Dark night.
In the darkness so thick that the players could only see two white lanterns hanging on the branches of the tree, swaying gently with the wind. There were two tables of guests sitting below, and their faces looked like dead men under the candlelight.
Doctor: "I applied for personal anthropology."
For this player who played by the rules, the game showed great patience: [You have not learned this skill from anthropology, and there is a high chance of failure.]
Doctor: "Choose."
Ding-
The dice fell, and where the players couldn't see it, the dice turned and stopped slowly.
[Unfortunately,] the game said, [You failed.]
Shen Dongqing asked, "What is anthropology?"
The doctor said: "You can check the NPC in front of you to confirm whether they are human or some other creature."
Shen Dongqing said firmly: "It's not a ghost."
The doctor was a little skeptical: "Why are you so sure?"
It seems that this group of aborigines is abnormal, doesn't it
Shen Dongqing: "Ghosts don't need to eat."
doctor:
Is it that simple to judge
The sound of the game rang suddenly: [Because the distance between the two sides is too close, a lucky check is performed every three minutes]
[Failure will be discovered by this group of aborigines, and success can sneak into the mourning hall]
[Detective, the check succeeded]
[Photographer, the verification is successful]
[Doctor, check... failed]
The group of aborigines who were sitting on the round table and drooping raised their heads, twisted their necks, and turned to the doctor at the same time. Their eyes were empty, reflecting a touch of white light, but their lips were unexpectedly bright red, and they raised the corners of their mouths stiffly, without a smile, like wearing a mask on their faces.
The doctor is a newcomer in the end, and he has never seen this battle before, so he couldn't help screaming and backsliding.
At the same time, other people's checks were also successful.
[Zhou Wenyan, the test was successful]
[Shen Dongqing, the check... a big failure!]
A big failure is worse than a doctor.
The game gloatingly described: [You see the old lady sitting up in the center of the mourning hall, the white paper covering her face fell down following the gravity of the terrain, revealing a rotting face. She has turned into a pool of rotten flesh, with half maggots hanging from her eyes, but even so, she still stretches out her arm towards you, clinking the gold jewelry hanging on her wrist, and at the same time uttering a "giggle" sound]
[Sanity check, success, deduction… ]
Shen Dongqing strode over, picked up the white paper and slapped it on the old lady's face. After the old lady twitched, she lay back peacefully.
The game feels that this sanity can't be deducted.
The group of aborigines also discovered Shen Dongqing. Under the premise of a big failure, they ignored the doctor and chose to keep an eye on him.
Shen Dongqing raised his hand and said hello: "Hi—"
The aunt in the crowd felt a little cold for no reason.
The aborigines chatted in a low voice.
"Where did this person come from?"
"Why is he here?"
"Hurry up and get him out!"
Game: [You can persuade]
Shen Dongqing: "Yes."
[Persuasion succeeded]
[Please start your performance]
Shen Dongqing:
They are all persuaded to succeed, what are you performing? Do you want him to perform a havoc on the spot
Fortunately, someone appeared in time and interrupted his whimsy.
The doctor who was just frightened was cast another Sanity check, deducted 2 Sanity points, and began to go insane.
She raised her head and closed her eyes, clasped her hands to her chest, and sang a song: "Girl, girl, go out sixteen, marry seventeen and marry eighteen like a flower, girl, good girl, she is a good girl. girl-"
Shen Dongqing commented: "It sings much better than before."
It seems that the game will still learn from experience and improve, which is worthy of praise.
game:[…]
After the doctor finished singing, he collapsed, fell down softly, and was supported by the photographer.
The aborigines over there also heard the song, their faces turned ruthless, and they looked at this group of people uncertainly.
It may be that the persuasion dice thrown by Shen Dongqing just now succeeded. Even if there was no explanation, the aunt stood up naturally: "This is my guest."
When the aborigines heard what the aunt said, their expressions became meaningful.
"It's your guest again? What a coincidence."
"Since it's your guest, take the people back quickly and don't let them run around again."
"That's right, it's not good to disturb our funeral."
The aunt nodded straight: "Come back with me quickly."
Now that the doctor has fainted, the players have lost one staff, and were discovered by the aborigines, they can only choose to return to the hotel and make plans.
At this time, Zhou Wenyan showed his ID card: "This is my grandma."
The aborigines stopped and looked at him, and then someone said, "No wonder it looks so familiar, it turns out to be Zhou Aqi's son!"
"Didn't you guys move out long ago? Why did you come back all of a sudden?"
Zhou Wenyan explained: "Someone sent me a letter saying that grandma was sick and came back."
Someone asked casually: "Who sent you a letter? It's too outdated. Now we all use mobile phones, it's very fast."
Zhou Wenyan: "It's my aunt Zhou Aying."
As soon as the name came out, the expressions of the aborigines present became strange, and after a moment of silence, they bluntly changed the subject.
