In an escape game...

After the figure outside the window disappeared, Yun Xubai didn't look away.The shadow never appeared again.

The girl with shoulder-length hair saw that Yun Xubai didn't answer her, but stared behind her, keenly discovering the problem.She asked in a very low voice, "Did you see something dirty?"

"Run away." Yun Xubai replied concisely.

This is the first time that Yun Xubai entered the dungeon alone after obtaining the anchor qualification, and the live broadcast system asked whether to start the live broadcast.

Yun Xubai chooses to turn it on, and the light screen appears in front of him simultaneously.The audience and the opening gift rain appeared at the same time.

[Brother Xu started the live broadcast, my happiness is back! ]

[I don’t know why you live broadcast every now and then, I’m really speechless, if you want to live broadcast, you can live broadcast every day, okay, you are saving the whole universe! ]

[Brother Xu cut his hair?Looking at it in this dark light, A exploded! ]

["Zai Zai, look at Ma Ma!" rewarded a good start salute * 100 boxes]

"Ah!!" Before the audience finished blowing rainbow farts, there was a sudden scream of panic in the car, and the whole car shook!

It was the scream from the woolen hat NPC, Yun Xubai and the girl with shoulder-length hair looked forward at the same time.I saw two bruised arms on the windshield, blood splattered everywhere on the palms!

The beanie covered her mouth after screaming, her shoulders trembling uncontrollably.He looked at the woman next to him, and asked in a trembling voice, "Did you see it...isn't it my illusion?"

The long-haired woman nodded, signaling him to calm down.

Those two hands seemed to appear out of thin air, climbing up continuously, leaving bloody handprints one after another.The beanie was so frightened that he didn't know how to react.

Yun Xubai pressed his shoulders and reminded him in a calm voice: "Don't panic, don't stare at them, try to see if you can start the car."

The driver is an npc, which is really not a good thing for the player.

The wool cap reacted, and he didn't dare to look at the picture outside the glass, so he restarted the car.But he was so panicked that his hands were shaking all the time.

"Change the seat, I'll drive." The long-haired woman was worried about an accident, so she decisively unbuckled her seat belt and changed places with the woolen hat npc.

Judging from this action and reaction, Yun Xubai can be sure that the long-haired woman is a player.

As soon as the long-haired woman sat firmly in the driving seat, her hands outside the windshield stopped moving.The blood slowly flowed down, was frozen into blood frost by the snowflakes, a severely injured woman's face was suddenly stuck to the glass, and the swollen eyeballs covered with red blood were almost squeezed out of shape!

"Rain sweeper." Yun Xubai said lightly.

The long-haired woman immediately turned on the wiper, and the two brushes swung from side to side, actually sweeping away the wraith lying on the windshield.

The long-haired woman calmed down and started the car quickly.There was no accident this time, the car started smoothly and continued on the road staggeringly.

The snow fell harder, dancing in the headlights, hitting the glass like moths, and being swept away again.

"I was really scared to death just now. Fortunately, you are calm and steady, otherwise I really don't know what to do." Yes, I actually ran into a ghost, but luckily we are about to reach our destination..."

Suddenly caught a glimpse of someone on the road, the wool hat almost stopped her heart: "Here she is again!"

The wraith with his feet hanging in the air appeared in the snow-white beams, his long wet hair swaying in the wind, and his bloody face stared closely at the four people in the car.

When ordinary people saw this scene, their first reaction was to brake, but the long-haired woman stepped on the accelerator and slammed into it!Seeing this scene, the beanie was too nervous to breathe!

The spirit body of the Wraith was knocked apart, and the wool hat was relieved.Before he could catch his breath, there was another sound of heavy objects crawling on the roof of the car.

There was a sharp sound of scratching nails against the top of his head, as if someone was scratching his own scalp, making his scalp numb.

The wool cap shrank its neck, and said in fear: "Why is she so persistent, can't she be entangled with us? The old man said that if people who died on the side of the road turned into ghosts, they would want to pull passers-by to be ghosts for the dead. Let's go." It's especially dangerous at night..."

