ebookland Chapter 1 The Peeping Tom Outside the Door
Chapter 1 The Peeping Tom Outside the Door
【Brain Storage】
In the darkness, Ding Yi lay on the bed, his eyes fixed on the void above him, trying his best to control his breathing and pretending to be fast asleep.
However, the prolonged tension caused his muscles to ache slightly, meaning that if he moved even slightly, the old wooden bed beneath him would creak loudly.
Even so, Ding Yi dared not relax in the slightest, because behind the wooden door three steps away from him stood two hunched figures.
“Huh, huh…”
Even through the wooden door, Ding Yi could tell that the breathing with a slight wheezing sound belonged to the sallow-faced old man, and he knew without even thinking who the other, even fainter breathing belonged to.
"Damn it! What on earth is going on?!"
At this moment, Ding Yi recalled what had happened to him in the past few days, his eyes filled with panic, but even more so with a hint of fear.
Seven days ago, Ding Yi, who was on Earth, woke up after getting drunk and found that he had actually transmigrated!
And it wasn't a soul transfer, it was the most outrageous physical transfer ever!
This means that he cannot obtain relevant information about this world. To make matters worse, after transmigrating, he found himself lying in a mud pit, his bones aching as if they were broken, and there were bleeding spots on many parts of his body, which means that the internal injuries may be more serious than they appear on the surface.
Fortunately, Ding Yi's cries of pain soon attracted an elderly couple. When they saw Ding Yi in the pit, their eyes lit up.
After the elderly couple brought Ding Yi home, they settled him in a room in the far corner of the house.
To Ding Yi's surprise, although he had transmigrated, he could understand what the old couple was saying, and he could even read the words on the tattered couplet pasted on the door.
This is undoubtedly good news.
At the invitation of the elderly couple, Ding Yi settled down there to recuperate, but at the same time he gradually noticed something unusual.
The first unusual thing is that the people here seem to be very afraid of the dark. As soon as the sun goes down, everyone will hide indoors and light an oil lamp inside, which will not be extinguished until dawn.
Ding Yi had asked the elderly couple about this, but they told him that lighting lamps at night was a custom, and it was normal for an outsider like Ding Yi not to know.
Ding Yi initially didn't find anything wrong with the elderly couple's explanation until he discovered a second anomaly.
One night, Ding Yi was suddenly awakened from a nightmare while he was fast asleep. Just as he was about to turn over and go back to sleep, he heard breathing sounds behind the dilapidated wooden door not far away.
"hehe..."
The wheezing sound in his breathing instantly brought the image of the old man to Ding Yi's mind. The old man who had saved him suffered from asthma, and his breathing would produce this sound whenever he got excited or overexerted himself.
Even though the other sound was very faint, Ding Yi could still tell that it was the old woman's breathing, since there was no fourth person in the room.
At that moment, Ding Yi was no longer sleepy, and cold sweat instantly spread from his limbs.
What are those two doing?!
Why are you hiding behind the door spying on me in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?!
Fear instantly spread through Ding Yi's mind, and he began to tremble involuntarily.
Ding Yi could imagine the elderly couple standing sleazy behind the door, their eyes wide as they peered through the cracks in the wooden door at him, as if they were looking at some rare treasure.
"Damn it! Damn it!!"
"Transmigrating is bad enough! Being seriously injured is bad enough! But why did I have to encounter this situation?!"
Excessive panic left Ding Yi, who was already injured, in a complete mental blank, and it took him a long time to gradually recover.
But Ding Yi thought it might be a coincidence, so he deliberately didn't fall asleep that night, and then heard that familiar voice again in the middle of the night.
This completely enraged Ding Yi.
"That's not right. I just transmigrated here, I don't have a penny on me, and I'm even injured. What are they after me for?"
At this moment, Ding Yi forced himself to calm down, even squeezing his arm hard to dispel his drowsiness.
At the same time, scenes from the past few days began to flash through Ding Yi's mind, as he tried to find some useful information.
"This place should be a village. Judging from the first day I came back, the people here are very indifferent to each other. Even when they saw that they had brought me back, not a single person asked me a question."
"Judging from the village's architectural style, it is somewhat similar to ancient times on Earth, but although I can understand their language, it is definitely not the language of Earth. This means that I may have come to a parallel world."
“The villagers are very poor, which is even worse for Old Bi Deng’s family. The walls are drafty, the beams are broken, and they even eat bitter dried meat with muddy water every day.”
"As soon as the sun sets, the old man quickly closes all the doors and windows. There are even special barriers behind the doors and windows near the outer wall, as if he is defending against something."
“My injuries from the fall are getting worse. They brought me back not to save me.”
"What a terrible start! Damn it, why is it that everyone else who transmigrates becomes a warlord or prince, but I end up like this?!"
Ding Yi gritted his teeth, suppressing the dissatisfaction and anger deep in his heart, staring intently at the wooden door three steps away, as if he wanted to stare the two peeping to death through the wooden door.
Just then, Ding Yi was surprised to find a line of small characters next to the wooden door in his sight.
[Enhancement can be achieved by consuming lifespan. This enhancement will consume 10 days. Enhance now?]
"What the hell??"
The sudden turn of events jolted Ding Yi awake, causing him to lose control of his breathing and even make the wooden bed beneath him creak.
In the silent night, the sound was so jarring that it instantly silenced the two breaths behind the door.
Ding Yi cursed inwardly, immediately stopped thinking about the small character, and quickly turned over to continue pretending to be asleep.
Just as Ding Yi had expected, after he fell back into a deep sleep, he heard light footsteps behind the door, as if the two had already left.
However, Ding Yi dared not relax in the slightest. Instead, he continued to breathe and even emptied his mind, forcing himself not to think about anything. After all, this was a completely dark world, and it was not shameful for him to prioritize survival.
Sure enough, about four or five minutes later, footsteps sounded again from behind the door. This made Ding Yi, who had his eyes closed, twitch his brow. He thought to himself that people really do get more and more cunning as they get older, and it was always right for him to be careful.
In the latter half of the night, Ding Yi was so nervous that he didn't sleep a wink. Just as dawn was breaking, he turned over and looked at the wooden door again, staring at it intently just like he had in the first half of the night.
A few seconds later, the line of small words reappeared in Ding Yi's eyes.
[Enhancement can be achieved by consuming lifespan. This enhancement will consume 10 days. Enhance now?]
Yes, it really exists!!
The cheater has arrived!!
Hope ignited in Ding Yi's eyes for a moment, but then he frowned.
This thing actually requires one's own lifespan to be strengthened?
What kind of cheat is this? This is a killer cheat!
Ding Yi mentally complained, but then a new question arose.
"How much life do I have left?"
Thinking of this, Ding Yi began to focus his attention on himself, but this time, no matter how long he looked, no information appeared.
After more than ten minutes, Ding Yi still hadn't seen any information appear, and he was somewhat disappointed. He then looked elsewhere.
Bench.
[Enhancement can be achieved by consuming lifespan. This enhancement will consume 3 days. Enhance now?]
Earthen wall.
[Enhancement can be achieved by consuming lifespan. This enhancement will consume 20 days. Enhance now?]
The bed frame was broken.
[Enhancement can be achieved by consuming lifespan. This enhancement will consume 1 days. Enhance now?]
"Let's test the waters for one day first."
Upon seeing the information on the shattered bed board, Ding Yi's heart skipped a beat, and he silently recited in his mind:
"Yes!"