Looking at the frightened look of old William in front of me, I couldn't help frowning, his fear was in my eyes, after so long, such fear was still in his heart, and he needed to drink wine to say what happened back then.

"You're saying that 25 years ago, after Rochette came, there was this big bell here, and that monster appeared, and killed so many people in one night, and killed Joseph who came back from outside. So, why are you still alive? ”

When I asked such a question at this time, it seemed that I didn't care about the mood of the old William on the other side, but this was also the biggest question in my heart.

"I, I don't know, why didn't it kill me, I don't know why. But since then, the town has changed, it is very repulsive to outsiders, and the townspeople will not grow old, they live in the town every day, and every day there is electricity during the day, and at night the electricity disappears inexplicably. There is no shortage of food, as there is a lot of food in the town every passing day. The originally lively town became lonely day by day, and I pretended to be the same as them every day, but I didn't dare to contact them. For so many years, the whole town has been surrounded by layers of white mist, very scary, really very scary! ”

I don't know if this description of old William is true or not, because it feels like this town was created by magic, or it is simply an illusion, the food will appear on its own, the townspeople will not die, and for 25 years, everyone has lived the same life. But when I met Hans, the security officer, I had clearly observed his body, yang fire, and soul, all of which were not lacking, but listening to old William, this guy was also dead, and only old William was alive.

If everyone here is dead, then why do you need food? Old William is a person who shouldn't be able to eat much, why should there be electricity?

I feel more and more puzzled, this town, there are too many puzzles!

Suddenly, another question came to my mind, and I asked, "You just said that you saw Joseph's name on the tombstone, and he came back that day, and then he was killed at eight o'clock in the evening, right?" ”

Old William nodded, then I also saw my name on the tombstone before, so logically speaking, I am the one who is going to die! But why did the monster kill the child?

"Uncle William, did the kid I saved live in this town twenty-five years ago?"

Old William heard my question and immediately nodded.

That kid actually died twenty-five years ago, but why did the monster kill him again? Wait, I suddenly had an amazing idea, that monster is sapient, and he didn't actually want to kill the dead child, but me! In other words, the monster in the bell had already seen me when I entered the town, and the child may have been deliberately arranged by it to let the child leave the town or pretend to come back late, and then appear to be going to kill the child, lure me into action, and then kill me while I was saving someone!

As soon as I said that, it made sense immediately, so the person this monster wants to kill is still me! Simple monsters, or ghosts, are easy to do, but once you have intelligence, it's difficult to do, it doesn't matter if you can escape or hide, what matters is that it is in the shadows.

Looking at the time, it was late, I patted old William on the shoulder and said, "It's not early, you better rest early." ”

After saying that, I went upstairs to myself, went back to my room, sat down at the table, looked at the roses on the table, squinted for a moment when it was almost dawn, and came to my senses near noon.

After washing up and going downstairs, old William had already woken up, but the bags under his eyes were very dark, he looked tired, and he recalled so many horrible memories last night, so he shouldn't have slept well.

"Would you like something to eat?"

He asked, I nodded and said casually, old William made me a cup of coffee, and then made two sandwiches, and fried an egg, these foods are the ones he said last night that they would appear in the town for some reason, and they are all fresh, and they don't taste like fakes at all, which is even more strange, who sent the food?

But when I asked old William again today, the old guy didn't say a word, and kept silent. I couldn't help it, he didn't say that I didn't ask much, and when I walked out of the hotel, the doors of the houses around me were opened, and the townspeople saw me with strange eyes, which could not be said to be hostile, but should be described as unwelcoming and strange.

It's like when you transfer to a new school, or change jobs and enter a new workplace, people will look at you very strangely, and this emotion is called xenophobia.

It was this kind of emotion that I encountered, and along the way, both adults and children used a strange look when they saw me.

"Good afternoon!"

Hans, still holding a cigar in his mouth, greeted me. I nodded, ignoring him, having heard old William's description, I didn't want to pay much attention to this group of people who were actually dead.

Although I haven't figured out why the people here are dead, they can still see me, and it's not a soul, but now I have to think about leaving here first.

There was only one stone path in and out of the town, so I simply climbed up the hill wall, through the woods, and walked towards the outside of the town. If this town is real, then I will be able to leave it.

But!

I walked all the way, and finally walked into a white fog around me, and after passing through the white fog, I actually returned to the town again, but on a different side, to the other side of the town.

In other words, I didn't get out of the town, in other words, either there was something wrong with this white fog, or the town itself was an illusion!

Back in the hotel, looking at the roses on the table, I didn't have a clue in my head. However, looking at the roses, looking at the water droplets on the roses, the fresh appearance of buds, I suddenly had a question in my mind, will there be roses in this town?

I rushed out of the room, into other rooms, one by one, there was a bottle of roses on each table, these roses are really delicate, a three-story hotel, 15 rooms, that is, fifteen bouquets of roses, even if the flowering period is long enough, it has to be changed often, this town that can't go out, I haven't seen a flower garden, so, where do the roses come from?

I rushed to the ground floor at once, old William was not there, he could not leave the hotel, he actually went out! I rushed out of the hotel, grabbed a person close to me and asked, "Did old William see it?" ”

But the man just shook off my hand in disgust and avoided me from a distance. There was no one in the whole town who could answer my question, because old William was the only living man in the whole town.

I sat in the lobby of the hotel, and waited until the evening, old William still did not come back, look at the time, it was almost eight o'clock in the evening, and at this time, old William mysteriously disappeared, the town was in a depression, I was heartbroken, and rushed out of the hotel.

Just as the clock was eight o'clock in the evening, I stepped in front of it, raised my left hand, and was about to attack it, when this time all the townsfolk appeared behind me silently, and then I felt Hans aim his gun at the back of my head.

"Outsider, you have once again touched my bottom line, and you still want to destroy our clock! Put your hands down, or I won't spare you!" ”

Hans said gloomily, but I didn't pay any attention to it, and slammed my left hand on the bell, and the power burst into pieces, and the whole clock face was broken into mottled pieces, and in an instant, I turned my head sharply, and saw all the townspeople, including Hans, disappear behind me one by one, turning into a puff of green smoke.

I looked up and shouted, "Rochette, you can show up, such a game of hide and seek is really boring!" ”

As my voice echoed in the air, a man in a tuxedo and a mask slowly emerged from the dark sky, holding a rose in his hand, it was Rochette!

"I really didn't expect that you would be able to break my illusion space, my illusion space should be 100% restored to all life, touch, why can you see through it?"

Rochette stood in the air, a hint of doubt in his voice.

And I said unceremoniously: "Old William, don't pretend, take off the mask, I know it's you!" ”

My words made Rochette pause, and then laughed, and nodded while laughing, "What an interesting guy, can you even see through this layer?" It seems that there is no need to wear a mask. ”

He slowly took off the mask on his face, revealing a face exactly the same as that of Old William, the corners of my eyes twitched slightly, and I said coldly: "Lord Xu Fo and I made two bets, the first bet is that you can't see through my illusion puzzle, but it seems that I lost." How did you see through my identity? ”

I snorted coldly and pointed to the roses and said, "Roses, this town is closed, I can't go out, and I can't get in from outside, but you French people just like romantic things, and the roses are trapped." Second, everyone is not alive, but you are the only living person, and you have lived for 25 years, I am not an idiot, you are either Rochette or you are lying to me, but you have good acting skills, I was almost fooled. ”

Rochette suddenly laughed, nodded and said, "Yes, yes, it's my bad layout." Then it's time for me to make the second bet with Lord Xu Fo, let's bet on whether you will leave my illusion alive! ”