Qian Xueling only informed He Fei of such an important clue in public when she returned to the farm. As expected, He Fei reminded everyone to pay attention to the clue and to ask for help at any time if someone in the team was found to be coughing for no reason. Notify everyone as soon as possible.
Time passed quietly in the confusion of everyone. To this day, no one, including He Fei, has thought of a way. There is no way to destroy the picture, and there is no way to deal with the signal, but...
Looking back at the living room, he saw that there were only four people in the huge living room: himself, Cheng Ying, Chen Shuihong and Chen Guangyu. For some reason, He Fei took Will, who had nothing to do after lunch, to the farm two hours ago. basement.
No one knew what the two were busy in the basement, but after learning the cruel reality that they could be attacked by signals at any time, whether it was Chen Shuihong or Chen Guangyu, the two Chen Xiaoyao's parents from 500 years ago really started to plan together as promised. They had a clear intention to follow. However, after He Fei made it clear that no one else needed to follow him, the two of them suddenly turned pale as if they were dead relatives and were forced to stop. It was not because they didn’t want to follow them shamelessly, but before they left. He Fei winked at Cheng Ying. Seeing this, Cheng Ying understood and directly said two words to the two of them in a warning tone:
"return!"
With Peng Yuxiang as an example, no one dares to disobey Cheng Ying's order. Although the girl only said two words, Chen Shuihong and Chen Guangyu did not dare to turn a deaf ear, so they had no choice but to stay in the living room. , as an aside, in fact, not only Chen Shuihong wanted to follow, but Qian Xueling and Cheng Ying also subconsciously planned to follow at first. The only difference was that Chen Shuihong was motivated by fear, while Cheng Qian was purely motivated by fear. Curious, curious about what the college student was going to do when he dragged Will to the basement and fell to the ground? .
It's a pity that He Fei didn't explain, he just used his eyes to signal everyone not to follow. In this case, even though they were very curious, the two women had no choice but to wait patiently in the living room.
Time continued to pass, and the amount of snow gradually increased. Perhaps it was not comfortable after sitting for too long. After Qian Xueling, Cheng Ying also quietly got up and came to the window, and then she and Qian Xueling looked at the snow scene hand in hand. No one spoke, but Cheng Ying vaguely saw something from Qian Xueling's increasingly frowning brows.
"Sister Xueling, are you worried about him?"
As mentioned above, based on the past understanding between the two parties, Cheng Ying, who had already regarded Qian Xueling as a sister, finally broke the silence and spoke first, tentatively speaking after seeing the worry revealed in the woman's eyebrows.
The weird thing is……
When faced with Cheng Ying's question, Qian Xueling did not answer directly as expected. Instead, she shook her head slightly and asked a question that was puzzling to most people: "Cheng Ying, how far do you think we can go?"
(So besides me, you also have similar feelings?)
Listening to the strange questions in the woman's voice, Cheng Ying understood. She could analyze the woman's thoughts instantly without the other party's explanation. Then she turned to look out the window again, followed her gaze to the south, and looked under the snow and fog. The looming black forest loomed. While watching, the girl's lips moved slightly, and finally whispered something in a way that was both an answer and a self-talk, a strange answer that was also full of emotion:
"I don't know how far we can go, but at least I know that there will always be things that need to be protected in life. You don't need to care about the future ending. Just protect what you think is worth protecting before the ending comes."
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Snowflakes were flying all over the sky, using the wind to wrap the earth into silver, and at the same time shielding the few buildings erected on the plain, including the Will Farm and the James Farm not far away.
In fact, people with a little knowledge of agriculture often know that winter is the enemy of farms, especially snowfall in cold winter. In addition to reducing wheat production, snowfall can also cover grasslands and reduce vegetation, thereby reducing food for cattle and sheep in disguise, and even freezing to death. Some livestock. As a farmer, James hates winter, and even snowfall. Unfortunately, the change of seasons is the will of God, and humans cannot resist it. In desperation, the short and fat man can only be forced to deal with it, and by the way, take precautionary measures in advance. .
Not to mention, based on his rich experience in farming all year round, James and his wife Kelly had actually repaired the cowshed and sheepfold as early as a week ago when the temperature dropped suddenly, and also stored a large amount of hay. Sure enough, the fat man's foresight worked. , at this moment, looking at the white snow scene outside the window and seeing the continuous snowflakes, James, who was sitting with his wife and children in front of the fireplace in the living room to warm themselves, was both happy and worried. Fortunately, it meant that his preparations had protected his livestock, and he was worried. Plain wheat is definitely affected by the disaster. Yes, with experience, you can repair and fill the cowsheds, horse sheds, sheepfolds and even dog kennels in advance. But the problem is that there are large areas of wheat planted in the open outside your house, and the amount of snow is small. That's fine, but...
