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Many villagers gathered in the square of Longshanji, talking noisily and waiting for outside help. Google search reading
Several elders with more prestige in the village hurried through the crowd and found the old Taoist priest and his apprentice Xie Yunqing who were chatting with the villagers.
"Master Huang, I want to discuss something with you."
A short and fat old man called the old Taoist priest.
The other old men asked the villagers around to disperse first: "Everyone, go and do your work first. I've called and they said they've sent people to rescue us.
It's no use waiting here.
Why not go home and pack up your things now, and then evacuate directly with your bags. If there's any situation later, I'll have people notify everyone door to door.
——Everyone, remember this, stay at home and don't wander around.
Otherwise, when the car sent by the higher authorities enters the village, you can't be found when you evacuate, and you can't blame us for not notifying you!"
Some of the old men are the village accountants, and some are the village chiefs.
They often convened the villagers for meetings, and their words were indeed more effective. After a few words, the villagers really stopped gathering here and went home to pack up their things as instructed.
The old Taoist surnamed Huang led Xie Yunqing and several old men to an empty corner.
The short and fat old man, the village chief Wei He, had a serious expression on his face and said straight to the point: "Master Huang, someone is missing."
"Old lady Zhu and several other old ladies went to the Wulang Temple at the entrance of the village to burn incense.
The others have all returned.
She didn't come back, she's gone."
After hearing what Wei He said, Taoist Huang's heart skipped a beat and he asked: "Did you ask those old ladies? When they came back, didn't they call Old Lady Zhu?"
"I did." The village accountant said in a deep voice, "They all saw Old Lady Zhu leave the temple, but each of them had a different account of what happened afterwards.
Some said they saw Old Lady Zhu leave the temple and follow them all the time, and they didn't know when she suddenly disappeared;
Some said they saw Old Lady Zhu stop in front of Zhang's house and didn't follow them;
Some said that after leaving the temple, Old Lady Zhu went directly along the road at the entrance of the village to Yunlong Temple on the mountain."
"..."
Taoist Huang looked serious.
Xie Yunqing couldn't help but ask, "Why do everyone say different things? Even if they saw it wrong, it's impossible for their statements to be so different, right?"
"They didn't lie." Accountant Li glanced at Xie Yunqing and didn't answer him, but continued to talk to Taoist Huang.
"Something strange has happened, it's really strange." Taoist Huang shook his head and muttered to himself.
The village chief Wei He said directly, "Some people have started to disappear, and the situation is getting more and more wrong. I think we should gather everyone together and take care of them.
If anything wrong happens, we can respond in time."
"I think we can."
"Now all kinds of rumors have made people panic. Gathering everyone together can suppress rumors and set the record straight."
Several old men agreed with Wei He's proposal.
They all looked at Taoist Huang.
Taoist Huang nodded, "The village chief's proposal is very good, and I agree with it.
Have you told those old ladies? Tell them not to spread this matter again, so as not to alarm people."
"I have.
I have also warned their families." The accountant responded.
"Have you informed Mrs. Zhu's family?"
"Mrs. Zhu's house is built in a remote place. I have asked my son to talk to her family about this."
"Okay."
"Then let's do it on our own!"
"This time, we have to rely on everyone to work together to get through it. We can't just rely on outside rescue. We have to save ourselves!
Everyone should be united!"
...
"Huh?
Why is there a clay statue here?"
The man with one foot abnormally twisted inwards limped out of the bamboo forest behind him along the narrow path with a woven bag on his back.
The woven bag on his back was full of beverage bottles.
At the fork in the path, there stood a clay statue that was only knee-high.
The oil on the clay statue had rolled up and peeled off for the most part,
but its face was full of smiles, and its chubby figure was also very pleasing, making people unconsciously smile at the corners of their mouths.
The man with a deformed left foot stood in front of the statue, looking at the statue with confusion.
The path extended forward, and under the shade of the trees ahead, a row of houses gradually emerged.
"Uncle Zhou, hey, I finally found you!
Why didn't you listen to my advice? I told you to stay at home, but you still ran around everywhere!"
At this time, a young man climbed up the gentle slope of the path. He looked about the village accountant.
He held his waist with one hand, sweat oozing from his nose, and said to the lame middle-aged man with a complaint.
The lame middle-aged man looked at him and smiled, "I went to pick up some plastic bottles to sell for money. Isn't it back now? It's okay, don't worry.
Xiaohu, what do you want to talk to me about?"
As he spoke, he walked towards the young man called 'Xiaohu'.
"I don't know.
My dad and the village chief are looking for you.
It seems like something happened to Grandma Zhu? "Xiaohu replied a few words, without explaining what was going on, and hurriedly turned around and left, "I have to go to the next house to inform you to meet in the square. Uncle Zhou, go and see for yourself! "
"well!"
Hearing that something happened to his mother, Zhou Laizi was inevitably nervous and walked even faster.
He walked down the low slope.
Just disappear without a trace.
