Debuted in the C position of the thriller variety show

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The paper was peeled off forcefully, and what appeared in front of him was another mural.It's just that it is old and has faded slightly under the action of oxidation.

Xie Xiaozhou looked at it carefully, and the painting on it was probably the history of Hebian Village.

The former villagers of Hebian Village migrated due to war and famine.Misfortunes never come singly, and the villagers who had already suffered from the disaster contracted the plague here again.

In order to prevent the plague from spreading, they could only reluctantly throw their sick companions into the river. At this moment, a man in white appeared.

The performance on the murals is very exaggerated.

The man in white was surrounded by auspicious clouds and birds, he descended from the sky, and the golden light shone behind him.The yellow and thin villagers below knelt down and shouted "God".

In the next scene of the mural, the villagers worship the statue of the man in white by the river, with buildings behind them. It seems that they have settled down here, away from pain and hunger, and their lives have become richer.

Probably to thank the man in white, the villagers spontaneously held a sacrificial ceremony, sending sacrifices and the most beautiful woman in the village, hoping that the man in white would protect the residents of Hebian Village forever.

In the night, the woman was wearing a gorgeous wedding dress and walked up to the altar with a face full of anticipation. When she looked up, the woman's face was covered with delicate tattoos.

It doesn't look scary, but it has a kind of strangeness with national characteristics.

The man in white stood on the surface of the water, watching from a distance, without any expression.He turned slightly, indicating that he would leave after dawn.

The screen stops abruptly here.

If it is a pure story of gods and people, this should be a perfect ending.But here is the underworld crew, and the story is definitely not that simple.

Xie Xiaozhou reached out and groped, and found that the unevenness of the wall behind was different from other places. Obviously, the wall with the murals was shoveled down.

That should be the follow-up story that I don't want others to know.

Xie Xiaozhou looked at the mural again.

The villagers above are from Hebian Village.

The man in white should be the river god.

I don't know if the mural was damaged or if it was done on purpose. The mural did not show the true face of the River God. Even where the face appeared, it was covered in white and was empty.

And judging from the murals, this god obviously brought peace and blessings, but the current river god... said that he is not an evil god, and the evil gods are not convinced.

After careful observation, Xie Xiaozhou found another point.

In the murals, shrines also appeared in Hebian Village, but the shrines above were not covered by red cloth, and there were no statues of gods inside, it was empty.

This difference must mean that some kind of change must have occurred in the follow-up.

Is it because the content on the murals has been beautified, or when the river god first appeared, it was not the so-called evil god.

Xie Xiaozhou was looking at the mural and thinking, when a suggestive cough suddenly sounded in his ear.

His body took a step faster, and he directly pressed the torn paper back, restoring the wall to its original state.

Turning his head, the door was pushed open, and the hunchbacked He Po came in, scanning the people in the room with cold eyes.

His eyes slowly fell on Xie Xiaozhou in the corner.

Xie Xiaozhou took it easy, smiled at He Po, and walked aside as if nothing had happened.

I don't know if He Po noticed that the paper on the wall was torn off, stared at Xie Xiaozhou for a while, and then silently exited the room.

After He Po left, Xie Xiaozhou wanted to look for other clues, but he just looked around and found no other murals.

The long-legged sister leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Did you find anything?" She was the one who warned me just now.

Xie Xiaozhou shook his head: "I'm not sure." He was about to elaborate, but was stopped by the long-legged sister.

Xie Xiaozhou was puzzled. Under the suggestion of the long-legged sister, he saw the different expressions of the other guests.

After what happened just now, the relationship between the guests is no longer as close as it was at the beginning.Everyone has become a competitor, and they don't know what they will do to survive as the only bride.

Xie Xiaozhou took this change into his eyes, nodded at the long-legged sister, and went back to learn the praying dance.

Prayer dance is not difficult.

Xie Xiaozhou has a foundation in dancing, and he has learned most of the poses in a short time.Although not as soft and beautiful as the murals, it also has a unique style.

There are no windows in this room, and there is no light. Only the candles on the candlesticks burn slowly, and I don't know how long it has passed.

Xie Xiaozhou stopped, and whispered to himself: "What time is it?" He wanted to look for the clock, but he looked around, but couldn't find it.