Looking at the endless white snow outside the window, James became more and more worried as he thought about it. He put down the bottle of wine in his hand, and then sighed and complained to his wife Kelly who was mending clothes opposite: "The situation is not good. Although the snow is not heavy, , but it keeps raining. It has rained for several hours from noon to now. If it doesn’t stop before dark, I’m worried about our wheat..."
There was plenty of firewood in the fireplace, and the blazing flames brought warmth to the living room and dispelled the cold. Taking advantage of the snow outside, Kelly, who had always been hardworking, finally had the opportunity to take a break and pause from farming. It was said to be a rest, but the woman still took out her spare time. His clothes were mended, and Tom sat next to him. As children of this age are always very playful, even though it was snowing outside and it was inconvenient to go out, the boy was still busy playing in the living room. He was currently concentrating on playing with a small Rubik's Cube. For the time being, Regardless of Tom, after hearing her husband's nagging and putting down her needlework, Kelly raised her head and complained: "Then who do you blame? I have advised you to harvest the wheat in advance, but you insisted on waiting for the wheat to mature for a few days. It’s good now, the wheat is completely ripe, but the loss will definitely not be small.”
"Hey, hey, you woman, why do you blame me for everything? I'm not God, how can I predict changes in the weather? What's more, the weather forecast only said that the temperature will drop in the near future, but unexpectedly the snow fell inexplicably?"
As the head of the family, James has indeed retained the fine tradition of men saving face. Even though what his wife said was absolutely right, the fat man still refused to admit his fault, and instead directly blamed God and the Meteorological Bureau. After listening to his husband's answer, Kelly, who knew the other person's temper well, was too lazy to talk nonsense, curled her lips and continued to mend. Seeing that his wife was ignoring him, James felt bored and picked up the bottle again and drank. He drank a few sips, then touched his chin and murmured. He said to himself: "At this time, I actually envy that boy Will. We just moved here and there is nothing on the farm, but we can spend the winter in peace."
I don’t know whether he just heard his parents’ conversation clearly or was inspired by his father’s emotional soliloquy. When he saw his father talking about Will, Tom, who was playing with the Rubik’s Cube across from him, suddenly raised his head and immediately came up with a plan and opened his mouth to suggest: “By the way, Dad. Aren't there still a group of agricultural experts living in Mr. Will's house? We can find that group of experts to figure out a solution, and then our family's wheat will be saved."
"Hahahahaha!"
It is said that children are simple-minded. After listening to her son's so-called 'sage advice', not only her mother Kelly couldn't help but laugh. James put down the bottle of wine and even grinned. After a long time, he patted Tom's head and smiled bitterly. Explained: "Boy, I admit that your idea is very creative, but the problem is that agricultural experts are sent by Zhengfu, not rescue angels sent by God. Because they are not angels, they are as incapable of saving wheat fields as we are. .”
"Uh, okay." After being laughed at by his father, Tom nodded ignorantly, and James picked up the wine bottle after explaining and was about to continue. However, just when the fat man was about to destroy the entire bottle of wine, A series of fierce barks entered the living room.
"Woof woof! Woof woof woof!"
Um?
Sure enough, the loud barking of the shepherd dog attracted the attention of several people in the house. Kelly stopped sewing and looked puzzled. Tom put down his toys and looked around curiously. James got up and left his seat directly and walked to the window. Through the window, he saw the adopted dog. The nearly 5-year-old German shepherd got out of the kennel at some point and is now barking inexplicably, barking incessantly towards the gate in the snowy yard.
"Dad, what is Creton doing?"
The so-called Creton is the name of the family's German shepherd, which was first given by James. There is no doubt that there are few American farms that do not raise dogs, and nine out of ten of them are shepherd dogs that can help their owners manage the sheep. Others The farm is like this, and James is also unavoidable. But then again, since raising this German shepherd at home, Clinton has been dedicated to his job and worked hard. He has a good way of driving sheep, which has really helped the owner and his family a lot. Busy, he has been very smart in raising sheep for many years. In addition to being an excellent shepherd, he also takes care of the house and yard. Whenever there is trouble on the farm, Clinton will always bark loudly to give an early warning, but...
At this moment, listening to his son's curious inquiry, James was puzzled at the window.
The reason why I was puzzled was that there was nothing. There was no one in the huge farm yard. Not to mention the yard, even the door was empty. Since there was nothing, unexpectedly, Creton was still barking, just like this in an extremely violent way. He kept barking at the door with a manic attitude, and it got worse in the end?
(Could it be a fox or a coyote?)
