The anchor is dying every day [System]

It is a three-story antique building with red bricks and blue tiles. The color scheme simulates the carved beams and painted buildings of the Forbidden City, but it is much more vulgar than the high-end color scheme of the Forbidden City, as if it was graffitied on it.

The roof of the house is built with upturned eaves on both sides, wooden carved doors and windows, and various animal pictures are painted on the window paper pasted on the windows, which looks nondescript.Rows of red lanterns are hung in the corridors of the three floors. It is the candles in these lanterns that illuminate the building as brightly as day.

Just when Xiao Yuening was wondering why such a house suddenly appeared in the wilderness, he saw the door of the house suddenly opened from the inside, and an old man in red leaned on a cane and held a lantern, from inside walked out.

The old man raised his head and looked in the direction of the bus, as if he saw Xiao Yuening through the window, he suddenly waved towards him, as if calling Xiao Yuening to go over.

Xiao Yuening realized that something seemed wrong, he immediately sat up straight, turned his head and looked at the other people in the carriage.

However, the rest of the passengers were still leaning on their seats with a half-asleep appearance at this time, and they didn't notice anything unusual at all.

On the other hand, there was a girl in the back row who, like Xiao Yuening, had been leaning against the window, staring out of the window in a daze, but her expression was always very calm, as if she didn't see anything strange like Xiao Yuening.

Xiao Yuening turned back to look outside the window.

At this time, the car was already speeding past, and he could only watch the strange house being left far behind through the glass of the window.

However, even if the distance is already far away, Xiao Yuening's perfect eyesight can still allow him to see very clearly that the old man's head turned silently as the car left, and he was still staring stubbornly at the car where Xiao Yuening was. Window, constantly waving, telling him to go over.

The house behind the old man was still brightly lit, reflecting the light from the red lanterns, illuminating the whole building imposingly.

The house was surrounded by a pitch-black night, with no lights or people in sight.

In this dark and desolate wilderness, suddenly there is such a gaudy house standing alone, it is really strange and scary no matter how you look at it.

Xiao Yuening frowned slightly, and kept his eyes fixed on the window until the house and the old man completely disappeared from sight, then he turned and leaned back on the seat again.

Of course he already guessed what he just saw, but he didn't quite understand why the other party kept waving at him?

The old ghost was wearing a shroud and lived in a private house, and it didn't look like he was short of offerings. Could it be that he was unwilling to die like this and wanted to take the living to be buried with him?

After thinking about it for a long time without getting a clue, Xiao Yuening pinched his eyebrows and sighed a little tiredly.

He had already seen a ghost before he arrived at the legendary Ghost Town, which was not a good omen after thinking about it.

As the bus continued to drive forward, the light of electric lights gradually appeared in the wilderness on both sides of the road.

Although the distance is a bit far, it also proves that they have slowly entered the inhabited place. It seems that the town of ghosts is coming soon.

After driving forward for about 5 minutes, a large light suddenly appeared on the road ahead, and the driver stepped on the brakes and stopped the car.

The passengers were also awakened, waking up one after another from the bewilderment.

"What's the matter? Are you there yet?"

"Shh...there is someone in front..."

Hearing this, the passengers in the car stretched their necks and looked out the window, just in time to see a long queue coming towards them. After seeing the exact appearance of the queue, someone in the car couldn't help but gasped. There was a low "fuck".

I saw a group of white figures walking slowly on the dark road ahead.

These people were all dressed in white, linen and filial piety, and the few people in the front row were holding white paper lanterns for funerals, like a group of ghosts, walking numbly on the deserted road.

Big night funeral?

There was silence in the carriage for a while, and everyone was shocked by this weird scene.Everyone watched the silent funeral procession quietly through the glass, and couldn't help but slow down their breathing.

The white team in front of the bus got closer and closer.

Walking behind the person carrying the white lantern are filial sons and grandsons holding the portrait of the deceased.

