During the halftime break of the players, many viewers turned from the live broadcast room to Big Eyes and Super Topic, and the room suddenly became much quieter.
After sealing Taotao's spiritual sense, who had a supernatural physique, Gu Zhisang returned to the lounge.
She took out a translucent jade bottle from her pocket and examined it. The bottle was about the size of a thumb, and inside it was the soul fragment of the 'Gumantong' that she had extracted from Taotao's spiritual altar and hidden in Taotao's body.
Its body was burned by Xu's mother, and such violent means also greatly harmed its soul attached to the clay doll.
Therefore, there must be some evil force between it and Xu's mother.
It is estimated that Xu's mother will have bad luck in the coming period.
And Fu Lanyue, who failed to send it away properly, will also be affected by the backlash.
As soon as this episode of "Spiritual Matters" was broadcast, she became a little famous;
The ladies who went to her shop for beauty treatments must have seen this, and many customers who were superstitious and afraid of these things would leave.
By then, the customers and wealth she relied on the 'Kumantong' to attract will collapse like a building without a foundation.
Not only that, her future health, life span and fortune will be affected to a certain extent.
After examining it, Gu Zhisang didn't find anything special and threw the bottle back into his pocket.
Now she was just curious whether the underworld of Xia Country could handle these evil spirits and ghosts that illegally smuggled in from abroad and crossed the border.
Forty minutes passed quickly.
The so-called rest time for the athletes is actually to take them to the next competition venue.
Gu Zhisang had just gotten off the car when the production crew there was already ready to start filming.
Fortunately, she was the last to appear and she could rest for a while.
In front of the camera, the staff who was counting the time turned on the camera on time. The moment the live screen lit up, the number of people in the room began to increase sharply again.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon, so it was not the busiest time of the day;
But because of the fermentation of hot searches throughout the whole day, as soon as the second half of the team competition started, the number of people in the room soared to tens of millions, almost causing the webpage to get stuck again.
[Xiao Hu Zong has really made progress, and now the popularity of live broadcasts is approaching tens of millions. 】
[Oh my god, there are so many comments that I can't even see the host's face clearly when I open the full screen. I can only fold the comment area. ]
[That's right, this show is really popular. Even my parents, who never watch live broadcasts and don't even know what variety shows are, asked me to tune in for them to watch it this afternoon.]
【……】
The host Liu Da held the prompter and microphone, looked at the camera and said with a smile:
"Dear viewers, welcome back to the set of the third season of "Spiritual Matters". We are about to start the second group match."
"Due to the special circumstances of the person seeking help in this session, we have prepared a pilot video for everyone to learn about the situation of the person seeking help in this session before we begin."
As they spoke, the backstage production team switched the camera and inserted the pre-prepared video into the live broadcast room.
The second request for help was also related to children.
The video begins with a family photo of a smiling middle-aged couple holding the hands of a little girl with a baby haircut, and they freeze the scene in front of the camera.
The background voice explains:
"Ms. Liu and Mr. He met by chance and formed a happy family. They have been married for twelve years and have a nine-year-old daughter, Niuniu.
Niu Niu has been lively, cute, sensible and well-behaved since she was a child. She is the happy pill of the family. When her daughter was five years old, Ms. Liu sent her to learn Taekwondo and swimming, and she has always been in good health. "
At this time, the video showed various Taekwondo children's group trophies won by Niu Niu, as well as photos and videos of her practicing and swimming.
The little girl in the picture had her hair tied in a bun and kicked two wooden boards in a heroic and confident manner. She grinned at the camera, making many viewers smile knowingly as well.
The scene changed, and the warm scene on the screen turned into a hospital and a hospital bed.
The little girl who was practicing Taekwondo like a little sun a moment ago now lies in the hospital with her eyes closed and her face pale;
She had a medical mask for oxygen supply on her face, and there were IV drips and various instruments for measuring heart rate hanging on the head of the bed.
Yiran looked like he was seriously ill in bed.
The background voice continued:
"Half a year ago, Niu Niu always had symptoms such as dizziness and fatigue, along with loss of appetite and poor excretion, so Ms. Liu took her to the hospital for a check-up. It was discovered that Niu Niu was showing signs of kidney failure at such a young age, which led to the above series of complications.
