reincarnation train

"Welcome all passengers back. This tour of Pompeii at the fifth stop is over. There are a total of 5 return passengers. After 607 days, the train will arrive at the fourth stop. Passengers, please be prepared. Thank you for your cooperation."

After the broadcast ended, everyone showed such expressions on their faces. At this time, everyone gathered in Wu Xiajiu's room. Fang Zi lay back as if relaxing, and the soft mattress bounced up and down. The little turtle on the bed also jumped up, Fang Zi turned to look at it, "Little Jiujiu, didn't you take it with you when you got off the car this time?"

"No." Wu Xiajiu shook his head, the lazy little turtle retracted his head and planned to continue sleeping.

Fang Zi: "It's really lazy."

Wu Xiajiu just smiled and touched the little turtle's shell. After such a long time, it hasn't grown much, but there are some Sanskrit-like traces on the pitch-black shell. Probably, because it is too small, Wu I can't see clearly for a long time, but you can refer to the situation of the giant tortoise.

On the train, time passed quickly as usual, and the third day came, and the broadcast sounded.

"Hello, passengers and friends, the train will arrive at the fourth station tomorrow. Passengers are requested to arrive at the train hall on time at 4:45 a.m. and get off in line. The fourth station is the lost town station, and the train will stop here for 4 minutes. God, please hurry up and get on the bus within the limited time, and finally, I wish you all a good time.”

"Wow, half a month." Fang Zi raised his eyebrows and said, "Another longer stay."

"The lost town, is it a town without people?" Tang Yunsi guessed.

But this time he guessed wrong, there were people in the town, and it was a town with a lot of people...

The train stopped directly on the road entering the town. However, facing the town in front of them, everyone looked back at the route they left. It was a spacious avenue that led to nowhere. The end should be a barren place , it's too far away, everyone can see it vaguely, but they can see it clearly, there seems to be only this town around here, and there is no close place suitable for people to live in, it feels... like being isolated from the world or isolated same.

It's not an illusion, because the town in front of them shocked them a lot. The moment they got off the car, something like catkins was falling all over the sky and fell in front of their eyes. They didn't see it clearly until they got closer. , but ashes, ashes after burning.

Looking up at the gray sky, it seems that the sky is full of smoke and dust, the whole town is covered by this ash, and a thin layer is also accumulated on the ground, and in the town, there are sanitation workers cleaning with brooms, but this It doesn't help at all, because they are still floating around.

"This town...seems to be seriously polluted." Tang Yunsi frowned, looking at the pooled sewage, litter everywhere, and collapsed trash cans. Obviously, although some workers have been cleaning , but it is useless at all, unable to keep up with the speed at which the town was destroyed.

The passers-by were not considerate or kind at all. They dropped their things and walked away indifferently. They only gave these passengers a curious look when they passed by.

"Let's find a place to live first." Shi Shang Zuo said.

This town looks normal, of course, in comparison, ignoring its abnormal environment and weather, everything in it is no problem, they are just like in the normal world, walking, talking, arguing, or sitting bored Chatting in front of their own store.

But they are also very indifferent, looking at these tourists walking on the road with an outsider's gaze, so that they do not hide any malice, but they have nothing to do with them, they are very indifferent.

There are quite a few hotels in this town. Shi Shangzuo and others found one to live in, and the young lady at the front desk arranged rooms for them without even asking for money. Only here did they have a familiar car. A taste of the underworld.

"Well, it's really cool to live for nothing." Fang Zi lay on the bed and sighed. The hotel was fairly clean, and the room was tidy.

"Let you live here all the time, so you won't say that." Lu Nan came over to give him a hand, "Get up, we have to go out to see the situation in this town."

When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. The people in this town seem so normal, but they always feel that something is wrong.

"We have to find out the reason for the weather in this town first, it's too gloomy," Tang Yunsi said.

There is almost no sunlight here, the sky is full of gray smoke, and ashes are still floating everywhere. Just the way they walked, they also saw the ditch full of sewage.

After going out the door, the amount of ashes falling seemed to be more than before. Everyone frowned and looked at the ash spots on their clothes. Although they could be photographed off, more would fall in the next moment, but the people here seemed to be used to it, walking on the road without seeing it So, let the ashes fall on the clothes, and will not take a picture.

"I think we'll need an umbrella next time we go out." Lu Nan patted his clothes and said.

"The smoke seems to come from that direction." Tang Yunsi looked up and looked around, pointing to one of the places and said, "Come on, let's go and have a look."

"Master, what is that place?" On the way, Wu Xiajiu stopped a passerby and asked.

