Desperate Night

No movement, no numbers appeared.

‘It seems that it won’t work. ’

He raised his head in disappointment.

After taking a break and thinking about it, he suddenly recalled the two people he had just seen.

‘Danger does not necessarily come only from monsters and ghosts, but also from people. Therefore, safety issues must be put first. ’

‘My physical fitness is not good, much worse than that of the little stutterer, and I haven’t even fully adapted to life here. In a short period of time, the fastest way to ensure safety is equipment! ’

But he didn’t have any equipment at hand. Could it be that he would strengthen the axe and chop against people?

His eyes fell on the axe, saw, steel nails, hammer and other tools.

He shook his head in his heart, and he didn’t hold much hope.

But no matter what, he still walked over, picked up the axe, looked at the numbers on it, and confirmed the start of strengthening.

‘Anyway, there is still time, let’s try strengthening first. ’

After confirming the start, put the axe in the corner and blocked it with something.

He walked to the door again and looked out through the window.

There was no one outside, and it was quiet.

The wind rustled the leaves, and even the insects and birds were gone.

Click.

Yu Hong opened the door, walked out with the bag of protein bars, and looked around vigilantly.

He checked the steel nail pyroxene stick tied to his waist. This thing helped him a lot last time.

The effect is very obvious when encountering ghosts.

Although according to what Xiao Jieba said, ghosts cannot be killed and will reappear automatically soon.

But it is enough to solve the urgent danger.

After closing the wooden door, Yu Hong frowned.

‘There is no cover. If someone finds out, everything inside may be gone.’

He touched the door lock.

The round keyhole has a standard metal structure. It is cold and hard.

The wooden door was originally unlocked, and he didn’t know how to make a lock. But after strengthening, the lock appeared by itself, and it also came with several keys.

This is also why Yu Hong is quite curious about the strengthening mechanism of the black seal.

He stood at the door, picked up a lot of branches and vines from the surroundings, and then scattered them on the door of the cave.

In this way, it is not so conspicuous from a distance.

Although it is still unsafe, it is much better than before.

After taking cover, he quietly rushed towards Baiqiu Village.

The appearance of protein bars alleviated the problem of food shortage for the two people, but the more critical thing now is candles.

Not enough candles!

If the high period really extends to six days, the three candles they have now will not be enough.

They must change a few more.

Going forward along the familiar mountain road, Baiqiu Village is in sight after more than ten minutes.

Yu Hong was about to move forward, but suddenly stopped.

His face changed slightly, looking in the direction of Baiqiu Village, his body quickly hid behind a tree trunk.

Between his position and the old road to Baiqiu Village, a person was lying on the grass.

A thin black-haired man wearing camouflage clothes.

The man was motionless, and a large amount of blood spilled from his body, dyeing the grass red.

‘Dead?’ Yu Hong hid behind the tree trunk, and his heart quickly tensed up.

He stood there, motionless, observing carefully.

He even dared not breathe too heavily, for fear of disturbing something around him.

He hid like this for a long time.

The man was still motionless, and Yu Hong guessed that the other party was either dead or in a coma.

He looked around and made sure that there was no one hiding, then he slowly walked out of the tree trunk and approached the other party little by little.

When he walked to the man, he squatted and patted his shoulder.

"Hello?"

No movement.

Yu Hong reached out and touched the side of the man's neck.

It was cold.

His heart skipped a beat, knowing that the other party was really dead.

A corpse.

A corpse of the person he had just seen

When he thought of this, Yu Hong's face turned pale.

His abdomen was tight, his breathing was rapid, his pupils were dilated, and he had a faint desire to vomit. It felt that the hand that had just touched the other party was not clean.

He resisted the nausea.

He reached out, grabbed the corpse's shoulder hard, and turned it over.

Puff.

The black-haired man was lying on the ground with his back to the sky.

There was a clear dark red blood hole on his left chest. His eyes were wide open and his mouth was open, as if he was roaring.

Yu Hong didn't dare to look any more and quickly searched the man's pockets.

Two shirt pockets, trouser pockets, waist bag, and soon all places were searched.

There was no food, no useful tools, only a black radio that was broken and cracked.

Yu Hong picked up the radio and ran away. He didn't want to stay with a corpse at all.

Although he had thought in advance that he might see a similar scene, when a corpse really appeared in front of him, he couldn't suppress the churning in his stomach.

He ran all the way, and soon he rushed to the door of the little stuttering house.

Bang bang bang.

He knocked on the door quickly.

"Little stuttering, open the door!" Then he quickly read out a string of messy numbers.

This was the code they agreed on.

Bang bang bang!

Bang bang bang!

The continuous knocking sound was particularly harsh in Baiqiu Village at dusk.

On weekdays, whenever Yu Hong came to knock on the door, Little Stutter would open it quickly.

But this time, there was no movement in the house for a long time.

"Little Stutter?" Yu Hong couldn't help but raise his voice.

