Lu Yanli glanced at the sisters' backs, then turned and entered the elevator.
The air in the elevator gradually became colder and liquid dripped.
Lu Yanli felt an itch on his neck, similar to the feeling of being scratched by hair. He lowered his head slightly and found a few strands of black hair hanging down from his neck.
The image in front of him gradually became blurry, but his figure could still be vaguely seen. The part that should have been his face was blocked by a head covered with long black hair.
A corpse hung upside down from the top, looking straight at Lu Yanli.
But from Lu Yanli's perspective, he could only look at his pale face under the cold light in the mirror, and the touch on his neck seemed like an illusion.
He didn't care and said nothing. The stalling of the elevator and the flickering lights didn't change his expression. In the end, he returned safely to his floor, locked the door, and cooked dinner as usual.
At night, he sat on the sofa and watched TV. Recently, there were more and more strange news. The female anchor on the screen was reading the report script, and suddenly she opened her mouth wide and swallowed the head of her partner next to her. Then she seemed to react and was doing a live broadcast. She covered her mouth and smiled shyly: "I'm so embarrassed, but he always laughs at my big mouth. I'm not happy. I think everyone can forgive me, right?"
Lu Yanli nodded, and the female host on the screen smiled with satisfaction and continued to report the news.
A figure fell outside the window, letting out a shrill scream.
Lu Yanli ignored him and focused on watching TV. After a while, another identical figure fell and made the same scream.
After the same amount of time, he heard the scream again. He didn't know how many times it screamed throughout the night. The next morning, Lu Yanli went out to work, but the ground in front of the apartment door was clean and there was nothing there.
It was as if the hundred or so incidents of people jumping off buildings last night were all illusions.
Lu Yanli walked to the nearby subway station and passed by a park on the way. In the park, people in red and white clothes were sitting upright and quietly, forming a red and white yin-yang fish shape.
"Today, for our All-Knowing and All-Powerful Lord... I will forever praise Him and live with Him forever in the Holy Kingdom..."
The leading man finished his prayer loudly. The next second, there was a loud bang in the park and a huge explosion occurred.
Lu Yanli had already walked into another block around the corner. When he heard the explosion, he continued walking forward without looking back and entered the subway station.
Lu Yanli is a journalist with a fixed cooperative news agency. Today is the day for submitting manuscripts. He arrived at the company on time and entered the office of his superior editor.
"How is it, did you bring the news?" The boss was eating snacks, the joints of his little fingers crunching as he chewed them, his eyes staring at Lu Yanli with good intentions.
Lu Yanli nodded: "I brought it." After that, he placed a USB flash drive and a thick envelope on the table.
The boss put down the snack packaging bag, picked up the photos and checked them one by one, nodding his head in approval as he looked at them: "Wrong, wrong, you actually captured the process of the human mutant turning into a zombie... Huh? Lan Xiyu has been dead for decades, but you were able to capture news about her. This time we will definitely get first place this year!"
The boss praised him and invited him to have some snacks, but Lu Yanli ignored him. The boss finished a plate of small white bones himself, and then continued to assign him tasks.
"Some of our newspaper employees are too durable. They die after two or three interviews. You are more durable. So, next week, you can go interview this village."
He smiled and said to Lu Yanli: "The ghost marriage custom in this village is very famous. It has created a historical record of all girls marrying as ghost brides for many years. You can go and learn about it."
Lu Yanli didn't say anything and agreed.
This world... This world went mad a long time ago.
No one knows when it began. Perhaps it started when humans first heard the famous crazy and mentally confusing mutterings from another world; perhaps it started when the heads of executed prisoners suddenly appeared on the necks of people on a street one day; perhaps it started with some unconscious action of humans to explore the unknown...
In short, the world has gone crazy since then. Ghosts that once only existed in horror stories are now rampant, and human life is filled with bloody, twisted, and cold corpses.
However, only the weirdness revived, there were no gods, and humans had no power to resist, or rather, people in a state of chaos would not resist and almost greeted the new world with joy.
They no longer wage wars, because wars are meaningless, and if you die today, you will definitely appear at your bedside the next second; humans abolished the death penalty, and the principle is the same; no one will commit crimes again, because the person you killed may come to take revenge the next second; people no longer fear death, and the boundary between life and death is blurred...
They live in a truly peaceful and happy world, where weirdness and carnival coexist, and death and vitality coexist.
