Desperate Night

Click.

Finally, the door was completely closed.

Yu Hong breathed a sigh of relief.

"What the hell is this place!?"

He locked the door and stood up, but suddenly thought of the little stutterer.

This place looked weird no matter how you looked at it. The little stutterer looked like a good person, but how did she survive here?

He took two steps back and breathed a sigh of relief.

Puff.

Suddenly, his back seemed to hit something.

It was cold and a little hard.

It seemed to be a person! !

Yu Hong froze.

He lowered his head and saw a pair of white shoes on the ground behind him, standing quietly behind him.

This guy. Actually came in! ? ?

When! ?

Bang! !

There was a loud noise.

The wooden door was knocked open, and a short figure rushed in, raising his hand to smash a gray-white object.

"Ah!!"

At the same time, the sound of the stuttering little babbler was like a suona that broke the silence, stimulating Yu Hong to wake up from his stiffness.

He felt a small gray shadow brushing his cheek and hitting the white-clothed figure behind him.

Puff puff puff!

A fine sound like hitting cloth sounded, but with this sound, Yu Hong relaxed all over, staggered forward a few steps, and almost fell.

He was already weak and powerless, and now he was frightened, his emotions fluctuated greatly, and his physical and mental energy was consumed even more.

After walking a few steps, his legs softened and he fell to the ground.

He turned over on the ground and saw that the stuttering little babbler rushed in, holding a thick wooden stick and hitting the white-clothed figure hard.

What was even more bizarre was that the white-clothed figure was like a deflated balloon, puffing, softening, and soon bursting like foam, turning into rags and dissipating.

Before the rags fell to the ground, they shattered again, faded and disappeared, leaving nothing behind.

It was as if everything that just happened was an illusion.

Huff huff.

Little bastard panted heavily, put down the wooden stick as thick as his forearm, his face flushed, and the veins on his face and hands were exposed. Fine beads of sweat could be clearly seen in the dim light.

"People are weak, it's dangerous. Don't go out outside!" She turned her head and looked at Yu Hong, saying seriously.

Yu Hong nodded unconsciously.

At this time, he felt a burning pain in his back, as if a layer of skin was scraped off.

He turned over on the ground, and suddenly found that there was a little blood on the place where his back had touched.

Seeing this, Little bastard hurried forward to help him up.

The two of them exerted their strength together, and Little bastard's strength was immediately highlighted.

She was actually stronger than Yu Hong, a big man, and much stronger!

She dragged Yu Hong up, turned him around, held the door frame, and took off her shirt.

He found a jar of something from somewhere and smeared it on his back.

Soon, a rough pain spread from his back.

Yu Hong endured it, knowing that the other party was saving him and helping him treat his wounds.

"What medicine is this?"

"My grandfather left behind this medicine powder," the little stutterer answered intermittently.

"The effect is good!"

Silence.

Yu Hong recalled the man in white just now. He had a lot of questions in his mind and wanted to ask.

After sorting it out for a long time, he spoke again.

"Just now, what was that man in white?"

"Ghost." The little stutterer answered.

"Ghost?"

"Is he a human?" Yu Hong asked again.

"I don't know"

Yu Hong felt that his materialistic beliefs for many years seemed to be about to collapse, especially when the other party disappeared in front of him. That scene made him feel indescribably false and unreal.

He thought for a long time until the light outside the window became darker and darker. He spoke again.

"Then is that man in white a ghost?"

"No." The little stutterer answered, "It's in the newspaper."

It was too much effort for her to speak, so she simply stopped to treat her wound, bent down to pick up the newspaper, flipped out the middle page, and handed it to Yu Hong.

Yu Hong took it and saw the title on it.

"Major breakthrough in the progress of ghost shadow experiment"

The following are the details.

'.According to the public announcement of the Human Joint Research Institute, the nature of ghost shadows is closely related to the blood tide, but after careful analysis, the experimental content announced by the institution shows that ghost shadows themselves do not have any memories. They only have the appearance of humans in their previous lives, but have no corresponding memories or emotions. They just instinctively hunt and kill any living creatures that approach and notice them, and the types of living creatures are mainly the same kind.

In other words, the nature of ghost shadows is more like a new type of hunter with extremely high camouflage. They cannot be killed, but can only be expelled. Even if they are completely dispersed, they will soon reappear and have the special ability to penetrate most existing substances.

In experiments conducted by some institutions, it is even suspected that they may not exist in reality, but in our brains, which are special signals similar to self-illusion'

After reading the report quickly, Yu Hong felt cold all over his body.

Danger!

Too dangerous! !

What the hell is this place! ! Why is it so dangerous! ?

He just went out! Do you want to live? ?

He held the newspaper, panted and calmed down for a while, and read the newspaper over and over again.

Bang.

Yu Hong sat down on the bed with a gloomy face, watching the little stutterer pick up the things that he had used to treat his wounds.

Then this guy started to take care of a bamboo basket filled with messy mud and roots.

Because there was no ventilation in the room, a strong smell of mud suddenly filled the air.

After sitting for a while, Yu Hong felt his mouth was dry and his body was hot.