He pulled out his cell phone.

Once entering the shooting scene, the mobile phone will completely lose the signal, and the only thing that can be done is to enter the background of the website of "Thriller Variety Show".

But the function of checking the time still exists. He glanced at it, and the screen showed 10:10 in the evening.

There was no way it would be night so soon.

Xie Xiaozhou stared at the screen for a while, and counted silently to sixty, but the time on the screen was still "10:10", stagnating at this moment.

This number looked very familiar, he thought about it carefully - isn't this the time when the guests entered the shooting scene and drew their ID cards?

Xie Xiaozhou thought the phone was broken, so he asked the long-legged sister: "What time is it?"

The long-legged sister wears a decorative watch strap on her wrist.She looked down and saw that the hour and minute hands had stopped moving.

"Ten past ten at night," she said.

It's the same as the time on the phone, it hasn't changed at all.

Xie Xiaozhou turned to the dancing candle, and some details that he hadn't found before flashed through his mind.

"Time..." he said to himself.

The long-legged sister said: "I have encountered this kind of thing before. Time stands still and everything is an illusion."

Although Xie Xiaozhou only filmed the show once, he made up a lot of horror movies. At this time, he was inspired by what the long-legged sister said.

"This is a possibility. We are all living in hallucinations. In fact, everything we experience is false." He paused, "There is also a possibility that the experience is real and the time is fake. But, use It is not us who have come to deceive."

The long-legged sister was puzzled: "Then who is cheating?"

When he was thinking seriously, the cuteness between Xie Xiaozhou's eyebrows and eyes disappeared. He lowered his head slightly, and the arc of his side face was a little cold: "It's a guess, maybe it's not accurate."

"I just looked at the hidden mural. The river god on the mural is about to leave at dawn, but the time is now always stopped at ten ten in the evening, which means that it will not be dawn."

"The river god is trapped here."

In Hebian Village, everything that can be used to tell the time, such as mobile phones and clocks, has failed. This is by no means an accident.

It must be some kind of hint to the guests.

【Zhou Zhou, your silly white sweet persona has collapsed】

[I'm shocked!Is Zhou Zhou so smart? 】

[Sister Zhou can play this too?Isn't this just as long as you have your hands?Stop bragging, you will only please the waste of the BOSS]

【Hehe, if you don't agree with me, you go up, please show me one of them】

[I'm talking about a refrigerator, do you still need to be able to refrigerate? 】

The long-legged sister was thoughtful: "It's possible, should we save the river god?"

Xie Xiaozhou: "..."

It doesn't look like it needs to be rescued.

When the two were communicating in private, the pair of ponytails walked over with their hands behind their backs, bouncing over, and said in a sweet voice, "What are you talking about?"

The long-legged sister didn't seem to want to share information, and said coldly: "It's nothing."

The twin tails were about to ask: "It's okay to talk to me..."

The long-legged sister didn't bother to pay attention, and a beautiful high-raised leg swept past the two ponytails.

The twin tails were almost kicked in the face: "You almost kicked me!"

Long-legged sister: "Who told you to stand in front of me?"

Twin Ponytails got bored and left in disgrace.

After a while, Xie Xiaozhou said, "I'm going to take a look in another room."

The second half of the murals is definitely very important.

The long-legged sister thought for a while and asked, "Do you want to cooperate with me?"

In variety shows, it is not enough to rely on one person to fight alone.Xie Xiaozhou needs a reliable teammate, and the long-legged sister looks good.

Xie Xiaozhou stretched out his hand: "Xie Xiaozhou, actor."

The long-legged sister put her hand on it: "Li Xiao, a veteran, the current ID card is a marksman. In addition, there is an SR card 'Nie Yinniang'."

Xie Xiaozhou: "Uh...my ID card is a photographer."

Li Xiao: "?"

Xie Xiaozhou: "That's right, the photographer who took the picture." He added, "R card."

It sounds very cannon fodder.

But Li Xiao didn't look down on Xie Xiaozhou because of this, and nodded: "Is there anything I can do for you? I can cooperate with you."

Xie Xiaozhou: "Can you help me lure He Po away?"

Li Xiao: "Yes."

