sunk in yesterday

[The train will enter the station in 15 minutes, please walk along the entrance to the yellow sign and wait for the train. 】

Xia Zhuo was woken up by the voice of the reminder in the station, and the cool wind passed through the plain under the night in the distance, making him shiver.

What strange place are you in again?

He rubbed his eyes, got used to the environment, stood up from the chair and looked around.

This is a station built in the wilderness, and the facilities are a bit old. There is only one bench placed there at a distance of nearly [-] meters from the entrance to the boarding point.The overhead lights were not too dim, enough to illuminate every corner of the booth, but it was pitch black outside the waiting yellow line, and only the rice fields in the distance could be vaguely seen swaying in the wind.

The sign of the entrance to the station is quite obvious, not far from his left hand direction.The situation here is different from last time. There is no other participant besides him, which makes people wonder if they came to the wrong place.

That liar Guan Yuzhou also said that he can see him when he wakes up, nonsense!

He continued to walk along the road to the right, perhaps because the place is too remote, although there are many billboards, but there is no information on them, and the occasional posters have faded over the years, leaving only thin A thin sheet of white paper.

Walking to the so-called yellow mark, he can be sure that this time the dream is also quite old.The service station built of wood was locked tightly, and an oil lamp was fixed with wire on the wall. The oil in it was not used up, but there were still many corpses of small black bugs soaked in it.The material of the glass window is a bit special. He stood in a bright place and looked in the direction, but he still couldn't see anything after changing several angles.

On the bulletin board, there is a recent railway news clipped from a newspaper, indicating that the train will be permanently suspended at 2005:5 pm on May 20, [-].Other than that, there are several overlapping sheets of paper pasted in the corner, the ink on them is already very faded, but they all have the same four-letter headline—A missing person notice.

[Lost Notice] Yiyang Jia, male, 15 years old, about 1.5 meters tall, lost on the way to No. 4 Middle School at around 10:8 a.m. on April 30. He was wearing a maroon jacket, jeans, and white feet. shoe.If there is a kind-hearted person who takes it in, I will be grateful!

Home address: Horizontal West Town, Suishanyuan City

Contact number: 151xxxxxxxx Mr. Yi

[Notice of Missing Person] Tong Yongan, male, 14 years old, a child in Xipingxi Town, wearing a green jacket and off-white school uniform pants, stayed and played by the stream on his way home from No. Carefully get lost. (A child was heard crying, but there was no movement in the water.)

If anyone knows, please contact, there will be rewards.

Contact number: 189xxxxxxxx? Mom? 152xxxxxxxx? Dad

[Notice of Missing Person] Zi Jiali (Lili), female, 14 years old, a student of No. 4 Middle School, disappeared on April 11 at the gate of Dyefang on Xiwu Road. She was wearing light yellow sportswear and a strawberry hairpin on her head that day.Anyone who knows, please contact your family, and you will be rewarded!

Contact number: 136xxxxxxxx

There are three pieces of paper in total, and the information on them is the same as common missing person notices. The only thing in common is that these three children are all studying in this so-called "Second Middle School".Xia Zhuo thought about it, and decided to tear off the paper and carry it away, in case these clues will be useful in the future.But the paste had completely stuck the flimsy paper. He tore it so hard that the paper was torn off in the middle, and half of it remained on the simple wooden board on the bulletin board.

"Wow, I can't just unload this board and carry it away..."

The dark service station next to it suddenly turned on the lights, Xia Zhuo subconsciously turned her head, and her eyes only caught a few people standing there looking in her direction.

The light flickered for a moment and then went out quickly.But the image of that short time has left traces in my mind, and it seems that I can still see a circle of afterimages in the blink of an eye.

He stood there for a while not daring to move, only feeling the wind whizzing past his ears was even cooler.Fortunately, there was nothing unusual after waiting for a while, but the whistle of the train not far away sounded first.

【The train has entered the station. Passengers who need to board please get on the train from the yellow sign as soon as possible. 】

Now there is no time for him to study how to take the remaining half sheets of paper away. Hearing the urging voice, Xia Zhuo quickly climbed over the iron fence on the train platform and successfully entered the train through the utility room internal.

It took only a few minutes for the train to stop, and it quickly continued to move along the rails in an unknown direction.The whole carriage was shrouded in warm yellow light, the original white seat covers were also dyed, the lights hanging above the head squeaked and spun along with the shaking, and the shadows cast on the ground by all the scenery were constantly changing. stop.

He walked to the middle position and sat down by the window. Looking at the desolate scene outside the window, he sneezed as soon as he opened his mouth.

The front-end car TV suddenly turned on, and the snowflakes on the screen shook up and down. It seemed that the signal was not good.The anti-interference ability of the image signal is poor, but the sound is decoded under the weak signal. Although it is accompanied by the harsh sound effect of "sizzling", the voice of the person inside can barely be understood.

