Ji Heng looked at him intently for a few seconds, and what he said made Suer feel vaguely relieved.
"Ghosts cannot target humans without reason."
Behind every life-and-death struggle there is a deal. From another perspective, Su Er must have gained some benefits.
After a few seconds of contemplation, he picked up his old clothes and examined them carefully, finally finding a peach petal on the shoulder. He shook the clothes vigorously, and miraculously, the peach petal seemed to be stuck to it, not moving at all.
I tried to touch it with my fingers and it came off easily.
Su Er: "Ever since entering the dungeon, everything seems to be related to romance."
Ji Heng brought up the topic of deception again.
Su Er glanced at him and said thoughtfully, "One of the clues at the beginning was to be careful of parasites."
Combined with Xu Fan's death, something was vaguely in his mind. Thinking of this, he gently kneaded the peach petals with his fingers, and collected his thoughts: "Could it be related to this thing?"
Ji Heng didn't answer, but only said: "Take some time to go soak in the hot springs."
Sur nodded.
The disciples in the temple were temporarily sent out, and there was no one to cook, so they had to make do with instant noodles at noon.
Princess Camellia sent a message in the group saying that she was going to take a nap and asked everyone not to wait for her.
"What a shame," Su Er shook his head, "As if anyone would care about him."
I said it casually, but the next moment a group message came: [Argumentative person, shut up.]
Suer was stunned. Not only him, but some players also looked around first, but unfortunately they did not see the host.
Su Er's throat moved: "He installed a surveillance camera on me?"
Ji Heng: "Maybe it's just a reasonable guess."
"…"
Talking while eating affects efficiency. At this moment, the only player who was not disturbed was Zhu Yu. While others were still eating, she had already wiped the corners of her mouth with a tissue: "Information exchange?"
Jia Kanhua raised an eyebrow: "Again?"
Zhu Yu: "One person's power is ultimately limited." She glanced out the window: "Besides, no one can escape tonight."
Once night falls, I'm afraid the temple will become a place where demons will dance wildly.
Jia Kanhua glanced at the others.
Soul: "I have no objection."
Ji Heng also nodded.
Xu Yangyang said slightly embarrassedly: "I didn't find anything."
Zhu Yu: "I'll owe it to you first."
Xu Yangyang was stunned. She never thought she was so generous.
Zhu Yu said calmly, "If you don't return a useful clue within two days, we will isolate you."
"…"
Before he could be embarrassed for long, everyone had already started to discuss together.
Su Er unfolded the group photo. "The photo spot is just outside Wencheng Hall. There are at least two female ghosts there. The ghosts in the hot springs can control the water flow, and there's a high chance of drowning if entangled. There's also a small ghost attached to the wooden sign outside the hot springs. It's not very powerful and likes to attack from behind..."
Because there were no specific clues, his content was mainly to help avoid risks. After finishing a long string of "sex", his lips felt a little dry.
When he looked up again, everyone except Ji Heng looked at him with very subtle eyes.
Xu Yangyang: "If I remember correctly, we've only been apart for over an hour."
Soul checked his watch and gave the precise time: "One hour and twenty minutes."
Xu Yangyang's eyes showed sympathy, so he didn't do anything during this period of time and just encountered ghosts?
Zhu Yu threw a wooden prayer sign on the table, breaking the sudden quiet atmosphere. The sign had Lu Lanxin and Zhao Bo's names written on it, and a peach heart was drawn in the middle.
"Liu Lang and I found it and have confirmed it with the abbot. The person who used to cook vegetarian meals here was called Zhao Bo."
Jia Kanhua: "Didn't you know this this morning?"
During the first round of information exchange, Su Er told the story about Lu Lanxin and her boyfriend.
Zhu Yu: "We only heard one side of the story, and he also heard someone else's one side of the story."
Jia Kanhua thought Suer would be unhappy, but when she turned her head, she saw approval in the other's eyes.
"Lu Lanxin might have made up the story," Su Er glanced at the wooden sign, "At least this can confirm that the boyfriend-girlfriend relationship is real."
Jia Kanhua thought about it and felt that it made sense. She continued, "I went to the house where Zhao Bo used to live and found several overseas celebrity photo magazines."
He gave me a look that said you all understand.
Zhu Yu frowned after hearing this: "If you resign, you should take these things with you."
Xu Yangyang agreed: "That's right. Since entering the dungeon, I even deleted hundreds of gigabytes of videos on my hard drive."
The only thing to worry about is that one day he dies in the game, his family reports him missing, and the police find his computer.
"…"
After they had all finished speaking, Ji Heng slowly spoke: "Zhao Bo resigned on his own initiative. The abbot said that he was looking for another job when he resigned."
Jia Kanhua touched his chin and asked, "Could there have been an accident during the resignation process?"
Unfortunately, no one can give a clear conclusion except the parties involved.
