Linjun, twelve o'clock at midnight.
Shops of all sizes have been closed long ago, and only the scattered late-night snack stalls on the roadside are still open, providing those working the night shift with a bite of warmth after get off work.
At the barbecue stall, a strong man with bare shoulders showed off his strong muscles while drinking beer and bragging.
People who drink too much are not very reasonable. The boss who was already closing the stall did not rush these drunkards. Instead, he sat and watched leisurely, listening to the shouts of the big man from time to time, and served a few bottles of beer. ,
No one noticed that a thin layer of fog gradually rose on the road.
At this point, sanitation workers have already begun to clean up. Maybe some people who see this obvious white mist will just think that it is dust caused by the sanitation workers' excessive movements.
It seemed as if there was life in the mist, spreading towards the entire road.
Without much effort, the entire road was shrouded in mist, and the visibility was almost only about one meter in front of me.
The big man who was still bragging about his awesomeness was in a bad mood. He was drinking wine. Now he couldn't even see his brother sitting opposite him. His temper suddenly rose.
"Brothers, look, it's suddenly foggy. I'm afraid it will rain later. Otherwise, why don't you all come here today?"
The boss was leisurely listening to the big brothers bragging, but then the fog came up, and of course the business could not continue. The weather had not been very good recently, and if it rained again, he would not even be able to clean up in time.
"What are you talking about!"
"Brothers, you are not happy after drinking this wine, why should you end it?"
"What's wrong with the fog? Is the boss afraid that we will default on our debts and not pay?"
With a "pop" sound, he simply threw the beer bottle he had just finished drinking to the ground. The big man pointed at the boss's nose and cursed.
"No, brothers, that's not what I meant..."
The boss was helpless to explain, but how could he and the drunkard explain it clearly?
The big man refused to give up and wanted to smash the wine bottle on the boss's head.
"Okay, okay, brother, let's change places. At this time, the girls in the bar are all top-notch. It would be a shame if we don't go and experience it!"
"Yes, bar, top girl, let's go!"
Some burly man who was too irrational came up with another suggestion. The drunken men's eyes lit up, and they simply let the boss go, supported each other, and walked towards the other side of the road.
The boss didn't care about the drunkard. Although he suffered some losses, he didn't do anything. He simply packed up his stall and prepared to go home.
The drunk man couldn't hold it in anymore. He hadn't walked a few steps. The big man who had yelled the loudest just now felt his bladder was hot. He didn't care to think so much. He let go of his brother and ran towards the alley next to him. go.
The other big men saw him hurriedly and hunched over, and immediately understood what was going on with him, and simply burst into laughter.
The big man walked into the alley, faced the corner, and unzipped his pants.
Suddenly, he turned around, feeling like something was watching him from behind.
In the upper corner of the opposite wall, red light spots flickered
Damn it, who installed a camera in this place?
Cursing, the big man walked towards the alley inside again. He didn't want to be filmed letting loose!
After quickly satisfying his physical needs, the big man breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to go back to find his brothers.
Just as he tied his pants, the big man's intuition suddenly came over with an unpleasant feeling, he couldn't stay in this place!
The big man turned around and was about to leave, and suddenly realized that the fog that was not obvious just now had spread to the place where he was standing just in the short time it took him to urinate and release water.
Because the big man himself moved a few steps, he was standing in a small alley further inside, and the alley shrouded in mist was the previous alley.
There was no sound in the dark alley, except for the heavy breathing of the big man.
At this time, the big man vaguely saw many figures walking past in the mist.
I don't know if he drank too much, but the big man felt that he was a little dazzled. Otherwise, how could he see that the tallest of those people was three meters tall, and the short ones were less than half a meter, just looking at the baby.
No, the baby shouldn't be able to walk, right?
Rubbing his eyes, the big man suspected that he was dreaming!
It's still the same scene. Those weird figures seem to be controlled by something. When they move, their bodies are extremely stiff, like puppets!
Yes, it's a puppet!
"Hey, people over there, what are you doing?"
Thinking that someone was doing some kind of performance art on the street, the big man shouted angrily at those people, "I don't know if people are scary, they will scare them to death!"
The moment the big man finished speaking, all the figures in the mist stopped, all turned their heads and looked at the big man.
The fog obscured the appearance of these people, and only two dots of red were visible in the fog.
Being stared at by so many red pairs, even the drunken man shivered unexpectedly.
He reached out and slapped himself hard on the face. The big man regretted that he had talked too much.
The big man took a breath, carefully raised his feet, and slowly backed away.
"Tick-tock——"
There was liquid dripping on the big man's face.
It's raining?
Instinctively, he reached out and wiped the cold liquid on his face, but he smelled a strong fishy smell first.
Subconsciously, the big man raised his head.
A face with disheveled hair was facing his head, with liquid dripping from its long tongue.
"Holy shit, shit, what the hell!"
Shouting loudly, the big man wanted to run, but his legs gave out and he sat down on the ground, staring blankly at the face above his head.
"hey-hey!"
A smile suddenly appeared on that face, and blood began to flow out of the eyes. The whole face was soon covered with blood, and the eyeballs kept bulging, as if they would pop out in the next second!
——
Outside on the road, several other people waiting for the drunkard were still having fun.
One of them seemed to have remembered something and glanced at the others in confusion, "Boss, let me know, why did it take so long?"
"I must have drunk too much, what else can I do?"
"Tell me, are there really girls in the bar you're going to later?"
When the girl was mentioned, the topic immediately changed. Several people had lewd smiles on their faces and even rubbed their hands secretly.
"Yes, there is a ghost!"
Suddenly, a miserable scream came from the alley.
The screams were so loud that they woke up the drunkards at once.
They all looked towards the direction where the sound came from. That was where the boss had just entered to release the water!
