Y City is a famous tourist city, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. Boyan County is close to Y City, and its economy is naturally much better than that of other surrounding counties.

Yu Youwei and Zhang Chongyi submitted a business trip application when they arrived at the company, and arrived in Boyan County that night.

Due to the spread of the unexplained mass coma incident, it caused panic among the residents of the county, and the pedestrians on the road were in a hurry and could not see many expressions. Yu Youwei and Zhang Chongyi dragged a large suitcase, trying to find someone to ask for directions, but no one paid attention.

Zhang Chongzhi made the decision to book a special inn, Yu Youwei did not object, Liang Yuan always liked to book express hotels in the past, and felt that it was worry-free, and there would be no big mistakes, this time he changed his partner and changed the express hotel that was familiar like half a home, Yu Youwei felt that this experience was also very fresh.

The two of them, who wanted to take a walk, couldn't find anyone to ask for directions, so they had to take a taxi to the inn, which is a large five-story inn that is said to have a local character. After changing the room card, the two got on the elevator, ready to put down their luggage and go out for a turn, but as soon as the elevator door opened, Yu Youwei was deeply shocked by the scene in front of him.

The walls of the corridor were painted dark red, like congealed blood in the dim light, and two huge terracotta warriors and horses that reached to the ceiling stood at the entrance of the elevator like door gods, so frightened that Yu Youwei didn't dare to get out of the elevator for a while.

Zhang Chongzhi pulled Yu Youwei's box into the corridor with great interest, and was amazed while looking around, "I saw on the Internet that the decoration and design of this store are very ordinary, and it really deserves its reputation." ”

Yu Youwei had to follow out of the elevator, and when she got out of the elevator, she found that the decorative paintings on the walls of the corridor were also very unusual, they seemed to be some wedding banquet photos from the Republic of China, but everyone's expressions were a little weird when you looked closely. The groom seems to be smiling, the bride's expression is blank, and the faces of the clapping guests around are all blue, and everyone in the photo seems to have their own thoughts. Further on, at the end of the hallway hangs a large portrait of a Qing Dynasty woman, staring at each approacher with dark eyes.

Yu Youwei instantly got goosebumps, she didn't know what Zhang Chongzhi was booking the inn on, she only felt that this inn was extremely weird.

Finding Yu Youwei's discomfort, Zhang Chongzhi explained, "This is an East Asian-themed inn, the owner is a history buff, and the furnishings and layouts here are all collected by him, and he is well-known in the province." He hesitated, "Aren't you unacceptable?" ”

"Not really." Yu You smiled slightly embarrassedly, and with the attitude of visiting, this inn was indeed very distinctive, so she didn't resist and found her room.

When she opened the door, a cold wind blew on her face, Yu Youwei thought that there was a window in the room that was not closed, but after checking, she found that both windows were closed tightly, and the air conditioner was also in a state of power outage, so she didn't care about the air conditioner left in the room before.

Put down the suitcase, look at the furnishings in the room, I can't help but admire the innkeeper's wallet and guts, he opened this shop should be completely for love, arranged like this, who would book this kind of room if he is not as sick as Zhang Chongzhi.

A Chinese-style mahogany bed, the bedding is colorful and green, the two oil lamps at the head of the bed, are held in the hand by two stone statues of boys and girls whose eyes are as high as their noses, and some oil stains drip along the top of the stone statue, as if the blood flowing out of the top of the stone statue's head, and what is even worse is that a one-meter square copper mirror stands directly opposite the bed, reflecting the figure of the person, but it is not very clear, and there is a sense of old unreality.

There is a large bathtub in the bathroom, which is different from the antique of the room, the bathtub is very modern, and it can be seen that it is not a bargain, but in front of the bathtub there is a screen painted with bright red paint, and there is no pattern in the middle of the screen, only the last poem recited by Baoyu in "Dream of Red Mansions": "I live in Xi, the peak of the green ridge; I wander, Hongmeng space. Who dies with me, and who with me? Slim and vast, return to the other wilderness! ”

Yu Youwei stood in front of the screen for a long time, she was very impressed by this poem when she read "Dream of Red Mansions", at that time she was still a stubborn girl who tried her best to live a normal life like her classmates.

Just as she was immersed in her memories and tried to make friends with the innkeeper, there was a sudden sound of a crash at the door.

A plop woke Yu Youwei up from the poem, she thought that the other tenants of the inn had brought their children, and accidentally kicked the football on her door, and she didn't want to pay attention to it. But soon there was a sound of pulling the doorknob at the door. Everything happened very quickly, so fast that Yu Youwei, who was still in the bathroom, didn't have time to react, it seemed that someone tried to turn the doorknob to open the door, and after the door failed, he pushed the door hard, and the door chain on the door was rattling.

