Opening a Shop in the Nightmare World

Chapter 56: Listen to ghost stories

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[Come to my house at night for a ghost story convention? I'm ready with snacks waiting for you! ]

The person who sent this message was nicknamed "Hua Xiaowan", and Su Zimo naturally wouldn't ask the other person's name abruptly, so no matter if the nickname is true or not, Su Zimo has secretly used "Xiaowan" to address that person. The girl with the ball head.

"Do you want snacks?" Xiaowan looked around, but she didn't seem to find any snacks, so she got up from the sofa and said with an embarrassed smile, "I'll go to the kitchen to see if there are any snacks to eat."

"No need, let's start right away!" Du Lei shouted anxiously, most of the practitioners didn't think about eating things in the nightmare world. In fact, the apartment they are in looks very ordinary. If it weren't for the light red moon outside, they would almost confuse the real world and the nightmare world... But even so, the food in the nightmare world is not acceptable to ordinary people. .

Su Zimo lowered his head and thought. Before leaving, he had better go to the kitchen to see what he could take with him. There are really too few products for "being in a corner".

"Are you in such a hurry?" Xiaowan's face was full of doubts.

"I… "

"What we mean is, it's getting late now." Su Zimo glanced at the three young practitioners and explained, "The moon is beautiful now, which is very suitable for the ghost story convention."

"That's right, then let's start?" Xiaowan said, and glanced at the four people present, "Strange, why does it seem like there is one more person?"

Everyone including Su Zimo instantly became nervous, but Su Zimo and the group of practitioners should think differently.

"Forget it, it will be more lively if there are more people!" A smile appeared on Xiaowan's face, adding a bit of brilliance to her face that didn't look good, "The rules of the Ghost Story Conference are very simple, that is, everyone tells the story. A story, if everyone is safe after the story is told, we can have a party to celebrate!"

The rules of the "Ghost Story Conference" in Xiaowan's mouth are indeed very simple, but Su Zimo could hear that the premise of "having a party" is that "everyone is safe". If anything happened during the storytelling... maybe they didn't just have a good party, but bad things.

"Then who will tell the first story first?" Xiaowan looked at the three people in front of her, then looked in a certain direction, "Why don't you come first, anyway, you look like the extra person."

And the person Xiaowan looked at was actually Du Lei, who was sitting in the seat closest to her, one of the three true trainers.

"Am I the extra one?" Du Lei pointed at himself in disbelief. After the other party nodded again, he nodded helplessly and said, "Okay, I'll be the first."

Then, Du Lei turned to look at Xu Yingying, who was sitting next to her with her legs folded, and said in a low voice, "What I just said is true, it's the NPC who has a problem, I'm not a ghost among the trainers, I I really saw your Latin dance video."

"I see, don't talk too much nonsense." Xu Yingying didn't carry a backpack for convenience like other practitioners, but instead carried a small white rattan bag, which she was protecting her preciously at the moment, "Still prepare. Tell me your story."

Xu Yingying didn't seem to like Du Lei very much, and all subconsciously leaned in Zhu Zhu's direction.

"In terms of ghost stories, people like us still have a few wonderful stocks in stock." Du Lei coughed a few times, and after clearing his throat, he started to say, "That's something I... my friend has experienced."

Su Zimo knew that the three practitioners present were not newcomers, so he knew that each of them had experienced several nightmare worlds. For them, the "Ghost Story Conference" only needed to modify their previous experience and then say it. That's it.

And this quest doesn't seem to dictate how scary the ghost story is, as long as the story is told.

"The friend of mine... once went into the depths of a certain mountain with a certain team, and in that desolate deep mountain there is a village called 'Shengwu', the name of this village is from the people in the village. You know, those accents are a little difficult to distinguish, so it's probably called such a name."

"Because it is easy to get lost when walking in the mountains at night, my friends and the others decided to stay overnight in Shengwu Village and leave at dawn the next day. Although there are not many people in the village, they are all very hospitable. Only one person lives at the entrance of the village. The old woman kept persuading them to leave the village as soon as possible. When my friends and the others were surrounded by hospitable villagers, they cried and shouted and tried to drive them away. In the end, a few villagers pushed the old woman away, and they managed to live in the village. In fact, it's not that they can't leave, it's just that they have to stay in the village for one night because of some force majeure."

The so-called "force majeure", to Su Zimo's ears, should be those nightmare world tasks that must be completed.

