Chapter 3 The Bitter Night

Walking a long way through the wind and snow, four people did not encounter any strange events on the way, and smoothly returned to their residence.

But as soon as a few people went back, they felt that the atmosphere in the room seemed not to be right, a few people were sitting in the living room with pale faces, and the air was dead, which was even worse than when they had just arrived here.

Ling Jiu picked up his eyes moved to a few people, quickly counted the number of people, and slightly relieved after determining that the people were not less.

'What's the matter? Bear Lacquer asked.

A man sitting inside shook, "Upstairs, the bodies upstairs are gone."

"Only the body is missing?" Xiong Qi said, "Are you new people? There is nothing to be afraid of when the body is gone."

"Eaten." Next to the girl whined, tears flowed non-stop, "there is blood everywhere..."

Bear lacquer and Xiao Ke looked at each other and knew that they could not get any useful information from these people's mouths, so four people decided to go to the third floor to see the situation.

When they climbed up the stairs to the second floor, Ling Jiu Shi noticed something wrong - there were blood stains on the walls of the second floor.

Because it is a wooden structure of the house, so the walls are also the tan of wood, Ling Jiushi saw some black spots attached to the walls, like something sputtered up.

"Be careful, there might be something up there." Bear Lacquer goes first.

Finally arrived at the third floor, Ling Jiu picked up finally understand their mouth was eaten, what is the meaning.

The place where the body had been was empty, if that were all, but when the body was gone, there was something else. The ground was covered with bits of flesh and bones, as if a corpse had been torn apart by something ferocious and chewed to shreds, leaving only broken pieces.

Ling Jiu picked up to see such a situation can not help but a white face, feel stomach upwelling up.

"The food was clean." Xiao Ke is used to it, "I don't know what it is."

"Alas," he said. Xiong Lacquer sighed, "Let's go, lock the third floor, live on the second floor today."

"HMM." Xiao Ke, "I'll ask them for details."

They went back to the first floor and asked what had happened.

The man downstairs then told them what had happened in the house.

After they left, a group of people searched the building, and when they found the second floor, they heard a very strange sound from the third floor. It was like someone was chewing something with a gulping sound.

Then everyone counted their heads and made sure there was no one on the third floor, and they began to sweat.

The crowd did not dare to look up, observing the situation from the second floor, until the sound of chewing died down, they dared to go to the third floor to look at the situation - only to see a lot of broken meat and bones.

"It was terrible." Another older girl in the team looked a little dull, she said: "I am only the third time to enter the door, how can we encounter such a world, can we live out?" What the hell is that thing..."

No one could answer her question, and the room was silent.

Xiong Lacquer sighed slightly, said he was hungry, wanted to find something to eat, and asked if anyone went to the kitchen with him. Ling Jiu pickup way: "I will accompany you to go."

Ruan Baijie sat next to Ling Jiu pick up, fine sound fine airway: "autumn stone, I am also hungry, I want to eat noodles."

Ling Jiu Shi: "I'll go and see if there is one, and I'll cook a bowl for you."

"Good," said Hermione. Ruan Baijie curved eyes, gently looked at Ling Jiu pick, "pay attention to safety."

Ling Jiushi nodded.

The kitchen is to the left of the living room, where there is no natural gas, only primitive firewood.

Bear paint and Ling Jiu picked up two people all the way did not talk, until the kitchen, bear paint low head fire after said: "I am not going to tell them everything."

'What do you mean? Ling Jiu picked up a moment.

Bear Lacquer silently looked at the door, to make sure that there was no one outside, then whispered: "I am not sure that our team is all people."

Ling nine pick up the back because of this sentence a layer of goosebumps.

"Things like this have happened before." Xiong Lacquer said, "The teammates we think are not teammates, but those things."

Ling Jiushi said, "Then why do you believe me? What if I'm one of those things?"

Xiong Lacquer gave him a look: "You don't look like him."

Ling Jiushi: "..."

Xiong Lacquer continued, "And they don't look like people who have been through this kind of thing a few times, they are too panicked, more panicked than you."

Ling Jiu pickup was so praised a little embarrassed: "In fact, I am also very afraid."

Bear Lacquer heard this with a self-deprecating smile: "What are you afraid of this, I first entered the door that night three times pee pants."

Ling Jiushi thought of the terrible woman last night, looked at his crotch in silence, and thought he was good to hold...

Xiong Lacquer: "I suggest you also better keep some clues, do not say all."

Ling Jiushi nodded: "I know, thank you for reminding me, can you ask how many times you have come in?"

