Just like some plots often set up in horror games.
If you go back to your hometown to attend a wedding, you may encounter some kind of shady or ghost marriage. Even if you are not lucky, the position of the groom or the bride will be replaced by you.
Returning to one's hometown for a birthday banquet might involve some old story about an old house. If it's a village with the same last name, it might eventually turn into a vulgar past and present story.
When you return home to participate in a sacrifice, you will most likely witness some unspeakable scenes. You will be led into it whether you like it or not, and the whole village will chase you and capture you as a sacrifice.
Bai Su: "There are others. I played one before -"
Qi Zhuyue: "..."
Qi Zhuyue: "Stop talking! I feel like the buff stack is full!"
Qi Zhuyue first changed back to her own appearance, then patted her chest.
She was a little frightened.
The black-haired young man told three outrageous but somewhat true stories in an extremely flat tone with no ups and downs in tone, and because of the calmness of his tone, it gave people a sense of coolness.
Although Bai Su reread the words written by the game producer at the beginning before telling the story, "This story is purely fictional, and any similarities are purely coincidental," but combined with some of their special experiences... maybe it really happened?
"Stop thinking." Xia Chengyin, who was sitting in the passenger seat and couldn't stand listening anymore, lifted the newspaper from his face, "If it really happened, how could it not be -"
He only spoke half of what he said. Apparently, he remembered something.
So Xia Chengyin changed his mind: "Well, there are always clues if it really happened. It depends on whether it is discovered."
No one is perfect, and there are only so many members in their special department. It is normal for them to miss something due to lack of ability, and they are used to it. At most, they can curse a few damn supernatural beings afterwards, or curse a world that has become abnormal.
Games are based on inspiration, and inspiration comes from life.
Bai Su couldn't judge the authenticity of those games made by humans. After all, did the games contain any strange energy? He wanted to do a face-jumping kill or something. It would be better to jump outside the screen, then he could add Dinner?
Ahem, the topic has gone too far.
The short-haired police officer in the co-pilot tore off the newspaper, folded it in half, and then threw the folded newspaper back. The square gray paper hit the underage high school student on the forehead.
Gao Tianyi:?
Gao Tianyi: "Brother Xia, I suspect you have a problem with me!"
Xia Chengyin: "You can remove the word suspicion."
Seeing that the adults and minors were about to quarrel again, the reliable Mr. Monster took out the gray square cube from the gap between the high school student and his school bag, and then opened it.
As soon as I opened it, a line of news headlines about catastrophic flash floods jumped out of the page.
Looking at the date again, this is a newspaper from more than 20 years ago.
Unexpectedly, the newspaper was well preserved, with no yellowing, wrinkles, or signs of weathering or chipping.
Seeing Bai Su's doubts, Tang Nuo, who was in the driver's seat, turned the steering wheel to the left and said, "The bureau will keep a copy of all officially issued newspapers and periodicals."
In recent years, there have been signs of switching to electronic files, but in the past years, when the Internet was not so popular, only newspapers could be read.
Bai Su browsed it briefly and talked about the flood disaster that occurred more than 20 years ago and some of the damage done to nearby villages. Wenjia Village was on the list.
Wenjia Village is a very easy-to-understand name for the village. Everyone living in the village has the same surname.
"There is another one at the back, please turn back." Xia Chengyin reminded him while arguing with the "primary school student".
According to what the humans said, Bai Su twisted the paper and indeed touched the second page.
The second page is still a newspaper with a very early date, but it is not very official, it is niche and has a bit of entertainment interest. The timeline is pushed back a few years, about... fifteen years ago.
Different from reports of serious disasters more than 20 years ago, newspapers from 15 years ago started with the word "miracle" - a miracle of surviving the flash flood.
A little more detailed description is that the flash flood miraculously changed its course when it rushed towards Wenjia Village. At that time, the villagers shouted for a miracle. After the disaster, experts also rushed there to study it, and finally came to a very far-fetched scientific conclusion.
The direction of the mountain ranges, the reasons for the topography, etc. are all confusing to people, as if they would believe it if they were stunned.
"Speaking of which, this matter has been on 'Approaching Science', right?" Qi Zhuyue said suddenly, "I borrowed the TV station's master tape and watched it, but I didn't capture anything special, because the experts even We couldn’t even get in.”
