Invade the World

  Chapter 76 Shadows Struck

  ……Where is this taking me?

  Zhu Qingyue followed Xu Xiangyang, looking at the young man's back, this thought came to mind.

  This was not because she was afraid of what the other party would do to her, but because Xu Xiangyang never spoke on the way, but walked in front of her, so she always felt that the atmosphere was a little weird.

  Xu Xiangyang didn't tell her the destination, and Zhu Qingyue didn't plan to ask questions, just followed silently.

  Since he wants to take me somewhere, follow it. The girl thought to herself, if even the first boy who hopes that the other person can become her friend can't be trusted, who else can believe it?

  They crossed the road and walked to the vicinity of the cram school, but did not enter the stairway. Instead, they continued to go deep along the road next to them.

   By the way, what did he just say? "Before class, where shall we go for a stroll?"

   is talking about where to go shopping...

  She couldn't help but laughed, but she couldn't hold her back, and asked softly:

  "Xu Xiangyang, have you ever gone shopping with other girls before?"

"……what?"

   Xu Xiangyang, who was walking forward with his head dull, suddenly heard this strange question, and couldn't help turning his head to look at her with a little bewilderment.

   "No, no?"

  Is it counted to go out and Xingjie to buy snacks on the street nearby? No, it shouldn't be counted, Xu Xiangyang thought, always feeling that it was not the same as shopping in his imagination.

   "No wonder, I think you really have no experience at all." Zhu Qingyue covered her mouth and chuckled, "Why don't you care about the girls, don't even say a word, just keep walking forward?"

  Xu Xiangyang thought for a while, and found it reasonable. It doesn't mean it won't be used now, and it's largely a matter of politeness when interacting with others, so he humbly asked for advice.

   "So, what should I do?"

  "I don't know." Zhu Qingyue replied very frankly, "Because I also have no experience in this area, I can't tell you."

"……Oh."

  "Don’t take it too seriously, I think it’s good for student Xu to be like now. If he is too enthusiastic, it will seem strange."

  As they spoke, the two were getting further and further away from the noisy street.

  When passing through the residential area, the two of them could still occasionally meet passers-by, but Xu Xiangyang would always go around when he saw someone approaching in front of him, and deliberately walked to a more secluded place next to him.

  Zhu Qingyue quickly understood that Xu Xiangyang was completely avoiding others. He deliberately took himself to a remote place with no one.

She looked at the row upon row of houses. At first, she saw the old houses with range hoods and air conditioners hanging; then it became a single-family house with glass fragments of various sizes inserted from the door wall. Stretch out the lush branches and leaves.

Through the rusty fences and gates, iron racks for drying clothes are usually erected in the courtyard, but people are often not seen; occasionally a few ugly cats walk past the wall, or have dirty fur The mangy dog ​​lay and dozed in the shade.

  Someone also took out the dustpan from the house. The bamboo woven disc was placed in a place where the sun was shining, with peppers or dried meat and fish on it.

Sometimes I can hear the conversation and quarrel from the bed inside the door wall... But as their footsteps approach, they disappear without a trace, leaving only the figures of the children running between the yard and the road holding plastic toys .

  No words all the way.

  Finally, they went to a place where no human voices could be heard anymore, a clearing surrounded by several residential buildings.

  Zhu Qingyue raised her head, the clothes that every family had dried, and the potted branches and leaves that stretched out from the security window, all swayed gently in the wind.

  There is a shallow bunker in the clearing, a swing that fell off after half of the rope rots, and a few flat tires.

  It looks like a paradise for children nearby in the past, but it is now ruthlessly abandoned.

   "Where do you want to take me, is this here?"

  Zhu Qingyue looked around and asked half-jokingly.

  "Could it be that you used to come to play when you were young, and come to have a look when you grow up and reminisce about your childhood?"

   Standing in front of her, Xu Xiangyang did not answer, but looked at the direction behind her with a serious face, as if waiting for someone to arrive.