The beanie should be positioned as an npc that engages players' mentality and reveals basic information by the way. Yun Xubai said casually: "Then try to push you down to her as a scapegoat, and see if we will be safe."

The voice of the woolen hat instantly became crying: "Don't scare me, I'm timid!"

"Snapped!"

There was a loud bang from the roof, and the cabin became completely silent.

Yun Xubai looked up and saw a raised palm print, the fingertips were particularly prominent, as if with a little more force, the sharp nails would penetrate the iron sheet and pierce their skulls.

"Crack!" A palm print appeared on the top of his head again, and liquid seeped from it, and Yun Xubai smelled a salty smell.

The palm prints appeared one after another, and the roof of the car sank a lot. I don't know how long it can last.

"It's over, it's over..." The wool cap covered his head, his eyes were red: "Sister Wraith, please forgive us, I will definitely come here to burn incense and kowtow to you later! If you have any grievances, just tell us in your dream, and we will help you Revenge, can you see it?"

As soon as the woolen hat finished speaking, the movement above his head disappeared.

The wool hat said: "Sister Wraith Ling agreed?"

Yun Xubai sensed a dark air rushing from outside the car window, looked sideways, and saw two red palms pressed out of the car window, an upside-down woman's face pressed against the car window, peeping in with lifeless eyes.

Yun Xubai met Wraith's eyes and tilted his head: "Hi."

Wraith Ling probably has never seen such a calm person, his expression was shocked, those who didn't know thought it was Yun Xubai who scared the ghost.

The girl with shoulder-length hair didn't expect Yun Xubai to react like this, so she complained in a low voice beside her: "The sand sculpture and bold anchor really deserve their reputation."

Wraith was shocked for a while, and started to move her fingers, painting and drawing on the car window.Yun Xubai wanted to see her finish painting, but didn't drive her away.

There was a heavy bell sound in the distance, the resentful spirit's face changed suddenly, and his body turned into a ball of cold flame, which disappeared with the wind.

An abstract pattern is left on the car window, with a trapezoid on the top, several diagonal lines drawn inside, and a simple line on the bottom.Probably because I didn't have time to finish the painting, and I can't see what it means at all.

Snowflakes hit the car window, and the blood on it will disappear soon, Yun Xubai took a picture of the pattern on the car window.

The woolen hat vigilantly swept around to make sure that the wraith did not really follow, and whispered: "You said you really left this time? Will she really give us a dream?"

The girl with shoulder-length hair spread her hands: "You say so, it seems possible."

[It was so exciting at the beginning, hiss, the goosebumps on my hands haven't gone away yet]

[bro, my hairs are still dancing]

[I was scared at first, but I laughed when brother Xu greeted Wraith, hahaha]

[Wraith: I was scared]

[The wraith seems to have slipped away after hearing the ringtone, and that ringtone is also very weird]

["Here comes the reward for the sand sculpture anchor" and rewarded the npc social maniac banner (10 meters)*1 piece]

The car broke into the thick fog, and the long-haired woman said: "The fog is very heavy, and the map shows that we are about to enter the border of Chenjiacun."

Chenjia Village is the destination of this trip, the hometown of their "common friend" Chen Feng.This trip was to attend Chen Feng's funeral, and the four of them had received a suicide note before.But the system has not released the content of the suicide note.

The car passed a big stone with "Chenjia Village" written in blood red on it.

They heard a strange sound of bells again, the dense fog cleared up a bit, the archway in front became clear, two big red lanterns dangled in the cold wind, and the candlelight was ethereal.

A cold and stiff electronic female voice sounded in the car: "You have arrived at your destination, Chenjia Village, and Mingtu Map will continue to guide you."

The hairs of several people in the car were all raised on end by the sudden sound.

"Mingtu map, I'm just a good guy. Is this still a map navigation in the underworld." The girl with shoulder-length hair looked out the car window and said nonchalantly, "I don't know if we are in the underworld or the underworld now."

The woolen hat spoke weakly: "Sister, can you stop making such jokes...my young mind has not recovered yet."

