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It is said that on the night when the classical musician retreated in the old town, he cried bitterly in front of the Nuwa stone statue, and passed out convulsively from crying.

"Did you really faint?" This was Ming Xia's question, "Could it be because he was too drunk? He's drunk or something."

"How do you smoke?" This was Li Youran's question, "Is it pumping all over the body? Or is it just the arms and legs? Are you talking nonsense? How long have you been smoking?"

Song Qing was ashamed that she was frightened at that time, and did not dare to go forward to help him.As a result, when the two people asked me an incongruous question, I couldn't help but cry, "I fainted for about two or three minutes. Uh, my whole body was convulsed, and my mouth was drooling, and I couldn't hear what he said clearly." What."

Ming Xia sympathized with him, everyone was so scared by Luo Luo that day, if he saw a person lying on the empty square crying and howling, he probably would not have dared to go there.

"Or did you drink too much?" Li Youran rubbed her chin in thought, "What happened next?"

Song Qing shivered subconsciously, with a horrified look on his face, "Then he landed on his hands and crawled away. It was as if his legs were disabled and he couldn't use his strength at all."

Two listeners, "..."

"Really, I was scared to death by him at that time. As soon as he climbed into West Street, I ran back to the factory on tiptoe. At first I also thought about whether I should tell you about this, but then I didn't Sure, I wonder if I read it wrong? Or, as Ming Xia said, is Qiao He drunk too much?"

Li Youran looked at him, "So it's delayed until today?"

"Then what do you think?" Song Qing looked at her a little bachelor and said, "I really suspect that I am wrong. I can't tell you nonsense, can I? Besides, I am not sure about Qiao He. He was in my shop yesterday. When I met him at the door, I thought he was going to pretend he didn’t see me, but I didn’t expect him to stop and chat with me, and then he said that he invited me to come to the party. I just wanted to come and have a look, maybe I could solve my doubts.”

Ming Xia felt that this was a foolish and bold person who took the initiative to join in to watch the excitement.

Li Youran felt that this matter was a bit tricky.On the day of the accident, because the power supply equipment was damaged by Luo Luo, only the street lamps were restored to power at night, and the monitoring equipment around the square had not been restored. People in the old city were gathered in the factory building. It is hard to say if there is anything else nearby. eyewitness.Whether what Song Qing said is true or not, it is really impossible to confirm for a while.

"I tested him with words yesterday, but he acted as if he didn't remember what happened the night before. It was the same excuse, saying that he was locked in the wine cellar of the Sakura Bar by his classmates. He didn't run out until the early morning of the day we went home. .”

Two people have two sets of rhetoric, and one of them must be lying.Ming Xia tends to believe that what Song Qing said is true, not because he trusts this person, but because the beauty didn't react normally when she saw Qiao He that day, so the beauty can't pretend, right?

Li Youran told them both, "Don't talk about this."

The two older boys nodded together.

"You will investigate, right?" Song Qing asked, he was afraid that what he said would be regarded as nonsense, and then left behind at will.Even if it was finally found out that he was hysterical and had hallucinations, it was still a result anyway, and it was better than his daily paranoia.

Li Youran assured him, "I will definitely check."

Song Qing felt relieved.

Ming Xia knew that Li Youran was checking on Qiao He, and now there was another point of doubt.

Although there are many people in the bar, when you go out, you will find that the street outside is very deserted.In addition to the reason that the old city is still in a state of blockade, the local residents have not yet recovered from the panic brought by Luo Luo.

"I've lived here for so many years, and this is the first time I've seen such a gloomy night scene..." Song Qing said a few words with emotion, and when she turned around, she saw Ming Xia standing there motionless, as if she was listening for something.

"What's the matter?" Song Qing felt uneasy, could it be that Luo Luo came to raid again?

Ming Xia frowned slightly, "Didn't you smell anything?"

The night wind blew past, faintly bringing a damp and slightly fishy vapor.They didn't seem to be walking on the street that had just been disinfected during the day, but they seemed to be walking beside a river pond in the countryside. The moonlight dyed the mist that filled the night into a quiet blue. The mist dispersed and gathered, gradually blurred their vision.

A long chirp sounded faintly in his ears, Ming Xia woke up suddenly, and when he looked up, he saw Li Youran and Song Qing standing two or three steps ahead, motionless as if they had been immobilized by someone.

They were still standing on the sidewalk of West Street, but the street lights went out at some point, and only a few households in the whole street were still lit. The small lights, like candles flickering on a rainy night, would go out at any time look.Less than a hundred meters ahead of them was the intersection where West Street connected to the square.The lights on the square came in from the street entrance, and to Ming Xia, it was like a bright, elusive exit.

Ming Xia's body was also stiff, but as he regained consciousness, his hands and feet seemed to be slowly regaining consciousness.

Ming Xia instinctively felt that they had been poisoned by something.Could it be that Li Youran's trick was seen through, and those two monsters on the dance floor who were seen to be true came to kill people?Ming Xia struggled to shake his arms and lift his legs, and took two tentative steps forward, just as he was about to pat the two people in front of him, when he suddenly heard a soft rustling sound behind him.