"Then since you're back, let's give the old lady a ride together."
"It's almost time, you outlanders leave here quickly, or we'll be welcome."
The detective and the photographer took the doctor away, and Shen Dongqing was still standing there.
The aborigines said impatiently: "You go quickly, this is not the place you should be!"
Shen Dongqing hugged Zhou Wenyan's arm: "This is my boyfriend."
Aboriginal:
Sorry, the aborigines who grew up in the mountains have never encountered such a situation.
[Please perform a persuasion check]
Shen Dongqing persuaded seriously: "Before his grandma died, she wanted to see him start a family and start a business."
[Persuasion... Great success!]
The aborigines quickly accepted this setting, and both Zhou Wenyan and Shen Dongqing stayed, and they went to prepare things for the funeral.
Probably because Zhou Wenyan grew up outside and did not understand the customs in the ancient town, the aborigines did not let him participate in the funeral, but let two people watch at the end of the team.
The old lady's body was placed in a thin coffin. Unexpectedly, this place was still used for burial. It was covered with a thin layer of gold. Then the four aborigines carried the coffin and walked towards the back mountain.
According to the custom in the countryside, firecrackers should be set off to sprinkle paper money during the funeral process, but it was unusually quiet here, everyone lowered their heads and said nothing. exist.
Zhou Wenyan and Shen Dongqing fell behind the team, watching the aborigines pass the adobe house where the old lady lived, passed the half-abandoned girl's temple, and finally came to a small water pool halfway up the mountain.
The aborigines didn't have any communication. They put the coffin on the edge of the small water pool, and bowed to the coffin in unison, then turned their heads and left.
Before leaving, Shen Dongqing glanced back, not knowing when, the lid of the coffin was opened, and when the wind blew, the white paper covering the old lady's face was lifted up.
The white paper was light and thin, and was blown into the small pool, slowly fluttering.
The funeral is over.
It was late at night when we got back to the hotel.
Auntie walked in and turned on the lights in the hall.
When the orange light shone down, the aunt seemed to come back to life, her expression became more vivid, and she became that philistine shrewd middle-aged woman again. She wore gold chains around her neck and hands, which gleamed in the light.
Aunt yawned: "Go to bed early-"
Zhou Wenyan said coldly, "We went to make a wish."
The aunt was so frightened that she almost couldn't close her chin. She rested her chin in one hand and said vaguely, "Make a wish? What wish?"
Shen Dongqing lay on Zhou Wenyan's shoulder, half-squinted his eyes and said, "The girl's temple."
When the aunt heard these three words, the drowsiness in her eyes dissipated immediately. She looked around vigilantly, and when she was sure that no one else was there, she said mysteriously: "The time is wrong."
"According to your request, why is it so simple."
"September 18th, you can go back on September 18th, and keep your wishes come true!"
"I told you this for your father's sake. I remember when my father and I coughed..."
After speaking, the aunt twisted her waist and walked away.
The 18th is sure to be a pivotal day.
Su Xiaoying disappeared on September 18, and according to what my aunt said, she could only go to the Girls' Temple to make a wish on September 18.
Shen Dongqing was lying on the bed, with his feet swaying in the air. He looked out the window. From here, he could see the Girl's Temple halfway up the mountain, but it was so dark that he couldn't see anything clearly.
"I think the townspeople believe in cults, worship evil gods, and treat Su Xiaoying as a sacrifice." He shook his head, "feudal superstition is terrible!"
Zhou Wenyan pinched his cheek and said with a smile, "Feudal superstition?"
Shen Dongqing patted Zhou Wenyan's hand away, hummed for a while, and said, "I'm not feudal and superstitious, I like being a human being."
Too bad this stupid game doesn't work.
If she could return to the real world, Shen Dongqing would definitely be a good person and never engage in feudal superstition.
Zhou Wenyan put his arms around the person and lay down together.
After a while, Shen Dongqing suddenly said, "I remembered something from the past, how about you?"
As long as he returns to the ghost town, he has a hunch that as long as he returns to the ghost town, the riddles of his past can be solved and he will find his identity.
Also lost the past, what about Zhou Wenyan
Zhou Wenyan lowered his head and met a pair of black and white eyes: "Well... it doesn't matter, I used to be a rich second generation in an ordinary family."
Other sporadic memories are really less important.
It is enough for Zhou Wenyan to remember that he once married Shen Dongqing, and the rest, as long as he leaves this game, he will know.
Shen Dongqing closed his eyes, and when he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly said, "The gate of hell is about to open."
The days of ghost towns opening up are not far away.
It is estimated that when this game copy ends, you can enter it soon.
Zhou Wenyan patted his shoulder lightly: "Go to sleep..."
Shen Dongqing rubbed the person beside him with his forehead and fell asleep.
