Hailing barren city

"It doesn't seem too scary here."

Tao Rujiu honestly expressed her inner feelings.

"When I lived in school, there was a wild grave on the hill behind the dormitory, and we would get up in the middle of the night to practice courage. By the way..."

He turned to ask Huakai:

"Are the flowers blooming in high school?"

The boy holding the flashlight was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and shook his head.

"It's enough for country kids like us to go to junior high school. Besides, we don't have enough money..."

Xiao Li muttered in front.The footsteps suddenly became dragged and heavy.

Tao Rujiu was embarrassed again.Zheng Qinglong was the oldest and most composed of the four, so he naturally wanted to smooth things over when he saw this.

"Those are all in the past. Isn't Hailing Village much better now?"

Xiao Li's temper was like a child's, but when he heard this sentence, he suddenly became happy again.

"That's right, Brother Xiao Zheng's son must be a postdoctoral fellow in the future."

Before he finished speaking, the young man squatted down with his forehead in his arms and an "ouch".It wasn't that Zheng Qinglong made a move, but he walked crookedly and bumped into the blue-faced and long-toothed Bai Wuchang while walking without looking at the road.

"Yo, I'm sorry you're getting old..."

Xiao Li stood up covering his head, and picked up Bai Wuchang's high hat to put it on. Zheng Qinglong stepped forward to take care of his injury, and taught him a few words by the way.

Everyone walked a few more steps, Xiao Li pointed to a low side door not far away and shouted: "That's it."

The small door is one of the passages leading to the second basement floor, and there is a -2F signboard at the door.The four of them went in one by one, and it turned out to be a hut less than ten square meters. There was a round hole in the ceiling that was disguised as a wellhead, and some light fell on the only furniture in the hut.

It was a red lacquer coffin.The whole body is painted with colorful paintings, quietly standing in front of Tao Rujiu.

"We're going down from the coffin."

Xiao Li said so.

Tao Rujiu walked to the edge of the red coffin, the coffin panels were not closed, and there were steps of concrete steps inside.It leads all the way to the dark second floor underground.

Xiao Li said that there are nine such hidden entrances on the first floor.There are also two large main entrances for visitors.

The age group of the second layer is from 14 years old up, which means that it will be much more terrifying than the first layer.In fact, when actually visiting, most of the tourists with children will ignore the warnings of the park and go directly to the second floor. As a result, the children will be scared to death.

Four people filed forward.After putting his whole body into the coffin, some subtle changes still occurred in Tao Rujiu's heart.

The underground palace on the second floor was also pitch black, and the place lit by Xiao Li's flashlight was a long and narrow passage.The ground was covered with fine grains of sand, which made a slight creaking sound when stepped on.There were desks and chairs for the staff on one side of the wall. Xiao Li opened the drawer and took out two stick-like things from it.

"Electronic torches, used to illuminate tourists."

Zheng Qinglong and Tao Rujiu took one each, and when they pressed the switch, a dark green light lit up on the flame-shaped electronic tube.

"Part of this underground palace is arranged according to the plot in a certain martial arts novel, it seems to be called..."

"It's "The Four Famous Arrests", right?"

Tao Rujiu replied like this, and took a few steps forward to shine the electronic torch on the wall.Impressively, a pale arm hangs in mid-air as if growing out of the wall.

From the moment of the entrance of the coffin, Tao Rujiu likes to watch Wen School martial arts, especially the "Four Great" series.This tunnel seems to be arranged according to the tunnel under the ruined temple of Yishen Peak.

After all, people's imagination is limited, and the so-called horror is, after all, a repeated interpretation of old fantasies.I thought the second floor would be a bit special, but it seemed destined to disappoint him.

Tao Rujiu thought of this in a lonely and desperate way, while jokingly trying to insert the torch into the curled palm.

However, at this moment, something unexpected happened immediately.

His palm touched that arm, it was definitely not wax or plaster hard, it was soft and elastic.More like a real human severed limb.It was this soft arm that trembled violently the moment Tao Rujiu touched it. His cold fingers seemed to be struggling molluscs across Tao Rujiu's cheeks, almost entangled with his hair. .

Unable to accept this sudden situation in a relaxed mood, Tao Rujiu staggered a few steps back with a scream, and hit the wall on the other side, but he never expected that there were several arms on this side, and they also started to swell when he hit him. Trembling violently.

For about two seconds, Tao Rujiu's mind went blank, until Hua Kai ran over to help him to the middle of the road, and slowly watched those arms stop moving.

Xiao Li and Brother Zheng looked at each other knowingly.

"The old man forgot to pull down the guillotine again today."

