The Night Awaker Chapter 5

The new word is "heart as gray as death".

It is simply a reflection of Grayson Xu's inner self at this moment.

The fatigue and powerlessness caused by frequent setbacks made Grayson Xu unable to concentrate on gesticulating or explaining. His first thought was to interrupt by speaking the literal meaning of the word and replace it with a new one. However, as soon as he thought about his own state, he changed his mind. Got the idea.

Taking a deep breath, Grayson Xu stabilized his mind little by little as the seconds passed quietly, hoping that when the next word appeared, he would find some new hope.

The teammates who guessed the words didn't know why. Finn Wu looked at him in confusion. Avery Kuang asked directly, "Brother, why didn't you say anything?" Ellis Sun had already given up hope and said sarcastically, "I shouldn't have guessed in the first place." This is Fcuking deceptive, whoever is serious is a fool."

At the end of ten seconds, "Heart as Gray as Death" disappears and is replaced by "Five Thunder Strikes".

Grayson Xu bounced back from the bottom, unfolded his arms at lightning speed, raised his claws in a thunderous manner, and spoke as fast as lightning: "Kacha---Kacha---empty---"With the last sound, he slapped himself hard on the forehead!

Finn Wu suddenly understood: "The sky is thundering!"

Avery Kuang understood: "A bolt from the blue!"

"It's thunderbolt but there is no word thunderbolt!" Grayson Xu was anxious to death. This was the first time they were so close to the answer, but the closer they got, the more anxious they became.

Ellis Sun: "It seems to be moving!"

Grayson Xu was very happy that Ellis Sun was also involved in guessing words, but: "Brother, even if you don't stick around anymore, you can at least say an idiom!"

"I mean the bear!" Ellis Sun's eyes became more and more frightened, "The bear seems to be moving!"

Grayson Xu felt a chill all over his body, and his eyes immediately moved from the ice waterfall back to his eyes, to the black shadow under the feet of the three of them... Ellis Sun was a liar. The bear seems to be moving. It's already getting up, okay? ! !

As if feeling the "hot sight", the black bear finally stood firm and raised its small eyes, locking Grayson Xu tightly.

One person and one bear, no more than two meters apart.

Grayson Xu stepped back slightly on his roller shoes, his throat was dry and his palms were sweating.

The black bear took a tentative step forward and found that it did not encounter the mysterious obstacle that had hurt it before, so it took a second step.

Grayson Xu's heart was stretched to the limit. He kicked off his roller skates and reached the tree seven or eight meters away at lightning speed. He held on to the trunk and stared at the black bear without blinking.

The black bear did not take a second step, but raised a paw to gently scratch the ground, once, twice, like a race car driver's accelerator roar before racing.

"Ouch---"

The roar shook the sky, and the black bear rushed towards Grayson Xu like a huge cannonball!

The strings in Grayson Xu's heart were completely broken, the wind rose from the soles of his feet, and he ran away for his life!

In such a huge mountain forest, only one third of an acre was covered with hard snow. It was difficult to go anywhere else on roller skates. Grayson Xu could only circle around his three teammates and the black bear!

The teammates inside the invisible barrier were worried but could not help. Avery Kuang shouted angrily: "Brother Xu, why don't you just let him jump to death? After the fight, he will be bounced back to reality like yesterday!"

Grayson Xu narrowly dodged the black bear's claw, regained some distance, and said without tears: "My brother, you can't risk your life on this matter. What if yesterday was just a coincidence, my suicide is equivalent to directly killing someone." I've left my life in this damn place!

"Then run somewhere else to get rid of it. What kind of circle are you going around here?" Despite the sarcastic remarks just now, now that he is in danger, Ellis Sun is also really worried about Grayson Xu.

"The snow elsewhere is too thick and soft to slide on!" Grayson Xu became more and more sad as he explained. When he was guessing the words just now, he was still thinking that these skateboard shoes didn't seem to be of much use. Now he knows that he was wrong, and that he was too stupid and naive. Just like a fish tornado distracting a bear or a sled flying towards the coordinate point, here you go Skateboard shoes, they will definitely make you rub and walk at the devil's pace!

