Chapter 2 Primer

Opening the dictionary, the definition of road is very accurate. The so-called road is named after its public transportation road. It is also a road that connects cities, villages and industrial and mining bases, mainly for cars and has certain technical standards and facilities. Human production and life cannot exist independently without roads, and human communication and most of the daily necessities also rely on roads to deliver?Haven't thought about it, perhaps the highway, since its existence, has slowly infiltrated some unknown dark and terrifying things? The world is interesting, too interesting to live in.

Among the vehicles that come and go every day, there are countless RVs. The owners of RVs carry their travel dreams through the roads extending in all directions. Driving through a village, a town, a city, or a country may be the ultimate dream of many people. But it is undeniable that there are a large number of people all over the world who are realizing this dream.However, among those who travel all day long, there are also some who are destined to be unable to stop. Because stopping to stop may mean a heavy price, over there is - death! Han Qi is a showman. This is a thankless job with a very low salary.

Signage is an outdoor marketing tactic in which workers stand on street corners or intersections holding an arrow-shaped sign to attract the attention of passing motorists.Just like skateboarding and street dancing, there are many movements, and each movement has a name. It is said that this thing started in Southern California in the United States, and now it has spread all over the world. Today, he is still standing at the crossroads in Huihui Town, waving the signboard in his hand with very proficient skills. This signboard is 1.2 meters long and very thin. In his hand, the signboard sometimes circles, sometimes throws into the air, and sometimes moves around, making people dazzled and applauded.This is a very interesting job, the hourly wage is very low, six hours a day, Han Qi has been standing here for almost half a month.

On the signboard in his hand was written four words "Chen's Catfish" in blue Song typeface. The person who hired him was Chen Dong, the owner of Catfish Village. This old guy is in his early forties and runs a restaurant on the National Highway, mainly selling catfish. It is said that Huihui Town was an important traffic route in ancient times, and it was also the only channel for communication between the north and the south. However, from the present point of view, if you want to transport goods from the south to the north, you still have to pass the national highway at the gate of Huihui Town, so come to Huihui Town by car. The car is very lively.

Speaking of the Chen family catfish, whether it was Han Qi or the folks in the town, they all secretly scolded him for doing business with a black heart. The so-called catfish can only be purchased for a few tens of dollars per kilogram, but he is very good at killing customers. Usually two people go into the store to eat it. If you don’t have thousands of dollars, you don’t want to go out. If you don’t have money to pay, I’m sorry, the goods on the truck Move down to pay for the meal. This Boss Chen, to put it bluntly, is a stinky hooligan in Huihui Town. He hired thugs to earn some dirty money. Over time, trucks passing by his house would have to detour, let alone repeat customers.

So Boss Chen invited Han Qi to play signs to attract customers, and lure those who don't know the situation into the store to spend. After half a month of sign dancing, the truck was not fooled, but the young couples driving by attracted a lot. Of course, He was also slaughtered to the point of wanting to cry, and Han Qi felt somewhat guilty about this. Today's weather is very gloomy, and it seems that there will be heavy rain. The wind blowing from the east of the intersection makes Han Qi a little unsteady, but for this small hourly salary, he still works hard to dance the signs.It's not that he is conscientious, it's all because Boss Chen is a small-minded person, and he makes surprise inspections to see if the money he spends every hour is worth it.

The signboard was thrown into the air by Han Qi with a routine action, but when the wind blew it, the aluminum signboard flew to the main road as lightly as a straw, and the signboard fell, almost hitting an old campervan! This somewhat aged camper dodged with agility and rushed towards Han Qi.He was so frightened that he turned around and ran away, but no one was as fast as a car. Fortunately, when he was about to pee his pants in fright, the front of the car braked successfully within five centimeters of him. Han Qi's feet were trembling in shock, a middle-aged man with a beard poked his head out from the driver's seat, looked at him, then at the signboard that fell on the ground, and then drove straight towards Chen's catfish.

"Damn it, I won't apologize, damn it, Boss Chen deserves to kill you!" Han Qi cursed secretly, walked to the middle of the road with weak limbs and picked up the signboard. At this moment, a car came from the opposite side, driving at a fast speed. When the driver saw Han Qi's sudden appearance, it was too late to step on the brakes. The car slammed into Han Qi's body hard. His body was like his own dancing sign, spinning and flying in the air, and fell off with a "snap". , and then ruthlessly made contact with the concrete ground more than ten meters away.

Han Qi felt that his whole body was in pain, and his chest was hard to breathe. He struggled desperately, trying to stand up. Indeed, he succeeded. With great effort, he pulled out his phone subconsciously and asked for help. The driver slowed down and hesitated for a moment. , and then stepped on the accelerator without hesitation, wanting to walk away. The front and rear license plates of the car were covered with black mud, no one should be able to see the number clearly, and even if they hit and run, they would not be caught... The driver drove the car faster with this kind of luck.Without losing his mind, the forward car knocked down Han Qi again, and the wheels ran over him cruelly.

