The Midnight Owl

The Red Mountain under the night is vast and desolate.Zhenbeitai, which has gone through more than 400 years of wind and frost, has no more tourists during the day. It stands quietly on the top of the mountain in the bitter wind, like a general, looking at the territory he guards.

Suddenly, a purple spot of light appeared in midair, which gradually grew larger and turned into a purple vortex the size of a manhole cover in the blink of an eye, and then four large living people fell out of it and landed on the Zhenbei Terrace with a crackling sound.

The muffled sound of landing was interspersed with the scream of "ouch", which broke the silence on the top of the mountain at once.

If you look down from the Zhenbei Terrace at this time, you will see four figures in large characters, all facing the sky, panting heavily, or taking a deep breath, revealing the joy and exhaustion of escaping death.

Qian Ai: "Why do I feel like I was thrown out..."

Xu Wang: "It's good to be able to come out alive, you still expect eight sedan chairs to take you home."

Kuang Jinxin: "It's only twenty past four..."

Qian Ai: "Twenty past four? I feel like forty days have passed..."

Wu Sheng: "Take a 2-minute break and retreat quickly, the wind on the top of the mountain is hard."

However, after 2 minutes, the sense of accomplishment brought by "clearing the level" emerged a little bit in the exhaustion, which made people feel a little excited after a while.

"It's definitely a credit to you to get out of this level alive." The sudden flashback of the battle scene made Qian Ai sit up straight, lowered his head and looked at Wu Sheng seriously, "If you didn't hold the door frame when the tail exploded , we all have to fly out!"

"It's okay." Wu Sheng stood up, patted the ashes on his clothes and pants, and looked modest and calm, "In that kind of situation, it's instinct to find a solid support, I just react and move a little faster .”

Xu Wang was lying there, squinting at Wu Sheng's soaring pride at the corners of his mouth and brows, and really wanted to persuade Qian Ai: Stop boasting, and praise him for being able to land on the moon.

I don't know if it's a sympathetic heart, but Qian Ai really didn't continue to praise, but changed the subject: "But I was really shocked when you were in the "one belt and three" period. How did you practice in the past few years, and your physical fitness is so good?"

Wu Sheng was not happy to hear these words: "When did my physical fitness become worse?"

"High school," Qian Ai said, "do you remember that one time, Xu Wang and the crazy guy from Class [-] were fighting in the corridor. We were afraid of being caught by the teacher, and no one dared to do anything, so you went up to help Xu Wang. As a result, the kid from class seven pushed you, and you fainted."

Wu Sheng: "..."

"He doesn't remember, I remember," Xu Wanglai regained his energy, got up in twos and continued, "Later, the teacher came, so how could he care about the two of us? I have to send him to the infirmary first. There is no other way." , the first grade is so precious."

"That's right," Qian Ai nodded vigorously, "Later, the boy from class seven was afraid of being punished, so he colluded with you and said that you two didn't fight, was it just a joke?"

"Cut," Xu Wang curled his lips, "I didn't want to talk to him at first, so I'll punish him. Anyway, as long as he doesn't make it easy for that kid, I can do anything," he said, and he glanced at Wu Sheng, " Who knew that this guy woke up later, insisting that we were just joking around."

"He was helping you," Qian Ai couldn't bear it, and said righteously, "If he didn't say that, you both have to make a big mistake."

"Why do you always say that he helps me?" Xu Wangren said for a long time, "Just now you said that he attacked me to help me, and he was to fight, okay, neutral."

"Both of you wait for me." Wu Sheng really couldn't take it anymore and had to interrupt. To justify his youth, he first looked at Xu Wang, "First, I'm here to help you, even the old money Come out, is your comprehension a negative number? Otherwise, why do you think you gave a verbal criticism in the end." He said, he glanced at Qian Ai again, "Second, it shouldn't be so many years, you both thought I was Are you really dizzy?"

Xu Wang hadn't gotten out of the confusion of "Pull up or go sideways", when he received new information again, his brain couldn't turn: "Huh?"

Qian Ai was also surprised this time: "Isn't it really dizzy?"

"Of course I pretended to be dizzy." Wu Sheng took it for granted, "If I didn't get dizzy, wouldn't it be a three-person fight? I said I was fighting, would the kid recognize it? So I must be dizzy, and if I was dizzy, the kid would I'm afraid, as long as he confesses, everything will be easy to operate..."

"I understand!" Kuang Jinxin sat up abruptly.They met Xu Wang in the first pass, and Xu Wang only saw Wu Sheng before he noticed that he and Sun Jiang were next to each other. The two had reminisced about the past in high school. About coming here, Wu Sheng said at that time, "This is called outsmarting!"

Qian Ai: "..."

Xu Wang: "..."

Wu Sheng was very pleased.High mountains and flowing water meet a bosom friend, whose name is Kuang Jinxin.

Chatting and chatting, the four people discovered that they were not on a wild hill, but the real 2/23 coordinate point—Zhenbei Terrace.In "Owl", this coordinate coincides with the boarding gate, so they walk from the terminal building to the boarding gate. In reality, they go from the hotel to Zhenbeitai. After flying for so long, could it be that they took off and landed on the same spot, and played in circles in the sky?Or after getting on the plane, it doesn't count if you move again?

