I picked up my phone and looked. There was no signal, but this message could be sent.
I opened it and saw that it was sent by Master Chen. There was only one sentence on it: Xiao Qin, have you gone out? I was looking for you just now and found a blood-stamped charm on the door of the massage parlor. Have you offended someone? The formation in our alley seems to be aimed at you. No matter what you are doing outside, come back quickly!
As I read the message, my hands felt a little stiff.
An expert formation appeared inexplicably in the alley. Master Chen and I couldn't figure out who did it or why. We wandered around, but we didn't expect that it was directed at me.
I tried to reply to Master Chen, but it said there was no signal and the message could not be sent.
At this moment, my mind was in a state of confusion. Many inexplicable clues were intertwined and seemed to have an explanation.
A person suddenly appeared in my mind, the new customer who came to the door yesterday, the one named Cinderella.
There were many people in the carriage at this moment. Rongrong looked pale and hugged my arm tightly. Now is not the time to think carefully, you have to find Da Shuo quickly and escape from this ghost place.
I took Rongrong with me and walked around in the carriage, but couldn't find Dashuo. I was so anxious that cold sweat broke out on my head.
The subway is moving faster and faster, with almost one stop every minute. People are getting off and many people are getting on.
My hands were shaking, for fear that if Dashuo got off the car in the middle, he would never be found.
I walked several carriages in a row, but I didn't find Da Shuo's figure. I forced myself to calm down, now I had to make a decision.
The subway is obviously getting deeper and deeper. Even if I find Da Shuo at this time, it will be troublesome how to get back. Now I can count one by one.
Thinking of this, I took out the charm given by Master Chen from my pocket and folded it into the shape of a rice dumpling.
"Rong Rong."
Wei Rongrong agreed, and the girl's face lost all color. I handed the talisman to her: "Take it!"
"What's this?"
"A life-saving amulet given to me by a friend." I said, "The next bus is coming. Take this amulet and get off the bus quickly. Don't lose it. With this thing here, you should be able to escape."
Wei Rongrong took it, nodded and asked, "What about you?"
"There is only this one, take it and go first, I will go find Dashuo. After I find him, I will think of a way."
Wei Rongrong's eyes turned red and she handed over the charm: "No, I want to be with you! I won't leave until you leave."
"There is no need to tie them together." I said: "This situation may be directed at me. You are innocent. Take it and leave first. Be obedient."
"No!" Wei Rongrong shouted loudly: "Think about it, even if I go out first with the talisman, I don't know what to do next. What if the talisman doesn't work? Wouldn't it be more dangerous to be separated from you?"
I was startled, what she said was not unreasonable: "Let's do this, you stay with me. When we find Dashuo, give him this talisman so that he can escape first."
Only then did Rongrong burst into laughter and hugged my arm without letting go.
I took her through several more carriages, shouting at the top of my lungs, but couldn't find Dashuo. It's over, it's really over this time.
At this moment, the subway slowly stopped, followed by several "bang bang bang" sounds, and the lights were turned off one after another starting from the car in front.
Before we could react, the lights in the carriage we were in also went out, and it was so dark that we couldn't see our fingers.
Everyone seemed to have disappeared, leaving only Wei Rongrong's breathing.
There was absolute darkness in front of me, and I couldn't see anything. There was no light at all, and my eyes felt like they were blind.
"Rong Rong?"
"I'm here," she whispered.
"Hold me tight, don't get lost." I said.
A warm body came close to me, and I could hear her teeth chattering in the darkness. I hugged her and she said softly, "Yeah."
I turned my phone out and it didn't light up.
I clearly remember that my phone still has 80% power. I could light it up just now to read messages, but now I can’t.
Doing nothing and waiting is the wisest decision at the moment.
The darkness was extremely uncomfortable, and I didn't know what would happen next. I tried to control my breathing not to be rapid, so as not to let Wei Rongrong hear it and exaggerate the fear in her heart.
People lose their minds when in extreme fear. I don't want her to have another accident.
After an unknown amount of time, a strange sound came from outside the carriage. It sounds like a bang.
"Bang~~Bang~~"
It sounds like the wooden fish instrument used by monks in the temple.
The tapping was very rhythmic, and it sounded like it was far away.
There was a "clatter" in the darkness, and the door of the carriage opened, followed by the sound of banging from far to near, right outside.
Then there were footsteps, and the cold air around them was slowly dissipating, which meant that the people in the carriage began to get out of the car.
Wei Rongrong hugged my arm and asked in a low voice what should I do, should I get off the car?
I hesitated for a moment, not sure whether the subway would go back after everyone was gone, or continue to the unknown front.
Staying in the car or stepping out of the car didn't seem to be reasonable choices.
There was no time to hesitate now. The door in front kept making a closing sound, which meant that the door was closing automatically after people emptied it.
I had an intuition that Dashuo must have gone down with the crowd.
"Let's go too." I said.
Wei Rongrong said "hmm" in the dark, now I mean whatever I say.
We walked in the dark to the door of the carriage. I took a deep breath, hugged Rongrong and walked out of the carriage. As soon as I got out, the door closed automatically behind me.
There was a little light in the station, coming from overhead, but no light source could be seen.
I vaguely saw that the station was dark and full of people, and the scene was so silent that it was so eerie that you could hear a pin drop.
Wei Rongrong hugged my waist in the darkness and said softly: "Are we going to die?"
