Even though they have lived in this weird place for nearly a week, Lin Tianyin and Celier were still involuntarily shocked when they saw the night coming. Together with the monkey, the two of them stared blankly at the nucleus outside the house that had never stopped glowing, but now it was almost extinguished, feeling an ominous premonition in their hearts.
What the hell is going on here
I don't know if the residents here have already expected this kind of thing, and I don't know who took the lead in excitedly shouting "It's started!", and then the entire safe area suddenly lit up sporadic fires one after another.
This seems to have been prepared for a long time, which is simply amazing.
Those people ignited a kind of flammable stone that is abundant in Area C, and the raging flames illuminated the entire area again, and the residents walked out of the house one after another, each with high spirits and high spirits. This group of people seemed to be celebrating some festival, cheering and running towards the central square.
what happens? Could it be that the so-called Thanksgiving started
But why did the "core" that provided the light go out? Is there any connection between this and the Eucharist
Feeling very baffled by this situation, Lin Tianyin planned to go and see what was going on. Because the monkey was also terrified, screaming and refusing to be left in the house, Lin Tianyin had no choice but to let the monkey climb on her arm, and followed the residents to the center with Seril in doubt. square.
Originally, this place was a little lifeless, but now it seems unprecedentedly lively at this moment. A raging bonfire is burning in the center of the square, and the hot and dazzling fire lights up every dancing person here.
Lin Tianyin felt even more strange in her heart, so she patted the shoulder of a person beside her, and asked casually, "Brother, sorry to bother you, what is going on now? Why is it getting dark?"
The man turned around after hearing the words, and Lin Tianyin noticed that this was an ordinary middle-aged man with no characteristics. Like most people here, his eyes were dim and he lacked enthusiasm for life, but at the moment he was also extremely excited. After seeing Lin Tianyin, she also enthusiastically said, "Oh, you are new here, right? Master Jorov didn't explain to you, we have a Thanksgiving Festival every month here."
"I know this, but what I want to ask is why the 'nucleus' doesn't emit light?" Lin Tianyin pointed to the dark sky above, and she vaguely felt that the surrounding temperature seemed to drop after the thing went out, if it wasn't for the entire area to be safe The area is on fire, and the current temperature is likely to have dropped below zero.
"Ah? You mean 'the sun'?" The man looked quite calm, as if he was used to it and explained, "Oh, it's nothing, the sun will suddenly go out on a certain day of every month. In that A night will fall on this land, in order to let us remember the hardships and hardships of life here, and to be grateful to the gods for not abandoning us, so we set this day as a Thanksgiving Festival.”
"So when will the 'sun' shine again?"
"Generally speaking, after the eighth ringing of the bell." The middle-aged man frowned and thought for a while, "No one can estimate the exact time, but when the celebration is over and everyone goes home and wakes up,' The sun's already starting to shine again."
It sounds a bit unbelievable... Although I am curious about the reason, it seems that these people don't know the details. Lin Tianyin always felt that there was a reason for the extinction of the "nucleus". Could it be related to some sea monster's activity patterns, or related to the clues to escape from here? When Lin Tianyin began to seriously think about various possibilities, Celier suddenly asked, "Speaking of which, why didn't you see the Governor and the others? Mr. Jorov is not here either."
"Oh, that's because the governor will complete a very difficult task for us on this day." The man laughed, as if he was used to this kind of thing.
"What mission?" Lin Tianyin asked curiously.
"Hehe, that's just a habit left by our ancestors." When the man talked about the governor, the smile on his face was even bigger, "On this day, in addition to thanking God for giving us precious food, the governor and others will also bring tribute Dedicated to 'Acid Spring', dedicated to the sea monster Erms who allows us to continue to live in peace. Although it is just some old practice, but as long as we have been doing it for so many years, disasters will not come to this land. God is blessed on land."
"That's it... But the resources here are already in short supply, so what is the tribute to the sea monster?" Lin Tianyin asked habitually according to her own logical thinking.
"I don't know. Sacrifice is a very important thing, and everyone will not leave the safe area to join in the fun. If the ceremony is interrupted, the anger of the sea monster will cause chaos in the water level in the fourth district."
This kind of rhetoric sounds like an excuse... Lin Tianyin sneered in her heart, she didn't trust the governor like the residents here. The so-called sacrifice to the sea monster must be tricky, but they have no way of knowing the truth at present. There are too many secrets hidden in this place.
"Understood, thank you for explaining to us."
