Chapter 115: Mirror Image (1)
Bottomless darkness envelops him.
In the darkness of the abyss, there seemed to be a voice whispering.
"Give it up."
"The world doesn't need you."
"Everything you have experienced is false, and the real you are still in the cold snow, waiting for the enemy to attack."
"When you wake up, everything will be back to the way it was. Anything that reverses time and changes cause and effect will only turn into a dream that can be broken at the first poke. ”
"Wake up."
"Wake up!"
In the midst of such sounds.
Colin opened his eyes.
When he woke up, he subconsciously straightened up and looked at everything around him.
This place is still the same as before, the highest level of the White Wall Cross.
There was nothing else alive around, except for something that couldn't be seen clearly, hidden in the darkness, silent as the stone statue that Colin had seen standing in front of Qi's house.
Only in the center was a dim light that illuminated the small area where Colin was. Before that, it was pure pitch black.
It was like what he had seen in his previous dreams.
"Ahem......"
He coughed and got up.
At this time, he realized that his clothes were already soaked with sweat.
This is what I was scared of in my dream just now.
Everything that happened after he dreamed of the snowy mountains was nothing more than the fantasies of the dying man. In fact, the real one had already fallen in the snow due to cold and blood loss, and heaven appeared in front of him when he was dying.
The dream was so terrifying and real that even when he woke up, he still felt palpitations.
Gently rubbing his hair, Colin limped to his feet.
The effect of Nanding's previous medical advice on him had not completely faded, and even now, he still felt that he could not fully control his body.
But at least he's free to move around, which is a blessing in disguise.
And the reason for all this is that the ...... "Apostle of Truth" who came through time before.
Thinking of that person, Colin subconsciously clenched the ancient mirror in his arms.
At this moment, there is no trace of waves in the mirror, just like before, no figure is reflected, and it has become an ordinary mirror.
Placing the mirror in front of him, Colin looked at his own reflection in the mirror.
In the mirror, his face was pale, his lips were as red as blood, and there was a strange black in his eyes.
Looking at such a shadow, Colin subconsciously furrowed his eyebrows.
It's obviously himself, but he always feels a little unrecognizable.
"Maybe you've been too tired lately, right?"
Colin finally came to this conclusion.
Everything he'd been through lately had been almost horrific, whether it was being attacked by the Dawn, or being attacked by the Nightkin rebellion at the Qi House, or being knocked unconscious on the spot by the Lord's bounty.
To be honest, if it had been a month ago, he would not have believed that he would have gone through such a mess.
"I always feel that after encountering the truth, I always encounter enemies that I can't deal with at all......"
With a sigh, Colin picked up the mirror again.
Having said that, he had no intention of blaming the Lord of Truth.
At the end of the day, it's all about him, not the Other. He just gave himself a chance, and everything that happened after that was not controlled by Him.
The most important thing for Colin now is to get out of this cross of the white wall.
He descended the top floor, groping his way out of the clutter and darkness.
Soon, he found the door to his room.
Slowly pushing the door open, Colin cautiously stepped out of the door, hugging the ancient mirror on his chest by the way.
It seemed to be an emergency exit, with stairs leading down the door, and directly below it was a bright white light, almost completely different from the dark environment Colin had just found himself in.
However, in this place, the light does not represent "hope".
Colin, who had personally experienced Nanding's threat, was incomparably sure of this.
This white-walled cross is a place that cannot be measured by common sense.
In such a place, it may be safer to go to darker, damp places than to walk towards the light.
But there was no way - there was only one way for Colin to get out of that dark house and go down, so even though he knew it might be dangerous, he had to bite the bullet and go down.
However, to his surprise, even though his feet had touched the steps of the next floor, and standing in the corridor of this level, nothing strange had happened.
The level he was on was about the same as Nanding's. There are all kinds of paintings in the windows on both sides, and some white coats with their faces covered by black X.
The corridor is long, and the emergency exit is only a part of it. Looking down the distance, Colin didn't see the end of the road at all.
It seems to stretch to an infinite extent, with various bronze wooden doors lined up on both sides, each with some strange words engraved on it.
Colin barely made out what the words were.
Those are different "departments".
There are cardiology, internal medicine, and pediatrics.
Some of these departments are lit up, while others are simply dark. But every door was closed, and only red blood continued to flow from the cracks. In addition to this, Colin even heard strange footsteps coming from behind these doors, as well as the sound of squirming words.
It's like ...... Some of the departments are still running, and there are people in them who are undergoing surgery.
After realizing this, a fine cold sweat suddenly broke out on Colin's back.
He felt a primal fear.
It's an awe of the unknown.
Not daring to stay here for too long, Colin quickly and cautiously made his way down the next floor, not making a sound on the way.
He didn't notice that after he left, the closed wooden doors seemed to move at the same moment.
They opened quietly, and then, apparently empty, there were still various fragmentary sounds echoing in the empty corridor.
And Colin didn't even know it.
Because he's reached the next level.
Compared to the previous floor, it is obviously much more "lively".
It's just that this excitement is not a compliment.
", what's this weird thing?!"
A voice suddenly rang out, causing Colin to hide directly on the side of the iron door.
After silently reciting a few numbers in his mind, he quietly poked his head out and looked out the door.
Then he saw something familiar.
That's clearly the dress of those "Dawn" cultists who planned to arrest them before!
At this moment, these dawn believers are gathering together to surround something.