Lu Yanli stepped into the elevator and lowered his head to search for information about the small village.
The village was called Honghe Village. It was said that because the rules in the village were very strict, anyone who broke the rules would have their blood thrown into the river at the entrance of the village. Over time, the river turned into a red blood river...
Just then, the elevator he was riding in shook and suddenly fell madly. The numbers on the elevator display screen decreased rapidly and finally stopped at -18.
The elevator door closed.
There was a raging fire outside the door, a pool of blood was surging and boiling, and heads were wailing in the pool of blood.
The floor was right, Lu Yanli did not step out, he stood in the corner to avoid squeezing other passengers. After a while, the elevator shook, it seemed to be full of people, the car door closed, and slowly rose.
The strand of black hair came up again, climbing around his neck in circles. Lu Yanli moved, and only stepped out after the elevator reached the floor. The black hair pulled out a woman, and she fell in front of him with a thud.
It was a woman with a big belly. She grabbed Lu Yanli's trouser leg and smiled at him, "Give birth... Let's have a baby... Let's have a baby, okay?"
Lu Yanli didn't know whether to answer or not. In this situation, he could only answer directly, and the hand holding his trouser leg was too tight, so he walked away.
Looking at those dark eyes that were still dripping with tears, Lu Yanli squatted down, took out the knife he carried with him and handed it to her, then gestured at her belly.
The woman took it in a daze, and suddenly she realized something. She stretched out her hand and cut open her belly, then took out one baby after another with swollen purple faces.
Soon, the tiny baby was crawling around on the ground with its eyes closed, and the hall was filled with long, twisted scarlet umbilical cords.
Lu Yanli had already left.
Since he was going to Honghe Village, he naturally would not delay. After returning home, he packed his things and rested at home for nearly a week. Seeing that the time was almost up, he went out.
"What a coincidence, are you on a business trip again?" The twin sisters who lived upstairs stuck together and skipped out of the door.
They are sisters who have just moved in. The elder one is called Li Fangwan and the younger one is called Li Fangzhi. They have a very good relationship and stick together all the time.
Lu Yanli nodded, said goodbye to them, went out to take a taxi to the station, and boarded the train to Honghe Village.
"This mission is very strange. We have to live in Honghe Village for a full month?" Chen Zhenghao said, "And I don't know why the name Honghe Village sounds so comfortable."
"It will probably make people feel like a red river, a bit like... a bit like a river of blood." Ding Conglu, the girl sitting next to him, sighed and held Chen Zhenghao's hand tightly. She said seriously: "We can do it, we must not give up!"
"Yes." Chen Zhenghao looked at his girlfriend's pretty face and suddenly hugged her tightly, "Xiaolu, we must survive."
"You are going to Honghe Village too, right?" A voice came just as the two of them were hugging each other tightly.
Ding Conglu immediately struggled out of her boyfriend's arms and said to the visitor a little embarrassedly: "Yes, we are also going to Honghe Village. My name is Ding Conglu and this is my boyfriend Chen Zhenghao."
The person who came was a tall and fit woman with a wheat-colored complexion. She was taller than Chen Zhenghao when she stood up. She introduced herself: "My name is Shen Na."
Not long after, people arrived one after another. After a count, there were twelve people in total. The oldest looked to be in his forties, and the youngest was still a high school student with a childish face.
"Let's review the mission. We must arrive at xx station in xx city on October 11th, board train No. 444 to Honghe Village at 11 o'clock, and stay in Honghe Village for a full month. The mission deadline is from 0:00 on October 12th to 0:00 on November 12th. During this period, we must not leave the scope of Honghe Village, otherwise the mission will be considered a failure." Shen Na said.
She has an aura of a leader and easily gets the right to speak. A man was so convinced that he murmured, "Why should I listen to you?"
Shen Na said calmly: "Everyone's goal is to survive, so it's best not to have an internal fight. If there is anything to discuss, please tell us how many missions you have completed, and then we will focus on the experience of the one with the most missions."
The questioning man's face froze: "Three times."
Ding Conglu and Chen Zhenghao were a little embarrassed and whispered, "Twice."
In fact, they were newcomers and this was only their second mission, but in order to avoid discrimination, they had discussed lying beforehand.
"three times."
"twice."
"Six times." Unexpectedly, the one who said he had experienced six missions was the youngest high school student named An Xingyu.
Now everyone's eyes turned to him involuntarily, and they were all a little surprised.
