Chapter Twenty-Three: Second Night: Shadows

The lighter's breath lingered. If you burn it, it must have been extinguished quickly. But the problem is that I can't see any fire. It's dark in front of you.

I didn't react at all. Subconsciously thought something was blindfolded on me. Touch it with your hands. When I felt my eyelashes, I realized that it wasn't. Then I wondered. The heart said what the fuck is wrong with this.

Is it too thick with fog here? I lit up my watch. Stick it in front of your eyes and look at it. It's still pitch black. And I'm gradually finding out. This black and black is extremely uniform.

I'm still very confused. Because I don't have any of that concept in my head. So it's almost the second monk who is confused. I waved my hand vigorously. I want to dispel the darkness in front of me. With a wave of his hand, he could remove the darkness. But it was not of the slightest use.

Blindfolded for a long time. I just calmed down. Think carefully about what this is all about. It was pitch black outside. There was no sound. Did something happen while I was sleeping? Obscuring all the light?

But it doesn't make sense. I couldn't see the light when I was so close. Thinking about it. I slowly reacted. A thought came to me that made me break out in a cold sweat.

It's impossible to block out the light. This is the case. Am I blind?

I can't believe it. I never had that concept in my head. It's too abrupt. But my heart was already scared. That fear was unlike any other before. Even far beyond the fear of death. I started rubbing my eyes vigorously. Subconsciously blink hard. I didn't stop until my eyes hurt and I couldn't open them.

Then I immediately thought of Panzi. Crawl over and push him. I want to wake him up and ask him if he can see the light. Pushed a few times. He was found to be very hot. Apparently the low-grade fever flare up again. I didn't wake up after shaking it for a long time.

I sat down and said to myself, oh no. Take a few deep breaths. Immediately I remembered the stuffy oil bottle and the fat man again. If I was really blind. Then it's a kind of violent blindness. There must be a reason for the blindness. For example, light burns or poisoning. It is impossible for a person to be blind for no reason. So. I'm probably not the only one who suffered.

If only they weren't blind. I was the only one who suffered. Then they may be outside the tent. It just didn't make a sound. I immediately climbed to the edge of the tent. I listened to the movement outside. Whispered a few times: "Fatty! ”

Waited a while. Nothing responded.

I didn't scream lightly. It's impossible not to hear in such a quiet environment. Unless both of them are asleep. But it is absolutely impossible for a stuffy oil bottle to fall asleep.

My cold sweat came down. The heart said that something must have happened to them too. Sit back. Thinking of our speculation a few hours ago. It's hairy all at once. The heart said: Could this be the mutation that the third uncle and they encountered?

Can camping here blind a man?

My brain is messed up like numbness. I can't understand it. We thought of a myriad of possibilities. But I didn't think it would be like this at all.

In this kind of party. For a team of normal people. This sudden blindness is tantamount to total death. Even scarier than death.

I was shivering. Countless images flashed through my mind. Think of me groping in the rainforest. Nothing can be seen. There is no adaptation of the blind to hearing. Death is only a matter of time. And I'm afraid I'm going to have a long and horrible experience before I die.

But. What is it that is causing me to go blind? Food? Compressed biscuits, we ate all the way and were fine. Don't. Is it this ruin?

I'm fairly calm. This is probably because I still can't accept the fact that I'm blind. That's when it happened. Suddenly outside the tent. It's a long way off. There was a strange voice.

I shivered. Listen now. I heard that it was what we heard in the rainforest. The kind of voice that resembles walkie-talkie static electricity. High and low. Unspeakably weird.

The hideous figure standing like a snake came to my mind. I can't help but feel tight in my throat. How can this thing not be gone?

What is it that makes this sound? Is it Aning? If only my eyes could see. I'd love to sneak a peek. Fuck I'm blind at a time like this.

But this thing is not even a snake. It must have been with those snakes. Apparently in the vicinity of this battalion. That venomous snake has already appeared. Immediately, my mind tightened, and I immediately thought of the tent curtains. Did I close the door to the tent just now? I can't see and I don't know. Gotta touch it.

I thought I would immediately fumble for the tent curtain. I was shaking and had just touched it. Suddenly, a man squeezed in through the doorway. Knock me down. I just got up. Immediately someone held him down. Cover your mouth.

