On the seventeenth day (9) Ai Ya came back again

  I have always had two thoughts about the collapse of the mountain cave in my heart. First, I think it is a natural disaster, and second, I think it is a man-made disaster. However, whether it is a natural or man-made disaster, neither is good for us. But if we must distinguish which one is worse, then human error is definitely more terrifying than natural disasters.

  It's said that in this world, 30% of things are destined by heaven, and 70% depend on hard work. As long as someone intervenes, then the matter will have a purpose. The other party has trapped us in this cave, even if I were a brain-damaged child, I would know that this wouldn't be for any good purpose, and it's definitely not something that this great director in front of me could arrange.

  Xiao Pang's face turned pale, he grasped the camera, his hands were trembling, he said, is this real? Why?

  The two donkeys looked pale too, but they seemed much braver than us. They examined the camera, took a look at it, and then said, "Does anyone know these two people?"

  I said, can't see your face clearly, do you feel familiar?

  The two donkeys said, no, it's just that they can be seen as two men, but what about their clothes? Doesn't it seem similar to someone?

  I shook my head and said, no, I've spent a lot of time with everyone in here these days. Although their clothes are not very clear, they are casual wear, and most students wear sportswear. And don't worry, your brother is wearing casual clothes, but if he fights, only dwarfs can help him, this figure is obviously not.

  Ma Tiancheng said, "It's nothing now, but when it comes to life and death, we should take a good look at everyone."

  The little fatty stretched his neck and looked around again, then said, these people should not be in the mountain. Not among us.

  I said, how can you be so sure?

  Xiao Pang said, I'm not sure either, but I think they should have blown up the cave and run out. You guys found that from the direction of this rubble, there are definitely more stones on our side, right?

  I nodded, and this side of the cave entrance was blocked by stones, and we couldn't move forward at all. It's clear that this side was blown up.

  Xiao Pang continued to say, but the direction in which these two people left was not the same. We don't know if they will come back five minutes later, but from the video, it seems that they left in a different direction, right? If they were among us, I remember that night the rain was heavy and after the cave exploded, they couldn't get out either. These days, they should have frozen to death already, right?

  This short five-minute video we've watched many times, if you had to say there's a plot, it's obviously two people holding something and putting it down, then hastily leaving. Plus our previous inference, this is clearly planting explosives and leaving, and then blowing up the cave.

  But what were they after?

  I said, right, which means these two people didn't come in after all.

  The two donkeys nodded, he said, but what's the point of this?

  I thought for a moment and then said, if these two people are just to seal us in here, their purpose has been achieved, but what is their purpose after all?

  Calm down, calm down.

  The ticking sound keeps echoing in my ears, this death god's footsteps make me unable to concentrate, Xiaopang and Er Duzi are both staring at me, I must figure out the reason behind this, because I am their creative director, I am the creative director of this company, at this moment our company's chief programmer is dead, damn it, I must find the murderer.

  I gaze up at the sky and look out at the cave in the distance. The cave has been sealed off - what consequences will this bring?

  Calm down, calm down.

  I felt myself standing in front of the cave, which was still intact, and then two people came in carrying explosives.

  Bang!

  A loud rumble, and rocks tumbled down from the mountain cave.

  The entire cave was sealed off.

  I stood there, lost in thought for who knows how long, and then I said, "The cave is sealed off. There are only two possible outcomes: we can't get out, and people outside can't get in."

  Two donkeys looked at me with eager faces, but when they heard what I said, one of them let out a disappointed sigh and said, "Isn't this just farting?"

  I'm saying that this mountain village is abandoned, and we can basically deny the possibility of outsiders wanting to come in, right? This place has no one who wants to come. In other words, there are people who don't want us to leave or let someone leave. Thinking about the murder cases among students these days, could it be that the murderer created conditions to kill all the students?

  The two donkeys said, what does that have to do with us? Shouldn't their goal be the student party? Why did Xiaobudian encounter poisonous hands?

  I'm saying that maybe it's because Xiaobudian discovered their purpose, discovered this video, and then they killed Xiaobudian. Maybe the murderer killed so many people, originally planning to leave no one behind, right? The dead are the ones who can keep secrets, we're probably already his target.

