Chapter 4, Murder in a Foggy Night
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Xiao Fen took out the book casually and took advantage of the dimmering light to take a look at the book cover.
"FAE&AWAKENMAN". ("Awakener and the Other World")
Xiao Fen's breathing accelerated involuntarily, and his hands trembled slightly.
Just look at this name and you will know that this book is mostly related to his past experiences, and may be as close to everything that is happening around him now.
After a little comparison, the book could be put into a special pocket inside the coat on his body. It can be confirmed that the owner of the book was the person who was staying here.
Xiao Fen took the book in his hand and flipped it over twice. It was all in English, and there were manual annotations on many corners to explain a certain paragraph or phrase.
In addition, in the last part of this book, you can see a lot of paper pasted.
Without exception, the paper was filled with English paragraphs. At a glance, this should be an additional record of the whole book and the understanding of the people who used the book.
Xiao Fen could not fully understand this book. He had never touched many words at all, but this could not defeat him.
Although he can't understand it, he can remember all these things in a very short time, and leave it to slowly recall and understand when he can understand those words in the future.
Relying on a large number of observations of other worlds that others cannot see, Xiao Fen's brain was fully developed and utilized, which allowed him to read and remember the entire content of a book faster than those who are proficient in speed reading shorthand skills.
The book was spread out in Xiao Fen's hands, and the numerous pages were like they were blown by the wind, constantly flipping. In a very short time, Xiao Fen finished reading it.
Then he closed the book, opened it again, and flipped it like before. After repeating it several times, Xiao Fen had already memorized all the contents in it, and Xiao Fen had also recorded all the small notes of personal feelings after the book.
Xiao Fen breathed a long sigh and put down the books in his hand. At this time, the sky outside was completely dark.
It took less than an hour since he came to this world, but the speed of darkness outside was faster than he thought.
When he walked to the window, he looked outward. The place where Xiao Fen saw was full of yellow-brown fog.
It is these sudden thick fog that quickly weakens the surrounding light, and the fog is still aggravating.
A sound of a clanging train suddenly cut through the silence nearby. The fog not only made the surrounding environment feel like a dream, but even the sound did not seem very real. Xiao Fen could not hear how far away the train sound was from him.
Accompanied by the sounds made during the train, there are also the harsh brake sounds when the wheels pass by turns and the "sting" sounds bursting with brake sparks.
The sound of the train passing by did not stop for long. It seemed that another dong dong bell came from a far away place. The bell sounded dull and solemn. Xiao Fen thought in his heart that it was already 6 o'clock in the evening.
When all these sounds disappeared, the surroundings fell into silence again. Except for the occasional sounds made by some mice when they passed by, the world of the building seemed to have become a world of death in an instant.
After a while, Xiao Fen suddenly heard some strange sounds emerging from all directions of the street.
The sound mostly emits a fixed rhythm, followed by a short sound of mopping the floor, just like the sound of those people walking with poor legs and feet.
"Dong, sting", "Dong, sting"...
If it is just such a sound, it is nothing. The key is that it seems that such sounds are everywhere around the outskirts of this block.
Due to the interference of the fog, Xiao Fen could not see what the owner who made these sounds looked like. Just such a strange sound was enough to make people frightened.
Not only that, above the roof, Xiao Fen also heard some rustling sounds. These sounds were completely different from those of the mice, and they were like the sounds made by short people as they were climbing on the ropes.
Due to the interference of the fog, the streets could not be seen clearly. No one seemed to be staying on the street now. This was too far from Xiao Fen's understanding. In the era of industrial revolution, people lost their traces on the streets at 6 pm, which seemed to be no different from the dark age.
At this time, it should be when the workers were drinking and making noise and the whole block was in chaos. On this street, there should be a bright spot. Even the slums would not be so quiet. What's more, the small building where Xiao Fen was located has proved that this block was not a slum before.
While Xiao Fen was thinking, a small black shadow appeared in front of him. It was a homeless man who was late. Although he couldn't see his specific dress clearly, the practice of wrapping his body tightly in newspapers exposed his identity.
The homeless man seemed to be very afraid of the fog on the street. He dodged and wanted to run over from the other side of the street.
However, the homeless man obviously did not notice that the sounds above the street had disappeared when he appeared. Instead, a moving rope had been hanging down above his head.
On the rope, a black shadow was moving down quickly.
The homeless man was destined to be unable to return to his temporary residence. Just before he was about to walk to a dilapidated old house, the rope above his head suddenly fell, and the black shadow pounced on the homeless man.
Without any yelling, Xiao Fen could vaguely see that the rope was like living, suddenly blocking the homeless man's mouth, causing all the panic and shouting to be blocked back, leaving only a faint "whip" sound.
What the homeless man could do in the end was just to wave his hands and feet in vain. Even this move slowly became weak and powerless in the end.
Having seen too many changes in other worlds, Xiao Fen's eyesight was relatively good. He not only saw the rope blocking the homeless man's mouth, but also saw that the rope was like a real living creature, constantly surging and exploring the inside of the homeless man's body.
When the unlucky homeless man finally stopped moving, the shadow who was standing on the side pounced on him, tied the homeless man completely with extra ropes, and then lay back on the wrapped "cocoon".
The rope slowly recycled and finally rose to a higher place than Xiao Fen's position and disappeared. After a while, those strange rustling sounds made from Xiao Fen's head again.
Chapter completed!