Non-Human Seeking Re-employment

Dark night.

In the thick darkness, the players can only see two white lanterns hanging on the branches of the tree, swaying gently with the wind.There are two tables of guests sitting below, their faces look like dead people under the candlelight.

Doctor: "I applied for Personal Anthropology."

For this player who plays according to the rules, the game has shown great patience: [You don't have the skill of anthropology, and the chance of failure is very high. 】

Doctor: "Vote."

Ding--

The dice fell, and in a place where the players could not see, the dice spun and slowly stopped.

[Unfortunately,] the game said, [You failed. 】

Shen Dongqing asked: "What is anthropology?"

The doctor said: "You can test the NPCs in front of you to confirm whether they are humans or other creatures."

Shen Dongqing said firmly, "It's not a ghost."

The doctor was a little skeptical: "Why are you so sure?"

It seems that this group of aborigines is abnormal, okay?

Shen Dongqing: "Ghosts don't need to eat."

doctor:?

Is the judgment that simple?

The voice of the game sounded suddenly: [Because the distance between the two parties is too close, a lucky check is made every 3 minutes]

[Failure will be discovered by these aborigines, success can sneak into the mourning hall]

【Detective, successful test】

【Photographer, test successful】

[Doctor, test...failed]

The group of aborigines who were sitting on the round table raised their heads with a "swish", twisted their necks, and turned to the doctor at the same time.Their eyes were empty, reflecting a white light, but their lips were unexpectedly bright red, and the corners of their mouths were curled up stiffly, without a smile, as if wearing a mask on their faces.

The doctor is a newcomer after all, and he has never seen such a battle before, so he couldn't help but screamed and backed up again and again.

At the same time, other people's test successes also came out.

[Zhou Wenyan, the test was successful]

[Shen Dongqing, the test... a big failure! 】

Big failure, more unlucky than a doctor.

The game gleefully described: [You see the old lady in the middle of the mourning hall sitting up, the white paper covering her face fell down by the gravity of the terrain, revealing a rotting face.She has turned into a pool of rotten flesh, with half maggots hanging from her eye sockets, but even so, she stretched out her arms towards you, and the gold jewelry hanging on her wrists jingled, and at the same time she let out a "cluck" sound】

[Sanity check, success, deduction...]

Shen Dongqing strode over, picked up the white paper and slapped it on the old lady's face.After the old lady twitched, she lay back peacefully.

The game feels that this reason cannot be deducted.

The group of aborigines also discovered Shen Dongqing. Under the premise of a big failure, they ignored the doctor and chose to stare at him closely.

Shen Dongqing raised her hand to say hello: "Hi—"

The aunt in the crowd felt a little cold for no reason.

The natives chatted in low voices.

"Where did this person come from?"

"Why is he here?"

"Get him out of here quickly!"

Game: [You can live a persuasion]

Shen Dongqing: "Yes."

[Successful persuasion]

【Please start your performance】

Shen Dongqing:?

After all the persuasion is successful, what else do you want to perform?Do you want him to perform a havoc in the hall on the spot?

Fortunately, someone appeared in time and interrupted his whimsical thoughts.

The doctor who was frightened just now was cast another sanity check, deducting 2 sanity points, and began to go mad.

She raised her head and closed her eyes, clasped her hands and lifted them to her chest, singing in her mouth: "Girl, girl, go out at sixteen, marry at eighteen like a flower, girl, good girl, she is a good girl." girl--"

Shen Dongqing commented: "The singing is much better than before."

It seems that the game will still learn from experience for improvement, which is worthy of praise.

game:【……】

After the doctor sang, he collapsed and fell limply, being supported by the photographer.

The aborigines over there also heard the singing, and their faces became ruthless, looking at this group of people uncertainly.

Maybe Shen Dongqing succeeded in throwing the persuasion dice just now, even if there was no explanation, the aunt stood up naturally: "This is my guest."

When the aborigines heard what the aunt said, their expressions became meaningful.

