1:45am.
Zhang Fan came to the county town of Shuiyuan County. He originally wanted to find a hotel to stay, but was told by the boss that it had been full of people recently and there were no free rooms for the time being.
Helpless, Zhang Fan had to look for the hotel again, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't find it, so he had to give up.
Shuiyuan County is not large in size and is a very small county.
Not finding a hotel, Zhang Fan could only find an Internet cafe and planned to get a private room.
It's been a long time since he stayed up all night at an Internet cafe.
Maybe it's because he's getting older, or maybe he's experienced too many things. Gradually, the playfulness, frivolity and immaturity that he used to be addicted to in the game world have long since disappeared.
It's a pity that his current survivor's blood volume has not been restored, otherwise he could use the ability of the vicious dog Xiaoba to teleport directly back to the wealthy palace.
Moreover, he didn't want to use points to buy the kind of health-returning amulet in the Survivor Mall, so he had to give up.
Anyway, he now has a lot of money and is considered a serious rich man. Even if he buys the entire Internet cafe, it is not a problem at all.
"The network manager will open a private room for me. It's best to be quiet." Zhang Fan opened WeChat Pay and paid fifty yuan to the network manager.
Fifty yuan is a luxury even if you pay for an overnight stay.
I still remember that when I was in school, one night's accommodation was from 22:00 to 7:00 the next morning, and the total cost was 10 yuan.
After all these years, he doesn't know if there has been a price increase.
"ID card."
The network administrator is a yellow-haired man with colorful tattoos. His face is covered with stubble, his face is sallow and thin, and he has thick dark circles under his eyes. It seems that he often stays up late.
"Is it okay if I don't bring my ID card?" Zhang Fan touched his pockets and couldn't find his ID card. He seemed to have left it at home, so he had to ask with a wry smile.
"That's okay, but the price is a bit more expensive." The network administrator said with a cigarette in his mouth, yawning and picking his ears.
"Network manager, how much does a hotel room cost now?" Zhang Fan asked.
"Now it's a one-night accommodation, which costs 25 yuan for a regular flight and 35 yuan for a private room."
"You didn't bring your ID card, and you want a private room. You can get 40 for one night."
"Do you need a drink?" the network administrator asked.
"For the remaining 10 yuan, give me a bottle of Coke and two bags of potato chips." Zhang Fan thought for a while and said.
...
Taking the Coke and potato chips he bought, Zhang Fan came to the private room where he was.
There are a total of four positions in this private room, three of which are occupied by people.
These three people, two women and one man, are very fashionable in their clothing, and their style of painting is somewhat similar to that of Sha Matt from the Buried Love Family.
The game the three of them played was an old-fashioned game, Dance Dance.
Their fingers danced rapidly on the keyboard, making a clicking sound, which sounded particularly harsh.
These three people seemed to be in the same group. They seemed to be in their early twenties, and they seemed to be young people who had just emerged from society.
Zhang Fan ignored them, but went to his seat near the corridor and turned on the computer expressionlessly.
He hadn't played games for a long time. When he turned on the computer, he didn't know what to play for a while. After being silent for a long time, he opened the long-lost game.
This game is really strong. It has been alive for more than thirty years and has not been discontinued. It is also awesome.
I remember that in the past, many people liked playing this game very much. Since the beginning of the God Set, this game seems to have become more and more awkward, and the entire game environment has almost been completely out of balance.
If you don’t spend tens of thousands of krypton on this game, most people really can’t play it.
There is a saying, small krypton goes against the battle, middle krypton fights with obedience, big krypton fights with immortals, and no krypton watches the battle, that's what it means.
After a few simple fights, Zhang Fan was so disgusted by the monsters inside that he decided to log off and no longer wanted to play.
If you don’t want to play the game, then you can only choose a ghost movie to watch.
What he watched was the island horror movie, The Grudge.
Because I just came back from the despair-level [Amusement Park] scene, which was basically full of island ghosts, so I am almost completely immune to movies like The Grudge.
Not to mention that the ghost inside was an actor pretending to be a ghost, but even if Kayako really ran out, Zhang Fan would be absolutely sure that he would beat her until she knelt down and called her daddy.
You may not believe it, but he didn't even dare to watch ghost movies before.
I still remember the horror movie I started watching when I was a kid was The Old Corpse in the Village. I was so frightened by Chu Renmei in it that I had nightmares for weeks in a row.
Soon the main film started. Zhang Fan tore open the snack bag, grabbed a handful of potato chips and stuffed them into his mouth.
Not to mention, this movie is really scary. Ordinary people watching it in the middle of the night might be frightened to the point of feeling weak in their knees.
When the main film progressed for less than thirty minutes, a timid female voice full of fear suddenly sounded next to Zhang Fan: "Handsome man, how dare you be so brave? You dare to watch such a horror movie in the middle of the night?"
Zhang Fan looked back and saw that a Shamate girl who was still enjoying showing off her dance looked at him with wide eyes, full of awe and surprise.
"It's okay. I have nothing to do in the middle of the night. I just looked around." Zhang Fan smiled awkwardly.
That's right, any normal person would watch this in the middle of the night.
Anyone who dares to watch it is either a serious horror fan or is mentally ill.
Apparently they thought Zhang Fan was mentally ill.
Zhang Fan didn't communicate too much with the girl. He just answered casually, then lost interest and started watching the video again.
By the time I finished watching it, it was almost 3 a.m.
Seeing that he was really bored, Zhang Fan logged into Penguin, hung up the phone, and started to sleep.
