I did not experience a mysterious revival!

Chapter 39 Dead City

"Let's stay here for now, just in case something really happens."

Peng Anxiao stretched and said, "This can be considered a rest. Come to think of it, I haven't had a rest in a long time. Now I can relax a bit."

Lin Yuan didn't answer, he just calmly looked at his phone.

Time passed by, minute by minute. The internet isn't particularly developed right now, and apps like short video apps are still far from being fully developed. Fortunately, we have computers and TVs here.

A variety show was playing on the TV, and laughter filled the air.

Lin Yuan stared blankly, seemingly lost in thought, while Peng Anxiao stood to the side, glancing at Lin Yuan from time to time.

After an unknown amount of time, Peng Anxiao suddenly said, "I don't know what kind of conflict you have with Professor Wang, but I know you're not a bad person. If he really wants to do something, I'll help you."

"Thanks, but don't you think something's a bit off?" Lin Yuan suddenly asked.

Peng Anxiao was taken aback. "What?"

Lin Yuan pointed to his head. "You should still be able to hear the bell, but it seems like the bell isn't just coming from inside your head; it seems to be coming from outside as well."

Peng Anxiao's expression changed slightly as he listened carefully, and then he noticed something amiss.

Just as Lin Yuan said, the bell that should have only been ringing in their minds could now be heard outside, but because the frequency of the bell was exactly the same, she hadn't noticed it before.

problem occurs!

Peng Anxiao was anxious and wanted to go out to investigate, but considering that she and Lin Yuan might be the source of infection, she didn't know whether she should go out or not.

"Let's go, this ghost is scarier than we imagined. And haven't you noticed how quickly it's getting dark outside?"

It's a little past six in the afternoon. Because it's summer, it usually doesn't get really dark until around seven or eight in the evening.

Today is a bright and sunny day, which is how it should be, but the sky is already quite dark.

"Walk!"

Without any further hesitation, Peng Anxiao took the initiative to walk out of the room.

The office area was quiet and empty, but the lights were on, which made Peng Anxiao even more uneasy. "Normally, there are people on duty here 24 hours a day, so this kind of situation would never happen."

Lin Yuan walked to the window and looked outside.

The sky was dark, and the streetlights had been turned on, but there was still no one in sight.

At that moment, it was as if everyone in Xiaonan City had left, turning this once bustling city into a ghost town.

"What on earth is going on? Is this still Xiaonan City, or have we entered an unknown, supernatural space like we did in Lakeside Park?"

Peng Anxiao walked to Lin Yuan's side, her emotions gradually rising. "No, I have to go home and check on things!"

She picked up her phone and tried to contact Peng Fangyuan and her parents, but the phone had no signal. It was supposed to be a satellite positioning phone specially made by headquarters, but it was also unable to contact headquarters.

Everything suggests that this place is no longer reality, but an unknown, supernatural realm.

But would a supernatural place have such a modern city?

Sitting on the motorcycle, feeling the cold wind in the air, Lin Yuan recalled the several supernatural places that had appeared in the mysterious resurrection. He couldn't find a single one that was a modern city; at most, they were ghost realms.

But if it's the Ghost Realm, where did the people in the city go?

Peng Anxiao's home is in an ordinary residential area in the west of the city. There was no one there either, including in Peng Anxiao's home.

Seeing this, Peng Anxiao's tense mood relaxed. "It seems that the others haven't been involved."

"It's only temporary. This space initially only existed in Lakeside Park, but now it covers the entire Xiaonan City. It's only a matter of time before others are drawn in." Lin Yuan shook his head; he wasn't as optimistic as Peng Anxiao.

Peng Anxiao nodded upon hearing this, her expression grave. "You're right, it's very dangerous here. We've already been marked, and if we're not careful, we'll be pulled into this strange space. And Professor Wang's guess was correct; we are indeed the source of the infection. If we hadn't brought this bell out, the influence of this strange space wouldn't have been so widespread. There aren't any lakes around, but there are water sources. Can you leave now?"

"My medium is anything that can reflect light; it doesn't necessarily have to be water, glass works too," Lin Yuan corrected.

Peng Anxiao said, "Okay! Then you can leave here first. Professor Wang and the others have already arrived. You can take the message out and let him analyze the intelligence and arrange for someone to come and help."

Lin Yuan frowned and said, "And what about you? Your condition makes it impossible for you to even approach Lakeside Park. Have you forgotten what happened before?"

"Of course I haven't forgotten. I won't go near there. You said there might be other people involved, so I need to stay and rescue people. I'll also wait for you to come back here," Peng Anxiao said firmly.

"Aren't you afraid that my conflict with Wang Xiaoming will get too big and I'll take action, forgetting everything that happened here?" Lin Yuan asked.

Peng Anxiao gently shook her head. "You won't."

"Perhaps."

Lin Yuan gave her a deep look, then picked up his phone.

The phone screen can also be used as a mirror, which is related to the extent to which he was cursed by the Mirror Artist.

The deeper the curse, the closer one is to the resurgence of a vengeful spirit; the more facial markings and the wider the area covered, the wider the range of mediums one can use.

His left cheek is now almost completely covered, to the extent he was in the last delusional hallucination. Any medium that can reflect even a slightly blurry image can be used.

next moment.

Lin Yuan thus slipped into the phone screen.

A hint of envy flashed in Peng Anxiao's eyes, but he quickly composed himself, went downstairs again, got on his motorcycle, and began patrolling the city.

The roar of motorcycles became the only sound in the city, apart from the chimes emanating from the lakeside park.

……

"They're gone? Are you sure they were here before?"

Several hours later, Wang Xiaoming and Li Jun arrived in Xiaonan City and came to the building where Peng Anxiao worked.

However, the lounge was empty, with only a variety show playing on the television. Lin Yuan and Peng Anxiao were nowhere to be found.

Peng Fangyuan immediately panicked and rushed out to check the surveillance footage, wanting to see what had happened. "Two perfectly healthy people, there's no way they could just disappear like that!"

"If it really is Lin Yuan, is it possible that Lin Yuan left and took Peng Anxiao with him?" Li Jun looked around.

Especially the television set, and the glass that let in a few rays of the setting sun.