Chapter 308: Collective Dreaming

Could it be a demon causing trouble?

Dong Yeyu sensed it carefully, but did not notice any demonic aura. Instead, there was a bit of Shinto aura, which meant that the place was blessed by gods.

With gods here, there should be no evil spirits daring to act arrogantly.

It’s just that if it’s not an evil ghost

Dong Yeyu thought for a moment, maybe they were too tired from the long journey yesterday?

Sometimes after the body is too tired and falls into a deep sleep, it is really difficult to wake up.

I also experienced this situation when I was a child in my previous life. At that time, I was in elementary school in the town. I didn't have time to take the school bus because I was cleaning, so I wanted to walk home.

But the distance between the school and home was quite long, nearly 20 kilometers. From evening to late at night, I didn't get home, and I even got lost. In the end, my father drove all the way to find me.

After returning home, I didn't even eat and fell asleep. I didn't wake up when I went to school the next morning. Later, when I asked my mother, she said that she couldn't wake up no matter how hard she shook her, but she didn't remember this at all.

Thinking of this, Higashino Yu pushed them hard again, "Imagawa, Shimada-san, wake up."

The two of them still didn't respond, lying on their backs sleeping peacefully, as peacefully as if they were dead.

However, Arima Nozune on the side suddenly made some movement, his expression was ferocious, his limbs were twisting, as if he had a nightmare.

"Arima, get up, don't sleep!"

Higashinoyu hesitated for a second and slapped Arima Norimune twice. Two crisp sounds rang out in the quiet room. Two slap marks suddenly appeared on Arima Norizong's face, but even so, he still didn't wake him up. .

strangeness.

Forget it, since you're sure it's not a ghost causing trouble, don't worry about it. Don't blame me for not calling you if you're late for the study.

Dong Yeyu thought like this, got up and went out, planning to have breakfast and then come back to see them. If he couldn't wake them up, he would help them ask for leave from the teacher.

When I left the room, probably because it was too early, there was no one in the corridor and it was very quiet.

Are you all tired? The Reiwa generation is so weak, it seems that the future of the island country is dark.

It's good, just sinking into a state of drunkenness and dreams.

Although Higashino Yu has lived and studied in the island country for many years, he has always considered himself a Chinese and has no sense of belonging to the island country. If China called at this time, he would probably say this without hesitation -

Sir, this way!

When I went downstairs, I couldn't see anyone. The morning Jinxi pulled out a golden light strip through the hotel's automatic glass door at the entrance. Miss Futian, who was sitting at the front desk of the hotel last night and deliberately trying to scare people, was currently lying on the front desk. Sleep comfortably on the table.

Without disturbing her, Dong Yeyu went straight out. The climate in the mountains was more pleasant than that in the city, especially in summer mornings. There was nothing at all. The cool mountain breeze contained some fragrance of vegetation.

Turning around, Jinguji Hiiragi also walked out of the hotel building. She was wearing the school uniform of Tachibana High School. She seemed to have forgotten to comb her original dignified and exquisite hair style, and the clover knot on the side of her face was not tied. The green hair of the waterfall is scattered on the back, facing the sun, and there is a golden glow flowing between the hair.

Her expression still looked calm. She stood still and looked around. After spotting Dong Yeyu, she came straight towards this direction.

"Where are the others? Are you the only one awake?" she asked.

"I didn't sleep at all. Now that the world is becoming more and more full of inspiration, I naturally have to use the good time to practice. I can't slack off."

Dong Yeyu answered with a smile, but then he realized something was wrong. No one on the girl side woke up?

After thinking for two seconds, he stretched his neck and glanced at the lobby of the hotel building where the girls lived. He didn't see Sanae tomorrow, and he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Where's Sanae?"

Jinguji Hiiragi frowned: "She suddenly fell asleep in the middle of practice last night. I thought she was tired, so I ignored her. After the practice this morning, I found that she fell into a deep sleep and couldn't wake her up. No one else was found awake in the building, and the hotel staff could not find them either.”

Hearing this, Dong Yeyu immediately understood the seriousness of the matter and said with a serious expression: "It's the same on my side. Arima and the others can't wake up either."

"But I didn't detect the demon's aura."

"I didn't notice anything was wrong."

Jinguji Hiiragi pondered for a few seconds, "Could it be food poisoning? Everyone ate at the hotel last night."

"It's possible, let's call the emergency number first."

Jinguji Hiiragi shook his head slightly: "I tried just now and couldn't get through."

