"Although there is a lot of deviation from the original plot, should I say that this is the obsession of the whole world? Suppose the world has a holistic sense of self..."

Xue Qiong stood at the bottom of the big archway in front of the shrine, took a deep puff of cigarette, and muttered in a voice that no one else could hear.

It was already past ten o'clock in the evening, and the light of the sun had completely disappeared from this world, and even the moon in the sky was obscured by ominous clouds.

As the sky grew dark, everyone had to abandon their plans to go to Gao Cheng's house. At Komuro's suggestion, a unanimous decision was reached, and instead he came to this relatively close place with good terrain, and planned to spend a night here before making plans.

The car stopped at the foot of the mountain, and Xue Qiong and the protagonists walked from the stone steps to the hill where the shrine was located with a day's worth of food and water. What can be confirmed is that with the zombie's low intelligence and useless eyes, it is indeed not enough to complete the work of walking the stairs. So after Poison Island Tsuneko cleared all the zombies on the platform in front of the shrine, everyone's hearts were relieved a lot, at least tonight there is no need to worry about it.

But even so, for the sake of safety, Xue Qiong still proposed to rest in the shrine hall and take turns to keep watch.

So, after a careful search, and killing the scattered zombies wandering the building, the seven of them found enough bedding in the clergyman's quarters, and then carried them together to the most spacious hall in the building.

On one side of the hall, where the shrine should have been placed, there was a sword holder with a katana on it. With the +12 rusty katana obtained, this knife, which was supposed to be taken away by Poison Island Tsuneko, is probably going to be dusted here. On both sides were pure red cloths hanging from the ceiling, and the wind blowing from nowhere made the cloth gently stir when the doors and windows were closed.

Xue Qiong observed this and suddenly stood in place thoughtfully.

(I can't remember the scene from the original work, but now look at the layout here...) There must be a strong psychological suggestion... Knives, red, wind, especially at this time, reminds me of killing, blood, death... Well,If it's the original, there's a little bit of a sorrel-centric **taste.。 ）

The group changed into clean clothes that were not stained with blood, and lay down on the futon they had found on the ground. As for the issue of vigilance, considering that there was only one person with little physical exertion and a certain amount of willpower in the previous battle, Saya Takashiro was the only one, so it was natural that the first shift was handed over to her.

(Can't sleep...) Can't sleep at all... ）

Xue Qiong was originally lying flat with her eyes closed relaxed, but she suddenly opened her eyes like a corpse.

(Is it the potency of stimulants...) Xue Qiong scratched her head and thought.

In order to confirm this, Xue Qiong simply sat up and looked at the location of Poison Island Tsuneko.

As a result, Senior Sister Poison Island's intuition was really very keen, and after Xue Qiong looked here for two seconds, she also sat up and looked at Xue Qiong.

Saya, who was on guard, also saw these two people... Just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Xue Qiong making a silent gesture.

Xue Qiong pointed to the others who were asleep on the ground, and then shook his right index finger twice in front of his lips again.

Xue Qiong put on the glasses placed next to the pillow, stood up, put on a windbreaker, and smiled and made a gesture of please to Poison Island Tsuneko's hands.

Poison Island Tsuiko nodded, and gently walked towards the back of the temple with Xue Qiong.

Saya Takashiro looked at the two men and let out an indistinctly nasal voice.

"Experiments have proved that the effect of this drug is too long-lasting, and when I go back, I must ask that guy to improve it... Well, though I don't think that stubborn idiot will say yes. Walking on the stone road next to the shrine, Xue Qiong took the lead in opening the chatterbox.

"Experiments?"

"Hmm." Speaking of the aphrodisiac man Hou Gong Zi, the expression on Xue Qiong's face turned into helplessness, "In fact, this is indeed an aphrodisiac, but it is just a failed product in development. And, although we thought of the possibility of using it as a combat stimulant, due to its high cost, which is almost as high as a joke, it is actually used in real combat for the first time today ...

"Is that something very expensive?" Poison Island Tsunza walked beside Xue Qiong, still holding a knife in one hand, because this road had not been walked before, and there was no guarantee that there would be no zombies nearby. But her eyes were looking at the sky, which did not have any glowing objects.

"Well, while it costs enough to be exchanged for diamonds to confuse any innocent girl, that guy is obsessed with drugs... So this thing was almost treated like waste by him, and I couldn't stand it, so I asked for it. Xue Qiong held the flashlight she bought at the transfer station in her hand and followed the way. But his eyes were also looking at a dark sky with no stars and no moon, just looking at the road with his peripheral vision, and at the same time his mouth was saying half-truths.

But at the same time, he also knew very well that he was here to mention these things that he didn't need to mention, and it was only because he was really under a lot of pressure in the past few days, and his subconscious was desperate to relieve these things... And Poison Island has had the most contact with him these days, and he subconsciously regarded her as a temporary confidant.

Of course, by the time he reacted, the topic had already unfolded, and he had to follow it on.

"You can hear it, that should be a very important friend..."

"Well, although I always can't help but feel that it's a shameful thing."

"It's really enviable."

Xue Qiong turned his face to Poison Island Yanzi, shone a flashlight on his face from his chin upwards, and said with a smile:

"Oh? I thought we were friends..."

