After finally catching up with Wu Yidong, Zhou Baoyu was almost weak to death.
There was a lot of blood on his chest, and the bandage was completely stained red. Wu Yidong, who was grabbed by the arm, looked back at his cousin who had been raised as a son and said: "Why don't you just keep it on your own?"
Are you staying at your residence? You want to run out?"
Zhou Baoyu felt it was painful to breathe now. He covered his chest and said: "Brother, what is going on? How did I hear that you and your sister-in-law went to join the advance team?"
Wu Yidong looked at Zhou Baoyu who was as pale as paper and said: "You heard me right, my cousin-in-law and I both joined the advance team, and we were attacked and both died. The me you see now is actually another Wu Yidong, the same person you were before.
The one I knew was completely different."
Zhou Baoyu was confused. He stared blankly at the familiar yet unfamiliar man in front of him and said, "Brother... what are you talking about?"
"He is telling you the fact that this is the mission we are performing. We died in order to live better and to better carry out the tasks assigned by our husband."
Wu Yidong was startled by a sudden voice coming from behind him. He turned around and saw that it was his cousin Liu Xiuyuan.
But what was different from the Liu Xiuyuan that Zhou Baoyu was familiar with was that the mother-like cousin who had fed Zhou Baoyu with her own milk and juice now looked at Zhou Baoyu as if she were a complete stranger.
Her eyes were empty and lifeless, without even a hint of humanity.
Looking into the dark eyes, Zhou Baoyu felt like he was possessed.
"Sister-in-law...this..."
"We give you two choices, either be killed by us now, or follow us and assist us." Wu Yidong said in a cold tone.
Zhou Baoyu turned around blankly: "Brother... what are you talking about?"
"I'll give you ten seconds to think about it." Liu Xiuyuan said and started counting: "Ten!"
"Sister-in-law! Please stop making trouble, okay! Me! Baoyu! Baoyu, whom you two raised as a son!" Zhou Baoyu was really panicked, but Wu Yidong and Liu Xiuyuan both had expressionless faces.
"Nine!"
"Stop! Sister-in-law! Do you still recognize me? Ah?" Zhou Baoyu was frightened. He took his sister-in-law's cold hand and asked in a panic.
But Liu Xiuyuan just slowly pulled her hand back and continued to say, "Eight."
Zhou Baoyu was stunned. What was going on? He stood between his cousin and cousin-in-law. At the same time, he noticed that when he was chasing his cousin Wu Yidong, he accidentally chased him into a very narrow alley. There was no traffic in this place.
, it’s just a gap between heavy machines, and few people usually pass by it.
"seven."
Wu Yidong stood upright. He was originally a scholarly teacher with average physical fitness, but now Zhou Baoyu felt that this man seemed to have grown taller all of a sudden, giving people an unprecedented sense of oppression.
"Six." When Liu Xiuyuan counted here, her hands had quietly retracted her sleeves.
Zhou Baoyu's teeth chattered. He fell to the ground and looked at the two familiar yet unfamiliar men and women. He kept repeating: "Brother! It's me! Baoyu! Don't scare me!"
Wu Yidong ignored Zhou Baoyu. He just took a step forward and retracted his sleeve with his right hand.
Zhou Baoyu, who noticed this detail, finally realized that he was not dreaming. He also clearly realized that these two people were not the cousin and cousin-in-law he was familiar with at all. Their expressions were too cold. They looked at him like
It's looking at a corpse.
My cousin took another step forward and counted "four".
Zhou Baoyu grabbed his hair and didn't dare to look at them anymore. In the alley he knew well, Zhou Baoyu seemed to have given up.
No matter what happens next, he doesn't want to think about it anymore.
"No...no...this is not true...this is not true...brother..." Zhou Baoyu raised his head for the last time and looked at his son with tearful eyes, who treated him like his own son, who had nursed him from infancy to adulthood.
When I saw my father's cousin, the dagger in my cousin's hand had already been raised.
At the same time, my cousin also counted the last number.
"one."
When Zhou Baoyu heard this number, he suddenly laughed, with a trace of sadness on his tear-stained face.
But then...
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Four gunshots were fired in a row, and Wu Yidong and Liu Xiuyuan, who were about to commit murder, both fell to the ground. Horrible bloody holes were opened in their bodies, and the bullets hit both sides of the alley and splashed rocks, hitting Zhou Baoyu's head and face.
The man holding the ebony flintlock put away the still smoking weapon, whistled at Zhou Baoyu and said: "Hey, that little brother over there, didn't he accidentally hurt you?"
Zhou Baoyu looked at his cousin who was lying in a pool of blood in shock, and then his eyes suddenly turned fierce. He turned to stare at the man who fired the gun and said coldly: "You killed my cousin?!"
Uncle Beard was carrying several flintlock guns of different styles on his back. He spread his hands somewhat innocently and said, "To be precise, I just rescued you from their hands."
"That's right! I don't know what's going on!" Behind the uncle stood a little loli whose height was just over his knees. She had a round head and a round face, and her yellow hair looked really cute.
After the little Loli finished speaking, she made a face at Zhou Baoyu.
