doll city

Chapter 3

At the corner of the street at midnight, the street lights were flickering, and under the shadow of the weird lights, three wooden models stared at the young man behind them.

"excuse me."

After Yan Ge finished speaking, he twisted his steps and started running wildly.At the same time as he was moving, the limbs of the three models behind him creaked and creaked strangely, and his figure was reflected in their dull eyes. The next moment, they chased him straight away, and their wooden feet stepped on the concrete floor. There was a solid sound, as if the target was about to be trampled into a pulp in the next moment.

He looked back, and the three chasing models behind him were getting faster and faster, and their limbs were more flexible, and they could almost see a faint red light in their eyes for no reason.

not good.

As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, the trash can next to him suddenly dumped towards Yan Ge, and half of the old wooden mannequin inside grabbed him with a peculiar salty smell in the trash.

"Hiss—" Yan Ge was tripped by that thing and fell to the ground, rolled and stood up. At the same time, the first model also chased after him, and his hard wooden hands slammed at Yan Ge. A pound.

With a clang, Yan Ge forced the steel flashlight across his chest. He felt as if he had been punched in the face by an adult boxer. He retreated five or six steps in a row, folded his body, and then jumped at the next model. Qian broke free from control, turned over the green belt next to him, and rushed to the stairs outside the commercial building on one side.

Although these live models are extremely powerful, their limbs are still much stiffer than human beings. When they reach the stairs, they have to climb up with all four limbs. The expensive fur coats are dragged on the ground, and they are like zombies with uncoordinated limbs. The scalp is numb.

Yan Ge didn't even have time to look at them. He took three steps at a time, kicked the glass guardrail on the stairs, rushed to the fourth floor, and then swung his flashlight and slammed it at the fire cabinet next to him, making a loud crash. , He took off the fire hose and directly turned the water to the maximum. As the hose began to vibrate, he dragged the head of the water gun and rushed to the stairs to spray it on the climbing wooden model.

The white high-pressure water column shot out suddenly. The marble slabs on the stairs were already smooth, and the material of the wooden model was originally polished. In an instant, they slid down the stairs and hit the corner of the next floor. Three The monsters were stacked together, unable to stand up under the spray of the water gun, and managed to stand up reluctantly. The fashion clothes on their hands and feet were tangled together, and they fell from the guardrail that Yan Ge had just kicked to pieces during the struggle. down...

Hearing a loud cracking sound outside the railing, Yan Ge stood in shock holding the faucet for a while, and slowly moved to the railing at the corner of the stairs while holding onto the wet stair railing. It rolled down the street and became a familiar pile of dead objects.

do you died?

Yan Ge observed on the fourth floor for 10 minutes, making sure that there were no other monsters of the same kind around, and then placed the fire hose in an easy-to-reach position, and went downstairs cautiously.

The wreckage of the models really did not move. Yan Ge wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and was about to leave when he suddenly found a bright object in the broken head of one of the models in the pile of wreckage.

It seemed to be a firefly-like thing. When Yan Ge approached, the faint red light suddenly turned into blue and green, and flew directly towards Yan Ge's eyes. The speed was faster than a meteor, and Yan Ge had no time to dodge. The light hit his eyes.

In an instant, Yan Ge's eyes darkened, as if a villain lived in the depths of his mind, singing an ethereal ballad faintly.

[The hatred of the forest melts into armor...]

As soon as this line of lyrics appeared, it seemed to be imprinted in his mind forever. Yan Ge was stunned for a moment, and his vision recovered.

There is no discomfort, if there is a change... There is an inexplicable sense of strength in both hands, Yan Ge instinctively squeezes lightly, and the hard steel shell of the flashlight in his hand clicks, cracking a crack.

...The green light and the song just now?

No matter how calm Yan Ge's mind was, he couldn't explain the situation in front of him. In his confusion, a friendly car engine sounded from the other side of the street.Yan Ge stood up and stood up, but he did not go up to stop the car immediately, but retreated to the side where it was easy to escape and waited.

After a while, an old bus wobbled over with half-blind headlights on, and stopped beside the model wreckage. The door opened automatically, as if it was waiting for Yan Ge to get on the bus.

