The content of the cursed videotape was like a movie shot in the 1960s, with snowflakes flashing, black and white lenses, and occasional shaking. Meng Xiang drank a bottle of Bei wine, partly to quench his thirst and partly to give himself courage.
Although he knew that as long as he copied the videotape, Sadako would not bother him, people always have an invisible fear of ghosts. This was only Meng Xiang's second horror movie, and he was not able to block out the fear brought by vision and senses. Watching the cursed videotape playing, his heart was beating as if it was going to drill out of his chest.
The trembling screen shows a woman combing her hair in front of a mirror. The intermittent and rough images seem to be composed by a novice photographer. The words are distorted and crooked, wriggling like earthworms. Then a person with a white cloth covering his head stands on the beach, raising his right hand and pointing at the left side of the screen. A pair of huge eyes occupy the entire screen, in which the word "zhen" is clearly reflected.
The ten-second-long footage was played one after another, accompanied by a harsh sound like metal being pulled. The naive and complex images had no trace of film semiotics. It was already dark, and Zhang Hui was still sitting outside and didn't dare to come in. Meng Xiang stayed alone in the spacious hall and watched these images, which made him tremble with fear and sweat.
"Ring..." The loud phone ring startled Meng Xiang. According to the original plot, after Tomoko, Asakawa Reiko and others watched the original cursed videotape, the phone would keep ringing, but as soon as they answered the call, the other party would hang up. Meng Xiang was already chilling, and was frightened by the ringing of the phone. He was inexplicably angry, and walked to the sofa angrily, unplugged the phone line with one hand, and said fiercely: "Sadako, don't you have anything else to do besides scaring people?" He walked to the VCR and inserted a blank videotape to record it, and then shouted to the outside: "Zhang Hui, come in, it's already been recorded."
Zhang Hui didn't answer after calling him twice. Meng Xiang was a little surprised. Generally speaking, Zhang Hui already knew about the reincarnation world. Even if he wanted to leave, he would at least tell him. After all, the banknotes were all in the space bag, and Zhang Hui didn't have a penny on him.
Meng Xiang walked straight out of the hall and opened the door, only to see Zhang Hui lying straight on the side of the road. His heart sank and he suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing, which made him shiver.
The light was dim, and the surrounding scenery was looming. The branches opposite the hotel were rustling, and under the dark trees, there seemed to be a pair of ferocious eyes staring at him.
Even though Meng Xiang was brave, he was still frightened and panicked. Such a looming danger was more terrifying than millions of stink bugs. He didn't care whether Zhang Hui lived or died. He quickly closed the door and retreated to the hall, where he took out the pistol, holy water, and exorcism spell from the space bag.
"Screaming..." A sound like termites gnawing on wood boards rang out around the hall. Meng Xiang was so scared that he almost dropped the holy water in his hand on the ground. He hurriedly smeared the holy water on his body, then raised his pistol, ready to shoot at any time.
The sound was getting louder and louder, almost driving Meng Xiang insane. Sweat had already soaked his clothes. He raised his pistol and swung it back and forth, ready to shoot at any time, but Meng Xiang didn't know whether the enemy was a human or a ghost.
Suddenly, the walls around the hall gradually blurred. Meng Xiang wiped his eyes to make sure he was not dazzled. It was as if something was struggling desperately inside the wall, ready to get out at any time.
"Crash." Dozens of hands suddenly stretched out from the wall, swinging up and down and tearing forward, then the feet, the body, and finally the head. In just a few seconds, dozens of people had emerged from the surrounding walls and surrounded Meng Xiang.
These people had different shapes and bodies, most of them were mutilated, some with broken limbs, or their chests were opened, revealing disgusting internal organs. Their faces were hideous and distorted, some were scorched by fire, some were ground to a bloody mess, and some had a piece of their heads missing, which made them look more like ghosts than ghosts.
Meng Xiang wanted to cry but had no tears. He regretted why he had just returned to the hotel. Seeing these evil ghost-like creatures stretching their hands forward, making "whoosh" sounds like beasts, approaching step by step, he shot without hesitation.
The talisman bullet is the nemesis of spirits and had a devastating effect on the skeletons released by Sadako, but this time the bullet passed through the evil ghost's head as if it were penetrating air, and with a "whoosh", it shot through the wooden wall.
