The Midnight Owl

Crazy memories shattered In the end, Xu Wang saw the face of his dead mother, which was the only clear picture in the whole process.

Mother smiled, and time has frozen her most beautiful moment.

Xu Wang woke up.

The dark compartment has been re-opened, and as far as the field of vision is concerned, there are pure white ceilings.

He sat up in a daze, took off his helmet, and suddenly felt a little cold on his cheeks.I raised my hand and touched it, it was wet.

He cried?

"Are you having nightmares too?" Qian Ai's voice came from the next door.

Xu Wang turned his head, and his teammates, like himself, also sat up from the dark grid. At this moment, they were putting their hands on the edge of the dark grid, as if they had been "waiting for a long time".

"I didn't have a nightmare." Xu Wang told the truth, not wanting to be frightened as soon as he opened his mouth, his voice was so hoarse.

"Come on, the circles under my eyes are so red, why am I ashamed to admit it." Qian Ai wiped her face and exhaled, "I dreamed about it too."

Xu Wang asked, "What did you dream about?"

Qian Ai said: "When my dad lost everything in business, every day the creditors came to the door, and I didn't dare to go home after school, so I wandered all over the street."

Xu Wang knew that Qian Ai was afraid of being poor and stingy, and his reputation of "love money" started in high school.But whether it was before or now, Qian Ai never mentioned these things behind.

"What about you?" Qian Ai hurriedly asked as if wanting to end her story as soon as possible, "What did you dream about?"

Xu Wang didn't hide from him, and said frankly, "My mother."

Qian Ai was stunned, and scolded herself in her heart, regretting asking.

Xu Wang didn't know about his family's affairs, because when that incident happened, he was still in elementary school, and when he was in high school, things had changed.But he knew about Xu Wang's mother's death.

Seeing Qian Ai's expression of wanting to slap himself, Xu Wang knew what he was thinking, and quickly helped his teammates feel relieved: "I'm fine, really, I didn't lie to you, it was either a nightmare, or I saw my mother. "

Although Xu Wang thought he was telling the truth, his red eyes and hoarse voice really weakened his persuasiveness.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward, but fortunately, Wu Sheng's hidden space appeared on the opposite wall.

Like Xu Wang and Qian Ai, he also sat up blankly and took off his helmet stupidly, but soon his eyes became clear again.

Facing the two pairs of questioning eyes, Wu Sheng frowned and said uncertainly: "I seem to have... a dream."

Xu Wang and Qian Ai nodded together and stamped for him: "We are all dreaming."

It is said to be a dream, but it is actually more like the memory has been roughly peeped and destroyed. The painful feeling of the brain being violated is even stronger than that brought by the dream.

"Did it deliberately make us dream of the most uncomfortable thing?" Qian Ai learned the lesson just now, and stopped asking Wu Sheng's dream, and only guessed and muttered, "Is this the content of this level?"

"It's hard to say." Wu Sheng raised his arm, but there was no new reminder in the owl's head.

Xu Wang looked at the wall next to Wu Sheng. There were two hidden compartments where Kuang Jinxin and Chi Yingxue were lying, but no one came out now.

Doubts slowly emerged from his mind.

If it is really like what Qian Ai said, the dark space makes people dream of the most uncomfortable past, and Chi Yingxue has not been out for a long time, it can be explained that his past is too complicated, and there may be too many scars, and it is not easy to wake up like them , what about Jinxin?Xu Wang really couldn't think of Kuang Jinxin, who was shining brightly in the sun, with any painful memories, so he clung to him.

"Om-"

Amidst the low-frequency vibration, Kuang Jinxin's secret box popped up.

He sat up slowly, but he didn't take off his helmet for the first time. He just stood there in a daze, motionless, as if a person woke up and his soul was still in a dream.

"Little situation?" Xu Wang whispered worriedly.

Useless.

Wu Sheng, who was in the dark next to Kuang Jinxin, stretched out his hand and put it on his shoulder slowly, without moving, just letting it go.

Kuang Jinxin's body trembled slightly, and finally, he raised his hand and took off his helmet.

"I dreamed about my parents." Without anyone asking, he opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse than Xu Wang's, his eyelashes were wet with tears, and there were still teardrops hanging down his jaw.

Xu Wang, Qian Ai, and Wu Sheng stood there in a daze, not knowing how to answer the conversation.

"I never told you that my parents passed away when I was very young." He lowered his head, as if he felt a little sorry for these "hidden secrets", "The car accident, what my grandparents told me..."

"But just now, I dreamed about the scene of the car accident." He suddenly raised his head again. Although his eyes still had the sadness of the past, they were more focused on the doubts of the present. .”

"Imagine?" Wu Sheng felt as if he could catch something.

"Yes." Kuang Jinxin nodded, "In the few years when I first learned about my parents, I often couldn't help thinking about the situation at that time, and those were the things I dreamed just now."

Wu Sheng thought for a moment: "Could it be that these are actually your memories..." He carefully chose his words, trying not to mention the incident itself, "It's just that you were too young at that time, and you forgot yourself?"

"Impossible." Kuang Jinxin shook his head, without any hesitation, "My parents had an accident out of town. It was two days after my relatives rushed over. And no one took me there. My grandparents and I stayed at home at that time. "

"See, it's just like what I said, it doesn't care if it's true or false, it just grabs the most uncomfortable part of your heart anyway!" Qian Ai angrily thumped the edge of the dark grid with a "boom".

