Chapter Ninety-Seven: Hellish in the Daylight
The panther escaped from the alley like a wind, as if he had rushed out of the cage that had been suffocated for a long time, and the world full of life returned, and with a bang, all kinds of shouting, bargaining, and quarreling voices all drilled into Erya's ears.
Looking at the people coming and going on the street, Erya suddenly felt that this commonplace scene on weekdays was so cute and warm, she really wanted to stop and blend in with them, and it seemed that it was not bad to live a life of firewood, rice, oil and salt every day. But these can only be thought of, there is a monster chasing for his life in the yard behind him, Er Ya is not sure if that monster will be restrained because of the large number of people here, if he accidentally affects the people here, Er Ya's conscience can't stand such suffering.
These thoughts flashed through Erya's mind, almost without stopping, urging the panther to run along the long street and think far away.
Erya looked back at the other hand, and shook Xue Fei and Shui Xing'er hard, Xue Fei just remembered a lot of things in the past, and was not hurt by anything, at this time her heart had calmed down, and she naturally woke up as soon as she shook it. However, Shui Xing'er was inserted into the Purple Mansion by the black jade needle, although the needle has now been taken back by Yu Qingyun, but Shui Xing'er has not the slightest sign of waking up, which makes Er Ya anxious there, and there is nothing to do for a while.
Seeing that Xue Fei woke up, a smile appeared on Erya's face, although that monster was very powerful, even if Xue Fei was added, it was difficult to have any chance of winning, but there were more people around, and Erya still felt a lot more at ease.
In just such a short time, the black panther had already run to the end of the long street, and Er Ya and Xue Fei were both coming to Sealing Fire Town for the first time, and they were not familiar with the streets and alleys in the town, so they could only find the exit by their general direction. Stopped the black panther, Er Ya and Xue Fei looked back uneasily, the long street was still full of people, no different from Fang Cai, the monster didn't even chase after it? The two girls glanced at each other, and they both breathed a sigh of relief.
After identifying the direction, Erya patted the panther and pointed to the alley on the left to signal the panther to go that way, but Xue Fei stopped her.
"Sister Long, do you think something is wrong?" Er Ya turned her head to look at Xue Fei, something is wrong? Er Ya was a little confused, so she subconsciously looked at Changjie again, there was nothing wrong, everyone's behavior looked normal, and there was nothing weird.
"Sister Long, we have run such a long distance, have you ever seen someone look at us?" Xue Fei saw that Er Ya still didn't understand, so she simply said it bluntly.
Hearing Xue Fei say this, Er Ya also felt strange, yes, with such a huge body as a black panther, if ordinary people suddenly saw it, how could they not be afraid? But Fang just ran here from the mouth of the alley, to say the least, there were more than two miles to go, and he really didn't hear a scream, nor did he see anyone panic and run away, which is indeed a bit unreasonable. Erya remembered that when they followed Xue Fei and them into the town for the first time that day, they also felt that something was wrong, and they didn't realize what was wrong at the time, but now they suddenly figured it out, in a mountain town like Fenghuo Town, many people may have never been out of the town in their lives, plus they are located in the frontier, and life is not peaceful, and suddenly they see so many strangers coming, how can they not react at all, they are still busy, as if they haven't seen anything? It seems that there is a problem in this town, but now is not the time to explore these, the most important thing at the moment is to take advantage of the fact that the monster has not yet discovered its traces, and quickly escape, and then talk about it, and when you see Brother Mengzi, it is not too late to bring more people back to investigate in detail.
"Sister Fei'er, let's take advantage of the fact that the monster hasn't discovered us, let's get out of here first, and then talk about the rest, it's not too late to find out later. Hearing Er Ya say this, Xue Fei also nodded, right now the two of them are still facing the fear of their lives, it is indeed not the time to think about these.
The panther turned and went into the alley, and began to run fast again, the alley was not wide, and the panther was so tall that it could only pass through, and on several occasions it barely managed to squeeze through the facades of the houses on either side. That's it, the occasional person passing by in the alley didn't look at the panther too much, if it weren't for the panther's agility, I was afraid that someone would have been injured under the panther's claws.
It was obviously broad daylight, the sun was shining, and there was warmth everywhere, but the two girls not only didn't feel warmth, but shivered from time to time.
As before, although the atmosphere was strange, nothing happened, the panther passed through the alley without danger, and the two girls would look back from time to time along the way, but still did not see the monster, as if everything that had just happened in that small courtyard was just a dream of two people.
