Haruko's memory is excellent, and she also knows that the situation is urgent, so she begins to tell us the plot of "Black Town" she has seen at a very fast pace:

The protagonist of "Black Town" is a famous horror writer named Jolo, who lost his wife and son in a car accident, and also lost his own amnesia, in addition to remembering his wife and children and the car accident, Jolo even forgot who he was. .org

So, after the injuries in the car accident were healed, he was transferred to a psychiatric sanatorium for further treatment.

Jolo forgot everything he had written, and also lost the ability to write.

After spending some time in a state of confusion, Jolo stumbled upon a photo with his wife, the back of which was written that the photo was taken in a place called "Taiping Town".

From then on, Jolo began to have various nightmares, in which he saw his wife and son, who seemed to be waiting for him somewhere, and in addition, he dreamed that there was a man covered in darkness who told him that he had to go to Taiping Town, or he would be eaten by the snake.

As Jolo set out, he gradually noticed that he had a large scar shaped like a python on his body, and he was in severe pain.

However, after arriving in this mountain town called Taiping, a terrifying event happened: there were terrible monsters killing people in the town, and Qiao Luo was even more shocked to find that these monsters actually existed in the horrors he had written before!

Not only did the monsters that were supposed to exist in horror appear, but the daylight hours of the town became shorter and shorter, and finally, the dark fog completely engulfed the town, and Jolo had to struggle to survive in this terrifying town.

Somewhere in town, Jolo learns of his past from a dying old man.

It turned out that Qiao Yu's wife, who was originally a resident of Taiping Town, was suffering from the loss of inspiration as a famous painter and writer before meeting his wife.

Jolo's wife, a descendant of an ancient witch, performs a dark ritual to help her husband, summoning a demon from the Netherworld, who promises him infinite inspiration, but must exchange it for a man's soul - Jolo's wife uses witchcraft to trick the devil: she betrays the soul of a mouse to the devil.

Sure enough, after this, Jolo was inspired, but the devil also found out that he had been deceived, and strange things began to happen in the town where he lived......

Those terrifying monsters that he imagined and created turned into entities and descended on this town.

Eventually, the town's dark forces eroded and plunged into a dark slumber, with only Jolo and his wife escaping.

And after his wife died in a car accident, the power of witchcraft gradually disappeared, and Jolo finally entered the trap set by the devil-

He returned to the town of Taiping, which had long been ruled by darkness.

……

We were fascinated by it, and found that Haruko had stopped talking, so Li Yi asked, "What about later?" Did the protagonist escape from Taiping Town? ”

"That book...... The last few pages, torn out, I didn't see the ending. ”

"Holy shit! Haven't finished reading it again?! Li Yi's eyes widened: "Didn't you go and look for it, or ask your Uncle Cai, where did the rest of the pages go?" ”

Haruko blushed and retorted, "When I read that book, where did I think the ending in the book was so important? It was just one copy, and my uncle gave me eight other copies at the time...... As for the future, I forgot to ask about it until you brought it up. ”

I was also frowning.

Although I learned more about the plot of the original "Black Town" through Haruko's narration, the most critical and the one I was most concerned about - was the final ending, and Haruko didn't even see it.

The protagonist Qiao Luo didn't escape from Taiping Town, and if he did, what method did he use?

This may well be related to the end of those of us!

Wrong!

I suddenly thought of a very strange question: "Haruko, do you remember when you saw that copy of "Black Town"? ”

The expression on my question was very serious, seeing that I showed such an expression, Haruko also thought seriously for a while before answering me: "It was last summer, and I don't know exactly when it happened, but it was definitely August!" ”

As soon as these words came out, not only me, but also Lao Dao and Cheng Cheng were extremely surprised.

Because we have all learned about Qiao Zhenbang's information, and we also know that Qiao Zhenbang's son Qiao Yu's "Black Town" has only been on sale for two months!

Only Li Yi, who didn't understand the situation, looked confused: "What's the matter with all of you's expressions?" It's all this time, don't pretend to be deep, say it quickly! Rush to death! ”

"The timing is not right." The old knife said, "Haruko, as far as we know, this "Black Town" should have only been on sale for more than two months, and we have all investigated the information of Qiao Zhenbang and Qiao Yu, which is impossible to be wrong. So, a copy was only released two months ago, how could you possibly read it in August last year? ”

"I can't be mistaken, I really read that book at my Uncle Cai's house in August last year - it's exactly the same packaging as Brother Ji's book." Haruko's face flushed anxiously, "You ask me how I saw this book at that time, then I really don't know!" ”

The old knife opened his mouth and was about to say more, but I quickly stopped him and asked Haruko: "You just said that the book you saw is exactly the same as the one in my hand?" ”

I held up the "Black Town" in my hand: "Can you confirm it again, is it really exactly the same?" ”

Lao Dao finally understood the meaning of my question: The "Black Town" in my hand is not the kind of printed version of "Black Town" that can be bought casually in ordinary bookstores.

I asked Haruko to identify it carefully, and she was sure that the book she saw at that time, whether it was the material of the book cover, or the special material touch of the inner pages, was exactly the same, but the one she had read, the inner pages were all text, only the last few pages were torn off, and the one in my hand had most of the pages blank.

"Haruko, the book you see is not the kind of road goods sold in bookstores, but it is a very special edition like the "Black Town" in my hand. If we could find the last few pages that were torn off, we might know how to get out of Blackwater—was that book you saw at your uncle's house? ”

Haruko nodded.

I put away "Black Town" and said to Cheng Cheng, Lao Dao, and Li Yi: "This is almost our only chance, while there is still a little time during the day, let's hurry up." ”

Of course, Lao Dao and Li Yi had no opinion, the two turned around and went to prepare, Cheng Cheng didn't agree immediately, turned his head and glanced at the two corpses lying on the door panel.

