Kaleidoscope of Death

After confirming the function of the umbrella, Ruan Nanzhu hid the umbrella in the cabinet in the house, and then squeezed into the same bed with Lin Qiushi.After entering this door, his body has been a little ice, which seems to be the aftereffect of the injury.Lin Qiushi let him squeeze into his arms, half-closed his eyes and fell into a light sleep state.

The sound of the rain outside was too loud, but Lin Qiushi didn't dare to stuff paper balls into his ears for fear that he might miss something.Therefore, the quality of sleep has not been very good, and I am half asleep and half awake most of the night.

Tonight was no exception. Ruan Nanzhu, who was huddled in Lin Qiushi's arms, quickly fell asleep. When Lin Qiushi felt as if he was about to fall asleep, he was awakened by a scream.

"What's wrong?" Ruan Nanzhu in Lin Qiushi's arms opened his eyes. He obviously heard the scream from outside and asked.

"Someone has an accident." Lin Qiushi said, in fact, he not only heard the screams, but also heard the sound of something rolling along the corridor. At first glance, the sound sounded a bit like a basketball that hit their door yesterday. But it seems to be a little heavier than a basketball.

Ruan Nanzhu stood up, walked to the door, and gently opened a gap.

Lin Qiushi followed him, looked out through the gap, and finally saw the source of the screams in a corner of the corridor.

It was a sunny baby. The rope tied to the top of the corridor broke for some reason. He fell to the ground and kept rolling forward. The cry: "It hurts so much, help, help, help... someone help me..." This voice seemed familiar to Lin Qiushi. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that it belonged to the person in their team who disappeared the next day.That is, the victim whose head was cut off during the day yesterday and turned into a sunny doll.

"Help, help..." Sunshine Doll was still rolling in the corridor, but the sound of the ballad sounded again in the yard, and the children who appeared in the dark held hands and sang the creepy song again. Ballad: "Bamboo cracks, bamboo cracks, the bird in the cage wants to escape all the time, just in the night before the dawn, the crane and the tortoise slipped..."

They circled around the person in the center, and their childish voices made the rainy night even more terrifying.

It seemed that other people were awakened by the screams. Anyway, Lin Qiushi heard the slight sound of the door being opened about three or four times.

The sunny baby kept rolling forward, and would soon roll in front of them. Ruan Nanzhu closed the door with quick eyes and quick hands. After a while, there was a miserable cry from outside: "Help, help, my Where is the body, where is my body..."

Lin Qiushi really wanted to answer him, your body is in the yard, but he didn't dare to say it, because no one knew what would happen if he said it.

The sunny baby just rolled and rolled all the way until it seemed to hit something, and then all the sounds disappeared. When Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu carefully opened the door again, his body was gone in the corridor. The shadows are only the children happily playing games in the rain in the courtyard.

Lin Qiushi said: "Someone was walking in the corridor just now." He clearly heard the sound of walking in the corridor after the sunny baby's crying disappeared.

Ruan Nanzhu said, "Which way are you going?"

Lin Qiushi said: "Towards the direction of the master's room." Fortunately, he is extremely sensitive to sound, so he can know more information than others without looking.

"Oh, I see." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Go to sleep."

Talking about going to sleep, but actually not sleeping well, Lin Qiushi thought about what the Sunshine Doll has to do with this yard, this umbrella, and the children playing games outside.

It wasn't until dawn that he took another nap, until he heard the sound of Ruan Nanzhu getting up.

"Aren't you asleep?" Ruan Nanzhu asked him.

"Yeah." Lin Qiushi said, "I didn't fall asleep much." But he was still in good spirits. After washing his face with cold water in the toilet, he felt almost recovered. "Shall we go to the bamboo forest today?"

"Do you still remember how it was sung in the ballad?" Ruan Nanzhu said, "Bamboo gap, bamboo gap..." He tilted his head, "Actually, in the original song, the first line is not a bamboo gap, but a bird in a cage. "He said, "But there are many ways to translate this ballad. I thought it was a difference in translation. Now that I think about it, this may not be a difference..."

"It's a reminder?" Lin Qiushi took what Ruan Nanzhu wanted to say.

"Yes, a reminder." Ruan Nanzhu said, "In the whole town, there are only bamboos in that bamboo forest, we have to go and have a look today." He pointed to the umbrella in his hand, "Since there is an umbrella, we can use it when we come back later. no problem."

Lin Qiushi nodded in agreement: "Let's go together."

He saw yesterday that the vacuum formed by the umbrella could accommodate two people, and he was not worried that Ruan Nanzhu would go alone, and the two of them would take care of each other if there was any accident.

