i have a city

"My son—my son is still inside—" a woman's shrill cry resounded through the night sky, and even the flames that engulfed a block seemed unable to conceal her despair.

"I can't go in anymore, it's about to collapse!" The young firefighter yelled, his immature face was covered with blackness from nowhere, and the hand that was scalded with blisters tightly held the woman who was about to go crazy. .

The sprinklers of the fire brigade could not enter the small road in this urban village at all, so the fire brigade could only use water hoses to connect the nearby fire hydrants to put out the fire.

But the fire hydrants are old and in disrepair, and few of them can be used.

As a result, within a short period of time, this block of the urban village was almost burned to the ground.

"Mom——Mom—" In the burning room, a little boy curled up against a corner, weeping sharply from the scalding air.

His big tear-filled eyes reflected a fire dragon leaping into the sky, and a few strands of curled hair began to sizzle from being roasted.

He kept dodging backwards, and his pink fingers kept digging at the wall, as if he wanted to use his weak strength to dig a way out in this corner.

The high temperature made every breath he took extremely painful, and he wept silently, with tears all over his face, and the bright red blood under his turned-up nails stained the wall red.

But he didn't dare to stop for a moment, and each time he dug harder than the previous one.

Until the fiery snake behind him finally couldn't bear the greed any longer, and rushed towards him——

"Kacha—Boom—" The crumbling house finally collapsed before everyone's eyes.

"Jun-Jun-Jun--" This woman's desperate cry resounded through the sky and hurt people's hearts.

But inside the house, the boy who seemed to have heard his mother yell, couldn't help but stop what he was doing.

He looked back expectantly, only to see the burnt black broken beam slamming towards him——

But at this moment, the time seems to be stretched, and the picture seems to stop at this moment.

If you look carefully, you can find a small puddle of black liquid just under the boy's feet where the fire roared.

It was just that spiral lines appeared on the liquid for some reason, and then it expanded rapidly as if it had sprung up from the ground, like a greedy mouth, and swallowed the boy in one gulp before the fire snake—

Someone once said that there is a place in this world for things that are forever forgotten.

Someone once said that there is a kind of pink-eyed ghost in this world who loves to steal things that are cherished by people.If one day you can't find something, it must have been stolen by that ghost.

But why do ghosts want to steal other people's things?

Probably because it is too poor, so poor that it has nothing.

"Ring, ring, ring—" A gust of wind blew by, like a pair of hands gently brushing over the wind chimes in the house, making it sing a pleasant sound.

The tulle by the window was also blown away by the wind, letting in the soft sunlight so that it could shine on the soft bed in the room covered with countless layers of soft feather quilts, so that it could give the shivering A warm hug from my child—

The child seemed to have just gone through some dangerous situation. His hair was withered and yellow, his face was dark, and there were light-colored tear stains washed out by tears, making him look ridiculous and pitiful.

Probably even the wind had some pity for the child, it gently stroked the child's forehead with a softer force, and then took away a few strands of his burnt hair.

The broken hair that was swept away fluttered gently with the wind, fluttered, then gathered into a ball, and disappeared again.

Then the black color covering the child's face gradually faded away, revealing the child's white and tender face.

It's just that his skin was too tender after all, and even if he didn't really touch the flames, he was still a little red and swollen from the heat—not to mention the horrible wound on his fingertips.

For all this, it would be a little helpless.

The wind chime stopped ringing unhappily, the wind also stopped its happy steps, and even the sun seemed to be dimmed.

But at this moment, the boy on the bed moved his eyes and suddenly woke up.

Little Gu Jun sat up from the bed hesitantly, he looked around and found that this was not an environment he was familiar with.

The room here is so big and the light is so bright, it is completely different from his home.

"Mom—" He hesitated and wanted to call someone, but suddenly coughed heavily due to the pain in his throat.

After finally stopping his cough, he saw the wound on his fingertips again.It seemed that he was a little frightened by the wound, and little Gu Jun's face was wrinkled tightly, as if he wanted to cry.

But then he looked at the empty room, and immediately gave up on crying.

He sat on the bed and thought for a while, then tried his best to avoid the wound on his fingertips and climbed out of bed, but he turned a blind eye to the pair of slippers beside the bed that did not belong to him, kicked his little feet on the floor, and started go outside.

The place is big and clean.This was Gu Jun's first impression of this place.

After walking out of the room, there is a corridor, and there is a staircase leading downstairs at the end of the corridor.

Little Gu Jun's little feet stepped on the floor, feeling a little cold, he shrank his toes subconsciously, but then he quickly ran down the stairs.

