I'm the mayor of a simulated ghost city

At 11:55 p.m., Lu Yao walked across a small bridge not far from Heping Village and arrived at the gate of the West China Water Supply Plant under the dim street lights.

Two locust trees covered most of the gate at the entrance, and there were some spots of rust on the old gate.

The sign of the water plant is painted white. This kind of vertical plaque is the most common on the market, and can usually be bought for a hundred yuan. However, because it is cheap, the quality is poor. You can see that some of the white paint has fallen off, and the smell of rotten wood emanates from the sign.

"I checked the water plant before I came here. It is said that this water plant was built a long time ago. Now only the nearby urban villages are still using the tap water supplied here. However, in another week, this place will be closed for renovation, and many secrets will be buried forever."

Lu Yao took out her mobile phone and opened the live broadcast room. Half of her body could be seen through the screen of her mobile phone, just covering the words "West China Water Supply Plant".

She did not intend to let the fans in the live broadcast room know that this was a real place. After all, if there happened to be a water plant worker in her live broadcast room, wouldn’t she die before she could accomplish her mission?

Therefore, Lu Yao only explained it to the fans in the live broadcast room in the form of game commentary.

Of course, her decision to do the live broadcast was not entirely out of spite with Eleventh Sister. The more important reason was that she needed the power of the people and let these pairs of eyes become witnesses of her life or death.

After all, if she was really dead, she had to leave some evidence. She didn't want to die and then ask someone in her dream to help her find out the cause of death.

While thinking, Lu Yao gave a brief introduction to the live broadcast room: "Recently, the water pressure of the water supplied by this water plant is always too low. Many residents reported that the water contains a lot of impurities. In order to find out, I will go there alone tonight to explore. But as you can see, the wall of the water plant is three meters high. I can't jump in, so I can only think of other ways."

As he spoke, Lu Yao swept his phone across the wall of the water plant and saw some strange graffiti painted on the high wall, with eerie white lines reflected in the darkness.

Shy straight man: [This place is not abandoned yet? Why do people just graffiti on it? ]

I signed a promise with God, God gave me a big slap: [Didn’t the ape boss just say that? In another week, the business will be closed for renovation, and it may even be demolished. ]

The programmer's backup fan: [Ape, be careful, I won't go with you, I'm night blind. ]

I am serious about metaphysics: [Sister Ape, listen to my advice, let’s not play this game anymore. I can feel through the screen that this place is unusual!]

I don’t know how to name it: [Fuck! How can the above person send voice messages? ]

I am deaf and face-blind: [It looks a bit scary, is there really anyone here? ]

The male protagonist who has always been ignored: [If you don’t do it, you won’t die...]

Lu Yao saw the message from the deaf fan and moved the camera to a guard post at the gate of the water plant: "Look, isn't that a person? The security guard is there, which shows that you can't climb over the gate."

After that, Lu Yao looked at her watch. When someone in the live broadcast room started asking her how to get in, she replied, "So, I'm going to get in."

"Ding, ding, ding..." At this time, a sound like the bell for the end of get out of class came from the water plant.

Lu Yao looked over and put her phone into her bag with a prepared expression, not caring whether the fans were looking at the inside of her trouser pocket.

Along with the sound from the water plant's loudspeaker, the gate of the water plant opened, and gradually workers changed into uniforms and walked out.

Well, now is the time.

The first time Lu Yao triggered the task of unlocking the water plant was when the aunt next door mentioned her husband’s time to get off work.

At first, Lu Yao didn't take it seriously, thinking that it was just a system prompt from the water plant. Later, when she heard the system asking her to be at the water plant at twelve o'clock, she realized -

It turned out that the system meant that this was the best time to enter the water plant, so she was able to unlock it.

Seeing the staff walking out of the water plant, Lu Yao hurried over, and when he saw one at random, he stretched out his hand and waved enthusiastically: "Brother, we are leaving!"

As she spoke, she looked at another worker walking next to her and said with a smile, "Sister, let's go have a midnight snack together later."

Then, Lu Yao walked in, pretending to be familiar with everyone, greeting them and muttering: "Oh, look at my memory, I left my phone inside, you go first, I'll get it and come back."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Yao waved to the security guard again: "Uncle, take down your phone."

The security guard blinked, and for a moment, he was face-blind, and said to her, "Okay, slow down."

Hearing this, Lu Yao quickened her pace and rushed into the bushes next to the office building before anyone started to wonder who she was.

At this time, she had very good hearing and could still hear a word or two of the discussion of her co-workers.

"Who just greeted you?"

"I don't know him. Let's go have a midnight snack."

Huh, listening to the crowd walking away and the sound of the security guards not chasing after them, Lu Yao breathed a sigh of relief and took out his phone to look at the live broadcast room again.

She just came in like this...

"Beep!"

At this moment, the calm system voice in her mind finally sounded.

[Congratulations to the player, you have successfully entered the water plant and unlocked the task. The system will give the player some task prompts, please pay attention. ]

[Task Tip: This mission is life-threatening...]

Lu Yao: “…” I already came in and you’re telling me that my life is in danger?

Just as I was thinking, the emotionless system continued: [In the deep sea, that little light, the dim temptation, the fatal wound is born from intimacy, please find me, I may not necessarily become your friend, but I will definitely not become your enemy, we are the same kind. ]

"Same kind? Who the hell is the same kind as you?" As a science student, Lu Yao hates the twists and turns of words the most, but today, she has no choice but to understand the meaning of the words.

But... after one second, two seconds, three seconds, she lost her patience.

Forget it. I don’t understand it. I can’t understand it.

At this moment, the system said again: [Lu Yao, do you believe that there are ghosts in this world? ]

"???"

Without waiting for the atheist Lu Yao to answer, the system continued: [Mission Instructions: This mission involves a fierce ghost. Please adjust your emotions, accept the facts you see, and maintain a good attitude. Have fun. You may get unexpected rewards. In any case, you are welcome to enter the city with ghosts.]

"!!!"

So, in this simulated ghost market, are there really ghosts? ! ! !

Lu Yao paused.

A cold wind blew across my cheek, carrying a damp smell. The water plant, which had previously provided some light, suddenly shut down all lighting circuits, and the entire space fell silent.

Damn it, there really is a ghost!