Tales of the Third World (15)
"Have you ever seen eyes like the moon?"
"Strange posture, eyes looking straight at you"
"Every pore on the body is tightly contracted, and the hairs stand on end. Struggling with despair and misery"
As he spoke, Wang Ling's pupils became bigger and bigger, and he sat on the square table in the library, gesturing with his hands, and the corners of his mouth raised an arc, looking at the frightened faces of the girls, he was very proud.
Gu Zhiming has always hated this kind of guy, taking pleasure in other people's fears, he is a scumbag who has always flirted with ghost stories. His appearance is mediocre, he is still inconspicuous in the crowd, and he usually looks like a stuffy gourd, but when he listens to or tells supernatural stories, his eyebrows flutter.
The library at noon is like a paradise at dusk, warm and sleepy.
A fourth-year medical student casually flips through a medical book, occasionally looking out the window to enjoy the bleak scenery of the next autumn.
"Gu Zhiming, have you read the news? This morning's. After a while, Wang Ling turned his head to the student who was reading the book and asked.
"Which do you say?" Gu Zhiming said casually, yawned, lowered his head and continued to read. This answer is very similar to his tone, he has always been a gentle, simple and Buddhist mortal student in the eyes of others, plain and unremarkable. There is no special appearance, and there is no talent that ordinary people can't match.
"Which one else could it be? Of course, it's the one with the archaeological frescoes, which is extraordinary for us who study medicine. As he spoke, Wang Ling's always casual eyes became serious.
"Oh, I know. I listened to that guy. I didn't take what he said seriously, he had to say seven points out of three, and every time it was exaggerated. ”
"He's just like that, and he's pompous enough. To be honest, it's really rare for our school to be fat like him. Wang Ling said mockingly, "But this time is different, you can take a good look at this." As he spoke, he took out an old yellowed newspaper from the magazine section of the library and threw it on the wooden desk next to Gu Zhiming.
Gu Zhiming looked at the title and suddenly snorted.
A student at Rende Medical College committed suicide after schizophrenia......
An incident in 2003 was documented above: it was a student in surgery at their medical school who committed suicide by slashing his wrists due to schizophrenia. When he was dying, his face was hideous. By calling up the surveillance video, it was learned that he had been shouting hoarsely before he died: I'm almost finished! Come and help me! Time is running out! I'm going crazy! Lose your marbles! He doesn't have a nose, but he has six ears, three hands, and two heads! God, what's wrong with studying medicine, why should I suffer such a punishment! Finally, a creepy sentence was shouted. It's a monster out of hell! When the cave walls are rebuilt on the bright day, no one will survive, run!!
At that time, this incident caused a sensation in the whole school, and on the one hand, in order to prevent the matter from spreading, and on the other hand, it did not take this suicide note seriously, so it was judged that the work internship was too stressful, mentally disordered, and hastily handled. At that time, Gu Zhiming was still in elementary school, and his father was a famous surgeon at that time, a well-known expert in the medical field. As soon as this happened, his father became unthinkable, and every time his mother entered and exited the room, her face was bloodless, and her eyes were wandering. Although the memory is not very clear, the memories left by his father before his death are only the clearest.
All things poured into Gu Zhiming's mind like a tide, his hands held his head, his brain was buzzing, and all the pictures he didn't want to recall seemed to appear in his mind like a slide, and he couldn't stop at all, and the blood and shadows were like vines in his heart.
"Amin, what's wrong with you? Is it okay? What happened? Yang Qianxue asked with concern, her voice was like 35 degrees of warm water, which made his brain swell.
Wang Ling watched silently from the side at this time, his eyes were full of meaning, as if he was looking forward to something.
"It's okay, I'm just not feeling well lately, it's okay, it's okay, let's talk about the experiment report first." Gu Zhiming pretended to smile relaxedly, and there were still beads of sweat on his face.
"You don't need to go to the infirmary, I'll talk about the experiment report later." Yang Qianxue's voice was full of worry, and her expression was as confident and intelligent as ever. When Gu Zhiming was young, he once had a brainless fantasy that if there really was a God, then he wanted to become a sheep, and Yang Qianxue would become a rabbit or a deer. The two of them are always smiling brightly together, carefree in nature, basking in the shade of the trees.
Gu Zhiming smiled and declined, took out the stack of thick printed reports, and the three of them discussed. It can be clearly observed that Wang Ling's eyes fluttered towards Yang Qianxue's face for a while, as if he was enchanted.
