Chapter 19: Ghostly group of graves (1)

“Who doesn’t sleep at night?” I muttered and scolded. At that age, I didn’t know what was scary, but I felt that the noise, which seemed to exist and not exist at the same time, was disturbing my sleep.

My body began to feel a little warm, and I rolled around on the ground in the bamboo forest trying to sleep, but I found that the sounds not only did not gradually disappear, but instead became louder and louder, and there seemed to be the sound of gongs and drums.

I suddenly sat up, and I felt like I was completely awake. But the surrounding scene was unfamiliar to me. I didn’t know how to describe my feelings. It was like the bamboo forest in front of me was still the same bamboo forest, but I saw many light spots.

It was as if there was a pale yellow light spot not far from me, slowly approaching another smaller pale yellow light spot. Then I saw the large light spot suddenly approaching the small light spot, and then it seemed to be devouring the small light spot.

A strange thing happened. The small light spot slowly turned into a grayish mass…

What’s going on? This bamboo forest is a wonderful world, and you can see these pale yellow light spots everywhere, big or small.

I shook my head and tried to figure out what was going on with the discolored light spot. The larger yellowish light spot was clearly a snake, and the discolored light spot was clearly a mouse that it had bitten to death. The snake was swallowing the mouse.

I couldn’t think about how I could see a snake in the dark of night. I suddenly felt scared. How could I sleep in the bamboo forest? There are many snakes in the countryside, and the cool environment of the bamboo forest is very popular with snakes.

I just slept in this bamboo forest. What if a snake climbed onto my body…? I got goosebumps all over my body. I looked around again, and the yellow light points were still there, big and small. I looked down and saw that I was also emitting yellow light, but compared to the light points, the yellow light was much stronger!

What’s going on? Have I also become a light spot? I broke out in a cold sweat, and I opened my eyes with a start. I then realized that I was half sitting in the bamboo forest, and I had not opened my eyes at all!

What just happened? Was I dreaming? My body was getting hotter and hotter, I was thirsty, and I felt a strange sense of weakness. I wiped the cold sweat off my forehead and lay down again. I really didn’t have the strength to move.

I didn’t feel scared, but I was still looking forward to the dawn.

I don’t know how long I had been lying there, but I felt like I was about to fall asleep. Then I remembered the strange dream again. There were snakes in the bamboo forest in the dream, and I couldn’t stay here!

The noise in my ears was still loud, but I used all my strength to stand up, picked up my yellow bag and left. At that time, I only had one thought in my mind: I could sleep wherever I went, but I definitely couldn’t sleep in the bamboo forest.

Although the bamboo forest was large, I didn’t go too deep. I walked out after a few steps, but I felt that the bamboo forest was filled with that pale yellow light again. Even the bamboo itself had a green glow, but it was strong and weak.

Looking at it like this, it actually looked quite nice. I really didn’t feel that scared. I think it was the influence of that strange dream, and I was still a little dazed. It was like when my parents called me to school in the morning, I was clearly not awake, but in my dream I was already getting dressed, brushing my teeth and washing my face, and it was as if I had really gotten up.

I stopped looking at the strange bamboo forest and started walking forward. The lively sounds gradually became clearer, and I was a little excited. I subconsciously walked towards the place with the loudest sounds.

After walking for a short distance, I saw a cluster of houses, tightly packed together. I was very curious. There was plenty of land in this village, so why were the houses so close together?

Listening carefully, it seemed like there were many people talking, but I couldn’t see a single person. I thought there were many dark shadows between the houses, and occasionally one or two red shadows. These shadows also seemed to be composed of light points, very similar to those in the bamboo forest, except that they were different colors.

I seemed to be in a trance, and I lacked the necessary ability to think. I just wanted to see these shadows clearly. Thinking like this, I was very focused. When I looked again, I was relieved. Where were the shadows? There were clearly many people!

It was so lively, and my heart was completely excited. I love to be in the thick of things.

It seemed that they were talking to each other, but it also seemed that they weren’t. There were just so many people, and they were talking so loudly, so there must be something going on. My curiosity was stronger than ever, and my pace toward them quickened.

The strange dream in the bamboo forest had already made me feel uncomfortable, and now that I saw people, I felt extra excited.

The distance was getting closer and closer, but even I, who was so easygoing, noticed something was wrong and gradually slowed down.

Why was it wrong?

First, I noticed that the clothes they were wearing were not right. They were all black long-sleeved shirts and trousers, with a style of a jacket on top and wide-legged trousers on the bottom. The clothes were weirdly tight, and I seemed to have seen them somewhere.

Second, it seemed that those people had noticed my approach, but they didn’t seem friendly or curious like ordinary people. Instead, they all stared at me, their eyes seemingly wary, as if there was something about me that they didn’t like, or perhaps gloomy, I couldn’t say, but I felt a chill in my heart.

Third, most of these people were old, with only a few young people, and one or two of them gave me a particularly fierce feeling! I seemed to see red light on them again, but I couldn’t see it clearly. Especially this red light was different from the kind of radiant red, it was a kind of dull, depressing red.

What kind of people are they? I don’t quite understand. They don’t welcome me, and they make me feel a little uncomfortable, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.

“Which kid is going home? What are you doing here?” While I was still hesitating, an old voice came to my ears. The voice was a bit gloomy and made people feel cold all over.

I shivered and looked around for the source of the voice, but I found that it was an old man about 50 meters away who was talking to me. Was he talking to me? I didn’t see him open his mouth, and he was probably shouting from such a distance.

But I think it was him.

This was an old man, his expression was gloomy, and there was a feeling that his expression had frozen, but I could also see that he had kind eyes, and I didn’t seem to be so scared anymore.

But at that moment, I noticed a man approaching me at a fast pace. He was one of the few young men, and he was laughing. I didn’t know what he was laughing at, but I had a vague feeling that he was up to no good.

“Alas…” It seemed that the old man sighed.

I was a little confused, feeling numb all over. I didn’t know if I was scared or confused, but in the blink of an eye, the young man rushed to me and was about to slam into me.

I subconsciously retreated, but at this time, I felt a very bright white light coming from my chest, and faintly heard a tiger’s roar. In a flash, before I could figure out what was going on, the young man screamed and retreated.

The young man kept backing away until he stopped, and the look in his eyes was particularly spiteful. When I looked closely, the old man with the kind eyes had long since disappeared. There were originally many people here, but now there were far fewer.

Only a few people were left, all staring at me. The look in their eyes was the same as the most unfriendly of the group of people just now. They were all still there, including two people with red light around them, a man and a woman.