Chapter 20: The Shrine
"I just saw fifteen beds in the duty room, I think they should be for us," Lu Qiu said coldly as everyone was immersed in grief.
For a while, everyone's attention was attracted by Lu Qiu's speechlessness.
"So, the location of our mission this time is really here?" Yin Luli's face turned even paler, after all, this discovery can be said to confirm the fact that she had misjudged. Shen Jie shook Yin Luli's hand and hugged her shoulders at the same time.
Zhao Chu had a sincere smile on his face again, he looked at Lu Qiu speechlessly, and said, "Little sister, have you searched this station?" ”
"No," Lu Qiu shook his head wordlessly, "I just went to the duty room to see if there were any clues or tools." Zhao Chu was still smiling on the surface, but a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.
"Sister, can I come with you?"
Fang Linyin walked to Lu Qiu Wuyan's side and timidly took Lu Qiu Wuyan's hand. Lu Qiu glanced at it wordlessly and nodded. Gu Chong coughed, and also walked to Luqiu Wuyan's side, looking at this meaning, it was also like he wanted to form an alliance with Luqiu Wuyan.
The rest of the people also spontaneously reported to the group, because of Yin Luli's wrong decision just now, the other people who were originally very obedient to her were not as active as just now, except for Zhao Chu, no one else came to form an alliance with them again.
The duty room is very small, not to mention the thirteen people who survived, even if two people sleep in it, it is too crowded, and no one dares to sleep alone, there is no way, everyone has to make beds in the station. Fortunately, the temperature in this world is not very low, and you can sleep after all wrapped in a quilt.
The next morning, a burst of aroma entered everyone's noses.
"It's so fragrant, what does it smell like?"
One after another, some people came to their senses, propped up their upper bodies and twitched their noses, trying to find the source of this smell of food, especially those who experienced life and death yesterday, and their stomachs were already screaming uncontrollably.
Lu Qiu sat up speechlessly, she looked at the duty room, and the aroma wafted out of the duty room. She tugged at Gu Chong on the side, then stood up and walked towards the duty room. Gu Chong also hurriedly followed.
"Let's go over and have a look," Yin Luli whispered, and Shen Jie nodded and helped her to her feet.
Coming to the door of the duty room, Lu Qiu wordlessly stretched out his head and looked in, and on the originally empty table, there was a basket of eggs and steaming miso soup at this time.
"It's breakfast!"
Yin Luli, who came later, let out an exclamation, and Lu Qiu did not walk in without a word, but turned his head and shouted to those who did not get up:
"There's something to eat!"
……
When the sky was completely bright, Gu Chong could see the surrounding environment clearly. Originally, the station was built on a low-lying area, surrounded by mountains. The station stands alone, and there are no houses nearby, and even if there are some houses, they look like they are some years old, and there are no people living in them.
The two corpses of yesterday have disappeared, and only the two pools of blood left on the stone slab seem to have swam in, which looks particularly dazzling at this time.
The girl with short hair with her ears ignored the obstruction of the people around her, ran to one of the bloodstains, and cried loudly, which really made those who saw it cry and those who heard it sad. Lu Qiu silently clasped his hands and observed in the station for a while, before he whispered, "It should be no problem, let's go out." ”
As soon as he stepped out of the station, for some reason, it was clear that there was a big sun outside, but Gu Chong felt that the temperature had dropped all of a sudden, and he couldn't help but shiver. Fang Linyin didn't follow Lu Qiu out without saying a word, but stayed in the station with the bald man.
"Is it okay if he doesn't come along?" Gu Chong asked in a low voice.
Lu Qiu shook his head wordlessly, "It's okay, his experience is much richer than yours, and besides, it's daytime, he stays here, just enough to take care of the situation here and prevent someone from tricking us." ”
Gu Chong suddenly realized.
Seeing that Lu Qiu was speechless, they were all right to stand outside for so long, and only then did people come out one after another. Yin Luli was reluctant to go to Luqiu and they were speechless, it seemed that the incident of last night had a great impact on her, she pulled Shen Jie and walked towards the abandoned houses next to the station.
Many people chose to search for the dwellings, and Lu Qiu stood silently in place with one hand on his chin and thought for a while, while his eyes looked around aimlessly.
"Aren't we going to search? What if they find a clue? Gu Chong asked cautiously.
"Oh yes, I forgot to tell you," Lu Qiu thoughtless thought of something, and his right hand clenched his fist and tapped the palm of his left hand, "When I went to the train duty room yesterday, I found a bell. ”
"Bells?"