After going back, Gu Zhiming thought about it, opened his mobile phone and swiped it to open the hot search list, and the first-ranked title immediately attracted his attention. Remains of an ancient civilization were found in the mountainous area of Zhoukou City, Henan Province - a mural carved in a cave. Judging from the pictures, although it is too old, it is already a little blurry and damaged. But when you look closely, it's really so lifelike, like a real person dancing together. But, surprisingly, those people have three heads and six arms, and they are irregular. Some have these three eyes, three legs, and some bodies are simply connected, just like what we call conjoined babies, doing weird movements.
Brush - a picture flashed through his mind, that person, yes, that person! The one described in that student's suicide note is exactly the same!! Is this a coincidence?! Or is there a lot of hidden secrets in the dark?!
When he was a child, his father once told me that human beings often evolved over millions of years, but they were often stupid, and when a person has abilities that they do not have, they will be tolerated by the world. At that time, he was still very ignorant, and as he spoke, he saw that a confident smile often appeared on the corner of his father's mouth, and every time he saw his father so excited and happy, he would feel satisfied. Until that day, after the strange suicide note appeared, my father became silent, sometimes ecstatic, sometimes excited. In the end, before he graduated from elementary school, he came to the end of his life.
Gu Zhiming slowly leaned back on the chair in front of the desk, thinking of the tears in the corners of his mother's eyes before his father's death, his heart was sour, but he had a premonition that an unprecedented catastrophe was coming for him, no, for their family, and even for their entire medical school.
At this time, a red exclamation mark popped up on the friend on WeChat, and I saw the person's avatar and nickname: it was a classic portrait of a V-shaped vendetta, a masked man wearing a mask, and the name was the joker that was paired with it. The application column reads: Hello, are you Mr. Gu Zhiming? I have something important to tell you, and I would like to ask you to reply quickly.
Gu Zhiming was surprised and a little frightened at the time. After all, in that tense atmosphere, it was as if you were in a multidimensional space, and the surroundings became distorted. After he added WeChat, he said hello, and the other party replied with an emoji in seconds, to Gu Zhiming's surprise, it was a cute little rabbit greeting him. He found it amusing at this sense of incongruity. Immediately afterwards, he sent another one: Hello, do you remember me, my name is Lu Xiaochuan.
This name Gu Zhiming is very familiar at first glance, but it is estimated that the time is too long, and his memory is a little vague. Thinking about it, he added: Do you remember the urban demon I once mentioned to him?
Urban demons?! Gu Zhiming's brain seemed to have been electrocuted, and all the neurons were beeping. His heart trembled with his hand, his scalp suddenly tingled, a chill permeated his whole body, and the nightmare of his childhood came back to his heart: an American urban legend about the mysterious man who danced at night - slider
man!
Just as he was shocked, the rooms seemed to be hit hard by a blunt object, "Bang! With the sound of heavy footsteps, the person who walked into the house suddenly lost his mind in surprise.
There was silence in the room, and time seemed to stand still.
A face that Gu Zhiming never dreamed of seeing again, now looked at him with a weird smile.
"Remember me? Gu Zhiming, I'm Lu Xiaochuan, the one who looked for you on WeChat. I'm sorry, but I know you won't open the door if I knock on the door, so that's it. A middle-aged man strode in and waved his hand symbolically, which was regarded as a greeting.
"Ahh Of course I remember that. Gu Zhiming was a little frightened when he answered, and he really didn't want to think about the past.
"Just remember, we're not to blame for the past. But I'm glad to see that you can study medicine now, and I remember that you were still fainting from blood at that time. He smiled and sat down, easing the awkward atmosphere.
"Since that time, it's been fine." Gu Zhiming accompanied the smiling face, thinking about his broken door. He was the one who dared to enter the door so roughly, except, of course, the robbers
"I didn't come to you for anything else. Looking at today's newspaper, I think you have some impressions. Lu Xiaochuan looked at Gu Zhiming with interest, like a hungry wolf staring at a bloody rabbit.
"Uh-huh. I've seen it. So you're here to talk to me about it? Gu Zhiming asked tentatively, as if confronting a ferocious beast.
"Yes, that's right. Let's talk, of course, if you want, we can also cooperate. I think you'll understand. Lu Xiaochuan casually took out a few old photos from the pocket of his jeans and took them in front of Gu Zhiming.
The person above was none other than his former most admired father, a Chinese medical scientist - Gu Deyuan. He wasn't that famous then. In that photo, he posed with a group of honest villagers, behind which were some village mud houses. It looks like it was taken in the 70s.
Lu Xiaochuan sat down again and lit a cigarette casually.
"Zhiming, I've been with your father for so many years, and I haven't told you a lot of things. Now that you're almost graduating, look at the photos. In '73, your father was a medical researcher at the time, and I hadn't become your father's assistant yet. Your dad used to say that that place was the source of inspiration for all his experiments. ”
Gu Zhiming had never heard his father mention this matter, but the photo was not wrong, and his father's excited and joyful expression suddenly evoked his memories.
