When An Xinghua was shaken awake by her father, it was still pitch black outside the tent.
The little girl looked at her father sleepily, her originally long hair was messed up because of a bad sleep, and curled up in a pile of stupid hair.
"What's the matter, Dad? Is it dawn?" She rubbed her eyes, half dreaming and half awake.
"Shh, keep your voice down, you put on your clothes, let's get out of here."
Papa Ann said in a low voice.
Originally, he was only skeptical about this so-called divine religion, but because many business partners regarded that "master" as a guest of honor, even if he didn't believe it in his heart, in order to make a comeback for himself, he didn't feel good about it. To save face, that's why he made a pious appearance like them.
However, after coming to this so-called campsite, he felt that something was wrong.
This suspicion exploded when he met an old friend from the past.
That old friend of An's father is not young. It is said that he was able to chat and laugh with the bigwigs in Zhongnanhai. Well, this gave Dad An the capital to make a comeback, otherwise Dad An is probably still in prison for various reasons.
But after meeting that old friend here today, Father An noticed something was wrong.
The other party completely lost his usual shrewd and capable appearance, and he worshiped that mysterious master very much. It was totally different from the kind but arrogant appearance in the past, it was incredible.
Then Dad An suddenly realized that his business partners also seemed to have a tendency to change into this kind of appearance, but because this kind of transformation is subtle and gradually changed bit by bit, so the more familiar with those people, the more likely they will be. The more difficult it is to detect this change.
On the contrary, it was this old friend who hadn't seen each other for a long time because his current life had nothing to do with each other, so that Dad An suddenly realized that something was wrong when he met.
There is no doubt that this will happen, and there must be something wrong with this weird religion.
Whether it's an alternative pyramid scheme or a pure cult, it's definitely not a good thing.
That's why Dad An kept his eyes open, pretending he didn't notice anything during the day, just wandering around in the camp under the pretext of helping to collect firewood for the campfire, but in fact he secretly took note of the surrounding environment and the way he escaped Route, at night, take An Xinghua and escape from this ghostly place together!
"What's wrong?" An Xinghua, who was wearing bear pajamas, tilted her head and asked in a daze.
"I don't have time to explain. Anyway, leave here first."
Pa An kept an eye out for the outside, praying that he would not be discovered by the vigilante, and whispered.
An Xinghua is a good and obedient child. After finding out that her father was not joking, most of her sleepiness dissipated immediately, and she got into the thin towel and changed her clothes.
But after that, she suddenly pulled her father's hand in a panic.
"Dad, the little black cat is missing..."
"Don't worry about the black cat now, it's important to go first!"
Since Dad An was just an ordinary person, Xu Shenxing never talked to him, so he naturally didn't know that the black cat was actually his daughter's bodyguard.
"But mother said that she must be with him when she comes out this time..."
An Xinghua frowned, her small face was full of sadness, she seemed to be afraid of being scolded by her mother.
"It's okay, it's just a little black cat. At worst, when we go back, I'll help you buy another one on the way."
Papa An said casually.
In his opinion, the little black cat is really nothing special, and it seems to have a tendency to shed its hair, so it must be troublesome to take care of. Just look at the cat.
Although she still had some doubts about this, An Xinghua finally decided to listen to her father, and together with An's father, they secretly left the tent while the moon was dark and the wind was high, and walked in the forest with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
The advantage of this kind of moss-covered woodland is that the ground is almost occupied by moss, so there are few bushes, so it is easier to walk, and you will not be tripped and hindered so easily; the disadvantage is that there are no bushes, and the view is very wide. If you keep a certain distance, it is easy to be seen from a long distance.
The forest at night is not as muggy as it is during the day. The whistling wind passes through the trees and is elongated into a weird and sharp whistling sound; the canopy of the trees rustles as a result, making people instinctively terrified in the darkness.
I don't know how long I've been running, Dad An is fine, just a little short of breath, but An Xinghua can't run anymore... It's impossible to expect a little girl in the fourth grade of an ordinary elementary school to be able to run at least five kilometers of woodland orienteering. possible thing.
"Daddy... can... take a break?" the girl asked out of breath.
Dad An thought about it, but in the end he still felt that it was not safe.
"My dear girl, hold on a little longer... No, if you really can't run, I'll carry you on your back."