You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. I guess tonight will not be easy to get through, so after lunch, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
While half asleep and half awake, Su Er suddenly caught a thought in his mind. When he opened his eyes, he saw Ji Heng staring at the word "Jing" hanging on the wall.
"Not asleep?"
"Just finished dinner and can't sleep."
Su Er turned sideways and said, "The ghost that attacked me was wearing clothes and had a hairstyle from the last century. It must have been dead for some time."
Ji Heng turned his head and looked at him: "You want to pry open the ghost girl's mouth?"
"She probably knows a lot."
Ji Heng thought for a moment and said, "Wait until you wake up, then we'll go take a look."
Soul fell asleep quickly.
An hour later, the alarm rang. Because he was chased by a ghost in his dream, he felt a sense of relief when he woke up.
On the way to the grove, Sur's bathrobe looked a little out of place. When the wind blew, a corner of the bathrobe was lifted, revealing two straight, snow-white legs.
The tree-lined path was very narrow, and when Ji Heng followed him, he always had the illusion that he was taking advantage of someone for no reason.
Before the strange atmosphere could gather, a slight rustling sound filled the air. Ji Heng's eyes turned cold, and he stopped and slashed the air with his dagger, sending the white silk lightly falling to the ground.
The red-clothed female ghost on the tree was stunned, unable to understand why someone could cut the white silk forged with Yin energy.
Ji Heng didn't even look up, and asked, "Is it her?"
Having suffered a loss at the hands of a female ghost before, Su Er sneered, "You want to kill me."
"…"
It was also a ghost's instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm. If her old rival secretly fanned the flames, she would be in trouble with these two people. The red-clothed female ghost changed her attitude, waved the remaining half of the white silk in her hand, and raised the white flag in surrender.
Su Er opened his phone and took a photo: "Have you seen these two people?"
The location in the photo was obviously under the peach tree. Denying it would be a blatant lie. The female ghost in red rolled her eyes and nodded.
Su Er pointed at the man in the photo and asked about Zhao Bo's whereabouts.
The red-clothed female ghost made a 'hush' gesture: "Can't say."
Just as he was about to force a confession, a faint sigh was heard, and a female ghost in pink appeared under the peach tree: "If you tell me, your soul will be scattered."
Ji Heng gently reminded him of the rules.
Su Er felt a little regretful.
Ji Heng looked at the pink-clothed ghost girl and asked, "Has anyone else come to inquire about his whereabouts before us?"
The pink-clothed female ghost's face was a little stiff.
Su Er pretended to whisper, "Anyway, there are two ghosts. I can kill one to scare the other."
The two ghost girls' faces instantly turned ugly, and finally the pink-dressed ghost spoke a few words: "Relevant departments."
The red-clothed female ghost cursed her as a bitch, but she actually answered first, so she also said: "There is also a folk organization, led by an old Taoist priest."Youfei novel
Su Er took out the peach petals and asked, "What's the use of this thing?"
The two ghosts said at the same time: "I can't say."
As he turned to leave, Ji Heng suddenly said, "Never let your guard down against ghosts."
Before he finished speaking, he swept his fist towards the back. The force value far exceeded the critical point, causing a slight distortion in the space. The red-clothed female ghost who wanted to attack from behind screamed, and her soul was caught in it and torn into pieces.
The pink-clothed female ghost trembled and was extremely grateful that she did not take action at the first moment.
Passing by a pavilion, they went in and sat down one after another.
The latest message was sent in the group.
[Camellia Princess: There are still two hours until dark.]
Followed by three candlestick expressions.
Su Er's eyes darkened.
Ji Heng said in a gentle voice: "Do you feel something is wrong?"
Soul: "Very noisy."
The last person who was so active was the naughty kid host.
After a pause, he said, "Your inevitable death game won't be easy. Since he was chosen by the game to host this game, he shouldn't be so impatient."
Ji Heng smiled playfully, "The host's name always implies some kind of characteristic."
Su Er has a deep understanding of this. For example, Mr. Rose hates lies, Mr. Shuhai is addicted to reading, and so on.
"Camellia Princess..."
I repeated the name several times silently, but couldn't make any sense of it.
Ji Heng only said: "Try to have as little dealings with him as possible until the situation becomes clear."
A breeze blew, and the leaves, petals and catkins not far away were mixed together, swirling across the ground.
The two talked in the pavilion for a while. During this time, Ji Heng got up and left for a while. When he reappeared, he was holding a bathrobe and a towel in his hands.
Soul: "Take a hot spring bath?"
"It's safer during the day than at night."
Perhaps because of the previous intimidation from the Camellia Princess, he did not encounter a riot of evil spirits when he entered the hot spring area again.
His body slowly sank into the water, and Sur let out a sigh of satisfaction.
The water is very clear. Most of the hot springs open to the public now are artificial springs built later, and the temperature is most suitable for humans.
After soaking for a while, the hot spring ghost did not come to cause trouble. Suer wondered if Ji Heng had secretly eliminated the trouble... Many thoughts flashed through his mind, but he did not have the energy to delve into them. A strong feeling of fatigue swept over his body.
