved above his head.
"Bah, ah." The sticky tapping sound stimulated his eardrums. The tapping sound became louder and louder, causing goose bumps all over Lin Qiushi's body. He gritted his teeth and was about to sit up from the bed. , but a hand stretched out beside him to wrap his waist.
"What are you doing?" It was Ruan Baijie's confused voice.
"Have you heard any strange sounds?" Lin Qiushi lowered his voice, "On the roof."
"Sound? What sound." Ruan Baijie said, "I didn't hear anything, don't move, I'm cold." Her breath lightly hit Lin Qiushi's ear, with the smell of ice and snow.
"You..." Lin Qiushi wanted to say something, but felt Ruan Baijie's arms tighten around him.
"Go to sleep." Ruan Baijie said.
Lin Qiushi had to close his eyes.
Ruan Baijie slowly hooked Lin Qiushi's waist with her fingers. This should have been somewhat ambiguous, but at this time it was full of comfort.
The beating on the roof continued, but Lin Qiushi didn't seem to be as frightened as before, drowsiness began to appear in his mind again, and he finally fell asleep.
The next morning.
Lin Qiushi woke up in Ruan Baijie's arms.
Ruan Baijie stretched out her arms, hugged him all in her arms, rested her chin on top of his head, and dawdled dazedly after being woken up by him: "Don't make trouble, sleep a little longer."
Lin Qiushi: "..." Damn.
He lay down for a while, and seeing that Ruan Baijie still had no plans to get up, he had to say, "I'm going to get up."
Ruan Baijie: "Well..."
Lin Qiushi: "Ruan Baijie?"
Ruan Baijie: "Last night I called her Xiao Tiantian, and today I will call her Ruan Baijie."
Lin Qiushi: "..."
But despite saying that, Ruan Baijie let go, and then leaned on the bedside and watched Lin Qiushi get dressed. After wearing it for a while, Lin Qiushi always felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange. After thinking about it, he turned to look at Ruan Baijie: "Can you stop this look?"
Ruan Baijie: "What kind of look? The money is on the table, you can take it yourself, hand me the cigarette, I want one."
Lin Qiushi: "..." Is this an afterthought or something?
Ruan Baijie: "Why, you still don't want to leave, five hundred, but we agreed yesterday, you don't want any more."
Lin Qiushi had nothing to say, and went downstairs after putting on his clothes.
The others were already sitting in the living room, eating the breakfast sent by the villagers. Lin Qiushi counted the number of people as usual, and found that there were three less people in the room besides Ruan Baijie.
Xiong Qi saw him and motioned for him to sit over.
"What happened yesterday?" Lin Qiushi asked.
"No." Xiong Qi said, "No one died."
As long as no one died, Lin Qiushi breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, it was very calm last night, and everyone didn't even hear the extra sound. Lin Qiushi tentatively asked them if they heard any movement upstairs, but everyone said the same thing - it was a very quiet night, except for the wind outside, there was no other sound.
"After dinner, we will chop down trees and send the wood to the carpenter. It's faster." Xiong Qi said, "The weather will only get colder and colder, and there was no accident last night..." In his words There seems to be some doubts.
"Well, yes." Lin Qiushi replied casually.
The remaining three people also went downstairs one after another. Ruan Baijie was the last one to go downstairs. She was still wearing that beautiful long skirt, but she added two relatively thick coats and a pair of large cotton pants. . Because the long skirt is very long, she walks very slowly and her posture is very elegant.
Seeing her coming, Lin Qiushi looked away a little uncomfortably.
"Qiu Shi." Ruan Baijie called his name.
Lin Qiushi hummed helplessly.
"Why are you ignoring others." Ruan Baijie, "They want to eat your noodles."
Lin Qiushi: "I'll make it for you at noon, it's too late now."
Ruan Baijie: "You didn't say that when you were in bed last night."
Xiao Ke was drinking porridge when he almost choked to death when he heard this. Xiong Qi's expression also became subtle, and his eyes wandered between Lin Qiushi and Ruan Baijie intentionally or unintentionally.
Lin Qiushi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Okay, don't make trouble. I really thank you last night. I made noodles for you at noon and fried two more eggs for you."
"Okay." Ruan Baijie compromised, "Oh, it would be nice to have chopped green onion."
In such a cold day, it is very lucky to have green vegetables to eat. As for chopped green onion, don't be delusional.
Everyone ate breakfast in general, and put on clothes to keep out the cold.
The place where the tree was cut was in the forest beside the village, and there was only one path leading to it. Because of the snow, the path has become narrower and can only be walked by one person.
It's okay to go up the mountain, but it's more troublesome to drag the wood down the mountain, Lin Qiushi thought to himself as he walked on the path.
Among the eleven of them, fortunately, there is someone who can do carpentry. That person is a middle-aged man in his thirties. He claims to be a carpenter. He can chop down trees and make simple furniture, but things like coffins are not don't quite understand. He walked in the front, picked a few trees and started teaching everyone how to cut them down.
Most of the people here have never done this before. Although some people teach it, they are quite unfamiliar with it for the first time.
Lin Qiushi gestured twice with the axe, and after the first cut, only a faint trace was left on the trunk.
"You're still doing it wrong." Ruan Baijie stood beside him, put his hands in his pockets, and said with a white breath, "You have to use your strength, otherwise the axe is so heavy, how can it be lifted."
Lin Qiushi: "Have you cut down trees?"
Ruan Baijie: "I have seen others cut down trees."
Lin Qiushi sighed.
Ruan Baijie said: "Be careful, don't hurt yourself."
Lin Qiushi nodded and continued to swing the axe. This matter was more troublesome than they imagined. In the morning, a few big men took turns to rest and cut down a tree.
"What should I do, Brother Xiong." Someone said, "What should I do?"
Xiong Qi looked at the weather and gritted his teeth: "Let's go, carry this tree back, and continue tomorrow."
Although it was only after three o'clock in the afternoon, the sky had already darkened, and large snowflakes began to float in the air again. It seemed that there might be a heavy snowfall at night.
Lin Qiushi said, "How many pieces of wood do you need for a coffin?"
"The village chief said it was three." Xiong Qi said, "After two days of hard work, it's almost done. Come on, whoever comes over to help."
Lin Qiushi was about to step forward to carry the tree, but heard Ruan Baijie say: "Oh, I seem to have twisted my foot, Qiu Shi, carry me down the mountain."
Lin Qiushi: "Huh?"
Ruan Baijie: "Ah what, hurry up, aren't there so many people here, why are you going to join in the fun?"
Lin Qiushi was about to speak when Xiong Qi patted his shoulder and said, "Go ahead."
Lin Qiushi: "..." He glanced at Ruan Baijie's expression, but he didn't see any other meaning from her pitiful appearance, but he smelled a clue sensitively, as if Ruan Baijie's sudden request was not what he imagined. as simple as that.
The author has something to say: Ruan Baijie is attacking, hahahaha, feel like everyone has guessed it.
100 red envelopes today, first come first served~
Ruan Baijie activates the skill: Strike the sky.
Lin Qiushi was hit and fell to the ground and was dragged home by Ruan Baijie to be eaten.