The winter sun shone down on the valley, illuminating the neat fields.

The fields were scattered with human figures, carefully picking up crops.

Their methods are very neat, and they have obviously developed a physical memory for farming, weeding while talking and laughing loudly.

With the passage of time, the shadow of the sun is slanting in the west, and the chill dispelled by the sun begins to emerge gradually.

The villagers did not delay, and successively packed up their farm tools, cleaned them in the canal at the entrance of the village, and returned home one after another.

The originally quiet village suddenly became lively with the return of the villagers.

The sound of frolicking, the sound of chasing, the thrashing of laundry, the movement of fetching water, the cries of poultry and livestock...... Interwoven into a vivid rural life.

Soon, the smoke curled from the chimney above the thatched house, blurring the dusty house into a picture of the smell of fireworks.

"Hello Gong ......"

"What the hell ......"

The onomatopoeia of the animals calling for food comes and goes.

Before dark, the smoke gradually disappeared, and every household fed the poultry and livestock, closed the doors and windows, and prepared to rest.

When night fell, the whole village was quiet, the frosty moonlight was softly sprinkled, and the deserted village was like a perched beast, crawling quietly in the valley.

Only the barking of dogs occasionally sounded, which accentuated the silence of the night.

To the north of the village, a thatched hut looks like no different from the rest of the house.

The house was lined up in three rooms, with a hedged yard outside, and the free-range poultry had been locked in a pen behind the kitchen, and the only goat was tethered to the side room.

The bright moonlight shines into the main house through the thatched windows, and the silvery light reflects the outline of the house.

In the four-walled room, there are three figures sitting on the ground at this moment.

They all hid in the shadows, and the moonlight fell on the clearing between the three of them like a sparkling wave.

Suddenly, the figure sitting at the top spoke in a hoarse voice: "The situation in the village has been roughly figured out. ”

"This village is so remote that it has not been in contact with the outside world for many years, and it has no name."

"Most of the villagers are ordinary farmers, nothing special."

"It's weird, it's three families."

"The first family is the village chief's house; the second household is the blacksmith shop in the north of the village; The third household is the coffin shop in the west of the village. ”

"The village chief's name is Chu Hu, surnamed Fan, and it is said that the ancestor came from the ancient Chu land of Huaguo."

"In that place, in ancient times, it was rumored that witchcraft culture prevailed."

"In Chu Hu's family, some inexplicable sacrifices are often carried out."

"During this time, Chu Hu's youngest son was sick, and this morning, Chu Hu held another sacrifice."

"I've inquired about some questions about sacrifices, but the terminology, language, and appellations of ancient China are a bit different from modern ones."

"I don't have the memory to understand a lot of words."

"So I didn't get any particularly valuable information."

"The blacksmith shop in the north of the village, the smelting technology, is a little too advanced."

"All the ironwork in the whole village basically comes from that blacksmith shop."

"It has not yet been figured out the origin of the blacksmith's technology."

"As for the coffin shop in the west of the village......"

"It's strange that, given the population and labor force of this village, they can't afford to support a blacksmith shop at all, and they don't need a special coffin shop at all."

"In short, the coffin shop gave me a very uncomfortable feeling."

"My gut told me that it was best not to go near the coffin shop until the 'digital energy' was restored."

The other two figures listened calmly, and the figure on the left changed their posture slightly, and said in a flat voice: "The current situation is very obvious. ”

"This time and space has been infected by a 'digital virus'."

"However, in this time and space, no matter what country it is, mathematics has not really developed."

"So the way you get infected with the virus is a little different from modern society."

"And the most important point, that is the exit of the space-time tunnel, so far, it is not known where it is."

"We're here now, but we can't go back for the time being."

The third figure nodded, and said in a somewhat strange tone: "Now, the most important thing is to recover the 'digital energy' first. ”

"During the day, I've tried a lot of things, but none of them worked."

"Therefore, we must first find an infected person in the [lesion stage]......"

"The more abnormal the village chief's house, the blacksmith shop, and the coffin shop, the more likely it is that there will be infected people."

"During the day today, many people have been to the village chief's house."

"The 'ash order' and the 'four-dimensional utopia' should have already begun to act."

"It's a bit late for us to go to the village chief's house after dawn tomorrow."

