sunk in yesterday

When they arrived at the docking point in Area 019, the storm at sea had come to an end. Although the rain hadn't stopped, the sea had calmed down, and it didn't keep churning as before with a posture of wanting to swallow people up.

Before stepping on the board, a bus drove up in the distance. In the dark environment, the two headlights looked like the eyes of a giant beast, dragging its heavy body slowly on the muddy road. .

Including the continuous rain falling, everything is quiet and silent, even the waves hitting the shore are silent.

The pale sky, the bleak cold wind, everything in front of me merged into a silent movie.

"Is that...the car that came to pick us up?"

"Looks like, thank goodness I'm finally on shore, I thought I'd have to spend this time on a boat."

"You can't do this casually, do you remember the last time you went back to town..."

"Don't mention it, talk less."

The discussion came from behind, and the two men and two women who had been staying in the room also stood on the deck. After nearly an hour of spiraling storm baptism, their faces were all gray.

They didn't deliberately pretend that they didn't know each other, they huddled together, and kept a distance of ten meters from Guan Yuzhou and the others.

Reassure others and keep yourself safe.

"Hey," Chu Jin tugged at Yu Ziang's sleeves twice, stretched his neck and watched cautiously, "Do you think that is some kind of ghost bus in the novel, the one that gets on or off?"

Yu Ziang glanced at him, not very interested in what he said, and turned his gaze back to the car.

The driver in the driver's seat was wearing blue-gray overalls, still waving and smiling at them.

The sound of the bell hanging from the front of the car broke the balance maintained, and everyone's eardrums shook.The waves kept crashing, the hull of the ship rubbed against the rocks from time to time, and the woods along the way were blown and rustled endlessly——

Hearing became normal.

"Oh, it has been raining heavily on the island for the past few days, and the road is really difficult to walk. The dean specially asked me to pick up everyone half an hour earlier, but the car broke down halfway, I am really sorry." The driver got out of the car He came down and took off the hat on his head, revealing the sparse top of his hair.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, no one answered the words first.

They didn't know what identity they came to this island for, and they didn't know what they were going to do after they came here. They said less and made fewer mistakes, and more words made more mistakes.

The driver didn't mind either. After rubbing his hands, he put the hat back on again, with a friendly smile on his face all the time, "Just leave the boat here, the dean will send someone down to unload the cargo, it's still the same as before, the room I also packed it for you, you see... If you don't miss anything, you can go back with me to rest for two days?"

He mentioned the "principal" twice, what kind of "court" would there be on this island?

"Is this the first time for you to come to 019 to deliver goods?"

The driver observed their expressions, and after getting the default answer, the corners of his mouth widened.

"It's okay, our safety facilities are guaranteed, and there is a 24-hour patrol team on the island, and there are special guards in the forest, and the residences arranged for you are not in the danger zone. You can rest assured that after the unloading of the cargo is finished, you can go to sea. If the weather is fine, you can leave as usual."

Afraid they might not believe it, the driver reached into his collar and took out a work card, "Look, I am a professional worker here, and everything I say is credible. How dangerous, I've lived here for 13 years, nothing really happened."

Guan Yuzhou glanced at the work permit and read the information on it clearly.

The position is indeed a driver, his name is Gao Xin, and the photo column is vacant.

"Gao Xin?" He read out his name and looked up at the aborigine in front of him.

"Hey, yes, me." The driver pointed to himself, put his work permit back into his clothes, and tied the zipper plate squarely under his neck.

He stepped on the steps and greeted everyone: "Get in the car? It takes an hour to get to the center of the island from here. It will be dark later, and the wild animals in the woods will come out to roam."

The girl who dyed her hair with cherry blossom powder seemed to be very sensitive to wild beasts. Hearing this, she immediately raised her voice and asked, "Are there still wild beasts here? Bears or wolves? Will they actively attack people?"

The driver said: "It's some animals that are afraid of light and won't come out during the day, but don't go into the forest during the few days on the island."

