Chapter 46
Bai Zhou never thought that he and Lan Ji would be the only survivors in Hall City.
The prophecy book states that the final chapter of the City of Hall will begin with the totem of sin and end with the extinguishing of the totem by fire, marking the beginning of a new civilization.
A new civilization begins and the old civilization ends. Everything will be reset to zero.
Bai Zhou had been studying the Book of Prophecy since he was young, and believed in its contents without a doubt, but he never thought that it would end in this way.
On the way back, the four of them were silent for a while. Zhou Yuli went to the security room and deleted the surveillance backup of that night before the four of them left the building.
Bai Zhou was unusually silent. Lan Ji stayed beside him, always half a step behind him, holding the box upright in his hands.
As the morning approached, there was no one on the road. The police were just patrolling nearby. They saw the four people from a distance, asked them what they were doing, and then let them go.
When we arrived at the store, it was already daybreak.
Miu Yi was still sitting on the container. When he saw them coming back, he took two steps forward.
"How...what's going on..." He was startled by Bai Zhou's expression and changed the subject, "...what's wrong?"
Bai Zhou said nothing and went into the inner room. Lan Ji placed the box upright on the container and spoke.
He rarely says harsh words, most of the time he does more than he says, and he never makes demands on anyone.
But at this moment, he looked at Miu Yi and said seriously: "If you want to stay here, you must separate yourself from this kind of thing. Otherwise, I will assume that you are the same kind and I will kill you."
After saying that, Lan Ji also went into the inner room.
Miu Yi looked at the closed door, then at the ice box in front of him, and looked at Pei Zhao in confusion: "What... is this?"
Pei Zhao said coldly: "This is your brother."
"My brother?" Miu Yi covered his mouth, "My brother?!"
His brother, although he was skinny and ugly, how could he be such a disgusting thing?
He couldn't believe it, but the puddle had made a sound.
"Miao Yi... I found you. Let me go. I can stay with you forever. I love you. I know you need love."
"Brother..." Miu Yi was at a loss, his eyes filled with tears, but he shook his head, "Brother, I can't."
He was crying so hard that he couldn't utter complete sentences, so Zhou Yuli told him the whole story, and Miu Yi was even more speechless.
"I'm sorry to Brother Bai, sorry to Brother Lan, and sorry to you all." Miu Yi cried uncontrollably, and even Pei Zhao felt reluctant to let her go.
It's just a child. He did something wrong to repay a favor. Even adults find it difficult to extricate themselves from the relationship, so how can we demand too much from a child?
Miu Yi squatted on the ground with its black wings draped over its body, like a newly hatched bird.
He spat out word by word, "Brother, I can't, I have no way, to accept myself again, to lose myself in unhealthy love, and you have done so many wrong things, brother, you have killed so many people..."
Miu Yi was still talking to himself and didn't notice that his brother in the ice box on the table had stopped moving.
The sunlight shone into the ice box, casting colorful lights. The dirt began to struggle, making sharp roars, but eventually turned into a thin layer and dried at the bottom of the box.
Zhou Yuli asked Bai Zhou for a spark and threw it in.
One fire and everything is gone.
·
The police did not find the murderer in the missing case. After a week of silence in the district, they relaxed the investigation due to social pressure.
At first everyone was worried, but as no more missing cases occurred, the incident was gradually forgotten.
Until one day, it was said that a huge bird flew over the roof of Huada University, and the next day, the twelve missing students were found sleeping on the roof of the teaching building.
There was a lot of discussion about this in school, on forums, and on the Internet, with everyone having their own speculations, while the person involved knelt in the lobby of the Huada Puppet Shop.
The door was closed, and Pei Zhao was holding a rattan stick in his hand and swinging it high into the air.
"Didn't I say that this world is a materialistic world and that we can't reveal our true selves in front of others?"
Miu Yi was sobbing and not daring to hide, sniffing and saying, "I remember erasing their memories... I didn't forget."
"Talk back? Didn't I tell you to say hello to me before going out? What hello are you saying to me?" Pei Zhao was furious.
"I...said I was going to buy milk tea."
"Did you buy milk tea and end up in another world?!" Pei Zhao cursed. Perhaps because of his false identity as a vampire, he could actually travel through certain other worlds, of course only limited to some Western classical worlds, and found the twelve missing students in them.
They lost almost half of their blood, but fortunately they were still alive.
He was deceived into bringing them back, and for this he was hunted down by the vampire race, who accused him of stealing the food sent by the tribute-payers.
Although his fighting ability is average, his ability to escape is first-rate. Relying on the fact that Pei Zhao and the others were all in the real world, he shook off the vampires, dropped the students off at school, and turned back to the puppet shop.
Those vampires who had lived in the castle for years had long been frightened by the hunters. After carefully squatting for a few nights without finding any, they gave up and went home.
"How many times have I told you that now that you have come to the real world, you should live like a human being and don't go back there all the time. Do you remember where you are?" Pei Zhao was tired of fighting, but still couldn't help nagging. Now he could finally understand those parents who kept nagging. Who could resist scolding such a stubborn child if they met one? I wish I could use a tape recorder to record the precautions and play them in his ears on a loop every day.
