Chapter Thirty-Four: Escape

Jessica and I left the fantastic castle as soon as the sun rose, but I was puzzled that so many of the fairy tale characters that had appeared last night were now gone, and even the tourists who had come with us were far fewer and the whole castle seemed empty.

I took out the Motorola flip phone that my agent gave me before and looked at it, the time displayed on it had come to more than 10 o'clock in the morning, I was very strange about this, obviously I felt that the sun had only risen for a long time, how could it be more than 10 o'clock all of a sudden.

And if it's really past 10 o'clock, the castle shouldn't be so deserted, and it stands to reason that the tourists who live in it should wake up, and none of those fairy tale characters should be gone.

Unable to tell if the time on my phone was correct, I took Jessica's hand and walked outside the castle, and as I walked through the huge central area of the castle, I found that the temple, which had been golden yesterday, suddenly gave people a bad feeling, and I couldn't say what was going on, but it made me feel very uncomfortable and wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.

Apparently Jessica felt the same way I did, and I put my arm around her shoulder, kissed her lightly on the forehead, and then took her hand and trotted out of the castle.

There weren't many tourists on the way, and the few who did seemed to behave strangely, not only were they very stiff, but they also had very numb expressions on their faces.

For this reason, Jessica and I continued to speed up our running, not to look at Jessica's slender appearance, but the athleticism is actually very strong among girls, and after a while we left the castle and rushed out of the half-closed castle gate.

We didn't slow down, and there were strange looking tourists giving us strange looks along the way, and I reassured Jessica not to worry, we would get out of here safely.

However, when we arrived at the lake, Jessica and I were dumbfounded, the cable car that had brought us here was no longer running, and the staff who were responsible for the smooth passage of the cable car were nowhere to be seen.

I took Jessica's hand and searched along the shore of the lake, because of the fog and the reduced visibility, Jessica and I had a hard time seeing in the distance, and we were looking for a small boat that was originally docked on the shore of the lake.

There are three modes of transport that connect the island in the middle of the lake to the surrounding land: large sightseeing boats, cable cars, and small yachts, which I have noticed before me that seem to have both hand paddles and fuel powered equipment, so it is our best hope of getting out of here.

However, at this time, the shore of the lake seemed unusually long, and Jessica and I didn't know how long we had been looking, and finally saw a small yacht docked not far away when the time on my phone was 11:11.

Jessica, who was almost unable to run, couldn't stop panting at this time, and the fog around her was getting thicker and thicker, and running long distances in this fog could easily make it difficult for people to breathe.

I simply picked Jessica up and ran as fast as I could.

Suddenly there was a roar behind us, like the sound of some kind of movie man-eating monster, and I didn't look back at the owner of the voice, but used the potential in my body to the fullest, and ran forward as fast as I could.

Finally Jessica and I boarded the small yacht without any problems, and when I started the yacht, the terrible roar sounded again, and when the yacht was a few meters away from the shore, I faintly saw a pair of red eyes in the thick fog, which seemed to be as large as a basin, and emitted a scarlet light.

Its roar echoed through the lake for a long, long time before it disappeared from our ears, and Jessica and I didn't dare to think about what the guy behind us was, and we didn't even speak for a long time on the yacht.

This trip to the amusement park was so happy, but what happened last night and this morning made my heart beat faster, it was clear that this roller coaster park was very abnormal, and I even began to doubt my own memory, doubting the authenticity of the tourists who passed by me yesterday, Jessica's head rested on my shoulder, and we were silent.

However, because the fog did not dissipate, we were only able to go in one direction approximately, and we did not dare to drive very fast, for fear that we would suddenly hit the reef on the lake or the rock wall on the shore.

Time flies, and the number on my phone is almost 12, and I should be practicing in Staples in a few hours, so we have to get out of here as soon as possible.

I gritted my teeth and increased the speed of the yacht, and soon our yacht was speeding across the lake towards some land, with the splash of water flying behind me.

With a loud thud, the whole yacht slammed into a rock on the shore, and the force almost threw Jessica and me into the air.

