James opened his eyes fiercely and found that he was lying on the hard and cold ground. He tried to get up, but his head was dizzy. He couldn't help rubbing his temples, faintly felt like he had forgotten something, but how?
He slowly recalled everything that had happened before. They seemed to have entered a horror game. Zombies were everywhere. In the end, he successfully cleared the customs under the protection of his new teammate Dayna.
Then.. then?
He looked around at the strange surroundings. Is this the second game?
With dense forests, rolling mountains, and barking of insect birds, James is located on a high ground through the falling sun, you can see a valley below.
There is a large village in the valley, scattered with irregularly built brick buildings, and people can dimly see the figures coming and going on the dirt road.
This is a village in the valley surrounded by mountains. From the surrounding undulating mountains, there is only one way to the outside, which is at the foot of James, and only here is low, forming a small notch.
He turned to look backwards, but only saw the darkness, he reached out his hands to touch it and around it was as if an invisible wall stood there, blocking the retreat.
It seems that the way can only go forward.
He did not see the figure of his other teammates and did not know where they were scattered around, James didn't hesitate and picked up the backpack that rolled down by his feet and turned it over.
There were only some bags of food and two bottles of water. He carried the bag on his back and slowly walked along the dirt road stepping out by people. Go down and walk for almost half an hour before entering the valley.
The village has no guardrails and fences, and there is not even a formal entrance. The village can be entered from anywhere. The people inside are dressed, walking at leisure, and the men and women are very comfortable in the sun.
James only spent a few days in the last days full of disgusting monsters and corpses, but It felt as long as a whole lifetime, and now suddenly seeing these fresh lives, I suddenly felt that they were cute, James wanted to come forward and talk to them but afraid of being too abrupt.
However, he didn't have to worry about this worry any time soon. In such a closed village, a new face suddenly appeared. It immediately attracted everyone's attention. They looked at him curiously, and soon they were a few young people came toward him.
"Who are you? How did you get here?" A flat-headed young man asked enthusiastically?
"Why haven't I seen you ever before, did you come, to someone?"
"That's, who are you looking for? The village hasn't been in contact with outside for years!" An 18-year-old girl next to her also said that she had a thick braid braided behind her head and hung from her back to her chest. There is no makeup on the face, but it is very beautiful. There is a kind of purity and intimacy that is hard to see in the city, which makes people feel very comfortable.
At this time, big eyes were watching James with curiosity.
James started to shake his head, but after thinking about it for a moment, he said, "My friends and I came here for a tour, and then they were separated. I wanted to find them and see if they also came here."
"Oh, then I'll go back to my dad and ask him to help you find it!" The girl smiled cheerfully. "My dad is the village head. My family has a big speaker and can broadcast, come with me!"
After turning, I turned around and ran forward. The twisted braid fluttered behind. It was very lively. Others came around enthusiastically, some pulled his arms, and some pushed his back. A group of people smiled.
While chattering noisily following the girl with the twisted braid, asking various questions from James, all the way attracted the attention of many people, younger people opened their eyes and looked at him curiously, and older people would show him a friendly smile.
These made James uncomfortable as he was overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the villagers, though feeling their sincere kindness in their actions James felt better and took the initiative to keep up with everyone and went deeper into the village.
The girl's house, or the village head's house, is located at the centre of the village. It looks better than other houses. It's bigger, but it's still a bungalow. After a few chickens, the door was open.
"Dad! Our guest is coming!" The girl was screaming before the door arrived, and when a group of people arrived at the door, a middle-aged man in his 40s and 50s had already begun. When he walked out, he saw James and his eyes flashed inexplicably.
He stepped forward and chuckled with a smile: "This is strange. There have been no outsiders in this village for a long time, did you, you came by yourself, or with any friends? "
James felt that the village chief's words were a bit strange, and without asking why he came, he asked how many people they had? But because he doesn't know the situation, it's hard to say anything, he just repeated what he said to the girl.
The village had touched a few beards on his chin and laughed, "Little things, I'll call a trumpet for you, the villagers will help you in looking for your friends, you can find them soon, just wait for a little."
After entering the room, James looked up at the roof and indeed saw that there was a worn-out big speaker there, which seemed to have been used for many years.
Soon, the village chief's voice came out from the speaker, but James found that the other party spoke in dialect, and he couldn't understand a word, he was a little curious before he heard the accent of the teenagers in the village, he thought that the village spoke all English, but turned out to have dialects?
It's really special, generally speaking in villages with dialects, so shouldn't the dialects be the main language. Why do they speak English? after all, he heard English all the way.
Is the situation reversed?
He kept this question in his heart, and then listened carefully to the village chief, his words were brief but repeated four to five times, but the old horn sounded loud and exaggerated. The family who lived on the far side of the village could be thundered. James stood under the horn and felt his ears going deaf, he hurried up and covered up his ears and didn't dare to listen anymore.
