0p0 Chapter 526 [Domain - Second Gate] Crossroads
Chapter 526 [Domain - Second Gate] Crossroads
Are we just going to sit here at this intersection breathing in car exhaust fumes all night?
Bai Shaohua's clothes were whipped up by a speeding truck, and he took a step back and jumped onto the curb.
Beside him, Liu Zi squatted by the roadside, watching the traffic light change colors for who knows how many times.
"If you have a better solution, just say so."
This area is already considered the suburbs; further away, it's all factories and logistics parks.
One after another, speeding trucks shattered the tranquility of the night, their tires kicking up gravel and creating a cloud of dust all around.
“Theoretically, we should at least wait here for one night,” Bai Shaohua said. “But to be honest, I want to leave now.”
"Why?" Liu Zi glanced at him.
Bai Shaohua's words clearly didn't mean "I want to go back to sleep," but rather sounded somewhat apprehensive.
"Do you know how many ghost stories take place at crossroads? Especially in such remote, godforsaken places."
"To put it simply, some people who can't visit their graves during the Qingming Festival will go to the crossroads to pay their respects," Bai Shaohua said. "During the Ghost Festival and Qingming Festival, you've definitely smelled burning paper money on the street. That means someone is sneaking off to the crossroads to burn paper money in the middle of the night."
"go on."
Liu Zi glanced at his phone again, speaking absentmindedly.
"I've been wondering what we'll meet here tonight."
Perhaps because he had nothing else to do while standing by the roadside, Bai Shaohua became quite talkative: "I think the most likely explanation is that he saw someone burning money, or it's related to cars."
"For example, someone who was hit and killed here before turned into a ghost, and at a certain time, they will suddenly appear—hey, right, what time is it now?"
1:45.
A few seconds later, Liu Zi finally opened his phone and glanced at it.
"Are you still waiting for news from Chen Ji?"
"uh-huh."
"What could possibly happen to him?" Bai Shaohua rolled his eyes. "Dude, can you turn your attention to us?"
"You don't even argue with me anymore, that's boring."
"You were fine the way you were at the beginning, so stop talking," Liu Zi said dismissively.
After teaming up with Bai Shaohua twice, the two gradually became familiar with each other, and Liu Zi discovered that this guy was actually quite talkative.
Moreover, her personality is really unlikable.
"Are you still looking at that photo of Chen Ji?"
Bai Shaohua pursed his lips and saw Liu Zi zooming in on the photo again.
The photo has very low resolution and is blurry; it was probably taken from a distance with a magnified lens.
It was a window, the curtains half-open, revealing two pale figures.
An ordinary person might not be able to tell what it is at first glance, but for these newcomers who had just come from the hotel, they could recognize it at a glance:
It was a fleeting glimpse of a pair of paper figures.
It's the most common kind of paper figure sold in funeral shops—
It's very light and airy, with a bamboo frame inside, the head part filled with straw paper, and the outside covered with white paper.
One male and one female.
One paper figure wore a dark blue, almost black, paper robe, while the other wore a dark red paper skirt; both paper figures wore melon-shaped hats, obscuring their faces.
Huang Yue said that the couple in the hotel were not the same couple.
Bai Shaohua said with some regret, "I originally thought there was some connection."
“Even ghosts can’t get out, do you think those two paper-mache boys can?” Liu Zi said, “They’ve already confirmed it, the clothes are different.”
However, that's not what Liu Zi is worried about.
He scrolled through his text messages. After Chen Ji sent a photo, he never appeared again.
Fei'er didn't say a single word in the group chat.
If nothing else is wrong, Liu Zi knows that she's just too lazy to post. Anyway, as long as Chen Ji speaks, it proves that she's fine.
But the situation is clearly different now.
"They might be hiding from this paper figure."
Bai Shaohua said thoughtfully, "Could this be our mission today?"
"We were the second to last to get off the bus, which means we were closest to Chen Ji and the other guy."
"It's very possible that as they were running, they brought the paper figure here with them."
Liu Zi's lips twitched; he was unsure whether to accept or reject Bai Shaohua's words.
The best-case scenario is that Bai Shaohua's jinx doesn't come true, and Chen Ji and Fei'er, like most of the other teams, haven't encountered any danger yet.
But more than an hour of silence has already said a lot.
If that's the case, then Liu Zi actually hopes that Bai Shaohua's last statement is true.
Because this means it will be four people against two ghosts, so there's still a glimmer of hope.
"What are you thinking?"
Bai Shaohua's smile vanished, and he gave him a wary look: "You'd better pray you don't do that."
"Do you think we can handle a ghost that could drive Chen Ji and the other man here?"
"I estimate that it's at the core ghost level of a high-level domain, almost unsolvable."
Before he could finish speaking, they heard two beeps, and both of them received a new text message at the same time.
"...I was right after all?"
Bai Shaohua muttered something to himself, glanced at the text message, and was slightly taken aback.
It wasn't posted by any new user.
It's an unknown number.
I'm so hungry
Three words, very simple.
The two exchanged a glance, and their expressions changed slightly.
The phone numbers of other new users were automatically saved to their contacts, along with their names.
This is clearly not a domain-issued notification.
That's a ghost.
I'm so hungry...
"What do you mean?" Liu Zi frowned slightly. "Is it a request, or a statement?"
This is very different. If it's the former, then it's possible that their wish came true after they made a wish.
But if it's the latter...
The meaning is clear: the ghost is very hungry and wants to eat. But who can it eat?
In thinking.
Liu Zi suddenly sensed something was amiss.
It was so quiet all around, and the silence had come suddenly; there wasn't a single car left.
There were only the two of them standing at the edge of the crossroads.
The night breeze gently brushed against his face; it was cool and carried a...
The smell of paper ash.
Paper?
That's when.
In the utter silence, a soft rustling sound, like the wind sweeping through fallen leaves, rose in the distance.
"sand......"
"sand......"
The sound was several hundred meters away from them. To the east.
Liu Zi and Bai Shaohua exchanged a glance, and simultaneously took a step, then two steps, until their entire bodies were hidden behind the corner of a building on the street.
The rustling sound was getting closer.
soon.
Two white figures appeared at the next street corner.
Liu Zi's gaze froze; he could hardly believe his eyes!
But the next second, he heard Bai Shaohua mutter a curse:
"Damn it, a paper doll!"
They are two paper figures!
Even from a great distance, they could clearly see that the two paper figures that suddenly appeared were wearing the exact same clothes as those in the photograph!
The paper figures from Chen Ji's side have actually come here!
Almost instantly, they both retreated, especially Bai Shaohua, who ran faster than a rabbit.
Liu Zi followed closely behind.
His steps were quick and light, but his heart sank to its lowest point, the scene he had just witnessed flashing through his mind...
The two paper figures had completely emerged.
And behind them.....
Liu Zi didn't see Fei'er and Chen Ji at all.
Just then, his phone vibrated in his pocket, and a new text message popped up:
[Chen Ji: The paper figure is heading west towards the main street, be careful.]
[Chen Ji: How are you all?]
[Bai Shaohua: He's come here. What do you think we should do?]
drop.
Another text message:
[Fei'er: Come find us]