Space, an objective form of material existence, belongs to the latitude theory and is a scientific term. Space, an intangible substance, broadly refers to the area where everything in the world exists, comes into contact or is seen.
The understanding and perception of space by humans and other creatures mainly comes from their own five senses, especially vision and touch. Through what they see with their eyes and through physical contact, people can know where they are and perceive the existence of space, but in fact space is not what they imagine. As simple as that, sometimes the space you perceive and contact will change from time to time. Strictly speaking, space cannot be explained, at least it cannot be reasonably explained by the current human ability. This is a latitude substance that is both real and vague. .
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Chie and Akiko left the video store.
Since they couldn't wait for the store manager to come back after waiting for a long time and it was getting late in the evening, the two had no choice but to leave with the video tapes they chose. Of course, before leaving, Akiko left the rental fee at the store cashier according to the previous market price.
After Qianhui and Akiko left, the store was completely deserted. It was still as empty and silent as before the two came in. This inconspicuous video store located on the edge of the street still did not attract the attention of anyone passing by. However, the two of them The female high school student had only left for a few minutes when, before she knew it, something unimaginable happened.
As time passes, and as the sky gradually darkens, if you look at it from a distance... you will see that this video store has a faint sense of blur. In your field of vision, the store begins to become more and more blurry, and begins to be looming, and even It became increasingly unclear, until a minute later... Under a hazy sway similar to the ripples of running water, the video store disappeared, inexplicably disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Disappeared without a trace, leaving only an empty street corner. It looked so natural, as if this place was originally like this, and the abrupt feeling of missing a store on the edge of the street was also It never appeared, and the only things left behind were a few yen left on the ground after the store disappeared, and a few rental fees left by the female high school student before she left.
This unmanned video store just disappeared without a sound. What’s even weirder is that no matter whether it was before, during or even after it disappeared, no one passing by nearby paid attention to it, and no one looked at it. Even with a glance, it's as if the video store never existed, as if this place was just an empty space on the corner from beginning to end...
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Time gradually passes, and the sun sets. When the sun completely disappears under the horizon, night falls. For most busy Japanese people, the depressing day passes again. Company employees temporarily get away from work, and street vendors temporarily put aside their duties. When the accounts are calculated, even public officials are temporarily freed from the professional smile that maintains the day, and people show tired faces. People escape from work, escape from study, and return home. Yes, the repressive society makes people overwhelmed. , but the cruel reality forced them to endure it silently, maybe...
Perhaps at this time, only those students who have not yet entered the society and have not experienced the bitterness of society can gain real freedom and happiness during the holidays, even if this freedom and happiness are still temporary.
Ding!
"Come on, cheers!"
"cheers!"
Gudu, Gudu...
At night, in a private house, this is a living room that is neither too big nor too small. The living room is brightly lit. On the tatami, Qianhui and Akiko clink glasses to each other to congratulate each other on the end of the exam and the coming of summer vacation. This is indeed worthy of congratulations. , being able to be relieved from the pressure of exams is a gratifying thing for every high school student. Currently, the two of them are kneeling in front of a short-legged table. On the table are various ingredients for the two of them. Although the food prepared and cooked is not too rich, it can be considered to be complete in variety. At least among them is the fish roll sushi that the two of them love to eat.
The two people who had clinked the glasses drank the beer in one gulp, then picked up their chopsticks and started eating. Akiko ate very happily, and she was always in a good mood today. Qianhui, who was opposite her, was not as exaggerated as her friend, but she It can still be seen from her smile that Qianhui is in a good mood. Similar to Akiko, the freedom of the two-month summer vacation has given this girl a good appetite.
The two of them were joking and chatting at the dinner table, occasionally discussing some private topics about girls. During this period, everything was normal and nothing happened. In addition, the sound insulation effect of the house was relatively good, so there was no need to worry about disturbing the neighbors next door.
After the five dishes and three rounds of wine, it was already around 22 o'clock in the middle of the night after dinner. The night began to become quiet. Most of the nearby residents had turned off the lights and went to bed. Only Qianhui and Akiko had no intention of going back to the bedroom to rest. They had roughly tidied up. Tables and chopsticks. Knowing that they would not have to go to school early tomorrow, the two of them did not wash up and go back to the room as usual. Instead, they sat in the living room and chatted happily. After chatting for a while, their eyes turned. The somewhat drunk Akiko saw two things on the cabinet opposite. , if nothing else, it was the video tape the two of them rented when they passed by a weird unmanned video store in the afternoon.
Leaving aside the weird video store for the moment, the two video tapes are nothing special. They are just movie videos. One of them has a cover and is a comedy chosen by Qianhui, and the other one without a cover is Akiko's curiosity. Take it out from the store.
"By the way, we rented the video tape during the day."
