Chapter 58 God is Everywhere
Chapter 58 God is Everywhere
Ning Zhe sat on the edge of the bed, thinking about the ghosts he had encountered in the past two days.
Taiyi is a wisp of hazy air, without form or shape, without birth or death.
Zhao was looking at an old almanac, which was still in He Nianjun's arms.
Te Rang is a hideous shadow as black as ink, and always hides at the feet of a corpse when it appears.
The appearance of ghosts seems to be related to the rules they represent. Taking this as a premise, Ning Zhe tried to roughly outline the appearance of the ghost in Bai Zhi's mouth in his mind.
"everywhere."
“Don’t look directly at it.”
"Something happens to people who look directly at it, and I need to be careful."
Both conditions are very abstract, which makes Ning Zhe a little confused. What will this ghost look like?
"Bai Zhi, where do you think this ghost came from?" Ning Zhe asked, "We just left Gubei Town and haven't even gone five kilometers when we were targeted and chased by a ghost. Isn't this too coincidental?"
Ning Zhe's implication was very simple. He believed that the ghost that was targeting them now was not a rootless wandering ghost like the Snake God, but a strange creature that was released artificially like Te Rang and was used and manipulated by others.
Bai Zhi nodded: "I also think it's not a coincidence, but I'm afraid things won't be exactly as you think."
"Let's talk about it later." Ning Zhe looked at the time. It was 19:11 in the evening and the sun was about to set.
After thinking about it, Ning Zhe got off the bed and walked to the window.
"What are you going to do?" Bai Zhi looked alert.
"Before the sun starts to set, I'll go remind the other people in the gas station to hide inside," Ning Zhe replied.
"That's very dangerous, and they won't believe you." Bai Zhi shook her head.
"They can believe it or not." Ning Zhe spread his hands: "I don't care whether they live or die, I just want to reduce some of my moral burden."
"You actually still have morals?" Bai Zhi frowned.
"People should always have some morals." Ning Zhe smiled and shook his head: "Even if they are fake."
Otherwise, what's the difference between you and a ghost?
As soon as he finished speaking, Ning Zhe's body disappeared and turned into a thin wisp of smoke. A black and white magpie jumped onto the windowsill, used its head to push aside the curtains, and crawled out through the gap in the security net.
A few minutes later, Ning Zhe came back.
"How about it, did they listen to you?" Bai Zhi asked curiously.
"Not at all." Ning Zhe fluttered his wings and landed on the bedside, changing back to his normal self and then said, "As you know, gas stations, like hospitals and fire stations, are basic public facilities that are open 24 hours a day. How could I possibly persuade them to close down as soon as I opened my mouth?"
"It's no use trying to persuade me." Bai Zhi looked as if she was saying, "You didn't listen to me a long time ago."
"I have to persuade them even if it's useless." Ning Zhe said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter whether they listen to my advice or not. But I did persuade them, which is very important."
Bai Zhi puffed up her cheeks: "I really don't understand you..."
Ning Zhe always does things in a weird and unpredictable way.
At this time, the sun had begun to set in the sky, and the light filtering in through the curtains became dim. If Bai Zhi was not suffering from a paranoid attack and had imagined that a ghost was chasing her, then something horrible would happen outside next.
The two of them sat side by side on the edge of the bed, waiting in silence for something to happen.
But for a long time, the room remained quiet. Outside the gas station, there came the rustling sound of wind blowing through the green belt, and the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the ground, creating a golden glow.
"It seems like nothing happened?" Ning Zhe whispered to himself.
"Maybe it has already happened, but you just don't know it." Bai Zhi said calmly. Obviously, she was very confident in her "feelings". "Okay, I believe you." Ning Zhe shook his head. Seeing that she had accurately described the rules of the concession before, it was always right to be careful.
The sun gradually set, and a thin bright moon rose from the foot of the mountain. It was 19:31 in the evening, and the gas station was still quiet.
Perhaps a little too quiet.
"Did you notice?" Ning Zhe asked softly again.
Bai Zhi tilted her head and looked at him: "What?"
Ning Zhe exhaled and said, "We came here at 18:10. From then until now, for more than an hour, no car came to this gas station to refuel."
It is true that Gubei Town is a small place and not a first-tier city where the average person uses cars for transportation, but such a big news just happened in Bishuiwan Manor yesterday, and the number of vehicles entering and leaving the town is much more than usual.
But now it has been more than an hour, and Ning Zhe didn't even hear the sound of a car passing by, let alone stopping to refuel. It was even more deserted than the Gubei Town usual.
Just like Bai Zhi said, during the time when the sun sets, 'something' happened.
But none of them knew what exactly had happened, and the room was deathly silent.
What finally broke the silence was a crisp knock on the door.
dong dong dong-
"Boss Zhang, you haven't had dinner yet, right? We made some barbecue and cold beer. Would you like to have something to eat and drink together?" The voice coming from outside the door was the voice of the boss of the gas station. Perhaps because Ning Zhe had paid generous rent before, the boss seemed very enthusiastic.
Knock, knock, knock—he knocked on the door again.
Ning Zhe walked to the door and replied, "No need, I'm not hungry, you guys can just eat."
"Don't be so formal. Even if you have no appetite, don't let the girl who follows you go hungry, right?" The boss advised earnestly, "How can young people not eat? My daughter keeps saying she wants to lose weight, but she refuses to eat. She starved herself to death and even messed up her menstrual period... If the girl is willing to follow you, you have to feel sorry for her, right, Boss Zhang?"
"She's very tired from the journey and has fallen asleep now. You'd better not disturb her." Ning Zhe said calmly, "You guys eat. I'm going to sleep too."
"Well, it's a pity that I specially got some river shrimps from the town, you don't have a good time..." The boss's voice gradually faded away.
After declining the invitation to have a barbecue together, Ning Zhe returned to sit down beside the bed. Bai Zhi was still there, not saying a word from beginning to end.
"Do you think he is weird?" Ning Zhe asked.
"I don't know." Bai Zhi shook her head.
"Ok."
It seems that Baizhi's special abilities are limited to 'knowing the existence of ghosts' and 'foreseeing vague rules'. If she wants anything else, it would be asking too much.
The two stayed in silence for a while. Bai Zhi looked a little sleepy, and her eyelids couldn't stop drooping.
Ning Zhe slept from midnight yesterday until this afternoon. The adequate sleep made him not feel sleepy at all. But Bai Zhi was different. She had not slept since she was woken up by Feng Yusu in the early morning yesterday. She stayed by Ning Zhe's bedside for the whole day. Now that night has fallen, her originally slight sleepiness has become stronger.
"If you're sleepy, take a nap." Ning Zhe said, "I'll keep watch for you."
Bai Zhi shook her head and didn't answer, but it became increasingly difficult to keep her eyes open.
Ning Zhe didn't say anything else. He knew Bai Zhi couldn't hold on. If she kept dozing off like this, she would fall asleep sooner or later... But suddenly, a buzzing sound broke the silence in the room, and she woke up alertly.
The source of the sound was from Baizhi's skirt. She took out her cell phone and unlocked the screen. Her sleepy expression quickly turned into surprise.
"What's wrong?" Ning Zhe asked.
"Mom... replied to my message."
(End of this chapter)