Meng Xiang fired three shots in a row, but none of them could pose a threat to the evil spirits. Seeing the evil spirits getting closer and closer, he quickly picked up the holy water and sprinkled it forward.
Unexpectedly, the holy water that had previously had a significant intimidating effect on the skeleton now had no effect at all. The evil spirit continued to approach him, only about 3 meters away from him.
The pistol, holy water and exorcism spell were the weapons they needed to complete the mission, but now they were completely ineffective against these unknown evil spirits. This unusual thing calmed Meng Xiang down. In addition, the evil spirits were so close that his fear almost drove him crazy, but he still didn't have enough sense of crisis to instinctively unlock his potential lock.
Could it be…
Meng Xiang gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and let the little spiritual energy in his body flow rapidly throughout his body, so that every inch of skin and every pore of his body was covered with spiritual energy.
After waiting for a while, Meng Xiang did not notice that his body was touched by the evil ghost. His originally tense face relaxed slightly, and his lips, which were almost bitten due to nervousness, revealed a smug smile.
In an instant, a strong sense of crisis came over him. Meng Xiang suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils disappeared, and he became dazed and lifeless. He had unlocked his potential.
"Still want to escape?" Meng Xiang shouted excitedly, even though countless evil spirits stretched out their hands to pull him, which made Meng Xiang jump. According to the original plot, after Tomoko, Asakawa Reiko and others watched the original cursed videotape, the phone would keep ringing, but as soon as they answered the phone, the other party would hang up. Meng Xiang was already chilling and frightened by the ringing of the phone. He was inexplicably angry and walked to the sofa angrily. He unplugged the phone line with one hand and said fiercely: "Sadako, don't you have anything else to do besides scaring people?" He walked to the VCR and inserted the blank videotape into it for dubbing, and then shouted outside: "Zhang Hui, come in, it's already been dubbed."
Zhang Hui didn't answer after calling him twice. Meng Xiang was a little surprised. Generally speaking, Zhang Hui already knew about the reincarnation world. Even if he wanted to leave, he would at least tell him. After all, the banknotes were all in the space bag, and Zhang Hui didn't have a penny on him.
Meng Xiang walked straight out of the hall and opened the door, only to see Zhang Hui lying straight on the side of the road. His heart sank and he suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing, which made him shiver.
The lights were dim, and the surrounding scenery was looming. The branches opposite the hotel were rustling. Under the dark trees, it seemed that Li Suo could not control it freely. Once encountering severe danger, the body would instinctively unlock the potential lock, just like being attacked by Zhang Jin in the main god space. However, the evil spirits had surrounded him, but he still could not feel any danger. This made Meng Xiang more certain that these evil spirits were just images, which could only scare people and had no lethality to humans.
So where is the evil ghost that can really kill people? Meng Xiang bet his life on the danger brought by the appearance of the evil ghost that forced him to instinctively unlock his potential.
In the end he won.
Meng Xiang felt very happy. This was the first time he escaped from danger by his own strength. He had never felt such a sense of satisfaction before. But at the same time, he felt very strange. In the movie "The Ring", there were no other evil spirits except Sadako. Why did the uninvited evil spirit attack him
He couldn't figure it out, and suddenly remembered that Zhang Hui was still lying on the side of the road, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Meng Xiang quickly put away the holy water spell, opened the door and walked to Zhang Hui, squatted down and gently reached out to Zhang Hui's nostrils, and found that he was still breathing.
"Strange, why didn't the evil ghost kill Zhang Hui? Then why did he knock Zhang Hui unconscious? No, he didn't knock him out. He should have been scared. Could it be that the evil ghost's only target is me?" Meng Xiang couldn't figure it out, so he carried Zhang Hui back to the hotel and threw him on the sofa with one hand.
Zhang Hui woke up with a start. He looked around, his face pale, and asked in a trembling voice: "Why am I... why am I here? Where are... those ghosts?"
Meng Xiang frowned and said with a half-smile: "What ghost? How can you sleep on the street? Take a shower quickly, we will go back tomorrow."
"But...but..." Zhang Hui wanted to say something, but he saw Meng Xiang staring at him as if he wanted to kill him. He quickly shut up, looked around for a long time, and then he sighed, forced a smile and said, "Maybe I'm dreaming. I'm going to take a shower."
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