Kaleidoscope of Death

It was a small village in the mountains, hidden by layers of luxuriant trees.

There was only one small path leading to the village, and because it had just rained, the path was muddy and required extra caution to walk on it.

Lin Qiushi and a tall girl were walking on the path, the girl seemed to be a mulatto, her eyebrows were deep and wide and very beautiful, she was tall, even taller than Lin Qiushi, she was wearing an anachronistic long skirt, her eyes were wrapped in full tears, the girl was sobbing softly and whispered, "Where the hell is this place?"

Lin Qiushi said, "Where were you before?"

The girl: "In my bathroom."

Lin Qiushi: "I'm in my hallway."

The girl: "The corridor...?"

Lin Qiushi looked up at the dark and gloomy sky, "Did you open a door?"

The girl seemed to have remembered something, and some slight changes appeared in her expression as she said, "Right."

Lin Qiushi looked back at her, "Me too."

A gust of wind blew by, scraping the leaves on the treetops rustling, setting the surrounding atmosphere more tranquil, the sky suddenly began to drift with light snow, as if urging them to speed up the process and make sure to reach the village wrapped in a thicket of trees in front of them before it got dark.

After they talked, Lin Qiushi knew that the girl's surname was Ruan Baijie.

Lin Qiushi was stunned for three seconds when he heard the name, then against his will, he complimented, "Good name."

Ruan Baijie stared at him with her watery eyes and said, "Men are all liars."

Lin Qiushi: "Huh?"

Ruan Baijie: "Don't think that I haven't read Little Yellow Man."

Lin Qiushi: ".......It seems like this girl isn't as weak as he thought she would be. As they walked towards the village, they exchanged information and learned that the other had suddenly appeared in the wilderness because they had opened a door.

The one Ruan Baijie opened was from her own toilet, and the one Lin Qiushi opened was from her own hallway.

"That door is a black iron door." Ruan Baijie's voice was thin, "There were no decorations whatsoever, I was still wondering why there was suddenly such a door in my house, and I didn't think much about it, so I pulled it open in passing..."

The next second after pulling it open, they appeared in this deserted countryside.

Lin Qiushi said, "I opened a black iron gate as well..." as soon as he said that, he saw a shadowed figure appear on the path in front of him, the figure was tall and should be an adult male.

"Big brother up ahead!!!" Lin Qiushi greeted from afar.

The man stopped in his tracks and seemed to have heard Lin Qiushi's voice.

Lin Qiushi hurriedly ran forward and stretched out his hand to pat him on the shoulder, "Hello, do you know where this is?"

The man turned his head, revealing a bearded face that matched his tall, strong body, which at first glance simply looked like a bear: "Are you new here?"

Lin Qiushi said, "What newcomer..."

The man was silent and looked at him, then at Ruan Baijie who was a little scared behind her, "Let's go, I'll explain to you guys in the village."

Lin Qiushi said goodbye, and the three of them walked together towards the village.

The season here seemed to be winter, and the sky was dark extra early, just before arriving here the setting sun was still hanging in the sky, and in the blink of an eye there were only dark clouds and drifting snowflakes.

As Lin Qiushi chatted with the man, he observed the situation around him, but apart from the village, there was no other light source here. There were no roads and no people around.

Lin Qiushi took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to the man, but the man waved his hand and refused.

"Brother, where is this." Lin Qiushi asked.

The man said, "Just call me Xiong Qi."

Lin Qiushi thought to himself that this was really as good as the man's name, he wanted to ask more, but Xiong Lacquer made a stop gesture, "Don't ask, you'll know what's going on when we get to the village."

"Oh." Lin Qiushi said, "Alright."

So the journey was wordless, and the three of them tried to make their way, finally reaching the path in front of the village before the sky was about to be completely dark.

Xiong Lacquer was visibly relieved, glancing towards the darkness behind him, "Good thing we're here, let's go and meet up with them first."

Newcomers, them, Lin Qiushi caught these key words, although he had a bad feeling when he arrived here, this bad feeling was getting stronger and stronger at the moment. Ruan Baijie also seemed to have sensed something, she didn't cry anymore, her pretty face was white and her eyes were panicked.

Xiong Lacquer continued on and soon brought them to a small three-story building next to the village.

He stood at the door and knocked on it, hearing the voice of a young girl from inside, "Who is it?"

"It's me, Bearpaint." Bearpaint said.

"It's Bear, come on in." The girl said, "We've been waiting for you."

Bear Paint reached out and pushed the door, and after a soft creak, revealed the doorway. In the doorway was a wide living room, where about eight or nine people were now sitting around a roaring fire, as if they were discussing something.

"Newcomers?" Someone saw Lin Qiushi and Ruan Baijie behind the bear paint.