I didn't expect that an npc who was in charge of playing players' mentality would be disturbed by the players.

As the car drove past the archway in Chenjiacun, Yun Xubai received a system prompt:

[Player "Ba Ba", you have triggered the level 36 mission "Double-sided Sweeping Qing Niang". ]

[The background of "Double-sided Sao Qingniang": Four young people received a suicide note from their friend Chen Feng, and rushed to Chen Feng's hometown to attend the funeral without stopping.Because the suicide note said that only by attending the funeral can they completely get rid of the curse on them.On the other side, the ancient village culture investigation group stayed in Chenjia Village at the same time, and the two groups of people met, but they didn't know that the strangeness was sprouting secretly...]

[Task: Survive until the copy ends. ]

[Dungeon restrictions: Players carry skills ≤ 2, props ≤ 1, and it is forbidden to carry spiritual pets. ]

The restrictions on this copy are relatively loose. Yun Xubai chose to bring the skills "I have a contract with the Wraith" and "Nightmare Contagion Source" as well as the upgraded prop "Space Rift".

The system prompt ended, and a suicide note from Chen Feng was sent.Inside it says:

"My important friend, when you received this letter, Chen Feng had already left this world. After I returned to Chenjia Village, I realized that the curse on you had not been lifted at all, but passed on to me. After I left , the curse will return to you again.

"The voodoo master in the village told me that there is only one way to completely unravel the curse on you. Before you die, I will arrange everything. After receiving the letter, please come to Chenjia Village to follow the arrangement of the voodoo master, otherwise you will at best Only three days to live, it will find you!

"Friend: Chen Feng. When his life was dying."

This suicide note left a phone number and a few lines of reminders:

[The handwriting in the suicide note is the same as that of Chen Feng, you try to recall, but you can't remember what this mortal curse is, you only know that it does exist.You realize that some memories were erased and are slowly being revived after receiving this suicide note.You decide to go to Chenjia Village to find out. ]

[The player must enter Chenjiacun, otherwise the task will automatically fail. ]

"Have you finished reading the suicide note?" the girl with shoulder-length hair asked.

"I've finished reading," the long-haired woman answered first, "Everything between the lines tells us that we are a dead team."

Yun Xubai agreed with her words: "A big crisis is hatching in the Chen family village, please enter the urn."

There is also an expedition team mentioned in the background story, and it is estimated that there are other players in it.

"Are you guys talking about Chen Feng's suicide note?" The wool cap interjected, "I still remember how panicked I was when I received that suicide note. Why did such a nice person die suddenly? What is the curse he was talking about? Do you remember?"

Yun Xubai asked without answering, "Do you have any impression?"

The wool cap shook his head: "No, it might just be a prank. If he really passed away, we would have to go to the funeral because of our relationship. We used to have a good relationship, but unfortunately we lost contact when Chen Feng returned to his hometown. I always feel that I forgot something, tried hard but couldn't remember...forget it, headache."

After entering the village, the long-haired woman slowed down.The terrain of Chenjia Village is very special, surrounded by mountains and forests with many trees.It is a downhill road to enter the village. There are few houses on the side of the road and the style is simple. There are red paper-cuts pasted on the windows.

Raindrops were caught in the snow and slapped on the window, gradually blurring the scene outside the window.

The long-haired woman said: "We don't know where Chen Feng's house is, so let's call the number left in the suicide note and ask."

There are no pedestrians on the road, and it is raining outside, and it is not a solution for them to wander around like headless chickens.

The wool hat said happily: "Look, there is someone waving at us in front, it must be Chen Feng's family who came to pick us up."

There were indeed two people with umbrellas on the side of the road, waving at them.

The car stopped slowly, and the long-haired woman lowered the window.

"Are you Chen Feng's friends?" the dark-skinned uncle asked loudly.

The long-haired woman nodded yes.

"Before you came, you said you would arrive tonight, and I came to the village entrance early to wait!" The uncle said, "You drive to the end of this road, and Chen Feng's family has no place to live. We will arrange it for you in the guest house next to the ancestral hall." Residence. Wherever you go, someone will lead you in."

