"It?"
I noticed the change in Bai Ya'er's face before and after, and was about to ask in detail, she got up directly from the bed, stumbled towards the door, and when she passed by me, she glared at me fiercely: "It's all your fault, it's all your fault!"
”I obviously saved her, but I didn't thank her, and I complained, so I threw her to the side of the road and drove away alone.But then again, Bai Ya'er's abnormal behavior also shows one thing, at that time, the voice-activated light turned on inexplicably, and something did follow me upstairs.The woman walked to the wooden door, painted red, leaning against the door, facing the balcony, and turned off the light in the living room.I don't understand her behavior, could it be that this woman also has the ability to see in the dark?
Or will that filthy thing be present in the dark?
Bai Ya'er beckoned to me and asked me to stand with her."
What are you looking at?"
She gestured to me in silence and pointed to the balcony.From this position, you can see the dilapidated building opposite, with dark clouds on the top, and the rain constantly washing the ancient building.I don't know how long I watched, the rain became heavier and heavier, and I don't know when the rain curtain that connected the heavens and the earth began, and the black shadow began to faintly appear in the abandoned ancient building.I have an eye for judgment, and although I can't see it completely, I'm six or seven percent sure that those things aren't living.Shadows from the ancient buildings roamed through the rooms, as if searching for someone, and among them was a small black shadow, holding a ball-like object behind it.It ran a few steps, the "ball" in its hand fell, it wanted to pick up the ball, lay down next to the railing, and looked up at the room where Bai Yaer was at the moment when it picked up the ball.At the same height, it's all on the fourth floor.When I was watched by the black shadow, I had a very strange feeling, as if I had lost time and space, and for a moment I forgot that I was in the Red Mansion, as if I was also in the old building, and the face of the short black shadow became clearer and clearer.It's like standing on top of an ancient well and watching the crescent moon in the well, and as the ripples dissipate, everything becomes so real.The white-washed coat was patched, and I looked up to see the face of the dwarf black shadow.It suddenly picked up the ball and turned away, and as it left, the strange feeling vanished, as if nothing had happened."
What's going on?
Why do I have the illusion when I look at a dark shadow?
Is this the power of the formation?
Or is it because of the topography?
”I couldn't figure it out, so I had to start Bai Ya'er's idea.I touched her shoulder, and that's when she woke up from a nightmare, pale and sweaty."
Can you tell me why you did it now?
And what exactly is it that you're talking about?
”I have a lot of questions to ask, and my doubts are getting bigger and bigger.The faint light re-illuminated the not warm hut, Bai Ya'er sat down on the ground, muttering to herself: "It followed you in, but then left again, no, maybe it just stayed at the door for a while." ”"What are you talking about?
Can you tell me about it?
”After my repeated questioning, Bai Ya'er finally relented: "What I will tell you below, you should listen to a story, don't take it seriously, don't dig into it, for the sake of you sending me home and not doing anything to me, I will show you the way."
Before it was twelve o'clock in the morning, he hurried out of the Red Mansion and ran southward, running as far as possible. ”"It's raining so hard that you let me run alone in the wasteland?"
I frowned and looked at Bai Ya'er."
It would be nice to be able to run away."
She got up from the ground, and the wine had already woken up: "Do you know what the other side is?"
Longchang Community!
”"When I first arrived in Jinghai, I heard people say that this place is also called the pig cage apartment, which seems to be a local taboo, and adults don't let children approach."
I motioned for her to continue."
You only know it's called Pig Coop Apartment, but you don't know the reason for the nickname."
Bai Ya'er shuddered, and even there was a hint of coldness in her tone: "Decades ago, Jinghai was a concession, when the land of China was scorched by war, in order to escape the war, refugees from more than a dozen surrounding towns came to the outside of the concession area, hoping that the other party could let them go in for refuge.However, there were too many people seeking refuge, and the concession was not prepared to let these people in from the beginning, so in order to prevent riots, they came up with a compromise solution to build a 'pig cage' village, which was the predecessor of the Longchang community. ”"This is in the buffer zone between the concession and China, in fact, it does not belong to the concession, they are only doing this to appease people's hearts, the war has reached that point, they can't protect themselves, where will they take care of others?"
Bai Ya'er pointed to the large building in front of her: "What you see now is only a part of the remains, the real pig cage apartment occupies a very large area.At that time, refugees were housed here, and often five or six people were crammed into a single room of a few square meters. ”"Five or six people in such a small room?"