Xiong Lacquer: "Six times."

"Oh..." Ling Jiushi tries to digest the information that bear lacquer gives him, about the door, the team, and some hidden clues.

"It's no use thinking about it so much. Try to get out alive." Bear lacquer self-deprecating smile, "although I see the world is hanging."

The fire in the stove was lit, and the water in the iron pot was boiling hot.

Ling Jiu picked found a basket next to the ingredients, there are eggs, and even some green vegetables, he put the face down, and fried an egg, the aroma of food filled the kitchen, remove the kind of cool fear. Bear paint praised a sentence: "good workmanship."

"Just fine." Ling Jiushi smiled.

Noodles cooked four bowls, bear paint Xiao Ke, Ling Jiu pick up and Ruan Baijie, others Ling Jiu pick up can not manage so much.

Ruan Baijie is also hungry, holding the bowl began to eat noodles, ordinary people eat noodles will always have a voice, she is quietly the whole bowl of noodles to eat a clean, even soup did not leave a bite. After eating also do not utter a word, turned his eyes to look at Ling nine pick up.

Ling Jiu picked up by her fiery sight staring hair, helplessly said: "You did not eat enough?"

Ruan Baijie: "I'm full." As soon as the words fell, her stomach gave a cooperative ring.

Ling Jiushi: "... You eat, and I'll get something else."

Ruan Baijie: "No, no."

Ling Jiushi: "Really not?" He pretended to continue to eat, but see Ruan Baijie eyes to stare out, this appearance is too cute, let Ling Jiu picked up involuntarily laughed, "Well, you eat it, I almost."

"Okay, okay." This time Ruan Baijie is not polite.

After two bowls of noodles, the cold feeling of going out for a trip finally disappeared. While eating, Xiong Qi told everyone the information they got from the old carpenter, of course, he did not say all, and kept the last clue to fill the well.

"Could the key be in the coffin?" There are still relatively calm people in the team, one of the men named Zhang Zishuang said, "Since the key clue is the coffin, then I think the probability is so..."

"Oh, I hope so." Bear paint said, "I plan to go to the mountain tomorrow morning to cut trees, men go, women can also follow, it is afraid of cold, hide in the house, but anything happens in the house, we can't help."

After the discussion, all agreed to bear paint's proposal, although some people think that this snow weather is too dangerous to go up the mountain, but in this world the most dangerous is not the weather, but those mysterious dirty things. It's obviously the best thing to do to get the coffin built and out of here sooner.

With such a delay, it was getting dark again.

After night fell, everyone simply washed up and went back to the room early without thinking about doing anything else. Ling Jiushi asked why can't we get together, bear paint said: "Because together, will fall asleep at a fixed time."

'What do you mean? Ling Jiu picked up a little meng, "means to the point, everyone will fall asleep?"

"HMM." Xiong Qi said, "It may be the mechanism of this world, as long as the number of people in the same room exceeds a certain value, everyone will fall asleep at a fixed time, and no matter what happens at that time, there is no way."

"Then we have no choice but to surrender?" Ling nine picks up a frown.

"Actually, those things can't just kill people." Xiong Lacquer said, "They need some specific conditions to kill, the more difficult the world in the door, the broader the conditions, and some conditions are very... It's hard to understand."

Ling Jiushi: "Such as?"

Bear lacquer said: "For example, you can kill people who wear shoes on their feet."

Ling Jiushi: "..." He looked silently at the shoes on his feet.

Bear Lacquer saw his appearance and laughed: "I just give an example casually, if the conditions of this world are to kill people without shoes on their feet, you take off your shoes but die." Moreover, these conditions are not single, and some require many conditions to be superimposed together, so after summarizing the law, it is safer to sleep until dawn at night." He paused. "That is, if you can sleep, of course."

Lingjiu pickup because bear paint words think of what happened last night, he looked at the side of the hand holding a handful of melon seeds is casually on Ruan Baijie, always feel last night's own and death passed by.

It seems that all it takes is one of them to turn into one of those two cold bodies on the third floor.

"Go to sleep." "Good night."

Ling Jiushi nodded: "Good night." He called Ruan Baijie again and told her to go to bed together.

Ruan Baijie yawned and put the rest of the sunflower seeds on the table. She rubbed her eyes and muttered, "I feel so sleepy. Go to bed early today."

Ling Jiu Shi said: "Good, go to bed early."

The third floor was completely unusable because of what happened last night, so everyone moved to the second floor.

