Nightmare Attack

“I asked him whether life, old age, illness and death in Blackstone Town, which is trapped in the black mist, are the same as in the real world,” Jiang Cheng continued: “He answered yes.

Chenran, who was sitting on the ground, narrowed his eyes, looked at the fat man, and suddenly smiled and said, "I can testify to what Brother Hao said." He threw the extinguished torch behind him, patted the ashes on his hands, and said: "I heard it too."

The fat man seemed to be trying to understand what they were saying. After just a few seconds, his entire face darkened, a grayish darkness.

"So" the fat man stared with frightened eyes, "the mayor, they have already"

"They did not temporarily escape those things as the mayor said." When Jiang Cheng said this, he paused suddenly, as if he was thinking about what words to use to describe it more appropriately.

Chenran on the side grinned, "Assimilate."

Jiang Cheng glanced at him and then continued: "Yes, it's assimilation." He looked at Fatty and said calmly: "None of them have escaped the assimilation of those weird things that came back from the dead."

"They were probably killed once, and then their bodies were placed on a stone plate and resurrected in a strange way."

"The dead retain their memories of their lives, so they continue to live in Blackstone Town," he paused, "just like they did when they were alive."

“But the only difference is that they don’t age, and everyone’s life is permanently fixed at the last moment before their death.

"They can no longer escape from this sea city." Su Xiaoxiao looked out the square window and added in a cold voice, "It's like a sea cage to them."

The amount of information he received this time was a bit large, and the fat man's brain went down for a while. After a while, he looked at the doctor and said vaguely: "So ensuring that the lighthouse flame continues to burn will not save us from the nightmare. Is that so?”

"This is only good for the people in Blackstone Town!" Fatty said excitedly: "They lied to us!"

"We can't yet tell whether the flames in the lighthouse are related to our escape from the nightmare, but one thing is for sure, it must be good for the things in Blackstone Town." Jiang Cheng turned his head and glanced at the town on the dark sea. There are bright colors everywhere and it seems to be very lively.

The word "thing" instinctively makes fat people feel uncomfortable.

The guys who talked to them, invited them to dinner, and spoke freely were all inhuman. The entire Blackstone Town floating on the sea was a "dead city."

The "night" outside the window is as thick as a ball of ink that cannot be dissolved.

After another full day of work, Jiang Cheng returned to his old position and rested against the wall.

The fat man came over very discerningly, his huge body piled into a ball, and said in a low voice: "Doctor, please sleep peacefully, I will just keep vigil at night.

"You sleep on your own," Jiang Cheng rested his head on his arm and did not open his eyes. "It will probably be dawn in another 2 or 3 hours. I will go to sleep after dawn."

"Then thank you for your hard work, doctor."

Fat people don't have ink marks either. They just sleep obediently when the doctor tells them to. Anyway, in nightmares, only children who listen to the doctor's instructions can survive with their limbs intact.

Those who disobey the doctor, or even want to trick the doctor, have grass growing three feet high on their graves. Looking from a distance, they are green and growing very gratifyingly.

The fat man chose a position to lie down next to the doctor to ensure that the doctor would notice him.

Especially my back and neck.

His coat had been torn into strips and wrapped around Su Ran's body. Now he could only try his best to shrink himself. Fortunately, due to the flames, the room was very warm.

To be fair, Fatty wasn't willing to extinguish the flame.

He had just laid down, with his face facing the dusty position. His body was half-hidden in the darkness beyond the reach of the fire. The fat man didn't know whether he was asleep or staring at him.

Why would Chenran be staring at himself? If he wanted to stare, he would also stare at the doctor.

The fat man swallowed guiltily, and then turned his body very uncomfortably to get himself out of the face-to-face state with Chenran.

But the next second, his peripheral vision inadvertently caught another line of sight.

Almost as soon as he noticed this sight, the fat man's body began to shake uncontrollably.

This is a reflex similar to body instinct.

It's like what happens when a creature faces a higher-level predator, stemming from the suppression in its bloodline.

From the darkness beyond the reach of the fire, a face slowly poked out.

A pair of bloody eyes on the old woman's twisted face stared at her. The next second, a scarlet tongue protruded from her mouth, swirling greedily around her lips.

That night, the fat man slept next to the doctor. He thought he understood the reason why the doctor refused to sleep.

If he sleeps, then based on these two moments, he is no match for the old woman, Chen Ran, or any of the three Su Xiaoxiao.

If they had used some means, they might have had to move their heads and the doctor's heads at night.

That night he had many strange dreams, some of which could even be said to be absurd. He dreamed of a giant pure white stone plate with countless people surrounding it shouting something.

The hot blood splashed on the stone plate, bright red and dazzling.

There was a strange painting carved on the stone plate. Bright red surged along the grooves on the stone plate, making the painting clearer and clearer. Gradually, his eyes widened.

This was a creature he had never seen before.

Just when the entire painting was about to appear, the fat man was woken up by someone. He was still immersed in the dream and couldn't help but trembled.

The person who woke him up lay down quietly after the fat man woke up.

"Wake me up in two hours," Jiang Cheng closed his eyes and rested his head on one of his arms. "Stay here and don't go away." He finally said.

During this period, the fat man dutifully stayed by Jiang Cheng's side, and didn't wake him up until it was estimated that the time was almost up.

"Doctor," the fat man patted him gently, "it's time to get up."

"doctor?"

"Should"

The fat man screamed three times before Jiang Cheng opened his eyes. After waking up, Jiang Cheng slowly sat up. After a while, he stood up and moved his body.

The fat man suddenly felt a little sorry for the doctor.

He was obviously very tired, and there were faint red bloodshot eyes in his eyes.

"Where are they?" Jiang Cheng looked around, then turned to look at the fat man.

The only ones left in the room were the old woman and Su Ran, who was awake but obviously still very weak. The latter was leaning in the corner, his big eyes looking towards Jiang Cheng from time to time.

Su Xiaoxiao and Chenran were gone.

"Doctor," Fatty whispered, "They said they were looking for clues nearby, and then asked us to stay and guard the flames, as well as Su Ran and the woman."