Speaking of the so-called mission, no one knew when it started. They all accidentally received a certain consciousness, which told them word by word that in order to survive, they must go to another world at a certain time to do some missions. If they succeeded, they could survive, and if they failed... the consequence of failure, of course, was death.
When they first received this news, no one believed it and thought they were dreaming. But since then, they have had nightmares every night, dreaming that they experienced various ways of dying in order to carry out the mission. The pain was so severe that it was hard to believe that it was a dream. There was once someone who believed in evil and did not arrive at the designated location when the time came. He died on the spot in a very tragic way.
After repeated attempts, they finally listened to the guidance of the consciousness and did the task obediently. However, the number of people doing the task each time was usually too small, and they realized that there were still a few people in the world who had encountered the same thing as themselves, so this group of people set up a secret website by themselves, and passed on the information through word of mouth between the missions, and exchanged experiences on the website.
After integrating the descriptions of other tasks on the website, they found that the vast majority of tasks were related to supernatural horror events. There were all kinds of them, and those ghosts could definitely not be eliminated like in ordinary novels. There was no solution to the ghosts and curses, and they could only try their best to find clues to avoid death.
As for the other world where the mission is carried out, it seems very different from one's own world on the surface, but once the mission actually begins, that world will become full of dangers, and every move may put oneself in danger.
The tasks they do are like some infinite flow novels, where you can get rewards after completing the level. The only thing they can get is that after returning from the task world, any trauma caused by the task can be restored, which will not affect their life in the real world. Also, no matter how long the task is, there is only one second in the real world. After completing the task, those who come back alive can continue their normal life, and those who fail will die on the spot.
Therefore, An Xingyu, who has completed six missions at such a young age, is actually very powerful.
Ding Conglu couldn't help but ask him: "Then when did you start doing the mission?"
An Xingyu glanced at her with his almost inorganic eyes and said word by word: "We carried out our first mission on January 14 this year."
All in all, the frequency is nearly once every two months.
When will this end
Everyone was silent for a moment, and Shen Na said, "Eight times."
The people who had been questioning just now became even more silent, feeling less comforted.
"Wait, are you the one on the website... The Tower is Collapsing? The last time I saw him, he had already completed eight missions. After the eighth mission, he even posted an experience sharing post, telling us to be careful of NPCs."
Generally speaking, they only need to be wary of local residents who may be disguised as ghosts, and the strange rules that may be violated at any time. If the local residents of the other world are confirmed to be human, no one will pay too much attention to them.
On the contrary, they are happy to use the local residents to explore the way for themselves. Because they regard those people as tools that can be used in the game, so even if those local residents are just like themselves, can speak, laugh and have their own thoughts, most people still call them NPCs.
It was like numbing myself, this was just a game. Those people were all NPCs, so I could use them to survive without any worries.
Shen Na said: "It's me."
"Is that you? Who else could it be?"
"There are so many people on the website, I'm definitely not the only one who has executed it eight times," said Shen Na.
Just as they were curious, a voice came from the corner: "It's me."
A stern man stood up and walked between them, "I posted this."
He looked at everyone and realized that the ghost might be replaced by an ordinary person at this time, so he felt relieved and said, "Let me introduce myself. My name is He Lou."
This brings the number of executions to thirteen.
While there was still time, An Xingyu asked: "Excuse me, what do you mean by be careful of NPCs?"
"Literally." He Lou's face was still a little pale.
Although he recovered physically after returning to the outside world, he still had psychological trauma and was always worried about when his lower limbs would be amputated again.
"Have you ever thought that those NPCs are just like us, they are living people with their own thoughts. How could they be easily used by us?"
It seemed like the NPC had suffered a great loss.
He Lou didn't say much. He was very kind by just giving a reminder. This attitude made others feel a little uneasy.
At eleven o'clock, the train slowly came out of the night and stopped in front of them, with warm light emitting from the windows.
The door of the carriage in front of them opened directly, and everyone entered one after another.
Just like in the image, the carriage was empty. They sat down at random and chatted in groups of three or four.
He Lou stared at the rapidly receding dark scene outside the window, and suddenly thought of the man again. His eyelids twitched.
Generally, tasks are done too frequently, usually once or twice a month, but from the experience shared on the website recently, the time interval between tasks performed by the same person has shortened.
Take him as an example. He received a new task again after a week.
