what the hell is

Outside the door is a foggy space, without the sun or the earth, it is chaotic, like the ruins of a city shrouded in a huge smog.Someone asked, since you can't see anything, how can you be sure that it is a city ruin.According to Brother Peng, when he walked out of the elevator door and looked up at this space, he could feel a kind of sadness and desolation.Thinking about it later, this feeling was inexplicable and indescribable, like walking into a human city after a major disaster, full of sorrow, desolation, and misery, the cold wind stirred up the dense fog, and what I saw was the ruins of civilization. Lonely and desolate.

This feeling is extremely depressing and makes people breathless.Although this space is shrouded in dense fog, it stands quietly like a majestic and huge monster, as if it wants to devour the world.

Unconsciously, brother Peng's hairs stood on end, not because he was afraid, but because he had a sense of powerlessness in the face of the vastness of himself, which was naturally like an ant.

At that time, he seemed to be trapped in a nightmare. He wanted to leave but didn't dare to leave, so he just stood there, fighting with each other.

At this time, it was Li Damin who discovered the problem, not to mention that this kid has a sharp mind and can grasp all suspicious details.

He asked: "Brother Peng, you just said that you got on the elevator involuntarily, as if you lost your mind. But why don't you dare to leave now that you see this world? Could it be that you had a clear consciousness at that time?"

Brother Peng looked at him in confusion: "To be honest, I don't know." He pondered for a moment, obviously thinking about this question.Then I said a word, and Li Damin and I were dumbfounded.

Brother Peng said that my consciousness seemed to be given to me by something.

That is to say, this power in the dark (let's call it that for now) not only creates scenes for people, but also gives people consciousness and feelings at the right time.

It would be too mysterious to delve into it here.We didn't have time to think about it, so we just marked it here and asked Brother Peng to continue talking.

Brother Peng walked forward in the mist and saw a cave.This cave is the only way forward, either drill in or go back.Brother Peng said that at that time, he had no intention of going back at all, and continued to move forward in a daze.

This cave is dark and deep, like a bottomless abyss.It was so dark that there was no light at all.That kind of absolute darkness seems to have a powerful attraction, which can suck people in, shattering and dismembering into this endless nothingness.

When Brother Peng said this, he took a deep breath, with a deeply painful expression on his face.He was short of breath and covered his chest with his hands. This action of his frightened me and Li Damin. If it was going to cause a heart attack, the two of us would definitely not be able to avoid it.

Li Damin and I quickly stretched out our hands: "Brother Peng, are you okay?"

Brother Peng waved his hand, and he slumped on the boss chair. His face was pale, his teeth were chattering, and the confused fear in his eyes was beyond description.

The atmosphere at this time was very dignified and very depressing.Both Lee Damin and I were terrified by him.

After a long time, Brother Peng said: "You can't even imagine what that blackness looks like, and I don't think there will be one in this world. It is a kind of pure darkness, a darkness without a trace of light. However, this is not The scariest."

I tried to imagine that kind of darkness in my mind, cleared my throat and asked, "What is the scariest thing?"

"When I stood at the mouth of the cave and stared deeply into this dark abyss, guess what I saw?"

Li Damin and I looked at each other and shook our heads.

"I saw myself." Brother Peng said word by word.

You can't imagine how I felt after he said that sentence, it was like an electric current ran through my body, and indescribable fear surged like a tide.

"You saw yourself?" Li Damin couldn't believe it.

"I saw another me, who seemed to be standing on the other side of the abyss, staring deeply at this me."

There was no sound in the room, and we listened quietly.

"That abyss is like a mirror. I'm sorry, I really can't describe the feeling. I stared into the darkness as if I was looking into my heart. What frightened me the most was that although I saw me, I It doesn't seem to know him, it's like looking at an indifferent and distant stranger."

"And then?" we asked.

"Then I went into the cave." Brother Peng said.

Brother Peng got into this black abyss and walked in the dark.I don't know how long I walked, but suddenly there was light in front of my eyes.People who have been in the dark for a long time, the eyes will not be able to cope with the strong light.But Brother Peng said that the light that appeared in front of him was very soft and did not hurt the eyes at all.It stands to reason that it is very exciting to get out of the darkness and see the light for the first time.But Brother Peng was not only not excited at the time, but also felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

When he walked out of the black hole, he saw a ruined city in front of him.What came before my eyes was a dilapidated scene. There was no one in the residential area, the buildings collapsed, and the entire side of some high-rise buildings disappeared. The steel frame wires snaked out, as if a magic ax fell from the sky and cut them neatly.The ground is full of potholes, as if a huge and destructive war has been experienced here.

