Ring of Seven [Online Version]

He smiled bitterly: "Just like five years ago, many innocent people were involved. I don't know whether it is right or wrong to do so."

Uncle Yin sneered and said, "Do you still have a choice? It came to you. But Rulan also said the same thing back then, and it's exactly the same as your current situation."

Chen Hao stroked his hair, a trace of pain appeared on his handsome face, he said: "I will protect them, what my sister didn't do, I think I can do it."

Uncle Yin took a meaningful look at Chen Hao, and he said, "You are different from your sister. Your sister will not consider the life and death of others except you. You really can't do this alone!"

Chen Hao looked at him and said, "I can do it, I trust the people around me."

Uncle Yin sneered: "Then how much do they believe in you?"

Chen Hao was at a loss for words for a moment, he shook his head helplessly, and Zhou Jue's pair of always joking but very gentle eyes flashed across his mind.Chen Hao raised his head and said, "At this point, we can only take one step at a time."

Uncle Yin smiled and smoked. He scratched his gray hair and said, "Your sister also said this, but her expression was too different. Bet, Uncle Yin, I will help you."

Chen Hao opened his mouth as if he wanted to ask many questions, but in the end he just looked down at his hands and said, "Thank you, Uncle Yin."

After speaking, Uncle Yin limped into the darkroom, while Chen Hao still maintained that posture, under the dim light, looking down on his face, Chen Hao murmured: "Will they believe me...?"

In such a cozy alley, children's noises can be heard from time to time, and sometimes the crisp bells of bicycles can also be heard.Chen Hao recalled that when he was young, he played behind his elder sister in the alley. He heard his younger sister calling Chen Hao's name softly as if hiding in a dark place, but he couldn't find her.In this way, Chen Hao's thoughts were entangled between five years ago and the present, and he fell into a half-dream and half-sleep state unknowingly. In fact, he has suffered from severe mental breakdown for a long time, and his memory is so good that He couldn't forget some unbelievable details, he had to remember those annoying details, forcing himself to analyze and calculate, his memory was a nightmare of his.Although it is very painful that he cannot get rid of the prison for a lifetime, as long as it is logical, he can speculate the next development at the first time. Many people think that those sages have the ability of prophets. In fact, Chen Hao, as a folk history As a scholar, he knows very well that any prophet, whether it is Kong Ming who is clever and clever, or Liu Ji who is strategizing.They are nothing more than mastering the detailed speculation method, and they understand the internal motion laws of those returning things.One can predict the future by understanding the rules, this is the truth that Chen Hao has understood since he was sensible.

But the details of Chen Rulan are different, it is as ghostly as phosphorus fire.It was impossible for him to guess anything. He changed from a rational and self-controlled person to a nervous one. He was afraid and felt a powerless resentment.For five years, he had lived in this fear for five years.In the past five years, he lived in the nightmare brought by that book. On the one hand, he was afraid of Chen Rulan's death, and on the other hand, he was afraid that the book would eventually fall on him. He discovered what he was afraid of. It is becoming a fact one by one.In fact, he was more anxious than any of Zhou Jue and the others.

He has never told Zhou Jue all the details he knows, because now that this detail is revealed, he can't guarantee whether Zhou Jue and the others will choose to face it with him, he is not sure.However, Zhou Jue's sensitivity was higher than he imagined. When Zhou Jue confessed that he could not completely trust himself, Chen Hao felt an inexplicable heartache in his heart. He could have treated Zhou Jue very simply and innocently. Jue's trust expressed disappointment, but he knew that he did not have the qualifications. For Chen Hao, Zhou Jue's trust would make him even more uneasy.But there is another voice in his heart, he hopes that Zhou Jue can completely trust himself, because in the end there will definitely be such problems between them.

Chen Hao knew that day would come, but he still didn't want Zhou Jue to be disappointed in him.He still remembered that the first time he saw this kid was during a summer vacation. He passed by the library that day and still didn't go in, but when he looked up, he saw a person leaning against the window, wearing earphones, hiding Dozing off in the corner, Chen Hao could only see his side face, the sun shining on his hair, showing a kind of halo.When he was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, he felt particularly clean.He suddenly thought of his missing sister. He often came to this window in the past, and Chen Rulan directly threw things down to him, so that he could save time for studying.As an older sister, Chen Rulan has very high expectations for Chen Hao. She knows that her brother is a special existence, and she hopes that he can make a path that she cannot achieve in her life.That summer, let Chen Hao let him remember the boy's appearance.Very elegant, very clean.And Chen Hao has always known that his sexual orientation may be a little different from others. Up to now, no woman has been able to give him any impulse. He tried to make girlfriends several times, but he found that he has a natural instinct for women. Feeling of resistance, he couldn't hug them like ordinary couples, but he actually had some expectations for the boy in the white shirt.He even had the urge to go up and kiss this guy.

