In an escape game...

After Yun Xubai finished washing, he saw the fat duck that "attacked" him last night in the dark corner of the living room.

It inserted its head into the creaking nest, and was combing its feathers patiently. When it sensed Yun Xubai approaching, its plump body froze, and slowly raised its head, just in time to meet Yun Xubai's gaze.

Fat Duck quickly retracted his head, because the speed was too fast, almost flashed his neck.

"So you didn't leave." Yun Xubai's stomach made a soft noise, he didn't have time to eat dinner yesterday, and the Wu Zang Temple was about to collapse now: "I'm so hungry."

"Gah!" The Fat Duck trembled all over, thinking that Yun Xubai was going to eat it again, he couldn't help but let out a scream, and immediately hid in a darker place, shivering.

Yun Xubai couldn't help but laugh, this fat duck is quite cute.

Yun Xubai was going to have breakfast first, but just a second before going out, he saw the old-fashioned calendar hanging by the door.

Most of the calendar has been torn off, and there are layers of rough paper edges on the top. The top page is yesterday's date—July 7, the old calendar.

lunar calendar!

Siren Island is used to calculating dates based on the old calendar, and the dates on Mr. Qi’s IOU and missing persons notice all use the old calendar by default, which is contrary to Yun Xubai’s habit, he always thought it was the new calendar date.

Yun Xubai tore off the top page of paper, and a big "14" appeared in front of his eyes.

"Tomorrow is the Ghost Festival." Yun Xubai frowned.

Hungry Ghost Festival, the legendary day when the gate of hell is opened and the new dead and the old dead return to the world together.

[How come it happens to be the Ghost Festival, it's a little scary]

[The folk culture on the island is very rich, I feel that the Ghost Festival will be very important, and there won't be ghosts and ghosts running rampant at that time, right?]

[Go and see!The player list has been updated!One person died! ]

Yun Xubai opened the player list, and the profile picture of the last player turned gray. He was a level 3 player.

There are now 17 players left.

The thin paper was crumpled up and thrown into the trash can, Yun Xubai pushed open the door, and the little fat duck slid into the wall, and followed along.

The fog on the island has not been relieved by the sunlight, but the visible range has been slightly expanded.

The street is very lively, in Yun Xubai's field of vision, the people coming and going in the distance are like headless wandering souls, until they staggeringly approach, they show their vivid faces.

Mrs. Hua's breakfast shop is doing very well. There are several drawers of steamers on the big table at the door. Mrs. Hua is making dumplings in the hazy cooking smoke. There are two dark circles on her face, and she looks very depressed.

Jiao Huai was sitting on a small chair at the door, holding a bun bigger than her face in her hand, gnawing happily, seeing Yun Xubai, he raised his eyelids lazily, and handed Yun Xubai a fellow bun A big bun.

Mrs. Hua was preoccupied with two things, she took the time to cast a glance at Jiao Huai, and said admonishingly, "You brat, don't be rude, just say hello to Teacher Yun!"

Sister-in-law Hua has a sharp mouth and a bean-curd heart, and her speech and gentleness are not related to each other, but Jiao Huai, who has a bad temper, never shows her face, and is even quite cooperative.

As soon as she opened her mouth, Jiao Huai called out weakly, "Teacher Yun~Morning~"

Mrs. Hua was half-deadly annoyed by his perfunctory attitude, and she smiled at Yun Xubai: "Mr. Yun, don't worry about this brat, what do you want to eat this morning? The freshly made mustard dumplings have thin skin and big filling. Your next bowl?"

"Okay, I'll trouble you." Yun Xubai smiled softly.

[Cubs are so gentle to npcs!Different from other hosts! ]

[I, I also want to eat dumplings, bark]

[I, I am different, I want to eat the host...]

[Bold Upstairs!Boldly speak out my heart hehe]

Jiao Huai looked at the plump dumplings on the chopping board, swallowed her saliva with greed, and said to Mrs. Hua confidently, "I want to eat dumplings too!"

Mrs. Hua snorted coldly: "Don't be picky eaters, talk after eating your buns!"

There were so many people in the store, Yun Xubai was sitting on a small dining table by the side of the road, his long legs had nowhere to rest, so he had to bend them upright.

