"Wow, that's a ...... It's really ......" is extremely rare, and I have been struggling for a long time, and Yuan Sui didn't hold back a reason, and finally he said "wow" a few times in a row.

"That's all that's left of 'wow', and you've forgotten your culture class too quickly." Han Yue scratched his chin, "Look at the style you played, I thought you were going to write a poem on the spot." ”

"I'm young and haven't seen the world, so of course I can't compare to you." Yuan Sui answered quickly, "But you see, our little boss who collapsed before Taishan collapsed and his color remained unchanged didn't dislike me." ”

"Don't look at him always with a stiff face and not talking, maybe he has already written an 800-word essay that dislikes you in his heart, and the beginning is still a few large paragraphs."

Ling Shucheng turned his head and clarified with a serious expression: "No." ”

Yuan Sui and Han Yue looked at each other in a daze, and suddenly laughed out loud in hindsight.

These two people got along unexpectedly, at least they had a common language in terms of making fun of him, and they just met too late.

Ling Shucheng sighed softly and glanced up at the sky: "Rest in place for a quarter of an hour." ”

In the depression of several mountain beams, a city of steel and iron bones rises abruptly. Walking from the coast took a day and night to get here, even if it was the shortest route. As soon as Ling Shucheng relented, Han Yue lay flat on the ground without paying attention to it, without the slightest intention of maintaining the posture of his predecessor in front of the newcomer.

It's sunset again, and the huge sunset seems to set the city on fire. Even before he actually knocked on the gates of the city, a pungent smell in the air caused Yuan Sui to sneeze a barrage.

"I'd rather sleep in the forest yesterday than here." Between sneezing, Yuan Sui pinched his nose and muttered a few words.

"A few decades ago, it was a well-known industrial town, but then I accidentally missed something, saying that there was not a single grass growing around here for two hundred years." Han Yue's voice was lazy.

"The former city?" Yuan Sui squatted down and hammered his leg, "Seriously, it's a bit ...... Disappointing. ”

Even if we completely put aside the subjective reference criteria of "aesthetics", the city feels quite uncomfortable. On the outskirts of the city, low-rise buildings of a uniform style and gray color are arranged on top of each other, so cramped that there is hardly a clear laneway; The central area is occupied by supertall buildings painted in a greenish manner, which are strangely built into cylindrical shapes, like a few straws stuck in the earth, which is very visually incongruous.

"Maybe my eyesight is not good enough, why do I think these houses don't have windows?" Yuan Sui asked.

"There really are no windows." Ling Shucheng glanced at Han Yue, who immediately understood and took the initiative to take on the task of explaining.

"Did I say this was our old city?" Han Yue raised his eyebrows, "We like ventilation and light, and there are some things we don't like." ”

"Is it their city?" The first year of the year came to the spirit.

"At least they've been ruined like this, I've heard that this was a scenic area a long time ago. After those things came, they valued the things underneath the ground, and they were developed together with the locals, but in fact," Han Yue pointed to the high-rise buildings in the middle, "and the underground of these houses is almost hollowed out. They assign a house to each of the people here, and they can take the elevator directly to work underground during the day and go upstairs to sleep at night, which is very efficient and convenient. ”

"Didn't anyone run away? Logically speaking, there aren't many of them. ”

"Do you know the old Fujian tulou? The houses they are assigned are like tulou, in a circle. They built a 'watchtower' in this hollow circle, and they could see the people coming and going in the building, but the people in the building could not see them. They only have to go in once in and out, and everyone just dares to be honest. ”

"Sounds like a prison."

"It's a prison. As a result, these people intermittently underwent twenty or thirty years of labor reform, and dug up almost everything underground, thinking that they could finally be liberated, but it turned out that something happened by chance, and most of the people were poisoned. The few remnants did not dare to make trouble, and fled deeper into the mountains. The drained area was quickly abandoned. ”

"Why would anyone want to leave the ship and come to such a place?" Yuan Sui asked softly, "No matter how bad the ship is, it's better than here, right?" What do people who come here eat and use? Even if it's a minor illness or pain, where can I go to the doctor? ”

"You have a lot of questions." Even though he was saying impatient words in his mouth, Han Yue still had a smile on his face, "Why are you worrying so much?" Some people are willing to die in order to embrace the earth, but can you stop it? ”

Ephemeral. Ling Shucheng's eyelids suddenly jumped. He waved his hand to interrupt Han Yue's words and asked, "There are two choices next. We don't know what's going on in the city, and we might get in trouble if we go in at night. However, we also came lightly this time, and if we stayed here for one night, the time and supplies for the return trip would be tight. ”

"Then hurry up."

"Be careful."

Han Yue and Yuan Sui spoke at the same time, and then looked at each other.

"You call the shots, you call the shots." Yuan Sui waved his hand a little panicked, and immediately changed his words, "Cut through the mess with a quick knife, be wise and wise." ”

Han Yue glanced at her with a smile and explained, "Let's move as fast as possible." The more time we waste, the more time we have to prepare for home. Late will change. ”

"Hmm." Ling Shucheng nodded, "We don't know where these people live, so try to check quietly from the edge." ”

The moment he brushed his gaze with Yuan Sui, who still had a somewhat sneering expression, Ling Shucheng vaguely noticed that she opened her mouth, as if she had something to say.

