Chapter 4: The Siege

Xiao Xia opened her mouth wide in surprise and sat there stiffly, seeing that Zuo De turned around and kept that appearance for a while, like a freeze frame in a movie, while the black shadow over there suddenly became a cut shorter after being motionless.

Its head is gone, only its figure remains! And it began to float back the moment of the severed head, quickly disappearing into the darkness!

Zuo De slowly turned his head, and Xiao Xia was horrified to see that his face was no longer his own face, as if he had been replaced with a whole face, and he had become a different person!

Square face, upright facial features, and two vertical rows of black moles on the left side of the cheeks, as if two muddy tears are hanging on the face, making the originally clear and beautiful face have a little crying appearance!

He laughed, "Let's go into town!" He said slowly in Zode's voice.

"Ahh

Xiao Xia instinctively turned her head to look at her, and saw that she was not screaming because she saw Zuode's abnormality, but was frightened by the many round things rolling down the hillside.

In the chaotic but bright light of the flashlight, everyone present could see that those things were skulls!

Then, as if the hillside was tilting, everyone could not sit still, and was washed down the hill by an invisible torrent!

This came down too suddenly, Xiao Xia was caught off guard, and in the surrounding fright, he rolled down with this group of people! She knew it was an illusion, but she couldn't control her body, and her hands were desperately pulling at the weeds around her, but she still couldn't stop the downward trend.

Here is the empty city, which they have been avoiding entering, but finally they must enter!

There were loud bangs and exclamations, and Xiao Xia only felt her body fall heavily on the hard asphalt road, and the sharp pain from her shoulder in an instant made her faint and lose all consciousness.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Xia woke up, feeling that he was lying on his back on the flat road, although his shoulders were still burning and hurting, but his brain was very sober.

The rain had stopped, but it wasn't right. It was supposed to be night, but the sky was gray, roughly like five o'clock in the summer morning.

I remember that it was about 11 o'clock in the evening before I fell down last night, could it be that I was in a coma all night? What about the others?

She struggled to her feet, looked around, and saw a dozen figures scattered on the ground around her like rags, which happened to face a small artificial lake, and when she looked closely at her surroundings, it was obvious that she was in an empty town.

This man-made lake is located at the intersection of two wide streets, one horizontal and one vertical, with shadows on both sides of the street, but the lake is very empty, paved with marble floors, and decorated with flowers and plants, forming a square centered on the lake.

A tower has been built in the middle of the lake like an island!

This tower has been seen when it was outside the town, at that time only thought it was very high, and when I looked closely, I found that its architectural style was still very gorgeous, the same as the golden jade tile, although I don't know if this tower has anything to do with Buddhism, but it gives people a feeling of a temple. It is built in the center of the lake, and there is only an open-air corridor that leads to it, and you have to pass through it to get in and out, otherwise you have to swim in the water.

"Where is this?" Liu Hong's voice came from beside her, she was the second to wake up after Xiao Xia. She knelt on the ground and looked around in horror, and she understood what this place was without Xiao Xia answering her.

"What time is it?" She asked again.

Xiao Xia usually doesn't wear a watch, so she had to take out her mobile phone and look at it, and saw that the time on her phone showed that it was 23:17. As soon as the phone was taken out, she was reminded that the main function of the phone was to make calls, but she immediately found that there was no signal at all!

Xiao Xia smiled bitterly, realizing that she was too stupid. This is clearly a trap, this town is like a demon waiting quietly in the corner, waiting to devour these people, now that the prey has been baited, how can it be easy to leave them a chance to escape! Although she didn't understand why this was happening, or if it was a demonic prank, or if one of them had provoked, offended, or harmed, intentionally or unintentionally, something that could have happened?!

Liu Hong, who was on the side, saw Xiao Xia's behavior and remembered that she also had a mobile phone, so she hurriedly took it out and fiddled with it indiscriminately, calling for help as if she had lost her mind.

Although he understood that Liu Hong's non-stop talking under fear was a way to relieve tension, Liu Hong's yelling still made Xiao Xia unbearable. She glanced around and saw that the others were waking up one after another, so she quickly stood up and walked to the edge of the artificial lake, and whispered to the bracelet, "Ah Bai, do you know what's going on?" ”

The bracelet hung quietly on her white wrist, motionless!

Xiao Xia was startled, and quickly shook his wrist twice, raising his voice, "Ah Bai, Ah Bai, are you there?" Answer me! ”

Still no movement.

