Throughout the morning, several people rummaged through the houses in the residential area and started a carpet search.
However, after all, there are too few people, even if Fang Fei, Gu Qingqing and Wu You also joined in later, the speed is still slow.
At noon, Qin Ci Weidong and Luo Xun came back with the water-bearing plants and two rabbits they found, "The rabbits were caught by radishes," Weidong handed the struggling rabbit to Ke Xun, "This kid is really good, digging. Hunting traps is quite professional, we will go into the forest again in the afternoon, there are still several traps that we haven’t checked yet, maybe we have caught other animals, so we will come back first for fear of your worries.
"There are specialties in the arts," Shao Ling heard and praised Luo Meng, who was wiping his sweat beside him, "Everyone has their own place to use."
Ke Xun carried the rabbit to deal with it, peeled the skin, let blood, and removed the internal organs. Luo Xun and Wei Dong had already set up a fire outdoors, and Ke Xun took the meat and roasted it.
"The blood on the meat can't be washed off, so it's probably very fishy to eat. Let's make do with it." Ke Xun squatted by the fire, sweating so hot that he soaked his clothes, so he simply took off his shirt and went into battle shirtless.
Others are afraid of the heat and are all far away, some busy squeezing moisture from plants into containers, some busy checking suspicious items brought from the house, others building a makeshift awning out of sheets and branches - In view of the tragic situation that happened last night, no one wants to stay in the house for the time being, even if it is very hot outside.
Tian Yang was still sitting outside the room last night, Wei Dong brought him a glass of plant juice and looked at his face, feeling very complicated.
He has those black blood on his body, and I don't know what the bad consequences will be at present, but no one dares to take this risk to let him come into contact with everyone, and he is tacitly and silently excluded like this... But this What can be done
Wei Dong felt that the painting was extremely cruel.
Not only the way of death, but the feeling of loneliness, helplessness and abandonment avoided by one's own companions is no better than the taste of death.
To suffer such psychological torture before dying.
"Let's build an awning for you." Wei Dong tried his best to keep his tone sound the same, and said to Tian Yang like he treated others.
Tian Yang looked up at him slowly, and smiled bitterly: "I'm not worthy of your pity... You still hate me..."
"You made a lot of fun with Ke'er back then," Wei Dong said, "They all called Ke'er a dead gay, thinking that he was stalking you, a 'straight man', and there were more than a dozen idiots who organized themselves. Get up and stop Keer on the road after school, saying that he will be beaten to death, since he is gay anyway.
"You know, Ke Er was beaten to the ground and couldn't get up, and he didn't say that you were the same from the beginning to the end. I really hated you to death at that time, but what should I say, since I experienced the incident of entering the painting , I feel that all the hatred and complaints have become extremely vain and useless things. people.
"Besides, you have come in now. Everyone is a fallen person from the end of the world. Except for life and death, everything in the past will be regarded as a fart, and it will be over. Now, you can only learn to move forward like us. Look, don't look back, Xiao Kai is dead, no matter how painful you are, it's useless, look forward, and do everything possible to get out alive.
"You know, the driving force behind my life is my parents. As long as I think about my death, what will he do for the rest of his life, how painful it will be, who will take care of them, who will take care of them, so I… "
Speaking of this, Wei Dong's voice was a little choked, he took a deep breath and said again, "You are not Ke Er, and Xiao Kai is not the only one in your life, where are your parents and your mother? Your wife and children What? Because Xiao Kai's death is half dead here, Xiao Kai is more important than them? It's so important, why don't you divorce your wife and stay with Xiao Kai? Okay, I won't give you chicken soup, Anyway, that's all there is to it, you can do it, if you blame us for isolating you, then blame it, because in our hearts, there is only one purpose, which is to live and get out alive."
Tian Yang looked at him, his lips trembled for a while, he also took a breath, and murmured in a hoarse voice: "Chicken soup is good... It's very good... This kind of place... Without chicken soup, where does the belief in living come from... "
Saying that, he picked up the cup, poured the juice into his stomach, wiped his mouth, raised his head and said to Wei Dong: "Please help me build a awning, I don't have the strength right now... I won't go over there with you. Together, so as not to implicate you."
"Okay, wait a moment." Wei Dong turned his head and walked away. After a while, he came with Ke Xun carrying something, and Ke Xun was holding a baked rabbit leg in his hand.
"Eat it, don't pick on the flavor." Ke Xun handed him the rabbit leg, and then helped him build a awning with Wei Dong.
"If you need help, just assign me some tasks," Tian Yang said to Ke Xun, "One more person can save more time."
