Kaleidoscope of Death

Lin Qiushi seems to have not seen such good weather for a long time.The wind stopped and the snow stopped, the warm sun hung in the sky, and the warmth returned to the earth, as if those things experienced last night were nothing but trivial nightmares.

Lin Qiushi rarely stayed in bed with Ruan Baijie for a while, and talked from poetry to philosophy of life.

In the end Ruan Baijie was hungry and urged Lin Qiushi to get something to eat.

Lin Qiushi went to the kitchen and saw that everyone had gotten up early and was discussing going to the carpenter's place after dinner.

Seeing Lin Qiushi greet him, Xiong Qi asked where Ruan Baijie was.

"Still in bed." Lin Qiushi said, "It's too cold and I don't want to get out of bed, so I'll bring her something to eat back home."

Xiong Qi snorted, saying that they plan to go out later, and it is best for Lin Qiushi to come together.If this was on a normal day, everyone would suspect that Lin Qiushi and Ruan Baijie had done something, but what happened last night, if Lin Qiushi and the others still have this interest and energy, they are really talented.

When I went to the carpenter today, Xiong Qi mainly wanted to ask about filling the well. They didn't know how or when to fill it.But the most important thing should be why the well should be filled.

It has been a while since I came here, and Lin Qiushi is sure that almost every household here has such a well, and most of the wells stand in the middle of the yard, just blocking the way for people to go out.This is very unscientific in terms of structure, and it seems to hide some strange customs.

Yesterday, two people died because of the carpenter's wrong information. Everyone was not in a good mood when they saw him again.Even Xiong Qi, who was always kind, turned cold. Fortunately, the old man didn't care too much. He still held the pipe, squinted his eyes and smoked.

"Old man, what do we need to do after the worship?" Xiong Qi asked.

"Naturally, the well is filled," said the carpenter. "Choose one night and put the dead things into the well, and it will be done."

"Dead thing? What dead thing, what do you mean by that?" Xiao Ke felt bad, and his tone suddenly became more serious, "What do you mean?"

"Literally," said the carpenter.

"As long as it's a dead creature?" Xiong Qi quickly confirmed.

"Yes, as long as they are dead." The carpenter said, "As long as you can find chickens, ducks, dogs and geese, throw them in the well within three days and cover them with soil, and the coffin will be made."

Xiong Qi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that as long as it was dead, Ruan Baijie who was standing next to him said, "We have been in this village for so many days, and we haven't seen this What living things are there in the village, where can I find chickens, ducks, dogs, and geese?"

"But didn't we eat eggs?" Lin Qiushi remembered the vegetable basket at home, "Since there are eggs, there should be chickens."

"You didn't look at the basket carefully." Ruan Baijie said, "There is no outsider in our house, and there are no villagers. The things in the basket are all increased by ourselves."

Lin Qiushi: "...so what is the egg made of?"

Ruan Baijie: "It doesn't matter what it is, it tastes good anyway."

Lin Qiushi: "..." He felt uncomfortable in his stomach.

Under Ruan Baijie's reminder, everyone seems to have remembered that there are indeed no living things in this village. It's winter, and there is no possibility of anything in the mountains. Xiong Qi is also smart, and he grasped a certain key at once. At this point, the blood on his face gradually faded and began to turn white: "Old man, what do you mean?"

The carpenter said, "I'm just a coffin maker. There's only so much I can say and do, and I won't hurt you on purpose."

When he said this, someone finally couldn't help it. The man slapped the table and roared: "What do you mean you won't hurt us on purpose? You let us go into the temple one by one to worship. Now anyone who goes in alone will die!" It's-"

The carpenter said coldly, "What is the coffin for?"

Everyone was stunned.

"Isn't it just used to pretend to be a dead person? If there is no dead person, what kind of coffin is it?" The carpenter laughed, and the wrinkled face looked very weird, "Besides, why don't you listen to me... ..."

Ruan Baijie: "What are you listening to?"

The carpenter pointed at them: "There are so many people left, she is not full yet."

"Eat enough...?" When Lin Qiushi heard the word eat, he immediately thought of the chewed corpse on the third floor, as well as the details mentioned by everyone yesterday. The person who was hacked to death by that horrible ghost seemed They were all dragged back to the temple, and now he finally knew the final whereabouts of those corpses.

"What the hell is that?" Xiong Qi couldn't help asking, "That woman..."

The carpenter waved his hand and refused to continue.

Ruan Baijie's eyes began to wander, and finally stopped in an empty corner, muttering: "Why did you put the stick away?"

