When Lu Ning regained enough energy to wake up, the car had already passed the landmark sign of Gengwu City.
"Are you awake?" Teng Xuan noticed her movement and asked. Lu Ning rubbed her eyes and looked out the window - the sky had turned bright and clear when she set off, and it was even clearer in winter near Gengwu City.
"What happened on the way?"
"Nothing happened to us, but we can't contact Ms. Du." Lu Ping replied, "We have no way of knowing her whereabouts. We can only hope that she is well."
If An is fine, why can't he be contacted? Lu Ning sighed secretly and didn't say anything.
The high-rise buildings in Gengwu City slowly appeared in sight. The bustling city is still bustling today. Most people don't know what kind of undercurrent is surging in such a city. Lu Ning called Yan Zidan and learned that she was now on the first floor of Echo Mall with the Ghost Controlling Sect disciple.
Echo Shopping Mall is the earliest large-scale comprehensive entertainment center established in Gengwu City. Starting from one building, it has spawned several streets of commercial areas in the surrounding area. It is definitely one of the most prosperous places in Gengwu City all year round. Qi Mei drove the car to the parking lot of the shopping mall, and Lu Ning told Yan Zidan the license plate number and asked her to come over - this was also for safety reasons.
About fifteen minutes later, she saw Yan Zidan and another unspectacular middle-aged woman walking over. The disciple Jin Yuntai found was also a kind of unassuming person. After bringing Yan Zidan over, he exchanged a few words with Lu Ping and confirmed each other's identities, which was considered a guarantee.
Yan Zidan still looked a little uneasy. Although the disciple of the Ghost Control Sect was always by her side, she had already experienced that kind of thing. In addition, she had not slept all night, so it was normal for her to feel depressed.
"Get in the car, it's okay." Lu Ning patted Yan Zidan and sent her to the back seat. Yan Zidan sat down and said, "Today... I watched the news, and there was no report on the apartment where I rented a house, not even gossip."
"Afraid? How about we go over and take a look now, so we don't have to go in."
"...What kind of deception is it? Then the entire building's residents have turned into ghosts..." Yan Zidan muttered, "My mind is quite confused, but it's okay if I go over and take a look."
Lu Ning asked Lu Ping, and Lu Ping really wanted to see what was causing trouble there, so he agreed. After bidding farewell to the disciple, Lu Ning drove this time, leaving Qi Mei free to take care of the demon, and rushed to the apartment building where Yan Zidan rented.
This is a relatively new building, probably built in recent years. The windows are relatively large, and you can see some of the actions of the residents inside by the windows through the windows, especially on the first and second floors. Lu Ning stood downstairs and could see that some of the residents here were already preparing lunch, while others were still watching TV or playing with their children. All in all, they looked harmonious.
"I knew it..." Yan Zidan was not surprised when he saw this. "Such a big thing has not been reported in the news. It must be some kind of black magic... If I go out and tell it, I will be regarded as a madman."
"There is no smell of murder happening in this building." Lu Ping looked at it for a while and said, "There is no blood or disaster, and the yin energy is normal. If something really happened last night where everyone in the building died, , even if today’s residents are replaced by ghosts, it can’t be covered up.”
Lu Ning suddenly had an idea, took out her mobile phone, opened the moving software and scanned the apartment.
This APP is specially used to check what happened to a certain building in the past and give some relocation suggestions, which is just the right remedy for the current situation.
A few seconds later, there was a soft sound, and information about the building appeared on the mover.
[Apartment No. 88, Zhengchuan Road, Gengwu City.
Construction time, six years.
Previous construction - old vacant lot, no buildings.
Incident: About forty-eight years ago, an old man suffered an acute cerebral hemorrhage in this open space. Rescue failed and he died. Death from disease usually does not give birth to evil ghosts, so the probability of supernatural phenomena is extremely low. 】
It's relatively normal up to this point, but there's more down there.
[Feng Shui Geoline: Three years ago, two new business buildings were built in the southeast and southwest of Gengwu City, forming a new geoline. The location of this house currently belongs to the earth evil position "Cang Dog". For those whose constitution itself is too yin or whose constitution is extremely yin due to special reasons, it is easy to accidentally enter the inner world due to the intersection of earth and yin, so be careful when staying there. 】
"Master Lu, what is the inner realm?" Lu Ning asked.