"Sister Hua is in trouble?" Yun Xubai looked at Mrs. Hua's dark circles, recalled the yellow paper money stuck to Mrs. Hua's body last night, and guessed that after Mr. Qi left his house, she went to trouble Mrs. Hua again.

Jiao Huai chewed the steamed stuffed bun, her cheeks bulged like a squirrel, and said vaguely, "Sister-in-law Hua forgot to sprinkle Guanyin water after dinner last night, and that resentful spirit slipped into the house and wrote densely written words Mrs. Hua was so frightened that she didn't dare to sleep all night."

"What did you write?"

"Don't gossip, return my innocence." Jiao Huai drank slowly and snorted, "Sister Hua doesn't know he's dead, so what's the use of scaring her."

Mrs. Hua said she wouldn't make dumplings for Jiao Huai, but in the end she brought two bowls of dumplings. The two of them had breakfast and discussed, and the bowls were empty before they knew it.

Jiao Huai patted her round belly contentedly, then tilted her head: "Go to the paper shop today?"

"Well, go and find out the cause of Teacher Qi's death." This Saturday, Yun Xubai was going to take Jiao Huai out, and Mrs. Hua agreed without saying a word.

There are more and more pedestrians on the road, and the stage and Shigutai are set up in the square.

The chefs built a temporary kitchen and were preparing the big dishes and snacks for the sacrifice. The troupe's car was parked next to the stage, and several strong men were carrying things down one box after another.

"Uncle, tomorrow is the Ghost Festival, why are you so busy today?" Yun Xubai chatted with an uncle who was watching the fun very naturally.

"It's Teacher Yun." The islanders respect teachers very much, especially teachers like Yun Xubai who went to the countryside to teach at a young age. The uncle said kindly: "You just came here, and you don't know our customs here. We are used to Sing an opera one day in advance to pray for "opening the prison", knock on the gate of the underworld tonight, let the lonely ghosts come out to eat sacrifices, and worship the "Forbidden Prison" after seven days, and invite the lonely ghosts back, and the Ghost Festival will be safe pass."

"Will there really be ghosts?" Jiao Huai asked.

The uncle was silent for a moment, and said in a positive tone: "Yes, land is yang and water is yin. Small islands like ours are most likely to attract lonely souls and wild ghosts, so we must give up orphans every year, otherwise...big trouble will happen."

"But you don't have to worry, we mortals can't see ghosts, and they won't make trouble when they're full." Worried that they were afraid, the uncle added.

Yun Xubai and Jiao Huai looked at each other and smiled wryly.

Uncle may not be able to see it, but they must be able to see it.

The two continued on their way, and after walking for about ten minutes, Yun Xubai suddenly found that the surrounding scenery became familiar, he stopped, and Jiao Huai also stopped.

"The ghost hit the wall." Yun Xubai frowned as he looked at the bustling square in front of him.

This place is almost exactly the same as before they left, the only difference is that the troupe has finished moving things and is doing sanitation.

"In broad daylight, the ghost hits the wall, which ghost is so arrogant." Jiao Huai looked around vigilantly.

"Ahhh!!!" There was a terrified scream from the other side of the stage, and everyone in the square put down what they were doing at the same time and gathered towards the stage.

"What happened?" someone asked aloud.

"My God! He's dead!" The loud voice caused a commotion in an instant, and the timid people stopped and didn't dare to approach.

"It's very unlucky to find a dead person near the stage!"

The islanders discussed with a sad face.

Hearing that there was a corpse, Yun Xubai and Jiao Huai ran faster than anyone else, and soon broke through the tight encirclement and entered the scene.

A male corpse was lying in the pile of rubbish, only the upper body was exposed, the upper limbs were completely stiff, the face was pale, the bulging eyes were filled with creepy fear, the lip was swollen high from the middle part of the man, and the blood flowed along it. With the corner of his torn mouth all the way down, a big hole was opened in his chest, his heart was dug out, and dirty blood flowed everywhere.

Yun Xubai recognized at a glance that this was the player with the grayed out profile picture.

"We were going to clean up this pile of waste products, but we dug up a corpse!" A teacher in the troupe said loudly, "Almost scared our brothers to death!"

"It's too scary... vomit..." Someone couldn't bear it, and ran out through the crowd.

