Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

The door of the auditorium was ajar, with lights on inside. Through the gap, Li Wei saw the statue of the god directly opposite. The candle swayed slightly in the breeze. Li Wei raised the momentum in her hand and threw it directly in.

With a bang, a vase on the table opposite was smashed, and the fragments were scattered on the floor. Li Wei laughed happily, and then lit a cigarette. She did not go in, but held the iron rod in her hand. Waved.

"It's pretty smooth."

Li Wei carried the iron rod and walked in. In the empty auditorium, there were no people on the rows of chairs. The figure just now disappeared. Li Wei walked over and picked up the fragments on the ground, scratching them lightly on his fingers. Move and a tingling sensation comes immediately.

Now all this seems to be a dream but not like a dream. It is said to be a dream because Li Wei's body has recovered, but she can't wake up. If it is not a dream, what on earth is going on?

Li Wei found a place to sit and leaned casually. She looked at everything here. Everything she saw and touched with her body was extremely real. It was difficult for Li Wei to understand what was going on here.

"Is it really a ghost that brought me here?"

Li Wei exhaled a puff of smoke and then laughed.

"Whatever you want to do, just come out and I will accompany you to the end."

At this time, an ambulance slowly landed at the place where Li Wei lived, and then Li Wei was carried out of the apartment. Several detectives quickly began to investigate the room.

It was just 10 o'clock in the evening, and now Li Wei had fallen into a coma. It was the agent who lived next door who found out that Li Wei had not woken up, so he came over immediately.

Soon Li Wei was taken away by ambulance and went directly to a high-tech hospital near the presidential residence. People from the military also came over.

11:20pm.

Tommy came to the special care area of ​​the hospital. Several military scientists had already examined Li Wei's body. There was currently no problem. The mechanical body had not suffered any damage, but Li Wei's brain waves were abnormal. active, but she herself could not wake up.

This is the first time many doctors have seen this situation. The current diagnosis result is that Li Wei has become a vegetative state, but her brain waves are abnormally active.

Tommy came to the room and felt Li Wei's future. Tomorrow she would still lie motionless on the bed, without even any changes.

"Watch her carefully."

Tommy said, the doctors and detectives nodded, he felt something was wrong.

It is unlikely that Li Wei will suddenly become like this. After all, she is still young, just 30, and her body is a mechanical body and her brain is intact.

After Tommy sat for a while, he saw that the index values ​​​​of Li Wei's brain were correct, but the activity of the cranial nerves was abnormal.

"Be sure to keep an eye on her and send some soldiers over."

After Tommy finished speaking, he could only get up and go back. There was nothing he could do about it at the moment.

Li Wei smoked quietly, and the ground was already covered with cigarette butts. She didn't know how long it had been, probably two or three hours. She had already searched the auditorium, and the road to the second floor was locked.

Li Wei also left a circle outside. Many places were wrapped in fog, and Li Wei couldn't find any way out. There were cemeteries nearby, with at least a thousand graves.

"Who is it?"

Li Wei stood up angrily, picked up the iron rod beside him, stood up directly in front of the statue, and then aimed at the statue and smashed it down. At this time, Li Wei was holding down one hand.

"Has it finally appeared?"

Li Wei grinned and kicked him instantly, but the man just quickly backed away. He was wearing a black robe. Under the dim candlelight, only the outline of the man's pale mouth could be seen.

"Who are you? It's you who brought me here."

The man didn't speak. Li Wei raised the iron rod in his hand and planned to attack, but at this moment the man turned around and walked away. Li Wei chased him. The man easily dodged and then quickly ran towards the door of the auditorium. Li Wei became angry.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

After chasing him to the door, Li Wei saw the man closing the door of the auditorium and then lowering his hood. He was a shriveled man with sunken eyes. He looked like he had just climbed out of the cemetery.

"I also wanted to ask you how you got here."

The man spoke, his voice a little hoarse, and Li Wei was even more confused.

"where is this place?"

The man smiled and stretched out his hand, and Li Wei took it.

"This is a nightmare town."

Li Wei laughed.

"Are you really in a dream? Did some ghost bring me in?"

The man shook his head.

"In the real world, we may all be dead. Even if we are alive, we may still be in a vegetative state."

"Then how did you get in?"

The man sat down helplessly, leaned against the door, and then said.

"I don't know how I got in. I used to be a gambler and owed a lot of money. Finally, I was forced to take my wife to the countryside."

Li Wei felt strange and then asked.

"Sir, do you still remember your era?"

The man nodded.

"I remember clearly that it was 1906."

Li Wei looked at the man in shock, and then remembered that the carriage, lantern, and everything in the auditorium looked so retro. She had only seen these scenes in movies before.

"What about you, miss?"

Li Wei frowned and did not say that she was from 2277.

"about the same as you."

The man smiled bitterly.

"What's going on here?"

The man stood up and took Li Wei's hand and said.

"Service is going to start soon and this is the only way we can get back to the town. We have this service once a week and I come here to get some food."

"food?"

Li Wei looked at the man in confusion and he said.

"My name is Trudeau."

"Li Wei."

Trudeau looked at Li Wei with doubtful eyes.

"This is the first time I've heard such a name."

"Can you tell me specifically about the situation here?"

Trudeau nodded and said.

"Don't say anything for a while. After their service is over, we will take some of their alms and leave."

Li Wei felt more and more strange. Then Trudeau looked around and found a corner. Then he carefully took out a robe and handed it to Li Wei.

"Put it on."

Li Wei could only put it on, and then Trudeau took Li Wei to the corner and sat down.

"Probably should start soon."

Li Wei asked as Trudeau looked nervous.

"You look like you're about to die."

Trudeau nodded.

"I'm going to starve to death if I go on without food."