"As far as I've observed, no one has been to the blacksmith shop yet."

"Tomorrow, let's go to the blacksmith!"

The other two figures both nodded slightly, expressing agreement.

The figure sitting at the top continued, "In addition to these, I have heard a piece of news. ”

"If you hear a knock at the door at night, don't open it."

"Don't answer either."

"It is said that this village will be haunted in the middle of the night."

"This kind of haunted rumor seems to have been heard a lot in ancient times."

"Therefore, I am not sure that this so-called haunting is a rumor spread by these uneducated ancient villagers to exaggerate some natural phenomena; Or is it because of the 'digital virus'? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

Knock knock!

There was a knock at the door, and the three people in the room immediately stopped talking, and the whole thatched house was quiet.

The three of them glanced at each other, and the figure closest to the gate got up silently and walked towards the back of the door.

The figure did not mean to open the door, but leaned behind the door, looking out through the gap between the two wooden doors.

Knock knock knock......

The knocking on the door continued, and there was a thin and short figure standing outside the door, the silver moonlight shone from behind the other party, which seemed to be plated with a layer of silver for him, and it could be vaguely seen that there was a black mole on the other party's neck, and the gray little face, in the eye sockets, was empty and there were no eyeballs.

※※※

Moonlight flowed into the room like water, mottled and scattered on Zhou Zhen's body.

He suddenly moved, and opened his eyes.

Looking at the shabby and dilapidated thatched house, Zhou Zhen quickly remembered his previous memories and immediately got up.

Although he had already slept well, he was still cold and hungry.

Zhou Zhen moved his hands and feet slightly, without any hesitation, immediately walked to the bed, picked up the brick that served as a pillow, opened the wooden door, and walked out directly.

Outside the door, the ground was covered with frost, and the moonlight illuminated the gray village into a pale cold.

Zhou Zhen walked briskly on the solid mud floor, the cold wind was blowing in his face, tearing at the thin clothes on his body, but Zhou Zhen was not worried about catching a cold at all.

He had a clear goal and went straight to the village chief's house.

Unlike the previous times, when he went to the village chief's house this time, there was no fog on the road, and the surrounding houses, hedges, and low walls were extremely clear.

Soon, he came to the courtyard of the village chief's house.

Zhou Zhen spent a little effort, climbed over the low wall, walked through the spacious courtyard, and came to the gate of the thatched house.

Looking at the wooden door in front of him, Zhou Zhen immediately began to knock on the door.

Knock knock!

A crisp knock on the door echoed through the spacious courtyard.

Knock knock knock...... Knock knock knock......

The room was silent, and there was no response.

Zhou Zhen didn't give up, took out the bricks he was carrying, and began to slam the door.

Bang bang bang!

Bang bang......

Bang bang bang......

smashed the door for a long time, but there was still dead silence inside.

Zhou Zhen suddenly frowned, thought about it seriously, he stopped slamming the door, picked up the brick, and stood guard not far from the door.

Time passed little by little, and I don't know how long it took, a familiar thin figure kicked and walked from the direction of the courtyard gate.

The figure was dark and thin, with a hollow expression, and the whole person looked confused and unconscious.

Zhou Zhen stood by the door, saw the other party's face clearly with the help of the moonlight, and confirmed that the person who came was Ji Li, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

No wonder it was useless to knock on the door just now, it turned out that the other party was not at home at all!

Soon, Ji Li returned to the door of the house, and after seeing Zhou Zhen, he subconsciously turned around and walked towards Zhou Zhen.

Seeing Ji Li approaching, Zhou Zhen not only did not run away this time, but raised the brick in his hand and smashed it directly at the other party's head.

Syllable!

Ji Li was immediately smashed and fell to the ground, but there were no traces of injury on his head.

Suddenly attacked, Ji Li's consciousness seemed to wake up from the chaos at once, and he immediately got up from the ground and fled home.

Zhou Zhen quickly followed.

The thatched house of the village chief's house was closed, and no matter how Zhou Zhen smashed it just now, he had no intention of opening it.

But as soon as Ji Li's approach at this moment, the unusually strong wooden door immediately opened silently.

Looking at this scene, Zhou Zhen was no stranger at all.

In that classroom, he could also open the front and back doors of the classroom at will.

But the other personalities can't even find the door!

