After the announcement, the radio went dead. There was silence in the car.
What big treasure? What reassuring pill? They were all dreams in front of the "Gypsy."
Everyone was at a loss for a moment and collapsed in their seats.
The minibus instantly became a hearse, dragging a few people with it.
It was annoying enough to be woken up from sleep, but to be woken up by such a troublesome thing. Just as You Huo was about to sit up straight, he saw a certain someone walking towards him.
He immediately closed his eyes and pretended to be dead asleep.
The minibus seemed to be in the clouds without any bumps.
The footsteps stopped beside him. The back of the chair You Huo's head was resting on collapsed. Then, his earphone cord was gently pulled a few times.
"…"
You Huo pretended to be asleep with a cold face.
The earphone cord was gently pulled a few more times, and even the earring on his earlobe was moving.
"…"
You Huo continued to pretend to be dead.
"There's no signal. What kind of earphones are you using? Don't pretend anymore. "A familiar, drawling voice sounded.
"…"
You Huo couldn't pretend anymore.
He half-opened his eyes and glanced out from the corner of his eyes at the hand on the earphone cord. "What's the matter?"
After asking this, he looked up at the person standing there.
From his expression to his tone, it fully expressed the arrogance of "Get lost if you have the fart."
Qin Jiu retracted his hand from the earphone cord and put it on the back of the front seat.
He used his chin to point at the seat next to You Huo and said with a faint smile, "Your backpack? Please let it take a seat. "
"It doesn't want to."
You Huo said expressionlessly, plugged in the earphone, and closed his eyes again.
In less than two seconds, the annoying hand came again and directly took off his earphone.
When the finger brushed his earlobe, it was a little itchy.
You Huo raised his hand to pinch the earring, frowned and opened his eyes. "Is there anything else?"
"If it really doesn't want to, I'll have to do it myself." Qin Jiu picked up the black bag with a smile, weighed it in his hand, and then put it on the luggage rack above You Huo's head.
You Huo stared at him. "Can't you get an empty seat?"
Qin Jiu: "I'm afraid not. There are nine seats in the car, and you guys have taken up seven of them. If I don't sit here, I'll have to tie up the driver. It's hard to say, but I don't think the others want me to do that. "
You Huo: "…"
When he got on the bus, he didn't even count the number of seats. Who would have thought that there would be so many seats in a dilapidated parking space?
Qin Jiu sat down beside him.
The man looked tall and thin in his overcoat, but when they got closer, they could feel that his body was tall and straight. They could feel his hard arms and body temperature through the fabric.
Fortunately, there were not many seats in the car, and the front and back seats were spacious. Otherwise, the two of them would have nowhere to put their legs.
But even so, it was inevitable that their knees would touch.
You Huo wanted to straighten his leg, but that would kick the person in front of him.
And at a time like this, it seemed that whoever moved out of the way first would be at a disadvantage. You Huo thought for a moment, then decided to throw caution to the wind and hit Qin Jiu's knee hard.
He pulled up his collar and was about to close his eyes and sleep when he heard Qin Jiu mutter in a low voice, "Gypsy, you're really good."
You Huo woke up in anger. "You didn't choose this subject?"
Qin Jiu glanced at him and lazily gestured with his fingers. "If you put it that way, I'm a little wronged."
Wronged my ass.
You Huo looked at him coldly.
"Look at the person you chose." Qin Jiu pointed to where Mike was sitting. "As far as I know, this candidate has a very interesting background. He's a mix of American, French, Russian, and Spanish blood, and then he grew up like this. "
You Huo: "…"
"Sorry, I accidentally became a little aggressive." Qin Jiu didn't look sorry at all.
You Huo: "You have all the candidate's information?"
"Why don't you guess?" Qin Jiu's voice was low, and even if he dragged it out, it was still very pleasant.
You Huo sneered.
Since they could pull people to this godforsaken place, he believed that the exam system should have all the information. How much did the invigilators know?
You Huo thought back to their previous performance and felt that it shouldn't be much.
The invigilators were also bound by the rules. Maybe … if they wanted to know the candidate's specific information, they also had to go through a process to obtain it? And that process shouldn't be simple.
Otherwise, the first person 001, 154, and 922 would check would be him.
Qin Jiu propped his head up and looked at him with his dark eyes for a while. "Don't worry, generally speaking, I'm not interested in the candidate's information."
You Huo: "Oh," was very perfunctory.
"In short, with such a treasure in the team, it's not strange that you're in this godforsaken place," Qin Jiu said.
You Huo didn't know what was behind the so-called exam system, but he felt that it had a crafty and strange temper. In order to avoid the "mother tongue" of their group, it seemed reasonable to come up with a "Gypsy" after so many twists and turns.
Since he found the reason, he didn't push the blame to Qin Jiu.
And he didn't know if it was an illusion, but Qin Jiu seemed a little unhappy from the moment he got on the bus.
You Huo looked at the invigilator who was in a daze with drooping eyes …
Maybe it was because the snow outside the bus was too bright, but his eyes hurt again and he felt a little uncomfortable.
He carelessly rubbed them twice, plugged in his headphones and went back to sleep.
…
·
The bus drove for ten minutes when the roadside suddenly bumped.
The dejected candidates came back to their senses and realized that the scenery outside the bus had changed.
The snow that filled the sky had disappeared, and in front of them was a winding mountain road.
The road conditions weren't good. After the bus drove up, it kept bumping all the way, and there was solidified mud and gravel everywhere.
The road was still very narrow. If the two parties met, they would have to shift to first gear and move over bit by bit.
