Chapter 35: Are you happy making money with blood? (13) It’s just…
This obviously abnormal weather change would make anyone who watched the TV series "Journey to the West" as a child subconsciously think that there are monsters!
Thinking about the fact that more than 20 participants had disappeared mysteriously in the past few hours and their lives were still unknown, several people couldn't help but feel their hair stand on end while trying to block the wind and sand.
Fortunately, this gust of wind came quickly but went away quickly. After just a few seconds, the wind and sand dissipated, everything around became calm, and the sky above became blue again.
Several staff members breathed a sigh of relief, secretly thanking their lucky stars that the wind just now didn't really bring any harmful monsters or demons.
...But then, they almost simultaneously noticed something not far away.
About five or six meters away from them, facing the circular white marble fountain, there was an additional sign.
The sign, with its red background and white characters, stood there as abruptly as it could be. Everyone knew the sign hadn't existed before, but what frightened them most wasn't its sudden appearance, but the words on it.
"——To ensure the quality of your visit, please strictly abide by the following rules:
1. To ensure your safety, please do not play in the water in the park. Please do not □□□□;
2. If you feel in danger, please go to the flower bed on the west side, pick a purple flower, and wear it on your chest;
3. Sika deer are friendly. If you are lost, please follow the deer to find the right path.
4. Black rabbits are harmless. If you see a black rabbit, you can pick up nearby grass and feed it.
5. There are no white rabbits in the park. If you see a white rabbit, please pretend not to see it and move away quickly. Do not interact with it.
6. There are many entertainment activities in the park for you to experience. Please experience at least one of them;
7. There are several seed shops in the park. Please plant at least one seed before leaving the park.
Thank you for your cooperation, and Weird Park wishes you a pleasant visit."
"...What is this?" The five people looked confused.
As staff members for this large gathering, only one of them was a trusted believer of the Tunba family; the other four, wearing dark red monk robes, were all converted disciples. Although society was advancing, practitioners, whether affiliated with reputable or unorthodox sects, had basic electronic devices and lived relatively well, they had not yet had much exposure to online novels.
So unfortunately, in this copy, there is no one like Wu Zhexian who has a basic understanding of the rules and strange stories to explain the definitions to everyone. The group of five people looked at the sign in front of them and were all confused about the situation.
After a brief moment of bewilderment, some people's mindsets inevitably shifted subtly. Logically, the unknown brings fear. But the series of investigations just now had given them an anticipation for this lurking, unknown fear. They all felt they were about to face either a sage or a demon.
The "rules" that suddenly appeared before our eyes were undoubtedly very different from this expectation.
Therefore, although this set of rules was strange in many ways, it still caused a disappointment for the five people who had once thought they would have to face the demons directly when the wind was blowing violently. This disappointment made them feel relieved. One of the monks, named Tsering, thought to himself: This may have nothing to do with the turmoil in the morning.
Maybe it's a party item he doesn't know about?
This thought was clearly self-consoling, and Tsering was well aware of it. So, while this assumption made him feel more relaxed, he didn't do anything rash. "Everyone, be careful," Tsering reminded everyone. "Don't get separated, and report any unusual activity immediately."
His companions nodded. Suolang, his junior fellow student, thought for a moment and said, "Shall we bury the talisman that Senior Brother Aji gave us first?"
Although Suolang didn't know what these talismans were for, he knew that Aji could use them to solve the problem. So they buried the talismans first, and once the senior brother used his power, perhaps the current strange situation would be resolved?
Tsering and the others thought about it and agreed with Solang's suggestion, but they did not dare to be too far away from each other, so they planned to bury the talismans around the fountain first. After all, the small square where the fountain was located was surrounded by flower beds, so they could bury things anywhere.
The five of them walked to the left together, and only dispersed slightly when they reached the flower bed, remaining only a few meters apart from each other.
A young monk named Pingcuo squatted down at the edge of the flower bed and began to dig the soil.
One meter to his right was a stream that ran through half of the park. Logically, if he was closer to the stream, the soft soil soaked by the stream would be easier to dig.
But he remembered the first rule clearly: "Do not play in the water in the park" - out of caution, it was safer to stay away from the stream.
Pingcuo quickly dug the soil, but after digging only two centimeters deep, he was blocked by a stone. The stone was not small, and beyond it was the stone fence at the edge of the flower bed. Pingcuo had no choice but to move it inward a few inches and dig the hole again.
But just a few inches further in, this place was no longer bare soil, but was planted with some flowers and plants. Pingcuo dug and turned over, and a handful of flowers and plants were turned over, revealing their white roots.
After digging down on both sides, Pingcuo took out a talisman, folded it in half, and carefully placed it in the mud pit.