Ji Li rushed into the door in an instant, and without waiting for the wooden door to close, Zhou Zhen rushed in.

Behind the wooden door, there is a main house with a common layout in the countryside, and on the wall facing the gate hangs a faded picture scroll, a bit like the middle hall of later generations, the picture scroll is fabric, probably because of the age, it is full of large and small holes, obviously seriously damaged.

Under the scroll is a long table, which looks like it was used for sacrifice, and below it is a square table for eating.

The tables and chairs are very low, and it seems that the custom of kneeling and sitting has been retained.

After Ji Li entered the door, he didn't hesitate for a moment, went straight to the curtain on the side of the long case, and plunged into the back room.

Zhou Zhen followed behind without a single step, and also rushed into the back room.

The size of the back room was about the same as the thatched hut he was in when he woke up, and the largest piece of furniture in the room was the bed placed against the wall, on which lay a dark and thin figure, exactly like Ji Li's head.

Ji Li's footsteps did not stop, and he ran towards the bed.

When Ji Lixi came to the side of the bed and was about to climb onto the bed, Zhou Zhen rushed over directly and hit Ji Lixi with a brick again!

Ji Li's head fell again, and he fell to the ground, just like just now, there was no blood on the other party's head, and there was no scar at all.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhou Zhen quickly stepped forward, turned over with a sharp turn, and successfully rushed to the bed!

The next moment, he opened his eyes suddenly, and he saw the roof made of straw mats, and the sun-dried straw poked out of the cracks, and it hung down like earthy tassels.

The long-lost warmth hit, he felt that his body was no longer cold, but lying in the shabby but warm futon, on the cabinet beside him, an oil lamp was faintly illuminated, and next to the oil lamp, there was a bowl of water, which seemed to be used for drinking, but it was cold at the moment.

The adobe house, which had been carefully repaired with all the crevices, was strong enough to protect it from the wind and frost.

Zhou Zhen turned his head to look at the side, this was no longer the dilapidated and leaky thatched hut before, but the house where the village chief's family, Ji Li, lived!

At this moment, Ji Li's life has disappeared, and there is only Zhou Zhen in the whole room.

Zhou Zhen moved his body, feeling that there was no strength in his limbs, and weakness seemed to emanate from his bones.

He struggled to sit up, and it took him a little effort before he climbed out of bed, came to the cabinet next to him, carefully brought down the water, and carefully examined his reflection by the light of the oil lamp.

The water reflects a black, thin and weak face, which is the village chief's Ji Tanuki!

The guess was confirmed, and Zhou Zhen was not surprised at all.

"Sure enough......"

"It's also [split personality]!"

"After I entered the one-dimensional consciousness of the space-time tunnel, I crossed over and became 'Bo Qi', but this 'Bo Yan' is not a living person, but one of the personalities of Ji Li, the youngest son of the village chief!"

"It's not just me."

"The road is wide, and there are also Uncle Dolphin and Zhong Song, who played the game of 'touching the blind' at that time...... All those children are the personality of the village chief's family! ”

"Strange ......"

"Why is this symptom so similar to me?"

While thinking about it, Zhou Zhen felt that he was very hungry, so he immediately walked to the end of the bed, picked up the shabby clothes that were put on there, and put them on.

After taking measures to keep warm, Zhou Zhen carefully lifted the curtain and looked out from the gap.

Outside was the main house, and at this moment, the moonlight flowed in through the crack in the door, quiet and cold.

The main house was empty.

Zhou Zhen held his breath and waited for a moment to confirm that there was no danger outside, and then walked out of the back room quickly.

After he entered the main house, he did not stop, and walked directly towards the stove.

The door to enter the stove room is closed, but at this time, there is basically no one in the stove room, and the door will certainly not be locked.

Zhou Zhen came to the door, and was about to push the door and go in to find something to eat, when he suddenly heard a strange noise from the stove.

Click...... Click...... Click......

The abnormal sound is very crisp, as if sharp teeth easily bite off a bone, and then chew unhurriedly, in the silence of the night, it looks particularly harsh.

At the same time, sticky and sweet blood quietly flowed out of the crack in the door of the stove, and in the blink of an eye, it soaked through the tamped mud.

Ask for a commuter pass!

(End of chapter)