The rain outside the house was getting heavier, and there were bursts of thunder. Through the curtains, you can vaguely see the shadows of a few tree branches being reflected from time to time, as if ghosts are sticking their teeth and claws against the glass.
Cat's description continues: "By July 1924, July 3rd to be exact, a catastrophe struck and Bozite disappeared from the map and became a famous 'ghost town' in Texas. '.
And all this was not without warning. In fact, when Manson came here in 1920, it was destined to happen. In the first half of 1924, that is, during the period after Manson was hanged, the town There were also many ominous omens. If there were western 'hunters' here at that time, maybe they could see some clues and save some people... Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world. "
Master Cat drank the lipstick tea again, and in the flickering candlelight, his decadent and lazy expression turned out to be a little scary: "First, in February 1924, livestock began to die in the town... cows, horses, pigs, dogs , poultry, and even wild birds flying in the sky all died within a total of three months. These things are all recorded in writing.
Some 'scientists' came to town one after another, trying to prove that they had found something similar to the bird flu virus, but of course they failed. Later, religious scholars appeared again, and began to take the opportunity to publicize the set of their own teachings. During that time, I guess it would not be very difficult to create a cult in this place...
All in all, by May, the animals were almost dead, so the only thing left in this town was people... People once again fell into an inexplicable panic.
The scholars who joined in the fun began to leave one by one, maybe they also felt some kind of abnormality, or maybe they felt that this town was no longer attractive. According to my reasoning, during that time, it was not so much attractive as it was lifeless. The whole town was shrouded in a very obvious 'dead air', which even ordinary people could clearly feel arrive…
Then came June, the wonderful June. For Manson, it seemed that Children's Day had arrived, because the children in the town began to disappear. , then don't expect him to appear again, according to what we Chinese say, it's not missing, but 'disappeared'.
Things intensified, and by the end of June, the children disappeared in their rooms, in the toilets, anywhere that adults couldn't see, and even just passed a corner, and when they turned around, they were no longer there.
On July 2nd, people in the town gathered together, from the young man with the new hair on his mouth, to the old man who couldn't even stand without crutches, and of course, some foreign reporters who recorded all these things , their records are very valuable, because they are more persevering than other colleagues. After Manson was executed, they still insisted on staying in the town to try to discover some news.
It is also the information left by these people that makes things even more confusing...
The rest of the townspeople started a lengthy discussion like a doomed group in a horror movie, the main purpose of which was to determine the next course of action. There were not many plans, just two—first, Run away together; second, stay to fight against the unknown terrible power.
According to Schwarzenegger's version of Hamlet - they made a mistake.
After confirming the implementation of plan 2, the townspeople are gearing up and excited. Many of them no longer have illusions about finding their children. They just want revenge, and maybe some want to defend their homeland. It doesn't matter, no matter what the purpose is, they all come to the same ending in the end...
On July 3rd, it was not a reporter who brought out the only record, but an intern, a typist. Maybe his boss had a premonition of some kind of danger, so he let the intern leave that morning. up.
With a pile of manuscripts and a pot of water, he walked in the desert for a day and a night on foot, and finally came to the nearest town to Bozite. Take the train to Houston.
Although the content of the last record was regarded as a laughing stock by many journalists at the time, in my opinion, its credibility is still very high, except for some exaggerated embellishments.
It reads: 'On July 3rd, the sun did not rise in the morning, and the sky was covered by dark clouds. It seemed that the night would never leave. The long-standing church, there, apparently, is the center of all evil. '
There are not many things that can be deduced from this description, but it is very useful. First, a ghost environment that is similar to ghost land but more dangerous than ghost land was finally born. Although it took more than half a year to complete... Secondly, the 'death The Qi' has become so strong that it is indescribable, even the townspeople can clearly know that the place where it was generated is in the church; in the end, they only have pitchforks and shotguns in their hands...
The intern who brought out the record continued to write something at the end of the article: 'I wanted to go with them, but Mr. Monte looked very disturbed. He handed me the manuscript and hoped that I would leave as soon as possible, and he choose to stay. That morning was the last time I saw him, and now that I think about it, he saved me...
When I left the town, I almost ran. The crowd was not far behind me. They were marching in the direction of the church, and the voices were loud, but when I turned my back to them, I couldn't feel it. To have any life behind me, as if the voices were coming from far away...'”
Master Cat's narration seemed to be over, Qi Bing said at this moment: "So, what happened to this place afterward?"
Wang Xu interjected, "Hey! What else can I do? Manson is going to kill everyone, and he won't let anyone leave."
Master Mao smiled and said: "He didn't ask this." Then he turned his head to Qi Bing and said: "Now that place is still a desert, there is nothing. After July 3, 1924, there is no bozite on the map. We are now I am in a small town that only exists in my memory, and this house... I don't know what's going on."
The three of them fell silent immediately. It seems that there are still many doubts, and there are no answers for the time being.
"Bang bang bang..." There were three rapid knocks on the door, Master Mao and Qi Bing were still calm, but Wang Xu almost jumped on the table...
"Since you have stood up, go and open the door." Master Mao said.
Wang Xu couldn't hold back his face, but he still argued, "I wanted to stand up and open the door."
Qi Bing shook his head helplessly, "Let's go together, in case something happens, we'll have someone to take care of us."
The three of them walked out of the restaurant together, turned a corner, walked through the short corridor to the gate, and the knocking on the door continued.
Wang Xu stepped forward, his outstretched hand was trembling slightly because of nervousness.
As soon as the doorknob was turned halfway, the people outside pushed the door open forcefully. Wang Xu immediately took a big step back and assumed a fighting posture, resembling a mantis fist...
"Yu Xin!" Qi Bing's face suddenly changed.
Yu Xin stood at the door as if she had been fished out of the water, but she was actually carrying someone on her shoulders.
"I saw the light in the room, so I knocked on the door, but I didn't expect it to be you." She said in a displeased tone, took two steps forward, and threw the person on her shoulder at Wang Xu: "I'll leave it to you. "
"What, you leave it to..." Before Wang Xu finished speaking, he found that the person in his arms was actually Yanli!
"In such a heavy rain, you made the lady wait outside the door for so long before opening the door, did you do it on purpose?" She looked around and walked to the second floor on her own.
Qi Bing couldn't help but catch up and said: "The second floor may be dangerous at night, you are alone..."
"What danger?" Yu Xin interrupted directly.
"Well... I don't know yet."
"Then I'm going to wash my body and change my clothes now, do you want to help me, Brother Qi?" She finally called out to Brother Qi in a very sweet voice on purpose.
Qi Bing blushed, "Is it okay for me to stand at the door?"
"Can't!"
Lao Qi was kicked in the face, his nose bleeds, and he rolled down the stairs directly...
Master Mao covered his face with one palm and shook his head: "Tragedy..."
Wang Xu was very calm, he picked up Yanli and walked upstairs.
Master Cat asked, "What do you want to do?"
"Wipe and change clothes. She has a fever, so hurry up."
Master Cat stroked his chin and said, "Oh~ you're playing hooligans, aren't you... Do more evil..."
Wang Xu snorted coldly: "Pay attention to your wording... Besides, it's not the first time I've done this..."
Master Cat ignored him, and patted Qi Bing on the shoulder, "Come on, let's have another cup of tea and wait to see the tragedy."