Celil thanked the other party, then suddenly circled Lin Tianyin and pulled her back.
"Huh? What's the matter with you, don't you continue to participate in the celebration?" The man looked puzzled and shouted at them from behind, "Hey, it's about to start. Those who don't participate will not get the precious vegetables. If you miss it, you will be rewarded." Gone!"
"It's okay, our little chubby girl is losing weight." Celier showed a smirk at the man, waved goodbye and continued walking. Hearing this, Lin Tianyin flew into a rage and immediately kicked Celier's calf, but this time he easily dodged it.
"What do you want to do? Leave after you get the things they distributed!" Lin Tianyin glared at him angrily. Since everyone came, there is no reason to return empty-handed. Although she hates vegetables, she doesn't want to miss any chance to receive food... and the vegetables here are very precious, maybe they can be exchanged for other things or information with others.
"Don't ask too many questions, come with me." Celil whispered close to her ear, and when he spoke, his exhaled lightly sprayed on her neck, this feeling immediately made Lin Tianyin tremble all over—
"Hey, it's too close!"
Lin Tianyin immediately jumped two steps away from Celier as if she had been burned. After all, even though Lin Tianyin's heart is full of violent tendencies due to various reasons, she is still a girl anyway. She felt that her face was a little hot, but she was secretly glad that it was fortunate that she couldn't see it in the firelight...
"Huh? What's the matter?" Celil was a little dazed for a moment, but he quickly realized, "Oh, by the way, Shanoya is a girl. I'm sorry, I'll pay attention next time."
Hey, what's up with that take-for-granted attitude! ? Didn't he realize she was a girl before this? !
Celil laughed heartlessly, which made Lin Tianyin a little weak to complain. I can only say it in my heart, anyway, her girlish heart has died since she turned into a two-hundred-pound fat girl... Well, it's all her own fault, so she shouldn't complain about it. Shark, I heard that all the readers who read her pirated articles ended up weighing two hundred catties...
In short, Lin Tianyin followed Celil for a while with a heavy heart. All the residents here will not lock their doors, because they don't have much private property, and they have nothing to steal after eating the food for the day. Except for those high-level residents of the management, ordinary civilians have really realized it... Of course, the living standard here is similar to that in the early days of liberation, but these people are used to being poor, so they can't feel where their problems are. North Korea still thinks it is the happiest country in the world...
Not long after following Celil, they found that they were about to reach the exit of the safe area, and the two people "Tin Can" and "Skinny Monkey" who had been guarding the exit were still patrolling there. Lin Tianyin suddenly felt a little strange in her heart. In fact, the location of the safe area is very hidden. Even in normal times, nothing would break into it. She always felt that these two guards were useless at all. At this time, wouldn't they go to the celebration
However, Lin Tianyin also couldn't figure out Celier's intention of bringing her here, so she looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What are we doing here? Are you going to follow the governor?"
Although she was also very curious about what the Governor and the others were doing, it was obviously not a wise move... and quite dangerous.
"That's right." Celier pulled Lin Tianyin to squat behind a house, squinted his eyes and looked at the two guards, and said in a low voice, "I have always suspected these two guys, and now I am more sure. Guarding the entrance and exit is not to prevent monsters from entering, but to monitor the residents here."
"If you say this, there is a possibility." Lin Tianyin frowned, "But if this is the case, we can't leave here, right? Even if we break through by force, they will report to the governor, then our trouble is..."
"Just don't let them find out." Celil grinned, then turned to look at the monkey attached to Lin Tianyin's arm, and gently stroked its head, "Ah Fu, can I trouble you to distract them?"
"That's Ah Fu's monkey, named Pippi!" Lin Tianyin seriously corrected Celil. When Gagaff was away, she could only act as a joker by herself, which didn't feel good.
"Zhizhi!" I have to say that this monkey is very smart and understands human nature. Although it has always shown that it hates Celier, it is still very cooperative at critical times. The monkey nodded to the two of them, then slipped into the darkness on all fours, and ran towards the two guards.
"I'm so sleepy. I said tin can. Otherwise, let's take turns to go to the Thanksgiving celebration on the other side of the square, shall we? I'm so bored that I'm about to fall asleep."
"No way, did you forget that the governor told us to take care of this place and not let the residents run out?"
"Who would run out at this time! We have been guarding for so many years and we have never seen anyone go out and wander around at the Thanksgiving Festival?!"
"It's hard to say, this time there are three newcomers, in case they don't understand the rules..."
