Zhan Jingyi stretched his waist and stretched his sore legs. He was really tired after walking all the way.
Yesterday, his injuries were basically fine after recuperation. Although he was on the top of the mountain, the scenery was good, and he had a knife to accompany him, but after all, it was still quite uncomfortable to eat raw falcon meat all the time.
And after all, this eagle is still the mother of Xiaoying Daozi. It is not easy to carry the little eagle on her back every time to sneak some food, because Xiaoying Daozi is too clingy.
Zhan Jingyi felt that the knife seemed to regard him as its mother. This speculation made him feel even more unhappy! After all, I am a man, so what does it mean to be a mother?
The injury from yesterday was fine. He put the Little Eagle Knife in his arms, slowly climbed down along the protrusion on the edge of the cliff, and trudged for a whole day in a large virgin forest, one foot shallow and one foot deep.
Finally, in the evening of that day, Zhan Jingyi stood on a high cliff. Looking from a distance, he found a small town nestled at the bottom of the mountain. Looking down from the high cliff, the whole town was not too small. There were several roads in front and behind. Straight streets.
But the strange thing is that there is no one on the street, it seems like an empty town.
But there are indeed reclaimed farmlands around the town, ridge after ridge, and there are green bankers in the farmland, showing that there are indeed people living here.
Standing on a high cliff and looking far into the town, I couldn't see any lights. Although it was getting dark late now, it was almost six o'clock in the afternoon. The sky was already dark, so logically, I should turn on the lights. .
Looking at the mountains, the town seems to be very close, but the mountain road is rugged, and by the time Zhan Jingyi reaches the edge of the town, the sky has turned completely dark.
Walking into the town along the road paved with large bluestones, there are many street lights on both sides of the main road, but most of them are not lit. The only few street lights that are on are also "bah" and "bah". It flickers as if the voltage is unstable.
Tall and dense trees can be seen everywhere in the town. Entering the town, Zhan Jingyi didn't feel that this town was any different from the ones he had seen before.
If there was any difference, it was that when he entered the town, he saw no one, and the shops on both sides of the road seemed to have closed early.
Is this a custom here? Go to bed early at night? Go to bed early and get up early, will you be in good health?
…
"Dong dong dong..."
"Hello, is there anyone inside?"
Zhan Jingyi walked along the road paved with large bluestones and saw a shop on the street with a plaque saying Tianchen Inn. He walked up and knocked on the door.
In the dark night, only a few street lamps in the distance emitted faint light, and the surroundings were silent.
These knocks on the door seemed to be heard far away, especially loud in the empty night, which startled Zhan Jingyi.
After knocking on the door, Zhan Jingyi waited for a while, but found that there was no movement in the inn.
Zhan Jingyi leaned his ear against the door and listened carefully to the sounds inside. It was quiet inside the inn, without any sound.
Is there no one inside?
"Swish" "swish"...
At this time, at the end of the road in the distance, there was a broken sound.
Zhan Jingyi looked far into the distance and found that in the shadow at the end of the road in the distance, there were vaguely hunched people. One after another, they appeared from the darkness. At a glance, there were at least dozens of them, watching silently in the distance. he.
They looked very strange, their eyes seemed to glow faintly in the dark, and they seemed to be hiding a kind of hunger.
"Sure enough, someone..."
Zhan Jingyi felt better when he saw someone appear, and seeing so many people made him a little happy.
Zhan Jingyi was about to step forward to say hello to these people and find a place to rest. It would be best to have a phone so he could easily contact Ai Li.
"squeak"……
To Zhan Jingyi's surprise, the door of the inn he had been knocking opened, and a hand stretched out, pulling him in by the arm.
The moment the door opened, Zhan Jingyi felt that the person inside the door had no ill intentions, so when the person inside the door pulled him, he did not resist.
As soon as Zhan Jingyi entered, the door of the inn closed with a bang, followed by a bolt that pushed the door shut.
Entering the inn, I saw a young man in his twenties next to him. He had a crew cut and regular features. He was wearing an oversized T-shirt and looked very thin.
