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"This is it."

Lu Ze pointed at the hillside road in front of him.

They were now in a place slightly outside of Liufeng City. The slope of the hill in front of them was gentle, and there was a road nearly two meters wide winding upwards.

Like the suburbs of Liufeng, the roads here are also dirt roads. There is a small village at the bottom of the slope on the left side. Some of the houses in the village have been demolished, and it seems that no one lives there anymore.

Jiang Yan followed Lu Ze and looked up with him. Lu Qinghuan beside her was more concerned about the small village over there:

"Have all the people in that village moved away? Will there be a factory built here in the future?"

"Well, it probably won't be built in the future. Maybe, since the factory has moved out anyway." Lu Ze nodded and continued to lead the way.

The time for device testing had been agreed upon beforehand. Since Lu Ze only had Sunday off, the time was naturally set on Sunday.

He originally meant Sunday morning, because this place is still a bit far from the city, otherwise why would the machinery factory choose this address when it moved.

Although we later chose a location further out, it was not that far away, only a few kilometers away.

The distance is far, so Lu Ze thought it would be better to come in the morning rather than in the afternoon.

No one knew how long the device test would take, so he was worried that it would take until dark if he came here in the afternoon.

As a result, the Sunday morning he proposed was occupied by Jiang Yan and her classmates' math competition, so he could only come in the afternoon.

Lu Ze wanted to suggest that they come back for the test next weekend, and Jiang Yan had no objection at the time, but Xu Weiran, Xia Fei and Li Ming could no longer hold back and all chose this Sunday afternoon.

"I think they might build a factory there. Everyone has moved away and the houses are almost demolished. We have to make use of it." Xia Fei followed Jiang Yan with his schoolbag on his back, and together with Lu Qinghuan, he frequently turned his head to look at the village.

"There are quite a lot of roads in this village. I saw that every road leads to the city, and the roads leading out should lead to the countryside further away, right? In fact, this kind of place is quite suitable for opening a shop. It's a pity that this village is not in the city. It's too remote. If the villagers hadn't moved away, it would be fine. At least there would be some people here."

As his family ran a business, Xia Fei often heard his parents discuss business matters and had some understanding of it. After looking at the road near the village, he immediately analyzed it from his parents' business perspective.

Then he added, "It should be very convenient to work here if a factory is built, right?"

They were still climbing up the hillside, and obviously had not yet reached the place with a lot of ghosts that Lu Ze said. Several of them were pushing their bikes up, and the bikes definitely could not be parked directly on the roadside below.

The three bicycles were pushed by Lu Ze, Xu Weiran and Liming respectively.

Xia Fei's backpack contained everything they needed to test the device today. In addition to the equipment, there were also some notebooks and pens that several people needed to bring.

In addition to these, the schoolbag also contained a few bottles of water, the holiday homework brought by Lu Qinghuan, and some snacks they prepared.

Xia Fei put the candy and biscuits that Zhao Xian had given him in the morning into his schoolbag so that Lu Qinghuan could eat them when she got bored doing her homework.

Lu Qinghuan was more relaxed, and like Jiang Yan, he didn't take anything.

She originally wanted to take her own things, but she didn't expect Xia Fei to be so helpful and take everything for her.

"Are you really not afraid?" Lu Ze pushed the cart upstairs and looked back at them. Even now, he still felt that it was a little inexplicably unreal.

He was actually surrounded by four fearless teenagers who wanted to study ghosts.

Especially the quiet girl walking beside him, she didn't hesitate at all. Although the other three boys were obviously curious and excited, they were at least a little shocked and scared when they talked about the possibility of seeing a ghost on the road.

"Third brother, we are almost there, so what is there to be afraid of?" Before Jiang Yan and the others could answer, Lu Qinghuan answered for them.

If we were to ask who surprised Lu Ze the most, it would undoubtedly be Lu Qinghuan.

Although his sister is not timid, she has never been this brave before.

Maybe it was because she was following Jiang Yan, but she didn't feel scared at all. She was as happy as if she was going out shopping with Jiang Yan. She even had the mood to bring her holiday homework here to do it.

How could he know that Lu Qinghuan was brave not only because Jiang Yan was by his side, but also because he had seen dead people before and even witnessed Jiang Yan shooting someone to death with his own eyes.

Although they were human traffickers, it was a murder scene after all. Lu Qinghuan had seen the blood of criminals and was able to force himself to kick the corpse at that time. He overcame the fear at that time. Now he couldn't help but be brave.

When they reached the middle of the hillside, Lu Ze pushed the cart and led them along the forked path. After passing through a small woods, they entered an open area. The tall trees here were mostly single trees beside the path, not as large as the small woods in front.

Several people parked their cars together, locked the cars together, and then followed Lu Ze along a path overgrown with weeds.

Perhaps because there are not many people coming here anymore, the roads here are covered with grass and trees, and the weeds around are half a person tall.

The messy weeds made the place look more desolate, with only a few lonely shrubs and vines standing among them.

Xia Fei glanced over, then looked up at the sky and pointed at a cage of grass in front of him and said:

"If it rains, we can hide under those small trees. There are so many vines and leaves growing on them that they can block the rain. We don't even need an umbrella."

Li Ming said, "Aren't you afraid there are ghosts in there? Maybe it would be very lively if you went there alone."

"Haven't we arrived yet? It seems there is no road ahead." Xu Weiran is now following Lu Ze, responsible for trampling the weeds and other things on the roadside, which is equivalent to clearing the way.