At first, this sound is like the sound wave interference that traps Luo Luo, a kind of metallic friction sound, but as the sound approaches, it gradually develops a smooth and smooth rhythm that can be retracted freely.

Ming Xia's hairs stood on end.Because he suddenly realized that it was the sound of hard scales rubbing against the stone road, the sound of reptiles getting closer.

Ming Xia hurriedly patted Li Youran and Song Qing on the back, "Hurry up and go."

The two of them didn't wake up as he wished, instead they were pushed by him to stagger two steps, and then stopped stiffly.Ming Xia walked around in front of them, and saw that the expressions of both of them were also stiff, but Li Youran's eyes had recovered their clarity. When she squinted at Ming Xia, her eyes were full of anxiety.

On the night of early autumn, Ming Xia was sweating profusely.

The rustling sound was getting closer, Ming Xia gritted her teeth and picked up Li Youran, grabbed Song Qing's arm with the other hand, and ran forward with a brute force.

The tide-like voice chased after him unhurriedly.Ming Xia turned her head in a hurry, only to see that the street was dark and deserted, and nothing frightening appeared.However, the voice that pressed against his ears was so clear that he couldn't convince himself that it was just an illusion.

Or is it an illusion?

Song Qing followed his hand and ran two steps forward stiffly, stumbled and fell over.Ming Xia was still carrying one on his back, and he couldn't hold on to it with a shake of his hand.Song Qing fell out of place, and even tripped Ming Xia, almost causing him to throw Li Youran out.

Ming Xia turned her head again, and saw that the street behind her was foggy at some point, with a thin layer, which vaguely covered the houses on the street in the distance.The thing that made the rustling sound was hidden in the mist.

Ming Xia gritted his teeth and pulled Song Qing up again, supported the person behind him with one hand and dragged Song Qing with the other, and stumbled towards the square.I don't know if it was because of a fall, but Song Qing's body seemed to be less stiff, and she actually dragged and dragged the two immobile people onto the square.

As soon as he walked out of the dark corner of West Street, Ming Xia felt as if he had returned to the world from a dangerous place.

However, this feeling only lasted a few seconds.

Ming Xia's strength was limited, and after walking a few steps in the square, Song Qing fell down again.With this fall, Ming Xia and Li Youran behind him were brought down together.Ming Xia's physical strength is limited, and he is still a wounded person. After such a toss, the wound on his shoulder opened again.Ming Xia almost looked up to the sky and sighed.What the hell kind of luck is this, it's the first time in my life that I can be so unlucky running errands for the police.Not to mention the repeated scares, and the pig teammates who kept dragging their feet...

Seems like he's been having bad luck ever since he entered the old town.

The alleys of West Street were dimmed.

Ming Xia lays Li Youran and Song Qing together, and stands up by himself.How could it be possible to not make any preparations before going out for such an event with a certain purpose.Before going out, Li Youran gave him a dagger for self-defense. At this moment, this black dagger, less than five inches long, became the only weapon for the three of them.

The fog shrouded the street entrance, getting thicker and thicker, and slowly condensed into a gray-black fog that looked like a substance.There seemed to be several different air currents churning and stirring in the fog.Immediately afterwards, countless deep and shallow strips slipped out of the fog, and squirmed towards Ming Xia and the others.

Ming Xia's scalp was numb.He had never seen such a strange thing since he was born, and naturally he didn't know how to solve it.Seeing those things climbing up the steps of the square and slowly outflanking them, he took out the dagger and held it in his hand. He felt a desperate feeling in his heart. Anyway, he didn't have the strength to drag two living people to escape. If he wanted to die, he would die. , before death can kill one is one.

Someone from behind coughed twice, reached out with a hand and patted Ming Xia's shoulder, "I'll do it."

Ming Xia was startled at first, then overjoyed, "Officer Li, are you awake?!"

Li Youran was awake just now, but she couldn't move her body. Ming Xia threw her back and forth, but it took away the stiffness.

"Put the dagger away," Li Youran glanced at the dagger in his hand, "It's useless against this thing."

Ming Xia held the dagger originally to embolden herself, hearing what she said, she gripped it even tighter.

Li Youran moved her arms and legs a few times, stretched out her hand and pulled Ming Xia to her back, "Leave it to me."

In just a few words, those things had already surrounded them densely, forming an encirclement circle around them.Ming Xia thought it was a snake at first, but now that she got closer, she realized that although this thing had a slender body and a triangular head, there were a pair of fins the size of an adult's palm about seven inches behind their eyes. , spread out to both sides like a small fan, the lines on it were as bright red as blood, which looked weird.

After these snake-like things surrounded them, they stopped moving. They moved towards them in unison, and then lowered their heads together, as if they were kneeling and prostrating.

Ming Xia looked towards his side, there was the very center of the square, on the huge lotus-shaped base, the stone statue of Nuwa stood quietly under the sky full of stars.