Chapter 13 Chapter 12 The Cave

What followed was a real mess. The police came again, interrogated Xueying and me for a long time, and finally closed the case with the boring excuse of "accident".I was disappointed, and I didn't bother to tell those incompetent "police uncles" where the duck died. Instead, I asked Xueying to investigate first. Although I don't know if that dream is the curse of Die Xian, but I don't want to suddenly turn my braids one day and die for no reason.Naturally, she doesn't want Xue Ying to die in vain, so the only hope is to find out the root of that dream. The famous British psychologist, Shelby Moore, once said that dreams are the subconscious brain activities of a person in light sleep. Each person's dreams are unique because of their different experiences and different ways of thinking.The chances of several people having the same dream—which can be thought of as a rounded number—are negligible.

But Gou Xiong, Xue Ying, Zhang Wen and maybe even Duck, they all had the same dream.It is even constantly being done, every night, and the plot in the dream is exactly the same, how can this be explained? I am completely speechless on this question. There is another doubt.Why did I, and only I, not have that strange dream?Could it be that I inadvertently did something more than the four of them that even I didn't realize?But that doesn't seem possible. Damn it, is it true that the Die Xian game is real? If you don't send the invited Die Xian back properly, that nasty evil spirit will kill you and devour your soul?

"Xiao Ye, what are you worrying about?" Xueying stared at me blankly for a long time before asking. "I was thinking about that dream. Why didn't you tell me for so long?" I raised my head, stared helplessly at her beautiful eyes that were as clear and transparent as a scorpion, and sighed. "I don't even know that there are other people who have the same dream as me, so I don't pay much attention to it. And I know you have had enough headaches recently, I don't want to make you more troublesome!" Xue Ying shyly said to me. smile. She stretched out her hand to support my face, and said mockingly, "Is Xiao Ye worried about me? Idiot, I don't believe in the curse of Die Xian. It's too unscientific."

"That's right." I forced the muscles on my face to squeeze out a smile, and said softly, "This kind of mysterious stuff has no scientific basis at all, so it's better not to believe it." Although I was smiling on the surface, I didn't feel relaxed in my heart. slightest. I shook my head vigorously, and said again: "Have you bought everything I want you to buy?" "It should be all there, I'll order some more." Xueying loosened the backpack on her back, opened it and counted one by one: "Rope, flashlight, battery, lighter, birthday candles, gloves, plastic bag, waterproof Boots, and the plan of the bomb shelter stolen from the school reference room. Weird, why do you want me to buy these messy things?"

I tapped the table lightly with my hand and explained: "About that air-raid shelter, there are a few things that I must tell you. "First of all, it was built during World War II. It is deep and long, like a maze. Since the entrance is designed in a low-lying area, there must be a lot of water in it. If you don't want to fight with the residents there, such as rats, cockroaches, etc. If you have close contact with creatures, it is best to wear boots. The floor plan of the air-raid shelter is used to prevent us from getting lost. Ropes, flashlights, batteries, and lighters are essential supplies for lighting and emergency. Plastic bags should be used for collection There are a lot of germs and disgusting things in the air-raid shelter, and you must wear gloves when touching things."

"What about the birthday candles? What do you want for them?" Xue Ying was puzzled. "It's very simple. That kind of candle contains a lot of magnesium. No matter how you throw it or blow it, it will not be easily extinguished, unless it is placed in an oxygen-deficient environment. I am afraid that some parts of the air-raid shelter will be closed for too long. Too much carbon dioxide and poisonous gas, it is safer to take it with you. When opening some closed places, throw a candle in and see how much oxygen is in the air, and then think twice." "I'm convinced!" Xueying lowered her head and sighed: "Xiaoye, sometimes I really have an urge to see what kind of environment you grew up in? Why can you do everything? Consider it comprehensively and carefully in advance, just like an old and cunning fox."

"Sorry, my fox character is innate, without environmental factors." I glared at her angrily, and asked, "What time is it?" "Nine forty-five, exactly the time to turn off the lights in the dormitory building." Xueying looked at the watch on her wrist. "In other words, there is almost no one near the entrance of the air-raid shelter." After considering various factors, I felt that the loopholes in my plan should not be too big, so I lightly tapped Xueying's head, and told her Said: "When you go downstairs, go to the women's toilet to see if anyone is still in it. Be sure to make sure, otherwise I'm definitely doomed!"