The uncle outlined his waist, had gray hair, was wearing black clothes, and looked calm. After Wu Xiajiu asked, his eyes flashed, and he looked up, "Why do you ask this?"

Wu Xia said for a long time, "I want to go and have a look."

The uncle twitched the corners of his mouth and wrinkled his face, "Come from outside? Everyone in our town knows what's there, and they usually avoid it when they have nothing to do."

"Why dodge?" Fang Zi asked curiously, "Is it because of these ashes?"

The uncle smiled meaningfully, "Because you will get sick, since you are so curious, why don't you go and have a look, that is the incineration plant." After finishing speaking, he left with his hands behind his back.

"Disease? What kind of disease?" Xiao Yao touched his chin in doubt, "However, if you stay in this environment for a long time, it is indeed easy to get sick."

They walked towards the incineration plant. There seemed to be fewer and fewer people along the way. It seemed that the closer they were to the incineration plant, the fewer residents there were. In the end, even the houses or shops disappeared. Wu Xiajiu and others His expression became more and more serious.

There seems to be an invisible dividing line here, which divides the vicinity of the incineration plant and the town. The last building is a shop. Although it still has a name on it, it has long been deserted. However, for some unknown reason, the manager of this small town did not deal with the shop, just let it sit like this, and the direction of the shop towards the incineration plant is a deserted site without any buildings .

However, in this place, everyone saw some people sitting or lying on the ground with numb expressions. They were wrapped in thick blankets. But they could clearly feel that their eyes were on the body.

Like a deliberate ghetto...or ghetto.

When I got here, there were more and more ashes floating, and it was difficult to breathe. If I didn't try to cover my mouth and nose, I'm afraid my nose would be full of dust in a while.

"Ahem, don't you just take care of this kind of place? I feel like I'm going to suffocate if I stay any longer." Fang Zi covered his mouth and coughed, his voice muffled.

The incineration plant is right in front of you. There is no gate or even a wall. It is only surrounded by barbed wire, and red flames can be seen faintly inside.

Wu Xia looked at the people around him for a long time. They were only wrapped in clothes or blankets. Even though they were very close to the incineration plant, they seemed to be used to it. There was no covering on their mouths and noses, and they were breathing as usual. .

At this time, two people wearing yellow uniforms and helmets came out of the incineration plant. Behind them were pulling a small cart. The cart was dirty and full of peculiar smell, and there was still some garbage on it.

The two men in yellow uniforms walked past them, looked at Wu Xiajiu and the others through the transparent cover on the helmet, and sized them up indifferently.

There is no gate in the incineration plant, so you can enter naturally, and the people inside are a bit indifferent. When Wu Xiajiu waited for someone to walk in, he just looked back and continued working. They were all wearing yellow uniforms, with Wearing a helmet, the whole body is wrapped tightly, and the task is to throw all the garbage piled here into a large incinerator. Because there are too many things to be burned, the incinerator is also very different. It stands on the ground. On a tall platform, workers have to climb the steps to throw garbage into it for incineration, but there is no cover above the incinerator, the fire is strong, and black smoke billows, and then rises into the sky.

This is a low-quality, simple and crude incineration device, but it is understandable when you look at the garbage piled up all around, especially...Wu Xiajiu waited for someone to look at one of the places with an ugly expression.

Lu Nan spoke softly, because his mouth and nose were covered, so his voice sounded muffled, "Those... are corpses?"

In fact, there is no need to answer. Everyone present knows that those lying on the ground are corpses. Their exposed skin is festered, and some of them have thick sores on their faces. It seems that they were in pain when they were alive, and their faces were also brought out after death. Can't get rid of it.

Just at this time, one of the workers came over. He was pushing a cart in his hand, and stopped in front of the corpses. He scooped up one of them with a shovel and threw them on the cart one by one. When he knew the pile was full, he pushed When he came to the huge incinerator, he fell down.

"vomit!"

Seeing this, several people couldn't help feeling uncomfortable in their throats, and a feeling of wanting to vomit surged up. Looking at the falling ashes, they felt even more unbearable.

"It can't be done." Fang Zi waved his hand weakly, and Professor Zhou beside him also felt like he was about to faint, showing an extremely pale face.

Shi Shang said, "We can't stay here for long, let's go back first."

This place is indeed not a place to stay for a long time. After Wu Xiajiu and the others returned, their complexions were a little ugly. Professor Zhou, who was weak in physique, had already collapsed on the bed in discomfort, touched his forehead, and started to feel a little hot.

"Teacher, drink some water first." Fang Zi pulled Professor Zhou up and gave him some water to drink. Professor Zhou drank it in a daze, then lay down and fell asleep.