But Zhou Baoyu didn't care so much. He only saw that his relatives were killed with weapons, and their bodies fell into a pool of blood. They died miserably.
So Zhou Baoyu, who was instantly carried away by anger, picked up the dagger beside him and rushed towards Uncle Hu stubble. He screamed: "I want your life!!!"
The uncle was stunned and subconsciously took a step back.
But Zhou Baoyu's body was so weak that as soon as he stood up and ran forward, he stumbled and fell in front of the uncle, grabbing the ground with his face, and his face was probably disfigured.
The uncle was stunned again, then frowned and smacked his lips and said, "Well, it's troublesome. Do you want to save me or not?"
This question was obviously meant for little Lolita.
The little Lolita was wearing pink overalls. She poked her head out from behind her uncle's legs and said, "No, no, no! Ola doesn't like him! He's so ugly!"
But the uncle smiled: "Save people to the end, send Buddha to the West, how can you not save him just because he is not good-looking?"
As he spoke, Uncle Hu stubble leaned down and picked up Zhou Baoyu, who was seriously injured and unconscious.
When the little Loli saw this scene, she said angrily: "You are so annoying! I am sweet and cute, but you don't hug me, but you actually like to hug such an ugly man. It's so annoying! I'm so angry with you!"
After that, he stamped his feet, and his little face puffed up like a bulging goldfish.
If others saw this little appearance, I guess how many Ah Wei would die, but the stubble-bearded uncle kicked the little Loli in the back with his foot indifferently, almost knocking her to the ground.
"Stop talking nonsense and go clean up the dirty things." After saying that, the stubble-bearded uncle nuzzled at the two corpses.
The little loli was very angry, but she still went to the alley obediently.
Uncle Hu, who was holding Zhou Baoyu in his arms, returned to Zhou Baoyu's residence, closed the door, took out the suitcase he carried with him, and began to treat his wounds. He was skillful in his techniques and calm throughout the process, with no objection at all. After clearing Zhou Baoyu's body, he
After the blood-stained wound was re-sutured, the uncle rummaged around the room to find something to eat.
When he finally found two deep-hidden eggs and a box of mixed pie ingredients, the little Loli came back.
The little Loli, whose hands were still stained with blood, looked unhappy after entering the room.
The uncle picked her up and washed her little hands by the sink before saying, "Go play for a while, I'll make you something to eat."
The little loli became happy now.
The whole family settled in Zhou Baoyu's house.
At night, screams and gunshots were heard outside the house, but the uncle turned a deaf ear. Even the little Loli who had just fallen asleep just frowned and turned over, as if it had been a common occurrence for a long time.
It is unknown who they are and why they appeared in time to save Zhou Baoyu, but one thing is certain, Shelter No. 1 in Xiongan New District is in chaos, completely in chaos.
The uncle held a special flintlock gun with three strings on it. After tightening the strings, the uncle started playing and singing. No one could hear his lyrics clearly, and no one could understand him, but there was always something
There is a feeling of empty loneliness, which makes people feel sad.
…
In my mind, this was the ninth time that the light in the room came on.
If every time it appears represents a day, then Natsume can basically be sure that he has been trapped for twelve days.
In twelve days, Natsume only drank some dirty water and ate some crumbled food. The dirty water made him suffer from diarrhea, and the crumbled food could barely resist his hunger for a while, and then he surrendered, along with his hunger.
Tortured Natsume.
Logically speaking, Natsume should have run out of gas.
But the guy who once humiliated Natsume like a savage was kind enough to feed him an energy bar when Natsume was almost unconscious, and also poured him some precipitated clean water for him to drink.
But Natsume would not be grateful to him for this, because he knew that this guy just didn't want Natsume to die like this, so that the savage wouldn't have so much food to eat.
Li Dan, who also received some small "favors", is in much better condition than Natsume, but being trapped in this place for more than ten days, the mental depression and torture are difficult to heal.
Li Dan still talked to Natsume every day at first, but recently, she seemed to have given up her struggle and became taciturn.
Several times when Natsume was half-asleep and "awakened" by the light above her head, she saw Li Dan looking up at the top of the room like the other people imprisoned here.
At that time, Natsume realized that Li Dan might have been changed by everything here. She was degenerating into a stupid creature who existed for survival, becoming dim and hopeless.
Finally, on the sixteenth day, a door in the room was opened.
When the footsteps came, Natsume felt that the sound was like the sound of nature! Even though he knew that those people had officially locked him up here, he still hoped to hear other sounds.
But those footsteps sounded like a death knell to some in the room.
Just like the savage above Natsume, he became manic and restless when he opened the door. He kept roaring in the cage that could only allow him to bend down and walk back and forth, repeating: "It's not me! It's not me!"
not me!"
Natsume frowned and felt a little uneasy.
Li Dan and Natsume were similar, and she also wanted to know who captured them and locked them up in such a ghost place. After all, it was better to know more than to die here without any explanation.
But the mother-in-law who once handed Li Dan a snack quietly said to Li Dan: "My child, lean back and don't look into their eyes...or you will be selected..."
Li Dan didn't understand, so she hurriedly asked: "Mother-in-law, why can't you look into their eyes? What does it mean to be chosen?"
