Zhang Chunliang woke up from the fragments of memories, gasping for breath frantically as if a drowning person finally got some air.

His hands moved unconsciously twice and touched a hard and cold object beside him. He subconsciously raised it and took a look - it was a burnt arm, and the five fingers were stuck together by the flames and were trembling slightly.

He looked at the arm with an indescribable look and guessed that this was the item "Xu Aiyong's Guide" obtained after completing the main task.

"Crack, crack..." The broken arm twisted its joints stiffly, and a lot of black debris fell off immediately.

It pointed in the direction of the door, and Zhang Chunliang ran out of the house without any hesitation, following its instructions.

As soon as he stepped out of the room, Zhang Chunliang was so shocked that he stood there in a daze.

He entered the memory fragment at Xu Er's house. Before going to bed, the entire copy was just gloomy, not as sunny as before.

But when he woke up, the world outside had already changed dramatically.

——The gray sky was tinged with an ominous blood color. Some scarlet, flesh-like flocs gradually gathered in the sky and turned into bloody "clouds".

Those "clouds of flesh and blood" kept falling down, as if it was a weird red rain.

Zhang Chunliang nimbly dodged a "meat cloud" that almost fell on him, rushed to the gate of the courtyard without stopping, and looked outside.

"Young comrade, what would you like to eat for lunch?" The familiar NPC who was walking towards him had a large mass of squirming flesh and blood stuck on his head. He seemed unaware of it and greeted Zhang Chunliang with a smile.

In Zhang Chunliang's eyes, the body of this villager NPC was melting along with the red flesh and blood into a candle-like viscous liquid.

He walked towards Zhang Chunliang step by step, and the liquid left a long trail of blood behind him.

Not only this person, Zhang Chunliang glanced around and saw a lot of people not far away, and it seemed that many people were walking towards Xu Er's house - this was not right, in the past, the village NPCs all avoided his house.

Zhang Chunliang slammed the gate shut.

"Xiaoliang." Xu Er, wearing an apron, called him with some confusion, "We're ready to eat, where are you going?"

Zhang Chunliang looked at him suddenly and shouted at him, "Go back quickly!"

Xu Er was stunned for a moment, then followed his gaze towards the sky. It was a very sunny day today, and he planned to take Zhang Chunliang to the market in the afternoon to buy fruits and snacks.

He didn't know why Zhang Chunliang behaved so strangely, but he still obediently backed away and went into the house.

"Pah" a cloud of flesh fell to the place where Xu Er had stood, as if it felt a little regretful for not catching its prey. It slowly squirmed and melted, turning into a pool of blood, which seeped into the cracks in the bluestone bricks.

But Xu Er's eyes were very calm, as if he didn't notice the strange meat that suddenly fell to the ground.

He can't see these things.

Zhang Chunliang panted quickly, looked at Xu Er who was standing at the door looking at him worriedly, and patiently reminded him: "Don't come out...wait for me to come back."

Xu Er's face suddenly darkened. He pressed the wooden door frame, as if he was about to step out, but was stuck because of Zhang Chunliang's order. He asked anxiously, "Xiaoliang, where are you going?"

Zhang Chunliang ignored him and rushed to the doghouse at the edge of the yard.

The iron chain of the doghouse was covered with sticky red meat. The flesh and blood was very corrosive and melted the thick iron chain into several sections.

And the big dog had long disappeared.

Zhang Chunliang pinched the loose dog collar, feeling a little at a loss.

Although Xu Er always looked down on the big dog and even kicked it secretly from time to time, he actually didn't treat the big dog harshly. The dog chain looked scary, but the big dog's head could easily get through the collar.

Where did it go? Was it injured? Or... had it melted like the other NPCs?

"Crunch, crunch—" The charred arm began to move again, pointing straight at Xu Er.

"Don't be like this..." Zhang Chunliang tried to reason with it, "I know you miss your son, but we have important things to do now."

Now that the copy has become such a strange appearance, something must have happened. The system must have had a deep meaning in sending him the guidance props at this time, but now, the props seem to be on strike.

Xu Aiyong's arm was still pointing firmly in Xu Er's direction.

Zhang Chunliang sighed and could only fold his arms and quickly run across the yard, rushing towards Xu Er's position.

He ran very fast. He finished the short distance in less than five seconds. While running, Zhang Chunliang could always hear the faint sound of sticky water coming from his ears.

He couldn't stop the car and was about to fall to the ground, but Xu Er quickly caught him in his arms.

The two looked at each other, with some fear in their eyes.

Xu Er was afraid that Zhang Chunliang would fall and get hurt, but Zhang Chunliang was worried because the road behind him had already been covered with hideous, wriggling masses of flesh and blood.

He didn't dare to think about what would have happened if he was two seconds late.

"Crunch, crunch--" the arm began to change direction again.

"What is this?" Xu Er frowned and looked at the thing in Zhang Chunliang's arms, "Xiaoliang, don't pick up weird things randomly."

The twisting movement of this "strange thing" paused briefly for a second.

