1977 Seventh night

The woman who is suspected of being "Jiang" has a plump body, even if she is just standing, she can feel the health and strength of this body, and it is very appropriate to describe it as a "leopard in the prime of life", but what is hidden in this body is unimaginable. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn any case, the other party's human form did not deviate from the "human" in the slightest, whether from intuition or observation, Takakawa felt that his barren field of observation could not find anything suspicious from it—smells, small movements, curves, eyes...... However, it was precisely because of this that he was afraid, because he had already decided that what was in front of him was not a "person".

The other party seemed to be talking, but Gao Chuan didn't hear the sound, and the movement in front of him was like a mime, covering a strange gray color from the tragic blood before. It's not that all the colors are gone, it's just the illusion of a heavy feeling. Gao Chuan can't escape from here, no matter how he thinks, there is no solution, his actions are linear and have a process, but the "mystery" that prevents him from leaving is relatively speaking, there is no process to observe and experience.

When he jumped out of the building, Gao Chuan had already felt the never-ending strange situation full of a sense of space, which at least meant that for the current flesh and blood himself, it was impossible to leave through an unusual path. However, if you choose to go down the stairs at this time, will it be smoother? Takakawa was equally unsure.

His instinct told him that this path would not work, but if he didn't try it himself, such an intuition would be unwilling.

Gao Chuan moved his steps slightly, he kept staring at the woman, even with every small movement of his own, there were tentative thoughts, he wanted to know, when he made a move, what kind of reaction the other party would have - every time he observed this reaction, accumulated to a certain amount, he could always find some rules to help him pre-read the other party's behavior patterns, if there was the help of brain and hardware, the collection and accumulation of these data would of course be faster and richer, but, The absence of brain hardware does not mean that it cannot be carried out.

However, for Gao Chuan at this time, any action without the assistance of the brain and prosthetic body is the first time, and it cannot be said to be awkward, but it can be regarded as a stumble, as if there is an invisible rope binding the body, and it is like the muscles and joints are not refueled, or the internal organs such as the heart and lungs are aging in advance, and there is a feeling of "weakness".

He has always felt that his every movement is not as precise as it used to be, and he can no longer control every detail of his physiological activities with the same precision as he used to. The strength of the muscles, the strength of the internal organs, the strength of the brain...... These are derived from flesh and blood, each of whom has strength, and can only operate in a natural, balanced and modest, and it is difficult to generate enough explosive power at important moments. Even if the human body does have a strong ability to adapt to extreme conditions, he also does not know if he can complete this theoretical adaptation.

In the face of monsters, it is not enough to improve yourself no matter what.

Although Takakawa knew what he had to do, no matter what he did, the woman he observed did not show any aggressive behavior, and it was precisely because there were no superfluous movements that it was confusing. What the hell does the other person think? What do you want to do? The intention that he couldn't judge at all, as Takakawa approached step by step, made him feel more and more chills down his spine. He thinks the other person will do something, but, on the other hand, he is also expecting the other person to do nothing—if the other person does something that he can't observe, it's the most frightening thing.

The distance changed from ten steps to five steps, from five steps to three steps, Gao Chuan had tried his best to relax his body and not make his joints so stiff, but the hideous smile on the other party's face became more and more intense, as if such a change gradually occurred as he got closer. The woman was still talking, and he still couldn't hear what she was saying. Only the smile—the smile that seemed to be something that had been hidden all along, was gradually revealed, less and less like a human face, more and more teeth and claws, and the facial features that were so well coordinated in terms of the shape of the human face became exaggerated and distorted.

The closer he got, the stronger the fear that penetrated into his heart became, and the other party's eyes, smile, arrangement of facial features, smell and momentum seemed to be covered with paint layer by layer on an oil painting, becoming thicker, richer, and more three-dimensional, making her whole human form begin to swell. When there were only two steps left, the feeling of oppression emanating from the tall body of that normal human female gave Takakawa the illusion of being overlooked by giants.

He couldn't help but be in a trance, although he had been mentally prepared and relied on his past experience, however, the physiological reaction of this ordinary person's body did not accept this kind of mentality, cognition and consciousness control, and he wailed miserably, producing all kinds of fearful reactions, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable physically.

Why do you choose to move closer and step backwards? At this time, Gao Chuan couldn't help but think so. But, in the next moment, he came to his senses, and the scene around him was completely caught in a distorted dynamic, which was "writhing", "distorting", "swaying", "twisting into a ball...... These descriptions can only describe the twelfth of the distorted dynamics that can be observed at the moment, and there are many variations that are completely beyond the scope of preconceived cognition, and cannot be described in any known language.

At first, Gao Chuan felt that he had the illusion of being distorted, and then he felt that this scene was really distorted, and then, he suddenly realized that he was actually distorted again - look at his arms, look at his chest and abdomen, look at his thighs, and before he knew it, he became fragmented, no longer had a soft and round outline, but became like an abstract painting by Picasso, with twisted lines, completely asymmetrical, and no appropriate color excess. It's not a normal humanoid at all.

Is this a visual illusion? Or is it a hallucination created by the brain? Although I was able to see that I had changed so distortedly, I didn't feel any discomfort.

Takakawa doesn't understand why such a change has taken place, and what is the metaphor behind it? Why are there only such changes, and no more direct impacts?

Takakawa looked at the woman again, only to find that the woman's silhouette had become the same as his own. The same distortion allows him to directly feel the changes that are taking place when he sees the appearance of the woman at this time, although both are distorted, but there is a very deep correlation between the pace, the process and the result.