Of course, he did not break off contact with Sai Yao, but asked her to give him a warning and call him if any danger occurred.
In a daze, Zhang Fan covered his head with clothes and fell asleep in a short time.
The night passed in a blink of an eye, and when he woke up, it was almost 8:30 in the morning, and Zhang Fan was woken up by an aunt sweeping the floor.
"It was really hard to sleep this night. I went home to catch up on my sleep as soon as I could eat." Zhang Fan stretched and staggered out.
His current survivor's blood volume has almost returned to full health, and he can use the ability of the evil dog Xiaoba to return to the wealthy palace.
Hey, at this time, Zhang Fan suddenly missed Sister Jin Cuihua's supernatural ability [the window next door].
Just like any door, you can teleport yourself to any place in the world.
It seems that in the future, we can also deliberately subdue any ghosts that have similar teleportation powers.
In this way, you can go wherever you want.
Every teleportation relies on Xiaoba's power, which is too expensive and cannot be spent at all.
When he came outside, he found a bun shop, had a few bites, and then walked towards the wilderness in the distance.
Next, he will borrow Xiaoba's ability and return to the wealthy palace.
But after taking a few steps forward, Zhang Fan suddenly froze.
He seemed to have forgotten something very important.
That is, I forgot to ask Jia Bao for the bicycle that can hit ghosts.
"I'm so convinced, I actually forgot about this matter."
Zhang Fan's expression changed.
"How about I go and rob him now?" Zhang Fan touched his chin and had the idea of robbing Jia Bao again.
"Forget it, I've traveled so far, it's really troublesome to find him."
"Let's wait until we see him one day."
After thinking about this, Zhang Fan felt much better.
...
After a while, Zhang Fan returned to the wealthy courtyard. Without saying a word, he went to the bathroom to wash up quickly, and then went directly to the auxiliary bedroom to catch up on his sleep.
I had a very uncomfortable sleep last night. When I woke up, I felt dizzy, with stars in my eyes, and a severe headache.
Anyway, the time he returned to the world this time was long enough. It could be said that he took a short vacation, enough for him to spend as much as he wanted.
After covering himself with the quilt and closing his eyes, Zhang Fan fell asleep again in a short while, but when he woke up again, he found that it was already night.
It was getting dark again.
Looking at the time, it was exactly 20 o'clock in the evening.
"I had a really comfortable sleep this time." Zhang Fan yawned, feeling refreshed and energetic, and all fatigue was gone.
"Now it's time to get down to business."
Zhang Fan took out the map from the system backpack that located the so-called strongest red suit, as well as the record on how to communicate with survivors who were trapped in the maze of hell and unable to return to the human world.
Spreading out the map paper, Zhang Fan discovered that it turned out to be a map of China with the names of many cities on it.
He saw the names of Daxiang City, Dazhe City, Dachuan City, Daning City, and even Dadong City, etc.
These city names are all highlighted by red circles, as if guiding Zhang Fan to these places.
Zhang Fan leaned down and looked intently, first at Dadong City.
In Dadong City, a red circle marked the number 17, and the detailed place names above were obscured by strong supernatural power, making it impossible for people to see clearly.
So Zhang Fan skipped Dadong City and looked forward along the sequence.
16, 15, 14, 13... Each number corresponds to a place name. It was not until Zhang Fan saw the number 1 that the location name marked on it became clear.
Daguang City, Luoxiang County, Xiao Taikang Rice Noodle Store, this is the location marked by the number 1.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Fan pondered for a moment and had a guess in his mind.
Perhaps, only by going to the place names on these maps in order can we find clues about the strongest red-clothed ghost. It is like a puzzle that needs to be put together piece by piece.
It seems that this is not an easy task that can be completed in a short time.
This matter needs to be put aside for a while, so don’t rush it.
Zhang Fan put away the map and looked at the wooden board again.
There weren't many fonts marked on the board, just a short line of small characters, but... Zhang Fan couldn't understand it.
Because the fonts above do not belong to Chinese characters, nor do they seem to belong to any characters on earth.
The font above looks like golden tadpole text, upside down and difficult to read.
Seeing this, Zhang Fan frowned suddenly and fell into silence.
The record on this wooden board is really difficult to understand.
However, Zhang Fan is not worried about this. He now has several ways to decipher the above content.
The first way is to ask Gao Daqiang if she knows.
The second way is to ask the manager Sandman.
The third way is to ask about Wishing Lake.
The fourth way is to ask the black leather manual.
The fifth way is to ask Qi Riye.
Zhang Fan thought for a long time, and first tried calling Gao Daqiang a few times, but got no response. It seemed that Gao Daqiang really went to sleep.
As for asking Sandman, Zhang Fan refused without even thinking.
Calling the Sandman multiple times might make her angry, since he had just met her.
So I couldn't ask her.
Finally, when I asked about Wishing Lake and the Black Leather Manual, Zhang Fan didn't consider it.
Neither the wishing lake nor the black leather manual is a good thing. It has serious side effects. Maybe they will open their mouths and take this opportunity to ask for sacrifices.
So, for now, we can only ask Qi Riye.
I don’t know if it can respond to itself.
In the previous decisive battle with the Pomo Demon, Qi Riye acted as if he was dead and ignored him at all.
However, now I can only seek its help and see if I can get a response.
Thinking of this, Zhang Fan no longer hesitated and directly took out Qi Riye who was imprisoned in the red box from the system backpack.
"Seven days and nights, if you are still here, come and do me a favor..."