The knocking sound and his shouting kept echoing on both sides of the gravel road in the village.

The sound also shuttled and dispersed from the empty black houses.

The village became more and more quiet.

"Little Stutterer!?" Yu Hong felt a little scared. Could it be that the person was not there?

He looked back and looked around, and when he was sure that there was no ghost, he stopped knocking on the door.

Where did that guy go at this time? It was about to get dark. If he didn't find a place to hide, it would be too dangerous!

He breathed quickly, holding the protein bar bag in one hand and quietly holding the hanging steel nail pyroxene bar with the other hand.

"I'm coming!" Suddenly, a familiar response came from the house.

It's Little Stutterer!

Yu Hong was delighted and knocked on the door again.

"It's getting dark, let me in first."

"Okay," the little stutterer's voice responded again from inside the door.

"I'll be there right away."

Yu Hong breathed a sigh of relief and kept looking around vigilantly, fearing that the white-clothed weirdo would appear again last time.

This village is very abnormal.

There are many more ghost shadows than in the cave outside.

This is one of the reasons why he is eager to move out.

He waited for ten seconds.

"Are you here?" Seeing that the door was not open yet, Yu Hong frowned slightly.

It was getting darker and darker outside. If he didn't go in, it would be really dangerous.

"I'm here."

The voice of the little stutterer suddenly sounded behind the door.

The distance was very close.

It was like talking close to the door.

But Yu Hong just didn't hear any footsteps in the house!

In such an extremely quiet environment, it was impossible for him not to hear the sound in the house.

But the few responses of the little stutterer just now, there was no footsteps at all.

It was as if.

It was as if she appeared behind the door in an instant.

At this moment, Yu Hong's scalp was numb again.

Click.

The door slowly opened a crack.

Bang! ! !

At this moment, he kicked out suddenly and kicked the wooden door.

A loud bang exploded, and Yu Hong picked up the steel nail rod and smashed it inside!

"Go to hell, die, die, die!!!"

He was in a state of intense fear, and the steel nail rod inlaid with reinforced pyroxite smashed into the door.

Puff, puff, puff!

Behind the door, a pale figure was flattened by the rod before it could show itself, shattered into many pieces, and disappeared.

"Little stutterer!" Yu Hong roared and rushed into the door. Fear drove him to scan the room frantically, holding the rod and ready to smash at any time.

But it was empty, no one was there.

Only a piece of paper was placed on the table, with traces of charcoal on it.

Yu Hong panted, and then he found that a little sticky liquid was dripping from his nostrils.

He wiped it off, and it was bright red, it was blood.

'What kind of ghost this time is it? It made me bleed without touching me.' He felt a little pain in his chest, and when he looked down, he found that the clothes on his chest had been cut open with a finger-long cut at some point.

The skin inside showed scars like knife cuts, and blood was slowly oozing out of it.

It was obvious that the ghost had used unknown means to hurt him.

Bang.

Close the door and light a candle.

Yu Hong sat on the chair, breathing slowly.

"What a hell of a place!!"

He lowered his head and cursed.

"What a hell of a place!!!"

After a few breaths, he suppressed his voice and cursed again.

The light of the candle dragged his shadow on the ground for a long time, shaking constantly.

Picking up the paper on the table, Yu Hong suppressed the pain in his heart and looked at it.

'I'm going to change the candle and come back tomorrow'

There are no punctuation marks, not even paragraphs, and the words are written crookedly. The only thing to be thankful for is that I can understand it.

Putting down the paper, Yu Hong pinched his nose with one hand, waiting for the nosebleed to stop.

"I must build a safe house that is absolutely safe! I won't be afraid of any danger anymore!! I must!"

He had enough. This damn place is full of traps and disguises!

Holding the candle, he stood up and sat on the edge of the bed, his eyes falling on the cracks in the door and window.

That is where the black bugs may get in.

The black bugs have no fixed time to attack, and they attack every three to five days.

According to Xiao Jieba, in the beginning, there were not so many black bugs and they were so dense.

Now there seem to be more and more, and the consumption of candles is too much.

After waiting for a long time, the nosebleed stopped, and Yu Hong freed one hand to check the wound on his chest.

Fortunately, the wound was not numb or itchy, because there was no clean water, so he could only endure it. Once it was infected, it would be a big problem.

After making sure that everything was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief, listened to the whistling wind outside, sat alone on the edge of the bed, and couldn't help but feel a strong sense of loneliness in his heart.

'Maybe, I am the only one left in the whole Baiqiu Village now? ’

All the villagers left, leaving Xiao Jieba alone.

Yu Hong didn’t know how she survived, but it must have been very hard and dangerous.

He sighed and leaned back.

Suddenly, his buttocks pressed against something hard.

Hmm?

He reached out and touched it, picked it up and took a look.

It was a radio.

‘Wait, can a broken radio be strengthened? ’

Yu Hong was about to put it aside, but this thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

As soon as he thought of it, a number appeared on the surface of the radio: 5:12.