Seeing Professor Zhou's uncomfortable brows furrowed after falling asleep, Wu Xiajiu said, "Although we brought medicine this time, it was not a lot. Judging from the situation in this town, the chance of getting sick is very high, so we You should go to the hospital here."

"Then I'll stay and watch the teacher." Fang Zi looked at Professor Zhou worriedly and said.

In the end, they decided to let Xiao Yao stay. After all, Fang Zi was afraid that it would be inconvenient to do anything by himself, while Wu Xiajiu and others went out again and planned to go to the hospital.

"Ahem." On the way, Wu Xiajiu couldn't help coughing, he looked up at the ashes that were still falling, and covered his mouth and nose as much as possible.

"Are you okay?" Shi Shangzuo looked at him worriedly.

Wu Xiajiu shook his head and said, "It's okay, maybe the illness last time hasn't healed completely, just go back and take some medicine." After speaking, he pressed his chest secretly again, feeling a little pain in the chest cavity.

Although this small town is not very big, it is not small either. When Wu Xiajiu waited for someone to ask for directions and find the hospital, it was almost evening.

"In such a big town, there is still no clue at all. The more obvious one is the incineration plant, but do we have to find the ticket in the furnace?" Tang Yunsi sighed, "I really don't want to see that place again. went."

"Whether we go or not is up to us." Zhu Lanmeng said, if the clues really point to the incineration plant, then they will inevitably go again or several times.

At this time, the hospital was still brightly lit, and the doctors and nurses were busy. When Wu Xiajiu waited for someone to enter, the seats in the hospital hall were crowded with people, and some people sat on the ground because they didn't sit.

Lu Nan frowned and said, "We came all the way just now, almost no one was on the road, but there are so many here..."

"Hospitals are always crowded." Tang Yun said.

Lu Nan shook his head and said, "According to my observation, there are actually very few people in this small town, and there are only a few people who come and go. Today I met two familiar faces."

But there are so many people in this hospital, it seems that most of the people in the small town have come.

Wu Xiajiu nodded, "Indeed, there are actually not many people in this small town."

Tang Yunsi said, "I didn't look at it very carefully." He also looked at the people sitting in the hall, and they looked familiar. Some people had indeed met during the day, but they didn't know anything There was no sign of illness, nor any abnormalities, so Tang Yunsi didn't care, but now, these people appeared here with pale faces.

Although no symptoms can be seen from the outside, several people often covered their mouths and coughed, and some people lay down on the seats and covered their stomachs, looking very uncomfortable.

"There are too many people queuing up to buy, we have to wait a while." Zhu Lanmeng went to the window to look, and came back and said to several people.

Afterwards, Tang Yunsi and Zhu Lanmeng went to line up, and Wu Xiajiu waited for someone to find a place to stay. After a while, Lu Nan said that he was going to the toilet. Wu Xiajiu looked at the dark corridor, got up and said that he would accompany he goes together.

"No need, it should be fine here." Lu Nan looked around and said.

Wu Xiajiu said, "I'll accompany you there, just to see other places too."

"That's good." Lu Nan nodded.

At the end of the corridor is the toilet. The men’s and women’s toilets occupy one side, and there is a large flat mirror in the middle. Along the way, Wu Xiajiu also saw that the rooms on this floor are doctors’ offices. There is a sign outside the door, dedicated to It was written to see what kind of disease, and through the doors and windows, you can see that the inside is also overcrowded, and the figure of the doctor is looming and blocked in the innermost part.

Seeing Lu Nan enter the toilet, Wu Xiajiu wandered outside the toilet. Next to the toilet is the stairs. He went up and looked at it just now. There was a row of wards and nurses on duty. Nothing unusual. Wu Xiajiu came down again up.

At this moment, he heard footsteps coming from the stairway, and when he looked up, it turned out that a woman in a hospital gown was coming down, holding a child wrapped in a blanket in her arms, the child was probably sleeping soundly , was wrapped tightly.

The woman was probably a little surprised that Wu Xiajiu was standing outside the toilet without anything to do, and after a few glances, she went into the women's toilet next to her. Wu Xiajiu frowned, why did she take the baby down when she went to the toilet?Wouldn't it be more inconvenient?

Just thinking about it, Lu Nan came out, washed his hands in the sink, and said to Wu Xia for a long time, "Let's go, Xiao Jiu."

"Yeah." Wu Xiajiu nodded, just as he and Lu Nan turned around to leave, they didn't expect a baby crying suddenly from the women's room, the voice was a bit sharp, accompanied by the sound of a woman's panic hugging.