While Yan Ge was hesitating, the window at the back of the bus was opened, and a middle-aged man poked his head out and shouted loudly: "Hey, young man, are you still alive? Get on the bus, if there is any problem, we will talk about it before we get on the bus. living."

This voice has a northern accent, and it can be confirmed that it is a living person.

Seeing Yan Ge's hesitation, the middle-aged man said impatiently: "Ugly words are up front, this ghost place is full of puppets killing people at night, if you don't get in the car, you won't live until dawn."

Yan Ge looked at the long street behind him, and there were a few shadows wandering on the street. He took a deep breath, put away the fire ax, and got into the bus.

As soon as I got in the car, I saw a huge stuffed bear toy that almost filled the entire cab. It was wearing a dark blue driver's suit and Zhou Zheng's big-brimmed hat. Ge, nodded like a gentleman, put the soft-looking bear paw on the gear, and started the bus skillfully.

"...You must feel incredible."

The voice came from the back seat. Yan Ge held the handle and looked around. He saw that there was not only the middle-aged man who called him in the car, but also another man and a woman sitting in different positions. The woman shrank while the man held on. His head was tilted by the last row of windows, and because he was wearing sunglasses, he didn't know whether he was sleeping or in a daze.

Yan Ge stared at the bear doll, stepped back and sat down two seats in front of the last man in sunglasses, collected himself, and asked the middle-aged man who had just spoken: "May I ask, brother knows how to be kind?" What's the situation in Ling City now?"

The middle-aged man looked him up and down, and said, "Is this your first time?"

Yan Ge nodded and explained: "...I was planning to drive home, but after crossing the South Bridge, I found that Ciling City has become like this. Do you know what happened in this city?"

The middle-aged man lit a cigarette, took a puff in his hand, and said, "My name is Dong Li. I work in the next city. I came home a week early for the Spring Festival. I slept in the car and woke up and found the driver It's gone, and there's no one there after getting off the car, I thought the whole Ciling had turned into a dead city!"

Yan Ge looked at his cigarette-lighting hand, nodded in agreement: "Indeed."

"But I wasn't as calm as you at the time. I thought it was a variety show prank. After cursing for two hours, I realized how strange this city is."

Dong Li exhaled a mouthful of green smoke, turned his eyes to the giant teddy bear that was driving, and said viciously, "They are called living dolls! This is what the elder sister who saved me at the time taught—living toy dolls, in this city There, everything from statues to children's toy pencils may kill you!"

Dong Li breathed a sigh of relief, with a look of fear on his face, and continued: "The first night when I came to Ciling, there was no one on the street, and my mobile phone had no signal. I broke the glass of a small store and wanted to use the landline to make a call. , Guess what happened? The animal pencil in the canteen came alive, and he got into the pencil sharpener and sharpened the pen tip, trying to stick it through my ear hole and into my brain!"

As he said that, he showed his ear to Yan Ge. There were two scab holes in the cartilage of the ear, which looked very dangerous.

Yan Ge originally thought that there were only wooden mannequins as monsters. Hearing what Dong Li said, there were other living puppets, but he was lucky not to encounter other deadlier beings.

Thinking of this, Yan Ge gestured to the teddy bear driving in front of him: "Then it?"

Dong Li said: "Don't worry, the live puppets in this city are ferocious, but the live puppets with only red eyes will kill people. If you see this kind of 'blue eyes', don't worry. They like humans very much. If you You can also ask them for help if you need it.”

Speaking of this, Yan Ge suddenly remembered the details of getting along with Gu Lili. At that time, he put the beckoning cat in Gu Lili's hand near the steering wheel.If, as Dong Li said, all the dead things in Ciling City are likely to become living puppets, then the situation at that time...can it be speculated that the beckoning cat came alive and drove Gu Lili in the car? left?

Yan Ge's heart was tense, and he asked as calmly as possible: "Brother Dong, have you ever seen a little girl? It looks like she is in the sixth grade of elementary school, and she is carrying a Monkey King schoolbag?"

