Chapter 169 Different Observation Angles Present Different Results
Chapter 169 Different Observation Angles Present Different Results
The moon climbed from the east to the west, and it was already the second half of the night.
A disheveled figure rolled and crawled over the low wall on the street and hurried to the town entrance. His dark blue checkered suit was soaked with sweat from the long run. This was the affectionate brother Shen Qing who had just escaped from the town.
He came all the way to the southernmost part of Zanju Town. The dilapidated buildings receded from the sight on both sides, and a crooked tea tree came into view. A piece of weed-covered wasteland outside the town was where they stayed when they came. The program crew's car was parked under the tree.
But when Shen Qing looked up, he did not see the tent or campfire set up by the production team, nor did he see the iconic RV. The two off-road modified SUVs were also nowhere to be seen. There was only a silver-white van parked alone under a tree, with broken glass on the ground beside the car reflecting scattered light.
Shen Qing's footsteps paused, he knew that the thing he feared most had really happened.
On the way back to the town gate, he never gave up contacting the outside world, but whether he called the program crew, called his family for help or sent messages, even the system's built-in emergency call function had no response.
Because he escaped in such a hurry, he left his travel bag in the previous building and was unable to take the satellite phone inside. However, Shen Qing felt that even if he took the satellite phone, it would most likely be useless. This was not something that could be explained by a simple signal blocking.
The moment Shen Qing saw the dead Xiao Ke standing in front of him, he understood that in this long-abandoned, uninhabited town, there existed some kind of incomprehensible and inexplicable weirdness that he could not understand.
"Ha ha……"
Shen Qing supported his knees with his hands, breathing rapidly. He didn't usually exercise, and the long period of desperate running made his alveoli constantly feel hot and stinging. He tried to raise his head to look at the silver-white van parked under the tree, and suddenly he had an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.
"Qin-C... I seem to have seen this car somewhere before?" Shen Qing kept wondering, "Where was it?"
Before he could figure out the problem, a rustling sound suddenly interrupted Shen Qing's thoughts, like the sound of clothes rubbing against each other when people walked. The van parked under the tree swayed slightly, and the coincidental evening breeze brought a thin cloud at the right time, covering the moon in the sky, making Shen Qing's eyes dark.
In the darkness, only the mobile phone screen emitted a faint fluorescent light. The rustling sound seemed to come not from the van's compartment but directly beside one's ears, as if something was quietly curled up in the darkness, waiting for an opportunity to move.
However, the wind came and went quickly. When the dark clouds drifted away, the cold moonlight once again fell under the tea tree, and Shen Qing could see the silver van clearly again.
And a white hand stretched out from the car window.
Without any hesitation, Shen Qing turned around and ran.
But before he had taken a few steps, a voice behind him made him slow down his pace in doubt.
"Brother Deep Love? Why are you here?"
A sweet and soft voice with a bit of coquettish feeling. Shen Qing was very familiar with this voice. It was the voice of Tang Xin, one of the anchors who entered Zanju Town with him.
Shen Qing turned around and saw the girl's pretty face. Tang Xin grabbed the car window with both hands and struggled to get out. Her skirt was torn in several places by the broken glass.
She got down to the ground and asked Shen Qing, "Where are the others?"
Shen Qing's Adam's apple moved, and he shook his head tentatively: "No, I don't know. I don't know where the others are."
"You don't know either." Tang Xin said as she took out a piece of chocolate from her bag, unwrapped it, took a small bite, and said, "I don't know where the production crew has gone. I can't get through to them on the phone. Brother Shenqing, can you get through to them on the phone?"
Shen Qing shook his head again: "No, we can't make calls, the signal here seems to be blocked."
"Oh..." Tang Xin was so disappointed.
Shen Qing stared at her chest for a long time. After confirming that Tang Xin's chest was rising and falling due to breathing, he felt relieved. He walked up to her and asked, "Where did this van come from? Why are you in it?"
Tang Xin took a bite of the chocolate and replied, "I had hypoglycemia before, and I don't know who took the candies I had in my bag. I almost fainted... Later, when I came back here, I didn't find the production crew, but only saw this van. When I came, the window of the van was already broken, and there were some daily necessities, fast food, food, chocolate, energy bars and the like piled inside. I was afraid that I would have hypoglycemia again, so I just went in and took some."
"As for where this car came from... I don't know either." Tang Xin swallowed the last piece of chocolate, crumpled up the wrapper and stuffed it into his pocket, then said, "This town is really strange."
"Who said it wasn't?" Shen Qing sighed, and passed by Tang Xin calmly, his fingertips brushing her forearm.
He has body temperature and is alive.
Great……
Shen Qing breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, he suddenly felt a buzzing vibration in the palm of his left hand. Someone was calling.
Tang Xin suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at him in disbelief. Shen Qing picked up the phone and saw that the caller was - Xia Chong.
"Hello? What do you want to talk to me about?" Shen Qing answered the phone vigilantly and asked.
The speaker was silent for a moment, and then Xia Yubing's voice was heard: "Where did you suddenly run off to? We are all looking for you."
"I..." Shen Qing hesitated.
He actually didn't want to answer the call. After witnessing the many strange phenomena happening to Xiao Ke's body, his trust in other people had dropped to the lowest level. When the signal was blocked and he couldn't contact the outside world, only this call came through smoothly. Who could be sure whether the person on the other end of the phone was alive or dead?
"It's Xia Chong." Tang Xin felt a lot more relieved when she heard the voice, but she was still a little confused. How did the call come in?
While Shen Qing was hesitating, Xia Yubing's voice came out from the loudspeaker again: "Forget it, regardless of that, can you come to the center of town as soon as possible? We need your help with something, right under the Four-Faced Buddha statue, can you come?"
Xia Chong's words are even more suspicious...
Shen Qing's hesitation grew even stronger. Isn't this the same tactic commonly seen in horror movies, where ghosts lure people to a place alone and then kill them?
Even a little too cliché.
"Okay, I'll go." Shen Qing pretended to agree, but he thought he definitely couldn't go.
"Please do it as fast as possible. Thank you."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Qing lowered his arm holding the phone, his eyes a little dazed, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Tangxin looked at him curiously and thought that Brother Shenqing's current behavior was really strange, but there were too many strange things and she didn't know where to start.
At this moment, Tang Xin suddenly caught a glimpse of a tall and thin woman standing motionless next to the trunk of the tea tree.
It was a woman wearing a loose men's windbreaker, with long, slightly curly hair draped over her shoulders. Bright red blood slid down from her ears, flowing along her wheat-colored skin to her shoulders.
It was as if she had been standing there from the beginning and had only been discovered now.
The woman's mouth did not open or close, only a hoarse voice came out from her throat:
"You stole my things."
(End of this chapter)