Ah, this. Wang Pengpaiâs expression grew stiff. The hoarse and harsh voice resounded through their ears, as if an old owl was speaking. After becoming a spiteful ghost, Pingping had lost her pleasant voice. When she spoke, it sounded as sharp and harsh as a fingernail scraping against a blackboard. Hearing it caused everyoneâs hair to rise.
Seeing that the world began to quake again, and the spiteful ghostâs memories were about to cram into them again, Wang Pengpai couldnât withstand it any longer.
Fuck his grandmother. Even clay figurines would feel slightly angered from this treatment! He should have only answered the last question wrongly, but Wang Pengpai was confident that he had answered almost everything correctly in the other questions! It should be said that spiteful ghosts were unreasonable, crazy, and paranoid. In the past, there were people who had clearly only answered one question wrongly, but all of their answers had been denied by the spiteful ghost, and they had had to answer all the questions again.
If Pingping was a ghost king, Wang Pengpai would have admitted defeat. However, she was just a spiteful ghost. Wang Pengpai wouldnât let her act this way!
Just as Wang Pengpai was ready to take out his props and fight with Pingping, the quaking suddenly stopped, as if everything had returned to normal. The tourists who were immersed in the fierce emotions of the ghost woke up one after another. Hou Feihuâs pupils shrank suddenly and he felt that he had suddenly regained his mind. He quickly picked up Zhao Hongtu, who was paralyzed on the ground, and Miao Fangfei, who was still retching.
What happened just now? Their reason returned quickly. It seemed that Wang Pengpai had answered Pingpingâs seven questions?
It turned out that those were questions that really needed to be answered!
Hou Feihu reacted instantly, and he was afraid for a while. He subconsciously looked at Wang Pengpai, but saw that he was angrily staring at the man held in the arms of the spiteful ghost Pingping.
âPingping, do you hate me?â
Just one sentence calmed the crazy ghost Pingping. Of course, only the man in her arms could do this! Wang Pengpai was enraged, and felt that it was very unfair. He worked so hard here to answer the questions, but he wasnât treated well by Pingping. In the end, the motherfucking III-9 had good luck. He was able to become a little white face and was able to coax Pingping, allowing her to completely forget about what she was doing.
Who could feel fine after they saw such a contrast in treatment? And Wang Pengpai felt that the boy woke up at a very opportune time. He woke up just when Wang Pnegpai was about to use his props to beat up the spiteful ghost. Furthermore, he woke up when the crisis was over and the other tourists woke up. Wang Pengpai swore in his heart, put away his props, and coldly watched III-9 act.
Wei Xun did not feel ashamed as a man when Pingping held him in a princess hug. He even touched Pingpingâs cheek, staining his fingertips with blood. In a rare bout of gentleness, Wei Xun said, âGood girl, donât cry.â
Wei Xun had woken up while the tourists had been immersed in Pingpingâs memories, but he didnât hurriedly move about, and also viewed Pingpingâs memories. He hadnât been prompted by the Travel Services to complete the task yet, which he felt was perhaps because the task required him to prevent the âuniqueâ flying fox in his body from hatching or killing it after it hatched. Currently, there were still two heartbeats in his chest, but Ah Longâs remnant soul in the flying foxâs body had been swallowed up, and the young fox consciousness was sleeping in the new body.
It might take time for the Travel Services to judge what had happened, but Wei Xun was not in a hurry. After the young fox had swallowed Ah Longâs memories, he had obtained part of Ah Longâs memories, including what had happened when Pingping had taken revenge and how Ah Longâs plans had ultimately failed.
Once he knew what had happened in those memories, Wei Xun had determined who Pingping hated most. He didnât act because he was thinking about the completion of this scenic spot. As a tour guide, Wei Xun knew that after this scenic spot was completed, they would catch the bus sent by the Travel Services and return together. After the bus reached its destination, one could choose whether to go back to the virtual hall of the Travel Services, or get off and go back to reality.
Wang Pengpai was likely to make a move against him in the bus. He had countless means, and Wei Xun couldnât guarantee that he wouldnât be kidnapped. Wei Xun was used to preparing for every situation. Even if he had to approach An Xuefengâs tour party, he did not intend to take the identity of III-9, or any identity related to III-9.
Therefore, Wei Xun didnât intend to ride the bus.
He had to plan for all kinds of situations. Wei Xun was now thinking about how he should resolve this predicament. At this time, the sound of a prompt from the Travel Services finally rang out, albeit belatedly:
[Beep, you have subjugated the mutated flying fox cub!]
