Chapter 1059 The nightmare in the mirror [5000 monthly ticket]
Falkland Islands.
The village and town where Apu's family lives is relatively peaceful.
The population here was not large at first, but there were many temples here, and the great things that had been practiced for many years protected this place when the nightmare struck.
Although everyone has to rely on the local temple and even be ruled by it, life is quite miserable.
But at least the situation is much stronger than in other areas.
"It is said that some places have become no man's land and everyone is dead."
There were candles lit in Apu's house, and the family was sitting around in the simple house, having dinner.
Since all daily necessities had to be donated to the temple on a weekly basis, Apu and his family lived a very tight life.
On everyone's plate, there were only some boiled potatoes, pickled beans, and some green leafy vegetables.
That's all.
Due to long-term malnutrition, Apu looks thinner than girls of the same age.
He is sixteen years old and looks younger than his actual age.
The person who spoke just now was Apu's father.
He was in the opposite situation to Apu. He was only in his forties, but he looked like he was in his fifties or sixties. He had short hair, half of which was already gray, dark skin, rough palms, one eye was already blind, and he looked turbid.
Like a frosted lens.
Apu's mother sighed, but this woman had nothing to do with her current life.
Only the six-year-old brother Apu is still happy, but this happiness is based on innocence. In a few years, the whole family will probably just sigh.
That is if they can survive until that point.
The sky outside is extremely dark. Due to the geographical location, it is actually very late at night in this season. Although it is only dim, not completely dark, it is already past eight o'clock in the evening.
After eating, the whole family did their own thing.
Looking out the window, there are scattered candlelights in the village.
As for electricity?
Don't even think about it.
After the nightmare completely fell, there was a complete power outage.
In other words, the authorities here have been completely shut down, almost existing in name only.
It is the temples in various places that are really in charge.
After the nightmare comes, the masters in the temple seem to have a way to resist the dream demon, and at this stage, this is absolute hard power.
No one dares to go against the masters.
Not to mention doing it right, I didn't even dare to be disrespectful at all in my words.
If you don't respect him, you won't get the protection of the masters.
If you don't get shelter, you will be attacked by the dream demon after falling into a dream, and the end will be miserable.
So here, the masters in the temple are the most noble beings.
From Apu's house, you can see the big temple in the distance.
Even at night, the lights are bright.
It seems that only one place around is bright and safe.
"Mom, I heard that A Ling's family went back to the temple to spend the night. They said it was the safest place." Apu said to his mother at this time.
Mom nodded.
That's right, at this stage, the big temple is indeed the safest.
"No scary incubus dares to approach the great temple!"
"But why can't we go?" Beside him, Apu's brother Soul asked. His mother understood this, and so did Apu, but his six-year-old brother didn't quite understand it.
Little brother doesn't know that people are different from birth.
Some people have a silver spoon in their mouth, and some people are destined to suffer.
In the past, it might have been possible to change one's class and life, but now, unless one had an adventure in the nightmare world, gained powerful power, or controlled some kind of terrifying dream demon.
Otherwise, if you want to change your destiny against nature, the possibility is zero.
Everyone should try to reduce the time they spend in dreaming.
It's the same at Apu's house.
They have alarm clocks.
Dad is the mainstay of the family, so he goes to bed first. From about eight o'clock to twelve o'clock, the other family members start to sleep. At four o'clock in the morning, mom will sleep with dad instead, and Apu and his brother can sleep all the time.
Sleep until dawn.
Because if you encounter a dream demon, you can tell the clues from the sleeping expression and breathing. If you find something is wrong, you should wake up your family immediately.
This way you can avoid some deaths.
This is how Apu's family comes here these days.
Although they have paid the weekly offerings to the temple, they still need to be careful.
For example, the Aqin family in the village just finished their funeral.
The Aqin family also paid tribute every week, but their youngest son still died.
Although the masters came to see it, they said it was a natural death.
But who believes it?
Do you really think everyone is a fool?
But there is no way to explore the result of this matter. Even if he was killed by a dream demon, no one has any evidence, because this matter requires the masters in the big temple?
No one wants to be the one who stands out.
So, in the final analysis, you still have to be careful.
"Mom, I don't want to sleep!"
It's already twelve o'clock.
Apu's brother didn't want to sleep yet. He kept tugging at the corner of his mother's clothes, with fear in his eyes.
"What can you do if you don't sleep? Although, if you sleep, you will enter that scary place, but with your mother and sister by your side, what are you afraid of?"
Mom comforted her brother through experience.
But today's brother was obviously a little abnormal, unwilling to sleep, and said that he had seen a terrible thing in his dream.
"There is nothing terrible. We are together every day. Why haven't I seen him?" Apu retorted to his brother immediately.
She felt that her brother was simply ignorant.
"Really, I really saw it. That thing is hiding in the corner of our house. Sometimes, it will even hide behind you."
My brother's words were obviously a bit scary.
Apu got goosebumps all over his body when he heard it.
Hiding behind yourself?
Is this possible?
"Brother, stop talking nonsense and go to bed quickly."
Apu said something.
