On the phone, Zhou Yanan's cold voice sounded a little anxious.
You can vaguely hear the whistling of wind, as if you are on your way.
"Captain Zhou, what are you..." Xu Henggang opened his mouth to ask.
"Stop talking nonsense, run out quickly if you don't want to die. What have you been doing all day? Didn't you read the solar pollution warning issued by the city?" Zhou Yanan directly interrupted Xu Heng's words and yelled angrily on the phone.
When Xu Heng heard this, his expression suddenly changed.
"Damn it, is there an outbreak of solar term pollution in Darong City today?" He exclaimed in surprise and rushed out the door without taking any time to rest.
No wonder I always felt something was wrong just now. Although the old house is in an old neighborhood, it's not so quiet outside at night. It's probably because of the seasonal pollution and everyone has slipped out.
"Hurry up, remember to run towards the Inspection Department, I'm on my way to pick you up, you..." Zhou Yanan's urging came from the phone again.
But before he finished speaking, the communication was suddenly disconnected, leaving only a rapid busy tone.
Xu Heng couldn't help but stare, good guy, isn't that woman cold?
But...why would she risk her life to come pick me up?
Xu Heng suddenly had an idea, but his speed did not slow down. He rushed out the door and rushed directly to the inspection department.
Don’t be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of the unexpected. If the solar terms are really polluted, then...
Oh, that's not right. Why should I be panicking?
I have already built up the sixth level of Qi, why should I panic?
"A mere solar term is polluted...eh? Blue warning? My mother..." Xu Heng suddenly sped up.
He just took the time to look at his phone. The city's Supervisory Bureau had indeed issued a solar pollution warning in the evening. The key was that the warning they issued was a blue warning.
Solar pollution is a common weather phenomenon, similar to hail and storms.
When the various chaotic solar terms in the air are balanced, everything is fine.
However, if one of the solar terms suddenly increases sharply and reaches a critical point, large-scale solar pollution will break out, and depending on the type of solar term, the disaster caused by the pollution will also be different.
For example, in Darong City, the most common pollution is caused by the Qingming Festival, which usually occurs every few years.
Xu Heng has never experienced it personally. After all, he received an early warning every time and ran away in advance. When the relevant departments dealt with the pollution, the city returned to calm.
But he had also heard some rumors.
Some people who were lucky enough to survive the pollution said that during the Qingming festival, they saw an old man from their neighbor’s house who had been dead for many years come back and knock on the door.
Some people said that they had seen several women dressed very retro, like the cheongsams of the previous era, waving to him on the roadside and asking him, "Sir, are you coming to play?"
Others said they heard the sounds of fighting and roaring coming from the streets.
Some people even claim to have seen the legendary Night Parade of One Hundred Ghosts.
…
Most of the pollution experienced by these people during the Qingming Festival is a white warning, which is the lowest level of warning.
It is said that most second-level warriors and above can turn danger into good fortune when encountered.
But now, the Supervisory Office has actually issued a blue warning, which is one level higher than the white warning.
This is something you can’t underestimate!
It is said that the person who claimed to have seen a hundred ghosts walking at night experienced blue warning level Qingming pollution more than ten years ago.
"Why have I been so unlucky recently? First I was framed, and today I went into a dream while I was practicing, and there was a blue warning of Qingming solar term pollution?"
Xu Heng was a little helpless and dialed his senior sister's phone number while running, but still received a message that the other party's phone was turned off.
"Is there going to be an accident?"
He suddenly felt a little uneasy.
With the character of the senior sister, if she knew that there was an outbreak of solar term pollution in the city, she would definitely put down everything she was doing and risk everything to pick him up and leave. Only then would she feel at ease.
But now there is no news from the senior sister. Instead, Zhou Yanan said she would come to pick him up.
"Did senior sister ask her to come?" Xu Heng made a bold guess and called Zhou Yanan again, but the result was still a busy signal.
"kindness?"
At this moment, Xu Heng suddenly slowed down his pace.
He has already run through three streets in succession. He only needs to turn at the intersection ahead and cross two and a half streets to reach the Inspection Department.
But now, the intersection in front of him was shrouded in white fog.
The fog was very thick and hazy, like a flood in slow motion, slowly rolling in.
In a daze, Xu Heng caught a glimpse of a vague figure walking around in the white mist.
His face immediately changed slightly and he stopped.
The blurry figure in the white mist also stopped suddenly.
Xu Heng narrowed his eyes slightly.
Through the white mist, one could gradually see the figure of the man. He seemed to be a man, but he was wearing a blue gown, a hairpin on his head, and his hair tied at the top, looking like an ancient costume.
"No way, are you really making me hit a ghost?"
Xu Heng felt that his teeth had been clenched so tightly that they became sore.
Although he couldn't see the other person's face clearly, Xu Heng could still clearly feel that the man in costume was looking at him.
"Jingle Bell……"
Suddenly, the harsh ringtone of the cell phone broke the silence.
Xu Heng was startled and hurriedly took out his cell phone, but continued to stare at the figure in front of him.
After blindly pressing the answer button, hold the phone directly to your ear.
"Hiss...hisssssssssss..."
There is a loud current noise coming from the phone, it seems that the signal is affected.
But soon, Zhou Yanan's anxious shouts came one after another.
"Hey, Xu Heng... hear... do you hear that? Don't run towards... the Prosecutor's Office, change the direction and run towards..., do you hear that? Hey... beep beep beep beep beep beep..."
The phone suddenly became busy again.
The corner of Xu Heng's mouth twitched slightly, "Very good, listening to your words is like listening to a word."
