Chapter 48.1

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“Does this leaving grandmother chicken that’s in the cage remind you of yourself and Ah Cheng?”

Wei Xun said to himself, “You’re similarly trapped. You couldn’t find peace when you were alive, or even now that you’re dead, right?”

Pingping, who was trying to appease the two vulnerable chicks, raised her head and gazed at him expressionlessly with a pair of cold and deep eyes. Her expression was completely different from her performance in front of the tourists. At this moment, the Pingping in front of Wei Xun was full of anger and resentment. Her dress had been completely stained red with blood and carried a strong and ominous smell of blood, while her white face and red lips made her appear like a ghost bride in a thriller game. Her pointed fingernails were stained with blood.

“Don’t look at me with such a gaze.”

Wei Xun smiled and said, “I’m here to set you free.”

He played with the black blood grudge dagger in his hand, and Pingping stared at him for a while.

“Eight o’clock in the evening.”

Pingping’s voice was as cold as ice. Then, she lowered her head indifferently and looked at the tender yellow chicks in her hand. The round chicks looked very energetic as they flapped their wings in her palm. The color of the chicks’ feathers appeared pure, with no mottled patterns. They were so clean that they appeared unnatural, as if someone had dyed the chicks’ feathers.

“You should know what will happen at 8 p.m.?”

Wei Xun, rather interested in what she had to say, replied, “Pingping, if I were you, I wouldn’t have stayed in this damned place the whole time. I would have gone out long ago to wreak havoc. Why did you bother to stay here?”

“But speaking of which, your family’s secret arts really encompasses a diverse set of skills. They can transfer the soul, turn a corpse into a jiangshi, and summon paper men. If I were Ah Long, I think I also wouldn’t be able to rest in peace knowing that I wouldn’t be able to inherit these skills.”

Hearing this, Pingping silently raised her red lips, sneering. Wei Xun noticed her expression and also raised his lips.

“I understand.”

Wei Xun then clenched his chest in an exaggerated manner. He pretended to be sad and said, “Pingping, you are skilled at training flying foxes so you should be able to make them pipe down. This little fella is truly annoying.”

[Countdown to incubation——4:35:23]

Badump, badump.

Wei Xun seemed to hear the sound of two hearts beating. He lowered his head and saw that his chest was torn apart, leaving a big bloody hole the size of a bowl. A terrifying scarlet little monster that appeared like a skinless baby was parasitizing his heart  in the bloody hole. The monster’s dark eyes stared at him and it revealed its white sharp teeth. All kinds of twisted, noisy, and nerve-racking sounds came from his surroundings, capable of torturing one’s spirits. Pingping, who was sitting in front of him, took off her human skin and turned into a spiteful ghost, rushing at him with malice.

However, the visual and auditory illusions caused by the continuous decline of Wei Xun’s SAN value would not affect him. In the scene reenactment, he was stuffed into Ah Cheng’s body. Therefore, Wei Xun was unable to see how much his body had mutated.

Although the existence of the nameplate allowed him to retain a silver of his sanity, just like the title of [Analgesic], he couldn’t feel pain and didn’t know whether he was injured or not. Since he wasn’t able to lose his sanity, in this attraction, he wouldn’t know to what extent his body had mutated.

Being in a state of insanity would only contribute to his destruction. What was ***’s intentions in giving the nameplate to him in advance? Did *** truly wanted to help him, or did he want to contribute to Wei Xun’s madness?

Wei Xun smiled calmly, and his eyes glittered in a distorted and wanton manner.

Around 8 p.m., the thing parasitizing Wei Xun’s heart would hatch. According to the story, it was also the time when Pingping and Ah Cheng had made an appointment to elope, and Ah Cheng had been controlled by Ah Long. Everything would happen just like it had in the past. Although Pingping was torturing the people of Cordoned-off Village again and again so that they could not achieve eternal rest after death, wasn’t she also torturing herself?

She had become a spiteful ghost, but she didn’t leave the mountains to enjoy herself. Instead, she had imprisoned herself forever in a small village deep in the mountains. What kind of backstory did Pingping have that he didn’t know?

Wei Xun understood more than half of her backstory. Next, he would only have to wait for the final, grand, and stimulating performance to come to an end.

He didn’t care about anything else. All that mattered was him experiencing the best performance that could stimulate and satisfy him.

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“The paper people in Cordoned-off Village are still around Pingping’s house and we can’t break through.”

At five o’clock in the afternoon, the tourists who separated to collect clues met at their residence.

“I didn’t find anything useful in the village head’s house.”

