When someone spoke, the shadow on the wall was startled and shrank back.
The next second, You Huo vaguely heard chaotic footsteps.
"Run?" Qin Jiu came over.
"You heard that too?" You Huo said.
"Ears are not as sensitive as some people." Qin Qiu pointed to his eyes and said, "I just saw a shadow pass over the wall - what do I do?"
Sensitive is what a hooligan describes
You puzzled face expressionless.
Qin Qiu touched his face: "What, got dirty?"
Youhuo saw that his expression was very serious, and he felt that he had misunderstood. He retracted his gaze and said, "No, just take a look. Just now—"
Before he finished speaking, he caught a glimpse of Qin Jiu smiling from the corner of his eye.
You Huo raised his foot and gave him a calf.
The strength is not great, Qin Zhu didn't even give in. He laughed and said, "What are you kicking me for?"
Youhuo said indifferently: "I can't control it, I will have a knee-jerk reaction when I hear nonsense."
"It's the first time I've seen such a big knee-jerk reaction, and it opened my eyes." Qin Jiu asked calmly, "So which word did I use wrong before? Please correct me, Mr. Chief Examiner, and I'll see if I can change it. "
"… "
Youhuo's lips moved.
The smile in Qin Qiu's eyes deepened.
You Huo rushed to the place where everyone in the distance was, raised his chin, and said, "Go over there."
Qin Qiu raised his hand and made a fork in front of his lips, then made a "please" gesture and said, "What did you just say? Continue."
Go on shit, forget it.
You Huo stared at him angrily, before saying for a moment: "Have you seen what those are?"
Qin Qiu shook his head: "It's too dark. But it should be a candidate. Mirror people are not so tired to climb the wall."
"I think so too." You Huan said in confusion, "But what are the candidates doing with us?"
Lee in the distance: "… "
He felt like a puff of air.
"Hey—" He raised his hand and shook it, motioning You Huo and Qin Qiu to look at him: "Is there something over there? I said I found a mirror, and it's here!"
He pointed to a small house behind him and said, "I can be sure, it's in the house!"
You Huo and Qin Jiu looked at each other, and then walked over there unhurriedly.
***
Although the house is small, it does not prevent the owner from building a "maze" in it.
Probably to separate out as many rooms as possible, the layout is very strange.
"Is this family afraid that children will find the door?" Yu Wen couldn't help saying.
Lee raised his nose, sniffed and said, "You're really right. Since there are many mirror people in the town, the townspeople have started to remodel the house, and the pattern has become more and more complicated, so that if the mirror people touch it, they can borrow it. Block it by the wall and delay it for a while. Usually, it can also prevent the kid from running out."
"Does that work?"
"What do you think?" Lee spread his hands. "Will it be effective?"
"It was a little effective at the beginning. Hiding and delaying time are really good. But there are more and more mirror people, more and more. The number of them is growing too fast."
Lee paused for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "Oh, wrong, it's us."
When it comes to quantity, You Huo has always been a little puzzled.
The original number of townspeople is much larger than the mirrored people. It stands to reason that they should be paid off soon. Why did the situation reverse in the end, and the townspeople became a minority
He asked a simple question, and Lee said, "At first, I didn't find the right fog. It's terrible that the mirror people are hungry and crazy. It's a massacre. Later, the townspeople got a clue, and the mirror people began to breed consciously - we call it breeding. , in fact, is to create new things through the mirror.”
"How to create?"
"Transform the townspeople," Lee said vaguely. "Sorry, this reminds me of some bad scenes. It's like a nightmare. I don't want to say more."
"Oh, you were also transformed?" Yu Wen covered his mouth again after speaking, "Okay, let's not mention it."
He shut up wisely, but his brother didn't.
Youhuo said: "What's the benefit of transformation? Didn't you say that mirror people will kill each other?"
Lee said: "Yeah, but the mirror image person transformed by himself may be a little more friendly, right? It's also a family member. If you are hungry, you will have some scruples."
They bypassed the wall of the entrance and passed through the living room, and suddenly they smelled a trace of blood, floating in the air.
Youhu frowned.
For them now, the smell of blood is like a feast that has just opened the lid, and it has made people's appetites full.
Lee was all focused on looking for the mirror and didn't care much about the smell of blood.
He also said: "The number of mirror people grew faster later, do you know why?"
Yu Wen held back his saliva, desperately diverted his attention, and cheered: "Why?"
"Because some townspeople want to convert."