Takakawa rushed forward at once, not touching the twisted woman's body, like a mouse, pressed his body down, and passed the woman from a position as close to the edge of the corridor as possible. This time, he was not hindered in any way, and he even had a sense of relief when the distorted woman who seemed to be "Jiang" landed behind the field of vision.

However, when he rushed down the stairs to the next floor, he found the figure of "Young Takakawa" coming up from the lower part of the stairs. This time, he is no longer "can only see the back of the young Takakawa". Visually, he is indeed standing in front of "Young Gao Chuan", but the figure of "Young Gao Chuan" hangs his head, and there is a gloom that is completely different from before. The shadow cast on the ground by "Young Takakawa" seems to be rising from the surface of the ground at any time, and there is an extraordinary sense of activity, however, something more heavy and invisible, but not under his feet, but on the top of his head, the boy that Takakawa saw is two completely different feelings from the boy he has seen before.

This "young Gao Chuan" was walking up the stairs, and after another corner, the two were about to meet, but Gao Chuan had already smelled an extremely bad smell, and he didn't want to meet the other party in this situation at all. He could even imagine what "Young Takakawa" would do next: pull out his cigarette, take a few puffs, smash the fire cabinet, take out the axe - and slash at himself.

It is also flesh and blood in the eye, but Gao Chuan does not feel that it is possible for him to defeat the gloomy "young Gao Chuan" in front of him who is completely different from the previous - this is no longer "Gao Chuan", but a kind of weirdness because of the existence of "Jiang".

Gao Chuan sped up and smashed the fire cabinet before he could, taking out the axe inside. When he turned his gaze, this gloomy and weird "young Takakawa" had almost touched his body. Gao Chuan kicked out without hesitation, and the other party did not dodge, like an unresponsive puppet, kicked up in a strange posture, and the joints of his limbs seemed to be loose, swinging strangely. By the time he had fallen down the stairs, his entire body had been completely twisted—just like the twisted deformation that was taking place on Takakawa's own body.

Takakawa rushed down with an axe, trying to deliver a fatal blow, but before he could arrive, the strangely twisted body of "Young Takakawa" had already sunk into the stairs, as if the stairs were not cement, but some kind of softer organic matter.

When the thought of "organic matter" flashed through Takakawa's mind, he saw that these ladders had really become organic organisms such as internal organs, flesh, and nerves, and had become some kind of "ladder-shaped creatures" that had been dissected.

These are all illusions! Takakawa told himself this in his heart, but when he stepped into it, all the details that he could feel and experience with his current body proved that everything in front of him was more real than illusions. He began to smell a stench of rust, sulfur, and blood, and he saw his own face emerge from this "ladder-like creature". None of these faces were calm, and the changes in the facial features may be different, but they all showed a sense of fear, and the empty eyes and wide open mouth, even if they did not make a sound, made it clear that they were screaming.

Countless hands stretched out and grabbed Gao Chuan's feet that he wanted to escape, and just as Gao Chuan struggled, the hand that grabbed him jerked suddenly, and Gao Chuan saw that his calves, including the knees, were so detached from his body - although his image at this time had been extremely distorted, as if his feet were no longer his own feet, but this "feeling of detachment from the body" only appeared at this time.

Although I can't feel my knees and calves anymore, the strange thing is that the part below the ankle is still there, and I still obey the command, which allows Takakawa to continue to run down without falling.

Gao Chuan didn't know what all these changes were alluding to, but a closely related thought suddenly appeared in his heart:

……

On the seventh night, he slashed his knees.

On the eighth night, he was killed.

On the ninth night, the witch revives, and no one survives.

……

This idea is not like "coming up to me", but "coming out of my own thoughts". Gao Chuan was no stranger to the content of this idea, whether it was a hallucination or an illusion, he had heard it many times in different situations--this was brought by "Jiang", full of malicious signs.

It's just that what stunned him was: Is it the seventh night of his current self? But if the strange condition in which we are now subjected is the phenomenon of the seventh night, when did the omen of the first six nights occur? Under what circumstances do those verses correspond to?

When these thoughts inexorably appeared in Takakawa's mind, the impression of the verse became clearer: On the first night, the chosen living sacrifice was offered; On the second night, the two people who were close to each other were torn apart; On the third night, praise the noble name; From the beginning of the fourth night to the end of the eighth night, the rest of the sacrifices are completed.

There are already many phenomena that can be linked from the first night to the third night, but from the metaphor of the fourth night, the tragic description becomes more and more detailed: gouging the head, gouging the chest, gouging the belly. However, in Takakawa's memory, there is no anomaly as clear and unambiguous as the current "knee gouging".

My head, my chest, my belly...... When was it stripped away?

At this moment, Gao Chuan had a clearer thought that made him creepy:

My brain, my heart, my body, what's going on?

My thoughts, my heart, my inside, what's going on?

What's going on with me now?

Takakawa felt more and more an indescribable horror looming towards him, he didn't feel that he had lost anything, or rather, whatever he lost, it had always been his consciousness, but he suddenly felt that there was a deeper and more distorted factor behind this consciousness - he did not lose after enlightenment, but on the contrary, what he lost was lost before he became enlightened, and he did not really understand what he had lost. Because, what I can feel is always the present moment, even if I compare it with my past self, this "past self" is just a feeling that has already deviated.

What was I like? Before all "Takakawa", what did the most primitive "Takakawa" look like? In fact, I didn't know it for a long time.