Sure enough, as soon as she saw the video tape, Akiko, who had even forgotten about it while eating, immediately slapped her head and got up from the sofa, then walked to the cupboard and took two video tapes in her hands. Seeing her friend like this, Qianhui could not help but remember it. This happened at the same time, because one of the two video tapes had neither a cover nor the content. Driven by curiosity, Akiko naturally gave up on the comedy tape first, and instead took the black video tape to the TV and leaned over to start it. During the operation of the home player, Akiko did not forget to turn back and smile mysteriously at Qianhui: "Aren't we all curious about the content of this videotape before? I think the answer will be revealed soon."
Akiko's intention was obvious. Since she had already decided to stay up late to watch a movie tonight, Akiko would not give up her original plan after dinner. In addition, due to her inner curiosity, it was natural for her to play the black video tape first, but...
For some reason, Qianhui, who was in a good mood before, felt inexplicably nervous when she saw this black videotape again.
There is no reason, no reason, just like when I first saw this videotape in that unmanned video store in the afternoon, that indescribable feeling of uneasiness swept through my body again. At this moment, I was staring ahead, staring at the person who was about to watch. Akiko put the black videotape into the player, and her uneasiness became stronger. Chie's drunkenness disappeared instantly, and was replaced by nervousness.
A sense of nervousness for no reason!
"Akiko!"
Inexplicably, just when Akiko was about to push the videotape into the player, Qianhui frowned and instinctively called out to the other party.
"Huh? What's wrong?"
Being called out by her friend so suddenly, Akiko wanted to take a look at the video as soon as possible. She hesitated slightly. While asking, she looked back at the other party with a puzzled expression. She saw that Qianhui's face was a little strange. Although Akiko didn't know why, she seemed to suddenly understand in a moment. She grinned like something and said: "Haha, I understand, Qianhui, are you worried that this is a horror movie? Well, well, what if it's a horror movie? Qianhui, you can't be so timid, right? I remember before You must not be like this."
"I……"
As mentioned before, because this feeling of uneasiness came for no reason, even Qianhui couldn't explain it. Faced with Akiko's ridicule, Qianhui could only look embarrassed and shook her head and replied: "No, it's nothing, maybe I'm neurotic. Bar."
"Hey, don't make excuses. I think you are just timid and don't dare to watch horror movies. Let's not talk about the content of this video. Even if it is a horror movie, I will definitely watch it. But to be honest, I am really curious about the content of this thing. How about, let’s watch this first, and watch the comedy movie you chose later.”
Seeing that Qianhui was hesitating and unable to answer, she shrugged. Akiko laughed at the other party casually and continued her actions. She turned on the TV, pressed the start button to turn on the player, and was operated by the short-haired girl. Soon, This black videotape without a cover or any logo was just pushed into the player socket.
Click.
Hula, hula...
As the cassette was put in, the player began to work as the machine made a low-pitched sound. Out of curiosity, Akiko did not return to the sofa after completing the operation, but knelt down directly in front of the TV. Seeing her friend like this, Qianhui was probably affected. He couldn't help but got up from the sofa and walked slowly to Akiko's side. For a while, the two girls sat in front of the TV, both looking at the TV screen, while the player below slowly read the cassette.
Bah, bah bah...
At this moment, except for the continuous chattering sound coming from the TV covered with snowflakes, the atmosphere in the room was extremely quiet for a while. Akiko didn't speak, Qianhui didn't speak, and the two of them stared at the TV screen that was only one meter apart in front of them. Akiko was very Normally, during the waiting period, she had nothing but expectation and curiosity on her face, but Qianhui's face remained a little complicated. As the TV noise continued to sound, and as the screen snowflakes swayed one after another, the tall girl's face His face became more solemn, and his brows wrinkled slightly.
Subconsciously, I turned back to look out the window, and saw that the outside world was pitch black, with few stars in the sky, and the waning moon looming in the clouds. I bit my lips, shifted my gaze, and looked up at the clock on the wall. I found that the time had unknowingly reached midnight. After observing the surroundings and confirming that there was nothing abnormal, Qianhui turned her attention to the TV again. However, what she and Akiko didn't know was... Although the environment was the same as before, although everything was normal, during this seemingly short waiting period, during the silence, The atmosphere in the room gradually changed slightly, subtle changes that would not be noticed by anyone.
Next, something happened that made the two people waiting in front of the TV more and more puzzled...
Although we all know that the player will read for a period of time when playing the video tape, and the TV used to show it will also maintain snowflakes and noise for a period of time. However, after a few minutes passed, the TV in front of us still had a screen full of snowflakes. , there are still the snowflakes all over the screen and the endless murmur.
Bah, bah, bah bah...
"Huh?"
Akiko and Qianhui gradually became suspicious. There was a reason for this. It was obvious that after inserting the cassette, the player would normally read the video for a few dozen seconds at most before playing the video. However, after several minutes passed, why did the TV in front of them still remain blank? Snow noise? Is there something wrong with the TV or the player? Or is it a problem with the videotape itself? Is it possible that this videotape is really a damaged tape that cannot be played?