The person in the posthumous photo is an old man, he looks quite old, his eyes are cloudy and lifeless, his hair is gray, and his old face is covered with layers of wrinkles, which looks like tofu skin with countless folds.

At the back of the line was a black coffin carried by eight people. The group of people guarded the coffin and threw a lot of paper money into the air as they walked. Yellow paper was flying everywhere they passed.

They walked quietly on the road, without crying, without mourning, and even the expressions on their faces were not at all sad. It was not like a living funeral, but like a group of emotionless puppets performing a silent mime.

When the funeral procession passed by the carriage carrying the coffin, the young girl sitting behind the carriage did not know what she saw, and suddenly let out an exclamation.

Her exclamation not only attracted other people in the car, even in the funeral procession outside the car window, some people couldn't help turning their eyes to the car.

After the girl's gaze met these people through the glass, she belatedly stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, turned her head away and dared not look at them again, and her body was trembling with fear.

Seeing this, the other people in the carriage became more and more fearful and curious, but the group of weird mourners were just outside the car window, so no one dared to ask rashly for a while, so they could only keep looking at the girls and The team of undertakers looked back and forth among themselves, thinking about something in their hearts.

It wasn't until the funeral procession had gone away and the driver started the car again that someone in the car couldn't hold back and asked the girl, "What happened to you just now? Did you see something?"

"I, I, I..." The girl trembled and said incoherently, "I seem to have misread it, no, nothing..."

An old woman sitting obliquely in front of her immediately dissatisfied when she heard the words: "It's nothing, are you still afraid of this? Just tell us what you see, and we can analyze it for you, it's better than being afraid by yourself!" Said Then, a gossiping and irritating expression appeared on her face, her eyes were bright and she urged: "Tell me quickly, we won't laugh at you, so what's wrong with you?"

"..." The girl was silent for a while before she opened her mouth in a low voice, "I can't tell... I seemed, I seemed to see... the person in the photo, smiling at me..." She finished , with a crying expression on his face.

As soon as the girl said this, there was an instant silence in the carriage.

After a long while, the aunt who questioned the girl said again: "Is she smiling at you? Why are you laughing? Could it be that you misunderstood it?"

"No, he's really laughing! And...he's still blinking, and his eyeballs are rolling..." The girl's expression was still a little frightened, but when she saw the frightened expression of everyone in the car, , She quickly changed her words and said: "Yeah, maybe I really misread it, the sky is quite dark, maybe I'm blind..."

Hearing this girl's words, Xiao Yuening couldn't help but look back at her twice.

When the funeral procession passed by just now, Xiao Yuening kept focusing on the mourners in sackcloth and filial piety, and didn't pay too much attention to the portrait, so he didn't see the weird things the girl said .

No one in the car spoke, although the others didn't see anything just now, but this didn't prevent them from imagining the scene described by the girl...

After a long time, the aunt who had just questioned the girl was a little scared, and said embarrassingly: "I think you must have misread it. How can you blink in a picture... You must have misread it!"

The girl smiled wryly and nodded, as if she agreed with the woman's statement, but the look of fear on her face did not decrease because of this.

The car continued to drive forward. After a few minutes of silence in the car, a young man suddenly said, "Hey, we're just ahead of the town of Ghosts. Have you heard about the town of Ghosts?" (Note 1)

As soon as he said this, a middle-aged man sitting next to him couldn't help cursing: "Don't talk about it at night!" This man obviously knew about the town of ghosts, and seemed quite taboo.

After being scolded, the young man said unconvinced: "Tell me what's wrong? I think the group of people just now must be from the town of ghosts. Only people in the town of ghosts are so wicked!"

ghost town?

Although he knew that the name "Shadow Town" sounded evil, Xiao Yuening really didn't expect that this town would have such a title that would make one's scalp tingle just by listening to it.