It turns out that this channel has another mystery. All the arms on it are electric induction devices wrapped with high-grade polyester materials, and they can respond to external touches when they are powered on during opening hours.The electric switch in the area has always been controlled by the gatekeeper, and it was opened at night. Today, it seems that there is an oversight in the work.

People are old, this situation is not once or twice.

"To be honest, the first time I encountered this situation, I screamed worse than you."

Xiao Li patted Tao Rujiu on the shoulder and pulled him up.

"That's why I asked you to decide whether you want to come or not. It's the first time you come to this kind of thing. Reporter Tao remember to buy a lottery ticket."

Tao Rujiu gradually calmed down and smiled shyly at the other three.

Passing through the last corner of the Path of Thousand Hands, the eyes are brighter, like a crossroads, with a piece of frosted glass on the ceiling in the middle, hanging a waxy ghost peeping from the upper floor.The following is an introduction to the four trails.

Thousand-Hand Promenade, Dragon Scale Blood Pool, Ghost Marriage in the Hall of Death, and "Fearful Return Along This Road".

It was still Xiao Li who led the way, leading everyone towards the mourning hall.

The way to start is a maze.In the narrow passage less than three people wide, a white curtain appeared every few meters.Sometimes even the walls on both sides have hidden doors separated by cloth.Tao Rujiu thought at first that there was always something hidden behind the curtains, but in fact there was nothing behind every curtain.

"This is the most 'popular' area in the entire park. Most of the staff are hiding behind these white veils. They wear white robes, ghost masks and armor, and jump out from the dark to scare tourists."

However, there are regulations that staff are not allowed to contact tourists, and tourists are not allowed to insult or beat staff dressed as ghosts in any form.

"Would the tourists still feel scared even though they knew it was played by a human being?"

Tao Rujiu was a little puzzled.

"Anyway, those people bought tickets to come in and be scared." Xiao Li replied simply, "It doesn't matter whether you are scared by people or ghosts. It's like watching ghost movies. You know they are fake, but I feel the same fear, and this fear will be even more severe when you are on the scene, so severe that you don’t have time to think about whether you are in front of you. People or ghosts.”

Tao Rujiu nodded, it seems that the second floor is playing psychological horror.This is indeed a more advanced means than visual stimulation.

Because I was told that there will be no special conditions on this section of the road.Tao Rujiu gradually forgot the fright he had just received, and the reporter's nature recovered.Looking at the ubiquitous white curtains, he suddenly thought of a question.

"This is the second basement floor, and it looks like a maze. What should we do if it catches fire?"

"There are a lot of secret doors here, which are simple partitions and the like. It is convenient for the staff to handle at ordinary times. If there is an emergency, all of them will be opened by computer control."

Xiao Li and Zheng Qinglong explained separately.

"It is said that this kind of facility is very popular abroad. Mr. Ling has personally inspected and accepted it, and he has also walked through all four roads here."

Hearing this, Tao Rujiu immediately tried to imagine how Ling Li's face would turn pale due to the ghost mechanism here.Before the picture appeared, I couldn't help laughing.

"How did Boss Ling react?"

"This is a top secret in the park!" Xiao Li grimaced.

At the end of the narrow white passage is a mourning hall arranged as a ghost marriage scene.Small silver was sprinkled on the ground, and between the elegiac couplet and the black curtain, two wax figures in dark red wedding clothes stood in front of a black lacquered coffin.The living bridegroom is on the right, and the corpse of the dead bride is hung from the high beams by a thick hemp rope through the neck.

Perhaps it was near the exit, the air convection was more obvious, and the wax figure of the corpse seemed to be swaying slightly on a swing.

"The door for the staff is not far behind the mourning hall."

Zheng Qinglong suddenly lowered his voice, and there was an echo in the empty mourning hall, making it even more mysterious and strange.

"There is an entrance on the third floor right in front, everyone is quiet."

Blossoms have always been very quiet, and Xiao Li also restrained his smile at this moment.Tao Ru kept her mouth shut as usual, but she became curious in her heart.Along the way just now, everyone was talking and laughing, why did they suddenly remain silent? Could it be that there is a voice control mechanism on the road that is about to pass?

He buried this question in his heart and walked forward in silence.

The surroundings suddenly became dead silent, and the four of them even deliberately took their steps lightly. They entered the small door on the right side of the mourning hall and walked through the five-meter-long hallway of the spirit tablet.Dim yellow and green lights illuminate the carpeted passage ahead.And a long, narrow arch in the right wall at the end of the passage.