"They lived in the village chief's house farthest from the village entrance, and then heard a story from the village chief. The village chief has a granddaughter named Xiao Cui, who left the village a year ago because she wanted to work, when she was only ten years old. At the age of eight, he agreed that he would come back with money every six months, but he never came back after he left."

"In the beginning, they thought that the village chief's granddaughter just chose to live outside the mountains and forgot about the villagers in the mountains. There was nothing strange about it. But the village chief told them that half a year ago, a villager shouted Said that he saw Xiao Cui at the entrance of the village, and said that he felt that something was wrong... Then the next day, the villager who was yelling and screaming disappeared, and he couldn't find it anywhere!"

"The village chief told them that after this incident, a rumor spread in the village that Xiaocui had an accident when she left the village a year ago. It was actually Xiaocui's ghost who returned to the village half a year ago. Everyone lives well, but she who wants to pursue city life can't find her own bones, so she will come back and take someone away every once in a while, so that she will not be lonely."

"Because this ghost story is too lacking in evidence, the seniors in the team told my friends that a newcomer like him would not encounter such terrible things, so there must be some clues that can be easily found in the village, and the whole village The strangest thing in the village is probably the old woman who blocked the entrance of the village and didn't let them in at first."

"So my friend asked the village chief about the old woman. He found that the village chief seemed to be in a trance, and then told them that the old woman came in from outside. I don't know how long she has been here. It seems that Because everyone in the family had died and there was nowhere to go, they stayed in the village."

"I heard that the old lady was also from outside. My friends thought that the old lady must know something, so they couldn't help but ran over overnight." Du Lei said with a dry mouth, so he took out a drink from his backpack. After taking a sip of water, he continued.

"The old lady heard me... After they knocked on the door, she hurriedly brought them into the house. She said that they were surrounded by too many villagers before, so she did not dare to tell them a very terrifying thing, that is the village's The name is not called Shengwu, but called 'shengwu', which means 'no strangers are allowed to enter', because this is not a place where living people should come in. Therefore, the most terrifying thing is that in such a large village, except for the old woman, she The rest of the villagers are not alive!"

"My friends thought it was very strange at the time. If the old woman knew all these things, then why did she live in the village for so long? After that, the old woman said something even more instructive. Surprising thing!"

Du Lei was very appetizing when he told stories, so every time he stopped to drink water, other people in the living room quietly waited for him to continue talking. For a moment, even Su Zimo felt that they were just an ordinary party, and wanted to hear Du Lei tell the story to the end.

"The old woman asked my friend if she heard of a ghost named Xiaocui, and that ghost would come to the village to take someone away every once in a while? My friend nodded, and then the old woman shook her head helplessly. With a wry smile, he said... 'I am Xiao Cui'."

"My friend and others present were stunned, because the village chief said that Xiao Cui had just been gone for a year, and she was only eighteen years old when she left, so she was still young! But the old lady in front of her looked at least seventy years old. How could it be the same person?"

"Afterwards, the old woman who claimed to be Xiaocui told us that Xiaocui did not leave the village a year ago, but fifty years ago. At that time, both communications and all aspects were relatively backward, and Xiaocui worked outside for half a year. The people who escaped from the village knew that there was an epidemic in the village, and some people escaped, but some people couldn’t escape.”

"At that time, Xiao Cui was thinking about her parents and the elderly at home, and despite the dissuasion of others, she just went back to the village after doing simple protection. She thought she would see a very scary village, but she never expected to enter her eyes. It turned out to be peaceful!"

"The village that Xiao Cui saw was the same as the old village. The people who escaped from the villagers who had died actually lived in this village. Xiao Cui couldn't believe her eyes, so she stood outside the village to observe. After a period of time, I found that most of the villagers stayed in the house during the day, but they became more active at night. Everyone was doing the things and work they did during the day, greeting and talking to each other."

"Xiao Cui waited for a long time, and finally found a playmate who grew up with her, and wanted to ask him something. But it may be because Xiao Cui appeared a little suddenly, that silly big man was yelling all over the place to let him Xiao Cui, who hasn't digested the strange thing, hides subconsciously."

"When Xiaocui met that Dasha again, she turned on the flashlight and took him to a place where no one was there and asked a lot of things. The strange thing was that Dasha didn't know anything about epidemics, and he didn't remember how many. People leave the village and don't even feel that their lives are any different than before."

"But Xiaocui knew that everything was different. Because when Xiaocui held a flashlight at Dasha, she subconsciously asked a question - 'Why don't you have a shadow?'"

