April 6, rain.
"My students and I dug with shovel after shovel and finally opened the underground tunnel."
"There is almost a world of civilization here, and to the point where it is today, no matter what the current situation is or what the future holds, my students and I can die without regrets."
"But what about Caiyong and the children? I can't let them die."
"There is something wrong with the students, but I am getting more and more sober. I feel that the world is not just a matter of magnetic fields, there may be other existences affecting us. This is the first time I have thought about this kind of problem."
"Is there any ghosts in this world? I asked Caiyong. Caiyong told me that there are no ghosts in this world. Ghosts are things that science cannot yet explain. Science is the courage of human beings."
"Caiyong can still say such words in this situation, as expected of my wife."
"Tonight, I'm going to sleep next to the child, too, so that I can feel at ease."
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April 19, rain.
"It's not easy to live in this underground palace, but almost all the good food I can prepare has been given to Caiyong. She and the children are very good."
"It's very difficult to prepare food, it can only be done at night, otherwise it will be robbed by others."
"Although they are all my students, there is no way. My children must live. I'm sorry, this is the obsession of a father."
"Fortunately, everyone is still there. A team of 29 people, working together, we will all be able to go out."
…
April 27, rain.
"It has been raining every day since we came down to the present, and the food is moldy, but Caiyong is in a good mood. She seems to have gained weight and looks even cuter."
"I discussed the child's name with her for a day, but still had no idea."
"At night, the five of us sat around the bonfire. I don't know why the darkness here seems to be able to swallow the light. Even if we burn everything like bones and clothing, the fire always doesn't light up, it can only illuminate the circle in front of us. A round piece."
"Caiyong taught everyone to back to back, not to face the darkness, everyone said yes, so the five of us leaned back to back each other."
"Caiyong encouraged me and everyone at the same time."
"Everyone likes her very much, respects her very much, and treats her like an angel. I am very happy, but also a little sad."
"Caiyong is mine, and so is the child."
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April 30, rain.
"We successfully spent the night, but Shao Yiwen was dying. She kept thinking about it. She slept with him back-to-back last night, and she was eaten."
"Who is he?"
"I was very confused, but Yiwen's left arm and her entire back were bitten off by those things, her internal organs flowed out of the gap, her intestines fell to the ground, her back was full of blood holes like a hornet's nest, densely packed. oozes blood like pus."
"But we can't stop on the road. We have to continue on our way and find the exit."
"Xu Xiangdong also became very strange. He kept saying that he had found an important document, that he had scribbled some symbols in his notebook, and that this was the text of the Elf Kingdom."
"Another student of mine, Duan Xuemin, disagreed with him. He even wanted to beat Duan Xuemin."
"He was completely insane, and he didn't know what to do anymore. His eyes suddenly went blind, and there were only two black holes left. Saying that 'He' was always by his side, he could even feel his breath."
"Continuing to take him with him may be dangerous to Caiyong, his children, and Xuemin."
"We persuaded him to stay and take care of Shao Yiwen, and then secretly dumped him. Although this is very unjust, if we continue to insist on this little righteousness, it will only destroy more things."
"Now only me and Caiyong are left, and my student Duan Xuemin."
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April 27, rain.
"It's still raining, it hasn't stopped, and the three of us still haven't found an exit. To be honest, it's a little desperate."
"But I couldn't show it in front of Caiyong and the children. I joked with Xuemin and asked her if she had any food left. She cried in fear."
"And said don't eat her, don't eat her."
"How could I eat her, silly child, very good at joking, Cai Yong was amused, and when Cai Yong smiled, I felt very hopeful."
"I put my hand on Caiyong's stomach, the child is kicking me, this is my first child, no matter what, I must protect him and let him live."
"I love him."
…
April 28, rain.
Xuemin is gone.
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April 29, rain.
"It's just me and Caiyong. A piece of meat was gnawed off my calf, but I couldn't feel the pain at all."
"I was in a state of confusion all day long. Caiyong said that I was caused by long-term claustrophobia and malnutrition, and the rainwater was very sticky and fishy. Drinking this rainwater for a long time really made me want to vomit."
"But Caiyong is fine. She doesn't see any discomfort at all. Her belly is too big."
"She is about to give birth, her hands and feet are swollen, and it is very inconvenient to walk."
"Caiyong and I silently wrote a lot of names for our children, but we haven't decided yet. I hope to have a daughter, but Caiyong wants a son."
"If it's a daughter, it must be very similar to Cai Yong."
"I thought of more than a dozen names, but Caiyong only said one boy's name. I don't like it very much, but as long as she is happy."
(a dozen names are listed below)
"Caiyong and I have been rushing towards a certain destination. It's strange, where are we going?"
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May 1, rain.
"My legs have lost a lot of flesh, and I can clearly see the bones. I can no longer walk, so I can only crawl on the ground."
"I was crawling with mud all over my body, but Caiyong didn't dislike me, kissed me, and dragged me away."
…
Lin Jie turned to the next page expressionlessly, but the blank horizontal grid woke him up from the notebook.
Is it gone... Lin Jie continued to scroll down, and then found the paper that was almost completely stained with blood on the last page. Lin Jie stretched out his hand and gently stroked it with the pulp of his finger, and could feel the indentation of the pen tip.
He took a deep breath, picked up the notebook and pointed it at the fuel lamp. Through the firelight, the red scribbled to the extreme pen marks reflected in his eyes.
…
"We're here, we're here, and Caiyong and I are finally here."
"But, here, is this hell?"
"The rotten flesh that covered the sky builds a huge palace. All kinds of strange creatures, including human stumps, are covered in front of us. When we step on it, we can hear the sound of flesh and blood."
"Countless pairs of black and red eyes are densely distributed throughout the palace, staring at us the moment we stepped in."
"Small tentacles are like a baby's wrist and like crawling maggots, swinging aimlessly."
"A huge chunk of flesh shaped like a baby, connected to countless spider silk-like flesh and blood pipes, placed in a transparent yellow liquid blister."
"It's the devil... the devil! I dragged Cai Yong and ran fast, but the corridors built by these internal organs and flesh and blood seemed to never finish."
"The whole world is full of red, all kinds of bizarre sacrificed human beings. Their limbs and five senses are randomly intertwined, twisted and deformed, like an endless vortex."
"They're still talking non-stop, calling my name, I'm alive, people covered in feet are chasing us, people with only a human skin are also chasing us, and some people are twisted into strips, with twisted facial features ... they surrounded us."
"And the dead old Chen, and all my students, they're all tattered..."
"We can't stop or we'll be them too."
"But Caiyong fell, and she is about to give birth."
"I delivered her, but the baby couldn't come out, how could I not come out! I'm so useless, why don't you come out, baby, why do you make mother so painful..."
"Caiyong hurts so much, so does my heart."
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts..."
"I'm covered in blood, and so is Cai Yong."
"I finally found it. The child came out. He was bloody and crying, but he didn't look like me at all, nor did he look like Caiyong."
"...he looks like the baby in the yellow transparent blisters."
"But this is my child, my only child."
"I can't find Caiyong anymore, but I want to leave with my child. This is my destiny as a father."
"Just like Cai Yong guessed, it's a boy named Lin Jie. The medium's introduction."
…
The notes were completely over, Lin Jie leaned against the counter and stared at his shadow in the dim light.
In this deserted bookstore, Lin Jie felt as if he had returned to the time when Morn hadn't come, the time he had just set foot in the bookstore three years ago, or... a more distant past.