Куры и собаки летают в хаосе и возрождении

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"Ah!" Luo Shimin and Hu Rongrong exclaimed in unison.

Xiao Rou continued, "The old lady calmly walked out the door, told her great-granddaughter to properly bury the black cat, and asked her cousin when to sign the agreement. Her cousin, as if possessed, foolishly took out the demolition agreement from his bag. At that moment, the old lady pulled a stamp from her pocket and pressed it down. With that, the rest of the problems would be easily solved. But just then, her cousin suddenly noticed something was wrong with the old lady. Her complexion was getting worse and worse; in such a short time, her once smooth face was now covered in crisscrossing wrinkles. It was like... like a corpse in an ancient tomb, exposed to the wind, suddenly oxidized."

"Ah!" Hu Rongrong screamed.

Xiao Rou waved her hand in the air, seemingly trying to stop Hu Rongrong from shouting.

007 The Cry

Xiao Rou continued, "Then, this old lady Sun handed over the agreement with her once plump but now withered hand. Suddenly, she swayed and fell to the side. Lao Si and the others quickly caught her, and upon closer inspection, they saw that her skin had instantly turned as black as a mummy from an ancient tomb, her eyes sunken, and all the flesh on her body had vanished—she was a veritable ancient mummy! They touched her nose, but there was no breath. Panic ensued, and my cousin's hands and feet went cold. He understood the principle of 'paying with one's life for the one who kills,' and he was also afraid that the old lady had died of a heart attack because of this agreement. If that happened, their company would have to pay a compensation fee, and my cousin would face the risk of losing his job."

Xiao Rou then said mysteriously, "I didn't expect Grandma Sun's granddaughter to be so calm. 'Please take care of Grandma (great-grandmother) for a while. Sir, please come in and check the house deed.' Grandma Sun's granddaughter said to my cousin. My cousin followed her into the house, swaying slightly. She took out a household registration book from a red cabinet and handed it to my cousin."

My cousin opened it and his head spun. It read, "Sun Peirong: Female, Date of Birth: September 13, 1877. 1877!"

When Xiaorou finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but shudder.

Xiaorou continued, "My cousin was really terrified. He remembered the story my grandma used to tell him about cats warding off evil spirits. It's about how some people, hoping for immortality, would keep a cat in their house. First, they'd choose a black cat, and bring it home before it even opened its eyes. The cat couldn't be shown to anyone else; the first person it saw when it opened its eyes had to be you. Then, the cat had to stay in the house for three years without going out. During those three years, you also couldn't leave the house; you had to stay with the cat constantly and personally feed it. After three years, the cat would consider you its only master. It would protect you from the spirit-stealing Onmyoji, but only if you lived in that house from then on. Because that's all the cat's power was, the spirit-stealing messengers could only linger at your doorstep. If you went out, you'd be in big trouble; the Onmyoji would take you away."

"And then?" curious Luo Shimin asked immediately.

Xiaorou hesitated for a moment, then said, "Later, my cousin remembered the story of the cat acting as a malevolent spirit. He thought that perhaps the old lady's soul should have already gone to see the King of Hell, and it was only thanks to this cat that she was able to ward off the spirits of the underworld. Just then, my cousin suddenly realized something and turned around. At that moment, he saw the old lady's granddaughter turn around to lock the door. Look, why does her back look so much like the big black cat that just died? Thinking of this, my cousin lowered his head again. Perhaps the old lady had been dead for many years, and it was only thanks to the black cat that she was able to keep her soul in her body. No wonder she..." She refused to go out. No wonder the cat howled so desperately before it died. No wonder she was wearing a sweater in the summer. My cousin couldn't help but shudder, suddenly remembering that my grandmother had died just like Old Mrs. Sun. Most importantly, the night before my grandmother died, she told my cousin those ghost stories again. In the dim yellow light, my cousin clearly remembered that my grandmother's eyes emitted a ghostly green light, like a black cat's, just like Old Mrs. Sun's eyes. The strangest thing was that, even in the sunlight, the old woman's great-granddaughter had no reflection.