With a sound of "squeak...", when Chen Hao woke up from the dream of the past, he looked down at his watch. It was already 05:30 in the afternoon. In the pavilion.The person on the opposite side was frying fish, that's how the ear-piercing sound came from, and soon there was a smell of fried fish.Uncle Yin was still working in the darkroom, and Chen Hao heard the sound of water flowing from the room and Uncle Yin coughing from time to time.

Chen Hao touched his numb cheeks, he called Uncle Yin, and Uncle Yin responded, Chen Hao stood up and went outside to walk around, and met many old neighbors when he went out, everyone was surprised to see him, He just said come back and see everyone.Everyone hadn't seen Chen Hao for so long, and they were all very excited. When an old lady saw Chen Hao, she almost couldn't help but smile.He insisted on dragging them home for a casual meal, during which he found that they all knew about Chen Rulan, and tried to avoid talking about her in front of him.While chatting after dinner, he asked about Uncle Yin.

Before he finished speaking, the hands of the aunt who poured him tea trembled slightly. She frowned and said, "Old Yin? He went back to his son and daughter-in-law a year ago, and I heard that he got cancer and died within a few months. What's wrong?"

When Chen Hao heard this, the hand holding the cup trembled violently, and he quickly stretched out his hand under the table, but his face was already very pale, the aunt asked him what's wrong?Chen Hao thought he might not tell her that he asked that dead person to develop his photos!

Chen Hao could only control his emotions and ask, "Are you sure about this?"

The aunt let out a sigh and said, "Sure, there are still people here who have attended the memorial service, but I didn't go. It is said that the old man was weird for a while after he moved out, and then he died inexplicably. I'm still thinking about your sister, maybe I watched you grow up..." The aunt found herself talking about Chen Rulan, so she stopped quickly.

Chen Hao could no longer control his emotions, and his breathing became more and more rapid.He relaxed his hands and managed to squeeze out a smile and said, "Grandma, I have something urgent to do, so I will come to see you later." The aunt thought that he was sad about Chen Rulan's matter, and felt that he had said the wrong thing, and she didn't have much to keep, embarrassing Send Chen Hao out the door.

As soon as Chen Hao left, he hurried back to Uncle Yin's house.But when he got to the door, his speed slowed down, and he was very puzzled, what went wrong?If Uncle Yin is really dead, then who is in that room?If he is not dead, is a person?His heart stopped beating for half a second, and he found a problem.Why is this situation so similar to Lao Jiu's!Why do dead people come back to life?What has actually happened?What exactly does it mean?He hesitated for a long time, and finally walked through the iron gate.

It was still pitch black, and it was still the [-]-watt light bulb, but Chen Hao felt a ghostly aura for no reason. He walked into the back room, and there were still those two enamel cups on the table, and the tea in them had long been cold. .A strange cold wind poured into the room, Chen Hao looked back suddenly but saw nothing unusual, the room was not big, and soon he noticed the darkroom in the back room, the door of the darkroom was tightly shut, but still leaked through the crack of the door. There was a subtle red light.There is a strangeness.It means that someone is indeed using that darkroom.

But there was no sound of running water in the room, it was as quiet as an empty house.Chen Hao plucked up his courage and called Uncle Yin, but there was no response from the room.The whole room is full of portraits, and Chen Hao feels that these photos are spying on him.Suddenly there was the sound of a drawer in the darkroom.

Chen Hao felt his heart lift up half a centimeter.With his eyes wide open, he approached the darkroom step by step, trying not to look at the frightening photos around him.He walked to the door only to find that the door was not closed, it was open with a gap.Chen Hao pushed lightly, and the door opened with a "creak".

The dark red halo illuminated the room like a ghost film. Chen Hao stepped into the room, and suddenly he heard the harsh sound of the iron door at the door, as if someone opened the rusty door.Chen Hao turned his head quickly, but he couldn't see the situation outside clearly. The harsh voice made him sweat coldly from behind.

But he didn't step back, but entered the room, which was very messy.A black curtain bisects the room, and the curtain is strung with a rope that is full of unwashed film.

There was a sink on the left side of the room, and he didn't see Uncle Yin's shadow as far as he could see, but it did look like someone had just used it.There was also a half-used potion bottle on the table.