  One second, two seconds, three seconds.

"Teacher Yang……?"

  Xu Xiangyang finally spoke, but what he said was an interrogative sentence.

  They came to the open space through a narrow path that could only accommodate the next person pushing a bicycle. So when she turned her head, she quickly saw the familiar figure at the entrance of the alley.

   is indeed her class teacher, Mr. Yang, who should have been preparing courseware in the cram school at the moment.

  The man raised his arms and stood at the intersection. The shadows from the houses on both sides covered his face, but from the tone of Teacher Yang’s speech, a trace of dissatisfaction could be heard.

  "What are you doing in a place like this?"

Zhu Qingyue subconsciously wanted to answer, but was stopped by Xu Xiangyang's hand.

  He took a step forward and replied loudly:

  "We felt undigested after the meal, so we went out and strolled. Teacher Yang, why are you here? Wouldn't it be the one who came with us along the way?"

   "So, you two are really dating in private?"

   Teacher Yang frowned.

  There will be classes tomorrow afternoon. The two high school students, male and female, did not rush back to the classroom after lunch. Instead, they ran to such a remote place. Anyone would have this idea.

  After all, if you just want to communicate on the emotional level of ordinary students, just stay in the classroom.

   "This kind of thing is not important."

  Xu Xiangyang still had a smile on his face. Although he was asked about the sensitive topic of puppy love, he still quietly gestured to the girl behind him without asking Zhu Qingyue to help explain.

   "I just want to ask, why is Teacher Yang coming with us?"

  His words sound very rude, at least this kind of questioning attitude is not like the student's to the teacher.

   Teacher Yang replied a little impatiently.

   "I noticed that you two were secretly staying together before, and I saw that you were going to another place at noon. Of course I had to stop it. Everyone is here for class, not for fun. You should be very clear..."

   "If you just want to stop, you can just stop us."

  Xu Xiangyang said.

   "No need to come with us, right?"

"I……"

   Teacher Yang frowned, as if he wanted to refute, but the expression on his face quickly became dazed.

   "Yes, I just wanted to stop you," Teacher Yang muttered to herself, "Why did you follow me unknowingly..."

  Speaking halfway, suddenly stopped.

  The thin face with the breath of intellectuals suddenly became extremely pale, as if he had not healed for a long time. His facial features were suddenly distorted due to pain, and big drops of sweat came out on his forehead.

Not only that, but he also made strange movements uncontrollably: swinging his hands to the left and right, his head drooping on his shoulders, his legs bent to the other side as if there were no joints-judging from the strangeness of the posture , It's like performing some kind of difficult dance, but there is no smooth beauty in the man's movements, only the stiffness like a rusty machine, every movement is like a forcibly twisting after removing the joints.

  At this time, Teacher Yang no longer looks like a living person with flesh and blood, but like a puppet manipulated by a string behind his back...

  Zhu Qingyue, who had originally wanted to ask about the teacher’s physical condition out of concern, immediately closed her mouth.

  If you can’t think of the other person’s identity at this time, your head will be too awkward.

  Faced with the cruel fact that “the monster who has been in fear for several days is actually the teacher who teaches herself to learn every day”, the girl's body trembles uncontrollably.

   "It's a bit strange."

  Xu Xiangyang said. Like Zhu Qingyue, he can almost confirm the identity of the other party now.

"Eh?"

  Is this just a bit weird? !

   Suddenly seeing familiar people showing this strange look like a monster, Zhu Qingyue felt that she was a little bit out of breath.

  Student Xu can still be so calm, can it be the courage to watch horror movies all day?

   "Ms. Yang seems to be a little unaware that he is possessed, is there such a situation?"

  It turned out to be talking about this. But……

   "Is it time to talk about this?"

  Zhu Qingyue's voice trembled slightly, she tried to restrain the urge to turn and run away, and pulled the boy's sleeve.

