It was completely dark.
Cheng Ye closed his eyes and fell into an extremely quiet contemplation.
He leaned slightly against the wall and kept summarizing all the information he had just obtained.
Time passes minute by minute...
The children around them couldn't figure out the reason, and gradually became silent.
Later, I don't know who suddenly said: "It's been a long time since I've broadcast."
Cheng Ye opened his eyes.
Yes, they haven't caught anyone in a long time.
The entire teaching building fell into silence.
It's like they abandoned this area.
The last sound of the broadcast stopped at the seventy-ninth person.
Didn't reach target number...
What happens next?
Just as he was thinking about it, the ethereal girl's voice sounded again.
I don't know why, but her voice has a feeling that penetrates the soul.
Cheng Ye frowned and forced himself to accept her voice.
…
nothing special.
Pretty much the same as the last game.
There are three stages of hide-and-seek, and the third stage is still a maze composed of towering vines.
The vines are like a beating pulse.
Have your own breathing and rhythm.
He and Tang Huan were still sitting on the wall.
He still sacrificed Tang Huan.
No matter why, under the circumstances at that time, if the test must produce results, sacrifices must be made.
Apart from himself, the only person who died was Tang Huan.
After getting the information he wanted and ending the last ten minutes, Cheng Ye was on his way to the canteen.
His mind is very peaceful.
Since he decided to comply with what was shown on the note, he has relaxed a lot.
He now feels like a bystander who only occasionally passes by this world to see the people and things in it before leaving.
He queued up in an orderly manner with the canteen's trays in hand to get his meals.
While eating, he once again lamented the children's 'discipline'.
No one jumped in line, everyone was waiting in line.
Let's go to the teaching building in the afternoon and take a look.
Cheng Ye recalled the strange place in the teaching building in the morning. The teaching building was not a restricted area. It should be okay to explore it.
What was different from the last time was that this time while eating, Cheng Ye had been observing the people around him.
He soon discovered an interesting phenomenon.
The children will soon gather together to play together, but if someone goes out to make soup or something like that, and it takes a long time, when they come back, except for that person's teammates, no one else will know him by default. .
There will be a delay of a second or two before reacquaintance occurs.
The children didn't think so much, and no one cared about this little detail.
Interesting.
It's like a program that is so restrictive that you will no longer remember anyone else except your teammates in the same group.
so……
Cheng Ye deduced a more interesting thing from this.
The number of boys in the entire orphanage is 169.
If divided by 2, it cannot be divided.
But if you remove yourself, it's just right and can be removed.
Tang Huan mentioned another boy's name.
It's very possible that Shang Jie is his good friend and he is the redundant one.
So, it's a hide and seek with yourself.
He cannot be discovered, he is the extra person.
Cheng Ye smiled and continued to eat the food on the plate slowly.
The food here is really good. Although the taste is a little bit off, the ingredients are all good.
It feels like eating from a big pot before.
The faint fragrance of firewood.
Cheng Ye left the cafeteria after eating. He didn't know that Tang Huan would come, so he didn't wait for Tang Huan.
Go to the teaching building alone.
The teaching building is not a forbidden area. Cheng Ye relaxed physically and mentally and treated it as a tourist visit.
There are ten classrooms on the first floor. Each classroom has tables and blackboards, which are no different from ordinary classrooms.
Cheng Yedu walked in and took a look.
A mutilated map and a metal badge were found in various classrooms.
The badge is a bit dull and looks a bit old.
It's in the shape of a triangle.
Cheng Ye weighed it in the palm of his hand. It had some weight and it should be made of iron.
I'm not sure what the map is. There's only half of it, which is the location of a valley. Other than that, there's no useful information.
Cheng Ye put away the two things and went up to the second floor.
There are two classrooms near the right side. These two classrooms look like no one has been in for a long time.
It's all dust.
Cheng Ye walked in and explored casually.
In drawers, on podiums.
Nothing useful.
Although it looks old, there is nothing superfluous about it.
Start with the third room, which is like a storage room or something.