[The mutated flying fox cub, a Special-rank Peak-star monster, has two forms: normal flying fox and zombified flying fox. The characteristics of the normal flying fox state [mutated] need to be explored. Its whole body contains fierce resentment in the zombified flying fox state]
[The exploration of the new scenic spot, Flying Fox Mountain Forest, is 100%. The Travel Services is proud to have an excellent tour guide like you! Dear Mr. III-9, your esteemed self has the right to choose one reward!]
[Reward 1: 20000 points, a bottle of medicine that can increase SAN value]
[Reward 2: One special task]
If other tour guides saw Wei Xunâs reward, he was afraid they would be so jealous that they would shrink into a corner! 20000 points was nothing to them, but the most important thing was that the medicine could increase their SAN value! One should know that most tour guides did not have a fixed tour party. Once their SAN value was reduced, it was very troublesome to recover it. However, tour guides often utilized their countdown to death âfalling to zero.â When they did this, their countdown to death would fall to zero, which meant that the tour guide would descend into insanity, and their SAN would continuously drop.
No one wanted to go crazy and become a monster. At this time, if there was medicine that could increase SAN, it would be a blessing for the tour guide! This potion was extremely rare and couldnât be bought or sold. It could only be obtained after completing a task. If Wei Xun chose the first reward and took the medicine bottle out to auction it through the Travel Services, he would be able to sell the medicine bottle for an unimaginable price!
But Wei Xun didnât want to sell it for money at all. He lightly swept his gaze between Reward 1 and Reward 2.
The reward for completing the task of opening up a new scenic spot was another special task?
Then, that task should be very unique and special.
Wei Xun felt tempted. Anyway, he had the nameplate and didnât lack points for the time being. Without much hesitation, Wei Xun chose Reward 2.
After receiving the special task, Wei Xun browsed it and his eyebrows raised.
Sure enough.
With this task, Wei Xun thought of a way to avoid taking the bus to return to the Travel Services.
Now, the most important thing was to pass through the third scenic spot.
Wei Xun recovered in time to hear Wang Pengpai answer the questions. When he answered the last question wrongly, the spiteful ghost Pingping went crazy again. When Wei Xun sensed the brewing threat from Wang Pengpai, he âwoke upâ at the last moment.
Wang Pengpai had props that could kill the spiteful ghost Pingping.
Wei Xun got down from Pingpingâs arms and stood on the ground. He felt Pingping holding his hand tightly, and with a flip of his hand, he held Pingpingâs hand in his palm. He showed a dazed look as he asked, âWhatâs the matter?
âWhat happened?â
âYou passed out just now,â Miao Fangfei said quietly.
The outbreak of emotions in their bodies had consumed a lot of their energy, especially when they had shared emotions with the spiteful ghost. However, they were all veteran tourists and wouldnât hold the tour group back at the last moment. Miao Fangfei let Spotty bite her, and the injection of snake venom made her shiver. An abnormal flush rose on her pale face, and she instantly felt her spirits perk up.
The tourists were on alert towards Ah Cheng. It wasnât clear whether he was possessed by Ah Long or had returned to his original state. In fact, the tourists hadnât done anything yet. They thought that they had to face Ah Long after he possessed Ah Cheng.
But seeing that he was holding the spiteful ghost Pingpingâs hand, and the spiteful ghost Pingping had pulled the soul of the paper figure Fangfang out, the tourists felt that they had long since broken away from the process of how they usually completed tasks.
Normally, the next task would be to expel Ah Long who was attached to Ah Cheng, changing history, and help Pingping elope with Ah Cheng. In fact, the task of the whole Cordoned-off Village, and even the third scenic spot, was under the absolute control of the spiteful ghost Pingping. She could do whatever she wanted. The task was not important, and what happened while completing the spiteful ghost Pingpingâs task would be a great test of the touristsâ adaptability.
On this side, Miao Fangfei was communicating with Ah Cheng, while on the other side, Hou Feihu was looking at the time. It was ten oâclock in the evening, and it had been two hours since they were first immersed in Pingpingâs memories. There were two hours more until the sixth day, 00:00.
The most important thing was what kind of result spiteful ghost Pingping wanted to achieve.
But after having her hand clasped by Ah Cheng, the spiteful ghost Pingping stopped moving. She simply stood quietly behind Ah Cheng, with only Ah Chengâs figure in her eyes.
âThank you for helping Pingping and I,â Ah Cheng said sincerely.
He took Pingpingâs hand and looked behind him anxiously from time to time, as if worried that the villagers would catch up again. âPingping, letâs go.â
Pingping, a spiteful ghost who had been filled with killing intent previously, was very docile as she was pulled away by Ah Cheng. This scene was really inconceivable to Miao Fangfei and the others. They kept a safe distance from the couple as they followed Ah Cheng and Pingping. Miao Fangfei stepped backwards a few steps to be by Lin Xiâs side.