Brother Peng said, I just kept walking aimlessly, without even a shadow of myself, and my heart was filled with indescribable helplessness and panic.

The sky gradually darkened, and yellow smoke slowly rose, which looked a bit like a sandstorm.Slowly covering the world, the line of sight is getting worse and worse, and the visibility does not exceed a few meters.Big brother Peng walked in the fog in a daze, not knowing where he was going.

The weirdness of the scene was not the source of his fear. What frightened him the most was that there seemed to be something inexplicable hidden in the smog and the huge ruins of the city.To make an inappropriate analogy, this city seems to be dead and lifeless, and those things are like phosphorous fire jumping on the dead body.

Brother Peng always felt that there was someone behind him, looking at him in the deep fog.That feeling sent goosebumps up his back.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums in a place that seemed to be far away, which sounded very lively.The rhythm of the drums is fast but not chaotic, very rhythmic, as if it conforms to some law, which makes people sound very comfortable.

He looked up, only to see two red lanterns faintly appearing in the mid-air in the misty thick fog.

Brother Peng is so happy, he finally found the big team.Such an eerie place, it is really exciting to meet people.

He stepped forward.At this time, the dense fog was getting thicker and thicker, and he couldn't see his fingers in front and back, and he had no sense of direction at all. The only thing that could guide him were the two red lanterns hanging high in the sky.

I don't know how long I walked, but I only know that I am getting closer and closer, because the sound of gongs and drums is getting louder and louder.

Big brother Peng quickened his pace and hurried there, only to see that there was a thick fog in front of him, passing by, no matter how he walked, there was no end.

At this time, someone suddenly said: "Don't go. If you go again, you will really die."

The voice of this sentence was very soft, but Big Brother Peng heard it sound like a Buddha bell ringing, as if there was a flash in his mind, and he was sober in an instant.

Scenes of the past flashed through my mind like a movie, how I had a heart attack, how I was sent to the hospital, and how I died on the operating table, every fragment was extremely clear.

Only then did he realize that he was dead.

When he realized this problem, Brother Peng said that the despair and fear were like ten thousand ants biting his heart and body, and his whole body collapsed.

He turned his head and saw an old alley in the mist, with high red walls on both sides and overgrown with weeds.There was a man squatting at the entrance of the alley, wrapped in a black padded jacket, holding a long pipe in his hand.

That kind of bong has only been seen on TV. The copper handle is very long, about one meter long.The man couldn't see his face clearly, he felt that he was both in front of his eyes and far away in the sky.His mouth kept wriggling, he should be sucking on the cigarette holder.

He stood up, knocked on the soles of his feet with the cigarette pot, pointed at Big Brother Peng and said, "Peng Liang!"

Brother Peng took advantage of the situation and agreed: "Hey!"

"Peng Liang!" The man called out again.

"Hey!"

"Peng Liang!" He yelled a third time, louder than the last, as if something sharp had pierced Brother Peng's brain, he became more sober, and his response became louder.

"Peng Liang, our brothers are destined! You come with me, and I will take you back."

"Hey!" Brother Peng was about to walk, when the fog cleared suddenly, and he saw himself in an open space in the middle of a street.This street is very long, and two teams came slowly from the left and right ends to the middle.

A team is playing dragon head, the gongs and drums are loud, and the lights are brightly lit. From a distance, a very lifelike black dragon can be seen dancing among the crowd, flying up and down. The two longan eyes on the dragon head are as red as two bright lights smog.It is said that the finishing touch is the finishing touch, and it is true. With these two red longan eyes, the dragon seems to be alive, and even the beard on the dragon's head is trembling.From time to time, the crowd burst into enthusiastic applause.The excitement is similar to going to the New Year's market.

And the other team couldn't tell what it was doing, and the crowd was surging.Among the crowd, colorful flower petals can be seen sprinkling into the air from time to time, and then slowly fall to the ground. The air is filled with a greasy aroma of roasted pig's head.

The two teams seemed to be walking slowly from both ends to the middle according to a certain procedure, while Brother Peng stood in the middle of the street, looking to both sides from time to time, fascinated.

At one end is a black dragon moving undulating through the hazy yellow haze, and at the other end is a fire-breathing, breathtakingly bright celestial girl scattering flowers.He could barely move his legs.

At this time, someone in the dark shouted: "Peng Liang!"

"Hey!" Brother Peng shivered and looked at the pipe-pipe man opposite him.

"Come here! I'll take you back." The man's voice was very bewitching.

Brother Peng thought of a voice in his heart, I want to go back, I want to go back.

