Those years when I was taken away by the boss

Before opening his eyes, he heard a noise, which made his brain ache.The cheers are endless, and the sound from the speakers is everywhere.

Shu Shi barely opened his eyes and saw a cluster of flames burning.

The venue was dark, with the only light source being the lights in the center of the dais and the ring of fire lit by the flames.

A very high iron net was built around the round platform, directly touching the sky without leaving a gap.

There is a line of words hanging on the iron net, and crooked red letters above the stage: CRAZY.

Crazy, crazy circus.

Shu Shi tried his best to pay attention to every corner, but his night vision was not strong, he could only see the outline, and he couldn't even see the facial features of people clearly.

Fireworks suddenly exploded on the side of the stage, and the brown-haired monkey skillfully stepped on the unicycle, circling the field amidst the cheers of the crowd.

Shu Shi looked around, and when he turned around, the show had changed.

With the clear music, the elephant in the yellow cloth swayed to meet the rhythm, paced and swayed at the pace of the mahout, and two staff members carried the big iron bucket, and the mahout led the elephant to the other end .

The male voice in the loudspeaker said with a smile: "Friends in the front row, be careful of the rain."

The elephant stretched its trunk into the iron bucket, swung its long trunk up and down, and "rain" fell in the front row.Those who didn't run away were covered in drenching, but they were smiling.

Even in such a lively atmosphere, Shu Shi's anxiety could not be relieved.He looked for Zhong Ruji's shadow everywhere, but he was blocked by one head after another, and his vision was limited.

"What are you looking for?" A male voice sounded beside him.

Shu Shi's first reaction was that this person was not Zhong Ruji, but his second reaction was horror.

He sat in a higher place in the back row, and the circus crowd leaned forward, and there was no one around him.He turned to the right almost with a stiff neck, and saw a man in casual clothes sitting beside him.The other party was wearing a peaked cap, and a section of dark red hair was exposed from the buckle at the end of the cap.

Shu Shi was nervous, but his face was calm: "I didn't find anything."

"Ha." The man propped his chin and looked towards the round platform, and said, "Wouldn't it be a waste to not watch the circus show when you come to the circus?"

Shu Shi looked at Yuantai: "Yes."

He stared at the performance, but his heart was not here at all. The people around him were very interested in the circus, and they never looked away.

On the performance stage where the crowd is isolated, the lion jumps through the fire ring, the tiger walks the ball, and the parrot grabs money. Both birds and animals have experienced it.

Shu Shi didn't care to watch, and didn't pay much attention.

After a while, he caught a glimpse of a group of people in the distance who were not infected by the lively atmosphere. They gathered together, as if they were talking about something.A slender man over there stood up, as if walking towards him.

"Animal acrobatics are still not as interesting as performing them." The strange man smiled sideways, "What do you think?"

"En." Shu Shi had nothing to answer, so he could only respond to the other party.

The other party seemed to be pleased by him, and laughed twice.

Shu Shi glanced at the crowd and the animals on the stage, and asked endlessly, "Are these animals voluntary?"

As soon as he said this, he felt that he had asked a stupid question.

The other said: "If you are willing to stay in the cage all day, you can treat them as willing."

Shu Shi chose to shut up.

"Wow! Wonderful performances are always short-lived. This crazy circus is over. Thank you for watching. See you next time."

The male voice on the loudspeaker announced the end of the circus amidst the excitement with a smile.

Shu Shi always felt that the voice was familiar, and he heard the people around him say: "It's over, I'm Qiu Xiao, see you by fate."

Qiu Xiao lowered the brim of his hat a bit, got up and left amidst the flames.

Shu Shi frowned as he watched him leave.There was a feeling in Qiu Xiao that he didn't like, he couldn't say what it was, it was just a little uncomfortable.

There was a lot of noise in the arena, the circus ended and everyone left. Shu Shi mixed in with the crowd and was half pushed to the outside of the arena.

He didn't follow after he got outside the venue. The front was full of fog, and it would be no good if he went in.

Many people were talking and laughing as they walked into the fog, but some people stopped like him and stood outside looking into the circus, not knowing who they were waiting for.

When the crowd cleared, a lot of people gathered in this place. There were men and women who stopped there, and they were all mission workers without accident.

The scope was narrowed at once, and Shu Shi leaned against a relatively remote corner to identify them one by one.

It is impossible for Zhong Ruji to go to other places.

When Shu Shi was looking for someone, he roughly calculated the number of people, and found that there were too many participants in this mission, at least 25.

"Where are we going to stay if we don't go out? The NPC is nowhere to be seen." Someone said.

Coincidentally, he wanted to ask the same question.

When Shu Shi looked away, a voice suddenly sounded beside him: "Are you looking for me?"

"..." What's the matter, everyone likes this way of appearance.

This tone, this tone, eight out of ten is Zhong Ruji.

Shu Shi turned his head and became more determined after seeing the face.

The other party first smiled and said, "Hello, my name is Yu Ling."