I don’t know what will happen this time...
Before they knew it, all the passengers were getting sleepy and fell asleep. When they woke up, there were more voices around them.
“… The train is about to arrive at the station - Honghe Village. Passengers are requested to take their belongings with them…”
He Lou opened his eyes and found himself sitting in a crowded train. The attendant was walking around, reminding everyone that they were about to arrive at the station. He quickly glanced around at the other passengers in the carriage, and then counted the number of people traveling with him. After making sure that there was only one person and they were all awake, he felt relieved and walked to the door to wait.
We’ve arrived at Honghe Village.
"Hey, are you going to the village too?" an old man with a plain face asked when he saw him about to get off the car.
He Lou smiled and said, "Yes, let's go there to play."
"That's great. I'm from Honghe Village. I'll invite you to my house for a drink." The uncle was very enthusiastic. "Is this your first time here? Do you know the way? Do you have a place to stay?"
He Lou shook his head: "I know him."
"It's so late, and there are so many of you. There is accommodation near the train station in the village. It's owned by my relative. You can go there and tell me my name, Li Youcai, and I'll give you a discount."
They talked all the way until the train arrived at the station, the door of the carriage opened, and the thirteen people got off together.
"Why don't we go to the hotel to rest tonight? We'll go to the village tomorrow. We're all here to have fun, so get some rest."
Everyone had no objection to this, and the group entered the hotel, inquired about the price, and paid.
This is the magic of the two worlds. Even the currency can circulate between them and there will be no problems with the documents. If they never find any news about the real world in this world and cannot contact the people in the real world, they may really think this is the same world.
A good night's sleep.
The next day, Shen Na got up and went downstairs, and saw An Xingyu chatting with the hotel proprietress. He was fair, weak and polite, and he quickly coaxed the proprietress into smiling, and happily told them the news about Honghe Village.
"How did our village get its name? It all started a few decades ago when there was a flood here. After the flood, the river changed. No one knows what happened. Experts say that some microorganisms in the riverside soil dyed the river red. It's very beautiful. You can go there to take pictures."
"Auntie, do you usually use water to clean your skin?"
"Yes, the water we drink is clean."
Shen Na interrupted, "Where is that Red River? Let's go find it."
The proprietress put down the tablecloth, picked up her apron to wipe her hands, walked to the door in small steps, and pointed to them: "Look, walk west along the main road from here, turn a corner, and keep going, and you will arrive."
"Okay, thank you, Auntie." An Xingyu said, "By the way, Auntie, besides Red River Fish, are there any other fun and delicious food here? Can you introduce them to me?"
As they were talking, other people came out one after another and gathered around to listen.
The lady boss got excited: "The mushrooms here are especially delicious. You can buy some as gifts when you leave. Also, our black tea and paper lanterns are very famous..."
"Oh, by the way, the village chief, Sun Xiao, is getting married tomorrow. There will be a banquet the following evening. You can go and have a drink."
"Ah, we're just here to play, will it disturb us if we just go like this?" Ding Conglu asked.
"It's okay, it's okay. This is how it is in our village. When a family holds a banquet, everyone has to go. It's in accordance with the rules if you go. Besides, you can just give a white envelope. There's no need to give too much. It just shows your thoughtfulness."
"White envelope?" Is it usually a red envelope? Others were a little confused.
"Yes, it's white envelopes. Our village chief's son has been gone for three years, and he finally got married. The village chief is very happy today." The proprietress was also very excited. She went back to the counter and took out a large stack of white envelopes from the drawer. "That little girl was given to me personally when I grew up. He was very picky and didn't want an ordinary girl. Now it's fine. I heard that the girl he married is a college freshman and her photos are pretty. He will definitely be happy."
"Oh, by the way, you just came from outside, you must not have prepared white envelopes, right? It's okay, I can give it to you here."
Everyone looked at each other, and Shen Na was the first to take it. She said, "Thank you very much. We'll go get some wedding wine tomorrow."
Seeing Shen Na take it, the proprietress smiled even more happily. She looked at the others and asked doubtfully: "Do you want it?"
"Or...you guys are going?"
She didn't know if it was an illusion. When she said the second half of the sentence, even the temperature in the air dropped a few degrees.
"Go, of course we have to go!" The few people who didn't get anything shook their heads and hurriedly took the white envelopes.
Only when I held it in my hand did I feel that the touch of the white package was a bit rough, and the texture was no different from the paper money used for burning ordinary paper.
