Kaleidoscope of Death

As soon as he entered, he saw a young man with dyed yellow hair standing on the spot, jumping to his feet. He was wearing non-mainstream clothes and had a lip ring on his lips, looking like a low-level gangster.

When this person saw Lin Qiushi and the girl Xu Jin who had just entered, he became even more agitated, pointing at them and saying: "Are you guys with these people? What do you want with me? You guys get me out of here now, or I'll fucking kill you?"

Lin Qiushi heard the man's bluff words really felt funny: "You just didn't want to call the police? Why are you trying to get us killed again?"

"Do you want to die?" The young man got even angrier when he heard Lin Qiushi's words, he said angrily, "I'll stab you to death if you keep talking nonsense, do you know who I am? How dare you talk to me like that!"

Lin Qiushi paid no more attention to him, his eyes sweeping around the crowd.

This sweep made his heart instantly sink, and he saw that in the room behind the young man, there were thirteen people sitting or standing, plus the young man, Lin Qiushi and Xu Jin, there were sixteen people.

This was the first time Lin Qiushi had seen so many people, so one could imagine how difficult this world was.

Most of the people in the crowd were indifferent, and they were not interested in reasoning with the young man with the bad attitude.

That's right, why waste such a troublesome thing as reasoning with a dead man?

In the crowd of thirteen people, five men and eight women, Lin Qiushi quickly found his target - the young man standing in front of the crowd, and the woman sitting in the corner who couldn't see her face clearly.

Although their faces were unfamiliar, the clothes they wore told Lin Qiushi who they were.

The woman was Ruan Nanzhu and the teenager was Cheng Qianli.

Lin Qiushi averted his eyes upon seeing them.

"I'm talking to you, what's your attitude!" When the yellow-haired young man saw such an attitude from Lin Qiushi, he was suddenly annoyed and actually pulled out a small knife from his pocket to draw, "You really want to die, don't you?"

After he said this, there was an "almost done." Then a pair of hands pressed down on the youth's shoulder, and a nice baritone voice came out: "Friend, you're young, why are you so angry."

Lin Qiushi followed the voice and saw a handsome male face, the owner of the face was now smiling at the youth, and his tone sounded very gentle: "What's the matter, we can talk slowly."

Don't know what the owner of the voice did, the youth's face suddenly turned pale, he bit his teeth, or resigned himself to putting the knife away, and whispered, "You guys don't want to lie to me."

The man let go of the hand that was holding the youth down and took a step forward, smiling at Lin Qiushi, "My name is Meng Yu, and I'm entering for the fourth time."

Lin Qiushi shook his outstretched hand: "Yu Lin Lin, third time."

The man smiled: "Sit down, we're discussing things."

Lin Qiushi nodded.

Belinda Mong's temperament was very friendly and her smile was exceptionally gentle, hinting at a tendency to become the leader of this team.

Ruan Nan Candle, who was habitually dominant before, was quiet the entire time this time, and Lin Qiushi pretended to sit beside him unintentionally and noticed that he didn't look very good.

"Girl, are you alright?" Lin Qiushi said, "Is your body uncomfortable anywhere?"

Ruan Nan Candle shook her head slightly and smiled softly and lightly, "It's fine, I haven't been well since I was a child, thank you for your concern."

Lin Qiushi: "My name is Yu Linlinlin."

Ruan Nan Candle: "My name is Zhu Meng."

"Nice to meet you." Lin Qiushi averted his eyes.

The Ruan Nan Candle of this world was different from the previous two worlds, his body seemed to be a little shorter in height, and his breath looked very frail. Although his face was still consistently beautiful, it had more of a sick beauty smell.

Lin Qiushi guessed that this could be because Ruan Nan Candle's body hadn't healed.

"You all saw that woman outside, right?" Belinda was in the middle of the crowd, briefly analyzing the situation, "I just went and asked her what was going on, and she said she was a tour guide, and a bunch of us were here for the tour."

That was probably the background to the story.

"Touristy?" One of the girls in the crowd answered, "How many days are we traveling?"

"She didn't say, just that she visited all the sites." Belinda Mong, "There should be a time limit, but we're not sure yet."

"Where are we staying?" Cheng Qianli suddenly spoke up, "Where do we live?"

Belinda walked to the window and pointed to the row of small bamboo buildings near the jungle: "There."

The small bamboo buildings were neatly lined up, and behind them was the dense jungle, with some ornamental plants and small flowers growing outside the bamboo buildings. Only Lin Qiushi couldn't recognize what kind those were.

"Let's share the room." Belinda suddenly came, "Definitely we can't all live together."

"Why can't we all live together?" Newcomer Seojin asked carefully, "Wouldn't it be safer if we were together?"

