The strange story of Huai'an Inn

In the mark left by Chongliu outside the theater building, he indicated the meeting location in Baixiaomen's secret language.He chose the Chaoyuan Bridge under the bridge, where there are rumors that there are water ghosts that catch alternately, and there will be no idlers at night, so it is convenient for them to talk.

Before stepping out of the boundary between the "shortcut" and reality, Zhu Helan told him, "I'm here to watch you, if you have any abnormalities, just call me."

"Thank you, Master!" Chong Liu smiled brightly, put on his mask and stepped out.

The night wind blows from the river surface, rolling up layers of patterns of throwing moonlight, and shaking the reeds on the bank that are as tall as half a person.Lamps are lit in the sporadic fishing boats moored at the distant pier, and there is the smell of fishermen cooking supper on board.

Is such a quiet night about to fall apart soon?

Chong Liu waited quietly until the sound of footsteps gradually approaching.He turned his head and saw a woman in a purple dailuo skirt and a jade rabbit mask gradually separated from the dark blue night.

The two bowed to each other and took out inkstones to confirm their respective identities as Bai Xiaosheng.Chong Liu said, "Leave a secret letter rashly and hope to forgive my sin, but because the situation is urgent and the first student has not heard from him for a long time."

A voice that was much deeper and hoarse than the average female voice came out from behind the mask, "Insanity has spread in the city in the past two days. I have also tried to contact him, but I am afraid he has already been infected. If you don't stay Send me a message, and I will also find a way to contact you and another person."

"As for the inside story of this madness, how much does Senior Sister know?"

"This madness is inexplicable. It seems to be out of order, but there is something inside. People infected by madness have chaotic thinking. Some people who have thought about it before dare not take action because of moral constraints and fear of consequences. The dark thoughts seemed to be out of control, and they all burst out. It’s just that I traced back to the source, but I caught up with a play.”

"The Story of Yellow Clothes." Chong Liu said, "Anyone who has watched the second half will be infected with madness."

"It seems that you know as much as I do."

"I only know a few things, but I was not in the city during the two days when Huang Yi Ji sang in those three theaters, so I don't know anything about those two days."

"I didn't go to listen to that play in person. However, after the singing in the three theaters that day, the crowds that came out were terribly quiet. Neighbors in the neighborhood said that it didn't look like they just finished listening to the play, but it was like going to a funeral. People are silent and very afraid of people.

In the first day or two, these people have already shown strange anomalies.Some people sat in the house looking at somewhere in the sky without making a sound, some people went back and smashed everything in the house, some people cried non-stop, some people saw things that didn't exist, and some people didn't come home at all , but is missing.

Then it's the loved ones of these people who start to be affected.The one I know most clearly is Luo Quan's family in Douhua Lane. His youngest son was awakened by a rustling sound in the middle of the night, and saw his mother, Luo's daughter-in-law, crawling on the bed with disheveled hair, next to Luo Quan's ear. He kept talking lightly and quickly, a bit like endorsing a book.

The youngest son was so scared to death by the scene that he dared not speak out.Seeing his mother babbling for half the night, he straightened up and lay back on the bed as if nothing had happened, and fell asleep.On the second day, Luo Quan also started to lose his temper. There was no vegetable stall, and he kept sharpening his knives in the kitchen.

Then the husband and wife suddenly slaughtered a chicken and sent it to the neighbor's house.Later, a family of three from the neighbor's family also developed symptoms. "

Chong Liu filled up the missing information in his mind, and asked again, "Has anyone had physical... changes?"

"Yes." The voice of the jade rabbit mask was tight, as if he had just woken up from a nightmare.He told Chong Liu a scene she saw with her own eyes on the way to avoid disaster.

An l opera troupe living in Hulufang is one of the three opera troupes that have finished singing The Story of Yellow Clothes, and the troupe owner's surname is Lu.They have been staying behind closed doors since the singing was over that day, but yesterday, the whole city was in chaos, and some people took the opportunity to beat, smash and rob.At that time, the jade rabbit mask was trapped in the rioting crowd, and the woman was an easy target alone, so she quietly climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard of Hulufang.

There was a disgusting stench floating in that yard, and several people were crawling on the ground. At first glance, they didn't know if it was a corpse.Before she could step forward to check, the gate was forcibly kicked open, and several young people rushed into the garden to make trouble.She had to hide behind a bush of hibiscus and wait and see.The intruder approached the "corpses", but found that his feet were stepping on some sticky and disgusting yellow mucus, and when he lifted it up, he would pull out countless long sticky threads.

Yellow mucus was apparently oozing from under the body of the person lying on the ground.

Yet in the yellow goo that clings to the feet, something seems to be moving.So he dipped some on his finger and looked at it carefully.However, in the viscous and thick liquid, there are many granulation-like things that are constantly twisting.

Moreover, those things are quickly drilling into his skin, leaving small holes one after another.