After a period of treatment in the hospital, Niu Niu's condition did not improve, and even became more serious, affecting her normal life. During an examination, the doctor told Ms. Liu and Mr. He that the child's other organs also showed signs of failure! Until now, Niu Niu has been diagnosed with as many as four lesions in her organs, and she has to stay in the intensive care unit of the hospital to maintain her life.
During this period, Ms. Liu and Mr. He loved their daughter so much that they took her to two or three cities and various major hospitals, but they could not find out the cause of Niu Niu's illness. Now Niu Niu has great difficulty breathing, eating and defecating, her body is often edematous, and her life is in danger.
"With no other options, Ms. Liu and Mr. He sent a letter to the program team asking for help, hoping to get help from the contestants."
The picture froze on the photo of Niu Niu lying on the sickbed.
[Oh my god... why is this happening? This little sister is only nine years old, how could she have this disease! ]
[I am a medical student. According to what was said on the VCR, this girl must have problems with her kidneys, heart and lung functions, which has caused damage to her digestive and respiratory systems. This is called "multiple organ failure" in medicine.
But this is impossible. Generally, multiple organ failure and damage are either a natural aging process, or a serious injury or infection. I do know that some young people who stay up late without restraint have experienced such symptoms, but they were around 20 years old. I have never heard of such a young child suffering from organ failure for no reason. It must be an infection or eating something that is not allowed to be eaten. 】
[I have a relative of my uncle who has this disease. He got burn infection and the cost of one day in the intensive care unit was over 10,000 yuan! It is said that it is very painful and it is difficult to eat, drink, defecate, urinate and sleep.]
[You still have to believe in science and see a doctor. If it's not a supernatural event, then even if it's a "Spiritual Thing" show, the contestants can't do anything about it. ]
[The above person came here because the doctor couldn't cure him. But it's really strange that the child's organs failed for no reason. 】
【……】
Amid the clamor in the comment section, the program team invited Ms. Liu and Mr. He, a couple.
Their shooting location at this time was a residential building opposite the X City Hospital.
This is the house that Ms. Liu and her husband rented to take care of their child after Niu Niu fell ill. It is just across the street from the hospital where their daughter is receiving treatment, and most of the people living there are family members of the patients.
Seeing the host and the production crew carrying cameras going upstairs, many residents in the residential building cast their eyes on them.
It was not until they reached the door of a residence on the third floor that Liu Da said, "We're here. This is the residence where Ms. Liu and her husband live."
The reason why the program crew decided to film the fifth episode in City X was because Niu Niu had a special physical condition and had to be hospitalized and could not move.
After knocking on the door, a woman with a tired look and slightly messy hair opened the door.
Seeing the host and the staff behind him, Ms. Liu subconsciously adjusted her clothes and hair, forced a smile and said:
"You're here, please come in! I'm sorry that something happened with the child just now, and I went over to take a look and delayed your time."
Da Liu waved his hands and said, "No, no."
After entering the room, several staff members felt that the rental house was too small.
The layout of one bedroom and one living room is only more than 30 square meters in total. The small living room is already piled with some nutritional supplements and sundries. It is indeed a bit cramped to accommodate several adult male staff members.
Ms. Liu said in embarrassment: "This place is too small, so you can only make do with it for a while. Please take a seat, I'll go get you some water."
Liu: "Don't bother. They are here to take pictures anyway, so they don't need to be on camera. They can just stay at the door. We are just here to understand the situation and see if there is anything we can do to help."
"Okay, thank you for coming." Ms. Liu said hesitantly. She knew the camera was already on and she was too nervous to know how to start the conversation.
Da Liu then guided him and asked, "Are you alone at home now?"
Ms. Liu smiled bitterly and said, "The child's father is in the ward, and he needs someone there."
Originally, this family seeking help was not included in the original plan for this episode.
The letter for help was received suddenly two days before the show started, when the production team had already selected the two events for this episode.
The letter stated Niu Niu's strange disease and critical condition, so the program team temporarily inserted them in.
Also, because Niu Niu's condition was urgent, the original order of appearance was first in the team competition, in front of Tao Tao's family.
But just before noon when the filming was about to begin, Ms. Liu suddenly called the program crew and said that her daughter's originally stable condition had suddenly worsened, and that she and her husband had to go to the ward and could not record.
This pushed this group back.
Ms. Liu had apparently just rushed back from the ward to take the photo. Her face was haggard and her eyes were red, as she tried hard to hide her grief.