"Living together will make you fall asleep." Lin Qiushi said, "It's not safe."

"Oh..." although Xu Jin was still confused, she didn't ask further questions in the end. Her reaction was much better than that yellow-haired young man, at least she didn't offend most people without understanding what was happening.

"There's very little information yet, there should be more when tomorrow comes." Belinda Mong said, "It's getting late, so let's get ready for bed."

The next thing you know, everyone went to the small bamboo house together.

Sixteen people was a lot of people, and although it was dark, walking together wasn't too scary.

Lin Qiushi advanced into the bamboo building and took a brief look at the structure inside.

There were three beds inside each bamboo building, all on the second floor, one against the window and two against the wall. The weather here felt quite hot, so there was only a single thin futon on the bed.

Sixteen people, bed-sharing has become a big problem again.

Before Belinda Meng spoke, a few of the girls accompanying him brought up the idea of staying with him.

"How embarrassing that is." Belinda Meng smiled, "Or it would be better for the men and women to live separately."

"What's there to be embarrassed about when your life is on the line." A girl inside expressed her thoughts very directly, she said, "Brother Meng, I just want to live with you..." she leaned forward and hugged Meng Yu's arm, and deliberately squeezed it with her ample breasts.

Belinda Meng smiled, "Okay."

This was the first time Lin Qiushi had ever seen such a situation, but it wasn't surprising when you thought about it. With an experienced old man leading the team, the probability of survival would always be higher.

"Hello, can I stay with you?" Ruan Nan Candle's voice came out and he slowly walked over to Lin Qiushi's side with a pale look on his palm-sized face, "I'm a little scared."

Lin Qiushi immediately nodded his head and said that he could.

"I also want to live with you." Another girl's voice also came out, but it was Xu Jin that Lin Qiushi had just met, her expression was pitiful and her eyes were filled with tears, "Yu Linlin, I'm also scared."

Lin Qiushi: "....... "It's a bit disconcerting to suddenly come here like this.

He hesitated for a moment, feeling that it would be rather awkward to reject Xu Jin while promising Ruan Nanzhu, so he had to nod his head and say goodbye as well.

"Thank you." Xu Jin smiled. She turned her head to inadvertently look at Ruan Nan Candle with a little more estimation in her eyes, and Ruan Nan Candle also noticed her gaze and smiled faintly at her by lifting the corner of her mouth.

This seemed to be a tacit understanding and contest between girls, and Lin Qiushi who was still thinking about the world within the door was completely unaware of what was happening.

The groups were quickly divided and everyone dispersed to rest.

After Lin Qiushi simply washed up, he also lay on top of the bamboo bed, his bed was next to the window, and when he turned his head, he could see the scenery outside.

It was already late in the day, and all was quiet. The jungle was neither insects nor birdsong, the silence was frightening.

Ruan Nan Candle's bed was next to Lin Qiushi, he didn't sleep, but was on his side, quietly gazing at Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi actually had a lot of things he wanted to say to Ruan Nan Candle, but it was because there was still a Xu Jin in the house, so he had to be patient.

"Good night." Lin Qiushi said.

"Goodnight." Ruan Nan Candle curled her eyes.

In the middle of the night, there were mountain mists in the forest.

A rustling noise roused Lin Qiushi from his dream, and he opened his eyes to find that the others in the house were still asleep.

The sound was soft, as if it came from deep in the jungle, but it couldn't be heard clearly through the mist and the lush trees. Even with a hearing like Lin Qiushi's, he could only hear it vaguely.

He seemed to hear the singing voice belonging to a young girl, no, it wasn't so much singing as it was more like chanting a Buddhist sutra, at first it was just mumbling, but later it became clearer and clearer.

Lin Qiushi was completely awake, he sat up from his bed, for a moment he was actually unable to tell if he was dreaming or if it was all real, he saw a silhouette of a person through the window, looming in the fog.

These silhouettes were standing densely in the middle of the woods, and only vague outlines could be seen through the dense fog.

Lin Qiushi was watching when he suddenly felt a pair of hands on his shoulder, he was shocked and turned his head but saw Ruan Nan Candle.

"Don't look." Ruan Nan Candle's chin was resting on Lin Qiushi's body, his black eyes seemed to have stars shining in them, "Didn't you notice that they were approaching."

Lin Qiushi was stunned, then he realized that Ruan Nan Candle was indeed right, those silhouettes were getting closer and closer to them. They weren't walking, but the outlines were becoming clearer.

"I'm a little cold," Ruan Nan Candle said, "You can sleep with me in your arms." He sounded a bit weak. Lin Qiushi held his hand and felt his hand was cold.

