Shadow Code

" Let me tell you, pockmarked, if there really is someone in this world who loves me, at least give me the means to do so, I will not accept anything under deception, in the name of love. "Tell me, is it also you who met the pockmarks on my way back to the village at night?"

" "You still haven't had enough experience, Little San!"

" "Yes, that's why you have the ability to beat around the bush!"

" If we can get out alive, I'll tell you! "

" "Do you mean that if you go out dead, you will take it to the coffin?"

" "How can we get out of here if we die?" The tone of his voice caught my attention in the dark, but I could hardly tell if he was serious or unreliable, for it was almost emotionless, even calm, and I could not feel the fear I had felt before.

" Little San, take a look at the tree opposite you, quick, look over there! " The pockmark suddenly changed the subject and urgently showed me. Because of the darkness, it was impossible for him to point at me, so he simply took my hand and pointed outside with his finger. I then looked outside with my own hand.

To be honest, I was pointing in the direction of more than one tree.

"F * ck off! Which tree are you on?!" "What does it look like?" There are so many trees outside that I can see nothing unusual.

"It's from the first tree in front of us, between the eighth and the ninth!"

"Fuck, it can't be. Either the eighth or the ninth tree. You want me to look at a tree and then tell me that it's between two trees. Is that a fun joke before you die?"

"Your brain really is a piece of smelly tofu. Didn't you notice that something was wrong between the two trees?"

" "Huh?" Don't say, although I'm not a person who can remember every detail, I still have some impression towards the things that I've seen before. I remember that between these trees, there would usually be at least one person stretching his arm the distance between them, but the pockmarks said that the two trees are too close, and if we have to pass through between these two trees, that would be bad enough. It seems like the two of us haven't met yet.

"What do you want to say?" I asked.

"Why do I feel like these trees aren't plants, but animals instead?"

"Pfft!" The pockmarks sometimes need to be slapped, they say something that makes people want to slap them, but as long as you think about it carefully, you will agree that this comes from the springiness of the pockmarks, and that most people are able to form a logical meaning with each sentence, and that the pockmarks are all silently operating in their own brain, and that the result is just a result through words, so I immediately seem to understand what he really means. "You mean, that the plants outside, like the grass with the buckles, we can be sure here that they are alive, and those outside the trees, maybe we can really be animals? "What do you mean? I understand, I don't understand. Are you going to explain to me that we entered a strange place where plants can be regarded as living things?"

"Pretty much!" He continued, "Little San, don't you think this world is a strange thing? In one space, you can see plants, in another space, you can see animals, or in other words, this is just one of them. In other words, in another space, what looks like this kind of thing in one space would look like a different species?"

"Stop talking, pockmarks, why am I dizzy? According to what we're saying, is there something wrong with the woods outside or is there something wrong with the place we're staying?"

"Perhaps, something is wrong. Don't you still suspect that something is wrong with me?"

"You're too sensitive. It's obvious that you're suspecting me in your heart. It's as if I've seen a ghost when I said it out loud. Your mind isn't smart even with sensitive nerves. This is the root of your lowest intelligence!" The pockmark's voice softened a little, and it took the initiative to pull my hand back. "You must not disperse from here. With your intelligence, you won't live past two hours!"

"People with low IQ usually have high EQ!" At this moment, I suddenly discovered the evidence, "Look at the pockmarks, we're right. Those trees are living beings. Look, just now, there were only two trees that were too close. Did the distance between the fifth and the fourth one change?"

"F * ck, Little San, are we inside the body of some living thing?" While speaking, the pockmarks should be covering my mouth and nose. In the next second, I ruthlessly inhale a smell, this smell came suddenly, and I almost choked out my tears. After I realized that I was going to cover my nose, it f * cking disappeared, and I didn't even know what the smell was.

" You are not loyal! " I scolded the pockmarked one, and in the darkness the pockmarked one hand suddenly covered my mouth, while the other quickly wrote three words in my palm: "Something!"