Chapter 5
The originally oppressive atmosphere was broken by Shi Buxi's reply. Everyone was at a loss for words, wondering whether this young man, who had no spiritual power but had passed the selection competition and dared to go deep into Blue Star, was ignorant or just pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger.
"Xiao Xi, what do you think?" Zong Ziyu saw Shi Buyi happily choosing toothpaste and toothbrush, and couldn't help but want to interrupt his little happiness.
Shi Buxi raised his head, looked around a little confused, and found that no one answered.
"I'm asking you, you don't mind me calling you that, right?" Zong Ziyu said.
"I don't mind," Shi Buyi shook his head and repeated, "I can't drive."
Then, reluctantly, I touched the cup with the red panda on it and put it back on the shelf. I sat down on a small stool nearby and waited for everyone to discuss the results.
When everyone heard Shi Buxi's words, they knew that he didn't care whether he found a car or not.
"Then let's find a car first!" Zong Ziyu was not against Feng Shen, he just didn't like being notified, especially when the other party had obviously taken away most of the supplies.
Seeing that he agreed, Feng Shen's half-smile disappeared from the darkness. He stood up and said, "Each team should decide how many people to send out to find a car and whether they should leave anyone behind."
Upon hearing this, the three teams that arrived first immediately began to discuss. Their three teams consisted of two teams of four and one team of three. Each of these teams sent two people, but not all of them, apparently fearing that the supplies might be taken away by others. The five who arrived later were all working alone; except for Shi Buxi, they all had to go out and find a vehicle.
【Then Xiao Xixi, what will you do? 】
[Are you really going to walk to Area 1? Woohoo, my poor little Xixi, there's no hope for my civilians to turn the tide.]
Shi Buxi hugged his knees with his hands, his chin resting on his arms. He was also worried! Before participating in this program, he had never thought about having to drive. He didn't know if he could borrow someone's car.
Or, see if he can catch a zombie and give him a car to drive?
No, no, zombies have no reason and they won’t obey me. I’m worried!
Tian Lou shared Shi Buxi's anxieties. With all the other members of his team "sacrificed" and him being the only one left, the best option was to find new teammates. However, Lu Feng, Zong Ziyu, and Jian Xiaonan had no such plans. From the beginning of the show, they'd been wanting to go it alone for unknown reasons. Logically, if Shi Buxi had an A-level psychic, he'd want to join a team. The problem was, he had no psychic power, and if they were to team up, they'd just be waiting for the zombies to come and eat them.
Then the person most likely to receive it is...
"Contestant Cheng, I'm on my own right now. Can I team up with you?" Tian Lou asked, his face slightly flushed. Before the competition, the basic information of the contestants was released. Cheng Sina's team consisted of three people, with her S-level mental power aside, and her twin brother Cheng Zijin and another contestant both at A-level. Since there were only three of them, it seemed most likely they would agree to let him join.
The Cheng siblings looked at each other, and the elder sister stepped forward and said, "Okay, then you can come with me to find a car, no problem!"
Tian Lou's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly. It would be better for two people to find a car than for one person to do it alone. Moreover, if he wanted others to accept him, he had to let the other party see his value.
After several teams confirmed it, they left quickly.
[Pfft, Xiao Xixi is left alone again.]
[Contestant Shi, you really don't want to go find a car?]
"Let's not look for it yet!" Shi Buxi replied, turning his head slightly and looking at the mall atrium. After a while, he stood up and walked to the railing, looking up at the dark floors above.
What are you looking at?
"There are things here that do not belong to humans." Shi Buyi said calmly.
Little did he know that his words frightened the six people who remained at the scene so much that their faces turned pale and they immediately stood up and looked around.
"Hey, don't talk nonsense." Cheng Zijin shouted in a rough voice.
"Really?" Shi Buxi said to the others seriously. He then turned around and moved the stool he had just been sitting on to the corridor. He chose a slightly larger piece of glass to place on top of it, took out the box, and took out the incense burner and incense, yellow paper, and a small inkstone, placing them one by one facing east.
Shi Buxi's action stunned the people who stayed behind and the audience in the live broadcast room.
[Contestant Shi Xiao, what are you doing? ]
"Drawing a talisman," Shi Buyi replied, pouring two drops of water into the inkstone. He then unfolded a finger-wide ink stick wrapped in cloth and gently rubbed it. He appeared serious, but inwardly he was contemplating the chilling aura he'd sensed. Although he'd learned Daoist techniques from his master, he'd only ever seen mountain spirits and ghosts, not zombies or the like, so he had no idea what kind it was. He only knew it was not to be trifled with, so he had to prepare.
After grinding the ink, Shi Buxi put away the ink stick, pinched three incense sticks between his thumb and index finger, stood up, and drew the sandalwood stick upwards. A shadow passed by, and flames appeared at the incense head, rising with the smoke of sandalwood.
The incense is lit.
Program crew/contestants/audience: ...
[It must be fake. What kind of trick is this? ]
[Damn, lighting incense out of thin air, how does that work? Even a 3S-level psychic master couldn't do it!]
[Ahhh, I don't understand, but Xiao Xixi's action just now was so cool.]
[Tell me, is your production team helping him? Or has Shi Buxi practiced some magical skills?]
Program team: Really not. At that time, Buxi and the others thought that he would be the first one to be eliminated. They never had any hope for him. But now it seems that he has something.