"That is, the Yin world in the human world is different from the two qi of Yin and Yang that we usually talk about. The inner world only shows the state of death, not the living. Occasionally, the living will enter by mistake. If you leave in time, you will be safe, but if you stay for a long time, It is inevitable that he will be infected with the spirit of death and die early." Lu Ping said, "Do you think this Miss Yan entered the inner world by mistake last night?"
"Look at what is said above. If what happened last night did not happen here, it would be normal for you not to see it. By the way, what does the 'Cang Gou' here mean?"
Lu Ping looked at it and showed a clear expression: "So, if this place is really in the position of earth evil, it is indeed possible that Miss Yan, who was very sinister at that time, could be involved. As for this 'Cang Gou', it should not be It’s not a general title, but a name used privately by a certain Feng Shui sect. We don’t practice Feng Shui and don’t know much about it.”
"This name seems like the naming convention of the Qixing Sect people." Qi Mei said, "It's a pity that I'm not familiar with them... Are there people from the Taoist sect hanging around in the Qingxing APP?"
"This APP allows you to invite some Feng Shui masters to help you set up Feng Shui formations. If I really choose to invite, will someone from the Qixing Sect come?" Lu Ning asked.
Qi eyebrows curled his lips: "Do you think it's more likely to come from a serious Taoist sect or from a liar?"
Well, anyway, I’m just asking, this app requires you to pay whenever you call someone, and Lu Ning is not willing to spend so much when it’s absolutely necessary.
"Don't worry, little girl, this is just something you accidentally encountered. Fortunately, you ran out early, otherwise it would be a bad thing." Qi Mei turned his head and comforted Yan Zidan again.
Lu Ping also nodded: "The inner world is not ghosts and monsters, it is something that must exist in the human world, and we can't deal with it. Miss Yan, let her move. This time she happened to meet two conditions. Come together.”
"Isn't it a coincidence..." Lu Ning frowned slightly.
After returning to the car, she first checked the construction information of the two buildings mentioned in the APP. The two buildings were started and completed at about the same time. Although the business purposes were slightly different, they were still a major news item at the time. Hotspot. The reason seems to be some business competition between two large groups in Gengwu City, and there is no internal information. These two major groups are the Ruilong Group, which was the first to invest in Gengwu City, and the Panggou Group, which was a strong competitor later on. The clues have basically been cut off here. After all, it is strange for such a large group to be investigated and find out the real secrets.
"By the way, Li Wenyue, have you seen today's update?" Teng Xuan suddenly reminded, "It was probably after eight o'clock last night, right? Then the latest would be eight o'clock this morning."
"Not yet." Lu Ning jumped to Mini Solitaire, and Yan Zidan also took out his phone and opened it.
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Deng Changjun spent his morning in anxiety. He and Deng Changli did quarrel often, but the fun between twins was completely different from really wanting each other to die.
This morning, when she got up, Deng Changli was sitting at the table eating breakfast, as usual - yes, Deng Changli did often get up earlier. In her words, "Whoever wakes up late is younger." Seeing Deng Changjun coming over, Deng Changli just glanced at him and said, "There is porridge in the pot."
Both parents went to work, and only two of them were at home, which made Deng Changjun feel even more nervous. The two-story villa now has an even greater sense of emptiness, and the people who usually chat and amuse them have now become a source of terror.
"Morning." He suppressed his words.
"What happened to you today? You're weird." Deng Changli didn't forget to scold him while eating porridge, but Deng Changjun just twitched the corner of his mouth twice and took a rice bowl to the kitchen to serve porridge.
"Hey, our parents have left us a task today. We are going to clean up the house for the Chinese New Year. We are going to do a lot of cleaning today. Eat more, and I will leave the work of moving things and climbing up to you later." Deng Changli said again.
"Um……"
"What's wrong with you today? Are you so weak? You don't even reply a word?"
The tone was exactly the same as Deng Changli's, without any difference.
Has she been replaced? still none? Deng Changjun fell into this vicious circle of self-doubt at this moment, and those disturbing thoughts grew in his mind and lingered.
"Are you sick?" Deng Changli finally put down the things in her hands and walked over. Deng Changjun hurriedly came back with porridge: "No, um, general cleaning? Let's do it as normal."
