"While there is time now, let's introduce each other. Let me start with me. My name is Gao Yanqing. In reality, I am an animal trainer and work in an aquarium." The thin man sat on the ground and spoke. There is still a wound on the forehead.

Noticing that the fat man was staring at the wound on his forehead, Gao Yanqing didn't shy away from it, and took the initiative to lift the curtain of the curtain, and showed him the wound openly, "Injuries are common in our line of work, but I like this job very much. In contact with people, I still prefer to be with animals, after all, some people are not as good as animals."

"Zhang Qizheng, I am the curator of a library." The old man straightened his back and had a calm demeanor.

"Li Bai, surgeon." Li Bai nodded slightly to everyone.

"Yao, Shunyu, the front desk of the hotel." Immediately after Li Bai, Yao, Shunyu said naturally.

"Wang Fugui, I'm a truck driver." Fatty followed Jiangcheng's teachings, knowing that the more he said, the more flaws he would have. His self-introduction was as concise as the previous two.

"Jiangcheng." Jiangcheng said very naturally, "I don't have a regular job. My most recent job is writing books, which is also online articles. Fortunately, the readers who read books are strong, and I can earn enough food and clothing."

"Tang Qisheng, I have a special occupation. I'm a folk custom investigator." The middle-aged man with a good appearance said in a muffled voice, "My main task is to go to various remote areas to collect folk songs, and then come back to sort them out and finally compile them into a book."

"Zhu Jie, I am a mortician and I work in a funeral home. I am responsible for stitching up the corpse so that family members and friends can see the last side of the deceased. Under special circumstances, I will also help the corpse to close its eyes." Come with Tang Qisheng The woman said slowly, the woman looked very serious, with a kind of maturity beyond her age.

Then there is a woman in her 40s. The woman is slightly fat and wears a pair of glasses. She feels very comfortable, but what Jiang Cheng and others never expected is the identity of a woman, "Just call me Lu Qin, I come from a There is a special organization called the Night Watchmen, since everyone can meet here, they are definitely not idle people, so I still want to be honest, it will save a lot of trouble."

Sure enough, after hearing the word Night Watchman, the faces of the people present all changed, but they quickly returned to normal. Jiang Cheng understood that everyone was not intimidated by the word Night Watchman, but couldn't figure out that this man named Lu Why is Qin's woman so frank, she blew herself up as a night watchman when she came up.

Jiang Cheng probably had two guesses. First, Lu Qin was pretending to be a night watchman in order to frighten other teammates with ulterior motives, but after thinking about it, Jiang Cheng felt that the possibility was very low.

Second, it is true that Lu Qin is a night watchman, and she came here for her group, declaring her identity to disturb the audience. If this is true, then there must be her accomplices among the remaining people.

However, there is something unreasonable about this point. Jiang Cheng has thought about it, but he has not come to a conclusion. The mission has not officially started. No matter how you look at it, it is too early to reveal his identity, and the harm outweighs the benefit.

Lu Qin, who revealed his identity, remained calm, and his eyes did not look at him particularly, or he meant to warn the people in Jiangcheng. The fat man immediately became vigilant after hearing the word "night watchman", but after waiting for a long time, nothing happened. He is also very strange.

After Lu Qin, there was the last person left, and everyone subconsciously cast their gazes over. This was a young man, about 25 years old, with an average appearance, wearing a dark green army coat that didn't fit well, baggy, but But his eyes were bright, as if he had been waiting for a long time, "It's my time, my name is Shao Tong, I'm a Taoist priest, everyone respects me, because I can kill demons and demons everywhere!"

Fatty: "???"

Hearing these remarks, the four people in Jiangcheng were a little confused, but judging from the performance of Zhang Qizheng and the others, it was obvious that Shao Tong had already been shocked once, and this time it was no surprise.

Noticing that the other party was staring at him, Li Bai couldn't figure out the other party's intentions, so he could only bite the bullet and perfunctory: "Mr. Shao has good means to kill demons and demons. I hope that with you this time, everything will go well."

"Amitabha, so kind." After receiving the response, Shao Tong folded his hands together with a pious expression on his face.

Fatty: "???"

Everyone: "..."

