After seeing the dead pupa on the banyan tree, Yue Ya's face changed.

The nature of the tree also changed completely.

He wanted to see more clearly, so he moved closer. This corpse pupa was very solid, and except for a small half of the pale face, the corpse had no skin exposed. But through this half of the face, he could see that the roots had penetrated into the corpse. They were slightly raised, like hyperplastic blood vessels, densely intertwined, slowly wriggling, and inexplicably strange.

The small part exposed outside is so horrifying that it is hard to imagine what the corpse inside the cocoon has become.

Yue Ya had never seen such a strange thing. The tree seemed to be using the corpse as nutrients, or it seemed to be cultivating something. No matter which one it was, it was very scary.

The video in the thin and tall young man's room malfunctioned in the second half of the night. The accident should have happened after the malfunction. What happened after that? Is the other thin and tall young man who is now mixed in the crowd a human or a ghost...

"What are you looking at?" The sudden voice made Yue Ya's heart tremble. He turned around and saw the baby-faced intern NPC standing not far away, looking at him curiously.

Yue Ya pulled himself out of his deep thoughts and regained his composure: "Just take a look."

The intern looked up at the tree crown and sighed softly: "Isn't this tree huge? These hanging aerial roots will grow into new trunks. Maybe in a hundred years or so, this place will become a forest."

Before Yueya could answer, the intern suddenly calmed down and patted his head: "I've gone off topic again. The director asked me to call you. We can start filming!"

Yueya looked back and saw Lihua and the director standing outside the shadow of the banyan tree discussing work. The director looked up and saw Yueya and waved at him.

Yue Ya was worried about the corpse pupa, so he looked back again. The half of the corpse's face that was exposed had been swallowed up by the banyan tree's tendrils. This huge pupa was integrated with the trunk, secretive and normal. If he didn't say it, no one would know that there was a corpse hidden inside.

An idea popped into his mind: the corpse pupa looks too much like an egg, I hope it won’t hatch into anything weird.

"Anchor Xiaoyue, the director is urging us." The intern urged anxiously.

Yue Ya withdrew his gaze and walked out. The shadows of the trees covering his body retreated step by step. He was clearly walking towards the light, but his shoulders felt heavy, as if there was a pressure hanging above his head that was about to crush him down.

Yue Ya looked up and saw a pair of pale, swollen legs in a trance, which disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if it was a psychological problem.

Yue Ya lowered his eyes, and the pressure reappeared, as if a pair of feet were hanging in the air, ready to step on his shoulders at any time.

Feifei grabbed Yueya's clothes and climbed up, standing on his shoulders.

Yue Ya glanced sideways and saw the little guy baring his teeth and claws, with all his fur standing up, looking very ferocious.

"Awoo~" It was clearly a cat, but its cry sounded a bit like a wolf cub.

Yueya understood what this call meant - breakfast! Come down!

He didn't dare come down for breakfast. The heavy feeling on Yueya's shoulders disappeared in an instant and did not appear again until he left the banyan tree.

Yueya thought to herself that Feifei was indeed not full, and his cries today were not as loud as before.

The cub has to have food to eat. Using myself as bait to catch some cat food for the cub seems to be a solution.

After completing the task, the intern did not leave immediately. He kept looking at Feifei: "The cat is so cute, and the color of its eyes is so special, and it's heterochromia."

"It's really cute." Yueya felt the same way. After Feifei licked his head last night, he didn't try to turn over and become the big brother. He was very satisfied.

A colleague called on the intern to help, and he waved goodbye to Fei Fei and left reluctantly.

The staff came to put the microphone on Yueya and suggested, "Xiaoyue, why don't you let our colleagues take care of the kitten for a while?"

Feifei nimbly climbed onto Yueya's head and lay down obediently, physically rejecting her proposal.

The staff looked at its innocent big eyes and laughed.

After putting on the microphone, Yue Ya searched for the tall and thin young man in the crowd and found him standing under the shade of a tree and talking with two colleagues. The distance was a bit far and it was difficult to hear what they were saying. After a while, the two men actually followed the tall and thin young man towards the tree trunk.

What does he want to do?

This guy's identity is unknown now, and he is considered a top dangerous person. A dangerous person took two little sheep colleagues to a dangerous area. This matter is a bit wrong no matter how you look at it.