Finally, Chen Hao fixed his gaze behind the black curtain.At this moment, a gust of wind came from nowhere and lifted a corner of the curtain. Chen Hao saw something lying on the ground of the curtain.But the wind only blew for a while, and there was no time to see clearly.

Chen Hao clenched his fists, he walked up to the black curtain, he pulled the curtain, and the scene in front of him made him gasp, there were actually several photos pasted behind the black curtain, and the photos were all without exception. They are all dead people lying in coffins, and those dead people are all wearing shrouds of various styles.What made Chen Hao's scalp tingle the most was that the eyes of these dead people were all open.In the pile of photos of the dead, he actually found his sister Chen Rulan. Chen Rulan was wearing a moon-white shroud, lying straight in a coffin.Eyes wide open, he was so frightened by the pictures that his brain couldn't think, and he stepped back as he looked at the pictures.But he found a person behind him blocking him.

He turned around and saw that it was Uncle Yin. Uncle Yin was wearing a black suit, and his white shirt tightened his neck so tightly that he could see the purple blood vessels on his neck.The suit was as stiff as a shroud.He held a very long roll of film in his hand, and his eyes were indescribably cold.Seeing Chen Hao's terrified look, he just sneered, and Chen Hao also had a good quality of heart, but he was sweating coldly on his forehead, but he didn't faint from fright.

Uncle Yin looked at the photos inside, he took a step towards Chen Hao, and Chen Hao felt as cold as a refrigerator around him.Uncle Yin snorted, looked at Chen Hao and said, "The photo is finished."

Chen Hao stared at Uncle Yin, and he asked: "Uncle Yin, you have actually read that book, right? Like your sister, you are one of the seven people in the last batch."

Uncle Yin smiled coldly, and said, "That's right, we failed. Your sister..."

When Chen Hao heard this, his heart seemed to be pulled down by something. He knew that it was impossible for Chen Rulan to still be alive in this world.He nodded slightly in response, indicating that he had already guessed that he was one of the seven people. Uncle Yin looked at those people lying in the coffin, and he took out one of the photos and handed it to Chen Hao.Uncle Yin pulled out a weird smile, and said, "The people in these photos are the people from the previous group of seven people."

Chen Hao looked down at that person, feeling that he seemed a little familiar, and he soon discovered that this person... was actually Old Zhao from the library!How can it be said that the previous batch of Seven Rings didn't all die?So how did they get involved?

Chen Hao wanted to turn around and ask Uncle Yin, but found that Uncle Yin had disappeared, and there was a paper bag on the table, which was the photos developed from those films.He looked around again, but he couldn't find Uncle Yin, so he immediately put all the photos of the dead people on the curtain into his backpack and rushed out of the darkroom.

He ran to the door and looked back at the room for the last time. The room was still red with the interlacing of time and light.Under the red light, a figure was reflected.The figure was very staggering, leaning against the door, looking very painful.Chen Hao hesitated for a few seconds, but he decided to look back to understand.At this moment, a painful cry came from the room: "Go! Don't let it catch you! Also, your sister...ah, go!" Chen Hao felt that Uncle Yin seemed to be grabbing someone desperately. A thing, and that thing has no idea what it is because it hides in the shadows.

Chen Hao still wanted to rush in, but soon he smelled a rotten stench approaching him, which was very disgusting.And Uncle Yin's figure had disappeared, and then he found that Uncle Yin's posthumous photo, his appearance changed completely at this time, the originally gloomy and dull eyes became terrified, black and red blood flowed out of the seven holes.He opened his mouth as if he was about to roar, the photo of Uncle Yin looks exactly like the dead people in Chen Hao's hands.Chen Hao took a deep breath, and he found a shadow of a human face gradually reflected behind the gray background of the photo. That face seemed to be smiling, but it also seemed to be roaring in pain.

Chen Hao looked into the room again, and there was no sign of Uncle Yin, but the smell of blood was stronger than before. Chen Hao felt very heavy breathing. He had no choice but to run outside.

At this time, the sky was already a little dark, and there were only a few flickering street lights in the alley.Chen Hao felt that bloody smell was still following him, as if an invisible hand wanted to capture him, and at this moment his body felt very heavy, but his brain was very clear.Every bit of the past five years was reflected in his mind, he felt a splitting headache, he slowed down unknowingly, when he looked down, he found a shadow was following him, and he couldn't escape.At this moment, his mind finally went blank. He closed his eyes and felt himself sinking slowly.