Just as Zhan Jingyi was about to speak, the young man put a finger to his lips to signal him. Although Zhan Jingyi didn't understand why he was forbidden to speak, he still followed the Romans and stood aside silently watching the young man.
The young man was lying on the door, as if listening to the sounds outside. At first, there were "swish" and "swish" sounds outside the door for a while, but soon, the sound slowly faded away.
Hearing the footsteps slowly walking away, the young man wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked back at Zhan Jingyi. There was a look of complaint in his eyes, which made Zhan Jingyi confused.
The young man tapped Zhan Jingyi in the air with his finger, then pointed at himself, and then made a walking gesture with his hand in the air. Zhan Jingyi understood clearly and nodded towards the young man.
When the young man saw Zhan Jingyi, he understood his gesture, nodded, and took the lead to walk into the inn.
Although Zhan Jingyi didn't understand what all this meant, he followed silently.
Entering the town, I always feel that everything is so weird. I wonder what is happening here?
…
"I was scared to death. I was almost discovered by them."
The young man took Zhan Jingyi to a three-story building. As soon as he entered the lobby on the first floor, the young man seemed to have finally relaxed his tense nerves and slumped down on a chair in the room.
Zhan Jingyi watched everything here silently. This room seemed to be the lobby of an inn. Against the wall was a row of old-fashioned chairs in a U shape, and in the middle was a tea table, which seemed to be a place for guests to drink tea and chat.
On the other side of the hall is a bar with a landline and a computer behind it, which looks like a staff area.
In the middle of the hall is a staircase that leads directly to the second floor of this small building. At this moment, there are no lights in the entire small building, and everything is illuminated by the moonlight projected from the window.
"Can you tell me now what's going on?"
"What's going on? Where are you from?"
"It's very dangerous here at night. There are a lot of those kinds of things wandering on the streets. If I hadn't been kind enough to help you, you would have turned into these weird things like the people who died before."
Zhan Jingyi became more and more confused as he listened. What was that thing? Could it be the person he saw in the shadow before?
Because it was relatively far away from the ground and it was dark night, he could only vaguely see a few people standing in the shadows, but his specific appearance was not clear.
Are those not people? What are those human-like things?
"Brother, thank you for your kindness. I was passing by here from outside. Something happened in the mountains a few days ago and I was trapped in the mountains. I finally managed to get out. Do you think you can lend me some clothes? I'll let you go later. My friend is here to pay you back.”
Hearing Zhan Jingyi's words, the young man looked him up and down and said, "I said, why haven't I seen you in the town? You are really an outsider. Okay, who told you Mr. Li is kind-hearted? I'll find you later." I’ll give you some clothes to change into. It’s getting late. Have a good rest tonight. If you have any questions, we’ll talk to you later in the day.”
After saying that, the young man took the lead and walked towards the second floor. He opened the door of a room on the second floor and said, "You can rest here tonight. I will send you some food and clothes later. Don't go out at night." , otherwise don’t blame others if something goes wrong.”
After speaking, the young man turned and left the room, leaving Zhan Jingyi alone.
He looked around the room. The room was very simple, with the appearance of an ordinary inn. In this strange town in the mountains, it was not easy to find such an inn. As for the conditions, he couldn't ask for too much.
After a while, the young man brought a set of clothes and a bowl of noodles. Before leaving, he told them not to turn on the lights, never go out, and go to bed early. If there are any questions, we can talk again at dawn.
The young man's expression was serious, making Zhan Jingyi feel inexplicably nervous.
Zhan Jingyi closed the door of the room, took out the little eagle knife in his arms, fed some meat sticks with him, opened the window, the little eagle knife spread its wings and flew out, found a tall tree, and stood on the tree to rest. You can also help stand guard.
After closing the window, Zhan Jingyi finished eating the noodles. He had just arrived in this town and didn't want to go out for a walk.
What does it mean to do as the Romans do when you are in town? That is to abide by the rules.
Moreover, I have been in the mountains these days and haven’t slept well. Finally, I have a bed. I can put everything aside and sleep the best.
