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Bai Leshui and Rong Zheng naturally heard the sound of hundreds of people running towards this side. They ran out of their hiding place immediately, then met the eyes of two people in Room 4 opposite who had also just slipped out, turned around again, and saw Angelina who also heard the sound and came look for them.

Seeing the two groups, four people, emerging from the grass, Angelina had a strange and subtle feeling, as if she had broken up the... good thing of two groups of lovers.

The atmosphere was stagnant for a moment.

Bai Leshui also had this strange feeling. He coughed and said, "A lot of people are coming."

One sentence brought the people present back to their senses. Wen Ji looked around: "It seems to be sound from the town. Are they residents of the town who helped with the burial?"

Angelina: "No need for so many people to help ba."

Rong Zheng said: "Ran very fast, as if chasing something."

Soon, they knew what the group of people was chasing.

You can see the town from a distance from this house, but the distance is not far enough, especially because there is a red lantern hanging at the door of the house. The reason why Rong Zheng and others were able to find it on the dark road after buying burial clothes and sacrifices, not only because they remembered the way, but they also relied on that little candlelight as a guiding light.

Now, this bright red light has become a guiding light for Ma Letian two people.

Ma Letian and Kang Xingyu were discovered not long after they ran away from the window. Don't know what the group of guys who entered the room were thinking, they didn't chase them by going out of the window. Instead, only after going around the hotel did they chase them. This gave the two of them more time to escape. Of course, this convinced even more Ma Letian that there were only two of them left in the hotel.

Originally there were not that many people, but in every house on every street that Ma Letian and Kang Xingyu passed, one or two people would open the door and walk out, participating in the chase and chasing after them. Slowly it became a small group of a hundred people.

Ma Letian only looked back and cursed: "Temede, did labor and management became Tang monk ma?"

"What to do? We have almost circled the town." Kang Xingyu's legs are getting weaker and weaker. What he hates most is chasing battles. He has no physical strength a.

"Over there, turn left ahead. I see a little red light over there." Ma Letian said loudly.

Kang Xingyu didn't think about anything. He followed Ma Letian's words and turned left. He ran towards the red light for a while then asked, "Over there wouldn't be another trap ba."

Ma Letian, gasped roughly, replied: "It's unlikely. Red generally wards off evil spirits a. Don't you see that we all wear red when we get married and during the Chinese New Year ma?"

Kang Xingyu: "Why did I hear that wearing red clothes can turn you into a malicious ghost when you hang yourself a!"

Ma Letian: "That's superstition!"

Kang Xingyu:...

Temede, could it be that red can ward off evil spirits is not superstitious ? ? ?

Anyway, running first is correct. As they ran, they saw five dark figures. When they got closer, they found they were familiar figures. Ma Letian smiled: "I just said right, look, red ward off evil spirits."

Kang Xingyu: "That's not safe too!" There were hundreds of non-human beings behind ne, all coming over.

Ma Letian: "There is a house ahead, go in and hide ba." He was really tired.

When they ran in front of Rong Zheng and others, they were still beckoning them to come with them. Rong Zheng and others were ready to escape. Unexpectedly, they only glanced behind, their preparations to run stagned, then stopped moving.

Ma Letian turned his head and glanced behind him in confusion. The hundreds of non-human beings were standing twenty meters away, neither approaching nor leaving, just staring with red eyes.

Kang Xingyu: "They don't come?"

Rong Zheng looked at the talisman posted at the door of the house: "This is a safe zone."

Kang Xingyu's legs weakened and he sat on the ground: "Great. If I keep running like this, I can join the national sports team when I get back."

Ma Letian smiled and joked: "No bad, an iron rice bowl."

Angelina knew that her identity as a player had been exposed a long time ago. Those who didn't know were NPC in the first place, she didn't pretend to be in front of a few people. She casually said: "Now is also an iron rice bowl."

Ma Letian:...

Haha, yes a, a job that will never be unemployed, whoever freaking wants it takes it.

Just this one night, can scare people bald.

Everyone present understood, except for the man in the couple who was an NPC and looked confused.

Wen Ji still wanted to protect her vest and didn't want to reveal her identity as a player. Although the game had already reached the middle, she held her boyfriend's arm with one hand and completely ignored their words about going back and fork about having an iron rice bowl. She whispered nervously: "Oh my god, what happened to those people?"

The man shook his head: "I don't know." After speaking, he asked Ma Letian: "Why are they chasing you?"

Ma Letian touched his head, which was like a goose egg: "Because I'm good-looking?"

Several people present looked at Ma Letian, who looked like he was about forty years old, and refused to take the topic.

Kang Xingyu honestly told the story of what happened in the hotel, focusing on the fact that those people did not look like living people, and the fact that residents in every house looked like that.

Wen Ji shuddered: "So there are no living people in this town?"

Bai Leshui nodded: "Maybe."

Angelina: "What about the old mayor ne? He is also not a living person ma?"

Rong Zheng: "I don't know."

