Chosen Son

Gu Fan's high school is a key city, and it's been quite a few years. The big lacquered characters on the school gate are covered by dust and it's a bit dim. The man just opened the duty room and was about to open the door, when he saw Gu Fan skillfully turned over the wall. , after landing, he patted the ashes on his hands, turned around and watched the man walking slowly:

"I'm quite skilled at climbing walls, have you climbed a lot before?"

"Yeah." Gu Fan smiled at him, with some nostalgia in his eyes, "I used to have mediocre grades, and I loved playing games, and I often went out with my friends quietly over the wall. Now that I think about it, I still regret it."

He looked around: "Is there anything here?"

"Come with me." Xue Bin threw the key into his pocket and led him into the empty teaching building. The two walked up slowly in the dead silence, and Xue Bin stopped when they reached the roof of the top floor.

"Look."

Gu Fan followed his line of sight, only seeing the city shrouded in night, and the hazy fog at the end of the city.

"The view here is very good." He commented briefly.

"Not only that." Xue Bin smiled, "And he is the most central building in the entire enchantment."

Gu Fan tilted his head and glanced at him: "The most dangerous place is the safest place?"

"Let's put it this way, I escaped by hiding in the storage room over there last time." Xue Bin pointed to a small space full of sundries beside him, "I suspect that this world also has a gate of life." Yes, its life gate is that place."

Gu Fan walked over to take a look, and moved the sundries inside slightly, revealing a space that was not too big or small.To say it is a storage room is actually an exaggeration. It is just such a small space, that is, to temporarily pile up some things. After putting a few large boxes, it will be packed to the brim.He reached out and knocked on the wall, the ordinary solid wall was even mottled due to years of disrepair.

"It doesn't look like anything special."

"Don't underestimate it." The man leaned on the wall with his arms folded and looked at him casually, "At that time, the entire barrier was shaken, and it snowed for three days in a row, and this place and this building remained motionless. When I finally climbed out, all the surrounding buildings had collapsed, and I thought I had an illusion.”

Gu Fan looked him up and down, showing a somewhat ambiguous expression: "Very lucky."

Xue Tao smiled: "I think so too, because of this, I always feel that there are still many people like us in this city, but they are not as lucky as me, so they have been submerged in the NPC."

Just as he was talking, Gu Fan suddenly heard a sound coming from far away.

He raised his hand and made a stop gesture to the man, listened intently for a while, his expression changed: "Something is coming."

The sound was dull and very regular, like... the footsteps of something, and at the same time, accompanied by a huge swallowing sound, that thing was still devouring something as it walked.

"Here we come." The man stood up, kicked away the debris in the door, pushed Gu Fan into the door, and then bent himself in.The small door was closed with a "bang", and after the only light source disappeared, the whole room was darkened. Only then did Gu Fan realize that there was no light in this room, only a small skylight.Hearing the sound getting closer and closer, he hesitated for a while, then quietly lay down by the window and glanced out.

It was hard for him to describe the impact of that first sight.

He couldn't even use words to characterize it accurately, because it was a large sticky unknown object, and the limbs could be seen barely. Originally, he couldn't tell whether it had a head, but it was only in the bloody mouth. When it opened suddenly, he suddenly discovered that the white things that were exposed were actually its fangs.

It is devouring everything it can see.

For a moment, Gu Fan thought he had come to the end of the world.

"Do you know Taotie?" The man stood beside him at some point.

"I've heard of it." Gu Fan nodded.

"It not only represents gluttony, but also represents the never-satisfied human desires. I have always felt that the monster in front of us is very similar to it, and it is also very similar to the ruler of this world." Xue Bin's voice was very flat , as if he was talking about a very ordinary topic, but Gu Fan could feel the disgust in his tone.He didn't know how to answer the conversation for a while, so he fell silent.

"It won't be finished in a while, why don't you tell your story." Xue Bin sighed and changed the subject, "Tell me anything, otherwise it's really boring."

Gu Fan smiled, stroked the cold wall, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "You haven't told me why you can hide from that monster and live in this world disguised as an NPC."