"Are you uncomfortable?" Lin Qiushi was a little worried.

"This body is too weak." Ruan Nan Candle half closed his eyes and looked like he was about to fall asleep, "It's more troublesome."

"Good." Lin Qiushi reached out and pulled Ruan Nan Candle into his arms. He found that Ruan Nam Candle's body was extremely light, literally like a piece of paper. And the skin was barely warm.

Lin Qiushi was a bit distressed, so he embraced Ruan Nan Candle's body with a lot of force, warming it with his own body heat.

Ruan Nan Candle seemed to feel much more comfortable, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Lin Qiushi was still listening to the movement outside the window, the rustling sounds continued for a while and then subsided, Lin Qiushi guessed that those things should have disappeared. He hugged Ruan Nan Candle and also gradually came to sleep, closing his eyes and sleeping.

The next day, Lin Qiushi was woken up by Xu Jin's screams.

Xu Jin pointed at the two of them: "You, you, why did you two sleep in the same bed?"

Before Lin Qiushi spoke, the awakened Ruan Nan Candle burrowed into Lin Qiushi's arms and grunted twice: "Still want to sleep."

Lin Qiushi reflexively patted him on the head: "You want to sleep some more?"

Ruan Nan Candle: "Cold..."

Lin Qiushi: "I'll hold you."

Ruan Nanzhu then moved naturally and hooked her arms around Lin Qiushi's waist, burying her face into his chest.

Xu Jin looked at this scene and her eyes were staring out as she said, "You... you... how did you..."

Ruan Nan Candle seemed to have woken up only then, he left Lin Qiushi's embrace in slow motion and lifted his hair, revealing a smile, "I felt too cold in the middle of the night last night, so I troubled Brother Yu, don't get me wrong, we're nothing." He said and lowered his head, smiling bashfully.

Although Xu Jin didn't say it with her mouth, her eyes had already exposed her, and the most important thing she wanted to say at this point was probably that: fuck, this person is too much of a bitch. They're all sleeping in the same bed, and they're still smiling and saying that there's nothing between them.

"Brother Yu is a good person." Ruan Nan Candle was also quite into the drama, he said, "Don't misunderstand him."

Lin Qiushi, who was inexplicably issued a good guy card, didn't realize the war between Ruan Nan Candle and Xu Jin, he said, "Go out and have breakfast, didn't you say yesterday that you had to meet at eight o'clock."

"Mm." Ruan Nan Candle echoed.

So the three of them washed up and ate breakfast.

Arriving at the place where everyone had agreed, where a few people were already seated, Lin Qiushi searched for Cheng Qianli and was relieved to make sure he was also there.

Breakfast was this side's speciality, a strange tasting fried noodle that Lin Qiushi found very unpalatable after one taste. But for the sake of his body, he could only barely finish it.

Ruan Nanzhu was already uncomfortable, and now his appetite was even worse, so he tasted one bite of the noodles and threw it aside.

Lin Qiushi was worried that his body couldn't take it, so he went back to the kitchen to find something else to eat. Next to the kitchen, a middle-aged woman was grinding something next to a grindstone, so Lin Qiushi went over and asked her a few polite questions.

The woman listened to Lin Qiushi's question and casually pointed to the bamboo basket beside her.

Lin Qiushi walked to the front of the basket and saw that it contained a few wilting apples, and although they didn't sell well, the taste shouldn't be too bad.

He picked up the apples and as he passed by the woman, he asked in passing, "Auntie, what are you grinding?"

The woman hung her head: "Grinding the powder."

Lin Qiushi looked at what was being ground on the grindstone, it was a white powder with a strange looking texture.

The woman noticed his gaze, so she put some in a small bowl and handed it to him with a smile, "Do you want to taste it? It's tonifying, especially if you're weak, you can recover with a sip."

Lin Qiushi reflexively dismissed her good intentions, he always felt that it wasn't good.

It was good that the women didn't force it and went on with their own business with their heads down.

Lin Qiushi returned to the house with the apple, but he saw again the woman he had seen yesterday at the village entrance, the woman was holding a red flag in her hand and had a hat on her head, when she really looked like a tour guide with a tour group.

"Today we are going to show you a temple." The woman said, "That temple is the most beautiful building in the area, I'm sure you will be captivated by its elegance after seeing it, there's no time to lose, let's go now."

After she said this, she waved her flag and signaled for everyone to follow.

As everyone looked at each other, they all got up from their chairs and followed the woman out the door.

As the woman walked, she described the customs of the place, saying that the people here believed in some sort of religion, believing that the dead would come back to life, and because of this belief, they had many strange customs in the area.