Lingjiu pick still and Ruan Baijie sleep in the same bed, this time he was ready, decided to lock the window first, going to pull the curtains, but the curtains seem to have been used for a long time, how can not move.

Ruan Baijie lying in bed in pajamas hem hem: "Autumn stone, so cold ah."

Ling Jiu pickup is still studying curtains, smell words head also do not return: "cold to wear more."

Ruan Baijie: "... You don't have a girlfriend?"

Ling Jiu picked up inexplicable: "Girlfriend, why have a girlfriend?"

Ruan Baijie into silence, wait until Lingjiu picked up the curtain turned back when she has been as hard as a dead fish lying in bed.

Ling Jiushi did not understand: "What happened to you?"

Ruan Baijie's voice was soft. She said, "You... Is there nothing you want to say to me?"

Ling Jiu pick into meditation, he looked at Ruan Baijie beautiful face, finally have an idea, he said: "There."

Ruan Baijie smiled with satisfaction: "What do you want to say?"

Ling Jiushi: "That, is that... If we meet a ghost today, will you slow down?"

Ruan Baijie indifferent face: "No."

Ling Jiu picked up anger: "Then you ask what the fuck I want to say, sleep!"

So each went home, each looking for their own bed, back to back began to prepare for sleep.

Originally according to bear paint, can sleep quietly is the best situation through the night, but Ling Jiu pick up all kinds of ideas in his mind, a time was completely unable to sleep. Ruan Baijie behind him is like to follow the pig, eyes close and sleep past, angry Ling nine pick up teeth tickle.

As the night wore on, the temperature got colder and colder. Fortunately, the quilt is quite thick, and there is a warm living person sleeping beside me, so it is not too difficult.

Ling Jiushi closed his eyes, combing the clues of the day, consciousness began to gradually blur, see will fall into deep sleep. However, just as he was about to fall asleep, he vaguely heard a strange sound. Unlike yesterday's hammering, it was coming from the ceiling above them, and it was the sound of something sticky and heavy dragging slowly across the roof of the third floor. Ling Jiushi's hearing is keen, the original sleepiness is eliminated in an instant, his breathing stops, or slowly opens his eyes, looking at the ceiling above their heads.

There was nothing there but old wood.

Ling Jiushi's body began to chill, however, because he clearly heard the sound stop as it moved above him.

"Smacking, smacking." The sticky knock stimulated his eardrum, which was getting louder and louder, so that Ling Jiu picked up goosebumps all over his body, he bit his teeth, was about to sit up from the bed, but beside him reached out a hand around his waist.

"What are you doing?" It was Ruan Baijie's confused voice.

"Did you hear any strange noises?" Ling Jiu picked down the voice, "On the roof."

"A voice? What a noise." Ruan Baijie said, "I don't hear anything, you don't move, I'm cold." Her breath gently spray hit Ling Jiu pick ear, with the smell of ice and snow.

"You..." Lingjiu pick also want to say what, but feel Ruan Baijie hug his hand tight.

"Go to sleep." Nguyen Baijie said so.

Ling Jiu picked up had to close his eyes.

Ruan Baijie with fingers slowly hook Ling Jiu pick up the waist, this should be some ambiguous action, but full of comfort at this time.

The sound of knocking on the roof is still continuing, but Ling Jiu Shi seems not so afraid just now, sleepiness began to float in his mind, he finally fell asleep.

The next morning.

Ling nine pick up in Ruan Baijie arms woke up.

Ruan Baijie stretched out his arm, put his whole person in his arms, chin on his head, was he woke up after the daze dawdling: "Don't make, sleep again."

Ling Jiushi: "..." Oh my.

He lay down for a while, see Ruan Baijie still have no intention of getting up, had to say: "I want to get up."

Ruan Baijie: "HMM..."

Ling Jiu Shi: "Ruan Baijie?"

Ruan Baijie: "Last night, I called her Sweetie, today I will call her Baijie Ruan."

Ling Jiushi: "..."

But in spite of that, Ruan Baijie or loose hand, and then leaning on the head of the bed looking at Lingjiu pick up clothes. Lingjiu picked up to wear for a while always feel a little strange atmosphere, thinking about a turn to look at Ruan Baijie: "You can not this look?"

Ruan Baijie: "What look? The money is on the table. Take it yourself and go. Pass me the cigarette. I'll have one."

Ling Jiushi: "..." Is that a smoke or something?

Ruan Baijie: "Why, still refuse to go ah, five hundred but we agreed yesterday, you don't want one more point."