"I asked him what he was doing there, and he wouldn't say. Then one time I came across his diary. Guess what I saw? Speaking of this, Lu Xiaochuan smiled like a fox with his tail folded.
"It's a suicide note! You know what?! I thought it was incredible, but it was true that your father died of a heart attack the next day. He began to laugh wildly, and the sad topic became strange and ridiculous under his performance, like a clown on stage.
Gu Zhiming's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at him in surprise, his surprised look was ridiculous.
"My top student, tell you, he was scared to death! Hahaha, scared to death! Lu Xiaochuan laughed wildly again, and some wrinkles on his whole face twisted together.
Gu Zhiming was taken aback, as if he thought of what the other party was going to say next, he knew the answer, but he prayed in fear that it was not the result.
After Lu Xiaochuan had laughed enough, he gradually closed his mouth, and his face slowly became heavy, like a plaster statue that was gradually solidifying.
"I am the only one who has seen that suicide note, and it is on the last page of his diary, I don't know if you have turned it. I was asked by someone and said that it was hidden by your mother, and that it was a priceless treasure. Indeed, it is truly priceless for me. "You will understand later," he puffed out his cigarette and looked at Gu Zhiming seriously, "Also, do you know where that village is?" Right at the foot of the hill of frescoes found by archaeology. ”
Gu Zhiming was stunned at that time, his brain was running rapidly, and many things seemed to be connected. Murals, psychotic suicide notes, deformed monsters with three heads and six arms, urban demons, photos of my father, childhood memories, this Lu Xiaochuan, and the past...... These are like endless whirlpools and black holes, attracting and ravaging his spirit again and again. He has never liked to watch horror movies, but he really feels that what is happening around him is much weirder and more mysterious than horror movies. His brain quickly began to synthesize information, and all the horrible things matched the mural, and his father must have seen something terrible in that village that inspired him, and finally killed because of this. For now, that's all he can say.
He came back to his senses, adjusted his breathing, his fast-beating heart calmed down, and said, "You just want that diary, right?" There are clues about this matter. I don't know what kind of treasure this is, but you know that I'm a college student. You'll have to give it to you, but I'll have to look for it. But please don't involve me in this anymore. ”
He thought about it again and added: "But WeChat is still there for now, if this matter will still find me, I still have some questions for you." He was a little frightened, but he answered in as calm a voice as he could.
Lu Xiaochuan smiled contemptuously, "I already knew that you would say that, remember, I don't want that diary, but the things in the diary, do you understand?" It's really like you don't look for trouble, things look for you. But I think you also vaguely feel that this matter is inseparable from you or your father. First, I'll get it in a few days. He put away the photo and walked out, and when he got to the door, he said with interest: "Look at the diary, maybe you will change your mind." After saying that, he beckoned and left.
Gu Zhiming closed the door and saw that the door was fine, and his heart relaxed. These things were all too sudden, and as an honest student who had been studying hard since he was a child, he grew up according to his parents' expectations, went to the best middle school, a good university, and studied surgery...... He closed his eyes and thought back to the most dramatic thing he had ever experienced since he was a child, and it gave him a sense of mission, as if it was meant to be. He must have gradually become addicted to this feeling, as if he was fulfilling his father's last wish. Ever since he was a child, he had a special feeling about everything, as if it had happened, or had vaguely had these images in his mind. And these premonitions told him that this event must be a turbulent sea for his life.
He calmed down and thought about it, everything was so quiet.
Diary? Yes, first of all, the diary, take a good look at what is in the diary, and what is the priceless treasure?
He was alone thinking......
As planned, he walked out and walked towards the basement of their old house. The house had been around for a long time, and many of the surrounding walls had been peeled off, dark and silent, and he walked towards the darkness little by little with his flashing lights, thinking about those strange things, and goosebumps rose all over his body.
He took out the iron key from the basement of the old house and vigorously unscrewed the rusty lock. Opening it was a mess, and he began to feel a little overwhelmed. Father's diary, yes, should be at the bottom. In order to get rid of these fears earlier, he quickly rummaged through old things. But he never turned it over, and he thought about a diary for a long time, where would it be? Where is it?
Finally, a thought popped into Gu Zhiming's mind, when his father was alive, there was a cabinet for books, and he looked at the junction of light and darkness on the mobile phone in front of him, and now he was in this basement.
So he cautiously walked to the cupboard, which was covered with dust and spiders that were forming webs. He opened the drawer underneath, and a strange smell came to his face, and he coughed twice and took them out one by one. Finally, the old journal was revealed.
Gu Zhiming wiped the dust on it and carefully turned it open.