This is a small door leading to the third floor.Contrary to Tao Rujiu's expectation, the small gate is equipped with a solid iron fence and a large rusty lock, which does not look like it will be opened to the outside world at all.It is not clear what settings are inside the door of Hei Qianqian, but the sound of water surging in the distant underground can be vaguely heard.

Are there underground water veins in it?

Tao Rujiu just wanted to shine the light into the arch, but Zheng Qinglong quickly stopped him.

Can't...

Zheng Qinglong shook his head, and pushed Tao Rujiu's shoulder to signal him to hurry up. I don't know if it was an auditory hallucination, but Tao Rujiu felt that the sound of running water became louder.

A group of people walked quietly in the dark like this, and it didn't take long before they stopped in front of a small iron door, opened the door, and there was a long section of upward steps in front of them.At the end of the steps is the earth bathed in the moonlight.

"We have arrived."

Xiao Li jumped out of the tunnel with a big step, and yelled loudly when he stepped on the soil.In the brackish sea breeze, the atmosphere is relaxed again.

In front of Tao Rujiu was a tall or short vegetable field. There were watermelons, green river vegetables, green peppers and eggplants in the open air. On one side, there was a light bulb on in the light-transmitting shack, and cherry tomatoes and pumpkins were planted.There are loofahs and grapes on the shelf in the distance.These will be used to supplement the needs of the canteen in the park.

Zheng Qinglong is obviously experienced in picking watermelons, and he quickly made a choice among the large melon fields.The mission was accomplished, but Tao Rujiu didn't want to return to the underground palace immediately, so he raised the question just now to Xiao Li.

"The third floor is indeed not open to the public at present, and the sound of water you heard just now is also true."

Mentioning this incident, Xiao Li rarely lost his smile.The light from the flashlight hit the face from below, and the eye sockets sank into the shadows, just like a skeleton.

"This thing is like this..."

He had just put the watermelon in his arms on the ground, and was about to speak excitedly, but Zheng Qinglong patted his shoulder and shook his head to stop him.

"He may be afraid of this matter now, so it's better to go back to Cuiying Pavilion."

"Alright. Then let's go back quickly."

The question was not answered, but there was a vague impression of "horror".Tao Rujiu felt more and more uncomfortable.Since Big Brother Zheng agreed to go back and say it, he will not delay any longer.He just dug a watermelon out of Xiao Li's hand and held it.When I turned around, I found that there were only three people left in the empty vegetable garden.

"The flowers are gone!"

Although the young man was short and dumb, he was easily overlooked by others, but after looking around, Tao Rujiu was able to confirm that Qin Huakai was really not in the vegetable field.Within the range that the young man could see, there was not even the yellow light of the flashlight.

In the dark night, surrounded by all kinds of strangely named horror scenes, under the feet is a gloomy underground palace.Where did Huakai go back?

Compared to Tao Rujiu's worries, Li and Zheng's reactions were unusually calm.

"That kid often walks away alone, don't worry. He is more courageous than the three of us combined. I heard that he raised a litter of rabbits in the Nine Coffins Forest. Maybe he went to see them. Let's go back first. "

As he spoke, he hugged Tao Rujiu one by one, and walked down the tunnel.

The return trip turned out to be even colder than when it came.

Tao Rujiu was also surprised in his heart.It is clearly the same route, but instead of having a clear sense of steadfastness, it becomes terrifying because of the imaginative processing in the brain.There is a turning after going down the steps. In the darkness of that corner, is there something peeping at them?

Scaring oneself is indeed the highest level of terror.Especially when passing through the arch leading to the third floor, Tao Rujiu couldn't help but glance over at the sound of gurgling water coming from the pitch-black hole.

The third layer is a river, is there something scary in the river?

As if in response to Tao Rujiu's obsessive thoughts, he saw a faint figure floating quietly in the deep darkness like a pool of water.

It must be the back of a man, showing an inverted triangle with broad shoulders.Tao Rujiu opened his eyes wide in surprise, but the back figure only appeared for less than half a second, and then disappeared in a flash.

Only the sound of running water continued in the darkness.

Xiao Li and Xiao Zheng were still walking forward, and no one paid attention to the movement on the third floor.

The three of them soon walked out of the mourning hall area, and Xiao Li returned to his usual humor. At his suggestion, Tao Rujiu officially "renamed" Tao Tao.In fact, it was intended to be called "Taozi", but it was resisted to the death.

After leaving the underground palace, Xiao Li yelled at the old gatekeeper about the power failure on the second floor.When they returned to Cuiying Pavilion with the watermelon in their arms, the theater troupe had already taken benches and set up a posture to enjoy the cool air in the second courtyard.

Hearing that Hua Kai didn't come back together, the rest of the class didn't say much, obviously very relieved of that child's boldness.