"Your guest again? What a coincidence."

"Since they are your guests, then you should bring them back quickly, and don't let them come out and run around again."

"That's right, it's not good to disturb our funeral."

The aunt nodded straight: "Hurry up and go back with me."

Now that the doctor has fainted, one of the players has been reduced, and they are discovered by the aborigines, they can only choose to go back to the hotel now and make plans.

At this time Zhou Wenyan showed his ID card: "This is my grandma."

The aborigines stopped and looked at him, and then one person said, "No wonder he looks so familiar, so he is Zhou Aqi's son!"

"Didn't you move out a long time ago? Why did you come back suddenly?"

Zhou Wenyan explained: "Someone sent me a letter saying that grandma was sick and came back."

Someone asked casually: "Who can send you a letter? This is too outdated. Now we all use mobile phones, so it's very fast."

Zhou Wenyan: "It's my aunt Zhou Aying."

As soon as the name was mentioned, the expressions of the aborigines present became strange. After a moment of silence, they abruptly changed the topic.

"Then since you're back, let's give the old lady a ride together."

"It's almost time, you foreigners, get out of here quickly, or we will be rude."

The detective and photographer took the doctor away, but Shen Dongqing was still standing there.

The aborigine said impatiently: "Hurry up, this is not the place for you!"

Shen Dongqing hugged Zhou Wenyan's arm: "This is my boyfriend."

Aboriginal people: ?

Sorry, the aborigines who grew up in the mountains have never encountered such a situation.

[Please perform a persuasion check]

Shen Dongqing persuaded him solemnly: "His grandma wants to see him get married before she dies."

[Persuasion... big success! 】

The aborigines quickly accepted this setting, allowing Zhou Wenyan and Shen Dongqing to stay, and they went to prepare things for the funeral.

Probably because Zhou Wenyan grew up outside and didn't understand the customs in the ancient town. The aborigines didn't let him participate in the funeral, but let two people watch at the end of the procession.

The old lady's body was put into a thin coffin. I didn't expect that this place would still be buried with her. A thin layer of gold was spread inside. Afterwards, four aborigines carried the coffin and walked towards the back mountain.

According to rural customs, firecrackers and paper money should be set off during the funeral process, but it is unusually quiet here, everyone keeps their heads down and does not say a word, and even the movement of carrying the coffin is kept to a minimum, for fear of waking up some kind of terrible exist.

Zhou Wenyan and Shen Dongqing stayed behind the team, watching the aborigines pass by the adobe house where the old lady lived, pass by the half-abandoned girl's temple, and finally came to a small pool halfway up the mountain.

The aborigines did not communicate with each other, they put the coffin by the small pool, bowed to the coffin, then turned and left, without any intention of burying the old lady in peace.

Before leaving, Shen Dongqing glanced back. At some point, the lid of the coffin was opened, and the wind blew past, lifting the white paper covering the old lady's face.

The white paper was light and thin, and it was blown into the small pool of water, fluttering slowly.

The funeral is over.

It was late at night when we got back to the hotel.

Aunt walked in and turned on the lights in the hall.

Under the orange light, the aunt seemed to come alive, her expression became more vivid, and she became that philistine and shrewd middle-aged woman again.Around her neck and hands she wears gold chains that glisten in the light.

Aunt yawned: "Go to bed early—"

Zhou Wenyan said abruptly, "We're going to make a wish."

The aunt was so frightened that she almost couldn't close her jaw. She held her chin with one hand and said vaguely: "Make a wish? What wish?"

Shen Dongqing lay on Zhou Wenyan's shoulder, half-closed her eyes and said, "Girl Temple."

When the aunt heard these three words, the drowsiness in her eyes dissipated immediately. She looked around vigilantly, and after she was sure that no one else was there, she said mysteriously: "The time is wrong."

"Responsive to every request, how can it be so simple."

"September 9th, you go again on September 18th, and keep your wishes come true!"