During World War II, a large number of air-raid shelters were built in all places, regardless of cities or villages. Of course, the school with a long history we attended is no exception. There is one, but it was abandoned decades ago. The open space in front of the entrance of the air-raid shelter was turned into a public toilet, and the entrance was pitifully squeezed behind the women's toilet. Therefore, if you want to enter the air-raid shelter, you have to go through the women's toilet and go around from the right. This is the most troublesome. Asking me, a healthy, confident, and proud man, to enter the women's restroom is already very psychologically stressful. The most fearful thing is that I will be bumped into by others, so I am not safe at the end of the day?The image you work hard to maintain will be washed into the sea mercilessly like a river of spring water.When the time comes, I'm afraid I won't even have time to buy a piece of tofu, and I will be drowned by the saliva of more than 5,000 people in the whole school...

Xue Yingluo walked into the women's restroom, poked her head out after a while, and gave me a sign that everything was OK.I took a deep breath, made up my mind again, slowly raised my trembling feet, and finally mustered up the courage to walk into this boy's absolutely forbidden place. The description of the scene in the women's restroom is omitted here, it's too embarrassing! (Actually, it was entirely because she was afraid of being scolded by Xue Ying as a pervert, so she had to pretend to be calm and not squint, and she didn't even dare to show her expression of looking at flowers.)

It took a long time of more than 30 seconds, and I was struggling to cross the distance of more than 20 meters, and it was smooth, and I came to the open space behind the toilet. "Xiao Ye, do you think that Gou Xiong, who has been trying hard to maintain his image of a serious big brother, and his perverted follower, Zhang Wen, have a hobby of voyeurism?" , finally couldn't help laughing out loud. While laughing, she seemed to think of something and asked, "Otherwise, why would they think of going into the air-raid shelter behind the women's toilet?" "Don't speak ill of the deceased!" I knocked on her head angrily.