"They're not crazy! Even if they don't understand the rules, what are they going to do when they run out?"
At the exit of the safe area, the thin monkey and Tin Can were arguing endlessly over whether to take a break. Unexpectedly, at this moment, suddenly a nimble monkey jumped out of the darkness and quickly tore down the thin monkey. belt, squeaked and fled.
The thin monkey and Tie Can were stunned for a few seconds at the same time, and when they saw the monkey stop after running a short distance, and triumphantly raised its belt to its head, they immediately jumped up on the spot.
"Fuck! It's that monkey!! Damn thief—"
"Grab it—"
The thin monkey had to hold the slipped trousers with one hand, and the tin can raised the stick in his hand to chase after the monkey. The monkey is indeed a habitual thief who got mixed up with Ah Fu. He ran very fast and disappeared in a flash. At the same time, Celier suddenly stood up from the corner, grabbed Lin Tianyin and rushed towards the exit.
"It's now, quickly."
They followed Celier and ran for a long distance in one go, until they finally slowed down a little when they could no longer see the safe area. No one chased after them because they spotted the two of them, and the surrounding area was extremely quiet, with no light in the darkness.
The current situation is finally out of that dead environment, neither safe nor monitored. Lin Tianyin was extremely disturbed, she held Celier's arm tightly, wondering what to do if she got lost here. The two of them didn't bring out any exploration tools today... But at this moment, they suddenly heard the sound of flint and steel, and after the sparks flashed, Celier lit the burning stone.
"Hey, where did this come from?" Lin Tianyin looked at him slightly in surprise, the burning stone is also rationed, and the daily allocation is only for roasting food, where did he get such a big piece
"Oh, it was stolen." Celil laughed viciously. "Those guys are too stingy. There are so many burning stones, so no one will care if I take one away."
"..." Lin Tianyin decided to shut up.
Fuck! At first I thought this guy was a bit of a good guy, but now he looks like a typical pirate!
However, Lin Tianyin, who stole the prince's purse, has no right to accuse others, so she decided to change the subject: "I remember that person said that the Governor and the others went to the 'Sour Spring' to sacrifice, do you remember the road to 'Sour Spring'? "
A few days ago, the two found a mucus-stained carcass of a sea beast. Because of its small size, they and John transported the carcass to the acid spring. Although I don't know if the 'acid spring' is the digestive gland of the sea monster, it just grows directly in the center of a flat fleshy wall, exuding strange blue ripples, like a huge pool. But when a few people threw the sea monster's corpse down, there was a wave of waves in the pool, but the corpse melted rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if it had been absorbed, that kind of scene was very creepy.
Seeing that scene, Lin Tianyin seemed to think that she would never be hungry again in this life, and she felt nauseous. John also took the opportunity to warn them not to approach here privately, if they accidentally fall in, no one can save you and so on. So after coming out of that area, Lin Tianyin forced herself to forget about it, but that terrible picture always appeared in her mind, and she couldn't forget it no matter what.
"Of course I remember, just follow me." Celier nodded without looking back at Lin Tianyin. Lin Tianyin always had a bad premonition in her heart. The governor and the others went to that place to offer sacrifices. I'm afraid the sacrifices would not be simple things.
However, it's like the more you worry about something, the more it will happen. Lin Tianyin's bad premonition came true again.
When the two of them walked along the wall of flesh for a long time and finally noticed the flames in the distance, Celier quietly extinguished his burning stone, moving very quickly.
Facing the approaching flames, the two lowered their breaths, and approached the acid spring area hidden in the flesh wall cautiously. Looking from a distance, there were about four or five people holding torches, standing in front of the blue pool of water emitting a strange light, and they didn't know what they were discussing.
The distance was a little far, even though Lin Tianyin tried to prick up her ears, she still couldn't hear what they were saying. But Celier suddenly made a bold move. Hidden in the darkness, he simply continued to move forward along the fleshy wall.
"Come back—what if I'm found out!" Lin Tianyin lowered her voice and shouted behind him, but Celier ignored her at all, Lin Tianyin hesitated for a while, and decided to move forward together.
Then at this moment, as he moved forward and could see more things, Lin Tianyin suddenly noticed that in the center surrounded by the five people was an old man who was forced to kneel on the ground and kept struggling.
—Old Captain!
Lin Tianyin gasped, suddenly a terrifying thought flashed through her mind.
It seems that all the clues are connected in series at this time, and she seems to understand the various senses of disobedience here, as well as the secret of the "nuclear"...
Shouldn't it be... no...