Penitent hand, trembling slightly

December 2012, 12, the end of the world.

The zombie siege and earth-shattering that people imagined did not appear, instead, all kinds of spirits popped up out of their heads—commonly known as ghosts.

These ghosts hide in every corner, and they will come out every dark to terrorize human beings and take pleasure in it.

The world fell into chaos, human beings were killed and injured countless times, order collapsed in an instant, and countless new forces sprung up like mushrooms after the rain, scrambling to emerge, but they failed to achieve any useful results.

Most physical attacks are ineffective against ghosts.This is a one-sided massacre. Humans suffered heavy losses and the population dropped sharply. Until these things had enough fun, the remaining humans were raised in a city for them to enjoy and play.

In the past half a year, there were very few human beings left, and they began to recuperate, gradually producing new regimes, electing new leaders, developing a new order, and living together with ghosts and ghosts—as slaves.

The city is called Paradise Lost.

At least ten people die every night.

At first glance, the odds seem to be one in tens of thousands, but for those who are about to die, the odds are always [-]%.

People live in fear and face the night with trepidation.In the face of death, the evil thoughts in human nature are infinitely magnified, and the laws and regulations of the past are naturally gone.

In Paradise Lost, everyone uses their fists to reason, the strong are respected, and the victor is king. Situations like the one just now happen from time to time.

And she was often harassed because of this unusually beautiful face.

But it doesn't matter, in such a big background, people don't trust each other, and there is no organization that can make a big difference except the official. This kind of people who don't have a proper job and just sneak around are only a minority, and they rarely appear in groups.

One or two, she can still handle it.

She took the shopping bag up the escalator, and was involuntarily sent to her destination like goods on the tracks.

Hearing the sound of the key, the man next door poked his head out and said in frustration, "Why did you buy a new one? What a waste of money..." It seemed he didn't know the condition of the clothes.

She didn't respond, but opened the door expressionlessly, and said thank you again coldly.

The man suddenly laughed: "Just tell me if you lack anything, don't be polite to me."

His answer was a closed door.

There was fine dust floating in the air in the room, Ren Yue put down her bag, piled fast food on the table, stuffed fresh food into the buzzing refrigerator, and then rolled herself into the not-so-soft sofa.

She picked up the pen and notebook on the coffee table, turned to a blank page, and wrote a big 6 on the top line.

It's eleven o'clock, there are still seven hours, and today's work is about to start.

All human beings are concentrated here, and all ghosts and ghosts naturally stay here.If there is no accident, ghosts kill ten people every day. After ten people die, others can spend a peaceful night, and almost all the supplies are here, so most people just pass by with a fluke mentality and don’t go Regardless of which direction the sun will rise tomorrow.

But there are also some people who are unwilling to live as slaves in this way, so they have to rack their brains to leave Paradise Lost and challenge the maze on the edge of the map.

Paradise Lost is a large city, and the edge of the city is a labyrinth of tall walls.

As long as you can get out of the maze alive, you can go wandering in the wilderness where there are no ghosts and no civilization-this is the unwritten rule here.

But under the blessing of the effect of ghosts hitting the wall, few people can leave alive. Those who challenged either turned back in despair, or their corpses were hung on the tower by ghosts to share food. Gradually, fewer and fewer people challenged .

Then half a year later, a small group of people suddenly developed some evolutions that were not very useful, some could directly touch ghosts, some could understand the language of ghosts, and some, like her, possessed a part of the immune system. force.

Her immunity is specific to ghost hitting the wall, which is the most suitable ability for entering the maze.

So she started doing it for a living, specially taking people who want to be free through the maze.

Of course, there are other things in the maze besides ghosts hitting the walls. She is only responsible for leading people, and is not responsible for the safety of the employer.

She has brought out six people so far.

This maze is very interesting. It takes a lot of hardships to go out, but it only takes one step to go back.

Several times, she also had the idea of ​​whether to follow and leave, but after thinking about it, she took a step back.

She always felt... There was something waiting for her here, but she couldn't find it after searching for a long time, and then she just didn't bother to look for it.

She lives a little north of the city center, and if she wants to leave, the best way is to start from here, go all the way north, advance during the day, rest at night until she leaves.

She has walked this road six or seven times, and usually there will be no accidents.Tonight's meeting is for everyone to get to know each other and discuss the details of tomorrow's departure, but I don't know why the other party chose six o'clock, which is not so safe.

……

After dillydally finishing lunch and dinner together, it was already five o'clock.

Ren Yue put on the newly bought down jacket and cotton shoes, and opened the door unhurriedly.

It was late, the snow was still falling, the hallway was lit, and the floor was a little slippery due to the snow, so one had to be careful when walking, so as not to fall from upstairs.

Compared with the people coming and going in the morning, there are much fewer people now.