The long-haired woman thanked her, rolled up the window, and proceeded according to the uncle's instructions.

Just opening the car window for a moment, their faces were numb from the cold air outside.

When they reached their destination, someone came to pick them up again.The road ahead was narrow and the car couldn't drive in. The long-haired woman parked the car on the side of the road. They each held an umbrella and walked inside with the guide.

"Chen Feng's family has explained to us that you have come from a long distance, it is a deep friendship. If you live somewhere uncomfortable, feel free to mention it to us." The guide is an approachable aunt, who speaks very quickly: " There is another expedition team staying at our place tonight, the place is small, you may have to eat together, and there will be more meetings, no problem, right?"

Several people had expected it, and it was not surprising at all.

[Other players should join them]

[The breath of life here is so strong, the sense of substitution is too strong, I have already started to think wildly]

[This village always gives me an uncomfortable feeling, very closed and gloomy]

The environment of the guest house is better than expected, but there is no heating, so it is not much warmer than outside.

The woolen hat kept shouting about the cold, and asked the aunt if she had anything to eat.The three players start observing the environment.

Before Yun Xubai entered the house, he found that there were paper-cuts pasted on the window, the side facing the outside was red, and the side facing the inside was black.Look carefully, it is a girl with a broom.The girl wears a turban on her head and smiles on her round face.

In addition to the paper-cuts, there are also small ceramic figurines hanging on the eaves and by the door. The image is similar to the girl in the paper-cuts. There are faces painted on both sides of the round head, one side is white and the other side is black.Even the broom held by the villain is white on one side and black on the other.

The ceramic figurine has no feet, and a bell hangs from the bottom of the umbrella, which rings crisply with the night wind.The wind was strong, but the ceramic figurine never turned over, it just swayed from side to side.

Yun Xubai suddenly remembered the unfinished graffiti left by the Highway Wraith on the car window—that abstract symbol was too much like an upside-down broom.

When you see this iconic broom, you don't need to ask. It's the "Sweeping Lady" in the dungeon prompt.What caught Yun Xubai's attention was that the bell sounded by Sao Qingniang was very close to the one used to drive away resentful spirits.

The appearance of the Highway Wraith seems to have ulterior motives.

"There are a lot of Sao Qingniangs here," the girl with shoulder-length hair said softly, "There are different legends about Sao Qingniang in different places. I don't know what the legends here are."

"The ringtone of driving away the resentful spirits for us is similar to that of Sao Qingniang. Sao Qingniang should be the patron saint of the village, right?" Ghost, we can come here smoothly. Thank you, Sao Qingniang, for your protection."

The long-haired woman raised her head, looked at the black-faced Sao Qingniang, and frowned: "Is this image the patron saint?"

The auntie from the hostel came over with food, and when she heard what they said, she said with a smile: "The young man is right, Sao Qingniang is our patron saint here, and every household must worship it, it works!"

Yun Xubai raised his eyebrows: "It's enshrined, why is it still raining?"

Auntie's complexion changed, and she pointed her index finger at him: "Shh... don't be disrespectful to Sao Qingniang. The weather here used to be bad, and it was only after the offering."

Yun Xubai wanted to take the opportunity to say something, but suddenly there was excitement outside, and a group of people came over.

The visitors gathered their umbrellas one after another and placed them neatly under the eaves.

"The members of the inspection team have arrived, and I have to go and greet them." The aunt welcomed the passerby into the room, and chatted enthusiastically with a middle-aged scholar wearing glasses.

A few other people who looked like students walked and watched, and they should be another group of players.

[Come, come, the players are finally assembled]

[Is Sao Qingniang really a patron saint?I feel that the black side is a bit evil]

[It's round, it's quite cute]

[I also think it's cute, but the road ghost is more evil, and now I think it's scary]

"This is Sao Qingniang, right?" Among the newcomers was a boy in a white down jacket. He reached out and touched Sao Qingniang hanging by the door, and smiled: "It's cuter than I imagined, and it feels good to the touch."

The tall male player pressed down the arm of the man in the down jacket: "Don't move your hands while you are watching."

