Survival [End Times]

Walking out of the room, the corridor was very noisy, with people coming and going, people moving things and shouting, and children crying, just like a super vegetable market.

"You slept for three days, and more and more people came to live in these three days, and it became like this. Here, take this basin."

Yu Heng reached out to take a basin with toiletries in it, and then saw Ge Xiaohui queuing up with a wooden bucket. There were many people in the yard fetching water, but most of them couldn't grasp the key points, and they were very awkward. They couldn't fetch water after trying several times.

"Hey, let me help you!" Ge Xiaohui brought up buckets of water lightly and quickly. After catching a large basket of water and thanking everyone in the queue in front of her, she left, and it was her turn.

Ge Xiaohui happily brought a bucket of water over and poured it into the basin, explaining:

"You know, there is a well in my mother's old house. I grew up fetching water from the well. Look at those people, they don't have this experience. The masters on this mountain also have a hard life, and they don't even have faucets."

"It's a bit troublesome. I'll get a few big buckets out later, fill them with water and put them in the house for use."

"That's fine. I'll pack my luggage and make some room."

He brushed his teeth while looking at the surrounding environment. It was around seven in the morning, and the sun was still relatively bright. People were fetching water to wash their faces and do laundry. After washing his face, he felt more energetic. Ge Xiaohui took him to the canteen for dinner. Zhang Zhizhi hugged his neck and kept calling him "Dad, Dad". She also asked, "Dad, why did you sleep for so long? Was it fun in the dream?"

The canteen was also bustling with people. Trays of steamed buns were carried up and were divided up in a moment. In addition to steamed buns, there were also steamed cabbage buns, steamed sweet potato buns, and thin porridge, corn porridge, sweet potato porridge, vegetable porridge and soy milk, all free.

I heard from Ge Xiaohui that they saw a long team of trucks going up the mountain yesterday, escorted by armed police. Everyone guessed that it was food.

After breakfast, when he went back, he happened to meet Xu Lu and the others getting up. They were all very happy to see him wake up. It was not until ten o'clock in the morning that Yu Heng called Zou Ning. No one answered the first time. After ten minutes, someone answered the phone again, but it was not Zou Ning.

"My sister is injured and resting. I am her brother Zou Ling. Is there anything urgent?"

Yu Heng sat up straight: "Injured? How was she injured? Is it serious?" Did Zou Ning have any accidents during the three days he was in a coma?

"It was the backlash of the Yin Sha that injured the internal organs."

The Yin Sha entering the body hurts the body, and it is even more serious if it invades the internal organs. If it is not driven out cleanly, the person will start to rot from the internal organs, first become a living corpse, suffer from the pain of heart-wrenching and bone-cutting, and then slowly die. People who die in this way usually become evil spirits, with a strong desire for revenge, but at the same time, they will be the weakest among evil spirits, because the evil spirit is gnawing at the soul while eroding the flesh.

"How is the Yin Sha being driven out?"

"Several uncles are doing their best to rescue. This fellow Daoist Zhang, my father is calling me, I'm sorry I can't talk to you more."

"Okay, thank you."

He guessed that Master Huaiyu was also busy with important matters, so he didn't call to disturb him. After all, his ability is limited now, so what can he do even if he knows some news from the front line. He took out a storage ring with an exorcism talisman and asked the Taoist priest in charge of the courtyard to take it to the front to use, as a donation.

After that, he practiced at home on his own. He unexpectedly discovered that Zhang Zhizhi had good qualifications, so he taught her some formulas for her to learn. She treated it as a new game and asked Ge Xiaohui: "How do you read the word mom?" She was very eager to learn. Ge Xiaohui was also happy that her daughter could sit in the house safely. The mountain is now populated with a large number of people and people are messy. If her daughter always wants to go out to play, she should be worried. Therefore, she patiently used a dictionary to teach her to read, just as a pre-school enlightenment.

