As II-49âs Intoxicating Xiangxi tour group approached the second scenic spot attraction, the vast majority of the audience had gone to III-9âs livestream room. When the fox fairy appeared in Mourning Stream, the number of people in III-9âs livestream room exceeded ten thousand viewers!
This was an achievement that a III-ranked tour guide had never accomplished before, and III-9âs livestream room was very noisy. There were II-49âs crazy fans stirring up storms and fishing in troubled waters in the commentary barrage. There were III-9âs new fans arguing against them. There were also people in the commentary barrage inciting other viewers to elaborate on their comments. The commentary barrage in the whole livestream room was extremely chaotic and it was difficult to see what was happening on the screen. But in any case, the audience in III-9âs livestream was growing.
This was because until the last scenic spot, the number of tourists in his tour group had not reduced. Due to this, the audience had a faint hunch in their hearts.
This time, maybe, the whole tour group would survive! All of the members of the tour group would survive on such a high difficulty Intoxicating Xiangxi tour!
[Brothers, do you think III-9 will be chosen as one of the top 100 tour guides at the end of the year and participate in the year-end ceremony?!]
[Come on. Are you high on drugs? Heâs just a tour guide ranked at the bottom of the III-rank. In Asia, only II-rank tour guides can qualify!]
[But soon he will have lead a tour group with all members surviving. Furthermore, this is an Intoxicating Xiangxi tour. III-9 will certainly be included in the annual list of distinguished tour guides. If he is on this list, he will definitely get an invitation]
[He hasnât started the third scenic spot, yet you guys stupidly think that he can lead a tour group with all the tourists surviving?? I donât want to say this, but there are a lot of tour groups who are wiped out at the end of the tour!]
[Itâs indeed so. You guys can compliment III-9 now, but arenât you afraid that youâll compliment him to death]
[Stop complimenting him, stop complimenting him. Please watch the livestream quietly. Iâm so terrified now]
[Hey, if I have to say, although the tourists in this tour group are not bad, they really relied on the tour guide, III-9! Without him, they wouldnât have been able to reach this scenic spot and probably half of the tourists would have died. If this third scenic spot is a scene reenactment attractionâŚâŚtsk, tsk]
[Why do the people upstairs like to curse the people of the tour group so much? Weâre all tourists, so why canât we wish the best for them?! The final scenic spot must not be a scene reenactment, certainly not!]
There were lots of people arguing in the commentary barrage. At this point in time, the people who came to III-9âs livestream were not limited to ordinary tour guides and tourists. People who were keeping their eye on the crucial year-end celebration ceremony were also watching his livestream. If III-9 really participated in the year-end ceremony, it was very likely to change the power configuration of the major tour parties. The members of various powerful tour parties were keeping an eye on III-9. For a while, dark tides were surging rapidly in the livestream room.
However, when everyone saw that the third scenic spot, Crying Marriage, was really a scene reenactment attraction, the members of various powerful tour parties either relaxed their guards or frowned.
âItâs going to be a difficult attraction.â
Someone said, âIII-9âs luck is really bad, and the touristsâ luck of this tour group is also equally bad.â
[Theyâre done for! This is really a scene reenactment attraction]
[Who complimented them just now? Those people who complimented the tour group really complimented the tour group to death!]
[What should they do! It wasnât easy for them to live until this scenic spot. They can do it!]
As soon as the crying marriage attraction was shown in the livestream, the atmosphere in the livestream room suddenly changed. The audience reversed their previously optimistic attitudes, and they all became pessimistic. Of course, many people who didnât want III-9 to have a good end were laughing, mocking, and throwing stones at III-9 while he was down.
[There should be no doubts about Tour Guide III-9âs strength, but he canât help the tourists if this is a scene reenactment attraction]
After that comment appeared, no one refuted them for a moment. Even III-9âs new crazy fans lost their voices, because what this man said was really logical.
It could be seen from the previous two scenic spots that no matter whether it was attracting the attention of zombified flying foxes in the first scenic spot or killing the zombified flying fox king in advance in the second scenic spot, what Tour Guide III-9 had done was the key to the touristsâ survival. The possibility of the tourists surviving the scenic spots was greatly enhanced under his guidance.
But the third scenic spot was a scene reenactment attraction! The tour guide couldnât participate in this kind of attraction and could only wait for the tourists at the end of the attraction.
For tour groups with ferocious and murderous tour guides, the absence of the tour guide was a good opportunity for the tourists to finally catch their breaths. But for an Intoxicating Xiangxi tour group that has a conscientious tour guide like III-9, the inability of the tour guide to participate in the attraction was definitely the touristsâ biggest loss!
