The Midnight Owl

Under the blue night sky, a boy in school uniform stood blankly at the gate of the dead hospital.The tears on his face were still wet, and he seemed to be crying just a second ago, but now, the fear of the unknown was eroding his heart little by little.

So tired from crying and so distracted that you're hallucinating?

Followed behind Wu Sheng, walking, exhausted, fainted, and started dreaming?

He tried to give this terrifying vision a reasonable explanation, but he couldn't convince himself.

He couldn't calm down to analyze these things in depth, he just wanted to go back to school and see everything he was familiar with.

"Wu Sheng..." He called out softly, with the last trace of expectation.

No one responded.

Under the strange night sky, there are only the hospital, him, and the rustling in the shadow of the trees.

The rustling sound was a little weird, not like birds chirping and insects chirping, nor like wind blowing leaves, but like some kind of small animal scurrying in the depths of the shadows.

At the end of the road, a car was slowly approaching.

When Xu Wang heard the voice, he turned his head instinctively.

On the road under the moonlight, the driving car did not turn on the dazzling headlights, but made the body faintly visible.

A colorful taxi.

Xu Wang has never seen such a fancy taxi, as if it was splashed all over with various colors of paint, bright red, bright yellow, blue, emerald green, bright purple, colorful colors criss-cross on the body, at first glance it is dazzling, but After a long time, there is a strange harmony and liveliness.

The only thing that can determine its taxi status is the "TAXI" on the roof light.

After a momentary visual shock, panic ensued.

hide?Or call for help?Good guy in the car?Or bad guy?

Countless thoughts surged up in Xu Wang's mind at the same time, but it was difficult to make a choice.

This hesitation, the car has arrived in front of the hospital.

However, the driver has no intention of braking at all!

Xu Wang trembled all over, and hurriedly hid to the side, but he moved too violently, tripped, and rushed directly to the side of the road.

Fortunately, this pounce got out of the way.

The car passed by slowly, and drove into the gate of the hospital, as if it had never seen such a person blocking the way.

Xu Wang got up in embarrassment, his beating heart almost jumped out of his chest.The extreme fear of rubbing shoulders with the god of death, on the contrary, washed away the previous fear of being in a strange place.

The car, which didn't pay him any attention at all, stopped after entering the yard, and stopped beside a vertical board.

Three men got out of the car, carrying bags, and came to the vertical board, as if they were studying something.

Soon, one of the men said in a low voice: "Infection Department Building."

The other two said "hmm", obviously no objection.

As if hearing that they had reached an agreement, a fourth voice came out of the taxi, urging: "Get in the car."

The three of them immediately turned around and returned to the taxi.

Seeing that they were about to leave, Xu Wang was in a hurry, so he went all out and shouted timidly: "Hello——"

One of them has deftly entered the back seat of the car, and the other two are bending over to enter the car door. No one responded to his call.

Xu Wang was taken aback, and ran out from behind the tree, and shouted to the other party a second time, even louder: "Hello——"

This time, even if it was tens of meters away, I should have heard it.

Still no.

They, can't see, can't hear him?

The sudden panic made Xu Wang's hands and feet cold.

He couldn't care less, he rushed to the back of the colorful taxi in a few strides, and slapped the trunk lid hard!

"Boom-"

The fragile trunk lid, under heavy impact, makes a loud noise.

Xu Wang's hands were numb.

The only person who hadn't gotten into the car paused and his eyes became alert.

Xu Wang was overjoyed, and immediately slapped the trunk lid twice.

But the man didn't respond, still looking around defensively.

Xu Wang went directly to the car and slapped him hard on the back!

Hand, clapped empty.

To be precise, it passed through the opponent's body.

Xu Wang was stunned, and tried a few more times in disbelief. His hands were really like ghosts, unable to touch the opponent's body at all.

But he can clearly photograph the car!

Xu Wang was going crazy, he didn't know what to do, so that they could see him, hear him, and know his existence!

Suddenly there was a wind, blowing from behind.

Xu Wang turned his head reflexively, and a bloody "person" rushed towards him!