Shu Shi also smiled: "Hello, my name is Lu Qing."

After the two recognized each other's identities, they leaned against the wall together, and Shu Shi had nothing to say: "How did you recognize me? I didn't even see you."

Zhong Ruji said: "It's easy. You are the only one."

Shu Shi: "...you're still alone without me."

Zhong Ruji: "So?"

Shu Shi: "So let's make do with the two of us alone."

After playing lip service, the two of them became more serious. Shu Shi said, "Does the ghost this time have anything to do with the circus performance?"

"Performers, staff, and NPCs, choose one of the three." Zhong Ruji looked at the wide-open iron net door, "The first possibility accounts for [-]%."

"The NPC hasn't appeared yet." Shu Shi also said, "If it is an animal participating in the performance, it will be difficult for us to rule it out."

"It's not difficult, it's just a beginner's level, and it will leave a lot of clues." Zhong Ruji said, "The circus space is inherently very specific."

The circus is entertainment for people, but it is torture for circus performers, whether human or animal.

Resentment breeds ghosts, it just depends on who is in charge.

Compared with the intermediate and advanced spaces dominated by dark lines, the difficulty of the primary space is indeed not high.

Shu Shi: "There are so many people this time..." Will many people survive?

Zhong Ruji broke his beautiful imagination: "Fifteen days, how many people do you think can survive?"

Shu Shi accepted the guidance humbly: "Oh, I see."

Zhong Ruji said: "If you have the opportunity to come into contact with animals, remember to be nice to them."

Shu Shi nodded: "Yes." Of course.

After everyone waited for a while, a female staff member wearing a hat came out from the iron net door and said with a professional smile, "Please follow me."

"It's an NPC." Shu Shi leaned over and whispered.

Zhong Ruji glanced at him: "Well, follow."

So Shu Shi pulled Zhong Ruji and chased after him.Some people looked at the NPC hesitantly from the corner of their eyes, maybe they were worried about something.

"Visitors who come to participate in the Crazy Ceremony have a room for recuperation and rest. There are 35 rooms here, and the room card corresponds to the room number. Please pick it up yourself." The female staff kept smiling and looked straight ahead, speaking unhurriedly , like artificial intelligence.

"Cough, her makeup is so scary." Shu Shi complained weakly to Zhong Ruji, and silently got closer to each other.

It's normal to put on makeup at work, but the powder puff on this NPC's face is too much, and his face is white.

That pale melon-seeded face made her eyes dark, coupled with that bright lipstick, the visual effect was absolutely stunning.

The light hit her head, with the standard smile that seemed to be carved on her face... It made people sweat on the back.

Zhong Ruji has seen all kinds of scenes, this level is not enough for him to react: "If you are afraid, don't watch it."

Shu Shi straightened his back, with a calm expression: "You, you help me get a room card, and I won't go there."

It would be even better if it didn't stutter and grab people's clothes.

"Release." Zhong Ruji's clothes were about to be scratched and wrinkled.

Shu Shi pursed his lips and shook his head firmly, and held on tighter.

Seeing other people going to get their room cards one after another, Zhong Ruji said helplessly, "I'll get the cards."

Hearing this, Shu Shi immediately let go, and even patted the wrinkled places on Zhong Ruji's clothes.He took a few steps back and stood in the corner with downcast eyes, looking very cute.

In fact, he was afraid of seeing the staff's face.The female NPC smiled and looked straight ahead without blinking her eyes.

To get the room card, you must pass in front of her, which means you will definitely receive her death gaze.

Shu Shi accepts incompetence.He is not a coward, but he has things to fear.

When he was a child, he watched a lot of horror movies, and his fear of female ghosts was almost etched into his bones. He was most afraid of NPCs with bright lipstick, white faces, and big eyes.

It was okay outside, he wasn't that afraid, but now he was indoors, Shu Shi panicked a lot.

"Okay, let's go."

Shu Shi was thinking wildly quietly, the shadow in front of his eyes was covered, and a golden room card appeared in his vision.

He looked up, and Zhong Ruji happened to block the NPC.

If you don't go now, when will you wait!

Shu Shi pulled Zhong Ruji and turned around to leave, anxious as if someone was chasing him.

Then I didn't take a few steps, and I couldn't pull it anymore.

"...It's the wrong way." Zhong Ruji was really helpless.

Shu Shi smiled dryly and turned around and walked back, but when he looked up, he saw the female NPC standing under the light, looking straight at him.

The hairs all over Shu Shi's body exploded together, and his whole body froze instantly.

Zhong Ruji wanted to laugh, but he didn't laugh at him at this moment. Instead, he shook his wrist and walked half a step faster.

When passing the female NPC, he slowed down and walked side by side with Shu Shi.

As a result, such a scary scene never appeared in Shu Shi's sight again.

After walking a long distance, Shu Shi came back to his senses from the horror, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Damn, I was scared to death."

Everyone was terrified.