Age of the Mist

Chapter 1081

At Niezhicheng Railway Station, among the bustling crowd, a young man got off the train.

His name is Joseph.

Since China fell from the position of world hegemony, the former high-tech and high-value-added core industries were quickly taken away.The loss of high value-added industries is not just a few simple words, but really affects all aspects of life.

It is more difficult to make money, and the labor is more tiring. The Chinese people have begun to experience the lifestyle of the residents of the former third world countries.

Go to the city to work.

This term is extremely unfamiliar to most Chinese people.The three generations of Chinese people in this generation have never felt the feeling of trekking with burdens and luggage, so although there has been a wave of migrant workers, the migrant workers are still relatively at a loss.

That was the case with Joseph.

He got off the crowded train, stood on the platform, and followed the bustling crowd out of the train station.Unfamiliar with the place, he looked at the high-rise buildings in Nie City, not knowing where to go or what to do.

In his eyes, this city of Nie is a dull lead color.

Joseph thought to himself, maybe this is the tone of a big city, so he can rest assured.

Joseph didn't care about color, he just knew he had to do something, otherwise the rations after three meals would be a big problem.

The entrance of the train station is very lively, and some people put up signs here to recruit workers.Those bosses greeted and dressed decently, they were too tall to please, and countless people flocked to the recruitment site just by saying hello.

Joseph tried several times, but failed all of them.

He looks thin and short, and it is difficult for him to compete with those red necks with broad waists and round waists.

The competition is fierce.

Joseph thought to himself, maybe this is the involution of the big city, so he can rest assured.

Just then, he saw a person.

a man.

In his forties, with flaxen hair and gloomy eyes, he looked Joseph up and down, and said dully: Are you working?

This man doesn't look rich, his clothes are not bright, and he looks a bit sloppy, he doesn't look like a big boss.Moreover, his eyes were very strange, something that Joseph couldn't describe, which made him feel cold from the bottom of his heart.

But Joseph didn't pick and choose. Unlike most of the bluffing Chinese, he was an introverted and stoic person.

Joseph thought, maybe this is the alienation of a big city, so he calmed down.

Then, he said: I can work, the wages are negotiable, and I can take care of the meals.

The man nodded: Come with me.

Joseph: What do you want me to do?
Man: Repair the farm.

There was no interview and no work experience was asked. Joseph found the job very casually.

The man drove him all the way to the outskirts of Nie City.The gap between urban and rural areas in China is greater than many people imagined, especially during the Great Depression, the surrounding areas quickly became deserted.

This old broken car passed through deserted towns, gloomy forests, and walked on increasingly broken lanes.It's almost summer, but under the gloomy weather, everything in Joseph's eyes is like the BBC's underworld filter, stained with a grim tone.

Going forward and then forward along the way, I don't know when there was a thick fog around me.

Joseph was a little nervous, afraid of overturning the car or hitting something.But the man driving the car is driving at high speed in the thick fog with a blank face, which seems to be commonplace.

Joseph thought to himself, maybe this is a master driver in a big city, so he calmed down.

Sure enough, the thick fog passed quickly, and the old pickup drove out of the thick fog smoothly, and Joseph looked up and saw the farm.

It's a fairly small farm and clearly in disrepair.

The poultry houses, the corrals, were all empty, and the two-story main house was dilapidated, with dilapidated boards that almost smelled of mildew.

Looking up at the distance, the fog has not yet dissipated, and some other farms can be seen dimly, with slightly weird silhouettes reflected in the depths of the dense fog.

Those farmhouses are either crooked or collapsed. After looking at them for a long time, it makes people feel creepy. They always think of something bad, but they can't tell what it is.

Suddenly, Joseph felt a strange gaze, something was watching him.

who? !

Joseph raised his head according to his feeling, and saw something in the window on the second floor of the main house.There was something pale, grotesque, and deranged, watching him from the dark window.

Who is that?
Do not.You should ask, what is that?
Joseph's eyes widened. He was a little scared, but he wanted to understand his situation, so he tried hard to look over.

In the dark window, something is approaching, as if rising from a cloud of black ink.

A strange panic gripped Joseph's heart, making him breathless and wanting to escape.

At this moment, the man next to him coughed.

Cough!

The sound is very loud.

Joseph couldn't help but glance back at the man.

When I looked up again, the thing hidden in the window on the second floor had appeared, but unexpectedly, there was no abnormal monster, just a woman.

Of course, that middle-aged woman was not pretty.

She was very thin, with too deep facial lines, a dull expression, straight and blank eyes, and a doll in her hand.While staring at Joseph, she pulled the dirty plush rabbit in her arms.The stitches around the rabbit's neck were half torn, and the severed head was hanging down.The woman grabbed pinch after pinch of lint, looking a little mentally ill.

But overall, she was just an ordinary woman.

It must be the man's wife.

Family relations do not seem to be harmonious.

Joseph thought to himself, maybe this is the relationship between husband and wife in a big city, so he calmed down.

The man threw him a shovel and set to work.

Joseph's job is as simple as digging holes in the backyard of the farm.

There is no need to repair the house, no need to level the land, just dig holes in the area designated by the man.

Joseph asked: How big is the dig?

The man said: The bigger the better, it can be decorated more.

So Joseph began to dig, spade after spade.

Work without any technical content, mechanical repetitive and inefficient labor, should be the work of excavators.But Joseph is neither bitter nor tired. He is a low-key and stoic person, and he is very good at comforting himself.He even thinks it's good not to have an excavator, because he doesn't know how to drive an excavator, which just allows him to get this simple job.

A whole afternoon passed, and Joseph worked hard without stopping, digging a big hole.

He has dug all the places that the man casually circled around.

Looking at other places in the backyard, Joseph thought, the boss said the bigger the better, so dig bigger.

So Joseph moved two steps and continued to dig.

With a shovel down, there was a strange smell in the ground.

Two shovels went down, and the edge of the shovel was stained with a dark red color.

Three shovels went down, and there was a click, as if something had been shoveled.

Joseph grabbed the shovel and looked over it suspiciously. There were half human palms in the dark red mud.

　It is too difficult to supervise the front line, the work is too busy and the pressure is too great, and the reduction of staff due to illness is too severe.After downsizing, the pressure on the remaining people is even greater.Really busy running around, tired and physically uncomfortable.I don't know if I can change it tomorrow.

　　In addition, most people did not get the stalk of the lighthouse virus in the previous chapter.Everyone only knows that the tyrant virus in the Resident Evil game starts with T, but which virus can you think of that starts with C?The key lies in this C.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)