The yellow dirt road stretches forward without end.

Li Yu was at a loss, and called 1551, but there was no response, and he was dreaming again.

He rubbed his forehead, feeling upset, the box had opened a gap, and he could almost see the contents inside.

It was a small pity at best, and horribly, he passed out.

It was around three o'clock in the afternoon before he fainted. If Shi Yu's off-duty time is normal, he should be home in three hours, and he must wake up immediately.

Li Yu stood where he was, pinching and scratching his arm, it hurt, but he couldn't wake up.

I can only look forward.

Li Yu looked up at the sky, the blue sky and white clouds, the sun was shining brightly, the dirt road was lined with luxuriant foliage, and below were patches of green fields.

I don't know if this place is the Nanyuan that the waiter said before.

What people are most afraid of is not poverty, not hunger, but despair, which can erode your will, easily break you down, and leave you devastated.

With the breeze blowing beside him, Li Yu didn't feel cool, but only felt hopeless. The road was long and boundless, and it would never end.

He squatted on the side of the road to rest, looked into the distance, narrowed his eyes slightly, there seemed to be a small town in the valley ahead.

Li Yu regained his energy immediately, stood up and ran forward, he didn't know how long he ran, he finally saw clearly that in the embrace of the mountains, there was indeed a group of buildings, crowded and huddled together.

He moved his feet, raised his head and looked forward, gritted his teeth and continued on his way.

The mountain road winds and twists and turns, the sun above the head goes down, the heat in the daytime drops sharply, and is blown away by the cool wind, replaced by a quiet and cool night.

His body was exhausted, his feet felt like lead, and he couldn't move anymore.

Li Yu found a small cave nearby. On the way, he picked up dry firewood, shredded grass and wooden sticks, and drilled wood to make fire.

As soon as he saw a little spark, he sprinkled dry grass on it. After the fire started, he threw a few handfuls of grass in succession, then put slender dry branches on it, and finally put the wooden stick on it.

The orange firelight illuminates the narrow cave, giving people a sense of security.

Li Yu curled up inside, took a nap with his knees in his arms, and soon fell asleep.

When he opened his eyes the second time, he was still in the cave, and he hadn't woken up from the dream, which meant he had to move on.

From day to night, my stomach went from hunger to colic, to unconsciousness, and finally arrived outside the town.

Only recently did he discover that there was not a single modern building in the small town, but all houses on stilts, and the people inside wore loose cotton ethnic-style clothing, and both men and women wore turbans on their heads.

On the other hand, the T-shirt and shorts on his body are somewhat abrupt.

Someone passed by, it was a child.

The child was carrying a pannier and wearing a black vest decorated with buckles, looking up at him curiously, "Are you looking for something?"

Li Yu shook his head, "I'm lost."

The child frowned, "No, you are here to find something."

Li Yu looked at him quietly for a few seconds, nodded and said, "I remember wrongly, I did come here to find something."

The child grinned, turned around and rushed into the town, shouting as he ran, "He's coming, he's coming!"

This shout attracted all the eyes nearby, Li Yu was fixed in place by those eyes, and couldn't help being a little nervous.

A bearded man came over and patted him on the shoulder familiarly, "Little brother, don't be dazed, go inside quickly."

Li Yu followed the man to the town, some people stopped to look at him, and some passed by smiled at him.

You can feel that these people have good intentions.

The bearded man turned his head to look at him, "Don't be nervous, everyone has no malicious intentions."

"You know I'm coming?" As soon as Li Yu finished speaking, he saw a big dog running towards him, snarling, sticking out his tongue, and his eyes were shining.

The big dog made a groaning sound, and suddenly jumped up two or three meters away, and the fluffy ball fell on the young man.

Li Yu sat on the ground, dizzy, his face was licked all over, and it was full of saliva.

The bearded dog easily hugged the big dog away, and held up one of its ears to teach him a lesson, "If you are restless, you will be roasted in the fire tonight."

The big dog whined aggrieved and frightened, and ran away with its tail between its legs.

Not only can this dog understand human speech, it is also afraid of fire.

The bearded man stretched out his hand and pulled the young man up, "I'm really sorry, this dog is a bit noisy, isn't it hurt?"

"No." Li Yu said, "Where are you taking me?"

The bearded man asked back, "Where do you want to go?"

Li Yu said he didn't know.

The bearded man smiled, "I'll take you to the mayor, maybe he knows."

Apparently, the people here have known for a long time that a stranger will come to town, and they have been waiting for it for a long time.

Li Yu felt that his brain was not enough, he looked around and kept up with the bearded pace.

There is no government office building in the town, and the mayor works from home.

The bearded man led the young man through the market and stilted buildings, and came to a wooden house. There was a yard outside the house, and a young man was growing vegetables in it.

Hearing the voice, the young man looked up and said, "Brother, you are here."

He turned his eyes, and his eyes fell on the stranger beside the bearded man. He showed a puzzled expression, suddenly thought of something, opened his eyes in surprise, and said repeatedly, "It's really coming, it's really coming, I, I'm going to tell the mayor now."

The young man left his words and rushed into the house.

Li Yu looked around, thinking that he was in a dream anyway, so if he had something to ask, he didn't have to be afraid of offending others, "Why doesn't the mayor live in a stilted building?"