"Ah Bai, don't scare me, are you there? Are you okay? Xiao Xia was in a hurry, but she didn't dare to scream too loudly.

Quiescence!

What's going on? Could it be that something happened to Ah Bai?

In an instant, Xiao Xia's heart tugged and she experienced double fear! Originally, she thought that Ah Bai had always been by her side, so she could keep her calm in fright, but Ah Bai was not there, which made her suddenly fall into a state of panic!

On the other hand, she was afraid that something would happen to Ah Bai, after all, Ah Bai would not leave without saying a word! What really happened when she was unconscious? Is all this her unlucky, unintentionally involved, or is there some conspiracy waiting for her! But no matter what, it's good, don't involve the innocent and kind Ah Bai!

"I'm leaving! I'm leaving! Zuode! Zuode, where are you? Liu Hong's sharp voice came from afar, "Zuode, take me out of here!" Zuode! ”

Zuode? Where did the photographer who was possessed by the dark shadow go?

Xiao Xia looked around silently and cautiously, and saw that everyone had stood up, only a round and chubby burly figure lay on the edge of the flower garden in the square, not moving, as if dead.

"Zuode!" Liu Hong also saw where Zuo De was, got up and ran towards him, and the others followed.

Liu Hong rolled over and shook him desperately, hoping that her protector would come to his senses. Under her sway, Zuode, who was obviously stumbling, slowly came to his senses.

"Where is this? New Town? He shook his head, glanced around, and asked, confused and surprised.

As soon as the word 'Xinzhen' came out of his mouth, it immediately detonated the panic in everyone's hearts like lighting a fuse!

"Let's leave now!" One person said a word, and immediately many people agreed.

"Go this way, this side leads to the east gate, and you will return to the old town when you go out of the east gate!" Another said, and ran east without waiting for anyone to respond!

One person ran, and the rest of the people didn't even think about it for a second, and they also followed behind and rushed in the direction of the east, just like the birds in the trees scattered in panic after hearing a gunshot, and the action was completely brainless, not only Xiao Xia, Liu Hong and Zuo De did not move.

Xiao Xia didn't run because she had experienced too many of this kind of things, and she knew that running was useless, it would only be a waste of physical strength, and it also reduced her chances of survival, and she had to judge calmly to have a chance. Unfortunately, the men ran away blindly without waiting for her advice, but she expected them to come back again.

Now it's clear that it's a siege!

But why didn't Zuode run? Is it sober-minded and understands the situation, or is he no longer 'him'?

As soon as Xiao Xia's suspicious gaze looked over, he happened to see Zuo De also looking over! At this time, his face returned to its original appearance, and his expression was normal, and his eyes looking at Xiao Xia were full of admiration, as if he was surprised that she could be a woman in danger.

But Xiao Xia is wary of him! Is he really still the same Zuode?

"Let's go too!" Liu Hong helped Zuo De up, pulled his arm stiffly, and said anxiously.

"The situation is unknown, it's better to be still than to be still!" Zuo De patted Liu Hong's hand.

"But I want to leave, this town is so quiet, it makes people's hearts hairy!" Liu Hong said as he looked around.

The silence she said, Xiao Xia also felt it.

Originally, this was an empty town that had not yet been inhabited, and there should be no movement, but it was unusually quiet, not completely silent, but that gloomy, dead feeling, not even my own breath and heartbeat, as if it was not an empty city but a tomb!

"Don't be afraid! I'll protect you! Zuo De comforted Liu Hong, then got up from the ground and walked over to Xiao Xia.

He seemed to have hit his head, and there was a large bruised bag on his forehead, and he was still staggering when he walked. But he had only taken a few steps before he suddenly stopped, and at the same time, there was a 'boom' sound behind Xiao Xia.

The three of them looked in the direction of the sound in unison, only to see that a fountain suddenly gushed out of the artificial lake, and a column of snow-white water sprayed high into the air from the lake, because there was no sign before, so the three people present were startled.

"What's going on?" Liu Hong asked tremblingly.

No one answered her, in fact, no one knew what was going on! Is it funny and scary or does it have another meaning?!

Click-click-click-click-click-

A rush of footsteps broke the silence between the three of them, and when they turned their heads, as Xiao Xia expected, it was the first person who ran away at that time and ran back.

