If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Lao Yu wouldn't have believed that someone in the world could use a steel chisel so gracefully.
It's like taking a knife and enjoying the process of creating art...
Lao Yu couldn't get any hands on it, he could only light a cigarette and watch: "You two young people are quite thoughtful, even the steel chisels are prepared."
Chi Nan: "Ye Chang brought a whole toolbox. If you need it, please come to 101 to get it."
Lao Yu: "… "
Chi Nan: "There is also a medicine cabinet and a lot of snacks."
Lao Yu: "...really complete."
In less than five minutes, Ye used a steel chisel to pry off a wall brick along the edge of his arm's shadow.
Chi Nan immediately threw the wall bricks into a black plastic bag and sealed it, and looked at the time: "Let's go, it's almost too late for breakfast."
After returning to the dormitory, Chi Nan quickly emptied the suitcase, then stuffed the bricks into the innermost layer of the suitcase, wrapped it tightly with clothes to prevent light transmission, and finally pulled up the suitcase and stuffed it under the bed.
Lao Yu stood outside the door watching his every move, and smiled bitterly in his heart, how could this little blind man be so skilled like a perverted murderer who often kills and dismembers, and then packs and throws corpses in boxes...
"Chi Nan, can you elaborate on what you planned?"
Lao Yu is now gradually figuring out Chi Nan's temper. This little blind man tends to be silent in the process of thinking and acting, and is used to doing things independently. Such people don't like to be disturbed while doing things, and it is difficult to cooperate. Of course, it was rare for him to meet such a tacit companion as Ye Chang.
Chi Nan: "Shadows need light to exist. I want to try to cut off the light source of the ghost wall. What will be the consequences."
"But it's a bit troublesome to extinguish the candles in the entire square and nearby residential buildings, so first dig a shadow and put it in complete darkness to try the effect."
"The part of Xia Wei's arm was chosen first to observe what would happen to the waxed limb after the shadow lost its light source," Chi Nan added.
Lao Yu was stunned for a moment, suddenly realized, and suddenly threw the cigarette butt in his hand: "You reminded me, I will let Xia Wei wear long sleeves to hide his candle hand, otherwise he will not even be able to keep this candle hand. ."
According to the previous disappearance of Gu Xiao and the others, the waxed body needs to be 'recycled' and contributed to the Candleman Festival.
But what happened to Xia Wei last night was like a sudden accident. Now the NPCs shouldn't know about his arm being waxed, otherwise it is very likely that his arm will be chopped off and stored as a material for Candleman Festival...
After thinking about it, Lao Yu rushed back to his room and took Xia Wei's waxed arm as a key protection target.
At exactly nine o'clock, the remaining seven people showed up in the workshop on time.
The young mother's condition today is much more stable than yesterday. Her eyes that were originally distracted and distracted were refocused, and her hair and appearance were well groomed.
Under Lao Yu's instructions, Xia Wei tightly wrapped half of his waxed arm with bandages, and professionally fixed it on his chest, making a fractured posture, so that he could use the accidental fall. The reason is prevaricate in the past, and the female foreman will not be suspicious.
The female foreman looked much uglier than before, she looked at everyone dissatisfiedly: "Last night, it seemed that the weather was calm, and no volunteers gave us a surprise. I didn't expect that four nights had passed, and there are still so many volunteers left. But that's not what we want to see."
Everyone: "… "
Then the female foreman focused her attention on Ye Chang and Chi Nan: "The volunteers in Room 101 have won the honor of "Excellent Volunteer" for two consecutive days. Give it to other dorm volunteers. "
She was using the rules and privileges to 'stop losses in time' and continued, "If there are no particularly good volunteers, we can only choose 101 at random after eliminating 101."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone present changed, and the atmosphere of losing Ye Changchinan's shield suddenly became strange.
Everyone is in danger. After all, even if they have clearly mastered the method of extinguishing the candle, extinguishing the candle itself is likely to trigger the danger of the shadow being captured. If there is another shadow killer like Ye Chang, the situation will become even more uncontrollable.
""Excellent volunteers" are awarded according to the dormitory number, not the person's name..." Chi Nan paused and raised his eyelids, "No matter who randomly gets it later, it should be no problem to change dormitories. "
Old Yu Yi thought, his eyes lit up: "Yes, the rules only say that you can't change roommates, but it doesn't say you can't change dormitories. You said before that this method should be a try now."
"According to the method of changing dormitories you mentioned last time, are random people living in the 107 dormitory and the death box staying in the original dormitory? But what if the candle is empty and some strange rules are triggered? "Wu Ying questioned.
Chi Nan said, "We just need to exchange with the winner."
Everyone was slightly surprised, and Ye Chang also agreed: "I have a special status now, and Brother He Nan has also mastered the routine of dealing with Renzhu. It should be the safest way to change dormitories with us."