Luckily, we got to the shore in the right direction, and the fog around us was getting thicker and thicker rather than clear.

Jessica and I hurried up to the shore, and then I took her hand and rushed into the fog, and we had to climb up the steps along the shore with the approximate position we remembered.

We came down on the cable car, and I remember that we sat for a long time, and if we wanted to walk down from the top normally, we would have to go around a big circle, and we would have to climb a long distance to go around this circle and climb up again, and I was a little worried that Jessica's stamina would not be able to hold on, but now we don't seem to be able to stop and rest.

I told Jessica not to run too fast and we climbed up at a relatively steady pace, as the distance must be long, so it was very important to keep an even breathing.

It's like a long-distance race, you can't sprint at the fastest speed, you can only keep yourself as even as possible, which is the most energy-saving way.

Jessica clearly believed what I was saying, after all, I was a professional athlete in the field of sports, and as we kept moving forward, there would be some eerie laughter around us, some of which were like the kind of shrill sounds we had heard in a haunted house, and I began to wonder if I was back in the weird place of the haunted house.

Jessica obviously sensed that something was wrong, and her face was already very pale at this time, partly due to the lack of oxygen supply caused by the long run, and partly because of fear.

Finally, when Jessica was almost fainting, we managed to run to the top of the sinkhole, and in the process I would run a distance on Jessica's back from time to time, so even if I was in good shape, I had already reached a small limit at this point, but when I thought about the race that would be going on in a few hours, it was a warm-up.

By the time we reached the top, there was not much fog around us, and when I looked down, I was still completely covered in fog and couldn't see anything clearly.

Everything around us seemed very eerie, the rides were still running, but there was no one on it, yesterday there was a sea of people everywhere, but now there is nothing, just a few shrill laughter from a corner from time to time will make people feel their scalp tingle instantly.

When we finally reached the gates of this paradise, Jessica fell into my arms and cried loudly, I didn't know how to comfort her, what happened to her was so weird, I didn't understand why these things happened to her, even though I went through it with her, I knew very well that it was all for Jessica.

Thinking about this, I began to wonder what kind of background Jessica's ancestors were, their family was like a great mystery, but at this moment, when she was crying like a sad child in my arms, I could only gently stroke her hair, and I couldn't say a word.

When Jessica and I walked out of the roller coaster park, it was like a bizarre dream, and just as Jessica and I were about to take a breath and look back at the amusement park behind us, we were completely stunned by the scene in front of us.

I went up and looked at the gate and saw that it was all covered with rust, and I looked through the gate and saw that there was a dense pile of fallen leaves and dust, as if no one had been in it for decades.

Oh my God, was it another horrible nightmare that I went through with Jessica yesterday?

At this time, Jessica also noticed this, and saw that her mouth opened so wide in surprise, and I shook my head slightly, trying to take her out of this place, but she stared at the door with a look of fear in her eyes.

I followed her eyes and looked inside, but found nothing, so I patted Jessica on the back and comforted her as I walked outside.

If there are some bizarre events that I have experienced with Jessica before, there are some factors that I think may be human, such as the first haunted house may have been deliberately designed by someone, and the second time the disc fairy may have been deliberately misled by Jessica, but this time the situation is completely different.

First of all, the previous two encounters were brought up by Jessica, whether it was going to a haunted house or playing with the Saucer Fairy, Jessica was led, but this time I came to this paradise to play, and even the place was brought by me, but I don't know how I knew about this place, which is also a mystery that existed from the beginning.

And what happened next is still indelible in my mind, and I feel that this impression is really much deeper than that haunted house, if the last haunted house adventure was enough to keep me dreaming for a long time, then this encounter is even more difficult to imagine how long it will haunt me.

But now I don't have the energy to think about these things in depth, whether it's all for Jessica or me, I won't leave Jessica because of this, in fact, I am very similar to Kobe Bryant in that once you decide what you want to do, you won't give up easily, we are all very stubborn and even paranoid people.

