It wasn't until the ghost bus completely disappeared from sight that Cellululu opened her mouth. She didn't know whether she was explaining or what.
"...I heard that there was only one survivor of the bus that rolled over the cliff with the desperate passengers. That person was the only one who got off the bus and tried to stop the gangster's violence. When the bus restarted, the woman The driver refused the helper's offer to reboard, so he survived."
"Hmm~, so, little sister, a good person will be rewarded~" the red-haired man said with a smile, but he did not include himself.
Cellululu felt that she had accidentally hit the accident, because the scene at that time really matched the stories she had heard, so she became vigilant. Otherwise, even if she really wanted to save people, she might not be able to save them in the end. She would only miss the opportunity to get out of the car due to hesitation. After all, it was useless for her to get out of the car, and she couldn't defeat those gangsters!
There was still luck in her life, but that was obviously not the case with the red-haired brother in front of her. Cellululu couldn't help but ask in confusion.
"Brother, did you discover something? Those gangsters just now couldn't beat you, but you suddenly stopped. You obviously didn't want to save anyone, but you followed me out of the car. Sure enough, you said when you saw those ghosts, Did you already know this was a ghost bus?"
"I don't know."
The red-haired man shrugged and denied it, and then suddenly pulled out a sharp dagger from his fingertips.
"It's just that I know that it is impossible for a normal person to be stabbed without any reaction or blood stains. As for whether it is an hallucination, a puppet or a ghost, who knows, but I feel that there is no point in continuing the stalemate. As for what happens next, this If I don’t believe what you say, little sister, just come down and take a look, there’s no loss anyway~”
He paused for a moment, then said with a half-smile.
"Besides, I woke up suddenly in a strange place and found that I couldn't remember anything, and extraordinary events happened in front of me. No matter how you think about it, you will feel that you need to take some action, otherwise you will be sorry for this development, right? Xiao The same goes for my sister~"
Celluloid nodded without surprise.
"Sure enough, the eldest brother doesn't remember anything. What he said is right. That's what I thought. I wonder what else the eldest brother remembers? I found a name in my belongings - Celluloid. I don't know if it is My real name, but until the memory comes back, just treat it as my name."
"You can call me Hisoka." Hisoka just said it lightly, without saying how he knew the name.
Cellululu followed the good advice and asked for advice. "Brother Hisoka, what do you think we should do next?"
Hisoka didn't answer the question,
"What do you think, little sister? I see that little sister is very calm. It's not easy to be so calm when encountering such an unknown event~"
His gray-blue eyes stared at the celluloid without smiling.
This sounds like a compliment, but it is actually a test. After all, when you don't remember anything, who knows whether the stranger in front of you is really the same person as you, or something else.
When nothing is known, it is natural to be skeptical of everything you see and hear.
Celluloid is very candid and honest.
"I'm also distressed and panicked, but this doesn't solve the problem. We're strangers to each other, and it's an unknown situation. No one likes to be around someone who can do nothing but vent their emotions. Although we don't necessarily have to go together, But there are many friends and many paths, and three stooges are like Zhuge Liang. At present, we are all confused about the current situation, don’t you mind discussing it? You don’t have to listen to the other party’s words, it can just be used as a reference.”
She understood Hisoka's suspicion, and she had doubts about the red-haired man in front of her. However, there was currently no one in the wilderness and the future was uncertain. A partnership might not be mutually beneficial, but it seemed a little too early to part ways.
"Listening to what my little sister said, I know she is an understanding person. Well, there is no harm in cooperating for the time being~"
Hisoka laughed. Although he felt that he could face and solve everything by himself, who made him very interested in the little girl in front of him? He had an indescribable interest~
Cellululu was slightly relieved after hearing this. People are group animals, and she still didn't want to be alone until the last step. However, the man in front of her seemed to be a very casual person, so Cellululu could only go first. I am trying to analyze and open up some ideas.
"The ghost on the bus just now said that we would pass by two stops, Diaojie Ridge and Dead Man's Valley. These two names make people feel scared. I don't know if the ghost is lying or if there really is a village. If he is lying, , maybe our half-day walk was in vain. If we stay where we are and wait for dawn, there may be other buses returning..."
At this moment, there was a howl, and a clear wolf howl suddenly came from the barren mountains in the distance. The tone was long and desolate. As the howl of the alpha wolf stopped, a group of wolves howled one after another. The sounds seemed to be relayed, and each sound sounded closer than the last, as if a large number of wolves were approaching. Cellululu even felt that there were some green eyes flashing in the distance.