âHereâs the paper.â
The broken paper that told Pingpingâs story was in Lin Xiâs hand, and the words on it had changed. The sentence [The girl chose to trust the man again and decided to elope with him. But the man didnât come tonightâŚ] had disappeared and turned into a blood red sentence [On the agreed night, the man arrived as promised]
On the back of the ripped paper, two new lines of small black characters appeared:
[They told each other the truth, comforted each other, and finally decided to live in the mountains and leave the village where they grew upâŚ]
âHe is Ah Cheng!â
Zhao Hongtu shouted excitedly. Then, he wondered, âHow should we wipe out Ah Longâs remnant soul?â
âThe whole third scenic spot is under the control of the spiteful ghost Pingping.â
Miao Fangfei lowered her voice, but her expression was not relaxed, âIâm afraid the paper people in Cordoned-off Village, Fangfang, the village head, and even Ah Cheng are all under her control.â
âItâs like weâre playing house with her.â
Lin Xi was excited, yet nervous, âThe crying wedding attraction has ended. We can do the follow-up task or we can choose not to. We just need to live until the bus comes!â
When Ah Cheng woke up just now, all the tourists were prompted that the crying marriage attraction had been completed. Next, Pingpingâs elopement with Ah Cheng was regarded as a free attraction from the Travel Services. The tourists could freely choose whether to rest in Cordoned-off Village or experience the attraction. In the early morning of the sixth day, a bus specially sent by the Travel Services would wait outside Cordoned-off Village.
The tour was about to end, and they would see III-9 again soon. Lin Xi was really very excited. He said in a hurry, âWhy should we still follow the couple? The bus will arrive at Cordoned-off Village. We have to go back later!â
âIf you want to go back, then you can go back yourself.â
Zhao Hongtu scolded loudly and impatiently, âTalk less!â
His whole body was taut, and he was even more nervous than when he had confronted the spiteful ghost Pingping before. The others did not have relaxed looks on their faces, and some even had grim expressions! Lin Xi realized that the atmosphere in the tour group was contrary to what he expected and opened his mouth slightly, but he didnât speak again.
âItâs not over,â Miao Fangfei whispered, staring at Pingping and Ah Cheng who were walking ahead. Seeing that they were walking faster and faster, but the mountainous scenery on both sides seemed unchanged, her heart sunk heavier and heavier:
âIf we want to live past 1 a.m., we have to get out of the village, and the bus is waiting outside the village.â
Werenât they already out of the village now?
Lin Xi was puzzled and dissatisfied, but he saw that Yu Hean seemed to be the only one in the team who had the same doubts as himself, and the others in the tour group looked extremely grim and nervous ââ He thought that his IQ couldnât be lower than Yu Heanâs, right?! Lin Xi gritted his teeth and didnât ask his teammates, but tried very hard to think about the situation himself.
The ripped piece of paper was passed from Miao Fangfei to Wang Pengpai, Hou Feihu to Zhao Hongtu, until the paper made a full round once everyone had seen it. However, Lin Xi still didnât understand what happened when the paper was passed back to him. He casually glanced at the ripped piece of paper and saw that the last words on it were still [They told each other the truth, comforted each other, and finally decided to live in the mountains and leave the village where they grew upâŚ]. The contents of the paper did not change. Just as he was about to pass the broken piece of paper back to someone elseâŚ
Lin Xi was suddenly stunned. He stared at the ripped piece of paper as if he had seen a ghost. He murmured like a madman, âBlack words, why black wordsâŚâ
This sentence on the paper seemed like the end of the story. Hence, Lin Xi hadnât reacted in the beginning and hadnât paid attention to the black words on the ripped piece of paper. The contents of the paper explained the problems Pingping and Ah Cheng faced, as well as problems the tourists needed to resolve. But the scarlet words had changed, and the tourists had resolved the problem!
The black words that had appeared previously [The girl chose to trust the man again and decided to elope with him. But the man didnât come tonightâŚ] had changed to a bloody red sentence, [On the agreed night, the man arrived as promised], when Ah Cheng had woken up.
After that, a new sentence in black line appeared, [Iâll have to leave the village where I grew up inâŚ]
Lin Xi looked around in confusion, but the mountains and the forests were dark, and the shadows of the trees were like monsters baring their teeth and claws. From the moment Ah Cheng had woken up, they had walked for at least a quarter of an hour. Wasnât what they were doing regarded as leaving the village?!
Was the scope of the whole village too large, orâŚâŚ