Xu Wang was so frightened, not to mention reacting, even screaming was blocked in his throat!

With a "bang--", he collided with the "blood man".

Losing his balance, he passed through the body of the only person not in the car, and fell to the ground, hurting from the fall.

However, the "blood man" didn't jump down together, he bumped into the man.

The man seemed to be waiting for this moment, raised his hand to "thump" and "thump" twice, and the "blood man" slid off his body and collapsed to the ground.

Xu Wang suddenly understood that his vigilance just now was not because he was taking pictures of the car, but because he heard the "blood man" approaching.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that the man who killed the "Blood Man" didn't get in the car, a voice came from the taxi asking, "Is there a problem?"

The man stared at the "corpse" on the ground, and muttered to himself: "When the zombie rushed over, it seemed to hit something..."

The word zombie made Xu Wang's heart tremble.

The people in the car didn't hear clearly: "What?"

"It's okay." The man shook his head and got into the car.

The taxi restarted and continued on, gradually disappearing into the depths of the hospital buildings.

Xu Wang lowered his head, seeing the "blood man" clearly for the first time.

The corpse of "death without regret" has a hideous face, and there are no black pupils in the wide-open eyes, only a piece of reddish white.

He stood where he was, stiff.

Zombies that I have only seen on TV have come true.

With a sudden nausea, he leaned on the vertical board and bent down, retching.

At this moment, he was suddenly very glad that he didn't eat anything after lunch.

A strange place, people who couldn't see or hear him, a ghostly self, ferocious zombies... When he was pushed away by Wu Sheng, he thought that this day couldn't be worse.

Now, he would rather let Wu Sheng push himself one more time.

At least, he can pull him up.

"Ow—"

In the depths of the hospital, from an unknown building, a shrill howl could be heard vaguely.

The hoarse howling was not very clear, but it made people's scalp numb.

At the same time, the rustling noises all around became louder. Before Xu Wang could react, countless black shadows emerged like ghosts from the ground, rushing towards the direction of howling like a tide!

Xu Wang couldn't dodge in time, and was staggered by several passing zombies!

But after hitting him, those zombies didn't even look at him, as if they just hit a transparent wall, just keep running after hitting.

The continuous collision made the sense of fear numb and weak, but in contrast, the sense of weirdness became stronger.

As the corpses ran away, the night became quiet again.

Xu Wang raised his head. For the first time, he carefully looked at the vertical board. It was the floor plan of the hospital. From the outpatient department, to the emergency department, to the specialist building and the inpatient department, it was clear at a glance.

Infectious Diseases Building.

Xu Wang carefully memorized its location, turned around, and walked quickly towards the depths of the hospital.

The zombies belonged to this strange world, but those four people were no different from ordinary people in terms of appearance and speech.

Keeping up with them—Xu Wang had a hunch that this was his only hope of returning home.

……

Infectious Diseases Building, [-]st floor.

The densely packed zombies almost filled most of the corridors. They ran forward like a swarm of bees whose hive had been plucked, chasing the culprit viciously.

"I told you not to touch him—"

"He rushed over, can I still be gentle-"

"What should we do now?!"

"Look for a place to hide—"

As soon as Xu Wang entered the building, what he saw was this spectacular scene.

The four people, who were not covered by the taxi, fled forward in a panic, while the army of angry zombies chased after them like a tsunami.

He happened to be standing in the only remaining quarter of the corridor that was empty, and the four people who were fleeing for their lives approached him. He blended into it without any effort, and ran with them.

Finally, when they were about to end their way, the four of them found a utility room and hid in haste.

Xu Wang also rushed in with them, fearing that he would be slow and locked out of the door—he had verified it countless times on the way here. , except for the four people in front of him, who can let him pass through at will, everything in this weird world is an entity to him, even if the zombies don't respond to him, they will still collide and block each other.

"Cabinets hurry—"

They wanted to use the locker to block the door, so two people arrived at the door and two pushed the locker.However, the cabinet was very heavy, and the two people pushed and moved it repeatedly, making the cabinet tilted and the sundries inside crackling and falling down.

Xu Wang dodged left and right, but still let an object hit his head impartially.