"Hiss!" As soon as Xiao Rou finished telling her story, Luo Shimin and Hu Rongrong both gasped.

Xiao Rou giggled.

“Look how scared you two are. It’s not that bad. You won’t feel these things once you’ve actually experienced it,” Xiaorou said.

Hu Rongrong frowned and said, "But would anyone really be willing to live forever and stay indoors all day without ever going out? If so, what's the point of living forever?"

Luo Shimin, who was sleeping in the opposite bed, chuckled and said, "Watching soap operas every day, at least you can watch the endings of those long soap operas!"

"Uh... Wouldn't it be a little sad if life were just soap operas?" Hu Rongrong said.

"You are not a fish, how can you know the joy of a fish? Who doesn't want to live a few more years?" Luo Shimin said.

“Everyone has a different definition. Some people think that being alive is happiness. But I think that’s too sad. If the person you love dies, and you’re all alone, what’s the point of living to be ten thousand years old? Even if you have a long lifespan, you can’t live longer than the Earth, right? What’s the point of living that long?” Hu Rongrong said.

Who would have thought that this conversation would be such a direct satire of the "Nuwa Project"? And who could have imagined that all of this was for the sake of one woman?

Xiao Rou rolled over and saw Luo Shimin and Hu Rongrong arguing endlessly about this matter. Xiao Rou quickly said, "Alright, alright, let's talk about something lighter. By the way, let me tell you a funny joke."

"Uh, a scary joke? Don't make it too scary," Hu Rongrong said.

One day, Old Li was walking down the street, eerily quiet and deserted. Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed by. Old Li was startled. "Who? Who is that?" "Hehehe," came a sinister laugh. "I'm hungry, I haven't eaten for days. Can I have a bite?" A ghostly face emerged. "No...don't eat me! I have young children and elderly parents to support, and my flesh is sour. Please let me go!" Old Li was terrified. "Sour? I don't believe it!" The ghost took a bite. "Ah..." Old Li screamed. "Damn it, it really is sour! Get lost!" the male ghost said angrily. "Thank you, thank you, ghost master!" He was about to leave when a sharp voice rang out. "Wait!" "Darling, what brings you here?" the male ghost rushed over. "Let him go?...Yes, yes!"

The male ghost chimed in, "His flesh really is sour," then glanced at Old Li in the corner. "Get out of here!" the male ghost said through gritted teeth. "Wait, I want to eat," the male ghost said, looking at the female ghost in surprise. "You want to eat it? It's sour?" "Um... um... I'm pregnant..."

"Hahahaha." Before Xiaorou could finish speaking, Luo Shimin burst out laughing in a very unladylike manner.

Hu Rongrong sighed, thinking to herself that this girl was getting more and more unruly. As the saying goes, habit becomes second nature. Luo Shimin's daily lack of attention to her image had shaped her carefree personality.

That night, Luo Shimin was a little tired. After listening to Xiaorou tell those scary stories, she buried her head in the covers and drifted off to sleep. Just as Luo Shimin was half asleep, she suddenly felt a heaviness in her chest. Then, Luo Shimin opened her eyes.

A man was standing in front of Luo Shimin. In the darkness, Luo Shimin couldn't see his face clearly. But she would never forget his bright, shining eyes.

Those were eyes filled with resentment, as if they were about to reach out and strangle Luo Shimin.

Luo Shimin had a bad feeling; there was a thief. She quickly tried to get up, but then she was surprised to find that she couldn't move her body at all.

Luo Shimin felt breathless, as if a five-ton boulder was pressing on her chest. Her whole body was unresponsive; she couldn't even move her fingers or toes. She didn't even have the strength to scream.

Luo Shimin immediately realized that this was sleep paralysis. She suddenly remembered the method Hu Rongrong had mentioned before, so she immediately put the tip of her tongue between her teeth and bit down hard. With a jolt, Luo Shimin woke up.

Luo Shimin reached out and touched the lamp. As soon as the light came on, a dark figure darted out the window and jumped out. Luo Shimin immediately gave chase and saw a large puddle of green slime left by the window.