"Continue." Finn Wu suddenly said.

Grayson Xu, who had already slipped over, looked back at his face, calm and determined.

"Is there no other way?" Finn Wu raised his eyebrows, "Then continue. You should be able to get out of trouble if you guess the right word."

Grayson Xu wanted to say, "You put it lightly, it's not you who dared to be chased by a bear!", but seeing the familiar determination on the other person's face, he swallowed his words again.

This is Finn Wu. When he really wants to solve a problem, he will abandon all distracting thoughts, remove all the details that he thinks are superfluous, focus only on the key points, only look at the main line, and go straight to the core, focused and efficient.

In Grayson Xu's heart, this was Finn Wu's most handsome moment, whether in high school many years ago or now many years later.

"Brother Xu---" Avery Kuang shouted at the top of his voice.

Grayson Xu's scalp tightened and he slid forward reflexively. The bear's claws tore through his down jacket and several white duck down flowers flew out.

Seeing Grayson Xu's life and death, Finn Wu was so frightened that he almost stopped breathing. He still had no composure at all, so he went crazy: "Look at what I'm doing, look at the words and see the bear!"

In fact, Grayson Xu didn't dare to lose his mind again without his reminding.

The devil's steps started to rub together, Grayson Xu accelerated a few times to regain the distance, and then raised his head to take a quick look at the ice waterfall.

I don't know how many words have been changed on the ice waterfall, but the word "angry eyes" is displayed at this moment, and there are still seven seconds left in the countdown.

From the beginning to now, I don't know how many words have been changed on the ice waterfall. Grayson Xu suddenly realized that this "lexicon" may not be infinite. It may have bottomed out, and maybe every word that follows may be the last one. , and as long as you answer wrong again, you will lose everything.

The sudden pressure made Grayson Xu panic, but it also gave him the consciousness to fight to the death.

Taking a deep breath, Grayson Xu calmed down his mind, slowly separated his body from his consciousness, and left his body to muscle memory to keep skating in circles, while all his consciousness was focused on the words.

This is the exam secret that Finn Wu taught him back then. It is especially effective when he is stuck in solving problems.

Grayson Xu: "What is our high school teaching director like every day?"

Finn Wu was stunned for half a second, only half a second, and then he said loudly: "The fierce look is fierce, the eyebrows are raised, and the eyes are wide open with anger!"

"Ding---"

Long-lost crispness.

"Right? That's the right answer, isn't it!" Avery Kuang was the first to shout, even more excited than Grayson Xu.

Grayson Xu didn't have time to respond to him, but the raised corner of his mouth was the answer.

The countdown hasn't ended yet, and the word "Ice Falls" has been changed. This is the first time.

Grayson Xu looked at the new lyrics and said, "She Haiyang sings!"

Finn Wu: "The ghosts are crying and the wolves are howling! It's outrageous, and both humans and gods are angry!"

"Ding---"

Grayson Xu: "Zhang Lei wants to chase Zou Lulu!"

Finn Wu: "Wishful thinking, daydreaming!"

"Ding---"

"Reed Qian eats!"

"Wind and lingering clouds!"

"Jingle Bell---"

[Owl: Congratulations on passing the test and handing in the paper successfully on 1/23! Dear, see you tomorrow~~]

A familiar voice sounded in my ears, but the content changed from yesterday's "early vacation, send you home" to today's "congratulations", and the tone remained unchanged.

Grayson Xu's eyesight went dark, and he felt the feeling of weightlessness coming again. He wanted to call out to others, but couldn't shout, and wanted to grab something, but there was only nothingness.

I don’t know how long it took, it seemed like a long time, but also like it was just a fleeting moment, my feet finally stepped on the ground again.

The breeze blew across my cheeks.

Grayson Xu looked around and couldn't see anything in the darkness. He was a little panicked and subconsciously said, "Finn Wu?"

"Yes." The answer came, very close.

"Brother Xu, I'm here too!" It was Avery Kuang who reported directly without anyone naming him.

"What the hell is this place!" Ellis Sun was always on the verge of irritability.

