Chapter Twenty-Three: The Arrival of the Skeleton Monster
It's a great day to get around. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoFrom early in the morning, the dome floats with white clouds, shielding pedestrians from the sun.
The Flower Pond Square is as lively as ever.
Last night, Du Shen's statement and warning were seen by tens of thousands of families in the city. Not many people take it seriously. More than ten years, or even decades of life experience, tell everyone: what Du Shen told is really absurd.
Aliens conquer Aqua Blue? Don't be funny. Du Shen, who issued a warning, was clearly an ordinary human being.
Of course, the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds. In the entire Tongyang City, there are also a few people who believe Du Shen's words. All told, that's a lot.
However, the inertia of life is so powerful. Even if you believe what will happen in the Flower Pond Square this afternoon, people can't find time to witness it. Everyone plays their social role as usual, running for life: going to work, going to school, going to business, and continuing to take care of housework......
In short, today's Flower Pond Square, although lively. But the vast majority of people here are naturally stranded here according to their own life trajectories.
Among them, Zhou Che and others are not included.
From one o'clock at noon, Zhou Che and others came to the square. They split into several teams and wander around to scout the environment in detail.
The flower pond square is three or four hundred steps away. Nearly half of the area is covered by lawns, fountains, and flower beds. Although it is not located in the center of the city, there are several large supermarkets and stores nearby. So the flow of people who stay and pass through is not small.
Zhou Che and others sometimes met to exchange information, and sometimes dispersed. Everyone gradually realized that no one seemed to come specifically to witness Du Shen's words. People around the square will stay for a few dozen minutes at most. No one lingered for more than an hour like Zhou Che and others.
Time passes slowly. It's almost three o'clock in the blink of an eye. Lin Caiying also asked for leave from school and rushed to meet Zhou Che and others.
Approaching three o'clock, Zhou Che and the others gradually noticed their own kind. The reason why I suspect the other party is to witness Du Shen's statement. It was because these people stood on the edge of the square, ignoring the nearby benches and stone benches. Many people even ignore the shade of the trees around them, and just stand in the sun, allowing the sun to shine.
Such people, etc., are somewhat vigilant. They frequently pay attention to the center of the square, and they are constantly looking around. They seem to be ready to leave at any moment.
Zhou Che and others roughly estimated that they found that there were three or three such people, and the total number was only thirty or forty.
In one minute, it's three o'clock. The chubby Lu Guan wiped the fine sweat on his face with a tissue and glanced at his companions: "I said, why don't we call the police?" It seems that the police station in Tongyang City did not take Du Shen's warning seriously at all. ”
For nearly two hours, Zhou Che and the others entered the surrounding shopping malls and also walked around the nearby streets. They barely saw the police. Obviously, the police station in Tongyang City did not respond to Du Shen's warning.
High school student Mo Chen was impatient. This issue was discussed very clearly last night. Mo Chen shouted angrily: "I want to report you! As long as you are not afraid of being arrested for reporting false police." ”
"How can this be regarded as a false alarm?" The fat man Lu Guan's mouth was stiff, but his heart was obviously weak, and his voice was getting lower and lower.
Zhou Che was also hesitating whether to call the police. As soon as he made a firm choice, he listened to An Kelan's reminder: "Don't make noise." The time is coming soon, everyone keep their eyes open so that they can respond in time. ”
Everyone suddenly became nervous, and they took out their mobile phones or watches one after another, watching the time beat.
Second after second. The time came exactly three o'clock. Everyone immediately looked up and looked into the center of the square. A few seconds passed, and the square was unusual.
After waiting a few more seconds, someone asked his companion, "It's three o'clock, right?"
"Yes!" everyone hung their heads to confirm the time.
Mo Chen directly used the network to calibrate the time. He shouted: "That's right, it shows on the Internet that it's been more than 40 seconds past 3:00." The time is right!"
Mo Chen waited for half a minute and scolded: "I'll rub, Du Shen, that bastard, is he playing tricks on us? It's already three o'clock!"
"Wouldn't it?" someone hesitated.
"Perhaps, he was temporarily delayed by something?" some people subconsciously looked for reasons based on their own experience.
Wait another moment. Seeing that it was almost 3:05, the surrounding area of the square was still calm.
Someone asked, "What are we going to do now?
Many people have focused their eyes on Zhou Che's body. Zhou Che was thinking. Lin Caiying was the first to suggest: "Why don't we take a walk around the square? Maybe it's around the square, it doesn't have to be the center of the square." ”
Zhou Che nodded suddenly: "That's right! Let's ...... in groups."
Before he finished speaking, someone suddenly pointed to the other end of the square and reminded loudly: "Look over there." It looks like a lot of people are running over there!"
Zhou Che and the others looked up, only to find that there were more than a dozen figures in the distance, trotting towards the other end of the square. Because of the obstruction of trees, rockeries and buildings, Zhou Che and others could not see the specific situation on the other side of the square.
Zhou Che perked up and looked at the travel bag on the ground: "Let's go over." Don't scatter and pay attention to pick up your weapons in time. ”
Or nervous, or excited, or nervous. Several candidates, led by Zhou Che, rushed to the other end of the square.
From a distance, Lin Caiying and others saw that the edge of Huachi Square, near the gate of Lianyou Supermarket, gathered at least hundreds of people.