Seeing him, the middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but curse again, but was stopped by the yellow-haired young man next to him: "Hey, don't be angry! What's in it? Let’s talk about it? Let’s talk about it! The car is about to drive to the hell... Uh, the town of ghosts, is there any taboo here? Let everyone know, at least I know what I know!"

When the young man saw that someone wanted to hear it, his emotions immediately became high, and he said stiffly to the middle-aged man: "Yes! What's wrong with me? There may be people in this car who got off in the town of ghosts! Know a taboo! Isn't this a good thing?"

The middle-aged man rolled his eyes, turned his head away and stopped humming.

The young man glanced at him triumphantly, then turned his head and started talking to Huang Mao endlessly.

As soon as Xiao Yuening saw him open his mouth, he immediately pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

He had also searched the Internet for news about Ghost Town, but he didn't know if it was because the town was too small or something. He didn't find any useful information.

Seeing that someone wanted to take the initiative to explain it now, it just gave him a chance to understand the town.

Out of curiosity, the other people in the carriage also pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

In the young man's mouth, Ghost Town and the townspeople living in it are full of extremely strange and terrifying colors.

It is more appropriate to call Ghost Town a "village" instead of a "town", because its current scale and resident population are too small, and the existing population is even less than 300. .

With so few people gathered in one place, isn’t it just a small village?

However, it is said that the town of Ghosts was not like this before, and it was once glorious. When it was the most prosperous, it was said that the population alone had as many as 2 people.

But then I don't know if it was because the town's feng shui was destroyed, or because the name "Shadow Town" was so unlucky that something unclean was recruited, which caused the town's population to wither, and the birth rate of newborns fell precipitously. However, the townspeople living here are getting poorer and poorer, and the harder they live.

But even so, the people in this village didn't even think about moving out. They still chose to live in this town, stubbornly adhering to the various outdated rules and bad habits passed down in the town for many years.

Here, even the young people in the village seldom choose to go out to work, but live in the town of ghosts honestly, and they have to engage in feudal superstition every once in a while, and hold sacrifices wantonly to comfort their ancestors and gods .

The people in the town of Ghosts basically worshiped gods in every household. They are extremely xenophobic and are very wary of people outside their town. It is difficult for outsiders to get in touch with the people in their town.

The various customs in their town are also very weird. For example, they are not allowed to go out at night. If they have to go out at night, the people who go out must wear filial piety, otherwise it is said that something will happen.

The funeral ceremony there is also different from others. I heard that it must be held at night, and no sunlight is allowed...

When the young man said this, he said to the people in the carriage with a mysterious expression on his face: "The group of mourners just now are 100% from the people of Ghost Town. You probably don't know that the birth rate of their children is not only low, but even The chance of premature death is also very high, and very few survive to adulthood."

As he spoke, he paused, and added with a strange expression: "However, if you are lucky and manage to live to adulthood, their life expectancy will be longer than the residents of other villages and towns. Those who died before the age of 85 They are all phoenix feather horns... Did you see the old man on the portrait just now? I guess he lived at least 95 years old, which is still relatively young. There are a lot of old people who have lived over 137 years old. , I heard that the longest-lived old lady lived until she was [-] years old, awesome..."

When it came to the end, there was a look of envious fear on the young man's face.I envy them for living a long time, but deep in my heart, I feel disobedient and afraid of this kind of deed that is obviously unreasonable and has a certain mysterious color.

It is precisely because of these strange things that the people near the town of ghosts will keep things in their town secret, and secretly call them "ghost town" or "ghost village"...

Xiao Yuening wanted to hear more information about Ghost Town, but the bus had already stopped at a dilapidated intersection.

The driver of the car announced loudly: "The town of ghosts has arrived. If you want to get off the car, get off quickly, or leave if you don't get off!"

Everyone in the carriage heard about the town of ghosts all the way, and now when they heard that the legendary "ghost town" had arrived, they all involuntarily corrected their expressions, and at the same time glanced at the other people in the carriage, wanting to see See if any unlucky people get off at this place.

