In fact, Shen Xing has played out countless times in his mind that he will meet Ye Ting in the future, no matter on various occasions or under various circumstances.
He even imagined that the last time he saw Ye Ting was in a morgue in a certain city, where she had become a cold, nameless corpse.
Unexpectedly, it would be under the current situation, after just coming out of the black realm, and the time and space at this moment are obviously wrong.
Shen Xing had every reason to suspect that the time and space he was in now was not the time and space he was in before entering the Black Realm, even though this place was very similar to there and was basically the same place.
Perhaps, he went back to the time before Ye Ting disappeared, and came back after passing through the black realm.
Ye Ting's appearance was exactly the same as in the last video he saw. Even the clothes were the same. In addition, the surveillance cameras here had not been dismantled. These were all strong proofs.
Shen Xing didn't notice that he was already lying on the door, staring hard at the woman outside through the peephole on the door, wanting to see her through.
Ye Ting didn't notice. She quickly approached the door at the end of the room, which was only separated from Shen Xing by one door.
Shen Xing's heartbeat was getting faster and faster, and his limbs were gradually numb. He saw Ye Ting take out a very special key, which was somewhat similar to the master key used by the special team, and inserted it into the keyhole of the door.
Shen Xing subconsciously left the door, backed away, and stopped two meters away from the door.
Ye Ting seemed to be very skilled in operating this kind of key. The door lock only rang a few times and then opened with a click.
Probably worried about being discovered by people outside, Ye Ting immediately opened the door and walked into the room. The next second she was stunned, staring straight at Shen Xing standing in front of her.
Shen Xing tried his best to control the ecstasy and excitement in his heart. His body was shaking slightly. He had so many things to say in his heart that he didn't know what to say at the moment.
"Why are you here?" Ye Ting frowned slightly, a little surprised, but there was a hint of worry.
Shen Xing swallowed hard twice to suppress the excitement in his heart, but what Ye heard was that the man in front of him seemed to want to swallow him.
This feeling made Ye Ting feel temporarily absent-minded and at a loss. Then she realized it and wondered, weren't the two of them still quarreling? Why did Shen Xing suddenly follow him and hide here first?
Shen Xing took a step forward, his expression returned to calm, a smile appeared on his face and he asked: "Why can't I be here?"
"Are you following me?" Ye Ting rolled her eyes, seeming to blame him, but she couldn't pretend to be angry with Shen Xing. There was a smile on her lips now.
"It's been a long time... I haven't seen you smile." Shen Xing looked at her face seriously.
"Ah!" Ye Ting was stunned and opened his mouth in surprise.
Shen Xing hugged her into his arms, and a familiar fragrance penetrated his nose. At this moment, Shen Xing seemed to have returned to the time when he and Ye Ting lived together in the Ivy Community.
Ye Ting obviously stiffened for a moment, then stretched out his hands to hug him.
Leaning his head on Shen Xing's shoulder, he lowered his voice and said softly: "I'm sorry, it's my fault that I've been quarreling with you and sulking these past few days. I just... don't miss you..."
"What don't you want me to do?" Shen Xing asked.
Ye Ting shook his head: "Well, I'll wait a few days to tell you this, but it will be very dangerous for you to be with me now..."
"If there is danger, you can't fight it alone." Shen Xing's tone allowed no room for refutation.
Feeling the warmth in his arms, and at the same time feeling the long-lost breath and voice from Ye Ting, Shen Xing suddenly felt that this was the real world, and all the time he had spent before seemed to be just a dream.
"Anyway, I've come here with you. If you don't tell me, I will stay with you and protect you." Shen Xing emphasized his tone.
He knew that Ye Ting would not reveal it so easily. After all, for so long in the past, Ye Ting would rather quarrel with him than tell the reason, so at this moment, he must let her know that if he doesn't tell her, he will be in trouble no matter what. Impassable.
After a while, Ye Ting raised her head and looked at him. It seemed that she was struggling in her heart. It took a long time before she said, "They... are about to find me. I can't hurt you!"
"Tell me, why are they looking for you?" Shen Xing asked softly.
He knew what "they" in Ye Ting's mouth meant, and he should also be very clear about the abnormalities in his previously lost memory, so Shen Xing did not beat around the bush.
"I don't know." Ye Ting shook her head, her expression became painful, as if she had been choosing to suffer silently, "My body is changing, and I never told you. I said that the wood carvings I carved caused abnormalities. I’m lying to you. In fact, it was me who was changing that made them suddenly start to pay attention to me.”
