If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, no matter who told Aning that shadows could in turn control human actions, she would not believe it. This is not a science fiction movie, how could such a bizarre thing happen?
Now, she could not speak, and her hands and feet were walking forward without her control. This process was like turning herself into a puppet.
In the blink of an eye, forty minutes passed.
It's past eight o'clock in the evening now.
The night becomes darker.
There are less than four hours left until midnight.
And it was obviously impossible for them to leave this town again.
finally……
When they reached the door of the original Internet cafe, the shadow's manipulation finally stopped.
"Ah? I...I can move!"
"Yes! I can finally speak!"
"What was that just now? What happened?"
Dong Ning's first reaction was to rush under the eaves of the Internet cafe. If she stood under the moonlight, the shadow would shine out again.
Seeing Dong Ning's actions, the others followed suit. After making sure there were no shadows under their feet, they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is there any way to leave this town without leaving a shadow on the ground?" Aning looked at the moon in the night sky and said, "Shadow... if the shadow can be hidden..."
"There is a ghost! There must be a ghost!" Mr. Lan pointed to the ground in panic and said, "The shadow is alive, it's alive!"
"They just prevent us from leaving the town." Dong Ning could barely keep calm at this time and analyzed carefully: "It would be too easy to kill us, just manipulate us into committing suicide."
"Then this plan is to torture us and then kill us slowly?" The man in the center also began to panic: "This shadow... how can the shadow be thrown away? If we can't leave the town, wouldn't it be a dead end?"
"calm!"
Dong Ning also knows that it is unrealistic to keep the people around her calm at this time. As the backbone of this temporary team, she must not be chaotic first, so that other people can calm down little by little. Otherwise, if people's hearts are in chaos, the team will be in chaos.
It’s not easy to carry.
"Let's make a hypothesis first..." Dong Ning held out a finger without waiting for others to answer. To calm them down, they must not just talk in vain, but must express a well-founded point of view: "Why do we do this?"
Losing memory? If it is caused by a curse, then maybe the memory we lost holds the key to resisting this curse."
When Dong Ning couldn't figure out the ins and outs of everything, she could only use the word "curse" to replace all the supernatural phenomena that were happening so far. After all, the phenomena in front of her were difficult to explain with human common sense.
"What you mean is..." Aning understood immediately: "Miss Dong, if we can retrieve our memory, can we solve the current deadlock?"
"I think the possibility is very high. So far, once we get close to the truth, we are always stopped by a strange force. If the video in the USB disk is played in full, we may be able to know what happened in this town on this specific day.
What happens at night? At midnight..."
"Restrictions lifted..." Aning said these four words at this time: "I was also very scared when I was controlled by the shadow. At that time, I was thinking about what would happen until midnight, and then I
These four words came to mind."
Restrictions lifted?
After Dong Ning thought for a while, she said: "Um...you mean, this has something to do with midnight? Have you remembered?"
Mr. Lan was the most excited. He grabbed Aning and shouted anxiously: "What are you thinking of? Say it quickly! Otherwise we will die!"
Zhongfen's head was not much better. He was equally excited: "Speak quickly! What else have you thought of! Is there any way to undo this shadow curse? Is this shadow really alive?"
"I...I don't know! I only thought of these four words!" Aning said unprepared: "It feels like a deep memory in the brain, suddenly appeared automatically, and now I can't remember what it is.
what happened……"
"Think again!" Zhongfen said eagerly, "Recall it carefully!"
"Don't be so excited!" Dong Ning walked up, stopped Mr. Lan and Zhong from forcing Aning, and said: "She definitely wants to think of it the most, but she only thinks of these so far, which means she can't think of anything else.
There’s a lot coming. Why don’t you try to recall and see what impression you have of the lifting of restrictions?”
Restrictions lifted...at midnight...
Dong Ning began to figure out in her mind what these words meant.
People in the small town are afraid of the night, and they seem to be even more afraid of midnight.
"There must be a reason!"
Restrictions lifted…
Then something terrible will definitely happen.
What could it be?
The extent of the curse? The changes in the shadow? Or the aggression of the man holding the red umbrella?
"Maybe some kind of restriction on this curse will be lifted at midnight." Aning made his own inference: "But I'm still confused about what it is."
"That's all you know?" However, Zhongfen's head showed a suspicious expression: "Have you really lost your memory? Are you just like squeezing out toothpaste and remembering something from time to time? How come we don't remember anything?"
"That's enough!" Dong Ning said coldly: "What time is it, we can't fight among ourselves! We must find a way to retrieve our memory before midnight, find a way to leave this town, or solve the curse!"
Less than four hours, it’s not too long or too short.
But no matter what, there is hope after all.
And she also realized something very important. During these four hours, it would definitely not go through so peacefully. Something terrible would definitely happen. This was the only thing she could think of now.
Dong Ning thought carefully for a while...
"We continue to walk around this town! There must be someone still staying in this town! As long as we can find people, we may be able to find important clues!"
Zhongfen scratched his hair and said, "That's all we can do. There will always be clues...right?"
But then, he looked at the moonlight outside and said: "We should try our best to move in a dark place, so as not to be cast any more shadows."
"In this way, we will act separately." Dong Ning said: "We will act in pairs, with each group consisting of one man and one woman. This can save some time. After an hour, no matter what the result is, everyone will gather here to report their results.
"
"Then...if we divide it into two groups..."
"Let's do this." Dong Ning looked at Zhong Fen and said, "I will act with you, Mr. Lan, and you and Aning will act together. We will search from different directions. Not only are we looking for anyone in the town, but also
See if there are any more clues. Look around more when walking, maybe you will remember something!"