Chapter 32: The Beginning
"I was about to call you, I arrived early next time, and if I missed the arrival time, I would be directly wiped out by the train."
Zhao Wei said solemnly.
Duan Xu nodded: "Okay." ”
His answer made several other people look at him, and he went out for a short time, but Duan Xu seemed to ...... Something has changed?
However, this is not a question worth digging into.
"Here, we are going to enter the Nightmare Path, we will most likely be scattered, try to find our companions to meet, if it is really dangerous, we will take care of each other for the time being, and have the opportunity to meet again." Zhao Wei said.
"Hmm."
"Okay."
The rest replied.
Nightmare Road, and Nightmare Road again.
This time, Duan Xu walked to the window, the window of this train could not be opened, and even if it could, he would not open it.
After all, it's full of scalp-numbing ghost howls.
But in this way, it is almost impossible to see the full picture of the Nightmare Road.
At present, the so-called Nightmare Road is a tunnel connecting the blood-red world and the ghost world.
Why is it a ghost world? Because Duan Xu couldn't believe that the place they arrived at was the real world for the time being.
"Whew-"
While thinking about it, a whistle sounded, and Duan Xu's eyes went dark, and a group of six people melted into the boundless darkness.
……
To the east of Xiangyang Mountain, there is a village called Huai Village.
Huai Village is named after the locust tree, and there is a thousand-year-old locust tree in the center of the village, which is used as a characteristic tourist attraction for people to visit all year round.
Until half a month ago.
On that day, it rained heavily on Xiangyang Mountain.
The tour guide Gao Ran took more than a dozen people from the city to visit Huai Village, and the rain fell very suddenly and was amazingly heavy, and soon, more than a dozen people were scattered near Huai Village.
After Gao Ran finally gathered all the people, he found that there was another woman missing.
There was no way, Gao Ran asked the villagers of Huai Village to help brave the rain to find her, and the tour group plus the villagers, nearly 100 people called the name of the missing woman in the deep mountains of Xiangyang, and finally, they found her in a tree hole.
This is also a locust tree.
When she was found, she was in a coma.
This locust tree is located on the mountainside at the back of Xiangyang Mountain, perhaps due to the lack of light, most of the grass and trees here are withered and decayed, and the branches are twisted unsightly, only the locust tree looks relatively healthy.
Why is she in the hollow of the tree?
Shelter from the rain?
But why did you faint again?
After moving her out of the hollow of the tree, everyone knew why.
She was stunned.
Just behind her, there was a corpse in the hollow of the tree.
The corpse was completely decomposed, with a pair of teal trousers pulled up to the knees, rubber shoes on its feet, and a completely naked upper body with no clothing.
Maggots crawled all over his body, and many places had exposed white bones, but the most terrifying thing was the chest and head of the deceased, two broken holes stuffed with two tendrils, one into the heart and the other into the brain, almost like ...... It was the locust tree that was sucking his heart and brain.
The people in the tour group were frightened and fled from Xiangyang Mountain, Gao Ran took out the phone and was about to call the police, but was stopped by the village chief and the villagers.
"He's from our village, he's committed suicide, don't worry about it."
The village chief said.
After that, the matter seems to be over, but Huai Village, which was once quite lively, no longer has tourists visiting.
Until...... Today.
"Big brother, is the story you just told true or false?" Duan Xu looked at the man in his thirties beside him and asked with a look of disbelieving.
The man lit a cigarette for himself and glanced at Duan Xu: "Fake? If you think it's fake, just keep walking and ask in Huai Village. ”
Duan Xu did not speak again.
When he was sober, he was standing outside Xiangyang Mountain, looking at the overgrown weeds and the mountain with no way to follow.
Fortunately, a man who was about to enter the mountain soon appeared, and Duan Xu followed him towards a mountain road to Huai Village.
"Since that Huai Village is so strange, why did you enter the village, big brother?" Duan Xu asked curiously.
The man exhaled a puff of smoke and glanced up at the depths of the mountain: "Because my name is Gao Ran." ”
Duan Xu glanced at him more and didn't ask any more questions.
This way, the two of them have not walked easily.
The road into the mountain should not be a big road, many places are overgrown with weeds, Duan Xu noticed that the only advantage of this road is that it can be exposed to the sun all the time, and there is no need to burrow into the dense woods.
When the sun was in the west and about to go down, the two finally arrived at the entrance of Huaicun Village.
Gao Ran had obviously been in contact with the head of Huai Village, and as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village, the village chief brought people over.
"Who is this?" The village chief looked up at Duan Xu, obviously asking Gao Ran if Duan Xu was the person he brought.
Gao Ran glanced at Duan Xu casually and said, "If you come to travel, you want to see the old locust tree." ”
Duan Xu nodded and glanced curiously at the village.
The village chief turned around and shouted, "Ah Yun, take the guests to your farmhouse." ”
"Huh!"
A peasant girl with two braids came running over happily.
She looked like she was fifteen or sixteen years old, her eyes were shining and she looked at Duan Xu with bright eyes, and she looked behind him enthusiastically: "Guest, did you come to travel without luggage?" ”
Duan Xu's heart moved, he glanced at her thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "It's enough for me to go out with only money." ”
"Well, that's right!" She squinted and smiled, leading the way forward.
Duan Xu followed her into the village.
He glanced back at Gao Ran, who was led by the village chief and walked in the other direction of the village.
"Ah Yun, is there anyone in the village here today?" Duan continued to ask.
Ah Yun glanced back at him: "Why did the guest ask that?" ”
Duan Xu smiled: "It's nothing, I met a few people outside the mountain, and it seems that they are also going into the mountain, but we are not walking the same road." ”
Ah Yun thought for a moment and said, "Then they may have entered the village from the west end of the village, right?" There are more than a dozen farmhouses in the village! ”
"That's ......" Duan Xu nodded, and suddenly asked again: "Eh, Ah Yun, can you take me to see the locust tree in the village?" ”
Ah Yun stopped, the smile on his face disappeared, stared at Duan Xu and asked, "You are also here for it?" ”
I don't know why, Ah Yun is obviously just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, but under her sight at the moment, Duan Xu is a little uncomfortable.
It's like...... Something unknown is looking at you.
"Yes! I have long heard that the locust tree in Huai Village is a thousand-year-old locust tree, I made a special trip to make a wish, is there a problem? Duan Xu's heart didn't show the strangeness, and he still said expectantly.
Ah Yun looked at him for a long time before he looked away and said, "Guest, the old locust tree is building a road, and you can't go for the time being, if you want to see it, you better wait a few days......"
Duan Xu nodded and said, "No problem." ”
Ah Yun turned his head sideways and continued to walk forward.
The smile on Duan Xu's face disappeared immediately, and his gaze swept over every corner of the village one by one.
Sure enough, there was an anomaly......
In this village, there are no living creatures other than people.