This problem has always been very puzzled by David.

However, everyone has always been in awe of the mysterious temple and dare not disobey it. Therefore, under normal circumstances, everyone will choose to report numbers. Anyway, only a few people do not waste much time. Therefore, this has always been a routine ceremony.

but……

David remembers it very clearly.

It was when he was fourteen years old. One night, he had already fallen asleep, and suddenly he heard a loud noise.

After David was woken up, he got up and went outside to see his father's friend, Uncle Lei San came to find him.

"Uncle San?"

David discovered at that time that Uncle Lei San, who had always been very tough on weekdays, cried into tears.

"Old Dai, something happened, something big happened! The village chief told us not to talk outside, but, but I'm afraid!"

It was the first time that David saw Uncle Lei San crying like that.

I remember that when Uncle San’s parents passed away, he was not as sad as he cried.

At that time, Uncle Lei San was the captain of the patrol team that month.

"Stop looking, go in." At this time, my mother came over and forced him into the house.

And when the door finally closed, the last sentence David heard was...

"What happened, when the number is reported, there will be more..."

Before I finished listening, the door closed.

"David," his mother reminded him: "When Uncle Lei San comes to our house, don't tell others. Don't tell your sister, do you understand?"

One month later...

Uncle Lei San disappeared completely in Nanmeng Village.

No matter who David asked, he would not get an answer.

Uncle Lei San…

Where did you go?

No one knows.

David actually had a terrifying guess in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it.

"Okay. You first write the food and supplies you have prepared to receive on paper in that room and then burn it in it. But don't write too much, it's impossible for you to get as much as you want. Generally, you can only give it at your discretion."

At this time, David heard the person next to him say, "I'm getting more and more comfortable with this job. I'll retire after working for a few more years."

"I heard that the village chief is considering extending the retirement age of the patrol team. After all, there are fewer and fewer young people in the village. Now, young people dare not have children. There is only such a small clinic in the village. If there is a problem with giving birth, there is no way to save them."

Ten years...

The villagers have gradually become accustomed to this life that is forbidden. Although no one has said it directly, everyone has clearly realized a problem: I am afraid that rescue will not be possible.

Although Nanmin Village is located in a remote area, it is not a northwest uninhabited area. Moreover, when something happened, this village was a key village in the poverty alleviation project. When Bai Wu first came, there were a few cadres from above in the village.

In such a situation, there is no reason to wait for rescue for a long time, which is simply unreasonable. Even if there are monsters in the white fog, you can save people through a helicopter!

For ten years, the villagers tried all the ways to communicate with the outside world. They tried to put out balloons and put out SOS in the open areas of the village. If it weren’t for the lack of conditions, some people would even want to try raising pigeons to deliver letters to the outside world. About six years ago, the villagers tried to dig tunnels, but soon everyone realized that the so-called Yugong moving mountains just sounded very inspiring.

From cheering each other up, holding hope, and finally accepting the cruel reality, one by one, one chooses to lie flat and accept the reality that is permanently forbidden by this supernatural force. Many people have already realized a problem: it is very likely that they will be trapped in the village until they die of old age.

Through the temple, food and daily necessities can be obtained, but medicines cannot be obtained. In this case, a serious cold may die. If you get a serious illness, there is no treatment for you. With the aging ratio of the village, the population of the village will become smaller and smaller in another ten years. Now, young people are unwilling to have another child.

At least for David, if he gets married now, he will definitely not want to have children. Not to mention that the medical conditions in the village are extremely risky for pregnant women to give birth, he does not want his child to be born in such a village covered with white fog. To be like Dai Lan, he can only know from the book what the world outside the white fog looks like.

The village chief’s son Ge Niancheng was one of the first young people to recognize reality back then. He was the first person to get into college in the history of this village. After graduating from university, the village chief actually hoped that he would become a college student village official, but he insisted on taking root in the city and even decided to buy a house there.

Ten years ago, he went home for the New Year when the New Year was approaching, and said that he would take his girlfriend back to his hometown the next year. As a result, the heavy fog made him stay forever in this remote village where he had already walked out, and could only marry the girls in the village to live.

He himself also participated in patrols many times and served as the captain. Later, David often saw him sitting at the entrance of the village with a sad face and watching the fog. His bright future and his green first love back then were completely wiped out by this fog.

"It appears! It appears!"

David's thoughts were interrupted, and then he looked over.

The door to that room was opened again.

At this time, there were nine straight bamboo poles inside. Under the bamboo poles, there were porcelain dolls like tumblers. These porcelain dolls had different expressions, but they all squinted their eyes and had blush.

The porcelain dolls' mouths were open, and they could see the scene behind the back of their heads.

This section... is used to insert the bamboo pole into it. The section on the mouth is actually relatively tight. After inserting the bamboo pole, it can be firmly attached to the bamboo pole.

The bamboo pole is green all over, about one meter long, and looks very light, but when it is actually picked up, it feels a little heavy.

It's really incredible. You know, there was nothing in this room just now. But now, as soon as the door is opened, these things are added!

No one knows how the temple and the white mist have a connection.

"If you choose your own bamboo pole and porcelain doll, you will take it home first. At 8:30 pm, we met at the old place at the east entrance of the village."

"Old place?" David asked curiously.

"Go back and ask your dad, he knows."

It is not difficult to choose a bamboo pole, but it looks almost the same anyway.

The hardest thing is to choose porcelain dolls.

Porcelain dolls are the key to saving lives during patrols, and this is the same for every villager.

David looked at the porcelain dolls, some smiling, some crying, some looking glaring, and some looking very strange, and they couldn't describe it at all.

David had to ask Lin Tai: "Lin, Captain Lin, different porcelain dolls... there is no difference between strength and weakness in life-saving ability?"

"There is no obvious difference in this point yet."

In contrast, it is obvious that no one wants to choose a porcelain doll with a sad face, which looks really unlucky!

So, after all the others chose, they left behind a porcelain doll with a crying face.

"Okay, you choose this." Lin Tai picked up the porcelain doll and handed it to David: "Hold it... Remember, only when you have the porcelain doll can you survive on patrol."

"Yeah, OK."

"Go back first and have a good sleep. You have to patrol for three hours at night. It is very important to have enough sleep."

"Yeah, OK."

On the way home, David put the bamboo pole under his armpit and held the porcelain doll in his hand, feeling a little uneasy.

The porcelain doll closed her eyes tightly and looked like she was crying...

Can this thing help me?

When he got home, David showed his porcelain doll to his parents and Dai Lan.

"Dad," David asked with some concern: "This porcelain doll looks crying, isn't it?"

Dai Lanze also looked at it and felt a little nervous: "Why does this porcelain doll look like it's being bullied?"
Chapter completed!