But when he ran to the first floor, he suddenly fell down for some reason.

Fortunately, it happened to be covered with a soft and thick carpet, which didn't hurt him from the fall.It's just that little Gu Jun gritted his teeth in pain as he looked at the fingers that had just touched the ground.

Then he stood up with strong support on his elbows, turned his head and looked around, only to find a pair of flip-flops behind him, apparently he had tripped over them just now.

He frowned suspiciously, as if he didn't remember that there was such a pair of slippers on the ground just now.

So he stood there hesitated for a while, thought for a while, and finally walked over, put the little slippers on his feet, and then began to check the floor.

There is a large living room in the center of the first floor, surrounded by glass walls and floor-to-ceiling windows on two sides, and a very beautiful garden can be seen outside.

It's just that it wasn't these things that attracted Gu Jun's attention, but the tempting food on the dining table connected to the living room.

However, little Gu Jun still carefully searched on the first floor. He opened every room and even groped every corner.

But strangely, in this huge house, he couldn't find a single person.

Afterwards, he walked back to the living room suspiciously, but stood there alone for a long time, not knowing what to do next.

Until his stomach started to growl, little Gu Jun couldn't come up with an idea.He swallowed, and glanced at the food on the table again, his little face wrinkled in confusion.

At this moment, pleasant music suddenly sounded outside.

Little Gu Jun paused, then immediately ran towards the door of the house that he had never opened just now with bright eyes.

He used the small stool he found somewhere before to pad it under his feet, fiddled with it for a while, and then opened the door.

Then he opened the door and ran out.

Outside is a large yard with green lawns on the ground.There are also some recreational facilities on the lawn, such as swings, slides, and even a small swimming pool, but there are still no people.

Gu Jun ran for a while, then slowly stopped.He hesitated and looked around again, and then continued along the path laid in the middle of the lawn to the outside of the courtyard.

There is no door in this yard, after coming out, Gu Jun found that there is a wide street outside, and the street is lined with big houses like the one he just walked out of.

Every big house looks alike, but there is also no one in sight.

Then he opened his mouth and looked in the direction of the music, and he saw a snack truck that he was very familiar with.

It is a kind of car that is very popular with children in amusement parks. There are many puffed food, ice cream and ice cream that children like on it, and there are even various fried snacks.

But this kind of car usually only appears in playgrounds, not on this kind of street.

Little Gu Jun hesitated again, but then he swallowed, and walked towards the snack cart a little bit uncontrollably.

When he came to the small car, he stepped on his toes and looked at the window, only to find that there was also no one inside.

It's just that there are various bowls of freshly cooked fried snacks in front of the window, and all the sauces are placed - they are all Gu Jun's favorite flavors, they look very tempting.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but licked his lips, and stood there again, but he couldn't wait for the owner of the car.

Gu Jun looked around, but finally couldn't bear the temptation, raised his little hand high, and lifted his toes to reach one of the bowls of octopus balls.

Holding the octopus balls in his hands, little Gu Jun could no longer hold back his appetite. Seeing that there were no tools and his fingers couldn't be used, he moved his face to it like a little dog, and opened his mouth to bite on it. On the octopus balls covered with sauce.

Then he hissed and breathed out the hot air, and happily ate a whole bowl of small balls.

With something in his stomach, little Gu Jun became more courageous.

Afterwards, he took another bottle of drink in the car, and opened it with great effort. Gulu Gulu drank until he was full, and then wandered around this small street with the half bottle of drink.

In this way, when little Gu Jun was hungry, he ran to the snack cart to find something, and when he was full, he went to the street to find someone.

It wasn't until it was dark that he kicked on his little slippers again and returned to the snack cart again.

At this time, his stomach was still a little full, and he had almost tasted all the snacks in the car.

Looking at the surrounding streets that were about to fall at night but still empty, Gu Jun's mood of being pleased by snacks during the day gradually became depressed again.

When the moon came out, little Gu Jun hesitated for a long time, but finally chose to climb into the snack cart with difficulty, and found a fairly flat place to lie down in the narrow space.

His small body curled up there, his bright black eyes blinked in the darkness, his little face was tense, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

It wasn't until the moon was in the middle of the night that little Gu Jun, who was tired all day, finally fell asleep gradually after the sleepiness struck.

But the next day, he woke up from that bed again.

After waking up again, little Gu Jun was puzzled for a long time.

He clearly remembered that he slept on the snack cart last night, why is he lying here now?