The little tiger ran out of the path and onto the cement road.
After walking around several houses connected by cement roads, he stopped to take a breath and saw a clay statue that was only as high as a person's knees in the fence of a relatively dilapidated residence.
Most of the oil on the mud tires peeled off.
You can vaguely see it with a smiling face.
This statue stands among various scrap iron pots, cardboard, and plastic bottles, looking at Xiaohu through the fence.
It gave him a sudden shock in his heart!
"Why did Uncle Zhou pick up this thing when he picked up rags?
Can this be sold for money? "
Thoughts were running through Xiaohu's mind and he looked away from the statue.
He took a breath and continued running forward.
Not long after he ran away, he disappeared without a trace.
…
In the village square.
All the villagers gathered here.
The originally small square was occupied by more than a hundred households of villagers, and it suddenly became noisy.
The children were laughing and playing in the crowd with their toys, and the adults gathered together to play poker and mahjong.
If it weren't for the unconcealed worry on the elders' brows, no one would have thought that this village was shrouded in mystery.
At this time, it was almost dusk.
No sunset or sunset could be seen in the dim sky, and the houses and buildings all around were shrouded in gloomy shadows.
The village chief and others gathered together with the old Taoist priest.
Conversing in low voices.
"Zhou Laizi is missing."
"My son went looking for him and disappeared too."
"Now we have a total of four people missing here - one of Zhou Laizi's neighbors also disappeared later.
Their families are now in the square. "
Accountant Li's eyebrows were filled with worry, but he still maintained restraint and reported the current situation to others.
Village chief Wei He's eyes were serious and he said: "At first, Mrs. Zhu disappeared.
His son was most likely to disappear after her. After Mrs. Zhu disappeared, some villagers saw Zhou Laizi carrying a woven bag and picking up rags.
Later, Accountant Li's son went to look for Zhou Zizi, but he also disappeared.
After that, there is Zhou Laizi’s neighbor...
At present, all the missing people are because 'Old Mrs. Zhu' disappeared first, and then began to disappear one after another.
‘Old Mrs. Zhu’ is the source.
I have asked the family members of Zhou Laizi's missing neighbor to be placed alone in the northeast corner of the square - let's see if there is a chain of transmission for this kind of disappearance? "
Taoist Huang was silent for a moment after hearing this.
He turned to his apprentice Xie Yunqing and asked, "Apprentice, have you contacted anyone outside again? With that Su Wu?"
Xie Yunqing nodded, and the worry in his eyes became more intense: "I called the countermeasures team and Su Wu who were specially sent from above, but the calls were not connected."
He looked at the sky in the distance, but felt that the sky was much dimmer than before.
It was obviously only four or five o'clock in the afternoon, but why did the sky look like it was about to enter night?
Everyone fell silent after hearing this.
They have also recently begun to find that their mobile phones can no longer receive signals and cannot make calls...
…
"Panpan, come back, come back quickly!"
In the northeast corner of the square, a woman in her thirties cleaned the ground, spread a blanket on it, and summoned her daughter who was running around and playing wildly.
She sat on the blanket and looked at the lively crowd not far away, with some fear and confusion in her eyes.
Why would you place your family here alone?
Not letting your family stay with other villagers?
She thought of her husband who was still invisible, and couldn't help but sigh deeply.
Seeing that the sky around her was getting darker and darker, almost like it was nighttime, the woman quickly called to her daughter who was squatting on the ground not far away, playing with something unknown: "What are you looking at over there? Panpan."
Come back soon, it's getting dark, stop running around! "
The daughter turned to look at her after hearing the sound, with a happy smile on her face: "Mom, there is a doll here, there is a doll, I will play with it for a while and then go back!"
"What doll?
Take it back and play with it, don't run away. "The woman asked her daughter.
'Panpan' responded, and with some difficulty picked up a 'doll' from the ground, which was almost the same height as her, and stumbled towards the woman.
That ‘doll’ looked like it was made of clay.
There was a warm smile on his mottled face.
The daughter carried the 'doll' onto the small blanket, and then the woman saw clearly what it was.
"Why did you bring back a statue of a god?
How can you play with this thing? You wait for me here. "
As the woman spoke, she picked up the clay statue, moved it to the grass outside the square, and threw it away.
Then he walked back quickly.
Comforting her unhappy daughter: "Panpan, be good. Panpan won't play with that one. You'll go home later. There are so many dolls in the house. You can play with whichever one you want, okay?"
She was talking to ‘Panpan’,
The figures of both of them gradually faded.
Disappeared silently.
"Oh my God!"
"Disappeared!"
"It really disappeared!"
The young men who were arranged by the village chief to look after the mother and daughter saw this scene and screamed in horror.
They left here in a hurry to report the situation to the village chief and others.
Darkness enveloped the square.
In the square where the power was cut off, piles of bonfires were lit, and the villagers sat around the bonfires.
In the dark places where the bonfires could not illuminate, clay statues stood quietly, surrounding the entire square.