Book of the Otherworld

Chapter 98 The Shadow of Nightspring Town
The three-wheeled donkey kept bumping, probably because it was in disrepair for a long time. The road in front of me was extremely dilapidated, and sandy soil was exposed on many grounds. In addition, this kind of three-wheeled motorcycle has poor shock absorption. Not to mention, within 15 minutes of driving the car, even the asphalt was gone, completely turned into a dirt road, and now it was even more bumpy.

I don't know how long it took, but when the bag of instant noodles in Xing Tianyu's stomach was about to be knocked out, the car suddenly stopped.

Xing Tianyu thought that it was finally here, and when he looked outside, he looked confused, but there was a valley outside.

Xing Tianyu's heart tightened suddenly, could it be that he met someone who robbed him?

"Why don't you leave, master?" He moved his hands and feet while talking. After all, he has experienced life and death, and if something goes wrong, he will not stand still.

"Where are you going? There is no way ahead. I can send you here at most."

"How far is Nightspring Town?"

"Yequan Town is on the other side of the mountain. Do you see the slope over there? After going up, there is a trail to go through. After walking for a while, you will see a small river. It's not far away after crossing the river."

Xing Tianyu thought it was true or not, and looked ahead, there was indeed a gap between the two hills, and with his excellent eyesight, he could vaguely see a narrow path extending into it.

As if seeing Xing Tianyu's hesitation, the driver suddenly said, "If you are afraid of the dark, I will take you back to the station hotel and come back tomorrow morning, but the fare will have to be paid separately." The driver said, Xing Tianyu said in his heart It turned out that you came up with such an idea, and he didn't bother to write any ink. He turned over and got out of the car, and walked towards the path. The driver saw him, shook his head, and drove away.

Holding the suitcase, Xing Tianyu walked on the small road between the two mountains with one foot deep and one foot shallow. When the roar of the tricycle disappeared, the surroundings fell into a sudden silence. People, I thought it was really terrible, why did I come to this deep mountain in the middle of the night, Qin Ming, Qin Ming, you are really not a thing, you are not worrying if you die.

Fortunately, his eyes have night vision.Although the mountain road is hard, at least you won't step on the ground and fall.

Walking up the slope, there was indeed a small road. Due to too long repairs, the weeds on both sides of the road had grown to the middle of the road, but the road surface was still intact, so Xing Tianyu walked along this road. It was extremely tortuous, with bushes and weeds and mountains on both sides of the road, making it difficult to recognize the direction. Fortunately, there were no forks in the road, and I didn't know how long I had walked, when I suddenly heard a sound of water ahead.

Going around the mound in front of him, a river appeared in front of him.

Fortunately, it is not a big river, only a small stream a few meters wide, and a stone bridge that looks like it has been around for a long time spans the river. Three faded scarlet letters—Nightsprings.

Xing Tianyu heaved a sigh of relief, and said that it was almost here. After crossing the river, the surrounding area became open, and he even saw a lot of farmland, but unfortunately most of them were deserted, and weeds grew together with some degraded crops. It made people inexplicably feel a sense of sadness. They continued to walk forward for a while, and in the distance, they saw the black silhouette of a town appearing in sight.

That should be Yequan Town. In the night, the town is almost dead silent. Although it is only before nine o'clock, there is almost no light in the town—no, in the middle of the town, you can vaguely see what time it is. The light, but the light is very dim, it doesn't look like an electric light, it looks like something like a lantern. The dim light not only does not bring any sense of security, but has a strange atmosphere.

That should be where he was going, Xing Tianyu almost instinctively wanted to turn around and leave, but he forced himself not to do so, but walked towards the town.

Soon, he stepped into the streets of the town.

The closer you get, the more uneasy Xing Tianyu feels. This ghostly place is too creepy. There are many houses in the town, but most of them have been abandoned. Some have no windows, and some have collapsed walls. , the old-age buildings that should have been very old-fashioned, now give people a stale and weird feeling, which makes people instinctively feel uneasy for no reason.

Many abandoned houses have exposed dark windows and gates, and the inside is dark. It is different from the simple loneliness when I was in the wild. At this moment, walking in this deserted town, Xing Tianyu feels He is not alone, on the contrary, he feels that he is being watched by the eyes of many unknown beings. Those dark windows and doors are like strange caves man-made, as if there are countless malicious people hidden. Sight, peeping at him in the dark.

He knew that it should be just his own illusion. Whenever he saw a dark cave or a bottomless puddle when he was a child, he would always have similar bad associations.

Suddenly, a rush of footsteps sounded behind him, as if something was approaching quickly from behind him, Xing Tianyu turned around in fright.

But there was nothing behind him, he took a deep breath, the sound of footsteps just now was definitely not his illusion, there must be something nearby, he walked over slowly, bypassed a wall, a white shadow, just Standing in the open space not far behind him, he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw clearly what it was, but it was an old white dog that came out of nowhere. Crouching in the middle of the street, staring at something, the footsteps just now were probably made by it running.

Woof, woof!The old dog roared twice towards the front. Xing Tianyu walked over and looked in the direction the old dog was looking at. It was an abandoned old house, the gate was gone, and only the dark inside could be seen. It was no different from those abandoned houses around. The old dog looked into the darkness behind the door of the abandoned house, and let out a threatening growl from his throat.

Xing Tianyu looked into the door curiously and vigilantly, and suddenly he noticed something was wrong, the darkness was so deep that even his night vision eyes couldn't see through it, this was the first time he met Seeing this situation, he didn't carefully calculate how strong his night vision ability is, so he was a little uncertain whether this situation was normal. To be cautious, Xing Tianyu took out his flashlight and took a photo inside.

The beam of light from the flashlight easily pierced the darkness in front of him. Xing Tianyu vaguely felt the darkness in front of him distort. It seemed that a black shadow flashed past and disappeared at the edge of his field of vision. He didn't see anything unusual, but on the floor at the corner of the room, Xing Tianyu saw a dark hole, which seemed to be the entrance to a basement.

Should I go over and see what's in the basement?Xing Tianyu thought in his heart, his intuition told him that there must be something hidden in the darkness, an unknown secret, some kind of mysterious existence, he should find out.

But the rationality in his heart told him, don't be stupid, there is nothing there, you will only see a deserted basement when you walk in, there may be nothing in it, there may be some forgotten rags, or a few animals Rats, snakes, whatever.

Xing Tianyu was conflicted for a while. His life experience told him that he should listen to the voice of reason in his heart, but if he just went in and took a look, it seemed that he would not waste much time.

However, he took a deep breath, closed his eyes and meditated for a moment, but finally he did not take that step. No matter what secrets there are in the darkness, let it stay there. There are so many abandoned houses in this town. If you have to look at it in the dark, you will be exhausted.

Turning off the flashlight, Xing Tianyu was about to turn around and leave, but at this moment, someone behind him patted him on the shoulder.

(End of this chapter)