The man in the down jacket didn't take it seriously: "It should be fine, didn't this little thing save us once?"

The tall man ignored him, walked towards Yun Xubai, and said, "I am Jia Haoman, and you are 'Chen Feng's friends'?"

Yun Xubai was so popular in the Halloween carnival night and the host campaign, anyone who followed those two events would remember this face.Standing there now, he was short of writing the words "I am a player" on this handsome face.

Combined with the background prompts of the system, it is not difficult to guess who they are playing.

Yun Xubai nodded, and politely extended his hand towards Jia Haoman: "Yun Xubai."

Jia Haoman shook hands with him, and said with a smile, "I follow you, your player space level is very high."

The players got together and got to know each other a bit.The ids of these people, Yun Xubai, have all been seen on the leaderboards. Among them is a player who participated in the anchor competition with him. His id is called "Natural Protagonist". He ranked eighth in the competition, and his upgrade is relatively fast.

After that, they exchanged simple clues. It turned out that the expedition team also encountered ghosts on the way, and they were thrilled along the way.

[A lot of people know Brother Xu, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong, I hope these teammates have better character]

[I believe Brother Xu can handle interpersonal relationships well, and it is still live broadcasting, no one should dare to take the risk of ruining his reputation, and think carefully in the dark]

……

The guest house has limited conditions, so it is inevitable to squeeze into a room, so Yun Xubai was assigned to a four-person room.

After settling down, Auntie and Yun Xubai said, "Tomorrow is Chen Feng's funeral. Preparations will start at [-]:[-] in the morning. You should get up early. Chen Feng's father will tell you about other things in detail."

After explaining this, the aunt said to the scholar NPC who led the expedition team: "Mr. Li, you are going to observe the folk funeral tomorrow, and you have to get up early. There will be villagers to lead the way."

The scholar nodded: "Okay, thanks for your hard work, lady boss."

The aunt left the guest house after a few instructions, and there were only twelve players and a few npcs left here.

The players did not rest immediately, but began to search the guest house on the grounds of visiting the building.

The size of the guest house is really small, and Yun Xubai didn't find anything suspicious after looking around, only the incense table enshrining Sao Qingniang in the lobby is more eye-catching.

On the incense table is enshrined a palm-sized ceramic sweeper, with her black face facing outwards, and the broom in her hand is very realistic, and the quality is better than that of other places.It is not surprising that there are incense candles and precious wax on the incense burner. What is strange is that there are three small bowls in front of Sao Qingniang, with solidified red marks on them.Yun Xubai has improved his sense of smell, and he can smell a faint smell of blood without getting close, and he can be sure that it is blood.

As for whether it was human blood or animal blood, I couldn't tell the difference.

"It's too small here, and I didn't find any useful information after shopping around." A player suggested: "I have to get up early tomorrow, so let's rest first?"

This is the first night, and the clues are indeed limited, and excessive speculation may lead to preconceived ideas and misjudgment of information.The other players agreed with the proposal and were ready to return to their room.

Yun Xubai took one last look at the incense table, and just as he was about to leave, he caught a glimpse of a strange mark on the wall next to the incense table.

Taking a closer look, it turns out that there is a secret door there!It's just covered by the wall paint, and it's not easy to notice in low light.

The secret door was stuck and the door handle was cut off, making it difficult to open.Yun Xubai found a handy tool to pry open a crack, and an indescribable stench leaked out instantly.

The players who left late heard the movement and surrounded them one by one.

"Have you found anything?" Blue Coffee, the female player who was in charge of driving before, became serious.

"You have discovered such a secret, so sensitive enough."

"I was ready to go to bed, but I didn't expect there to be a surprise."

"It's a secret door." Yun Xubai opened the door and entered with the backlight of his mobile phone.

The onlookers gasped when they saw the scene inside!

The dark room is small and square in shape. The table is full of Buddha statues, incense burners and desks. It is not difficult to see that it was originally a small Buddhist hall.But now, those Buddha statues are covered with solidified blood, and the incense table, walls and ground are full of splashed blood.