"? No way?"

Dong Yeyu took out his mobile phone and looked, but there was no signal.

It's a bit too coincidental and too weird. Dong Yeyu put away his phone and pondered for two seconds: "Wait for me here."

After saying that, he turned back to the hotel entrance and pushed Fukuda Akiho, who was sleeping soundly at the front desk, "Miss Fukuda, please wake up."

Similarly, Fukuda Akiho seems to be in a state of sleep that cannot be awakened.

Immediately afterwards, Dong Yeyu stood at the entrance and shouted at the loudest voice: "Is anyone there?!"

The sound shook the glass, and echoes could even be heard in the corridor. However, even so, no one answered.

There must be a monster when things go wrong. Maybe everyone in the hotel was poisoned, but there were no mushrooms in last night's meal?

Damn it, no one boiled the fungi in miso soup, right?

But he and Hiiragi also had dinner and didn't realize it was poisonous.

Higashino Yu walked out of the hall thoughtfully, and Jinguji Hiiragi suggested: "Why don't you go to the village to check on other people's conditions?"

Dong Yeyu nodded, "Yes. If someone is awake, ask them to help. Whether you contact the outside world or ask about the situation, it will always help more or less."

"If everyone falls asleep, go to the town and see if you can contact the outside world. If it doesn't work, think of other ways."

Together, the two of them walked a short distance up the winding mountain road.

The roads here are not asphalt roads, just ordinary cement roads. Some are in disrepair. There are cracks on the road and the cracks are covered with moss.

On one side of the road is a hillside covered with trees and shrubs. The slope is gentle, and there is a path leading to the mountain. On the other side, there is a metal guardrail. Beyond the guardrail is a steep cliff, not too high. Below is the river bed of Tianshui River.

The scenery was a simple mountain road scenery, nothing surprising. The two of them had their own worries, so they were not in the mood to chat.

When I turned a corner, I suddenly saw a van driving into a drainage ditch. The driver who could see the cab through the window glass fainted and lay motionless on the steering wheel.

The two of them walked forward and checked. The driver smelled of alcohol and seemed uninjured, but like the people in the hotel, he couldn't wake up.

Unable to contact the outside world at the moment, Dong Yeyu closed the car door and left the driver here for now - the wild boar couldn't open the car door anyway.

After walking about another two hundred meters, the two came to the outside of the first residential compound. It was the structure of an old wooden house in an island country, with a yard.

There are some strawberries planted in the yard. The large and plump fruits are hidden among the green leaves of the plants. The skin has a glazed texture, shining in the sun, which is extremely attractive.

The courtyard door is locked, it seems because there are wild boars in the mountains. Residents here are used to locking the courtyards when they are resting to prevent wild boars from breaking in and hurting people.

"Is anyone here?"

Higashino Yu shouted hello outside the courtyard gate, but when no one responded, he looked at Jinguji Hiiragi and kicked open the locked courtyard door.

"The door is also locked."

Jinguji Hiiragi said solemnly. He turned around and saw that there was no one around him. He suddenly became vigilant. When he turned around again, he was shocked to find that Higashino Yu was picking out the strawberry potted plants with his butt sticking out.

"Ayu."

"People are like iron rice and steel. If you don't eat breakfast, you won't have the strength to save the residents here. Just think of it as reward. Hiiragi mirror, do you want to eat it? It's so sweet!"

Dong Yeyu stood up with an armful of strawberries, picked one and threw one into his mouth, bit it gently, his teeth bit through the plump fruit, and the sweet and sour juice burst out in his mouth.

Jinguji Hiiragi looked at him and said nothing, but looked a little helpless. How could he be in the mood to eat at this time?

"You look thin-skinned at first sight, and thin-skinned people can easily suffer. Then, the picked strawberries won't last long and will go bad, so you have to eat them quickly."

Dong Yeyu said as he forced a few into the girl's hands, while his mouth was filled with strawberries, like a squirrel, his voice was muffled.

"Don't feel embarrassed, there is no point in working for nothing? It seems that this family has also been infected. If it is poisoning, the locals may have the same eating habits, but what kind of bacteria is so powerful?"

The strawberries grown by this family are really delicious. They are beautiful, big and sweet. I will go back and learn from them, get some seeds and plant some in my own yard.

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Thinking of this, Dong Yeyu suddenly thought, what would this kind of strawberry look like if it was watered with a spiritual spring or something like that?