"Splash." The stream one meter away splashed water without warning. The sound and the splashing water droplets made Pingcuo look sideways. His sideways head was reflected on the clear water surface.
Then, just as he was about to look away...
He looked at his reflection and blinked.
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On the northernmost side of the manor, there is an indoor garage specially used for parking luxury cars. It is as big as a football field and has a special temperature and light control system. The hundreds of luxury cars parked in the garage are basically the collection of the Tumba family, and half of them were carefully obtained by Gongbu himself.
He spent a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources on these cars, but unfortunately, in order to maintain a good image in front of his believers, most of these cars can only be parked here as collections for many years for family members to appreciate, which is a bit like walking in the night in gorgeous clothes.
Because of this, few people come into this garage normally.
The students of the Ghost Academy were aware of this property, and several groups of students participating in the mission used this luxurious garage as a hiding place: the open space in the northwest corner of the garage was now the territory of the vampires, and the three werewolf brothers who had a good relationship with the vampires were right next to it; in the southeast corner, a group of Nordic ghosts from the intermediate class were discussing countermeasures, and in an empty parking space more than 20 meters away from them, a goblin with pointed ears and wrinkled skin was licking the blood on his hands.
In the past half day, they each had some gains, and the Vampire Group and the Nordic Ghost Group had both taken the heads of their main targets.
This meant that at least they were not zero kills - they had avoided the embarrassing situation on the first day of the mission, and every member was in a good mood.
Only the vampire prince Aymeric was always restless.
The three werewolf brothers guessed what Aymeric was thinking, but considering that there were other vampires present, they did not reveal such private thoughts.
Aymeric's loyal henchman, Willey, was also aware of his intentions. When the other vampires were preparing for the night's operation, Willey finally seized the opportunity to privately advise Aymeric, "Don't worry. Elizabeth performed so well this time. Everything went as smoothly as it could. Even if there is any trouble, she will definitely be able to handle it."
Aymeric lowered his eyes, and his light golden eyelashes cast a faint shadow under his eyelids.
He let out a long, silent sigh, but said nothing, for he had no way of explaining to Willy the reason for his worry.
——Although Willey knew that Si Ling had performed brilliantly in the last mission, the results of that mission alone were not enough for Willey to know what Si Ling was capable of, and Aymeric really didn't want to talk about the embarrassing experience of being scared and screaming in the middle of the night.
Therefore, among all the students in the Ghost Academy, others either only saw Si Ling's last battle results, or only vaguely glimpsed her strength from the fact that Si Ling was not afraid of Xuan Chi. Only Aymeric knew what Si Ling could do.
So he was thinking, this top-level evil spirit who could set up a barrier at any time, change the content of the barrier at any time, and even threatened to trap him in the barrier for a month was reminding Elizabeth to be careful. What did it mean?
After all, the opponent this time comes from the East.
While strictly speaking, the history and culture of that plateau differed greatly from the Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist cultures that dominated East Asia, there were still some similarities. Even if Si Ling had some cultural differences with the Tunba family, he certainly understood them better than these Western ghosts.
This made Aymeric worried and distressed about Elizabeth's challenge.
He also sent a message to persuade Elizabeth, and his advice was earnest, but although Elizabeth listened on the surface, her wording was obviously perfunctory. After more than a hundred years of friendship, Aymeric knew very well that Elizabeth did not listen.
He had a growing sense of foreboding.
Although Willey didn't try to persuade Elizabeth directly, he could guess what had happened by looking at Aymeric's expression, so he could only advise her again: "Don't think about it, it's useless. In my opinion, if you are really afraid of something happening, let's go all out and take care of those bastards while they are at the party tonight. Then we can leave for school tomorrow morning and not have to worry about anything! What do you think?"
Aymeric sighed again.
What Villet said is certainly the best outcome, but it is not easy to achieve because the target population is too large.
But what Willey said in the first sentence was right: Don't think about it, it's useless.
Aimeric suppressed his distracting thoughts and straightened his face: "Go and get ready."
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In the garden, the four people who witnessed Pingcuo's sudden death stood there in a daze for several minutes, and no one knew what had happened.
...They only saw Pingcuo struggling there in fear, as if he wanted to hide backwards, but he fell headfirst into the stream, with his face stuck in the water, as if it were stuck with super glue. No matter how hard he tried to stand up, it was of no use.
They tried to help him, and all four of them pulled hard, but they couldn't pull him up until their arms were dislocated.
Pingcuo was drowned in the stream... Even though the stream was only two or three centimeters deep and not wide enough to completely cover Pingcuo's face, he still drowned.
It's a way of death that even "Science Approaches" can't explain.
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The author has something to say: Si Ling: "Approaching Science" really can't explain it, wouldn't it be better if you filmed an episode of "Approaching Metaphysics"? [dog head]
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