infinite maze

Mei Ziyi felt herself in a trance for a while, and the noise around her seemed to mix together, forming a terrible noise that enveloped her. The family members were so familiar, even if she tried to convince herself that it was just an illusion, she still couldn't ignore it.

The lively town is completely unaffected by the night. Residents sang and danced around the bonfire, enjoying the joy of this festival. All the residents of the town gathered to wait for the opening ceremony of the bonfire festival.

Because they are all familiar neighbors, the family members are not afraid of Mei Ziyi getting separated, so they don't pay too much attention to Mei Ziyi's actions. After all, Mei Ziyi is not a child.

When everyone was immersed in the joyous atmosphere, Mei Ziyi, Shang Xia, and Wei Yuhe gathered together. Soon, Jiu Wanwan and others also came over, and the group sat around a slightly remote small bonfire, revealing With the same wry smile, they did find Sanshan Town, but they couldn't be happy anyway.

"Should we still collect clues? Are those really our family members?" Cheng Cheng, who was relatively calm, was also full of blank eyes at this time.

"No matter what, I will definitely save them. It's too real, as if they are really alive." Ms. Zhou rarely restrained her sharpness, her eyes were full of persistence.

"But once the customs is cleared, they can't follow us out of the maze, it's just an illusion." Although Jiu Wanwan said this, he couldn't help but keep looking at the crowd, where his mother, who had long passed away, She hasn't endured those storms and ups and downs yet, and she is still loving and loving with that man, living a beautiful and happy life.

"If this is a good dream, how many people are willing to wake up, if this is a nightmare, how many people are willing to wake up alone." Mei Ziyi also looked at the bustling crowd, feeling the gradually rising chill.

When a group of people were silent, the bonfire festival finally started. The mayor was a middle-aged man in his 40s, with a slight beer belly, and he looked kinder than dignified.The town didn't have any electrical appliances, so all the talking was done by shouting. Fortunately, the residents were very cooperative, and the noise gradually died down. Soon, the only voice of the mayor could be heard in the entire central square.

The mayor gave a slightly official opening speech, summarizing the harvest results of last year, looking forward to the infinite possibilities of the future, and finally sent blessings to several newlyweds who got married at the Bonfire Festival.

It turns out that the Bonfire Festival is not only a celebration of the harvest, but also an annual wedding ceremony in Sanshan Town. Most couples will enter the palace of marriage on this day.

On the aisle formed by torches in the distance, flower girls threw petals in flower baskets one by one. Behind them, four couples of newlyweds approached each other arm in arm, walked to the largest bonfire, and received the mayor's blessing.

Amidst the cheers and blessings of the whole town, the newlyweds hugged each other, white wedding dresses, elegant dresses, sweet smiles, and cheering crowds, all of which formed an old-fashioned picture under the warm yellow firelight.

Even the passers-by who are outsiders can't help but smile. This is a quiet and happy small town until it arrives.

A gunshot instantly covered up all the cheers, and all the passers-by changed their expressions and stood up abruptly, subconsciously wanting to return to their "family".

But then there was another gunshot, and everyone stopped in their tracks.

Wei Yuhe looked down at her chest in disbelief, the bullet was embedded deeply from behind, the red blood quickly stained her clothes, she raised her hand to touch it, the blood was warm, but her body was about to become cold.

Subconsciously, Cheng Cheng wanted to step forward to check Wei Yuhe's injury, but just as she turned her feet, the gunshot rang out again, and the bullet hit her calf. With a muffled grunt, Cheng Cheng sat down on the ground.Wei Yuhe fell heavily to the ground, and finally turned to the crowd subconsciously. Sure enough, there was a couple screaming and rushing over there.

The last mercy of the massacre seemed to be to shoot Wei Yuhe's parents when they ran to her, and in a blink of an eye, the three of them fell together.

A group of troops in uniform came over, and they came to the position where the passers-by were sitting, so it was no wonder that they wanted to take the passers-by.Mei Ziyi could tell from their clothes that they were the soldiers they met on the train.

No one in the army spoke, but everyone understood that as long as they moved at this time, there would be a merciless attack.

When the soldiers surrounded the entire town with their guns in hand, a person who looked like a herald stepped forward and said loudly, "Sanshan Town will be temporarily requisitioned by our army as a temporary base. Disguised as residents and mixed in the town, as long as we hand over the enemy troops, we will not harm innocent people."

The villagers in the town looked at each other, and they all looked at each other blankly. Sanshan Town is located in the deep mountains and old forests, and it happens to be in the border area of ​​the two countries, but it does not belong to either side. This has been tacitly accepted for thousands of years. Let's talk about the enemy.

