Forbidden City

Chapter 180 Neither Human nor Ghost

At the moment when I apologized, everyone around was stunned, and some people didn't even notice that they dropped the items in their hands on the ground.It was as if time stood still at one moment and resumed at the next moment, and everyone was busy with their own activities, completely ignoring me.The woman I bumped into gave me a look, said nothing, and then went into the shop to sell buns.

I hurriedly left, and after leaving the store, I realized that I was in a cold sweat, there must be something weird here!
However, nothing happened after I spoke?But I always feel uneasy in my heart. This village is too weird. Since I spoke, it seems that there is a pair of eyes watching me in the dark. This is an intuition, but I can feel it clearly.

I hurriedly walked along the street, no matter where I went, I always felt strange eyes coming from all around, it seemed that some people were watching me secretly.

I became more and more nervous. I denied that the people in the whole village were ghosts, but they were certainly not human!So... what are they?

Fortunately, the people in the village just looked at me with strange eyes, they didn’t embarrass me, and they didn’t take the initiative to talk to me, an outsider. I thought, maybe my clothes didn’t match them, so I could only comfort myself like this.

I was about to reach the entrance of the village, and I quickened my pace. At this moment, a ball flew over from the front, hit me on the head impartially, and then rolled down into the stinky water not far from me. ditch.

The ball is soft, so it won't hurt me if it hits me. I was just taken aback by the sudden scene. I thought someone was going to attack me.

I saw a seven or eight-year-old boy looking at me apologetically from more than ten meters away, but smiled at me, showing two small canine teeth, very cute, "Big brother, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it... "

"It's okay." Anyway, I've already spoken just now, so it doesn't matter if I say a few more words, since the other party is a harmless child.

"Big brother, can you pick up the ball for me?"

The ditch is not deep, more than one meter long. The bottom is full of sewage, and there is silt on the side.I nodded at him, put the luggage on the road, and went down to pick up the ball.

"Here, the ball..." I turned my head, and when I was about to give the ball to the child and then climb up, I saw that the little boy had already run away, and by the side of the ditch, my luggage was gone.

He ran off with my bag!
What the hell!

I threw away the ball in a hurry, why did I help him pick up the ball when my brain was convulsed!I was going into the ditch just now, so I definitely couldn’t salute with my back on my back, so I put the bag on the shore, but I picked up the ball and turned around, and the bag was snatched away by the child!
There are all my things in that bag, even the Mai Shenjian and the master's notes are in the wooden box, and now I only have a few talismans left on me.

I frantically chased after the child, and immediately attracted the attention of many people.The child is obviously not as fast as I am, but he is very familiar with the environment here. There are many small alleys in the village, criss-crossing. I chased him into a small alley and turned a few times. If I wanted to catch up with the child, he ran away, and I yelled for help from the people in the alley, but no one helped me, and no one helped the child, as if it had nothing to do with me.

After turning into another alley, the child disappeared and completely disappeared from my sight. What was scary was that this alley was a dead end with no road in front of it and no residents on either side. Where did the child go?
I went out of the alley and kept searching and asking passers-by, but no one paid any attention to me. I didn't care about my mother telling me to stop talking. I was very anxious, but I still couldn't find the child.

I feel like I'm going crazy, what if I lose everything in it?
After searching for several hours, I was so hungry that I was so hungry that my whole body seemed to be exhausted.No one helped me, no one cared about me, no one sympathized with me, and the whole village seemed to treat me as if I didn't exist.

What is strange to me is that although I have been rushing crazily along the way, I have been trying my best to preserve my energy. Even if I am chasing after that child, I still pay attention to my energy, because I have nothing to eat, only water to drink, but I feel that my energy is still on the rise. Rapid exhaustion!

The sky is getting darker, there are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street, and all the shops are starting to close. I checked the time and it was only 06:30 in the evening. Why did they close so early?Don't they do business?

This is not what I should care about. I went to rest under a willow tree at the entrance of the village, my mind was in a mess, I tried my best to control my emotions and keep myself awake. No matter what I encountered, there was always a way!

Unknowingly, the sky had completely darkened, and the entire village was silent, only the screams of night insects remained.

I looked up, and there was no one in the bustling village at this moment, and all the houses were dark, and there was no light coming from any house.

Is there no electricity in this village?This village is very remote, and it is normal without electricity, but there is no electricity, right?Have an oil lamp?
The whole village is very strange, I seem to have returned to the ghost land again, everything fell into endless silence, my heart is straight, if any ghost appears at this moment, even if it does not starve to death, it will be eaten by the ghost, because my The body began to stiffen, almost without any strength.

This feeling makes me uncomfortable, even if I am tired and hungry, how can this happen?It seems that the joints of the body are rusted.

I stood up very hard, then dragged my numb legs and walked towards the street.

I need food, I have never needed food so eagerly, my stomach seems to be flattened by hunger, a voice is circling in my head, I want to eat!
I remember those snack bars. Ten minutes later, I frantically came to a store and knocked on the door. I knocked for a long time, shouting and knocking, but no one answered.It's only past eight o'clock in the evening. Did the people in the store go to bed so early?I made such a big effort, can't they hear?

I slammed on the door hard, but after a long time, there was no response.I was a little desperate, and smashed those shops one by one. However, when I reached the fifth shop, my eyes lit up, and the door of that shop was open!
I was overjoyed and rushed in immediately. I found out that this shop is the bun shop I went to in the afternoon?Such a coincidence?
There was no light in the store, and it was pitch black. I hurriedly took out my mobile phone to take a photo. I saw a light switch. I pressed it a few times, but it didn't work. It seemed that there was no electricity here.

This shop is not big, with only more than 30 bungalows. There are ten small tables in the shop, and the kitchen is at the back. I saw a dozen steamed buns in the steamer!

My saliva flowed out a long time ago. I grabbed the steamed stuffed bun and stuffed it into my mouth vigorously. It filled my mouth all of a sudden and almost choked me. I never felt that steamed stuffed buns are so delicious. Abalone and bird's nest are a thousand times more delicious.

I ate all the buns inside at once.

I felt a lot more energetic, and I looked for water in the bucket to drink again, gurgling, I drank a lot, and finally I was full.I sat on the ground and rested for a while, and suddenly realized that this was someone else's shop, so I rushed out like a thief.Get caught and it's over.It's the first time I've done sneaky things since I grew up.

However, I just stopped after taking a few steps.I thought to myself, no, I made such a big commotion, why didn't anyone come out?I was yelling like I was crazy just now, why is the whole village still so quiet?Is there no one in this shop?Are there no people in many shops here?is it possible?

(End of this chapter)