In other words, time is constantly moving forward, and every time you touch the pocket watch, you switch to a different world.
Suddenly, a strange noise came from the second floor. Logically speaking, people trapped in the distortion could not leave, so the only ones who survived could be the murderers of the teenagers.
Guessing that he was probably the murderer left behind in this world, Jiang Chenchuan subconsciously reached for his weapon, but then, when he saw his arm that penetrated his body, he realized that he was already on the verge of death.
At present, the best way is to hide oneself and investigate the twisted truth. This world is too close to modern times. The tragedy that happened in the first two worlds may have an impact.
He wanted to return to the second floor calmly and tell Chudong and Leonid what he had discovered, but when he turned the corner, he saw an unexpected figure.
"you……"
…
Chu Dong slowly opened her eyes. The state of dying was not pleasant. It was a pain beyond life and death. For a moment, she even forgot her name and why she appeared in Duanting Mansion. It seemed as if something came from within her. Break free.
Therefore, when she opened her eyes again, she was unable to adapt to the darkness in front of her. She had to wait until she recovered a little and the horrible pain seemed to be over before she could re-observe the scene in front of her. What came into her eyes was the floating pocket watch, and the breeze was blowing on it. The light-colored curtains fluttered gently in the evening breeze.
Leonid would never have thought that there could be a brave man like Jiang Chenchuan who was willing to take risks, and a stupid lunatic like Chu Dong.
Unable to move in order to keep his pocket watch running, he could only watch Chu Dong walking towards Jiang Chenchuan, picking up the staff and sword in his hand, turning around and stabbing himself.
"Miss Chudong!"
Leonid exclaimed, but he couldn't do anything because of his restraints.
What a ridiculous story. She turned the corner and saw Chudong's slightly transparent figure appearing on the second floor. But that appearance had nothing to do with the people of Xiajing. The golden pupils were as weird as aliens. She felt something and turned her head. , an invisible pressure rushed towards my face.
"Who are you?"
Jiang Chenchuan was a little wary, but his cold temperament was somewhat similar to that of early winter.
"Evel?"
As soon as the tentative words came out, Jiang Chenchuan was able to confirm that the strange woman in front of him was Chu Dong. It seemed that his guess was right. Most members of the Witch Sect had their own secrets, full of unknown mysteries.
"It's me. It seems like you have to explain."
"It's a long story."
Chudong didn't seem to want to say anything. Although his tone and expression were similar, they were slightly different from the first acquaintance.
"You seem...something is different."
Jiang Chenchuan walked up the steps slowly. Even if they acted together, they were not teammates. Reina had warned him that the Witch Sect was an extremely dark organization and it was best not to come into contact with it.
"Remembering some experiences in the past, you must have seen something between life and death."
It was not a questioning tone. Jiang Chenchuan naturally understood the meaning of early winter after the same experience. The scene that looked like a nightmare was also an unforgettable memory for him.
only……
He did see some pictures that were not in his memory. The two of them fell silent, and the mansion returned to its original quiet atmosphere.
"These corpses..."
Surprisingly, it was Chudong who broke the silence this time. She returned to her original iceberg beauty appearance, but she was not cold, but no matter who came into contact with her, there was a sense of alienation and inability to get close to her.
After looking around, he immediately understood what had happened here. He walked slowly to the body and looked at Leon's body with a confused look in his eyes:
"Why...why is he cursed?"
"curse!"
The many bruises were probably caused by falling. Several wounds were hidden under the clothes. They were just covered up, so they couldn't be seen. The early winter in the spirit state did not have a blindfold, so the symbol of the silver moon was even more visible in her eyes. clear.
"Yes, I didn't know the situation in the mansion at that time, so in order to save my life, I chose to use the curse."
She shouldn't have told Jiang Chenchuan this secret, but death reminded her of her identity and the fear of being controlled by a witch. It was a stupid thing to place her wishes and hopes on others, but now she simply relies on There is nothing I can do.
Take a gamble?
Risking his own life, he told Jiang Chenchuan Yin Yue's secret.
"You should have heard of Ronark City, which is known as the capital of the abyss. It is the capital closest to the rift. The people in the city are not as lucky as Yinglan Beier. They have developed rapidly with the resources of the energy tree... …”
The anger called revenge burned in her golden eyes. She turned her head, looked at Jiang Chenchuan and said slowly.
"A few years ago, a plague swept through the city. I heard that the source was from a nearby village closest to the Xinlan Sea. The name of the village has long been forgotten, and everyone only calls them... the disease village. .”