"You mean, you suddenly started to attract unusual attention and have a special physique?"
Ye Ting nodded: "At first I was very curious and tried to contact them, but later I found out that they wanted to hurt me. I was afraid that they would hurt you too, so I have been trying to find ways to avoid them and try to prevent you from being hurt as much as possible. .”
"I'm not hurt, okay..." Shen Xing spread his hands.
Ye Ting shook his head: "No, your memory has been lost. They invaded your body with an anomaly caught from the black domain. You don't know it, but your memory has suffered serious losses. You can't remember clearly. What happened to you, even sometimes...you...are not you."
Shen Xing was stunned and couldn't help but feel chills all over his body. His experiences about second-rate goods suddenly emerged.
"You mean, there is something abnormal in my body? But I don't know."
"Yes." Ye Ting said: "During this period, sometimes you will become very irritable. That's not you. You will want to hit me, and that's not you either. I later found out that they would Something invades your body, and that thing gradually takes over you."
"Maybe he did want to control me before, and he succeeded a little bit." Shen Xing thought to himself, "But now, this guy is completely finished."
Now he was sure that the thing Ye Ting was talking about was probably a second-rate guy who wanted to replace him.
Unexpectedly, the second-rate guy was not an anomaly that came from another parallel world as he imagined, but an anomaly that came out of the black realm. It was an anomaly that could perfectly imitate anyone and gradually become exactly like that person.
Of course, this guy possesses certain memories of the planet called Earth, which may have been imitated and assimilated from an Earthling by the same means.
"It's okay." Shen Xing shook his head and smiled, "I can resist him."
Ye Ting looked at his face seriously: "I can feel that your body is very stable now. You seem to have taken the initiative in your body, and you don't lose your mind like you did two days ago."
"Then what are you going to do now that you're here? I'm here to help you." Shen Xing said.
"They have been following me and I can't get rid of it. Time is running out." Ye Ting looked in the direction of the master bedroom: "I investigated for a long time and found that there is a place here that leads to the black realm. If hidden in the black realm, , they will definitely not be able to find me for a while."
Shen Xing, however, looked worried: "You are talking about the big wardrobe inside. I know, I opened it and took a look just now when you didn't come. It is very dangerous and hides a lot of unknown anomalies. But..."
At this point, he also thought that this was no solution now, and suggested: "I will go in with you, and we will think of other solutions after we go in."
"There are more anomalies inside?" Ye Ting said in surprise: "And you said you just went in?"
"Well, it's just at the door of the closet. I didn't dare to go deep because it was very dark inside." Shen Xing made nonsense.
It is impossible for him to admit that he does not belong to this time and space now, because according to speculation, there is still a Shen Xing in this time and space. He may be in the rental house over there at the moment, and he is still in a cold war with Ye Ting.
If too much information is revealed, it will be difficult to explain to Ye Ting, and maybe Ye Ting will regard him as another anomaly similar to a second-rate person.
Ye Ting nodded: "I just have this plan. I'll go over and take a look before making a decision."
After saying that, the two came to the closet in the master bedroom. Shen Xing opened the door halfway and said, "I just saw a green kerosene lamp inside. I don't know who put it in."
The two of them did not step in, but glanced at the leeward position where the green light was emitting.
At this moment, deep in the black area, in the darkness that could not be covered by green light, there was suddenly a violent commotion!
These things had been following Shen Xing just now. Now they did not dare to get close to this place because of the green light shining on them. However, they did not disperse. Instead, they stood around and waited quietly.
However, as Ye Ting suddenly appeared outside the closet door, low roars came out in the darkness, restless footsteps sounded, and along with the baby's cry, someone seemed to be cursing, mixed with a cold laughter...
I don’t know how many terrifying anomalies are hidden in this darkness at this moment.
This scene made Ye Ting instinctively take a step back. She planned to hide in the Black Realm because she learned that most anomalies could not enter the Black Realm. However, she had never gone in, and she did not expect that there would be more abnormalities in it. many.
Listening to the sounds coming from the darkness, it seems that every anomaly is extremely special.
"No, it's not safe here. Could it be that..." Ye Ting was anxious in her heart, "Do you really want to do this?"
"They all seem to be afraid of the green kerosene lamp." Shen Xing reminded: "We may be able to use the kerosene lamp to find a safe place to hide inside."
That being said, Shen Xing knew very well that the oil in the kerosene lamp was no longer enough to support them in reaching the three stone houses. In fact, there was no other way.