Li Wei became even more confused.

"It's obviously a dream, how come there is still starvation?"

"If we survive, we still have a chance to return to reality."

Li Wei was stunned, but then smiled.

"Even if you return to reality, your body will have already rotted away."

Trudeau said.

"I've been back several times and I'm sure I can get back into my body."

Just when Li Wei was confused, there were sounds of footsteps, accompanied by the clanging bells. At this time, the door was opened, and a lot of people in robes came in. There were a lot of men and women, and they looked for them at will. Sitting down, there were only footsteps and no whispers.

In less than a few minutes, the auditorium was full. Many people had their heads lowered. Only their mouths could be seen, but their faces could not be seen in full. Just as Li Wei was about to raise her head, she was kicked by Trudeau on the side.

At this time, there was a creaking sound, and Li Wei looked at the door leading to the second floor. cake.

Then these people walked all the way carrying the pancakes, and people kept reaching out to take them. When the people carrying the pancakes came over, Li Wei was about to reach out and found that the pancakes in the basin had bottomed out.

Trudeau took several pieces, and Li Wei also took a few pieces at random. When she looked up, she still could only see the person's face.

After a while, more than a dozen people in red robes stood on the stage in front of the statue, clasping their hands together. Others began to follow suit. Li Wei could only follow suit. No one said anything. The whole process was very dull. Li Wei felt that she His hands were already stiff, and it had probably been an hour.

Then everyone stood up. Just as Li Wei was about to get up, Trudeau stepped on him. He shook his head and signaled Li Wei not to leave.

At this time, Li Wei turned around and discovered a shocking scene. The figures of the people who were going out were gradually disappearing. With the rising fog, they disappeared outside the auditorium.

The red robes on the stage also began to return to the second floor. After they left, Trudeau breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"Let's go."

After speaking, Trudeau took a piece of pancake and took a small bite. He smiled with satisfaction. Li Wei was about to eat, but Trudeau stopped her.

"We can't eat too much of this kind of thing used to appease the dead. If we eat too much, we will be like them."

Li Wei wanted to taste it, but Trudeau stopped her.

"We have to leave now. I finally found the way here."

Li Wei felt more and more strange. After following Trudeau out of the auditorium, Trudeau immediately started walking to the left. But suddenly Li Wei remembered that Trudeau suddenly appeared when he stopped her from breaking the statue. , Li Wei held the iron rod in his hand and struck it suddenly.

The scene in front of him shocked Li Wei. Trudeau's body seemed to be a ghost, without entity. After the knock, his body quickly returned to its original shape. Trudeau looked at Li Wei and smiled bitterly.

"This is the price of eating these pancakes. I will slowly become like those dead people, without any thoughts or emotions. I will follow the bell every week to be comforted."

Li Wei swallowed and Trudeau said.

"So you haven't had to eat these pancakes yet. Unless you feel hungry one day, you only need to eat them. You can keep them yourself. There are not many opportunities to enter here."

Li Wei could only continue walking with Trudeau. She had to figure out what this nightmare town was about.

"Where exactly are you taking me?"

Levy asked, as Trudeau had been walking her through the cemetery for quite some time.

"Let's wait until we get out first."

Judging from Trudeau's appearance, he was looking for something, Li Wei scratched his head and asked.

"How on earth can we go back?"

Trudeau said.

"You'll find out when you get there."

Suddenly Trudeau showed an expression of surprise and said with a smile.

"found it."

Trudeau picked up a black object from the lawn. Li Wei didn't know what it was. Trudeau immediately lit the object. At this time, a cluster of flames appeared. Li Wei looked at the flames in amazement. Next, a path piled with stones appeared in front of me.

"Come on, we can get back to town."

Trudeau took Li Wei and ran. After a while, they passed through the fog. Li Wei saw a main road. Trudeau breathed a sigh of relief.

"How long have you been here?"

Trudeau laughed.

"If we use time to calculate it, it must have been hundreds of years."

Li Wei didn't quite understand. Trudeau smiled and pointed at the Beetle not far away. After getting in the car, Li Wei looked at the two antique cars strangely. She had seen many screenings before.

Trudeau said with a smile after the car started.

"Let's go, we'll be there in a minute."

Soon the car started. Li Wei looked at the muddy road. Soon she saw a small town in the distance with lights. The car drove into the town in a few minutes.

"This time it went so smoothly."

Li Wei looked at the town with confusion, and Trudeau said.

"People here repeat the same thing every day with almost no changes, which means their memories are reset every day and they never know whether they are alive or dead."

This kind of thing made Li Wei feel strange. Trudeau greeted people all the way there, and many people stared at Li Wei.

After a while, Trudeau took Li Wei to the door of a cylindrical building, which seemed to have only more than ten floors. As soon as he entered, Li Wei saw an old woman, half-squinting her eyes, and just glanced at them.

Trudeau took Li Wei to the 13th floor. This was his room. When he opened it, the room was empty, but it looked like there was a lot of food.

"You can eat whatever you want here."

Li Wei hummed. She hadn't tasted food for a long time.

Trudeau held up an alarm clock and then started to set it.

"Remember that when the alarm clock rings, you must wake up quickly. No matter how tired you are, you cannot sleep, otherwise you will forget everything that happened before and wake up here."

Li Wei nodded and picked up a bag of potato chips. When she saw the date, it was indeed produced in 1906. She opened it and ate some. The taste was very ordinary. Li Wei asked.

"You haven't told me how to get out of here?"

Trudeau laughed tiredly.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow, if you can survive tonight. There is wine and cigarettes over there. Miss, if you can't sleep, you can drink a little. Remember to get up when the alarm clock rings. I can't help you."

Li Wei smiled helplessly, opened some food, picked up a bottle of wine and drank.