In the center of the main hall, the afterglow of the setting sun shone in, cutting the entire main hall into Yin and Yang sides, and it was falling on a statue of a smiling old lady with white hair placed in the shrine. The time of worship is not short.

As soon as you step into the door, you can feel the temperature drop significantly, and there is also a faint fishy smell unique to certain animals.

Luo Ying's expression was more gentle, but the expression in her eyes was terribly indifferent. Facing the heretics, she always wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible.Uncle Zhang didn't notice anything strange about her, he knelt down to the statue as soon as he entered the door, muttered something, and burned three sticks of incense.

"Come on, Xiao Lu, Xiao Luo, you two also pay your respects, and let Mrs. Hu bless you." Zhang Bo said cheerfully.

Lu Yanli didn't move, his eyes slid around the ground, and then looked at Luo Ying.

The light in the room was very dark. I don't know if Luo Ying has noticed that Zhang Bo's shadow on the ground is not right.

Obviously Zhang Bo is a human figure, but the back of the shadow on the ground is arched, and the tail can still be seen swinging back and forth.

"Xiao Lu? Xiao Luo?" Uncle Zhang stood in the shadows, with his mouth almost reaching his ears, "Aren't you worshiping?"

Luo Ying froze in place, her nails digging into her palms.

Lu Yanli stepped back a little, he really wanted to know what Luo Ying would do.

If Luo Ying chooses to bow her head temporarily, it means that she didn't come here to preach at all.Allowing her to hide her beliefs and worship low-level creatures in her eyes can only prove that they have bigger plans.

Luo Ying endured and endured, she almost couldn't let go of the usual gentle smile on her face. After a long time, she managed to squeeze out a more gentle smile: "I see."

After finishing speaking, she took three sticks of incense from Uncle Zhang and walked towards the shrine step by step.

Seeing that she had done this, Lu Yanli followed behind and also bowed down.

Sincerity leads to success, he is not sincere, and so is Luo Ying.

I just don't know, what is their plan?Can Luo Ying bear it?

Just for this village?

Lu Yanli pretended to be ignorant, and bowed three times respectfully.

On the shrine, an old lady with a pink face and white hair holds a jade wishful in her hand, smiling kindly.But Lu Yanli could clearly see that there was an undisguised murderous intent in its crooked smiling eyes.

At this moment, there was a sound of brisk footsteps in the room next to him.

A little girl ran out of the room, she looked only six or seven years old, wearing a bright red floral dress, her eyes lit up when she saw Uncle Zhang, and she threw herself into the old man's arms: "Grandpa, you are back! "

In all fairness, the little girl was very cute, with a snow-white complexion and lively eyes, but looking at her always made people feel a little uncomfortable.After a closer look, she found that her lips were frighteningly red, and when she smiled, she had to purse her lips so as not to show her teeth.

Uncle Zhang patted her on the head lightly: "Don't make trouble, there are guests."

There was also a soft reprimand from the room: "Lili, don't make noise, grandma likes to be quiet."

Behind her, a pale and weak young man stepped out from behind the curtain. He even walked a few beats slower than ordinary people, and he could tell that he was not in good health.

The little girl named Lili obediently got down from Uncle Zhang, ran back to hold the man's hand, and looked curiously at the two strangers in the room with her big dark eyes.

Zhang Bo introduced: "Xiao Lu, Xiao Luo, this is my son, Zhang Huixuan, and my granddaughter Lili."

It was clearly a man, but he was called by such a feminine name. After Lu Yanli exchanged names with him, he probably sensed his doubts. You have to press the girl's name, otherwise you won't live long."

Uncle Zhang also laughed and gave a thumbs up: "Grandma is very effective. After changing his name for his fortune-telling, he didn't get sick much, and even married a wife and gave birth to a child."

When the child was mentioned, Lili's big eyes rolled around, and she suddenly raised her head and asked, "Father, I saw my aunt again yesterday. She said she was very cold and wanted some clothes to wear."

aunt?

There was no movement on Lu Yanli's face, but he remembered it in his heart.

It seems that there is more than one child in Zhang Bo's family.

Zhang Huixuan's face turned even paler in an instant: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Lili was persistent: "Father, can I give some of my clothes to my aunt?"

"You..." Zhang Huixuan still wanted to scold her, but she didn't come up with a breath, stuck in her throat, bent over and coughed for a long time.

Strangely, Uncle Zhang didn't stop Lili, but just looked at his son coughing unbearably.

Lili stopped laughing, watched her father finish coughing quietly, and continued to ask in a childish voice: "Dad, is it really not possible? Auntie said, she is so cold."