Ma Letian scratched his head: "It doesn't matter whether he is alive or not. It has nothing to do with us at all. We just need to wait until the time comes to go back on the train."

No one spoke.

Go back? Bai Leshui suddenly remembered something. He hurriedly walked to a slightly higher place nearby, stood on tiptoe and looked around. After he judged the direction, he raised his eyebrows slightly and walked back to tell everyone a news that was not good news for them: "To get back to the train we have to go through the town, our location and the train are on opposite sides of the town." What a coincidence, if connected by a line, it goes right through the center of the town.

The hotel is right in the center of the town.

Wen Ji asked: "How about going around ne?"

Rong Zheng: "This place is a valley."

There was really no one talking now.

Just at this time, the door of the house behind opened. This time it was finally not a crack, but the door completly opened. Everyone finally saw the old man's appearance.

This is an old man who is truly have one foot on the grave. He is severely bent at the waist, holding a crutch in his hand and walking hobblingly. The clothes he was wearing were in tatters and had not been washed or even changed for a long time. His hair had grown to his shoulders and was dirty, he had a gray beard. Those who didn't know thought that this old man had been surviving on some desert island for more than ten years ne, looking like he was in distress.

But more obviously, he is a living person, a very normal living person.

Take three breaths every step when walking, there's breathing and warmth.

Rong Zheng even doubted whether someone like him, who was about to be buried, could make a coffin. Really not exhausted?

The old man saw the town residents staring from a distance, and also saw the two extra people, but he was like becoming blind, and turned a blind eye.

"The coffin is ready," The old man said. "Which of you can come in to get it? Only two living people can come and help push it out."

Don't know if it's intentional, but the word "living" was bitten very strongly.

Rong Zheng took the lead and walked over: "I'll go."

Bai Leshui was about to follow him, but Ma Letian was one step ahead of him: "And me. We are the only two who are strong."

Bai Leshui looked at Rong Zheng, Rong Zheng nodded to him, then Bai Leshui stopped talking.

Ma Letian didn't really see any benefits in this. In fact, no one would think that moving coffins was a good thing. Ma Letian just wondered if he and Kang Xingyu suddenly joined in, these people would have some psychological grudges, so he looked for an opportunity to help out and integrate better.

Moving the coffin may not be a good thing, but there is definitely no death trap related to moving coffins.

The two of them came out shortly after entering, pushing the coffin out. There was a small trolley under the coffin. All they had to do was hold the handle, one in front one behind.

The coffin was well made, with thick boards and black paint, but don't know what was applied on it, it had a fishy smell that made people dizzy.

The old man watched the coffin being pushed out little by little, and saw Rong Zheng, who was at the back, was about to hold the coffin out. When he passed by the old man, he turned his head slightly, looked at the old man, and asked in a very low voice: "Your surname is Duan?"

The old man's hand holding the crutch suddenly tightened, his eyes widened, but the corners of his mouth were pursed tightly, he didn't say a word.

This attitude in Rong Zheng's eyes, was precisely a confirmation.

He was in a good mood and continued walking forward while holding the coffin.

The old man did not enter the house. He clutched his crutch and stared at Rong Zheng for a while before he said, "My surname is Qin now."

No one else noticed Rong Zheng's movements, let alone his question, so when the old man suddenly said these words, several people present were stunned, not understanding what the old man meant at all.

Rong Zheng smiled: "I remember. Your surname is Qin."

The old man snorted loudly, tapped the ground with his crutch, and said aloud: "Boy, you come from the hotel ba."

Rong Zheng nodded.

The old man: "I'd like to warn you, some people are dead but don't know this fact, living in their dreams all day long. Don't break the dream casually, so that at least you still have a way to survive until the end. After all, you can reason with the living, but you can't reason with the dead, it means that nothing makes sense."

Rong Zheng thought for a while, nodded: "Thank you."

Satisfied, the old man turned around and closed the door, locked it, locking himself in the room again. He didn't takes a step out again. Perhaps he would not come out again until he died.

Bai Leshui walked up to Rong Zheng and asked, "What riddles are you playing? It's time to go, there are still things to do."

Rong Zheng: "Mmh."

Everyone else who wanted to know what was going on stared closely at the two people, wanting to know the answer from their conversation. Who would have thought that Bai Leshui didn't ask any more questions.

Wen Ji hurriedly asked: "What was that old man talking about just now?"

Rong Zheng replied: "Tell us to treat these people as living people so that we can escape."

Wen Ji didn't believe it, but after thinking carefully about what the old man just said, she couldn't think of any other meaning, so she had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Kang Xingyu was anxious: "Shouldn't we consider how to leave here now ma? Do you have to take the coffin with you?"

The non-human being chasing them had been watching from a distance of twenty meters. Look at that look, there is no restraint at all.

  1. 特么的 aka your mother (他妈的 Tā mā de)
  2. Character in 'Journey to the West'. One bite of his flesh is rumored to grant immortality, so monsters and demons are constantly trying to eat him.
  3. 铁饭碗 (tiě fàn wǎn) = secure employment