There are a lot of people on this law popularization trip, and Xiao Xia is very tired of it, so he can't remember the names of people who don't have any characteristics. She only remembers that this person's surname is Song, what kind of propaganda is it. I saw that he was sweating profusely and panting, probably because he had been sitting in the office for many years and not exercising, so it seemed that he had reached the limit of his physical strength.

He was also stunned when he saw Xiao Xia and the three of them, but he didn't expect to go back to the square again, and suddenly collapsed to the ground, crying in despair, "I can't see the East Gate, I can't see the East Gate!" We can't get out! Can't get out! ”

"Why can't you see the East Gate?" Liu Hong screamed and pounced over to ask.

The man ran back again, indicating that all hopes of escape were largely dashed.

"Don't say that there are weirdness in this empty city, even if there is not, this is a big town that can live more than 50,000 people, and the facilities are so advanced and complete, all on par with the world, how can it be possible to run from the town to the east gate so quickly!" Zuo De reprimanded, "If I'm not mistaken, this is indeed the center of the town." ”

"That's right." Liu Hong nodded desperately, ostensibly agreeing with Zuo De's words, but actually trying to convince himself, "He must be lost, others may have-"

She shut, and all hope of escape was dashed, as panicked footsteps came from all directions, and eight more people returned to the square from different directions. As a result, none of the nine people who ran away at the beginning went out!

"How so?" Zhao Jiayuan muttered to himself, looking at Mao Fu helplessly, "When our town was first built, it was due south and north!" ”

Mao Fu couldn't answer him, because the original plan was indeed horizontal and vertical, and if you look down from the air, the whole town is like a square Go board, very neat, and this is because their mayor loves order, so he designed it this way. Theoretically, if you take a telescope, you can see the west gate from the east gate all the way without any obstacles.

They just kept running, and they didn't turn a corner, and the road in front of the square is the main road, so there can be absolutely no mistake, but why did they turn back here?!

"Maybe we were too panicked, and it was so foggy, so maybe we made a mistake." A reporter from the town newspaper said.

As soon as he said this, Xiao Xia noticed that the whole city was foggy in the summer! The fog was so thick and strange that it enveloped the whole town, but kept the square in a clear state!

"That's right, we should try again." A horse-faced man surnamed Zhang said, "We should all go out, one person holding one person's hand, line up, and walk along the separation line in the middle of the road that separates the left and right rows, so that there will be no return." ”

"But I don't think it's a good idea." Zuo De interjected, "The situation is unclear now, this fog is strange again, you should stay in a relatively safe place, think of a good countermeasure before acting, or wait for the weather to improve." ”

"Nope." Someone immediately retorted to him, "To wait here is to wait for death, we must have run the wrong way because of the fog, and this time we have been walking, there will definitely be no mistake." ”

"Bo Yibo?" Zhao Jiayuan asked Mao Fu.

At this life-and-death juncture, he still has no idea of his own, only Mao Fuma is the first to look forward, completely losing the ability to think independently, and his servility has been deeply rooted in his bones.

"Okay, Bo." Mao Fu gritted his teeth and waved his hand heroically, but the next sentence revealed his psychological vulnerability, "If it doesn't work - come back together to find a way, anyway, everyone is together, be safe." What do you say? ”

"I'm firmly against it, it's the stupidest thing to do." Zuode said.

Xiao Xia also shook her head when Mao Fu's gaze swept over.

"Okay, let's still solve it democratically, and if you are willing to come and break in, come and queue up." Mao Fu sighed.

Xiao Xia watched coldly from the sidelines, always feeling that he was in a hurry to leave here not just for fear of being besieged, but how he looked like a little weak-hearted. By this time, the twelve had been divided into two factions, one with ten men and the other with two.

Xiao Xia originally thought that she, Zuo De and Liu Hong would stay, just like just now, but she didn't expect that it was Wang Wenge who stayed with her. Zuo De was originally strongly opposed to this, but Liu Hong wanted to try, Zuo De obviously had different feelings for Liu Hong and wanted to protect her, so although he was unwilling, he had to follow her.

This also made Xiao Xia breathe a sigh of relief, she was a little afraid of being alone with Zuode, because the dark shadow incident made her unable to fully trust him, although he seemed to be the most sober one in the group, but she was afraid that he would suddenly transform, and told her that he was not Zuode.

Xiao Natsumu sent the group into the white mist as thick as milk, and saw the white mist rolling, as if sucking people into a bottomless hole, and suddenly remembered the dream he had in the hotel last night.

In the dream, she was in a labyrinthine empty city, and then she was killed and dismembered!

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