Chapter 40: Fear from the Darkness
"Giggles......
Time passed little by little, nothing happened, and just when Chen Ran felt that he was about to lose his support, he suddenly heard a series of weird laughter.
The laughter was shrill and harsh, not like a human voice, like some kind of animal. Chen Ran was aroused by this sense of disobedience.
Zhang Xiaofo held a dagger in his hand and looked around vigilantly.
An old woman appeared out of thin air.
"Are you playing tricks?" Chen Ran found the mastermind and hated it so much that the roots of his teeth itched.
"Yes, I did it! I'm just wondering why you don't have something to fear! The old woman ignored Chen and focused all her attention on Zhang Xiaofo's body, and was surprised: "It's so strange! Everyone in this world has something to fear, why don't you have it? Unless you ......"
"I have it too!" Zhang Xiaofo opened his mouth unexpectedly, interrupting the old woman's thinking.
"Oh, by the way, you hypnotized them just now, controlled their fears, and you can also hypnotize yourself!" The old woman thought she had figured it out and nodded.
"Got it, you're still not letting us go?" Chen Ran breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene: "You can't do anything to us now!" ”
"Giggles......
The old woman let out that disgusting laugh again.
"What are you laughing at?" Chen Ran hated the feeling of being kept in the dark and being an idiot.
"Laugh at your innocence!" Deng Rui also walked over, looking sober: "The old witch must have something to rely on if she has no fear." Although our fear is gone, that doesn't mean she can't create it. ”
Zhang Xiaofo realized that he really looked at Deng Rui, this woman was more intelligent and strong than he imagined.
"This ......"
"Look around, we still haven't come back to reality!" Zhang Xiaofo added.
"Not bad!" The old woman said triumphantly, "There are few men who are so clever as you!" But it's a pity that I still can't let you go! ”
"Do you know what I'm afraid of?" Zhang Xiaofo asked suddenly.
"What?" The old woman found it amusing, for it was the first time she had met someone who had not been affected by her abilities.
Zhang Xiaofo stopped talking.
At the same time, everyone felt an inexplicable fear.
That fear is not the same as ordinary fear, it is a tremor that extends from the bottom of everyone's heart, not because of what they have seen.
A deep sense of powerlessness seems to be facing an engraved genetic fear from ancient times, just like a mouse must be afraid of a cat!
Chen Ran, Deng Rui, and even the old woman were suppressed by this breath and couldn't move. Only Zhang Xiaofo was feeling his fear. For a long time, Zhang Xiaofo has only lost a memory on the surface, but only he knows that along with the memory, there is also his feelings.
Zhang Xiaofo is a little uncertain about everything he has experienced in the past two years, as if he is separated by a membrane, and there is no real and direct feeling. And now he felt the unhindered fear, which was damn appealing, even though it was an unpleasant emotion for someone who had not had a definite emotion all along. Zhang Xiaofo felt all this wholeheartedly, and couldn't help but tremble all over.
"What's your fear?" The old woman could no longer maintain the human image at this time, her back was bent, the upper body and the lower body were basically at an angle of 90 degrees, and her whole body was like the bark of a century-old tree. A thick mane grew around the edges of a face, leaving only an inverted triangular pink area in the middle—two eyes, a nose, and a mouth......
"My fears?" Zhang Xiaofo repeated, and then smiled.
I don't know when the darkness began to invade the room, and the surrounding walls have been completely swallowed by the darkness......
"What's in there?" The old woman had completely lost her composure, and watched as her feet were buried in the darkness: "Ah! Along the old woman's legs, a trace of darkness crept up. Wherever darkness goes, flesh and bone are separated...... The skin and muscles are like blooming petals, peeling off from the body little by little. Soon the old woman was devoured.
"What's that?"
Chen Ran and Deng Rui regained their mobility and leaned closer to Zhang Xiaofo. Darkness was approaching, and the three of them were only one step away. Outside of the three of them, it was all black that couldn't be seen through. Black rolling, with countless crises hidden inside.
"My fear!" Zhang Xiaofo fainted after speaking.
After Zhang Xiaofo fell to the ground. The darkness seemed to be catalyzed by something, and it boiled violently......
"I didn't expect to really lose my life this time!" Chen Ran smiled bitterly.
"......" Deng Rui was speechless.
Darkness finally fell on the trio......
……
"We're not dead?" Chen Ran woke up and found himself lying on the floor of the house. Hurriedly woke up Deng Rui beside him.
"Not dead?" I have to say that Deng Rui is a very strong woman, and immediately after waking up, she calmly analyzed the environment she was in: "What about Zhang Xiaofo? ”
"Yes, what about Zhang Xiaofo?" Chen Ran also became anxious.
The two helped each other out of the house. I found that there was plenty of light outside, and it took a long time for my eyes to get used to it.
Zhang Xiaofo was standing in the open space in front of the room, naked and naked, and the black pattern on his right hand had spread to his shoulder.
Chen Ran and Deng Rui watched as the pattern on Zhang Xiaofo's hand disappeared under their noses.
"Zhang Xiaofo!" Chen Ran screamed softly.
Zhang Xiaofo turned around.
Chen Ran originally had a lot of questions, but suddenly found that there was nothing to ask.
Deng Rui also wisely chose to remain silent.
"I didn't expect it to be a few hours!" When going down the mountain, Chen Ran lay on Zhang Xiaofo's back and chattered.
"Actually, it's been a day!" Zhang Xiaofo reminded.
"How do you know? Didn't our watch and phone show that only a few hours had passed? Chen Ran was surprised.
"Eyes can deceive, but our physiology doesn't! My body told me that we had been in that room for a day. "Zhang Xiaofo's control of his body is almost to the point of masochism. As long as he is willing, he can control his heartbeat within a certain range at any time.
"Oh!" Chen Ran, out of absolute trust in Zhang Xiaofo, did not dispute his statement.
Deng Rui followed behind, without saying a word.
Soon the group descended the hill and returned to the station. There were a lot more people than when they got off.
On the bus back to Yang City. Chen Ran fell in the last row and pretended to be dead. Deng Rui sat next to Zhang Xiaofo.
"What's that?" Deng Rui looked out the window, as if it wasn't her who asked the question.
"Mandrills." Zhang Xiaofo replied: "A kind of god in the mountains! Illusion! It often eats people who get lost in the mountains! ”
"Gods do harm to humans?" Deng Rui asked.
"Who said gods don't harm humans?" Zhang Xiaofo asked rhetorically.
Deng Rui blinked. The sun cast a halo on her eyelashes.
"You're a nasty wretch!"
"No, I'm an atheist!"
"Zhang Xiaofo!"
"Huh?"
"I really like you!"
"Huh?!"