She looked slightly green and forced a smile.
"It seems that it is not possible to stay where you are and wait for dawn. The ghost on the bus just now also said that there are wolves here. Therefore, Dead Man's Valley and Diaojie Ridge may also really exist. However, I encountered the ghost bus just now and I don't know where it went. Will there be strange things happening in those two places?"
She wasn't sure if the ghost bus just now was an unfortunate incident, or if this world was just full of horror and weirdness.
“You’ll only know if you go there~”
Hisoka was noncommittal, but he had no objection to going to these two villages. After all, a good man couldn't stand against too many wolves, and he didn't intend to fight with the wolves all night. Besides, who knew whether the wolves here were really ordinary wolves or some other weird existence.
Hisoka made the decision readily, "Let's go to Dead Man's Valley. Doesn't it mean that there will be a bus back to the town early?"
They were all unknown anyway, so he was prepared to treat those lies as truth.
"Okay." Cellululu nodded.
The two people set off, and as the distance in the direction of the Dead Man's Gully narrowed, the howls of the wolves behind them gradually faded away. However, if the two of them had even the slightest intention of staying where they were, the howling sounds would come again. It sounded just right, forcing them to keep moving forward. The cries would gradually stop until they were farther away.
Although Cellululu and Hisoka were deliberately testing, it did prove that there was something pushing them towards the correct plot. Whether it was Dead Man's Trench or Hanging Ridge, it couldn't be where they were. That's it, Celluloid thought to herself.
On the desolate loess road, Hisoka and Cellululu were walking one after another. But suddenly, a staggering figure suddenly appeared in Cellululu's field of vision. The figure's movements were crooked. Cellululu was suddenly startled, and the lessons from the past were still in front of her. , her mind was now filled with horrific imaginations, so she immediately asked in horror.
"It's a zombie?!"
As if speechless, Hisoka took a second before answering. "...It's the person in the car."
Celluloid was even more shocked. "The ghost in the car got off? Are you unwilling to give up because we are still alive?"
"I'm talking about people, not ghosts, right~" Hisoka raised his eyebrows and was speechless again.
"Human..." Cellulu was stunned for a moment before she suddenly realized. "You mean, someone in the car just reacted and escaped the car in time?"
"Hmm~ But it's a little late, and it's really embarrassing. Sure enough, IQ is still very important~" Hisoka said in a disgusted tone.
While talking, Cellululu and the two of them also came closer. Then, Cellululu recognized the man. It was the gloomy man who besides Hisoka she thought they could join forces with. Sure enough, this man was really strong. , otherwise there is no way to escape from the ghost bus.
The gloomy man also saw the two of them. He stopped and waited for Hisoka and Cellululu to come in front of him before speaking in a declarative tone with a complex expression.
"It's you."
Cellululu also saw the gloomy man's appearance clearly at this time. His pants were scratched from the knees down and turned into strips of tattered cloth. There were countless black and red bloody handprints on his calves, like It was as if it was deeply imprinted on the skin. Although there was no skin wound, it looked extremely terrifying, which obviously caused his slow movement.
Hisoka glanced at him and looked indifferent, so Cellululu could only ask.
"Did a ghost catch you when you jumped out of the car? You're so lucky, you still escaped."
The gloomy man's face became even gloomier and he said nothing.
lucky? That's not the case. At that time, when he saw that the front of the car started to rush down the cliff as predicted by the little girl in front of him, he quickly opened the window and prepared to jump out of the car. Unexpectedly, the next moment, the car suddenly turned black. The paint looked scorched, and then countless bloody, charred and black passengers rushed forward, grabbed his trouser legs, and tried to pull him back into the car.
He took out his knife and slashed at those hands, but failed. The knife went straight through them. He felt chilled at that moment, but he chopped down even more crazily. Although it might just be a futile and useless struggle, just when the gloomy man thought he was going to be killed. When these ghosts were dragging him to death together, unexpectedly, the three ghostly men across the aisle from him suddenly stood up.
Because the window of the escape hatch was only on his side, the three men walked directly towards their window. As they passed by, the ghosts avoided each other as if they had seen something terrible. The three men just walked so lightly. It seemed to float out of the window and stood on the road,
After the gloomy man felt that the pulling force of the passenger ghosts was relieved, he also jumped out desperately. As for the other passengers who were not ghosts, he finally saw their desperate and frightened expressions and eyes, and they fell into the abyss with the bus.
After standing on the road, he looked back to see the three men, but they were gone. It seemed like they had disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Although the three men indirectly saved him, the gloomy man felt that these three men were not good things.