  Xiao Pang said, "Why did Xiao Budo die in such a strange way, exactly matching our wishes?"

  I said, maybe it's a coincidence, wanting to hang someone to death, even if it's just for show, you have to let him be at least one meter above the ground, how can a person who is 1.65 meters tall be only one meter off the ground? It's almost three meters! And we didn't measure it accurately. Maybe... someone knows our story, knows your plan, and he just happens to use this plan to kill us all. And I can be sure that this is a group, absolutely not just one person.

  The two donkeys said, "It's impossible for a woman to do this. Women don't have the strength to strangle Xiaobao, nor do they have the endurance to hang him from a tree." So it must be a man, or at least one of them is a man. If it were a man and a woman, or two men... maybe that would work... Two men?

  The three of us exchanged a glance, and then Xiao Pang said, "Who else could it be? Weren't they the two bastards who first discovered Little Bao's body today?" Eighty percent of those who first discover the scene are the murderers. Have you guys heard that before?

  I nodded, I've actually heard this before. Jin San and Zhang Da Zhuang mysteriously went out for a morning exercise today, saying they were going to find a way up the mountain. Shouldn't normal people go to the cave entrance first? After all, this is the most convenient place to exit the mountain. Did the two of them discover that Xiaobudian was transmitting a camera here, and then they found out that their accomplice was seen by Xiaobudian, so they killed him to silence him?

  Perfect motive and timing for the crime.

  They had the time and ability, while we were all in the hotel at that time, who else could it be but them?

  Can we still doubt others at this moment?

  Two donkeys stared at me, I said, I'm afraid they are really... the murderers.

  The two donkeys cursed a sentence, turned around and searched for a circle on the ground, then picked up a very large stone and said to me, dare to kill my brother, damn it, go, beat these sons of bitches to death.

  Xiao Budo was killed, I definitely can't just sit back and do nothing. And since these two people have accomplices outside who are recklessly sealing off the mountain, it's clear that he has prepared to kill us all. Xiao Pang also picked up a stone from the ground, and I touched my pants pocket, the dagger is still inside, I've been carrying it with me all along.

  The three of us rushed towards the inn in a rage, each one ready to deliver a fatal blow to our opponent, leaving him unable to resist.

  The inn is getting closer, the old wooden structure looks even more dilapidated in today's fine weather, with a hint of death, this inn looks like an abandoned haunted house from afar, and even when you get close, it feels out of place with its gloominess and the surrounding scenery, standing awkwardly somewhere, looking like a tomb no matter how you look at it.

  I have passed by the corner of the inn, and I see three corpses lying in the distance, Little Dian quietly lying there, forever and ever.

  His wish was simple, a hope that any child would have. He had been small since he was little and although we were all young and not tall, we still teased him. All this child hoped for was to grow taller, and because he didn't have a clear concept of height, he said he wanted to grow to three meters.

  Is it just because of this one sentence, this ordinary wish, that he will be hanged alone on the tree, with his head three meters away from the ground, and fulfill his wish?

  Who is so cruel?

  After all, who is it that's hurting us?

  All the wishes we made, were just childish murmurs, the simplest and most naive of expectations, the smallest of hopes. Is it because of these small things that we have to die in such a strange way here?

  Is this place really a cursed land? Does the ancient wedding really control the fate of the survivors on this earth?

  Just as Xiaoyi said in the ancient temple, when hope turns into despair, it is far more terrifying than despair itself.

  But what's even more despicable is the perpetrator who takes advantage of this fear to harm us.

  I don't know why Jin Sanpang and Zhang Dazhuang want to kill so many people, nor do I want to know the reason. At this moment, we are all blinded by anger and don't even want to listen to their explanations. As soon as we meet, we will probably knock them down first before talking.

  Two sturdy donkeys, obviously seasoned veterans, walked to the entrance of the inn, one foot stepped inside, standing at the door and shouting loudly: "Those two bastards, get out here! The two people who saw Little D's corpse this morning, come out! I want to have a word with you!"