He fell to the ground with a yell, threw off his shoes, took off his clothes and wiped his feet like crazy.But at this moment, the person who was lying on the ground suddenly twitched, letting out a long and terrifying moan.In the sticky and uncomfortable voice, he raised his head, and the original facial features had been completely melted and deformed, as if yellow wax had melted and dripped down.One eyeball was gone, and the other was slipping down the face, wrapped in mucus.

The rioters were all terrified. Some ran away, while others were petrified.

It seems that the first batch of infected people have entered a deeper infection stage...they can't be rescued anymore...

Chong Liu's mood became more and more heavy, and a deep sense of powerlessness overwhelmed him.

When he saw Huang Yi Ji, he should have thought that Zhuang Cheng wrote it, and the other three would know it at the same time...

But everything is already just what if.

"According to the information you have received, where are the most seriously infected and deformed by madness?"

"...on the side of the Bian River in the east of the city. With Sanhe Theater as the center." Jade Rabbit mask was silent for a moment, then suddenly whispered, "After tonight, our Baixiaomen should withdraw from Tianliang City immediately. I have packed up Pack your bags well, I will leave after meeting you. I advise you to leave as soon as possible and don't stay."

Chong Liu nodded, and said very understandingly, "It is wise to evacuate. I guess there will be many people leaving Tianliang City tomorrow morning. But please inform Mr. Qinglong about the situation in this city... He originally planned to summon me in seven days. , but I don’t know if I can still answer the call. If I can go through this difficulty, I will definitely find a way to go.”

"...You don't intend to leave?"

"No, it's something I'm committed to documenting. I need to stay."

Bai Xiaosheng of Suzaku Gate, who was wearing a Jade Rabbit mask, looked at him and saluted him neatly.

But at this moment, the earth suddenly began to tremble.Both Chongliu and Yutu Mask could not stand firmly and fell to the ground.

earthquake?

But the shock was only for a brief moment, and then fell silent.

Something in the air changed subtly, like the strange feeling of a person who was on the surface of the water and suddenly submerged in the next moment.Chong Liu smelled the imperceptible penetration in the air, a kind of rot from the inside out.

Chongliu came out of the bridge hole vigilantly and looked towards the direction of the market.

In the distance, he saw something, something that didn't exist in the dense buildings, suddenly pierced the sky, and stood among the houses that were too messy and small in comparison.

It's not the giant tower of Tai Sui, but a pillar.

One in the forgotten temples of ancient gods, chanting the sacrifices of an ancient and merciless god beyond man.

That oblique angle reflected a strange yellow color in the moonlight... and those unexplained protrusions and depressions... Chong Liu had a hunch that it was not a sight suitable for ordinary people to see.

He whispered hurriedly to Jade Rabbit Mask, "You have to leave now."

But the words fell, and the vision reappeared.On the ground that was covered with weeds and covered the bluestone slabs around them, large pieces of yellow slime molds began to rapidly precipitate from the ground, wriggling and congealing together, forming countless wriggling clumps.

These clumps were everywhere, and even the surface of the river was covered with a greasy film of vice.In an instant, Chong Liu and the Jade Rabbit mask were surrounded, like bugs trapped in amber mucus.

The two of them were forced to keep backing up, and finally stood back to back, with no place to step down on all sides.The Jade Rabbit mask was obviously extremely nervous, and the trembling of the body was transmitted through the backs of the two of them.Chong Liu wanted to call the shopkeeper for help, but before he could open his mouth, suddenly another foul smell, a foul smell that Chong Liu was familiar with and completely different from the yellow power, roared from somewhere.

It was an invisible force. Wherever it passed, all the reeds, weeds, and wild flowers quickly withered and turned black, and rotted into the ground.And those yellow Tai Sui also began to rot and decompose. The yellow was bubbling with sour bubbles and smoky, turning green and shrinking at an extremely fast speed.

"Run!" Chong Liu said to the jade rabbit mask.She didn't hesitate anymore, and just said, "Take care of yourself", then turned around and quickly avoided the rapidly shrinking Tai Sui, and disappeared into the night.

The figure of the shopkeeper approached in large strides from the mist, with a serious expression on his face.He came over and grabbed Chong Liu's hand and said, "The door's 'main course' has appeared ahead of schedule, we have to go back right away."

Before Chong Liu could react much, he realized that he was already in a shortcut.

After a short period of time, he came out from the shortcut, but what he saw made his whole body go cold and his hairs stood on end.

The earth and houses have been covered by yellow Tai Sui, and these Tai Sui gathered into dense strands, spreading down from every street and every house like a spider web, and finally gathered on one thing.

That pillar, far away, the pillar glowing with a strange yellow light under the moon...

Columns made of distorted human bodies.

Those people couldn't see the shape at first, but some strips, soft fleshy things mixed with yellow mucus, weaving and intertwining each other, until some clumps that seemed to be human faces appeared in the gaps.

Those distorted faces that looked like melting yellow wax, the mouth seemed to be torn open, it was so wide open, but it was not known whether it was crying or laughing.

Their limbs have lost their shape, their internal organs have been turned out, and their bones have softened into translucent things.Some hands were still out, shaking convulsively from time to time.

All empty eyes, with an eerie peace, stared at the sky.As if eagerly waiting for something great to come.