Moreover, he also found that his fingers seemed to have been bandaged, but when he gently tugged at the ugly gauze, he found that it was easily taken off by him.

Without that ugly thing, although the wound still looks terrible, there is no restraint on the hand, and it is much more comfortable.

So Gu Jun thought about it, took off those ugly things, and casually threw them on the bed.

Then he got out of bed, but saw the familiar pair of slippers beside the bed.

He frowned, but he clearly remembered that he walked a lot of places in these shoes yesterday, and there was a fluffy ball on it, and he didn't know where it fell.But now this pair of shoes is placed here in good condition.

Thinking of this, his little toe could not help ticking the blanket uneasily.

But in the end he lifted his feet and stuffed them into the little slippers.

When he walked to the first floor, what he saw was that everything in the house was the same as yesterday, even the delicious food on the table seemed the same.

Gu Jun looked out again, and even saw the snack cart parked outside the yard fence through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Gu Jun stood blankly in the living room for a while, but he no longer had the joyful mood of running towards the snack cart like yesterday.

He turned his head indifferently and looked at the food on the table.

After thinking about it, he looked around again, and then walked over step by step.

Coming to the dining table, Gu Jun quickly climbed onto the chair, and picked out a fork that he could use now from the various tableware on the table.

He held the fork and stood on the stool, facing the table full of food, but his small face was serious, as if he was making a very important decision.

In the end, he pursed his lips, picked up a piece of veal steak, put it to his mouth, and began to bite.

Among the food on the table, little Gu Jun picked some that filled his stomach, then dropped the fork and jumped off the stool.

When he came to the sofa in the living room, he picked a few pieces of fruit on the coffee table and tasted them, then sat on the sofa motionless, as if waiting for something.

But until his stomach became hungry again, he didn't wait for anything.

After realizing that he might really have nothing to wait for, little Gu Jun didn't know whether he was a little lucky or disappointed.

After a while, he rubbed his belly and came to the table, wanting to eat some leftovers.But then he froze again.

Looking at the completely different dishes on the table from the morning, each plate was neatly arranged, and it didn't look like anyone had eaten it at all - he really hadn't eaten these dishes in the morning, but the dishes on the table at that time were also Not these foods!

Little Gu Jun stood there for a while, then looked around suspiciously, but still found nothing.

So he thought about it, filled his stomach with this food, and walked out again.

When he came to the snack cart, he was not as surprised this time when he saw the snacks that had been rearranged.

He picked a few of them and held them in his arms, then began to search further streets.

He didn't walk back until he finished eating the food in his arms, even if his little feet hurt from walking, he didn't stop.

As night fell again, he came to a strange street.

It looked like the place his mother had taken him to. There were many high-rise buildings, and there were also many shops on the interface, and of course there were a lot of snacks.

Gu Jun casually took a few samples from above to fill his stomach.

After eating, he held the snack bag in his hand, turned his head and looked at the street behind him, and realized for the first time that the city without people looked so empty and silent.

On this day, he chose to spend the night in a small car parked on the side of the road—yes, there are still cars here, and the doors are still unlocked.

But on the third day, he still woke up on that bed in that house.

In this way, little Gu Jun began his difficult growth path in this deserted city.

Although there is food and clothing here, the living is better than at home.But no one talked to him, no one played with him, and no one taught him.

One day after the wound on his finger was completely healed, Xiao Gu Jun accidentally turned on the huge TV in the house, and unexpectedly found that the TV was usable.

So he started to learn how to talk and do things with the people on TV, crying and laughing with them.

From TV, he knows that people should go to school when they grow up, work after school, and then get married and have children-this is obviously impossible for him, but he can still work hard on the first few things.

He also knows that there are books in this world, and the things in the books can solve all the doubts in this world.

And there are so many answers to the questions in this world that he wants to know.

For example, why there is never enough food in this world, and why the clothes in the closet gradually change their size with his height.

Why did everything he wanted appear on his desk the next day by itself.

And why—there was no one in the city but him?

Where has everyone gone?Where are his parents?

Can he—can he get them back?

The young Gu Jun was sitting on the carpet in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows in the room, holding a book and reading with his head down.

The soft sunlight outside the window gently caressed his face, turning his long eyelashes into gold.

A little bit of afterglow fell on the pages of the book, and the brightness was as if someone had specially adjusted the brightness—it allowed him to easily distinguish the words on the pages, but it didn't hurt his eyes at all.

But Qingfeng always walks gently beside him one after another, so lingering and reluctant to leave.