Fortunately, the thing was not too heavy. After hitting him, it fell to the ground, and the scroll rolled forward, unfolding the whole picture.

A pennant.

On the red velvet bottom, there are two columns of characters in bright yellow—the hanging pot helps the world to heal the common people, and the skillful hand rejuvenates and relieves pain.

"The Flame Mountain or the flood that rushed the Dragon King Temple?"

"Dragon King Temple."

"Sure?"

"You can swim when you're wet, but how can you run when you're on fire!"

In the blink of an eye, those four people seemed to have made some decision.

One of them raised his arm and nodded firmly.

Xu Wang wanted to lean over to see what was on his arm, but just as he moved a step, he heard the sound of water.

water?

In a blink of an eye, those four people had all climbed onto the window sill, holding on to the window handle tightly, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Xu Wang's heart tightened, and he quickly jumped up, grabbing the same handle as one of them.This is a very strange thing, obviously he and the other party can grasp the same thing, but it seems to overlap in two different spaces.

The flood broke through the door of the utility room, soaked them for more than ten seconds, and then slowly receded. It took about 2 minutes to completely recede.

The four jumped off the window sill, looked out, and were surprised at the end.

"All gone?"

"Don't say that zombies at this level are afraid of water..."

After chatting for a few words, the four of them came out quickly, and Xu Wang hurriedly followed, followed them, and went up to the second floor.

There is only one zombie on the second floor, walking back and forth, as if guarding the middle stairs.

After the four discussed, one of them nodded his arm again.

This time Xu Wang saw it clearly, there was an owl pattern on his arm, and there were options after clicking on it, which was amazing.

With another click, a bamboo dragonfly flew into the corridor on the second floor.The female nurse pushing the cart stopped, approached the bamboo dragonfly, tilted her head to appreciate it, and the four of them took the opportunity to go up to the third floor from behind her.

The third floor is the same as the first and second floors, and there are still many offices, distributed on both sides of the corridor. The four people talk, and they seem to be looking for some kind of epidemic prevention research room.Xu Wang couldn't understand, but the more he watched, the more he felt like they were playing a real-life game. They arrived at the designated place, completed the corresponding tasks, and had props to use.

But their expressions were terribly serious, as if this was a life-and-death battle.

In the end, they delineated two "suspicious offices", both with thick iron doors and red bells at the door.

"50% probability."

"Choose right, we hand in the paper, choose wrong, we go home."

"toss a coin?"

"Don't worry, if you know yourself and your enemy, you will win every battle."

The three of them looked at the last speaker in puzzlement, and Xu Wang also moved closer to him, seeing him raise his arm and click on an icon in the pencil case——<[幻惊]Soul Painter>

In an instant, a three-flowered kitten appeared in front of the four of them. According to visual estimation, it was only two months old. Its small face was clean, black and orange were evenly distributed on its forehead, like two small bangs, and its eyes were blue and green. Extremely.

Xu Wang couldn't help but want to reach out and touch it. As soon as he touched his ear, the little milk cat turned around quickly, and slipped into one of the iron gates.

The iron door was airtight, there was no gap at all, but the Sanhua little milk cat just passed through!

In less than a minute, little Sanhua came back and slapped her paws on the ground several times, leaving a pile of gray paw prints.

The four of them gathered together, concentrating on their research, like a scientific research team.

In the end, the user gave up first, closed his eyes, and meditated again.

Soul Painter Xiao Sanhua immediately swung her tail and got into another iron gate.

This time it came back faster, more than ten seconds at most, and even the soul painting was gone, so it tilted its head and looked at the four people without blinking, its small appearance was beautiful and cute.

The four of them stared at each other for a while, and the user understood: "The first office."

The other three people were not very sure: "Are you sure you can see it?"

"You don't need to look at what it draws, but what it draws." The user said, "There is something in the first office, so it can draw the interior picture it sees, and there is nothing in the second office, maybe the first office The second office doesn't exist, so it doesn't draw anything."

The three suddenly realized.

Little Sanhua seemed to see that the problem was solved, she tilted her head and lightly rubbed the user's leg, as if begging for a reward coquettishly.

