12. Lantern of Contagion

12. Lantern of Contagion

Blood smeared across the screen.

A red bloodshot eye grew out of the screen!

Eyes fixed on Su Wu, the voice of 'Huang Zhicheng' came from the speaker of the mobile phone: "I see you!"

"I see you!"

Su Wu felt excited and threw the phone away.

The phone hit the brick wall and landed in the corner, sending up a cloud of dust.

The screen was still bright, but the blood stains on the screen suddenly disappeared without a trace.

With his palms on the ground, Su Wu got up from the ground and walked to the corner to look at his mobile phone.

Except for scratches on the corners, the phone was not damaged, and the group chat interface was still displayed on the screen. The last group chat record in the ‘work group’ was from ‘Huang Zhicheng’: “I saw you!”

"That's it?"

He frowned, picked up his phone again, clicked into the personal settings interface of the work group, and exited the group directly.

I waited quietly in the small temple for a few minutes with my cell phone in hand.

There is nothing wrong with the phone.

I have not been drawn into the work group again.

“It seems that this weirdness was spread through ‘Huang Zhicheng’s’ social account or the work group, and it should have nothing to do with the mobile phone itself.

However, 'Huang Zhicheng' just said it saw me, will it regard me as its target?

If you catch me, can you drag me back and continue working overtime?

Also, 'Huang Zhicheng' only said harsh words in the group, but did not come out to take me away on the spot. Is it because the small temple itself evaded or blocked its arrest of me? "

Thinking of this, Su Wu felt a little angry inside.

It's already reached this point, and the damn thing still wants to squeeze me!

'Guluuluulu...'

There was a sound in Su Wu's abdomen.

He touched his belly and felt his hunger growing rapidly.

When he was flipping through various information just now, he already felt a little hungry. Unexpectedly, only ten minutes had passed, and he couldn't stand the hunger.

Did your future self not have dinner?

I got hungry too quickly.

But this also reminds me to prepare some daily necessities in advance and find a place to store them near this small temple.

When you really start to escape from reality, you can save a lot of things. And reducing the frequency of going out can effectively reduce the probability of the lantern trick killing you.

Su Wu left her cell phone in the small temple, dragged the ghost hand under her right armpit, and walked out of the small temple.

At this time, the red lanterns in the sky had just disappeared, and it was time for the streets to glow with neon lights.

As soon as he left the small temple, he directly targeted a small grocery store dozens of meters away and ran towards it.

Hunger burned like a fire in his belly.

After taking only five or six steps, Su Wu felt weak in her limbs and her heart was pounding.

It seemed that every step he took, even the moment he stood in the temple, caused a huge drain on the energy accumulated in his body!

how so?

Something is very wrong!

Su Wu slowed down his pace. The first thing he thought of was the weirdness of the 'Huang Zhicheng' work group.

But he immediately denied this speculation.

The feeling of hunger has been increasing all the time, and the feeling of hunger has already begun to become prominent before even turning on the phone.

Then, the culprit of the rapid consumption of one's own energy should be this ghost hand under the arm!

It brings too many disadvantages!

So far, Su Wu has not found any positive value in it.

Fortunately, this is a simulated future, and you can come back again if you die.

If it were in reality, he would definitely be dragged to death by ghost hands, and then death would really be the end of the world.

The distance of 70 to 80 meters made Su Wu feel like he had run a mountain cross-country marathon.

And it is a marathon when the energy is about to be exhausted and there is no food supply.

Because he was afraid of the strange appearance of the lantern, Su Wu tried his best to maintain his speed.

When he ran to the door of the small grocery store, he almost exhausted all the energy in his body. He knelt down in front of the freezer in front of the store, took a few quick breaths, and then managed to stand up and walk into the store.

The electronic sound also sounded vaguely at this time: "You have realized the temporary talent: Enduring Hunger (White)."

"Endurance to Hunger (White): You are the type of person who is more able to endure hunger among ordinary people. When you are very hungry, you can maintain 40% of your mobility compared to normal conditions."

Su Wu had no time to pay attention to the sound in his ears, and instead looked at the grocery store in front of him.

This grocery store is located in an aisle.

Diagonally opposite is a nail salon with lights on but no one in sight.

The store is very small, with only a row of glass counters in the front and a row of shelves with snacks in the back.

There is a passage between the counter and the shelves that only allows one person to pass.

Normally, the shopkeeper should be standing in the aisle, turning around to help customers get whatever they want.

The owner of this small shop is not here at this time, and I don’t know where he went.

He may have died somewhere.

"is the boss around?"

"anyone there?"

Su Wu shouted at the door while walking into the store to pick up biscuits, milk and other snacks.

He didn't expect anyone to respond to him.

But at this moment, a banging sound came from the dark little door at the end of the corridor, as if someone heard Su Wu's shout and knocked on the door in response to him.

"Is there anyone?"

He looked at the dark door at the end, slowly approached it, and asked as he walked: "Are you in there?"

The banging sound from inside the door became stronger and stronger, but Su Wu didn't respond.

Finally, Su Wu stopped at the door. He grabbed the handle with one hand and said, "If you don't say anything, I will open the door."

There may be no one inside, just a puppy and kitten,

Or maybe there was no little pet, but something strange and deliberate to lure Su Wu to open the door.

But when he opened the door immediately, it was equivalent to taking advantage of the thunder in advance.

By wading through all the thunder in the simulation, you can avoid many dangers in reality.

Bang bang bang!

The sound of impact became urgent, as if someone was nodding, reminding Su Wu: "Hurry up, open the door quickly!"

Su Wu no longer hesitated, took a deep breath, turned the handle and opened the door!

He was pressed against the shelf, his figure blocked by the opened door, leaving only the area below his ankles exposed.

thump!

It was as if someone was clinging to the door. Suddenly the door was opened and he fell headfirst to the ground.

Half of the man's body lay limply on Su Wu's feet.

Su Wu could clearly feel the bones and flesh of the person pressing on his feet. He tried to move the soles of his feet to remind the person pressing on him and let him get up quickly.

But the man didn't move.

died?

Thoughts flashed through his mind.

Hearing the sound of something spinning in the air, Su Wu instantly thought of something, and a drop of cold sweat fell from his forehead.

He gritted his teeth and kept himself blocked by the door, staying in this triangular area without making a sound.

Bones and bones——

The sound of rolling objects outside suddenly ran over the door panel.

Su Wu raised his head,

He saw the head of a middle-aged man above his head looking at him with fear in his eyes. The head had a pair of eyes on the bridge of its nose and was a little fat. His lips moved: "Help me, help -"

Before he finished speaking, the head turned into a crimson blood lantern.

Su Wu's head flew up,

The two lanterns slid out of the aisle and rose into the sky.

In the small grocery store, Su Wu's headless corpse let go of its hand, the small door swung randomly, and the body fell forward, pressing on another headless corpse.

"The blood lanterns in the sky are made from the heads of living people!"

"Those heads will think that they are not dead, maintain the will to live, and ask for help from the living!"

"And the moment they see a living person, the head of the living person they see, as well as themselves, will instantly turn into a blood lantern!"

Thoughts flashed frequently, and Su Wu's eyes fell into complete darkness.