Chapter 4 Temple
When he went out, his father repeatedly reminded David to listen to Captain Lin.
"Although Captain Lin Tai is very good, you must be respectful in front of him! Among the nine people in the patrol team, there must be more than one who asks for his care. You have to do whatever he says, and you must not disobey no matter what!"
"Okay, dad, I get it."
"Also, when the porcelain dolls come out, don't snatch them or choose them. Don't worry about any porcelain dolls with expressions, don't ask others, listen to others' words, and compliment Captain Lin and other team members more."
He said that, but David was really stupid and didn't know how to say good things. He always thought about what to say. But at this time, he could only nod in front of his father and dared not refute.
Then, David followed Captain Lin and arrived near the temple at around 2 pm.
Although the temple is called "museum", it actually does not have any characteristics. First of all, it is not very big, with a total size of only 500 square meters. Secondly, there are no Buddha statues or god statues inside the temple. As for monks, incense... it naturally does not exist.
The temple was created with white fog. To this day, people are more afraid of the temple. But it is undeniable that it is precisely because of the temple that the white fog has not completely covered the entire village.
Lin Tai took David into the temple.
The ground was covered with fallen leaves, and a plaque with no words hung on the hall in front of me.
A stone tablet stands in front of you.
"Did you come to the temple for the first time?"
"Well, I didn't dare to come in the past. I usually came by my parents with food and daily necessities."
"You will do it in the future. You can get an extra ration in the future. Your parents can no longer participate in the patrol team at all ages. If you join, your family will no longer have to be too short of eating meat in the future."
"Yeah, I know."
From now on, my mother won’t have to let him eat meat on his birthday.
David approached the stone tablet.
There is a paragraph on it:
Villagers who are unable to compassionately must keep the following guidelines in mind:
First, no matter what happens, you must not enter the white fog, even if part of your body is in contact.
Second, starting at 9 o'clock every night, a nine-person patrol must be formed, and no more than two meters away from the white fog, surrounding the white fog that envelops the village until midnight.
Third, members of the nine-person patrol team are drawn by lottery. The captains are changed once a month, while the team members are changed every day.
Fourth, patrol members must come to this temple in advance at 3 pm to receive the bamboo pole and porcelain doll. The porcelain doll must be inserted on the top of the bamboo pole. If you feel that there is danger in the white mist, immediately put the bamboo pole into the white mist to escape the danger, but the porcelain doll will lose part of it.
Fifth, patrol personnel can write the required daily necessities on paper and burn them in the temple. They can come to the temple to collect them after 8 a.m. the next day.
Sixth, if no one in the village participates in the patrol, every night, the white fog surrounding the village will advance into the interior, and nine people will die in the village.
Seventh, every time the patrol is patrolled, the captain must keep in mind the number of people reduced during the patrol. After the patrol, the captain must count the number of people and ask the team members to report the number. If there are more people, they must find a way to find the more people within one month. Otherwise, one of the team members must be killed and the body is placed in the white fog, otherwise the village will face terrifying disasters.
After reading the contents on the stone tablet, David subconsciously blinked.
"Although these have become village rules, this is the first time I have seen this stone tablet with my own eyes."
David remembered that at first, the villagers didn't believe in the content of the stone tablet at all, so naturally they did not arrange for people to patrol. However, on the second day, nine people actually died.
David was too young at that time, so his memory was a little blurry, but he remembered it very clearly. After his father, who had seen the body with his own eyes, his face turned pale and he vomited several times.
Being trapped in this terrifying white fog caused the villagers to fall into unprecedented panic. There were still some people who didn't believe in evil. They asked someone to tie ropes on them and then continued to go deep into the white fog. However, before going far away, the person pulling the rope felt a terrible force pulling the villagers, and then either let go before being pulled into the white fog, or they were pulled in together.
The villagers began to understand that there was some kind of... "monster" inside the white fog.
This kind of "monster" is very terrible, but for some reason, "monster" can only exist in the fog and cannot leave the fog range. However, if you do not patrol according to the stone tablet, white fog from all directions will continue to shroud the inside of the village!
At that time, the village was about to cause riots due to huge panic. Village Chief Ge stood up and decided to abide by the rules on the stone tablet, take out the bamboo poles and porcelain dolls from the temple, and form a patrol team to start patrol.
"We must believe in the Party and the Government! The government will definitely come to rescue us! Before that, we must find a way to save ourselves! From tonight, someone must patrol! If the result is drawn and everyone will not patrol, I will be the first to peel him off!"
Village Chief Ge's prestige in the village finally began to stabilize the village. After all, because the young and middle-aged people left behind the village have fewer laborers, middle-aged and elderly people are more convinced of Village Chief Ge.
As for the age limit of the patrol team, it was arranged by Village Chief Ge. Moreover, no matter who draws the lottery, the village chief will handle it impartially and will never be favored.
However, the patrol team is composed of people, and it is impossible for people to make some mistakes. For ten years, no matter how hot and cold, windy or rainy you have to patrol every day and night, then... there will naturally be problems.
For example, a team member suddenly had a fever, and the female team member suddenly came to her aunt... The lottery draw is usually decided in the morning, and an emergency cannot be replaced. So... when this situation occurs, any accident may occur.
"Stop watching, let's go." Lin Tai walked up and said.
"I've heard a saying that if someone is won and won't go..."
"Don't ask too much." Lin Tai's face changed slightly, "Or don't want to go?"
"When, of course not!"
"That's good. Three o'clock is coming soon, we..."
At this time, David saw several more men and women entering the temple and greeted David and Lintai.
"Captain Lin!"
"Captain Lin!"
Obviously, they are all villagers who are going to patrol tonight.
"Captain Lin came very early!"
"I remember that sometimes bamboo poles and porcelain dolls will appear half an hour in advance."
"That's how..."
"Okay," Lin Tai said: "Everyone is ready to go in."
Then, a group of people walked into the temple in a bustling manner.
There is almost nothing in the temple, and it is completely a state of being barely scattered.
However, several doors can be seen.
Then, Lin Tai walked towards one of the doors.
He pushed the door open, and there was nothing in the room.
"The bamboo pole and porcelain doll have not appeared yet."
"Then wait."
David looked at the players in front of him.
If nothing unexpected happens, you should be able to spend it safely tonight.
However, this is a very dangerous job after all.
Logically speaking, "monsters" cannot leave the range of the white fog, and as long as the team members are not too close to the white fog, nothing will happen.
But the fact is that every year, patrol personnel will lose their staff. There are many terrifying versions of this in the village. In the end, David didn't know which version to believe.
However, for many years, he has not understood the last code on the stone tablet.
Chapter completed!