"This." The man apparently forgot what he had promised, before he said in a daze, "It's actually very simple. When I escaped the snow that day, I should have been automatically included in the operation of the whole world. I found that my mind would start to receive some instructions frequently, and then I roughly understood what was going on. As soon as the instructions appeared, I followed what he said, and then nothing happened until you came. "

Just as he was speaking, the whole room started to rustle, obviously something had come close.

Gu Fan just gave a soft "um" and didn't speak any more.

Xue Bin did not speak for some reason, and the two fell silent, feeling the vibration of the building quietly.

That thing really didn't find them two living creatures, Gu Fan guessed that it should have stepped over their heads directly, thinking about it, he still felt a little humiliated.He quietly touched his back waist, and there was a small knife pinned there. This knife has not left his body since he ran out of the house that day. Now it seems that this is really the only correct thing he did that night. choose.

Xue Bin is quite right. This world is indeed very mysterious. Even the dearest parents will turn their faces into strange things at any time. So...the person who said this sentence should not Believe it.All of Xue Bin's explanations were perfect, but he missed one point. As a person who broke into here by mistake like him, he knew too much, and it was too coincidental.At first Gu Fan really trusted him, but now, he started to have some doubts.

What's more... He pinched the old photo in his pocket, and a somewhat unbelievable guess appeared in his mind.

Xue Bin didn't speak, but Gu Fan could feel his breathing, which was very steady, as if he was sure that nothing would happen at all, probably because Gu Fan hadn't spoken for a long time, he said again: "I That's all there is to say, tell me your story?"

"Me, I have nothing to say." Gu Fan slowly rubbed the mottled walls, "It's just an ordinary college student who came here unlucky in a car accident, but it seems that he is lucky so far. Too many sins have touched you."

"Really, it seems that I am your lucky star." The man smiled, "You... usually college students your age are quite rebellious, I think you are different from them .”

"I'm also rebellious, but I'm more reserved in front of outsiders." Gu Fan leaned back to the corner, "When I was in junior high school, I quarreled with my parents because of playing games, and when I was in high school, I was invited by my parents because of puppy love. Mom was so angry, she whipped me with a broom when I got home."

For some reason, the man's breathing suddenly became faster: "Puppy love?"

"That's right." Gu Fan seemed to be lost in memory, "It's a good girl...a boy, and we were still in contact with each other, but something happened to me suddenly."

"Boy?" The man's voice sounded a little heavy.

"That's right." Gu Fan said with a smile, "I'm in the same class as me in high school, and passed the university exam together."

"Your parents don't care?" Xue Bin suddenly growled, his voice sounded a little angry, "Puppy love at such a young age, and... If I were your mother, I would break your legs !"

"It's a lie to you, but even if it's true, my mother won't." Gu Fan listened to the voice outside, "Listen, there's no sound."

Xue Bin did not speak.

After a while, he opened his mouth again, his tone sounded a little dry: "It should have gone, it seems that the same routine is still very effective this time."

"Will it come back again, or is the wind and snow coming next?" Gu Fan suddenly remembered his mission.

If the wind and snow were coming at this time, it would be useless for him to hide in the past, and he was destined not to return to the original world.

"No." Xue Bin's tone was much lower than before, and he took a breath before answering, "There will be a period of buffer period after it leaves, and the buffer period will last for 24 hours before the subversion that destroys everything and rebirth."

24 hours......

Gu Fan briefly calculated the time, and glanced at Xue Bin: "Either we go out and find something to eat first? Don't turn around and finally hide here, but end up starving to death here, then the gain is really not worth the loss."

"Okay." Xue Bin stood up, "Then let's go together."

It was already dawn, and the sun rose from the far east, casting a layer of golden light on the city that had experienced a night of turmoil. Without the loud horns and endless crowds, this empty city showed an unexpected serenity And quiet, but also a little lonely.

When Gu Fan was walking on the street, he felt that the weather seemed to be much colder than usual, so he shrunk his neck and shrank himself into his coat.Fortunately, the food store on the street was still open. When he walked over, he found that the boss had fallen headlong on the cabinet.

"Don't worry, it should have entered a dormant state." Xue Bin said standing behind him.

"Hmm." Gu Fan was silent for a while, and withdrew his hand that was about to reach out to support him, "It's such an indifferent city, I can't take it anymore."