"Who?" Yu You shouted slightly, it wouldn't be Zhang Chongzhi, he would definitely knock on the door if he wanted to find himself, and he knew that he was in the room, so he wouldn't push the door so hard.

The sound disappeared, and the room suddenly fell silent, as if everything that had just happened was Yu Youwei's hallucination.

She hesitated for a moment, but chose to tidy up the contents of the suitcase first, bring some things that might be used later, and go outside with Zhang Chongzhi first, and it would be best to ask the locals what the situation of those unconscious people is now.

After changing into clothes and shoes that were easy to move, Yu Youwei knocked on Zhang Chongzhi's door, she was curious about what Zhang Chongzhi's room looked like.

Although Zhang Chongzhi was curious about the furnishings of this inn, it was an eye-opener to really live in, and he couldn't help but worry about Yu Youwei, even if she had been dealing with these mysterious things, this kind of visual stimulation might not necessarily be liked, and just as he wanted to ask, Yu Youwei came and knocked on his door.

Zhang Chongzhi's room is more weird than Yu Youwei's, and it is really better.

As soon as Yu Youwei entered the door, the portrait of a Qing Dynasty woman hanging at the end of the corridor was hung at the entrance in a smaller way, no matter how she moved after entering the door, Yu Youwei always felt that she was still in the sight of that woman, and she was somewhat uncomfortable.

In front of the dining table stood a life-size bronze statue of a monk, and most of the rust stains on the bronze were distributed on the monk's face, which made people feel disgusted and disrespectful.

The bed in the room is even more eerie, it is a dark brown solid wood bed, hanging high on the bed, the delicate hollow decoration does not bring the slightest beauty, but makes the whole bed have a deep feeling, as if closing the mosquito net has no connection with the world.

This bed gave Yu Youwei a very familiar feeling, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

was trying to find a chair to sit down, but Yu Youwei found that the chairs in the room were also very good, the two Taishi chairs were quite extravagant, but the four legs of the chair were tied with tattered red cloth, and if you looked closely, there were deep and shallow unknown stains on the red cloth, Yu Youwei circled around the chair twice, and still didn't dare to sit down.

Seeing Yu Youwei like this, Zhang Chongzhi could only smile at her awkwardly, "I'm sorry, it seems to have been messed up." ”

"It's okay, it's a pretty fresh experience." Yu Youwei really feels very fresh from the bottom of her heart, she does not have high requirements for the living environment, as long as it does not affect her rest at night, it is not a mess for her.

Walking out of the inn, a wave of heat came to my face. Yu Youwei found that the summer night was so hot, she could even feel a trace of coldness in the inn, thinking of this, she couldn't help but look back at the direction of the inn, but the inn is normal south-facing, and it is very sunny for many years, "Maybe I didn't notice the central air conditioning." Convincing himself in this way, Yu Youwei and Zhang Chongzhi walked onto the street.

At eight o'clock in the evening, it is the most lively time in the summer, there is no daytime sun, many people who are afraid of heat choose this time to go out for activities, and the night market business at this time is often the best.

But this is not the case at night in Boyan County, where there are few pedestrians in the sparse shops.

Yu Youwei and Zhang Chongzhi glanced at each other and came to a food stall, "Boss, let's have a popping tofu." ”

"Okay!" The boss was sitting on a small stool bored playing mobile games, and when he saw a customer coming to the door, he was busy with warm hospitality.

Yu Youwei looked around and chatted with the boss: "Boss, isn't this a tourist city?" Why is there no one on the street so early. ”

The boss's face changed slightly, and he didn't seem to want to talk about this topic.

Seeing this, Zhang Chongzhi sang and said to Yu Youwei, "Is it related to the fact that we saw those unconscious people on the Internet a while ago." ”

The boss sighed and rummaged through the tofu on the shelves as he told the two about what had happened recently.

It turned out that as early as a month ago, there had been several middle-aged men who had come back from outside who suddenly fell into a coma on different occasions, and those who were in a coma were sent to the hospital but could not find any cause, and finally could only rely on infusions to maintain their lives. But the strange thing is that even infusions can't stop their rapid aging, and now the first person who is in a coma is gray-haired, and eighty percent of them are dying.

As more and more people fall into a coma for no reason, various rumors circulate. Many people say that it is some kind of biochemical virus brought back by the first few people who were in a coma. At present, the mode of infection is unknown, many comatose people do not have any contact with each other, and there is no overlap in the social circle, which makes the whole county fall into panic, people dare not stay in non-essential places, dare not go out, and even many people refuse to go out to work, if this continues, the whole Beyondsoft County will be slowly paralyzed.

After listening to the boss's story, Yu Youwei found out that this matter was much more serious than what they saw in the outside world, this unexplained coma was like a plague, planting fear in everyone's heart, and not being in it was impossible to experience this fear, which is also the reason why the county strictly controls the information conveyed to the outside - panic cannot spread, once such panic spreads, it is a disaster.