——Yeah, at this moment he is as beautiful as a doll.Such a cute thing, of course, people can't put it down.

Gu Jun closed the pages of the book, looked up at the sky, with a solemn expression on his face that shouldn't be at his age.

He looked at the sky, as if he was looking at something in the void, the sharpness in his eyes flashed away.

Over the years, he has discovered that much of the knowledge in the book does not apply to the world he knows well.But even so, the book taught him to observe and think.

He put down his book and stood up barefoot.

Staring at a corner of the sky, Gu Jun gradually revealed a longing expression.

Freedom, the most precious thing in the world, he should also have.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth.

He went out and came to a warehouse in the corner of the courtyard.

It was built by himself over the years, and it contained tools and equipment he had brought from all over the city.He didn't know what he wanted to do at first, but gradually he had an idea in his mind.

Now there is a roaring furnace in this warehouse, when the pointer outside the furnace points to the end point, the sound gradually stops.

Gu Jun waited for a long time until the high temperature in the furnace was released, then he opened the furnace door and took out the things he had been waiting for for a long time.

It looked like a cup, but also like a funnel, about 40 centimeters long.The thickest part at the top is only as big as the rim of an ordinary cup, while the bottom part is as sharp as a spear.

This thing is black as a whole, with some metallic luster, and the surface has irregular fine spiral patterns.The spiral pattern looks like it is naturally generated, not like a handmade product.

Gu Jun admired it for a while, then took off the gloves in his hands, and then used his fingertips to touch and feel the spiral patterns on them.

Appreciate this piece of art.Gu Jun turned his head to look at the sky outside the window, and after confirming that the time had come, he took the thing to the yard.

In the very center of the courtyard, Gu Jun looked back for the last time at the house he had lived in for many years.

Then he turned around, looked up at the black sharp awl he held up high, and then plunged it into his mouth without hesitation!

He inserted the thing obliquely from his mouth, pierced his throat and inserted it straight into the left chest cavity, and then, as if he had practiced countless times, he pierced the center of the heart with incomparable precision.

The blood suddenly shot out from the opening of the heart, but was absorbed by the black thorn without a drop, and then quickly filled the entire inner cavity along the spiral pattern.

Gu Jun's throat unconsciously let out a grunt, and the pain hit him quickly, and the impact made his eyes black.

Fortunately, here, death will never come.

Because of this piece of land, there is no heaven and hell.

It wasn't until his fingers touched the liquid that was about to overflow the cup, that Gu Jun slowly pulled out the black spike from his mouth.

He completely disregarded his own pain and pulled it out very carefully, as if he was afraid that the contents of the cup would overflow.

And when the thing left his body, the blood from Gu Jun's wound began to spurt out from the huge wound in his body and neck.

Gu Jun didn't care about his dilapidated body, turned the awl upside down with trembling hands, and slowly pulled out the black blood awl formed by the blood in his body.

That's right, black.

When Gu Jun discovered black blood flowing from his body for the first time, he knew that maybe a lot of what he thought was not the truth.

As he once thought, in fact everyone disappeared and he was the only one left.

But actually?It's just a prison for pets—only bigger and more elaborate.

It's like he thought that as long as he was obedient, he might be able to meet his parents—he naively thought that his wishes could be realized by relying on others.

Of course not, everything in this world needs to be done with one's own hands.

Black blood spilled from Gu Jun's mouth and dripped onto the ground drop by drop.

But then the green grass that was dyed black suddenly grew up and climbed like magic, and rushed to the sky in the blink of an eye.

It seems that it has inexhaustible power, just like it can pierce the sky.

Gu Jun couldn't help grinning as he looked at the patch of green grass piercing towards the sky, the top of which could no longer be seen in the distance.

Then he took two steps back, ignoring the blood pooling under his feet, closed his eyes and raised the blood cone again, and then stabbed heavily towards the ground!

At that moment, he heard a crisp sound of something breaking, which sounded so sweet and pleasant.

What's even more wonderful is that the space in front of him is like a piece of glass painting that has been shattered, and the pieces are shattered, revealing the endless and distant place behind.

Ecstasy appeared on Gu Jun's face in an instant, he immediately dropped the blood cone in his hand, and staggered two steps forward.

But then, he felt the space around him begin to tremble involuntarily.

It was like a silent roar from far away, and it was like countless invisible hands wrapped around him, trying to bind him tightly.

Seeing this, Gu Jun's face changed drastically, and then he didn't hesitate anymore, just before the last moment, he jumped and plunged into the endless darkness——