"Go find brother quickly!"
The drunk men who reacted rushed towards the alley one by one.
——
Linjun, Nancheng District, hospital.
Hospitals at night always give people a depressing feeling.
The corridor on the first floor of the morgue seemed extremely dark because the light tubes had not been replaced for a long time.
Old man Zhao, who was responsible for guarding the morgue, was sitting in his small office, his head falling asleep little by little.
The radio on the table was still playing opera. This was Old Man Zhao's biggest hobby.
"Er--"
The melancholic singing was disturbed by something unknown, and it was accompanied by a sizzling noise. Listening to it late at night, it made the hairs on your body stand up.
Old man Zhao is still asleep. After all, no one usually comes to this morgue, so he can have a good sleep.
The light suddenly flickered on and off. In the corridor, as the lights flickered, several stiff figures floated over from far to near, and they disappeared until they entered the morgue.
In the morgue at this time, there were several corpses covered with white sheets on the morgue.
"Click, click-"
The sound of joint movement resounded one after another in the morgue. The body that was originally lying down was controlled by some unknown force. It sat up from the mortuary table, then got out of bed, stiffening its body, like a puppet on strings, and moved toward the body. Go outside the door.
The door of the morgue was opened quietly, and the corpses lined up and walked out of the morgue one by one.
Old Zhao, who accidentally hit his head on the table, opened his eyes in a daze.
He casually glanced outside the window and was about to go back to sleep when he saw a figure walking past the window.
"Why are you delivering the body at this time?"
Before his consciousness was fully awakened, Old Zhao picked up the key hanging on the side out of habit, walked out of his small office, and prepared to open the morgue door to the person who delivered the body.
Just after he walked out of his office, his mind was gradually clearing up, and then he saw clearly the figures walking outside.
Some kind of doctor came here to deliver the body. It was clearly the body that was originally in the morgue and ran out.
His body softened, Old Man Zhao leaned against the door of the office, and slowly slipped to the ground. His whole body was shaking, his hands tightly grasping the clothes on his chest, his eyes were bloodshot, and his eyes were wide open, and his mouth was wide open, as if he wanted to I wanted to shout out, but I couldn't even make a sound.
His heart was beating rapidly, and finally, without even taking a breath, Old Zhao tilted his head and passed out!
…
In other places in Linjun, strange events took place at the same time.
On the Criminal Division side, the phones kept ringing one after another. The operator almost hung up one call and then answered another. He just wished he had a few more hands so he could answer several more calls at the same time.
Zhou Yue, who happened to be on duty, rushed to the nearest alarm location with his people.
The boss who had finished cleaning up the stall was sitting on the ground. When he saw Zhou Yue and the others coming, he almost rolled in front of them and held Zhou Yue's arm tightly. "They are dead. They are dead. It doesn't matter to me." It's none of my business..."
He was talking incoherently, and the boss was really frightened.
"Who died? Where?"
Zhou Yue grabbed the boss forcefully, looked into his eyes, and asked one word at a time.
"Drunk people, over there, they're all dead—"
It seemed that the clothes Zhou Yue and the others were wearing gave the boss courage. Pointing to an alley in the corner, the boss said with a trembling voice.
Handing the boss to the team members, Zhou Yue led the others and ran towards the alley pointed by the boss.
In the dark alley, several big men were lying on the ground, motionless, their chests rising and falling slightly.
Zhou Yue breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the person was still alive, and then began to check the surrounding environment.
The powerful flashlight illuminated the alley as bright as day. There were no injuries on the bodies of the several big men lying on the ground, and there were no signs of fighting around them. Only the strong smell of alcohol emanated from them.
"Captain, these people must have drunk too much and fallen asleep!"
The team members had already roughly checked the physical conditions of several big men. They said this to Zhou Yue while also making emergency calls, intending to send them to the hospital for detailed examination.
The boss also walked over slowly with the support of the clerk. He breathed a long sigh of relief when he heard what the clerk said to Zhou Yue.
"Boss, what's going on? They just drank too much and fell asleep on the road. Why did you call the police and say they were dead?"
Staring at the boss with sharp eyes, Zhou Yue asked seriously.
You know, drunken people falling asleep on the road are very common and not uncommon. Night stall owners should see it more often. To call the police and lie about someone's death is really too much.
"No, sir, I really don't know what's going on.
I saw them all lying here, and I was so frightened that I thought they were all dead, so I called the police..."
After hurriedly waving his hands, the boss tried his best to explain, "They were drinking at my stall, but then the road became foggy and I was afraid of rain, so I let them go.
I was closing the stall by myself, and then I heard a very miserable cry, and then I quickly ran over to take a look.
As a result, when I ran into the alley, I saw them all lying on the ground. I, I was really scared. If I ran in after them, I might be a few minutes behind them, and everyone would fall here.
I really thought they died in an accident..."
Recalling what happened before, the boss's body still couldn't help but tremble.
The time between when he heard the cry and when he ran over was definitely not long. Even if these people all drank too much and fell asleep, it was impossible for them all to fall asleep at the same time!
He stared straight at the boss, and saw that the boss's pupils were dilated, the fear inside had not faded away, and his whole body was shaking, and he didn't look like he was lying.
The remaining team members have checked the surrounding environment again. On the ground in the corner, there is a puddle of urine that smells of alcohol. It was obviously left by someone who drank too much not long ago.
"Captain, someone among them must have peed here. As for why they all fell asleep here, we still don't know."
"Captain, their expressions are very strange. They don't look like they would normally fall asleep after drinking too much..."
The team members reported their current findings one by one.
"Normally, when someone falls asleep after drinking, their expression is relaxed, but the muscles on their face are tense, as if they were frightened by something, and they freeze in a coma for a moment."
(End of chapter)