Friends and relatives all knew that Yu Heng was practicing, and they didn't disturb him when they had nothing to do. What Xu Lu and his wife like to do most these days is to wander around, to get to know the environment and experience the characteristics of Taoism. Aunt Zhang and her husband and her parents-in-law are also committed to teaching their children to read twelve words as a reminder.

What they experienced that day can be said to be the first time they have seen it in their lives. They are old and not afraid of death, but the children are still young, so they have to teach them to protect themselves. My nephew said that the two children had no qualifications, but they could learn Taoism. He would teach them for two days to try. But within two days, the children cried and said they didn't want to learn anymore. They couldn't sit still at all and sat crookedly. There was no other way, so they had to learn twelve words such as rich, strong, democratic, civilized and harmonious. They would not be finished until they could recite them by heart.

Half a month passed quickly, and the situation did not ease. This disaster disrupted the country's layout and plan, forcing the country to suddenly enter a state of emergency on that day. Due to the failure to respond in time, the crying of ghosts lasted for about two hours and twenty minutes that day, and the number of people who died or went missing in the country reached 30%. After the soul was lost, the body became a shell, and the ownerless shell was also a good dessert.

The registered Taoist and Buddhist sects in various places were busy, but they were still far from meeting the demand. Whether it was knowledgeable talents or the extremely consuming talisman paper, they were all in short supply.

Zou Ning was injured by a sneak attack by a demon when he went down the mountain and left Qingxi Town after the crying of ghosts. He was searching for survivors in the next city. Human evil spirits are the remains of the weeping ghosts. If they don't like this empty shell, this soulless body will be infected by the evil spirits and turn into human evil spirits in a very short time, with no thoughts but only the instinct to attack. Like zombies, but also like zombies.

After waking up and spending some time with her family, she planned to help again: "Although I can't go out, I can still draw talismans."

"Sister, don't move. Don't worry about the talisman paper. That Taoist Zhang donated 200,000 talismans to ward off evil spirits. You don't have to worry if you don't draw them."

"Two or two hundred thousand?" Zou Ning was shocked. "How can I do that? He bought them himself. How can he donate like this?"

So half a month later, Yu Heng waited for Zou Ning, who had just recovered from his illness, to visit her. As soon as the two met, Zou Ning talked about the donation: "I have asked my father to negotiate with the relevant departments, and I will give you a bonus at that time." Although it was called a bonus, it was actually the amount of money discounted by the talisman paper. Yu Heng shook her head: "I don't need these. Someone has contributed manpower and strength. I only have these talismans to help. If you really give me a bonus, you are looking down on me."

At this point, Zou Ning had to agree, and the two talked about other things.

"The situation is not very good. To be honest, there are not many Taoists who are qualified and willing to learn Taoism this year. For example, our Qingsui Zou family used to be a big Taoist family. My father's generation, my third uncle and fourth uncle did not follow this path, and several aunts also married to other places. In my generation, only my two cousins ​​and my younger brother practice Taoism. The country has a quota for military training every year, but generally, they will not stay after they finish their studies. After I recuperate for two more days, I plan to go down the mountain to help."

"How is the progress of sealing the ghost den?"

"Alas, it's not going well. The area of ​​the country is too large, and now the ghost dens are expanding everywhere. The Yin Sha value in the air has exceeded the safety index, and it is not easy to go out."

When Zou Ning left, Yu Heng gave her another talisman paper for the storage ring. "Don't thank me. Our family can live so safely because of your protection."

"Okay. I'll ask Xiao Li to return the ring to you later."

For three months afterwards, Yu Heng didn't see Zou Ning again. The little Taoist Xiao Li who picked them up in Qingxi Town that day often came to bring some small information to Yu Heng. When he was tired of practicing, Yu Heng would give himself a small vacation, or teach Zhang Zhizhi, or go down the mountain to see the situation in the town.

The sky was getting darker and darker. Winter had passed, but the branches of the new spring were very decadent and didn't look very green. It had been almost four months since he left the ghost cave. Sometimes he didn't feel the sun was strong at noon, and he couldn't feel the warmth on his body.

