That night in the hotel, not to mention Zhang Hui, even Meng Xiang was trembling with fear. Ding Jie had not given everyone much holy water to begin with, and that night he had smeared the holy water on his body, so now only half a bottle was left. In addition, there were only 6 talisman bullets left and a small bundle of exorcism talismans, which was Meng Xiang's capital for survival. Fortunately, Ding Jie's calculations in the main god space strengthened his spiritual physique. Aura is the nemesis of ghosts. This is really a blessing in disguise.
Fortunately, nothing strange happened that night. The next morning, Meng Xiang returned the original videotape, and immediately took the copied cursed videotape with Zhang Hui and took a car back to meet Ding Jie.
At noon, they returned to the hotel. In Yuan Zhi's room, Ding Jie and others looked serious, each holding a weapon and ready for battle. Even Yuan Zhi, who had become a disabled person, was sitting on the bed with a bottle of holy water with only a little bit of Ding'er left, looking alert and panicking. Nis looked haggard, his clothes were bloodstained, and his left abdomen was bandaged. Ye Mei and Zhao Chengren were shivering and sitting in a corner.
Meng Xiang was full of doubts and couldn't help asking: "What's wrong with you? What happened yesterday?"
Ding Jie ignored Meng Xiang's question and asked calmly while smoking a cigar, "Has the videotape been copied?"
Meng Xiang nodded and handed the recorded curse videotape to Ding Jie. Zhang Hui seemed to have not yet calmed down from the shock of last night. In fact, he was nervous all night, even sticking to Meng Xiang when going to the bathroom, as if he realized that the evil ghost that scared him was not a dream. Seeing the expressions of everyone at this time, he was even more panicked, and squeezed next to Zhao Chengren and asked in panic: "Did you... did you also... see a ghost last night?"
Zhang Jinyi was lying on the couch, looking very relaxed. When he heard Zhang Hui's words, his eyes were full of enthusiasm, as if he was very excited. He raised his hands and said to Meng Xiang with a grin: "Did you encounter a ghost too? I'm so happy that you can come back alive without any harm." He seemed happy that his companion could come back alive, but his words were sarcastic, which made Meng Xiang feel a chill in his heart.
But Zhang Jin's words also led to the reason why they were so vigilant. Meng Xiang nodded, sat on Yuan Zhi's bed and asked softly: "What happened last night?"
Yuan Zhi's face was filled with joy, and she seemed very happy to see Meng Xiang come back alive and bring back the videotape. She pondered for a moment, sorted out her thoughts, and her face suddenly turned pale. She exhaled slightly before answering, "Last night was definitely a night of ghosts. Various evil spirits besieged us. Ye Mei and I were chatting at the time, and we were also frightened by the sudden appearance of evil spirits. Holy water and magic bullets had no effect on them at all. Later, the captain saw through the mystery. It turned out that those were just illusions. There were only four real evil spirits, and they were all sent back to hell by the captain's magic bullets."
"Thanks to the captain, otherwise we would have been in trouble last night. However, the deaths of those evil spirits make me very excited. Just thinking about it..." When Zhang Jin said this, the muscles on his face pulled and he couldn't close his mouth when he smiled, looking very abnormal.
Ding Jie's originally indifferent face suddenly became very proud. He flicked out his cigar lightly, acting as if he didn't care at all, and said lightly: "The illusion is just a visual deception. I exchanged for an advanced microcosm and realized the seventh sense. Humans have six senses, namely vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch, and consciousness. Transcending the six senses, or stripping off the six senses, and realizing the seventh sense is the secret of the advanced microcosm. The seventh sense, called Manas, is the root of the microcosm's distinction between things and me, and it is also the source of super power! The visual deception of those evil spirits can be said to be overestimating their own capabilities. But their true bodies are hiding in a corner like turtles. Except for Nice, how could we, who can unlock the potential lock at will, be attacked by them?"
"There are only four real bodies? That means Ye Mei and Li Chengren are not their targets, so..." Meng Xiang murmured to himself. Ding Jie's eyes suddenly flashed, and his eyes pierced into Meng Xiang's body like needles, making Meng Xiang feel cold in his heart.
"What about you? How did you escape unscathed?" Ding Jie's question startled Meng Xiang, but he calmed down immediately. Ding Jie had just said that a strong person who could unlock the potential lock at will would not be easily attacked. Nice was injured because he could not unlock the potential lock. Therefore, in order to conceal the potential lock, he had to tell a self-consistent lie. His mind raced, and an idea suddenly came to his mind, "The fact that we were able to come back alive this time is partly due to luck, and partly because of the captain's foresight."