Yue Ya frowned and pointed at the tall and thin young man and the director and said, "Director, that colleague had a hallucination related to the hanged ghost last night. Let him join in the filming of the banyan tree. The effect will be better."

"Good suggestion! This will echo the content of last night, and the effect will be very good after editing." The director made the decision and asked his colleagues to bring the tall and thin young man over.

The tall and thin young man was forced to stop less than two meters away from the tree trunk and turned back with his colleagues.

The two little lamb colleagues also dispersed.

Yue Ya looked at the tall and thin young man and always felt that his expression was a little gloomy, which was very different from his state yesterday.

"Director, can I not join?" The tall and thin young man lowered his head, his tone somewhat depressed and uncomfortable: "I was traumatized by last night, and I don't want to bring it up again. What if I have hallucinations again?"

Yueya thought it was a bit far-fetched.

You just led people deep into the banyan tree, so why didn't I see any sign of misfortune?

But the director was a little hesitant. Before the director could speak, Yue Ya said, "Don't worry, I will always keep an eye on you. If you have hallucinations again, I will take care of it."

The point is that I will keep an eye on you, don't play tricks under my nose.

Two smile lines appeared on Yue Ya's lips, making him look very reliable.

The director nodded: "It was also Anchor Xiaoyue who helped you last night, you can rest assured about that."

The tall and thin young man raised his head, looking somewhat pitiful: "I..."

The director glanced at his watch, frowned, and clapped his hands vigorously to attract the attention of all units: "It's been too long, everyone hurry up and don't delay the progress, otherwise you will have to work overtime tonight!"

The tall and thin young man knew there was nothing he could do, so his head and shoulders drooped again.

Yue Ya finally understood what was strange. This man kept his head down, as if... he was strangled by an invisible rope!

He remembered that in addition to the black footprints on the tall and thin young man's shoulders, there was also a thin black line on his neck, which was about the same thickness as the beard of a banyan tree.

The tall and thin young man is still relatively well behaved now, so Yue Ya has not alerted the enemy for the time being.

Under the director's command, the filming went smoothly.

The director asked someone to find a ladder, and the two anchors and the cameraman explored the ancient banyan tree from the outside to the inside. On the way, Yue Ya found traces of a rope on one of the branches. Coincidentally, this branch was just above the dining table.

The director gave this part a close-up. Yue Ya looked at the tall and thin young man and said, "Do you think this is a sign of hanging?"

The tall and thin young man's eyes flickered, and he whispered, "I, I don't know, I feel a little uncomfortable, can I go and rest?"

"Let's explore further, maybe there will be more exciting discoveries." The director took the shots he wanted and wanted to go deeper.

There are too many banyan trees here, and Yue Ya doesn't want to cause trouble: "Director, please leave some room for the audience's imagination."

The director smiled and said, "You are quite knowledgeable. Okay, let's stop exploring the banyan tree section here. Everyone can take a 15-minute break."

The tall and thin young man was liberated and walked out quickly. His speed of escape was in sharp contrast to his listless appearance just now.

"Meow~" Feifei twisted into a catworm on Yueya's shoulder.

Yueya held Feifei in front of him. The little kid licked his lips, indicating to Yueya that he wanted to eat.

Yueya put it in his pocket, leaving only the cat's head exposed: "Got it, I'll take you to eat."

Yue Ya raised the corners of her lips and chased after the tall and thin young man. He had long legs and took big steps, and he walked leisurely and fast.

The tall and thin young man went to look for the two colleagues again, and it seemed like he was taking them to see the banyan tree.

I don’t know what the tall and thin young man said, but the two colleagues were not on guard at all and planned to follow him again.

Yue Ya strode forward and smiled gently: "Where are you going?"

The tall and thin young man's expression froze.

A colleague said: "He said he lost his necklace and asked us to help find it. He would treat us to a big dinner if we found it."

Another colleague said: "I remember that necklace was given by his girlfriend. If he couldn't find it, he would probably kneel down in front of the keyboard. We have nothing to do anyway, so why don't we help him out?"

The tall and thin young man nodded, his expression indeed a little anxious: "Thank you for your help, please help me find it. I will definitely fulfill the feast I promised you."