"I'm only telling you this for your father's sake. I think your father and I coughed back then..."

After finishing speaking, the aunt twisted her waist and left.

The 18th is definitely a critical day.

Su Xiaoying disappeared on September 9, and according to what the aunt said, she could only go to the Girl's Temple to make a wish on September 18.

Shen Dongqing was lying on the bed, his feet dangling in the air. He looked out of the window. From here, he could just see the Girl's Temple halfway up the mountain, but it was too dark to see anything clearly.

"I think the townspeople believed in a cult, worshiped an evil god, and treated Su Xiaoying as a sacrifice." He shook his head, "Feudal superstition is terrible!"

Zhou Wenyan pinched his cheek and said with a smile, "Feudal superstition?"

Shen Dongqing patted Zhou Wenyan's hand away, hummed for a while, and said, "I'm not superstitious, I really like being a human being."

It's a pity that this stupid game doesn't cooperate.

If she can return to the real world, Shen Dongqing must be a good person and never engage in feudal superstition.

Zhou Wenyan hugged the man and lay down together.

After a while, Shen Dongqing suddenly said: "I remembered some things from the past, how about you?"

As long as he returns to the ghost town, he has a hunch that as long as he returns to the ghost town, all the mysteries of his past will be solved, and he will find his identity.

It's also about losing the past, so what about Zhou Wenyan?

Zhou Wenyan lowered his head and met a pair of black and white eyes: "Well...it's not important, I used to be a rich second generation in an ordinary family."

Other sporadic memories are really less important.

It was enough for Zhou Wenyan to remember that he had a yin relationship with Shen Dongqing, and he would know the rest as long as he left the game.

Shen Dongqing closed his eyes, and when he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly said, "The gate of hell is about to open."

The day the ghost town opens is not far away.

It is estimated that when this copy of the game is over, it will be possible to enter it soon.

Zhou Wenyan patted him on the shoulder lightly: "Go to sleep..."

Shen Dongqing rubbed her forehead against the person beside her, and fell into a deep sleep.

After waking up the next day, Zhou Wenyan planned to take a walk halfway up the mountain, and pay his respects to the old lady's remains.

The detective raised his hand and said he would go with him.

The photographer's face turned pale when he heard the word "old lady". Obviously, the psychological trauma caused to her was quite serious, but she still insisted on going together.

Needless to say, the doctor, after going through last night, she couldn't wait to find clues, so she joined in.

So a group of people headed towards the halfway up the mountain mightily.

After their backs disappeared in the ancient town, one figure after another appeared on the deserted streets. They gently pushed open the door and floated out like wandering spirits.

There were whispers in the street.

"18 years..."

"Finally waited for this day."

"It's been 18 years, we can be free..."

According to the memory of last night, a group of people successfully arrived at the edge of the small pool, where a thin coffin was lying horizontally, and the coffin lid was opened.

The photographer and the doctor did not dare to go there, and even the detective swallowed, and decided to do some psychological construction for himself first.

Shen Dongqing was the most courageous, walked over without any scruples, and took a look.

The inside of the coffin was empty, there was nothing, only the gold used for the funeral of the lower layer was left.

The old lady disappeared out of thin air.

Gold is golden and charming, but it is of no use to players.

Only the doctor saw a gold bracelet by his feet, it was really delicate, so he quietly picked it up and put it in his pocket.

Shen Dongqing: "Did you cheat the corpse?"

But last night I was lying in the coffin very well. Could it be that the coffin was too hard to sleep, so I got up and slept in another place.

The doctor said with a pale face, "Let's all do an investigation and say we can't find anything."

[Successful detective check]

It was a good start.

The detective pointed to the traces on the ground and said: "The body was dragged away."

The others looked in the direction he pointed.

Surrounding the small pool is a sandy beach, with a long mark left on it, which seems to be left when the corpse was dragged.

[Doctor check failed]

[Zhou Wenyan failed the check]

【Shen Dongqing failed the test】

[Photographer's test... big success! 】

The doctor gasped: "Big success!"

