17. Girl holding a cock
Buzz!
The car roared and sped away.
The headlights illuminated the road ahead, showing the vehicles parked randomly on the road.
The whole street seemed to be asleep in the darkness, and only Su Wu was driving, fighting against the weirdness in the city's dream.
A second before the red lantern rose into the sky, he drove the car around a corner again.
The light emitted illuminated the sign of "RT-Mart" at the intersection, and passed by a figure holding something at the intersection.
Figure?
Su Wu slowed down and turned his head suddenly.
At this time, the red lantern rose into the sky, and the crimson light covered the entire street.
Under the red light, he saw a girl in pajamas at the intersection, holding something in her arms, her shoulders twitching, and walking across the intersection with her head down.
Her long black hair covered her face, and the slippers on her feet were kicking and clattering.
The crimson light shone on her, casting a long reflection behind her, but she was unscathed and quickly passed the intersection.
The red light shone into the car window and fell on Su Wu's shoulder.
The red candle on the console burned violently at this moment. The 15-centimeter-long candle turned into a puff of green smoke and dissipated in a breath!
Then, Su Wu's head flew up like a balloon, swaying in the closed car.
"The candles lit from the temple can resist the erosion of the lantern ghost. However, it can only resist for a breath..."
"After a breath, if the red lantern does not fall, it may be killed..."
"This time, the lantern ghost killed me, but not the girl?"
"Or——"
Su Wu's eyes went dark.
…
“You are dead.”
“This simulation is over.”
“Rating: Ding Shang.
Comment: Although you know how to use transportation and even use a little trick to delay your own death, you still can’t escape its shadow in the end.
Reward: Ding Shang score basic reward 5 yuan jade;
Find a safe house +10 yuan jade.
Wallet balance: 667+15=682 yuan jade.”
…
Having your head taken off by the lantern ghost will not cause any pain.
Su Wu quickly recovered from the state of confusion, thinking about the girl crossing the intersection in his mind, always feeling that she was a little strange.
In an environment full of car accident scenes and headless corpses, such a girl suddenly appeared, and anyone would feel something was wrong.
Besides, is that girl blind and can’t see the headless corpses everywhere?
She didn’t find a place to hide, and dared to walk around the street at will?
Also, what was she holding in her arms?
At a quick glance, it looked like some kind of pet, with bright colors - a kitten or puppy wearing bright clothes?
The lantern ghost killed me, but did not kill the girl.
Did the lantern ghost choose me, or did she have a way to avoid being chosen by the lantern ghost?
Questions filled Su Wu's mind.
He immediately started the simulation again.
…
Check the notebook and check the messages on the phone.
Use candles to continue the flame in the small temple.
Wait for the next neon light to flash, walk out of the small temple, and sit in the driver's seat of the car in front of the restaurant.
Su Wu squatted on the control console with a row of candles.
Except for the first candle, the rest have not been lit.
One candle can resist the lantern ghost for one breath, and ten candles can extend the time to ten breaths.
Sometimes ten breaths can turn the situation around!
He started the car, rushed into the road, and turned the corner along the original path.
Controlling the speed of the car, at about the same time, he drove into the intersection with a 'Run-Mart' supermarket across the street.
As the headlights flashed across the intersection, Su Wu saw the girl in pajamas.
At this time, the neon lights suddenly dimmed, and it was unknown when the red lanterns would rise into the sky.
Su Wu picked up all the candles on the console, opened the car door, and ran quickly to the girl: "Hey! It's dangerous here, why are you running around on the road?"
The girl raised her head, and her long hair covered a small and plain face.
Her eyebrows were gentle, and her eyes were red. She looked at Su Wu across the road, and her lips whispered: "I..."
The darkness dissipated in an instant, and the red lanterns rose.
The crimson light filled the street.
It illuminated the 'thing' in the girl's arms - it was neither a pet cat or dog as Su Wu guessed, nor a valuable item.
It was colorful and a very lively big rooster.
"Cock-a-doodle-doo--"
The big rooster crowed.
The moment the red lantern rose, the candle in Su Wu's hand began to burn violently!
His heart was pounding, and he had no time to care about what kind of magical combination the girl and the rooster were. He took out candles one after another and continued the flame of the previous candle that was about to burn out.
In these few breaths, he asked a question: "Don't you know that these red lanterns in the sky will make people lose their heads?!"
The girl nodded.
She wanted to speak, but all the candles in Su Wu's hand were completely burned out.
In her horrified eyes, Su Wu's head broke away from his neck and rose straight into the sky: "Why am I the one who died again?
Speak faster next time!"
Before the vision was pitch black, Su Wu saw that the girl's head was still on her neck.
Even though he became a part of the lantern trick in front of her, she didn't have her head taken off!
This is not in line with Lantern's killing rules!
As long as a living person sees the heads of other people around him flying up and turning into red lanterns, their heads will also detach from their necks!
Something is definitely wrong with her!
…
"Again!"
…
Under the light of red lanterns.
Su Wu held a burning candle and asked the girl, "It's dangerous here!"
Don’t you know these red lanterns in the sky can make people lose their heads? "
The girl raised her head, looked at him with some shyness, nodded slightly, and shook her head.
"What do you mean?" The candle in Su Wu's hand was almost burning out.
He was speechless in his heart and stood in the middle of the road looking at the girl: "You have to communicate more with people. What do you mean by nodding and shaking your head? Time is very tight now!"
In a tight time frame, he spoke as fast as a machine gun, yet managed to speak clearly.
"I know...I saw the heads of people around me flying."
There were tears in the girl's eyes. Under Su Wu's barrage of words, she became nervous and spoke slightly faster: "But I don't know, it's because of the red lantern."
The candle burned out.
Su Wu's head was spinning: "You told me earlier! Why do I have to die every time I see you?!"
The girl blinked, scared and confused.
Clearly doesn't understand how someone can die 'every time'?
…
The candles in the backpack have been used up.
Su Wu hesitated for a moment and prepared to conduct a simulation with only the Imperial Bell.
After several simulations, every time he faced the girl, his head flew up, but the girl was unharmed. This could no longer be explained by Lantern's random killing method.
The girl had previously witnessed the heads of people around her fly up and turn into red lanterns.
It shows that she has experienced this kind of thing before herself.
But she still didn't die.
What's the reason?
Su Wu vaguely had an answer in his heart.