Her SR card is Nie Yinniang, which she obtained in an ancient program. She specializes in assassins and can stealth, poison and hidden weapons.

With the help of Li Xiao, the two quietly left the dance practice room.

He Po was guarding a place not far from the door.She is very old, her eyelids are drooping in layers, her hands are tucked in her sleeves, like an ordinary little old lady.

Li Xiao gave Xie Xiaozhou a look, stepped out, and hit the window with the hidden weapon in his hand.

Boom!

He Po suddenly opened her eyelids, her eyes seemed to be poisoned, and she looked viciously at the place where the voice came from.

She stood up and walked over with a movement that didn't fit the old lady.

Xie Xiaozhou took this opportunity and entered another room.

The room was pitch black and there was nothing. Xie Xiaozhou was caught off guard and almost tripped over something on the ground.

He stabilized his figure and groped in the dark.

After touching for a while, he finally found an uneven place on the wall, but because there was no light, he couldn't see clearly what was painted on it.

Xie Xiaozhou touched his pocket, but he didn't bring any lighting tools.He had a flash of inspiration and whispered, "River God, are you there?"

River God: "..."

Judging from the previous actions, Xie Xiaozhou has clearly figured out the character of the River God.He is very talkative, and he enjoys being dependent and obedient to others.

So Xie Xiaozhou said: "It's so dark here, can you light a lamp for me?" He frowned, "I almost fell down just now, it hurts so much."

I'm going to cry again.

The River God was inexplicably agitated.

He can't remember the more distant events, and he doesn't know how to sacrifice.But several times during the sacrifices, the people who brought them up were either crying and making noise, or trying to escape.Make him disgusted at the sight of it.

It was the first time he saw such a well-behaved and obedient bride, and his eyes were full of love.

But...too well-behaved.

Soft and white, crying at every turn.Although it was also crying, He didn't hate it so much, he just didn't want him to cry for other things.

I said don't cry.

The river god's mood fluctuated, and a wave of malice poured out-trapped the bride underwater forever so that she would not cry.

But before he took any action, his rationality gained the upper hand again.

Forget it, just turn on the light.

Not a big request.

Xie Xiaozhou waited for a while, and just when he thought he had failed, there was a "呲" sound in the darkness.

A bunch of flames lit up.

Xie Xiaozhou blinked: "Thank you, you are very kind."

With the light, Xie Xiaozhou picked up the candlestick, trying to see the content on it clearly.

The murals are the continuation of the previous content.

After the sacrifice, the villagers of Hebian Village did not want the River God to leave.

They were fed up with pain, death, and displacement, and thought that if they let the river god go, they would have to go back to their old lives.

In order to ensure the future happiness, the priests who sang and danced over there gathered together and planned something secretly.

Eventually, they came up with a plan - to steal the godhead of the river god.

Xie Xiaozhou wanted to continue looking down, but a sweet voice suddenly came from outside the door.

The sound insulation effect of the wooden structure is not very good, he can clearly hear the two ponytails talking: "Grandma, I saw someone enter this room."

This voice attracted He Po who had gone out: "Ahem... Who is it?"

The footsteps were getting closer.

to be discovered.

Xie Xiaozhou quickly extinguished the candle, turned his wrist, and the cold light of the dagger blade appeared on his fingertips.

he thought calmly.

I don't know if He Po is a human or a ghost.But it doesn't matter, just stab it and see.

creak-

The door opened a small gap.

Xie Xiaozhou held his breath.

But for some reason, He Po didn't come in, but closed the door again, turned and left.

Twintails was still not reconciled: "But I did see someone go in..."

He Po said coldly, "It doesn't matter about you."

Hearing footsteps, the two walked away.

It seems that He Po will not come back for a while, Xie Xiaozhou went back to look at this mural.

Needless to say this time, the candlestick lit up by itself.

Xie Xiaozhou pursed his lips and smiled, holding up the candlestick to look at the next mural.

The villagers of Hebian Village discussed how to steal the godhead—then, the next mural was that the villagers of Hebian Village continued to sing and dance, and the shrines were covered with a layer of red cloth.

Next to it, there is a paragraph written, because of the damage, only part of the content can be barely seen.

Cover his eyes... Destroy his body...

