Chapter 3

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 stutter from before.

This place looks so weird, that little stutter seems to be a good person, but how did she survive here?

He took two steps back and let out a long sigh of relief.

puff.

Suddenly, my back seemed to hit something.

The ice is cool and a little hard.

It seems to be a person!!

Yu Hong froze.

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

This guy actually came in!??

when!?

Bang!!

There was a sudden loud noise.

The wooden door was knocked open, and a short figure rushed in. He raised his hand and smashed out a handful of gray-white objects.

"ah!!"

At the same time, the little stuttering voice was like a suona that broke the silence, which suddenly stimulated Yu Hong to wake up from his stupor.

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

Puff puff puff puff!

There was a thin sound like the sound of hitting cloth, but along with this sound, Yu Hong's whole body relaxed and he staggered forward a few steps, almost falling.

He was already weak and weak. Now he was frightened, his mood was ups and downs, and he was even more physically and mentally exhausted.

After walking a few steps, his legs weakened and he fell to the ground.

After turning over on the ground, he saw that Little Stutter rushed into the door, holding a thick wooden stick and hitting the man in white hard.

What's even more weird is that the man in white is like a deflated balloon. He softens with a pop, and soon explodes like a bubble, turns into rags, and dissipates.

Before the rag hit the ground, it shattered again, faded and disappeared, leaving nothing behind.

It's like everything that just happened was an illusion.

Huchihuchi.

The little stutterer gasped for air and put down the wooden stick as thick as his forearm. His face turned red and the veins on his face and hands were exposed. The fine beads of sweat could be clearly seen in the dark light.

"People are weak and dangerous. There are few people outside. Few people go out!" She turned back to look at Yu Hong and said seriously.

Yu Hong nodded unconsciously.

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

Turning over on the ground, he suddenly discovered that where his back had touched, there was actually a little bit of blood.

Seeing this, Little Stutter quickly stepped forward to help him up.

The two of them exerted their strength together, and Xiao Shiba's strength suddenly became apparent.

She is actually stronger than Yu Hong, a grown man, and much bigger!

She dragged Yu Hong up, turned him around, held on to the door frame, and took off his shirt.

I dug out a jar of something from somewhere and smeared it on his back.

Soon, a rough pain spread from his 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 wound medicine powder my father left behind," the little stutterer replied intermittently.

"The effect is great!"

silence.

Yu Hong recalled the man in white just now and had a bunch of questions in his mind that he wanted to ask.

After sorting it out for a while, he spoke again.

"What was that man in white just now?"

"Shadow." The little stutter replied.

"Ghost?"

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

"have no idea"

Yu Hong only felt that the materialistic belief he had held for many years seemed to be about to collapse, especially when the other party dissipated in front of his eyes. That scene made him feel indescribably false and unreal.

He thought for a while, until the light outside the window became darker and darker, and then he spoke.

"Then the man in white is a ghost?"

"No." Little Stutter replied, "It's in the newspaper."

It was too hard for her to speak, so she simply paused to deal with the wound, bent down to pick up the newspaper, flipped out the middle one, and handed it to Yu Hong.

Yu Hong took it and saw the title written on it.

"Major breakthrough in the progress of the ghost experiment"

Here are the details.

'.According to the Joint Human Research Institute, the nature of the Shadows is closely related to the blood tide. However, after careful analysis, the experimental content disclosed by the agency shows that the Shadows themselves do not have any memory. They have the appearance of human beings during their lifetime, but they have no

Corresponding to memory emotions, they just instinctively hunt any living creature that approaches and notices them. The types of living creatures are mainly of the same kind.

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

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 the brains that exist in our bodies are special signals similar to self-hallucinations’

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! Do you want to live!?

Holding the newspaper in his hand, he breathed heavily and calmed down for a while, then he read the newspaper several times.

Bang.

Yu Hong sat by the bed with a gloomy look on his face, watching Little Stutter put away the things for treating his wounds again.