After speaking, she squatted down with her back to An Xinghua.
However, at this moment, a male voice sounded from behind.
"Where are you two going?"
Dad An's heart sank immediately.
He recognized this voice, it was the voice of the priest who came to his house, invited him to this camp, and named Xinghua to come with him.
How could this be? Obviously, he has been running for so long, even if it is a conservative estimate, he has almost completed half of the distance, and when he left the camp, he confirmed that he did not alarm anyone... Then how did this guy catch up
It was obviously summer, but Dad An felt as if he was in an ice cave. The inexplicable fear gripped his heart, and he couldn't even utter a cry.
If it wasn't in front of his daughter, he might have collapsed to the ground because of the overwhelming fear in his heart.
"Don't be nervous, I just remind you a little bit... It's not good to disturb everyone's rest at night, always running around the camp, right, Mr. An?"
The priest said with a smile, but that kind of smile made Dad An feel even more eerie.
"Around the camp...?"
Upon hearing this, Dad An looked forward, his pupils dilated in vain, and his face was full of disbelief.
Although it was difficult to see clearly because of the sky, the outline of the camp ahead could still be vaguely seen.
wrong! wrong! wrong!
Father Ann was in a state of confusion.
He had obviously observed it during the day, and when he came to the camp, he deliberately and quietly left marks on some trees in order to prevent getting lost.
When he ran just now, he definitely ran according to the mark, and he must have run more than half of the distance...
So what is going on in this situation? !
Are all my previous efforts in vain
Vaguely, he remembered what a male friend once said when he was young.
—"Anzi, have you ever heard of ghosts hitting the wall?"
— "Sorry, I don't believe in superstition."
—"It's not superstitious, I heard that there is such a thing... You are walking on the road you know, but in the blink of an eye, you find yourself in another place! This is the so-called ghost hitting the wall!"
— "That's why you were in the women's room before?"
"..."
How should I put it, I don't know why after recalling this incident, Dad An inexplicably felt that he calmed down a lot: "Did the ghost hit the wall?"
"Mr. An," the priest finally put away the smile on his face, and slowly approached Father An: "Sometimes knowing too much is not a good thing."
If it's a fight...
Dad An compared his physique with that of the opponent, and found that he seemed to have some advantages.
Moreover, I also practiced Jeet Kune Do for a period of time in order to exercise my body. If I am prepared, I can still use some basic striking skills.
If he could knock this guy down from the start, he might be able to escape without disturbing too many people.
So he pretended to be scared, and began to wait for the opponent to get close to his attack range.
When the other party approached, Father An smelled a strong cologne.
This made him frown involuntarily.
The guy didn't smell so strongly of cologne when he went to his house to invite him to this weird camp.
Is it for deworming or something? But I haven't heard that cologne has that effect
Soon, Dad An noticed something was wrong.
Although the ambergris in the cologne can numb people's sense of smell to a certain extent (so the cologne is quite effective against body odor), but I don't know if it's because of the strong smell or other reasons, but Dad still smells it mixed in the cologne. A hint of smell.
Father An, who had been exposed to this smell because of some things, turned pale all of a sudden.
Corpse smell.
It was like the smell of rotting corpses after opening a cloth bag that had been soaked in water for several days.
It didn't come from other places. There is no doubt that the source of the corpse smell is the short and fat man in front of him.
When he came to his house yesterday, the other party was still a normal human being, but now standing in front of him was already a moving corpse.
Just kidding...
Dad An felt that his daily life seemed to have collapsed.
Cultists, ghosts hitting the wall, moving corpses, a series of things that would never appear under normal circumstances, now appeared in front of him in one breath.
If it weren't for the idea of "protecting his daughter" as the last pillar supporting his reason, I'm afraid Dad An might have fallen into an unstable state of madness due to the sharp drop in sanity value.
Even so, he still felt hopeless.
How could this kind of monster survive...
No, if you risk your life, it may be possible to delay for a while.
As long as Xinghua can escape...
"..."
Father Ann took a deep breath, not thinking about how a little girl in the fourth grade would break free from the shackles of ghosts hitting the wall, and escape the almost impossible reality of a forest full of cultists, and forced himself to focus on Concentrating on the "person" in front of him, he mustered up his last courage and shouted out loudly.
"As long as I'm still alive, I will never let you touch a single hair of my daughter!"