Darkness always comes faster in remote places.

It was only six o'clock, and darkness gradually enveloped the entire Taohuo County, and the streets suddenly became deserted and lonely.

It's strange to say, why does the county town of Nuoda become so deserted at night? The shops on both sides of the street have been closed, not even a pedestrian can be seen on the road, and even the light in the street lamp is flickering.

Akira, as if being torn apart by an invisible force, seemed to be extinguished in the next second.

It stands to reason that the more open a place is, the more clearly you can appreciate the beautiful night sky, with a clear view of the moon and stars. However, this does not seem to be the case in Taohuo County. Looking up, the sky is gray, and everything that can be captured by the sight is

Almost the entire area was occupied by smog, and you could feel the harsh particles hitting your face at any time while walking on the road. Liu Yun couldn't help coughing twice, and immediately covered his mouth and nose with his mouth.

Damn it! Is the pollution in this place so serious? Is it possible that there are still many factories built here?

Liu Yun took out his mobile phone and opened the map, and entered the address that Ziyou's grandma told him, Ruixing Quarry in Taohuo County.

Fortunately, the Ruixing Quarry was only about 300 meters away from him. Otherwise, Liu Yun would really not know what to do in the county town where there were no cars at night.

Originally, grandma Ziyou had already given Liu Yun the phone number of Cai Yushen, the owner of the quarry. Liu Yun also called when he came, and everything went smoothly. But she didn't expect to wait until Liu Yun arrived at Taohuo County Passenger Terminal before calling him.

At that time, Boss Cai suddenly said that he had something to do and needed to go out. He asked his assistant to pick him up at the station and told Liu Yun the assistant's phone number. Liu Yun had no choice but to agree.

But after waiting for almost half an hour, the assistant hadn't come yet, and no one answered the call. Liu Yun had no choice but to take a step forward and rush over on his own feet.

Along the way, I saw that the houses on the streets were uneven and dilapidated. Their old appearance seemed to be the same as in the 1970s and 1980s. The exterior decoration of various shops was also extremely simple. Zhichuchengmen, if it weren't for the pasty

With a layer of plastic paper and a few large characters on the facade sign, no one would know that this is actually a store.

The road is even more pitiful. There are no guardrails, no traffic lights, not even zebra crossings, let alone sidewalks. There are a few scattered grains drooping on the roadside, which are extremely sparse and turned black due to the large amounts of dust.

Huhu bare shrubbery.

Liu Yun followed the map step by step, passed a crossroads and turned a corner. After a while, he came to the gate of Ruixing Quarry. It was said to be a gate, but in fact it was made of several crooked and twisted gates.

The door frame is supported by a rusty iron frame, and a wooden board with a red cloth strip is hung on the door frame. On the wooden board, there are several large characters painted with ink or coal ash: Ruixing Quarry.

Shall I go? This is the gate?

After seeing such a "luxurious" quarry gate, Liu Yun was really surprised, but he calmed down instantly. The open-air quarries he had seen before didn't even have a gate, but today there is at least one.

The door frame is already impressive enough.

However, this quarry was also in the middle, and it was almost heading up the mountain. At this moment, under the cover of darkness, a gust of cool wind blew by, and Liu Yun suddenly felt cold sweat on his back and goosebumps all over his body.

Liu Yun widened his eyes and looked around. He saw a row of blue and white wooden houses in the southeast corner of the gate. The overall height was about three meters. There was a row of vertical clothes drying poles in front of the door, with hanging clothes hanging on them.

Some clothes appeared to be freshly washed and still dripping with water.

At this time, except for the first room in the row of wooden houses, the lights were still on. The remaining rooms were all pitch black and nothing could be seen. Liu Yun quickly walked towards the first room where the lights were still on.

, only to hear bursts of laughter and the sound of clinking cups reaching my ears from far to near.

Huh? Is there someone drinking inside?

Liu Yun gently came to the window and took a look inside. He saw a group of people wearing straight green cloth robes, folded square scarves on their heads, and rhinoceros gold belts around their waists, drinking and chatting happily around a hot pot.