Thus, Xiao Yuening stood up helplessly in the eyes of everyone, and got out of the car with his backpack on his back, leaving nothing but silence behind him.

After Xiao Yuening got out of the car, the car quickly closed the door and drove into the darkness ahead.

And as it moved away, Xiao Yuening felt that the sizing eyes falling on him from inside the car finally disappeared.

Standing alone on the side of the road, looking at the winding path in front of him, Xiao Yuening took a deep breath, looked down at the time, and found that it was exactly ten o'clock in the evening.

According to the prompt on the map, the town of ghosts is at the end of this path, and it takes more than 40 minutes to walk.

Standing on the side of the road and looking from a distance, the village in the distance is pitch black, with no lights at all, it doesn't seem like there are living people living there.

It seems that the people in the town of ghosts have either gone to bed early, or they have taboos about turning on the lights at night.

Xiao Yuening stood at the intersection and pondered for a moment, took out his phone, opened the APP, and read the mission content again:

Main task 2: Please arrive at Yinhun Town, City B, and successfully kill the evil god worshiped by the villagers within seven days.

Mission Difficulty: Four Stars

Task time: 8 days (countdown has started)

Task success reward: 5000 points.

Mission Failed: Obliteration.

"The young man in the car said that the townsfolk in the town of Shadows are all enshrining gods... The evil god mentioned by the app should be the one they are offering... um, 'god'?... just listening Makes one's scalp tingle..."

Xiao Yuening couldn't help but reached out and pressed his chest, where the Five Thunder Talisman he had just exchanged was hanging there. He tried to use this action to relieve his slight suffocation caused by excessive pressure.

"...This is a main mission. There must be a gate of time and space. Could it be that the village in front of me is shrouded in the 'ghost land' of the gate of time and space? ...Is it dangerous for me to enter directly like this? "

While muttering to himself, Xiao Yuening took out the Ghost Blade from his backpack and stuck it in his waist, and held Xiao Huang tightly in his hand to gain a sense of security.

Holding Xiao Huang in his hand, he stood at the intersection and took a deep breath for a long time before he walked towards the winding path in front of him.

The night here is extraordinarily cold, and the night wind is blowing, instantly freezing people to the core.

Xiao Yuening stretched out his hand to gather his thin jacket for pretending to be special, and sighed inwardly: I was careless, I would have come wearing a padded jacket if I knew it earlier.

But now there is no other way, he can only bite the bullet and continue to move forward, by the way, he opened his live broadcast room on the way.

signal connection...

Signal access.

Xiao Yuejing waited quietly for a while, and after netizens started pouring into the live broadcast room, he slowly opened his mouth and introduced this live broadcast to everyone: "Old irons, hello everyone, I am the anchor. We here The location of the live broadcast this time is quite special, because I am no longer in City A, but in City B, another city in the province."

"Speaking of City B, everyone's first impression may be tourism. But I don't know if you have heard that City B has another very special place besides tourism-Ghost Town. Just listen to this eerie town. Do you feel a chill creeping up your spine? I feel like I am reading a horror novel. I don’t believe that there is such a place in our country? I feel that its name is just like in' Just kidding'?"

Xiao Yuening slightly raised one corner of his mouth, and said, "But in fact, this place really exists. If you don't believe me, you can search the map of City B. Du Niang will tell you that the anchor really didn't follow Are you kidding me..."

During the conversation, some netizens who watched the live broadcast actually searched Baidu Maps, and then expressed that they were shocked:

"What the hell?? Is it true? There is really a place called 'Ghost Town' in our country? I have a feeling that time and space are out of order... Can anyone tell me, are we collectively traveling through a fantasy novel...?? "

"I'm convinced of the anchor, why do you always find such a bizarre live broadcast location?"

"Damn it, you might not believe it! When I was searching the town of ghosts just now, I accidentally found a place called 'Great Ecstasy Array Village'..."