[In recent months, a village located in Suishanyuan City has applied to close the route through the town due to the continuous loss of children. Train N0991 will complete its last route operation at ten o'clock tonight.According to the mayor of this town, although the town is surrounded by mountains and lush forests, this is the first time that children have been lost since the town was established. Among them, the townspeople suspect that outsiders sneaked into the town and smuggled the children out of the town by means of transportation. Town... Now the surrounding towns have been... Investigators have been there one after another, and there are a total of... Hope... to be able to...recover...]

This time it was completely silent.

The field outside the window is gradually replaced by rocks, occasionally interspersed with gloomy dead trees.Xia Zhuo sniffed his nose, feeling that he got cold just after walking in the wind for a while, and now his nose is always itchy.

This car came along the route, so could there be other participants who came up ahead of time?Thinking of this, he immediately looked away from the window, intending to leave this carriage and walk forward.

Before he lifted his foot, something lightly bumped against the edge of the shoe.

The cool air from the cracks in the not-so-secure window brushed his face, and goosebumps covered his arms in an instant. He carefully lowered his head and looked at the ground. Except for the shaking shadows, the ground was clean, and not even a melon seed husk could be seen. No.

"..."

Feeling a little panicky.

The train rumbled into the tunnel, and the station announcement sounded intermittently from the horn above the head. I don't know if it was the pre-recorded sound or the conductor who was originally on the train held the microphone at this time.

[This train will arrive at the terminal station Horizontal West in... 15 minutes... Please... pack up your salutes and prepare to get off the train.Thank you again for choosing...991...]

There were many bats living in the damp cave, and the shock woke them up from their sleep, flapping their wings and crashing into the glass next to them in groups.This section of the railway does not seem to be well built, and the body is constantly shaking, which always gives people the illusion that they may derail at any time.

Xia Zhuo grabbed the handrail beside him, always having a bad feeling.The swing of the lamp on the top was getting bigger and bigger, and with a violent tremor under the feet, it hit the iron sheet directly, which touched the wires, and Zila broke down.

He was taken aback, the sound of the bat hitting the glass in his ear still didn't stop, it seemed to be clearer in the dark environment.Fortunately, he touched the light watch in a hurry, and the milky white soft light gave him a little comfort, so he finally took out the flashlight with shaking hands and turned it on.

The oppressive atmosphere didn't last long, and a light lit up at the junction of the two carriages not far away, as if a door had quietly opened.

In this case, squatting a few hairs above the seat does not feel safe.He took a flashlight and looked under the seat twice to confirm that there was indeed nothing hidden by his feet, then he moved down and walked towards the door amidst the bumps.

There is a toilet sign hanging on the dark green door panel, and after reaching out to open the door, you can see the layout of the toilet in the small space - an iron sink, a mirror and a squatting pit.

The faucet on the sink was rusted, Xia Zhuo tried to flick it a few times, but couldn't get a drop of water out.The wind goes straight up the water pipe, and you can hear the humming sound if you don't get close, as if there is a crying person hiding underneath.The bottom drawer was unlocked and empty except for a crumpled newspaper in the trash can.

Looking at the audience, this seems to be the only clue that can be picked up in the entire toilet.But it's not good where to put it, it has to be put in the trash can of the toilet... It's always difficult to do it.

Is the clean drawer no longer enough to satisfy this clue?

It was one thing for Xia Zhuo to dislike it in his heart, but he picked up the newspaper honestly and unfolded it.A few corners of the newspaper have been cut off, and the remaining area is full of news stories, advertisements, and lottery information.

After looking at it from top to bottom, one of them caught his attention: the logging camp in the eastern suburbs of Shuixi Town was mired in mud and was razed to the ground within seven days.

He quickly found the date on the front page and found that it was in 2002, that is, three years before the lumber camp disappeared.

Why are newspapers from three years ago here?

Feeling that this incident would be related to this dreaming, Xia Zhuo hurriedly read the text, but they became more and more blurred as if they had faded. "The ground is closed.The dome light broke again, and a small amount of glass fell freely, brushing past his cheeks, only the flashlight in his hand was still shining.

The screw-type faucet that had been screwed up turned crazily, and the blood-red liquid gushed out one after another and splashed on the glass.

He watched helplessly as the front glass also turned dark red, and a small shiny palm print "slapped" on it.The stopper in the pool was blocked, and the blood quickly broke through the barrier and flowed out in all directions, dripping and falling on the iron floor, mixed with the rapid crashing sound on the glass, Xia Zhuo couldn't bear it. He backed back again and again, his back pressed against the door, his hands went back to the handle and pulled hard, but he couldn't reopen the door.

locked?