"Me? Why do you say that?" Although Ding Jie showed a puzzled look, his face was relaxed, all because of Meng Xiang's words "the captain's foresight."
"Ahem!" Meng Xiang coughed lightly. "It was luck. Zhang Hui was timid and had to wait until I finished copying the video tape before he dared to enter the hotel. He fainted outside, which made me alert. When the evil ghost attacked, I had prepared magic bullets, holy water, etc. Of course, these magic weapons were not useful, but the spiritual physique I exchanged allowed my body to produce a small amount of spiritual energy, which could resist the evil ghost in a short period of time. Thanks to the captain, I killed it with the magic bullet."
He tried to flatter Ding Jie as much as possible, and this trick really worked. Ding Jie relit his cigar, leaned on the sofa and said, "Since we survived, we should talk about this evil ghost incident. Meng Xiang, tell me what you think."
Meng Xiang pretended to be in deep thought, and after a while he shook his head and said, "We have only been in the reincarnation world for three days, and it is not yet the seven-day period. It can't be Sadako's curse. Could this horror movie be a death plot? In addition to Sadako, are there other fierce ghosts threatening us?" He pretended to be very confident when he said this, and looked at Zhang Jin, Nice and others as if he was giving a speech.
"Stupid, I really can't rely on you." Ding Jie uttered these words with great difficulty, then glanced at Zhang Hui and the other three newcomers and said calmly: "In fact, we have discussed this before. Considering your situation, we are almost certain that this evil ghost attack was caused by Sadako."
Meng Xiang pretended to be surprised and couldn't help asking, "But except for me, none of you have watched the video tape. Why do you think it was Sadako who did it?"
"Shut up and listen to me." Ding Jie stopped Meng Xiang, puffed on his cigar slowly, and said slowly: "This attack only targets those who have fought with Sadako. The newcomers were not present at the time, so they were not cursed. The movie did not mention that Sadako has this curse ability, but she has the ability to predict. I think it is very likely that Sadako predicted our appearance, so she prepared this ability in advance.
Meng Xiang seemed to be listening very seriously, but he kept cursing in his heart: "Damn it, are you trying to embarrass me? Just as you wish, I'm so confused."
In fact, Meng Xiang had thought about this doubt when he killed the evil ghost. Seeing that Zhang Hui was not killed by the evil ghost, and considering the photos taken by the driver before, Meng Xiang was almost certain that the evil ghost was Sadako's curse. He pretended to be ignorant just because he didn't want to be too high-profile and didn't want to accelerate Ding Jie's jealousy.
Ding Jie still proudly stated his inference: "Despite this, the rules of the game in this horror film are that Sadako will kill people personally 7 days after watching the videotape, so this temporary additional curse is not that fierce. Since Sadako has the ability to predict the future, I don't believe that she just set up this trap in advance. I believe she has other means. In extreme cases, will she destroy her own curse and hide away instead of killing people?"
Meng Xiang hesitated to speak. He did not believe that the characters in the game would actively break the rules of the game, but he knew very little about the world of reincarnation and it was difficult for him to refute.
Zhang Jin asked lazily, "Captain, in your opinion, will those cursed evil spirits from last night appear again?"
"Probably not. This is only a B-level difficulty. I believe this additional curse is only temporary." Ding Jie replied expressionlessly.
Zhang Jin stood up, stretched, yawned and said, "Then I'll go have some fun. I've seen a lot of entertainment venues in Japan on TV, but I've never experienced them in person. I'll be leaving first."
Ding Jie puffed out a cigarette and said nonchalantly, "Come back tomorrow morning. We have important things to do."
Zhang Jin raised his right hand, put his thumb and index finger together, and said with a smile: "Ok, the captain's order, can I not obey it?"
"Captain, what important things do we have to do tomorrow?" Meng Xiang decided to play dumb. Ding Jie stood up impatiently, rolled his eyes at him, and said unhappily, "We'll know tomorrow. Everyone, have a good rest today. Don't run around. We don't have any IDs, and if we're discovered, it'll cause a commotion." He slowly walked out of the room, and when he reached the door, he suddenly turned to Meng Xiang and said, "Meng Xiang, come out for a moment. I have something to tell you."
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