"Such as?" Belinda Mong asks a question.

The woman smiled mysteriously, "Wait until we get to the temple, and you'll see."

She led the group up a remote path that wound forward and led deep into the jungle.

The trees on this path were all a bit strange, with some colorful colored strips hanging from the branches next to them, which the woman said was a ritual that was said to lead the returning spirits home.

The trees on this road were so dense that they blocked out almost all the sunlight, leaving only dappled patches of light spilling onto the ground.

Lin Qiushi listened to the woman's introduction, but the tune of the song came to mind.

After about twenty minutes of walking, everyone was a bit tired, and although Xu Jin felt a bit scared by the weird environment, but in the end, he didn't hold back and asked, "How much longer?"

The woman said, "We're almost there."

Not long after she said this, there was music coming from the front, Lin Qiushi had never heard such a tone before, like a flute and more pleasing than a flute, with a strange tune, like a vulture hovering in the sky with the smell of death.

Because of this sound, the crowd quieted down at once.

The guide smiled and said, "I believe everyone has heard this sound, this music is played by a special instrument that can only be heard here, so you must enjoy it."

Not long after continuing on, through the layers of trees, Lin Qiushi finally saw the building hidden within.

It was a majestic temple, built of huge stones, with green vines winding their way up in a quaint and cool style.

Next to the temple, there were countless colorful flags standing.

These flags were fluttering with the breeze, as if they were echoing the strange tune.

Ruan Nan Candle suddenly approached Lin Qiushi as he said in a low voice, "Stay away from those flags."

"What?" Lin Qiushi was confused.

Ruan Nan Candle said, "The material of the flags is not right."

Lin Qiushi sniffed and looked carefully, only to find that the material of these flags was indeed different, thick, not like they were made of cloth, but soft enough... He thought of something at once and moved his throat up and down.

"Could it be that thing?" Lin Qiushi thought of the hidden meaning in the song.

"Perhaps." Ruan Nan Candle's tone wasn't sure.

When the guide led everyone to the entrance of the temple, she stopped and said, "Next is the free time for everyone to visit." She raised her hand to look at the watch on her wrist, "I will come and lead everyone back before it gets dark, so please enjoy the view and don't wander around."

She finished and reiterated, "Don't...run around oh."

After saying this, the guide turned around and left, leaving all the dozen or so people who were looking at each other in the same place.

"This person is too baffling." The grumpy blond young man from yesterday began to speak grumpily again as he said, "We might as well take this opportunity to run out..."

"Where are you going to run to?" The man next to him said impatiently, "I told you this isn't a normal world, can you stop saying stupid things all the time."

The young man also seemed to be a little scared by the surrounding scenery, and he held on with a disdainful expression, "Where is it not normal, I think you guys are just too cowardly."

The others no longer paid any attention to him at the news and all turned towards the inside of the temple, clearly everyone's focus now was to see if there were any clues about the key.

"Let's go in as well." Lin Qiushi looked at the temple and turned to Ruan Nanzhu and Xu Jin who were standing behind him.

"This temple looks so scary." Xu Jin was trembling with fear, "Do you guys think there will be any monsters inside..."

"Why don't we go inside and you wait outside?" Ruan Nan Candle coughed lightly twice and made the suggestion.

"No, no, no, I'd rather stay with you." Xu Jin quickly said, "I'm even more scared to be out here alone."

"Then let's go." Lin Qiushi lifted his steps and stepped onto the tall stone steps.

Ruan Nan Candle and Xu Jin followed behind Lin Qiushi and entered the temple with everyone else.

The inside of this temple was very dimly lit, not a single window was open, and only a few faintly lit kerosene lamps were lit around it.

Lin Qiushi was a bit strange as soon as he entered, he said, "The sound of the musical instruments is coming from the second floor?"

Nguyen Nam Candle: "It seems like it."

"Then let's go upstairs and take a look." Lin Qiushi said.

Ruan Nan Candle nodded.

However, they circled around the temple and didn't find any steps that could go upstairs, Lin Qiushi suddenly felt that something was wrong, his keen hearing was telling him a terrible fact... The music, it seemed, wasn't coming from the second floor, but from the ceiling, so what was there in the black hole that couldn't be seen at the end of a glance on the ceiling that could play this kind of music?

Lin Qiushi's stiff expression was discovered by Ruan Nan Candle, who said, "What's wrong?"

Lin Qiushi laughed dryly and pointed at the top of their heads, "Above our heads, there seems to be something..."

The author has something to say: outside the door: lam qiushi: ruan you're such a nice guy.

Inside the door: ruan nan candle: lin qiushi you are really a good person.

It's a cp where we send each other nice cards.