Animals that are afraid of light?This word circled around in several people's minds, but they could only think of some fish or bats living in caves.

"...Then will you go up or not?" Seeing that Yu Ziang ignored him, Chu Jin could only skip Jiecheng and signal to Guan Yuzhou.

Guan Yuzhou used actions instead of answers, and was the first to step on the iron ladder, and got into the unknown carriage under the gaze of seven pairs of eyes behind him.

"I'm not familiar with the place of life, do you still expect to walk all over the island with your legs? You can't do without him anyway, and there is a place to stay when you walk with him." Jiecheng dropped these words and followed behind Guan Yuzhou went up together.

Chu Jin tilted his mouth, and followed behind with a soft beep: "You need to say it."

There were a few windows in the car that were not closed, and there was a gap for ventilation. Although the air was circulated, the seats on the side were also severely damp.Guan Yuzhou took a seat in a position that was neither forward nor backward, and Jiecheng moved to the opposite of his aisle, and the energy that he had just shouted with Chu Jin outside just now stopped, and he became inexplicably cautious.

He still remembered how the man next to him crushed his hand bone not long ago. Although the pain would not bring out the dream, he was still alive and scared for a whole week after he left.

People like them like dramatists will put on a second layer of camouflage for themselves after falling asleep, so as to get what they want from the target, and ordinary participants are terrified by their indistinguishable hypocritical acting skills.But after getting in touch with Guan Yuzhou, he felt that "chameleon" was nothing to mention. The person next to him had already blended his two sides to perfection. , there will be a creepy feeling of being stared at by monsters.

Not like individual humans, but more like individual aborigines who are full of dangers, and more than that.

Seeing the other party's frowning brows that didn't show signs of letting go, Jiecheng moved to the window again, and sat down on the wet cushion, regretting why he had to sit in the same row as Guan Yuzhou.

Sure enough, the ancestor was in a better mood when the young man named Xia Mingming was there. Now that his face is dark, he thought everyone owed him 800 million.

Chu Jin and Yu Ziang took their seats in the front row, and the last group of four people who came up stood at the door for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and did not go in, but gathered at the front of the car to set their feet.

"Sit tight and let's go." The driver yelled, and the car started to move unsteadily.

The car music started to work, and the melodious chants hovered under the iron roof, but it failed to play a soothing role. With the continuous creaking sound in the ear, it made the surrounding atmosphere even more weird.

Remembering what the aborigines said that there were wild beasts in the forest, everyone turned their eyes to the dark forest outside the window one by two.

As if blocked by an invisible wall, the forest is opaque. From their perspective, the towering trees are like giant black hands swaying in the wind.

After looking at it for a while, Chu Jin felt panicked in his heart, and asked Yu Ziang in a low voice: "Didn't it mean that some crew members disappeared after visiting Area 019 a few months ago? Could it be in this forest?"

Every corner of the map may have clues that the participants need. As the saying goes, knowing that there are tigers on the mountain, they will go to the mountain. Even if the place reveals a steady stream of weirdness, they must go in to find out the truth.

Chu Jin suddenly asked: "What is that?"

Guan Yuzhou glanced over, and happened to catch a figure under a tree in his eyes.

With a cursory glance, he was sure that it wasn't Xia Zhuo.

"Someone is in the forest!" The cherry blossom pink girl looked in the same direction as them, and her reaction was several times more intense than Chu Jin's. She pulled the clothes of her companion beside her and stretched her hand out the window, "Look there, it's a person!"

Her companion looked along her hand, but couldn't see the so-called person, "Where is it? No?"

The speed of the car is not fast, and a few words can't go far.Cherry Blossom Powder searched carefully, but the figure disappeared as if it had evaporated.

She was a little disappointed and aggrieved, "I saw it. There is really a person in black clothes facing us."

The driver laughed, "What you saw should be the guards in the forest."