"Is there water?" he asked dejectedly.

Xiao Zhuba paused for a moment, then raised his hand and pointed at an inconspicuous black tank in the corner.

The small vat was only the size of a human head, with vague patterns of birds and branches tattooed on the outside.

Yu Hong stood up, walked over, squatted down, and opened the lid of the small tank.

A layer of shallow yellow water with a faint odor appeared in front of him.

"." He was speechless. Just by looking at it, he knew that the water was definitely not drinkable.

It all stinks.

Suddenly, a black metal object like a teapot was handed over from the side.

It's a little stutter.

She shook the teapot.

"filter."

She made a motion of scooping up water and pouring it into the teapot.

Only then did Yu Hong notice that there was something like a filter above the teapot.

He was silent for a moment, took the teapot, rummaged around the edge of the water tank to find a water ladle, scooped out water and poured it in little by little.

Finally, I filtered a small gourd of water.

He took the teapot, found a wooden cup, and poured the water into it.

Chi.

A column of clear water with a slight odor surged down, filling one-third of the water glass, and then stopped.

Yu Hong looked at the smelly water. Even though it had been filtered, it was still...

He wanted not to drink, but his severe thirst and lack of water made him understand that if he was already sick and injured, he would definitely be doomed if he was still short of water.

Just when he was hesitating, Little Stutter snatched the water glass from his hand and drank it in one gulp.

Snapped.

She clinked the cup on the edge of the vat.

"Is it okay to drink?"

Yu Hong paused, stepped forward to scoop out water again, filtered a cup again, and then held the water cup with his hand hanging in the air.

Um.

He paused, raised the cup, and was about to drink.

But immediately put it down slowly.

Raise it again and drink.

Quickly and slowly put it down.

The little stuttering eyes on the side followed his hand up and down, a little confused.

After doing this several times.

Yu Hong took a deep breath, tightened his grip on the cup, and his face became paler.

I thought to myself, can’t this water be cleaner?

He was worried that if the water was not replenished, someone would get into trouble first. Just because Little Stutter is fine after drinking does not mean that he is fine too. The physical differences between people are sometimes much greater than imagined.

‘Do you want to strengthen the water cup? ’

Suddenly a small voice came into his ears.

Bang, the cup was placed on the wooden table aside.

Yu Hong's expression changed slightly, and he looked around, only to find that only Little Stutter was standing aside honestly, looking at him in confusion.

‘Do you want to strengthen the water cup? ’

The voice came again.

Yu Hong looked around, but he didn't find anyone speaking.

So he focused his attention on the wooden water glass on the table.

Soon, a subtle number appeared on the surface of the water glass: 3 days.

Other than that, no more.

Yu Hong's expression suddenly changed. He was the first to wonder if he was dazzled, but after blinking several times, he found that the number was still there.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and looked down at the black mark on the back of his right hand.

really.

The mark was the size of an egg, and the black area was glowing like water waves.

‘That’s what this thing does! ’ Yu Hong understood instantly.

For a moment, his eyes flashed, his heart tumbled, and a large number of thoughts flashed through his mind as he stood there.

But soon, he remembered that Little Stutter was still around.

He quickly raised his hand and pointed the mark on the back of his hand towards the little stutter.

"Can you see what I'm holding?"

"." Little Stutter shook his head, looking confused. "Nothing."

"." Yu Hong put down his hand and looked at the water glass again to make sure that the number was still there, and he had some guesses in his mind.

Under the confused gaze of Little Stutter, he turned and walked elsewhere.

The room is not big, with only a few furnishings.

There is a wardrobe, a dining table that doubles as a desk, two bedside tables, an old-fashioned dressing mirror, and two stools.

Other than that, there is just a pile of debris in the corner, where the small water tank is placed.

He walked around and finally stopped in front of the wooden door of the house.

He stretched out his hand and pressed it on the door.

Thinking back on the process just now, thoughts arose in his mind again.

‘Can’t this door be better? ’

hiss.

Suddenly, it seemed as if a thin thread shuttled out from the mark on the back of the hand and penetrated into the wooden door.

Soon a black number appeared on the door: 16th.

‘Is the wooden door reinforced? ’ The tiny voice sounded again, indistinguishable from male to female, emotionless, just like a mechanical sound.

Yu Hong looked at the numbers and vaguely understood something in his eyes.

‘This number is probably the time required for strengthening. So what will it look like after strengthening? ’

He retracted his hand and looked back at the water glass. The numbers on the water glass had disappeared.

‘And, in what way is this reinforcement carried out? Will there be a lot of movement? Can it be continuously strengthened? Are there any restrictions? ’

Questions all popped up in his mind.

"What are you doing??" Little Stutter couldn't help but ask.

"I just felt dizzy and my mind was a little confused." Yu Hong sighed and didn't mention the numbers and black seals.

He didn't plan to disclose it to anyone until he knew the specific situation.

The top priority is to find something to test the strengthening effect of this black seal.

The wooden door took too long, and there was no guarantee of movement.

Yu Hong turned around again, and soon locked onto an inconspicuous little object - the small white stone that the little stutterer had smashed out just now.