Flagstaff, also known as Flagstaff, was a small city in the western United States.
Geographically, it was located in the northern part of Arizona, on the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau. To the west was Las Vegas, and to the east was the famous Grand Canyon of Colorado.
America, Arizona, the Grand Canyon of Colorado, and Las Vegas. Many people in China had heard of these four names, but not many people knew about Flagstaff, which was surrounded by these four regions.
Half a year ago, Li Du was one of those "few" until he came to Flagstaff to study.
Flagstaff was not well-known in China, nor in the United States. However, it did have a few good universities, such as Northern Arizona University and National College of Flagstaff.
The school that Li Du studied at was called National College of Flagstaff. It was only one word different from National College of Flagstaff, but the difference between the two words was like heaven and earth!
National College of Flagstaff was a branch of National College of America. It was a very good private university, offering undergraduate, college, and preparatory courses.
What about National College of Flagstaff? It was a diploma mill. Li Du had been tricked into studying as a graduate student.
In the end, the school was shut down after he had paid his tuition and research funds half a year ago. The board of directors and the admissions department got the news and ran away, leaving behind a group of international students who had been chased away by the police.
Li Du was lucky. Because the dormitories were too messy, he did not live in a dormitory. Instead, he found an apartment to rent. At least he had a place to stay. His classmates who had paid for the dormitory were now homeless on the streets.
However, his situation was not much better than his classmates. It was the end of January, and his rent was due. If he did not pay the rent in time, he might have to live on the streets.
The worst part was that he had no money on him!
Of course, he could borrow money from his parents or friends in China, but that was only if he was studying abroad.
Now that the school was shut down, he would definitely not be able to study as a graduate student. How could he ask his elderly parents for money? As for his classmates and friends? He did not want to do that.
Just as he was sitting at the entrance of the small building with a frown, the pinewood door behind him was pushed open. A blonde girl poked her head out and said, "Hi, Li, you're here?"
The girl was his landlord. Her name was Hannah Fox, and the house belonged to her and her brother, Hans Fox, whose parents had died in a car accident.
However, Hans claimed that he was' busy with a big business' and would only stay for a few days a year. The empty bedroom was rented out by Hannah to generate income.
Hearing the greeting, Li Du stood up and said, "Oh, yes, Hannah. What's up?"
The girl shrugged and smiled. A dimple appeared on her pretty face. "When I was cleaning the fridge earlier, I saw a few cans of beer. They must have been left behind by Hans. I remember you like wort. Why don't you drink it? "
She was carrying half a dozen six-packs of beer in a common wooden box with an obvious Budweiser logo on it.
Li Du smiled when he saw the beer. There was only a small fridge in the apartment, and he opened and closed it every day. How could there be any beer in there?
Besides, with Hans's temper, if there were really beer, he would not have kept it. He was a drinker.
He guessed that Hannah had bought the beer to comfort him. After learning that their school had been closed down, Hannah had comforted him many times, and he was touched.
However, Hannah did not have many ways of comforting him. She would either give him a motivational book or a beer.
The American girl had asked him to learn more about Chinese culture and had learned about the saying, "Getting drunk is the best solution to a thousand worries."
She thought that according to Chinese people, getting drunk and sleeping could relieve their worries, so she had given him beer a few times.
Li Du accepted Hannah's kindness and thought that he owed her a favor.
In American society, some gifts could not be rejected, or it would be misunderstood as a rejection of friendship. He treasured his friendship with Hannah.
He took the wooden box, and Hannah left with a smile. Before she left, she said, "There are many problems in life, but it's still beautiful."
After repeating this American slang a few times, Li Du opened the box and wanted to take out a can of beer.
However, just as he opened the wooden box, an amber-like crystal suddenly fell out and fell to the ground with a crack.
The crystal was about the size of his thumb. It fell hard on the cement floor, and there were a few cracks on it.
The reason why he guessed that it was amber was because it was light yellow in color, and there was a small worm inside. It was very similar to an amber he had seen when he was in the sixth grade.
At that time, there was a text called "Amber" in their textbook. When the language teacher gave them lessons, he brought an amber with him.
This crystal reminded him of some good times in his childhood. He remembered that his teacher had said that amber with a worm inside was very precious.
Unfortunately, this one had already cracked, which made him feel sorry. Otherwise, he could have sold it for two months' worth of living expenses.
The crystal had been badly smashed. When he picked it up, it had already shattered, and the little purple worm that was wrapped in it was revealed.
The worm looked like a locust. It was about two centimeters long and had a strange appearance. It had compound eyes like a locust, but there were only two legs under its belly. There were strange patterns on the legs, and there were no wings on its back. It looked very clumsy.
Li Du had never seen this kind of worm before, and raised it to take a closer look.
Just then, something strange happened: the worm's claws suddenly moved, and then it quickly regained its vitality. It twisted its body and escaped from between his fingers.
Before he could react, the worm jumped onto his palm, lowered its head, and slowly, little by little, burrowed into his palm!
Li Du was so scared that he almost peed!
It was already scary enough that the worm in amber could come back to life, but this thing was like an alien, burrowing into his palm, and then turning into something that looked like a tattoo.
With a scream, he stumbled into the house and shouted, "Hannah, call 911! Help, there's a worm in my hand! "
Probably because his scream was too shrill, Hannah came out with a panicked expression. "What? What worm? "
Li Du opened his hand for her to see. "It's this one, the worm in my palm!"
Hannah looked confused. "The worm in your palm? Why would there be a worm in your palm? "
Not only was there a worm, but the worm was also moving. After it had burrowed into Li Du's palm, it seemed to be unwilling to be left alone, and started to burrow out again. Half of its body had come out.
Li Du pointed at the worm that was burrowing out, and said in fear, "This one, this one, the purple locust, can't you see it?"
Hannah's expression was even more frightened than his, and then she slowly backed away and said, "Li, I know that the closure of the school is hard for you to accept, but I think you're a warrior, a tough guy —"
Li Du interrupted her and shouted, "I know what you mean, you think I'm crazy! But I'm not crazy, Hannah! I just can't go to school, I'm not crazy — "
"Sh * t, the worm is coming out again!"
Just as he was shouting at the top of his lungs, the worm slowly burrowed out of his skin and jumped onto the ground. It lifted its upper body and used its two legs as a support, walking on the ground like a human.
Coincidentally, there was a drainage hole next to where it landed, and the worm did not pay attention to it and fell in.
Seeing this, Li Du was overjoyed and said, "That's great, the worm fell into the drainage hole."
Subconsciously, a thought appeared in his mind: what was in the drainage hole? Would there be sewage that would drown the worm?
However, an unbelievable scene happened!
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