"That's it..." Cherry Blossom Pink said, "How many nurses do you have here? The forest is so big, will there be many beasts?"

"Beast? I don't know. There were very few before, but now there are many, and there may be more in a few days." The driver's speech speed suddenly became faster, as if he was chanting, and he couldn't hear what he was saying unless he got close. "Nurse worker? You mean that Damn night watchman? We don't have a caretaker, what kind of caretaker. Oh... there should be one, sorry, I just lost my mind, there is one. Yes, he lives in a shabby cabin on the edge of the forest."

Cherry Blossom Powder moved half a step closer to him hesitantly, "Excuse me, what did you say in the first sentence? Maybe the music was too loud, so I didn't hear it."

The driver paused, then suddenly tilted his neck, and grinned at her, "Let me tell you, there are quite a lot of beasts."

His expression was contorted, his teeth were dazzlingly white, and his whole demeanor became gloomy with such a smile.

These few people didn't dare to answer, and didn't have the guts to ask more questions, so they pulled one by one and rushed to the back row.One of the boys in shorts walked last, as if he was afraid of something chasing him behind him, he moved quickly and anxiously, and accidentally stepped on the toe of Chu Jintan's shoe outside his seat.

"Ah!" Just at this moment, the wheel rolled past the pit, and he yelled unexpectedly. When he fell down, he subconsciously reached out and grabbed Guan Yuzhou's arm to support him, thus avoiding the fate of landing on his face.

Guan Yuzhou frowned.

"I'm sorry, that... I'm sorry!" The boy was panicked, and for a moment he didn't know who to apologize to, and when he met Guan Yuzhou's eyes, he trembled, and it was another boy wearing sunglasses among his companions who came over and said a few words for him Then, seeing that Guan Yuzhou and the others didn't mean to find fault, they hurriedly dragged them away.

Being trampled without pain, Chu Jin flicked his shoes casually, "Then what did the driver say just now? It's good that Xia Mingming is here. His ears are so good, maybe he heard it."

"He said that there are many wild animals in the forest, and the nurse is in the wooden house on the border of the forest." Jiecheng turned his head, and Chong Chujin put on a "you trash" expression.

"You're talking nonsense, and I heard the second half of the sentence." Not to be outdone, Chu Jin rolled his eyes back, "What about the first half of the sentence? Did you hear clearly?"

Jie Cheng was unwilling: "No."

Chu Jin pinched his waist: "It makes you so awesome."

Jiecheng gestured with one little finger: "It's better than you."

"Don't quarrel with him." Yu Ziang stopped him, and Chu Jin could only keep his mouth shut unwillingly.There were only chants in the car and the sound of crackling raindrops overhead continued, but the two towering buildings in front of the right had already appeared within sight, attracting everyone's attention at the same time.

Large expanses of trees obscured them in their entirety, and from this distance only their exposed tops could be seen.A red pointed roof and a gray flat roof, both of them looked larger than the mansions or houses they had stayed in before, not like residential buildings, but more like large facilities like hospitals.

But building a hospital on the island?It is impossible to think about it.

There were countless guesses in everyone's minds, and they were finally verified after the car stopped.

The big black iron gate opened inward, freeing up a stone road that was neither wide nor narrow, just enough for pedestrians to pass by. On both sides of the road stood two rows of nuns in black with umbrellas and books, with peaceful smiles on their faces. , seeming to welcome their arrival.

The driver whistled, "Here we are, get out of the car, everyone, don't make our beloved Mr. Dean wait in a hurry."

There are pitch-black umbrellas propped up under the car, forming a black flower bush.

A middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses is standing in the middle of the gray stone road, embracing the rainwater with his arms, and enthusiastically said: "It can be regarded as waiting, my lovely guests. Take it easy, take it easy, welcome to 019 Jurisdiction for Severely Mental Patients, I am the dean here—you can call me Mr. W."

The author says:

I don't know when Xia Zhuo will recognize Guan Yuzhou...