NABC Chapter 0003 Death Again!
Chapter 0003 Death Again!
"Old Bai, why did you come home all of a sudden?"
Wu You watched Liu Bai packing his things:
"There's a team-building event tomorrow night, are you really not going?"
"My aunt gave birth, I need to go back home."
Wu You raised an eyebrow. "What does your aunt's childbirth have to do with you?"
Liu Bai: "..."
Wu You couldn't understand the logic behind it, but seeing that Liu Bai didn't want to say more, he didn't press the matter further.
Liu Bai has been startled ever since he woke up, especially after the game ended, when he acted as if he had lost his entire fortune.
This made him unable to get angry even though he lost 100 yuan.
"By the way, Ah Bai, aren't you going to ask Brother Chen for leave from class tomorrow morning?"
"I'm not going, I'll just skip it."
Liu Bai spoke resolutely and began searching for train tickets.
After giving him an admiring look, Wu You happily started scrolling through videos.
"If we're going back... let's book a sleeper berth."
Liu Bai glanced at the train ticket and began filling in his personal information.
By tomorrow night, the school might be overrun by monsters, what kind of classes will he have left?!
If dreams are real, then monsters might also be real!
He'd better run away quickly!
As for why Wu You wasn't told the truth, it was because of that policeman!
In my memory, the last scene was that the police officer turned into a monster and killed him!
If a police officer, a normal person, can suddenly turn into a monster, what about the others?
Liu Bai dared not gamble!
He still vividly remembers that excruciating pain and the clear sound of chewing!
Although he knew Wu You inside and out, he was still afraid of the worst-case scenario!
And the most important point is...
He didn't know if his memory of that day was a dream or a real return to the past...
If it's a dream, it could be considered a precognitive dream, but if it's about going back to the past...
Liu Bai dared not think about it.
Going back in time? That's just too outrageous!
He didn't know why such a bizarre thing was happening to him!
But for him now, this is a good thing; he has the opportunity to run away!
"Luckily, there were still sleeper tickets available."
Liu Bai finally breathed a sigh of relief after buying the train ticket.
The train departs at 9:00 AM tomorrow.
Once the schedule was finalized, he climbed out of bed and went to his computer desk.
He planned to search for information about the monster online before making a decision, as he was not sleepy at all now that he had just woken up.
"What exactly is a monster?"
Liu Bai kept typing in the monster's characteristics, trying to find relevant information on the Internet.
But all he found were anime and manga stuff...
Undeterred, he immediately hung a ladder and climbed over the wall to investigate.
"Holy crap! I bet on it! I bet on it!"
Suddenly, a burst of laughter erupted in the dormitory, and then Wu You writhed on the ground like a worm, even doing somersaults.
The commotion even attracted Liu Bai, who was checking information nearby.
Liu Bai asked curiously:
"Ah You, how much did you win...?"
"Three to two, hahaha! I bet on three to two! A full ten times the stake, two thousand dollars!"
Wu You waved his five fingers, his face full of excitement.
Liu Bai twitched the corner of his mouth but didn't say anything more.
This amount of money was nothing to Wu You; he watched football for the thrill.
With that thought, Liu Bai withdrew his gaze and continued searching for information about the monster...
.........
.........
The next morning, at 8:30.
Luocheng Railway Station.
Liu Bai, carrying a shoulder bag, avoided pedestrians and sat alone in a corner waiting for his bus.
He spent the entire night researching and didn't sleep a wink; now he's walking around feeling a bit lightheaded.
As for the search results, nothing was found!
He searched almost the entire internet, but found absolutely no information about that monster from his memory!
It's as if it doesn't exist in the world!
"Was the dream just a dream?"
But last night, during the game, there was also a notification in the class group chat about these two things, which he had indeed predicted correctly!
"What on earth is going on...?"
Liu Bai sat alone in the corner, his gaze sweeping over the pedestrians waiting for the bus.
The pedestrians had different expressions.
Passengers with furrowed brows or beaming eyes, carrying large and small bags of luggage, and some with their families in the waiting room.
Shouts, phone calls, and children playing.
"If there really are monsters, could they be hiding among these people?"
Liu Bai murmured something, struggling to open his eyelids.
He hasn't boarded the bus yet and can only try to stay awake.
"The monster appeared around 7:50 in my dream. I can try calling Wu You tonight!"
"As long as Wu You is alright, I'll go home for the weekend and then go back to school!"
Liu Bai immediately took out his phone and set an alarm for 7:50 p.m.
Once everything is alright at school, he can relax. The ball game and the like are just coincidences or half-foreseen dreams!