Page 1: Human beings are very self-righteous in their perception of everything in the world, the universe is very large, and human beings are just humble beings in the intersection of time and space. Human beings live self-righteously, and those who seek the truth are only a minority after all, but that may be the real world. Everything unknown is an eternal mystery, and these bizarre mysteries have always fascinated humanity, and it is a courage to unravel the truth.
Page 2: Today is a small harvest, medicine is the most immature discipline of human beings, human self-righteousness is what I am accustomed to, everyone is drunk and I am sober. I am one step closer to the truth.
On the third page, I finally found my direction, a direction that no one else wanted to think about or talk about. Hahaha, the truth always comes with the abnormal, and I will unravel the scars of humanity to this day.
On the fourth page, I felt as if I had found the key to the secret of mankind, opening the door little by little, and groping in the dark.
Page 5: Today I did the research I dreamed of again, but unfortunately it failed, if I had expected it earlier, probably it wouldn't have been like this
The middle pages are all the results of the success or failure of the experiment, and it seems that he has experienced incredible successes and failures again and again.
.......
The penultimate page: I have finally unlocked the code of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas"!! This absurd book has finally shown its true face to the world after thousands of years!! I'm on the verge of success!
And then it was always blank......
Last page:
Gu Zhiming, my dear son.
By the time you read this letter, I was no longer alive, and I knew he would come to take revenge on me. I'm sorry, I know I'm being selfish like this, but I still hope that you can go to our family's alma mater, Rende Medical College, to do medical research as my mother and I wanted. Have you ever experienced the ecstasy that followed a successful experiment? Dad experienced it, and it was the most wonderful feeling in the world.
At the beginning, I only hoped that you could go to a good school, any major, find a job after graduation, find a girlfriend who can be passed, and have a home in the future, warm and happy. But it backfired, everything was something I hadn't thought of, and the desire for the truth was like a drug, which stimulated my nerves little by little. Little by little, I fell, and now I can't turn back, and it's a shame that I can't be with you when you need me most.
My life's achievements are in our shared memories, yes, memories, music is like a gift, that is the best memory.
I'm not a good father, but you'll always be my best son. If time could be repeated, I would give up everything and give you back a good childhood.
Love your Father
Goodage
The tear stains on the yellowed pages had dried up, but Gu Zhiming seemed to be able to vaguely see his father's tearful eyes, and his heart was sour. Everything was different from what he had thought, he felt as if he was in the middle of a strange mystery, everything had already been arranged.
Gu Zhiming slowly recalled Lu Xiaochuan's words:
Priceless? It's not just the success or failure of these experiments.
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas"?? I think he watched it once and remembered it
So what could it be?
A lifelong achievement? That secret?? Recall??
He worked hard to figure it out along the way...
Music? Gift? It's all .....
His brain suddenly had a thrill
Right! Come to think of it!
The Music Box!! It was a gift from his birthday dad, which was his favorite when he was a kid, and they used to say that this was a container for their memories.
Where's that music box? Remember it was in the basement
Gu Zhiming searched and searched, and after two hours, he finally found it in the wooden box in the abandoned pile, which made him disgraced.
He liked it very much at the time, so he was careful when he put it away, and there was no wear and tear at all except for dust. He cautiously opened it. The music box battery is still charged.
In the dark, under the illumination of the mobile phone lamp, the music box is like an open crystal ball, blooming with light, and a ballet dancing villain is lifelike, still dancing after ten years. Soothing music echoed throughout the dark room. His massive shadow was reflected on the walls.
All memories are so wonderful and magical.
As the villain turned around, Gu Zhiming was gradually surprised to discover a secret on the villain. The eyes gradually opened wider and wider.
It has a string of codes on it: 180
Engraved on the stage:
Library, storeroom, medical encyclopedia p442
He came out of the intoxicating atmosphere, as if he had found some clue. Medical Encyclopedia
p442
Library....
He instantly understood that this must be the storage room of their school library. The books there are almost all archives, and few people are able to look through them. If there's a secret, it's the safest place.
Gu Zhiming felt in his heart that the key to the matter had been found, and everything would be solved. But when he looks back on it when he grows up, he always feels that he was too naïve at that time.
Gu Zhiming, who has never had a sense of existence since he was a child, feels that he is about to become a ruthless character such as Holmes, Detective Zhiming, and Wise Little Gulang. There is only one world of oneself, and no matter who is a god-like being. No matter how humble and inconspicuous a person is, even if he is a beggar begging for food on the side of the road, he may be an emperor ten thousand times in his own world, commanding his ministers and ruling the world.
The turntable of the mystery reincarnation has been slowly pushed up by him, and all the weird and bizarre things have just begun....