176. Invasion of darkness
Jin Xuanzhu was stunned for a moment, and then showed a somewhat bitter smile.
"I know, but you still have to be careful with Fangzi."
"I know it." Zhou Chu nodded, he didn't want to have anything to do with Jin Xuanzhu, although he could understand her approach, he might not approve of it, but just like he said, between him and Jin Xuanzhu, there was nothing, so he wouldn't interfere with anything.
"Call the others over, I have something to say, or something to say."
"Urgent? Guess some guys are asleep. ”
Kim Xuanzhu is talking about Hughes.
"Well, it's all screaming."
In any case, they must be prepared first.
Half an hour later, in the small conference hall on the third floor, all the people arrived, looking at such a strange combination, Zhou Chu suddenly sighed, if there was no inexplicable choice and guidance of the Lingling, he might not have such an opportunity, although there was no initial fear and escape, but this feeling, although wonderful, but not too good, or too bad.
After seeing Pierrot walk in, Zhou Chu nodded at the others and then opened his mouth.
"If nothing else, the realm of the world will descend after the early hours of tomorrow morning."
After hearing Zhou Chu say this, everyone had different expressions, Hughes frowned, and said, "So fast?" After that, he fell into deep thought, and Jin Xuanzhu looked at Zhou Chu in disbelief, Pierrot shouted and cheered, Mel, Carranton, and Haas were silent, and Larsen wanted to stop talking.
"Just to announce this?" Haas, an Eastern European, was silent for a moment. Then asked.
"Hmm." Zhou Chu nodded, "Although I don't know what you think about this news, if you know about it in advance, at least you won't be too caught off guard......
"Hey, I like that about you, responsible chief." Pierrot waved his hand, "You know, I'm going to go around tomorrow morning, in case I run into eternity." I don't know what to do. That's the end of it. ”
Zhou Chu smiled, and then continued: "In short, it is to tell everyone the news, and then let you all be prepared." If you can. Personally, I hope. Tomorrow, don't go out for a while...... Hughes, you check and lay out the hotel's defenses again. It's better not to have any negligence......"
"I was thinking about that just now...... Hughes nodded, "I will." ”
"Carranton, you're in charge of preparing Molotov cocktails and stuff, as well as generators, diesel, power reserves, and electrical checks, and I remember you're okay in that regard...... Hughes and I said it. ”
"......" Carranton glanced at Hughes, didn't say anything, and didn't object.
Jin Xuanzhu is responsible for the allocation and management of materials, as well as liaison with others...... That's pretty much it. Zhou Chu nodded, "What's the problem?" ”
"What about us?" Pierrot was a little puzzled, and Zhou Chu didn't seem to have ordered Larsen, Haas, and him and Mel.
"The thug needs to tell the order?" Zhou Chu glanced at Pierrot dissatisfied, "Be on call at any time, don't leave the hotel for the time being." ”
After explaining the information, Zhou Chu did not return to the room immediately, but came to the top of the building, felt a camel and lit it, since coming to Silent Hill, Zhou Chu began to get used to the strong and choking smell of camels, strong enough, and refreshing enough.
It wasn't long before Hughes appeared on the rooftop.
"You didn't sleep?" Zhou Chu asked, and threw Hughes a camel.
"Can't sleep." Hughes smiled wryly.
"For what?" Zhou Chu is a little strange, because even if tomorrow is a critical day, he can still sleep peacefully, or rather, his nervous nerves are a little different from ordinary people - when he should be nervous, he will not feel nervous, such as the college entrance examination, interviews, or when his life is at stake, when he should not be nervous, he will be nervous, such as when facing someone and some people.
"I'm thinking about where else I can reinforce, I'm thinking about loopholes, I'm thinking about tomorrow." Hughes told the truth, "Maybe you think I've been through the Nightmare World twice and should be much calmer, but I can only say...... No way. ”
Before Zhou Chu could speak, Hughes added: "One of the post-war psychological syndromes, when I encounter something related to life and death, I will be nervous, which is also the reason why I was discharged from the army and was only responsible for intelligence gathering in the FBI." ”
This...... Zhou Chu smiled bitterly, and then said, "But...... What should come, will always come. ”
"Yes, what should come will always come." Hughes sighed, and looked at the gloomy and dim black night sky without a trace of starlight with Zhou Chu.
……
Zhou Chu was awakened by a series of violent knocks on the door, he sat up and looked at the time, seven o'clock in the morning...... Hell, with grumbling and dissatisfaction, he hadn't fully woken up, got up, and went to open the door.
"Here we go! Zhou Chu! Here we go! ”
Outside the door was Jin Xuanzhu's somewhat uneasy and panicked face, with a nervous and hurried tone.
"What started?"