A big dinner please?

Yue Ya sneered in his heart, you want to treat them as a feast.

Yue Ya made up a sentence: "I saw a necklace in your room today. It seemed to be next to the cabinet."

The tall and thin young man subconsciously refuted: "Impossible, it should be near the banyan tree."

"How can you be so sure?" Yue Ya raised her eyebrows.

"..." The tall and thin young man hesitated: "Because I looked in the room and couldn't find it."

"You don't believe me," Yue Ya said with certainty, "I really saw it."

After saying this, he covered his lips and started coughing. His face became paler and he looked sick.

The two colleagues thought he was too anxious, so they quickly comforted him and tried to smooth things over:

"Host Xiaoyue is not the type to panic. You may have missed it. Let's go back to the room and look for it. If we can't find it, we promise to accompany you back to the banyan tree and look for it again."

"Yes, maybe in the room, wouldn't that be better?"

The tall and thin young man couldn't refute it. He stared at Yue Ya's sickly face and suddenly changed his mind. He said, "Okay, the room is small. Xiao Yue and I can go find it."

Yue Ya smiled without any defense: "No problem, let's go."

He showed his weak side and took the initiative to provide the tall and thin young man with a space to be alone, just to test whether the tall and thin young man would attack him.

Now it seems very likely.

The director had extended the break, and everyone was playing games or searching for clues, so no one noticed them. It was the perfect time to strike.

It was almost noon, but the sky was dark, with thick black clouds pressing down, and there was a faint sign of rain.

Even in this environment, the tall and thin young man held an umbrella and walked with his head down. Yue Ya walked behind him and saw his highly protruding cervical vertebrae and the thin black line.

Soon, they arrived at the house where the tall and thin young man lived. Everyone was working near the banyan tree and there was no one here.

The tall and thin young man pushed open the door and said in a faint voice: "Where did you see the necklace?"

Yueya walked into the room carelessly: "Next to the cabinet."

"Bang!" The door closed, and the poorly lit room suddenly became even gloomier.

Yue Ya deliberately showed a frightened expression: "What's going on?"

He pushed the door, but nothing happened.

The tall and thin young man sneered and disappeared in front of Yue Ya.

"Ahhh!!" Yue Ya shouted twice soullessly, and a rough knot suddenly hung from the sky.

The knot was dripping with blood and there was skin flakes on it, and the stench of blood was overwhelming.

Yue Ya moved to the side and the knot did not move, but a creaking sound of the rope rubbing against the wooden beams was heard in the house.

Then, a barefoot corpse fell in front of him. The calf area was right in line with his line of sight, and he could see dense tree whiskers lurking under the skin of the corpse.

"You provoked me first." A sinister voice sounded in the room.

"Tick, tick..." Liquid was dripping and almost fell on Yueya.

Yue Ya looked up and saw that the corpse was hung in the air by a thick rope. Its neck was extremely long and drooped limply. Its pale face was very close to Yue Ya and she could touch it with just one hand. The face was covered with dense bulges, just like the half face exposed by the corpse pupa.

Yueya: "Ghost!"

Yue Ya actually doesn’t have much acting skills, but the vengeful spirit believed it.

"You interrupt my good deeds time and time again. It was you who provoked me first." The hanged ghost opened his mouth and his long tongue fell out, dripping with smelly saliva.

The hanged ghost killed the real tall and thin young man and replaced the dead man's identity. The hanged ghost probably had a talent for disguise, and Feifei couldn't tell if he didn't expose himself.

The hanged ghost was very meticulous in his work and even knew to destroy the video. He also did not reveal his true identity when telling the story of the ghost tailor. If Yue Ya had not discovered the corpse pupa in time, he would not have been able to see through the disguise so quickly.

The hanged ghost stared at Yue Ya's face with hatred and said, "I'm going to eat you."

"I'm so scared." Yue Ya was too lazy to pretend, and his voice was flat.

"It's too late..." The hanged ghost stretched out his hand towards Yue Ya sadly.

A white shadow jumped out of Yueya's pocket and rushed straight into the hanged ghost's chest.

The hanged man was knocked flying and staggered for a few times before he regained his balance. His head had been lowered all the time, and he soon saw a furry thing hanging on his chest.