Liu asked in a gentle voice:
"Ms. Liu, according to you, Niuniu fell ill suddenly?"
Ms. Liu said: "That's right. Her condition was relatively mild at the beginning. When we took her to the hospital, even the doctor was shocked. After checking her body, the doctor said that there was no internal or external injury, no infection or poisoning, and no obvious lesions. Her organs just failed for no reason."
"The child's father and I didn't believe it, so we took her to many places and went to many well-known large hospitals for treatment, but all the doctors said the same thing. I still have the medical records."
She took out a thick stack of medical records from a folder in the cabinet and said, "I took Niuniu to see both Chinese and Western doctors. To be honest, I even consulted several fortune-tellers."
From the receipts above, we can see that they really took their daughter to many places.
Every time we went to a hospital, my daughter's extremely special case would become the focus of treatment.
Because her situation was so special, her organs failed for no apparent reason, and her symptoms were also different from ordinary cases, many doctors were at a loss as to what to do.
[Even the Capital Medical College can’t help? Then this girl is probably hopeless…]
[This is probably some kind of genetic disease, the kind that has no cure. It may only happen once in a hundred million people. We can only say that this family is unlucky.]
[The X City Hospital they are currently in is also very famous. ]
[I think this is a dead end. This family is desperate and has no other options. ]
When Ms. Liu looked at these cases, she thought of her daughter who was in pain and couldn't help but clench her clothes.
"In order to treat her illness, her father and I quit our jobs and sold our house and car. If this could cure her, it would be worth it. But unfortunately... there is no way!"
"Niuniu is only nine years old. Now even swallowing hurts so much that she is crying. We really can't hold on any longer."
Before her daughter fell ill, Ms. Liu was a white-collar worker in a foreign company, and her husband, Mr. He, also worked in the firm.
Although we are not rich, we have a happy and harmonious family.
Now she and her husband have quit their jobs to pay for their child's medical treatment. The money from selling their house has been used up in the past six months for treatment. The bulk of the family's income depends on her husband's delivery work during the day, while Ms. Liu concentrates on taking care of her daughter.
They rented a small house next to the hospital, and the couple earned odd jobs online at night. Mr. He did online legal consultation, and she translated documents for others.
This repetitive cycle of life with no future in sight, as well as their daughter's deteriorating health, are almost driving Ms. Liu and her husband to collapse.
Liu comforted her and asked:
"Ms. Liu has consulted people in this field before. What did they say?"
Ms. Liu smiled bitterly and shook her head: "I can't see anything."
Not only could they not see anything, but a fortune teller also said that their daughter Niuniu was a "debt collector" and told them to stop treating her and send her away as soon as possible.
The so-called "debt collector ghosts" are the souls of those who have committed many evil deeds in the past and suffered great torture in hell and have been reincarnated. These souls still carry their past bad roots and evil power after reincarnation and are born to collect debts.
They are either sickly or do all kinds of evil.
In short, families that encounter the "debt collector" will eventually lose all their wealth and become impoverished.
At first glance, Niu Niu did seem to be here to collect a debt, but Ms. Liu and her husband thought about it all night, and thinking of how innocent, caring and lovely their daughter used to be, they just couldn't believe that such a good child was a "debt collector."
They chose to continue treating Niu Niu, but the more they treated her, the more desperate she became.
With nowhere else to turn, Ms. Liu saw a fellow patient watching the "Spiritual Matters" program in the hospital.
The patient sighed, "I wonder if these mysterious things these masters say can cure cancer?"
This sentence was like a stone thrown into the lake, stirring Ms. Liu's heart.
Perhaps it was the telepathy between mother and daughter, she always had a feeling: Niu Niu should not have died so early.
It was this feeling that made her never think of giving up her daughter.
She refused to give up and didn't want to believe that her well-behaved and sensible daughter would die tragically for no reason, so she wrote a letter for help overnight and sent it to the "Spiritual Affairs" program team. Unexpectedly, the program team gave her a reply two days later.
Looking at the host and the camera next to her, Ms. Liu felt unprecedented hope in her heart.
Liu said, "I understand. Let's arrange for the players to come now."
The first player to play was No. 8 Xu Fu.
He is now recognized as a fake charlatan and the contestant most likely to be eliminated in this episode.
The program team arranged him to be the first one, also intending to let him complete the process as quickly as possible.