The bottom of the mountain was covered in vegetation, and the depth couldn't be seen at a glance. If they rolled down, it was very likely that they wouldn't even have bones left.
Even so, the broken bus was still driving particularly boldly.
Halfway through the journey, the driver released one hand to turn the radio button. The radio in the bus buzzed a few times, jumped to a certain frequency band, and sang an old song. Occasionally, there would be a traffic alert, saying that part of the mountain road had a landslide and was impassable.
During the broadcast, a warning sign appeared in front of the bus.
In front of the warning sign was a large rock and a fallen tree. A normal car obviously couldn't pass.
But the driver completely ignored the warning sign and drove the broken bus with two big bumps.
Everyone exclaimed. By the time they fell back into their seats, the bus had already passed through the landslide and continued to drive into the mountains.
·
Ever since they entered the depths, the sky suddenly became gloomy.
There was a heater in the bus, but everyone still couldn't help but shiver.
When they came out from the other side of the mountain road, there was an old road sign on the side of the road, marked with the road number.
Lao Yu wrapped his clothes tightly and shrank in his seat, looking at the number and muttering, "This road seems to be close to the border …"
"Do we really want to go out?" Yu Wen stared.
Lao Yu: "I don't know."
Yu Wen shrank his neck and hurriedly stared out of the bus: "Can we just go to the border?!"
While talking, the minibus made a big turn and got into the roadside forest.
Everyone was confused by this unpredictable route. They wanted to ask, but the driver was mute.
Another 10 minutes passed.
The bus got out of the forest and braked on the muddy road.
·
"Brother, wake up, get off." Yu Wen knelt on the seat with one leg and called You Huo over the back of the chair.
He really admired his brother's big heart. He actually slept so soundly.
You Huo pulled his hair, half opened his eyes and glanced around. The seat was empty.
The lower half of his face was hidden in his collar, and he said in a muffled voice: "Where is he?"
"Ah?" Yu Wen didn't hear clearly.
You Huo shook his head, completely awake.
He stood up and stamped his feet, looking out of the window: "Where is this?"
This time Yu Wen heard clearly: "I don't know, the driver stopped the bus here and ran away."
"What do you mean ran away?"
Yu Wen pointed out of the window: "Look, it's just a muddy road, he ran into it."
They seemed to have stopped at a village intersection. Through the messy branches, they could vaguely see the high and low roofs. Except for a small road leading to the village, there was no other place to go.
They were surrounded by an endless forest.
Yu Wen followed behind You Huo and got off the bus.
The candidates looked at each other stupidly outside the door.
The invigilator Qin Jiu stood far away in the forest, leaning against a tree, looking up at something.
"Lao Yu said that the road from before was near the border. Could we be somewhere in the real world?" Yu Wen asked You Huo.
The newly joined Chen Bin interrupted: "Based on my experience, it shouldn't be. But you will see some shadows of the real world here, some things you've even seen before. "
Yu Wen: "If it's not a place in the real world, then the so-called death, is it real death?"
Chen Bin smiled bitterly: "I don't know, we'll only know if we try. But who would dare to try something like this? "
Yu Wen hung his head and said: "That's true …"
You Huo didn't dwell on this topic. After he got off the bus, he walked around the muddy road.
Not long after, he kicked something and said: "There's an Earthly Monument here."
"I was looking for it, so it's with you." Chen Bin was an experienced person. After he got off the bus, he also looked around for information.
He walked over and squatted in front of the Earthly Monument, pushing away the weeds covering it: "It should have the name of the place written on it. Although it's not very useful, it's still a comfort to know where we are …"
Everyone heard this and gathered around.
There were a few strange patterns engraved on the dilapidated stone tablet.
"What's this drawing?"
"Letters …"
Chen Bin took out a tissue from his bag and wiped off the muddy parts. Everyone struggled to identify it.
Yu Wen: "K … this is A?"
Chen Bin: "Lo … what's this thing?"
"P." Yu Yao held his stomach and tilted his head to read: "That looks like h … u … v."
Aside from the miscellaneous parts, the name of the place engraved on the monument looked like this:
Everyone: "…"
What the hell is this?
Tell a joke, you can tell where you are by looking at the Earthly Monument.
·
When everyone was collapsing, the driver who ran away without saying a word came back. He brought two feet of black mud and a middle-aged man wrapped in a military coat and wearing a leather hat.
Looking at his face, he should be domestic.
The driver said: "Here, these are the people."
Lao Yu was stunned: "You can talk?!"
The driver glanced at him and said in a hoarse voice: "He will take you to that place. Remember, don't enter the forest."
After he finished speaking, he waved at the man in the leather hat, turned around, got into the minibus, and drove away.
The car crooked into the forest, and in the blink of an eye, it was covered by layers of branches and disappeared.
Even the sound of the accelerator and friction disappeared.
The forest was unusually quiet, and everyone's hair stood on end.
·
"What are we doing here?" You Huo asked the man in the leather hat.
The man in the leather hat said: "Didn't you say you were looking for Black Lady? Why? Are you confused? "
"Black Lady? Who is Black Lady? "Chen Bin asked.
The man in the leather hat shrank for some reason. He sealed the lower part of the hat, lowered his eyes and said in a muffled voice: "An old lady who came here with the Russians during the war. She seems to be some kind of Gypsy, anyway …"
He wrapped himself tighter and whispered: "I'll take you there. Be careful. After she came here, our whole village was abnormal. What were you thinking … You want to stay here for ten days? "
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