Cheng Ye opened one at will.
It must have been a long time since anyone came here. The green iron cabinet was leaning against the wall. It was no different from the cabinet I hid in when I played hide and seek in the morning.
Cheng Ye opened each iron cabinet and found a missing cotton coat in one of the iron cabinets.
This piece of clothing looks quite thick and can keep out the cold, but it is very worn and dirty with a lot of old blood stains on it.
Cheng Ye came closer and smelled it.
Sour and fishy.
Cheng Ye raised his eyebrows and put his hands into the pockets of his clothes, carefully searching for every place where he could hide things.
Nothing was found.
This is just an ordinary piece of clothing. I don't know who left it here.
Since Cheng Ye is moving forward.
He left no room untouched and searched every room carefully.
By the time he got to the third floor, two hours had passed.
The third floor is even stranger.
There are two office-like rooms.
Two tables and two chairs.
One is placed on the left and the other is placed on the right, facing each other.
But, there is nothing on the desk.
If you ignore the dust in the sky.
The whole room was so clean that it looked like it had been tidied specially.
Cheng Ye sat down and recalled that the badge he just found was under the classroom podium.
It is located at the innermost part of the podium, and there is no light there, so it is difficult to find.
But Cheng Ye was more stubborn. Although he couldn't see anything, he still lay on the ground and reached in and groped around.
I came across this.
Cheng Ye took out his badge again.
It is a triangular-shaped badge with no inscriptions or pictures on it. It has a bronze luster and some red and green rust marks around it.
Some years old.
The map was dug out of the trash can in another classroom.
I don’t know why no one cleaned up the trash can. There was only a pile of useless paper in it, and that was this half map.
And that piece of clothing was also lost in the innermost metal cabinet.
That cabinet door was difficult to open because of its age.
Cheng Ye spent a lot of effort before opening it, and then he saw the cotton coat that was filled with the stench of blood mixed with the sour smell of sweat.
Thinking of this, Cheng Ye raised his head and looked around.
Despite the dust, there are countless tiny particles floating in the air.
But it was obvious that the place had been cleaned.
A long time ago, the entire teaching building was cleaned, but not so thoroughly.
After that cleaning, no one came in again, which is why there was such a thick layer of dust.
Cheng Ye stood up and exited the room.
Although I don’t have high hopes for the next search, let’s just get more information...
Cheng Ye stood up slowly and leisurely, and calmly opened every room to observe.
No one seemed to have been to the third floor, and it was horribly dusty.
Every time I open the door, I feel like there is a sudden sandstorm.
Suddenly, Cheng Ye stopped.
This morning they played hide and seek, and many children broke into the teaching building.
Why is there no trace of anyone coming in now?
This dust...
Cheng Ye thought for a while, exited the room, and opened another room.
Sure enough, there wasn't a single footprint on the ground.
But Cheng Ye clearly remembered that when he hid in the green iron cabinet, he saw messy footprints on the floor.
At that time, he was still thinking about why the rag doll didn't look down.
It's clear evidence that someone is hiding here.
A bit... strange...
Cheng Ye recalled the room he had just entered on the second floor...
It seems to be the same.
Although there was much less dust on the second floor, it looked like no one had ever entered the room.
But there is nothing surprising. So far, Cheng Ye has accumulated a lot of things he wants to know in his mind, including this one.
He continued his search without any distractions.
Entered the next room.
This room is a bit dark, even with the curtains drawn.
Cheng Ye stepped forward and opened the curtains, when something fell from above.
boom.
A dull sound.
Cheng Ye lowered his head and saw a notebook.
Over the years, the edges have turned yellow.
The bright sunlight outside the window shone in, and the book lay quietly on the ground.
Cheng Yezi had a guess. He felt that this book must have a secret.
Picked it up.
Randomly flipped through it.
It's a diary.
There isn't much content in it, but after a quick glance, I feel it is useful information.
This diary looks old.
The paper inside was yellowed, there were only a few pages, and no specific date was written on it.
