Chapter 17: Nonsense in the Middle of the Night
Leaving the noisy hall, as soon as I walked out of the main entrance, I suddenly felt a hint of coolness, it was already after twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and it was the lowest temperature of the day. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Meng Xin came to a street, most of the shops on both sides of the street were closed, only a few places were still lit, including the prom hall that Meng Xin had just come out of, only to find out that this place was called Nightmare Inn.
"Sir, do you want to take the car?"
Rickshaws are a fairly common means of transportation in this era, and calling a rickshaw when you go out is actually similar in nature to taxi.
It is very coincidental that Meng Xin just came out and met a rickshaw master, who happened to be not familiar with the world, so it was better to take this opportunity to ask him about the situation.
"Take me to a hotel."
Meng Xin just came out of this inn, but he wanted to find a hotel again, but the master didn't ask much, and finally took an order, whatever!
"Okay, sit down!"
As soon as he got on the car, the rickshaw master swished and pulled the car away quickly, Meng Xin sat on the car, as if he could still feel the cold wind blowing on his cheeks, the rickshaw at this time, compared to the modern bicycle, in Meng Xin's view, is not much better.
Feeling the bumps of the rickshaw, Meng Xinzheng was thinking about how to ask the master about the situation here, and then found that the car seemed to be driving not to the inner area, but to the suburbs.
Meng Xin asked the master who was pulling the car in front.
"Master, where are we going?"
"Go to my house!"
"Your home?" Meng Xin was stunned, didn't he say that he would go to the hotel?
"It's so late now, the hotel is closed early, you come home with me for one night, or you'll have to sleep on the street." The rickshaw master said to Meng Xin without looking back, and at the same time, the speed of pulling the car increased.
Although Meng Xin felt a little wrong, he didn't break it, he wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in this master's gourd, anyway, he wouldn't be able to receive the task for a while and a half, so it was better to follow him over and try his luck.
Now Meng Xin can conclude that the nightmare platform will probably not take the initiative to release tasks for itself this time, so he needs to be more active and take the initiative to explore.
In addition to the first dead person to be teleported, Meng Xin is the second to come to this mission world, behind him, there are fourteen people, according to the law of voting once a day, tomorrow at midnight, the Nightmare Inn will send the next member out, which undoubtedly makes Meng Xin feel a sense of urgency.
If you don't touch the plot characters, you will never be able to trigger the task, if you usually do it, Meng Xin believes that even if he is not in a hurry, the task will come to the door by himself, but when he thinks that the other members are still eyeing him inside, Meng Xin has to put some pressure on himself.
After about a quarter of an hour, the speed of the master pulling the cart in front gradually slowed down, and finally entered an alley, which was very narrow, only the width of a rickshaw, and the black light was blind, and there was not even a light to illuminate.
The master scolded as he walked, and the more he scolded, the more energetic he became, and Meng Xin didn't know what he was scolding.
Turning around in the alley, he finally stopped in front of a black-painted gate,
This is a brick house, the house and the walls are very low, as long as Meng Xin is willing, it may be more time-saving to go in without going through the door and over the wall.
"Sir, it's here!"
Forehead...... Meng Xin sat in the car and didn't get off, he suddenly thought of one thing, he didn't seem to have any money, or no money in this world, some were just soft sister coins, not to mention accommodation, and he didn't even have money to take a rickshaw!
"I don't have any money and nothing to do, anyway, my wife and I are at home, and the house is empty and empty." As if he had guessed Meng Xin's thoughts, the master took Meng Xin's hand as he spoke, invited him off the rickshaw, and called out to the house, "Old woman, open the door, there are guests here today!" ”
"It's coming!" Not long after, an old and slightly hoarse voice came from inside, and it could be discerned by listening to the voice that this was an old lady.
"Squeak~~" The door was opened from the inside, and a face stretched out, because the alley was dark and there were no fingers, Meng Xin couldn't see what the old lady looked like.
"Who is this descendant?"
"I brought it from the city, and I have nowhere to live in the middle of the night, come to our house for one night, and you go and clean up the house."
"Oh."
"Don't stand still, open the door and let Mr. in!" The old man saw that the old lady did not react, and hurriedly urged.
Following behind the rickshaw master, Meng Xin didn't delay much, and walked in quickly, because in a moment just now, Meng Xin felt that he was being watched by more than ten pairs of eyes behind him, and then he finally knew why the master was scolding in the alley, it turned out that there was such a group of people here, if he didn't enter the house at this time, Meng Xin estimated that he would fall into a more dangerous situation.