"What? Are you crazy? This is also active?"
"It sounds crazy," Lee said. "But try to imagine that you live on a certain street, and the neighbors on your left and right are mirror people, and house after house is empty, and every now and then something comes in. Climbing through your windows and threatening you. You don't know how long you'll live, whether you'll survive today or tomorrow."
Everyone tried to think about it for a while, and felt a chill.
"It's scary, right? At this time, some people will think: Why don't you become a mirror image person! You don't have to suffer this kind of crime when you become a mirror image person. From being preyed to prey, you will become a predator." Lee said softly: "The speed can be increased, the strength can be increased, and the five senses can be sharpened. I can detect the townspeople approaching, but they can't detect my voice... "
Maybe it's because his voice was soft and his tone was gentle, but this sentence actually sounded reasonable.
Di Li suddenly said, "I just want to try it."
Lee paused, then laughed dryly and said, "Stop joking."
"Really." Di Li looked serious: "Think about it objectively, we candidates... ah, you may not understand why we say that we are candidates, so you should be guests. Anyway, guests like us are town residents. It’s really a big loss. First, make sure you find a weapon, and then make sure you shoot with a bit of accuracy, and then you can’t shake your hands when you see the mirror image. It’s best to have a companion to help you attack together. If you meet so many conditions, you can live for a few more days.”
He spread his hands and said, "I just thought about it, the safest way is to first transform myself into a mirror image person after entering the examination room, it is much easier to live than the townspeople, and then spend a few days to find the special transformation mirror you mentioned. , find it and follow it. Wait until the day the exam is over and use the mirror to turn yourself back to the townspeople. Perfect!"
Lee seemed surprised and raised his eyebrows.
He looked at Di Li, nodded after a long time, and said, "Actually, there are indeed many guests like you who choose this method."
"a lot of?"
"Yes, a lot."
While speaking, the street broadcast suddenly rang again.
This day, the radio rang many times. Every time it rings, it means that another candidate has died.
But this time the broadcast is very special, the system broadcasts calmly:
[Candidate Alexander encounters a starving Yves and is pronounced dead. 】
[The candidate Chen Jingjing encountered the extremely hungry Yves and was declared dead. 】
[The candidate Hailey encountered the starving Yves and was pronounced dead. 】
"Hungry Yves???"
Everyone was stunned.
They used to say "extremely hungry mirror people", but today they suddenly have a name.
They realized right away that this was what Lee was talking about. Some candidates took the initiative to transform into mirror people, turning themselves into hunters.
Di Li said, "Look, this guy should be analyzed with me. He is a rational person."
Yu Wen: "???"
"Xueba, what kind of sour rice have you eaten? Why do you speak so strangely?"
"You just ate sour rice! I sighed with emotion, the environment is dangerous." Di Li said, and said to Lee, "Is that so?"
Lee: "…Yeah."
Maybe it was because the topic was not going right, and everyone didn't speak again. Lee opened the doors one by one, focusing on the mirror.
The further you go inside, the stronger the smell of blood in the room.
The wandering footsteps paused.
His lips and throat became dry, and his hunger returned.
"I haven't found it yet?" he asked, his face paler than usual.
Lee looked at him and explained embarrassingly: "Where the mirror is, the smell of blood will indeed be heavier, because every mirror is the base of the mirror people. There should be many mirror people here. room."
He said and turned the door handle.
The moment the door opened, the bloody smell of the sky filled the sky.
so deadly...
There was a "hum" in everyone's mind, as if someone had hammered their brainstem hard.
It was a kind of dizziness.
Those with weaker willpower, such as Yu Wen, only have four big words left in their minds - for stuttering!
Anyone is fine, anything is fine, as long as it can ease his hunger.
Now as long as he sees a neck, he wants to bite it.
I'm like this, what about my brother
Yu Wen thought.
He turned his head to look in the drowsiness, but he didn't see Wandering yet. First, he found that Lee and his wife Kelly were gone, along with Di Li and Jonny and several other students.
He was still standing there just now!
He scanned around.
In the maddening hunger, he suddenly realized that there was no mirror in this open room, only blood running all over the floor.
***
Two strange figures walked ghostly in the night.
Every blink of an eye, they would appear farther away, disappearing at the end of the road in three or two.
These two figures are none other than Lee and Kelly.
The strange shape of the shadows is because they carry a person on one side of their shoulders.
