Chapter 7

Bright golden sunlight shines down.

Baiqiu Village, surrounded by dark green mountains and forests, is like a piece of dark chocolate in a dark green cake, abrupt and eye-catching.

Baiqiu Village is located entirely on a large piece of gray-white hills, at the top of the hills.

There are more than thirty tile houses scattered throughout the village.

At this time, on the outskirts of the village to the west, there was a pale man walking slowly, looking around from time to time, looking nervous.

The man was wearing a gray T-shirt and yellow slacks. The whole thing was dirty and wrinkled. It had obviously not been washed for a long time. His hair was also condensed with sweat oil into a Mohawk style.

On his feet were a pair of gray sneakers with no visible original color. He stepped on the muddy ground and looked very unsuited to the roads here.

Throughout Baiqiu Village, there was no chirping of insects or birds, only a thin sound made by the man walking slowly forward and stepping on the ground.

'Almost fifteen minutes.'

Yu Hong took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket, opened it and looked at it. The old-fashioned mobile phone that he originally refused to replace because of nostalgia, unexpectedly turned into a key auxiliary tool here.

He lay in bed for several days, and if it were a smart phone, it would have run out of battery. But this old-fashioned phone has a small screen, a big battery, and can last for more than a week. It is also resistant to damage, wear, and water.

At this critical moment, it gave him great psychological comfort.

On the mobile phone interface, the time is clearly displayed: March 5, 2024, 15:32.

"Alas" Yu Hong sighed lightly, this was the time before he came here.

But it's meaningless now.

Looking at the empty signal grid in the upper right corner of the mobile phone interface, he understood that he was probably no longer in his original world.

Whether it was the previous newspaper reports, the common sense mentioned by Little Stutter and Dr. Xu, or the messy and weird situations he encountered, it all showed that this was not his world.

He looked up at the bright sunshine.

Yu Hong lowered his head and made a mark on the dirt beneath his feet, then piled a few stones into a small triangular structure.

This is a mark to prevent you from getting lost.

Fifteen minutes have passed since Dr. Xu and Little Stutter left. During these fifteen minutes, he walked around the village for a while.

But what disappointed him was that except for the three of them, there seemed to be no living people in this place.

'It's possible that all the living people are hiding and not showing up. After all, even in the daytime, there may be great danger.'

Yu Hong sighed in his heart, holding the strengthened white stone tightly in one hand anytime and anywhere.

The previous encounter made him deeply understand that in this place, the effect of Baishi is the only guarantee for his safety.

According to what Dr. Xu said before he left, when there is sunlight during the day, there will be no black bugs, and at most you will encounter a few ghosts.

As long as you bring the white stone with you, these mysterious shadows are not very dangerous during the day.

Because the Shadow seems to be very weak during the day.

Yu Hong believes this, otherwise Little Stutter and Dr. Xu wouldn't be so big-hearted and keep going out.

His mind dropped, and he looked back at the marks he had made along the way. After making sure they were still there, he continued walking forward.

Quiet.

Dead silence.

Wow.

Wow.

Except for the crunching sound of the weeds he stepped on, there was no movement around.

Even the wind can't be heard.

More than ten minutes passed.

Yu Hong finally turned the whole village around with one deep kick and one shallow kick.

He stood at the first gravel intersection, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and kept remembering some of the places he had just discovered, important places in his mind.

The most important of them is the water well.

Just now he saw a well dug in the courtyard of a house from a distance.

There are many footsteps coming and going by the stone well, which is obviously a source of drinking water that is rare for living people.

But from a distance, more than ten meters away, he felt a biting coldness, constantly radiating from the well.

Even the sun couldn't suppress it. He felt something was wrong, so he didn't get close. He just remembered its location.

"It's strange. A small village on a hill would actually drill a well at a high place." Yu Hong was confused. Generally, wells are drilled in low-lying areas. After all, water flows downwards.

But this place is different from other places.

Standing on the gravel road, he looked up again and looked around.

The village is surrounded by endless dark green mountains and forests.

The mountains and forests are connected into a large area, like a sea of ​​trees.

There were no birds chirping, no living creatures in sight, and even the dark green trees and grass gave people an uncomfortable and creepy feeling.

Yu Hong looked blank and stared at the only old road leading to the outside world for a while before turning back to the village.

The journey was uneventful and we returned to Little Stutter's house.

He didn't let out a breath until he closed the wooden door completely.

"This place is too evil." When he thought that he would have to live here for who knows how long, with no hope of going back, he felt a deep sense of despair in his heart.

"I just saw it when I was walking around. There were no cars but there were wheel marks on the ground. This shows that there used to be cars here, but they were driven away later."

Yu Hong found a piece of charcoal in the clutter corner and drew a map of Baiqiu Village on the wall.

The map is very simple, just some simple lines and small squares representing houses.

The well, the old road he left, and the little Stutter's house where he lived were all marked by him.

The three places exactly form a triangular structure.

"What should I do now?" Yu Hong looked at the map, quickly suppressed the feeling of despair in his heart, and thought about his future path.

'I can't live with my little stutter forever. I must first learn to deal with these dangers on my own, and at the same time learn to find food and shelter on my own.'

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, he was writing and drawing on the wall with a charcoal pencil in his hand.

Then he raised his hand and stared at the black mark on the back of his hand.

'There is also this mark. If I don't want to be discovered, I must choose to live alone. Otherwise, in this extremely dangerous environment, it will be very dangerous for others to know my ability!'

Although it is unclear whether others have similar abilities, Yu Hong is certain that Xiao Stutter and Dr. Xu certainly do not.

This can also be seen in some subtleties.

"First learn how to find food and drink, and then move out!" Yu Hong quickly determined his plan.

After making a decision, he got up and returned to the bed, planning to rest again and wait for the little stutter to come back.

Boom, boom, boom.

suddenly.

The door rang again.

One sound after another, very rhythmic.

Yu Hong's throat quivered and he looked at the wooden door without making a sound.

There's something wrong with this kind of knocking on the door.

But he ignored the other party, held the reinforced white stone tightly, took a deep breath, and lay down quietly, preparing to rest.

Boom, boom, boom.

The knock on the door was still ringing.

Again and again.

But Yu Hong remained silent and pretended not to hear.

He was lying on his side on the bed, staring at the door, holding the reinforced white stone in his hand, and his body was tense, ready to react at any time.

Fortunately, the knocking on the door lasted seven times and then stopped.

Instead, someone seemed to be peeking through the window.

Look inside through the gap in the seal.

Yu Hong's heart was pounding, he turned his head and stared at the window, lowering his voice and taking deep breaths.

The strong sense of crisis constantly stimulated the secretion of adrenaline in his body, causing blood to flow rapidly throughout his body, accelerating circulation, and his face turned red.

I don't know how long it has been.

The figure outside the window seemed to have lost patience and left quietly.
To be continued...