Just when he felt that his whole body was surrounded by that foul smell, he heard a sharp meow, and then he felt the weight on his body slowly ease, and he could finally smell a fresh air.He looked up and found that Zhou Jue was in front of him, he stretched out his hand to grab Zhou Jue's arm, and the latter wanted to pull him up.

Zhou Jue said nervously, "What's going on? Why is there such a strong smell of blood behind you?"

Chen Hao waved his hand and said, "Go back first, the black cat saved my life."

Zhou Jue asked, "What about the photo?"

Chen Hao patted his backpack and said, "Yes, and there are unexpected things."

Zhou Jue frowned and said, "The unexpected harvest you mentioned is that weird thing in front?"

Chen Hao shook his head with a wry smile, and asked back, "You're being funny, why did you come here?"

Zhou Jue's eyes were a little embarrassed, he looked away and said: "Fat San let you act alone, I think it's too hasty. So I rushed over to take a look. I didn't expect that I really guessed it."

Chen Hao smiled faintly, and said, "Stop talking, let's go."

Back at Chen Hao's residence, the thin monkey saw the two returning back in a state of embarrassment, his expression froze for a moment, Chen Hao looked around the room and asked, "The two of them left?"

The thin monkey replied: "Well, Fat San's parents were anxious to find him back, and the old nine also left shortly after seeing Fat San leave."

Chen Hao hummed, went to the study and put the photos on the table and said, "These photos are all the messages my sister left. And the messages Uncle Yin left us."

Zhou Jue and Shouhou looked down at the photos, and Zhou Jue immediately discovered that Old Zhao appeared in the photos. He cried out for a moment, pointed at the photo and looked up at Chen Hao. Chen Hao also Looking back at him meaningfully.The eyes of the two intersected for a few seconds, but no one said anything. Zhou Jue gradually withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and continued to look at other photos.

He found that these photos were very messy, that is to say, there were everything, including buildings, newspapers, and some unintelligible hand drawings.But Zhou Jue and the others soon discovered that these photos have one thing in common, that is, all of these photos are underexposed to varying degrees.

Zhou Jue asked: "What does this mean, the camera is broken?"

Chen Hao shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily true. Generally speaking, underexposure is easy to happen when you are in a hurry to take pictures."

The thin monkey said: "Then that is to say, they took these photos in a very urgent situation? What does that mean?"

Chen Hao pinched the bridge of his nose and looked a little tired, his face was very pale when he came back from the old house, he looked at those photos and said faintly: "It means that they are fighting for time with something, maybe... being chased by something .”

Zhou Jue immediately thought of the "it" that was always mentioned in the novel, and couldn't help feeling cold behind his back. He said, "Could it be that thing..."

There was also fear in the eyes of the thin monkey, and Chen Hao smiled: "Don't you want to verify the authenticity of that story?"

Zhou Jue and Shouhou looked at each other, but they didn't react.Chen Hao shrugged and leaned on his seat and said, "Brother, as your teacher, I really want to cry. Any folklore has its truth, even the most absurd country rumors. As the saying goes, there are no waves without wind, since this novel can reflect reality If it produces such a weird influence, then it will definitely not be groundless. I want to explore the authenticity of this book. That is to say, I want to follow the methods mentioned in this book to find what Lin Xu and the others were going to reach back then. place."

Zhou Jue was stunned, and he asked, "You want to find that place according to the direction in the novel? But you know it's a novel after all, how do you find it? Wander with the author? How many things here are fictional."

Chen Hao looked at Zhou Jue fighting each other, but he also became more energetic. He smiled and said: "These photos in my hand are the messages left by the last batch of rings of seven. I can bet you that my sister is definitely Find the end of the story according to the situation in the novel. In my opinion, this is very likely the source of our series of similar curses."

Zhou Jue sneered disapprovingly and said: "You also said that if you look for it completely according to the information given by Chen Rulan, at most you will follow their old path, should we struggle again and wait for the next batch of unjust dead ghosts to come and collect our corpses? "

Chen Hao clasped his hands and said, "Then, Young Master Zhou, what's your opinion?"

Zhou Jue didn't expect Chen Hao to come back to do this, and he was overwhelmed by his question for a while, he squeaked and gestured for a long time, and finally said discouragedly: "I can't do anything now, but I think it's too risky for you to do this. "

At this time, the thin monkey said: "I think we can find out the clues from this book?"

Both Chen Hao and Zhou Jue were silent. It's not that they haven't thought about this issue, but they don't have any information about the author at hand. Chen Hao said: "Since we don't have direct information, then we can try to eliminate it. "