"Newcomers." Xiong Lacquer slowly walked into the house and took a seat at random, "Sit down, Ke, you explain to them."

Ke was the girl who opened the door for Xiong Lacquer, she looked like she was only fifteen or sixteen years old and had a clear face, "You guys also sit down, I'll briefly explain the situation."

Lin Qiushi and Ruan Baijie looked at each other, and they sat down near the door.

"There's actually nothing to say." Ke's attitude was not enthusiastic, "We need to stay in the village for a while to solve some problems, and then we'll be fine."

Lin Qiushi: "What kind of problems?"

Curtis said, "We don't know yet, we have to go to the mayor tomorrow..." she said, "Do you have any materialists in there?"

Lin Qiushi raised his hand, "Me."

Ko: "Then you'll have to change your beliefs."

Lin Qiushi: "...What do you mean?"

Curt said, "Meaning, paranormal events will happen here."

Lin Qiushi: "........"

The crowd was very indifferent to the two newcomers, Lin Qiushi and Ruan Baijie, and other than Ke, no one else even greeted them proactively.

Before coming in, Lin Qiushi thought that they were discussing things, but after sitting inside for a while, Lin Qiushi realized that they hadn't said anything. A few people were just sitting quietly in the living room, staring at the flames in front of them, while some were playing games with their phones.

There was no signal for cell phones here, so they couldn't contact the outside world, but they could still play single player games.

Lin Qiushi simply counted, there were thirteen people in the house plus him, nine men and four women, from the looks of them, most of them were relatively young, the oldest of them should not be more than forty.

The firewood in the fire crackled, Ruan Baijie seemed a little sleepy after sitting for a while, she looked around and saw that no one had any intention of leaving, she asked in a low voice, "That... Excuse me, is there a room here where we can sleep? I'm a little sleepy."

I don't know if it was Lin Qiushi's illusion, but after Ruan Baijie asked this sentence, the air in the room seemed to freeze.

"Forget it, it's time to go rest." Xiong Lacquer stood up, "Or else I'll still be asleep in the living room by then, so let's share the room." He looked at Lin Qiushi, "You go with her, be careful not to go around at night..."

Ruan Baijie said, "I'm in a room with him? But..."

Bear Lacquer sighed, "Men and women are different? You'll know after the first night that it's not about that here, and your life is gone, so what's the difference between men and women."

Ruan Baijie wanted to say something else, but when she saw that the atmosphere among the crowd wasn't quite right, she had to stop and agreed to share a room with Lin Qiushi.

When Lin Qiushi saw that she looked worried, he had to speak out to comfort her, "Don't worry, I won't do anything to you."

Ruan Baijie nodded her head.

There were a total of nine rooms in the three-story building, but looking at them, they didn't intend to live separately. At the very least, there were two people in one room, and one room also had three people living in it.

"Let's go." Bear Paint said, "See you tomorrow."

Everyone dispersed, and before they left, Ko suddenly walked up to Lin Qiushi and said softly, "Don't trust anyone too much, just live through this..."

Lin Qiushi was about to ask a question, but she hurriedly left, looking like she didn't intend to say anything more to Lin Qiushi.

"Let's go." Ruan Baijie said, "Let's go to bed."

Lin Qiushi nodded.

Their room was on the right side of the corridor on the second floor, and there was only one bed in the room, with character posters hanging by the bed.

There was no electricity here, so they could only light a kerosene lamp, and since the light wasn't too bright, the entire room had an outdated hue, and the air still smelled of mold.

Lin Qiushi had expected Ruan Baijie to dislike the environment a bit, but she didn't expect her to adapt faster than she did, quickly washing up and touching the bed.

Instead, Lin Qiushi sat on the edge of the bed a bit oddly.

"Go to sleep." Ruan Baijie buried her head in the nest as well, her voice a little muffled, "Aren't you tired?"

Lin Qiushi said, "A bit tired."

"Yeah, it's been too weird all day today." Ruan Baijie said, "I even wondered if you guys were hired by the program to play a prank, but pranks don't come with such a full set..."

Lin Qiushi took off his jacket and also climbed into the blanket, to avoid suspicion, he and Ruan Baijie were covered with two blankets even though they were in the same bed: "It's strange."

Ruan Baijie said: "And those people, did you notice their eyes."

Lin Qiushi said, "They're afraid."

"Right." Ruan Baijie said, "They're afraid... So, what are they afraid of?"

After thinking for a while, Lin Qiushi was about to speak, but he heard the sound of even breathing coming from his side, he turned his head and saw that Ruan Baijie had fallen asleep.

Lin Qiushi was facing the ceiling above his head, and in the dim light, he fell into some sort of meditation. He actually admired Ruan Baijie, suddenly appearing in a strange place and meeting so many strange people, thanks to her being able to fall asleep as soon as her eyes closed.