Miao Fangfei shook her head solemnly. Wang Pengpai, Zhao Hongtu, and she had gone to the village head’s house again, but they found that the house was in a mess. The Jiangshi village head of Cordoned-off Village was missing and the bed had shattered into pieces, revealing a secret passageway beneath the bed. Naturally, the three of them had searched the secret passageway and the village head’s home. However, they didn’t find any new clues, and they didn’t know where the Jiangshi village head had gone.

“We didn’t find the flying fox statue.”

However, Wang Pengpai had a soul transfer statue in his hand, which could indirectly control the village head. The Jiangshi village head’s disappearance was probably just what happened in the reenactment of Pingping’s history. Hence, Miao Fangfei was not worried about this.

They had gone to the village head’s house this time just to find the flying fox.

The flying fox, which had been raised by Pingping after the soul of Ah Long had been removed from it, was extremely important. In fact, it was as important as the village head of Cordoned-off Village. Most importantly, they didn’t have a flying fox statue in their hands, which made Miao Fangfei particularly concerned.

“Breaking through the obstruction of the people of Cordoned-off Village and rescuing Pingping should be the first obstacle.”

Except for Xu Chen, who was in a coma, everyone was preparing for the final battle. “Considering the clues given to us, Ah Cheng had failed to go to the place where they should have met up in order to elope together on time. He may have been trapped or hidden by the people of Cordoned-off Village. Therefore, after we find Ah Cheng, we must take him to the spot Pingping and Ah Cheng had agreed on. This is the second obstacle.”

“We must carry out the operations of saving Pingping and finding Ah Cheng at the same time.”

Hou Feihu said in a deep voice, “We should split up.”

“Yes, the third cry is the best time to act.”

They didn’t know what time Ah Cheng and Pingping were going to elope because Ah Cheng hadn’t told them, so Miao Fangfei could only make preparations for all possibilities. After the third cry, Pingping would get married. That was to say, they had to bring Pingping out by the third cry at the latest and break through the villagers’ siege. This matter had been left to Wang Pengpai, Hou Feihu, and Zhao Hongtu, who would participate in the third cry. They were the most powerful and had the highest chance of succeeding in this task.

Miao Fangfei, Yu Hean, and others would take advantage of the chaos to find Ah Cheng, and Ah Cheng and the tourists would cooperate together. Their ultimate goal was to send Ah Cheng to the place he would meet up with Pingping to elope within the agreed time, and not let Pingping fruitlessly wait for Ah Cheng.

“In fact, according to history, Pingping had successfully escaped and reached the meet-up spot.”

Hou Feihu said solemnly, “The key lies in finding Ah Cheng, and bringing him to the meet-up spot.”

“It would be easier if Xu Chen was still awake,” Miao Fangfei said.

Xu Chen had a title that allowed him to see resentment, which was very useful.

“We’ll act depending on the situation. If the villagers aren’t guarding Pingping strictly, then we’ll find a way to help you.”

Unfortunately, it was Miao Fangfei’s group of tourists who were old, weak, sick, disabled, and lacking in combat effectiveness. It was likely that their enemy when looking for Ah Cheng would be Ah Long. After all, Ah Cheng’s birthday was the same as that of Ah Long. Veteran tourists should all have paid attention to this information.

If Pingping could really escape from the supervision of Cordoned-off Village by herself and reach the meet-up spot alone, then Wang Pengpai and the others would find a way to meet with Miao Fangfei, or hold Pingping back until they found Ah Cheng.

After the discussion, Wang Pengpai and the others returned to their houses to wait. But as time went by, the sky grew darker as it got closer and closer to 8 p.m. Wang Pengpai and the others weren’t called to prepare the food for the third cry. That really made everyone worry.

“Someone is coming!”

Shi Tao’s senses were jolted. He had been standing by the window and paying attention to Wang Pengpai’s situation, and he saw two paper people bring Wang Pengpai and Zhao Hongtu out.

“It’s half past seven.”

Miao Fangfei nodded and scanned the people around her. Seeing that they were both frightened and agitated, she gently said, “Stabilize your emotions and calm down. Remember your tasks.”

“Everyone, perk up. It’s the last obstacle now. Whether we fail or succeed, it’ll all be determined here.”

“Yes.”

“Understood.”

Everyone responded one after another with shaky voices, but she could hear their decisiveness. Based on the tasks she had assigned to them previously, Shi Tao would carry Xu Chen, who was still unconscious. Shi Tao tied Xu Chen firmly to his back with a climbing rope. As he was tying the climbing rope, Shi Tao thought of III-9. The trepidation and fear he had experienced when he had carried III-9 up Wuluo mountain felt like it had happened a long time ago.