Fall into darkness forever...keep me safe...

Xie Xiaozhou wrote down this sentence and wanted to leave the room first, but he pushed the door, but the door didn't move at all.

was locked from the outside.

Tick.

A drop of cold water landed on Xie Xiaozhou's shoulder and slowly fainted.

Xie Xiaozhou looked up, his dead white and edematous face was only an inch away from the tip of his nose, his lips were lifted up, revealing the black hole in his mouth, and there was a stench coming from it.

Xie Xiaozhou: "..."

Pale face: "..."

Xie Xiaozhou didn't look like a newcomer who had just participated in the first episode of the show. When he saw a ghost, his first reaction was not to run away, but to pull out his dagger and force himself to go up.

But I didn't expect that the dead boy's movements were faster, he retracted quickly, and then ran away without looking back.Looking at its back, it looks a bit like running away.

Xie Xiaozhou: "?"

His movements paused, a little dazed.

That's it?

Is he that scary?

After he was confused, he thought of something and asked softly, "River God, is that you? Have you always been by my side?"

Where Xie Xiaozhou couldn't see, the river god in white folded his hands on his chest, and the red cloth wrapped around his eyes shook slightly.

The river god was a little annoyed.

Not him.

He didn't want to help.

It is... such a weak bride.If you don't look at it, you can't walk in front of Him alive.

And if you are scared, you will cry again.That's why he subconsciously let out a little breath to protect him.

trouble.

But this is his bride, and only he can give death.

Well... not too much trouble.

The river god waved his hand.

click.

The door in front of him swung open.

Xie Xiaozhou didn't think too much, and left here directly, and returned to the room where the guests were.

Others are still practicing the praying dance.

The two ponytails glared at Xie Xiaozhou bitterly, probably because the plan failed.

Long-legged sister Li Xiao said with guilt: "I'm sorry, I was careless. I didn't notice that other people came out."

Xie Xiaozhou shook his head slightly: "It's okay."

Li Xiao asked: "Did you find anything?"

Xie Xiaozhou opened his lips and was about to say something when a faint voice suddenly sounded in the room.

【It seems that you know some secrets of Hebian Village】

[Now there are two choices in front of you, 1. Kill the river god, 2. Complete the sacrificial ceremony and become the bride of the river god]

[As for how to do it, you need to get more clues]

[In addition, after making a choice, there is no way out, and the guests need to achieve their goals in order to complete the final shooting]

There are all senior guests present, knowing that the program team will never give tasks that cannot be completed.As long as certain conditions are met, the boss can also be killed.

After all, there is only one bride, and it is impossible for others to wait to die.

As for how to eliminate...

The audience in the live broadcast room froze for a moment:

【Relieve the river god?The program team isn't joking, is it? 】

[Is it really okay? 】

[The river god is the boss in the folk experience show, kill him?Only He killed the guests! 】

[I feel that the program team dug a hole for the guests. There are so many episodes of the program, and this kind of task has never been given]

[Am I the only one who is curious about how Zhou Zhou will choose? ! 】

Just when the guests were thinking.

There were two "knock knocks", and someone knocked on the door.

The village head appeared at the door, holding a lamp in his hand, emitting a white light: "It's time to go back."

The guests walked out.

It was gray outside, and it was already dark.

The sky was covered by thick clouds, without stars or moon, as if it was about to rain cats and dogs.

The guests all discovered the problem that the time did not match.

Even without a clock, they could feel the passage of time. They had never been in the river house for so long.

Xie Xiaozhou had some guesses in his mind.

It may be that the timing problem was discovered and triggered the update of the main task, so that the real appearance of Hebian Village will appear.

Xie Xiaozhou asked, "Village Chief, what time is it?"

The village chief said in a hoarse voice, "Night."

Xie Xiaozhou looked up, "Then, when will it be dawn?"

The village head said without any emotion: "Hebian Village, it won't be dawn."

After answering this question, the village chief returned to his silent state and led the way alone.

Hebian Village has no electricity, no street lights, and only the lights in the hands of the village chief can illuminate the road.Outside the range of the lights, there were some strange sounds.

Looking carefully, there seemed to be strange figures squirming, and they looked longingly at the people inside the lights.If someone leaves the light, they will swarm and devour them.