But as Lin Qiushi thought about it, sleep gradually came over him, and he closed his eyes and slept like that.

In the middle of the night, Lin Qiushi suddenly woke up.

He was lying in his bed and heard a vague crashing sound.

It sounded as if it was the creaking sound made by the overbearing wind as it blew against the broken windows, or as if it was some person walking barefoot on the floor, crushing the floor to the point of being overwhelming.

Lin Qiushi opened his eyes and saw the house trapped in a hazy darkness.

The snow outside had stopped at some point, and a huge moon hung high in the sky. Cold light came in from the bed and spilled onto the floor like gauze.

As Lin Qiushi's eyes slowly moved to the bed, he suddenly held his breath.

The figure of a woman appeared on the bed, sitting at the head of the bed, her back facing Lin Qiushi, her long black hair covering her silhouette, she seemed to have sensed Lin Qiushi's reawakening and slowly turned her head.

This scene was too much like a scene from a horror movie, causing Lin Qiushi's entire body to freeze for a moment, it was good that he was brave enough to bite his teeth and sit up directly from the bed, cursing, "Fuck, who are you!!!! What are you doing running into my room!!!"

The woman's movements paused, then a voice came out, "What's your name, it's me."

It was Ruan Baijie's voice.

Lin Qiushi was relieved, he said, "What are you doing sitting on the bed this late at night without sleeping."

"Did you see the well in front of the house?" Ruan Baijie said, "That's the one in the courtyard."

Lin Qiushi said, "The well? What well?" He was about to crawl out of bed, but he accidentally took a glance towards his right side, a glance that made his blood freeze instantly - Nguyen Baijie was still sleeping on his right side and hadn't moved at all.

"That's the well." The woman with the exact same voice as Ruan Baijie said, "Let's go take a look together."

Lin Qiushi: "........"

The woman said, "Why don't you say something?"

Lin Qiushi said, "I was only evaluated as an outstanding party cadre last month."

Woman: "........"

Lin Qiushi: "I am a firm materialist."

Woman: "...and..."

Lin Qiushi said, "So will you scare someone else?"

The woman slowly turned her head, and through the moonlight, Lin Qiushi saw her face, a face that was hard to describe in words, white and puffy, her eyes almost squeezing out of their sockets, her face was unfamiliar, yet her voice was so familiar, she said, "Aren't you afraid of me?"

Lin Qiushi was silent for three seconds and looked down at his blanket, "Come on, I only brought one pair of pants with me when I got here."

Woman: "........"

Lin Qiushi wiped his face: "Scare really pee again." After he said this, he reached out and started patting Ruan Baijie beside him, saying, "Get up!!!"

Ruan Baijie was awakened by Lin Qiushi in a daze, rubbing her eyes and saying, "What's up." When she opened her eyes, she also saw the woman sitting at the head of the bed, "Who is this? Lin Qiushi, where did you find a woman to come to in the middle of the night without sleeping, you're so shameless. Where am I no match for her?"

Lin Qiushi: "...is that the point?

Ruan Baijie suddenly felt something was wrong after she whispered a few curses, she rounded her beautiful black eyes, "Why is her neck getting longer and longer..."

Lin Qiushi took a second look and found that the woman had stood up from the bed, her head tilted to one side and her neck became longer and longer, literally like a mutant snake.

The two of them were dumbfounded by this image, and finally Lin Qiushi couldn't take it anymore and shouted, "Run for fuck's sake." Just grabbed Ruan Baijie's hand and raced towards the door.

As a result, Ruan Baijie, who was soft and weak during the day, ran even faster than Lin Qiushi and disappeared outside the door in a gust of wind.

Lin Qiushi: "You should fucking run slower-"

Ruan Baijie: "Wouldn't it be cool if I fucking ran slower-"

Lin Qiushi: ".......Heh, woman.

The two scampered like rabbits all the way to the first floor, making sure that the thing didn't follow them down before they let out a sigh of relief. Ruan Baijie was crying worse than anyone, running faster than a dog, and by the time Lin Qiushi was panting she had tears in her eyes again, ready for another round.

"Don't cry don't cry." Lin Qiushi said, "What if you keep your voice down and attract that thing?"

Ruan Baijie: "You're just thinking about people, you don't even care about me."

Lin Qiushi: "........"

Probably because Lin Qiushi's expression was too disgusting, Ruan Baijie at least held back her tears and sat softly on the first floor stool, gently wiping the corners of her moist eyes.

At this time they were standing in the living room on the first floor, and the entire house was empty. Having made such a big commotion just now, no one had come out to see what was going on, and even apart from their gasps, no other sounds could be heard at all.