“What is this?” The hanged man’s bulging eyes were about to fall out.

Feifei was very hungry, so he clung to the hanged ghost tightly and absorbed the negative energy in big gulps.

Finally, I had my meal!

Yueya sighed: "My cat is hungry. Can you let it eat its fill? It will leave after it is full."

Hanged Ghost: "..." This line is so familiar! I seem to have heard it somewhere before!

Once it's full, it will be gone!

The hanged ghost raised his sharp nails and stabbed them into Feifei's back. As a result, he couldn't pull his hand out once it was inserted, and negative energy continued to flow into Feifei's body.

There it is again, Fei Fei’s 360° all-round absorption dry rice.

Yue Ya said lazily, "Didn't you say that I would treat you to a feast if I helped you find the necklace? I'll pay for your feast in advance."

When the hanged ghost saw Yue Ya's expression, he knew that he had been tricked. This person had seen through his disguise a long time ago. The cough and fear were all lies! He stepped into the trap set by this person step by step!

It was not advisable to stay here for long. The hanged ghost wanted to escape, but his Yin Qi was unstable and he could not hide. He had to drag Feifei with him and flee to the room - there was an open window there.

"Cat isn't full yet, how can you bear to leave?" Yue Ya used the puppet-controlling technique and released the little puppet.

I haven't used my new skills yet, so take this opportunity to familiarize myself with them.

A little clay figure appeared in front of Yue Ya, slowly stretching its limbs. It had no face, but because its whole body was round, it was not only not weird, but also a little cute.

It tilted its head towards Yueya and called in a baby voice, "Dad?"

Yue Ya was confused by the shouting and corrected it: "Call me master."

The little puppet nodded: "Master, Dad."

"..." There was no time to teach it now. Yue Ya pointed at the hanged ghost who was struggling to get rid of Fei Fei and said, "Go and catch him back."

The little puppet turned its head to look over and saw Feifei biting the rope on the hanged man's neck and dragging him back. The hanged man tried desperately to move outward, his facial features were squeezed and deformed, and his already hideous face became even more terrifying.

"Ghost!" The little puppet quickly hid in the corner, curled up into a ball, and trembled. If it had eyes, it might have cried now.

"You... are afraid of ghosts?" Yueya never expected this.

Looking closely, one of the little puppet's feet was stuck in the wall, as if it was ready to run away at any time.

The little puppet looked at his short, round hands and said confidently, "He looks so scary. I'm scared."

The puppet said that ghosts look scary, which is really unheard of.

Yueya was a little suspicious that this rare skill was a scam.

It seemed that Feifei could no longer hold back the hanged ghost. If the hanged ghost escaped today, there would be endless troubles.

The little puppet was unreliable, so Yue Ya rushed forward himself, strode forward, grabbed the rope of the hanged man, and pulled it hard.

The hanged man fell to the ground. Yue Ya grabbed the rope and stepped on his chest with one foot: "Why are you in such a hurry?"

This rope is the hanged man's vital point. Yue Ya holds his vital point in his hand, and Fei Fei is watching him covetously. He can't escape this time.

Feifei had just done some exercise and had almost digested the Yin Qi he had swallowed, so now he started swallowing Yin Qi in big gulps again.

After the hanged ghost's Yin energy was exhausted, his fat belly had become round, and his pink belly was bulging, making people want to touch it.

"Are you full?" Yueya asked it.

Fatty's ears twitched and he burped in satisfaction.

It was obvious that Meow was full.

The last bit of black mist hovering on the ground dissipated, revealing a silver necklace. It was of a relatively simple design, and the pendant was inlaid with a beautiful diamond.

This should be the necklace of the tall and thin young man. The hanged ghost may need to use the personal belongings of the deceased to disguise himself, so he took the necklace.

Yueya picked up the necklace, and the system prompted:

[Player "Crescent Moon" obtains the advanced item "Chain". ]

[Instructions: 1. The necklace is endowed with the hatred of the dead, and can lock everything in the world. 2. It can only be used once in the same copy.]

Poor tall and thin young man, Yue Ya sighed.

The necklace lay in her palm, feeling cold to the touch, and the perfectly cut diamond was like a crystal teardrop, while at the same time exuding a strange and dangerous aura. Yue Ya looked at it, and a strange desire arose in her heart.