Luo Shimin craned her neck to look downstairs, and the dark figure "whooshed" into the night, disappearing without a trace.

Damn it, a burglar in the middle of the night. Luo Shimin turned around and saw Hu Rongrong and Xiao Rou sleeping soundly. Oh well, she'd better close the window and go back to sleep.

Luo Shimin lay back down on the bed and thought about it carefully. Suddenly, she realized why the green slime by the window was so strange. The slime smelled like rotten fish.

Perhaps it was a girl's innate sensitivity, but Luo Shimin was particularly sensitive to the smell of that slimy substance. She could always smell that fishy stench nearby, which kept her awake at night.

Luo Shimin couldn't take it anymore and suddenly sat up. At that moment, she was startled and almost screamed. It turned out that it was Xiao Rou, the senior student from the bed next to her, quietly standing under the bed watching Luo Shimin.

Xiao Rou's gaze was strange, cold and sinister. She stared at Luo Shimin as if in a dream, as if trying to take something away from her. Her gaze was sharp, as if she could see into Luo Shimin's very soul.

Faced with that terrifying gaze, Luo Shimin instinctively wrapped herself tightly in the blanket. Xiao Rou, however, continued to stare at her coldly. A sense of panic rose in Luo Shimin's heart. She wanted to call out to Hu Rongrong, but worried that it would frighten her.

Their eyes met, and Luo Shimin's gaze was filled with fear. Just as their gazes were locked in a stalemate, Xiao Rou suddenly turned around.

Luo Shimin breathed a sigh of relief. Could this be the legendary sleepwalking disorder? Just as she was thinking this, she saw Xiao Rou walk straight to the door and open it.

Xiao Rou walks in a very strange way, like a zombie. Her knees don't seem to bend, and she sways from side to side as she walks.

Luo Shimin quickly got out of bed. If her senior was indeed a sleepwalker, wouldn't it be dangerous for her to go out now? Without time to change, Luo Shimin threw on a coat and hurriedly followed Xiao Rou out of the dormitory. She tried to pull Xiao Rou back, but Xiao Rou walked so fast that Luo Shimin couldn't catch up after a few steps.

Luo Shimin followed closely behind Xiao Rou, who hurriedly ran downstairs and pushed open the dormitory door. Luo Shimin, following closely behind, almost lost sight of her. Xiao Rou was running rapidly southwest, and Luo Shimin ran after her. In the moonlight, she saw a figure running southwest at breakneck speed, like a zombie, with a girl in pajamas and pink flip-flops close behind.

Xiao Rou ran too fast. Luo Shimin finally couldn't catch up. Luo Shimin stopped, holding her legs with both hands, panting heavily.

As soon as she looked up, she saw the laboratory building.

Under the moonlight, this strange "door"-shaped building exudes an eerie atmosphere, and even the surrounding air is imbued with this inexplicable sense of dread.

Looking around, Xiao Rou was nowhere to be seen. Could she have already slipped into the lab building? Luo Shimin bit her lip. Xiao Rou was a lab fanatic; perhaps she was sleepwalking, still thinking about the lack of experiments yesterday evening, which was why she came here?

Should we go in and look for Xiaorou?

Luo Shimin hesitated and stopped as soon as she lifted her leg. There had been a bloody incident in the laboratory building last night, and the ghost that attacked Xiaorou might still be there.

Thinking of this, Luo Shimin resolutely walked into the laboratory building. Xiao Rou was still sleepwalking; what if she were seen by a ghost?

She didn't want Xiaorou to die like that.

Despite her fear, Luo Shimin forced herself to walk to the door of the laboratory building. Looking at the deep blue glass, Luo Shimin took a deep breath, reached out and pushed the door open.

She looked back again. The moonlight was beautiful. The bright moonlight spread across the earth like a light veil. Only under the moonlight could the earth show its serene beauty.

Little did Keluo Shimin know that this beautiful scenery would be the last time she saw the sights of the human world.

The laboratory building was pitch black, and Luo Shimin couldn't help but rub her shoulders.