It's just that the words in his mouth seemed to be from a dialect of some region, and Liu Yun couldn't quite understand.

Huh? Which ethnic minority are these compatriots? No! Look at how they dress more like they come from ancient times? Do these people also like to wear Hanfu? Ancient style COS?

A smile appeared on Liu Yun's lips unconsciously. Unexpectedly, this group of people was quite interesting. They dressed in antique clothes and gathered in this small room to drink and eat hot pot at night. It was really leisurely and comfortable.

Seeing that the more they ate, the more delicious they became, and the more they drank, the more energetic they became. Liu Yun's stomach couldn't help but growl. Since setting off, he had only eaten two packs of biscuits in the car, and it had been so long.

It has almost been digested long ago, and the stomach is already empty.

As the saying goes, visitors are guests, so they will definitely happily invite you to join their dinner after seeing you.

"Dong dong dong!" Liu Yun stretched out his hand and knocked on the door.

"..." It seems that because of this, after Liu Yun knocked on the door, suddenly the whole room was silent, and all movement stopped abruptly. Only the boiling sound of the soup in the hot pot continued. Liu Yun quietly used

I glanced inside through the window with the corner of my eye, and saw those people with strange expressions. You looked at me, I looked at you, your eyes were rolling, and the atmosphere instantly became gloomy and strange.

Damn it! Open the door quickly, why are there such stains on it!

Liu Yun was a little impatient. Just when he was about to shout, he heard a "squeak" and the door opened.

What caught the eye was a little old man who looked extremely thin, with a face that seemed sunken. His bamboo pole-like figure was simply not enough to support the wide long gown on his body, and the whole person seemed to be covered in it.

This one is too thin, and the pointed ones look like monkeys!

Liu Yun looked at him carefully, and he stared directly at him, and the atmosphere became tense for a while.

"Old man, can I go in and have a drink?" Liu Yun finally broke the silence first.

".." The little old man didn't say a word, just nodded silently.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" Liu Yun suddenly smiled, opened his legs and got inside.

As soon as he entered the room, Liu Yun instantly felt a sense of oppression coming from all directions, as if something was strangling his throat, making him breathless.

Obviously, these people who were enjoying the fine wine and food were also shocked by Liu Yun's sudden visit. Their eyes all swept over here, focusing on Liu Yun. Under the eager eyes of these people,

Under his gaze, Liu Yun began to feel uncomfortable all over, and his forehead was already covered with thin beads of sweat.

"Good evening, everyone! I'm here to look for work. I called your boss before! Hehe!" Liu Yun looked at the people in front of him with an embarrassed look, feeling something was wrong. "Excuse me... Li Changan

Which one is it?"

".." These people were still staring at Liu Yun motionless, their eyes were ethereal and empty, their faces were pale and dull, and there was no trace of vitality at all.

It seems like a group of dying people.

What kind of trouble are you trying to make? Liu Yun immediately regretted it. If he had known better, he would not have been so anxious and hurriedly raised his feet and went inside. Now, he met such a group of ghosts!

But before he came, they were eating enthusiastically and with great interest. Why, as soon as he came in, they all seemed to have changed, with their faces downcast one by one, and their expressions were so cold, who were they pretending to show?

"Uncles, can you please say a word?" Liu Yun said with a fake smile.

".." Still no one opened their mouths, but those eyes seemed to become more fierce and stern, as if they were going to melt Liu Yun at any moment.

"Okay... Then I won't disturb everyone's enjoyment... You guys have a good meal and a drink... I'm leaving..." Liu Yun said slowly, then turned around and walked out.

Unfortunately, before Liu Yun even took a step out, he heard a loud "plop" and the door was slammed shut by the little old man.

Then the little old man stretched out his hand and pointed to the hot pot, indicating that he wanted to sit there by himself. Okay, in this situation, he really can't help himself, so he can do as he pleases, even though he is hungry.

