The Exorcist Chapter 4: The siege
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Xiaoxia opened her mouth in shock and sat there stiffly. She saw Zuo De turned around and stayed that way for a long time, like a freeze frame in a movie, while the black shadow over there suddenly became motionless. A little shorter.
Its head is gone, only its silhouette remains! And the moment it was decapitated, it began to drift back and quickly disappeared into the darkness!
Zuo De slowly turned his head, and Xiaoxia was horrified to see that his face was no longer his own, as if his entire face had been replaced and he had become another person!
Square face, regular facial features, and two vertical black moles on the left side of the cheek, like two drops of muddy tears hanging on the face, making the otherwise delicate face look a bit like crying!
He smiled and said, "Enter the city!" He said slowly in a Zuo De voice.
"Ah-" Liu Hong behind her screamed again.
Xiao Xia instinctively turned her head to look at her, and saw that she was not screaming because she saw anything unusual about Zuo De, but was frightened by the many round things rolling down the hillside.
Under the chaotic but bright light of the flashlight, everyone present could see that those things were skulls!
Then, the hillside seemed to tilt. Everyone could not sit still, and was washed down the hillside by an invisible flash flood!
This was so sudden that Xiaoxia was caught off guard. Amidst the frightening sounds around her, she fell down with the group of people! She knew it was an illusion, but she couldn't control her body. She pulled the weeds around her with both hands desperately, but she still couldn't stop the downward trend.
Below is the empty city. They have been avoiding entering, but they finally have to enter!
Bang bangs and exclamations were heard everywhere. Xiaoxia felt her body fall heavily on the hard asphalt road. The sharp pain from her shoulders made her faint immediately and lost all consciousness.
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I don’t know how long it took, but Xiaoxia woke up and felt like she was lying on her back on the flat road. Although her shoulders were still burning with pain, her mind was very clear.
The rain has stopped, but the weather is not right. Logically speaking, it should be night, but the sky was gray, roughly like it was almost five o'clock in the summer morning.
I remember it was around 11pm before I fell down last night. Could it be that I was unconscious all night? What about others?
She struggled to get up and looked around. She saw a dozen people scattered on the ground like rag dolls. They happened to be facing a small artificial lake. Looking at the surrounding environment carefully, it was obvious that It was in a deserted town.
This artificial lake is located at the intersection of two wide streets, one horizontally and one vertically. There are many shadows of houses on both sides of the street, but the surrounding area of the lake is very spacious, with a marble floor and some flowers and plants decorated around it, forming a A square centered on a lake.
A tower was built in the lake like an island!
I had seen this pagoda outside the town. At that time, I thought it was very tall. But when I looked closer, I realized that its architectural style was very gorgeous, like gold steps and jade tiles. Although I don’t know if this pagoda has anything to do with Buddhism, it gave me a It feels like a temple. It is built in the center of the lake. There is only an open-air corridor with seven or eight turns leading to it. You have to go through it when entering and exiting, otherwise you can only swim.
"Where is this?" Liu Hong's voice came from beside her. She was the second one to wake up after Xiaoxia. She knelt on the ground and looked around in horror. She understood where this place was without Xiaoxia answering her.
"What time is it now?" she asked again.
Xiao Xia usually doesn't wear a watch, so she had to take out her mobile phone and look at it. She saw that the time on the mobile phone was twenty-three seventeen. As soon as she took out the phone, she was reminded that its main function is to make calls, but she immediately discovered that there was no signal at all!
Xiao Xia smiled bitterly, realizing that she was too stupid. This is clearly a trap. This town is like a demon waiting quietly in the corner, waiting to devour these people. Now that the prey has taken the bait, how can it easily leave them a chance to escape! Although she didn't understand why this happened, and she didn't understand whether it was a prank by the devil or whether one of them had offended, offended or hurt something intentionally or unintentionally. !
Liu Hong on the side saw Xiao Xia's behavior and remembered that she also had a mobile phone, so she hurriedly took it out, fiddled with it randomly, and called for help as if she had lost her mind.
Although she understood that Liu Hong kept talking when she was in fear as a way to relieve tension, Liu Hong's yelling still made Xiao Xia unbearable. She glanced around and saw other people waking up one after another. She quickly stood up and walked to the edge of the artificial lake. She whispered to the bracelet, "Abai, do you know what is going on?"
The bracelet hung quietly on her white wrist, motionless!