I had some suspicions, five or six people huddled together, and I couldn't stretch out to sleep."
Five or six people were still at the beginning, the war was raging, there were more and more refugees outside the concession, in the face of life and death, the vast majority of people were selfish, everyone wanted to take refuge in the concession, but the area of the house was so large, in order to live in the pig cage apartment, there were all kinds of dirty and dark transactions in private."
Bai Ya'er did not describe those transactions in detail, which seemed too difficult to talk about.War is the source of suffering, and as long as it is not over, suffering will continue to ferment and eventually turn the living into monsters."
There are more and more people living in the pig cage apartment, and some rooms even have a dozen people stuffed into them, have you ever seen a pigsty in the countryside?
People crowd people, eat and drink, just to live, but they live without any dignity, just like domestic animals.And this is just the beginning, the more tragic and terrible thing happened a few months later, the invaders besieged the concession and cut off the food supply, think about it, so many people have no food, what should they do?
”Bai Ya'er's voice was a little hesitant, and every word was considered for a long time before she slowly spoke: "Some people want to leave, but the entire concession, including the outer areas, is blocked, and leaving is death."
In order to survive, the people in the pig cage apartment tried everything they could, digging wild vegetables, going to the puddle to catch fish and frogs, but there were too many people in the pig cage apartment, and these things were simply not enough.It didn't take long for them to steal, rob, and exchange their bodies for food to get enough food, and soon the apartment in the buffer zone lost its only order, and everything fell apart. ”What happened after that, as I had already guessed, was similar to what the restaurant owner had revealed at the time.When the first smell of meat wafted from the Longchang apartment, a new name was quietly circulating, and the people here tacitly formulated a set of the most ridiculous ways of living using the rules of the human community.The food is selected from the private room, and the chosen one is the food.After listening to Bai Ya'er's words, my chest felt a little stuffy, and the passage of time washed away the blood shrouded in the pig cage apartment, leaving only the dilapidated and beehive-like ancient buildings, which dragged their broken bodies and crawled on the wasteland, as if telling the morbid and crazy past."
It's scary, but it's over."
I glanced at Bai Ya'er: "You are not a native of Jinghai, you have only been here for three months, who told you these things?"
”Bai Ya'er was speechless for a while, and did not answer me: "I digressed just now, let me tell you the right thing, more than ten years ago, Jinghai City was set up as a special zone, the economy is developing rapidly, more and more people come here to chase their dreams, housing prices in the customs are soaring, businessmen see opportunities, and it is expected that the same will be the case outside the customs, one of them is greedy for cheap and bought the old site of the pig cage apartment at a very small price." ”The man didn't believe this, and wanted to tear down the ancient building, and after confirming the news of the construction, many people dissuaded him, including the survivors of the pig cage apartment at that time.It's a pity that the businessman was blinded by money and insisted on going his own way, but before he could start work, the big businessman died unexpectedly. ”Bai Ya'er described it vividly: "His successor seems to know the secret, sold this wasteland at an unbelievably low price, and then went abroad directly, and heard that he never returned to Jinghai."
The owner of this land changed several times, none of them could be safe, and finally came forward and took over the land, and there were masters who pointed out to build this red building opposite the pig cage apartment, because it was very close to the Longchang apartment, which was originally the boundary of the Longchang community, so this building was also regarded as a part of the pig cage apartment by the locals.Over time, it was given a name exactly the same as that of Longchang Community. ”"The bright red color can deter evil things, and it is understandable that the exterior of the building is painted with red paint, but it is a bit strange to have the same name."
I thought to myself, "Why should I continue to use such an unlucky name?"
There's definitely something wrong with that. ”"This is the origin of the pig cage apartment, as for the ...... of it I just said" Bai Ya'er secretly glanced in the direction of the bedroom, and her voice was a little unnatural: "Actually, I haven't seen it either, but I heard the old tenants here say that every rainy night, it will wander in the corridor." ”"What does it mean?""
I can't tell, anyway, it definitely exists, I heard its footsteps before, and once ......"
Bai Ya'er lowered her voice: "It knocked on my door and lingered outside my door for a long time, and that was when I first moved here." ”After she finished speaking, she pushed me, her face was very strange: "Anyway, you should leave quickly, if you wait until after the early morning, you can't leave if you want to." ”