In the midst of embarrassment, everyone ended the chat. In order to cope with the next situation, everyone found a place to rest. Fortunately, this room is not too small, enough to accommodate 10 of them.

Leaning on the haystack, listening to the sharp sound of the occasional wind blowing through the cracks in the planks outside, the fat man became more and more uneasy. He and Jiang Cheng were in the same corner, which was blocked by the haystack, so it was fairly hidden.

Fatty put his face close to Jiang Cheng's ear, "Are you asleep?"

His voice was so small that it was almost negligible with the cover of the wind outside.

Jiang Cheng opened his eyes and glanced at the fat man, "Don't think too much, take the time to rest, it will be difficult to rest after dawn."

The fat man's face turned bitter, "I know, but I can't fall asleep anyway, why don't you talk to me, and to be honest with you, my heart is pounding, and my right eyelid is also twitching violently."

Having said that, the fat man glanced outside, and his voice lowered, "Why do I feel that something is wrong with these people, listen to their self-introduction, especially that Shao Tong, a Taoist priest, Amitabha, he seems to be here There is a problem." The fat man nodded his head with his fingers.

Jiang Cheng didn't care about this, but he still patiently explained to the fat man: "If you can live up to now, you will not be a simple person. The only meaning of introducing yourself is to let us have a bridge of communication, which is a good start. As for As for the content, we didn’t tell the truth, and they wouldn’t either, but there’s a lot of skill in it.”

"Take Gao Yanqing as an example. He said that he is an animal trainer and works in an aquarium, but I don't see it. The skin of people who have been in contact with water all year round will not be like his skin. Also, the wound on his face is not right. I can't think of any animal that would have scratched like that, he must have been scratched."

"Human?" The fat man recalled the scar on Gao Yanqing's face. The scar was very obvious and deep. It was scratched by sharp claws. It didn't seem like a human could do it.

Seeing that the fat man was still unresponsive, Jiang Cheng let out a sigh of relief and made a lip-synch.

The moment the fat man understood, his expression changed, because Jiang Cheng said a ghost word.

This was a very strange feeling. When Jiang Cheng said this word, something seemed to flash through Fatty's mind, making him almost immediately convinced that this was the case, and it was the ghost who really hurt Gao Yanqing!

Thinking along this line of thought, a terrible guess emerges, Gao Yanqing's injury... When was it caused?

Before entering this world?

Or after entering this world?

If it's the former, it's fine, if it's the latter... Fatty's heart thumped, then this matter will be troublesome. This at least shows that Gao Yanqing encountered a ghost, but he not only survived, but also never mentioned it.

Why?

What is he afraid of?

Also, did Zhang Qizheng and the others know about this matter?

Fatty didn't expect to encounter such a difficult situation not long after entering this world, without even knowing what happened in this world.

"Don't think too much, hurry up and rest, you'll figure it out." Jiang Cheng reached out and patted the fat man's shoulder, then continued to lean against the wall and closed his eyes.

Seeing Jiang Cheng like this, the fat man simply stopped thinking about it, and leaned on the haystack with his heart straightened out. After an unknown period of time, he actually fell asleep and had a series of strange dreams.

In the dream, he was sometimes chased by ghosts, and sometimes fell into the endless abyss. In short, it was better not to sleep this night. When he woke up, he felt sore all over his body, as if he had been severely beaten.

At this time, there was nothing around him, the doctor had disappeared, and there was no one in the room.

The fat man raised his heart, and there was light coming in through the gap between the wooden boards. The sky outside was already bright, which gave him a bit of confidence. He slowly groped towards the door, which was half-closed, and gradually there was a voice. Come in.

Someone is talking, outside the door.

After confirming that he heard Jiang Cheng's voice, the fat man cautiously opened the door. Outside the door, everyone was sitting together, talking fiercely, and the atmosphere was not quite right.

"Brother Fugui, you're awake."

Yao Shunyu was facing the door, and was the first to spot the fat man who poked his head out furtively.

Greeting the fat man to come and sit down, Jiang Cheng handed him a water bag, and stuffed him with two baked hard cakes. The fat man didn't feel anything when he just received it, but in the next second, he realized that these things Where did it come from?