I had already lost 70-80% of my consciousness because of the shock they had just done, but looking at the big fish and meat boiling in the hot pot, I was instantly seduced again.

When Liu Yun sat down, everything returned to its original state. Those people continued to feast, drinking wine and eating meat, as if they didn't care about Liu Yun's existence at all.

"Okay, since you guys eat so deliciously, I won't be polite!" Liu Yun held up his chopsticks and reached into the hot pot, preparing to pick up the piece of lamb leg tendon that he had been staring at for a long time.

When I reached into the pot, I saw that the soup in the pot instantly turned into a turbid blood-red color and kept rising upwards, almost overflowing.

"What the hell! What's going on!" Liu Yun was shocked. He stood up suddenly and took a few steps back. He saw the blood-red soup overflowing faster and faster, flowing continuously on the table in the shape of a spider web.

, on the ground, shocking.

Liu Yun looked at the ground and realized that there were no shadows among this group of people. Even though the dim light illuminated the entire room, no one had a shadow underneath them.

Damn it? What is going on? Could it be...

The more Liu Yun thought about it, the more frightened he became. His body became stiff unconsciously, his clothes were soaked in cold sweat, his pores shrank rapidly, and his legs were shaking uncontrollably.

Looking at the people in front of me, they stood up one after another at this moment, with bloody gashes on their faces, and their bodies covered with mud and moss. They looked fierce and clawed at me with their teeth and claws.

"Ah!" Liu Yun shouted. This earth-shattering, heart-rending shout was enough to tear the entire night sky.

"Huh? Is this just a fucking dream?" Liu Yun patted his chest hard and took a few deep breaths, but his heartbeat still couldn't slow down for a long time. Everything about him was too real, and he couldn't believe it.

It's unclear whether it was reality or a dream. If he hadn't seen several bulldozers operating and roaring on the mountain in front of him, Liu Yun would have really regarded the world in front of him as hell.

"Hey! Is it Liu Yun?" Suddenly a voice came from the right.

Liu Yun stood up, twisted his neck, rubbed his back, and looked around. Only then did he realize that he was in a wilderness at the moment. There was a field bank twenty meters away, and the man calling himself

The people were slowly walking this way from the field ridge.

What's going on here? Didn't I follow the map all the way last night? I didn't deviate from it step by step. How did I end up in such a ghost place? Liu Yun was really puzzled.

"Yes! I'm Liu Yun!" Liu Yun said and walked quickly to the edge of the field.

"Hello! I'm Li Changan!" As soon as the two met, the man immediately extended his hand.

"Hello, hello! Are you Uncle Cai's assistant?" Liu Yun then stretched out his hand and took it.

"That's right. Mr. Cai received a call yesterday afternoon and said he was going to Huicheng to sign a contract, so he couldn't pick you up in person. But he specifically asked me to pick you up on his behalf, but at that time the factory came

I was delayed for half an hour with a customer, and I didn't receive the call you called me, so I was delayed for so long. But then I called you again, but you didn't answer. At that time, you..." said

At this moment, something strange flashed in Li Changan's eyes.

"Hey... seeing that you haven't called or answered the phone, I thought you had something to do and couldn't come, so I just followed the map. I didn't expect that as soon as I left..." Liu Yun suddenly stopped talking. Could it be that

Do you want to tell everything that happened in the dream?

"You came here as soon as you left?" Li Changan seemed to know something. "Did you encounter something weird?"

"Huh? Brother Chang'an, have you experienced it too?" Liu Yun was shocked. Could it be that those things in the dream really existed?

"Haha, I have never experienced this, but I have heard people mention it before, but it was all a few years ago. The rough saying is that in the early 1990s, there was a family of three at Liushuqiaotou, because the children at home

He got a rash at night and the itching was unbearable, so he had to take him to Dr. Miao's clinic in Laojiekou for treatment at night. Unexpectedly, the child's parents realized that they had gone the wrong way after walking less than a hundred meters.
To be continued...