If something goes wrong...
Liu Bai forced himself to stop imagining.
If something really happens, he doesn't know what to do. He can only wait and see how the Federation reacts and how things go at Luocheng University tomorrow!
Just as Liu Bai made his decision, the train arrived at the station!
Liu Bai immediately grabbed his shoulder bag and headed towards the ticket gate.
His home is in the west of Yue Province, while Luocheng is in the east of Yue Province. He arrived at the station at around 11 p.m.
With so much time on his hands, he could catch up on some sleep in the car.
.........
It was 7 p.m., inside a moving train carriage.
Liu Bai was fast asleep in his sleeper berth when he was suddenly woken up by the vibration of his phone.
Upon opening his eyes, he instinctively grabbed his phone and turned off the alarm.
At this moment, the phone screen is clearly displaying:
【19:50】
Upon seeing the time, Liu Bai immediately snapped awake, wiped his face, and unlocked the screen.
He quickly dialed Wu You's video call.
"Old Bai? You're home?"
Wu You appeared on the screen with a bright smile, against a somewhat noisy background.
"It's nothing, I'm just watching to see if the team building activity is going well."
Liu Bai did not tell Wu You the truth.
"That's going to be so lively! It's a real shame you went home this time. We're going to have a social event with the dance class!"
Wu You smiled and turned on the rear camera.
"All the girls from our visual arts class are here too. So, is there anyone you like among them?"
In the picture, several young and beautiful women with long legs are sitting around on the grass, chatting and laughing.
Liu Bai ignored it and said:
"Aim your camera at the woods to the east and take a look."
Wu You asked, somewhat surprised, "That area is full of dance classes. Is there one you like in there?"
Although he was joking, he still moved the camera over there.
In the video, several girls with exquisite makeup are sitting on the grass, posing with selfie sticks in hand.
Liu Bai glanced at the time.
19:53
"No monsters?"
Liu Bai breathed a sigh of relief; he remembered that he had appeared around this time last night.
There were no monsters at the scene, which proves that his dream was a coincidence!
Thinking of this, Liu Bai chatted casually with Wu You for a couple of minutes before hanging up the video call.
Unexpectedly, Wu You suddenly exclaimed in surprise:
"Holy crap, Walter White! Guess who I saw?"
This exclamation immediately jolted Liu Bai, who was still sleepy, awake.
Beside the dark grass, outside the crowd, a girl in purple, her face deathly pale, was walking stiffly toward the gathered crowd.
Liu Bai's heart tightened, and his face turned pale:
"Wu You, run!"
But before he could finish speaking, the video suddenly cut off...
No network settings required.
Sizzle—
At the same time, the train, which was in motion, suddenly came to an abrupt stop, making a piercing "screeching" sound.
With the immense force, Liu Bai's phone flew out of his hand and landed on the ground with a 'bang'.
At the same time, the lights inside the carriage flickered inexplicably for a few seconds before suddenly going out!
A piercing scream erupted from the once quiet sleeper aisle.
Gurgle.
Liu Bai's throat bobbed.
"Could there be monsters on the train too?"
Realizing this possibility, he immediately bent down and went to the partition of the sleeper berth, and quietly peeked his head out.
Outside the corridor,
Several tall figures, their bodies contorted and faces distorted, were standing in the aisle!
Liu Bai's hair stood on end, and he instinctively covered his mouth.
He had just caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye, with long arms carrying a woman, and blood dripping down in the darkness!
What's going on?
How come there are more of these than schools?
Liu Bai had a hundred questions in his mind, but this was no time to dwell on them!
Just as he was climbing back to his bunk to hide, his vision suddenly went dark!
A figure appeared behind him!
Liu Bai turned his head stiffly.
All I saw was...
A creature with extremely long arms and legs and a grotesque, twisted face was looking at him with a mocking expression!
Gurgle.
Liu Bai's Adam's apple bobbed, and he immediately realized that there was no way out.
He immediately hardened his heart, grabbed the cell phone on the ground and used it as a weapon, rushing towards the figure!
With a gentle stretch of his long arm, the figure easily lifted Liu Bai up.
Liu Bai frantically waved his hands, punching the man's hands repeatedly, only to find that it was like hitting steel bars, making a loud thud!
With a mocking smile, the figure reached out with his other hand and wrapped it around Liu Bai's neck!
Click.
With a crisp sound, Liu Bai immediately felt a tightness in his neck, followed by a sharp pain that swept through his entire body.
Then, his vision was completely plunged into darkness...