   "We, shall we run away?"

  Before half of her words, she couldn't help but look at Xu Xiangyang's face.

  But what makes her feel a little strange is that although the person's face is tight, it is obvious that he is inevitably nervous, but there is a calmness in his eyes.

what……

  Zhu Qingyue quickly recovered.

  She just used Xu Xiangyang's conclusion that “the murderer was among the faculty members of the Fifteenth Middle School”, and quickly connected the abnormality of Teacher Yang with the monster who broke into the school that night.

  But she is a listener. As Xu Xiangyang who truly possesses that ability, she will only be more sensitive to the approach of that monster.

  "...Have you noticed that Teacher Yang is the murderer?"

"have no idea."

  Xu Xiangyang shook his head honestly.

   "There are so many faculty and staff in the school. It happened to be our turn to teach us today. It would be a coincidence. But no matter what, I still prepared in advance."

  Xu Xiangyang is not an adult who has a job and doesn't have a mobile phone—it's better to say that few students have a mobile phone these years—but instead, he has telepathic ability. It is very convenient to communicate between two people.

  Last time, in order to ask for help from Lin Xingjie, he had to run back to the classroom to take objects from the drawers as a medium; but with this experience, after knowing that it was indeed effective, of course he could not make the same mistake again.

  So, since the last incident, before going out every morning, Lin Xingjie will give him a personal item.

Because it is temporarily impossible to determine the range of telepathy capabilities, Xu Xiangyang, based on the conjecture of "the utility is how much breath remains on it", believes that if you put something on your body every day, even if it is an item carried by Lin Xingjie, the effect will still be good. slowly disappear.

  So, it turned out that Xingjie had to prepare for him once every morning when he got up, just like charging...

  This time, Xu Xiangyang took out an eraser from his pocket.

  In addition, there is a second preparatory work.

Although it was Lin Xingjie who was able to catch up last time, in terms of the result, if she can’t leave home in time, she will probably be too late. In addition, it was at night and the night was covering Xingjie’s actions. If she was allowed to spend the day Running over the city is too conspicuous.

therefore--

   "That's right, you contacted Lin Lin for this."

"Yes, I ask her to come near the cram school." Xu Xiangyang shrugged, "I thought it was a bit troublesome for her, but Xingjie said that she was preparing to digest and take a walk after a meal, and she readily agreed...Look now Come, fortunately I did."

  At the same time, Teacher Yang has already fallen down on all fours, and has truly become a posture closer to a monster than a human being.

  The difference from last time is that he didn't wear a mask this time, so he exposed all the pale and hideous faces.

  Seeing the familiar face turned into this distorted appearance, Xu Xiangyang was a little sad.

  He held his forehead, took a deep breath, and whispered:

   "Student Zhu, run away."

   "...Aren't you leaving?"

   "I want to stay here." He replied calmly, "You'd better walk along the road when you go back. Be careful."

   "Because it is difficult to deal with?"

   "That's not enough." Xu Xiangyang is still very confident of Xiao An's abilities, "Just don't forget about the school, Teacher Yang has accomplices."

"……I understand."

  Zhu Qingyue stopped hesitating, turned and left.

  Behind the open space, there is a wall that is almost collapsed, on which the word "demolition" is painted with red paint. Not very high.

  She was thinking, can I turn it over?

  She thought again, Student Xu took me around a big circle before coming here. If I don’t return the same way, will I get lost?

  Zhu Qingyue ran across the sandpit and open space, and came under the low wall. Without jumping, she climbed onto the upper edge of the wall.

  At the last moment when she was about to leave, she turned her head and looked back, and suddenly saw a huge shadow swimming out of the corner of the house, like a huge fish.

  Zhu Qingyue rubbed her eyes and found that the fish shadow had disappeared. He only saw a tall, black, long and straight girl leaping off the wall vigorously.

  (End of this chapter)