Lin Qiushi stood in place for a moment and hesitated, "What should we do?" He and Nguyen Baijie had no experience at all with these things, and had no idea what to do with them, now standing in the living room like two wooden stakes.

"It's snowing outside." Ruan Baijie, however, suddenly said, slowly walking to the door and looking towards the courtyard.

"It's snowing in the middle of the night." As Lin Qiushi stood at the door, he saw that a thin layer of snow had accumulated in the courtyard, and he also saw the well that the female ghost had spoken about before. It was indeed as she had said, there was a well in the middle of the courtyard. That well was located in a somewhat awkward position, at the very center of the entire courtyard, even just blocking the door. This was not a good thing from a feng shui perspective.

"There is a stone entrance and a mouth." Ruan Baijie suddenly said, "This well is wonderfully repaired." She smiled, her eyes curving in an exceptionally pretty manner.

"What?" Lin Qiushi said, "You still know feng shui?"

Ruan Baijie said, "The one who does this at home, learned a little." She looked at Lin Qiushi obliquely, "What do you do?"

Lin Qiushi: "Doing design..."

Nguyen Baijie: "Oh, the head isn't bald, it hasn't been done for a few years, right?"

Lin Qiushi: "....... "You're so talkative.

"Guess what I do for a living?" Ruan Baijie lifted her hair.

Lin Qiushi: "Model?" He rarely saw a girl as tall as Ruan Baijie, with an upright body and good temperament, and seemed to have no other drawbacks other than a small chest.

"No." Ruan Baijie said smilingly, "I'm a fortune teller."

Lin Qiushi was stunned.

"Let me do the math." Ruan Baijie's fingers flew and pinched, "This moon is so full today, I feel like I'm going to die."

Lin Qiushi couldn't laugh or cry, "What kind of logic is this, how come the moon is so round that I'm going to die."

Ruan Baijie ignored Lin Qiushi, she walked towards the courtyard and even waved at Lin Qiushi. Lin Qiushi was a bit more shocked than her movement: "What are you doing? So late..."

Nguyen Baijie said, "I want to see the well."

"Let's look at it tomorrow during the day, it's so dangerous to look at it now." Although Lin Qiushi said this, he was still worried that something would happen to Ruan Baijie and followed her into the courtyard.

Wearing a long white dress, Ruan Baijie's steps were light like an elf in the snow as she slowly approached the well, but she didn't lean over and waited for Lin Qiushi to come over as well.

Lin Qiushi said, "What's wrong?"

Ruan Baijie said, "Nothing much, suddenly I don't want to see it, let's go back."

Lin Qiushi was baffled: "Why are we going back?"

"It's too cold," Ruan Baijie said, "I'm freezing." She said, and in a natural motion, she assisted Lin Qiushi's arm, then pulled him back into the house in a hard gesture.

Lin Qiushi was being pulled by Ruan Baijie and found that she was extremely strong, and for a moment was unable to break free.

"Ruan Baijie?" Lin Qiushi was frightened by Ruan Baijie's strength.

Only then did Ruan Baijie let go of her hand: "Let's go, it's cold, hurry back, you can still sleep for a while..." she said, not paying any more attention to Lin Qiushi and went upstairs to her room on her own.

Lin Qiushi had to follow her back to his room on the second floor. Fortunately, the terrifying woman from before was gone, but the window was open and the cold wind was pouring into the room.

Ruan Baijie got on the bed and closed her eyes to go to sleep.

Lin Qiushi really couldn't sleep, so he re-lit the kerosene lamp and stayed up all night. The nights here are long and terrible, outside the house is the whistling snowstorm, inside the house is the sleeping beauty. Ruan Baijie slept in the same bed as the man she had first met, yet she was unguarded, her breathing was even, and her white cheeks looked particularly alluring with a light blush on them.

Lin Qiushi took a glance at her and then averted his eyes. Although he wasn't a gentleman who was sitting on his hands, he wasn't the kind of villain who took advantage of people's misfortune.

The next day, only around eight o'clock did the edge of the sky show the shadow of the sunrise.

It had snowed all night and it was already white outside.

Ruan Baijie grumbled as she opened her eyes and stretched out an arm first, then instantly retracted it, "It's so cold..."

When Lin Qiushi saw her face he thought to himself that's not what you said last night.

"Qiushi." Ruan Baijie said, "You go find me two clothes, I'll just wear a skirt... it's too cold."

Lin Qiushi said yes, he was actually going to go find two clothes to thicken himself up a bit, after all, it was still hot summer in that world of his.

The author had something to say.

Also Attack has shown up, he's really sick hahahahaha

Let's change the names of the supporting characters to avoid the need for substitution. Bear Qi to Bear Paint.