"It's so mysterious! I'm not going to broadcast the live broadcast today, but have you changed to live broadcast Cultivation of Immortals?"

"This live broadcast is wonderful! I have a hunch that there must be many ghosts in the town of ghosts!"

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In addition to these, some netizens questioned Xiao Yuening's words:

"Even if there is such a place, how do you prove that you must be here? What if it's not?"

"That's right, it's nighttime, and it's pitch black everywhere. Even if the anchor randomly finds a remote village and pretends to be in Ghost Town, we have no way to prove that he is lying?"

Xiao Yuening was not angry when he saw netizens who doubted him. Since he gradually became popular on the live broadcast network, he has seen a lot of doubts and deliberately rhythmic things.

The few netizens in front of him who suspect that he is fake are actually polite. In fact, some sand sculptures with poor brains, in order to beat him with rhythm, greet him with all kinds of swear words as soon as they come up. He has not seen too many .

"It's not necessary for me to deceive everyone, and it's actually very simple to prove that I'm in Ghost Town..."

While talking, Xiao Yuening took out the train ticket stub that he had put in earlier from his trouser pocket, and showed it to the netizens in the live broadcast room: "This is my train ticket to city B. Besides the train, I also took the train ticket stub." It took more than two hours for the car to come to the vicinity of Ghost Town. However, I can't show you the bus ticket, because the driver doesn't have it at all, but..."

Xiao Yuening changed the subject, and after showing a handsome smile to everyone in the live broadcast room, he walked quickly for a while, and pointed his phone camera at a crooked stone tablet on the side of the road: "...Look, here There is a stone tablet with the word 'Shadow Town' written on it... In fact, when I just got off the bus, there was a sign on the side of the road that marked the name of the place, but because I hadn't started the live broadcast at that time, I didn't take a picture of it for you to see... Now I'm actually a little far away from the intersection, and I really don't want to go back, but if you ask, I can take a picture of the street sign of the town of ghosts on the road for you when I return..."

There was a lot of noise in the live broadcast room:

"My brother, Ning, seems to be starting to expand outwards. Guess where the next live broadcast will be?"

"I suggest the anchor go to Fengmen Village to broadcast live! The number one ghost village in China is not for nothing!"

"Let's come to Beijing! Live broadcast of the palace maid's ghost in the Forbidden City, guaranteed to be popular!"

"Sand sculptures upstairs? The Forbidden City is only open during the day and cleared at five o'clock in the afternoon. Do you want the anchor to get under the dragon chair to escape the security search, and then crawl out to live broadcast in the middle of the night?"

"Hahahaha... If you really do this, you will be arrested immediately!"

"It's just right to enter the game, and the rhythm of the country is hot!"

"Extraordinary, extra! A network anchor hid in the Forbidden City for Bo, and was frightened and fainted when he saw a mysterious ghost in the middle of the night!"

"Hahahaha! Laughing pee!"

"The anchors don't listen to them! It is impossible to have a live broadcast in the Forbidden City, but you can come to our Guangzhou Liwan Plaza to broadcast live! I am willing to contribute my beautiful appearance and appear on the scene with the anchor!"

"Get out of the wretched man upstairs! I am much more handsome than you, and I have a great figure! When the anchor comes to our place, I am willing to appear on camera without a censorship! Get fans for you!"

"Fuck you all shameless! Brother Ning, why don't you come to our Xiangxi live broadcast to exorcise corpses! I am willing to play the role of exorcising corpses in friendship! I am different from those unscrupulous bastards upstairs! Not only can I appear on the screen, I can also bring My brothers all acted as corpses together! Buy one, get more, no deception!"

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The author has something to say: Note 1: There is indeed the place name of Ghost Town in China, but it is just an ordinary town, and there is nothing special about it except for the scary name.This article only borrows the name of the town here, and all descriptions about Ghost Town in this article are all fabricated, please do not contact the reality!