The extraordinary strength of the mirror image person is vividly reflected at this moment. The thin and pale couple carried the portrait and the cotton, their faces did not change and they were out of breath.
Brandon Town's alleys criss-cross, plus wide streets, there are at least a hundred of them.
Lee and Kelly knew each other very well. They knew exactly where to turn at the intersection, as if they had walked a million times.
They crossed several blocks, passed four forks, and followed the end of a small river to the edge of the woods.
This is the edge of the town, the woods have spread all the way up the mountain, and along the stone steps, it is the cemetery of Brandon Town.
Lee glanced left and right and walked into the cemetery.
He stopped in front of a high cross tombstone and dropped the man on his shoulders to the ground.
Di Li, Jonny, and the other two candidates were lying on their knees, unconscious.
Taking advantage of the fact that they were dizzy with hunger, Lee and Kelly brought these four real ordinary people down, and used the layout of the hut to successfully bring these people here.
"Is it safe?" Kelly whispered. "My eyelids keep twitching."
"A living person's eyelids twitch." Lee said bluntly.
Kelly said: "You know what I mean, it's the first time I've had a client like this."
"Don't be nervous, I can guarantee that our guests are having a late-night snack in the room just now," Lee said.
"just in case… "
"There's no case." Lee interrupted her. "With so much blood, how many mirror-imagers can hold it? No one."
Kelly pointed at him, then at himself: "We didn't get on our knees and lick blood."
"We're different," Lee said. "We've created so many kids."
He crouched down and took a shovel out of the bushes.
Depending on the proficiency of the movements, there must be no shortage of them.
Lee shoveled the loess off the surface to reveal the coffin below. With a few fingers, he lifted the nail on the coffin lid and opened the lid.
Surprisingly, there was no one lying in the coffin, only a huge mirror.
As Lee said, this mirror is very special at first sight, completely different from the full-length mirror they saw at Shirley's house.
Surrounding the mirror is a retro pattern of silver and black, with a hexagram on top made of fine jewelry fragments.
"What are you doing?!" Di Li's voice suddenly sounded.
Lee was shocked.
He looked up and saw that the students had woken up and were looking at him vigilantly and terrified. The one who was most afraid was Di Li, whose legs were so soft and trembling that it seemed that it was not him.
Lee smiled "ha": "I don't need to do anything, I'm just here to do you a little favor."
"Help us?" Di Li was shocked, as if he had never seen such a shameless person.
"Didn't you say that according to theoretical analysis, the probability of being transformed into a mirror person is high?" Lee said softly and gently: "I'm here to help you."
Jonny said immediately, "No!"
"Yes, this is a ready-made mirror, and I picked the best one for you." Lee said.
"No!" Di Li said, looking at the mirror in the coffin, and saw the six-pointed star sharply.
He swept away and said to Lee, "What's the use of converting us? Didn't you say it yourself? No, at least there is no obvious benefit."
"Do you really believe me when I say it?"
Lee gave a short laugh: "Of course it's good, but if it's not good, why don't I just suck you up?"
"The mirror people I transformed are equivalent to my children. When I need them, they will follow me, such as hunting near the movie. They drink enough blood, and even if I don't find a suitable blood supply, I will feel hungry. lighten."
"With them, I can take my time and enjoy my vacation like I used to. Tell me, why not?" Lee said.
"So this mirror can't turn us back?" Di Li asked.
"Yes. I won't lie, of course I can turn back. But why should I turn? Now I have skills and speed that are beyond ordinary people, and can ensure most of the sobriety, so I won't become a walking dead."
Di Li Yuguang glanced behind Lee and Kelly, and continued: "Aren't you afraid of being approached by Brother You and Brother Qin?"
"Do you know how much restraint mirror people need to face so much blood? Especially when they weren't full before." Lee smiled and said, "I promise with my head that they are kneeling on the ground right now. Licking the blood without dignity."
He said, shook his head and repeated: "No dignity."
Just after saying these four words, a gust of wind suddenly erupted behind his head.
The next second, he was grabbed by the back of the neck and pressed into the coffin.
The bridge of his nose was squeezed against the mirror at the bottom, twisted almost out of shape. Looking through the mirror, he saw two more people behind him.
One of them grabbed Kelly, the other stepped on the edge of the coffin, grabbed his neck and picked him up, with a low voice in his ear: "Thank you for leading the way for us to find the mirror. Take the liberty to ask, who did you just say? Without dignity?"
"… "
Lee's voice: Grass.