Then, came the belated and heartbreaking pain in his calf, as if he had been poured sulfuric acid or deeply burned. The pain was so painful that he broke into a cold sweat. But even so, the gloomy man still tried hard to drag his leg and quickly moved away from this area. He was afraid that the bus ghost would not let go, and he was also afraid that the three unexplainable men would leave and come back.
"We are going to the Dead Man's Gully, brother, what about you?"
At this time, the words of the little girl in front of him brought the gloomy man back from his thoughts. After she informed him politely, she was waiting to decide whether to go on the road together or say goodbye.
The gloomy man tried his best to drag his injured leg to follow, "I'll go with you."
On the way, Cellulu politely introduced herself and Hisoka, and also learned that the gloomy man's name was Shanhadiya.
Although Shanhadiya was dragging his injured leg, he was an adult, with long steps and fast feet, so he calmed down and did not fall very far in the end. The three of them walked in the deserted mountains and fields, and finally reached the capital. Just when I was about to suspect that the Dead Man's Trench was really just a lie, I finally saw a light shining in the distance.
The three people immediately accelerated their steps slightly, and soon they saw a large complex of buildings with blue tiles and white walls. Each house had two red lanterns hanging in front of it. The bluestone road led from the entrance of the village to countless small roads and houses.
From the entrance of the village, the village gradually moved up, as if it was built from the foot of the mountain to halfway up the mountain. Cellululu could only see countless red lanterns swaying in the night.
Celluloid walked into the village. The lighting here was very dim. Even though the village was full of red lanterns, it not only did not increase the brightness, but instead made everything covered in a layer of dim red light. The night breeze The red lanterns of thousands of houses were fluttering and swaying, making the red light appear more and more erratic, giving an indescribable sense of eeriness.
Cellululu stood at the entrance of the village, thinking about what to do next, when someone suddenly said hello in the open courtyard on one side.
"Xiaoya, are you back? I met your mother just now, and she was talking about why you haven't seen home yet."
Cellululu looked over and saw a simple middle-aged woman with plateau red cheeks and a familiar tone. After she glanced at Cellululu, she seemed to have just discovered Hisoka and Shanhadiya, and shouted in surprise. cried out.
"Hey, isn't this Zhuzi and Ergou? Why are you back too? Aren't you going to work in the town?"
Xiaoya, Zhuzhu, and Ergou, these three unusually earthy and down-to-earth names made Cellululu suddenly think twice. She didn’t know whether these people had mistakenly recognized the person or something else, but at present, it seemed that they were... Does this village have an identity?
Cellululu didn't know whether to admit it conveniently for follow-up observation or deny it on the spot. Of course, for Hisoka and Shanhadiya, it must be firmly denied. Who is the pillar! Who is the second dog! They decided not to call it that name!
Cellululu hesitated for a moment, but still pretended to be vague in tone and expression as if she was not happy to be called that name.
"My name is not Erya..."
"Hey, I know your real name is Cellulu. Why, after reading the book, do you even dislike hearing your nickname?"
The middle-aged woman suddenly looked unhappy.
"That's the bad thing about girls who read too much. It's so pretentious!"
When the middle-aged woman called out her name, Cellululu's heart tightened and relaxed. She didn't know what the specific situation was. However, it seemed that it would be better to admit this unfounded identity, so she deliberately pretended not to. Looking happy, he tried again.
"Aunt, why do you have to call me a stupid nickname when you have a nice name? Don't you think Brother Zhuzhu and Brother Ergou also have nice names?"
Zhuzi Hisoka and Ergoshan Hadiya glanced sideways.
Then, as expected, the middle-aged woman sneered and said,
"Forget it about Hisoka. At most, it's a foreign one but a foreign one. I don't know how you came up with a name like Shanhadiya, Ergou! Are you planning to become an Indian Asan? If you don't let your father It would be weird to beat him to death!"
The names were called correctly one after another, and the three people looked at each other. It seemed that the village had already arranged a story for them, and they just had to follow the clues.
Cellululu suddenly felt like she was playing an RPG game. The middle-aged woman in front of her was the NPC who reminded them of their next move. Then, should their parents appear next?
Sure enough, just as she thought this, there were suddenly more people in the village, and then, amid the endless greetings, she, Hisoka, and Shanhadiya's family appeared.
Coincidentally, the three of them live not far away from each other, almost as next-door neighbors.