It's a pity that it is too small, and its movements are so light that the user doesn't notice it. He has already got up with his partner, strode to the first office, and pressed the red button.

The iron door opened in response.

The four of them entered immediately, and Xiao Sanhua lowered her head and followed obediently.

Xu Wang naturally followed in.

This is the epidemic prevention laboratory that the four of them were looking for. Inside, an old doctor and a young male doctor saw them coming, with red eye circles.

There are a lot of equipment in the research room, and the placement is very consistent with the paw prints that Xiao Sanhua took earlier.

The four took out the metal box and handed it to the old doctor.

After listening to the dialogue between the two parties, Xu Wang realized that they were escorting the vaccine.

That's when the accident happened.

The young male doctor suddenly threw himself on the nearest person.

The other three were stunned for a while before realizing what was going on, and immediately joined the battle.

However, the four of them worked together and couldn't restrain the male doctor!

"Fuck, this fucking zombie king—"

Someone yelled such a sentence, the male doctor suddenly threw all the people off his body, grabbed the nearest one with lightning speed, and bit the opponent's arm with one bite!

After a few minutes, the bitten person becomes infected and goes berserk.

Xu Wang's mind went blank, and he suddenly couldn't tell whether this was reality, fantasy, a game, or a fight.

The battle ended with the victory of the Zombie King.

In the team of four, there were only two left, one who had his arm bitten and turned into a zombie, and the user of Xiao Sanhua, who managed to escape from the laboratory.

The other two, Xu Wang watched helplessly as the zombie king bit their necks, and then disappeared out of thin air in a flash.

Xu Wang's head was completely confused, but the iron door was suddenly opened again, and four people who were completely strangers came in.

As soon as they came in, they dealt with the zombie king who had exhausted most of his energy and the infected person whose arm was bitten.

Xu Wang was standing in the middle of the battlefield, but there was nothing else except being hit by the zombie king from time to time.

The four newcomers also couldn't see, hear, or touch him.

Xu Wang was disheartened, and inadvertently saw the little Sanhua in the corner.

Its user didn't know where it went, it didn't seem to keep up, it huddled in the corner, watching everything in the epidemic prevention room timidly, like a homeless little vagabond, no longer the vitality when taking paw prints before full.

Xu Wang walked over and gently held it in his arms.

Xiao Sanhua suddenly raised her head and looked around vigilantly, as if she was looking for the reason for the sudden flight.

Like those zombies, it can touch Xu Wang, but can't see him.

Xu Wang raised his hand and gently scratched its forehead.

Xiao Sanhua trembled in fear at first, then seemed to feel goodwill and comfort, and slowly relaxed, nestled in the invisible embrace, making a purring sound.

As the new four hand over their metal boxes to the old doctor, the previous vaccines are ignored.

The old doctor took out the latecomer's vaccine and put it into the equipment.

The machine lights turned on, and Xu Wang clearly heard a voice——

[Owl: Congratulations on passing the test, and handing in the test successfully on 3/23!Dear, see you tomorrow~~]

The voice fell, and the four newcomers disappeared.

In the epidemic prevention laboratory, only the old doctor, Xu Wang, and the little Sanhua in his arms were left.

The air suddenly became quiet, and it was a little cold.

Xu Wang hugged Sanhua tightly, momentarily at a loss.

The old doctor seemed to be used to this. He first threw the metal box brought by the first group of people into the trash can, then turned off the running equipment, turned on the machine, and took out the vaccine that was put in just now. garbage can.

Xu Wang's eyes widened in shock, unable to believe what he saw.

Isn't that a vaccine?Not the hope of the city?

The old doctor who said thank you for bringing hope with tears in his eyes, and the old doctor in front of him who threw away the vaccine and wiped the laboratory table as if nothing had happened, are they the same person?

Yes, one person.

This is the most terrible.

Xu Wang felt that nothing he saw or heard that night was as horrifying as this moment.

【Owl: Who are you...】

When the cold air soaked through his limbs and bones, Xu Wang heard intermittent voices in his ears.