Chapter 3 : Danger (1)

Click.

Finally, the door was completely closed.

Yu Hong breathed a sigh of relief.

"What the hell is this place!?"

He locked the door and stood up straight, but suddenly thought of the little stutterer.

This place looked weird no matter how you looked at it. That little stutterer looked like a good person, but how did she survive here?

He took two steps back and breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, his back seemed to hit something.

It was cold and a little hard.

It looked like a person!!

Yu Hong froze.

He lowered his head and saw a pair of white shoes on the ground behind him

' This guy, when did he come behind me!? When! ? '

BANG!!

Suddenly there was a loud bang.

The wooden door was knocked open and a short figure rushed in, raising her hand and throwing out a white object.

"ah!!"

At the same time, the stuttering sound was like a suona that broke the silence, stimulating Yu Hong to wake up from his stiffness.

He felt a small white shadow flying past his cheek and hitting the white figure behind him.

Puff puff puff!

A fine sound like the sound of cloth hitting each other was heard, but along with this sound, Yu Hong's whole body relaxed, and he staggered forward a few steps and almost fell.

He was already weak and powerless, and now he was frightened and his emotions were fluctuating greatly, which consumed even more physical and mental energy.

After taking a few steps, his legs went weak and he fell to the ground.

When he turned over on the ground and saw that the little stutterer rushed in with a thick wooden stick in her hand and hit the man in white hardly.

What was even more surprising was that the man in white was like a deflated balloon. He suddenly softened and soon burst like foam, turning into rags and disappearing into thin air But Before the rags even hit the ground, they shattered again, faded away, and nothing was left.

It was like everything that had just happened was an illusion.

huff huff.

The stutterer gasped for air, put down the wooden stick as thick as her forearm, and her face was flushed, Her veins on her face and hands was exposed and There were Fine beads of sweat on her body clearly visible even in the dim light.

"It's dangerous. Don't go out of the house!" She turned around and looked at Yu Hong, said very seriously.

Yu Hong nodded unconsciously.

Only then did he feel the burning pain on his back, as if a layer of skin had been scraped off.

After turning over on the ground, he suddenly realised that there was a little blood on the place where his back had been hit.

Seeing this, the little stutterer hurried forward and helped him up.

The two of them worked together, and the little stutterer's strength was very obvious.

She is actually stronger than Yu Hong, a grown man.

She pulled Yu Hong up, she turned him around and she took off his shirt. She took out a jar of something from somewhere and smeared it on his back.

Soon, Pain spread from the back.

Yu Hong endured it, knowing that the other party was saving him and helping him treat his wounds.

"What kind of medicine is this?"

"The healing powder my grandfather left behind," the little stutterer answered intermittently.

"The effect is good!"

silence--

Yu Hong thought back about the man in white and he had a lot of questions in his mind.

After sorting out his thoughts for a long time, he spoke again.

"Just now, what was that man in white?"

"A shadow." The little stutterer replied.

"Shadow?"

"Is he a human?" Yu Hong asked again.

"no idea"

Yu Hong felt that his belief in science for many years seemed to be about to collapse, especially when the other party disappeared right before his eyes. That scene made him feel indescribably false and unreal.

He thought for a long time, until the light outside the window grew dim, and then he spoke.

"Then that man in white, is he a ghost?"

"No." The little stutterer replied, "It's in the newspaper."

It was really difficult for her to speak, so she simply stopped treating the wound. She bent down to pick up the newspaper. She flipped out the middle page, and handed it to Yu Hong.

Yu Hong took it and saw the title on it.

{Major Breakthrough in the Shadow Experiment}

Here are the details.

'. According to the announcement of the Human Joint Research Institute, the nature of the shadow is closely related to the blood tide, but after careful analysis, the experimental content announced by the institution shows that the shadow itself does not have any memory. They only have the appearance of humans in their previous lives, but have no corresponding memories or emotions. They just instinctively hunt and kill any living creatures that approach and notice them.

In other words, the essence of the shadow is more like a new type of hunter with extremely high camouflage properties. They cannot be killed but can only be expelled. Even if they are completely dispersed, they will soon reappear and have the special ability to penetrate most existing substances.

In experiments conducted by some institutions, it is even suspected that they may not exist in reality, but exist in our brains as special signals similar to self-illusion.'

After quickly reading the report, Yu Hong felt a chill in his heart that spread throughout his body.

Danger!

Too dangerous! !

What the hell is this place! ! Why is it so dangerous! ?

He just went out! He just died ? He

held the newspaper, panting and after calming down for a while, he read the newspaper over and over again.

Bang.

Yu Hong sat down beside the bed with a gloomy face, watching the little stutterer put away the things that were used to treat his wounds.

Then she started to take care of a bamboo backpack filled with messy mud and roots.

Because the room was not ventilated, a strong smell of mud immediately filled the air.

After sitting for a while, Yu Hong only felt dry mouth and fever.

"Is there any water?" he asked dejectedly.

