I stopped. Though I could not see anything in the night, I still habitually looked around, alert to any sudden situation.
But standing for a long time, but I did not find any anomalies. I could confirm that it was not my illusion, but why did not it appear? I waited, being very anxious. The unknown was the most fearing. My heart beat fast. It seemed like the next moment my heart was about to pop up.
In order to divert attention, I began to count. But when I counted to 100, there was still nothing abnormal. I wanted this hidden guy to come out quickly. Even if he killed me, it would make me feel better than I was now.
As soon as I gnashed my teeth, I continued to walk down, but this time I did not make a sound again. I just walked silently, and even the steps were a lot lighter, but I also did not hear strange sound. It made me feel like everything that just echoed was hallucinating.
I wanted to try again, but I was overwhelmed by the fear in my heart.
Step by step down, as if I was going down the 18 levels of hell like this, there being no end. I did not find anything abnormal, and I no longer paid attention to it, walking towards the staircase that seemed endless as soon as possible.
Small and familiar voices came from the above. It was the damn rabbit. They found me, and they came after me. I subconsciously wanted to speed up the pace, but I accidentally stepped on the edge of the stone ladder, and almost fell. Hands swung in the air for a few laps to hold on.
The voice above was getting closer and closer, as if I could hear the faint, almost unaudible step. I could not speed up any more. I had to hold on to the wall and do everything I could to reach the fastest speed I could achieve in the darkness. Down, down.
And the sound behind got near. It seemed that the next moment it could come to me. My heart was tight. I was not sure if the Inner Peace Taoist would let the rabbit directly kill me. I dared not bet.
Just as the voice seemed to appear beside me, suddenly, the tiny noise of the rabbit grew louder, as if with a painful cry. Just as I was ready to accept my destiny, "Dong", a loud sound appeared next to me. The hand I used to hold the wall could even feel the vibration from the wall.
The rabbit's squeak was quite different from the usual one. It seemed to me with pain and anger, and I was astonished, but it was still dark, and nothing could be seen.
"Dong", the wall shook again, and then the rabbit went away slowly with a loud cry and heavy footsteps, and some hot liquid appeared on my face.
I touched it with my hand. It was blood, but I didn't know if it was the rabbit’s blood.
"You saved my life?" I spoke out loud.
"You saved my life? You saved my life? You saved my life? "...
There were still countless echoes, and the strange voice was still mixed in it, bringing me a trace of fear, and, in any case, the owner of this voice should have saved my life.
"Thank you." I said a thank you, and then continued going down in the echo. The voice did not want to appear but it saved my life. For whatever reason, I stopped paying attention to it. What was the use even if I noticed it?
I didn’t know how long I walked. There was the tiny light in front of me. I was happy in my heart, and I was forced to press the impulse to rush there. I walked step by step, but the eyes did not leave the luminous place for a moment.
A little closer. This was a round space. The ground and surrounding are full of dry and thick barks. This was how the dead tree hole should look like.
And the glowing place was a round window. I looked at the window edge. There should be something like a tree nodule, but the tree was transparent, although because of the elliptical shape and being very thick, so that the outside of the scene had been slightly distorted, it seemed to me that I saw hope in life.
I did not know anything outside the tree hole, but it was very familiar. It should be the school playground, and twos and threes of people were slowly walking in the playground. I tried, but hands could not reach, howling for a long time. People within one meter didn't take any notice of me.
How could this be? It should be the exit here. I rambled around in the tree hole, and my hands kept searching on the trunk, but no discovery.
I sat powerlessly, looking out through the tree nodule. Freedom was very close, but also very far away.
I did not know how long I had looked. I suddenly stood up, perhaps because of sitting too long. The body also shook a little, but I did not respond, directly putting the face on the tree.
And outside the tree there were two familiar figures. That, that, that was Lulu and the queen. I opened my eyes wide, incredibly looking at everything outside. Did I fall into the fantasy?
Lulu and the queen quickly passed in front of me. Through the trees I could no longer find their figure, but I did not stop to observe. I constantly searched in the playground. I was afraid this was a fantasy. I'd like to see some signs that identify what's outside.
If it wasn't a fantasy, I could be with Lulu again.
There was no sign on the playground that I could see. The building in the distance had words, but I couldn't see it clearly. But I still didn't give up, just looking out.
No pain no gains. A fat girl with a handbag passed from the tree outside. In that handbag, there were the red words: Super supermarket, Sishui City.
I had a look of ecstasy on my face. I knew Sishui City. It was only 100 kilometers away from us, and I also thought, this should not be a fantasy. Otherwise, how come Sishui City, which I had not been to except walking by it a few times, would appear? And from my heart, I did not want to believe that this was a fantasy.
I must get out. I must go to Sishui City.
I swore in my heart and I took back my eyes, stopped paying attention to the trees, and continued to look for them in the holes of the trees. It was a pity that the facts are not transferred by the will of man.
I still hadn't found it.
"Can you let me out?"
"Can you let me out? Can you let me out? Can you let me out?"...
The strange echo was still there, and I said, "Who are you?" Let me out. If you had troubles, I could help, whether you were human or ghost."