She couldn't remember where the light switch was in the lab building; the darkness was somewhat terrifying.

"Tap tap, tap tap," "Tap tap, tap tap,"

The footsteps grew louder as they faded into the distance, sounding like someone running.

"Tap tap, tap tap,"

The footsteps seemed to fade into the distance.

It must have been Xiaorou running. Once her vision cleared in the darkness, Luo Shimin realized the footsteps were coming upstairs. So, she quickly found the stairs and headed up.

It must have been Xiaorou's footsteps, so Luo Shimin quickly chased after her.

She chased the sound between the third and fourth floors, where it suddenly disappeared. In the darkness, Luo Shimin suddenly felt something was wrong. She looked around, puzzled. Suddenly, she realized what was amiss.

Sometime during the day, a door appeared between the third and fourth floors!

The door handles were two lifelike cobras, their eyes inlaid with red gemstones. In the darkness, the rubies emitted a hellish light.

Luo Shimin was stunned. When did a door appear here? She remembered that she hadn't seen this door when she came to the laboratory building last week.

What's inside the door?

Curious, Luo Shimin couldn't help but reach out and push, and the door opened with a "click".

Luo Shimin went inside; it was pitch black. She saw a light in the distance and cautiously approached it—it was a window.

There was a window here, and dim light shone in through it. Luo Shimin turned her head and saw a mirror opposite the window.

Luo Shimin was startled; she suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of unease in the room.

Suddenly, there was a sound, and Luo Shimin immediately stopped in her tracks.

"Waaah"

"Waaaaah"

A sound of crying drifted over from afar, and it sounded like a woman crying.

Who's crying? Is it Xiaorou?

Luo Shimin couldn't help but chase after the sound of crying, which seemed to come from afar and then recede into the distance. She walked and stopped as she went.

Suddenly, Luo Shimin slipped and almost fell to the ground.

Only then did Luo Shimin realize that she had gone a very, very far way.

Looking back, all she saw was darkness. Looking ahead, there was only endless blackness. She felt as if she were in a dark wasteland. How could this be? Wasn't she in her room?

Surrounded by complete darkness, Luo Shi felt a sense of despair. She wanted to cry; she was afraid. She was afraid of this feeling. There was no one around her, and she didn't know what was beside her at this moment. She was afraid.

Damn Xia Chen, it's all your fault! If only you were by my side!

Despairing, Luo Shimin shed tears.

Suddenly, Luo Shimin covered her mouth tightly, her whole body trembling as she stared intently ahead. Not far ahead, there were two balls of emerald green flames, flickering up and down, bright and dim, near and far, as if they were about to rush towards her.

Luo Shimin's tears fell even faster. What was that? Was it a ghost?

No, no, the will-o'-the-wisp was phosphorus from burning human flesh. Perhaps someone in the chemistry lab played a prank and left phosphorus here. In the blink of an eye, the green flame disappeared. Darkness returned.

Suddenly, a series of footsteps sounded.

Hearing the disordered footsteps, the panicked Luo Shimin suddenly felt a surge of confidence. The sound of footsteps in the darkness might give you a powerful strength; at least you know you're not alone here. At least you know these footsteps don't belong to that monster.

Maybe, maybe it's Senior Xiaorou who's coming to pick her up!

Luo Shimin's panicked heart calmed down a bit. She tilted her ear to the side, and the footsteps grew closer and closer, causing her heart to beat faster and faster.

Suddenly, the footsteps stopped at the doorway. Luo Shimin's heart skipped a beat, and then, without thinking, she peeked out the door.

In the darkness, Luo Shimin cried out in surprise.

"Ah! Xia Chen!" Luo Shimin exclaimed.

The person who arrived was indeed Xia Chen, who held a candle in his hand in the darkness. Under the dim yellow glow of the candle, Xia Chen's face appeared particularly sinister and terrifying.

Xia Chen seemed somewhat surprised to see Luo Shimin, but Luo Shimin ignored him and rushed into his arms. Luo Shimin burst into tears, crying, "You scared me to death, you scared me to death!"