It’s not that the village is xenophobic, it’s just that the group of experts and photographers failed to communicate well with the village and were only led around the village a few times.
At most, I took some pictures of some scenes in the village from high up in the mountains, and I took them secretly.
The images in the early years were very unclear, and even after high-definition restoration, the footage was a bit shaky.
"The conclusions drawn from science are also far-fetched. After analyzing climate, topography and other factors, the answers given are also scientific."
But now they all know that this scientific explanation is definitely full of water.
The world is full of traces of supernatural invasion.
There are only two newspapers. The completely opposite reports between the former one and the latter one make it easy for people to figure out what must have happened in the different years.
"Is there any other news during or after this?"
"The big ones are gone, but minor disasters and illnesses occur every year. They are recorded in some online columns, but they are not published because they have no reference value."
In another sense, except for being mentioned during the annual floods, this village is basically unknown.
In an era of high informationization, this situation is strange and not surprising.
"In short." After the quarrel, the short-haired police officer turned his head. Taking advantage of the fact that he was driving on the mountain road and did not violate the rules for taking photos, he turned around from the passenger seat, put his hand on the top of a certain high school student's head, and pressed down hard. Pressing, "First use the excuse of 'Wen Tao' to save the bride. If that doesn't work, then use the next step."
"Let me ask, what's your next move?" Bai Su felt vaguely that something was wrong.
"Oh, you're the last resort." Xia Chengyin raised his eyebrows and pulled out a pair of sunglasses from somewhere and put them on the bridge of his nose. "Geologists, folklorists, video hosts, etc., pick any script at random. The main purpose is to enter." As for the village, we’ll wait until the method of visiting relatives fails.”
Bai Su:?
Bai Su: Any one of these three professions sounds bad, right?
The black-haired young man reviewed some of the horror games he had just played. The encounters and endings of these professions were basically not very good. In the words of a folklorist...especially the Zero series.
Although he didn't think anything would happen if he changed his career, Bai Su still wanted to politely refuse the new script.
The main reason is that he doesn't want to memorize the script, which is a bit troublesome, and his acting skills are average.
Bai Su, who is very self-aware of his acting skills, has realized that compared to acting, he occasionally shows up a little... What do humans say, black mud?
It would be better to have a little bit of that temperament occasionally. After scaring people, you don't have to worry about your poor acting skills.
"It's just an alternative." The human repeated, "I hope that village doesn't have any weird judgment methods."
"How to judge?"
"For example, bloodline and so on. Although I also brought 'Wen Tao''s blood as a backup...hey kid, are you ready with the props?"
The underage high school student whose name was called suddenly nodded, and reluctantly took out a talisman produced by Qianheguan and a small but not very good-looking doll from his schoolbag.
To say it doesn't look good is a compliment. To be honest, it's a bit ugly.
Gao Tianyi explained this: "The senior sister who knows how to finish the work is on a business trip, and the others can't help her, so——"
"so?"
"...So I sewed this myself." The minor looked at the doll with a crooked mouth, cross-eyed eyes and a non-existent nose, and was a little embarrassed. "Ahem, although it doesn't look good, the effect is it's the same!"
Afterwards, the young man gave a quick introduction. To put it simply, carrying this doll is equivalent to "Wen Tao" himself, at least according to their Taoist detection methods.
As long as, as long as the village's judgment method can break out of the circle of blood and so on.
"Amulets are just ordinary blessings of peace. Everyone has one."
Four red cloth and gold-patterned amulets were handed out. As soon as Bai Su took it, he felt that the temperature of the amulets was a bit high. He glanced at the other humans in the car inaudibly. They all naturally put the amulets into their arms or in the pocket.
It's just that the temperature is a bit high, so it doesn't matter if it doesn't burn, right?
Following the standard of the talisman Gao Tianyi posted on his home, Bai Su also put the talisman in his pocket.
The car continued to drive forward, and they no longer knew how many turns they had taken on the mountain road. From time to time, there would be raised stones that would bump up the tires on one side, causing the car to bump up and down.
It's not appropriate to doze off when driving behind the wheel, because you don't know when you'll be jolted awake, and if it's more serious, you might hit your head.