There are a lot of weeds growing in the courtyard, and the height of the weeds is deeper than a person's knee, which is because it has not been cleaned for a long time, and in addition to the fact that there is a path in the courtyard that does not grow grass, it seems that the old couple has always walked this path in and out.
Entering the courtyard, Meng Xin instantly felt a different atmosphere, not clear, but a little weird.
The old lady led Meng Xin into a room where there was an old-fashioned oil lamp, the wick seemed to be about to be submerged in the lamp oil, and the flame flickered and flickered, and could be extinguished at any time.
"You just sleep here, let's go and rest."
"Let's leave the lights on." After Meng Xinjian finished speaking, the old lady was about to take the oil lamp away, but suddenly stopped her.
The old lady was about to leave with the lampstand in one hand, when she heard Meng Xin speak, she suddenly stood in place without saying a word, and at this time it was so quiet that she could hear even a needle falling on the ground, Meng Xin quietly swallowed her saliva and stared at the old lady's back.
"Then leave it here, you will go to bed early and turn off the lights when you go to bed." After dropping this sentence, the old lady left, probably to rest, after all, it was past midnight, and it was not too early.
Meng Xin sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the room, the items were neatly arranged, but they were full of dust, it should be because he didn't live all the year round, he didn't feel sleepy at all, because he had just woken up, and it seemed that he was sleeping in addition to voting in the Nightmare Inn.
Wait until the lights go out,
Meng Xin recalled what the old lady said, then picked up the tweezers used to clamp the wick, and carefully stretched the wick to ensure that it would not go out automatically for a while.
Meng Xin looked at the oil lamp and was distracted, did not lie down or get up, but just sat upright.
Just now, Meng Xin had been witnessing the old lady walking out of the door, watching her every step of the foot was accompanied by footsteps, but the moment she went out, the footsteps disappeared.
Meng Xin's ears have been transformed by the nightmare platform, but they are quite sensitive, almost equivalent to the peak of ordinary people, and it stands to reason that he should not be mistaken.
Well, there is only one explanation,
She, as soon as she went out, had been standing there, just like Meng Xin had done, she was listening to her movements.
Unconsciously, Meng Xin clipped the wick again, and the old lady seemed to be a little impatient, listening to the footsteps of slowly leaving, Meng Xin pulled the quilt folded on the side and covered his body, did not take off his shoes and clothes, just lay down quietly.
I don't know how long it took, the wick seemed to burn out, so Meng Xin pushed off the quilt covering his body and walked out of the room lightly.
It was early in the morning, and the night was exceptionally silent, and the slight insufficiency was that there was no moonlight, let alone stars, and the whole sky was gray.
Meng Xin walked along the grass path to a fork in the road, and instead of going to the exit, he turned to the other side of the path.
Listening to the sound of water droplets, Meng Xin was inexplicably refreshed, he drank a little too much at the Nightmare Inn, his bladder was suffocating, and he had been waiting at the door by the old lady just now without a chance, but now he released a part of it, and he felt much better.
The main house is the room where the old couple lived, when Meng Xin came out of the toilet, he happened to see that the main house was lighted, and under the light, there were two shadows reflected on the window, because this kind of window is made of wood and papier-mâché, so the outline of the shadow can be clearly seen by Meng Xin, this is the rickshaw master and the old lady, they are whispering.
"Where did you find such a person today? So guarded. The shadow of the old lady said to the old master.
"What's wrong, there's no way to do it?" The old master was a little surprised.
"I've been to his room a few times, and I haven't slept yet, I've been keeping my eyes open." The old lady seemed to be a little helpless when she spoke.
When Meng Xin heard this, her heart turned over with earth-shattering waves, when did she go to her room? I didn't even feel it at all.
"You have triggered the mission: the strange event in Dingjia Town,
Quest Tips: A few days ago, Dingjia Town was just an ordinary town, but for some reason, some people in the town would become bloodthirsty ghosts every night, picking people in their sleep.
Quest Reward: Grants an ability at random
Mission failure: 1000 points will be deducted, and if the balance is insufficient, wipe it out! ”
There's a mission!
But this failure punishment, let alone deducting 1000 points, even 100 points, Meng Xin can't take it, this punishment is tantamount to obliteration for Meng Xin.
Sure enough, there is something wrong with this old couple, just imagine, whose rickshaw is still soliciting customers in the middle of the night, and it is also self-proclaimed to bring themselves here!
"When it's dawn, send him where he came from, I guess he's already aware of something." The old lady's voice continued.
"Got it, send him away early tomorrow morning."
Meng Xin, who got the result he wanted, went back to his room and climbed into bed, pulled the quilt beside him, and acted as if nothing had happened.