"Okay," Ke Xun thought for a while, "We searched some books from these houses in the morning. You can help check and see if you can find some clues from the books."
There are a lot of books found in the house, there are probably hundreds of them. Yesterday, when everyone searched for clues in the house, although they found these books, but the time was limited. This time everyone moved all the books outside, ready to spend an afternoon betting to see if they could find any clues related to the signature.
Ke Xun brought dozens of books and put them beside Tian Yang, and gave him a glass of plant juice: "Call us if you have any questions."
The rest of the people gathered not too far from him, and they all sat under the awning, each with a large stack of books in front of them, and began to take the time to read.
These books are of various types, including Chinese and foreign books, some that you have read and know, and some that you have never heard of.
This is a very time-consuming and labor-intensive work, but no one dares to relax.
At around three in the afternoon, Qin Ciweidong and Luo Yu were about to enter the forest again to fetch water plants and prey from the traps, while Ke Xun threw the book in his hand to the side and gave the rest of the group a meeting.
"It's not long before it gets dark," he said. "We need to prepare for tonight's response. I think about it, it's better to stay in the house than outside. If we are outside, those people And the blood is not blocked, no matter where we run, we may be surrounded and submerged. We need to find a relatively airtight room, and then block the gaps in the doors and windows. "
"You said, can we stand on the roof?" Wu You pointed to the house next to him, "Look, these roofs are all sloping, no matter how much blood there is, it can't flow up."
"But you have to consider those human skins and unknown substances," Ke Xun said. "Although blood cannot accumulate, those unknown substances can. If they pile up higher and higher around the house, they can also reach the roof. "
"It makes sense," Wu You nodded, "then...then let's stay in the house."
The terrible situation last night actually caused everyone to have a deep psychological shadow and resistance to the closed room in the house.
"I remember that house over there. There is a room in it that is fairly clean." Shao Ling pointed to a certain house and said, "Given the amount of blood that infiltrated into the house last night, I think we can prepare a few high tables and stack them up. Everyone stays up there."
"Think about it while you work." Ke Xun stood up and glanced at He Tang who was lying next to Fang Fei, "How is she?"
Fang Fei shook her head slightly: "It burned so badly, I don't know if I fell asleep or passed out. The situation is a bit like Xiao Kai yesterday."
Everyone was silent for a while, Ke Xun turned to look at Tian Yang not far away, and saw that he was lying on the ground early, with a few books under his head, his face was pale, and he was still struggling to read the rest of the books. .
"It's a bit strange," Zhu Haowen said. "He Tang didn't get blood, so why does this happen? If it's actually not related to blood, then we may have to reconsider the criteria for death."
Everyone left He Tang in place, went to the house pointed out by Shao Ling, and moved in several high tables from other houses, almost covering the entire room.
Zhu Haowen also collected several raincoats and distributed them to everyone: "Be on the safe side."
Everyone knows the meaning of these four words. Although it sounds cruel, it is helpless.
When Ke Xun saw the raincoat, he had an idea. He found a hammer, nails, transparent glue, etc., pasted the raincoat outside the window, nailed it tightly, and nailed a layer inside the window.
"The rest will wait for everyone to enter the house before dark, and seal the door as much as you can." Ke Xun said.
Almost ready, everyone came out of the house again, only to see He Tang still in a drowsiness, and Tian Yang curled up with his head covered.
"Tian Yang," Ke Xun walked over, "how are you?"
He knew in his heart that he was asking in vain, no matter what happened to him now, no one could help him.
"It hurts..." Tian Yang raised his face from between his arms, his face was frighteningly white, the same as yesterday's Xiao Kai.
"Where does it hurt?" Ke Xun asked.
"Eye...behind the eyeball...it hurts to death..." Tian Yang groaned in pain.
"Don't worry about these books anymore," Ke Xun lowered his waist. "If you agree, I may make you dizzy, and it may be better."
Tian Yang shook his head: "I know... I don't have much time... I don't want to die, Ke'er, I'm afraid of death... I'm very afraid... You don't know, you can't understand how I feel now... I, I am more Wish I could live a little longer... Ke'er, don't confuse me, I only have so little time left to live..."
Tian Yang was a little incoherent and choked up uncontrollably.
Ke Xun looked at him silently, under such circumstances, any words of relief were useless.
"Ke'er... I'm sorry for you..." Tian Yang's voice trembled, "At that time, I shouldn't..."
"It's all over," Ke Xun said calmly, "who didn't do a few stupid things when they were young, it's ridiculous to think about it now. Don't think about it, while you still have time, you … record what you want to keep for your family on your phone—just in case.”