"For example, poisonous amanita, leopard-spotted poisonous umbrella, etc., all have the effect of causing drowsiness. If the poisoning lasts for a long time, it will be fatal."

Jinguji Hiiragi explained softly.

"I see, but the locals can't tell the difference between toadstools?"

Bang!

Dong Yeyu held the strawberry and kicked open the door and walked in.

Jinguji Hiiragi followed with a few strawberries in his hand. He felt a little inconvenient and wanted to put the strawberries in his pocket, but was afraid of crushing them. After thinking about it, he didn't know who he was saluting to.

"I'm sorry." She whispered, and saw Dongye Yu poking his head thoughtfully in front, picking up a strawberry and eating it.

"Is it sweet?" Dong Yeyu suddenly turned around and asked.

The girl suddenly stopped chewing. Her slightly bulging face looked a little cute. She opened her eyes wide and met the boy's sincere gaze. After a moment, she lowered her eyebrows and pursed her lips and nodded.

The two entered the entrance of the resident's house. The corridor was very clean, the wooden floor was waxed, and the sunlight shone in through the glass shoji door in the corridor, making it sparkling.

"Split up and search."

“Shout loudly when in danger.”

The two exhorted each other, then separated, each looking for the residents in the house.

There were five people in this family, an old couple, a young couple, and a girl who was about the age of a junior high school student. They all fell into a deep sleep like the others.

Finally, the two met at the entrance, shook their heads, and then turned around and went out to check in other residents' rooms.

It took more than half an hour to walk through the entire small village. Everyone in every household fell into a deep sleep, and no one was awake.

Even dogs are the same, they won't move if you kick them.

However, Higashino Yu remembered something. He seemed to have wandered here when he was a child - after all, Fukuchiyama was not far from Kyoto. At that time, the farthest he wandered was as far as Nagoya, so naturally he had been here before. .

After meeting up with Jinguji Hiiragi mirror, the two walked back.

"I checked their condition and their vital signs were quite stable," Higashikata said.

Jinguji Hiiragi nodded slightly and pondered for two seconds: "After we go back, Ayu, you stay at the inn to protect everyone. I will go to Tianshui Town, where I passed by on the way here, to find someone."

"What if they are also poisoned?"

"It won't be such a coincidence."

"It's hard to say. There may be local customs, such as eating mushrooms collectively at a certain time. There are similar customs in Shenzhou. Some places eat dog meat during festivals."

"Dog meat?" The girl was surprised.

Dongye Yu nodded, "If you can accept it, it's very delicious. If you want to eat it, I will buy a meat dog in winter and kill it for hot pot."

".Isn't the fox a canine?" Jinguji Hiiragi looked strange.

"Fox monsters are different from foxes. The difference is greater than the difference between monkeys and humans. What's more, they only belong to the same family in biological classification. It doesn't affect eating. Foxes are omnivores and eat everything. I seem to have wandered in this area when I was a child and picked up garbage to eat."

Dongye Yu said with nostalgia.

Jinguji Hiiragi was silent for a few seconds. His voice was very soft and calm, but one could hear his concern.

"Is there anything wrong with your body?"

"It's okay. My stomach doesn't hurt at all." Dong Yeyu's eyes were full of dazzling confidence. He grinned, and his white teeth seemed to sparkle in the sunlight.

The girl was silent. Why would she be proud in such a strange place?

At this moment, a cry suddenly came from the path beside the highway.

"Ouch!"

The two looked over and saw an old man wearing a Wufu and leaning on a cane who seemed to have lost his balance and slid down the mountain road quickly. However, he was very agile and swayed left and right without falling.

Dong Yeyu and Jinguji Hiiragi looked at each other and hurried to meet him.

"Old man, are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay. Although I'm old, I won't get into trouble just by walking."

The old man waved his hand, looked up at the two young men in front of him, and finally his eyes fell on Dong Yeyu, smiling: "Oh~ It's you, I haven't seen you for many years, you've become more handsome."

This old man knows me?

Dong Yeyu frowned and looked at the old man in front of him for a moment.

This old man has a very distinctive look, with a head full of white hair in a brown hat, a slightly long face, drooping eyebrows, bright and clear eyes, like a child, with two moustaches, but not treacherous, and a faint smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Is it you, Old Deng?!"

Dong Yeyu widened his eyes and remembered it instantly.

At that time, I was thinking of finding something to eat in Fuzhi Mountain, and I met this old Deng. Without saying a word, he picked up his cane and hit me. The cane was waving and whining, and he chased me for a long distance. He was really cruel.