The little stutterer paused, then raised his hand and pointed to an inconspicuous black jar in the corner.

The small jar was only the size of a human head, with vague patterns of flying birds and tree branches on the outside.

Yu Hong stood up, walked over, squatted, and opened the lid of the small jar.

A layer of light yellow water with a faint odour appeared in front of him.

"." He was speechless. He knew just by looking at the water that it was definitely not drinkable.

It stinks.

Suddenly, a black metal object like a teapot was handed over from the side.

It was from little stutterer.

She shook the teapot.

"filter."

She made a motion of scooping water and pouring it into the teapot from the opening at the top.

Only then did Yu Hong notice that there was something like a filter above the teapot.

He was silent for a moment, took the teapot, found a ladle beside the small jar, and he scooped water into it little by little.

After a lot of effort, he filtered out a small scoop of water.

He took the teapot, found a wooden cup, and poured the ladle of water into it.

Chi.

A clear stream of water with a slightly smelly smell surged down, filling one-third of the cup, and then stopped.

Yu Hong looked at the stinky water. Even though it had been filtered, it was still smelly.

He didn't want to drink it, but his severe thirst and lack of water made him realise that if he didn't drink water, he would die for sure.

Just as he was hesitating, the little stutterer snatched the cup of water from his hand and drank it all in one gulp.

Snapped.

She placed the cup on the edge of the jar, making a clicking sound.

"It's okay to drink!"

Yu Hong paused, then stepped forward to scoop up water again, filtered a new cup, and then held the cup with his hand suspended in the air.

He raised the cup and was about to drink, but he stopped and put it down immediately.

He again raised the cup to drink the water but Soon he put it down again.

The little stutterer beside him looked a little confused as her eyes moved up and down as she followed the motion of Yu Hong's hand.

After repeating this process several times.

Yu Hong took a deep breath, clenched the cup tightly, and his face turned paler.

He thought, why, this water not clean?

Just because the stutterer was fine after drinking it didn't mean he would be fine too. The physical differences between people were sometimes much greater on health than one might imagine.

'Do you want to strengthen the water cup?'

Suddenly a subtle voice came into his ears.

With a bang, the cup was placed aside on the wooden table.

Yu Hong's expression changed slightly. He looked around, but found that only the little stutterer was standing aside honestly, looking at him in confusion.

'Do you want to strengthen the water cup?'

The voice came again.

Yu Hong looked around but didn't see anyone talking.

So he focused his attention on the wooden water cup on the table.

Soon, a tiny number appeared on the surface of the cup: 3 days.

Other than that, nothing more.

Yu Hong's expression suddenly changed. He first suspected that he was dazzled, but after blinking several times, he found that the number was still there.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and looked down at the back of his right hand, at the black mark.

The mark was as big as an egg, and the black area was emitting dim light.

'This is the thing that was speaking!' Yu Hong understood instantly.

For a moment, his eyes were surging, his heart was churning, and he stood there with a lot of thoughts flashing through his mind.

But soon, he remembered that the little stutterer was still around.

He quickly raised his hand and pointed the mark on the back of his hand towards the stutterer.

"Can you see what I have in my hand?"

 The little stutterer shook his head, looking confused and just said: "Nothing."

Yu Hong put down his hand and looked at the water cup again to make sure that the number was still there. He had some guesses in his mind.

Under the confused gaze of the little stutterer, he turned and walked somewhere else.

The room is not big and there are only a few things furnished.

There is a wardrobe, a dining table that also serves as a desk, two bedside tables, an old-fashioned dressing mirror, and two stools.

Apart from that, there is a pile of miscellaneous items in the corner, and a small water tank is placed there.

He walked around and finally stopped in front of the wooden door of the house.

Reaching out his hand, he pressed on the door.

Thinking back to what had just happened, the thought came to his mind again.

'Do you want to strengthen this wooden door?'

hiss.

Suddenly, it seemed as if a thin thread came out from the mark on the back of the hand and went into the wooden door.

Soon a black number appeared on the door: 16.

'Do you want to strengthen this wooden door?' The faint voice sounded again, and it was hard to tell whether it was a man or a woman. It was emotionless, just like a mechanical voice.

Yu Hong looked at the numbers and understood something vaguely.

'This number is most likely the time required for strengthening. So what will it look like after strengthening?'

He withdrew his hand and looked back at the water cup; the numbers on it had disappeared.

'Also, how is this strengthening done? Will it make a lot of noise? Can it be strengthened continuously? Are there any limits?'

Questions popped up in his mind one after another.

"What are you doing?" the little stutterer couldn't help but ask.

"I just felt dizzy and my brain was a little confused." Yu Hong sighed and did not mention the numbers and black marks.

He didn't intend to reveal it to anyone until he had figured out the details.

The most urgent task is to find something to test the strengthening effect of this black seal.

The wooden door took too long and couldn't be guaranteed to be static.

Yu Hong turned around again and soon saw an inconspicuous little object - the small white stone that the little stutterer had just smashed out.