Dong Ning gasped, she no longer hesitated, immediately turned around, and said, "Escape!" ”

At this time, she was afraid that the door behind her would suddenly be opened, and in that case, she might not be able to run away!

Immediately afterwards, Dong Ning and Zhong ran downstairs.

In the process of running, she would turn back almost a few steps, always in shock.

After running out of the building, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, looked back at the building, and said, "Just now, I saw ......."

"Someone with an umbrella?" The middle head has already guessed a little.

"Yes......"

Dong Ning recalled the scene just now at this time, and said, "That person is holding an umbrella in the room, and it's a red umbrella!" ”

Both fell silent, then quickened their pace and left the street.

"What does a red umbrella really mean?"

This is a question that Dong Ning is thinking about.

"First of all...... The people I've seen holding umbrellas so far are not all the same people. ”

"You, are you sure? Miss Dong? The head of the middle part turned very pale and asked, "This, so there is more than one ghost?" ”

Dong Ning nodded: "Whether it's clothing or height, you can be sure that it's not the same person." Well, let's assume it's a ghost. Why are all these ghosts wearing a red umbrella? ”

"Yes...... Oh, yes...... What's the mystery here? ”

"If there is only one ghost, maybe it can be explained, for example, people wear umbrellas when they die, so they have been wearing umbrellas since they became ghosts."

All the dead ghosts are wearing red umbrellas, which is incomprehensible.

Moreover, why is it that sometimes it can be seen directly with the naked eye, and sometimes it can only be seen through the cracks of the fingers?

How does this work?

"I always think there's something mysterious about that red umbrella." Dong Ning thought about it for a long time, but she was always puzzled, "But why?" ”

At least, it's impossible for these people to die with a red umbrella, right?

So what is the specific purpose of this red umbrella? Could it be that this red umbrella is some kind of tool used by evil spirits to hook souls?

"Speaking of which...... We have seen red umbrellas all over this town more than once, including that Internet café ......" Dong Ning thought of this, held his chin and began to ponder: "Then why are there some discarded red umbrellas?" ”

"yes, that's weird......"

"I have a hypothesis. Perhaps, the red umbrella is the essence of the evil spirit! ”

The Evil Spirit Body?

"In Japan, there is a very detailed yokai culture." Dong Ning stretched out two fingers as he spoke: "There is a monster named Tang Umbrella Monk, which belongs to the monster with the umbrella as the body. There is also a kind of monster called the Bone Umbrella......"

"Wait......" is puzzling to hear: "Didn't you lose your memory?" How do you know that? It's not common sense, is it? ”

Dong Ning was stunned and said, "Well, it doesn't count." But I guess I lost my knowledge before I lost my memory. When we lose our memory, we don't lose our inherent knowledge. ”

"Speaking of Japanese yokai...... The only people I have an impression of are kappa and tengu. I'm not impressed by what you said...... Wait, you mean, we're dealing with youkai, not ghosts? ”

Compared to ghosts, youkai sound much more acceptable. One of the major characteristics of China's monster culture is that most of the monsters are depicted with a high degree of humanity, especially in the strange tales of Liaozhai, the female monsters have a strong fragrant color, and often bear the identity of countless scholars who enter Beijing to take the exam, and the terrifying attribute is greatly weakened.

"Actually, it doesn't make a difference." Dong Ning actually doesn't care about ghosts and monsters, "Assuming that the umbrella is the body of the evil spirit, then the person holding the umbrella may be manipulated by the umbrella." ”

"Manipulated by an umbrella?"

"It's just my assumption, otherwise, how can I explain those red umbrellas."

She even had an idea.

"You say, if we pick up a red umbrella that has fallen on the ground and open it, will we become ghosts too?"

Hearing this assumption, he was immediately startled.

"Isn't it? So terrifying? ”

"For people in this town, they would rather choose to leave temporarily on a critical day, and there are even restaurants that have promotions in the morning, and some people even almost delay leaving because of work......"

Hearing Dong Ning's words, Zhongfen faintly understood.

"You mean that they don't have a strong sense of crisis?"

"They have some kind of means to ensure that they will not be attacked by evil spirits even after dark. And this means is the way we can survive past midnight. So what's this way of life? First of all, it will definitely not be particularly easy and easy, otherwise not so many people will choose to leave temporarily, and so many stores will all close, which will definitely cause a lot of economic losses. Secondly, everybody knows about it, and we will definitely know it during the day, before we lose our memory. Well, we will definitely find a way to carry out this restraint measure before the amnesia. ”

"But we lost our memory......"

What is the way to life?

He thought for a moment and said, "Could it have something to do with shadows?" Maybe it's a way to break the Shadow Curse before midnight. ”

"What's the solution? No shadows? The closer we get to the outside of the town, the fewer houses there are, and there aren't many shaded areas, and as soon as the moon comes out, our shadow will appear. We didn't have anything to do about it. ”

"Maybe there's another way......" Zhong Zhong looked at the shadow under his feet and said, "Maybe there are other conditions for the Shadow Curse to be triggered." ”

"Actually, there is another very important issue."

"Hmm...... What's the problem? ”

"Why do we lose our memories?"

Hearing this, Zhongfentou was stunned.

Under the moonlight, Dong Ning's face shone extremely brightly, and she stretched out a finger and said, "When we lost our memories and woke up, it wasn't dark yet, right?" It's not like the curse we're going to get after dark. ”

"Perhaps...... Will this curse be triggered when it gets dark? ”

"Then why is it that all the records we try to keep on us are gone? Whether it is written on paper, written on the skin, or recorded in a USB flash drive, the most critical information is never obtained. This is clearly deprived by the power of the curse. Assuming that the curse causes the townsfolk to lose their memories and the shadows make it impossible for them to leave, no one will remain in the town. From these local analyses, it is likely that memory loss is a special treatment for several of us. ”

Special treatment?

There was also a vague speculation before the middle part, but it always felt very wrong.

"Actually, the most puzzling thing for me is...... Why don't we leave town before dark? The place where we woke up was far from the edge of town. Really, because what kind of folklore researchers are we? ”

This is something that the middle head has never been able to understand.

Actually, what folklore research, District 51, Dong Ning himself doesn't believe it.

"We knew there was going to be a problem with this town before we came here. However, we don't know what the specific problem is. And we were given some kind of special treatment, and before it got dark we lost our memories and appeared in the center of this town. As a result, even if we know from the population of the town how to restrain the curse, we have no way to enforce it. ”

This is Dong Ning's current view.

"Hmm......" still felt confused, "this...... So why do we have this special treatment? ”

After a long time, Dong Ning looked at the shadow under his feet.

"Do you think it's possible...... The curse of the shadows, and the curse of the town, don't come from the same source? ”

"Huh?" Zhongfentou didn't understand the meaning of Dong Ning's words: "Isn't it the same?" ”

"I also thought the shadow curse was one of the inherent curses of this town. But if, this is another curse, it would explain why we didn't leave before dark, and we were under another curse before we came to this town. This curse caused us to have to come here and made us lose our memory. ”

"I'm getting more and more confused...... "Zhongfentou only feels extremely brain-burning now, and he actually has two different curses?

"Yes, and a more terrible, powerful curse......"