The sun will set soon. Compared with the outside, although the home is also very dangerous, but generally speaking, it is still a familiar place, and there are familiar ghosts.

She stood on the escalator, her right hand gripping the handrail.

Looking down from the escalator on the top floor, you can directly see the lobby on the first floor at the bottom.She does not have a fear of heights, but it is inevitable that she will be a little dizzy.

As it went down, the elevator that was running downwards at a gentle speed suddenly made a few teeth-stinging strange noises, and then accompanied by a long "creaking" sound, the entire elevator stopped.

The person in front of her obviously started to panic, and the hand holding the armrest kept shaking.

Ren Yue took two steps forward, and patted the man on the shoulder: "Excuse me, I'm in a hurry."

The man shuddered, then relaxed as if discouraged, and turned sideways to make room for her.

Ren Yue passed by her, took a few steps to the platform, and was about to turn to the stairs.

The woman behind him hesitated again and again, and followed her down. She had just taken two steps when she was suddenly pushed by something, and she staggered and lay on the escalator pedals, her head rushing down and screaming all the way down.

"Squeak—creak—" the escalator ran quickly, and she slid to the bottom in a few seconds, her hair was pushed into the interior by the pedal, and a whole piece of scalp was pulled off her head with the force of the operation.

It happened so suddenly that no one present could react.

Ren Yue stayed for a second, then rushed over and pressed the button to forcibly stop the escalator, but it was too late.

The woman was lying on the ground, motionless, with a pool of blood spreading around her body.

She retracted her gaze, dialed the rescue team with her mobile phone, and explained the situation to the other party as she walked.

The escalator has always been in good condition, but something like this happened suddenly today, I guess it won't be so blocked when I go out tomorrow.

After walking out of the building, a gust of cold wind mixed with ice and snow covered her face.She walked along the path stepped on by others, and soon came to the bus stop sign.

An old bus came unsteadily from a distance and slowly stopped in front of her.There were a lot of people in the car, and everyone looked lethargic.

She stood there without moving, let the bus drive away, and continued to wait there, not in a hurry.

At [-]:[-], the familiar bus stopped on the side of the road.She rubbed her frozen hands, raised her legs and walked over, dropped a coin, and said hello to the driver: "Good evening."

The driver closed the front door and started the car, his eyes were focused on the road ahead, and he kept talking: "Isn't it a long time to wait? Let me turn up the air conditioner, the snow is really heavy today, I am so big I haven’t seen such a heavy snow yet. Fortunately, the snow cleared quickly, otherwise I wouldn’t dare to go to work today. I met a ghost just now, and I wasted a little time, otherwise I would have arrived long ago..."

Ren Yue didn't answer, but just sat down on the empty seat next to her and looked out the window quietly.

The driver is nicknamed Starling because he is very good at talking, and it is the person who called him last night to introduce his job.

In addition to being able to talk, he also has a wide range of sources of news, and it seems that he has evolved a talent in this area. The two have cooperated many times and they can trust each other.

Fortunately, the place they were going to was not far away, and the bus arrived after a little more than one stop.

He parked the car on the side of the road, and walked into a sparsely populated Evolutionary Tavern with Ren Yue.

There are a few drunks who are not afraid of death in the tavern, besides, there is a table of guests whose painting style is incompatible with the surroundings, sitting in the seats they agreed upon.

There are four people on the opposite side, three big and one small.

A man was sitting in the middle with a little boy in his arms, next to a burly man and a very beautiful woman.

Ren Yue's eyes fixed on the woman.

Her own face was beautiful, but this woman was even more beautiful than her.

She dyed her beautiful long pink hair, which was tied high behind her head at this time, with a few sexy curls at the end, which looked a bit playful.

But she is very cool, there is no unnecessary expression on her face, her delicate eyebrows and eyes are as cold as the heavy snow outside, and she exudes an aura of "don't get close to strangers" all over her body.

Ren Yue watched her sit down opposite the man, looked at her and asked, "You want to go through the maze?"

The man opposite coughed awkwardly: "That...it's me, I want to pass the maze."

Ren Yue turned his gaze back: "Did you bring all the money and things?"

The man said: "I left in a hurry, I only brought money...Since the starling recommended you to me, it means that your trustworthiness has passed the test, so I will give you all the money, and you will be responsible for purchasing the necessary supplies, you see OK?"

Ren Yue continued to look at the woman: "Yes, I have a question."

Man: "You ask."

Ren Yue: "Who is she? Your child's mother?"

The woman glanced at her and said coldly: "I am the bodyguard hired by Mr. Huo."

Ah...the sound is nice too.

作者有话要说：小问号，你是否有许多朋友？感谢在2020-03-2110:09:21~2020-03-2210:33:26期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angels who threw mines: Xia He, the cat under the tea tree, nanjoballno☆, it’s not curly huh~, Hewu 1;

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Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!