The detective cheerfully asked, "Wouldn't it be a big success?"

The doctor struggled for a moment and said, "Big success means seeing some..."

Before he finished speaking, the photographer over there rolled his eyes and fell limply to the ground.

The game began to describe: [You saw a decaying corpse lying in a coffin, the night was silent, and the wind blew through, making rustling noises]

【The sound was not made by the trees. A tentacle wriggled and crawled out from the shadows, leaving a puddle of mucus where it passed. The tentacle slowly climbed onto the coffin, and it rolled up the coffin. The corpse slowly retracted into the darkness]

[There are a series of sarcoid tumors growing on the top of the tentacles, which are purple and reddish in red, like overripe grapes. During the process of carrying the corpse, the sarcoid tumors were squeezed and burst, and the juice splashed everywhere. A grape is squashed]

The description of this scene is disgusting, not to mention the photographer who faced the original scene.

She immediately passed the sanity check, and fortunately, it was a big success, only 1 point of sanity was deducted, otherwise she would have gone crazy on the spot.

Doctor: "I don't want to eat grapes anymore..."

Shen Dongqing: "The description of the game is quite delicious, I kind of want to eat grapes."

The other players looked at Shen Dongqing with horrified eyes, and silently distanced themselves from him.

Detective: "Ugh—what the hell is that thing?"

Shen Dongqing: "Octopus?"

detective:……

Not just grapes, it looks like he doesn't even want to touch octopus next time.

Zhou Wenyan: "Evil God."

The detective immediately remembered the leaflet "Keep away from cults" posted on the wall of the hotel.

Zhou Wenyan: "The aborigines in the ancient town worship the evil god every 18 years."

The detective suddenly came to his senses: "So the Su Xiaoying I'm looking for has burped?" He was a little frustrated, "Then how can I find him and bring him back?"

Shen Dongqing: "I didn't say I was dead or alive."

The game doesn't say what kind of "Su Xiaoying" is, even if you bring back part of your identity or a handful of ashes, you can still bring someone back.

After the detective figured it out, he regained his fighting spirit in an instant: "Let's go, let's go find the evil god!"

The doctor pointed to the photographer lying on the ground and said, "I'll stay and take care of her."

The photographer is unconscious, and it won't work if he just leaves it in the wilderness.

Only one person can be left to take care of her.

The doctor felt that it would be dangerous to go to the evil god, and it was better to stay and fish, so he quickly asked to take over the matter.

Fortunately, the other players didn't think of this, so they agreed.

The detective went all the way to investigate the past. With the addition of personality and skills, he was lucky and basically succeeded.

Just like this, walking along the traces on the ground, it deviates more and more from the path up the mountain. The vegetation grows wildly, and there is almost no place to stay.

The detective walked very hard, his hands and face were hit by branches a few times, and his body was bitten by mosquitoes. When he looked back, he suddenly became unbalanced.

Zhou Wenyan opened the way ahead, breaking all the protruding branches and trampling the weeds on the ground, allowing Shen Dongqing who was following him to walk over easily, not to mention mosquitoes, even Didn't scratch the skin at all.

Detective: "Can I change my position?" He also wants to enjoy such treatment.

Zhou Wenyan looked at him quietly.

Within three seconds, the detective gave up and could only resign himself to his fate and continue to move forward.

Fortunately, it didn't take long to reach the destination.

Unexpectedly, there is a cave behind this small pool. There is a hidden cave here. At the entrance of the cave, you can still see the "purple grapes" falling from the tentacles, exuding a fishy smell.

The detective closed his eyes and kicked the "Purple Grape" away before he dared to look inside.

The cave was deep and pitch black, and it was impossible to see what was inside.

Detective: "Go in and have a look?"

The three of them didn't have flashlights on them, so they could barely illuminate them with the light on the screen of their mobile phones.

Under the faint light, the fear was slightly dispelled.