Taking into account the seriousness of Niu Niu's condition, the program team discussed with Ms. Liu and decided that there would be no obstacles in this team competition like in the previous Taotao competition.
In order to allow all contestants to help Niu Niu as much as possible, the program team will directly tell the contestants about Niu Niu's condition.
Before coming, the program team also communicated with the local city hospital in advance.
After discussion, the hospital agreed to let them enter the hospital to film, but the noise could not be too loud and the number of people could not be too large, so as not to disturb the patients receiving treatment in the hospital.
So the contestants’ initial filming location was still in the rental house.
Ms. Liu prepared Niu Niu's hospital gown, her hair, photos, etc. in the room in advance, and she can also connect with the child's father at any time;
If necessary, take the contestants to Niu Niu's ward.
Xu Fu himself was also aware of the program team's arrangements and knew that he was going to be eliminated, so with the idea of squeezing out the last bit of traffic, he hung himself with captives, evil-averting Buddha amulets and other items that his company wanted to sell to advertise himself.
As soon as he entered the small house rented by Ms. Liu, he saw something and his expression suddenly changed. He pointed in the direction of the living room window with his eyes wide open and said tremblingly:
"There's something over there!!"
Xu Fu suddenly pulled out a handful of talismans from his arms and gestured at the air with a look of horror, leaving the people present and the audience in the live broadcast room speechless.
Liu reminded, "Contestant Xu Fu, this time we are here to see the cause of Ms. Liu's daughter's illness."
It has nothing to do with catching ghosts.
Besides, the girl had been in the hospital ward and had never been to this little house;
Even if there is something strange about this house, it will not affect Niu Niu.
It seems that contestant Xu Fu guessed wrong again.
Xu Fu danced with joy and said anxiously: "There really is something here!"
Seeing that no one believed him, he sighed helplessly, took off all the Buddha amulets, talismans and other items on his body, distributed them to the staff and Ms. Liu in the room, and then left the room quickly with a pale face.
As he left, he was still mumbling: "I have done my best, but you guys don't believe me..."
After Xu Fu left, Liu said, "The next contestant is number 2 - the horse-riding fairy Bai Ci."
Due to the mismatch in profession, Bai Ci's presence in this episode is very low.
After he arrived at the small rental house, Liu was about to tell the family's situation according to the script, but the young man in a gray and white shirt frowned his delicate brows first.
His nose twitched slightly, as if he was smelling the scent in this small room.
"It's very sick." Bai Ci's voice was slow and nasal, "It's also filled with yin energy. It's not good for people to live in this house."
Liu: "What does Bai Ci mean by this?"
Bai Ci just shook his head without answering him. He looked around the window of the living room and then looked at Ms. Liu.
His backpack was slung backwards in front of his chest, and something was moving inside the bulging bag.
At this time, he stretched out his fingers to open the zipper of the bag a little, and after a moment, a pointed black nose emerged from the gap, shaking and pushing open the zipper, revealing an entire head.
It was a gray and white hedgehog, the size of a palm, blinking its black eyes and scratching the edge of the backpack with its claws.
The audience in the live broadcast room were originally on high alert and in a heavy mood, but they were all touched by the cuteness of the hedgehog when they first saw it.
Bai Ci, disguised as a shaman, caught a real hedgehog in his hand. The timid animal actually retracted its quills and lay in his hand.
Bai Ci lowered his eyes and said to Ms. Liu:
"Someone in your family is sick, very seriously. This person is not you, but you have a strong aura of illness on your body, which means you are often around her. She is so sick that she is bleeding... In short, this level of illness is not far from death."
Liu Da: "Contestant Bai Ci is right, the seriously ill person is Ms. Liu's daughter!"
"Can you tell what's wrong with that girl?"
Hearing that her daughter was about to die, Ms. Liu's heart trembled violently, and she looked at Bai Ci with nervous eyes;
She took Niuniu's clothes and other toys and asked carefully, "Master, these are my daughter's things."
Bai Ci shook his head and refused to take it, saying, "These clothes are useless to me. I need to see the person in person to determine the cause of the disease."
Ms. Liu pressed on: “Can it be cured?”
Bai Ci was not used to such passionate gazes. "Not necessarily. Let's take a look first..."
"Okay, I'll take the master to the ward now."
[Xiao Ci finally found a professional match! Bai Xian is amazing at treating illnesses! ]