Dong Li shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it before, but if it's a child, it's safer. I've heard people say, and I don't know why. Red-eyed puppets generally don't kill children who are alone, and some blue-eyed puppets will take the initiative to take care of the children."

"why?"

Dong Li spread his hands: "Ghost knows why, it's us adults who pay for the children, aren't we? These live toys are on their side!"

The other party's expression was rather aggrieved, Yan Ge observed for a while, and felt that what he said was the truth, he was a little relieved, and said: "Thank you, brother, for telling this, so are we going to a safe place now?"

"No." Dong Li asked after taking a puff of cigarette, "Xiaoyan, do you usually play games?"

Yan Ge nodded: "Occasionally play mobile games with classmates."

"You just think this is a survival game with only one life. Every night in this city, there are a large number of red-eyed dolls moving around the streets, hunting and killing people. They are everywhere. There are models, stone lions, dolls in shopping malls, and even prints Soda cans from cartoon characters may come to attack you. Unless you are very lucky, it is best to accept the crow’s envelope like us and send invitations to a designated place for them.”

After Dong Li finished speaking, a woman sitting in front of her wearing home clothes, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses and dressed as a standard home girl echoed, and pulled out a crumpled envelope from her pocket: "That's the ghost!" Things, you will receive them in a while."

Yan Ge picked up her envelope, and saw that the envelope was sealed with blue wax, and after opening, there was a line of beautiful cursive characters, and the letter paper inside had a simple taste, not like the paper of modern craftsmanship.

"...Dear Mr. Dong An, Mr. Poklan who lives in Lane 99 of Qiangwei Road, thank you for teaching the princess painting skills... I look forward to seeing you at the princess' wedding—Luca."

Although the cursive script is neat and beautiful, it is difficult for Chinese people to recognize it. After reading it carefully for a while, Yan Ge realized that it was a wedding invitation. Who is Ka? Which princess is the princess?"

Dong Li said: "We don't know either, maybe people in other survivor settlements in Ciling City will have news. By the way, you have seen Harry Potter, as long as you are still living in Ciling City, this Luka sent The crow will send you a letter, and the person who holds the envelope must deliver the invitation in the letter to the place before Sunday, and this kind of place, we call it a 'hunting ground'."

As soon as he finished speaking, a crow flew in from the car window and landed in front of Yan Ge, each holding an identical letter in its mouth, staring at him motionlessly with blood-red eyes.

"Accept it, this invitation is both a reminder and a life-saving talisman."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Yan Ge took the letter, unfolded it to have a look, and found that all their envelopes were the same, "If we don't go, what punishment will we have?"

"The deadline is one week, and tomorrow is Sunday. If you don't go today, you will go tomorrow, and it's even more dangerous."

Dong Li took a deep breath and continued: "Let me put it this way, if you can successfully complete the task, all the dolls at that location will become blue-eyed, and you can temporarily spend the rest of the week in that place safely." time, and then next week you'll have new invitations."

Yan Ge: "Isn't it permanent?"

Dong Li seemed to think of something terrible, and said with a blue face: "Of course, if it is not the last day, you can settle down in different places in the city, but I must remind you that I once had a companion who insisted on staying in the conquered place." I slept from Sunday to Monday, and when we went back to find him, he...his skin and blood were gone, only the pink skeleton remained."

Yan Ge asked again: "Is it made by living puppets?"

As soon as the words fell, there was a slight earthquake sound outside the bus. Dong Li looked out the window nervously, and saw two red lights slowly swaying and approaching in the dark...it was a huge monster.

"what is that?"

"Shh."

The bus approached slowly with an absurd song, and soon a giant shadow appeared under the street lights, and everyone held their breaths. When the silhouette of the giant shadow became clear, they realized that it was a concrete elephant, pacing slowly on the road.

Its whole body is covered with fading paint, its body made of cement swayed as it walked, and crushed lime powder fell down, its long nose looked like a bundle of firewood.

When it approached slowly, and the pile of "firewood" with its long nose curled up appeared under the street lamp, the house girl with eyes immediately retched in horror.

The disfigured and broken faces swayed from the car window one by one like bunches of grapes, and the eyes and wide mouth seemed to be still frozen in the fear of the moment before death.