The audience in the live broadcast room of other contestants also saw this scene through the camera:
[Damn, this guy seems to have something.]
[Ahhh, can you come closer? I want to see what's going on.]
[Did I bet on the wrong horse? This time, I think I can bet on Shi Buxi to win.]
The other contestants used "simultaneous interpretation" to connect to the live broadcast room. Shi Buxi could not hear it, but the few contestants who stayed behind heard it clearly and their faces turned dark instantly.
"I, the 65th generation disciple of Maoshan Sect, Shi Bushi, asks for forgiveness from the ancestor. The altar is simple, please bear with me." Shi Bushi stood straight with a stern look. After he finished speaking, he lowered his head to see that the sandalwood incense was still extinguished, and he knew that the ancestor had agreed.
In fact, he didn't know if he really agreed. After all, he didn't know if the ascended ancestor would still care about Blue Star thousands of years later.
Shi Buxi couldn't help but sigh, bent down and inserted three incense sticks into the incense burner, squatted back to the small stool, picked up the brush in his right hand, took the yellow paper in his left hand, and began to draw the talisman.
When a Taoist draws talismans, he must be both solemn and informal. Solemnity refers to a sincere and respectful attitude, free from distracting thoughts. Indifference refers to the fact that, given his current circumstances, he couldn't afford a grand altar, so he had to keep it simple.
[Who was he talking to just now? Who was the "ancestor" referring to?]
[Ah, is he writing or drawing? ]
[I realized I'm illiterate. What is this word? I can't understand it.]
Please tell me what you are doing! I am so curious.
[Hahaha, Feng Shen and the others have found the car dealership. I heard that Shi Buxi lit incense out of thin air, right? Is that really an exaggeration?]
【I came here from my brother Yu's place. I also want to see the incense burning in the air.】
When Shi Bushi was concentrating on drawing talismans, the news of him lighting incense out of thin air spread out, and soon a group of spectators came in, watching him draw one word after another on the yellow paper, and guessing what the words were. In the end, it was discovered that no one among thousands of people recognized the words, because the words had too many strokes and were too complicated.
[Has no one noticed that he can actually use a brush? Such an ancient thing is really amazing.]
[This outfit looks familiar to me.]
[I just want to know, why is Shi Buxi drawing this? It can't be that he has too much free time!]
Shi Buxi put away his brush and counted about twenty. He felt he had drawn everything he could use. He just didn't know if it would be useful if a zombie appeared. He couldn't help but mutter, "Grandmaster, please protect me! After all, it was you who established the teachings of 'sweeping away demons and saving the people.'"
[Ahhh, Xiao Xixi, what are you mumbling about? ]
"I'm chatting with the Grandmaster." Shi Buyi said seriously. After collecting the talismans one by one, he began to collect the inkstone and brushes.
[Is Shi Buxi crazy? Was he scared mad by the zombies before?]
[Maybe a zombie attacked his head, we don’t know.]
After Shi Buxi put away his things, he listened to the words of the audience in the live broadcast room and felt both amused and helpless.
At this moment, the sound of a car was heard downstairs. It seemed they had found the car. After a while, a group of people came in from outside.
"Sister, do you want to move the supplies downstairs?" Cheng Zijin stuck his head out and asked Cheng Sina on the first floor. He felt a chill in his heart at Shi Buxi's series of actions, and just wanted to get away from this person as soon as possible.
"No, we'll stay here for the night," Cheng Sina said. It was already past six in the afternoon, and it was getting dark, so it wasn't a good time to move.
When Shi Buyi heard this, he frowned slightly and pondered deeply.
The people below came up quickly, and their eyes all fell on Shi Buxi.
"Haha, I heard from the audience that you lit a fire out of thin air?" Feng Shen looked at Shi Buxi and asked with a chuckle.
"It's just using air friction." Shi Buxi replied.
Audience/Program Crew: …
How many people stayed behind? / Feng Shen: ...
[I just said it was a trick, why are you guys talking about some magical skill?]
【Pfft, hahaha, surprisingly no one thought of that.】
[It's because he displays so many strange things, so naturally people think it's wrong.]
[No, can such a small incense stick really create fire when it strikes the air?]
Some audience members were happy, some were angry, and some were skeptical.
Shi Buxi didn't respond to the audience, but said to them seriously: "If you really want to spend the night here, go to the car!"
"Are you trying to play tricks again?" Cheng Zijin looked at Shi Buxi angrily. This guy is simply sick.
"What do you mean by playing tricks?" Feng Shen asked.
"He just said there were some non-human creatures here. Haha, he really let it out!" Cheng Zijin said angrily. He had been worried because of the zombies on Blue Star, but this guy just kept scaring people.
"How do you know there's something non-human here?" Feng Shen glanced at Shi Buyi, then approached the railing. He looked up through the hollowed-out atrium and saw that it was gradually getting dark, making everything pitch black and impossible to see. He had S-level psychic power, so if there really were zombies, he wouldn't be able to sense them at all.
"Intuition." Shi Buyi replied.
"You're afraid, aren't you? If you're afraid, just withdraw. Four people have already withdrawn, and you're not the first one, so you won't be embarrassed." Ning Lu sneered and turned to get the tent. Now that he had a car, he planned to get a few more tents. After all, he didn't know what would happen later, so more was better than less.
When the others heard this, they looked at Shi Buxi. Although they didn't say anything, their eyes revealed ridicule and contempt.
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