As soon as Ye Chang said this, Wu Ying fell silent. She has a straight temper. Yesterday, she questioned Ye Chang's identity the most fiercely, but then she thought, if Ye Chang and Chi Nan hadn't taken the initiative to take the "death box", the two In the past, maybe they could only survive four people.
"All volunteers, today is the fourth day that you came to Candleman Town. First of all, thank you for your hard work and dedication to this year's Candleman Festival, but I would also like to remind you that the success of Candleman Festival is inseparable from the The physical sacrifice of you, if the disappearance of the body is exchanged for the eternal light and freedom of the spirit, it will be the most beautiful and moving thing, isn't it?"
The female foreman suddenly raised the tone of warning, and everyone just wanted to roll their eyes at her.
"When the Candleman Festival is successfully held, and the greatest Candleman is lit in the central square of Candleman Town, every corner of the whole town will be shrouded in light, and there will be no dark corners. All of us will live in the light forever. …”
The expressions of everyone except the female foremen are extremely ugly. The meaning of these words is too obvious. Once the giant candle is lit, the Candleman Town will be completely enveloped by the light of human candles. No matter how they hide or hide, they will be covered by the giant candle. The candle light penetrates through, just like the explosion of a nuclear bomb, no one is spared, and the human body will be wiped out in an instant.
Candleman Day is the day when all sleepwalkers die.
There was a dead silence in the production workshop, everyone took a breath, and their faces were heavy.
"I know that you are looking for the little girl who ran away from home in pursuit of the light these two days. It is your freedom to arrange things outside of working hours, but I advise you not to waste your energy. Before the arrival of Candleman Festival, leave Runaway children can't be found, I hope you don't waste your time."
When an experienced sleepwalker heard it, they knew that this was an important reminder. The young mother pursed her lips into a straight line. Although there was no intense emotional reaction on her face, she couldn't restrain her body from trembling.
Chi Nan asked Lao Yu in a low voice, "What kind of rule-based reminder is this, right?"
Lao Yu nodded: "The disappearance of Ruirui should belong to the time-limited plot point of the dream, that is, it cannot be triggered before the set time arrives. No matter what method we use now, we can't find Ruirui."
"It's like playing a game, there is no way to unlock the corresponding plot points if the progress bar is not enough." He made a metaphor for easy understanding.
Chi Nan: "Isn't this a dead end game? What's the point of the Dream Maker's design of this plot point?"
Lao Yu shrugged: "No, there is actually a solution, such as..."
He paused, looked at the young mother with some hesitation, and lowered his voice to the lowest level, "For example, before Rui Rui disappeared, he figured out the rules of the candle wick and killed her first, so that the candle wick would be invalid. The hope of breaking the dream will be much greater.”
"Of course... this is too cruel..." Lao Yu put his position straight again.
Chi Nan thought for a while: "In front of the Dream Makers, we are too passive."
Lao Yu sneered: "What are you thinking, in front of the dreammakers, we are the playthings for their entertainment in the Colosseum. Do you still want to have the initiative?"
Chi Nan didn't speak, but Ye Chang pushed his glasses and said in a joking tone: "Maybe dream-makers are also very hard, to build dreams, formulate rules, and monitor the sleepwalkers who are placed in the dream. From pre-planning, execution, design to operation, I have all worked part-time.”
Lao Yu was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed: "Student Ye, you are so arrogant, you call the dream maker like a labor force squeezed by capitalism."
Ye Chang shrugged: "Who knows? Maybe they are."
Chi Nan glanced at him: "How did you know?"
Ye Chang raised the corners of his lips: "Guess."
In this day's volunteer work, all sleepwalkers chose the way of sabotage. Finally, the "Excellent Volunteer" box was randomly assigned to Wu Ying and Dysonson who lived in 109.
According to the previous plan, Chi Nan and Ye Chang took Wu Ying's box and changed dormitories with the two girls from 109.
"Thank you," Dysonson turned to Ye Chang sincerely, "Yesterday Wu Ying said those words that doubted you, and I apologize for her."
Ye Changwen smiled gently: "It doesn't matter, after all, my shadow has indeed done bad things, I just hope he doesn't continue to hurt people."
After he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the ground, and there was nothing there.
Simply moving the daily necessities, Ye Chang and Chi Nan moved into 109.
Ye Chang still has the mind to joke: "I didn't expect that one day I would live in the girls' dormitory."
Chi Nan blinked his eyes calmly: "Unfortunately you like boys."
This time, Ye Chang didn't look away with a smile, but gradually put away the smile in his eyes and looked at Chi Nan steadily.
He said, "Yeah, I like boys."