……Dry!

He suddenly had a feeling that his life was not long.

The cries of children faintly echoed in the small space, the handprints were pressed on the mirror in a random manner, and the water overflowing from the pool had already flowed to the edge of the shoes.It's not that he's afraid of being drowned here, after all, there's still a squat pit that can leak water, and he's afraid that something will drill out of the mirror, making him cry every day.

[Woooo... where are you...]

[It’s so black... Let me out, I want to go home...]

Xia Zhuo swallowed, and tried to ask the voice in a low voice: "Where are you?"

Following his questioning, a dirty hand stretched out from the squatting hole, but the skin glistened under the light of the flashlight.

Xia Zhuo: "..."

He suddenly felt that it would be better for this thing to come out of the mirror.

[Woooooo...I want to go out...I don't want to play anymore, I'm so hungry...cold...]

The faucet stopped abruptly, and there was a slight creaking sound from the pipe, as if someone was scratching the inside with their nails, which made people's teeth ache.Before Xia Zhuo could react, the iron pipe burst open, and the unrestrained water rushed straight up, and the pungent smell rushed to the face, like blood soaked in the soil, it was fishy and smelly.

And the hand protruding from the pit seemed to be of endless length. At first glance, it seemed that the palm was indeed the size of a child, but the arm was half a meter long, and it was almost enough to grab his ankle.

Xia Zhuo wiped his face, grinning in disgust at the sticky touch.The little hand touched his shoelace, and at first glance, there were still many small-scale old wounds on it, like knife scars or burnt out.He covered his mouth and nose with his arm, pressed against the cold door, and beat down the flashlight.

That hand was a little afraid of light, and when it was exposed to the front, there was a trace of blue smoke, and it retreated tremblingly.

[It hurts...it hurts...]

The weak voice sounds really pitiful, but looking at the scene in front of him, Xia Zhuo has no sympathy at all.

To sympathize with an enemy who may kill him at any time is to bury himself, he is not a fool.

"Hey kid, let's discuss it? Don't lean over, I won't shine a flashlight on you."

He didn't have any hope at first, but the arm paused and retracted to the side of the pit, not even spraying the blood on the side.With five short fingers resting on the iron sheet, he asked him back with a weeping sound: [Are you lying to me? ]

"Why am I lying to you, come on, let's pull the hook in the air!" Xia Zhuo raised her little finger, "I can't lie to you after pulling the hook."

He moved the flashlight to show his sincerity.After waiting for a minute or two, the little hand finally lifted up, and slowly moved the little finger like him.It moved too slowly, and Xia Zhuo couldn't help but want to lick his lips, but when he thought of the dirty things on his lips, he felt like a monkey was scratching in his heart.

However, when the "kid" was about to finish the hook-pull ceremony with him, the lock cylinder of the door was broken from the outside, and the unexpected sound made Xia Zhuo suddenly turn around, and unfortunately twisted his neck.

He was terrified, and turned around to look, but saw another flashlight shining on himself, and a soft-sounding voice sounded stumbling beside the door: "Yes... I'm sorry! You, you are Xia Sir?"

Xia Zhuo rubbed his neck: "You are?"

The boy in front of him was not as tall as he was, and looked to be about the age of a student, maybe not even in college.The other party's hair is a bit long, and the small curls extend to the back of the ear. With that face, it is easy to let people relax their vigilance. A pair of eyes are dodging, and they are staring at the toes with apologetic faces at this time: "I thought you encountered something. Dangerous, just broke in... Ah, I won't do you any harm, Mr. Guan told me that you are his friend."

Only then did Xia Zhuo notice the black studs on his ears, and his eyes lit up, and the anger that had just arrived disappeared immediately: "Where is he?"

"I came from the cab, he, he doesn't seem to be on the train..."

After chatting for a few words, Xia Zhuo suddenly remembered that the "little friend" was still there, but he looked down into the pit, but saw nothing.The inside was clean, not to mention hands, not even a drop of mud was left.

【This train has arrived at the terminal station, Horizontal West Town. Passengers, please bring your salutes and get off from the rear door...】

The vehicle slowed down and stopped unsteadily at the edge of the empty platform.The nearby forest is dense, but the sky is not as dark as it was when I first got on the car. This dream is about to usher in the first sunrise.

Xia Zhuo also heaved a sigh of relief at the realization of living till dawn.

"Be careful where you step, there are mountain roads outside, Mr. Guan should have arrived in the town... I, I will take you to find him." The young man took a step back, lowered his head and made way for the space in front of the door.

Xia Zhuo was a little embarrassed by his honorific words, so he hummed awkwardly.Before he left, he looked back and found that the palm prints on the mirror had actually emerged and combined into a sentence.

——Those who lie will lose their heads.

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