black mist

He turned a deaf ear to the monstrous howling, and his steps were not fast, but very steady. If the lake water under his feet had any substance, he felt as if he was walking on flat ground. After a while, he stepped onto the shore barefoot.

The cries of the undead behind him were instantly silenced.

He turned his head and looked at the mirror lake in the darkness.Under the moonlit night, Jinghu Lake is as beautiful as a dream. The breeze ruffles the lake water, the moonlight pours down, and the waves on the lake surface are covered with soft light.

It completely obscured the scene of purgatory under the lake surface and in the silt filled with dead souls.

He sneered: "You have to admit that sometimes, one's birth can really determine everything. When you transform into a human body, do you really consider yourself a human?"

"It's ridiculous."

He seemed to be talking to himself, and he seemed to be speaking to someone, but there was only one person here, one lake and one month, and he didn't know who he wanted to talk to.

After a long while, he lowered his eyes, and his slender eyelashes blocked all his emotions: "I want to see, what step can you do?"

After speaking, his figure suddenly disappeared by the lake.

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The movement on the mirror lake did not disturb the two brothers who were resting. They were several kilometers apart, and even if the wailing of the undead resounded through the sky, they could not notice anything.

On the contrary, Wen Yan slept soundly that night, and he didn't open his eyes until it was almost dawn.

Jian Tong lay half of her body on the bed, with her head resting on Wen Yan's side. When Wen Yan woke up, the little head next to her was shaking and beating the beat. Wen Yan listened and realized that Jian Tong was humming a tune in a low voice.

"Tongtong." Wen Yan called Jian Tong softly, "What time is it?"

Jian Tong heard the movement, turned over and sat up quickly: "You're awake, brother!" He glanced at the time, "I plan to wake you up in 10 minutes."

Wen Yan grabbed his phone and looked at the time - at [-]:[-], Wen Yan has the habit of getting up early and running in the morning. He also gets up at this time on weekdays. Even if the alarm clock is not set, the biological clock has become a routine. Son, he opened his eyes.

Wen Yan stood up, looked at Jian Tong's messy hair after rolling around on the bed because of boredom, couldn't help laughing immediately, stretched out his hand to help him comb a few times, and then asked: "Do you want to rest for a while? I will watch You, you can sleep a little longer."

"We're fierce... It's okay for the man to stay up all night occasionally." Jian Tong shook her head and rejected Wen Yan's proposal.

"... The hunk?" Wen Yan looked at Jian Tong's thin body with a half-smile after hearing this.

"What, what's the matter?!" Jian Tong felt a little guilty when he looked at her.

Wen Yan said: "It's nothing, as long as you are happy, if you don't plan to rest, let's pack up and get ready to go. We will drive there later, and you can squint in the car for a while on the way."

Jian Tong deliberately ignored Wen Yan's unfinished meaning, and listened to the content she liked: "Okay!"

After tidying up, the two stepped out of the house before seven o'clock.

Wen's garage seemed a bit crowded after two cars were lined up side by side. Jian Tong was carrying a bulging backpack, and Wen Yan glanced at him: "Wait at the door, I'll back the car out."

Jian Tong responded with a smile: "Good brother!"

Jian Tong stood by the gate, waiting for Wen Yan to drive the car out of the garage. Afraid of blocking his brother's car from reversing, he even leaned to the side, but before Wen Yan drove the car out, he walked hurriedly The figure crashed into Jian Tong's field of vision.

Jian Tong took a closer look and found that it was a girl running away in a panic.She didn't have anything that frightened Jian Tong, she looked like an ordinary girl, wearing the uniform of the only high school in the town, wiping tears while running, looking extremely embarrassed.

Jian Tong hesitated for a moment, but did not speak hastily. After all, he had never met a normal person in the world of Jinghu.Jian Tong took a step back vigilantly in the direction of Wen Yan, but this movement exposed her own existence.

The girl looked around in a hurry, and the moment she saw Jian Tong, her eyes lit up, as if someone who was about to drown suddenly met a piece of driftwood.

She whimpered and ran towards Jian Tong.

"Brother!" Just in case, Jian Tong turned around and called Wen Yan. In a blink of an eye, the girl jumped in front of Jian Tong. Jian Tong subconsciously took a step back, but she couldn't avoid her. He grabbed Jian Tong's hand: "Help me! Please help me!"

Although she was taken aback by the girl, Jian Tong couldn't raise her guard against her, because she looked too embarrassed and exhausted, just like Jian Tong herself who was chased by the slender shadow ghost back then.As soon as she pushed herself and others, Jian Tong couldn't help softening her tone: "What's the matter, don't worry, just speak slowly."

"Someone is chasing me," the girl said, looking behind her frequently, "He's going to kill me, save me, save me!"

"Who? Who is chasing you." Jian Tong followed her terrified gaze, and there was nothing behind her, as if nothing was chasing her.

"It's him! It's him, he wants me to pay for my life." The girl broke down and cried out, "I know I was wrong, let me go, I know I was wrong..."

Jian Tong was so puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, he supported the girl and asked, "Don't just cry, don't cry, tell me, who is chasing you?"