The islanders were discussing around the corpse:

"This is Mrs. Chen's son! Oh, he died so tragically at such a young age..."

"This death is a bit scary, and the wound doesn't look like a human can make it..."

"There is no monitoring in this place, so it is difficult to find evidence. First call the police, and then ask the patriarch to come over. He is well-informed. If something is wrong, he can see it."

"Agreed, hurry up and ask the patriarch, half dead in July is no small matter!"

Someone called the police, someone went to ask the patriarch, and an islander saw the doctor at the community clinic in the crowd, and immediately pushed him out: "Doctor Xu, can you tell when he died?"

Everyone's eyes fell on Dr. Xu, he took a step, squatted in front of the corpse to observe for a while, and said uncertainly: "I am not a professional forensic doctor, I can only estimate the approximate time, it should be around eight o'clock last night .”

"His mouth is very strange, his teeth may have been pulled out." Yun Xubai was very sensitive to this after seeing a corpse whose teeth had been pulled out by his grandmother.

"Indeed, look at the wound on his mouth, it looks like it was forcibly ripped open." Jiao Huai rolled her eyes, and her heart came alive: "I'll go and have a look."

Jiao Huai walked up to the corpse, pinched the corpse's cheek, the bloody mouth was opened, the upper row of teeth was indeed missing a few teeth, the wound was grim, it was pulled out.

Jiao Huai's speed was so fast that no one had time to stop him. The islanders almost fainted when they saw his movements.

"Jiaojiao! What are you doing!" several aunts screamed.

"Don't destroy the scene!" Dr. Xu was the closest to Jiao Huai and was about to pick him up, but Jiao Huai took the initiative to let go of the body, glanced at Dr. Xu indifferently, and slowly took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands.

Dr. Xu's scalp was numb, and he subconsciously withdrew his hand.

[Fuck!Is this kid so courageous!Eyes like a wolf cub]

[As expected of the anchor's younger brother, he is a ruthless person]

[The action of wiping blood with a handkerchief is exactly the same as that of the host, it really is his own]

[I just want to know who killed this player, why did you pull out his teeth, in order to torture him? ]

[Anyway, I don’t think Lao Qi is suspicious. He was still following the anchor at seven or eight o’clock last night]

"Jiaojiao! You got into trouble just now, do you know? I must tell your mother! Let her treat you!"

"Leaving fingerprints on the corpse will affect the work of the police uncle! This is a serious issue!"

The islanders launched an attack on Jiao Huai, like a swarm of buzzing bees, Jiao Huai's head was about to explode, and she took a deep breath.

[His expression is not quite right, is he about to lose his temper]

[may be swearing]

Jiao Huai blinked vigorously, and when she raised her head, the end of her eyes turned red instantly, those watery eyes looked pitifully at the uncles and aunts, as if she was about to shed tears at any moment.

Jiao Huai said aggrievedly: "I know I was wrong." Dare to do it next time.

Looking at this pretty face, and looking at the big watery eyes like obsidian, the hearts of the uncles and aunts melted, and they couldn't bear to say harsh words.

"It's good if you know your mistakes and correct them. Let your mother bathe you in grapefruit water tonight to drive away bad luck."

When the wind turned, scolding turned into concern.

Dr. Xu, who had been killed by Jiao Huai's eyes, was in a daze - these are two people!

[Using the cuteness technique!Foul! ]

[Doctor Xu looked confused, feeling that he was being treated differently]

[Hahahaha brother is so cute]

["Lemon Yakult" tipped Reiki Pearl＊800]

"I'm causing trouble for everyone, I will educate him well." Yun Xubai waved to Jiaohuai.

After the teacher spoke, everyone was relieved. They still had work, and only two people were left to guard the scene, and they returned to their posts one after another.

After the crowd dispersed, a duck appeared on the corpse's head at some point. It faced Yun Xubai, and two lines of blood and tears slowly left in its two small eyes.

The weeping duck stands on the disembowelled corpse, the picture is very strange.

"Where did the duck come from? It seems to be crying?" Jiao Huai was very puzzled.

"This duck is a spirit body. It has been following me since last night, and it appeared almost at the same time as the player died." A thought flashed in Yun Xubai's mind, and he said seriously: "Could it be that after the player dies, the soul will change?" Become an animal spirit?!"