This is a broken signal. It’s not good to miss anything, but it misses key directional information.
"Huh?"
Xu Heng was suddenly stunned.
He found that the man in ancient costume in front of him seemed to be walking backwards, his figure gradually becoming more blurry, and almost disappearing into the white mist.
"No, he didn't move, it was the mist that came over!"
Xu Heng reacted and immediately stepped back.
He could tell that something was wrong with the white mist. It seemed to contain a strong Qingming solar term, but it also gave people a dangerous intuition that sent chills down their spines, making people afraid to get close.
Whoosh!
At this time, the man in costume rushed forward, suddenly started running from the spot and rushed towards him.
"Very good, I'm so brave. I've been waiting for you for a long time, but you still dare to come and die."
Xu Heng shouted loudly.
This time, I was not frightened. Instead, the other party's behavior was expected.
From the moment he saw the man in costume, Xu Heng had already rehearsed countless times in his mind the scene where the man would suddenly rush towards him.
Of course, even with the harsh words on his lips, Xu Heng's body still turned around and ran away.
He runs away, he chases, he can't fly!
"what's the situation?"
Xu Heng just turned around and took a step to run, but suddenly stopped and looked ahead with wide eyes.
Where is my way?
Where is the long and wide road when I first came?
Xu Heng was completely dumbfounded.
In front of him was a simple small street paved with bluestone slabs. There was a thin white mist in front of him and there was no one around.
The street was wet, and a faint moonlight fell in the sky, breaking into stars in the water stains.
There are many shops on both sides of the road. You can vaguely see the gray bricks and blue tiles, and the pavilions and eaves. They look like rows of ancient buildings.
The signboards of the shops not far away read tea houses, taverns, pawn shops, workshops, etc...
"This...where is this?"
Xu Heng felt that his head was about to shut down, and he suddenly turned around and looked behind him.
Fortunately, it is not a small street in an ancient town, but the familiar street near my old house.
However, as the white fog comes in, the streets that were once familiar are gradually being swallowed up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The man in ancient costume had already rushed to the edge of the white mist and headed straight for Xu Heng.
"What are you doing, ouch..."
Xu Heng's face was full of bitterness. Now there was really no way to escape and it was difficult to fly.
He turned his head again and looked at the small street of the ancient town behind him, and roughly guessed that this was the change brought about by the white mist.
When the white mist from the costume people comes over and merges with this place, the entire neighborhood will change.
So, I had no choice but to run.
Xu Heng made a decision immediately, activated his body shape again, and ran straight back and forth.
Although this road has become extremely strange, at least there is no one... and nothing weird!
"Squeak!"
However, just as Xu Heng ran into this small street, the sound of an unexpected wooden door being pushed open broke the silent night.
"Without a trace!"
Xu Heng didn't hesitate at all. He raised his hand and clapped forward while running.
The black light in the palm of his hand shone brightly in the night and disappeared in a flash.
The Xiaohan solar term in Xu Heng's sea of consciousness once again spread throughout his body, and while he was running, his whole body gradually faded away and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Just three seconds.
Xu Heng appeared a few meters away, with his back against a low wall and a wooden cart filled with straw as a cover.
He tried to slow down his breathing and glanced warily at the place where the sound had just come from.
It doesn't matter if you look at it, a chill instantly rushes down your spine to the back of your head.
The door of a house on the right side of the street is completely open, and a figure is hanging on the door beam.
The lanterns on both sides of the door have been lit at some point. They are obviously white lantern paper, but they glow with a blood-red light.
Between light and shadow, every detail appears.
Xu Heng saw clearly the figure hanging on the door beam. It was an old woman with messy white hair, wearing a plain blue coarse cloth dress, her eyes wide open, staring at her feet.
At this time, an inexplicable gust of cold wind blew by, and the old woman's body slowly rotated in the wind. Her eyes full of hatred and hatred stared straight at Xu Heng.
"hiss……"
Xu Heng gasped on the spot and his scalp went numb.
Exciting, so exciting!
He didn't dare to lower his head, but the fingers hidden under his body were frantically typing on his phone, sending messages to his senior sister.
——"Senior sister, save me, save me, save me."
"when!"
Suddenly, a clear and deafening sound of gongs sounded.
Xu Heng was frightened again.
But before he could react, the houses on both sides of the street that should have been dark suddenly lit up with candlelight.
Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!
Amidst a series of door push sounds, the wooden doors of each room opened.
People wearing ancient costumes and long hair were walking out with festive faces.
"congratulations!"
"It's a great day for the Situ family. I'm here to congratulate you."
"If there is an old man in the family, it is like having a treasure. He will die well. Congratulations to the Situ family for adding a new keeper!"
"Congratulations to the Situ family!"
Many neighbors, men, women, old and young, walked out of their doors and congratulated the Situ Mansion where the old woman's body was located.
In the Situ Mansion, several people from the master's house slowly walked out, with tears streaming down their faces, but with stiff festive smiles on their faces.
They ignored the old woman hanging on the door beam, thanked everyone in return, and warmly welcomed the guests into the house.
"It's a long journey and I'm almost late. Master Situ, please forgive me."
At this time, another person came belatedly from a short distance away and walked into the Situ Mansion with an apologetic smile on his face. It was the man in ancient costume that Xu Heng saw first.
Obviously, with the arrival of that person, it also means that the neighborhood has been completely shrouded in white mist.
Xu Heng hid in the corner, witnessing the entire strange scene, his expression already frozen.
Then he looked down at his phone again.
Great, I turned it off a long time ago.
The frantic touch-typing distress message I wanted to send to my senior sister just now was all in vain.