When he looked up, the sun was pressed behind by the dark clouds, and could only reveal a little light with difficulty.

When the sun was a little bright, Yu Heng would carefully tell the fortune, and the results were not very good every time. Two months later, the little Taoist Xiao Li brought bad news with red eyes.

"Senior Sister Zou is gone."

Yu Heng paused while holding the candy plate, and the plate tilted, spilling the candies on the table.

"What did you say?"

"Senior Sister Zou is gone, wow..." Xiao Li cried and lay on the table, twitching constantly, "So many people have moved back from Sui'en Hall, so many people, wow..." He was young, and people older than him cared for him and felt sorry for him, so he had a good relationship with his brothers and sisters on the mountain. At first glance, he couldn't stand so many corpses, and then he heard the crying in Sui'en Hall, so he couldn't help running out. After coming out, he found that there was a sad atmosphere everywhere, so he had to run outside. When he got outside, he had nowhere to go. Others looked at him inexplicably, as if they were looking at a crying kid who had a conflict with his parents. I don't know why, but I ran here.

Yu Heng signaled Ge Xiaohui to take Zhang Zhizhi to Xu Lu's house next door to play. After closing the door, he sat opposite Xiao Li, quietly waiting for the other party to calm down.

He couldn't help but think of Zou Ning, a young woman who rarely smiled, was restrained and kind-hearted. When they first met, he saw her tired face through the crowd, with anxiety hidden in her eyes, but she still walked down firmly, resolutely shouldering the life and death of so many strangers.

Having seen too many lives and deaths, he has become indifferent to many things, but such a lively and beautiful soul still makes people admire and admire. That day, he told Zou Ning, who stood up and continued to look for a ticket, to do what he can.

——I know, but I'm still okay.

Zou Ning said so at the time. But today she is gone. At the moment of death, was she also calm and without regrets?

Xiao Li later left, with eyes that were red lanterns from crying. The next day, the funeral on Qingsui Mountain was held. The person was dead, and he died of a great evil, so the body could not be kept for a long time. Many refugees on the mountain spontaneously participated and stood outside in silence. Yu Heng also went and lined up with the refugees to enter the venue. He bowed and saluted. In the endless chanting of the mantra of rebirth in the venue, Zou Ning in the photo smiled slightly.

Outsiders don’t know how these eleven Qingsui disciples died. The refugees on the mountain are grateful for the protection of Qingsui Mountain and follow the crowd to send them off. The tragic and bloody truth behind the death is only in the hands of a few people.

The Taoist priests on Qingsui Mountain are much quieter, and even Xiao Li no longer comes. Ge Xiaohui is a little uneasy and asks Yu Heng: "Is the situation outside very bad?"

"Don't worry, you and Zhizhi will be safe."

Ge Xiaohui bit her lip. Yu Heng looked back and saw that her expression was abnormal. Thinking that she was still worried, he comforted her: "As long as I am alive, I will protect you and Zhizhi, don't be afraid." Hearing this, Ge Xiaohui forced a smile, responded with a "good" and lowered her head to look at the child, and stopped talking.

Yu Heng stood behind the mother and daughter and suddenly said, "Xiaohui, come out for a moment. I have something to tell you."

Ge Xiaohui scratched her hair and turned around: "What are you talking about? It's time for dinner. Let's go eat."

Zhang Zhizhi clapped her hands: "Eat! Eat!"

Seeing this, Yu Heng had no choice but to nod, squatted down, picked up the child and went to the cafeteria.

Yu Heng never found a chance to bring up the words that she wanted to say that day. Ge Xiaohui felt uncomfortable for two days, and then she was no different from before.

A month after Zou Ning's funeral, Zou Ling came to the yard and met Yu Heng. It was the second time Yu Heng met Zou Ning's brother. The first time was at the funeral. The 14-year-old boy stood up straight and had a calm face. He introduced himself very politely: "My name is Zou Ling, Zou Ning's brother."