Every five minutes, a young man with a Chinese character face would get out of the car and make an obvious mark on the tree.

This behavior is repeated over and over again.

To their delight, this behavior worked. They drove like this for nearly three hours without seeing any trace of trees.

In other words, they did not go back, nor did they fall into any strange cycle.

They're just taking a road that's too long.

…………

At the 30th minute, we saw an empty gas station in the gap between the roads. At this time, the car's gasoline was about to run out, and the gas card was still inserted into the machine, so we filled up the gas here.

But after searching carefully, no trace of human activity was found.

This gas station has a very high ceiling, pure steel frame structure, simple and simple architectural style, and obvious industrial design style. It is not an ordinary station built in the countryside.

Since everyone was hungry and tired, we rested here for a while. The driver also slept on the driver's seat for an hour.

Fortunately, we also saw a convenience store next to the gas station, which had plenty of food and drinks. We broke the door lock and went inside to replenish two boxes of bread and drinks. We also filled ourselves with biscuits and bread.

belly.

But here, I also found something unusual.

First, this gas station was closed in a planned manner. It can be seen from the locked door after strict inspection and the clean place. But the strange thing is that the entire parking lot has always been closed.

They all stopped at the same time: 3:07:26.

Regarding the clock stopping when there is no power, under normal circumstances, due to the influence of gravity, after the second hand rotates clockwise to the bottom, it will stop at the lower left area of ​​the panel due to its inability to climb again, that is, between time 6-9.

However, the second hands of these clocks all stopped at 26 seconds, which was obviously not a normal cause.

If there is no such thing as a boring person setting the clocks to the same time, I can be sure that these clocks have all stopped at the same time for some mysterious reason.

Second, the gas station was obviously damaged before we arrived. The gas card at the gas station was inserted into the machine. After my inspection, it was not always inserted there, but was taken out from the management room of the gas station.

, the door lock was also picked open. This virtually gave us an advantage.

But there were no signs of damage to the canteen door, and we opened it ourselves.

This can be attributed to the fact that the people who came here earlier than us were just short of fuel, but not as hungry and thirsty as we were, so they missed the opportunity to replenish food and drinks.

………

At the 110th minute, we arrived at the door of a residential house.

To be precise, I have a large building with scattered heights. The first floor is a tall rolling door, and there is a cement parking lot at the door. There should be vehicles entering and exiting at ordinary times.

The overall construction time is about ten years. The exterior walls are covered with mosaic tiles, but the floors vary in height. The high ones are four or five floors, and the low ones are only one or two floors.

The strange thing is that most of the houses have their doors closed and are dark with no trace of anyone.

Maybe they are still immersed in sleep, or maybe they have all left like a gas station.

My partner and I went to the door of the only residential house with lights on and knocked for a long time. No one came to open the door. A vague sound came from the house. Not only did we not get any effective information from listening to it, but it made our heads spin.

, both eyes turned black.

I am certain that the monotonous, cumbersome, boring, and repetitive intonations that came out from the crack in the door cannot be said in any normal language.

Such a sound would only appear in a certain secret sacrifice, a certain sinister secret meeting, or a certain barbaric temple, making all rational people feel despair.

In the end, we didn't get any valid information, so we left this area. This may be the closest we get to the civilized world tonight.

It is not that we have not planned to open this door through shouting and violence to see what happens. But there is an invisible force telling us that making such a huge noise in this silent harbor is definitely not a wise move!

Therefore, against the dim street lights, bleak buildings, and empty roads, our few lonely travelers seemed particularly isolated and helpless.

………

At the 178th minute, we saw a car.

At this point, the road returns to a section with dense trees on both sides, making it difficult to see the scenery ahead.

A car was parked alone on the roadside.

There were obvious impact marks on the front of the car, and the hood was open. Someone must have been involved in a car accident here and abandoned the car after trying to repair it but failed.

But looking at the surrounding environment, there was nothing that could cause a car accident. There was only a eucalyptus tree that was deformed without the front of the car.

Mr. Jackie speculated that it was due to the driver's long-term fatigue driving that the car was ignored by the monotonous environment when driving here, and it crashed into a tree. Unfortunately, the outer shell of the cylinder was damaged, and he could no longer use his bare hands.

It was repaired and I had to leave.

But here, I saw something more different.

First of all, the driver seemed very anxious at the time. His footprints circled the entire perimeter of the car, with several layers on top of each other, and there were also traces of engine oil penetration and attempts to wipe it away in vain.

It shows that this person was in a panic at that time. He was not only thinking about repairing the engine, but also wanted to remove useful things from the car and escape.

Secondly, this person has not been gone for a long time.

Judging from the oil stains, the small amount of gasoline in the car is still seeping out, and there is no large oil pool. Judging from the car's furnishings, his driving instrument panel still has lights on, and the ventilation system is not working.

When turned off, the headlights still have power and emit weak light.

All this shows that this unlucky guy may have just left not long ago. If he could wait a little longer, he might be able to wait for us.

But he didn't.

I can also understand his psychology.

This person should be a driver driving alone, unlike the four of us who can communicate and rely on each other. In such a weird environment, no one wants to stay where they are and wait for rescue.

Rather than leaving your fate to unrealistic rescue, it is better to hold it in your own hands. Even walking forward is better than waiting to die.

Finally, I found the direction he left.

He took nothing with him and continued walking along the road.

This never-ending road gives no hope of survival. Judging from the traces of trampled and browsed vegetation on the roadside, this person should have walked alone into the woods on the roadside that blocked the sky, heading towards an even more unknown and dangerous road.

road.

I can imagine how this person felt desperate, annoyed, angry, and crying in such a dark night, and finally accepted his fate calmly and walked towards the despair of this terrifying road.

…………

A few of us returned to the car.

At least we are luckier than them.

We filled up the tank with gas, brought enough food, and took a limited rest to support each other on this weird road.

This is the blessing among our misfortunes.

But the most unfortunate thing is that I discovered a problem, which is also the problem that I tried desperately to avoid in the description just now.

The words appearing everywhere in this place are completely unfamiliar to us...
Chapter completed!