Ning Qiushui borrowed an off-road vehicle from Bai Xiaoxiao and drove the bearded man eastward along the road.
The scenery on the road gradually changed from bustling to desolate. The originally wide and flat road was now covered with gravel and unswept mud. Weeds grew wantonly on the wasteland without being trimmed. Occasionally, one or two graves and long-dead trees could still be seen. Abandoned houses inhabited by people.
The road of dozens of kilometers was not too long, but due to the heavy rain, Ning Qiushui, who had passed through some dangerous areas, did not dare to drive too fast, so it was already after six o'clock in the afternoon when the two arrived at Niaoshan Town.
At dusk, there are no poetic sunsets and mellow sunsets, only the downpour and the flashes of thunder from time to time in the dark sky.
"Niaoshan Town is ahead."
A huge stone with the three characters "Niaoshan Town" written on it has appeared in front of me. It is hidden among the half-yellow grass, and the words on it can hardly be seen clearly.
The car's low-beam headlights hit the stone monument. Ning Qiushui stopped the car on the side of the road, took a short rest, took out a new box of chewing gum from the locker in front of the car, tore it open and stuffed it into his mouth.
Liu Chengfeng also chewed a piece.
When Ning Qiu Shui wakes up and relieves fatigue, she prefers mint to cigarettes.
He had been driving all afternoon and was already tired from driving. He was not sure what dangers he would encounter when entering the ghost town in front of him, so Ning Qiushui parked the car here for a while to rest.
The wiper on the front window kept clearing away the rainwater. Liu Chengfeng was counting the props in his bag. Ning Qiushui was chewing gum, letting the taste of mint fill her mouth, while observing the surroundings to prevent anything from appearing suddenly. Catch them off guard.
While patrolling, Ning Qiushui's eyes suddenly glanced at a location on the right front. He straightened his neck slightly, looked there carefully, then put down the handbrake and let the car slide forward slightly.
About three meters, the vehicle stopped again.
This time Ning Qiushui saw clearly.
There is a long depression in the weeds on the roadside, which cuts an arc in the grass.
"What's wrong, little brother?"
Liu Chengfeng asked angrily when he saw Ning Qiushui staring outside.
The latter pointed to the weeds outside and said:
"This pile of weeds next to the road was broken over a large area and extended for a long distance."
Liu Chengfeng looked in the direction of Ning Qiushui's finger, but something was strange.
"Is it a beast? It doesn't look like much."
Ning Qiushui nodded.
"Well, not a beast."
"Some large beasts like rhinos can trample the weeds like this when they pass by, but they won't be so neat. These should be traces of wheels running over them."
Liu Chengfeng's pupils shrank slightly.
"Wheels? Has anyone else been here recently?"
Ning Qiushui chewed gum and was silent for a while, then he drove the car forward.
A tree appeared at the other end of the dense grass, half-broken.
"It's indeed a car."
"The tree was obviously broken by a car."
"Heavy rain can wash away the axle marks on the ground, but the crushed grass cannot be restored so easily. It should have happened in the past two or three days."
"Someone drove to Niaoshan Town. When he was about to enter the town, he encountered an "unexpected situation", which caused the driver's steering wheel to deviate, drove the car into a pile of hay, and finally hit a tree... But the people inside It shouldn’t be a big deal, after all, they drove the car away in the end.”
As Ning Qiushui said this, Liu Chengfeng, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked strange.
"When that unlucky guy drove to this place, didn't he encounter a small animal that suddenly jumped out of the grass?"
Ning Qiushui looked around, pulled the handbrake, and continued driving slowly toward the interior of Niaoshan Town.
"Not a small animal."
He was chewing gum and his eyes were clear.
"There are no obstacles at all on that road, and the field of view is very wide. Generally speaking, small animals are not that fast, and they are not tall enough. If the driver can see them after they escape, they will have time to apply the brakes instead of hitting them. steering wheel."
"Compared to small animals, I prefer that when the driver of the car drove to where we parked just now, he suddenly saw something in front of the car window..."
When Liu Chengfeng heard this, his face turned slightly pale.
Of course he knew what Ning Qiushui was talking about, so he spat on the ground and said:
"It's really evil..."
Ning Qiushui drove on the streets of the town while looking for a dry parking place.
"A little consolation is that we are not the only living people in this small town...if those who came in before are not dead yet."
The whole town is shrouded in a dark shadow. The so-called uninhabited ghost town, coupled with the continuous rainstorm weather, makes people feel the cold air exuding from their pores just by looking at it.
The dark windows of some dilapidated buildings are like two huge ghost eyes, staring at the people on the street, which is extremely scary.
After confirming the map and his location, Ning Qiushui parked the car under the awning of a private courtyard. Then he and Liu Chengfeng put on their raincoats and made sure nothing was missing before getting out of the car and walking along The alleys filled with stagnant water and moss led to the Sunflower Welfare Home.
"It's really cold after the winter solstice..."
On the way, Liu Chengfeng had nothing to say, trying to break the silent atmosphere.
However, Ning Qiushui only responded to him briefly, focusing all his attention on his surroundings.
The sound of rain hitting the rubble was loud and confusing.
Just as the two were about to cross the alley, a black figure suddenly appeared at the intersection ahead.
A fleeting moment.
Ning Qiushui and Liu Chengfeng stopped at the same time. After a moment, the latter asked:
"Brother...did you see it?"
Ning Qiushui nodded.
The two looked at each other and immediately chased towards the intersection!
But when they came to the intersection and entered the wide street, there was no one on either side.
"Grandma, you run so fast!"
Liu Chengfeng cursed in a low voice.
He trusted his eyes very much and would rather believe that he had seen a ghost than that he had seen it wrong.
"Brother, take out that copper coin and take a photo of it. Maybe you can see where that guy is hiding!"
Ning Qiushui didn't hesitate when he heard this and took out the copper coins.
However, when he looked around through his copper-money eyes, he felt all the goosebumps on his body stand up in an instant...
The entire Niaoshan Town... is actually densely packed with countless red areas as red as blood!
Those red colors, near or far, are like bloody eyeballs, decorating the town...
