Chapter 7: The Deserted Place (I)

Rising from the ground, Guillen saw a huge iron gate, behind which there was a road leading to the small square of the fountain, with lawns on both sides of the road, and a fog in the distance, only the outline of a simple building and some adjacent buildings and facilities on the left and right.

Eyes retracted and fell to the left, the cast iron fence wall extended into the dense fog, including the iron gate, there were obvious traces of patent leather cracking, mottled rust, withered vines crawled wildly, and the flower pond outside the fence wall was also messy, and the inside was slowly full of weeds.

The iron gate was chained to death by thick iron chains, the big locks were rusty, and the bronze plaque hanging on the doorpost, Yuntan Sanatorium, had long and short tear stains like rust, and the traces were pulled out from these words.

"Does this mean that the hospital is an abandoned place?"

Taking a deep breath, Ji Lun turned to leave, and at the moment when he turned out of the iron gate within ten meters, a wind suddenly blew in the garden, and the clothes in his pocket were hunting, and he disappeared in an instant, without a trace.

Then, there was a scream from inside the hospital, sharp and penetrating, and almost at the same time, a patient pounced, but seemed to hit the transparent wall and fell down the iron door.

"Poof" The spikes of the iron door pierced it heavily, and there seemed to be a kind of power, which made it let out a sharp scream, which was enough to make people's internal organs numb, but when Ji Lun heard it, he suddenly felt dizzy, and his vision was foggy for a moment, and then he felt an indescribable power in his heart, which quickly flowed with the blood all over the limbs, making the body snap one after another.

"This power is ......"

Ji Lun could feel the powerful force flowing through his body with his blood, and it seemed that every breath was getting stronger, which was incredible.

At this time, Ji Lun noticed that the patient on the iron door was not dead, his body was torn open, and black blood continued to flow, but it seemed that it could not be flowed.

Now there are many doubts, for himself, for this strange world, for the events encountered, I can't count them, for a long time, Ji Lun exhaled heavily and set out on the road.

Cloth bears, small round mirrors, and items are all there.

In front of him, only a short asphalt road can be seen in the fog, and behind him is a sanatorium that gradually disappears in the fog.

There is only one way down the mountain, and there are some twists and turns, but the hardening is in place, and it is not difficult to walk.

Or because there was a heavy rain not long ago, the road is very clean, the air is also rich in vegetation, and the mountains are fresh, and the bad thing is the wet and cold.

It's a chill that makes your mind feel like you're drinking a bowl of hot soup, drying it over a campfire or fireplace, burrowing it into a camel hair quilt, and getting a good night's sleep.

Hot soup, roasting fire, warm quilt, and sleeping soundly make Jilen's desire stronger and stronger.

After walking along the road for more than half an hour, I climbed a small hill beam, and suddenly a small town appeared in front of me.

Looking at the mist-shrouded town, a sense of familiarity swelled in Guillon's heart.

It was a good feeling for him, he wasn't going down the wrong path, and he really belonged here, and he needed to get his lost memories back.

"But before you go into town or meet people, take care of your attire. Guillen thought so, and in a few minutes, he turned himself into a mud monkey, and he couldn't tell that he was wearing a hospital gown.

The safe in the dean's office was harvested by him and was simply classified, and the most practical should be 30,000 yuan at present.

The most special is a copper alloy gear, almost the size of a CD disc, three centimeters thick, with concentric inner tooth grooves on one side and concentric hexagonal grooves on the other, resulting in a thin layer of only 0.5 centimeters near the center of the gear.

The gear has obvious traces of wear, Li Chengbin wiped it clean, and it was packed in a special box, I don't think this is a souvenir, and the gemstone necklace in the wooden box is a memorial.

Li Chengbin's identity determines that he is qualified to participate in some things, and with this understanding, Ji Lun feels that this gear will be a very interesting and even important clue for him.

When traveling, I also checked the small round mirror and the cloth bear, which still played a role, from the small mountain beam down the road, across a highway, and out of more than 100 meters, Ji Lun came to a rest stop.

"Is it a human or a ghost?"

Although it looked like it was daytime, Ji Lun still looked at it cautiously, it was a middle-aged man inside, looking at it in the mirror, there was no gray and black atmosphere, Ji Lun was a little relieved, and approached: "Boss, buy goods." ”

The goods sold in the service area of the rest station are not rich and expensive, but they can meet the basic needs of travelers, such as bathing, eating, shopping for clothes, and accommodation......

Ji Lun didn't plan to live, the town was in sight, and there was a voice in his heart urging him to go home.

I bought clothes, cleaned myself up, bought some milk bread to pad my stomach, and set out on the way home with joy and anticipation.

"Master, go to the town over there. He got into a taxi, pointed in the direction and said, the driver looked at him with a strange expression, and said, "My car doesn't go there." ”

Ji Lun saw it in his eyes, his heart moved, and he said politely: "That's bothering." ”

I got out of the car, got out of the car, and as soon as I was in a trance, I saw the fog surging, and I saw the rest stop, which was already submerged in the thick fog, and when I looked back, the taxi disappeared.

