Chapter 418: A Human Face
I didn't think my guess was reliable, so I took the direction finder and walked more than ten meters east along the road, then turned around and headed west.
Then I realized that it wasn't my direction finding that it was intact, it was the direction I was standing in before, which happened to point the direction finder in the right direction.
In other words, the bright red electronic pointer is dead. When I turned around, its pointer didn't follow it, so it was pointing in the opposite direction.
In addition, my orientation device has a very high technology content, it can depict the route I have taken, so that when I get lost, I can find a way back.
But now, although it still depicts the more than ten meters I walked before, after I turned around, because the needle did not follow the rotation, the ten meters were equivalent to behind me.
I tried to go west, and it was going back, but the direction finder didn't show that I was walking on the ten or so meters it had depicted, but on the ten or so meters, and continued east.
I wondered what was going on, why was the power supply to all the electronic devices, including the flashlight lights, and the orientation machines, all the directional instruments out of order.
In the end, the only conclusion I came to was that the supernatural forces hidden in this town, while not interfering with the electronics, did disturb the magnetic field around the town.
And all compasses rely on the Earth's magnetic field to determine their direction, including my high-tech orientation instrument.
Although my orientation machine is equipped with the most advanced satellite positioning system, it also uses the earth's magnetic field when it cannot receive satellite signals.
And in this small town, there is not even a single cell phone signal. I suspect it's not just because the town is remote, it's probably because the supernatural forces have blocked out all electromagnetic signals.
And as I walked back and forth east and west, everyone else was looking at me, and I think they must have hoped that my orientation wasn't wrong.
It wasn't until I walked back to them that I had to look up at them that Gao Lingkai asked me first, "How is it?" Your Orientation Finder...... Isn't it going to be a problem? β
He was so familiar with me that he could already see the result from my expression.
But the others looked at me with hope.
And I had to break that hope.
"I'm sorry, my direction finder is also wrong, I happened to be standing in the right direction before, so I didn't notice it for a while!" I said, looking at the others apologetically.
There was a great disappointment on everyone's faces.
Gao Lingkai was even more incredulous, and muttered, "Your orientation instrument is the most advanced, and there has never been a problem before, right?" What are we up against this time? β
He was in Chinese, and Li Junhyuk stood beside him and couldn't help but glance back at him.
I guess Lee Jun-hyuk was already suspicious of my identity, but he didn't tell anyone else.
Kishida sat directly on his knees on the ground, muttering with a dead face: "I said, that...... Something, it will save Professor Bonn, not something...... With kindness, it's nothing more than ...... Don't want us to die too easily! β
His words made the minds of those present even darker, and their hands and feet cold.
Nabota and Pivasso were the only ones who didn't know what Professor Bonn had been through, and Nabota moved her lips to ask, but finally turned her face away and said to Pivasso with tears in her eyes, "What if...... I can still get out there, and I will never explore again! β
"Yes, no more adventures!" Pivaso answered with a sad face.
Professor Bonn hugged Mrs. Bonn and said softly: "The two of us have spent more than ten years confirming the existence of supernatural powers, and today we are finally in it, so even if we really can't get out, we should have no regrets!" β
When he said this, his face inevitably showed bitterness.
Mrs. Bonn's eyes were red and she said, "Do you think you are ...... The Japanese are right, that ...... What will save you and just don't want us to die too easily? β
Professor Bonn had nothing to answer, but rubbed his hand on Mrs. Bonn's shoulder.
There were three of us Chinese left, and Li Junhe was also discouraged and said: "I came to look for my sister, but my sister didn't find it, and I myself will be trapped here!" β
Gao Lingkai still didn't give up hope, just looked at me with two eyes, and it seemed that he was still full of confidence in me.
But I don't have any confidence in myself, because I, like him, can't imagine what kind of super power I am facing this time.
It definitely won't be a ghost, and ghosts and the like can't have such powerful abilities.
So what else could it be?
Is it the legendary spirit and demon? Or is it another super-advanced civilization that modern humans cannot understand?
My mind was in a state of confusion until it occurred to me that Nabota and Pivaso would be coming back, and they must have unwittingly turned back under the influence of some strange force.
And because of what I've experienced before, my brain is basically unaffected by external forces-
To be precise, my brain is not bothered by ghosts or anything like that.
But I can deduce that the strange power hidden in this town is not a ghost, and I can honestly not be sure if I can be unaffected.
So I can only assume that this power does not affect me, and then as long as I follow this road, I will definitely be able to leave the town and get out of the range of this strange power.
β unless the force is strong enough to directly change the direction of the road.
