Chapter 122 Chapter 122
It was an ordinary afternoon. As winter was approaching and the temperature was getting colder, people put on more coats. Although they knew that strange things were about to come, they still had to go to work.
You can't miss a single day at work, even if the world is about to end.
However, schools have been suspended, at least in China, an emergency suspension has been announced. Children stay at home, watching TV or playing games. At this time, even elementary school children know that something strange is about to happen.
It’s just that children who are too young cannot realize the seriousness of the matter. Children who like to fantasize about heroic stories will say, "How weird! Look, I’ll learn from Wu Zetian and blow it up with one punch," and then laugh and make a show of it.
Older and smarter children begin to learn to prepare some self-defense items to carry with them, such as utility knives.
What will the future be like after the advent of the strange? At least no one can guess it now.
At 3:10 pm, the changes began.
It was not even evening yet, but the blue sky gradually turned pink. Half an hour later, the pink turned into bright red, and the whole world was shrouded in a red halo.
People walking on the street stopped, drivers stepped on the brakes, and everyone raised their heads to look at the bright red sky.
Fear, worry, and the thought that 'it's finally here' popped up in my mind.
There was basically no panic, and many people were mentally prepared.
Only the elderly who were too old and out of touch with the world, and who had few friends, walked out of the room, pointed at the sky and shouted, "This is a monster appearing in the world."
They still believed the weird stories, but this time they were half right.
Then, the sky opened up.
There was a long and thin crack in the middle of the sky above. Some people judged that this crack probably covered the eastern and western continents. Everyone could see this crack. In the dark crack, countless eyeballs were moving, as if observing the new world that was about to descend upon them.
"Ah——" Someone screamed in fright when seeing this scene.
Some people knelt down and prayed continuously.
The crack lasted less than ten minutes before it quickly closed, and as it closed the whole world was shaking. It was a small earthquake that could only be felt, but it miraculously spread throughout the world. Whether in the East or the West, this slight earthquake was equally felt.
No, it's not an earthquake.
Because what was actually shaking was not the earth, but space.
Trembling, twisting, and colliding, this is the space of this world.
The vibration only lasted for a few seconds, and after it ended, everything returned to its original state.
Whether it was the bright red sky, the thin cracks, or the countless eyes, they all disappeared as if they had never happened. The sky was still blue, the wind was gentle, and everything looked so beautiful.
Apart from those who are caught up in truly bizarre events, they are also the first to experience nightmares.
China's Shishan City is a very small place. In the middle of Shishan City there is a shopping mall, which is welcoming a very scary monster.
It has a huge body like a centipede, but there are dozens of human hands on the edge of the body. It crawls on the ground. On the top of the centipede's body is a round human head, and the face of the head is densely packed with eyes.
It appeared here after the crack disappeared, and as soon as it arrived, it crashed down the elevator in the middle of the mall. A dead body was buried under it, being grabbed by dozens of hands and pushed into the mouth in front.
People were fleeing in fear because the middle elevator was smashed and the only way to leave was to take the regular stairs or the direct elevator.
There are not many customers visiting the mall. Everyone knows that these days are quite dangerous. Most of the people who escape are the workers here. People who go shopping can stay at home for safety, but they have to continue working for their wages.
After swallowing a few mouthfuls of flesh and blood, the centipede began to crawl to attack the running people. Although its body was five or six meters long, it was very flexible and could crawl on the wall. Just when the centipede was about to catch a staff member who accidentally fell while escaping, a round ball was thrown at it and hit it on the head.
"The bird in the cage~
I want to come here all the time~"
The little girl's nursery rhyme sounded.
The centipede froze in place strangely, and the staff member who fell to the ground rolled over and ran away.
Some people did not run. Some braver ones saw the centipede acting strangely and did not chase after it. Instead, they took out their cell phones and secretly took videos.
"On the night before dawn~"
The little girl's singing became closer and closer, and finally stopped behind the eerie centipede.
Because the light bulb in the shopping mall was strangely knocked over by the centipede and fell to the ground, but the wires were still connected, the light shone from the bottom up, illuminating the little girl's gloomy faceless face.
The two sides of his mouth, which were split to his ears, were raised, still singing: "Who is facing you from behind~~?"
"Hahahaha~~~" The Faceless Child placed his little hand on the centipede's weird tail, "I got you~"
The next second, the centipede's weird lower body was crushed by the faceless boy.
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Longtou Street in Xiang'an City is a busy street with frequent visitors and booming business.
There are far fewer tourists today than in the past, but it can still be said that there are a lot of visitors.
There is a very famous temple here, which has a history of nearly a thousand years. However, there are no monks worshipping here anymore, and it has long been designated as a tourist attraction for people to visit. The shops near the temple are all selling incense, candles and amulets. Although there are no real monks, there are still many tourists who come here to stroll around and burn incense.