Sure enough, as soon as they entered the scenic spot, they accidentally misunderstood the situation.
âWhat they should do now is find Ah Cheng. Nothing else is important.â
Bai Xiaosheng listened to the analyses of Xu Chen and Miao Fangfei on whether to âmaintain the weddingâ or âdestroy the wedding,â and he mercilessly commented, âThe time left for them is very short. If they canât figure this out, they are likely to be wiped out this time.â
His words were like a bucket of cold water poured on Shi Xiaoâs head. Previously, Shi Xiao was excited because his brother had reached the last scenic spot, but Bai Xiaoshengâs words caused the audience that was excitedly discussing the solution to the scenic spot and cheering for the tour group in the hall to become dumbfounded instantly.
âMr-Mr. Bai, they can return to the Travel Services after the sixth dayâŚâŚâ
Shi Xiao thought for a moment. Although he thought what Bai Xiaosheng said was reasonable, he hesitated and proposed, âThey obtained the identities of the villagers in Cordoned-off Village, and there should be no problem for them to complete the crying marriage attractionâŚâŚ Hiss.â
Shi Xiao suddenly thought of something, and his pupils shrank suddenly. âThe people of Cordoned-off Village canât leave the village!â
âYes, they only have one option from the beginning.â
With a swoosh, Bai Xiaosheng wrote something on the sheepskin parchment. âWhether it is maintaining or destroying the wedding, as long as they are people of the village, they will never leave the village.â
In the beginning, the identities that Miao Fangfei and the others had obtained showed that this attraction was a complete dead end. If they thought that they could end the tour as long as they completed the crying marriage attraction, they would definitely be met with despair.
If they wanted to break through this attraction, they had to be aware of the connection between the three scenic spots. The first scenic spot sent the souls of the martyrs home, while the second scenic spot sent the ghost babies home. The key to the third scenic spot was to find the person trapped by spiteful ghost Pingping, and send the person she had trapped out.
The accurate answer should be Ah Cheng! The core of this crying marriage was Ah Cheng. The focal point of this attraction was not the crying marriage attraction, the wedding, or Pingpingâs resentment. Instead, Ah Cheng was the crux!
However, an outsider could see more objectively than those involved. Few members of the audience had figured this out, let alone Miao Fangfei and the others in the attraction. It was nearing the end of the tour, and there was only one day left. The dangerous Cordoned-off Village villagers and the crying marriage attraction undoubtedly interfered with their judgment.
The hearts of all the audience members were clenched. In a rare moment of weakness, Shi Xiao could not bear the anxiety and paced around in the virtual hall. He walked around in front of the livestream screen and talked to himself, wishing his words could penetrate the livestream room and ring in Shi Taoâs ears. Only Bai Xiaosheng was still calm, and he even stopped watching the livestream. Instead, he took out a green quill pen and painted someoneâs portrait on the sheepskin parchment.
What he was painting was III-9. It was III-9 on the bus, III-9 who had slightly mutated, III-9 who was severely mutated⌠But every time Bai Xiaosheng drew a few strokes, he would stop and erase the whole portrait.
He couldnât draw the âIII-9â he saw in the livestream. There seemed to be something invisible influencing him, rendering him unable to paint. In the end, he finally painted the ârealâ III-9. He was different from the tour guide in the livestream, different from the tour guide in the Intoxicating Xiangxi tour. Bai Xiaosheng knew that this is the influence of the Travel Servicesâ regulations. Everyone would think that the tour guide leading the team was III-9 himself.
That was to say, he was notââ
Bai Xiaoshengâs head was in pain, as if his brain was splashed with boiling water. His temples were swollen and throbbing, and his head was about to split open. He immediately knew that he should not continue thinking about this. After waiting for a long time, the pain and rising heat finally disappeared.
âMr. Bai, Mr. Bai, whatâs the matter with you?â
âNothing.â
When Shi Xiao asked anxiously, Bai Xiaosheng shook his head. He looked at the livestream screen again, but found that the situation had changed unexpectedly at this moment.
Surprisingly, Ah Cheng had sent himself to their door. He was waiting at the kitchen door of the village headâs house where Miao Fangfei and the others had to cook pig liver!
[My fucking hell, Iâm really jealous. Although I want Miao Fangfei and the others to succeed and live through this tour, Iâm really jealous. Why does such a good thing not happen in my tour]
[âŚI can only say that fools are usually blessed? Iâm done. I didnât even see them complete any task before this. Why did Ah Cheng just come to their door?]
