What unfolded in front of the expedition team was a bleak and dilapidated landscape. The first thing that caught their eyes were the several crumbling dilapidated houses near the entrance of the village, the remains of buildings covered by vines and vegetation, and the country paths hidden in the weeds.
"Is this the Eternal Life Village?" Shigure's eyes were shining like little stars, and his face was full of curiosity and excitement. "It looks like it has hidden many secrets!"
Yang Xin brushed away the hair that was stuck to her forehead due to sweat: "I remember someone on the forum said that there are always some supernatural events happening here. People who have explored here said that sometimes they can hear the sound of someone coughing and sighing in the house. At night, the village You can also vaguely see some weird lights, and people living here will have high fevers for no apparent reason... What's even more outrageous is that some people say they see white paper lanterns hung at the door of every house, and there are mourning mourners made of paper figures. , the wedding team walked out of the village carrying coffins, sedans, etc..."
Shi Yu tried to follow Yang Xin's description and imagine the supernatural events that happened in this village.
On a dark, moonless night, outdoor sports enthusiasts who had traveled here came to this long-abandoned mountain village. However, as soon as they entered the village, they felt that there was a weird atmosphere everywhere. Deep sounds could be heard in the houses that were obviously empty. sighs and violent coughs.
Late at night, when the travelers found a ruined temple and were about to fall asleep, they saw that the whole village suddenly lit up with a pale light, and pale and eye-catching paper lanterns were hung at the door of every house. There are countless paper pricks with strange makeup and blush on their faces. They are walking stiffly on the street. Some are carrying coffins, and others are carrying sedans to form a long and winding queue. The paper at the front of the queue is People beat gongs and drums happily, and the paper man at the end of the queue waved white paper money and made a mournful cry...
It feels like it could be written into a good supernatural story!
Zhao Chensi on the side just saw the wandering eyes and the wandering Shigure, and knew that the girl was thinking about something again.
Shigure is not only very interested in all kinds of supernatural phenomena and supernatural events, but due to her professional habits, she also likes to connect many seemingly normal things together, and then add many hidden secrets and unknown things behind them. The setting is used as the material of the novel, and Yang Xin is also quite enthusiastic about supernatural events and supernatural phenomena. He is a horror game enthusiast and has the habit of collecting supernatural stories. This time he participated in the adventure mainly to find excitement and excitement in his ordinary life. surprise.
After this five-hour journey, even a relatively slow person like Zhao Chensi gradually became familiar with other people in the expedition team. With Wan Qi's active and constant chatting, the former also became familiar with the three people in the expedition team. I have a preliminary understanding of his character.
As for the other two, Joseph is a very responsible and enthusiastic team leader. He will check the situation of the entire team every once in a while. As long as someone is slightly unable to keep up with the team's trend, he will stop before the other party calls out. They will find a stable place for everyone to replenish water, eat and rest. When passing through uneven rock areas and soft mud that are easy to step on, they will also loudly remind you to use trekking poles. Once Shigure and Yang Xin say something If you scream, or if something happens later, you will immediately turn around and rush over...
Zhao Chensi even had the illusion that Joseph was overprotective of them.
Chen Weilun is the type who is taciturn and keeps his head down. Wan Qi tried to talk to him several times during the break, but the other party always remained silent and listened to Wan Qi's random chatter. Along the way, Zhao Chensi was very interested in him. Understanding remains minimal.
As for the supernatural rumors mentioned by Yang Xin, Zhao Chensi had also seen them when collecting information in the early stage, and also tried to trace the source. Then he discovered some very interesting things. Another group of travel friends or outdoor sports enthusiasts expressed their opinions on the above. Another explanation for some of the rumors:
After the villagers of Changsheng Village were relocated, some villagers still came back to live there. Although the number was not very large, most of them were people who seemed to be in poor health and suffered from bronchial diseases because they could not stand the pace of life in larger towns. and the air environment, so I will move back here every now and then to live for a while...
"This village really hides a lot of secrets! I want to live broadcast our adventure trip on the forum!" Shigure said excitedly and took out his mobile phone from his pocket to post a live broadcast on the supernatural forum, and then showed a disappointed look. : "There is no signal here..."
"Although I don't know much about this aspect, this place has been abandoned for many years. It is normal for operators to cancel mobile communication services near this village to reduce costs..." Zhao Chensi, who also entered the village, explained casually, He looked around at the scattered buildings around him. The inner wooden structure could be vaguely seen in the gaps of the collapsed and dilapidated houses. "Houses with brick and wood structures only have a lifespan of about forty or fifty years, right? I don't know about these houses." Is there anyone who can stay here, otherwise we may have to sleep in the wild today..."
Wan Qi patted his bulging backpack and said, "Don't worry, I'm also carrying the camping tent you asked me to buy before. It's totally fine to sleep in the wild!"
I just don't want to set up a tent in the wild... Zhao Chensi rolled his eyes and decided not to pay any attention to him.