"The stupid big man standing in front of her in the next second suddenly turned into a ghost with a pale face and traces of epidemic disease all over his body, and then he didn't recognize her at all, and rushed towards her like a pure beast. , strangle her neck and want to put her to death!"

"Xiao Cui only had the heavy flashlight she carried with her, so when she was strangled, she used all her strength to smash the big fool's head with the flashlight, until she almost lost consciousness and was still mechanically He smashed his head in a style. When Xiao Cui came back to her senses, the stupid big man who should have fallen in front of her disappeared, as if the world had evaporated. "

"In the evening of the second day, the village suddenly became commotion, because they knew that the big fool was gone without remembering anything, and rumors that Xiaocui was a 'ghost' gradually spread!"

"Xiaocui didn't dare to continue to contact those villagers, so she has been living in the mountains near the village. The most thing she usually does is hide behind the stones and observe the village, which has been renamed 'Shengwu' Village."

"After a period of time, Xiaocui can almost be sure that all the people living in the village are not living people, because they never leave the village, and they no longer raise livestock and crops, as if they don't need to eat at all. It's even weirder. Yes, the time concept of the ghost villagers in the village is very strange, even though Xiaocui has been observing outside the village for more than half a year, the villagers are still looking for the silly big man who disappeared 'last night'."

"Actually, it's hard to imagine how Xiao Cui had survived those years, but the fact is that Xiao Cui had been waiting outside the village until her young round face became thin and her hopeful eyes became dull. The envious black hair also began to thin, and when Xiao Cui didn't even know herself, she boldly walked into the village."

"In the eyes of the ghost villagers, this strange outsider is desperate. In Xiaocui's eyes, she is going home."

"Finally, Xiaocui told me... my friend, the ghost villagers in this village are harmless on weekdays, but strangers who come to the village must never expose this kind of calmness and harmlessness!"

"Whether it's time outside the mountains, advanced communication equipment or never-before-seen movies and music, the ghost villagers in the village will discover the fact that they are no longer alive. Besides, the disappearance of those ghost villagers cannot be exposed. There are many things that need to be paid attention to, and there are even many prohibited things that Xiaocui has not discovered.”

"Xiao Cui said that before this, many people had violated the taboo before they had time to find her, making the villagers they came into contact with instantly turned into 'ghosts'. If these people outside were 'killed' by the ghost villagers, the second All the villagers will no longer remember these things and return to a peaceful life. But if someone outside 'kills' the ghost villagers, then the next day everyone will rumor that Xiaocui's ghost has come to kill again."

"They don't know from beginning to end that Xiao Cui has always lived by their side. The mother-in-law named Xiao Cui has been in the village all the time. She can save anyone who can come from outside."

"But my friend also said later that he saw something else in the eyes of the mother-in-law, and always felt that the mother-in-law was actually very reluctant to such a peaceful ghost village, because as long as this ghost village continued to exist for one day, her family You can still live as you used to.”

"This is the story my friends told me. They later relied on the old woman's warning and tried their best not to break the taboo before leaving the village, so they left the village safely."

After Du Lei finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief and drank the remaining drinking water in his hand.

"Your eloquence is very good, and your writing is also good. Could it be that you are studying Chinese?" Xu Yingying couldn't help but sigh after hearing such a long ghost story.

"It's really polished up a bit, but this is really what happened to me when I was a novice friend." Du Lei said and looked at Xiaowan, the convener of the ghost story conference, "Well, my story should be passed. ?"

"Mr. Cui's story is really impressive, but listening to you, if your friend hadn't gone to see Granny Cui that night, he could have slept until dawn and left the village without incident? "Xiao Wan asked curiously.

"Ahem, I'm a novice after all, so I won't encounter problems that are too difficult." Du Lei first explained to the practitioners present, and then said, "Actually, it is necessary for my friend to go to her mother-in-law, because the next day When he woke up, the village chief started to inquire about the situation outside the mountain like crazy. He was also very interested in the cameras and mobile phones that my friends had on their bodies. Apart from all the ghosts in the Dead Ghost Village, there is no other way to leave safely."

"It's a good story, although it's too long, it's considered a pass." Xiaowan nodded, as if accepting Du Lei's addition.

"Since the extra people have finished telling the story, let the most beautiful girl start the story first." Xiaowan looked at Xu Yingying.

"Okay, I'll tell a very simple story." Xu Yingying emphasized the word "very simple", as if it was specifically for Du Lei.

"Isn't there a lot of beauty cameras in mobile phones now? Most beauty cameras can automatically capture the face that appears in the camera, and whiten and smooth the skin together. There are also some beauty cameras that can even intelligently guess what it captured How old are the faces."