When he looked around, he found the other people have blocked their ears for a long time.
James: "..."
Weren't they being enthusiastic, why didn't anyone remind him ...
Soon, James saw the villagers in the surrounding houses being a man, and wand omen, old and young, they all looked at the village chief's house until they saw James inside, and smiled at him before setting off to find someone.
James was greeted by the girl with the twisted braid, and a bunch of people did not know where to move out a dozen ponies, and sat up, James looked around and saw that everyone was seated, so he followed suit, and the girl took out a teapot from the room, there was water in the pot, and handed it to James.
James looked down and silently looked at the tear stains on the inner wall of the tank, and the smudge marks on the tank along the way, he thanked the braided girl and held the tea tank in his hands
While he talked with the people and found that they were not thirsty at all, the girl also stared at him expectantly for a while, seeing that he hadn't drank, and a flash of disappointment flashed in her eyes, but James missed this scene because she turned her head and talked to the person. The girl pursed her lips, her fingers circled the tip of the braid and she whispered something.
While chatting with people around him, James was also asking about this place from other people and soon he knew the basic situation of the village.
This village is called sunset Village, which is named after the beautiful scenery and spring colours of the surrounding mountains all year round, the village has been around for many years so its impossible to find exactly fflatlyithtghtoriginated, but grandparents have lived in this flat valley and hunted by farming.
Occasionally, young people go along the mountain road to look outside, but few people stay outside, it is said that the villagers of sunset Village love their families very much.
This looks a little weird to James because the outside world is so prosperous, how can the whole village not have a single bit of yearning for it, but think about it as a game, after all, many things may just be game settings, not too real, its no use digging into it in detail.
More than a dozen men and women, all young people of this generation, are of similar age and play well. James can see that they have a good relationship with each other, and among them, the flat-headed youth and the girl with the twisted braids are the main ones, who look, like likerssersss
The young man introduced himself as Tonny, and the twisted girl was Monnie, the two were cousins. Not only the two of them, but the others also brought some relatives. Like this relatively closed village, the people in the village are all relatives, and there is no foreigner.
The villagers are very enthusiastic and feel very good about James. The teenagers and girls surrounded him and asked outside the situation eloquently, james has never been outside. Where can he know what it looks like, I can only cope with it vaguely?
Fortunately, no one doubted his words and let him breathe a sigh of relief, making his perception of these polite and friendly people better.
He also took the opportunity to ask the village chief about the dialect broadcast, when everyone heard it, they suddenly got stuck and looked at each other. finally, Tonny told him that this was also passed down from his ancestors.
James thought, maybe this is because they are afraid of forgetting their ancestors and forgetting the language left by their ancestors?
It was noon soon, and no teammates were seen, and none of the villagers who went out looking for people returned.
Tonny and Monnie enthusiastically invited him to have lunch at home. James was embarrassed to trouble others so at first, he refused, but other young girls also coaxed him to eat at the village chief's house. They would cook and cook together.
It's quick and easy. It's not bad that he has a pair of spoons. James really can't resist it, so as a thank he wanted to go to the kitchen to help, but he was pressed.
Half a dozen people went to the kitchen and the other half stayed and came down to accompany James to continue chatting, Bonnie also took out a plate of seeds somewhere from the house, and a few people chatted and chattered while peeling the seeds.
The people here are honest, with a natural heartiness and outspokenness.
The fact is exactly what they said. After less than half an hour, the rice is ready because there are many people, they just eat in the yard, Tommy moved two large tables together and each one took it from the house. A folding chair was seated at the table. James wanted to help, but he was always taken care of and he could not even leave the chair.
Monnie laughed crisply and blinked blinkingly at James Meng, "There is no reason to let the guests do it. All you have to do is sit here and wait for the food to come up and eat!"
James was a little cramped, but couldn't refuse the kindness of others, and nodded awkwardly, soon everyone was seated. Monnie's father, village head Sam was sitting on the main seat, and the others were seated on the other seats.
Tommy and Monnie were responsible for going to the kitchen to serve food.
When the dishes were placed on the table, James looked a little surprised.
Braised Pork Ribs, Beef Stew, Hot Pot Meat, Plum Stir-Fried Meat, Small Stir-fried Meat, Pan-Fried Meat, Beef Sauce..of the more than a dozen dishes, most were meat dishes, only one fried potato shred and a plate of vegetarian fried cabbage.
He moved his finger, and quietly took out the card in his pocket in the background sound of the crowd, and looked down, only to see on the back:
[This is not a paradise for vegetarians. ]
[But it must be the dark heaven for meat-eater. ]
- To be Continued.