"It's possible!" A dark light flashed in Jiao Huai's eyes: "After the second person dies, we will know whether this speculation is right or wrong."

[There are a lot of duck and duck scenes]

[The anchor is so sharp! ]

[This is sharp?Can you guys stop bragging, it's so obvious, even blind people can see it, please contact]

……

After the corpse appeared, Ghost Hit the Wall disappeared automatically.

Zhizhapu is very close to the school, Yun Xubai walked this trip, and suddenly found that it was on the only way for Teacher Qi to go home after class.

I passed by here on my way to Mr. Qi’s house last night. It was closed at that time, so Yun Xubai didn’t notice it.

The two of them didn't rush in, they found a relatively hidden place on the opposite side of the street and observed quietly.

This store is the best-known paper shop on the island. It coincides with the Ghost Festival, and there are many orders in the store. Even the door is full of completed paper figurines and flower boats.The products produced by this store are completely different from the crudely made paper bundles in Yun Xubai's impression. The paper figurines are lifelike and exquisitely crafted. From a distance, they look almost like living people.

A thin and dark middle-aged man was sitting by the door, holding thin and soft bamboo strips in his hands, weaving and fixing them quickly, and in a short while he made a dynamic and vivid rabbit skeleton, and threw it into the basket beside him.

The door of the paper-making shop was open, and there was a spirit altar in the center. There was a ghost photo hanging on the wall. The woman in the photo was very young, with two shofar braids, a smile like a flower, and a pair of gentle eyebrows.

There are various sacrificial offerings on the table, a pair of black coffins parked in front, two pairs of golden boy and jade girl paper figurines on the left and right, and some white wreaths.

The candles on the case were flickering and smoky, making people worry that the house would be ruined if the candles were toppled over.

"The fruits on the Lingtai are all fresh, and they are still stained with water. It seems that they are replaced every day. The boss maintains the Lingtai meticulously. It looks different from the rumors." Yun Xu bai frowned, analyzing: "He doesn't look like the one who was taken care of by others." Cursing your wife after wearing a cuckold is like confirming your wife's death, so a funeral must be held for her."

Jiao Huai nodded in agreement: "If the assumption is true, he must be an insider of this case, and he is suspected of murder. Otherwise, why didn't he dare to make it public?"

Yun Xubai was thoughtful: "It's hard to say for now, but he has something to do with Teacher Qi's death."

"In the past?" Jiao Huai asked.

Yun Xubai nodded, and said surprisingly: "I want to open the coffin to have a look."

Mrs. Hua said that when the owner of the paper making shop traveled to the funeral, he made a paper figurine instead of his wife and put it in the coffin.

Is it really a paper man in the coffin?

The two walked to the door of the paper-making shop, and Yun Xubai asked politely, "Boss, do you sell lanterns for the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

The owner of the paper shop slowly raised his head, looked at Yun Xubai silently for a while, and then asked in a deep voice, "You are... Teacher Yun?"

"Yes." Yun Xubai smiled: "I'm going to set off the river lanterns at night, so I came here specially to ask."

"It's inside, come with me." The boss put down the tools and led them in.

As soon as he stepped into the store, Yun Xubai felt that the temperature was too low. For some reason, the eyes of the paper figurines in the room were all facing the same direction. He always felt that they were paying attention to him, and he couldn't help feeling a chill behind him.

Looking around, Yun Xubai saw some traditional Chinese medicines and some medicine boxes of Chinese patent medicines on the table next to the altar, Yun Xubai secretly wrote down the names of the medicines.

The boss took out a box of river lanterns: "It's all here, you can pick whatever you want."

Yun Xubai handed a few to the boss, and sighed: "Since I'm here, out of courtesy, can I offer incense sticks?"

Yun Xubai was not sure about the attitude of the boss, so he didn't directly mention the boss's wife, but just tried it out.

The boss was a little surprised, pursed his lips, and said after a while, "Yes."

Yun Xubai lit three sticks of incense, "accidentally" sprained his foot during worship, first deliberately dropped his glasses, and then staggered towards the coffin, the coffin lid moved a crack, through which he could see the coffin clearly medium scene.

There is indeed a paper doll inside, but it is definitely not an ordinary paper doll!