I was scared half to death. But then I smelled the sweat on the fat man's body. Then something pressed into my face. I touched it. It's a gas mask.

I immediately stopped struggling. Put on the mask. I heard the fat man lower his voice and say, "Don't panic. This mist is poisonous. You put on the mask and you can see it for a while. Don't speak loudly. The camp was full of snakes on all sides. ”

I listened and immediately nodded. The fat man let me go. I asked softly, "Where did you run away just now?" ”

"My son doesn't have a mother, it's a long story." The fat man said. "Do you think it's easy to find a few gas masks in the dark?"

I cursed, who told you not to listen to me. At this time, the strange static sound sounded again. Much closer to us. The fat man immediately shushed nervously: "Don't speak." ”

I was immediately silenced. Then I heard the sound of the fat man flipping things. I didn't know what came out after a few flips. It slipped into my hand. When I touched it, I saw that it was a dagger. My heart says what are you going to do? I heard him seem to be touching the tent.

I immediately reached for him and grabbed him. Don't let him move. He broke away from me and whispered, "Little brother was bitten." Mine will go and save him at once. You stay here and don't move. I'll talk about it until I can see it! ”

My brain exploded when I heard it. The heart said no. I haven't figured it out yet. The fat man went out. My whole body was there. I felt the sky spinning.

The first thing that surprised me was that the stuffy oil bottle was bitten. The fat man didn't say anything clearly. But those snakes are incredibly venomous. Whether it can be saved after being bitten. I didn't dare to think about it. Then I was shocked by the stuffy oil bottle such a skill and jǐng jue. It will even be bitten. So what the hell is going on out there.

I was in a hurry. I'd love to go out and check it out right away. But he couldn't see anything. That's when an ominous thought comes to mind. What if the fat man also gets tricked. I'm here alone. With Panzi. It's horrible.

The anxiety is indescribable. It was pitch black. I don't know exactly how much time it will take to recover. The situation out there is extremely dangerous. I felt the dagger in my hand. His whole body was stiff as if he was dead. The heart said that I don't know if the fat man gave me this thing to make me kill myself or defend myself.

But there is no way. I can't do anything. You can only sit in the original one. While listening to the movement outside. While shrinking his body to suppress the feeling of fighting on his body.

I still can't hear anything outside. I can't imagine what it's like to be full of snakes out there. The static sound didn't come any closer. But it's been intermittent. Listen to the distance. The nearest party was on the edge of our camp. But it didn't get any closer.

I don't know how long it has been, and I have no concept of time at all. My mind was completely blank during that time, and I eased up a bit. People can't sustain an emotion on a sustained basis. After being nervous to the limit. Instead, his body softened.

Gradual. My eyes began to fog. The black sè begins to subside. But it's not the kind of cháo watery in general. Instead, the black sè faded. A misty gray mist appeared in the black sè in front of him.

I breathed a sigh of relief. I can finally see the light. I don't know how to recover faster. So he kept blinking.

Slowly. That layer of gray sè things is getting whiter and whiter. And it's fast. In the ash sè soon some more outlines appeared.

This may be a bit like something that is seen in high myopia. I turned my head. I found that the light in front of me was caused by the miner's lamp not being turned off. I held it up and took a picture of it around. Sure enough, the light and shadow in front of me changed. It's true that my eyes have improved.

But now in such a blur that I still can't tell where the exit from the tent is. Only a few approximate shadows can be seen.

I've heard of [**] crying after cataract surgery to regain vision. Now I can deeply experience this feeling of joy and sorrow. Many things do have to be lost in order to understand the preciousness. Just when I was about to look at Panzi with my blurred vision. Suddenly I saw. In the dark shadows before my eyes. There's a shadow moving.

The situation is very vague. Even the outline is indistinguishable. But I could tell that something was moving in front of me. I don't really believe in my vision. I thought it was an illusion caused by visual restoration. Ignored it. Little by little, he touched Panzi. Soon touched Panzi's hand. The temperature is normal. I was amazed. I turned out to have a fever on my own. It's good. I can't give him an injection now.

I went to touch the kettle and wanted to give him a few sips of water. As soon as he turned around, he suddenly saw something flash in front of him. This time, because of the gradual improvement of eyesight. I noticed the movement of shadows skimming in front of me. It's very weird. It's not like an illusion.

