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Chapter 12: first round

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"Wow, woof, woof, woof, woof!" The vicious barking of dogs outside the car came one after another.

In the car, Lu Chu wiped his face indifferently, and tied the rope connecting him and the man to his wrist with one hand.

Lu Chu didn't bring many things with him when he went out, but they were all practical, such as the alarm clock at his home that told the time. He took out the alarm clock, pressed a button, and the alarm clock chimed—"14:56".

The man said that he had to reach the central tower of the town before dark, that is to say, before half past six in the evening. Unknowingly, they don't have much time left. It is conservatively estimated that they will need about two hours to walk the rest of the way without any obstacles.

The next journey is relatively simple. First, you have to walk along the left side of the road to the end, then turn left into the next street, and then you will pass a park with a small artificial lake, winding and quiet wooded stone roads, and recreational facilities. . Walking directly through this park, you can see scattered villas with small yards. This small number of villas formed a circle, and in the center of the circle was a large open space, where the tall tower stood.

The vicious dogs outside dispersed after about ten minutes, and disappeared completely after a while. If they were still guarding outside in a few minutes, Lu Chu would consider getting out of the car and killing them alone, even though this process might be extremely dangerous, and if he was not careful, he would be bitten.

After listening carefully for a while, and confirming that the vicious dogs were not nearby, Lu Chu put on his backpack again, then tied the clothes he found in the car together to make something like a baby carrier, and fixed the radish in his arms. In my arms.

After feeling and checking the things he brought, everything was ready, and Lu Chu handwritten a signal that the man was about to leave.

Opening the car door, Lu Chu carefully pulled the man out of the car, and the two of them came to the side of the road with light feet, walking close to the edge.

Along the way, Lu Chu never let go of his inner guard, and listened carefully to everything around him, for fear of another emergency situation. Fortunately, because there were not many people in the town, and there was a park ahead, and the time when the loss of senses broke out was due to a working day, the road to the park was smooth and safe, and I rarely encountered other people who lost senses.

After Lu Chu took the man to the park, he followed his memory to a small forest, found a quiet corner, and squatted down.

The man named "7" was not good at speech, and he was even more silent after losing his dual senses. No matter what Lu Chu did, he would follow him quietly without any objection. At this time, although he didn't know why Lu Chu stopped in such a dangerous and urgent situation, he still had no doubts, and stood quietly by himself, but unconsciously touched the connection between him and Lu Chu's wrist. Rope, the movement is unexpectedly gentle.

"Shushasha-shashasha-"

The sound of digging the soil came from the originally quiet woods, and the law was firm. After a while, there was the sound of burying the soil again.

After about half an hour, Lu Chu finally stood up. He stood facing the direction he had just dug the soil for a moment, then turned around and pulled the man out of the dense forest.

As the breeze blew, the leaves from the trees fell, and some of them happened to be dotted on the small mound that Lu Chu had piled up by himself.

———

Leading the man around the lake in the park.

A carp jumped out of the water in the lake and made a crisp sound. Lu Chu suddenly said, "I buried the carrot."

The man was ignorant, but this made Lu Chu feel more at ease to confide.

"This is probably the second time since I can remember that I hate things like 'not being able to see'. The first time was when my parents passed away." Lu Chu said as if talking to himself, "I am not afraid of being criticized, nor am I afraid of being criticized because of this. But because of 'not seeing', I can't see the important people, I can't protect them in the most dangerous time, I can't even hear their pain and sorrow."

Not to mention the last "face" of them.

Talking to himself, Lu Chu raised his head, suppressed the sour moisture in the corners of his eyes, and then tried to curl his lips into a gentle and bitter smile: "But I still want to smile."

Because I promised them to live a good life.

When people come to this world, perhaps they have to go through the process of gaining everything and losing everything like this, and then leave cleanly. Although the result and the beginning are all alone, the process of being alive is so important.

Lu Chu touched the clothes that were stained with radish blood on his chest with the back of his hand holding the bamboo stick, sorted out his messy thoughts, and led the man out of the back gate of the park.

It was around four o'clock in the afternoon. As long as there were no accidents when passing through a few villas, they could enter the tower before dark.

Lu Chu led the man forward.

The rest of the process was incredibly smooth, and it didn't take long for them to come under the tower.

Lu Chu heard all kinds of legends about the tower from the residents of the town. The people in the town seemed to have a wordless solemn awe for this tower, and they rarely mentioned it except to warn children not to approach it easily, so Lu Chu had no chance to have a deeper understanding of this tower.

After arriving at the destination, Lu Chu had already skillfully written on the palm of the man's hand.

—We have reached the tower, but I don't know where the entrance to the tower is.

The man paused visibly, and then said: "We can go in when it gets dark."

-it is good.

The waiting process passed very quickly. Because he couldn't see it, Lu Chu didn't know when it would be dark. He could only judge by the time the alarm clock struck. At about half past six, he signaled to the man that it was almost time.

This time it was a man pulling him, and after they walked slowly around the edge of the tower, the man stopped somewhere first: "This is the entrance."

Immediately afterwards, before Lu Chu could react, he was pulled forward by a man who didn't know what he had done.

Suddenly, Lu Chu heard the man say, "Come in."

Then a strong sense of suffocation and discomfort came to his face, and there seemed to be something repelling his existence in the inexplicable darkness.

But what shocked Lu Chu the most was not this weird feeling, but—

Lu Chu stretched out his hand not far in front of him, and shook it slightly left and right a few times, then he squinted his eyes, resisting the dizziness.

It was as if he... saw the light.