"No! Go back to my room!" Zhang Huixuan took a few short breaths and finally finished her sentence.Lili snorted, and ran back to the room bouncing around, with her braids dangling.

After she left, Zhang Huixuan smiled weakly at Luo Ying: "I'm sorry, Lili is spoiled by us."

Luo Ying shook her head and said it was okay. After Zhang Huixuan relaxed, she asked abruptly, "What happened to the aunt Lili mentioned just now? Do you have any sisters?"

In the main room, the atmosphere froze for a moment.

Zhang Huixuan's face was even paler, almost no different from a white painted wall. He said coldly, "What does it have to do with you? Don't ask if you shouldn't."

Luo Ying still had a holy and gentle smile: "I am also a member of Shangxian Village, of course I want to know."

Zhang Huixuan's expression instantly changed as if she wanted to eat people, her eyes became narrow and long, and her voice became a little thinner: "Get out!"

Luo Ying's face was full of compassion: "Even if you don't tell me about this matter, I will investigate it clearly." After finishing speaking, she really turned around and left directly.

The strange thing is that although Lu Yanli and Luo Ying came together, Zhang Huixuan's anger was only directed at Luo Ying.But when Lu Yanli wanted to walk behind her, Luo Ying silently shook her head, signaling him to stay here.

Lu Yanli had no choice but to take back his steps and watched her go away without showing it on his face, countless thoughts swirled in his mind.

Luo Ying clearly provoked them on purpose, just to leave alone, what did she want to do?

After Luo Ying left, Zhang Huixuan's attitude became much better, and so did Zhang Bo.It's just that Lu Yanli always felt that their enthusiasm was a bit too much, and he secretly heightened his vigilance - this family must be plotting something.

While sitting in the main hall chatting, the sound of cooking came from the kitchen, white steam was coming out of the chimney, and the aroma of the food wafted in, making people hungry.

Lu Yanli had no desire to eat, Zhang Huixuan was different, when the aroma of roast chicken came, he swallowed obviously, and licked his lips with his long, thin tongue.

This appearance doesn't look like a human, but rather...a fox.

At dinner time, everyone in Zhang Bo’s family came out. The one who was cooking in the kitchen just now was Zhang Bo’s wife. She was short and fat, with a round face that was not distinctive at all, but her eyes were very slanted, like a pair of fox eyes. .

"It's Xiao Lu, right? You can just call me Auntie." When Auntie Zhang laughed, her eyes were bent into slits, making it more obvious.After Lu Yanli called her aunt politely, she became even happier, "Okay, okay, you haven't been back for a long time, hurry up and eat."

Everyone sat around the dining table, but she didn't take a seat. She picked up one of the whole chickens on the table and walked across the courtyard to the main room.Seeing this, Lu Yanli followed, and said, "I'll pay my respects too."

Aunt Zhang came to the statue in small steps, and a plate of chicken was brought to the shrine. She bowed down and kept chanting words of blessing.

In just two or three minutes, the original steaming heat of the dish exuding an alluring aroma disappeared visibly to the naked eye.

Aunt Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the plate and went out.

Lu Yanli asked softly, "Aunt Zhang, what should I do with this?"

Aunt Zhang didn't turn her head back: "It has to be buried, Mrs. Hu has tasted it, other people can't eat it."

After getting this answer, Lu Yanli returned to the dining table and waited with everyone.

To his surprise, Lili, the youngest child in Zhang Bo's family, was sitting in the front seat. There was a plate of roast chicken in front of her. Before the others moved her chopsticks, she had already stretched out her hands and started eating.

It wasn't until this time that Lu Yanli understood why Lili didn't show her teeth when she smiled.

She clearly had two rows of animal-like sharp white teeth, and the appearance of opening her mouth to bite the half-raw meat in front of her was particularly fierce.

The others were not surprised, and Zhang Huixuan even patted the other person on the back lightly, telling her to eat slowly and not choke.

There was a table of family members, Lili's "aunt" was not here, and neither was her mother. Lu Yanli was not easy to ask, for fear of breaking some taboo if he was not careful, he planned to let Luo Ying try it tomorrow.

After dinner, Zhang Bo revealed some inside information.

The new year is coming soon, and every family has to worship their ancestors, and their family is no exception. It just so happens that the village head's family has an old lady who is not well recently. Mrs. Hu said that she is leaving soon, and each family must send one to carry the coffin.

Lili was too young to go, and Zhang Huixuan was in poor health and couldn't lift it. Uncle Zhang hoped that Lu Yanli could replace Zhang Huixuan.