But I think even if this power is stronger than all the supernatural forces I've encountered before, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do that.
I had the urge to go down the road right now to see if I would end up back in town, like Napotapivaso.
But it was late afternoon, and it would take at least five hours to follow the road to where we had descended yesterday.
What will happen after dark is even more difficult to determine.
So I let out a long sigh of relief, tried to look as relaxed as possible, and said, "Don't be so discouraged, no one knows what is going on now, maybe it's just because the magnetic field in this town is different, so the compass and direction finder are out of order?" So let's all walk along this road tomorrow and see what happens! β
I didn't dare say that I was the one to lead the group out, for I wasn't sure I wouldn't be affected by the strange forces that lurked in this town.
But my statement is obviously not very convincing to everyone.
Nabota was the first to speak, and said, "But we really didn't look back, and in the end we walked back, what does this have to do with the magnetic field?" β¦β¦ Forget it, maybe tomorrow everyone will be able to walk out together! β
She must have been very fragile at the moment, for fear that her argument would shatter the last bit of hope, so she threw me a question, but without waiting for me to give her an answer, she automatically came to a conclusion.
Everyone else had nothing to say, and Kishida jumped up and said, "If you want to go, leave now, why wait until tomorrow?" β
"Because it's almost dusk, and it won't be long before it gets dark, you won't want to walk at night, will you?" I say.
Kishida was speechless for a moment.
Professor Bonn cheered up and said, "Mr. Colliers is right, let's stay here for one more night today, and we will go east together early tomorrow morning, and with our group of people supporting each other, maybe we will be able to get out!" β
The others were still not confident, but by this time, no one had any more dissenting opinions.
The group returned to the three-story building with a gloomy expression, Nabota discussed privately with Pivaso, and Nabota opened her mouth and said to the three of us Chinese: "You and the Japanese were resting in the big living room on the second floor last night, right?" Can we be with you tonight? β
Naturally, I have no problem.
When he asked Mr. and Mrs. Bonn, Professor Bonn did not speak, but looked at Mrs. Bonn.
Mrs. Bonn thought about it for a moment, and then said, "We came this time to investigate the supernatural, but now we ...... I think it's important for us to save our lives first! β
Professor Bonn nodded, and then said to me, "Well, we have also moved down from the third floor, and we can always take care of each other when we get together!" β
Because we were afraid of losing our things, everyone packed their things in their backpacks when we went out before, so we didn't have to go up to the third floor at this time, and Mr. and Mrs. Bonn and Naportapivaso all went with us to the large living room on the second floor.
Although the living room was large, it was still quite crowded with eight people living in it at once.
But the more crowded it is at the moment, the more stable my heart is.
Gao Lingkai and I gave the planks to Mrs. Bonn and Nabota, and Li Junhyuk gave up the long wooden chairs to Professor Bonn.
The five of us were left to lie on the ground, and it felt cooler to sleep on the ground, regardless of whether there was dust on the ground or not.
Professor Bonn rummaged through his backpack, took out three small instruments from it, and sighed gloomily: "These few instruments that my wife and I have made seem to be useless!" β
"Whether it's useful or not, put it all on the table!" Mrs. Bonn said that she had taken two instruments from her husband's hand and placed them under the two windows in the back.
Bonn, on the other hand, placed the remaining one under the latched door.
After that everyone lay down to rest, and even though they were not sleepy, no one spoke, and the roomβthe whole town, I should say, fell into a near-absolute silence.
A candle brought by Li Junhyuk was lit in the room, and no one proposed to blow out the candle, and everyone was accompanied by the dim candlelight, or their eyes were in a daze, or their thoughts were surging.
Until the candle burns to the end, he jumps twice and falls into darkness.
I suddenly remembered something and said, "You'd better keep the backpack strap in your hand, or simply put the backpack under your head so you don't lose it in the middle of the night!" β
It must have been a chill to say in the dark, and I heard Madame Bonn whisper to reassure Naporta, who presumably had shivered.
After a short while, the surroundings fell silent again.
But my thoughts were still so mixed and active, that it took me a long time before I finally fell into a state of confusion and half-asleep.
In that half-asleep state, a strange feeling suddenly woke me up.
Almost instinctively, I wasn't fully awake at all, and I had already felt the flashlight next to my pillow, which I quickly turned on and shone above my face.
I could clearly see that just above my face, there was another man's face, and he was so close to me that he seemed to be scrutinizing my face.
And that faceβ
A sharp chill pierced my bone marrow, causing me to scream!
(See Chapter 419 "I Saw Me")