"Yes, a string of bells," Lu Qiu wordlessly gestured with his hand, "Have you ever watched Japanese anime?" It's the kind of bell they hold in their hands when they exorcise demons or pray for blessings at shrines. ”
"Although it's not sure if it's an important item now, but let's hold it in our hands first, if it's really an important item, then the other one must also be related to this thing."
"And now are we?"
"Go there." Lu Qiu wordlessly raised his finger and pointed ahead, Gu Chong looked over, and in the distant woods, a winding stone path loomed.
After Lu Qiu finished speaking, he raised his legs and walked over, and Gu Chong followed behind.
"Where does this road lead?" Lu Qiu stood wordlessly in front of the stone road and looked up. The stone path stretches up the hill and winds around it, and at the end of it is blocked by a tall pine forest, and it is not known where it leads.
"Shall we go and see?" Gu Chong asked, he was not very willing in his heart, although it was daytime, but this place, how strange it looked, thinking of such a dense forest, maybe there would be some demons and monsters hidden in it.
"Of course I want to go."
Lu Qiu looked left and right wordlessly, picked up a wooden stick from the side, and stuffed it into Gu Chong's hand.
"Let's go." With that, Lu Qiu stepped on the stone road without saying a word.
There was nothing along the way, except for dense trees and somewhat broken stone lanterns. Gu Chong followed behind Luqiu Wuyan, carefully protecting Luqiu Wuyan, for fear that something would suddenly rush out of the forest.
After turning an unknown number of corners, the eyes suddenly opened up, and the originally cramped path suddenly became wider. Suddenly, a painted bright red torii gate appeared in front of the two of them.
The hemp rope wrapped around the torii gate was very worn, yellow and gray in color, and the fibers were much broken, and it was limply attached to the wooden poles; But strangely, the color of the torii gate itself has not changed, and it still looks bright red, as if it has just been painted with paint.
Not far from the torii, there is a wooden building with cornices, and it looks like no one has been taking care of it for a long time.
"Shrine?" Lu Qiu frowned silently, in the inner world, she didn't want to see any churches, dojos, shrines and other things.
"Whew-"
There was a gust of wind, and the fallen leaves at his feet were rolled up, and they rolled down the hill with a clatter, and the old charity box had a bell the size of a human head, which was blown by the wind and collided with the thick hemp rope that hung there.
"Doesn't this bell have a sound?" Gu Chong asked suspiciously, what he saw in the anime TV series, this kind of big bell in a Japanese shrine, I heard that it was to summon the gods to listen to their wishes, if the bell didn't ring, how could the gods be summoned?
Could it be that there are people who don't want their wishes to be heard by the gods?
"There's something wrong with this shrine, maybe there's danger inside," Lu Qiu said wordlessly as he walked towards the shrine.
Gu Chong: ?
Lu Qiu came to the front of the donation box without a word, and looked up at the big bell carefully. Suddenly, she reached out and shook the hemp rope so hard that the big bell shook wildly.
"Eh......" Gu Chong opened his mouth to stop it, but looking at Lu Qiu's speechless appearance, he didn't do it for fun, so he swallowed his words.
After shaking for a while, Lu Qiu was speechless and didn't find anything abnormal, she pursed her mouth, and seemed to be very dissatisfied. was stunned for a while, and just when Gu Chong thought she was going to give up, she saw Lu Qiu silently start to climb the donation box with his hands and feet.
Gu Chong: ...... It's too wild.
Lu Qiu stood on the donation box without saying a word, and reached for the big bell, but the result was almost there.
Reach.
Seeing Lu Qiu's wordless hand reaching out to reach the bell and his gradually ugly face, Gu Chong wanted to laugh, but he didn't dare to laugh out loud, so he had to hold back his body and tremble, and his face was red.
"Hey."
Lu Qiu's wordless and cold voice suddenly came from his head, which made Gu Chong tremble. "Ah, what's wrong?" Gu Chong raised his head and saw Lu Qiu looking at him coldly and wordlessly.
"You go get it," After speaking, Lu Qiu jumped down from the donation box without a word, and slapped his right hand on Gu Chong's waist.
"Go up, take it down."
Gu Chong wore a bitter gourd face and climbed up to the donation box, his height was easy to take this bell. twisted it at will, and heard a "pop", and the big bell was taken off by Gu Chong.
Gu Chong subconsciously picked up the bell and looked at it, he didn't know what was stained on the bell, the red sauce had already dried, but when it came into contact with the heat in Gu Chong's hand, it melted away and dripped down.
This touch is a little disgusting, Gu Chong wanted to put the bell on the donation box, and then go down by himself, but he didn't expect that he didn't hold it, the bell "snapped" and fell, and the gap in the bell was facing Gu Chong at this time.
Gu Chong saw that one eye was staring straight at him through the gap.
No wonder the bell won't ring.