The carpenter almost laughed out of breath, wondering if I should put it away and wait for you to pick it up like last time and threaten to beat me up.

Ruan Baijie: "Although the stick is gone, fortunately I have other preparations." She said and took out a pocket knife from behind, "Old man, please speak carefully, anyway, if you don't make it clear, we will all die in the Here, it would be nice to take you away as a companion before death."

carpenter:"……"

No matter the carpenter, even Lin Qiushi was stunned. Everyone fell into a strange silence. Most people were thinking in their minds, is there still such a showy operation? ?

The carpenter was so angry that he had nothing to do with Ruan Baijie, so he could only grit his teeth and talk about "that woman".

It turned out that the woman was a god enshrined in their village. Although she was a god, she was an evil god. While keeping the village safe, she also liked to eat raw flesh and blood.Every winter, people in the village will sacrifice with live animals.But this year there was an accident in the village, and the live animals were gone...

Fortunately, at this time, a few foreigners came who were willing to help them make coffins.

Having said that, everyone understands that they are living animals in the eyes of the villagers.

"Does it have to be fed? What happens if you don't?" Xiong Qi asked.

The carpenter said: "If you are not fed... she will come to you, and everyone who makes the coffin has to worship her, so this year, no one will make the coffin except you." He took a puff of cigarette, "That's all I can say , as long as you go to fill the well, I will start making coffins."

Ruan Baijie didn't speak, she lowered her head and played with the knife in her hand. Her fingers were long and slender, and the sharp blade moved quickly across her fingertips, which dazzled the viewers.

The carpenter also fell silent, he seemed to be quite afraid of Ruan Baijie, and often looked at her when he was talking.

Just when everyone thought Ruan Baijie would say something else, she sighed and said, "Let's go."

"Go back now?" Xiong Qi said.

"Otherwise." Ruan Baijie was a little impatient, "He already knows so many things, and he won't be able to ask any more." She turned around, opened the door and walked out with a very decisive attitude.

Seeing this, everyone walked out one after another. Lin Qiushi felt that Ruan Baijie was not in a good mood. After chasing her out, he asked her what was wrong.

Ruan Baijie said, "Be careful tonight."

"What do you mean? It means that that thing might come to us?" Lin Qiushi could only think of this reason to be careful.

"Oh." Ruan Baijie laughed, she turned her head suddenly, and leaned into Lin Qiushi's ear, and said softly, "Sometimes, people are much scarier than ghosts."

Lin Qiushi was stunned.

"Going back." Ruan Baijie turned and walked forward. Lin Qiushi looked at her back and suddenly felt that this girl was really incomprehensible.

If before going to the carpenter's place, everyone still occasionally said a few words, then after returning from the carpenter's place, the atmosphere in the world has completely turned into a pool of stagnant water, which is still about to stink.

Lin Qiushi didn't understand why this happened. Ruan Baijie explained slowly while eating roasted sweet potatoes: "You are stupid, because before everyone would think of working together to survive together, but now..."

"Now?" Lin Qiushi wondered.

"Now, everyone is looking forward to the other party's early death." Ruan Baijie leaned on the chair, "As long as someone dies, there will be dead things to fill the well, and the coffin will be made, and everyone can leave alive..."

Lin Qiushi: "..." He didn't think about this at all, and his expression became a little dazed after hearing this, "Is the world like this in the door?"

Ruan Baijie continued: "This is actually not bad, you must not go out tonight, otherwise..."

Lin Qiushi: "Will you meet that female ghost?"

Ruan Baijie shook her head: "You may encounter something scarier than a female ghost."

Lin Qiushi actually guessed something in his heart, but he still didn't want to admit it.After all, he was born in a legal society, and his thinking has not yet escaped from the framework.Ruan Baijie hinted that someone would kill his companions for this to obtain dead objects that could fill the well, but he didn't want to believe that someone would really do this.

That night, Lin Qiushi suffered from insomnia.

Ruan Baijie lay beside him, still sleeping like a carefree pig.

Lin Qiushi looked at the ceiling, thinking about the things that happened during the day, the windows and doors were closed, and he wanted to use a chair to hold the door, but Ruan Baijie said next to him: "You are not afraid of that thing suddenly appearing in front of you!" In our room...?"

Lin Qiushi: "...!!" Makes sense.

So he obediently moved the chair away again.

However, what should happen will happen sooner or later. At two o'clock in the morning, Lin Qiushi, who was troubled by insomnia, heard the screams of human beings again.