Walking to both sides from the temple gate, there are some antique shops.
Weird, it just came out of an antique shop.
In such a small shop, there is actually a real antique. Unfortunately, this antique is of unknown origin. It was taken off a dead person. It is a bronze hairpin.
The strange creature that emerged from the hairpin could be considered a woman. As for why I say 'can be considered', it was because the figure of this woman was extremely distorted. Her body was too long, her arms were bent several times, and one arm was long and the other short. More importantly, there was half a head growing behind her head, and under that half of the head was half of someone else's face, which was extremely distorted. It looked like three women made of plasticine that were suddenly torn apart and kneaded together by a violent little hand.
The most regular face can barely be identified as that of a young woman, the upper half of the back head is that of an old man, and the lower half is that of a child.
It looks like three generations of the family.
This strange woman couldn't walk upright. She lay on the ground, crawling face up in a weird manner, mumbling something indistinctly.
She was not aggressive at the moment, so a few of the frightened tourists did not run away. Instead, they stood at a distance, stared at her, and took out their mobile phones to secretly take pictures.
Even if they knew the danger of the strangeness, there are still stubborn "adventurers" everywhere who don't leave immediately out of luck.
Suddenly, a person met her eyes. The woman stared at him intently, and the roar from her mouth became louder. The man who was being stared at felt a chill on his back. Suddenly, he felt sick in his stomach, knelt down and began to vomit violently, but what he vomited out was not lunch, nor acid water, but black hair.
People realized the weird danger and turned and ran.
But it was too late. Vomiting seemed to be contagious. It spread from one person to another, and everyone was defeated.
Moreover, those kneeling were all men, and neither of the two women left behind was hit.
The woman crawled to the first man who was vomiting in a weird posture, tilted her head, stared at him with bloodshot eyes, and muttered to herself.
This time the man heard the strange woman's words clearly, she was saying "no".
Then, I heard the strange woman vaguely saying the word "kill".
No, just kill him. It's that simple logic.
The man wanted to leave in fear, but his body began to weaken and he couldn't move.
Just as the strange woman opened her huge mouth and wanted to kill the man, a figure fell from the sky, stepped hard on the strange woman, and broke her waist.
"Hmm?" Tong leaned over and stared at the strange woman. "I thought she was so weird, but this is it? It's just a... hairpin."
Tong stood up, grabbed the woman's body and walked into a store: "Although it's a little less, it's still meat no matter how small it is, eat it~~"
"My...husband..." the strange woman struggled.
"Wake up. Your husband died on the battlefield a long time ago." Tong said with gritted teeth, "Ah, there is no way to wake up. This thing is just a little obsession."
Tong entered the shop, found the slightly blackened bronze hairpin, held it in her palm and squeezed it hard, breaking the hairpin.
The strange woman screamed and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Tsk, there's not much energy in them." Tong said in disgust, "It's not enough to eat."
Similar strange incidents occurred in many places. Qingtong arranged strange things to happen all over the world. Even so, there were places that could not be taken care of.
People who could not be taken care of could only think of ways to save themselves. Of course, they also called local authorities for help. Obviously, even if they were prepared in advance, they could not send enough people to deal with these problems. In the end, only people themselves could survive or defeat the weirdness.
For example, in Xunxi Village in Heng City, this was originally the territory protected by the Faceless Child. However, when the Faceless Child checked the monsters on the map, he gave priority to solving the more powerful and harmful monsters, such as the centipede monster that appeared in the mall. The monster in Xunxi Village was put at the end of her schedule.
Before the faceless children arrived to deal with the situation, the people living in this village could only find ways to save themselves.
Save yourself from that strange hand with long thin arms and legs that has been standing at the edge of the village.
Fortunately, there are people here who have "experience". They say they have experience, but in fact they are just unlucky people who have been involved in weird live broadcasts.
This was the second time Lu Shuyun had encountered something strange. The first time was when she was hiking in a scenic area. She had participated in a brave fight against a strange incident and was one of the lucky ones who left the place intact.
So after seeing this thing again, she did not panic, but found the village chief immediately and gathered all the villagers together. First, they avoided the existence of this thing, and then tried to see if their village was surrounded by gray fog and whether they could escape. Finally, they checked whether there was a signal on their mobile phones. If there was a signal, they would call the weird response department immediately.
Finally, we discuss countermeasures as a group. If we are not trapped, escape is the best option.
The calm decision helped everyone in the village. Although there were disagreements on whether the entire village should evacuate, Lu Shuyun persuaded all the villagers based on her past experience.
She knew very well that it was better not to fight those things before she had effective weapons to fight against them.
Only when you are alive can you consider other issues. Life always comes first.
She made the right choice because the monster was the type that would mark its territory and kill anyone who got close to it.