"That's good." The lady boss smiled meaningfully, "If you accept the white envelope... you must go drink, and don't lose it."
"Also, once you enter our Honghe Village, you must abide by our Honghe Village rules. You arrived too late yesterday, and I didn't tell you that we were going to drink today. I'll let the village chief tell you."
It can be said that she turned her back on people, but she had a smile on her face and no one could say that her attitude was good.
Not all players went to the first floor. At this moment, a young player just got up and came downstairs. Seeing everyone gathered together, one of them whispered to him what had happened and asked him to go to the boss lady to ask for a free envelope.
But strangely, the boss lady treated him very badly, with a look of hatred in her eyes: "You actually slept so late before getting up... People like you are not welcome in our Honghe Village."
He was not given any white envelope.
The young man was so angry that he didn't dare to say anything more, but he still couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "Just give it to me."
After saying that, he stood aside happily.
The proprietress's face became even gloomier, and she squeezed out a few sinister words from between her teeth: "You respect the elderly and love the young. You are such a person who knows the rules. How can you stay in Honghe Village?"
The young man's name was Yao Wendong, and he was really bold. Seeing the boss's wife's face turn pale, he was too timid to speak. After a while, a few people who slept late came downstairs. The boss's wife's face became even more gloomy, and she stared at them fiercely, as if they had committed some heinous crime.
The people who woke up late regretted it, but there was nothing they could do. After everyone gathered, they headed towards the Red River west of the village.
Honghe Village is large, but it looks very new, with antique buildings everywhere that look like tourist attractions. Along the way, they found that no matter who they met, they had to greet them warmly, and they had to respond in turn, otherwise, that person would inevitably frown and look at the less polite person.
Follow the rules… He Lou replied with these words, and from the proprietress’s reaction, he vaguely sensed something.
A road runs from the entrance to the end of the village. A dozen people walk together, which is quite conspicuous. He Lou's contemplation is not very noticeable. He lowers his head and searches the Internet for news about Honghe Village.
The weather has been a bit cold lately, and the wind has also become stronger, making people feel a bit chilly. One of the people was wearing a hat, and the wind suddenly blew stronger, blowing his hat off and landing in the rice field beside him. The others didn't care, glanced at him, and then looked away.
The man didn't care, he squatted on the side of the road and stretched out his hand to grab it, but couldn't reach it, so he casually broke off a branch to pick it up, but couldn't lift it. There were not many villagers around, so he stepped carefully into the field and reached out to grab it.
The hat returned to his hand, he dusted it off and put it on himself.
When he went up again, he found that he couldn't pull his legs out at all. His body became stiffer and stiffer, and he floated uncontrollably towards the center of the rice field.
Oh no, oh no... it's a ghost!
Help! Help me! !
But he shouted and could only watch the group of people walk away, and no one looked back.
His eyes widened, and he could feel his internal organs being hollowed out...
Shen Na looked back inadvertently, and always felt that something was wrong. She counted the number of people in her mind and was suddenly shocked.
"Wait! One person is missing!"
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately panicked and stopped where they were to count carefully.
There's really one missing!
Who is it
It's only the first day, has the devil already started to take action? !
Everyone was inevitably in a commotion, and some of them turned pale because the missing person, like them, did not take the white envelope from the boss lady!
If he had disappeared, he would most likely have... Would they have suffered the same fate
Just then, someone came running over, panting, and waved from afar: "Wait for me! Aren't you walking too fast?"
It was the missing person.
The people who had just been frightened by their own elephants breathed a sigh of relief and complained one after another.
"What were you doing? Why are you here so late?"
"That's right! We were scared to death. How could anyone fall behind?"
The man waved his hands and said amiably: "I just had a stomachache and went to the bathroom. I came back quickly and didn't tell you."
They passed a public toilet not long ago, and upon hearing this, the others didn't mind, so they reiterated to each other that they could not act on their own and must inform others where they went.
Shen Na looked at him a few more times, feeling suspicious, but she couldn't say anything, so she just swallowed her words silently and walked away from him.
As they were talking, they arrived at the Red River.
You can smell a fishy smell from a distance. There are many green plants in the village along the way, but there is no grass near the Red River. When you get closer, you can feel its weirdness.
The color of the river water... was too thick, sticky, bloody, and slow-flowing. There was no grass growing on the shore, and no living creatures were seen in the river. It was as calm as dead water, without a single bubble.