"Why are you absent-minded..." Deng Changli sat down with a suspicious look on her face and continued to drink porridge.
While having breakfast, Deng Changjun suddenly received a phone call. He was somewhat thankful to get up and answer the phone. It was Yang Cai.
"Hello? It's me, Yang Cai." The voice on the other side was a little anxious.
"What's wrong?"
"I'm in the hospital and I just sent Lu Jiangyang here. He has a high fever and is in the emergency room. I can't open his phone and don't know how to contact his parents. He has to pay the medical bills now. Can you help me?"
"Don't you have enough money?"
"Because the cause of the disease was not found, the doctor prescribed several tests... This good guy just cheated money, but I can't help but do it for him, right? Anyway, after he gets better, someone will pay him back, and I really don't have that much money on my card. Come on, brother, do me a favor."
"How many?"
"Five thousand yuan, I'm afraid there will be more money later."
"Five thousand? Are you too cruel? My family's money also belongs to my parents. I myself..."
"Haven't you been saving money to buy a new computer? I know, it's not like I won't return the money to you. Are you still afraid that I will lie to you and you won't even go to school? Why don't we show you the video? Am I in the hospital?"
"...Okay, this is a lot of money, I have to confirm it. Also, why is Lu Jiangyang with a high fever with you? What are you doing?"
"I don't know why he suddenly had a high fever, but I can tell you why we are together..."
Deng Changli didn't know when she was behind Deng Changjun.
"Who are you calling? Are you so excited?"
Deng Changjun was so frightened that his hands shook and his cell phone fell to the ground.
"Can you please stop scaring me at this time?" Deng Changjun complained.
"You finally have some energy, what's going on?"
"Yang Cai asked me to borrow money. The amount is a bit large. I should treat Lu Jiangyang... what a mess." Deng Changjun picked up the phone and luckily did not interrupt the call. He said "Hey", and Yang Cai shouted: "My ears almost died from that blow just now! You don't have to do this if you don't want to borrow money, right?"
"No, Deng Changli was next to me just now to scare me... Anyway, let's start the video first."
"……Okay."
When the video communication started, Deng Changjun took a look and saw that there was indeed a hospital behind Yang Cai. He was standing in the open space outside the hospital with a bit of impatience on his face.
"Do you believe it? This is what the doctor prescribed for Lu Jiangyang." Yang Cai also took out a laboratory test sheet and showed it to Deng Changjun.
"Okay, okay, I can't understand the doctor's words either. Hmm...five thousand, right? Okay, why do you have a special effect of a circle of hair on the edge of the screen? It's disgusting."
"Who did the special effects?" Yang Cai's expression changed.
[Uploader, Thief]
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Except for connecting the two stories together, the horror scenes here are basically the same old routine. The only special thing is that Lu Jiangyang, who wrote this paragraph, is fine now, and Yang Cai in the story is really in the hospital.
The next blow was still out of the hands of a few people. Lu Ning called Chen Hang and others to say that they had received Yan Zidan and checked what happened to her. It was another independent incident. Zhou Shilan said that Zhang Xinqing sent her a text message in the morning. It was very short, just the word "peace", and then she also quit the group chat, and the phone call could not be reached.
"There are no substitute ghosts in the circus. If she has no other encounters, she is really safe. But... the price may be very painful." Lu Ning sighed, "While she is alive, the audience probably can't escape. Secret The city can now be said to be in Zhang Xinqing’s hands, unless a comparable ghost group suddenly appears later.”
After taking a human life, your mentality will change a lot. But one thing Lu Ning still needs to consider is that if Zhang Xinqing is a tourist... I'm afraid this approach is just a facade. If it were her, after gaining such power, she would minimize contact and act independently. of. Although there is no confrontational element in this scene, tourists are not necessarily enemies.
"We are here on Dadong Road." Chen Hang answered the call, "There is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear?"
"Don't be pretentious at this time, just tell me directly."
"Well, we happened to run into a car accident. It seemed to be serious. This is unfortunate. The ambulance and police car have arrived - but we should be able to find clues about Bai Li's related personnel through this." Chen Hang said seriously .
Car accident? It seems that some things cannot be avoided.
"Then can you keep an eye on me?" Lu Ning asked.
"Humph, as long as you have money, many things are easy to handle." Chen Hang said confidently.