"So...what does this have to do with the curse?"
After calming down, Jiang Chenchuan frowned. It seemed that solving the curse on Yulia Decapo was not as simple as he imagined.
"What does it have to do with it... The disease could not be cured even after exhausting all methods. The Lord of Ronark City died in despair. It was only in the end that people realized that it was not a disease or a plague..."
Chudong paused for a moment. Even though her tone was calm without any fluctuation, she could still feel the depressing atmosphere.
"What's spreading is a curse."
Jiang Chenchuan didn't know what to say, so he could only listen to Chu Dong telling her story.
"However, it was already too late by then. Even if the entire Ronark city was sealed off in time, it would still be too late. Some Ronark people had already fled their country, and at this moment, a new one appeared in the city. Organization, with mystery and weirdness..."
"Witch Cult."
Chudong was not surprised when he heard that Jiang Chenchuan had guessed the Witch Sect.
"Yes, it's the Witch Sect. Almost everyone knows the horrors of the Witch Sect and is good at hiding its traces. But what the world doesn't know is that each of our members carries a terrible curse."
Chudong raised his hand and tapped his eyes gently. The mark of the silver moon seemed to light up slightly in the darkness.
"This is our curse, and also the source of our strength."
Hearing this, Jiang Chenchuan thought of Julia Decapo, and a conjecture came to mind. Not to mention how she contracted the curse, if there was no curse, whether she could successfully awaken and work in the museum.
"You don't seem to be surprised that I am a member of the Witch Cult...but yes, you are a detective, and you may have caught some clues."
In Chu Dong's understanding, if an incompetent person comes close to them, they will die. This kind of death is not due to something they have done, or some kind of persecution, but like ordinary people accidentally stepping into the world of awakened people. This feeling of being disconnected from cognition is maddening and devastating.
Obviously, Jiang Chenchuan will not go crazy or collapse. For Chu Dong, the value of using such a person is greater than eradicating it.
"Forget it, let's introduce it again... My real name is Golightly, a Ronark person, and I am cursed by the Silver Moon."
As for why she was in the body of a Xiajing person and lost part of her memory, Chudong didn't intend to tell Jiang Chenchuan exactly.
"Can you tell me, what is the Silver Moon Curse?"
"Yinglan Beier is such a comfortable country. It's really... a bit envious. Ivel, Silver Moon has seven rounds in total. It is a chronic poison. As the number of rounds increases, the strength of the body becomes stronger. , and the body itself will become weaker and weaker, and finally, even breathing will become difficult, until it will collapse and die."
Chudong subconsciously wanted to cover his eyes with a blindfold, but he remembered that he was in a spiritual state and could not touch physical objects. He only maintained the state before death until he returned to his body.
"Is there a way to break the curse?"
Listening to Jiang Chenchuan's question, Chudong fell silent. She knew what Jiang Chenchuan meant, but she just moved her eyes away.
"Let's go, I'm going to the first floor to investigate. If you want, you can travel through different timelines by touching the pocket watch."
Jiang Chenchuan was about to turn around and leave.
"Yes, different curses have different ways to break them. Some are like alchemy, and the curse can be lifted by removing the spell. Some require the use of other props with special power, and some high-level curses require... The curse must be broken by killing the one who cast it.”
Chudong clenched her hands unconsciously. Thinking about it, the reason why she was willing to give Jiang Chenchuan a try was because she was cursed. But paradoxically, all her actions showed that...she didn't want to die.
At least, not now,
At least, to complete the mission,
At least……
Want to kill her!
"Witch..."
There was hatred in Chu Dong's eyes. When Jiang Chenchuan turned his head, he was stunned for that feeling. He was very familiar with that look. It even existed in him, full of hopeless stubbornness.
"Witch?"
"Kill the witch."
It was unimaginable that Chudong would talk to him to such an extent. It was probably because her spiritual state was not bound by the sect, and it was also the only time for her to express her feelings.
"Only by killing the witch can Ronark City be saved and all the people in the city saved."
"okay, I get it."
Probably because he found something similar to himself in her, Jiang Chenchuan did not doubt the rationality of Chudong's motives. Of course, he also did not forget that Miss Golightly was also a member of the Witch Cult.
Everyone is like this. They are born with something to carry. Some people have it easy, while some people are destined to carry a heavy burden.