"Wow, I was wrong..." Miu Yi couldn't say anything. The punishment was coming to an end and he knew he should apologize.
Pei Zhao had long been accustomed to his pretentiousness. He didn't hit him hard, so at most he was just trying to scare him. He waved his hand and said, "Go find your brother Lan to apply medicine for you. Don't get in the way here."
He didn't hit him hard, but he was definitely injured when he escaped.
Because of Miu Yi's attitude in handling the matter with his brother, Bai Zhou and Lan Ji didn't know what they talked about that day. In short, not only did they not vent their anger on Miu Yi, they also treated him as their younger brother.
Perhaps because of this, Miu Yi did not become a puppet again. But it could also be due to something else.
There was a knock on the door. Pei Zhao opened it and it was Zhou Yuli.
"Where's the child being beaten?" Zhou Yuli had also heard some of this from outside, and was no longer surprised. He came in and handed the things in his hand to Pei Zhao, "Where's the dead kid?"
"I asked him to apply medicine." Pei Zhao said, "Have you collected everything?"
Zhou Yuli said, "Hmm," and said, "Open the bag and take a look."
Pei Zhao put the bag on the counter and opened it. Inside was a small black bat statue. The two wings are spread out, in a soaring posture.
Pei Zhao touched it with his hand and it felt soft.
"All the powders were collected, and a master was found. After blending them, they could only be made like this." Zhou Yuli said, "Maybe he is right. Now, he can really accompany Miuyi forever."
This is the powder made from his brother's corpse. Strictly speaking, it is not a corpse. In the end, he is no longer a human body of flesh and blood, but a combination of unknown composition.
Pei Zhao collected them together for two reasons.
First, I don’t know what these things are, or whether they can help me be reborn with them. It’s always safer to keep them with me than to leave them outside.
Second, he was worried that he would turn back into a puppet.
Although doing so is somewhat unethical. But if... these components really have consciousness, will they love their masters forever and ever?
But Pei Zhao was not going to tell Miu Yi about this.
Young people should not worry about feelings, and people should not indulge in the wrong love.
It’s ridiculous. You should love someone who is excellent in himself.
Pei Zhao thought so.
·
Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli returned to school after the lockdown was lifted.
But strangely, Zhou Ran was not in the dormitory. Pei Zhao called and a girl answered the phone, saying that they were living together off campus.
Pei Zhao frowned, but the girl said Zhou Ran was taking a shower, so Pei Zhao didn't ask any more questions.
There were only two people left in the dormitory, and they had that kind of relationship, so there was no reason for them to sleep in separate beds.
At night, Pei Zhao nestled in Zhou Yuli's arms, with a tablet in front of him playing a variety show.
The doors and windows were closed, and there was a heavy rain outside. Pei Zhao was listening to the funny voice of a variety show star on his tablet, which intertwined with the rhythmic sound of rain, and he fell into sleep.
Suddenly, there was a continuous, strange noise.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz--" the cell phone vibrates.
Pei Zhao muttered, "Cellphone."
Zhou Yuli stretched out a hand and pressed the tablet screen to pause.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz——" it was still ringing.
Pei Zhao frowned: "Cellphone..."
"Not ours."
Pei Zhao was stunned and turned around. He and Zhou Yuli's two cell phones were lying quietly side by side on the bed.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz——" Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli looked up suddenly.
The sound came from Zhou Ran's bed.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz—"
"Buzz, buzz, buzz—"
…
Pei Zhao swallowed his saliva.
"... Zhou Yuli, did I call Zhou Ran during the day...?"
"right."
"...Are we going to be in the dormitory all day today?"
"……yes."
Why was Zhou Ran’s cell phone on the bed?
Now it is vibrating...
They didn't dare to get out of bed, so Zhou Yuli stretched out a vine and took the phone from them.
The interface shows an unknown number.
"...answer it?" Zhou Yuli asked.
Pei Zhao took a deep breath, pressed the green receiver and turned on the speakerphone.
"Hello, is this Zhou Ran?"
There was a lot of noise inside, and from time to time a shrill sound was heard, like an old-fashioned TV with no signal. Pei Zhao leaned over to listen.
"Boom——" With a loud thunder, Pei Zhao couldn't help but scream.
“I was scared to death!”
Zhou Yuli patted him on the back. Pei Zhao was frightened so much that he woke up completely and grabbed his cell phone.
"Who? Speak!"
Zhou Yuli chuckled. He had seen Pei Zhao's bad temper when he woke up.
The next second, a desperate roar came from the phone.
"Pei Zhao, save me! Woo..." As if being drowned in water, "Pei Zhao... where... is this..."
The only sound left was a gurgling sound. The smile on Zhou Yuli's face disappeared instantly, and Pei Zhao also turned over and sat up.
The call was hung up, but they all recognized the voice, it was Zhou Ran.
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