When he woke up the next day, Zhou Wenyan planned to go around the middle of the mountain and pay his respects to the old lady's remains.
The detective raised his hand to go with him.
As soon as the photographer heard the three words "old lady", his face turned pale, obviously the psychological trauma caused to her was quite serious, but she still insisted on going together.
Needless to say, the doctor, after going through last night, she couldn't wait to find clues, and she also joined it.
So the group went to the middle of the mountain in a mighty way.
After their backs disappeared in the ancient town, one figure after another appeared on the empty street. They gently opened the door and floated out like wandering spirits.
There were whispers in the street.
"Eighteen years..."
"Finally waited for this day."
"Eighteen years, we can be free..."
According to the memory of last night, the group successfully came to the edge of the small water pool, where there was a thin coffin with the lid of the coffin open.
The two girls, the photographer and the doctor, did not dare to go there, and even the detective swallowed and decided to give himself some mental construction first.
Shen Dongqing was the most daring, walked over without any scruples, and glanced at it.
The inside of the coffin was empty, with nothing but the gold for the lower burial.
The old lady disappeared out of thin air.
The golden glittering glamorous eyes are of no use to the player.
Only when the doctor saw a gold bracelet lying at his feet, it was very delicate, so he quietly picked it up and put it in his pocket.
Shen Dongqing: "Cheating a corpse?"
But last night, I was lying in the coffin well. Could it be that I thought the coffin was too hard to sleep well, so I got up and slept in another place.
The doctor said with a white face: "Let's all do an investigation, and say we can't find anything."
[Successful detective test]
It was a good start.
The detective pointed to the marks on the ground and said, "The body was dragged away."
The others looked in the direction he pointed.
The small water pool is surrounded by a sandy beach with a long trace on it, which seems to be left when the body was dragged.
[Failed Doctor Check]
[Zhou Wenyan's test failed]
[Shen Dongqing failed the check]
[Photographer verification... Great success!]
The doctor took a deep breath: "Great success!"
The detective asked cheerfully, "Isn't it a big success?"
The doctor struggled for a moment and said, "Great success means seeing some..."
Before he could finish speaking, the photographer over there rolled his eyes and fell softly to the ground.
The game began to describe: [You saw the rotten corpse lying in the coffin, the night was silent, and the wind blew, making a sound of Xixisuoso]
[The sound didn't come from the trees, a tentacle wriggled and climbed out of the shadows, leaving a pool of mucus where it passed, the tentacle slowly climbed up the coffin, and it rolled up the The corpse, slowly and slowly retracted into the darkness]
[A series of sarcomas grow on the top of the tentacles, red and purple with red in the middle, like overripe grapes. During the transportation of the corpse, the sarcomas were squeezed and burst open, and the juice splashed, "Pff—" like a The grapes are squashed]
The image is disgusting to describe, let alone the photographer facing the original scene.
She passed the sanity check immediately. Fortunately, it was a big success. She only deducted 1 point of sanity, otherwise she could go crazy on the spot.
Doctor: "I don't want to eat grapes anymore..."
Shen Dongqing: "The description of the game is quite delicious. I feel like eating grapes."
The other players looked at Shen Dongqing with frightened eyes, and silently pulled away from him.
Detective: "Wow—what the hell is that thing?"
Shen Dongqing: "Octopus?"
detective:…
Not only the grapes, it looks like he doesn't even want to touch the octopus anymore.
Zhou Wenyan: "Evil God."
The detective instantly remembered the "stay away from the cult" leaflet posted on the wall of the hotel.
Zhou Wenyan: "The aborigines in the ancient town worship the evil god every 18 years."
The detective suddenly reacted: "So the Su Xiaoying I'm looking for has already died?" He was a little frustrated, "Then how can I find someone and bring them back?"
Shen Dongqing: "I didn't talk about being alive or dead."
The game didn't say what kind of "Su Xiaoying" it was, even if she brought back part of her identity or a handful of ashes, it would be considered to have brought people back.
After the detective figured it out, he instantly regained his fighting spirit: "Let's go, let's find the evil god!"
The doctor pointed to the photographer lying on the ground and said, "I'll stay and take care of her."
The photographer is in a coma, and it's not enough to leave it in the wilderness.
There is only one person left to take care of her.
The doctor felt that it must be very dangerous to go to the evil spirits, so he might as well stay and fish, so he hurriedly asked to take over this matter.
Fortunately, other players did not think of this, so they agreed.
The detective has been investigating the past all the way. With the addition of character and skills, he is not bad, and he can basically succeed.
In this way, he walked according to the traces on the ground, deviating more and more from the path up the mountain, the vegetation grew wildly, and there was almost no place to rest.
The detective walked very hard, his hands and face were slapped a few times by branches, and he was bitten by mosquitoes many large bags. When he looked back, he was suddenly unbalanced.