The four of them were at a loss and couldn't think of a reason. After chatting nonsense, the little excitement after handing in the paper slowly dissipated, and the tiredness returned.Stepping into the night, they left the scenic spot like thieves, called a car with their mobile phones, and returned to the hotel within 15 minutes.

Standing outside the hotel door, they thought of a serious problem - when they entered "Owl" at zero o'clock, they were communicating with the aunt of the hotel through the door, and then they were all swept away. How would the aunt outside the door react?Leaving full of doubts?Rushed into the house and found no one?Or just call the police?

In either case, they need to give each other a reasonable explanation.

And now, inside the floor-to-ceiling glass door, the aunt is lying on the front desk and taking a nap.

"What should I do?" Qian Ai scratched her head a little worriedly.

"Come in." Xu Wang made a decisive decision, "What should come will always come, let's play by ear."

After finishing his speech, he walked in first, followed by Wu Sheng, Kuang Jinxin and Qian Ai glanced at each other, and followed bravely.

As if by induction, Auntie happened to get up at this moment and opened her eyes. She wanted to yawn, but just as she opened her mouth, she saw the four of them coming in from outside.Then the yawn stopped, eyes and mouth still wide open.

The four of them stood still in place, neither moving forward nor retreating. They just looked at Auntie silently, adopting the strategy of not moving the enemy and not moving me.

"You..." Auntie finally spoke, but there was no questioning in her tone, just pure doubt and strangeness, "When did you go out? Why haven't I been here all this time?"

The four of them were confused by this unexpected question, looking at each other, and finally Xu Wang said: "Uh, I just went out earlier to have a supper. You may have fallen asleep and didn't pay attention."

"Oh." The auntie accepted the explanation without hindrance, and at the end she reminded enthusiastically, "It's very cold at night, children should wear more clothes."

Her attitude was very natural, and she yawned after she finished speaking, and put her hands on the counter, as if she was going to continue to doze off.

No matter how dull a person can feel something is wrong, Xu Wang went all out and asked directly: "Auntie, you went to the room to find us..."

He only said half of what he said, one is for caution, he doesn’t want to reveal too much, and the other is that he really doesn’t know how to answer it later, he can’t say that you went to the room to find us and then we disappeared, what do you think about it?

The aunt waited for a long time without waiting for a follow-up, so she had to respond to the first half: "What? When did I find you?"

The air was suddenly quiet.

Xu Wang suppressed his disbelief, and reminded again without giving up: "Just at twelve o'clock in the evening..."

"What are you talking about, baby?" Auntie laughed, looking at them as if she was looking at some nonsense children, "I've been here all night, when did I go upstairs?"

The air is completely quiet.

They looked at Auntie, and Auntie looked at them blankly.

After looking at each other for a long time, the four of them finally confirmed one thing—Auntie, she lost her memory.

This conversation, which couldn't be followed by a sentence, ended with the aunt's bewilderment and the four people's fright.

They were amazed by the absurdity of "amnesia", and even more amazed by the power of "owl".But calm down and think again, "Owl" can bring real people into its world alive, and even the injuries suffered in that world can be brought back to reality, tampering with a person's memory, what is impossible?

But, it's still too scary.

Such terrifying power blurs the boundary between "owl" and "reality", and makes people who originally distinguish night from day very clearly, and completely strip "owl" out of their lives as a dream or an exam. Chill.

The four people who returned to the room were either sitting on chairs or beside the bed, silent for a long time.

"Actually, it's good to think about it from another angle, so that we won't be treated as crazy, and we don't have to lie to cover up the strange disappearance," Kuang Jinxin opened his mouth first. Energy and optimism, "Go to sleep, wake up tomorrow is another day."

Xu Wang sighed.

It won't be regarded as crazy, but it also completely loses the chance to ask for help.

But on this night after a hard fight, it's better not to talk about such a heavy topic.

"Agreed," he patted his legs, stood up from the bed, echoed Kuang Jinxin loudly, "Sleep!"

"I won't go back to the house," Qian Ai immediately raised his hand, "I don't feel safe now, I want to sleep with the three of you!"

"Old Qian," Wu Sheng corrected him seriously, "The three of us live in one room, but it doesn't mean the three of us sleep together."

Qian Ai was stunned for a moment, and then complained: "They all have the same meaning, why are you picking such thin words."

"No, no, no," Wu Sheng shook his head resolutely, "There's a big difference..."

"Can you talk about something useful!" Xu Wang couldn't take it anymore, and directly threw out a feasible operation, "Then put the three beds together and let the four of us sleep."

"Don't fight, it's uncomfortable to sleep on the bed," Kuang Jinxin volunteered, "Brother Qian, let me sleep in that room and accompany you."

"Alright," Xu Wang thought the plan was good, and walked over to pat Qian Ai on the shoulder, "Don't worry, Xiao Kuang will protect you no matter what happens."

Qian Ai looked at the solemn Xu Wang, then at the sincere Kuang Jinxin, and finally at Wu Sheng who didn't hear anything outside the window. He felt that his strength was insulted, but...

"I can see it."

After sending off Qian Ai and Kuang Jinxin, only Xu Wang and Wu Sheng were left in the room.