Chapter 348: Tower Courtyard
Meng Qiwen turned around and watched the ghost man chisel the tool in his hand towards the zombie's head.
"Sister! Run!! Tang Li pulled Meng Qiwen to rush back.
Meng Qiwen hesitated, and couldn't bear to leave the ghost man and Xiao Du behind, but he had to take care of Tang Li, and after weighing the two, he still chose to give up the ghost man and Xiao Du, and pulled Tang Li to run back.
After the ghost man scuttled a few zombies to death, he saw more zombies chasing after him, and immediately fled back desperately, but he and Xiao Du did not take the main road directly, but rushed directly into the wasteland on the side.
Meng Qiwen turned around and saw that the two people had turned in another direction, and immediately pulled Tang Li to turn to the right.
"We don't follow the villagers, we follow them!! They definitely know the more suitable path!! β
The group of corpses behind him also divided into two groups, one continued to chase forward along the main road, and the other rushed to the ground and chased after the ghost man, Meng Qiwen and the other four.
The four of them ran and stopped, advancing along the sill, and their feet would fall into the dirt pit from time to time, but fortunately, the zombies were not in this uneven place, and the speed of pursuit was not too fast, and they did not encounter the danger of life and death.
The days in winter were already short, and it was already early afternoon when they encountered the corpses before, and the four of them walked from dawn to almost dark.
But they still haven't been able to return to the bullet train base, but seem to be running further and further away, reaching the edge of the wasteland village where they don't know where.
"You...... Where are you two running now?? Now that the zombies have also been thrown away, where should they go?? Meng Qiwen saw that it was getting late, and finally couldn't help but ask.
"Huh? I don't know, Brother Qiang, why are you running this way? Xiao Du looked confused.
"Ah...... Zombies are running fast on the main road, so I want to run down the small road...... There's no special reason for that......" the ghost man said innocently.
This blow was like a thunderbolt on the heads of Meng Qiwen, Xiao Du and Tang Li.
Xiao Du has always been very friendly to the ghost man, especially in front of the villagers, and does everything possible to protect the interests of the ghost man, but now he also feels angry and uncontrollable.
"We thought you knew the shortcut!! I didn't ask you all the way!! Who knew you were running blind!? Xiao Du lost his temper with the ghost man.
He grabbed the ghost man's collar and questioned the ghost man.
But at this moment, he touched the ghost man's neckline and was also soaked with sweat, so he regained his composure, and let go of his hand with a "hey".
"Brother Qiang...... I'm sorry, but I can't blame you all...... But now that we're lost in the ground, we're surrounded by a mess of plants, where are we going? Xiao Du sat on the ground and asked weakly.
There is not much traditional agriculture left in the northern city, this area is actually just a flower field, because no one takes care of it, these various flowers have also withered, so it looks like a wasteland.
How does the ghost man know what to do? He just stood up, looked around, and realized that he had indeed run too far with everyone.
"You work around here, don't you know where this is?" Tang Li asked.
"We usually stay in the base, who has nothing to do with running around the village? There are no cars, and it is impossible to go to this kind of field. Xiao Du said, "I'm also stupid, I didn't expect this layer, I thought of this layer a long time ago, it's good to remind Brother Qiang." β
Meng Qiwen sighed, seeing that it was already dark, although the large group of corpses had not chased this kind of wasteland, how to spend the long night had become a problem.
"Tang Li, have you been here?" Meng Qiwen asked Tang Li, Tang Li lived in Zhongzhou after all.
"How could it be...... This is the black hole for me. β
Meng Qiwen looked around carefully, and she noticed that not far away, there was a small tower-like building.
The tower is not very high, and it is blocked by the mountain behind it, and it is not very conspicuous when the sky is dark.
"What do you think that tower is?" Meng Qiwen pointed to the distance, "If you really can't do it, go over there?" At least it can keep out the cold, but now the temperature difference between day and night is too big to withstand the second half of the night. β
Everyone looked at it, this tower is boxy, there seems to be a cyan gourd-shaped tip on the top, it looks like it is seven stories high, and under the tower, there are some supporting buildings.
"There's no choice but to go and see." Xiao Du said.
The four of them could only continue to walk in the direction of the tower.
By the faint light before sunset, they noticed that it was not just a separate tower, but also a small temple built in a separate moor - the faΓ§ade of which was mottled and apparently an old building.
When I got closer, it was completely dark, and the temple was in a wasteland, and there was no village in front of it, and there was no place in the back, so it was abandoned here.
The courtyard door was sealed, and a rusty ordinary small padlock was hung outside the door, Xiao Du picked up a stone from the ground, easily chiseled the lock, tore the seal, and pushed the door in.