Lu Hu said, "The mayor's legs and feet are inconvenient."

When he spoke, his expression was gloomy, and Li Yu asked, "Did you get hurt?"

At this moment, the young man came out of the wooden house and walked straight over, "The mayor invites you in."

Li Yu pointed at himself, "Me?"

"Hmm." The young man nodded, with unclear meaning, "Go in quickly, time is running out."

Li Yu was stunned for a moment, without asking any further questions, and walked into the wooden house in three steps at a time.

There was a smell of burnt charcoal in the house, and the furnishings were simple, with only simple tables, chairs and benches made of bamboo strips, a bamboo teacup and a rough pottery teapot on the table.

"Ahem." A hoarse cough came from behind the curtain on the right.

Li Yu walked over, "Mayor?"

"There are stools nearby, you sit down first, let's talk slowly." After speaking, there was another heart-piercing cough.

Li Yu moved a stool and sat in front of the curtain.

The people inside seemed to have a pair of eyes on the outside. The young man just sat down when the mayor said, "This city does not exist in reality, but a mirror world that borders reality. You know about this, right?"

Li Yu's eyelids twitched, if only he had dreamed of the old man a few days ago, it would be great, and it would save a few brain cells from dying.

He nodded, remembering that the other party couldn't see, and said again, "Got it."

The old man asked, "Then do you know where the body of the mirror is?"

The last time he fainted, he thought it was something wrong with his body. After experiencing this time, he was sure that it was the things in the box that were doing the trick.

Li Yu said he knew, but he kept an eye out and didn't tell the exact location.

The old man didn't ask, he didn't know if he knew it well, or he didn't want to know at all.

He coughed a few times, his voice was hoarse like a century-old bellows, and it took a lot of effort for his voice to break free from his throat.

"That mirror is a scourge, you must break it, or, or..."

The mayor's breathing became short of breath, as if something had strangled his throat.

Li Yu didn't care so much, opened the curtain and rushed in, and saw a charred corpse.

The corpse was burnt beyond recognition, and it was strangling its own neck, breathing with its mouth open in pain.

Li Yu was cold all over, his hands and feet were bound by an invisible rope, unable to move.

The mayor suddenly opened his eyes, stretched out his hand to grab the young man's wrist, opened his mouth tremblingly, and wanted to say something.

Perhaps it was an illusion, Li Yu always felt that the place where he was held was sticky and burned badly.

He swallowed, mobilized all his muscles and joints, and leaned over with difficulty.

The cold breath gushed out and got into his ears. Li Yu shuddered, subconsciously trying to escape, but the mayor's other hand pressed his shoulder.

He heard the mayor say in a breathy voice, "Find the exit, it's waiting for you."

The pressure on his shoulders disappeared, everything in front of him was reduced to ashes, and flames burned from all directions, swallowing the body of the town in an instant.

Thick smoke was billowing, desperately getting into eyes, ears, mouth and nose, Li Yu covered his mouth and nose and ran out.

The small town that was full of life 10 minutes ago has become a place of cannibalism. The big dog that rushed over enthusiastically before is crying and rolling in pain, its black eyes soaked in tears.

There were screams and groans all around, but no one escaped for their lives.

Li Yu stretched out his hand, trying to grab a nearby child, but before he could touch it, the child covered his head and backed away, his feet stepped into the fire, and the tongue of flame climbed up his trouser legs.

The skin festered at a speed visible to the naked eye and became scorched black. The child's body twitched in pain, and he stubbornly bit his lower lip to prevent himself from making a sound.

"Every day, we're going through it all over and over again."

The hoarse voice trembled, revealing the inner pain of the speaker, as well as an imperceptible sense of relief.

The bearded man came out from behind Li Yu, and the flames reflected in his red eyes, "Every soul in this city is repeating the past death every day, endlessly."

"The exit is in the mountain, you have to find it."

Dots of sparks appeared on him, "Only you can find it."

The moment the dry voice disappeared, sparks suddenly turned into a big fire, entangled the whole person.

Li Yu's whole body was cold, he stretched out his hand tremblingly, his nails passed through the facial features of the other party's distorted pain, and couldn't touch the real point.

The burning speed of the flames seemed to be fast-forwarded, and everything ended in an instant, leaving only ashes flying in the sky and black choking smoke.

The sky gradually darkened, covering the earth.

Fatigue hit, and the eyelids stuck together involuntarily.

Li Yu's head sank and he fell to the ground.

"Sir, I really don't know what's going on." The butler stood in the corridor outside the ward, with a rare panic on his serious face.

Shi Yu frowned, his lips were pursed into a straight line, and his anger was written in his eyes.

He arrived at the house at 05:30. When he opened the door, he saw the young man collapsed in the house, but no one knew, and the housekeeper was standing outside the door less than five meters away from the young man.

"Before I left, I told you to watch him carefully." The man's voice echoed in the corridor of the ward, with a heavy sense of oppression.

The butler straightened his back and clenched his fists hanging on both sides, "It was my negligence, please punish me sir."

The surrounding atmosphere became more rigid, Shi Yu took a step forward, and his five fingers grabbed his neck before the butler could dodge.

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