On the contrary, Chi Nan lowered his eyes in a panic, as if a kitten's paw was scratching in his heart, itching.
This kind of feeling is strange, strange, and very uncontrollable, and Chi Nan is a little at a loss.
But it was only a fleeting moment. Soon, Chi Nan digested his inexplicable emotions in sweets and tears.
Like the previous two nights, Ye used Chi Nan's tears to clean up the candles who came to the door, the room returned to silence, and Chi Nan lay back on the bed to catch up on sleep.
When it was almost dawn, Chi Nan woke up from his deep sleep without warning, a gust of cold wind blew on his face, and he couldn't help shivering while huddled under the quilt.
He remembered that the windows were locked tightly and covered with thick quilts before going to bed. How could the wind blow in
Chi Nan opened his eyes, but the dormitory, which should have been dark, was flickering with dim candlelight. Ye Changzheng sat at the desk with his back to him, as if he was turning over the exercise book seriously. .
But Chi Nan remembers that after figuring out the principle of shadow alienation, Ye Chang never did exercises at night in order to cut off the light source, and he never lit a taboo candle.
"Ye Chang?" Chi Nan had a bad premonition, his sleepiness subsided, he sat up and tried to call Ye Chang's name by his name.
Ye Chang, who was sitting at the desk and writing exercises with his head down, seemed to be wearing earplugs and turned a deaf ear to his voice.
The candle light flickered faintly in the corner of the desk. From Chi Nan's point of view, he couldn't see what kind of candle it was, so he got off the bed and walked behind Ye Chang. constant.
There was just a mirror in front of the desk, Chi Nan's eyes went over Ye Chang's shoulders and stayed on the reflection in the mirror.
From the mirror, Chi Nan could confirm that only ordinary candles were lit on the table. He was just relieved, and almost at the same time, Ye Chang in the mirror finally raised his head.
In the mirror, Ye Chang's facial features were blurred.
Chi Nan's heart sank, only the outline of the face without the details of the facial features... It's probably not the person, but the shadow.
He paused, then took a step back subconsciously, Ye Chang who was sitting in front of the desk suddenly laughed briefly, and while closing the exercise book, he said in a gentle and sincere tone: "Don't be afraid, I won't give up Turn your body into a candle."
"Brother Nan, if you are afraid of me, I will be very sad." Shadow turned his head, because his facial features became more and more blurred in the shadow of the candlelight.
Chi Nan really stopped, and looked back calmly: "You are not Ye Chang."
Shadow smiled, with a hint of helplessness and abuse: "Then who do you say I am? Huh?"
"Shadow." Chi Nan said firmly.
"But don't forget, even if it's a shadow, I'm also Ye Chang's shadow."
However, Chi Nan insisted: "The shadow is the shadow, I am myself, and it is different."
The alienated shadow is equivalent to an independent existence implanted in the Will of the Candleman. Although he retains some of the memory, appearance, and speech and behavior habits of the ontology, his thoughts and choices have nothing to do with the ontology, but the Candleman uses the shadow as a medium. , it's just a tool to wax the body.
That is to say, it is not Ye Chang who is talking to him now, but the candle man in Ye Chang's shell.
Shadow smiled in Ye Chang's unique way: "Do you like Ye Chang so much?"
Chi Nan was silent for a moment: "I don't like you anyway."
Shadow clicked his tongue, looking abusive and pitiful: "Chi Nan, do you think there really is a sleepwalker named Ye Chang who is a senior in high school in the nightmare world?"
Chi Nan's eyelids twitched slightly: "What do you mean?"
"Do you really have no doubts at all? Suddenly there is such a person around, as if bound, like a shadow." He observed the expression on Chi Nan's face with interest, and emphasized the four words "like a shadow". He continued, "He lives where you live, and he happens to be there in whatever dungeon you enter. Don't you think it's strange that he even knows your tears from the beginning? He's like your shadow."
Chi Nan did not hesitate: "I don't think so."
He didn't intend to believe the rhetoric provoked by this shadow and cause unnecessary trouble to himself.
Shadow was stunned for a moment, and then let out a regretful laughter: "It seems that I have to show some evidence, what should I do? Otherwise..."
As he spoke, he lit the dim candle light a little, and with the crackling of sparks, Shadow took off his glasses.
"You should have asked Ye Chang why he hasn't taken off his glasses, right?" Shadow stared at Chi Nan with slightly reddened eyes, as if he was staring at his prey, "because as long as he takes off his glasses, he will be exposed. Well, this wicked dream-maker."
Chi Nan froze in place, breathing lighter.
"I think, you should remember and feel these eyes, right?" Shadow said, and covered his face with a mask that Chi Nan was all too familiar with, his smile deepened, "So, Maybe it will impress you more, remember?"