Xue Ying rubbed her head with her hands and said coquettishly: "What a nuisance! You are not allowed to hit people on the head. If you beat me into an idiot, I will ask you to marry me and be my cow and horse for the rest of your life." "Ha, you're going to be an idiot. I'm definitely the first one to call the madhouse." I absent-mindedly argued with her, and looked intently at the old entrance. The air-raid shelter was built ten meters underground, which was quite deep at that time. The entrance is a raised concrete structure about 1.5 meters high, but it has already been sealed by the school with an iron fence, probably to prevent children of lower grades from going in and exploring, fearing that they will get lost or encounter danger. "Strange." I frowned, wiped the fence with my hand, and said to Xueying, "Isn't the air-raid shelter that the bears mentioned here?" "No, this is the only air-raid shelter nearby." Xueying shook her head, resolutely denying my guess. "But look." I put the rust on my hand under her eyes and said, "The fence is full of rust and cobwebs, and the iron fence is tightly locked with a big lock." I put Lifting the lock, he checked it carefully, and said: "There is no trace of being pried open on the lock, and the keyhole is full of copper rust. Even if you think about it on your knees, you can tell that no one has been in or out of this place for many years. pass." Xueying was also confused, and she recalled distressedly: "Zhang Wen obviously told us that he found the dead duck in the old air-raid shelter. I remember that the school's air-raid shelter only has such an entrance and exit." "No, there must be a problem." I kept thinking about it, and spread the floor plan of the air-raid shelter on the ground to study it carefully. It took a long time before she raised her head, and asked Xueying nonchalantly: "Remember what Zhang Wen and Gou Xiong said to us a few days ago? They said they found the treasure of the Chen family on the construction site of the playground. Hey, although the treasure may not be It is true, but it is true that a large tomb was found there." "What does this have to do with the air-raid shelter?" Xue Ying asked hesitantly. I smiled mysteriously: "Let's go take a look at the tomb, we should find something." The direction of the air-raid shelter is drawn on the floor plan, and it is obvious that it extends straight to the southeast.The graves of the playground and school are also located exactly to the southeast.When I discovered this, a hypothesis suddenly popped up in my mind—maybe the tomb is above a certain section of the air-raid shelter. When the foundation was being laid on the construction site, not only was the tomb dug out, but the one below the tomb was also dug out. The ceiling of a part of the air-raid shelter was dug and collapsed, opening up the grave and the air-raid shelter... Gou Xiong and Zhang Wen entered the air-raid shelter from the tomb, and accidentally found the dead body of the duck. Hey, if this assumption holds true, at least part of the problem can be solved! This is undoubtedly a life-saving straw for me who is plagued by a lot of questions and has no clue, like a poor person with a leaky house and continuous rain all night. It was very dark, and the dim night enveloped the entire construction site, quietly, without a sound. Xue Ying and I rolled in this death-like silence. For some reason, my heart was beating inexplicably fast. I turned on the flashlight and looked around. The foundation of this future student dormitory building has been laid and is about to be poured in concrete. "The tomb should be on the far right of the construction site." I found the location with my finger gestures, and walked over quickly.Xueying followed me closely, and held my hand again out of fear.Suddenly I heard her scream "Ah", and she pointed blankly and refused to move. I looked up and saw a large rectangular pothole filled with deep water on the ground not far away. The pit was just as Zhang Wen described, about five meters long and three meters wide.It's just that looking at it in the night makes people feel shuddering. I don't know whether it is a wide or slender pothole. It is like a bloody mouth slowly climbing up from hell. Its teeth and claws are silently laughing, as if it has been waiting for thousands of years, and it will choose when we get close. People eat. I stood there frozen all over, only to feel that Xueying was holding my hand more and more tightly.The surrounding atmosphere began to become weird at some point. The coffin fragments scattered on the ground seemed to be alive, constantly exuding a cold breath in the summer night... "Do you feel it? It's so cold and scary!" Xue Ying said in a trembling voice. I snorted, pinched my thigh hard, and used the pain to break myself out of the inexplicable fear.After walking a few steps forward, I casually picked up a fragment of the coffin from the ground and looked at it carefully, then picked some fragments with my fingernails and put them in front of my nose to smell them. "That's right, Zhang Wen's fragment of the coffin was picked up from here." I judged. Xue Ying seemed a little at a loss, she turned her head suddenly, looked deeply into my eyes, and said hesitantly: "Xiao Ye, do you think it is possible...the Die Immortal we invited...is the owner of this tomb ?” "Why do you think that?" I asked in surprise. Xue Ying bit her lip and said slowly: "Didn't you say that more than a hundred years ago, the school playground should be a big river? You also said that the meaning of 'beside the water' is more inclined to be 'beside the river'. Look, Xiaoye, the location of this tomb meets all the conditions, and..." She thought hard for a long time, but shook her head again: "I don't know how to tell you. Anyway, I feel like my heart is jumping here, as if I will be swallowed by that deep pit at any time." I am noncommittal about her speculation. "...This doesn't explain anything at all. Everyone is more or less afraid and apprehensive about places related to death, and I am also afraid. In fact, your reaction is considered normal." I said. "No! Those are not feelings of fear!" Xueying became a little hysterical, she held my arm tightly, and her whole body was trembling constantly: "I know what it feels like to be afraid, but I definitely don't feel fear right now. It's a feeling of fear. A kind, a kind of call! Yes, it is a call. From just now, I always feel that something is calling my name. It is not a sound, but a kind of thought. It directly enters me without going through my eardrums I'm scared! I'm so cold! No, I'm going down to save it!" Xueying stood stiffly, she pushed me away suddenly, and walked forward slowly with heavy and difficult steps. "What's wrong with you?" I was surprised and pulled her hard, only to find that her eyes had become dull and dark, without a trace of expression, as if they were covered with a layer of cloth. Her footsteps were messy but persistent, even though I was pulling her to stay where she was, she was still moving irregularly. "Beside the water, it's so cold. Help me! Is there someone! Come and save me. I don't want to die yet!" Suddenly, Xueying burst into tears. She sat on the ground with her knees in her arms, crying, and kept repeating that passage in her mouth. A cold feeling couldn't help but climbed from the back to the back of the head. I shuddered, only feeling that I could no longer move an inch. What happened, what happened to Xue Ying?Could it be... is it a ghost?No!This is not in line with scientific logic at all, so, could she be a patient with sudden sleepwalking? I gritted my teeth and hugged her tightly from behind. Xue Ying began to struggle desperately, she tried hard to shake off my hand, and stared at me with creepy hateful eyes: "Beast, don't touch me. I swear, even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go!" you!" I didn't let go, and tried hard to push her down. Xueying cried, yelled, yelled, and beat me constantly with her hands. In the end, she seemed to be tired, she gradually stopped resisting, her whole body relaxed, and she fell asleep. "God, this is a big joke!" Panting heavily, I stood up exhausted, looked at Xueying who was lying comfortably on the ground, smiled wryly and shook my head.Oh, it's over.It seemed that it was impossible for her to walk back to the dormitory by herself, and then sneak back to her room.So what are we going to do tonight? After a short rest, I finally resigned to my fate and carried her on my back, and walked towards the teaching building step by step with difficulty.There is no way out, and the only option is to spend the night in the classroom. Damn it!I didn't expect such a sudden situation to happen, and I smashed the whole plan to pieces. Feeling a little depressed in my heart, maybe I shouldn't have brought Xueying here in the first place.In fact, it might be a good thing to leave the work of salvaging duck corpses to those useless policemen...