Figures form a circle and look at the oval object in the center. It may not be accurate to say object. It looks more like a distorted vision of light, with no substance. It's as if there is an invisible flame in the center of the crowd. The flames emitted heat in all directions. As a result, the surrounding air rises, causing light to refract.
In the center of the crowd, of course, there was no flame. At least, the crowd on the inner edge didn't feel the slightest heat.
A distorted cluster of light, about three meters high. Although Lin Caiying and others were blocked by layers of figures, they could see clearly.
Seeing the people around him, crowded and crowded, he had no vigilance. Lin Caiying couldn't help frowning and squeezed towards Zhou Che: "What should I do?" Brother Zhou, this is the worst situation......
Before she finished speaking, Lin Caiying suddenly heard several shouts from the center of the crowd: "Something! Something is out! Everyone retreat." Something came out of the air mass. ”
With sporadic shouts, Lin Caiying suddenly felt crowded. The people on the inner edge of the circle are pushing back hard. People on the outer edge of the circle want to take a closer look.
Lin Caiying and others were caught in the middle, and their bodies were knocked to the left and right. Even the instep of his foot was trampled on several times.
Fortunately, Lin Caiying and others joined late. It's close to the outer edge of the crowd. The people who had just arrived were squeezed out and retreated, and Lin Caiying and the others were quickly relieved.
There was a commotion around. Some people shouted that they had been knocked down and stepped on, some people squeezed out so hard that something came out of the air mass, and some people crowded into the center of the circle and shouted what came out.
There was a lot of disturbance, and the chaotic crowd was slightly thinned. Through the gap between the crowd, Lin Caiying saw that in the center of the distorted air mass, there was a skeleton frame that was getting bigger.
In the center of the crowd, near the air mass, a man's excited shout sounded: "It's a skeleton." It's getting bigger. At first, it was the size of a fist!"
The man shouted while holding his mobile phone to take pictures.
Hear or see a skeleton of bones in the center of the air mass. The crowd was chaotic again. Some people fled out, others squeezed in. Lin Caiying was taken to the inner edge of the circle with the flow.
Through the crowded figure, Lin Caiying saw that the skeleton of bones, which was said to be only the size of a fist at first, had become a head taller than ordinary people. The skeleton's eye sockets glowed dimly, and a thick leg bone was held in the slender hand bones, like a baseball bat.
Lin Caiying noticed that the miserable white skeleton was slowly moving her legs. Even if it moves very slowly, as if it is stuck in a quagmire, it is difficult to move.
Lin Caiying's eyes widened and reminded in a loud voice: "Everyone run away." It is alive. The skeleton of bones is alive!"
Almost all of them have seen the skeleton stride. Almost everyone was indifferent to Lim Chae-young's reminder. It's just that the skeleton is too slow to move. One of its strides seemed to take half a minute to land.
Instead, someone excitedly shouted, "It's a skeleton soldier! Grab it, someone must buy it, right? Who's partnering with me? Let's ...... together."
The crowd is excited. The skeleton, which had been moving with difficulty, seemed to have broken free from some kind of shackle and quickly rose up. The skeleton is three points faster than the average person. It took a few strides and rushed to a man who was taking a camera. The skeleton swung the leg bone in his hand and slammed it into the man's chest.
"Whoa......" There was a strange howl of pain. The man was knocked on his side by the skeleton and fell to the ground.
The surrounding figures exploded in an instant. "Damn, it's beating someone! This skeleton monster still dares to hit someone!" "I wipe it! How dare you kill someone?" brothers, let's beat it together!" "This thing doesn't have a good brain." There are so many of us, it dares to hit people. ”
Accompanied by various exclamations and shouts. Immediately, a few brave and ruthless youths crowded towards the skeleton monster, intending to clean it up.
Skeleton monsters really don't seem to have brains. After injuring someone, it didn't run away or hide, but waved the leg bone in its hand and continued to hit the nearest figure.
The man who was attacked was quick to hide. Helplessly, there were figures behind him and even on his side, and his movement was greatly hindered. His shoulder was still hit by the leg bone, and he felt a pain.
Enraged, the man leaned back against the figure behind him, raised his foot and kicked at the skeleton's leg bone.
I didn't think about it, don't look at the skeleton's leg bones are very slender, only the thickness of a wrist. The attacked man's angry kick only made its body shake slightly.
Several young men who helped the fist rushed to the skeleton one after another. They pushed or pulled, working together to knock the skeleton down. In the face of the skeleton that fell to the ground, several people did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but looked at each other.
Through the contact just now, several young people found that the skeleton's body was very hard. A few people are bare-handed, and it's really hard to start.
Seeing the skeleton is about to get up. A young man was the first to lift his foot and step on the skull's ribs. Seeing this, others intended to imitate, but they could only take turns. Because of the skeleton monster's body, only the skull and sternum are suitable for the lower feet.
Several young men were stepping on it. Suddenly, I heard several exclamations from the crowd.
It turned out that in the twisted air mass, the figure of a skeleton appeared again. At first, it was still only the size of a fist, but in the blink of an eye, it was taller than ordinary people.
New skeletons, which appear very quickly. In the blink of an eye, a new skeleton hit the ground. Although they were still slow at first, they couldn't stop popping out.
Seeing this, the surrounding crowd shouted and retreated. A few young men who were stepping on the skeleton looked at the skeleton that was still struggling under their feet, and hurriedly followed and retreated.