[Owl: Builder, confirm! 】

The four partners suddenly heard a notification sound in their ears, which was almost seamlessly connected with Qian Aina's pounding.

Qian Ai reflexively looked down at the edge of the dark grid, wondering if he had accidentally touched some voice button.

Wu Sheng, Xu Wang, and Kuang Jinxin all looked at the only hidden cell that didn't come out - Chi Yingxue.

what builder?How did you confirm it?

【Owl: Everyone has a dark room in their heart...】

The voice in the ear suddenly softened, as if to coax you and tell you a sweet bedtime story.

【Owl: It hides what this person fears the most, the deepest fear.After being screened by helmets, the person with the most exciting, gorgeous, and fun darkroom will automatically become the builder.Everything you meet next is the playground he built for you...]

[Owl: Baby, welcome to hell in my head. 】

The notification sound disappeared, and the world suddenly darkened, as if all the lights were turned off at once.

Even the air was quiet, so quiet that you could hear your teammates breathing.

Inside the head, hell.

Xu Wang rummaged through these four words in his mind, and finally picked up the piece that was left behind—the last image that stayed in his mind just now was of his mother smiling, but under her was the hospital bed.

The supporting force under his body suddenly disappeared, Xu Wang was caught off guard and fell to the ground.

There were three "booms" next to my ears, obviously my friends also suffered the same.

A little light slowly seeps into the field of vision.

Thin, bright, slightly cool.

Xu Wang raised his head. It was the moon, more than half of which was covered by dark clouds, leaving only a narrow edge, struggling to cast a glimmer of light.

What space capsule, what secret compartment, all disappeared, and now they are under a gloomy night.

Qian Ai is not as literary and artistic as the captain. When there is a little light, he looks around first. When he sees it, he is stunned: "This is... Xiaoxue's brain?"

A courtyard with a vermilion gate and a towering wall stands quietly in front of the four partners, in the wilderness.

There are no alleys, no alleys, no small paths, and no flowers or willows around. This courtyard seems to have been moved from the most prosperous part of Beijing to this wilderness out of thin air, and it looks like a female ghost built it for a scholar who lives in a house. phantom.

The gate of the courtyard is very new, with vermilion paint, it can still glow in the faint moonlight.

There is a pair of stone drums in front of the door. The light is too dark to see what is carved on them, but the drum body has no trace of weathering, and the carvings are still clear and the color is clean.

Wu Sheng was the first to walk to the gate. Originally, he just wanted to take a closer look, but inadvertently raised his head, but was stunned: "There is a surveillance camera..."

The three of them immediately approached, and sure enough, a full-defense camera was installed at the corner of the door, facing the gate, and anyone who came to visit would have absolutely nowhere to hide.

Siheyuan with cameras?

"Xiaoxue is thinking about something in her head every day..." Qian Ai was completely dumbfounded.

Wu Sheng pursed his lips tightly, thinking whether to knock or break the door, but the door opened by itself.

Qian Ai shut up resolutely, and the others also restrained their breathing without making any movement.

Inside the door, a brick screen wall comes into view, which depicts a crane standing on a pine branch—Songhe Yannian.

In the courtyards of old Beijing, the entrance is not the courtyard, but the screen wall is erected first, and the feng shui blocks the evil spirits, and also blocks the little ghosts, because it is said that the little ghosts do not know how to turn and only walk straight.

After passing the door on the left, it is the real front yard.

After entering the front yard, the sense of incongruity that could not tell the difference between the past and the present finally disappeared.

This is a modern courtyard house that has been renovated and refurbished.The front yard is very clean and decorated very simply. It basically maintains the original appearance of the old house, but the doors, windows and details are all modern craftsmanship.

I don't know if it's because of the night, but everything looks new and clean, but the whole house still looks gloomy.

There is a row of upside-down houses facing south and north in the front yard. In ancient times, servants lived there. At this time, two middle-aged men were playing chess in front of the door. One was shaking the car keys, the other was carrying the pruning shears, and the space was empty. The other hand is used to play chess.

The little friends tiptoed into the courtyard, did not dare to go any further, stood still six or seven meters away, and looked at the two people quietly.

As if they could sense their gaze, the two men turned their heads at the same time.

The man carrying the pruning shears frowned first, and said in a bad tone, "Who are you?"

As soon as the voice fell, the four partners suddenly received a "ding—" at the same time

<Cheat Sheet>: Look for Chi Yingxue.

The hearts of the four partners fluttered in the south, east, west, and north, and they finally caught a trace of direction.

Although still in the fog, at least, I know what the mission is.

Seeing the man's expression getting more and more impatient, Xu Wang hurriedly said, "Let's find someone."

"Looking for someone?" The other also stood up, and the car keys on his fingers were still clattering in circles, "Who is it?"

Not knowing what is going on at the moment and how to proceed, Xu Wang decides to throw a straight punch, maybe he can throw out some clues: "Chi Yingxue, let's find Chi Yingxue."

The car keys and the pruning shears were stunned together: "Looking for the young master?"

The four partners were caught off guard and were also dumbfounded.

little master?

Could this be... Chi Yingxue's home? !