Ordinary paper figurines can transmit light, but the one inside is not only opaque, but also has a shadow inside!

The scariest thing was that the hair of that paper man, like real hair, was spread to the ankles.

He smelled a very strong smell of blood, which was different from the smell of rotting corpses, it was the smell of fresh blood.

[Is there a dead body hidden inside the paper figurine? ! ]

[I think I saw the hand of that paper figurine!Scared me! ]

[The anchor is so reckless, if you say open the coffin, you will open the coffin, aren't you afraid of death]

[If you don’t open the coffin now, you won’t have a chance. Could it be that you sneaked in and opened it in the middle of the night? That’s the real courting of death]

[I think the anchor is quite smart, he "accidentally" pushed him away when offering incense, at least he won't attract so much hatred]

The moment Yun Xubai fell, the boss rushed over: "Why are you so careless!"

Yun Xubai closed his eyes, let himself fall to the ground, let out a cry of pain, and acted out the accidental wrestling.

Jiao Huai ran over cooperatively, and asked worriedly: "Mr. Yun! You didn't break it, did you?"

The boss put the coffin back on and stared at Yun Xubai with an unfriendly expression, with an imperceptible smoldering in his eyes.

The temperature in the paper-making shop dropped sharply, and the paper figurines made a rustling sound as if they were whispering.

With Jiao Huai's support, Yun Xubai barely stood up, rubbed his eyes: "I'm just a little dizzy, it seems that I can't see things clearly."

"Because your glasses broke!" Jiao Huai picked up the broken glasses and handed them to his palm: "Deep myopia, without glasses you are blind."

Yun Xubai put his broken eyes on his eyes, and with an apology on his warm and jade-like face, he bowed deeply to the boss: "I'm sorry, I did it out of good intentions, but I didn't expect to cause trouble and offend you."

The boss was originally full of anger, but when he saw Yun Xubai's broken eyes and bruised arms, and thinking that he didn't see anything, his anger was half gone.

"Let's go, I won't sell the river lamp anymore." The boss ignored him after finishing speaking, and wiped the coffin with a veil on his own.

[Scheming anchor!He can see clearly, but he fools the npc into saying that he can't see clearly]

[But his attitude is really hard to make people angry]

[good acting]

[Tell everyone a ghost story, after the anchor turned around, the eyes of those paper figurines changed]

[Sloppy!I saw it too!Is this room full of...]

As soon as Yun Xubai came out of Zhizhapu, he met two groups of other players at the door, among them was the level 8 player whose id was Fengxie.

Feng Xie looked about 25 years old, and his thin clothes were almost deformed by his strong muscles. When he saw Jiao Huai, he raised his eyebrows: "There is really such a young player, and he has learned a lot."

Jiao Huai yawned, ignored him, and lazily said to Yun Xubai: "Brother, it's time for lunch."

Being ignored in front of so many people, Feng Xi was a little annoyed, snorted, stepped into the paper shop, and shouted loudly: "Boss, let's order something!"

The owner of the paper shop has a bigger business than him, and his anger is still there: "No business today! Let's go!"

A few players were stunned, and they couldn't get into Zhizhapu even if they tried hard and soft.

Feng Xi's temper was a little grumpy, and he suppressed his temper and prepared to "reason" with the boss, but the boss didn't say a word, moved the paper figurines and tools at the door into the house, and closed the door with a "bang".

After walking far away, Jiao Huai smiled gloatingly: "Others are the predecessors who planted trees and the descendants to enjoy the shade, and you are the responsibility of the predecessors who caused troubles, and it is obvious that you angered the boss, but you want them to bear the anger."

Yun Xubai touched the tip of his nose: "It can't be my fault, they chose the wrong timing."

[You are so cute, everything you say is right]

[You are so pretty, you are right in everything you say]

After leaving the paper making shop, Yun Xubai found that besides the duck and Mr. Qi, there was another sneaky sight behind him.

Possibly something dirty from a paper shop.

"Where are you going now?" Jiao Huai was at a loss for the time being.

"Go to the community clinic." Yun Xubai said.

"To buy medicine?" Jiao Huai pointed to the bruise on his hand: "Does it hurt?"

Yun Xubai said in a low voice: "I saw some medicine boxes in the store, I went to check what the medicine is, and who is sick by the way."