Chapter 1 Strange Western-style Buildings

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On the first day of their meeting, Cha Cha and Ah Xue suffered a meteor fall.

To be precise, it was a huge burning fireball that landed in front of them without warning but deliberately. Within the arc-shaped barrier created by the fall, something shone with a metallic luster.

Cha Cha and Ah Xue met on the Internet, thousands of miles apart, but they unexpectedly smelled the same.

Cha Cha likes photography, Ah Xue loves ancient style, and when they met for the first time, they made an appointment in an abandoned Taoist temple in the mountains, ready to shoot a feature film. The mountain where the film was filmed is more than 1,000 years above sea level, the terrain is remote, not very famous, and stands alone on the flat ground.

You can't cross the road up the mountain, you have to climb it yourself. Cha Cha carried the camera on her back to open the way, and Ah Xue followed behind with a large box. The mountains and forests are unusually quiet, there are no other tourists, and even insects and birds are rarely heard. The two of them were pressed by their luggage, and the sound of footsteps echoed in the mountains in the air.

"Ah Xue, are you sure there really is a Taoist temple? Nothing on navigation. Cha Cha asked, adjusting the focus of the camera.

"Definitely." Ah Xue is extremely convinced, "My aunt said that there is only one road to this mountain, and it will definitely be reached." This Taoist temple is very spiritual, who used to have a headache and brain fever, go to the Taoist temple to worship, and the body has to recover faster. It was only later that everyone moved to the city and the medical conditions improved, and this place gradually fell into disuse. ”

"I'm afraid it's going to rain later." Cha Cha looked at the sky, and the originally blue sky unconsciously had a thick layer of dark clouds, which were black and pressed on the top of the mountain.

"Didn't we bring a tent, if we don't feel good today, we can shoot again tomorrow."

"Okay." This is not the first time Cha Cha has spent the night in a deserted mountain, she also specially brought an astronomical telescope to shoot the stars at night. Unfortunately, the weather forecast is not good, and if it rains, her plans will be ruined.

The two continued to move forward, Cha Cha pressed the shutter all the way, and the sound of the camera clicking kept ringing.

I went up and down the mountain road, and I didn't see the shadow of the Taoist temple until the evening. Instead, I found a suitable open space and prepared to pitch a tent for the night. In the afternoon, it rained lightly, the weather was a little cold, and if you can't see the Taoist temple tomorrow, you can only go back home along the way you came.

"Boom!" With lightning and thunder, a huge fireball swept diagonally, tearing the sky in half.

There was a violent vibration on the ground, and Cha Cha reflexively picked up the most valuable camera, but her body was unstable and staggered out.

Ah Xue instinctively went to help, the mountain shook, and the two of them rolled down the mountain hand in hand. When they stabilized, their two heads were stuck upside down in the grass, and their bodies were awkwardly propped up, and they were strong enough to form a strange triangle on the ground. At the top of the triangle hangs Cha Cha's camera bag.

The lagging suitcase slowly flowed down from a high place with her master, hitting Cha Cha's aching back, the triangle lost stability, and the two fell together.

"it?!" Cha Cha lay on his back on the ground and fell to the ground. She had a few burns in her head, her face was covered with dust, and she coughed in the dust. struggled to get up to see Ah Xue's condition. The firelight reflected the pale face of his companion. His eyes were slightly closed, and he was still breathing. "Hey, how are you?!"

"Just fainted." It took a while for Ah Xue to have the strength to speak, only to feel that her head was dazed, and she was yelled at by Cha Cha, and her consciousness became clearer.

Cha Cha picked up Ah Xue, grabbed a bottle of water with the other hand and handed it to her.

There was a heat wave in front of him, and Cha Cha squinted. Not far from them, there was a cauldron, and the lush woods were steamed dry by the heat of the cauldron. The sparse branches burned on fire, and the rain turned into smoke on them. The center of the pot shone with a metallic sheen, and the surrounding area was bare, forming an arc-shaped enchantment.

"How? Are there any injuries? Cha Cha asked with concern.

"Hmm. OK. Xue replied in a low voice. My head hurts a little, but my body seems to be able to move, "Do you want to go over and have a look?" ”

"A must. If you don't die in a great calamity, you will have a blessing in the future. I'm going to take a photo and post it on Weibo today. Cha Cha took out a bottle of Coke from the scattered luggage, poured it down and frightened herself, some long-term memories emerged from her mind and were forcibly suppressed by her, "Hey, why is there no signal on the mobile phone?" ”

The two of them counted their luggage, except for the fact that they didn't have time to pack up the tent that might have been burned, they were quite well equipped.

Cha Cha's camera is still working, and the telescope is intact. The bottles and cans of Ah Xue's cosmetics were cracked, and the chest that had not hurt just now began to hurt again. These two bottles were bought by her ruthless heart, and they can be used, but unfortunately more than half of them are missing.

Cha Cha pulled the box and carried the bag, and handed the tripod to Ah Xue as a crutch. Fearing that something else would happen, they took all their remaining luggage and limped into the cauldron.

The heat had not yet dissipated, and sweat seeped from the corners of his forehead, shining on his eyelashes.

The mountain in the middle of the night was surprisingly quiet, the heavy darkness engulfed the two of them, and the feet were pitch black, as if walking in the abyss. The shadows of the mountains and forests are heavy, and there seems to be a huge shadow on the other side of the originally empty mountain, moving slowly as the two of them advance, indescribably mysterious.

"This should be an endless group of mountains, and when you get off the bus, the line of sight is too narrow, and the angle is different, so it looks like one." Cha Cha explained to her frightened companion on her own, her tone more like convincing herself.

After walking for about half an hour, the two arrived at their destination.

What catches your eye is a small western-style building. Three storeys high. The surface is abnormally smooth, and under the illumination of the flashlight, it reflects a tempting fluorescence. After the baptism just now, this western-style building is miraculously intact.

Cha Cha boldly stepped forward and touched it, there was no rough touch of masonry, and it was not like cold aluminum alloy steel. It is the temperature of human skin. The heart was pounding, I don't know if it was an illusion, Cha Cha felt as if this western-style building was alive.

The heat of the soil receded, and the rain was bitterly cold. Two people stood by the door, as if by telepathy, with their hands on the door, one on one side, 1, 2, 3, and at the same time.

The door opened. Just as they hoped.

The light inside the door came on at the sound. The warm light shone on the faces of the two of them, reflecting the expressions of joy. Cha Cha threw the luggage in, and the whole person relaxed. "I said that if you don't die in a great disaster, you will have a blessing in the future. Living in a house that doesn't leak the wind is much better than a tent. ”

"Hmm." Ah Xue responded, inexplicably feeling awe, like facing the gods when he walked into the Taoist temple. Putting down the tripod, he tapped lightly on the door frame three times, "Excuse me." Then he carefully closed the door. The moment the door closed, I couldn't help but make a wish in my heart.

"Let's go, go in and have a look at the ......" Cha Cha's voice did not fall, he stepped into the air, and the sky was spinning above his head.

There was a roar in his ears, and the earth began to tremble again, and the light in the room became multicolored, and the kaleidoscope swirled around the void.

A frightened expression appeared on Cha Cha's face, and she hurriedly went to pull Ah Xue's hand, both of which were wet and slippery. Pulled by gravity, Cha Cha fell on something soft and fainted. Ah Xue hit Cha Cha's waist headlong and fainted.

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