Chapter 6 Tapes (2)
The next day, Li Ying received a box of tape.
The letter sent with the tape was written by Tang Haixiang.
He did not come back yesterday. And Runan did not receive any news about Mu Jing. He didn't know what happened yesterday, but he received a text message from him on his phone, saying that he would help him to go to the suburbs to help immediately and intercept the upcoming Shenhuai and Haolin. The specific reason was not stated, but he just asked them not to let those two people enter City G.
Li Ying put the tape into the recorder and pressed the play button.
At first there was a blank space, but then suddenly there was a very gloomy and dull voice: "Li Ying... If you get this tape, it means I'm dead. For a friend, at least give you this tape, you can also listen to it with Rang Lezhe... In short, please listen to me."
Li Ying almost held her breath and waited for what was behind.
"We were cursed... The undead two years ago came back to take revenge. Originally, this tape was used to record our songs, and I always had a portable recorder on it. Just now... I saw him... I saw him!"
"You want to say I'm crazy, right? No, Le Zhe is right. He turned into a ghost and came back... I'm following him now. Although I plucked up the courage to follow him, I still try to keep a distance of more than twenty meters from him. Fortunately, there are many people around me, so I'm not very scared. Here, it's in Lewan Square... I saw him in a very accidental situation. On the surface, he looks no different from a normal person, and there are two people around him. Although I didn't see the appearance of those two, they seem to be living people."
Li Ying swallowed her saliva, Lewan Square... Isn't it the place where they performed a few days ago? He still clearly remembers all the characteristics of that place.
"He now looks no different from a living person..."
Tang Haixiang's voice became lower and lower, and Li Ying had to turn the volume up to hear it clearly.
"Now, I have crossed Sijia Road and am currently at the entrance of Shengyue Cinema..."
Hearing this, Li Ying immediately took out the map and began to compare according to the content of the tape, imagining Tang Haixiang's direction of action. He finally found the Four-A Road, and Tang Haixiang's tone gradually became even deeper.
"Li Ying... I heard from me that I am not brave, mainly because... I am worried that if I escape like this, I will end up with Zhiyuan and others. If... if I could find out the truth of this curse, maybe we could survive..."
The mixed sounds of cars and noisy people in the tape gradually disappeared.
"This is near Fuyuan Bridge, and there are fewer people around..."
Although Li Ying did not personally experience Tang Haixiang's feelings at that time, just thinking about it made him feel numb. I guess the reason why he still has the courage to continue to follow is not only because of the curse, but also because of the two living people.
After all, if there are two living people here, even if they are ghosts, the fear in their hearts can be eliminated by seeing them together. After all, compared with ghosts, human terror is almost impossible to reflect.
However, he had a question that he couldn't figure out. Why did Tang Haixiang be sure that they were living people? Because they were under the sun, because they had feet?
"Now, I'm following the three along a river beach..."
Li Ying looked at the map again. If Fuyuan Bridge passes again, he will walk along the river beach and it will be a slum area. The road names are very complicated and the map is not clearly marked.
Sure enough, the voice in the tape then said, "Here... they entered an alley, but there are many forks. If the distance is too far, it will probably be lost... It's really not familiar here."
Li Ying gradually began to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead. The scene just thinking about it made her legs weak. It was a shame that Tang Haixiang had the courage to follow him. If it were him, it would probably be impossible to take a few seconds.
"So quiet...it's so quiet..."
The sound in the tape was almost so small that it could not be heard clearly, but Tang Haixiang's breathing sound was a little louder.
Li Ying turned the volume to the maximum, but he was worried about hearing something terrifying, so he immediately adjusted the sound to the lower.
"Fortunately... I didn't talk to Die... the two people who seemed to be living people kept talking, but I couldn't hear clearly. They seemed to be very familiar with him and him..."
Li Ying's brain kept guessing the identities of the two "living people". If Tang Haixiang stood in front of him now, he would definitely ask, do those two people look like black and white impermanence? He really hoped that those two people could send him... back to their original place.
"Ah... One of them just looked back and looked at it. He seemed to notice someone was following him..."
Hearing this, Li Ying's heart was also tightened. Then, another strange voice came from the tape: "It seemed like someone was following us just now?"
Then, another woman's voice appeared: "No, right? I don't feel like I'm not. You're probably nervous, right?"
The voices of these two people sounded very normal, and there was nothing strange at all. Li Ying also began to feel that maybe they were really living people.
But is it really that simple?
"Fortunately... they continued to leave again... I don't know if I should continue to follow me..."
Li Ying knew that he must have followed him again, otherwise the tape would not have been possible for him to take it.
Because he said at the beginning that if he heard this cassette, it means... Tang Haixiang is dead.
"I don't know where I went... I have passed through several alleys, but... I haven't seen anyone..."
Suddenly, Tang Haixiang's voice stopped. The stagnation lasted for about ten seconds, and he didn't even hear his breath.
