Chapter 1: Fear of Darkness
"It's so dark? Turn on the light?"
Su Tan woke up, woke up from the darkness, hazy, his first reaction was to lift the quilt, reach out towards the familiar bedside in his mind, turn on the light, and light up the room.
"Sora~!"
Su Tan groped for it in a familiar way. Normally, he would have touched the lamp switch, but at this time, he missed it.
"Huh? Where's the switch?"
Su Tan was a little confused.
But even though he was puzzled, he still stretched out his hand tentatively again, groping...
Still haven't found the familiar switch.
"Pa~!"
After continuing to explore, his hand touched the real thing.
It's very hard, probably made of wood.
"Why are there wooden boards?"
In his impression, his room was so familiar to him that he could move around freely with his eyes closed.
There couldn't be wooden boards in his room.
More exploration...
This is not a board, but an entire wall?
Su Tan was slightly surprised.
"Isn't this my room?"
This doubt came to his mind, and he realized with keen intuition that this was indeed not his room.
The air was filled with an uncomfortable smell.
The quilt, bed... smelled of sweat that hadn't been washed for a long time.
It doesn't smell good,
"Why did you appear in a strange room?"
Su Tan was even more confused. When he went to bed, he clearly remembered entering his own room...
Why did I wake up in a strange environment?
Unable to find the light switch, he subconsciously fumbled for his phone on the bed.
Cell phones can light up.
But after touching for a long time, he found that the bedding was of poor quality and even had some holes, but he didn't touch the phone.
It's a strange room, there is no mobile phone, there is no light switch, everything is dark, and there is no light...
What is this place?
With deep doubts, Su Tan groped out of bed, hoping to find some light source.
My feet test the ground, looking for shoes.
The shoes were not found, but it made Su Tan even more confused.
"This floor... is not a floor or a cement floor, but a dirt floor?"
I won’t be in the countryside anymore, right?
That's not right. Living conditions in rural areas are now quite good, and most of the house floors have been hardened.
I was wondering, looking for shoes, and groping...
"Pong~!"
He didn't move much distance before he touched the table. He subconsciously held on to the table and moved again. After a while, he bumped into something else that he didn't recognize.
Keep stumbling, bumping into this or that...
Su Tan was certain that this was definitely not his original room, but a brand new and unfamiliar place.
"Even if it's night, it's too dark, right?"
God knows how dark this room is, there is no light source at all, not to mention starlight and moonlight.
All darkness!
Holding back the confusion in his heart, he decided to go back to bed. It was too dark and it was difficult to move. He suppressed the discomfort in his heart and stayed up until daytime.
The bed is not difficult to find.
Without much effort, he returned to the bed, wiped the mud from the soles of his feet with his hands, and got back into bed.
Lying down.
The unfamiliar environment made him uncomfortable and unable to sleep.
Time passes little by little...
in the dark.
There was an indescribable discomfort.
"twitter…"
He didn't know how long it took, but he finally heard the chirping sound outside the room. It was the crisp cry of the morning bird.
Pleasant.
It's finally dawn!
Su Tan felt that this night was the most difficult night he had ever endured.
But soon he discovered a new problem.
Even though the calls of various birds have been heard, and even if there are occasional traces of human activity outside the room,... this room is already like a black hole.
There isn't any light.
Su Tan panicked a little.
Why is there no light?
Why is the room so dark?
Am I being locked up? Locked up in a dark room that never sees the light of day?
"Is anyone there?" No one responded.
"Is anyone here?" Still no one responded!
Why no one answered?
Su Tan jumped up from the bed without thinking about putting on her shoes and acted directly.
Because of the groping last night, he already had a vague impression of his room.
The table was still there, so he used the table as the center and groped outward for the door.
I don’t know if the things in this “prison” are scarce or because the family lives in poverty. There are very few things in the room, which is very convenient for people to “touch in the dark” at night...
Bang bang bang…
He groped around on the walls and corners.
After spending a lot of effort, I finally found the door handle. To be precise, it should be a door latch, which is a small wooden stick that is inserted into the door.
Pull away.
Surprisingly, the door opened easily and was not locked.
This made Su Tan feel a little lucky.
Put it this way…
But in an instant, he was confused.
The door opens…
The fresh air outside suddenly hit his face and rushed into his lungs. It was extremely refreshing. He could feel the warm sunshine shining on his face. The sounds of birds became clearer and clearer, and the voices of children in front of the door became louder. but…
His eyes were still dark and empty...
When he opened the door, what greeted him was not light, but still darkness...
Darkness without a trace of light.
Extremely dark.
Doubts... disbelief, an ominous premonition emerged in his mind...
Why can't I see the light?
We've already reached the door...
Could it be? ? ?
He didn't want to think about it any further...
"Blind demigod, you got up so early!" a child greeted him.
He could only hear the voice, and it felt like the child was not far away from him.
Su Tan's heart sank...
"Blind... demigod... blind... demigod..." he muttered to himself, repeating the child's words.
Blind? ? ?
Blind? ? ?
This word exploded in his mind!
He suddenly realized a serious problem... No, or it wasn't a sudden realization, but this morning, or the moment he opened the door, he had realized it, but he just didn't want to admit it.
That is... he, was blind!
He became blind!
"Why is this happening? How could this happen?" Su Tan seemed like a madman...
He didn't want to pay attention to the child, and kept thinking about how he became blind.
"Blind demigod? What's wrong with you?"
"Huh? What's wrong with you?" the child said with concern.
Su Tan still ignored him.
At this time, he heard another little boy say unhappily: "Mumu, don't pay attention to this blind man, let's go play somewhere else."
"Really, he has no ability and is always talking nonsense and scaring people. I don't know why my grandma believes that he can tell fortunes..."
The voices of the children gradually faded away.
And Su Tan was more certain of one thing, that is... he was really blind!
He became a blind man!
But he couldn't figure out how he became blind. He was just tired from work, and suddenly felt uncomfortable and went back to his room to sleep. How did he become a blind man when he woke up?
Also, why was he here?
This place was clearly not the developed city where he was, but the countryside.
Why?
A trace of fear gradually emerged in Su Tan's heart...
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