The author's diary of ghost stories

"Tell me what happened, preferably in detail." Jiang Xiangdong pulled the tourist to a remote location. The situation was critical now, and he couldn't care less about any words of respect.

"Do you really believe me?" The man was stunned, but he immediately realized what was important. "Meng Tan and I, Meng Tan is my wife, she started talking when we passed the elephant park. Some nonsense, saying that there is a monster here that has been following her. She heard the monster's laughter and she wanted to find a safe place to hide. At that time, I just thought she was playing a prank to tease me. She has always been more joking, so I didn’t pay too much attention, I just accompanied her to find that safe place.”

"The safe place she mentioned is the cage?" Jiang Xiangdong asked.

"Yes, when she climbed over the railing of the stands and jumped down, I realized that she was not joking. She seemed to be possessed. She jumped from such a high place but nothing happened. Instead, she ran very fast and even opened the cage... ..." The man seemed to be aroused by bad memories, his face was full of pain, "She must have been bewitched by the monster in the cage. Why on earth, why is it her..."

"Don't worry too much, sir, we will help you find Ms. Meng Tan. As long as you take her out of the zoo, everything will be fine." Jiang Xiangdong said to the man.

This is not a comfort to him. There are many tourists who encounter mysterious incidents in this zoo, and there are also more critical situations than now. But as long as the tourists who "encountered" strange things leave the zoo for a while, there will be no big problem, and they will gradually forget these things. .

"I believe you, let's go to the elephant park now." The man nodded repeatedly, his steps were very fast, and it was obvious that he was very anxious.

"Yu Liangqian first goes to the employee center to inform the management office. If he has time, he will go to the employee dormitory and tell other security guards that this gentleman and I will go to the Elephant Park." Jiang Xiangdong quickly assigned the tasks.

Go to the elephant park now?

Or go with this tourist?

An idea flashed in Yu Liang's mind. What was written in the diary was that Jiang Xiangdong went to the Elephant Park alone at night. The original person seemed to have discovered something, but he did not stop Jiang Xiangdong because of fear, and eventually killed Jiang Xiangdong.

There is an error in the timeline because you have made different choices from the original person?

He reviewed everything that had happened since arriving here. If he had to say that he had a choice, it would be the first question Jiang Xiangdong asked him.

Bring food.

My choice was to go to the cafeteria with Jiang Xiangdong, which means that the plot after bringing food is all "additional" and does not exist in the original plot. This is not a particularly important decision, but it is like a butterfly effect. Jiang Xiangdong went to the Elephant Park in advance.

The player game is a re-enactment of history, and there will be no random emergencies. This is by no means a coincidence.

In other words, there is something wrong with this tourist.

Yu Liang made a judgment in his mind, so he looked at the tourist with scrutiny and caution. He rejected Jiang Xiangdong's proposal, "I'll go with you. It's lunch time now, and there will be many colleagues coming to eat. You can ask them to help with the message.”

"But..." Jiang Xiangdong still looked hesitant, "You haven't received on-the-job training yet."

"The more people you have, the more strength you have." Yu Liang said firmly, and then he looked at the man beside him and said, "This gentleman also hopes that more people will come to help and find your wife as soon as possible, right?"

The man nodded quickly and said, "That's right, let's do it together, hurry up."

The three of them walked in a hurry. Just as Yu Liang said, Jiang Xiangdong met Li Xuanzhi, an old man with mung bean eyes who was also a security guard on the night shift. Li Xuanzhi heard that he was related to the guy from the Elephant Park. He immediately understood that the situation was urgent and went to the management office immediately. Contact Security for assistance.

During this time, the man also introduced himself. He claimed to be the editor of the newspaper, named Sun Xiufeng. He took advantage of his vacation to come to the zoo with his wife. This was the place where they fell in love, and they had a deep emotional bond. , never thought that such a thing would happen.

However, under Jiang Xiangdong's constant comfort, he gradually calmed down and obeyed Jiang Xiangdong's arrangements.

The park had been closed for a long time. Jiang Xiangdong showed his certificate to the guard managing the animal area, and then took the two of them into the elephant area. This is one of the more luxurious areas of the zoo, with only three or four elephants occupying hundreds of square meters. On the site, a forest with a small lake was specially created for them, which almost perfectly suits the preferences of the elephants. Visitors can walk up to the elevated stand through the overpass to overlook the activities of the elephants.

In a corner where tourists can observe, there is a huge cage, which contains an elephant all year round. It is announced that this elephant is manic and is not suitable for living with its companions.

