Sick beauty loses horse in thriller game

Under the dim light, the shadow puppet artists danced and manipulated the shadows projected onto the rough screen.

The sound of gongs and drums rose up, sonorous and powerful, and accompanied by the artist's singing, an ancient legend about rampant demons slowly unfolded on the curtain.

Under the manipulation of the artists, the shadow puppets either soar into the air or roll and jump, so vividly that they seem to jump out of the picture and into reality.

The audience sat on simple wooden benches, their eyes wide open and their breath held, afraid of missing any details.

However, as the plot progresses, a strange atmosphere begins to spread in the theater.

The sound of gongs and drums gradually became more rapid, and the movements of the shadow puppets became more intense. The feeling of terror was like a pair of invisible hands, tightly grasping everyone's heart.

Suddenly, a shrill gong sound pierced the air, followed by a brief silence.

In the dead silence, a deep and hoarse voice sounded, as if coming from another world, causing all the audience to shudder.

It was also at that moment that the shadows of the shadow puppets began to twist and deform, and their eyes seemed to flash with a green light, as if they had suddenly come alive and had a will of their own.

Although the artist's singing voice is still high-pitched, it is mixed with a strange melody, as if telling something unspeakable.

The audience in the audience seemed to have noticed something was wrong.

They began to whisper to each other, their faces turned pale, and some even wanted to escape from this strange place.

However, at this moment, the shadow play reached its climax. All the shadows seemed to come to life. They chased and tore at each other on the screen, performing a carnival of horror.

Outside the theater, the night wind grew stronger, and the light of the red lanterns flickered, like evil eyes, spying on every soul.

Inside the theater, the sound of gongs and drums finally stopped, and the shadow play came to an end.

The audience breathed a sigh of relief, but...

However, it was completely impossible for them to escape from the stage.

Because the heart-pounding sound of gongs and drums, as if urging death, sounded again!

Another shadow play is about to begin!

It was also at this time that Jiang Lai received the task of releasing this puzzle copy.

"Please protect the villagers from being harmed by the ghost troupe within half an hour, and investigate the truth about the ghost troupe."

Jiang Lai:......

Fine.

Come to life again.

Accompanied by the dense drum beats, the artists who manipulated the shadow puppets began to get busy again!

This time, those artists actually used a killer move right from the start!

The play they performed should be about a war that took place in ancient times.

Along with the movements of several shadow puppets on the curtain, swords, spears, axes, hooks and forks all attacked the audience sitting in the audience!

The effect is even more exciting than 3D movies!

The scene that happened immediately frightened the audience sitting in the audience so much that their faces turned pale and they were scared out of their wits.

Jiang Lai directly activated the power of the revolving lantern pendant.

A large revolving lantern that was two meters high suddenly appeared in the narrow and dilapidated stage.

As the revolving lantern turned, the shadows of seven young ladies appeared.

They sang and danced gracefully, and stood in front of the villagers. They used their fluttering sleeves to block the swords and spears in the hands of the shadow puppets, protecting the safety of the villagers.

Jiang Lai handed the villagers over to the seven young ladies to protect, and he himself decided to capture the leader first. Holding a long sword, he killed the artists who controlled the shadow puppets.

"I'm sorry, I respect traditional craftsmen. But that doesn't include evildoers who use traditional crafts to harm people."

As Jiang Lai spoke, he swung his sword and chopped off the head of a shadow puppet artist.

What surprised her was that when the human head fell to the ground and spun around, it... actually changed from a human head into an animal's head!

It had a pointed chin, bared teeth, a hairy face, and its eyes were wide open, staring at Jiang Lai, who had killed it, as if it was silently cursing her.

"Hiss! This shadow puppeteer...is not actually a human, but an old ape that has become a spirit!"

Little Jixiang suddenly appeared and said to Jiang Lai in surprise.

Jiang Lai was equally surprised.

Even Xiao Ai didn't notice the disguises of the ape monsters. This was enough to show that the ape monsters were quite skilled at transforming.

Xiao Ai and Jiang Lai were in sync with each other and quickly said that although they had eyes that could see the truth, they did not have yin-yang eyes, so it was normal that they could not recognize the monsters that had transformed into human form.

The most crucial problem is that the shadow puppet artists in the ghost theater troupe have been hanging around in the market all year round and have been exposed to a lot of human contact.

In addition, due to the characteristics of monkeys and primates, after they transform into human form, they can imitate human behavior vividly, making it difficult for non-professionals (especially ghost hunters, wizards and other professionals) to distinguish them.

Jiang Lai no longer worried about whether Xiao Ai could recognize the ape monster. Instead, he used his sword to attack the shadow puppet artists while thinking about other things.

What is the purpose of these ape monsters performing shadow puppetry in the village? What... do they want to do?

In just one minute, she had killed two shadow puppet artists.

The fighting power of those shadow puppet artists is not very strong. The only ones who can hurt people with the weapons in their hands are the shadow puppets they control.

However, Jiang Lai had already handed the shadow puppets over to the seven young ladies.

This caused the shadow puppets holding swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks and forks to be trapped by the seven young ladies, and they were unable to take timely action to resist when the shadow puppet artists were in danger, making Jiang Lai's operation extremely smooth.

Although Jiang Lai had an absolute advantage in this battle, she was not careless. Instead, she raised her sword to kill the monster while paying attention to the changes in the stage.

After some observation, she quickly discovered the problem.

Although she had killed the two ape monsters that were controlling the shadow puppets, but... the movements of those controlled shadow puppets... did not stop!

As soon as she noticed this, the situation in the stage changed again!

More than a dozen strings that were pulling the shadow puppets and had lost the control of the ape demon actually attacked Jiang Lai!

"Mom, be careful!" Jixiang shouted quickly, "Those shadow puppets want to use those strings to catch you and make you replace those ape monsters and become a puppet controlled by the shadow puppets!"

Jiang Lai raised his eyebrows when he heard this.