Buzz!
The car roared and sped quickly.
The headlights illuminated the road ahead, illuminating the vehicles parked randomly on the road.
The whole street seemed to be asleep in the darkness. Only Su Wu drove the car, fighting against the strangeness in the dream of the city.
A second before the red lantern rose into the sky, he drove the car around another corner.
The light illuminated the 'RT-Mart' sign at the intersection, and a figure holding something in his arms passed by at the intersection.
Figure?
Su Wu slowed down the car and turned his head suddenly.
At this time, red lanterns rose into the sky, covering the entire street with crimson light.
Under the red light, he saw a girl in pajamas at the intersection, holding something unknown in her arms, her shoulders twitching, walking through the intersection with her head lowered.
Her long black hair covered her face, and she was wearing slippers on her feet.
The crimson light shone on her, casting a long reflection behind her, but she was unscathed and quickly passed the intersection.
The red light shined through the car window and fell on Su Wu's shoulders.
The red candle on the console burned violently at this moment. The fifteen centimeter long candle turned into a puff of smoke and dissipated in one breath!
Then, Su Wu's head flew up like a balloon, swinging back and forth in the sealed car.
"Candles lit with fire from the temple can resist the erosion of the lanterns. However, they can only resist for one breath..."
"After one breath, if the red lantern does not fall, it may be killed..."
"This time, Lantern Killed me, but not the girl?"
"still--"
Su Wu's eyes darkened.
…
"you are dead."
"This simulation is over."
“Rating: Ding.
Comment: Although you knew how to use transportation and even used some tricks to delay your own death, you still couldn't escape its shadow in the end.
Reward: The basic reward for Ding Shang’s rating is 5 yuan jade;
Found a safe house +10 Yuan Jade.
Wallet balance: 667+15=682 yuan jade. "
…
Being decapitated by the lantern trick will not cause any pain.
Su Wu quickly recovered from the chaotic state. He was thinking about the girl crossing the intersection and always felt that there was something strange about her.
In an environment with car accident scenes and headless corpses everywhere, anyone would feel something was wrong if such a girl suddenly appeared.
Moreover, is the girl blind and unable to see the headless corpses everywhere?
She didn't find a place to hide and still dared to walk around on the street?
Also, what is she holding in her arms?
At a quick glance, I thought it was some kind of pet. It was quite colorful—a kitten or puppy wearing bright clothes?
The lantern trick killed himself, but did not kill the girl as well.
Did the lantern trick just happen to choose her, or is there a way for her to avoid being picked by the lantern trick?
Questions filled Su Wu's mind.
He immediately started the simulation again.
…
Check your notepad and scroll through messages on your phone.
Use candles to continue the flame in the small temple.
Waiting for the next neon flash, walk out of the small temple and sit in the driver's seat of the car in front of the restaurant.
Su Wu squatted a row of candles on the console.
Except for the first candle which was burning, the rest were not yet lit.
One candle can resist the lantern for one breath, and ten candles can extend the time to ten breaths.
Sometimes ten breaths can turn the situation around!
He started the car, dashed off into the road, and followed the original path around the curve.
Controlling the speed of the car, at about the same time, we drove into the intersection with the RT-Mart supermarket diagonally opposite.
The car lights swayed across the intersection, and Su Wu saw the girl in pajamas.
At this time, the neon lights suddenly dimmed, and the red lanterns did not know when they would rise into the sky.
Su Wu picked up all the candles on the console, pushed open the car door, and ran quickly to the girl: "Hey! It's dangerous here, why are you running around on the road?"
The girl raised her lowered head, her long hair hiding a small and plain face.
Her eyebrows were soft and her eyes were red. She looked at Su Wu across the road and murmured: "I..."
The darkness dissipated instantly and the red lantern rose.
Crimson light filled the streets.
The 'thing' in the girl's arms was photographed - it was neither a pet cat nor a dog as Su Wu had guessed, nor was it any valuables.
It is brightly colored and a very energetic big rooster.
"Oh oh oh oh——"
The big rooster crows.
The moment the red lantern rose, the candle in Su Wu's hand began to burn violently!
His heart was beating wildly, and he had no time to care about the magical combination of a girl and a cock. He took out candles one after another and continued the flame that was about to burn out from the previous candle.
In these few breaths, he asked: "Don't you know these red lanterns in the sky can make people lose their heads?!"
The girl nodded.
She still wanted to speak, but all the candles in Su Wu's hand were completely burned out.
In her frightened eyes, Su Wu's head separated from his neck and rose straight into the sky: "Why is it me who dies again?
Speak faster next time! "
Before his vision went dark, Su Wu saw that the girl's head was still on her neck.
Even though he became a part of the lantern trick in front of her, she didn't have her head taken off!
This doesn't conform to Lantern's killing rules!
As long as a living person sees the heads of other people around him flying up and turning into red lanterns, their heads will also detach from their necks!
Something is definitely wrong with her!
…
"Again!"
…
Under the light of red lanterns.
Su Wu held a burning candle and asked the girl, "It's dangerous here!"
Don’t you know these red lanterns in the sky can make people lose their heads? "
The girl raised her head, looked at him with some shyness, nodded slightly, and then shook her head.
"What do you mean?" The candle in Su Wu's hand was almost burning out.
He was speechless and stood in the middle of the road looking at the girl: "You have to communicate more with people. What do you mean by nodding and shaking your head? Time is very tight now!"
In a tight time frame, he spoke as fast as a machine gun, yet managed to speak clearly.
"I know...I saw the heads of people around me flying."
There were tears in the girl's eyes. Under Su Wu's barrage of words, she became nervous and spoke slightly faster: "But I don't know, it's because of the red lantern."
The candle burned out.
Su Wu's head was spinning: "You told me earlier! Why do I have to die every time I see you?!"
The girl blinked, scared and confused.
Apparently doesn't understand how someone can die 'every time'?
…
The candles in the backpack have been used up.
Su Wu hesitated for a moment and prepared to conduct a simulation with only the Imperial Bell.
After several simulations, every time he faced the girl, his head flew up, but the girl was unharmed. This could no longer be explained by Lantern's random killing method.
The girl had previously witnessed the heads of people around her fly up and turn into red lanterns.
It shows that she has experienced this kind of thing before.
But she still didn't die.
What's the reason?
Su Wu vaguely had an answer in his heart.