Lu Yanli didn't agree for a moment.

He still doesn't know the process of worshiping ancestors in this village, what if he agrees rashly and ends up dying?

"Does grandma agree?" He asked back.

Uncle Zhang was stopped by this question, and after a while, he hurriedly stood up, obviously intending to enter the main room.

The condition of Zhang Bo’s house is not good. The dining room is next to the kitchen, and the light bulbs dangling from the wires are hanging above the dining table, which is dazzling and dim.Lili was sitting at the top, and the moment Uncle Zhang stood up, she said, "You don't need to ask, he can go."

The strong wind blew through the air, and the fishy smell of foxes hit the face.At this moment, her expression was not like that of a six or seven-year-old girl, her voice was equally shrill and soft, her eyes were long and narrow, and she was staring straight at Lu Yanli.

"You go instead of him, that's Grandma's intention."

The light bulb swayed around, illuminating the shadow behind her. On her head, the two erect pointed ears were particularly obvious.

Lu Yan's heart sank, and he changed his mind and agreed.

Only then did Lili regain her appearance as an ordinary little girl, and she jumped away. Lu Yanli watched her shadow on the ground.

The normal image of the little girl was restored.

Since they need to replace Zhang Huixuan to worship their ancestors, they are safe before offering sacrifices to their ancestors.At least they will find a way to protect themselves.Therefore, Lu Yanli did not refuse Uncle Zhang's invitation to stay overnight, and Aunt Zhang packed up a guest room for him, which happened to be at the end of the corridor.

"It's like this in our country. We go to bed early. It's chaotic these days. If you hear something, don't promise, don't come out, you know?" Aunt Zhang was packing the mattress, took out an oil lamp and a box of matches from the bedside table, and put them in the bed. Desktop, "There are often power outages at night, and it's the same if you order this."

As soon as the voice fell, there were two electric shocks, and the room instantly went dark, pitch black.

"Look, the power went out again while talking, it's really..." Aunt Zhang struck a match, and carefully lit the kerosene lamp, a small dangling flame lit up.

"Thank you, I will pay attention." Lu Yanli stepped aside to open the door so that Aunt Zhang could go out.

Before closing the door, he saw Lili standing at the other end of the corridor. She had changed into a red dress, and the kerosene lamp in her hand illuminated her snow-white face. Her long hair fell loose, and a pair of dark round eyes stared straight at her. Look at the room he's in.

I don't know if she is looking at him or her grandma.

Seeing that Lu Yanli found her, Lili opened the door beside her and walked in. The wooden door shook slightly.

After a while, Aunt Zhang followed into the room and closed the door.

Lu Yanli also closed the door and sat on the edge of the bed.When he was about to lie down, an indistinct black figure appeared on the yellowed curtain on the right side of the room.

This room is on the far right of the whole room, and there are no other rooms next door. The windows face the back mountain. Aunt Zhang told him before that in order to prevent some bugs from the back mountain from running in, the windows of this room are It was sealed, and thick curtains were specially covered, and the door was usually opened to ventilate.

Lu Yanli choked for breath.

Now, the group of taskers has not arrived yet, and the world has not changed.So, he chose the usual way of dealing with it, pretending he didn't see anything, took off his coat, went straight to bed, blew out the kerosene lamp, closed his eyes and pretended to fall asleep.

and many more!Not right!

He suddenly remembered a more serious matter, and this discovery made him almost unsteady for breathing, and he forcibly resisted the urge to run away.

Now that this family has invited Bao Jiaxian, they still need him, at least for the time being...he will be safe.

And, this batch of taskers should be arriving soon, right?

"Chu Chu, is it really okay for you to be like this?" Yu Xianguang followed behind Lin Chu, with a tangled expression on his face.

Lin Chu carried a lot of weapons on her body, as well as several audio and video equipment, stuffing all the places on her body that could hold things. Hearing this, she giggled: "It's such a good opportunity to go to another world for research. Of course I have to be prepared."

Yu Xianguang: "But, they all said, it's best not to bring too many things with you, otherwise you won't be able to run away if you encounter ghosts."

Lin Chu shrugged: "If you can't run, you will die. The end of a boring life is not a bad thing."

"Hey, don't talk nonsense, we will come back safely." Yu Xianguang was terrified.

Lin Chu: "It's okay to stop teasing you. By the way, is it really like what you said? In reality, it takes less than a second?"

Yu Yanguang nodded.

"The technology in that world is similar to that here?"

