bookcurios Chapter 328 Zhou Budao’s reputation is ruined
Chapter 328 Zhou Budao’s reputation is ruined
He shuddered and lowered his head to read a book, which happened to mention a crow landing on the ground and gnawing on the carrion.
[The crows that have eaten human flesh always look at people in a way that is different from other birds. It is as if they are looking at the moving meat and thinking about how to eat it...]
Zhou Lang thought of the crow he had just looked at.
The look in his eyes is indeed a little scary, but he probably hasn't eaten human flesh. It's definitely different from what is described in the novel. The novel is written like this to create a horror atmosphere.
It has nothing to do with reality.
Don't be led astray. Don't be led astray...
Zhou Lang muttered to himself, trying to strengthen his inner conviction so as not to confuse fiction with reality.
Xu Lai didn't lie to him.
The sense of immersion is really strong.
So strong that he wanted to run away.
"Gah..."
The crow above his head suddenly cried out, which frightened Zhou Lang so much that he broke out in a cold sweat and almost cried out.
If he really screamed out loud, his reputation as "Zhou the Bold" would be ruined.
Zhou Lang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the crow fly away and continued watching.
It's a thin book and it's finished quickly.
[“It’s dry, be careful with fire.”
A deep and long gong sound accompanied by the low and hoarse shouting of the night watchman broke the silence of the night.
On the deserted street, a figure was walking. He was unsteadily, with very obvious pauses after each step, and something was falling along the way.
The night watchman yawned and took a breath. There was a faint smell in the air.
It smelled a bit like blood, but there seemed to be another smell in the air that he couldn't tell.
Turning the corner, there is a figure in front of me, walking forward strangely and slowly...】
Zhou Lang swallowed his saliva. He really didn't expect that he would have a role to play. It was the first time he saw his profession appear in a storybook, and it was a character with a considerable role.
In the past, when I saw descriptions of night watchmen, they were just mentioned briefly and I didn’t feel anything when I saw them.
But this one really hits the spot.
Not to mention the environment he is in now, which is not 100% the same as in the storybook, but at least 99.99% accurate.
Even his profession was a perfect match.
Where can I find someone like him who fits the novel perfectly?
Zhou Lang really felt that he was fearless and that he had lived up to the title of "Zhou the Bold" in the first half of his life.
He was indeed not afraid of ghosts, corpses, or wandering around alone at night...
At least before reading this story, he was still such a brave person.
But now, he felt that he was a little stronger.
Sometimes what people are afraid of is actually the result of psychological suggestion. People with rich imagination are generally afraid of more things than those who lack imagination.
Reading novels is also a process of psychological suggestion, so there is the uncanny valley effect of words.
Li Wen has always been good at writing horror stories, and this is not the first time he has used words to create a horror atmosphere. Many modern readers have been poisoned by "Ancestor Milk", and although they will still be scared, their psychological endurance is much stronger than when they first started.
But ancient readers were all first-time readers.
Watching it in the middle of the day made me feel a chill down my spine, not to mention that Zhou Lang specifically chose to watch it late at night, which perfectly matched the environment of the crime scene in the novel.
No matter how brave you are, you will still feel a little scared.
But Zhou Lang didn't want to move for the time being. He saw that the critical moment had come, so he was waiting for the heroine to solve the case and find out the real murderer.
It will take some time to move at this time.
Zhou Lang turned to the next page, and suddenly he felt a weight on his shoulders.
There was a sound of neither light nor heavy breathing behind him, followed by a slightly hoarse voice.
"Hey man, your light is blinding me, can you please look somewhere else..."
Zhou Lang didn't scream because he was almost frightened to death.
But he was still very brave. If a normal person encountered such a situation, he would either faint immediately or at least scream and run away frantically.
Zhou Lang even dared to look back.
Of course, it could also be subconscious.
When he turned around, he was facing a head. There was no face, only hair, and it gave off a sour smell.
The moonlight happened to shine down at this time, illuminating the corner. This light was enough for Zhou Lang to see the head in front of him, but he could only see one head.
He ran out late at night to read a horror novel. The streets were empty and the environment and occupations matched the crime scene in the novel. He felt very immersed in the story. In this situation, someone patted him on the shoulder.
Turning around, I could only see a head with a lot of hair, which was too dark to see the rest of the person.
In this situation, even the Jade Emperor would be scared to death.
Zhou Lang thought so, and then he no longer suppressed himself, and screamed wildly at the beggar. He was so frightened that he hit the beggar's head several times with the book.
Then he trained his tenor voice while frantically kicking his butt backwards with his legs.
Kick your dead legs faster!
The beggar himself was frightened. He found a place to sleep late at night. Every time the night watchman passed by and shouted, he would wake him up. That would have been fine, but after that he would run to his side to read a book.
He was holding a lamp, and it was so bright that he could feel it even with his eyes closed.
Moreover, he was shaking like a sieve while turning the pages of the book, and he would make some strange little movements from time to time. He would be scared to death if a crow flew over.
The beggar didn’t understand, would a night watchman recruit someone so timid?
He can do whatever he wants.
It kept him awake for a long time.
He really couldn't stand it anymore, so he got up and patted the man on the shoulder. He also had a revengeful thought in mind, wanting to scare the other person away so that he could have a good sleep.
As a result, people were scared.
But it seems I was too scared.
The beggar touched his head which had been hit several times, picked up the notebook dropped by the man, and was about to call out to him, but he saw that the man had already moved far away, and it looked like he wished he could grow a pair of wings and fly.
"No, it's not that serious. Why would you be a night watchman if you are so timid? Do you want to challenge yourself?"
He glanced at the book in his hand. Although he was a penniless beggar, he was also a man of good morals. He would return anything he found to its original owner.
Anyway, I wasn't sleepy at the moment, so I just chased after him and delivered the book to him.
The beggar chased after him and shouted, "Hey - your book fell -"
Zhou Lang's tears burst out.
He ran wildly down the street, screaming and crying.
Those who were waiting to listen to the night watch did not hear the night watchman's announcement, but heard a shrill scream.
The person who was awakened from his sleep almost thought that the rooster had crowed and it was time to get up early and work.
Xu Lai followed a group of brothers, holding lanterns and moving forward in the darkness.
"Hey, how long will it take? Damn, this street is so creepy at night. I want to finish my shopping and go back quickly."
"Please don't leave me alone at the back, please, let me be in the middle, please let me be in the middle, I just finished reading the storybook, I really can't be at the back."