Gao Tianyi was hit.
The young man woke up from his nap and covered his head in pain.
He didn't understand, wasn't he the shortest one in the car? How could he drive so that he hit the roof of the car instead of the other four people?
"We're almost there." Tang Nuo suddenly said from the driver's seat.
The car turned a corner and looking out the right window, one could see several low bungalows in the mountains in the distance.
In ancient times, you might be able to see faint smoke from cooking pots near meal time, but in modern times, there are not so many, and only a few households have smoke rising.
Because it was almost here, Qi Zhuyue started to mess with her appearance again.
The change only happened in an instant. She mostly adjusted her clothes, accessories and temperament in front of the mirror. After a few minutes, she turned into the slightly simple and comely "Wen Tao".
Xia Chengyin asked: "Is it okay to enter the village?"
"Wen Tao" nodded: "We have contacted her via mobile phone. Her uncle will pick us up at the entrance of the village. I told him two days ago that I would bring my friend back, and he had no objection."
Not only do I have no objection, I welcome it.
The original words were a few words with a strong dialect flavor. Fortunately, most of the people present were locals.
Although due to geographical reasons, the dialect in the mountains still has a bit of a brogue, you can still understand it and even have a few conversations.
Except for Bai Su, he couldn't understand it very well.
But it doesn't matter, monsters always have strong learning ability.
The human trail leader on the side patted his chest with relief. He said that after entering the village later, he could go with Bai Su and serve as Bai Su's dialect interpreter.
Bai Su covered his mouth and thought for a moment, then lowered his head: "Conditions?"
Gao Tianyi came over equally mysteriously and said in a low voice: "Please help me cover up when I act alone later -"
"Gao Tianyi!" A loud shout came from the co-pilot, and the short-haired policeman turned around from the front right again and rubbed the young man's head hard, "Don't run around when you enter the village, two or more people must act together! "
How many horror movies have people acting alone triggering the death flag? Not everyone is destined to be the protagonist.
The young man responded lazily with a long voice, while the black-haired young man touched his chin in an ominous manner.
This condition protects humans but also targets him. If he can't act alone, how can he eat secretly?
Hunting wild food in front of the special department is not impossible, but it is a bit difficult.
Forget it in front of An Xiangwen, after all, he is half a fool, and ordinary humans are pure fools.
Or, create conditions for yourself to be alone.
Several thoughts went through Bai Su's mind.
In the end, it still depends on what the village is like.
Bai Su looked out the window. This time, the left window was closer to the village scene.
It was inconvenient for him to make small movements at close range when there was a human by his side, but this did not prevent him from trusting his subconscious.
There is something wrong with this village.
The extent of the problem is unknown, but their trip is probably not going to go smoothly.
The car swayed for another half an hour and finally arrived at the destination.
From a distance on the mountain road, I saw a middle-aged man waiting at the entrance of the village. He saw the license plate and waved to them to stop the car.
Tang Nuo stepped on the brakes, the speed of the car dropped sharply, and it slowly stopped in front of the middle-aged man.
The car window rolled down, and a loyal and honest face appeared there. He smiled with squinting eyes: "Where is Taotao? Are you Taotao's friend?"
"Wen Tao" leaned forward in time and propped herself up between the two seats in the front seat, showing her face: "Hello, uncle, long time no see."
"Yes, yes." The middle-aged man continued to smile, "It's been more than ten years, right? You were still so young when you left."
The man recognized "Wen Tao", and it seemed that Qi Zhuyue's disguise was effective.
The middle-aged man gestured outside the car at the height of his shoulders and chatted a few more words before giving guidance: "There is no way to drive on the road after that, so you have to walk up there, which takes about fifteen minutes. Our village has a guide over there." People from outside have built a parking lot, you can park your car there and pick it up when you leave."
As he spoke, the man pointed to a corner in the distance that was obscured by the shadow of trees. He could vaguely see several cars parked there, and he could also see a roof erected there.
Wow.
Bai Su sat in the back row and sighed inwardly.
The current development is very much like the beginning of a horror game.
Should we start with restrictions on transportation? Is the next step to tell them that your car is broken down?
Sorry, I was late for dinner with a friend today and waited two hours for a table before I got home qwq
(End of chapter)