"Okay." Ruan Nanzhu nodded, agreeing to Lin Qiushi's proposal.

The two went to the restaurant to have a simple meal, but when they left the corridor, they saw a new sunny doll hanging on the corridor... Why do they say it is a new person, because the facial features drawn by the stick figure are different, It was as if he was purposely telling them that Sunshine Baby had changed.

The sound was really loud last night, obviously everyone heard it, so the atmosphere in the restaurant was dignified and scary.

Lin Xingping greeted them enthusiastically as always.

Lin Qiushi responded casually.

"Is it a new Sunshine Doll? Who will be next? Does it mean that as long as it is wet by rain, it will become a sacrifice in Sunshine Doll?" Among the crowd, everyone was discussing this topic. However, Ruan Nanzhu and Lin Qiushi had no intention of talking at all. With two ugly faces on their faces, they fed each other contentedly and disgusted others happily.

Of course, the focus of this other person is Lin Xingping and the others.

"Oh, honey, your rice grains are on the corner of your mouth." Ruan Nanzhu leaned over, kissed the corner of Lin Qiushi's mouth, and said, "You're really careless."

Lin Qiushi said: "Yeah baby, I don't know how to live without you taking care of me."

Lin Xingping probably couldn't stand it any longer, so she abruptly changed the subject and said, "Did you hear anything last night?"

"I heard it." Ruan Nanzhu looked worried and frightened, "What is that screaming, it's terrible... I didn't sleep well in the second half of the night."

In fact, Ruan Nanzhu continued to maintain his pig-like sleep quality in the second half of the night.

"We opened the door and looked, and saw that sunny baby fell on the corridor, screaming and rolling around, and finally rolled to nowhere." Lin Xingping said, "You must be careful, stay away from that thing... ..."

"Okay, okay, thank you, Sister Lin, for reminding me." Ruan Nanzhu thanked her gratefully.

"Also, today we are going to continue to search for clues. Do you think you are with us, or go to the bamboo forest." As soon as Lin Xingping finished speaking, Cui Xueyi said next to him: "Why do you ask them to come together? They I have never done anything. I will never take such people through the door next time. They are simply useless. Sister Lin, don't try to persuade me. You are just like a good person. You can't protect them every time. .”

These words are quite reasonable. If ordinary newcomers hear it, they will probably feel a little ashamed, and then take advantage of the situation and agree to go to the bamboo forest to investigate.

Lin Qiushi also had to admire their methods.

"Okay, my dear and I will go to the bamboo forest to have a look." Ruan Nanzhu whispered, flattering Lin Xingping, "Sister Lin, don't be angry, we will work hard, and you must take the next door with you. me."

Lin Xingping smiled and said, "As long as you work hard enough, we won't give up on you."

Ruan Nanzhu smiled contentedly.

Lin Qiushi didn't speak at the side, and continued to eat breakfast beside him with a embarrassed expression.

Yesterday's Xiaocha, who was fighting for justice, seemed to have heard their conversation. She looked at Lin Xingping as if hesitant to speak, but in the end she didn't say anything, she just sighed softly.

That's right, the world of the door is already full of crises, and it is already very difficult to keep yourself alive, so how can you care so much about others?

After dinner, several people went out together. Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu agreed to go to the bamboo forest. Under Lin Xingping's watchful eye, they carried their backpacks and entered the bamboo forest along the path.

"Oh, I hope they will never come back again." Cui Xueyi looked at the backs of the two and said this in disgust.

"Yeah, I hope they don't come back." Lin Xingping turned her head to look at Gu Yuansi, who has been scared like a quail since entering the door, "You need to get used to things inside the door early, and people from low-level doors can still help. The high-level door can only rely on oneself."

Gu Yuansi laughed dryly when he heard the words, but nodded but said nothing.

Lin Xingping didn't try to persuade her any more. Anyway, not everyone who snatched her door would join their organization. People like Gu Yuansi were just employers.

Besides, Ruan Nanzhu and Lin Qiushi continued along the path, surrounded by dense bamboo forests.

This trail was going up all the time, and they followed the trail, as if they were climbing to the top of the mountain.

Ruan Nanzhu was weak and tired after walking for a long time, so Lin Qiushi picked him up and continued walking.Ruan Nanzhu leaned his chin on Lin Qiushi's shoulder and said, "Am I heavy?"

"It's not heavy." Lin Qiushi looked up at the front, "It's as light as a feather. I'm afraid that a gust of wind will blow you away."