I was stunned for a moment. And he turned his face in the direction of the shadow. Die to see. I saw a black shadow as blurry as mist. It looked like a thing with limbs.

I got goosebumps all over my body. And the heart said, Is there something else in this tent? What came in when I was blind just now?

Fatso? Stuffy oil bottles? But they won't stop talking. I clenched my dagger tightly.

The shadow moved again. The action is very fast. I couldn't help but whisper: "Who?" ”

The shadow suddenly stopped. Then it moved faster. I saw it run to one of the squares. It's shaking constantly. My vision gradually converged. The action is getting more and more vivid. I realized it was flipping a backpack. It's looking for something. And I smelled a smell of swampy silt.

I immediately felt "oops" in my heart. The heart said that this man must also be smeared with mud. Who is it? Thinking. I moved slowly. I want to see it up close.

I haven't pounced yet. The shadow flickered again. Then he stood up. Move quickly. I couldn't react, my mind spun around. I found it gone.

It all happened so fast. I'm a little confused. The heart said, "Is it my delusion?" I thought about what I saw in the TV series. Vision is delayed at the beginning of the regain of vision. Could it be that what I just saw was when the fat man came in?

But almost at the same time. Suddenly there was a bright and dark sound, accompanied by a violent panting. I saw a large overlapping shadow rushing in. It almost fell in. Hearing the fat man gasping angrily, "Turn off the lights!" Turn off the miner's lamp! ”

I couldn't react, so he snatched it away. The lights were turned off. The light all around me sank. He immediately whispered, "Get down." Be quiet. No matter what happens. Don't make any noise. ”

I immediately lay down. You can feel the fat man lying down as well. At first, you could still hear his gasps. But I could feel that he was trying to be as restrained as possible. Soon his breath was very weak. I'm wondering why I'm lying down. Suddenly, I heard a muffled "bang". It was as if something had hit under the tent next door. The impact was extremely heavy. Followed by. Again. You can hear the crunch of the stent breaking. Then I heard the sound of the tent collapsing. Apparently the tent next door was smashed.

My face was blue. Before I could react. Our tent shook suddenly. Apparently something was inserted.

I suddenly felt a stab in the heavenly spirit cover. Hold your head right away. Thought the next blow would be this tent.

But what I didn't expect was. No attacks came. I held my head like this for a few minutes. The loud crash was made from a distance.

I said to myself, "What the hell is going on?" What's out there? I just wanted to say to the fat man, let's run. Before opening his mouth, he was covered by a fat man.

There were a few loud noises outside. The sound of tents collapsing again. Then a few minutes passed. It's the same movement again. This went on for half an hour. Far and near. I estimate that more than a dozen tents were destroyed. We lay there on our stomachs. Stop every time you hit your heart. It was like being bombed. We don't know when that bomb will fall on our heads.

Until it was quiet for a very long time. We're just starting to realize. This wave of attacks may be over. Slowly. I don't know who was the first to react. We all sat up. I found that my eyes had basically recovered. Although it is still a little vague. But I was able to see the silhouette of ガ color and the character.

Later, I touched it. Only to find out that the remaining blur was also due to the fog on the lenses of the gas mask. After erasing it, it is all clear.

I saw the fat man and the stuffy oil bottle. The stuffy bottle was wounded. Hold your wrist. The fat man was covered in blood spots. The two men were covered in mud. It was as if he had just come out of the pigsty. Apparently there was an extremely severe chaos last night. We still didn't dare to speak. Waited a while. The fat man secretly opened the curtain. As soon as I opened it, a light came in. It turned out to be dawn.

Then he cautiously walked out. I asked about the stuffy oil bottle. He waved his hand and said it was fine. He also leaned out after him. I followed.

The fog is almost gone. The morning light was deep, but everything could already be seen. I came out and turned my head to look. The whole person was stunned.

All around us. The whole battalion collapsed. All the tents were rotten. It was as if it had encountered a huge tornado with great power. A huge square. We were left alone in a tent. There was nothing around. Nothing attacked us. There is no sign of a snake.

The fat man scolded. Sit on the edge of the campfire that is almost extinguished. I was dumbfounded and unable to react. At this time, there was a sound of limbs falling behind him. I looked back. The stuffy bottle fainted.