When the four of them entered the courtyard, they found that the courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and there seemed to be some wind chimes on the side of the tower, tinkling and ringing, making them feel as if they had suddenly traveled through time and space, to a place that was absolutely quiet, far away from the world, and away from the chaos of zombies.
Below the tower, there is a main hall and two side halls. Meng Qiwen walked towards the main hall, it was dark inside, and the two door gods stood on both sides of the door, Meng Qiwen felt a chill in his chest and retreated.
She noticed that the Buddha statue on the front seemed to be broken, only half of her body and her head was hanging over her shoulders.
She shuddered and quickly withdrew.
"This place...... Why do I think it's so wicked......" Meng Qiwen said.
"Shhhhh......hh β
There was a thud at the door, and the two women looked back in fright, thinking that zombies had passed through the doorway again.
"Shhhh It's okay, I bolted the door from the inside. Xiao Du said.
"Say it next time...... We thought we were going to be attacked again. Meng Qiwen said.
turned his head, but the ghost man disappeared again
"Brother Qiang?"
Xiao Du touched back and forth for a long time before noticing that the ghost man was kneeling in front of the Buddha statue in the main hall, snorting his head reverently.
"What's wrong with you? Still so religious? I won't answer when I shout at you. Xiao Du walked in, waited for the ghost man to finish saluting, stood up, and patted him on the back.
"It's okay, I'...... Bye-bye...... You have to meet the owner of the temple. The ghost man said.
At the moment when the ghost man got up, Xiao Du looked up and saw the half-cut Buddha statue - the head of the Buddha statue seemed to be half crooked, and the eyes seemed to be inlaid with reflective materials, and in a little subtle light, those eyes seemed to be staring at Xiao Du.
Xiao Du was terrified in his heart and withdrew from the door.
"Will you live in this main hall today?" The ghost man suggests.
"No!!" Xiao Du and Meng Qiwen refused at the same time.
The two of them could not tolerate the half-cut Buddha statue staring at them all night.
"Then go to the tower and have a look?"
The ghost man walked to the side of the tower, he circled around the tower, and found a vermilion door, I don't know if it was an illusion, the color of the door was still very bright in the dark.
The door was also locked and sealed, and the ghost man drew a gourd in the same way, chiseled the lock with a stone, pushed the door and walked in.
"We're not going into this kind of place, are we? It looks weird and scary. Meng Qiwen hesitated.
Tang Li was also reluctant to go in.
But where can you go without going in?
The ghost man shouted inside, "Come in, everyone! It's a spiral staircase, and it's not cold at all! It's safe too! β
The three of them hesitated outside, and Xiao Du first plucked up his courage and walked inside.
"Isn't it the same to stay outside? Maybe it's a little safer inside. β
"Huh? Will you wait a minute?! Xiao Du entered the tower with a cat, and Meng Qiwen and Tang Li had no reason to stay outside, so they could only walk in with their scalps down.
Unable to see their fingers inside, the two of them reached out to touch the floor and the wall, and finally found the stone steps that swirled upwards on the right side.
In the dark, they couldn't see the stone steps clearly, but they felt the stone slippery.
"Where are you?" Meng Qiwen asked.
"On it!! Come on!! The ghost man's voice came, and it seemed far away.
Meng Qiwen closed the door and felt the stairs and walked up.
With each turn, she would find a circular room on the left, which was empty enough to accommodate several people lying down.
At the same time, there will be a small window on the right side from which fresh air can be poured in.
She climbed seven floors and finally reached the top. There is also a circular space in the middle of the tower, and the ghost boy and Xiao Du have also arrived here.
The ghost man seemed unusually calm, and he sat in the middle of the circular room, himself like a deliberately ugly Buddha statue.
"Here tonight. Zombies probably won't climb up. Xiao Du said.
"This kind of holy land, I guess it won't be contaminated with such things as zombies, right?" The ghost man said.
"When did you still believe this?" Xiao Du asked, "I don't think this is a holy place. β
"It's not a letter, but I feel very safe in this kind of place."
Meng Qiwen was speechless, but she felt that it was even more terrifying, as if there were countless powerful ghosts circling around the tower.
The ghost man, the ghost man, is really a nickname, and there is a ghost in the nickname who is not afraid of anything
Before it was time to sleep, everyone was hungry, but they could only endure it.
Jingle bells
Jingle bells
The sound of wind chimes comes to everyone's ears from time to time.
At first, this sound sounds a little scary, but after listening to it a lot, it makes people feel surprisingly quiet.
It's just that this tranquility didn't last long.
As the night gets deeper, so does the frequency of the wind chimes
The calm voice gradually dissipated, and the sound of the wind chimes became more and more evil, as if a terrible ghost was descending on the world.