  Two donkeys carrying large stones stood at the door and shouted loudly. As soon as I stepped inside, I secretly thought it was bad, wasn't this informing the other party? According to my plan, we should have sneaked up quietly and then hit each of their heads with a stone. But the two donkeys didn't follow my style at all, they declared war as soon as they came up. If those two people were really the murderers, they must have known that things had been exposed, either they would escape or fight us to the death.

  The two donkeys shouted loudly, but there was no response. I thought those two little guys might have run away with guilty conscience. Before the thought had fallen, several people were seen running down from the stairs.

  Jin Sanpang and Zhang Dazhuang led the way down, followed by Siyao and Shenpo. Then Ma Tiancheng and Jueru slowly backed away from the stairs, facing upwards. After that, I saw Fengyue's legs, she was standing there, seemingly looking at something inside.

  The two donkeys were red-eyed, and when they saw Jin Sanpang running down, they couldn't jump over him. One of the donkeys threw a stone at Jin Sanpang, but he ran too fast and seemed to be in a panic. The second donkey swung his arm towards him, but it seemed like Jin Sanpang didn't even see it, and instead of slowing down, he suddenly crashed into the second donkey's arms.

  The two donkeys' punch was considered a waste, but the arm hit his forehead, and Jin San Bao was knocked back several steps. The force was really strong, if it had hit Jin San Bao's head squarely, he would have been knocked out by now.

  Xiao Pangzi was facing Zhang Dazhuang, and he also threw a stone. Zhang Dazhuang saw that Er Duzi didn't hit Jin Sanpang, although he didn't know what was going on, but he also became vigilant, dodged to the side, and then stood together with Jin Sanpang.

  The girl behind let out a shrill cry, and Jin Sanpang covered his forehead, saying, "Why are you hitting us? Why?"

  Zhang Dazhuang said, no, no, they are not them.

  Jīn Sān Pàng said: What did you say?

  Zhang Da Zhuang looked back at the building and said, "They... they were also possessed by Aiyu. They are ghosts."

  What is also possessed by Ailou? I looked at the stairs, and the people on it didn't change much. Everyone was there, just that Xia Ai and Xiao Bin with a crippled leg were nowhere to be seen.

  Little Ai?

  I gave a sudden start, quickened my pace and reached Ma Tiancheng's side in just a few steps. I stretched my head to take a look, and at that moment, the corridor on the second floor presented me with the most terrifying scene.

  Hou Mingyu stood there, Xia Ai standing in front of him, Xiao Bin being trampled under his feet, the dagger in his hand placed at Xia Ai's throat, grinning at us.

  A very eerie smile, a strange smile. When normal people smile, the muscles relax and contract, always interacting with each other, looking natural. But Hou Mingyu's smile was a strange smile, his mouth corners rose, but his face was stiff, as if someone had used PS software to forcibly put this smile on his face.

  I rushed up at once, Fengyue grabbed me with one hand, I turned back to look at her, her face was pale, and she whispered to me, "Hou Mingyu has been released by Aiyu."

  What did you say?

  Fengyue said, Hou Mingyu himself ran out, and there was a dagger in his hand. He said he was released by Aiyu, who asked him to take revenge for herself, so...he wanted to kill us all.

  Ai Ya is back again?

  I watched as Xia Ai was in Hou Mingyu's arms, her face pale and her body trembling slightly. Since I appeared, she had been staring at me with an unspoken something in her eyes.

  Is it hope?

  Is it desperation?

  I couldn't tell it apart, I stepped onto the second floor and said to Hou Mingyu, "Let Xiaoyi go, what do you want? Tell me and I'll satisfy you."

  Hou Mingyu sneered, the dagger in his hand pointing at me in mid-air, "Aye, let me kill you all, today you're all going to die."

  I felt a chill run down my spine, Xia Ai looked at me in terror, and I didn't know if Hou Mingyu's dagger would slash towards Xia Ai's throat the next second.

  The ticking in my mind grew denser, Xiao Ai's curse was special, her wish would be fulfilled after we met, every second could be Xiao Ai's final outcome, just like I would die within these seventeen days.