"Why does this Red River look a bit like..." Everyone had some good associations. One of them muttered quietly, and the last syllable died down, and no one dared to continue.
But who knows his unfulfilled wishes
"Okay, let's take some pictures." Shen Na said.
"The boss lady just said that we can take pictures here."
She also said that we can attend the village chief's son's wedding banquet. Who knows whether this "can" means we must
The few people understood the trick and agreed.
They took photos one after another, as if they were real tourists. They took not only individual photos but also a few group photos. It was not until lunchtime that everyone returned to the hotel.
"Very good, everyone came to eat on time today, no one was late. In our Honghe Village, the most annoying thing is being late." The proprietress applauded them and ushered them in to sit in the private room. The only two waiters in the restaurant came up from the kitchen and brought the dishes.
An Xingyu said thank you, and He Lou said the same thing.
Shen Na said something to him.
Seeing that all three of them said thank you, the others realized what was going on and said something one by one. The waiter then retreated and continued to serve the dishes from the kitchen.
While the proprietress and the waiter were busy, He Lou said seriously, "Everyone, remember, if you are from the village, you must abide by the village rules. Keep them in mind and don't violate them." He glanced at the woman who was smiling and pressing the calculator at the counter, and lowered his voice, "Otherwise, you will bear the consequences yourself."
He said that the boss lady's repeated emphasis on the rules, as well as the reactions of the villagers on the road, made them realize that something was wrong in this village.
Must... follow the rules.
The first thing served was soup, which was made from the internal organs of some animal, and it smelled delicious. He Lou took a look at it but didn't drink it.
Afterwards, the various dishes were served. The proprietress came out again: "Everyone can go out for a walk in the afternoon and go to bed early at night. Honghe Village welcomes those who go to bed after 11pm the most."
Everyone listened to the proprietress's words, and after dinner, they discussed it and formed small groups of two or three to go out together.
He Lou and An Xingyu went together, and they decided to go to the village chief's house in advance.
An Xingyu said as he walked: "Do you think this village is too strict about the rules? So strict that it is completely impossible to break them."
He Lou nodded: "I checked it online a while ago. This village is quite famous. They are developing tourism. Their village has been known as a etiquette village, so I am particularly interested in this aspect."
"But they are so particular about the so-called rules that they are already very strict." An Xingyu frowned. "Besides, if etiquette is really important, then their..." He looked around and confirmed that there was no one around before whispering, "What is their ghost marriage?"
He Lou's eyes darkened for a moment, and he shook his head slowly: "Try to say less of this kind of thing." He naturally noticed the abnormality, but the cruelty of the previous mission seemed to be still in front of him, and he couldn't forget it.
"Let's ask the village chief first."
The village chief's house was not very eye-catching in the village. It was a three-story wooden building that imitated an antique. White paper lanterns were hung on the eaves in front and behind the house. On the lanterns were pasted the word "囍" with black characters on a white background, which fluttered in the air in late autumn.
In the courtyard, there were two rows of half-human-high paper figures neatly arranged, with pale round faces, red mouths, smiling eyes, and bright clothes.
Looking from a distance, it was quite scary.
The village chief happened to be home today, and as the hotel owner's wife said, he was in a particularly good mood recently. After chatting with him for a few words, He Lou took the opportunity to talk about his son's ghost marriage.
Ghost marriage has existed since ancient times, but gradually disappeared, but it still exists in some rural areas. People firmly believe that if a young man or woman dies and is not given a spouse, the dead soul will be at peace, thus disturbing the house.
The village chief obviously thought so too. He was all smiles and was very satisfied when talking about his daughter-in-law: "In fact, I had planned to get one when I first left, but I had no choice. Women with good qualifications are hard to find these days. Fortunately, I got one recently. She just left not long ago, she is young and filial. My Tianbao will definitely like her."
"It also saves him from bothering me every day..." At this point, the village chief seemed to realize something was wrong and immediately changed the subject.
The two pretended not to hear. In Honghe Village, where rules were above everything else, if they persisted, they would be kicked out in the next second.
"You will come to watch the ceremony tomorrow, right? The more people there are, the better. It will be more lively."
He Lou: "Of course I am willing, as long as you don't mind that we have too many people."
The village chief smiled and said, "Yes, yes. I welcome polite and well-behaved young people like you the most."