This was a guess that James instinctively came to mind after witnessing Creton's strange behavior. Indeed, because the farm is located in a remote plain and is inaccessible, one or two wild animals can occasionally be seen around, among which foxes and Coyotes are the most common. There is no denying that the above two animals are small in size and pose no threat to humans, but they pose a high threat to sheep. In fact, in addition to preventing severe cold and snowstorms, the earlier repairs to sheep pens also served another purpose: prevention. Beast? Now he saw that the German shepherd was barking loudly and there was no one inside or outside the yard. Sure enough, the fat man had an idea and subconsciously thought that there were foxes or coyotes nearby. If this was the case, as a farmer, James knew what he should do next. Something.
The short fat man had just had the idea, but he never thought that Creton was faster than him. It was true. Just when James was suddenly suspicious, Creton suddenly moved in front of the kennel, and he saw De, who had just restored his barking and was gradually becoming restless. The big shepherd dog jumped on all fours and rushed out of the door!
"Hey! Creton, wait, where are you going?"
"Damn it, this stupid dog!" Seeing this, James was shocked. Although he had just had the idea of going out to explore, the problem was that he didn't want to let the dog go out alone. After all, God knows how many foxes and coyotes there are outside? If there were more of them, just one dog would definitely be in danger, so naturally, seeing his German Shepherd running out barking and shouting to no avail, the fat man could only curse secretly and turn around and leave. He rushed into the bedroom in a hurry. Not long after, he was carrying the dog on his back. Armed with a double-barreled shotgun, James returned to the living room and rushed out of the house. Before leaving, he did not forget to tell his slightly uneasy wife and children: "You two wait at home while I go out and take a look."
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Hooray, hooray.
The cold wind shuttles freely through the plains, mixed with countless snowflakes falling into the world. At first glance, the world is completely white, like a sky of ice and snow. The entire plain is pure white. Because of this, the figure running in the snow is undoubtedly special. conspicuous.
"Woof woof woof!"
As if he was going crazy, Crichton ran and barked. After rushing out of the farm, he turned north and continued running, facing large snowflakes. The dog ran faster on all fours, but this was a pain for James who was following him. To be honest, if he hadn't liked the dog Creton very much, otherwise he wouldn't have left the farm and followed him here out of concern for the dog's safety. At least he wouldn't have wasted his energy enduring the severe cold in the heavy snow. At most, he would have wandered around the farm. Just turn around and check to see if there are any wild beasts. This is what he thought, but in the end, Clyton ran out of the farm as if he was crazy, and then chased the empty air in front of him and ran so fast that he didn't even obey his master's orders.
"Wait a minute, what the hell is this stupid dog running around like?"
Squeak, squeak, squeak.
As described above, James is currently chasing hard with a shotgun on his back. He yells at the big dog in front of him while running in the wind and snow to catch up. His footsteps make a crunching sound on the snow, and then he runs further and further away from the farm as time goes by. Far.
(Fake squid!)
As the saying goes, a person's patience has its limit after all. After running about 800 meters, James suddenly became angry when he saw the big dog still chasing the air. The fat man was getting angrier and angrier as he thought about it. It's not his fault that he was angry. After all, he ran away. After a long time, he could see that the dog was running blindly from beginning to end. As for the fox and coyote that he had guessed earlier, there was no trace at all. Fortunately, he was still carrying a shotgun to be on guard, but in the end he was just walking with the dog? Of course, part of the real reason why James is angry about being deceived by a dog is his personal size. As a fat man weighing nearly 200 pounds, being able to run nearly a kilometer in one breath is not considered a long distance, so...
"Hoo, ho, ho! Creton, you really deserve a beating!"
"Okay, you win. I admit that two legs can't catch up with four legs. If that's the case, then you can continue running blindly. The premise is that you don't freeze to death outside." Facing the wind and snow, when the big dog confirmed After getting nervous for no apparent reason, James stopped running. He suddenly felt exhausted and stopped to take a deep breath, cursing while breathing.
After taking a few breaths to adjust my mentality, I turned around helplessly and wanted to leave, but...
Just when the middle-aged fat man was about to give up chasing the dog and return to the farm, he saw something out of the corner of his eye and discovered something. He discovered that a hundred meters ahead, the German shepherd dog that had been running and barking stopped. , stopped under a big tree.
It was a lone tree on the plains, standing alone in the plains. Since there was only one tree within a few miles, this tree became an excellent coordinate. At least James, who had lived here for many years, was familiar with this tree. When I usually go to and from town to deliver goods, I often see big trees in front of me.
At this moment, the German Shepherd happened to be parked under the tree. The only strange thing was that although the dog ran under the tree and stopped running, it still barked. It still raised its forward reach and looked up from time to time in the way of chasing prey, and kept raising its head and yelling. , as if there is something on the tree, frequently attracting the big dog below.