I looked at him: "As long as we succeed, we will definitely be able to take them out of here with us, but if we fail, I don't need to say anything more." ”

I could only see Cheng Cheng's side face, and his temples twitched a few times, "It will definitely succeed." He turned around and began his preparations.

Needless to say, everyone knows that going out this time is a backwater battle with no turning back arrow, and if it is not successful, it will become a benevolent.

The things to be prepared were mainly weapons, Cheng Cheng and Lao Dao both had guns, and Li Yi and I brought Liu Haijun and Zhou Ou's guns.

However, I made it clear that because Li Yi and I have not been trained in firearms, the two of us are actually just a psychological comfort, and in actual actions, we also try to avoid shooting, and leave the bullets to Lao Dao and Cheng Cheng.

From the previous experience, it was speculated that the cold weapon should not be of much use, but Li Yi, the kid, still found a firewood knife from the kitchen.

Another weapon is the light source – in fact, it's more important than a pistol.

Our previous experience has proved the importance of the light source, those monsters in Qiao Zhenbang, now we have basically seen it, and the light source is something they are all afraid of, and they can even directly put those monsters to death.

We found a total of six lanterns from the store, filled them all with oil, and poured the lamp oil into three glass bottles, which we also carried with us - as supplementary lamp oil or as homemade incendiary bombs.

Then there's the flashlight, which is a big killer for the monsters in the town, but unfortunately, we only have two of them, and we don't have backup batteries.

"Haruko, why don't you sell batteries in this small supermarket? It's that big battery, battery number one. Li Yi asked.

"Actually...... There is no electricity in this town. ”

Haruko suddenly said something incomprehensible, because, even now, the fluorescent lamp above our heads is still on.

Haruko didn't explain much, she directly picked up a hammer in the room, and smashed open a plastic socket on the wall in one fell swoop, and then Haruko directly touched the metal insert in the air with her hand-

"Don't touch it, there's electricity!" Li Yi shouted to stop.

But Haruko didn't care, and pressed her hand directly on the metal piece of the wire socket!

But Haruko did not react to the electrocution at all.

My heart jumped, but suddenly I realized something.

On the other side, Li Yi, who did not believe in evil, also pressed his hand on the metal sheet of the socket: "Hey, there is really no electricity...... Is this socket not energized? He still didn't believe Haruko's words.

I jumped on a table against the wall, removed the tube of an electric light that was on the wall, and put my finger into the connector, but there was no electric shock, but when I screwed it back, the tube came on again.

"This ......" Li Yi didn't know what to say.

I jumped off the table: "I had a feeling that something wasn't quite right in this room. We've all been to Qiao's old house, right, there is no electricity, no lights, and the house is terriblely dark. But here in Haruko, there are still monsters in the presence of lights - those monsters are afraid of light, how can they appear in such a bright place? ”

The old knife glanced at the fluorescent lamp that was still on overhead: "Because the light we see is fake?" ”

Li Yi couldn't understand it: "What is a fake light?" ”

He punched the wall hard: "You see, I can reach the wall, if this light is 'fake', then how do I see the wall in front of me?" ”

"Have we never turned on a flashlight in this room?"

Cheng Cheng, who had never spoken, suddenly said this.

But this sentence suddenly woke me up!

At this moment, I finally figured out the question I had been unable to understand before - what was so strange about this room! Why is there only "electricity" here?

"Team Cheng, turn on the flashlight!"

I yelled and pressed the switch of the flashlight in my hand at the same time! On the other side, Cheng Cheng also pressed the switch of the flashlight almost at the same time!

Cheng Cheng and I chose the same way - two bright lights lit up almost at the same time, shooting directly at the ceiling of the house!

"Shhh

The strange sound exploded in our ears, and the piercing eardrums hurt!

And the place where the strong light shines also shows drastic changes!

The snow-white ceiling and walls, under the glare of the flashlight, faded from the camouflage of the surface like an old photograph being burned by flames—it became a moldy and discolored wall and a ceiling covered in cobwebs!

At the edge of the pillar of light, there was a trace of black shadow swimming rapidly.

I hurriedly shone the flashlight on Li Yi's body - behind Li Yi, there was a humanoid black shadow, bowing down towards Li Yi!

Shrouded in a lamppost, the black shadow let out a high-pitched, terrifying howl, then drifted away into the glare of light.

Cheng Cheng was also inspired by me, we used lights to illuminate everyone in turn, and there was a dark shadow lurking on each of us's back!

But just as we were about to shine the flashlight on the last person, Haruko, Haruko suddenly screamed and convulsed, and fell heavily to the ground!

I secretly said something wrong, and the flashlight in my hand quickly shifted to Haruko's body, but it was too late, and a black shadow turned into a thick mist, and entered Haruko's body from Haruko's mouth and nose......

"Shhhh

Haruko's throat made a sound like a beast's low roar, and the whole person suddenly arched reflexively, and landed on all fours, like a spider, and then turned her head upside down, and suddenly opened her eyes-

In her eyes, there was no longer the innocent and clear gaze of a girl, but chaos was like a white patch.

Haruko opened her mouth and said, "Alive...... To see people, to die...... I want to see the corpse! The voice is no longer a crisp girl, but like a middle-aged man.

Lao Dao and Cheng Cheng had already pulled out their pistols, and when they saw such a change in Haruko's body, both of them aimed their guns at Haruko's head and opened the safe.

"Wait!" I shouted to stop the dangerous behavior of the old knives," the voice seemed to ...... It's Qiao Zhenbang! ”