In the end, it was the mayor who spoke first, "I am the mayor of Sanshan Town. I welcome the Baishan Army to settle in Sanshan Town. We are holding a bonfire festival in our town. You can take whatever you want..."

The mayor was hospitable and seemed not to mind the three residents who had just died, but he never mentioned the enemy.

However, how could the soldiers give up easily, not being moved by the enthusiasm of the mayor, an officer in the team spoke coldly. "Hand over the enemy army immediately, or kill one person every half an hour, or kill them all if it doesn't work."

As soon as these words came out, the town suddenly became noisy, and the residents looked around in a daze and panic, hoping to get an explanation from somewhere, but no one could give an explanation.

The mayor maintained a smiling face, "We are all native-born locals here, and there are absolutely no strangers."

"Local people? There are people from Yushuishan here. It seems that there are many intermarriages." The officer sneered.

The passers who observed everything silently immediately understood that Sanshan Town is sandwiched between Baishan Mountain and Yushui Mountain, and the residents of Sanshan Town are naturally from Baishan Mountain and Yushui Mountain, but Sanshan Town does not belong to any party, nor does it care about each other. limit.

The mayor is still trying his best to save the situation, but the passers-by understand that this is meaningless. Judging from the other party's attitude, they can tell that the so-called enemy army is simply a cover, and their purpose of coming here is to eliminate dissidents.

Sure enough, the mayor tried his best to get the officer to ask coldly, "Mayor, are you from Baishan or Yushui?"

The mayor fell silent for a while, and then said, "I am from Sanshan."

"Then they are not from Baishan." The officer waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him raised their guns.

After a shot, the mayor fell to the ground.The death of the mayor instantly spread fear, and the residents of the town panicked. They didn't know where the source was. Some people started running, some wanted to escape home, some wanted to find their family members, and the scene was in chaos.

But the chaos didn't last long. After a series of gunshots, several people died. Mei Ziyi even saw a newly married couple among them. A blood-red flower seemed to bloom on the white wedding dress. flirtatiously sad.

In the end, under the suppression of absolute force, the residents regained order. The soldiers divided into small groups to guard the residents, and began to group the residents of Sanshan Town into groups.

"Baishan people don't have to be afraid. Reporting the enemy soldiers around or killing the enemy soldiers will get merit and rewards. Yushui people are outsiders. They not only seized our land, resources, and women, but also lived here in a grandiose manner... ..."

After a series of inspiring words, the scene fell into a long silence. It is impossible to verify whether what they said was true. Since hundreds of years ago, Baishan and Yushui have lived here, and they have never heard of anyone who invaded whom. history.

The army was not in a hurry, and waited for the passage of time in the dead silence. Half an hour later, a woman in a white wedding dress was caught.

"What's the name of this woman, Lu Ya, right? Your parents are fishermen, so what right do you have to marry a Baishan man?" The officer threw a dagger at Lu Ya's husband, "Take up your weapon , if you kill this woman, you are still a Baishan person."

Luya struggled and cried in fear, the hair that was carefully braided for today was all messed up, she cried and looked at her husband, the man who was supposed to love her the most bent down, picked up the dagger, and walked over slowly .

Everyone watched this scene silently, until Luya's husband rushed towards a soldier with a dagger in his hand, and was shot dead instantly. Luya burst out into a miserable cry. The cry seemed to shake the flames, and the bonfire jumped enthusiastically.

The soldiers dragged Luya's husband's body and threw it into the huge bonfire in the central square. They didn't kill Luya, but tied her tightly, and then threw Luya alive into the fire under the horrified eyes of everyone. Among the bonfires.

Amidst Luya's screams, a voice like a ghost from hell sounded, "Continue to the next pair."

Under such high pressure, people's rationality began to collapse. Some people cried wildly after being dragged out, pointing out their family members, neighbors, and friends. Some people would rather die than let go of their family members. Some wanted to resist, but Unarmed, they are no match for soldiers at all, not to mention that they do not have the upper hand in numbers.

Every half hour, someone will die, someone will survive with guilt, someone will struggle in the fire, someone will curse and condemn, and someone will cry and scream.

Even later, half an hour was shortened to two 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 10 minutes, 5 minutes...

In the early morning of the next day, the huge bonfire in the central square not only did not go out as before, but burned more and more vigorously. The whole town was shrouded in a strange smell, and many people were vomiting, as if they wanted to get rid of everything here. Including breathing.

The passers mingled among the crowd, looking for opportunities to escape, but the disparity in strength made them dare not act rashly.In such great despair, the population of the town dropped by a quarter.

The rest of the residents huddled together tightly like a group of limp lambs, and their bleating calls could not arouse the butcher's sympathy.