Jessica's mood seemed a little low, so I drove Jessica home, and when I dropped Jessica home, I stayed with her for a while, but she looked a little dazed, as if she had been completely fooled by what had happened today, and although I was very upset, I couldn't give up the game that was about to start with her.

I thought about it for a long time, and finally came up with a way to get the best of both worlds, I called him with the phone number my agent gave me, and asked him to help me get a VIP ticket for today's game, which must be the kind of ticket close to the Lakers bench.

I think that if you can't even get a match ticket, there is really no need for this agent to continue to be a player.

So I took Jessica straight to Staples Arena, and there wasn't much time left before the game started, and some spectators were already starting to enter the arena one after another, and Jessica's mood had recovered a little.

I got the ticket from my agent and gave it to Jessica, telling her to stop thinking about what happened before, and that I would definitely be on the court today and teach the Clippers a hard lesson.

Jessica just nodded slightly, didn't say a word, I was still a little uneasy, but the time before the start of the game was getting shorter and shorter, and finally I had to trot to the Lakers locker room.

I didn't have much time left for the pre-game warm-up, but maybe it was because I had been running longer when I escaped from the amusement park today, so I didn't really need to warm up too much, but at the beginning, because the shooting rhythm was a little bad, and I would worry about Jessica's situation from time to time, so I didn't pay attention enough.

My situation was immediately noticed by the experienced shooting coach, who didn't come up directly to teach me how to shoot, but hit the nail on the head when he said that something was affecting my mental health, and pointed out that if I couldn't rule out the off-court factors, I wouldn't be a real top star.

After listening to the words of the shooting coach, I also suddenly realized, took a few deep breaths, and finally calmed down my mind a little, temporarily put everything that happened before behind me, and returned my attention to the basketball court.

Then my shooting feeling gradually recovered, and the shooting coach couldn't help but smile and nod when he saw it.

My hand is one of those that can be inconsistent at times, and it can be a bit iron for a while, but once I find my rhythm with my shots, I'm likely to hit a lot of shots in a row, even when I'm going to have a strong confrontation and a strong defense.

Soon the Lakers and Clippers game is about to start, and in fact, this season's Clippers can basically be regarded as a completely civilian team, I remember knowing their data this season, the whole team has not averaged 15 points per game, so their scoring points are scattered, and it is difficult to find an absolute scoring core.

In other words, there is a big gap between the strength of the Clippers and our Lakers, in fact, there are many Lakers players with this idea, so we have an all-round underdog situation before the game.

With the referee's jump ball, the game officially began, and the opposing center jumped up and couldn't even touch Shaq's forearm, of course, maybe because he knew he couldn't jump so he didn't jump hard at all.

may feel that the opponent is too weak, Shaq has no desire to attack after coming up, when the outside teammates pass the ball to him, he actually returned the ball to the outside hand, which also made the outside players a little surprised, the first attack because it was too grinding and in the last few seconds to shoot, and finally shot a three.

However, as a team in the same city, the Clippers obviously understand that their strength is not as good as ours, but they are unwilling to be crushed by the Lakers all the time, so after coming up, everyone is like playing chicken blood, and they play very seriously from the first ball.

There is also a reason why the Lakers didn't play well on the first ball just now because the Clippers' defense did a good job from the beginning, although their physical talent is not as good as the Lakers, but the attitude can make up for these gaps between the two sides to a certain extent.

On the contrary, when it came to the Clippers' offense, the Lakers did not know who the absolute core of the opponent was, so it was difficult to guess the focus of the Clippers' offense, which also led to the opponent easily finding the Lakers' defensive hole, that is, Shaq, where the center threw the first shot near the free throw line.

Even if his opponent scored, he still didn't inspire Shaq's fighting spirit, he was like a lazy big cat today, walking slowly, except for the jump ball, he didn't get into the groove at all except for the jump ball.

And a few minutes later, when the Lakers trailed by 8 points at 4-12, head coach Silver Fox Harris didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, he didn't look like he wanted to take a timeout at all, but strangely enough, the head coach of the opposing Clippers took the lead in calling a timeout.