Han Qi's life also completely disappeared on the road. Coincidentally, the signboard that was knocked away with him flew in mid-air for a while, then fell, and happened to land on the windshield of the vehicle that caused the accident. The glass was broken, and finally the driver's head was cut off by coincidence. The driver died instantly. The unmanned car crashed into the cliff on the side of the road, and finally exploded into a firework-like flame. The impact and sound of the explosion spread throughout Huihui Town. The spectators came out immediately, and the camper van driver also came out. Behind him was an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl. Outrageous levels.

The girl glanced at the scene of the car accident, her eyes full of worry, "Dad, could those two people's deaths be our fault and be our scapegoats?" "You think too much." The father patted his daughter's head kindly, "Go in, we will continue on our way after eating. Your mother is not in good health recently, so buy her something light." "Ok." The little fresh beauty nodded softly, and followed her father into Chen's Catfish Village. The two sat at the table under Boss Chen's blooming smile. The menu was handed over, and the father ordered a few dishes casually: "A plate of twice-cooked pork, A big bowl of mapo tofu and a serving of soup. Bring some rice." Boss Chen's smile remained unchanged, and he didn't feel affected by the death of a traffic accident not far from the store. "Sir, our family mainly eats catfish." "I don't like fish." said father. "But the chef who cooks Sichuan cuisine in my family is sick and asks for leave. Only the chef who cooks fish is here." Boss Chen wondered why, a cunning flashed across his eyes. "That's it." Father looked down at the menu again. The girl got bored, so she stood up and wandered around the hall.Suddenly, she saw a little girl in a black skirt squatting beside the glass pool, watching the fish swimming in it with relish. The child was about thirteen years old. The skirt on his body was a bit worn out, as if it had been torn abruptly. He had short black hair and a thin body. "Are you looking at the fish?" The girl rubbed her black hair, and gently squatted down beside the child. The child ignored her and continued to stare at the fish in the glass. "Is it interesting?" The girl wanted to touch the child, but suddenly thought of something, and quickly withdrew her hand, "Big sister, my name is Ni Niandie, little sister, do you have a name?" The little girl still didn't speak. Ni Niandie felt that her face was hurting from laughing, but the little girl ignored her at all, which was really boring. The father obviously didn't notice the girl behind him, which made Ni Niandie's heart fall into the bottom of the valley.She found that the girl had stood up, but she couldn't see her face, or in other words, the girl had no face at all. "Dad, run away!" Ni Niandie yelled and ran away. In a daze, the father also threw the menu in his hand to the ground, and fled towards the gate without hesitation. Boss Chen was stunned, his head was a little stuffy, he hadn't started killing customers yet, why did those two run away? At this moment, a creepy feeling spread throughout the body. Boss Chen turned his head stiffly and looked back. He didn't see anything, but he really felt that something was grabbing his leg.The thing crawled quickly, from the calf to the thigh, to the waist, and finally climbed onto his shoulders and touched his neck. With a soft "creak", Boss Chen's neck was twisted to a position that was impossible for a living person. Before he could breathe out his last breath, he was already dead.Boss Chen's head was twisted off by a pair of invisible hands, "snapping" like chewing beans, being mutilated by the invisible thing. Everything happened, and it only took more than ten seconds. While running away in panic, Ni Niandie looked back subconsciously. I saw that the thing that originally looked like a little girl had become pitch black, so blurry that it was hard to see whether it was in human form. Wherever it passed, shadows were thrown up layer by layer, covering the sky and covering the sky, becoming bigger and bigger, and It is still merging with the surrounding shadows. Whether it was the walls or the seats, even the earth dogs were not spared. As long as the objects and creatures whose shadows were swallowed by it, they all showed a gray tone. The body of the earth dogs exploded, and the red blood stained the ground. Ni Niandie and her father jumped into the car skillfully, the car did not turn off, and rushed onto the road as soon as they stepped on the accelerator.It seems that their family has experienced this kind of thing countless times. The shadow rushed out of Chen's Catfish Village, and disappeared in the sunlight, as if it had never appeared before. The car drove away, aimlessly continuing the endless journey of desperation. The girl sighed. She was sitting on the passenger seat, propping her chin with her hands, watching the ever-changing scenery outside the window, and involuntarily, crystal tears rolled down her cheeks like pearls. She cried silently, fearing that her father would see her, so she wiped away her tears vaguely, but her thoughts drifted to the white clouds in the distance.Occasionally, birds flew by in the sky, drawing beautiful arcs across the sky.A plane flies out of the stratosphere, gliding high in the sky.She felt that her family was like duckweed without roots, and would never be able to return to their roots. How great would it be if one day I could stay in peace and not have to run around anymore?It only takes a year, no, even half a year is fine. She is willing to pay the price with her life!