"When I was sleeping in the dormitory one night, I lay on my side on the bed, facing the dormitory wall and playing with my phone."

"While playing, I accidentally turned on the beauty camera in the dark, and then my camera kept telling me that it recognized a face in the dark! And the face recognition frame moved from time to time, even It's getting bigger and bigger, like a face is constantly approaching me."

"I'm pretty sure it wasn't the selfie camera that was on, and if the camera didn't have a problem, there might have been someone lying beside me that I couldn't see."

"The next second I had this thought, a pale grimace suddenly appeared on my phone screen!"

"It said: You finally found me..." Xu Yingying lowered her voice.

After speaking, Xu Yingying smiled and clapped her hands, and then said, "Okay, this is my story, should it be considered clearance?"

"This is your own story?" Xiaowan seemed to be very curious about everyone's story.

"No, it's just a ghost story I've seen before. The first person is also used to increase the sense of substitution." Xu Yingying explained, "Other ghost stories should be as long as Du Lei, and it's a waste of time."

"Also." Xiaowan nodded, then looked at Zhu Zhu who was sitting beside Xu Yingying, "Next, it's the girl with glasses."

"Zhu Zhu, just tell a short story, don't waste your time." Xu Yingying whispered before Zhu Zhu started telling ghost stories.

"Yeah." Zhu Zhu nodded, adjusted her glasses, and said in a small voice, "I'm also telling a little story that I've seen before."

"This is a story with no suspense. Many small details are mixed in ordinary life. I will also tell it in the first person."

"It happened not long after I moved into my new home, and I noticed some very strange things happening around me. For example, when I was already in a crowded elevator, there would always be some empty seats next to me, as if I had a smell on me. People dare to approach."

"Occasionally when I chat with my neighbors, they will gently tell me to teach my children not to use violence and to communicate with them in a gentle way, otherwise the children will cry and cry all the time, but I am still single and have never even been in a relationship."

"When I went to work, I got in the car when there were few people, and then I watched more and more people in the car, and even many people stood there leaning on the railings, but the empty seat next to me was always empty."

"After a long time, I felt a little scared, so I decided to take a taxi to work. But as soon as I got into the taxi, the driver turned around and asked me, 'Miss, where to take the children to play?'"

"The story ends here." Zhu Zhu lowered her head shyly, "Although this story has no end, the main thing is to experience the feeling in it, right?"

"I like this story quite a bit." Xiaowan nodded, "A lot of things in life are like this. People around me see things clearly."

"Then next, it's me, right?" Su Zimo glanced at Du Lei, who had been excluded before, and felt that if there was some kind of arrangement similar to character setting in this nightmare world, then people in the nightmare world might He and Du Lei made a mistake.

After all, he was the one who came out.

As for why it's wrong

Su Zimo thought for a while and thought that maybe it was because of his face.

"Wait a minute!" But when Su Zimo was about to tell the story, Xiaowan suddenly stopped her, "This time it's the same as last time, shall I come first?"

Su Zimo couldn't understand what Xiaowan was saying for a while, so he could only nod his head and obey her arrangement.

Then, Xiaowan, who was sitting there, cleared her throat, sat up straight and began to tell her story.

Su Zimo, who was present, and several other practitioners also sat up straight and increased their concentration. They believe that the nightmare world will make useless arrangements, so there must be clues to their clearance in this story of Xiaowan.

When she started to tell, the expression on Xiaowan's face also changed a little. From casual at the beginning, it became more serious, as if what she was going to tell was not a fake ghost story, but a very rigorous current affairs news.

"The story I'm telling is a real event that happened over a year ago in a high school near here."

"At that time, it was the last month before the college entrance examination, and everyone felt nervous and even uncomfortable because of the pressure of the college entrance examination."

"So, the four students in a certain class in the third year of high school, who were also four friends who had always gotten along very well, decided to play an exciting game at that time."

"The protagonist of my story is Zhang Xiaoqing. She became attached to the other three students because of her name, but she is the one with the most inconspicuous grades, looks and personality among the four friends."

"In the beginning, Zhang Xiaoqing didn't dare to play the exciting game they said, but she still had a crush on the only boy among her three friends, who was also a famous school girl in their high school."

"So when the boy asked, Zhang Xiaoqing finally agreed."

"The name of this game is 'Pen Fairy', which sounds like a very ordinary psychic game, but it caused an unimaginable nightmare."