Haunted Places Live

In the early morning, Lynch opened his eyes in a daze in his sleeping bag, only to find that Chu Yang next to him was covered with a blanket, holding a flashlight in one hand and a pen in the other, still concentrating on writing something in the notebook.

"Xiao Yang?" Lynch rubbed his eyes, yawned and sat up, "You didn't sleep all night, did you?"

Chu Yang's writing hand stopped suddenly, staring fixedly at the book spread out on his lap, and then exhaled slowly and long.His eyes were bloodshot, and his eyes trembled nervously. The cold air made his fingers red from the cold. Even though he had stopped writing, he couldn't let go of the pen for a while.

Lin Qi saw that Chu Yang's condition was not very good, so he got out of the sleeping bag, gently took out the pen in Chu Yang's hand, and then covered the cold hand that was as cold as ice with both hands, Keep rubbing his fingers to help him speed up the blood flow in his fingers.Chu Yang's right fingers gradually regained consciousness.

Chu Yang said in a hoarse voice filled with exhaustion and relaxation, "I'm done, the song is finished."

Lynch softly made a coaxing "shush" sound, patiently rubbed his right hand to get the temperature, and then went to check his left hand.Seeing Chu Yang like this, the dense and long-lasting soreness in his heart became more and more intense.

He vaguely knew that Chu Yang was so anxious because he was afraid that the Shoggoth would cause more irreparable damage, such as leaving this land and entering a more densely populated city... On the other hand, he was worried that Lynch would be at the critical moment. Moment will use the color of the star again.

Guilt is Chu Yang's curse.The more he used his ability, the darker, oppressive, heavy and viscous feeling would become stronger, like a swamp, gradually swallowing his whole body.Lin Qi knew it, but he couldn't save him. It was a cage that Chu Yang had set for himself.

"Lie down, good boy." Lynch whispered.

Chu Yang shook his head, "I'm not sleepy."

"Lie down!" Lynch's voice was more majestic and tough, and he pressed Chu Yang's shoulders with both hands, half forcing him to lie down on the sleeping bag.Lin Qi pulled his own blanket over and wrapped Chu Yang layer by layer, only revealing a face that lacked blood.

With only one week left, Chu Yang's sanity will be fully recovered.During this period, there must be no mistakes. "We should go as soon as possible. Robert has to see a doctor. The longer it is delayed, the more dangerous it will be." Chu Yang said in a fluttering voice, "This land...has begun to rot. Look at the trees outside, I can hear their wailing ..."

"Shh..." Lynch also lay down on his side, and gently wrapped his hands around Chu Yang's body through the thick blanket, "You sleep for three hours, and then we leave. There will be no delay."

"But……"

"No but. I'm your boss, you have to listen to me." Lynch changed into a domineering president's cold expression, and ordered, "Now, close your eyes and go to sleep!"

Chu Yang chuckled, but finally closed his eyes obediently.The small tent fell into silence for a moment, but not long after, I heard Chu Yang whisper again, "I can't sleep, it's too noisy."

"Quarrel?"

"All the trees are crying. And the animals, they're all running away, they're scared..."

The filthy twins and Chu Yang's sense of hearing became more and more sensitive, maybe even not only hearing, but also his ability to perceive the memory diffused from the object and the emotions related to it.Lynch began to gradually understand why the filthy twins could choose the price.

What you want to get, you have to give something.It is said that there are three different prices, but in fact they are all interlinked.

Empathy, memory, sanity.Without empathy, the first thing that affects is the ability to perceive emotions.People will gradually become walking dead, and all emotions related to memory will be lost, so the memory will gradually become pale and thin, quickly dissipate and forget.Memory gives a person the continuity of existence. People without memory cannot be sure of their own existence, cannot place their own personality, their emotions will become chaotic, and their sanity will gradually collapse.And sanity is the cornerstone of pre-empathy and memory. Once there is a problem with sanity, emotions will get out of control, and memory may no longer be accurate.

The absence of any one of these three things fundamentally disintegrates a person's soul.It's just that if you choose the first two, the recovery time will be shortened, and perhaps the perception ability will not be as strong as the third choice, but it's easier than walking on the verge of collapse all the time like now.

But Lin Qi also understood that Chu Yang would not choose the first two.At that time, everything happened so fast that Chu Yang didn't have time to understand the significance of choosing the third one.He only knows that empathy and memory are the responsibilities he must bear, so he will definitely choose Shenshen.

Lin Qi looked at Chu Yang with his hands on his head, and said softly, "I remember when I was a child, I always saw a lot of things that others couldn't see. People who didn't exist, strange monsters hiding in dark corners. At school They call me 'spooky' and no one wants to get close to me because they say I'm horrible."

Chu Yang opened his eyes and looked at Lin Qi in surprise.This is the first time Lynch has taken the initiative to bring up his past.

He remembered the cute and handsome boy who was like a little prince in the black and white photos.It's hard to imagine a child describing him as scary.