As for the mother, she obviously didn’t believe it at all and just thought it was the nonsense of a child.
Finally, mother and Apu coaxed the younger brother to lie down on the bed.
"Apu, you should sleep too."
"Okay mom, good night!"
"Good night baby!"
Apu fell asleep.
This is not the first time she has entered the nightmare world. To her, the nightmare world is both familiar and strange.
She is familiar with it because she dreams about it every day.
Strange because she had never left her room in the nightmare world.
This is mom and dad's rule.
It is said that the master in the temple gave them something to ward off evil spirits, which was placed on the door and bedroom door of their house to prevent monsters from the nightmare world from entering.
So every time after falling asleep, Apu would do his own thing in the house.
Sometimes I would be in a daze, sometimes I would chat with my brother, mother and father, or I would secretly look outside from the window, trying to figure out what was outside.
But most of the time, it's pitch black outside and you can't see anything.
Maybe you can see the outline of some houses, but it's just an outline, like the urine stains after your brother wet the bed when he was a child.
Apu has already thought about it today.
She was telling stories with her brother.
Telling and listening to stories is one of the most effective ways for them to pass the time.
Of course, mother said that she would try to get some candles so that they could read in the room.
"younger brother?"
Apu started looking for his brother.
Usually her brother would wait for her in bed.
Mainly because my little brother is very timid. Every time he falls asleep, he shrinks into the quilt and sometimes trembles.
In this case, you need to be coaxed.
Mom didn't fall asleep this time, so Apu had to do the work of coaxing his brother this time.
She walked to her brother's room and saw the quilt on the bed was bulging, and he was indeed shaking.
Apu smiled and was about to go over and lift up the quilt.
She walked over and reached out to grab the quilt. At this moment, she suddenly wanted to tease her disciple.
So instead of lifting it, I put my hand into the quilt.
Sure enough, he touched a small hand.
At this moment, Apu suddenly heard someone calling her sister in a low voice.
She was stunned.
The voice came from behind, and it was my younger brother's voice.
Apu immediately looked back.
I found my brother hiding behind the door, looking at the bed with a horrified look on his face.
Apu was immediately stunned.
My brother is hiding behind the door. Who is that on the bed?
A chill came from Apu's hand.
She found that the little hand she was touching seemed very cold.
Like a dead man's hand.
Instantly, Apu got goosebumps. She wanted to scream, but she remembered her mother and father's instructions.
In the nightmare world, no matter how scared or frightened you are, you cannot scream.
Because you don't know what will happen after you scream. Nine times out of ten, something more terrifying will happen.
Apu was about to cry.
She wanted to pull her hand back, but something in the quilt was holding her hand tightly at the moment.
It seemed that he didn't want her to leave.
That's the trouble.
At this moment, Apu's mind went blank. She could only hold back her tears and pray that someone could save her.
Right.
Isn’t dad in a dream?
Apu suddenly thought of this, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart.
She turned back to signal to her brother, and whispered to him to find his father.
The younger brother understood, and now he mustered up the courage to run out from behind the door.
Apu was still trying to pull his hands away.
Finally, I don't know if her prayer succeeded or something happened, but her hand came out.
Without hesitation, she turned around and ran away.
I almost tripped because I was so nervous.
Running to the corridor, Apu immediately ran in the direction of his father.
Now, her father is her only hope. Only by seeing her father can she feel safe.
Suddenly, she heard her brother's scream.
The voice was full of fear.
Apu was even more frightened. She almost stumbled to her father's room. Then, he saw his brother looking into the room in horror.
In the room, Dad's head hung on the door frame, seemingly smiling at them.
This is too exciting.
Apu couldn't hold it back and screamed.
Immediately, she realized that she couldn't scream.
Dad is dead!
He was obviously killed by something, perhaps, the thing on his brother's bed.
Apu looked at his younger brother, mustered up the courage to pick him up, comforted him, and hurriedly ran out.
But at the gate, my father’s headless body stood there blankly.
At this moment, he was waving at them.
Apu's soul was almost frightened.
She turned around and looked at the toilet.
He immediately hugged his brother and hid in the toilet, closed the door and locked it.
But even though he was separated by a door, Apu didn't feel the slightest bit safe.
The younger brother stopped crying at this time. He asked if his father was dead.
Apu didn't know how to answer.
Because she doesn't know anything herself.
Now her mind was confused and she could only breathe heavily due to fear.
But I was afraid of making any noise, so I could only try my best to suppress it.
Now Apu's own mind is full of questions.
What happened?
Why does a safe home look like this?
The person on the bed must be a ghost. It killed Dad, but why does Dad's head laugh and why does Dad's body block the door and prevent them from going out?
Apu feels that he has not collapsed yet only because his brother is here.
Her younger brother still has to rely on her.
Her sister's responsibility forced her to be strong.
She suddenly thought of something and hurriedly touched the side. She remembered that there was a mop in the toilet to protect herself.
If a ghost comes in, all she can do is fight.
"Sister, I'm so scared."
My brother wanted to cry again at this time.
Apu could only hold his younger brother in his arms and keep whispering comfort. At the same time, he also learned from his younger brother what happened after he fell asleep.