They carried all kinds of weapons in their hands, including swords and axes, and even scythes for mowing grass and plows for sowing, and the protrusion was a strange shape.
And in the middle of their encirclement, Colin saw a monster in a white coat with its chin almost falling to the ground.
The white coat on that monster's body was similar to what Nanding was wearing before, but it was a lot dirtier. And it had dried black blood on it, and the smell of blood and rancid smell was so thick that even Colin could smell it.
One can imagine how tricky it is for the dawn believers who are facing it.
A moment later, another voice rang out: "Can it be solved?" Damn, where the hell are so many monsters in this shitty place?! ”
"I hadn't heard of dealing with such a troublesome guy before I came, ah!"
One yelled.
Then Colin saw that his ears suddenly fell off and were being held in his own hands by the monster opposite.
The monster holding the ear in his hand seemed to be looking over something, and on the other side of it, the man who had lost the ear suddenly erupted into a terrifying scream.
As if he had heard some terrible noise, he covered his other ear, but there was nothing he could do to stop it. Blood flowed from his ears, and at last he lay down on the ground, completely out of his breath.
The monster was still hunched over and looked at the ear. It wasn't until a few seconds later that it threw away its ears and straightened up to look for its next target.
"Wow!"
Seeing this strange scene with their own eyes, and the tragic death of that man, even the group of madmen were a little frightened.
They subconsciously took a step back, as if intending to retreat.
Suffered!
After seeing the movements of these guys, Colin suddenly realized that if they let themselves find themselves, they would definitely not be pleased.
And looking at their direction, it's clear that they want to lean here!
Realizing this, Colin quickly turned around and wanted to leave first.
However, the next second.
His movements froze in place.
It was as if the heart had been seized by something.
As he looked back behind him, Colin felt nothing but unprecedented fear enveloping his body.
Because at this moment, behind him that was originally empty.
It has long been piled up with all sorts of "things".
Those things...... Colin can't describe it.
Like the shadow of a person, or something else, a human figure piled up by some strange substance, standing in place as if it could fall apart at any moment, but densely arranged.
The things just stood, staring at Colin silently with their human-like "eyes".
Colin only felt his hairs stand on end.
Once again, he realized that this white-walled cross ...... What an evil place to be!
Just when he couldn't control it and was about to take out the ancient mirror in front of him.
Soon, a voice distorted to the point where he couldn't make out the original sound echoed in his ears.
"Trainee?"
In the very center of the pile, something was agitating, and it was from that place that Colin heard: "Why did you get here, which department are you from?" ”
It's too late to shock that the other party can "speak".
At this moment, Colin only has that "department" left in his heart.
With his intelligence, of course, he understood what the so-called "department" meant, and he had seen many departments before, so he could still remember it.
But he still didn't dare to say it in the first place.
Because Colin realizes that this is definitely a very serious issue.
This even determines his next position in the Cross of the White Walls!
So, after thinking about it for a moment.
He straightened up and said casually, "I'm a psychiatrist." ”
Hearing the name, the voice seemed to be surprised for a moment: "Psychiatry? Oh, Director Xu's men. Anyway, is Director Xu still alive? ”
This question touches on Colin's blind spot.
He would say psychiatry, only because it was discovered after he saw Nanding, and it wasn't among those departments he had seen on the previous floor.
If you don't want these guys to find out about the anomaly, you certainly can't choose the department that appears in that place.
However, Director Xu ......
After pondering for a moment, Colin gave an ambiguous answer: "I guess I'm still alive, after all, our situation there is quite special!" ”
Hearing this, the voice understood: "Also, your psychiatric department is weird." ”
After saying this, it turned its head again (who knows how Colin found out about it): "Then let's do it first, we have to go to the doctor." There are a lot of patients here this time, and you see, Director Chen of the Department of Otolaryngology is already very happy. ”
Following its voice, Colin realized that the guy in the white coat with his chin falling to the ground was a director of the "otolaryngology".
"These guys are really lucky, they have the chief physician to help them see a doctor," the voice sighed, "but these people don't have a registration, and recently there are always people who come to see a doctor without registration, and it's troublesome." ”
If Colin hadn't known what this guy looked like, he might have thought that he was actually an older worker who could nagging about work.
However, at this moment, the strange body that he didn't know what it was made of couldn't give him a chance to complain.
He almost stubbornly didn't let his legs tremble: "Then let's do it first, I'll go see the director later, you guys are busy first." ”
"Oh, that's fine, you go first."
As soon as the voice finished speaking, he took the first step and passed by Colin.
Then, the strange and silent figure followed past Colin.
Colin was careful not to let them touch his body.
Even so, he felt extremely uncomfortable when these things rubbed against him.
And just when he was about to pass completely.
"Huh?"
The voice suddenly sounded again: "Are you really a trainee?" ”
"If it's a trainee, why did you come down from upstairs?"
With this phrase.
The strange humanoids who had already passed by Colin were as if they had been pressed backspace, and quickly retreated towards Colin with a mechanical and almost terrifying movement!
After seeing this scene, Colin realized for the first time that it was exposed!
He swooped down in an instant, jumping directly down the steps in three steps and two steps.
Behind him, the strange figures began to swell, stretching out and filling the hallway, chasing after him!
"You're not a trainee!"
They roared, "Sick, sick! ”
Accompanied by their sounds.
Colin stumbled to the next floor.
(End of chapter)