"No, how about I go in alone and you hurry downstairs and get out of here. They are probably coming soon." Ye Tingdao.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was indeed a faint sound from the distance in the corridor, indicating that the elevator had arrived at the floor.
Shen Xing shook his head like a rattle: "You are not familiar with this place. It is extremely dangerous to go in alone."
Ye Ting glanced at him in surprise. After listening to Shen Xing's words, he felt as if the danger would be reduced if he went in.
After a slight hesitation, Ye Ting closed the closet door directly.
She gave up the idea of entering the black realm and quickly said to Shen Xing: "I have another method, but if you use this method, you will not be able to see me for a long time, and I will be hidden deep enough that they cannot find me. I."
"What method?" Shen Xing asked.
Ye Ting raised her head and stared into his eyes. Suddenly she came to Shen Xing's lips and kissed him. She struggled fiercely in her heart and said, "Kill me."
"What?" Shen Xing was shocked when he felt the warmth on his lips.
At this moment, the footsteps of several people came from outside the door. They seemed to be talking as they approached. The sound did not sound abnormal, but that the residents in the corridor had gone home.
"Listen to me..." Ye Ting explained quickly, "My body has changed and I am no longer an ordinary person. I will not die so easily. When abnormalities appear later, you kill me in front of them. And with that anomaly guarding you, the most they can do is let the anomaly continue to monitor you. By the time they realize that I can't really die, they can use this time difference to hide it."
"Don't worry, I will find a way to report to you that I am safe after this. It may be a text message or a special reminder. You just need to know that I am still alive. Don't try to come to me, I will come to you..."
Time is running out now, and Ye Ting still has a lot to tell Shen Xing, such as why his body mutated, the extent of the mutation, what kind of dealings he had with anomalies during this period, and who these anomalies were.
But it was too late, the keyhole had been inserted into the living room door lock of this house.
Shen Xing grabbed her and wanted to pull her directly into the dark realm. The two of them first used the kerosene lamp that was about to burn out to hide and see how long they could last.
Ye Ting noticed his intention, and grabbed Shen Xing's hand in turn, shaking his head at him: "There is a wooden sculpture that I have hidden under the bed. Remember to take it with you. Also, if there is a phone ringing in this room, , don’t answer it. Because that call has been tracking me..."
Before he finished speaking, Ye Ting stopped immediately.
Because at this time, the living room door had been opened, and two people, one large and one small, walked in. The adult was He Jun's wife, Mei Ruolan, the woman who was later killed by him and hid her body in the closet.
Mei Ruolan has a beautiful appearance and a well-maintained figure. She does not look like she has given birth to a child at all. Following her is her 5-year-old son He Xiaohui.
As for He Jun, who was not with them, he was probably out running freight and couldn't return home for three days.
And this was precisely one of the triggers that led Mei Ruolan to steal people at home.
"See you tomorrow."
The two of them entered the house a little slowly, because He Xiaohui was still waving goodbye to another neighbor's child, and soon there was a door closing next door.
But just when Mei Ruolan turned back to close the living room door, He Xiaohui suddenly pointed outside and said with a surprised look on his face: "Mom, who is he?"
Mei Ruolan looked towards the corridor outside the door. The corridor was completely dark at this moment, but there were voice-activated lights on, but she didn't see anything.
"There is no one." Mei Ruolan said.
"Yes, yes, who is he?" He Xiaohui still pointed outside the corridor.
This strange scene made Mei Ruolan shudder and quickly closed the door.
When the mother and daughter turned around, they saw Ye Ting standing at the door of the master bedroom, watching them. Their eyes slowly became distracted, and they both fell to the ground and stopped moving.
"I put them to sleep. There is no danger to their lives." Ye Ting's eyes became extremely dark at this time, but they quickly returned to normal.
She was anxious in her heart, so she pulled Shen Xing to the door of the living room and said quickly: "Who is he outside the corridor? He is a very scary anomaly. There is Loneliness with him, but ordinary people can't see them. They There are more powerful anomalies behind, which may have reached downstairs. If you want to kill me in front of them, it is best to kill me and then curse hard, as if you have completely broken up with me. This way They won’t make things difficult for you.”
After a pause, Ye Ting was about to go to the kitchen to get a knife, but Shen Xing grabbed her and said, "No, I have... a gun."
Ye Ting was shocked and heard Shen Xing explain: "In order to help you out, I went to the black market to buy it two days ago."
This gun was of course the alien-killing pistol that Shen Xing had been carrying in his backpack. He never imagined that he would use this gun to "kill" Ye Ting.