Ruan Nanzhu laughed when he heard this.

This path seemed to be endless, and the scenery beside it was almost the same, making Lin Qiushi think they were going around in circles.But Ruan Nanzhu's ability to observe the surroundings is still very strong, he is very sure: "We are not turning around, we are indeed moving forward, although the surrounding scenery is similar..."

"How long is it?" Lin Qiushi looked up at the sky, the sun had already begun to rise to the middle, and they had been walking for at least a morning.

"I don't know." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Anyway, we have umbrellas, so we're not afraid."

Fortunately, Lin Qiushi passed through a few doors, and his physical fitness was already different from that of ordinary people. Otherwise, he would have been a little tired after walking such a long mountain road, but now even with Ruan Nanzhu on his back, he didn't feel how tired he was.

The two kept walking, walking, chatting while walking, until the topic was about to be finished, Ruan Nanzhu began to complain that when he couldn't walk any longer and he was about to start telling his kindergarten story, they finally saw a different scene ——The path under their feet turned a corner.

"It's finally here!" Ruan Nanzhu sighed and said, "Otherwise, I'd like to start talking about my kindergarten being scolded by the teacher for stealing sweets."

Lin Qiushi thought to himself, then I really want to hear it... But he didn't say anything, turned a corner along the path, and saw a dilapidated shrine.

Judging from the appearance, this shrine has not been used for a long time, and it is dilapidated. There is a well next to it. It seems that it has not been used all year round, and it should have dried up.

Lin Qiushi walked to the door of the shrine and gently pushed open the door of the shrine.

With a creak, the door opened in response, revealing the dark scene inside. Lin Qiushi looked up and couldn't help but gasped.

I saw that the ceiling inside the shrine was covered with densely packed sunny dolls. When the wind blows, these sunny dolls sway, like countless heads hanging on the ceiling, drawn with stick figures The mouth is showing a weird smile to Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi wanted to lie to himself that these were ordinary sunny dolls, but judging from the size, these sunny dolls could not be ordinary dolls, but should be the same type as the ones in their yard—all with human heads made.

"Tsk." Ruan Nanzhu stood next to Lin Qiushi and walked into the room slowly. He said, "With so many sunny babies, will it continue to rain?"

Lin Qiushi said: "Maybe the doll can only be used for one day? After use...it loses its effectiveness..." This can also explain why there is no time limit in the door. In fact, there is, but it is hidden.

In this door, every sunny doll is a life. If they want a sunny day, they have to make a sunny doll out of a dead person's head. If they can't find an umbrella and the weather can't clear up, doesn't that mean they It is never possible to walk to this shrine... until the last survivor left inside the door who will not be killed.

Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu walked to the depths of the shrine and saw a statue placed on a platform.

The statue is already dilapidated, but this statue has no head.

Lin Qiushi observed the statue and found that there was a trough specially used for offering incense in front of the statue. The statue was dressed like an ancient monk, and it looked very ordinary at first glance.

Ruan Nanzhu said, "The head is gone."

Lin Qiushi said: "Will it be in the shrine?"

Ruan Nanzhu said: "Look for it."

The shrine is not big. Ruan Nanzhu and Lin Qiushi searched around but couldn't find the lost head. As a result, Ruan Nanzhu looked at the statue and suddenly said: "Why don't we just give it a head and press it on?"

Lin Qiushi: "...Are you serious?" After saying this, he immediately added: "Okay, I know you're joking."

Ruan Nanzhu's words were snatched away by Lin Qiushi before he could speak, and he glared at him with resentful eyes very unhappy.

Lin Qiushi spread his hands, indicating that he didn't do it on purpose.

Ruan Nanzhu said quietly: "Lin Lin, you have become bad."

Lin Qiushi: "..."

Ruan Nanzhu: "But people like you for being so wicked."

Lin Qiushi: "..." Looking at Ruan Nanzhu's face, he began to miss his appearance outside the door...

The two walked outside the shrine and continued to check the surroundings.Lin Qiushi noticed the dry well next to the shrine. He walked near the dry well and didn't dare to get too close. Instead, he raised his head and looked inside.

However, the dry well was too dark to see anything. Lin Qiushi looked at it for a while, turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone, and took a photo inside.

As a result, when the light of the mobile phone shone inside and Lin Qiushi could clearly see the picture at the bottom of the well, he was so confused by the scene inside that he almost didn't shake his hands, and the mobile phone fell directly inside.

"Damn it." Lin Qiushi cursed in a low voice, turned his head to Ruan Nanzhu and said, "Come and see!"