Ling Jiu pick up have nothing to say, put on clothes after the clunky clunky downstairs.

Others have been sitting in the living room, eating the breakfast sent by the villagers, Ling Jiu Shi as usual number of people, found in addition to Ruan Baijie house less than three people.

Xiong Lacquer saw him and motioned him to sit down. 'Nothing happened yesterday, did it? Ling Jiu asked.

"No." "No dead people."

No dead is good, Ling Jiu picked up a sigh of relief.

In fact, it was so quiet last night that no sound was heard. Ling Jiu pickup tentatively asked them whether they heard anything upstairs, everyone's statement is very consistent - very quiet night, in addition to the wind outside, there is no other sound.

"After dinner, we'll cut down the trees and send the wood to the carpenters, quickly." "It's only going to get colder and colder, and there was nothing wrong last night..." There seemed to be some confusion behind his words.

"Well, yeah." Ling Jiu picked up a casual sentence.

The remaining three people also went downstairs in succession, Ruan Baijie was the last one to go downstairs, she was still wearing that beautiful long dress, but added two relatively thick coats outside, but also a pair of large cotton pants. Because of the long dress, she walked slowly and her posture was very elegant.

Ling Jiu picked up to see her coming, a little uncomfortable away from the eyes.

"Autumn Stone." Ruan Baijie called his name.

Ling nine pick up helpless sound.

"Why are you ignoring people?" Ruan Baijie, "People want to eat your noodles."

Ling Jiushi: "I'll do it for you at noon, it's too late now."

Ruan Baijie: "That's not what you said last night in bed."

Xiao Ke is drinking porridge, heard this sentence poof almost did not choke to death. Bear paint expression also subtle up, eyes intentionally and unintentionally between Ling Jiu pick and Ruan Baijie prowls.

Ling Jiu Shi can not laugh and cry: "OK, don't make trouble, thank you for last night, make noodles for you at noon, give you two eggs."

"All right." Ruan Baijie compromise, "Alas, there is more than good scallion."

In such a cold day, it is lucky to have green vegetables to eat, but don't think about green onion.

We roughly ate breakfast, and put on cold clothes, a line of people will carry an axe ready to go out.

The place where the trees were cut was in the woods at the edge of the village, and there was only one path leading there. Because of the snow, the path became even narrower, allowing only one person to walk.

The mountain is OK, down the mountain estimated to drag the wood is more trouble, Ling nine pick up walking on the path in the heart so thinking.

Fortunately, one of the eleven of them was able to work as a woodworker, a middle-aged man in his thirties who claimed to be a woodworker, who could cut trees and make simple furniture, but did not know much about coffins. He went ahead, picked out some trees and started teaching everyone how to cut them down.

Most of the people here have never done this before, and although they have been taught, they are quite unfamiliar the first time.

Ling Jiushi took the axe and made two strokes, cutting the first time, leaving only a faint trace on the trunk.

"You're still doing it wrong." Ruan Baijie standing next to, hand in pocket, ha white gas, "strength to make down, otherwise the axe so heavy where to lift."

Ling Jiushi: "You have cut down trees?"

Ruan Baijie: "I've seen other people cut down trees."

Ling nine pick up oh sound.

Ruan Baijie said: "Be careful oh, don't hurt yourself."

Ling Jiushi nodded and continued to swing the axe. It was more difficult than they thought, and in the course of the morning several men took turns to rest and cut down a tree.

"What can I do, Brother Bear?" Someone said, "What to do?"

Xiong Lacquer looked at the weather and gritted his teeth: "Go on, carry the tree back, and continue tomorrow."

Although it is only three o 'clock in the afternoon, but the sky has been dark down, and the sky began to float large pieces of snow, it seems that there may be a heavy snow in the evening.

Ling Jiushi said, "How many pieces of wood are needed for a coffin?"

"The village chief said it was three." Bear paint, "Hard two days, almost, come, who come to help."

Ling Jiu pick is about to come forward to carry the tree, but heard Ruan Baijie came to the sentence: "Oh, I seem to give the foot twisted, autumn stone you back me down the mountain."

Ling Jiushi: "Ah?"

Ruan Baijie: "Ah what ah, hurry up, there are not so many people here, you go to what lively."

Ling Jiu Shi is about to speak, bear lacquer patted his shoulder, said: "Go."

Ling Jiushi: "..." He took a look at Ruan Baijie's expression, did not see what other meaning from her delicate appearance, but he was sensitive to smell a clue, as if Ruan Baijie's sudden request, and not as simple as imagined.