"We're here." It was Jiang Yan who spoke. Lu Ze looked at her in surprise, then heard Jiang Yan ask him, "You want to go to the front? This place is also fine. All the places in this area are similar."

Lu Ze was silent for a moment, then glanced at Lu Qinghuan and chose to speak directly: "I didn't see any ghosts. Are you sure you don't want to go to the front?"

Jiang Yan glanced behind him and nodded.

Lu Ze suddenly felt a creepy feeling behind him and leaned towards Xu Weiran. He now seriously suspected that Jiang Yan could see ghosts anytime and anywhere?

The look in her eyes was the same as the one she had when they met at the school gate that day, and it made him feel uncomfortable all over.

Although Lu Ze was the one leading the way, Xia Fei, Li Ming and Xu Weiran all listened to Jiang Yan more, not to mention Lu Qinghuan. When Jiang Yan refused to leave, Lu Qinghuan also stopped and helped Xia Fei put down his schoolbag and take out the things inside.

As Xia Fei handed Lu Qinghuan her homework and snacks, he curiously asked Lu Ze, "Can you really see ghosts? Did Jiang Yan see one here? Could it be that Jiang Yan really has a ghost-attracting physique? Can she see ghosts that even Lu Ze can't see?"

"Then if we put the device in front of the ghost, will the success rate be higher?"

Having followed them this far, Lu Ze felt that there was nothing left to hide. "I can see it. Sometimes it's quite annoying, but I haven't encountered any ghosts that want to drag people to hell. Maybe the stories are all lies."

"What are ghosts like? Can you talk to them?" Xu Weiran was not very surprised. When he heard Lu Ze say that, he couldn't wait to ask.

Lu Ze shook his head and helped them assemble the device. "They can't talk. Some of them disappear after a while. I've actually seen very few ghosts. When I was a kid, I encountered a family member who had just died and hadn't been buried yet, but I didn't feel anything like that."

"I can't see it, most of the time I can just feel it. It's very rare that I can see it."

After he finished speaking, he said to Xu Weiran with some regret and helplessness: "If you want to talk to ghosts, you may not have the chance."

Lu Qinghuan was moving stones and plucking some straw to make a temporary place for himself to do his homework.

"You can actually see ghosts, why have I never heard you tell me about it? Does Auntie know that Third Brother can see ghosts?"

Lu Ze rolled his eyes at her. "Stupid! Of course my mom and the others don't know. Who would have dared to talk about ghosts before? Grandpa would have scolded me if I had mentioned even a word."

"Visiting graves and burning incense only started in recent years. We shouldn't have talked about this before." Xia Fei felt deeply touched. There were many people in the store, and when he helped his father on holidays, he often heard the adults chatting about the past and talking about the changes over the years.

As far as he could remember, he did not burn incense or visit graves to venerate his ancestors when he was a child. It was only during the Chinese New Year this year that he went there with his parents.

He laughed and said, "During the Chinese New Year, we went to visit the grave. My dad said that my grandpa and others had renovated the old grave. My mom and dad also helped. But when we went to burn paper at the grave that day, my grandma said the grave was in the wrong location, and we almost got into a fight. My grandma said that my grandpa had forgotten his roots and couldn't even find the right location for the ancestral grave."

Xia Fei laughed as he spoke. "Later, we realized we had gone to the wrong place, so we burned paper at the newly built grave. Our ancestors are so angry that they can come back to life from the underground."

Li Ming was amused by his words and worked with Xia Fei to assemble the parts. "If our device is truly tested successfully today, your ancestors will definitely visit you in your dreams tonight."

The others also started laughing. Lu Qinghuan still had a candy in his mouth as he watched them assemble this "ghost device" and almost swallowed the candy in one gulp.

She quickly patted her chest. Seeing Jiang Yan assembling the items seriously, with an expressionless face, she seemed out of place, aloof and indifferent, and extremely unsociable. She quickly took out another candy from the bag of snacks, peeled off the candy coating and handed it to Jiang Yan's mouth.

"Yan Yan, eat candy!"

Jiang Yan kept her eyes down, as if she didn't hear what she said, but as soon as Lu Qinghuan finished speaking, she tilted her head and opened her mouth to bite the candy from Lu Qinghuan's hand. The movement of slightly tilting her face and raising her chin looked even a little cautious.

Xia Fei glanced at her, his eyes sweeping over the strands of long hair that cascaded down Jiang Yan's fair neck. He then lowered his head and smiled, "This candy was given to me by Zhao Xian today. The snacks I brought from home today didn't have any candy in them, so I don't know if they taste good. They're hard candy."

Lu Qinghuan said, "It's delicious and sweet. I have one left. Who wants one?"

Then I heard Jiang Yan finish chewing the candy in her mouth.

Several people shook their heads.

It took almost ten minutes to assemble the device, and then Xia Fei and Liming each took a notebook.

This device is an upgraded version of the one they modified to use batteries, with three iron wires of varying thicknesses and three scales added to it.

After assembling it, the three of them found the small wooden blocks they had prepared earlier, tied them to a piece of line, and then tied them to the other end of the wire.

At that time, record the changes in height on the ruler after the wire becomes soft.

Although several people hope that this experiment can directly prove the existence of the spatial force they want to prove.

But even if Jiang Yan didn't say it, Xu Weiran, Liming and Xia Fei, who had been studying this strange device for quite some time, all knew that this was a device that changed the hardness of iron.

It's not a device designed to help them see ghosts at all.

The main purpose of this experimental test is to find out the effect of the possible "space force" on iron wires of different thicknesses.

——Perhaps we can get some information about spatial forces through this.