Seeing the fat man's doubts, Yao Shunyu explained: "When you were sleeping just now, someone came here. They are people from this world. They claim to be soldiers guarding the city. They are dressed just like the straw man we saw last night. , They asked those of us who revealed the list to pack up and go find them later, and they also brought the food and water."

"Revealing the list?" The fat man asked in surprise, "What list are you revealing?"

"I don't know yet, but it's just a step to advance the plot. The purpose is to let us familiarize ourselves with our identities in this world as soon as possible." Zhang Qizheng said in a low voice, "Compared with this matter, the one I just said is more important." Surprised me."

"Yes, this is really strange." Zhu Jie said, her brows were tightly frowned, and her brows were full of tension, "Our vigilance shouldn't be so low."

The fat man couldn't help interjecting, "You... what are you talking about? Please tell me again, please."

"How did you sleep last night?" Jiang Cheng turned to look at the fat man.

The fat man nodded embarrassedly, "Very well, I thought I would suffer from insomnia when I first came to this world, but I actually fell asleep, and I have been sleeping until just now. I didn't know you came out, it's just a strange dream Yes." The last sentence the fat man said was a little nervous.

Hearing that Jiangcheng was silent for a long while, he said seriously to Fatty: "Actually, it's not just you, all of us are asleep. Today we were all woken up by those soldiers who had already walked in the door and walked in front of us."

The fat man was taken aback for a moment, and then asked back, "Why is this happening? Didn't we keep someone on guard?"

Hearing this sentence, Li Bai and Lu Qin felt a little uneasy, and finally Li Bai said: "This time should be Lu Qin and I keep watch. At the beginning, the two of us were chatting quietly, but for some reason, we finally fell asleep. , the two of us were completely unconscious and couldn't recall exactly what happened."

"In short, when we wake up, those soldiers are already standing in front of us."

Lu Qin added: "This is where the blame lies. Li Bai and I are two people. If only one accidentally falls asleep, the other will definitely wake her up, but we don't. We don't even have any knowledge about this." memory, so I think we both fell asleep at the same time."

"This is not in line with common sense. We should be affected by some kind of force."

"Also, I don't think you will be completely relieved of the vigil by two strange teammates, so there must be quite a few of you watching secretly, but in the end, everyone fell asleep."

They are all old fritters, so Lu Qin doesn't beat around the bush when speaking.

At this time, Tang Qisheng, who rarely spoke, spoke slowly, his voice was magnetic and deep, "I said...could it be like this, I mean if, the straw man soldiers we saw last night, and The soldiers who came to look for us just now...could it be the same group?"

Hearing Tang Qisheng's words, everyone's expressions changed slightly. This guess is too terrifying. Could it be that the straw man who stood up last night can come back to life?

Still looking for them this morning?

"If this conjecture is true, then maybe this is the rule in this city. There are no living people in this city, or within a certain period of time. All people will exist in the form of straw people at night, and after dawn, These straw people will come back to life again, and the moment of the transition point of Yin and Yang is the moment when we fall asleep."

"This is a mandatory rule." Tang Qisheng added at the end.

"This is just a guess. We still need to observe the specifics, but what is certain is that the night in this place is very strange, and the feeling I get is not entirely because of those things." Zhang Qizheng was thoughtful.

After eating~lightnovelpub.net~ a group of people walked out, walking in the direction the soldier said, and everyone felt more and more familiar as they walked, "Isn't this the direction we came in last night?" the fat man asked in a low voice.

"That's right, we walked along this street last night." Li Bai nodded.

But at this time, the street is no longer the gloomy scene of last night. Although there are not many people, but...

Everyone was keenly aware that these passers-by were in a hurry, with a preoccupied look, as if they were worried about something, and a sense of fear was pervading, which was disturbing.

Jiang Cheng reached out to stop a mother and son. The mother looked like she was only in her early 30s, but considering this age, the woman's real age was probably only 20 years old, and she was holding a 4 or 5-year-old child in her hand. The mother and son walked hurriedly. , as if fleeing.

"Don't stop us anymore. We don't want to live in the city. Something happened again last night. This time... this time it's the turn of the shopkeeper Wu's family from Fu'an Inn!" The woman seemed to have misunderstood the person, and shouted at the Jiangcheng people with red eyes.

(end of this chapter)