Chapter 95: A Lot of Dead Leaves "You made a false police report." The officer...
"You made a false police report." The police officer said calmly.
Yu Qiu was not convinced but still felt strong: "If I tell the police the truth, they will think I am crazy."
The police officer nodded numbly and a little dazed.
If I call the police truthfully...saying that a monster with eyes has invaded the residential building, the operator will just hang up on me speechlessly.
However, even if I saw the reality with my own eyes, it was still too absurd.
The police officer pondered life silently.
Yu Qiu yawned while sitting in the chair.
"If there's anything further, please feel free to contact us," the officer sighed. "As for now, where are you planning to rest tonight?"
I definitely can't go back home. That building and the two nearby buildings have been completely swallowed by the eye monster. Bullets have very limited effect on such things and are only slightly better than cold weapons.
Additional bazookas were on the way, but the officers were skeptical they would be effective.
Yu Qiu rubbed his face, trying to make himself look more energetic.
Then she dug into her pajama pockets, showing them empty. "There's almost no money in my card," she said.
Even if I ask my part-time job for my salary, I can't afford to stay in a hotel every day, let alone buy clothes and daily necessities.
The officer patted her head and said, "Then stay with us for the time being. We'll provide you with free food and lodging."
"There is currently no specific compensation plan for monetary losses."
Yu Qiu had no objection and started living a life with free food and accommodation in the police station.
*
I had been running around for most of the night, and as soon as my head hit the pillow I fell into a deep sleep.
Then Yu Qiu suddenly opened his eyes.
I was still lying there, but what I saw before me was no longer the snow-white ceiling of the room. Instead, it was the boundless sky that was closer to nothingness than paleness.
She had never seen such a strange sky in her life. Cloudless, windless, devoid of color or birds. It was as if even the light passing through it was swallowed up by the silence.
Yu Qiu moved, and there was a rustling sound beneath him.
She propped herself up and sat up, then brushed off the dead leaves on her back.
She had no idea why she had been lying in this forest of dead leaves.
Yu Qiu didn't know why she came here, but this familiar teleportation effect without any transition made her think of that mysterious handicraft shop.
The memory suddenly stopped at the corridor she had not walked into. Her vision narrowed and she vaguely saw the things placed upright on the display stand at the edge of the corridor.
It was a clay mural.
From the withered forest with fallen leaves all over the ground to the skeleton ladder that reaches straight into the sky.
Yu Qiu looked into the distance, but did not see the ladder to heaven, only the layers of trees in front of him.
The tree trunks are jagged and every gully looks like a numb face. No matter which direction you look, you can't see the end.
Yu Qiu picked up a fallen leaf from the ground, let go, and let it slowly spin and fall to the ground.
She walked in the direction of the leaf tip.
If this is the work of the shop owner, it must be the only way to achieve his wish.
——The way to save everyone and all the truth should be in this dense forest.
This boundless forest is not lush, nor is there a trace of vibrant green. The withered leaves are crawling on the ground like insects.
Yu Qiu stepped aimlessly on the piles of dead leaves, making a crunching sound.
The sky didn't change at all, and all I could see was a forest of dead trees that looked almost identical.
Time slowly lost the concept of flow.
When Yu Qiu had no idea how long she had been walking and was so tired that she could faint at the next second, she fell forward.
The dead leaves remained quietly where they were, and the dense forest remained as peaceful as ever.
But the person who was walking just now disappeared.
*
who is she?
Forgot.
Where is this?
have no idea.
What is she going to do?
I don't remember.
Yu Qiu—currently Yu Qiu who has forgotten his own name.
She looked up, staring blankly at the cloud-like shadows enveloping her.
After a while, she finally realized from the sound of fur rubbing against each other that it was a group of mice.
Densely distributed in this mine-like underground space.
Then there were gnawing sounds.
Yu Qiu saw a man, surrounded by a swarm of rats, and it was hard to tell whether he looked like a human being.
It was as if a voice was ringing in my heart.
【If you save others, you will die too.】
[If you don't save anyone, you can take this opportunity to leave.]
Die together or live alone, choose one.
Yu Qiu turned a deaf ear. She didn't know who that person was. She was sure that it was a complete stranger.
But does it matter?
She wanted to save someone, not because that person knew her.
Just because she wanted to.
The mouse is quiet and doesn't make any unnecessary noise.
When the short and fine fur came over him, Yu Qiu grabbed the man's hand.
Most of the flesh on it had been eaten away, and Yu Qiu felt a slightly cool porcelain texture.
*
Yu Qiu opened his eyes and it was daybreak.
In the early morning, sunlight with cold dew shines through the gaps in the curtains.
So was she having a dream within a dream?
Or is it that the way to save people in reality lies within it?
Yu Qiu thought about it for a long time, but still found it difficult to understand the dream. She didn't save anyone, neither herself nor the person in the dream.
Does that mean I made the wrong choice so I didn't give an answer?
It’s better to go and ask the part-time job for the money first. The police at the school asked for leave for her last night.
The first thing Yu Qiu did after getting the money was to buy a cheap mobile phone.
She didn't think it was a big deal when she had a cell phone, but when she lost it, she realized how much trouble it was. Forget about anything else, if she had a cell phone last night, she wouldn't have had to walk back.
Thinking of this, it’s a bit strange. My soles were hurting terribly last night. I almost got burned out when I took a shower. But when I woke up this morning, I didn’t feel anything at all. The wounds had all disappeared.
As the first witness to the supernatural incident—and the only survivor in the building—Yu Qiu exchanged contact information with several unfamiliar police officers.
...They should all be unfamiliar police officers. I feel like I have seen some of their faces on TV.
But none of that mattered anymore, because Officer Chen—the one who had found her in the first place—contacted her.
The first sentence made Yu Qiu feel dizzy.
He said, "Have you ever seen a lot of dead leaves at the scene before?"
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