Turn to the first page:
"Today we moved here to fight.
I don’t know what will happen in the future. I want to record all the interesting things and tell them to my son when the time comes.
I hope everything is fine and I hope there is peace in the world. "
"Tuesday.
Although the environment here is a bit tough, the food is okay.
Every day is a big meal of fish and meat, for fear that we won’t have enough to eat.
However, the ingredients are good, but the cooking method is not to my taste.
But now that we are fighting, the requirements cannot be too high.
It’s good enough that we can have enough to eat…”
"Thursday.
Then the cook made my favorite spicy chicken, which was so delicious.
Ever since I came here, I have been eating random stews and all kinds of random stews.
It's delicious, but it doesn't quite suit my taste.
Fortunately, our company commander was very reasonable. He expressed his opinions to the leaders and immediately recruited several cooks from different regions to improve our meals. "
"on Monday.
Wei Dasha was so funny that he actually started fighting with a big iron rod.
How could he beat the big iron bar?
The big iron bar is tall and muscular, as if he grew up taking hormones. How could he beat him?
With such a small body, he doesn’t know who gave him the courage. "
"Sunday.
Those dogs really don't know the heights of the world, how dare they come to attack us?
We are in a unique position that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. I don’t know what they think? "
"Wednesday.
Today went very smoothly as well. No one of our members was injured or injured. It was very relaxing.
Everyone seemed to relax.
I just don’t know why I feel a little uneasy.
The enemy cannot always be so stupid...
I always feel like they are holding back their ultimate move. "
The previous ones were all trivial matters.
Most of them focus on who did something stupid today.
Cheng Ye turned to the middle position and looked it up:
"on Monday.
There was nothing to eat.
Damn the enemy cut us off.
Thinking about it, when I first came here, I disliked the taste.
Now……
Everyone will be satisfied if they can share a steamed bun.
I eat less and less, and I don’t know when I will stop..."
"On Saturday, the war became more serious.
Zhou Yangrong is dead.
I saw him blown into pieces.
Everything in his sight turned red.
All red.
Ah, red, red, red all over the sky. "
"Zhou Tian.
Shen Yuyu didn't come back either.
People die every day.
We brothers don’t know how long we can last.
Of the entire regiment, only a few of our incomplete companies were left.
There are only about three hundred people together.
When is the end?
The weather is getting colder and colder, I can’t eat well, I can’t use my strength..."
"Wednesday.
There are only about two hundred of us left.
For better management, the superior leaders reorganized us.
The original companies one to nine were cancelled, and are now divided into two companies.
First company, second company.
It's late winter and it's too cold. We only have synthetic quilts to cover us with, so we all sleep together to keep ourselves warm.
I don’t know if I can survive this winter..."
"Friday.
Another brother has been killed, but there is good news.
The good news is that if we persist for another thirteen days, we will be rescued. The country has sent a support team to support us.
Thirteen days, only thirteen days.
persist in! persist in! persist in! "
"On Monday, they said I was sick and asked me to rest here.
sick! ?
How could I be sick? I am a hero who has killed countless enemies.
You are the ones who are sick, you are the ones who are sick! "
…
The content of the diary ends abruptly after this article.
The content before and after is not unified.
Cheng Ye carefully observed the angle between the last diary entry and the previous one.
There were no signs of being torn away.
It seems that he did not write a diary for a long time.
And then, out of anger, I wrote the last diary entry.
This person, for whatever reason, did not write the date, but substituted the day of the week for the specific date.
Cheng Ye read it through the sequence again. It felt like a story about a veteran who went to the battlefield and was full of fighting spirit at the beginning but struggled to stay here due to lack of supplies.
The last article...
Cheng Ye's eyes stayed on the first sentence.
"On Monday, they said I was sick and asked me to rest here."
Did you leave him here?
In the end, they didn't leave here.
Are you staying here forever?
Cheng Ye raised his head and looked out the window.
The children below are laughing and laughing, and the afternoon is free time.
For a moment, he felt like he was in another world.