The mother-in-law explained: "Their eyes are very scary. If they are stared at once, they will have nightmares for several days... And once they are selected, there is no return... At least they can survive if they stay here...
If you choose... you won't be able to survive..."
Li Dan understood, but she became even more curious.
Maybe this is human nature. Even if countless people have warned you that there is a pit ahead, you will never know how deep the pit is until you fall once and feel the pain.
Natsume and Li Dan have similar mentality, but Natsume is not more curious, but he has had enough of lying here like a corpse. He feels as if his back has grown together with the ground, and the fungi that corroded his body
There are probably many spores buried in his skin. If he continues to lie here, he might one day see mushrooms growing in his body, but his consciousness is still awake. That is the most terrifying thing.
of.
So even though she knew there would be danger, Natsume still hoped for a happy ending.
The footsteps were far away at first, but as they got closer and closer, the heart rates of Natsume and Li Dan continued to increase, but the savage was no longer manic. He shivered and huddled up, just like those uncomfortable words when the teacher asked questions in class.
The state of children who are ignorant. They are afraid that the person who is called will think that if they lower their heads, they will not be selected. What a ridiculous behavior.
Natsume kept staring at the direction where the footsteps were approaching. He wanted to know who or what was holding them here.
Finally, they showed up.
They were three giants at least over three meters tall. They wore heavy protective clothing and breathed heavily, like three butchers. All the people in the cages were shivering like animals waiting to be slaughtered.
Trembling. Only Natsume and Li Dan looked directly at the three giants.
Their eyes are blood red, or rather... there are three sets of blood red observation elements on the armor covering their heads.
While Natsume was shocked by the size of these guys, he was also more curious about whether the people under the protective clothing were humans or ghosts.
Finally, the three giants arrived near Natsume.
They were so huge that they could only pass through one by one when passing between Natsume and Li Dan.
Li Dan, who was originally very curious, did not dare to express her anger at this time. She tightened the restraints of the cage and opened her eyes wide, trying to see what these things looked like.
Perhaps feeling Li Dan's gaze, one of the giants lowered his head and said to his companion: "This looks good, mark it."
After saying that, a giant behind him sprayed fluorescent dye on Li Dan's head and face with a marking gun.
Li Dan, who instantly transformed into a firefly in the darkness, closed her eyes tightly. Only then did she realize that she might be dying, so she asked Natsume for help: "Natsume! Save me! Natsume!"
When Natsume heard this voice, he immediately slapped the cage with all his strength and shouted hoarsely: "Hey!!! I'm here too! Take me away too!!!! Hey!!!!"
The savage huddled up in a ball and was stunned. He immediately reached out his hand and tried to cover Natsume's mouth.
Natsume kept shaking his head, not letting the barbarian stop him from speaking.
The giant seemed to have heard Natsume's voice, and he marked Natsume without any explanation. The savage would not have been marked, but he also had a lot of marks on his arms.
The giant didn't seem to care whether he would mark other people by mistake when marking, so he put away his marking gun and left.
In the darkness, the savage who kept rubbing the fluorescent dye on his arms roared angrily: "Grass!! Grass!!! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!!!"
But the fluorescent dye is scarier than a tattoo. Even if the savages make their skin bleed, they can't completely clean it off.
On the other hand, Natsume and Li Dan laughed out loud at the same time.
Especially Natsume, when he shouted just now, he realized that his throat seemed to be broken, and the hoarse voice was not the sound he was familiar with at all. The pain was secondary, and mental destruction was the ultimate torture.
Natsume chuckled: "Stop rubbing, it won't come off. We are now grasshoppers on the same rope. Just accept the fact."
When the savage heard this, he immediately stopped what he was doing. He was stunned for a while, and then suddenly he lay down on the cage, reaching down with both hands to clasp Natsume's neck. At the same time, he said viciously: "You actually harmed me!
Then I will send you on your way first!"
Li Dan became anxious when she saw this scene. She stood up and kept beating the cage and said: "Hey!! Stop it! Stop it!!!"
But how could the savage listen to Li Dan? His hand did not relax at all.
Natsume just let him hold his neck, and gave up resistance, probably because he felt that dying now would be no different from dying later.
But those giants would not allow such a thing to happen.
With a low roar, a giant strode back and grabbed the savage's cage with one slap, and also grabbed the cage containing Natsume.
But Natsume still stayed where he was. At this time, Natsume realized that the cage that had trapped him for more than half a month had only five sides. As long as the savages and other cages pressing on him were removed, he would be free long ago.
But now it's too late to discover this.
As soon as Natsume struggled to get up, he was illuminated by a beam of light.
Natsume, who had already adapted to the darkness, immediately wailed and covered his eyes.
Li Dan stretched out her hand to Natsume, wanting to help him, but she was powerless. Her cage had a large space for movement, but it was not as open as Natsume.
When the lights went down, a voice came: "Don't move, a staff member will go down and bring you up in a moment."
The voice sounded familiar, and Natsume couldn't stop the tears from covering his eyes. He tried to see clearly who was speaking through the light, but in the darkness, he could only hear footsteps approaching.