The scene looked a little awkward.

Zhang Chunliang quickly changed the subject and looked in the direction the finger was pointing: "Is there anything there?"

Xu Er glanced at it casually: "Nothing, the photo box I took last time seems to be placed there... You won't leave at noon, right? Xiaoliang, I made spring pancakes..."

"Can you let me see it?" Zhang Chunliang licked his lips with a pleading expression.

Xu Er stopped talking. He used his arms to prop up Zhang Chunliang, whose legs and feet were sore, and took him to a chair, then took out the box of photos.

It was still those familiar photos. Last time, Zhang Chunliang had carefully screened all of them.

He fumbled for a long time but found nothing.

So he looked at the charred arm on the table with some disappointment, and it was still pointing straight in the direction of the camera box.

Is there any information that he hasn't discovered yet?

The photo box in front of Zhang Chunliang was suddenly pushed open, and a plate of golden, thin, soft pancakes and savory side dishes was placed in front of him.

"Eat." Xu Er rolled up his sleeves, took the photo box swiftly, sat across the table, and took out each photo to compare them.

He didn't say anything else and didn't look at Zhang Chunliang. It was obvious that he was in a bad mood.

Zhang Chunliang was pricked by the small sharp thorn that was rarely exposed, and immediately forgot all the difficult things and looked at him with some surprise.

"Drink some water before eating. You haven't had any water all morning." Xu Er lowered his eyes, threw the photo aside casually, picked up the box and knocked it.

"Hmm." Zhang Chunliang drank the warm sugar water in one gulp, then peeled off a piece of pancake, put some side dishes in it, and handed it to Xu Er's mouth.

Xu Er had a sullen face and was thinking about how to break the broken box open when he felt someone rub his mouth.

"It smells really good." Zhang Chunliang smiled, "You eat first."

Xu Er was stunned for a few seconds before he gently bit the cake.

The charred arm stopped shaking, and it twisted its fingers stiffly, pointing at the two people in front of the table, then lay quietly on the table without moving.

"I have something important to do." Zhang Chunliang watched Xu Er eat the cake, then smiled and said, "I promise you, I will definitely come back this time."

Xu Er suddenly stopped chewing, looked up at him, and his eyes suddenly turned red.

He swallowed the biscuit and took a deep breath.

Then he picked up the box and threw it to the ground.

The wooden box, which was not strong to begin with, broke into pieces, revealing its rotten interior, and a black-and-white photo that was neatly sealed in plastic fell out.

This box actually has a layer! Zhang Chunliang quickly picked up the photo.

Xu Er must have discovered it a long time ago, and probably in order to let him eat his meal in peace, he deliberately hesitated for a long time and refused to crack the mechanism.

Zhang Chunliang was very familiar with the content of the photo.

It was still the photo of three people. The one belonging to Xu Aiyong had been burned when he burned paper, but Xiaoping's was well preserved in the photo box.

"Who is that in the middle?" Xu Er suddenly came up and asked Zhang Chunliang while leaning against his neck.

"This is your uncle." Zhang Chunliang smiled. "You know him."

Xu Er frowned, a little uncertain: "Very familiar, but I seem to have never seen him before..."

"No, you have met him. If I am not mistaken, he has been with you until you grow up in the real world."

Xu Er's eyelashes trembled slightly: "Xiaoliang, what are you talking about? I don't understand."

His finger subconsciously pressed on the photo, and Xiaoping's figure in the photo flashed twice and suddenly disappeared.

Zhang Chunliang looked at Xu Er, who had a dazed expression, and suddenly had a strange guess.

"Let's go outside and take a look?" he suggested.

So Xu Er pushed open the door, and a world completely different from the one just now appeared before him.

Xu Er's grip on the door frame suddenly tightened.

Zhang Chunliang thought that when he saw the world become such a terrible thing, he would be surprised, terrified, and maybe even scream like crazy.

But Xu Er just calmly asked him back: "Did you just run over from this pile of things?"

Zhang Chunliang was stunned and didn't know how to answer.

Before he could react, Xu Er suddenly reached out his hand.

Zhang Chunliang's heart tightened. Before he could warn him not to touch the red meat, he saw a pile of excited flesh rushing towards him frantically.

Then, the moment he approached Xu Er, he was bounced away.

Xu Er seemed to have some kind of protection on his body, protecting him from being eroded by the red flesh, and his expression was very calm, as if he had expected it.

"Crunch, crunch." The charred arm moved again, and it pointed towards the west side of the yard.

Xu Er glanced at Zhang Chunliang and asked reservedly, "Xiaoliang?"

"Then please give me a ride." Zhang Chunliang replied with a smile as he wished.

Xu Er found his bicycle, raised his eyebrows, and patted the steel beam in front of Zhang Chunliang's bike.

Zhang Chunliang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He sat sideways and then put his arms around Xu Erjin's thin but powerful waist.

They were very close, and Xu Er's arms held him tightly in his arms, protecting him from any monsters.

Just as he wanted to do when he first saw Zhang Chunliang.

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