Zhou Wenyan opened the way in front of him and broke all the branches that were sticking out, and the weeds on the ground were also trampled under his feet, allowing Shen Dongqing who was following him to walk over easily, not to mention mosquitoes, even Not a little oily skin.
Detective: "Can I change positions?" He also wanted to enjoy the same treatment.
Zhou Wenyan looked at him quietly.
Within three seconds, the detective was cowardly and could only continue to move forward in resignation.
Fortunately, it didn't take long to reach the destination.
Unexpectedly, there is a cave behind this small pool. There is a hidden cave. At the entrance of the cave, you can still see the "purple grapes" that fell from the tentacles, exuding a fishy smell.
The detective closed his eyes and kicked "Purple Grape" away before he dared to look inside.
The cave was deep and dark, and it was impossible to see what was inside.
Detective: "Go in and see?"
None of the three had flashlights on their bodies, and could only barely illuminate with the light on the phone screen.
Under the faint light, the fear was slightly dispelled.
Inside the cave was warm and humid and the air was constantly moving, which made the detective feel a little better.
Just halfway through, the game suddenly reminded: [Pass a lucky check]
Shen Dongqing and Zhou Wenyan were lucky enough to pass.
Only the detective is unlucky.
After the game announced that the detective's luck check failed, he slipped and fell to the front. At this critical moment, his hands were waving in the air, and he finally caught something without breaking his head. flow.
"thanks… "
At first, the detective thought he was being supported by Zhou Wenyan or Shen Dongqing, but when he looked up, two people stood around him not far away.
So what did he catch
The detective raised his hand stiffly and took a picture of it with his mobile phone. Then he saw a bunch of purple grapes hanging on the wall, and the one he grabbed happened to be the size of a fist.
"what-"
The detective sat down on the ground and stepped back again and again, bursting out a series of foul language, and waved his hands frantically.
It can't be said that the detective is timid. In this unprepared situation, whoever encounters it will be stunned.
Shen Dongqing also raised his hand and shone the light of the phone.
The purple grapes do not grow on the wall, but a tentacle resting on it.
Maybe they were lying there well, but they were suddenly caught and frightened, and now they are shrinking into the depths of the cave.
Shen Dongqing had no game, so he chased after him.
The deeper you go, the narrower the passage of the cave will be, and only one person can pass through. A taller person like Zhou Wenyan has to lower his head.
Along the way, they also found sarcomas falling on the ground one after another, like the fruit that fell from the tree after it matured.
Some fell into a puddle of mud, and some stayed there just fine.
Shen Dongqing squatted down and observed an intact one, and found that the outside of the sarcoid was covered with a thin film, and the insides seemed to be alive, beating and struggling.
Shen Dongqing's first reaction was to reach out and poke.
Zhou Wenyan reluctantly held the person back: "Dirty."
Shen Dongqing had no choice but to give up this idea and continue to walk inside.
After about five or six minutes of walking, they stopped.
The innermost part of the cave turned out to be a deep pit, as if the entire mountain had been hollowed out, and below was a bottomless abyss. of mucus.
Shen Dongqing took a picture of the phone.
But the depths below are so deep that even if the light shines in, it will still be swallowed up.
Instead, Shen Dongqing picked up a stone and threw it down.
The stone fell without any reverberation.
The detective chased after him out of breath: "Is it more than an investigation?"
This rule setting is quite useful, as long as you are lucky enough, you can find anything.
The game starts rolling the dice.
[Shen Dongqing, failure]
[Zhou Wenyan, great success]
[There is an inexplicable call from below the cliff, you feel as comfortable as returning to your mother's arms, you want to approach, touch... surrender]
[You take a step forward in a daze, the creatures at the bottom of the abyss keep squirming, their bodies are covered with overripe sarcoma, its existence is difficult to describe in words, you don't see the whole picture, just a vague silhouette is enough make people crazy]
[No, maybe it shouldn't be 'he', but... 'he']
[Make Sanity check, 1d6]
[Failed to check, deduct sanity 6]
Zhou Wenyan closed his eyes, took a step back, and returned to the cave.
[One deduction of sanity ≥6, you will fall into madness for 10 hours, and the symptoms of madness are extreme paranoia]
[You will be madly obsessed with a certain thing or creature, and if it is out of your sight, you will be hysterical, prone to collapse, and out of control]
Zhou Wenyan opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was Shen Dongqing, the originally light coffee-colored eyes became darker, and his voice was hoarse, as if suppressing all the warm emotions.
"come over."
He wants him.
In various ways, it is best to rub him in his arms, the blood and bones become one and never separate.
Shen Dongqing, who was still squatting in front of the abyss and staring, didn't know why: "Ah? What's wrong?"
He walked over unguardedly, then was pulled over and hugged tightly in his arms.
The detective standing alone beside him:
Do you show your love for such a disagreement