There were no tourists in the Elephant Park, and there were only the three of them in the huge area. Even though the place was covered with green trees, at this moment Yu Liang still felt that the world was vast and he was small and fragile.

Such thoughts only lasted for a moment and disappeared. Yu Liang instantly realized that he had been affected. He did realize that he was insignificant, but he should not have thoughts of vulnerability.

It erodes the human spirit by polluting cognition, which also includes people’s cognition of themselves.

No, it's right there!

He suddenly realized this, and goosebumps immediately appeared on his body. It seemed as if countless eyes were open, hiding in the dark and watching him.

It was dusk now, but Yu Liang was cold all over, breaking out in waves of sweat. His steps also slowed down, falling behind Jiang Xiangdong and Sun Xiufeng.

Where is that eye?

Yu Liang kept turning his head to look for the source of his peeping gaze, but found nothing. There was not even an animal nearby, and he had no suspicion.

Wait, in front!

I saw an eye slowly opening on the back of Sun Xiufeng's head, and quickly closing it when he looked at Yu Liang. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't have noticed that there was such an eye on the back of his head. It looked like just a line of eyes. Just add some eyelashes mixed in the hair.

Sun Xiufeng indeed had a problem.

Yu Liang made a judgment in his heart, but did not say it out loud. He could vaguely guess what would happen next. They should go to the cage where the human-skinned elephant was kept, and rescue Meng Tan who was trapped inside.

But the lock was not opened at all. Sun Xiufeng and Meng Tan were both deceived. They were even fake. The goal of this behavior was to lure Jiang Xiangdong to open the cage.

The story of a cicada escaping from his shell in exchange for the sun is also a very common plot in novels, so Yu Liang feels very familiar with it.

The people from the security department will be here soon. As long as they stop Jiang Xiangdong from opening the cage and delay for a while, he can get through the current hurdle first.

The three of them quickly rushed to the stand and looked down. The cage was locked, and it looked empty from the outside.

"It has indeed escaped." Jiang Xiangdong's face looked a little ugly, "Forget it, rescue your wife first, human life is important."

He took out the key and walked down the stand. The door of the cage had been closed again.

Yu Liang also saw this scene, but he did not believe that there was really nothing in the cage. If it was really the predecessor of the indescribable phenomenon, it would not be impossible to transform into such a form.

"Lao Jiang, wait!" So he grabbed Jiang Xiangdong, "Don't open the lock yet. The human-skinned elephant in the cage is very dangerous. Wait until other colleagues arrive!"

"What are you talking nonsense about?" Jiang Xiangdong looked surprised.

Yu Liang alluded to Sun Xiufeng on the side and said concisely: "There is something wrong with him. There is an eye on the back of his head that has been watching us. He is tempting you to open the cage and release the elephant!"

"What's wrong with me? What are you talking about!" Sun Xiufeng jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on. He looked at Yu Liang in disbelief.

Jiang Xiangdong took a deep breath, looked at Yu Liang carefully, and reached out to take off the eyepatch on his face. It was a pair of pure flesh-colored eyepatch with simulated eyes and eyelashes. Notice that Yu Liang is wearing something like this.

"What?" Yu Liang murmured at this time. He opened his eyes and looked confused on his face.

It was already dark now, the surroundings were pitch black, and sporadic insect chirping came from all directions. He could see the situation in front of him through the light of distant street lamps.

Jiang Xiangdong stood aside. Sun Xiufeng no longer cared about what had just happened. He struggled to lift his wife onto the stretcher. His wife Meng Tan covered her injured leg and hit him lightly with her other hand while complaining: "Why are you here so late? Do you know how scared I am to be here alone?"

"What human-skin elephant?" Jiang Xiangdong turned his back to the two people and spoke softly, "What are you talking about? Also, how do you walk with a blindfold on? Mr. Sun didn't let me open the cage? His wife fell down here and sprained her foot, so she was trapped in the elephant park. We are not here to help them... Wait, how do you know about the cage?"

A series of questions left Yu Liang speechless. He opened his mouth, only to find that he seemed to be suffering from aphasia.

All he could do now seemed to be to look down at the eyepatch. The eyes on the eyepatch seemed to be responding, looking particularly smart.

Yu Liang hoped that those eyes would blink suddenly and let him understand that these things were caused by "it", but it didn't.

He had doubts about the security guard's diary. Is the human-skinned elephant a hallucination of the original person or a real thing?

And how many of the things that have appeared in front of him so far are fake?

He suddenly understood how fragile human beings were. All they needed to do was confuse their vision, and they would be self-defeating.