[He literally sent himself to their faces. If it was me who was on this tour, I would definitely be able to pass through this attraction. Why is this team so lucky]
[I suspect that Ah Cheng is controlled by III-9 whoâs outside the attraction. Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why Ah Cheng sent himself to the tourists. In any case, this is the third scenic spot and the most difficult scenic spot in the Intoxicating Xiangxi tour!]
âMr. Bai, I canât really understand whatâs going on.â
After seeing that Bai Xiaosheng was fine, Shi Xiaoâs attention returned to the livestream. He frowned as he watched the interaction between Ah Cheng and Miao Fangfei. He hesitantly spoke, âIt seems that something is missing.â
Logically speaking, someone in the tour group would have realized that Ah Cheng was the key to this attraction. Furthermore, they must realize this fact as soon as possible. After all, they were all confined to their houses after the meeting in the village headâs house and couldnât leave their houses, so they had to find Ah Cheng before the meeting at the villageâs headâs house and persuade Ah Cheng to be loyal to Pingping.
This task was extremely difficult. Those who were on the tour wouldnât be able to think it through clearly. Shi Xiao was afraid that even he himself couldnât think of this in a short time. If the tourists recognized this fact slightly later, they would miss the opportunity and have no chance to remedy the situation. This was the difficulty of the third scenic spot in an Intoxicating Xiangxi tour!
The truth was that Shi Xiao was completely at a loss on what was happening.
Clearly, Miao Fangfei didnât do anything. Why did Ah Cheng come to their door himself? Additionally, he even solved the problem on Fangfangâs side and snatched the bracelet back?
It was really like there was an invisible person in the attraction, helping the tourists clear through the difficulties! Although the commentary barrage of [I suspect Ah Cheng is controlled by III-9 outside the attraction] was a joke, many people agreed with this comment in their hearts.
[I shall make a bold guess. III-9 is acting as Ah Cheng]
[I shall make a bold guess. Guide III had already drugged the spiteful ghost Pingping so she will listen to him]
[I shall make a bold guess. The spiteful ghost Pingping is our Guide IIIâs person so the tour group heâs leading will be able to casually pass through the third scenic spot]
The comments in the barrage were getting more and more ridiculous. It was simply because Ah Cheng taking the initiative to send himself to their door was very difficult to understand to the audience!
Shi Xiao looked at Bai Xiaosheng and expected him to be able to analyze what had happened. However, Bai Xiaosheng pondered for a moment and said frankly, âItâs hard for me to explain what happened. Weâll continue to observe the situation first.â
Ah, there was something that even Bai Xiaosheng couldnât explain?
While Shi Xiao was worried, all kinds of bad thoughts sprouted in his mind, and his mood fell into a pit for a moment. He stopped talking and looked anxiously at the livestream, hoping that Miao Fangfei and the others could detect Ah Chengâs strangeness as soon as possible. Although Shi Xiao knew that it was impossible, he still prayed secretly that Miao Fangfei and the others had inadvertently met a certain condition which made Ah Cheng appear. The audience also prayed that everything would unfold successfully.
Then Shi Xiao felt that his prayer had helped the tour group install a plug-in. Whatever Miao Fangfei and the others intended to do was very successful! Whether it was the first cry, the second cry, secretly exploring the village headâs house, or even the elopement in the end, everything happened without a hitch. However, the audience felt that what was happening was slightly bizarre.
Most of the audience in the livestream might not realize this slight bizarreness. Most of them were attracted to the thrilling first and second cries and the scary paper figures in Cordoned-off Village. They were all howling because of how thrilling and enjoyable it was to see the tourists overcome the obstacles. Some of the audience even sent a barrage of praise saying that Miao Fangfei and the others were also very excellent. Even if they were separated from Tour Guide III-9, they could successfully pass the attraction with their own strength.
But did they manage to accomplish all that based on their own strength?? Clearly, it was because of Ah Chengâs help that everything managed to happen smoothly.
If it werenât for Ah Cheng giving Miao Fangfei the silver bracelet when she was cooking pig liver and asking her to hide it in the pig liver, Miao Fangfei wouldnât realize that the pig liver was poisonous through the discoloration of the silver bracelet. If Ah Cheng hadnât taken the initiative to find the village head, Wang Pengpai wouldnât have overheard the key information that âthe village head has become a Jiangshiâ and âAh Cheng and Ah Long were born on the same day in the same year and monthâ!
This feeling felt so uniquely similar to how the audience had felt in the first scenic spot, where III-9 had used all sorts of methods to attract the attention of the zombified flying foxes. As a result, all the members of the tour group had successfully passed through the scenic spot and its attractions.