The cave was warm and humid and the air was constantly moving, which made the detective feel a little better.

Just halfway through, the game suddenly reminded: [Pass a lucky check]

Shen Dongqing and Zhou Wenyan were lucky to pass.

Only the detective was unlucky.

After the game announced that the detective's luck check failed, he slipped and fell hard forward. At this critical moment, he waved his hands in mid-air, and finally caught something without falling to the ground. flow.

"thanks……"

At first, the detective thought he was being supported by Zhou Wenyan or Shen Dongqing, but when he looked up, the two stood around him not far away.

So what exactly did he grab?

The detective raised his hand stiffly and took a photo with his mobile phone.Then he saw a bunch of purple grapes hanging on the wall, and the one he grabbed happened to be the size of a fist.

"what--"

The detective sat down on the ground, retreated again and again, swearing repeatedly, and shook his hands frantically.

It can't be said that the detective is timid. In this unprepared situation, whoever bumps into him will be confused.

Shen Dongqing also raised her hand and shone the light of the phone.

The purple grape didn't grow on the wall, but a tentacle resting on it.

Maybe he was lying there well, was suddenly grabbed by someone, and was also frightened, and now he is shrinking into the depths of the cave.

Shen Dongqing had no game, so she chased after her.

The deeper you went, the narrower the passage of the cave was, and only one person was allowed to pass through, and taller people like Zhou Wenyan had to lower their heads.

Following all the way, they also found that there were one after another sarcoma falling on the ground, just like the fruit fell from the tree after it matured.

Some fell into a puddle of mud, and some stayed there.

Shen Dongqing squatted down and observed a intact one, and found that the sarcoma was covered with a thin film, while the inside seemed to be alive, beating and struggling.

Shen Dongqing's first reaction was to reach out and poke.

Zhou Wenyan held him back helplessly: "Dirty."

Shen Dongqing had no choice but to give up this idea and continue walking inside.

After walking for about five or six minutes, they stopped.

The innermost part of the cave turned out to be a deep pit, as if the entire mountain had been hollowed out, and below was a bottomless abyss. Tentacles clung to the rock wall and slid down quickly, leaving a trail of secretions of slime.

Shen Dongqing took a photo with her phone.

But the bottom is really too deep, even if the light shines in, it will still be swallowed.

Shen Dongqing picked up a stone instead and threw it down.

The stone fell without any echo.

The detective chased after her out of breath: "How about a detective?"

This rule setting is quite useful, as long as you are lucky enough, you can find anything.

The game starts with the roll of the dice.

【Shen Dongqing, failed】

【Zhou Wenyan, great success】

[An inexplicable call came from the bottom of the cliff, you feel as comfortable as returning to your mother's arms, you want to get close, touch...surrender]

[You take a step forward in a daze, the creature at the bottom of the abyss is wriggling, its body is covered with overcooked tumors, its existence is difficult to describe in words, you don't see the whole picture, just a vague silhouette is enough Make people fall into madness]

[No, maybe it shouldn't be 'he', but...'he']

[Perform sanity check, 1d6]

[Check failed, deduction of Sanity 6]

Zhou Wenyan closed his eyes, took a step back, and returned to the cave.

[Deduct sanity ≥ 6 once, and you will fall into madness for 10 hours, and the symptom of madness is extreme paranoia]

[You will be crazy about something or a creature, and if it leaves your sight, you will be hysterical, prone to collapse, and out of control]

Zhou Wenyan opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was Shen Dongqing. His originally light brown eyes became deeper, and his voice was hoarse, as if he had suppressed all his passionate emotions.

"come over."

He wants him.

In various ways, it is best to rub him in his arms, the blood and bones become one and never separate.

Shen Dongqing, who was still squatting in front of the abyss and staring at it, didn't know why: "Ah? What's wrong?"

He walked over unprepared, and then was dragged over by someone, holding him tightly in his arms.

The detective standing by alone: ​​?

Does Xiu En fall in love with such a disagreement?