Chapter 1: Encounters
The weather was fine on Friday, December 21, 2012
After the darkness of December 21, 2012, the dawn of December 22 will never come - Mayan prophecy
But this day is not the end of what the world thinks, but a beginning.
Song An closed the diary, looked at the time, it is now 23:50 on September 1, 2013, recalling that day, there is no end to the earth, the world is carnival, many lovers walked into the palace of marriage hand in hand after the "end of the world", and started a happy life, but no one knew that day was Song An's nightmare.
On December 21, 2012, the legendary end did not come, after the class reunion, Song An walked on the way home, seemingly calm, but for some reason Song An's heart was faintly uneasy, somehow surrounded by an inexplicable sense of fear, this is a strange feeling, Song An has never encountered, slowly, she saw that the place she was in began to become distorted, after that, the original road disappeared, and there was a path that Song An had never seen, and there were many strange-shaped trees growing on both sides of the road, The original road lights were shining and the moonlight was charming, but here, only the night was lonely and dark, Song An took out his mobile phone from his bag to illuminate, only to find that the time was already twelve o'clock at midnight, Song An held back the fear in his heart, walked slowly on the path, I don't know how long he walked, Song An saw a market, there were many people walking in it, holding a bright light in their hands, she didn't have time to think about it, she ran towards the market, just happened to meet an old woman walking by, Song An asked
"Old woman, do you know how to walk on Wutong Road?"
The old man didn't answer Song An's words, just handed the oil lamp in his hand to Song An's face, slowly raised his head, looked at her and grinned, the smile outlined on the old stiff face was very strange in Song An's opinion, although the old man was smiling, but he didn't feel any smile in his eyes, a cold chill extended from the bottom of his heart, Song An looked at the old man in horror, and then he found that there was only his own shadow under the illumination of the light. Song An subconsciously grabbed the jade plate he was carrying on his chest with his hand, and said backwards while pointing at the old man tremblingly
"You, you, why don't you have a shadow"
The old man kept smiling and talking, but when the words came out, it turned into a sharp whine, which pierced through the eardrums and made Song An have a splitting headache, so he had to hold his head with both hands in the hope of being slightly better. The old man walked into Song An slowly, as if he had tuned the right channel, and the sound of the chirp disappeared, in exchange for the old man's distant and empty voice
"We don't have a shadow"
Hearing the old man's words, Song An looked at the people on the entire street in a panic, only to find that there was no shadow except for himself, and at this time, everyone was walking towards her, and fear surrounded Song An like a raging storm. A cold wind hit, Song An woke up from the memory, only to find that he didn't close the window, the heavy rain outside the house, the rain blew into the room with the wind, wetting the potted plant she put in front of the windowsill, Song An stood up and put the diary in the drawer, closed the window, turned around and walked into the bathroom, there was a mirror on the sink, just when she washed her face and wiped the mirror, what she saw in the mirror was not herself, but a barren ruin, Song An looked behind herself and then looked at the mirror, the scene inside was still unchanged, Song An, who was frightened by this scene, didn't dare to stop for a while, immediately opened the bathroom door, rushed out of the bathroom, ran to his bed, wrapped himself in the quilt, and kept touching the jade plate on his chest with both hands, looking for a sense of security. This night, Song An lasted until dawn and couldn't sleep.
The next day, Song An, who had lasted all night, finally couldn't resist the tiredness and slept for a while, only to be awakened by a knock on the door. Song settled down, put on a coat and walked to open the door, a short-haired girl with a large bag in her hand on her shoulder, and a black suitcase at her feet, looking simple and neat. The girl greeted Song An directly when she saw it
"Hello, my name is Li Yang, a freshman, your roommate"
"Hello, I'm Song An, do you need help?"
Hearing Song An's words, Li Yang raised her head and took a closer look at her roommate, she was dressed in white, her waist-length long hair was scattered behind her at will, her bangs blocked most of her face, her face was unusually fair, it was an unhealthy white, her eyebrows could only be regarded as delicate at most, but a pair of eyes were unusually large and bright, and her ordinary facial features were lit up stiffly, looking at her weak look, Li Yang refused her kindness and said
"I'll do it myself"
Song An didn't say anything when she saw her behavior, and after opening the door, she went back to her bed and lay down, and after staying up all night, Song An was really tired. When she woke up again, it was already afternoon, and at this time, everyone else in the dormitory had already arrived, except for Li Yang, there were two girls, wearing two pigtails, wearing a small floral skirt, and speaking with a local accent called Mo Xiaoli. Yu Yao is another girl who dresses more fashionably. Song An didn't like Yu Yao very much when he saw him for the first time, and subconsciously avoided her. After a simple exchange, Li Yang proposed to go out to eat something together, and after a simple tidy up, they all walked out, not far from the dormitory, there was a small restaurant, as soon as he entered it, Li Yang began to recommend it, as if it was very familiar. At this time, Yu Yao asked
"You won't be so familiar with it as often"
"Of course, my family opened it, can you not be familiar with it, I have time to cheer it up, I will never let you down"
Hearing Li Yang's words, Song An looked around the entire restaurant, and it happened that this restaurant was very "clean" and there was nothing that shouldn't exist, which made Song An a little surprised, so he asked
"Do you usually help out at restaurants?"
Regarding Song An's question, Li Yang frowned and said
"yes"
Li Yang doesn't like Song An very much, she always thinks this girl is a little strange, but she can't say the specifics, she just doesn't like it very much, but after all, it's the first time they meet, and it's hard to say anything. At this moment, an ancient melody came from nowhere, which made people feel a little shivering when they heard it, Song An grabbed the jade plate on his chest in panic, but Li Yang held his forehead weakly and shouted
"I said, Brother Tuolin, can you change this ringtone, it's very infiltrating."
As soon as Li Yang's words fell, a boy happened to walk up to him and sit on the empty seat, put a hand on Li Yang's shoulder and said
"If you're still afraid, let's go with next week's adventure"
"No, I still have to work, I'm not interested"
"Why don't you go? If we do, don't regret it."
"I'm interested in money, I'm not interested in ghosts, get away"
As he spoke, he shook off Shen Tuolin's hand on his body and said to Song An and the others
"I'm sorry, this is my cousin, just a crazy person, always talking about what the hell, I'm about to go insane, don't pay attention to him, what else do you want to eat?"
"Don't you believe that there are ghosts in the world?"
Song An's words attracted Li Yang's eyes, but Tuolin's eyes lit up and rushed to her side and said
"Classmate, you also believe that there are ghosts in the world, then let's go play together next week, it's a gathering of supernatural lovers, it's fun, the president said that there is a way for people to see ghosts, it's very attractive, let's go together, maybe you can really see it."
After listening to Tuolin's words, Song An looked behind Tuolin with some horror, and after taking a few deep breaths, he said softly
"You, it's better not to see it, you'll be scared"
"I, you're kidding, I'm going to be scared by ghosts, tell you, classmate, I'm notoriously bold, it's good if I don't scare it"
"Really? Then I wish you success."
Song An's feminine appearance and the somewhat frightened eyes couldn't help but make Tuo Lin feel a little crazy, Song An kept looking behind Tuo Lin like this, making Tuo Lin ask uneasily
"Classmate, it's not okay for you to keep looking behind me like this"
"I'm sorry, I still have some things, so I'll go first"