He still retained his last bit of rationality and thought that this was how those who nearly drowned felt.
Drowning?
These two words are quite refreshing.
After a brief struggle, to no avail, Soul changed his approach, using his Charisma to aimlessly inhale. A few strands of Yin Qi were captured, seeping into his bones. The biting cold chilled his heart, and he instantly regained consciousness.
Su Er sighed deeply, then realized his waist was tightening. He lowered his head and saw that several bathrobe straps were tied around his waist at one end and tied to the tree behind him at the other end. Even if he fell asleep, his life would not be in danger.
It was easy to tell who was responsible for this. He looked around for a familiar figure, and finally his eyes fixed on the tree.
Ji Heng jumped down, holding something white and fluffy in his hand.
"This is..."
Ji Heng spread his palms in front of him and reminded him, "Don't get too close, it's easy to get blown into your eyes."
Sur gently moved it with his fingers and found that it was full of white round particles with black spots inside.
My biology studies paid off; I quickly determined: "Air-dried insect eggs."
Thinking back on the journey, he'd occasionally seen something like this floating in the air. At first glance, he'd mistaken it for willow catkins. His expression was a little grim: "Could it be that it can parasitize the human body?"
"I just found a bird to test it out. It only survives for a short time after entering a wound and will be melted by the mucous membrane." Ji Heng buried the white fluff in the soil. "But the bird's spirit will be temporarily depressed."
Soul: "Nerve paralysis?"
Ji Heng nodded and stared at the dense forest not far away. As the sun moved westward, more and more white fluff appeared.
"It's going to be quite dangerous tonight." His expression was somewhat serious. "If you can't avoid it, this thing will affect your basic body movements."
Just then, the group message came again.
[Camellia Princess: There's only one hour left until dark.]
The following candle symbols are doubled.
Su Er's brows were slightly furrowed, but now he smiled: "How about we go to another place to be the guest?"
Their eyes met, and Ji Heng stood on the shore: "It's up to you."
As Soul opened the tablet, he nudged him with his elbow: "We share this hardship."
As Ji Heng wished, he kept posting online, describing the incident of human traffickers snatching children that night in a mysterious way, and added a lot of exaggerated words.
"Netizens will definitely think you're making this up." Suer tilted his head to admire the distant scenery. "But once the relevant departments see this, they'll probably lock down your IP address immediately."
With big data, many online comments are subject to keyword searches and further scrutiny by dedicated personnel to determine if they are spreading illegal information. If the ghost woman's claims are true, the authorities should have already taken this matter seriously, and perhaps terms like "human traffickers" and "famous home" have already been included in key searches.
For the next period of time, the two of them posted crazily online. Sur directly confronted netizens, claiming that he had shocking news to reveal, and even posted a photo of a corner of a hot spring.
After doing all this, he made an 'ok' gesture: "It's done."
·
At dusk, the last rays of light before nightfall spread across the sky and earth. The temple, covered by green shades, is quite Zen-like.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
A knock on the door broke the silence of the temple.
The abbot opened the door doubtfully, and seeing the men in uniform outside, he swallowed the words "Closed to visitors today".
From their walking posture, it can be seen that these people are not ordinary police officers, but more like well-trained professional soldiers.
Ten minutes later, Ji Heng and Suer, wearing bathrobes, were taken away.
Princess Camellia stood at the door and said in a deep voice, "Comrade, is there any misunderstanding?"
The uniformed man walking in front had a scar on his face and spoke with a sinister tone: "They are suspected of fabricating and deliberately spreading false information."
Upon hearing this, Princess Camellia smiled kindly, "There must be a mistake. They are all my friends who come to the temple specifically to cultivate their bodies and minds."
The man sneered: "When we arrived, these two were still posting, and we caught them red-handed."
"…"
The next moment, Princess Camellia's gaze fell on Sur like a knife.
Su Er pretended to wipe away tears. "Although we agreed to stay in the Zen room, I didn't expect the reality to be so cruel... I'm afraid we will have to spend tonight in the detention center."
Being pushed out, he turned back just as he was about to step over the threshold: "Cha Cha, are you just going to watch us being forcibly taken away?"
His tone was sorrowful, but wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes, and every fine line was questioning, "As a host, why don't you do what you said?", "Show the momentum you showed during the day?"
In short, even the players who heard the news could tell a thousand words from his facial expression.
Xu Yangyang was so shocked that she accidentally blurted out the truth: "I want to be taken away too."
Brothers, please bring me!
The temple is too unsafe. If you stay here tonight, you might die.
"…"
The scene was so awkward that it was dead silent.
Zhu Yu reminded quietly: "Speak less."
Didn't you see that the host was about to explode on the spot!
Xu Yangyang glanced cautiously at Camellia Princess, and sure enough, she saw that her face was as dark as ink. She immediately took two steps back and said nothing.