Ruan Nanzhu said: "What's wrong?" He walked to Lin Qiushi's side, looked into the well, and then sighed the same as Lin Qiushi: "Damn."

I saw that the entire bottom of the well was covered with densely packed corpses. These corpses had all been turned into bones, but without exception, there was no head.

What shocked Lin Qiushi the most was the posture of these corpses.

It stands to reason that if the general corpses were thrown into the well, they must have fallen to the ground, but these bones were almost all attached to the wall of the wellhead, with their hands stretched out towards the top, as if they might crawl out of the well at any time.There is no doubt that these bones can continue to move when they are thrown down the well...

Lin Qiushi laughed dryly: "They won't be resurrected again."

Ruan Nanzhu rubbed his chin, and analyzed calmly: "It's okay, I don't have much fighting power after being resurrected, it's just a pile of bones, and it will fall apart with a kick."

As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of clattering in the well, and Lin Qiushi saw with his own eyes that the bone frame lying on the wall of the well fell to the bottom of the well.

Lin Qiushi: "...Don't talk about it, everyone has heard it."

Ruan Nanzhu: "If you hear it, you'll hear it. They have the ability to avenge themselves a long time ago, so it's their turn to scare us?"

Lin Qiushi really admires Ruan Nanzhu's logic...it's perfect, and there's nothing wrong with it.

Lin Qiushi looked up at the sky and said, "Are we going back today?"

"I will definitely go back. I don't know what will happen if I stay here overnight. It's not safe." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Give me your phone."

Lin Qiushi handed him the mobile phone, and didn't understand what he was going to do, so he saw Ruan Nanzhu turn on the camera and snap a few photos at the shrine.

"Why are you taking pictures?" Lin Qiushi didn't understand.

"Of course it's to find more sunny dolls for us." Ruan Nanzhu laughed and said, "Let's go, let's go home."

"Okay." Lin Qiushi nodded.

The two walked back along the path.

As Ruan Nanzhu guessed, when they walked more than halfway, it was already dark, and the two of them opened their umbrellas. After a while, big raindrops fell from the sky and landed on the oil-paper umbrella.The oil-paper umbrella created a vacuum around it, and Ruan Nanzhu lay on Lin Qiushi's back, holding the umbrella.Lin Qiushi walked forward step by step.

At about eight o'clock, the two returned to the yard.

Undoubtedly, seeing that Lin Qiushi and the others didn't come back, Lin Xingping was probably overjoyed, but she didn't know if they would be shocked to see Ruan Nanzhu and Lin Qiushi intact tomorrow morning.

Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu returned to the house, and after a brief wash, they went to bed and waited for tomorrow.

That night they heard the screams of Qingtian Doll again, but they were not too surprised after the mental preparation of the previous day.

The next day, before going to the restaurant, Ruan Nanzhu took out a notebook from his bag, tore a piece of paper into many small notes, and wrote a few words on the notes - it will rain during the day today, Do not leave the yard.

Lin Qiushi was a little confused at first, but combined with the photo Ruan Nanzhu took yesterday, he understood, and praised: "It's amazing."

Ruan Nanzhu said: "It's average, it's the third in the world, won't you give me some reward?"

Lin Qiushi: "What reward?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "A kiss or something?"

Lin Qiushi looked at Ruan Nanzhu, then pointed to his own face: "Are you sure I want to kiss you with this face?"

Ruan Nanzhu glanced at Lin Qiushi's face, but fell into silence.In the end, he said helplessly: "Okay, forget it, go out and make it up for me."

The two took the note and went to the restaurant. Lin Xingping saw the two of them smiling, but Gu Yuansi's expression was a little nervous. Lin Xingping said, "You guys are here, how was yesterday?"

"Very good, we have made a big discovery." Ruan Nanzhu said, "I will tell you later!"

Then Ruan Nanzhu ate happily, went to the toilet a few times on the way, and chatted with other people.

When Ruan Nanzhu came back, the note in his pocket seemed to be gone. Anyway, Lin Qiushi didn't understand how he did it.

After eating, they found a secluded place. Ruan Nanzhu looked impatient and said, "We really found something at the end of that road yesterday!"

There was a hint of surprise in Lin Xingping's eyes, but she quickly hid it, and she said, "Yes, we have already said that there is something at the end of the bamboo forest!"

"Yeah, we even took photos." Ruan Nanzhu said happily, "Fortunately, you told us about this, you are really kind people."

Lin Qiushi clearly noticed that when Ruan Nanzhu said this, Cui Xueyi's expression twisted.