"Darkness Strikes!"
After saying this, Jin Xuanzhu didn't care about saying anything to Zhou Chu, so she dragged Zhou Chu out of the door and pulled her into the elevator.
Zhou Chu, who had just reacted and remembered, and was sober, looked at Jin Xuanzhu who was nervous and frightened helplessly, she seemed to be very nervous, very uneasy, and a little overwhelmed.
But I ...... Still not worried, Zhou Chu even wondered if his nerves of nervousness and fear had always been wrong, maybe he could repair or correct the origin virus another day?
"You're nervous."
In the process of the elevator slowly rising, Zhou Chu said to Jin Xuanzhu.
"Of course!" Jin Xuanzhu looked at Zhou Chu angrily, although she seemed to want to make a joke or something, but she opened her mouth and finally sighed.
"It's fake not to be nervous or afraid," she said......, "I'm not a very powerful person, but the bloody night makes me tremble, not to mention the so-called eternal arrival of the world?" I don't know what kind of situation it is, but I know that a weak woman like me, in such a situation, can only do her best to protect herself...... You say, can I not be afraid? This is a nightmare world that can die at any time, not a dream or a game...... I don't want to die......"
Jin Xuanzhu turned her back to Zhou Chu, Zhou Chu couldn't see her expression clearly, but he could see that her shoulders seemed to be trembling slightly.
First Fangzi, then Jin Xuanzhu, what's going on? Do you choose to show weakness in front of yourself? Or is it that women themselves are more sensual, and no matter how strong they are, they still have some weakness in their hearts? It doesn't seem to be all, Zhou Chu thought of Xia Xiao and Zhao Ning, these two women...... Are there times when you are weak and weak inside?
and Fangzi, Zhou Chu felt that she should also be excluded......
Zhou Chu sighed, hesitated, but still stretched out his hand and gently hugged Jin Xuanzhu from behind.
"I can't say anything, I can only say that maybe I can't take you away, and I can't promise you anything, but at least I can guarantee that you will be safe here, in the hotel."
After Jin Xuanzhu was hugged from behind, she didn't struggle, but just adjusted her body a little to make Zhou Chu more comfortable.
But Zhou Chu quickly let go of his arms.
"This is the assurance I can give you, it's not about everything, just because now, if you are on my side and behind me, then I will naturally stand in front."
"Didn't mean anything else? I mean......" Kim Xuanzhu's tone was a little resentful, "and there was no other emotion at all. ”
"Not at all." Zhou Chu replied very seriously.
"Okay, thank you." Jin Xuanzhu's tone was very helpless, this man seemed to be a little firm in his emotions and will.
"You're welcome."
……
After pushing open the door of the rooftop of the building, Zhou Chu noticed for the first time that it was not everything in his field of vision, nor the people on the roof, but the whistling wind, which was different from the previous wind, the wind was very sharp, an indescribable sharpness, and the whistling wind seemed to carry a scream that could penetrate the soul.
Then the sky pressed lower than ever, so low that you could touch the gray clouds, and the whole sky seemed to press down to the ground at any moment.
Then in the distance of the sky, something seemed to be spreading, and the feeling, as if it was encroaching and devouring, the vague, tiny black, was slowly devouring the gray sky, slowly, but firmly, starting from all directions, gradually covering and spreading.
Not only the sky, but the farthest stretch of sight, such blackness, or rather, the darkness that could not penetrate the gaze and the sight, emerged from the very edge of the horizon, and together with the blackness of the sky, slowly but surely, penetrated from every place, towards this side, or toward the center of the whole city of Silent Hill.
If you use adjectives to describe it, in fact, this is not the darkness coming at all, but the erosion of darkness, in a slow, but firm, you watch the darkness engulf and approach little by little, but there is no way to stop it, there is no way to escape, you can only watch it like this, with a sense of despair and powerlessness to struggle, watching the darkness slowly and slowly swallow everything up.
"Zhou Chu." Seeing the appearance of Zhou Chu and Jin Xuanzhu, Hughes turned around and said in a serious tone, "It's started." ”
"Hmm."
No one said anything else, even the thugs were silenced in this way, and everyone just watched all this in silence.
Not only them, but by the window of St. Peter's Church, Scarry, Fangzi and others were also watching this scene in silence, Fangzi's face was calm, no one knew what she was thinking, but there was a trace of joy in Scarry's eyes that could not be concealed.
And on the bloody night, on the roof of the building, which was illuminated by the moonlight like a searchlight, the flame wolf squinted his eyes, snorted, and continued to turn over and sleep in the open air. And on a certain floor under the roof, Xia Xiao, who was dressed in a black tight leather coat, stood up and said to No. 7 and No. 12.
"Let's go, let's get ready." (To be continued.) )