From the younger brother's perspective, after falling asleep, he looked towards the corner.
Because last time, my brother saw something terrifying in the corner.
Only this time, it's more direct.
The figure in the corner actually walked out.
The younger brother was frightened, ran off the bed and hid under the bed.
That thing didn't give chase, but got on the bed and hid under the quilt.
The younger brother later carefully ran behind the door, and then Apu came in in his dream, and the previous scene happened.
Fortunately, his brother warned him at the critical moment. Otherwise, no one knows what would have happened if Apu lifted the quilt.
The two of them stayed close to each other, hiding in the toilet and waiting for a few minutes.
To them, these few minutes are like years.
Suddenly, my mother's screams came from outside.
Apu panicked.
She forgot that her mother would fall asleep later.
So, mom is already asleep?
Moreover, he was caught by a ghost.
Otherwise, such a scream would not have been made.
Apu rushed out immediately.
But at this time, the mother's screams outside were mixed with words.
"Apu, hide with your brother, don't, come out, don't..."
The rest of the words are gone.
Because my mother’s screams were gone.
The outside suddenly went from noisy to eerily quiet.
Tears flowed freely from Apu's eyes. She was now wrapped in fear and self-blame, making her unable to breathe.
Mom is dead?
Definitely.
Just like dad.
I should have gone out to save my mother.
But her mother wouldn't let her go out.
Although Apu is not old, she knows that if she goes out to face this kind of strangeness, not only will she not be able to save her mother, but she and her brother will also die.
If you hide, you may still have a chance of survival.
Now Apu didn't dare to make a sound. She hoped that the ghosts outside would kill people and then leave, so that she and her brother could survive.
But this possibility is relatively small.
Because the ghosts must know that they are hiding in the bathroom.
The younger brother remained silent.
Apu was worried and lowered his head to ask. As a result, his younger brother whispered that there was a big brother behind him who was laughing with him.
Apu's head buzzed.
Could it be that a ghost has come in?
You must know that behind them, there is only a dressing mirror and nothing else.
By the way, mirror!
She remembered that the master in the monastery gave them black cloth and asked them to seal all the mirrors in the nightmare world.
How did your brother see it?
Apu looked back.
Sure enough, she saw the mirror.
The black cloth on the mirror fell to the ground at some point.
The bathroom was originally dark, but at this moment, there was actually a glimmer of light coming from the mirror.
Besides, there was indeed a person in the mirror, looking at them with a smile.
This man was wearing a black sweater, and there seemed to be a knife hanging on his waist. The knife was very simple. Although it was hidden in the sheath, the danger of this knife could still be felt.
Apu knew that it was impossible for normal people to look in the mirror.
Except ghosts.
The man in the mirror is a ghost.
Apu immediately protected his younger brother behind him.
She thought about it.
If she was going to die, she would be the first to die.
Even though her legs were weak from fear, she still had to protect her brother.
At this moment she looked at the man in the mirror.
It can be described as the stubbornness of the weak.
The man in the mirror did not move, but looked at the pair of siblings curiously.
This kind of affection between mother and brother seemed to remind him of something.
At this time, footsteps were heard outside the bathroom.
From far to near.
Finally, the footsteps slowly stopped at the door.
It can be imagined that there is a person standing at the door of the bathroom at this moment.
Who is it?
Besides ghosts, who else could be out there?
Apu is going crazy.
The current situation is like a wolf in front and a tiger in the back. It is very dangerous outside, and it is not safe in the bathroom.
Simply put, they are all dead.
She painted her eyes and lay flat on her back. You two ghosts, do whatever you like.
Next, Apu heard a strange noise.
There was also a "go away" sound.
This is not the local language of the Falklands, but Chinese.
Coincidentally, Apu's ancestors were Chinese and later immigrated here, but the language and culture have been preserved.
So she could hear the word 'go' clearly.
The next moment, there was a crackling explosion, as if something had been destroyed, like a rhino rampaging through the house.
Apu didn't dare to open her eyes, and at the same time, she covered her brother's eyes with her hands.
I'm afraid that my brother will see something terrible happen.
Even if you are going to die, you should die peacefully instead of dying in fear and shock.
But the death that Apu was waiting for did not come.
The strange noise soon disappeared.
The surroundings fell into a kind of silence again.
But the silence this time was different from the previous ones.
When she dared to open her eyes and look, she found that the toilet door had been knocked open at some point.
And it's torn apart.
It can be seen that the force and destructive power of what hit the door is amazing.
Then she saw the body on the ground.
That's a ghost.
It must be a ghost.
People don't have that kind of pale, cyan skin. They are like skinned frogs, with no eyes or nose. There is only one mouth on the head, no lips, and sharp teeth exposed.
But no matter how scary it is, this ghost is dead, a real death.
Because the other party's heart was pierced.
This should be the ghost outside, the one who killed mom and dad.
What about the ghost in the mirror?
Apu looked over and saw that the mirror had returned to its original state, only her shadow and her brother's shadow could be vaguely reflected, but the man before was gone.