Cellululu looked at Hisoka and Shanhadiya. They didn't know whether they were arrogant or brave, but they entered the house directly. Seeing this, Cellululu could only follow the cheap mother in front of her. Your own 'home'.
Her 'mother' is an ordinary middle-aged woman, with a short and stocky figure. She also has two patches of plateau red on her cheeks. Speaking of which, everyone she meets in this village has plateau red, but it will definitely be different from ordinary plateau red. Some people have different black and yellow skin. Everyone in this village has very pale complexion, but the two bright red plateau reds look particularly unnatural, as if they are singing in a big opera.
There was her 'father' at home, and apart from his expression as if he was singing a big show, there was nothing special about him. He nodded to her indifferently, then squatted down and continued to smoke hookah.
In addition, there is a seven or eight-year-old 'younger brother' with very dark eyes, the whites of which are almost invisible, but there are thick dark circles under the eyes. With the same white face and red cheeks, he always looks a bit... strange.
'Brother' stared at her for a while, and then called softly. "Sister~"
The sound was actually very sweet, but it was a bit sticky, which made it seem inexplicably weird.
Cellululu felt goosebumps rising. She nodded vaguely and heard her mother calling.
"It's time to eat~"
It was probably just dark at this time, and it was indeed meal time. Cellululu also felt a little hungry, so she sat down obediently on the Eight Immortals Table with her 'father' and 'brother'.
Her mother came over with dishes. There were eight bowls in total, and they were all lacy bowls with the Chinese character "Shou" on them. There was a whole chicken, a whole fish, a braised pork elbow, a plate of vegetables, and a bowl of tofu soup. A plate of apples, a plate of oranges, and a stack of cakes.
Cellululu felt a little weird. Fruits, cakes and vegetables were served together. More importantly, these dishes were all cold and had no heat at all.
At this time, her mother also brought the white rice. A small bowl was placed in front of each person. Cellululu stared at the chopsticks stuck in the middle of the rice, and then looked at the eight cold dishes. Ziwan, suddenly, was covered in white hair and sweat.
At this time, looking closely at the faces of her parents and younger brother under the dim light, Cellululu suddenly felt that they no longer looked like actors in a big drama, but like people pierced with paper.
"Why don't you eat?" Her mother suddenly asked.
Cellululu was startled, and after a moment, she said with a smile.
"I ate on the way back. I'm not hungry. I'll go for a walk in the yard."
Her parents and brother looked at her with cold expressions and did not hold back. Cellululu quickly got up and left the dining table, walked out of the yard, looked next door, hesitated, but still did not go over to remind her, she was afraid that the wall had ears, so she said On the contrary, some things that are not yet intended to be exposed may be exposed early.
After wandering around for half an hour, Cellululu returned to her 'home'. The food on the table was gone. It seemed that the whole family had finished eating. However, while no one was paying attention, Cellululu passed by the kitchen and peeked inside, and found that the stove On the table, the eight bowls of vegetables and rice were still placed there intact.
"Sister, what are you looking at?"
At this moment, her 'brother' suddenly and silently appeared behind her. Cellululu was so frightened that her heart almost jumped out of her chest. She didn't hear the footsteps at all.
She turned around, and her 'brother''s black pupils seemed to be almost full. His expression was indescribably weird, as if he would suddenly explode anytime, anywhere, any second. As for what would happen, Cellululu didn't want to know.
She just said something casually and ran away quickly. "It's nothing. I wanted to drink some water, but suddenly I realized I wasn't thirsty anymore."
Cellululu didn't want to have too much contact with her 'family', so she excused herself as she was tired, so she went back to her so-called bedroom. When she opened the door, she saw the head of the bed facing the door, and the bed was in the center of the room. Cellululu sighed, This meant she was pretending to be blind on purpose.
But the surface peace is still maintained at present, and Cellululu doesn't want to take the initiative to expose it, at least before everyone goes to sleep, she can't act rashly.
However, her 'father, mother' and 'brother' are obviously the type who get more energetic as the night goes by. The three of them each occupy a place in the main room. Her 'father' smokes hookah, her 'mother' sews the soles of her shoes, and her 'brother' holds a The two rattles were playing happily, but except for the monotonous sound of Daladala's rattle, the whole house was as silent as a morgue.
Cellululu sat in the room, feeling that time passed very slowly. The sound of the rattle was very hypnotic after listening to it for a long time. And somehow, she also felt that the room was getting colder and colder. She couldn't stand the cold at all. She couldn't help it. Bu jumped onto the bed and wrapped himself in the quilt. In his ears, only Daladala's voice continued to ring, as if it would ring forever.
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