Xiaoxia was startled, shook her wrist twice quickly, and raised her voice, "Abai, Abai, are you there? Answer me!"
Still no movement.
"Abai, don't scare me. Are you there? Are you okay?" Xiaoxia was almost anxious, but she didn't dare to shout too loudly.
Silence!
What's going on? Could it be that something happened to Abai?
For a moment, Xiaoxia's heart was clenched, and she felt a double fear! She originally thought that Abai was always by her side, so she could stay calm in the panic, but Abai was not there, causing her to suddenly fall into a state of panic!
On the other hand, she is afraid that something will happen to Abai. After all, Abai will not leave without saying anything! What exactly happened when she was in a coma? Was she unlucky enough to be involved in all this accidentally, or was there another conspiracy waiting for her! But no matter what, don’t let innocent and kind-hearted Abai get hurt!
"I want to leave! I want to leave! Zuo De! Zuo De, where are you?" Liu Hong's sharp voice came from the distance, "Zuo De, take me out of here! Zuo De!"
Zuo De? Where is the photographer possessed by the shadow?
Xiaoxia looked around silently and cautiously, and saw that everyone was standing up. Only a round, fat and burly figure lay beside the flowerbed in the square, motionless, as if dead.
"Zuo De!" Liu Hong also saw where Zuo De was, got up and ran towards him, followed by the others.
Liu Hong turned over his body and shook him desperately, hoping that her protector would wake up. Under her violent shaking, Zuo De, who was obviously in a daze, slowly came to his senses.
"Where is this? New Town?" He shook his head, glanced around, and asked in confusion and surprise.
As soon as the word 'New Town' came out of his mouth, it was like lighting a fuse, triggering everyone's panic!
"We will leave immediately!" one person said, and many people immediately agreed.
"Go this way, this way leads to the east gate. Once you exit the east gate, you will return to the old town!" Another person said, and then ran to the east without waiting for anyone to respond!
One person ran, and the others didn't even think about it for a second. They followed behind and rushed to the east. Just like the birds in the tree panicked and fled after hearing a gunshot, the action was completely complete. Without thinking, not only Xiaoxia, but also Liu Hong and Zuo De did not move.
Xiaoxia didn't run because she had experienced too many such things. She knew that running was useless. It would only waste her energy and reduce her chances of survival. She had to make a calm judgment to have a chance. It was a pity that these people ran away blindly without waiting for her advice, but she expected that they would come back here again.
Now it is clear that we are under siege!
But why didn’t Zuo De run? Is he clear-headed and able to understand the situation, or is he no longer ‘him’?
As soon as Xiaoxia looked over with suspicious eyes, she saw Zuo De looking over too! At this time, his face returned to its original look, and his expression was normal. He looked at Xiaoxia with admiration in his eyes, as if he was surprised that a woman could remain calm in the face of danger.
But Xiaoxia is wary of him! Is he really still the same Zuo De?
"Let's go too!" Liu Hong helped Zuo De up, holding on to his arm, and said anxiously.
"The situation is unknown. It's better to be still than to move!" Zuo De patted Liu Hong's hand.
"But I want to leave. This town is so quiet, it makes people nervous!" Liu Hong said while looking around.
Xiaoxia also felt the silence she spoke of.
Originally, this was an empty town with no residents yet, so there should be no movement, but it was unusually quiet here. It was not that there was no sound at all, but that gloomy, dead feeling, even my own breathing and heartbeat. I don’t feel the same, as if this is not an empty city but a tomb!
"Don't be afraid! I will protect you!" Zuo De comforted Liu Hong, then got up from the ground and walked towards Xiaoxia.
He seemed to have hit his head, there was a big purple bump on his forehead, and he was staggering when he walked. But he suddenly stopped after taking a few steps, and at the same time, a "swish" sound came from behind Xiaoxia.
The three people looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a fountain suddenly spewing out of the artificial lake, and a column of snow-white water sprayed high into the air from the lake. Because there was no sign before, so It startled the three people present.
"What's going on?" Liu Hong asked tremblingly.
No one answered her. In fact, no one knew what was going on! Is it funny and scary or does it have a deeper meaning? !
Ta-ta-ta-ta--
A rush of footsteps broke the silence between the three of them. Turning around, they saw that, as Xiaoxia had expected, it was the person who ran away first running back.
