Plague Doctor

Silence, nothingness, chaos...

Does a person have a spiritual body first, or a physical body?

Where does this void exist?

In the blur, a consciousness gradually came back to life, as if I heard some weird and sudden flapping sounds around me, a kind of stealing sound.

The light...dilutes the darkness, does it come from the eyes...the eyes...

The consciousness can remember more, and some pain also emerges. The huge pain is coming from everywhere, spreading and impacting, making this glimmer of consciousness seem to have been hit by a strong wind and almost destroyed... But at this time, the consciousness It seemed like another voice was heard.

It didn't seem to be coming from the side, but coming from somewhere in the chaos.

"Xian Jun? Xian Jun? They said you were dead. I read your suicide note. Why don't you come out if you are still alive?"

That voice seems to be calling like this, Xianjun? die? Still alive?

The consciousness listened to these words and thought about what they meant, and suddenly more things came to life, Xian Jun, Xian Jun... The more the consciousness thought about it, the clearer it became, but it became less and less aware of the chaos. The call was gradually fading away.

Xian Jun? Salty, Gu Jun...

When I thought of this name, my consciousness suddenly surged like a tidal wave, accompanied by huge pain. Gu Jun, my name is Gu Jun.

But am I not already dead?

That was Wu Shiyu's voice just now... Didn't she go back? She didn't go back! ?

Many chaotic thoughts arose in panic, more revivals, everything was rushing back... Xianyu, you can't go back.

"Where am I?" Gu Jun only saw darkness, complete darkness, but he could feel his presence, as if he was still in a body, but he couldn't open his eyes or even move slightly because of the pain. But nothing less.

His consciousness became clearer. He remembered something and opened the system panel in his mind...

However, his spirit also seemed to be paralyzed, and he felt dazed with such a movement. The panel that could be opened at any time before was now unable to be opened.

Don’t you even have the mental power to open the system? He vaguely remembered that his final mental erosion level was 49.

49. It’s just a little bit over half way. If it’s over half way, can I still wake up?

"But what's going on now?"

Gu Jun remembered that he had obviously cut his neck. The exact pain at that time told him that the carotid artery had been cut, and he should have intracranial bleeding, and his heart seemed unable to withstand it. Now this is... am I a ghost?

He didn't feel like it, and the strange rustling and slapping sounds around him gradually became clearer, and this rustling sound was a bit familiar...

"Where have I heard that?" Gu Jun tried hard to remember, but he didn't dare to use his mental power too hard.

After a long time, he suddenly remembered.

When they first walked through the dense forest on the desert island, he and Wu Shiyu had heard this rustling sound, which seemed to be made by something stepping on dead leaves and broken branches, but at that time they observed their surroundings in the darkness. , but no figure was found.

Pat Pat pat pat pat pat……

Those weird slapping sounds were rhythmic, and were accompanied by some slight sounds that seemed to be squeezed out of the throat.

For some reason, Gu Jun felt that it was like a language. There seemed to be something walking through the woods, speaking.

"Xianyu, are you there?" He shouted several times in his heart, and tried to sense it again, but he didn't find out at all that she shouldn't be in the dream world.

Because at that time, he could feel her jumping into the space crack, and the calling just now was probably just a product of his subconscious mind.

"Did I be saved by some being?" Gu Jun thought calmly.

He is a person who is afraid of death. He chose suicide before because it was the only way he could break the nightmare. Now that he doesn't seem to be dead, is the power of that nightmare still there? What is your current state? Is everything okay over there in Dongzhou?

He thought for a while and listened to the strange noises around him.

"Locked-in syndrome."

Gu Jun suddenly remembered this rare disease. Due to brainstem lesions, the patient is in his current state. He is conscious, has no problem hearing, responds to painful stimuli, but cannot speak. His limbs are completely paralyzed and he cannot move. He looks like he is in a coma.

This disease is also one of the many medical problems faced by mankind, and there is no standard and effective medical method.

However, he remembered that some patients can still move their eyes and communicate with the outside world in this way.

"If my condition is similar to locked-in syndrome, if I try hard, my eyeballs should be able to move..."

He had lost control of his limbs, torso, neck and head, and was just trying to gather all his imaginary strength into his eyes.

"Move it, move it..." He gritted his teeth in imagination, "Just move it!"

Suddenly, something seemed to be connected, and he felt a familiar feeling, the feeling of his eyes.

To be precise, it's the eyeballs, but not the eyelids.

Gu Jun rolled his eyes with difficulty, and then heard the flapping sound stop, and then became more rapid, as if he was quite surprised!

"Yes, I'm not dead yet, I can hear it." He said in his heart, rolling his eyes again as hard as he could.

Suddenly, it felt like his eyelids had been pulled, and it seemed like this feeling was just an illusion, but a dark light rushed towards him, instantly piercing his eyeballs.

pain.

A fresh feeling of pain, it seems that I am really not dead yet...

His consciousness became clearer and his eyes regained focus. Gu Junhuo could see clearly at once. Above were the faces of several strange creatures looking down. They were about the size of a cat, covered with brown hair and pointed. With a long mouth and a pair of small black eyes, it looks like some kind of giant rodent...

Giant rats? Gu Jun was so frightened that he almost fainted and fell back into chaos. A revengeful mouse? Am I in the land of the dead?

But the background around them seems to be the dense forest on the desert island, with twisted and withered trees, just like this.

Suddenly, the eyelids of his eyes were closed again, and he could only see darkness again.

Pat, pat, pat, the chaotic slapping sounds sounded again, but this time, he could understand the meaning.

In the dream world, if the other party is willing to let you understand, you can communicate in any language... He heard at least five different whispers.

"This guy is awake and listening to us."

"Of course, our method is very effective."

"Shall we eat him? Peel it first and then remove the internal organs. It's delicious."

"No, he swallowed up that room and we couldn't digest it."

"Just add a little more spice."

"I told you no!"

"Then what should we do with him? Throw him into the sea?"

"No, he is very valuable, he will be a good tribute, very valuable..."

"Oh, yes, yes, tribute! There is no way this man can stand up to a hundred grouse, a hundred quails, and a hundred pheasants!"

"One hundred!? Are you crazy? Stupid ancestors, stupid ancestors!"

"Then, then...fifty each?"

"Honest Zugel! Hey, fellow Zugel folks, let me tell you, this man is worth at least a thousand grouse, a thousand quails, and a thousand pheasants!"

"One thousand!?" Those hurried flapping sounds seemed to be exclaiming, "Then if we pay tribute to him, won't our tribes not need to pay tribute again this year?"

"At least, I mean at least, it's possible that we won't need to pay tribute next year."

"Pay him tribute, you must pay him tribute!" they all cheered.

Listening to this, Gu Jun rolled his eyes anxiously, trying to attract the attention of these creatures named "Zuge"...

But no one answered him anymore, they just went on talking excitedly about how many grouse, quails and pheasants he was worth.

Love the Plague Doctor.