Wu Xiajiu didn't pay much attention at first, he just thought that the woman accidentally woke up the baby, but when he turned his head, he was startled by a few people who suddenly appeared here, they seemed to have just come from the nearby diagnosis room He came out and walked towards the toilet, but his eyes were wide open, with a smile on his face and...greed?

Wu Xiajiu didn't know how to describe the expressions of these people, as if someone who had been hungry for a few days finally smelled the smell of meat.

He and Lu Nan looked at each other, then stopped slowly, intending to observe.

At this moment, the door of the examination room opened, and a doctor wearing a mask and a white coat came out. Although his expression could not be seen clearly, there was disgust in his eyes, and he said to those people, "Come in!"

The faces of those people struggled, and they seemed to be facing the direction of the toilet and did not want to go back, while the baby's voice was getting smaller and smaller, as if it had gradually quieted down under the woman's patting.

The doctor frowned and shouted again, "Come in!"

Finally, the faces of those who came out twitched, as if forcing themselves, they dragged their bodies and slowly returned to the diagnosis room. After the few people entered, the doctor did not go in immediately, but tilted his head to look at Wu Xia For a long time two people.

Wu Xiajiu found that he looked at them with the same disgust as before, but after looking at them for a while, his expression softened, and he asked, "Aren't you from the town?"

Lu Nan nodded, "We just came."

At this time, the woman came out of the toilet with the tightly wrapped child in her arms. She was startled when she saw three people standing outside, and hurried up the stairs with her head down.

The footsteps on the stairs gradually faded away, and the doctor also said, with a little hesitation in his voice, "No matter why you are here, you'd better leave as soon as possible, before it's too late..."

The doctor didn't say the last words, but took a last look at the two of them, turned around and entered the diagnosis room, the door was tightly closed, Wu Xiajiu looked at the back gradually buried by the patient inside.

"What he wants to say is no matter how late we are, can't we be separated?" Wu Xiajiu was thoughtful.

Lu Nan understood the same way and nodded.

When they went back, Tang Yunsi and the two had already lined up and bought the medicine. Shi Shangzuo asked in confusion, "Why did it take so long?"

After Wu Xiajiu explained what happened just now, Tang Yunsi frowned and said, "Those people sound so strange."

Thinking of the expressions on the faces of those people before, Wu Xiajiu and Lu Nan nodded, it was really strange, but it was getting late now, and since the medicine had been bought, it was not appropriate to stay in the hospital any longer. to the door.

However, right after they left the hospital, they didn't see the people who were waiting in the hospital lobby turn their heads slowly and stare straight at their leaving backs.

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"How is Professor Zhou?" Back at the hotel, Wu Xiajiu handed the medicine to Fang Zi and said.

Fang Zi frowned and said, "I still have a little fever, I don't know what will happen tomorrow, I have to watch the teacher tonight."

They talked in a low voice, Professor Zhou was lying on the bed and fell asleep, his brows were inadvertently frowned, as if he was still suffering.

"Cough cough." At this moment, Wu Xiajiu coughed a few times.

Shi Shangzuo patted him on the back and said, "Take some medicine when you go back, and pay extra attention to your health here."

"Yeah." Wu Xiajiu nodded.

Several people left from the room of Fang Zi and Professor Zhou. When they opened the door, the door next to Wu Xiajiu and Shi Shangzuo also opened. A man in gray sportswear came out. He is only 30 years old, but his hair is already mixed with gray hair, and he looks tired.

When he saw Wu Xiajiu and the two of them, the man smiled and nodded at them, "Hello."

"Hello." Wu Xiajiu replied.

Just a simple greeting, the man walked past the two of them, apparently heading towards the front desk, Wu Xia glanced at it for a long time, then followed Shi Shangzuo into the room.

It seemed that the street lights were not even lit at night in the small town. When they came back, they came back with flashlights. Now, it was already pitch black outside, and even the lights in the houses were pitifully few.

But the night seemed to be much better than the day, at least when they lit the road with flashlights, they didn't see the ashes continue to fall down.

The curtains were pulled down, and the two of them lay on the bed to rest. However, in the middle of the night, there was a sudden bang bang sound upstairs. It sounds obvious.

"What's going on?" Wu Xiajiu opened his eyes, unable to sleep.

"The sound of hitting the floor." Shi Shangzuo said softly, holding him in his arms and patting him, "It should be gone after a while. Close your eyes, so that you won't wake up with uncomfortable eyes tomorrow."

Hearing this, Wu Xiajiu closed his head and buried his head in Shi Shangzuo's chest. His voice seemed to be much quieter when he buried himself in this way, and his drowsiness gradually returned, and the voice gradually disappeared in the half-dream and half-awake state.

Sure enough, it really disappeared after a while... Wu Xiajiu gradually fell asleep.