Then the guy started to take care of a bamboo basket filled with messy mud roots.

Because there was no ventilation in the room, a strong smell of mud suddenly filled the air.

After sitting for a while, Yu Hong felt his mouth was dry and his body was hot.

"Is there water?" he asked dejectedly.

Xiao Jieba paused for a moment, then raised his hand and pointed at an inconspicuous black tank in the corner.

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

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

A layer of shallow yellow water with a faint odor appeared in front of him.

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

It all stinks.

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

It's a little stutter.

She shook the teapot.

"filter."

She made a motion of scooping up water and pouring it into the teapot through the opening.

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, rummaged around the water tank to find a water ladle, scooped out water and poured it in little by little.

Finally, I filtered a small ladle of water.

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

Chi.

A column of clear water with a slight odor surged down, filling one-third of the water glass, and then stopped.

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

He wanted not to drink, but his body was severely thirsty and deprived of water, which made him understand that he, who was already sick and injured, would definitely be doomed if he was deprived of water again.

Just when he was hesitating, Little Stutter snatched the water glass from his hand and drank it in one gulp.

Snap.

She placed the cup on the edge of the small vat, making a clinking sound.

"Is it okay to drink?"

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

Um.

He paused, raised the cup, and started to drink.

But immediately put it down slowly.

If you raise it any higher, drink.

Quickly and slowly put it down.

The little stutterer on the side moved his eyes up and down with his hand, a little confused.

After doing this several times.

Yu Hong took a deep breath, tightened his grip on the cup, and his face became paler.

I was thinking, can’t this water be cleaner?

He was worried that if the water was not replenished, something would happen to the person first. Just because Stutter was fine after drinking, it did not mean that he was fine too. The physical differences between people were sometimes much greater than imagined.

'Do you want to strengthen the water cup?'

Suddenly a small voice came into his ears.

Bang, put the cup on the wooden table aside.

Yu Hong's expression changed slightly, and he looked around, only to find that only Little Stutter 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 he didn't find anyone speaking.

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

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

Other than that, nothing.

Yu Hong's expression suddenly changed. He was the first to wonder if 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 black mark on the back of his right hand.

really.

The mark was about the size of an egg, and the black area was glowing like water waves.

‘That’s what this thing is doing!’ Yu Hong understood instantly.

For a moment, his eyes flashed, his heart tumbled, and a large number of thoughts flashed through his mind as he stood there.

But soon, he remembered that Little Stutter was still around.

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

"Can you see what I'm holding?"

"." Little Stutter shook his head, looking confused. "Nothing."

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

Under the confused gaze of Little Stutter, he turned and walked elsewhere.

The room is not big, with only a few furnishings.

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

Other than that, there is just a pile of debris in the corner, where the small water tank is placed.

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

He stretched out his hand and pressed it on the door.

Thinking back to the process just now, thoughts arose in his mind again.

'Can't this door be better?'

hiss.

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

Soon a black number appeared on the door: 16th.

‘Do you want to strengthen the wooden door?’ The tiny voice sounded again, indistinguishable from male to female, emotionless, just like a mechanical voice.

Yu Hong looked at the numbers and vaguely understood something in his eyes.

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

He took back his hand and looked back at the water glass. The numbers on the water glass had disappeared.

'Furthermore, in what way will this strengthening be carried out? Will the movement be very loud? Can it continue to be strengthened? Are there any restrictions?'

Questions all popped up in his mind.

"What are you doing??" Little Stutter couldn't help but ask.

"I just felt dizzy and my mind was a little confused." Yu Hong sighed and didn't mention the numbers and black seals.

He did not intend to disclose it to anyone until he knew the specific situation.

The top priority is to find something to test the strengthening effect of this black seal.

The wooden door takes too long and cannot guarantee movement.

Yu Hong turned around again, and soon settled on an inconspicuous little object - the small white stone that Xiao Stutter had just smashed out.
Chapter completed!