The Haunted

Hutu said that their destination will be an island, the entire island is built like a small town, but there are no residential areas, no residential buildings, and some only various ordinary or unusual entertainment venues.The price of hotel rooms is frighteningly high. Most of the residents here don’t need to rest, because half of them are demons. Humans only need a bottle of cheap vitality potion to quickly restore their physical strength and spirit, and continue to devote themselves to the carnival.

Vitality potions are sold in vending machines on the street and in demon shops. At the same time, in the devil's shop, you can exchange for all kinds of things that ordinary people dream of or even can't imagine for a lifetime-human money is here. The cheapest commodity, you can even buy life here - it is worth noting that the currency used on the island is not money, but something called "points".Everyone invited will receive an initial amount of points, but how many points they can earn later on the island depends on their ability.

The opportunity to leave the island also requires points in exchange, but each person needs to pay [-] points to leave the island, and the initial points each person gets usually does not exceed [-] points. You have to participate in the games on the island, and you can't leave until you have accumulated enough points-but most people will not survive to save [-] points.

Hu Tu said that when he came last time, he spent a whole year doing everything he could to finally collect 1 points—[-] of which came from going to the island with him and escaping from the mouth of the devil together. A good brother who cheated, kidnapped and committed crimes together——After seeing the hope of escaping from this island soon, Hutu couldn't resist the temptation, and chose to kill the other party when he was unaware, and robbed the other party's points.He exchanged [-] points for the chance to leave, and exchanged the remaining [-] points for human wealth worth [-] million yuan. The devil promised to give him the [-] million yuan in a normal and acceptable way after he left.

But as Ye Yingzhi found out, it took less than seven years for Hu Tu, who returned to the human world, to squander this huge fortune in the eyes of ordinary people.

The so-called "it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal", at this time he was used to a life of extravagance and extravagance. Although he still had some spare money, it could not meet his needs at all.He was unwilling to live an ordinary life, and he was unwilling to accumulate from scratch bit by bit, so he thought of Alcatraz.He has already escaped once, and he thinks that he has experience, as long as he is careful, it should not be difficult to escape the second time.He planned to properly arrange the money he got after escaping this time, and stop gambling, so that the money should be enough for him to enjoy comfortably for the rest of his life.When thinking about this, he seemed to have forgotten the fear and despair he had experienced on the island, and all he thought about was the huge sum of money he got from gambling.

During the year on the island, he had vaguely glimpsed the secret of the invitation letter sent by the devil. People with crazy, hysterical or paranoid, strong desires and obsessions in their hearts are likely to attract the devil and receive the invitation letter from the devil. Invitation to come.At that time, Hu Tu, who had no savings and was about to be beaten back to his original form, was indeed eager to get a huge fortune again.In the end, he received a black invitation card again as he wished.

Through his one-sided description, Ye Yingzhi can also understand what the so-called Alcatraz Island is.

It was the devil's paradise on earth, and the invited human beings were just toys and food lured by the devils for their entertainment and consumption.No matter who, after stepping on that land and starting to participate in the carnival of demons, there is no way to turn back, no way to leave—because they have fallen into hell.Hutu himself, whom he met, was a case in point.

But it doesn't matter.

Ye Yingzhi stared at her lover.It doesn't matter, as long as you can save Ah Yan, it doesn't matter whether you go to hell or become a demon.

After Chi Yan woke up, Ye Yingzhi helped him wash and change his clothes. At about ten o'clock, the ship's waiter knocked on the door to remind him.

Ye Yingzhi opened the door, and the waiter said respectfully: "Mr. Ye, there is a person outside who said he is waiting for you to board the boat."

Ye Yingzhi asked the doctor and four of his staff to leave first, and then went through the disembarkation procedures with Chi Yan, and was led by the waiter to meet the person who "waited for him to board the ship".

It was an ordinary-looking Chinese man. He claimed to be surnamed Chen. He was doing financial and accounting work and was sent to the local area by the company.Half a month ago, he suddenly received a sum of money asking him to drive Ye Yingzhi to another port to board a small cruise ship numbered DE780, and promised to give him another sum of money as a reward after the work was completed. .

Under the control of money, Mr. Chen took the task without much hesitation.

Ye Yingzhi remembered a classic "Nigerian prince" scam.The tricks of this scam are very low-level and have no technical content. The scammer will send mass emails to many people's mailboxes, claiming that he is a prince in Nigeria and needs help when encountering difficulties. If he is willing to provide help, he can get a large reward.

Many people sneered at this kind of scam after hearing about it, thinking how could someone be fooled by such a rough scam, but there is a view in economics that the "Nigerian prince scam" is actually a kind of screening by sending signals. mechanism.The first step of the scam, that is, "the step of sending an email claiming to be a Nigerian prince" is the most rough and unreliable design, and most people will not be fooled, so in this case, those who are willing to reply to the email to "provide help" are screened out Those who are most likely to be deceived will have a much greater success rate in launching follow-up scams targeting these people.