After passing through the alley, since all the people were not afraid of the black panther, Er Ya had no scruples, patted the panther on the back, the leopard roared, and his body was vertical, this time Er Ya decided not to walk on the ground, went directly to the house, took the nearest route, and got out of this weird town earlier, so that he could be safe earlier. There was no limit, and the panther shot straight to the southeast like a sharp arrow off the string. Feeling the sound of the wind in her ears, Erya's heart rose higher and higher. For this town, that monster must be more familiar than himself and Fei'er Girl, will it be waiting for him at the stone tablet at the entrance of the town?
It turns out that Erya thinks too much, it's not that the monster didn't wait for her there, but Erya didn't see the stele at all, and I don't know how long she ran, Erya's mood went up and down a few times, and the black panther was still running there, and the speed didn't slow down at all.
No, Er Ya looked up and looked around, and all he could see were roofs, some pointed, some flat, some tall, some short, no matter which direction he looked at, there was not much difference, but there was no stone monument. Chase the book
When I came yesterday, I obviously didn't go far to the courtyard where Jun Buqi lived, and now at the speed of a black panther, not to mention that it is a town, even in Dingbian County, it would have run out a long time ago, not to mention that the stone monument at the entrance of the town was so high, I should have seen it on the roof, how could I not even see a shadow until now?
"Sister Long, have you noticed that there are too many houses around us, where can Fenghuo Town be so big?" Xue Fei looked at Erya, her eyes full of horror.
After Xue Fei's reminder, Erya also saw that the strange things were really one after another, could it be that he had inadvertently escaped, and now he was somewhere else? Erya decided not to think about it anymore, since he couldn't see the reason on the roof, he simply went down and took a look.
The panther fell back to the ground, but then alley after alley, street after street, and the people they met still didn't look at them, as if they didn't belong to this world at all.
Now Er Ya and Xue Fei's hearts are a little hairy, even if they fought with that monster just now, and even their lives might be lost, Er Ya did not panic as much as now. Now the wind is warm and the sun is shining everywhere, not to mention the danger, even the stumbling has not happened once, but it is such a calm, as calm as stagnant water, but it makes people go crazy even more.
I don't know when the panther ran up a long street, and there were pedestrians coming and going on the long street, some bargaining, some selling along the street, and some arguing with each other, everything seemed to be familiar, and Erya was surprised to find that she was back again, back to the long street she had first passed. I couldn't help it, Erya stopped the panther, although these people don't think they exist, but it doesn't matter, I can go and talk to them, Erya wants to see what is different here, and people and ghosts come and go on the street?
"Uncle, how do you sell this bun?"
"Eldest sister, the color of your rouge is very good, how much is it?"
"Grandma, the thing is so heavy, can I help you carry it?"
Erya took the trouble to find someone to talk to, but as expected, no one paid attention to her, as if these people couldn't hear her. Er Ya's heart became more and more angry, and when she passed by a biscuit stall, she was so angry that she lifted the table with biscuits to the side, and the biscuits on the table were rolling everywhere.
"Oh my God, my pancakes. The woman who sold the baked cakes cried and went to pick them up one by one, but so many baked cakes were rolling all over the ground, and some people inevitably stepped on them accidentally, and some people carefully picked them up and secretly hid them in their arms.
Sure enough, although the scene was chaotic, the woman and her husband only cared about holding the table and picking up the baked cakes, and did not come to scold her, as if the table was blown over by the wind.
"Is it so hard that they really can't see themselves?" Erya is really a little unsure, she also lowered her head and picked up a piece of baked cake, the baked cake is real, take a bite, it's quite sweet, all this is not their own hallucination, so why can't these people see themselves? Are they fake? Doesn't it exist? Er Ya patted her head, how could she have such an absurd idea?
"You're a bad person, you accompany my mother's baked cakes. Erya suddenly heard a childish child's voice under her feet.
Someone was talking to me? That was Erya's first reaction, but she didn't quite believe it was true, until the voice sounded again, and Erya looked down. It was a seven or eight-year-old child, looking at himself timidly, but his eyes were very firm, and he didn't seem to leave until he got money from Erya.
Erya has never been moved by someone who is willing to talk to her when she is so old, but now she is really moved, and she is almost in tears, it turns out that she is not fake, they can see themselves.
"Huzi, what are you talking to yourself to the air alone?" The woman who was busy picking up the baked cakes suddenly lost the baked cakes in her hand, and ran over to pull the child in a panic, the second girl saw clearly, the woman subconsciously glanced at the place where she was standing, and her eyes were full of fear, just like seeing a ghost in broad daylight.