Lynch smiled slightly, "What? Is it because I am so handsome that I have been isolated before?"

"...Are you sure you are not isolated because you are too narcissistic..."

"What's wrong with narcissism? Is narcissism illegal?" Lin Qi stretched out his hand and pinched Chu Yang's nose. I was relatively lonely, and I often read books by myself. It was actually a well-known aristocratic boarding school in London, and many upper-class children were in my class.

I remember when I was seven years old, the most popular boy in my class was Williams, the son of the Earl of Winchester.He was bigger than me at the time, he liked to bully new students and nerds, and he was a Bully in today's words.I was also his target.For a while, I often saw things like centipedes, cockroaches, and dead mice in my desk. "

"Have you ever been bullied?" Chu Yang couldn't believe it.

Lynch immediately showed a pitiful canine expression, "Yeah, am I miserable! But guess what I did? I held that big centipede as long as my palm in my palm and let it Spinning around my wrist like a fucking pet. Go up to Williams and say, 'You like centipedes? Fine, a hundred centipedes will come to you tonight' .”

Chu Yang laughed lowly. He could almost imagine how frightened a seven-year-old child would be when he heard another seven-year-old child say such words in a tone that was calm enough to state the facts, "And then?"

"I heard that he didn't dare to sleep all night, waiting for my army of centipedes to attack him."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

"Then he and a few of his followers saw it wasn't going to work, so they started chalking things like 'bastard, your mother is a bitch, dirty seed' on my desk and locker. I got caught once .They surrounded me and tried to beat me up."

"Is there no teacher to take care of it?"

"How can a teacher dare to offend the beloved son of the Marquess of Winchester? Although my mother used to be a princess, she gave up her title to marry my father after all, and later became a famous singer, but in those days, singers were glamorous , is actually just a pastime for nobles, how can it be compared with real nobles?" Lynch said lightly, as if it was just someone else's story:

"Anyway, they surrounded me and beat me up. I think that was the first time my powers of observation exploded. I don't really remember what I did afterward, but I just remember being so angry that I wanted to smack Hurt those big children who don't know how cruel they are, so that they don't dare to say anything bad about my mother. The result is exactly as I expected. Those few people were scared to leave school for a whole semester. I heard that They locked themselves in their rooms and refused to come out. Later, most of them turned away, although Williams came back, but after seeing me, he turned around and ran away like a mouse seeing a cat."

Chu Yang asked, "What did you do?"

"From the events that were pieced together from the mouths of those terrified children, it may be that I brought a monster from a parallel reality into this reality. It is not even close to the creatures in reality, so it is completely different from the creatures in our reality. It's different, it's the kind of monster that can scare another zero-level observer crazy.

I don't know how I did it. Even though my powers of observation have not yet awakened, I can bring together two realities that are hundreds of thousands of miles away, even if the time is not particularly long. Lynch paused, and said in a low voice, "I suspect that if people hadn't arrived in time to hear the screams of those children, I would have allowed these two realities to merge for a longer time...and cause more serious consequences. "

Judging from Lynch's expression, he didn't feel the slightest bit of pride and happiness in his successful revenge.Quite the contrary.

"No one believed what those children said, and no one blamed me. After all, everyone knew that they were targeting me. But my mother guessed what happened, and she began to realize that my existence might be possible for the people around me. become some kind of unpredictable danger.

She doesn't want me to join the Council of Elders, and she doesn't want me to know everything about the Council of Presbyterians, but she knows that she can't let my power of observation erupt and ignore it, and once the Council of Elders knows about it, they will find ways to use my ability.So she tried to seal my powers of observation. "

Chu Yang's gaze moved to Lynch's chest, "Is this what your mother set for you?"

"No, not this, this is what I set for myself. The seal she gave me was dispelled as early as the time I 'died'. In fact, her seal was made too cleverly. Before joining the war, I I didn’t even know the existence of the seal, and those childhood memories, I thought they were just childhood fantasies mixed with reality.”

Chu Yang stretched out his hand from under the blanket and carefully touched Lynch's cheek, "Where's your father? I don't think I've ever heard you mention him."

Lynch was silent.He lowered his eyes and reached out to gently hold Chu Yang's hand.

"I'm not ready to tell you yet." Lynch said softly, there seemed to be a complex tangle between his brows, "but I promise, I will tell you one day."

Chu Yang nodded, and there was something resembling sourness and warmth in his chest.It was as if he and Lynch had never been this close.

Obviously, the more intimate things have been done, but now, Chu Yang feels that he can finally touch Lin Qi, and feels that the mysterious and handsome man is no longer as far away as a star.

Lynch suddenly changed his expression, raised a bright smile, and let out a long breath, "Okay, the story time is over, it's time to sleep."

"..."

"Close your eyes. Even if you can't sleep, you have to rest for a while. I'll prepare breakfast and pack your things. If you still can't sleep in an hour, we'll leave." Lynch said in an almost doting tone, gently After lightly kissing Chu Yang on the forehead, he got up and got out of the tent.