But according to this Mr. Chen's description, the other party only sent him this commission.It seemed certain that he would accept the money from unknown sources and take on this task—but obviously, not everyone would make such a choice.

Because of this, Ye Yingzhi became more interested in those "demons" that Hu Tu mentioned.There are two possibilities for accurately predicting that Mr. Chen will accept the task: one is that they have a lot of materials and information on people who meet the standards, and they analyze and calculate that Mr. Chen is most likely to accept and complete this task; the other is that they really Like the legendary demon, he can accurately read people's hearts.

The port where the DE780 was docked was much more chaotic than the one where the Silver Wave was docked. It was disorderly and noisy, and the corresponding environment was even more messy. There were bustling locals all around. Chi Yan and Ye Ying, who were dressed cleanly, It is very eye-catching here as if it stands out from the crowd.

Mr. Chen helped Ye Yingzhi find the DE780, watched them go up and left.The ship looked a little old, with only two floors in total. At the boarding station, there was a blind old man with a dark complexion holding a list written in various languages ​​and a pen.After Ye Ying went up, he handed over the list and pen when he heard the movement, and motioned for him to cross out his name.

It was only when Ye Yingzhi handed back the list that the old man used body language to communicate with them not because of a language barrier, but because he also had no tongue.

There are already many people in the boat, from the appearance, there are people from various countries and regions.Ye Yingzhi also saw Hu Tu, but Hu Tu flinched when he saw him, and did not dare to speak to him.

Ye Yingzhi found a seat by the window at the back, asked Chi Yan to sit inside, and sat outside to protect him.

"If you're tired, lean against me and sleep for a while." He took off his coat and put it on for Chi Yan.

"Welcome, where are we going now?" He felt something was wrong after getting off the boat, and the chaotic environment around him confirmed his guess even more.But he believed in Ye Yingzhi, and also believed in the judgment and decision of the other party, but he was a little curious about what his lover was going to do.

Ye Yingzhi considered the wording that would be easiest for Chi Yan to accept, put Chi Yan in his arms, and leaned against his ear, telling him everything from when he received the black card to when he heard Hu Tu say.It is impossible for him to keep this secret from Chi Yan. According to Hu Tu, that place may be full of dangers, and it is very important to have the necessary information and be vigilant.

"You're crazy!" Chi Yan couldn't help exclaiming in a low voice after hearing this, and looked at his lover disapprovingly, hesitating to speak, "How do you believe in these unrealistic things..." In fact, he He was even more worried that this was simply a dangerous scam set against Ye Yingzhi.

"It's okay, just treat it as if we were going on an adventure together." Ye Yingzhi still smiled gently as usual, gently pinching his index finger and palm, "Ah Yan, no matter what happens, you must follow me closely." .”

"We will go home after we go back. I will take an annual leave and stay with you at home every day."

After the DE780 sailed for a certain distance, the boat arranged by Ye Yingzhi kept up with him according to the message he sent, and kept responding.They have used the most advanced communication technology, even when the general communication signal is not good when entering the ocean area, Ye Yingzhi can still monitor his own position and the position of the ship he arranged from his mobile phone, and give instructions in time.

But ten hours after the DE780 sailed, his ship suddenly disappeared from the screen, and all the commands and messages he sent did not respond.All this happened in an instant, as if they left the original space and drove into another world with the DE780 at that instant.Ye Yingzhi's heart was faintly lifted by the rare feeling that things were out of control.

Chi Yan wrapped his coat around him, curled up beside him, sleeping soundly against his chest.

Ye Yingzhi instantly felt at ease again.As long as Ah Yan is still by his side, he feels that he is omnipotent and is not afraid of anything.

At this time, the passengers sitting by the window on the left front faintly started to stir.Ye Yingzhi looked in the direction they were pointing at, and saw the outline of a black island that stretched beyond sight.

It was already night, but the island was lit with countless bright and colorful lights, even illuminating half of the sky, as if it was a huge indulgence paradise built in a different world.

The passengers on the ship became excited, talking and discussing with each other, sweeping away the previous silence.Most of them are like Ye Yingzhi before, they don't know what the end point of this trip is, they just feel extremely bored or too hopeless about life, or like Ye Yingzhi, they really want to achieve something. It was difficult to realize my wish, so I embarked on this journey with the idea of ​​trying my luck.

Chi Yan was also woken up, opened his eyes in a daze, and looked at Ye Yingzhi sleepily.

His innocent appearance stained the man's usually cold face with a bit of a smile, Ye Yingzhi couldn't help reaching out and wrapping his clothes tightly around him: "It's almost here, Ah Yan, wake up."