He walked over slowly.

"Peng Liang!" Suddenly another voice sounded beside him, which sounded very familiar.

Brother Peng turned his head and saw that the dragon dance team had approached at some point.Among the large group of people who were blurred like silhouettes, there was a pale old man who looked very real.He was hunched over, wearing a very old yellow overalls, standing not far away, with a smile on his wrinkled face: "Liangliang, grandpa is here, come and see grandpa."

Brother Peng's grandfather died of cancer, pancreatic cancer.The old man was diagnosed with a terminal illness at the age of 85. Because he is too old, there is no way to treat it.Grandpa worked hard for a year until last year. When he died, Peng Liang was discussing business in Hong Kong. When the news came, he was not in a hurry to go back.One is that everyone in the family can handle it, and the other is that grandpa is so old, everyone has already been mentally prepared, and the old man will be treated as a dead person when he is alive.I didn't feel sad for a long time.

It is said that when the old man died, he could not forget one name, which was Peng Liang.

This is very surprising and puzzling. Peng Liang and his grandfather don't have a deep relationship. It can be said that they don't see each other once a year.Before the old man left, the cancer cells were on his brain, and he was basically confused.He babbled nonsense and nonsense all day long. Who would have thought that he would always talk about Peng Liang and keep talking about Peng Liang when he was about to die.

Later Brother Peng came back to attend the funeral, and someone told him about the old man chanting his name.Big brother Peng is so boring, he is in business, and he especially believes in these things, such as Feng Shui and Guan Gong.Even though he was his own grandfather, there were grass and shadows in his heart.

Now he actually saw the old man standing in front of him alive. At that moment, his scalp exploded.He was so frightened that he couldn't move his legs.

Grandpa stood there, giggling: "Liangliang, Liangliang." The old man's face was covered with overlapping wrinkles, and he had no beard, so he really couldn't tell how old he was.The eyes are extremely cloudy, the eyeballs look like fakes, but the expression in the eyes is very strange, revealing inexplicable deceit, like an old eunuch in the palace.The most frightening thing is the old man's hair, which is completely gray. That kind of gray white is reminiscent of plants that have completely lost their vitality, and a lifeless cemetery.

The pipe man seemed very anxious, and kept calling Brother Peng's name, but the strange thing was that he didn't come to pull him.

Big brother Peng stood where he was, looking at his dead grandfather. He was so terrified that he couldn't take a step forward.

Accompanied by the greasy smell of meat, the two teams are getting closer.The old man staggered forward, stretching out his hand as if to pull his grandson.At this moment, Big Brother Peng said, I suddenly burst out with a burst of energy from nowhere, and rushed to the opposite side. The last thing I saw before my consciousness became blurred was the pipe man smiling gratifyingly.

Then i woke up.Found himself lying on the morgue being transported to the ice storage.

Big brother Peng smiled: "This can be regarded as a round at the gate of hell."

After he told these experiences, Li Damin and I were dumbfounded.

It was noon, Brother Peng invited the two of us to dinner, we did not refuse.At the dinner table, I asked a question: "Brother Peng, who is that person smoking a pipe?"

Brother Peng took a sip of his wine, smacked his lips and said, "Aren't you going to study the underworld? You can't do it if you don't interview this person."

"What do you mean?" Li Damin asked with narrowed eyes.

"My soul was brought back by him. Without him, I would be here with grandpa now."

Li Damin licked his lips and said, "You mean, that person calling your name is actually summoning your soul?"

"Yes. You young people may not know some practices in old age. After some people go to unclean places, they will be muddle-headed and foolish. They will not agree to anyone who tells them. What's going on? The common people talk, It is the loss of the soul. Later, I checked some information on this subject, saying that people have three souls and seven souls. If the soul is lost, the person is left with a body. So you have to summon the soul, go to the place where the soul may be lost, and call his The name, it is said that you have to hold the clothes that this person usually wears when summoning the soul, which is very troublesome and complicated. I don’t know the details, if you have a chance, go and interview that person.”

Li Damin slapped his legs: "Brother Peng, who are you talking about?"

Brother Peng opened his mouth to say something, but shook his head: "Forget it, pretend I didn't say anything."

"What's wrong?" Li Damin asked puzzled.

"That man is a half-immortal, quite evil. You are still children, don't cause any trouble if you go."

Li Damin scratched the wall anxiously: "Brother Peng, what kind of children are we? We all graduated to work, and I was the chairman of the student union when I was in school."

Brother Peng looked at the two of us, his eyes flickered, he wanted to say something but couldn't say it, and finally shook his head.