And the monster that rolled up the stack of corpses—the concrete elephant that was supposed to be in the park as a slide turned its head, its red painted eyes were full of strange aura, and it was passing through the thin car The window stared at them.

But fortunately, the elephant didn't intend to attack the bus. After the bus drove away, Dong Liqing smoked his last puff of cigarette with a face, and continued: "Besides, even if you don't go to the place on the invitation, the night will be Ciling is also extremely dangerous. Instead of staying in the neighborhood and being threatened by unknown puppets, it is better to go to a fixed place to hide. will come in."

At this time, the house girl with glasses had finished retching, sniffing her nose to relieve her emotions, Yan Ge also closed her eyes for a while, and after a while, her expression calmed down, as if she was substituting herself into a familiar person, He raised his hands and held the bridge of his nose, as if there was a pair of glasses there.

"I see, thanks for clarifying my doubts. What can I do next?"

The young man suddenly seemed to be a different person. Dong Li was slightly surprised and said, "Aren't you afraid?"

"I can wait a while before being afraid."

Yan Ge took a deep breath, imagining that he stuffed all his fears into a box and temporarily locked them in the basement, and then released them slowly to digest when he could release his emotions.

For professional actors, adjusting their mentality is a basic skill.

... There are really many strange young people these days.

The house girl with eyes sneered, and just about to say something, she heard the radio in the car buzzing.

"The station ahead, No. 99 Qiangwei Road, Ciling No. 1910 Middle School, the former Ciling Normal Girls' High School, was established in 4000, covering an area of ​​3 square meters, with [-] teaching buildings..."

This broadcast seemed to be edited from the broadcast at the end of the last century. The voices were male and female, intermittent, and it was about the school history of the destination.

"Three teaching buildings?" Dong Li glanced down at the shimmering diamond-encrusted gold watch under his sleeve, "The 'hunting ground' will only be a complete building in a certain area, and the invitation didn't specify where it is. I’m afraid it’s too late to find them one by one.”

"...If you are looking for a living doll, there is a high probability that it should be in Teaching Building No. 1, where the facilities are more complete, including the music room and the art room." Yan Ge suddenly said.

"how do you know?"

"I am a native of Ciling. Ciling No. [-] Middle School happens to be my alma mater in junior high school."

As soon as Yan Ge said these words, he suddenly felt a surprised gaze fall on his back. Looking back, his gaze happened to collide with the man in sunglasses who had been propping his face up and pretending to be asleep.

With the light of the street lamp, Yan Ge realized that this person looked familiar, but he couldn't tell where.

A pair of dark brown large round sunglasses are on the bridge of the nose, and there is a small mole on the lower right of the lower lip, which makes the whole person look very casual.The half-length hair that was highlighted into dark red was tied up behind her head, and she was dressed in a dress that ignored the temperature, as if she had just finished shooting the cover of a fashion magazine. She was sitting in a lazy posture. It didn't look like she was going to a survival game, but rather, she was going to catch an announcement like.

The other party's strange gaze became more and more entangled, and there was no intention of avoiding it. Yan Ge's gaze stayed on the metal badge inlaid on the neck rope around his neck for a second, and then politely turned his eyes away.

At the same time, the radio in the bus suddenly fell silent, and then a weird song came from it——

"There are two china dolls in the castle,

The princess accompanied Luca in the attic.

The villains snatched her home,

I cursed him one after another.

The crow pecked out Luca's eyes,

The mice sang that she was married.

In the wilderness the bones are covered with wildflowers,

The feast of the trash heap has begun..."

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Character Panel (Currently information can be disclosed)

Name: Yan Ge

Condition: (90/100) Minor scratches

Possesses skills: The hatred of the forest is melted into iron armor [the effect is hardened (from the wooden shopping mall model)]

Possessions: costumes and police uniforms (already equipped), mobile phone (15% battery), water gun, steel shell flashlight, instant noodles x2, fire axe.

Current tasks: Find the whereabouts of Gu Lili (not completed), find Mr. Pokland in Ciling Ninth Middle School and send an invitation (in progress)

Volume [-] City of Living Dolls