"Huh?"
Curiosity is human nature, especially when faced with unknown situations, human curiosity becomes more and more intense, which leads to the subconscious desire to explore to the end. The worst is to see with your own eyes what exactly happened. As just mentioned, James He was really tired at the moment, but he was even more curious about what his big dog was doing, or what was the thing that the dog was chasing all the way. Even though he was sure it was air at first, but when he saw the big dog now After stopping running and looking up at the top of the tree in an impatient state, finally, in order not to run in vain, and to find out the truth, James moved, gave up returning, and continued forward, heading straight towards the big dog and towards the tree. Familiar trees only a few hundred meters apart.
Squeak, squeak, squeak.
Trampling on the snow on the ground, with a soft creaking sound, the fat man soon reached the finish line and walked to the tree where his big dog was.
"Fake Squid, shut up, Clydon, and stop barking."
Sure enough, as soon as he arrived under the tree with his fat body shaking, James, who was full of anger, held down the dog's head and scolded him seriously. If he hadn't been raised by his family and couldn't bear it, otherwise he would have given him a lesson with fists and kicks. Of course, it wasn't just a lesson. The point, the point, is that the dog paid no attention to it and actually kept raising his head and barking even when his owner was close by. He faced the top of the tree and screamed desperately from beginning to end.
Seeing this, James became even more confused, and his long-standing curiosity doubled again. In order to find out the truth, how could the fat man hold back? Just push the big dog away and look up, like the German Shepherd, looking up at the top of the big tree, and then...
He saw legs, a pair of human calves.
No, it's not just a human leg. To be precise, it should be a person.
At this moment, under the gaze of James' eyes that suddenly widened due to the sudden sight of his legs, he looked up and saw a person, a man, suspended in the sky on the top of the tree!
Yes, it is indeed a man. The evidence comes from the other party's attire. They are a pair of feet wearing men's leather shoes. The upper part is connected to the waistband of trousers representing the lower body. Only the upper body is hidden in the tree branches. I don't know if it is a coincidence or intentional. Then, just when James raised his head and discovered the legs above him, the man who was originally suspended in the air with only his lower body sticking out of the branch also slowly descended, slowly descending quietly and slowly under the gaze of the fat man's increasingly pale and trembling face. Then the abdomen, chest, and neck are exposed, until the head is revealed and the face is revealed.
But……
As the man revealed his full face, as an observer, James also saw the man's appearance clearly and his eyes bulged out and his mouth opened wide. In addition to his whole face looking pale with fear, his plump body was shaking crazily and uncontrollably at this moment!
The fat man was frightened to death, stunned, and was so frightened that he was frozen on the spot and had no reaction at all. Because the scene in front of him was so terrifying, James couldn't even scream. His only reaction was horror, and his biggest movement was trembling.
What scares James like this?
The answer is the face, the true appearance of the suspended man.
Looking closely, the first thing that catches the eye is a strange face, a terrifying face that seems to be made up of two different faces!
The face on the left side tends to be normal. Except for the pale complexion, it is basically a human face. And this face is somewhat similar, as if it has been seen before. In the memory, it should belong to a certain oriental man, one of several agricultural experts who came here recently. One, an Oriental man named Peng Yuxiang.
It's a pity that only half of Peng Yuxiang's face is located on the left side of the face. As for the right side...
blank.
There is nothing, it is absolutely pure white with no eyes, no mouth, not even ears or hair. Only the vague outline of the face proves that it is also a face, but a pure white face without facial features!
At this moment, with the cold wind howling and mixed with falling snowflakes, this strange man with two faces descended slowly and quietly, leaving the tree and reaching the ground as James's eyes widened and widened, until he was face to face. The way stood in front of the fat man.
"Ah, ah...ah...ah..."
Due to excessive fear, James was completely sluggish. His mind went blank and his whole body was shaking wildly under the unprecedented fear. His mouth as wide as a bowl could only whimper and nothing else, and then let out bursts of meaningless moans and sorrows.
After looking at each other for a moment, Peng Yuxiang smiled, half of his normal pale face opened at the corners of his mouth after staring at the reaction of the fat man in front of him, and then, something happened!
Whoosh!
Peng Yuxiang disappeared. No, he didn't disappear. Instead, his body twisted into a long strip the next second he revealed his ferocious snicker. After that, he circled and flew in the air like a life-threatening snake. Finally, before James had time to speak, Peng Yuxiang disappeared. The scream entered the mouth in an instant, and went straight into the fat man's mouth with a hurricane speed that was too fast to catch, and there was no trace of his body.
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