Hospital No. 444.

Chapter 267 Temple
When going out, Dad repeatedly told David that he must listen to Captain Lin.

"Captain Lin Tai is very nice, but you must be respectful in front of him! Among the nine members of the patrol team, there must be more than one who asked for his care. You have to follow what he says, and you must not disobey him no matter what!"

"Okay, Dad, I see."

"Also, when the porcelain doll comes out, don't grab it, don't choose it. Don't bother with the porcelain doll with any expression, and don't ask others. Listen to others obediently, and compliment Captain Lin and other team members more. "

That's what he said, but David is really stupid, he doesn't know how to say good things, he always thinks of what to say.But at this time, he could only nod in front of his father and dare not speak out to refute.

Later, David followed Captain Lin and arrived near the temple at around two o'clock in the afternoon.

Although the temple is called a "temple", it does not have any temple characteristics. First of all, it is not very big, with a total size of only [-] square meters. Secondly, there are no Buddha statues or god statues inside the temple.As for monks, incense...of course, they don't exist.

The temple was created along with the white mist.Today, people are more in awe of the temple than in respect.But it is undeniable that because of the existence of the temple, the white mist did not completely cover the entire village.

Lin Tai took David into the temple.

The ground is covered with fallen leaves, and there is a plaque without words hanging on the main hall in front of you.

A stone tablet stands in front of it.

"Is this your first time visiting the temple?"

"Well, in the past, I didn't dare to come here. My parents usually come to receive rations and daily necessities."

"It's up to you in the future. In the future, you can receive an extra ration. Your parents are no longer old enough to join the patrol team. If you join, your family will eat meat in the future, and you will no longer need to be stretched. "

"Ok, I know."

From now on, mom won't let him eat meat on his birthday.

David moved closer to the stele.

There is such a text written on it:
The villagers of Nanmi Village must bear in mind the following principles:
First, no matter what happens, you must never enter the white mist, even if a part of your body touches it.

Second, starting at nine o'clock every night, a nine-member patrol team must be formed to surround the white mist covering the village at a distance of no more than two meters from the white mist until midnight.

Third, the members of the nine-man patrol, drawn by lot.The captain changes once a month, and the team members change every day.

Fourth, patrol members must come to the temple in advance at three o'clock in the afternoon to receive bamboo poles and porcelain dolls.Porcelain dolls must be inserted on top of bamboo poles.If you feel that there is danger in the white mist, you can immediately put the bamboo pole into the white mist to save the day, but the porcelain doll will lose part of it.

Fifth, the patrolling personnel can write down the required daily necessities on paper, burn them in the temple, and come to the temple to collect them after [-]:[-] a.m. the next day.

Sixth, if no one in the village participates in patrolling, the white mist surrounding the village will push inward every night, and nine people will die in the village at the same time.

Seventh, every patrol, the team leader must keep in mind the number of personnel lost during the patrol.After the patrol, the captain must count the number of people and must ask the team members to report the number.If there are more people, you must find a way to find the extra person within a month, otherwise, you must kill one of the team members and put the body into the white mist, otherwise the village will face a terrible disaster .

After reading the content on the stele, David subconsciously blinked.

"Although these have become the village rules of the village, this is the first time I have seen this stele with my own eyes."

David remembered that at the beginning, the villagers didn't believe the contents of the stele at all, so they naturally didn't arrange patrols.But, on the second day, nine people actually died.

At that time, David was still too young, so his memory was still a little fuzzy, but he remembered very clearly that after his father, who had seen the corpse with his own eyes, returned home, his face turned pale and he vomited several times.

Trapped in this terrifying white mist, the villagers fell into unprecedented panic.There are still some people who don't believe in evil, they find someone to tie ropes on them, and then continue to go deep into the white mist.However, before going far, the person pulling the rope felt a terrible force pulling the villagers, and then either let go before being pulled into the white mist, or were pulled in together.

The villagers began to understand that there was some kind of... "monster" inside the White Mist.

This "monster" is very scary, but for some unknown reason, the "monster" can only exist in the fog and cannot leave the range of the fog.However, according to the stone tablet, if there is no patrolling, the white mist will continue to shroud the village from all directions!

At that time, because of the great panic in the village, there was a riot at one point, and village head Ge stood up and decided to abide by the rules on the stone tablet, took out the bamboo poles and porcelain dolls in the temple, and formed a patrol team to start patrolling.

"We have to trust the party and the government! The government will definitely come to rescue us! Before that, we must find a way to save ourselves! Starting tonight, someone must go on patrol! If the lottery results, and everyone does not go on patrol, I will be the first I peeled off his skin!"

Village Chief Ge's prestige in the village finally began to stabilize the village.After all, since the young and middle-aged people left behind in the village have less labor force, the middle-aged and elderly people still trust Village Chief Ge.

As for the age limit of the patrol team, it was also arranged by Village Chief Ge.Moreover, no matter who is drawn in the lottery, the village head will handle it impartially, and will not show favoritism.

However, the patrol team is made up of people, and if they are people, it is impossible to produce some moths.In the past ten years, no matter how hot or cold, windy or rainy, they have to patrol day and night, so... problems will naturally arise.

For example, a certain team member suddenly had a fever, and that female team member suddenly came to her aunt... The lottery is usually decided in the morning, and if an emergency occurs, it cannot be replaced.So... when that happens, anything can happen.

"Don't look, let's go." Lin Tai walked up and said.

"I've heard a saying that if someone is drawn and won't go..."

"Don't ask too much." Lin Tai's face changed slightly, "Or you don't want to go?"

"When, of course not!"

"That's good. It's almost three o'clock, and we..."

At this time, David saw several more men and women entered the temple, and greeted David and Lin Tai.

"Captain Lin!"

"Captain Lin!"

Obviously, they are all the villagers who will participate in the patrol tonight.

"Captain Lin came really early!"

"I remember that sometimes the bamboo poles and porcelain dolls would appear half an hour earlier."

"Is that so..."

"Okay," Lin Tai said, "Everyone, get ready to go in."

Then, a group of people walked into the temple in such a bustling manner.

Inside the temple... there is almost nothing, it is completely barren.

However, several doors can be seen.

Then, Lin Tai walked towards one of the doors.

He pushed the door open, but there was nothing in the room.

"Bamboo poles and porcelain dolls haven't appeared yet."

"Then wait."

David looked at the players in front of him.

If there are no accidents, tonight should be able to pass safely.

However, this is a very dangerous job after all.

It stands to reason that it is impossible for the "monster" to leave the range of the white mist, and as long as the team members don't get too close to the white mist, nothing will happen to them.

But the fact is that every year, there will be attrition in the patrol team.There were so many horrific versions of it in the village, and in the end David didn't know which one to believe.

But for many years, he didn't understand the last rule on the stone tablet.

There are only nine people in total, why do you have to count each time?And if there is one more person, how to find out the extra "person"?Could it be that there are so many that the captain can't recognize it?
(End of this chapter)