Yes, after waiting for a long time and seeing no video, both Akiko and Qiane immediately came up with the above speculation in their minds. In the end, they both thought that this black video tape without a cover was most likely a damaged tape. Otherwise, how could it be possible that the image could not be released after a few minutes of disk reading time? Unless the player is broken, of course this is impossible. In this case, the only explanation is that there is something wrong with the tape itself and it is a waste tape that cannot be played.
Finally, after confirming that no image appeared on the TV screen for a long time, and using the remote control to debug a few times to no avail, Akiko first showed a disappointed expression, then sighed and muttered to Qianhui next to her: "Hey, it seems that you guessed it right before. This The thing is indeed broken.”
Let's not talk about Akiko's disappointment and unwillingness. When the video failed to play, Qianhui, who was already upset, took a long breath and felt a little lucky that the video could not be played. This was as indescribable and unexplainable as the inexplicable feeling of uneasiness.
However...
There is a saying that goes like this: Accidents often come unexpectedly.
when! when! when……
Just when Akiko was about to reach out and take out the video tape after seeing that the playback was fruitless, just when Qianhui felt a little at ease, suddenly, the wall clock emitted a series of loud time chimes. The sound was so clear and harsh that it not only broke the silence of the room instantly, but also made Zheng Zheng concentrate on it. The two women were startled. Following the sound, the two women instinctively looked at the clock. With the help of the living room light, they saw that the hour and minute hands on the clock were exactly at midnight.
At midnight, as the bell rang, time finally entered midnight from late night.
Bala!
呲呲呲……呲拉……
But at this moment, before the two women could look away from the clock, as soon as the bell disappeared, the TV in front of them, which was originally filled with noise and snowflakes, also changed slightly in a sudden way.
The reason why I use a little to describe it is because the TV has not changed much. It is nothing more than changing from a continuous chatter to another intermittent chatter. Even so, this change still inevitably caused the two of them to Note that it is very simple, because this kind of intermittent sound is a unique sign that would only appear before the TV was about to play the video!
Sure enough, as soon as they noticed the change in the voice, both women immediately turned their eyes back to the TV screen. As expected, as the squeaking sound continued intermittently, they saw the screen originally full of snowflakes shaking. Then the picture gradually appeared. At this moment, Mingzi, who thought it was a waste tape and was about to take it out just now, suddenly became happy and retracted his outstretched hand. Obviously, the ability to play the picture undoubtedly means that the video tape is not broken. The short-haired girl was happy that the video tape could still be played normally. Out of curiosity, she focused her attention on the screen without much thought and began to wait.
Some people are happy and some are worried. If Mingzi is just curious, then when the bell rings and the TV screen plays the image, Qianhui's heart that had just been relaxed started to rise again. There is still no reason. There was no explanation. When the image appeared on the screen, she even had an inexplicable urge to reach out and turn off the TV.
It's a pity that she can't do this. After all, this feeling is for no reason and has no basis. Not to mention that if she does this, she will definitely be laughed at by Akiko, not to mention...
To be honest, she herself was actually very curious about the content of this videotape.
Finally, after some self-comfort in her mind, she bit her lip and suppressed her uneasiness. Qian Hui imitated Akiko and turned her gaze to the TV screen. She wanted to take a look and see what was in this video tape that had made her uneasy for a long time. What are you wearing?
Unfortunately, things didn't work out as they wished. Although the curious two stared at the TV screen for a long time, the image did appear on the TV screen, but the strange thing was that the image was not very clear, not clear, very unclear, even though the video tape was functioning normally. However, there are still large snowflakes on the screen, and the field of view can only vaguely see some blurred black and white images from the snowflakes. It is not clear what the video scene is. I can only roughly guess by observing the outline of the image that this should be a forest, an unknown area. Where is the woods located.
Bah, bah, bah... bah...
Seeing this, both Akiko and Qiane inevitably had a lot of questions in their minds. Fortunately, the blurred picture did not last long. As time passed by, the two women, who were curious and patient, gradually discovered The originally blurry picture on the screen began to become clear, the picture became clear, and the noise in the ears gradually disappeared, very quickly. In just a few seconds, the screen that was originally full of snowflakes had transformed into a clear scene, and that was until this moment. , the two of them finally saw the screen image clearly.
It’s almost the same as the initial guess. If you look carefully, you can see that the video scene is indeed a forest, a dark forest full of dead branches and leaves. The reason why it is described as dark is that the sky above is already dark, which makes the whole scene somewhat insufficient in light. Look The time in the video should be in the evening. Of course, these are the key points. Although after the video was restored to clarity, what came into view was a dim forest that was almost the same as the one guessed, but there were also some differences, such as...
For example, after the picture is clear, there is still a well in the center of the video, a water well, a water well that is extremely ordinary no matter how you look at it.
There is a well in the woods, and at this moment, the well is in the middle of the woods, in the center of the entire picture.