Strange... Why did he start to like this shiny gem? He had never been interested in it before, but now he wanted to collect it.

Yueya put away the necklace and walked to the corner.

The little puppet still kept one foot in the wall. When he saw Yue Ya coming over, he raised his round little head and said, "Master Daddy..."

Yueya squatted on one knee in front of it, and Feifei also walked to Yueya and looked at the little puppet curiously.

Cats are always curious about new things. Before Yueya made a move, Feifei took the lead. He put one paw on the little puppet's shoulder and licked its head, leaving wet marks on it.

The little puppet lowered his head and shouted to Fei Fei loudly: "Big Brother!"

Feifei licked the head successfully and got the first little brother in his cat life.

"..." Yue Ya always felt that things were developing in a strange direction.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Lihua's voice came from outside: "Xiaoyue, are you in there?"

The seal left by the hanged ghost had disappeared. Yue Ya put away the little puppet and said loudly, "Come in."

Lihua pushed the door open and the weather had improved a lot. The bright sunshine followed her into the house, breaking the gloom.

"The director was looking for you just now, and now we are ready to call it a day and have dinner," Lihua said, "I heard that you came here with that tall and thin NPC to look for the necklace?"

"Found it." Still a good prop.

"What about the others?"

"Dead."

Lihua took a deep breath. Seeing that Yueya looked very calm, she thought it was nothing serious. "Can you tell me more about it?"

Yueya nodded and told the whole story.

"So the tall and thin young man I saw this morning was the Hanged Ghost in disguise, and I was alone with him for so long..." Lihua said, with the hairs on her body standing up: "Last night at dinner, the real tall and thin young man said that someone stepped on his shoulder. In fact, he was chosen by the Hanged Ghost, right?"

"It's the banyan tree whisker," Yue Ya was closest to the tall and thin young man at the time and had tested it before: "At that time, a banyan tree whisker fell on the tall and thin young man's shoulder. After I washed away the banyan tree whisker with water, he recovered. The hanged ghost chooses its prey through the banyan tree whisker."

Lihua suddenly realized: "That's why you told us to be careful not to touch those whiskers."

"Maybe there are other conditions that I haven't discovered yet."

Lihua said, "Since the hanged ghost has been solved, our inaccurate speculation should not have much impact."

"Not necessarily." Yue Ya looked at the big banyan tree through the open window of the room. The tree was very strange. Compared with the hanged man, the tree itself might be more difficult to deal with.

When Yue Ya withdrew his gaze, he suddenly remembered that the window of the room had been open. A picture emerged in his mind - dense banyan tree tentacles were moving in the air, passing through the window, dragging the body of the tall and thin young man back to the banyan tree and wrapping it into eggs.

Hiss… It’s better to close the windows when sleeping in a haunted house.

At lunch, Lihua told the players what happened in the morning on behalf of Yueya, and asked them to be careful. The players reacted strongly, but Lantern was the only one who was very dull and did not express any opinion.

…

In the afternoon, filming continued.

As soon as the director saw Yueya, he started nagging him, telling him not to leave without saying goodbye in the afternoon.

Yueya nodded in agreement and mentioned the tall and thin young man to the director, only to find that all the NPCs had forgotten about this person. Even the two colleagues who were tricked into looking for the necklace had forgotten about it, and their memories had turned into Yueya looking for his lost necklace.

The focus of the afternoon's exploration was the backyard, which was dusty, so Yueya and Lihua both wore masks and gloves.

Lihua walked in front, introducing the environment as she walked: "Our staff all sleep in the front yard and rarely set foot in the backyard. You can see that there are few traces of human activity here, the weeds are denser than outside, and there are spider webs everywhere..."

Yue Ya added: "It's a completely authentic haunted house."

"Right, then we have to go in now," Lihua held the door handle, took a deep breath, and lowered her voice, "Let's try to be quiet and light on our steps, otherwise it would be bad if we attract something out."

The dilapidated wooden door was carefully pushed open, inevitably making a harsh creaking sound that echoed in the empty hall, and Lihua shuddered.

Yueya: "No need to keep your voice down, everyone who should be awake is awake now."

Lihua: qvq.