After a few steps, the surrounding scenery was completely covered by dense fog, and even the feet became overgrown fields, and further back, the cement square brick floor before also became a field.

Ji Lun couldn't help but ooze cold sweat, and instead of going straight to the town, he made a loop, climbed the hill again, and saw the town again, but this time the fog was much heavier, especially around the town, which was very thick.

Highways, rest stops, all gone.

"Not true. "Judging by the driver's expression, it should be that something bad has happened, so he avoids mentioning it.

"In that case, then I have to be careful. or to enter would be dangerous. "As I walked, I thought, a few kilometers of road behind me, and the town was in front of me.

There is only a thin layer of fog here, which is a normal mist, which adds some mystery to the town, but basically does not affect normal vision.

It doesn't get early, and it will get dark in a few hours at most.

The town is quiet, no, more precisely, deserted, with few pedestrians and no vehicles in sight, and a winter rain adds to the chill and gloom, and it is clearly underpopulated.

"Hello, uncle, I want to ask how to get to Friendship Street. ”

The forty-year-old man who was trimming the bush fence rolled his eyes: "It's facing forward, and don't call me uncle, I'm so old?"

Ji Lun didn't dwell on it, smiled, and turned to leave.

Friendship Neighborhood is Li Chengbin's real estate address, but the main purpose of asking for directions is actually to determine whether people here can communicate normally.

And the harvest is even more abundant.

Deeper into the town, Guillen finds that the town is deserted from a distance.

In the street where we are running now, there are independent houses on both sides of the road, and most of them are chained rusty gates, covered with deciduous porches, and lawns that grow into barren grass......

This is not a sight to be inhabited.

Many details are too far away to pay attention to, and in the distance you can only see houses washed by the rain, as if people are cleaning them often, but when you enter the street, there is nowhere to hide.

Fortunately, I also saw that some houses were lit up, and some houses had cooking smoke curling in the chimneys on their roofs, and it seemed that the most basic living security was still there.

The intersection appeared in front of me, there were no cars, and I didn't see a single one all the way, even if I stopped in front of the road.

When I arrived at the intersection, a familiar feeling hit my heart, just from two, one straight forward, and the other along the right side of the road.

"Which side?" At that moment, someone slapped him on the left shoulder from behind.

Ji Lun was shocked.

Although he walks very leisurely, he is very vigilant and confident in his own ability.

The result is close and unnoticed.

Struggling to control his emotions, Ji Lun turned around and took two steps back.

What appeared before him was an old man, with a hooked nose and a furrowed face, full of old age, but his white hair and beard were carefully trimmed, and his clothes were clean and decent, showing that he was not a member of the working class, both in terms of dress and temperament.

The most important thing is that this person seems to be a familiar face, and the old man obviously recognizes himself: "Look at the back, sure enough, I didn't expect you to come back at this time." ”

"I hate memory impairment!" At the same time, Ji Lun bowed slightly, bowed his head, and had a smile on his face: "You are in good spirits." ”

"Thanks to the blessing of the adult, it's quite tough. ”

"I think you're good at health, by the way, I'm a little confused, there seem to be a lot fewer people in the town. Guillen decided to take the initiative in the conversation.

"The Imperial Army has been coming a little more often lately. The old man's face was gloomy, and he didn't seem to want to talk about this topic very much, so he changed his tone with a bit of persuasion: "Since you're back, let's go home and have a look." ”

Ji Lun's mind kept flying, and he went all out to analyze the old man's words, and he still gained a lot.

"Which side do you prefer to define home?" he asked, pointing straight ahead, "what do you think this represents?"

The old man's eyes showed a bit of sympathy: "I can understand your feelings. ”

"When I was younger, my father also had high expectations for me, and every time I made a mistake, he would beat me with a rattan and then let me say to myself, where was wrong, and if I didn't say it was right, I would hit again. ”

"I hated and feared at that time, I ran away a few times, and when I became an adult, when I had to face such and such things, although I remember the pain of being beaten at the beginning, I remember more and more clearly the truths that I remembered because of the beating. Because I know that I don't understand those truths, and I lose more. ”

"Those losses can't be exchanged for a blossoming butt. ”

Ji Lun answered: "Do you think sticks produce talents?"

The old man retorted: "The stick is the punishment, the rules are the core, in my opinion, it represents responsibility, glory, courage, responsibility, of course, there is suffering." ”

He said, "If you want to be a real man, you can't avoid suffering. ”

Ji Lun didn't pay attention to the old man's philosophy, what he cared about was this, and almost said to a rebellious young man, and bowed slightly again: "Thank you for teaching." ”

Seeing that Ji Lun was very polite, the old man was very satisfied, and was about to say more, when his face suddenly stiffened, and he said quickly: "The imperial army is coming, you should be careful." ”

Walk ahead and bend right along the walking path.

Ji Lun was going in this direction, but when he turned the corner, the old man had already disappeared, and he didn't even have three seconds before and after.

He quickened his pace, and saw people running to and fro along the way, seeing the doors closed and locked, and seeing the lights out and extinguishing the fire, and suddenly a kind of slaughter filled the town.