Yu Xianguang nodded again: "Yes, but the country's history, there are some major events and so on, which are different. In fact, everyone has tracked it down. When did it start to be different, but they haven't found it."

Lin Chu fell into deep thought,

This is very strange. According to them, no matter how long you have spent in the mission, whether it is a week, a month, or even half a year, after returning, this world is only less than a second. .

The flow of time in those two worlds is obviously different, but why are the dates similar after the past?

Just asking Xiao Yu probably won't yield anything, so Lin Chu decided to investigate clearly by himself.

It had been a long time since she had encountered such a challenging thing.

Soon, they arrived at the task designated location.

The location is set in a university town near a certain university in the city. Find an alley next to an inconspicuous small supermarket. After midnight, walk to the end of the alley and you can go to that world.

Lin Chu and Yu Xianguang were the first to come. Under Lin Chu's coercion and lure, they arrived half a day early.Yu Xianguang guarded nervously at the entrance of the alley, peering into it in fear.

Although it is daytime, the alleys are lined with tall old-fashioned buildings, which block the sunlight that shines inside, and the further you go in, the darker and deeper it becomes.

Lin Chu was knocking against the wall. She had put a lot of storage bags in her bag, and was carefully peeling off a bit of dark green moss with tweezers, and knocked off a bit of broken soil, and put them all into transparent bags. Seal it.

At midnight, I figured out a way to take off some materials when I traveled to that world to see the difference between the two.

After Lin Chu finished collecting, she jumped up and stuck her legs in the cracks of the wall. She carefully installed a miniature camera on the side of the high wall, and then did the same in the other corner.Soon, five or six cameras were installed for her in an area of ​​less than one square meter at the end.

The weather slowly turned gloomy.

Lin Chu walked out from the alley, Yu Xianguang finally waited for her to come out, he was relieved, the two decided to eat something first.

Yu Xianguang has already made an appointment with that group of people to meet at the entrance of the small supermarket at ten o'clock in the evening.

Time passed by, because this land is in the university town, more and more students eat and drink here after school.Lin Chu mixed with a group of college students, but he didn't appear to be out of harmony at all.

Yu Xianguang was terrified, he was already timid, even though the other taskers had said that only that world had ghosts, he was still terribly scared.

Even if there are no ghosts, there are quite a few strange cases recently.

Seeing that the time is coming, the prosperity of the university city has not diminished at all, but there are more and more students.Yu Xianguang pulled Lin Chu, who was obviously in a state of excitement: "Okay, Chu Chu, we are going to do the task."

Lin Chu came back to his senses: "That's right." After finishing speaking, he immediately yelled at the boss, "Boss, hurry up, I'm going back to check the bedroom."

The two came to the meeting place with a lot of barbecue in their hands.There were already four people standing at the entrance of the small supermarket. Seeing that the two of them had the leisure to come over with a barbecue, their eyes widened.

Lin Chu took the initiative to say hello: "Hi, I'm new to the mission, so I didn't make an appointment with you at first. By the way, my name is Lin Chu. This is my first mission. How many times have you done it?"

Upon hearing that it was her first time, and looking at the messy pile of food in the other party's hands, the corners of the mouths of the others twitched, but it was An Xingyu who took the initiative and said, "My name is An Xingyu, and I have performed seven missions."

In fact, Lin Chu had noticed him a long time ago. Among the group, he was the only one who was too young, with eyes as dull as a robot.She giggled, took the plastic bag in the other hand, and shook the other's with the other clean hand: "Big brother, take care of me."

Starting with An Xingyu, the others introduced themselves again.They recounted each other's situation again, came to the alley, formed a circle, and discussed the possible way out of this mission again.

"By the way, this is your first mission, have you registered on our website?" One of the women named Lin Xueyuan asked Lin Chu.

Because of the same surname and the same gender, she has a good impression of Lin Chu: "Many people will share their experience here, which is very useful for novices like us."

When Lin Chu laughed, there were two dimples on her face. She raised her phone and shook it: "I joined, and my ID is Hua Deng Chu Shang."

"You're the first to come up with the lights?" Lin Xueyuan was surprised.

Huadeng Chushang is a first-class trumpet, but the reason why she is famous is that she solved all the difficult tasks in the forum and found a different way of life. According to the recollections of the parties involved in the task and the analysis of other senior executives, they all think that this The solution provided by trumpet is feasible.Originally, they all thought that this was some kind of tasker pretending to be a newcomer, but unexpectedly, it was really a newcomer?

Everyone's eyes have changed.

"Yes, it's me." Lin Chu patted his chest, "I'll try not to hold you back."

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