Changsheng Village is actually not very big. It only took more than half an hour to walk around the village under the leadership of Joseph. They also roughly understood the structure of the village.
The entire village is divided into four parts by two rural dirt roads that crisscross each other. The villagers' houses are basically built along the road. Based on the houses seen, there are only about two hundred people living here.
Most of the houses built by these villagers are two to three stories, single-family brick and wooden houses with a yard. However, due to the limitation of the age of the materials, these houses that have been in disrepair also look dilapidated. There are backyard fences that have been corroded and rotten by wind and rain, wooden framed windows with broken glass, leaving only a hollow window, and Many of the large iron gates in the front yard were covered with red and black rust and collapsed on the ground.
To Shigure's regret, this time around, they didn't encounter anything exciting or incredible like the miraculous rumors.
On the contrary, in those dilapidated houses, we saw a lot of dusty cigarette butts, plastic bags, cans and other domestic garbage left here.
Apparently there were many outdoor enthusiasts who came here before them and left behind such a place of garbage.
"After the supernatural rumors of Changsheng Village spread on the Internet, many outdoor sports enthusiasts came here to check in..." Joseph looked at the things that had been thrown on the floor and collected dust. He didn't know how many months it had been there. It was still garbage from several years ago. He looked at the tired Shigure without leaving any trace, "We guys will clean up this place together. Let's stay in this room today."
Zhao Chensi and others, who were a little tired after walking for a long time, naturally had no suggestions, and then dispersed to look for cleaning tools.
Although the state arranged for the villagers here to move out collectively, not everything was packed up and taken away. There were still many damaged daily necessities that were not taken away at all.
Zhao Chensi and Wan Qi just walked around the front yard and found two brooms that were almost worn out and a dustpan with broken handles.
Chen Weilun and Joseph found a broken bucket with holes in the backyard and other rooms and a hand-pressed well that could still pump out water.
After a lot of busy work, spraying water and sweeping, several people finally swept up a pile of domestic garbage and dust left by their predecessors, and cleaned up a relatively clean area. Shi Yu and Yang Xin also helped put together the moisture-proof mats they brought and spread them on the ground.
After setting up the resting point, everyone in the expedition team, including the taciturn Chen Weilun, lay on the moisture-proof mat as softly as salted fish. Even if there was a bit of a bit of a crushing feeling on the concrete floor on their backs, no one thought about it. Get up.
"Haha... It looks like you are exhausted too." Joseph smiled understandingly when he saw everyone slumped on the mat, unwilling to even move their fingers. "You guys can rest here for a while, and I'll go out later." Check around to see if there are any signs of wild animal activity..."
With that he left the room and walked out of the yard towards the village.
Although Zhao Chensi collapsed on the ground, his eyes remained silently on Joseph, and he did not speak until his figure disappeared.
Gradually moving away from the old house where the expedition team temporarily settled, Joseph turned and walked towards the south of the village, and did not stop until he reached the end of the village.
Then he took out two pieces of paper densely written with small words and a small bottle of salt from his trouser pocket, found a hidden corner to put the paper away, picked up a stone to hold it down, and walked around a few times to confirm again and again from different angles. Reassured that he would not be discovered, he unscrewed the bottle cap, shook his wrist slightly and drew a mysterious and complicated pattern centered on the paper.
After doing this, Joseph clapped his hands and found a few stones to cover up the paper and pattern, disguising it as an inconspicuous small pile of stones.
Looking at the corner of the barrier that had been arranged, he nodded with satisfaction after working hard: "The next thing that needs to be set up is the base points on the west and east sides of the village..."
"Once these four basic points are set up, no matter how hard they flutter, they won't be able to cause any trouble..."
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Lucky Ancient God Office, Infinite Corridor.
Wu Ming, Mia and the Crimson Queen have been searching hard for three days. After staying up late every day and sacrificing a lot of hair and eyesight, they finally have results.
"Big brother, big brother~ Look, can this containment object solve that little sister's problem?"
The Crimson Queen, who was placed on the big black book, made an emotional synthesized voice, and then used the camera to take a picture of the column of information she locked, and processed it into a picture for Wu Ming to see.
"00-E-12345."
"This contained object does not have active consciousness and the ability to actively cause extraordinary phenomena, and the scope of influence caused by its use is limited to a single person, and the impact will not spread, so it is classified as a Type 00 E-type contained object."
"The shape of the contained object is a brown rectangular eraser with dimensions of 30*20*11 mm. However, the corners have been worn and disappeared due to many experiments and use in the past. The entire eraser has become an oval. There is also a mark on the front of the eraser. There are words such as '4B Art Use 100A'. If not used correctly, the contained object will not appear harmful, so the normal containment mode is enabled."
Mia glanced at the picture processed by the Crimson Queen, adjusted her round glasses, and extracted the corresponding information from the memory palace: "The universal eraser, the effect is to 'erase', regardless of tangible or intangible objects. Erased by it..."
"These include all kinds of abstract things such as talents, curses and even extraordinary potential..."