Xie Xiaozhou walked on the edge of the crowd.

Probably because he saw the murals, he was very concerned about the shrines he saw along the way, and couldn't help but to know how many shrines there were in the village.

The way back happened to pass through the entire Hebian Village, and the shrine covered with red cloth glowed red in the night, like pairs of eyes, which were particularly obvious.

one, two...

One hundred, one hundred and one...

two hundred...

Xie Xiaozhou came to the gate of the courtyard and asked Li Xiao: "Do you have a shrine in your room?"

Li Xiao: "Yes."

Then it's two hundred and six.

Is there anything special about this number?

Xie Xiaozhou didn't think of it yet.

The guests returned to their respective rooms, all had their own scruples, and did not talk too much.

***

The glasses sister's mood is very unstable, and she has also noticed the change in herself.The extra scales on the skin and the mucus oozing out from time to time can all indicate that she is undergoing a special transformation - obviously not in a good direction.

Can't go on.

Sister Glasses closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, a silver moon appeared in her pupils, and said slowly, "I will become the bride of the River God."

After the words fell, she spurted out a mouthful of blood.

The prophecy failed.

The prophecy of the prophet does not succeed every time. The most important thing is to be logical. The sentence "I will become the bride of the river god" has no logic at all, so it fails.

And the consequence of failure is to be backlashed.

The abnormality on Sister Glasses became more obvious, her ears turned into fins, but she didn't stop "prophesying", and continued: "Guests can destroy the river god."

puff--

Another mouthful of blood.

Two failures made the glasses sister fall into a state of madness.

She cannot become a bride, nor can she destroy the river god.Coupled with the gradual realization of wishes, there is only one inevitable end to die.

That being the case...

It's better to die together.

In a state of alienation, Sister Glasses had completely lost her mind, and said word by word: "No one can become the bride of the river god."

……

The prophecy succeeded.

The other side.

Qiu Yue and Shuangmawei said: "I think the time anomaly in Hebian Village is a key point. If we can crack it, we should be able to complete the task."

"We might as well cooperate."

Twintails didn't give a positive answer, but asked, "What wish did you make in the River Temple?"

Qiu Yue's face froze: "Does it matter?"

Twintails smiled: "Let me think about it again."

After Qiu Yue left, the pair of ponytails sneered, and took out a small glass bottle. The glass bottle reflected the lavender light, and the stars twinkled inside, which was very charming.

A witch's love elixir.

The pair of ponytails sprayed the lavender liquid on themselves, with a solemn expression, "Please choose me from the river god, please choose me from the river god..."

……

Others also made their own choices.

Or continue to run for the bride, or choose to destroy the river god.

Only Xie Xiaozhou has not made a choice yet.

As soon as he got back to the room, he went to bed, closed his eyes and thought about it, arranging and combining what happened today, and when he was about to catch some clues, he suddenly felt a cold and wet touch on his hand.

Xie Xiaozhou didn't move, but sent his hand out very naturally: "Did you come?"

The moist water vapor slowly rose, covering the entire palm, as if interlocking fingers, very intimate.

But the River God was obviously not satisfied.

He leaned out slowly, groping the soft and smooth skin.

Xie Xiaozhou opened his eyes, his eyelashes trembled, and seemed a little uneasy and shy: "What are you going to do to me?"

"We have a saying that 'the media is getting married'. You can't...before marriage, but if you want to..."

The river god stopped, and the water vapor flinched back.

Xie Xiaozhou breathed a sigh of relief, and tried to catch the empty water with his backhand, but only encountered a little coldness.

He said seriously: "You are very kind. However, even if you want it, I am willing. I am willing to dedicate everything to you."

Very nice.

Very docile.

Just love to cry a little.

The river god was so satisfied that he forgot what he came here for.

He stretched out his hand, and it fell into Xie Xiaozhou's hand like a reward.

So Xie Xiaozhou held the cold temperature, lowered his head, and rubbed gently like a lamb.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Just when Xie Xiaozhou thought he was fooling around, he suddenly heard a cold voice:

"what is this?"

Xie Xiaozhou looked down and saw the red rope buttons tied around his wrists.