There were many people accompanying the team on this legal education trip, and Xiaoxia was bored with it, so she couldn't remember the names of people who had no characteristics. She only remembered that this person's surname was Song, and he was some kind of propaganda guy. I saw that he was sweating profusely and panting. Probably because he had been sitting in the office for many years without exercising, he seemed to have reached the limit of his physical strength.
When he saw Xiaoxia and the three of them, he was stunned. He didn't expect that they would circle back to the square, collapsed to the ground, and cried in despair, "I can't see the east gate, I can't see the east gate! We can't get out! We can't get out!"
"Why can't you see the east gate?" Liu Hong screamed and rushed over to ask.
The person running back indicates that the hope of escape is basically shattered.
"Don't say there is anything weird in this empty town. Even if there isn't, this is a big town that can live in more than 50,000 people. The facilities are so advanced and complete, and they are all on par with international standards. How could you run away from the town so quickly? Go to the east gate!" Zuo De scolded, "If I read correctly, this is indeed the center of the town."
"That's right." Liu Hong nodded desperately, seemingly agreeing with Zuo De's words, but actually trying to convince herself, "He must be lost. Others may have already-"
She stopped talking, and her hope of escape was completely shattered, because panicked footsteps came from all directions, and eight more people returned to the square from different directions. As a result, none of the nine people who ran away at the beginning left!
"How could this happen?" Zhao Jiayuan said to himself, looking at Mao Fu at a loss, "When our town was first built, it was due south and north!"
Mao Fu couldn't answer him, because the original plan was indeed horizontal and vertical. If you look down from the air, the whole town looks like a square chess board, very neat. This is all because their mayor loves it. Order, that’s why it’s designed like this. Theoretically, if you take a telescope, you can see from the east gate all the way to the west gate without any obstruction.
They kept running without turning a corner. The road in front of the square was the main road, so there was no mistake. But why did they turn back here? !
"Perhaps we were too panicked and it was so foggy, so we might have gone wrong." Reporter Tan from the town newspaper said.
After he said this, Xiaoxia noticed that the whole city was covered in heavy fog in summer! The fog was very thick and weird, covering the whole town, but it kept the square area sunny!
"You're right, we should try again." A horse-faced man named Zhang said, "We should all go out, one person holding another person's hand, line up in a line, and separate left and right along the middle of the road We need to walk away from the isolation line so that we won’t come back again.”
"But I don't think this is a good idea." Zuo De interrupted, "The situation is unclear now, and the fog is strange again. We should stay in a relatively safe place and think of a good countermeasure before acting, or wait until the weather is good. A little."
"No." Someone immediately refuted him, "Waiting here is waiting to die. We must have gone the wrong way because of the heavy fog. We will definitely make no mistakes if we keep walking this time."
"Would you like to bet?" Zhao Jiayuan asked Mao Fu.
At this critical moment of life and death, he still had no idea of his own and only followed Mao Fu's lead. He completely lost the ability to think independently, and his servility was deeply rooted in his bones.
"Okay, give it a try." Mao Fu gritted his teeth and waved his hand pretending to be heroic, but his next sentence revealed his psychological fragility, "If it doesn't work - come back together to find a solution. Anyway, everyone is here Let’s be safe together. What do you say?”
"I firmly oppose it. This is the stupidest approach." Zuo De said.
Xiao Xia also shook her head when Mao Fu glanced at her.
"Okay, let's solve it democratically. If you are willing to have a try, come and line up." Mao Fu sighed.
Xiao Xia looked on with cold eyes, always feeling that he was eager to leave here not only because he was afraid of being surrounded, but also seemed to have a guilty conscience. At this time, the twelve people had been divided into two groups, one group had ten people, and the other group had two groups.
Xiaoxia originally thought that she, Zuo De and Liu Hong would stay, just like before, but she didn't expect that it would be Wang Wenge who stayed with her. Zuo De was strongly opposed to doing this, but Liu Hong wanted to give it a try. Zuo De obviously had different feelings for Liu Hong and wanted to protect her, so he had to follow her even though he was unwilling.
This also made Xiaoxia breathe a sigh of relief. She was a little afraid of being alone with Zuo De, because the black shadow incident made her unable to completely trust him. Although he seemed to be the most sober among the group, She was afraid that he would suddenly change and tell her that he was not Zuo De.
Xiao Xia watched the group of people walk into the white fog as thick as cow milk. Seeing the white fog rolling around, as if sucking people into a bottomless hole, she suddenly thought of herself. The dream I had in the hotel last night.
In the dream, she stayed in a maze-like empty city and was killed and quartered!