“… Thank you, Joan. ”

The two of them walked all the way on the gravel road. Since there have been no forks in the road so far, the two of them are not worried about the possibility of getting lost.

"It seems that there are really not many people who usually walk on this road, and I haven't encountered a single zombie after walking such a long distance..."After the topic ended, Xue Qiong said while enjoying the evening breeze of spring.

"Joan," Poison Island seemed to notice something suddenly, "you raise the flashlight a little higher." ”

"Huh?" Xue Qiong thought that his crow's mouth had a miraculous effect, and there were really zombies in front of him, so he hurriedly removed the light of the flashlight from his feet and shone it farther away, and his other hand also pulled out the dagger from his waist.

And it turned out that he thought too much... There weren't any zombies in front of you, just a small Japanese-style building that looked very old.

"It's as small as a public toilet... But it doesn't look like anyone is going to come here to go to the toilet..."

“… Can you please stop making such uncivilized jokes all the time. ”

"It's a very suspicious building..."Xue Qiong put away her previous tone, "I took a closer look, and there wasn't even a window..."

"Would you like to go over and have a look?" Xue Qiong asked Poison Island Tsuneko.

"Aren't you afraid of any danger?"

"At least in the current situation, I still have some confidence in the combat effectiveness of the two of us."

"An antique wooden door that opens to the right and outward... The door was supposed to be latched with one of those old wooden latches, with hooks on it to hang the long piece of wood... But now it has been replaced by iron padlocks, and the hinges nailed to the wooden doors and door frames are clearly not from the same age as the building... Finally, this is locked from the outside. Xue Qiong stood in front of the door of the hut and observed with a flashlight, "Could it be that there is something unsightly hidden from a long time ago... And now that there is a large flow of people on the mountain, it conforms to the trend of the times? Or is it just an ordinary warehouse that has been used for many years? ”

"Anyone?" Xue Qiong knocked on the door twice.

There was no responding voice.

"Do you open it or do I open it?" Tsuneko Poison Island asked.

"I'll do it anyway."

Although Xue Qiong's dagger was not as good as the knife he gave to Poison Island Clan, it had the perverted attribute of ignoring defense, but it was still no problem to sharpen iron like mud.

Xue Qiong stood on the right side of the door, and Poison Island Tsuneko stood on the left side of the door, covering his figure with the door panel and wall. Xue Qiong took a deep breath and swung his dagger to slash at the hinge on the door lock.

"Dangchang!" The hoops on the hinges were cut in half, and the padlocks on them fell to the ground with a thud.

In the late breeze of early spring, the unlocked wooden door slowly opened on its own.

Xue Qiong and Poison Island Tsuiko both held their breath and waited, but the expected attack still did not come.

A soft light shone through the widening crack in the door.

"Is it a false alarm..."Xue Qiong's tone relaxed, but at the same time, he cut off the loose leaf connecting the wooden door and the wall on the other side with lightning speed, and the unbalanced door panel fell down. And Poison Island Tsuneko willingly rushed into the hut with a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to make at the same time as Xue Qiong's shot, followed by a ferocious and unbeatable horizontal slash.

Under the influence of the air currents brought by the fall of the wooden door, the shadows of people and things dangled on the wall.

And there was not a single person in the hut, either alive or dead.

"Cut... Is it really a false alarm? Xue Qiong followed behind Poison Island and said the same thing in a short time.

The cottage had wooden floors, and the doorway was more of a narrow place to put shoes than an entryway.

The floor was spotlessly clean and you could tell it was always being cleaned. The only thing that could be seen was a low table in the center, on which was a knife holder with an unsheathed katana. In front of the knife holder were two large white candles that were burning.

"The zombie frenzy has been going on for three days, and the candles are still burning..."Xue Qiong walked forward very rudely, without taking off his shoes, squatting on the floor and staring at the flame of the candle and said: "First of all, there is a long-term manager here, if he didn't survive and was very dedicated to keeping coming over to change the candles every day... This candle can't be made of the legendary blubber, right?! That guy is still rich..."

And Poison Island Tsuneko stood in the entrance in a daze, staring at the katana on the table, unable to take her eyes off.

"Tsuko?" Xue Qiong entered the door later, but walked in front, and after he said these words, he noticed that Poison Island Yanzi did not follow.

"Tsuko? What happened to you? Xue Qiong got up and walked towards the poison island who was stunned at the door.

"Tsuko?" Xue Qiong stood in front of Poison Island and shook her hands in front of her eyes.

But Poison Island was still unmoved.

"Wait..."The smile on Xue Qiong's face disappeared instantly, and he looked into the eyes of Poison Island Tsunza.

"This look...", Xue Qiong suddenly remembered the eyes of the fanatics he had hypnotized by him staring at his imaginary gods when he used to play a cult game.

"No," Xue Qiong turned his head and glanced at the knife on the table. The unsheathed blade, reflecting the light from the candle, is indeed very glaring in this position...

"I can't see anything based on it anyway, and I'm clearly blocking her view now..."

Within a minute, Xue Qiong tried methods such as snapping her fingers and slapping her face, and even included more effective methods such as suggestive sentences and chest attacks, but she still didn't wake up Poison Island Ryo.

Just as Xue Qiong was about to forcibly move Poison Island's body from here, Poison Island Yenzi suddenly moved.