Finally speaking out the words hidden in her heart, Chudong seemed to breathe a big sigh of relief. She looked at the corpses around her calmly, returned to her original tone and explained:
"The reason why I feel strange is because I used the power of the curse in the mansion. I only had three rounds. The curse will not kill the cursed person immediately, but it was not until I saw the body that I realized that something was accelerated. .”
"Speed up...you mean, time?"
Jiang Chenchuan deduced.
"It's possible."
"Actually, when people lose control of time, their perception of time will also be abnormal. Don't trust your own feelings too much. Our current situation is like locking people in a place without clocks and no sunrise or sunset. In a closed room, without any special power, people themselves will also have cognitive distortions. At that time, time will be infinitely stretched in their eyes, not to mention, there is still no need to use the timeline..."
Seeing that Chu Dong didn't reply, Jiang Chenchuan continued.
"Let's go. The most important thing now is to find the source and escape."
There was only the last area left to explore. When she was about to go downstairs, Chudong looked back and took two steps down. It seemed that there was something she couldn't confirm. She was worried and returned to Leon's body again.
"No, it's not like him..."
"What did you find?"
At this point, Jiang Chenchuan still believed that Chu Dong could make her return to the scene. There must be something wrong.
The cries of the wronged souls seemed to echo in her ears, and the curse marks were dull on the skin of the deceased. She was slightly in a trance in early winter. It was risky to test the state of the soul, but... this was also her only chance.
Reaching out to touch his eyes, a series of words that Jiang Chenchuan couldn't understand were spoken slowly from Chu Dong's mouth, accompanied by a special tone, like singing, with this special sense of beauty.
"Please answer Silver Moon's call."
"Please answer Silver Moon's call!"
Only the last two sentences are in the common language of England and Northern Ireland, so they can be understood.
But after waiting for a long time in early winter, the corpse naturally maintained its original appearance, and neither the mark nor the state changed at all.
"he……"
"What's wrong?"
"He didn't die from a curse."
The development was not as expected, and Chudong was a little surprised. Since Silver Moon's mark existed, he was indeed cursed. This could only mean that... someone killed Leon before the curse took effect.
Wow——
The sound of shoes dragging on the ground came from downstairs, and then the sound of footsteps gradually approaching. From the sound, it seemed that they were going upstairs.
Consistent with Jiang Chenchuan's inference, there are indeed people alive in this timeline.
The living murderer has been hiding in the mansion, unable to leave. They can't do anything. The only result is to find the murderer.
It’s not for any reason, just to give these young men who died tragically a just punishment.
But,
When Jiang Chenchuan was about to chase the source of the sound and find the "murderer", he saw the "murderer" walking towards them step by step, passing directly through Jiang Chenchuan's transparent body and arriving on the third floor, standing next to the headless corpse. before.
Covered in blood, he slowly bent down, grabbed the corpse's ankles, and dragged it downstairs little by little.
Jiang Chenchuan and Chu Dong stayed where they were, watching the "murderer" move slowly due to lack of strength. It wasn't that they didn't do anything, but that they could hear the young man, who was about the same age as the corpse, dragging his companions. , while still muttering:
"There is a way, there is a way, great, I can finally take you away..."
In the darkness, Jason had a ferocious smile on his face.
Volume One.
The first chapter of the night: Sonata.
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2022, autumn.
The drizzle of rain fell from the gray sky, lightly drenching the city streets.
It's autumn, and from time to time you can still see pedestrians without umbrellas hurriedly passing by with their hands on their heads.
In the narrow military-civilian alley, there was a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, sitting opposite an old man under the awning next to the supermarket concession stand.
The whole world outside the awning is gray, and the ground has been turned light black by the rain. Only the ground under the awning remains a dry area, as if there is only this piece of pure land left in the whole world.
An old wooden chess board was placed in front of them, and above their heads was a red 'Flying Supermarket' sign.
"General," the young man Qingchen stood up after saying that, leaving the old man with thinning hair sitting blankly.
The young man Qingchen glanced at the other person and said calmly: "No need to struggle."
"I can still..." the old man said unwillingly: "We have only gone down to the thirteenth step..."
In his words, the old man felt a little embarrassed about the situation where he had lost his armor in thirteen steps.
Qingchen didn't explain anything. The murderous intention was revealed on the chessboard. It was the last moment of Tu Qiong Dagger's view.
The young man has a clean face and clear eyes. He is just sitting there wearing a simple school uniform, as if the world around him has been purified and transparent.
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The old man threw the chess piece in his hand onto the chessboard, abandoning it and admitting defeat.
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