The words "obey the rules" actually sent a chill down their spines.
He Lou asked tentatively, "Village Chief, excuse me, what will happen to those who accidentally break the rules?"
The village chief's face immediately darkened: "This is what you should do."
He Lou saw that the situation was getting worse and immediately made amends: "Excuse me, Village Chief. After all, we are outsiders and are not very familiar with the village rules. Could you please tell me where we can go to learn more? We should learn more to avoid making mistakes."
The village chief's face looked happier again. He stood up, went into the house, took out a booklet and handed it to them: "In fact, the rules in our village are not that terrible. It's just that young people are too impetuous. I think you two are wrong. You can't keep your composure. There are too few people who are truly polite."
He Lou smiled, sat for a while, and found an excuse to leave with An Xingyu.
Only after they left did they begin to look through the booklet.
It was okay at the beginning, just rules like sleeping at 11pm, getting up at 8am, talking after eating, etc. But it became more and more strict as time went on, no complaints, celebrating other people's happy events, helping others' funerals, even strict rules on dressing time.
"How do you feel after you do it?" He Lou asked.
An Xingyu said: "It feels stricter than military training. It trains people like puppets."
If people live under such strict rules for a long time, they will either collapse or be domesticated.
After answering this question, the two of them seemed to be thinking about something.
They were treated preferentially on the first day, but at night, their treatment was not so good anymore. The proprietress stared at them while they ate, talked, sat, lay down, walked, etc. If she did something wrong, she would frown and threaten them by saying that Honghe Village did not welcome them.
At night, everyone went back to their rooms. They felt extremely depressed because their words and actions were strictly monitored throughout the day.
In order to save money and for safety, they decided to live in a room with two people. After returning to the room, one of them held back and complained to others when they heard it.
"What a shabby village this is, with so many rules and a tourist industry, who would come here..."
The man who lived with him remained silent until his opponent started talking about ghost marriage and criticized it. Then he raised his head and spoke to him.
"What's wrong with you? You didn't say a word. You've been acting weird since you came back from picking up a hat." The man patted his opponent's shoulder and suddenly realized that his hand touched something wrong.
Why didn't he seem to capture the opponent's bones
It's soft, and even through the clothes you can feel its roughness and rustling.
It was like... hitting a pile of straw wrapped in leather.
"You... you are..."
He watched in horror as his companion's facial features gradually flattened, as if a cut mouth was opening and closing.
For a moment, all the blood in his body seemed to flow backwards, and he stood there in a daze. No matter how much he wanted to run away, he could not move.
"You better obey the rules." The scarecrow's cut mouth opened and closed, and his voice was hoarse.
Several straws were inserted into all the holes in his head, filling his eyes, ears, mouth and nose, and rustling as they drilled into his body.
"You should follow the rules and be punished."
To... Save me...
He tried to cry for help, but no sound came out. Then he felt his stomach being cut open. The operation was no different from the slaughtering of chickens seen in the market. There was no bleeding, but his internal organs were taken out all at once, and the empty abdominal cavity was filled with a pile of straw.
The room became quiet.
The two scarecrows lay quietly on the bed, covered with a quilt.
They must go to bed early and get up early, otherwise, Honghe Village will not welcome them.
It was still a little before eleven o'clock, and Shen Na took out her phone. She searched for news about Honghe Village and frowned in disgust after finding that many of them were related to ghost marriages, and even formed a ghost marriage culture. Then, she carefully flipped through the photos of Honghe taken during the day, zooming in on each one and searching carefully, trying to find clues.
No matter how you look at it, the Red River in these photos... looks like a pool of blood, bloody and sticky, but standing by the river you can smell the blood, which looks particularly weird.
It's not an exaggeration to say that it is the legendary blood pool in hell. If a few skeletons were thrown into it, there would be no sense of incongruity.
First there were photos of them cleaning the river, followed by their individual photos and group photos.
Taking the photo together, Shen Na subconsciously compared them.
One, two, three... There are thirteen people in total, all in the photo. You know whether they are in a horror mission or not, and everyone's expression is a little stiff.
Thirteen people, who knows how many will be left.
However, no matter what, she must survive. At this point, her eyes became determined.
With such a sigh, Shen Na put down her phone and went to wash up. The warm water sprinkled on her body, but she always felt that something was wrong.
etc!
There are thirteen people in the photo...
There were only thirteen of them in total. Who took the photo of them