Book 3: Chapter 23: See Out of the Corner of Your Eye

Book 3: Chapter 23: See Out of the Corner of Your Eye

Fatty and I didnt dare speak as we followed Poker-Face into the darkness. This situation is really abnormal. I guess I wont be getting any sleep tonight.

Poker-Face made a gesture when we reached the boundary between the firelight and the darkness. Fatty and I both nodded in understanding.The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

The white noise was probably about ten meters away from us in the darkness, but we couldnt see anything there. Poker-Face wasnt ready to use a flashlight just yet, which meant that he wanted to sneak up on whatever was there. He suddenly changed his gesture, and the three of us moved at the same time, rushing into the darkness as fast as possible.

As soon as we entered that dark area, we all crouched in the grass as we continued moving forward.

The white noise continued on in front of us for a while, and then that male voice appeared again.

But this time, the voice sounded so strange that I couldn't understand what he was saying.

I paused. The tone sounded very urgent now.

I came to a complete stop as I heard the voice in the grass up ahead say something else, but I still couldnt hear it clearly.

In the dark, I could see that Poker-Face had also come to a stop and was now crouching on my left. I couldnt actually see him clearly, but I could tell from his body shape.

I continued creeping forward and soon saw something up ahead. There was a small red dot flashing about seven or eight meters away from usit was the indicator light on a satellite phone. The red dot would flash a few times every time there was static, but it wasn't very bright at all. It seemed that the phone just had this indicator light and didnt actually have a lighting function.

When I looked at that little red dot, I immediately felt that something was wrong. The dot wasnt in the grass, but up in the air. In other words, something was holding this satellite phone up.

In an instant, all my hair stood on end and I broke out in a cold sweat. I immediately decided that this wasn't Poker-Face, because the shadow that was crouching in front of me had a big head.

I took a step back and pulled out my flashlightI couldn't adhere to Poker-Face's instructions at this time. I turned on my flashlight and pointed it at the shadow.

But as soon as I looked, I was surprised to find that nothing was there. I didnt see anything illuminated in the flashlights beam at all.

I swept my flashlight around but still didnt see anything. Even Poker-Face and Fatty werent around. Whats going on? I immediately stood up and looked in the direction of the bonfire. Ill just run back, I said to myself.

I started running towards the bonfire, moving so fast that it didnt take me long to reach the boundary between firelight and darkness. But when I was near the bonfire, I suddenly heard my own satellite phonewhich I had placed by the firestart making noises again.

The voice was completely incomprehensible, but it seemed to be saying a long sentence.

I went up and picked up the satellite phone, recalling that Poker-Face had turned it off earlier. I looked around with my flashlight again, but Poker-Face and Fatty were nowhere to be seen. I wondered if they were still lying in the grass.

I shined my flashlight on the place where I was just now, but there was nothing there.

I broke out in a cold sweat as I had a strange flash of inspiration. I turned my head and looked out of the corner of my eye at the direction my flashlight was shining in. I knew that there were some things I could only see if I used my peripheral vision.

Out of the corner of my eye, I vaguely saw a person standing on the dark grassland, right at the edge of the circle of light cast by the bonfire. Based on their posture, they seemed to be trying to walk into the range of the bonfires flames.

As the night wind blew and the flames flickered, that vague persons hand reached out and actually touched my hair.