Who would have thought that in the most terrifying tour he had embarked on ever since he had been selected by the Travel Services, Intoxicating Xiangxi, everyone would be united? They had helped and supported each other, and hadn’t left anyone behind in the last hour.

The room momentarily fell into silence. When the others saw Shi Tao carrying Xu Chen on his back, they also thought of III-9. Miao Fangfei thought of the scene when she had temporarily taken the tour guide’s brooch when III-9 had left the team on Ferocious Bone Plank Road. She had been a leader recognized by the tour guide. The look in Miao Fangfei’s eyes grew firm.

This was not her first time leading a group of tourists, but it was definitely the time she was most serious and attentive as a leader. She was no longer just thinking about her own life, but was thinking about how to take everyone out of the tour alive this time.

They had already reached the last step.

“If only Brother 9 was here,” Lin Xi whispered, still feeling a little depressed.

“Guide III will be waiting for us at the exit.”

Miao Fangfei’s tone was firm and she took the lead in standing up. “Let’s go. We’ll finish the task and meet Guide III again.”

The whole team seemed to be injected with strength and quickly picked up the things they had packed long ago. Miao Fangfei stood in front, with Shi Tao carrying Xu Chen behind her. Lin Xi stood in the middle, and finally Yu Hean stood at the back. After leaving through the door, Yu Hean stayed behind while Miao Fangfei and the others continued their journey to Ah Cheng’s house.

This was what they had planned. Ah Cheng hadn’t come out ever since he entered Pingping’s house. According to history, Ah Cheng must have separated from Pingping by this time, as they hadn’t gone to the agreed location together. However, the tourists also considered the possibility that Ah Cheng had been trapped in Pingping’s house by something.

Miao Fangfei gave Spotty to Yu Hean for the time being, just for the sake of maintaining contact between the two sides. Yu Hean would stay to supervise the movements in Pingping’s house. Once something happened, he could quickly tell Miao Fangfei through Spotty.

Yu Hean was a little stiff when he received Spotty from her hands. Miao Fangfei thought that he was afraid of snakes and comforted Yu Hean. Spotty was not an ordinary poisonous snake, but Miao Fangfei’s poisonous beast, and wouldn’t bite people casually. Moreover, Miao Fangfei gave Yu Hean a small tube of her blood. If something happened and Spotty went crazy, as long as Miao Fangfei’s blood was smeared between his eyebrows, it would never attack Yu Hean.

Yu Hean weakly nodded with his head bowed, seemingly nervous. But at this moment, Yu Hean was the most reliable person in their team. Miao Fangfei trusted him.

Looking at Miao Fangfei and the others’ distant figures, Yu Hean stuffed Spotty, who was hissing discontentedly, into his pocket, and took out the small bottle of blood. Then, he heard the almost inaudible sound of wings buzzing. A fat mosquito that appeared like a golden ball slowly flew over to Yu Hean. It landed at the mouth of the bottle and sucked some blood from the mouth of the bottle.

“Don’t you want to drink more of it?”

Yu Hean persuaded the mosquito to drink more, in the same manner as someone convincing the other to drink more alcohol. “Don’t trouble Guide III when he’s doing something.”

“Buzz, buzz.”

The golden mosquito ignored him and flew away. It appeared to be floating in Miao Fangfei’s direction. Yu Hean was relieved and put away the blood bottle, before taking out Spotty and wrapping it around his wrist.

Yu Hean looked in the direction of Pingping’s house, but he was not very worried. One had to know that Yu Hean had been shocked when Guide III had contacted him! Why had Guide III entered the attraction and replaced Ah Cheng??

But then he thought, Guide III was very powerful, and could even retrieve Huihui’s soul. What couldn’t he do?

They were really lucky to have met Guide III!

Yu Hean’s heart settled down at once, as if had eaten a weight. The marriage deed and the golden mosquito had both been given to him by Guide III. All his actions, including taking out the marriage deed, taking the initiative to stay and monitor Pingping’s movements, contacting Miao Fangfei with Spotty, and showing a fear of snakes so as to get Miao Fangfei’s blood were all in accordance to Guide III’s instructions.

He even allowed the mosquito to suck Miao Fangfei’s blood. Yu Hean fed the mosquito straightforwardly, because he didn’t think he was doing anything wrong.

What kind of bad intentions could Guide III have? He must be concerned about Leader Miao! However, Guide III’s identity was special and couldn’t be exposed. Anyway, Yu Hean believed that as long as Guide III commanded Miao Fangfei to feed her blood to the mosquito, she would certainly agree.

With Guide III there, even if they encountered more dangers, they would definitely not be afraid.

With this, one could tell that Yu Hean was almost blindly confident in III-9’s actions!