However, there was a sound of something moving towards this side. The sound did not sound like walking, but a bit like... a bit like...
Then, he heard the sound of running quickly and the heavy breathing. Tang Haixiang...he was running away!
They all followed this point and suddenly ran away... So, were they discovered?
Li Ying desperately imagined how Tang Haixiang ran away quickly. However, after listening for a long time, Tang Haixiang seemed to be running wildly and could not even speak.
Later, a voice followed him closely. Li Ying felt more and more familiar with the voice, but she just couldn't remember it.
"No...no, don't follow me, don't follow me!"
Tang Haixiang's voice became more and more frightened as he heard it. I guess he kept putting the portable recorder in his clothes, otherwise he would not be able to run fast with it.
The sound gradually overshadowed Tang Haixiang's fear of help, and then, a more abnormal sound began to appear, and... became louder and louder. Li Ying turned the recorder to the lightest, and the sound was as clear as in his ears.
That's...a whistle-like sound, no...this is a whistle!
That night, on the mountain road...
Same as that sound!
Although two years have passed, it is still so clear.
Finally, the sound suddenly became farther and lighter. I don’t know if it was Tang Haixiang who got rid of this pursuit or...
“Hu, Hu…”
Tang Haixiang seemed to have finally stopped, and his continuous running made him feel angry.
However, his breathing stopped immediately.
Li Ying guessed that he saw something amazing again. Unfortunately, this was not a video, otherwise he would have seen what it was immediately.
This time the blank sound continued for about half a minute.
"Li Ying, listen... This building was obviously..."
Building?
Li Ying looked at the map carefully and found that the area was a slum area. Most of the nearby places were short bungalows. Where did the building come from? Did Tang Haixiang run so far?
"I clearly didn't see it just now..."
When Li Ying heard this, she almost rolled off the chair.
This...isn't this a plot that only exists in ghost stories?
At this time, the whistle sounded...it actually sounded again!
Tang Haixiang took another step! At this time, Li Ying probably... he ran in! He ran into the building!
Li Ying pressed the stop button.
In fact, so far, no non-human phenomenon has occurred. Although Tang Haixiang said that he saw "him", people are similar. After all, it has been two years and it is difficult to rely on memory.
He planned to confirm it. According to the map, there should be no tall buildings nearby. Judging from the time Tang Haixiang followed in the tape, the alleyway inside was extremely complicated. He must have escaped in panic at that time. If so, he would probably get lost, let alone see any building after leaving that area.
Runan and Ajing had already agreed to him that they would call them if something happened. But he still didn't believe in the two of them. After all, he calmed down and thought, it was really hard to imagine that the saying that people turned into ghosts when they died.
After leaving home, he came to the slums in that area based on the map.
It was broad daylight, and there were many people coming in and out, which made him feel much more relieved. Li Ying looked around for a long time before he walked into an alley with fear.
Judging from the sound in the tape, he is now walking the same route that Tang Haixiang took yesterday. According to the tape's instructions, he gradually judged where Tang Haixiang was discovered. And there were fewer people around him.
Finally, he came to a fork similar to an intersection, and this place...he was probably where Tang Haixiang began to escape. Then he began to judge again, assuming he was discovered here, where would he run away?
Generally speaking, in a critical state, we should choose the nearest road. However, Li Ying did not know the specific location of Tang Haixiang at that time. After all, there were four forks, so it was possible that he would escape wherever he could.
Originally, he had described the characteristics of the road he had walked on the tape before, so Li Ying could find it smoothly. However, Tang Haixiang had almost never spoken during his escape, so his judgment on the road could not be determined.
At this time, he suddenly thought that Tang Haixiang said, "I didn't see that building just now." So, it represents the road that the building walked when he came.
So...will you go back?
Li Ying gradually felt a little strange.
He has never been to this place before. Even if he relies on the narration in the tape, he can actually pass through such a complicated alley without entering a dead end... This is incredible!
He had an unusual feeling, even he couldn't say.
It seems like this was the route that Tang Haixiang took yesterday!
"Strange, this is so strange..."
He also carried a portable recorder on his body and the tape was placed in the recorder.
In fact, there was one thing he never understood.
There is a big contradiction in the opening remarks of the tape.
"If you get this tape, it means I'm dead..."
Tang Haixiang has been carrying a tape to record the sound and tracking the "he" who is suspected to be an unjust soul. Since he feels that he may die, then... how can this tape be in his hands? How can Tang Haixiang be confident that even if he dies, he can still send letters and tapes?
However, the sound of the tape and the handwriting on the letter were indeed from Tang Haixiang, and there is no doubt about this...
At this moment, he suddenly stopped.
"No... impossible..."
Where he entered the alley, there... there was a building that did not exist!
Almost at the same time, he pressed the play button of the recorder again...
Chapter completed!