"It's too late..." The girl shook her head, and suddenly broke away from Jian Tong's hand that was holding her, "It's too late, he's catching up, I have to go quickly..." As she spoke, she followed the direction she came from She jumped out and ran forward as if fleeing for her life. Even if a living person like Jian Tong stood in front of her, it seemed that she couldn't give her the slightest sense of security.

"Hey! Wait..." Jian Tong tried to stop her, but obviously failed. He was a little concerned about this girl, after all, she was the first normal human being they met after they entered the world of Mirror Lake.

However, Jian Tong didn't intend to make up for this carelessness. Although he yelled a few times, the girl didn't look back, and he didn't intend to chase after her. He stood there with both feet motionless, and didn't intend to leave at all. Wen Yan designated the waiting area for him.

Just as he failed to stop the girl from rushing towards him, he also failed to keep the girl in the end.This unlucky girl who seemed to be dragged into the mirror lake world like them, came and went in a hurry in front of him.

Even before Wen Yan backed out the car, the man ran away without a trace.

As soon as Wen Yan heard Jian Tong calling him, he immediately realized that something had happened, he stepped on the gas pedal, and suddenly accelerated the speed of reversing.But even so, when he drove the car out, he only had time to see the profile of the girl who was running away in a hurry.

He didn't care about other things for a while, and quickly looked for Jian Tong, fearing that something would happen to him.

Fortunately, this time, Jian Tong didn't encounter any trouble, and stood at the door waiting for him.Wen Yan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and stepped on the brake to signal Jian Tong to get on the car.

Jian Tong sat in the passenger seat, and when she was wearing her seat belt, she heard Wen Yan ask him: "What happened to that girl just now?"

"I was also wondering." Jian Tong glanced at the direction the girl came from with lingering fear, "I was standing at the door, and she suddenly ran over to ask me to save her. Before I asked what was going on, she ran off in a hurry."

Wen Yan: "?"

"She said there was something chasing her from behind, but I didn't see anything." Jian Tong paused, "However, when the slender shadow ghost chased me before, my brother didn't seem to see it either."

Jian Tong touched his chin and guessed: "Could it be that the monster in this space will only be seen by its target?"

Wen Yan followed his train of thought to consider the possibility: "It's not impossible."

Jian Tong discussed with Wen Yan, although it is definitely not a bad thing to have multiple teammates in this world, but after a few words, the girl had already gone to nowhere.They finally decided to go to the old lunatic Zhang Hezhong's house first according to the original plan. After all, there may be more rewards to be found there than chasing a girl who appeared and disappeared inexplicably.

According to the address sent by their friends before, they drove to an old-fashioned residential area on the edge of the town.

In a small town of the size of Chunxia Town, due to its large size and sparse population, the utilization rate of public transportation such as taxis and buses is extremely low. In fact, it is rare. Residents of small towns often rely on their own transportation for travel. Tools, such as cars, motorcycles, and battery cars, are really not enough. There are also shared bicycles on the roadside that can be scanned and ridden.

For the old-fashioned residential area at their destination, motorcycles and battery cars are actually the best means of transportation.Due to design problems in old-fashioned communities, the roads are often relatively narrow, motorcycles and battery cars can go directly downstairs, and cars are often turned away from the community due to width problems.

But there are no battery cars and motorcycles at home.

Jian Tong moved to the small town with her mother not long ago, and her home is only a few steps away from the school. The battery car is not just needed, so she hasn't thought about buying it yet.

Wen Yan usually does not live in the town, and his family happens to have two cars. After he came back from vacation, his father gave him one of them as a means of transportation.

With no choice, the two had no choice but to drive outside the old lunatic's community, and then walk into the community.

Although the road in the community is narrow, it occupies a large area, and it takes several minutes to walk to reach the destination.

While walking, Jian Tong suddenly found that the shoelace was loose, and he called Wen Yan: "Brother, wait for me, I will tie a shoelace."

Wen Yan nodded and stopped, while Jian Tong squatted down to tie his shoelaces.

But the moment he squatted down, the familiar feeling of being watched swept over him again, like a gangrene, which made him shiver suddenly.

He stood up quickly, approached Wen Yan and whispered, "Brother, it seems that someone is watching me..."

Wen Yan was startled, and immediately scanned his surroundings, but the surroundings were quiet, he could only hear Jian Tong's shallow breathing beside him, and he didn't notice anything unusual.

Wen Yan embraced Jian Tong, and the two continued to move forward quickly. After walking for a while, he asked Jian Tong: "Is that feeling still there?"

Jian Tong felt it for a while, then shook her head: "It's gone."

But Wen Yan didn't take it lightly. Next, he paid close attention to the surrounding environment along the way, but there was indeed nothing abnormal.

Even Jian Tong couldn't help suspecting that she had an illusion the moment she squatted down.

Not long after, the two came to the downstairs of the unit where Zhang Hezhong lived. Because the corridor was narrow, it was not suitable for them to walk side by side, so Wen Yan led the way, followed by Jian Tong.

Before going upstairs, Wen Yan told Jian Tong again and again: "Follow me closely, and speak out immediately if there is any abnormality!"

"Okay!" In order to reassure her brother, Jian Tong agreed quickly.

Who knows, there was still an accident.