Chapter 28 Hunting
Chapter 28 Hunting
"Azhi started writing in her diary in 2013, five years ago, when I bought her this computer. The content in the first few years was normal, just recording what books she read every day, which restaurant had the best desserts, and she always went there alone... But since the middle of last year, the content of her diary has changed. Her writing has become messy and dark, like the kind of antisocial words a world-weary criminal would say."
"Since the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2017, Azhi has been having the same dream over and over again. The content of the dream is very...distorted and depressing, just like the horror games on her computer. Every time she has this dream, her mental state will deteriorate a little, and the content of her diary will become more chaotic, which makes me break out in a cold sweat."
"I was really worried about her mental state, but I was afraid that if I said it directly, Azhi would blame me for peeking into her privacy, so I copied the diaries that wrote about the dreams and sent them to the psychologist in the psychiatric department of Qinzhou City Hospital."
"The doctor said that Azhi may have developed paranoia and hysteria because he has not had normal social and family relationships for a long time and his brain is immersed in strange and terrifying virtual works. As long as he adjusts his mentality properly and does more outdoor activities, his symptoms will be alleviated. If necessary, he can come to the hospital in person for face-to-face treatment."
"But I know it's not like that!"
Feng Yushu suddenly became excited and his voice became louder:
"Because of the dream that Ah Zhi had...the horrible dream that kept appearing in her diary!"
"The scene in that dream took place in a strange village where everyone had yellow paper with their name written on it pasted on their face. Everyone in the village believed in an evil god that looked like a snake. The name of the village was... Hejia Village."
Ning Zhe's expression suddenly became extremely gloomy: "Why didn't you tell me such an important clue earlier?"
Feng Yushu, however, seemed to have not heard him at all. She did not respond to his question, but continued to chatter nervously: "I can't die here, Ningzhe, I really can't die here, I must get out alive and see my daughter alive. She has been entangled by the weirdness of Hejia Village... I have to help her, mom has to help her..."
"You know what? Ning Zhe, I don't care. I don't care what happens to me! You can ask me to do anything. I just want to know how Azhi is doing. Nothing can happen to her. She is still so young and has so many good years to experience. If anything happens to Azhi, I really don't know how to live..."
Looking at Feng Yusu's hysterical and incoherent appearance, Ning Zhe felt a little headache.
"Auntie, your mental state isn't that good..."
It's no different from being crazy.
It seems that the reason why Feng Yusu has been able to hold on until now is not because of her strong character as a mother. In fact, she has been corrupt for a long time, but she just doesn't show it.
After Feng Yushu's condition stabilized a little, Ning Zhe stopped and asked, "Your daughter... is her name Baizhi? What horror games does Baizhi have on her computer? What are those bizarre comics? Tell me everything. She might have dreamed about a scene from a game or comic."
Feng Yushu thought for a moment and named a few: "For games, there are: Extreme Panic, The Evil Within, Mental Hospital, Silent Hill, The Debt of a Couple, Red Silk, Paper Man, Hong Kong Ghost Story... For comics, most of them are in foreign languages. I don't recognize them. There is only one youth comic called 'Extreme Split' that is in Chinese, but it's not set in a rural setting. It seems to be something urban and supernatural."
Ning Zhe thought about the names Feng Yushuo had mentioned one by one, and found that none of these games and comics matched his current situation: "None of them are correct. Hejia Village is not a dungeon scene in any horror game or novel or comic."
It seems that what they are experiencing now is not some old-fashioned scene of a game invading the real world, but they are really experiencing an inexplicable weirdness.
"It seems that it is very intriguing that Bai Zhi dreamed of the scene in Hejia Village, and she had the same dream many times." Ning Zhe thought for a while and then asked, "Auntie, does Bai Zhi's diary record the specific content of her dream?"
Feng Yushu shook her head. "No, Ah Zhi's description of her dream was very confusing. There were only some fragmented sentences, incoherent descriptions of scenery and dialogues. It felt very... weird to read."
It was just as strange as when she first arrived at Hejia Village. "Okay." Ning Zhe did not delve into this direction.
Baizhi's dream might be an important clue to explore the relationship between this strange place and the real world, but Ning Zhe felt that as a dying man, it would be better for him to find a way to save his life first and focus on the present.
The most important thing at the moment is to try not to let Feng Yusu know the truth about the phone call from 'Lin Zhiyuan' in the morning.
We must not allow her wrong perception to be corrected, otherwise all our efforts will be in vain.
"Auntie, do you want to live?" Ning Zhe asked without warning.
"Of course I do." Feng Yushu asked puzzledly, "What do you want to say?"
"Nothing..." Ning Zhe let go of Feng Yushu's hand. He stood on a bluestone step on the street with his arms outstretched, stretched his waist towards the sky, and then continued: "I also want to leave here alive, but I need your help, understand?"
Feng Yushu nodded: "How do you need me to help you?"
Ning Zhe lowered his head and said, "I have thought of a way to break the rules here. This plan is already in progress, but the ghost saw through my plan and is preparing to destroy it..."
"The good news is that this plan has proven to be effective. The ghost is getting anxious. It has been changing its identity and calling me. Its attitude of using any possible means just now proves that my thinking is correct. I... may really have a way to kill it."
"The bad news is that the structure of my plan is very fragile. It is so fragile that it can be easily destroyed by ghosts. If I am not careful, I will lose everything."
"And the key to my plan lies in you. If the ghost wants to kill me, it must start with you first, so auntie, I need your help." Ning Zhe said lightly.
Feng Yushu nodded, not quite understanding: "What... do you need me to do?"
"Don't do anything." Ning Zhe said firmly, "I want you to find a place to hide right now. Don't listen to, believe or accept anything anyone says or does. You just need to be an ostrich with your head buried in the sand until everything is over. Leave all the rest to me and I will handle it."
"Listen, Feng Yushu, I will send you to your daughter alive, I promise." Ning Zhe's words were still calm, and there was no emotion in his eyes, only the indifference and indifference of a hunter examining his dead prey: "But can you guarantee that you will ignore all external interference factors and blindly believe everything I say without any reason?"
"If you answer yes, then..."
Ning Zhe turned his head, and the hunter looked directly into Feng Yusu's eyes without any emotion: "I can go kill that ghost right now."
(End of this chapter)