But in the end, Yuan Sui just hooked the corners of his mouth and honestly kept up with Han Yue's pace.

-

Pushing open the old wooden door, the sound made people feel a little sore. Yuan Sui used his hands as a fan, laboriously driving away the countless floating particles in the air. Han Yue also pretended to blow it, and grabbed a few handfuls in the air, having a very happy time.

The windows of the room were sealed with wooden bars, and the shadows of the three people extended into the room with the last inch of sunlight of the day.

"What does this smell like?" Yuan Sui touched his nose, and it seemed that there was another precursor to continuous sneezing.

"Musty. It's a novelty for you, so take a few more sips and try it. Han Yue touched the wall, not only stained his hand with dust, but also buckled it off by the way, "No one has touched here for a long time." ”

"If it were me, I wouldn't be in such a peripheral place." Yuan Sui covered his mouth and nose and followed him in, his voice was muffled, "Since it is hidden, it will definitely stay in the most secluded corner, it is not so easy to find." ”

"Turn around slowly." Han Yue clapped his hands.

"There's a room in front of it, and the windows aren't sealed." Ling Shucheng pointed outside the house, "It will be more efficient to find it separately." ”

"Okay." Han Yue seemed to want to pat Ling Shucheng's shoulder with his dusty hand, but Ling Shucheng dodged away with an expressionless face, "But there is no need to be completely dispersed, it's not safe." ”

Yuan Sui happened to turn his back and was curiously buckling the wall. Han Yue pointed to the back of her head and continued, "Why don't you two go out in a group and go to the house you said without the windows, I'll walk in the opposite direction and come back to you two later." ”

"Yes. For an hour, be careful yourself. ”

When he staggered by, Han Yue slowly made a lip sync. Even if he didn't have to deliberately admonish, Ling Shucheng actually knew what he wanted to say.

"Keep an eye on that girl." Han Yue was reminding him.

Yuan Sui was carefully wrapping a piece of the buckled wall skin into a handkerchief, and smiled at Ling Shucheng: "Little boss, let's go right away?" ”

"Well, follow me." Ling Shucheng replied.

He heard Han Yue who was walking away and seemed to laugh.

-

"The people who used to live here should be richer than the previous families." Yuan Sui smashed his mouth, "A single-family small western-style building, a class enemy." ”

"The windows were also nailed from the inside, and they were later torn down."

"Someone has been here recently, it should be a man." Yuan Sui took out a flashlight and drew a few footprints on the ground that were left on the dust, "Oh, it could be a woman with very big feet." ”

Natural light is already very weak, and it is natural that you cannot expect to be able to turn on the lights conveniently in such a place. The white light of the flashlight reflected everything a little ghostly, Yuan Sui slowly walked to the table, turned over the photo frame that was buckled, and was not surprised to find that there was no photo inside.

"It's a pity, I still want to know what the people used to be like." Yuan Sui seemed to sigh.

"Every room was empty before, and there was a lot of furnishings left in this house. If it wasn't deliberately emptied when she moved away, maybe those who moved here later took away all the useful things and gathered them......" Ling Shucheng looked at the light source shaking in her hand, and suddenly frowned.

"How ......" Yuan Sui didn't react, but was suddenly knocked down by Ling Shucheng, who stepped forward a few steps, and the flashlight that he took off rolled into the corner, and the room was suddenly dark.

In the next second, the window panes that were close at hand shattered one after another, and the glass slag spread the two of them. The sudden sharp noise made Yuan Sui's brain buzz, and he reflexively wanted to raise his head slightly, but as soon as his neck moved, he was pressed back by Ling Shucheng with a little force, and there was a lot of noise.

"Someone shoots, listen carefully." Ling Shucheng squatted next to her, his voice cold, full of warning.

Realizing that his reaction was completely unsatisfactory, Yuan Sui quietly reached out and rubbed his forehead, and whispered, "I think it's a little strange...... The windows were shattering from one side, and my first instinct was to think that someone had walked by and knocked on them. "Although if you think about it a little later, this guess is a bit unreliable.

The gunfire has stopped. Ling Shucheng seemed to pause, pressed Yuan Sui's hand and loosened it slightly, and then whispered: "On the hillside to the north, it's a little far, three people. ”

"Three?" Yuan Sui's small shaking of the glass slag suddenly stopped, suddenly sat up suddenly, grabbed Ling Shucheng and stretched out to press her hand again, and said in a panic, "Something is wrong, let's go out quickly!" ”

In the dark, Ling Shucheng frowned, ripped off his coat with one hand, spread it on the window frame of the glass with many sharp angles, scooped up Yuan Sui with the other hand, gently pushed her in the right direction, and said, "Get out - be careful." ”

Only an extremely faint moonlight. Yuan Sui turned around on the spot before he touched the window frame in a panic, curled out of the window, rolled when he landed, and just stood up, Ling Shucheng behind him had quickly followed out.

"Don't be stunned." Ling Shucheng's voice was already a little helpless, "Run forward in the dark, if you fall, I will pull you in time." ”

"Wait, wait." Yuan Sui stammered, turned around and put away Ling Shucheng's coat, and then trotted all the way.

After only about a hundred meters, there was a loud bang behind him, and the light suddenly lit up, reflecting the alley in a swaying red. Ling Shucheng turned around and saw that most of the small western-style building just now had collapsed, and the flames were soaring.