His teammates were all here, which gave Grayson Xu a little peace of mind.

After returning from the bright snowfield, his eyes finally adapted to the darkness. Grayson Xu looked up and saw the bright light of the moon reflected behind the dark clouds.

Another breeze passed by.

The late autumn night wind, which was supposed to be slightly cool, actually felt warm and itchy when blowing on my face that was red from the cold.

It's night, Beijing night.

They are back.

Grayson Xu finally calmed down, looked away, and looked around, thinking that he was still standing at the crossroads like yesterday, but when he saw it, he was stunned. There is no road anywhere. The four of them are standing on a bridge over a lake. The lake is not too wide and looks like an artificial lake in a park. The railings of the bridge are made of iron, which is exquisite and simple. There seem to be green trees on the other side of the bridge. There is shade, lush vegetation, and the branches sway gently in the wind under the moonlight, making shadows...

Wait.

Grayson Xu squinted his eyes and looked carefully. The more he looked, the more familiar the scenery became: "Isn't this Qingnian Lake Park!"

After his reminder, Avery Kuang and Ellis Sun, who also lived nearby and came here to breathe fresh air from time to time, suddenly realized: "No!"

Grayson Xu was full of questions, and was about to continue communicating with his teammates when he suddenly heard Finn Wu read out a series of numbers: Following the sound, he saw Finn Wu staring down at his phone, and the cold light reflected from the screen illuminated his frown.

"Where...where did you get your cell phone?"

"I put it in my pocket before I was sucked in tonight, but it was useless. I didn't believe it inside at all..." Before he finished speaking, Finn Wu suddenly realized, "The phone is not the point!"

"OK OK," Grayson Xu quickly reassured and returned to the topic, "What were you reading just now?"

"Coordinates," Finn Wu picked up the phone and showed it to Grayson Xu. There was a satellite map with coordinates captured on it. "Our current location is exactly the same as the coordinates in the notebook."

Avery Kuang, who was listening nearby, first reacted by looking at his arm, wanting to review the coordinates, but it took him a long time to realize that the strange pattern on his arm had disappeared as they returned to reality.

"You mean there and reality share the same set of longitude and latitude geographically?" Grayson Xu didn't bother to verify. Finn Wu's head was like a calculator. He said that if the coordinates are consistent, then they are consistent, but this doesn't make sense. , "There is daytime, here is night, there is snowfield, here is park, there is no similarity, what is the point of using the same coordinate system?"

"Who is there---"

Suddenly, a loud shout from the patrolling security guard was heard at the end of the bridge, interrupting the four people's "research". Then a flashlight light came directly, illuminating the figures of the four "suspicious elements" in the night.

Grayson Xu has always been law-abiding, Finn Wu was still thinking about the coordinates, and Avery Kuang had never gone out after twelve o'clock, so under the flashlight, the three faces were stunned.

At this time, Ellis Sun's social experience showed, and he immediately responded enthusiastically: "Brother, we are exercising, running at night!"

The security guard frowned warily, doubtful.

Ellis Sun immediately raised his arms and shouted, "Brothers, it's time to rest. Continue, one two one, one two one!"

Grayson Xu, Finn Wu, and Avery Kuang quickly followed up, forming a vertical row and running in a decent manner.

At 3 a.m., their loud slogans resounded over Qingnian Lake Park - "One, two, one! One, two, one! Develop sports and enhance the people's physique!"

If you listen carefully, there is still some gossip mixed in---

Avery Kuang: "Brother Xu, who are the people you mentioned in your guess later?"

Grayson Xu: "High school classmate."

Avery Kuang: ...

Ellis Sun: "Tsk, when you two were studying, didn't you just arrange for your classmates behind your back?"

Grayson Xu: "They were not idle either. They said he was showing off."

Finn Wu: "You say he's a talker."

Grayson Xu: "He said he always flatters the teacher."

Finn Wu: "He said he is best friends with everyone."

Grayson Xu: "Fcuk, who said that last sentence?!"

Finn Wu: ...

Youth is gone, so why bother looking back?