In autumn, the heat in Jiangcheng has not yet dissipated, and the riverside seems even more humid. With every breath, the sticky gas seems to penetrate into the lungs and block all the alveoli. Walking a few steps gives people a feeling of suffocation.

The mountains are lush and green, the water of Lingjiang River flows quietly, and a thin mist floats above the sparkling waves, like a fairyland.

Li Zijian wiped the sweat with a tissue. Although the air in the mountains is fresh, for people in the city, any place without air conditioning is not a good place.

What's more, he had walked a section of mountain road and was already exhausted and gasping for breath.

"Brother Li, can you do this?"

Lu Ban looked back.

"You go first, I'll follow you later."

Li Zijian asked two employees to follow Lu Ban first, while he and the others followed behind.

After walking for about another twenty minutes, they finally reached their destination, Zhuomo County, located on the outskirts of Jiangcheng.

In the past, there were up to 5,000 people living here, but later young people gradually moved to Jiangcheng, and by the 1990s, there were less than 30 households left.

Later, the town moved collectively and everyone went to Jiangcheng, leaving the place completely abandoned.

Standing at the entrance of the town, Lu Ban could still see those dilapidated shops. One of them seemed to be a breakfast shop. The large iron pot inside was rusted, and the tables and chairs were rotten and moldy due to long-term moisture.

"This is a great place for a haunting."

Lu Ban said.

"Don't talk nonsense."

Li Zijian said this, and for some reason, he felt a chill down his spine.

"This is the town area. There is a small village on the mountain. The people over there were the last to move away."

He pointed to the green hills not far away.

"What's that over there?"

Lu Ban pointed to the other side, in the direction closer to Lingjiang River.

There was something like a Ferris wheel there, and it looked like an amusement park.

"Hey, what is that?"

Li Zijian also found it strange when he saw it, so he asked the staff member next to him.

"I don't know, it's not marked on the map."

The staff hurriedly searched through the documents but found no clues.

Lu Ban walked towards that direction, climbed up a high slope and took a look.

It's an amusement park, an abandoned amusement park.

There are carousels, Ferris wheels, bumper cars, etc., all of which are very old and look like they haven't been used for at least ten years.

Naturally, there was no one in the amusement park. It stood alone on the bank of Lingjiang River, like an abandoned child.

"There's an amusement park here? Brother Li, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Lu Ban looked back at Li Zijian who was climbing up.

At this moment, he saw Li Zijian's face turned blue and black, and he pounced towards him like a corpse that had been dead for a long time.

Lu Ban blinked and found that Li Zijian was panting and climbing up the hillside with difficulty.

"No, damn, could it be that someone built illegally here before and didn't report it?"

Li Zijian was also dumbfounded when he saw the amusement park.

Is there something wrong with the entire amusement park in such a remote place?

Moreover, the roads leading in and out of the amusement park were overgrown with weeds, and after being washed by rain, they were no longer visible.

"Illegal construction?"

Lu Ban took another look at the dilapidated amusement park.

"Yes, in the last century, some wealthy people liked to do this kind of civil engineering work and built luxury houses in the mountains. They didn't report it to the higher authorities, so naturally it was not recorded in the urban planning case. I guess this amusement park was built by someone in the past, but later it was abandoned and they sold it along with the land."

Li Zijian didn't feel that he had made a profit. This abandoned amusement park could definitely not be used again. It would also require extra manpower to demolish it, which would be much more troublesome than leaving it in a wasteland.

"We're not working there anyway, so forget it."

He patted Lu Ban on the shoulder.

Only Lu Ban seemed to catch a glimpse from the corner of his eye before he turned around, that in the deserted amusement park, there seemed to be something moving passing by the carousel.

He looked again carefully, and there was nothing there.

After returning to the town, several people conducted a survey. The architectural style of the town was quite good, but it needed to be tested to see if the foundation was solid and whether it could continue to be used. This investigation took another whole day, and by the time the work was finished, it was already evening.

The mountains became very cold again at night. The gusts of wind in the mountains, coupled with the humid air, made people's old rheumatic legs react. Lu Ban and the people from the surveying team certainly did not stay in the abandoned town overnight like in many movies, and it was even more impossible for them to explore the amusement park at night. They planned to walk back to the car on the side of the road and drive back to Jiangcheng. They would do the rest of the work tomorrow during the day.

After taking two steps, a member of the surveying team suddenly called out.

"Hey, did you get the theodolite?"

He looked around but couldn't find the equipment.

"Is it on the hillside over there?"

Someone said in the dark night.

"Maybe. I'll go back and get it."

The team member said that he immediately turned back with a flashlight, and the others stayed where they were and waited for him.

Li Zijian looked back and saw that the man's figure quickly disappeared into the path, leaving only the light of the flashlight flickering on the rugged and winding road.

Soon, the light reached the small hill where the amusement park could be seen.

However, after waiting for a while, Li Zijian felt something was wrong.

The light of the flashlight seemed to be frozen there, motionless, and the teammates did not come back either.

"Can't he find it?"

Someone asked.

"The flashlight light didn't change?"

Someone else said.

"Could something have happened? Should I go take a look?"

Someone suggested.

"Wait, listen."

Someone suddenly spoke up, asking the others to be quiet.

There was silence all around, even the chirping of insects had disappeared. In the humid mountains, white mist was looming in the moonlight. At this moment, a distinctive sound came with the wind blowing from the mountains.

It's singing.

I don’t know what the man and woman were humming, but the melody was simple and unpretentious.

The singing seemed to come from the direction of that small town.

"Who the hell is singing in the middle of the night!"

Someone couldn't help but ask while cursing, with a hint of trembling in his voice.

"Stay here and don't move. I'll go over and take a look."

Lu Ban spoke at this time.

Li Zijian wanted to stop him, but when he thought about Lu Ban’s previous exploration video, he thought that maybe he really saw something.

I was so scared that I let Lu Ban leave.

Lu Ban held a flashlight and walked towards the hillside. He didn't know when the singing stopped, and the silence around him was like the distant starry sky.

The flashlight could only illuminate the road ahead. On the dark mountain road, there were jagged rocks and overgrown weeds. It was clearly a road that so many people had walked on just now, but at this moment it seemed as if no one had ever set foot on it, and walking on it was difficult.

At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew, causing the half-man-high grass to sway and make a rustling sound.

Lu Ban looked ahead and saw the grass and trees that were blown crooked by the wind. There seemed to be a child standing in the grass.

The child was wearing tattered clothes, his hair was disheveled and most of it had fallen out, his eyes were dark, and around his neck hung an old, rusty padlock.

Blinking his eyes, Lu Ban saw that there was nothing there.

Lu Ban looked around with [True Vision] and found nothing more.

He continued forward and soon reached the hillside.

At this time, Lu Ban saw that the team member's flashlight fell to the ground, shining.

The team member was standing next to the hillside. He was kneeling with his hands raised high, as if he was meeting some majestic and powerful person.

Lu Ban came behind him and patted the man.

The team member turned around with a dull expression. His eyes had no pupils, only pure white. He was muttering something, and the sound was rustling like grass blown by the wind.

Lu Ban knocked him out with a flashlight.

He mentioned this team member, and suddenly, inspired, he looked in the direction he had just worshipped.

He saw that the dilapidated amusement park at the foot of the hill was brightly lit, all the equipment was operating normally, and it was emitting joyful and thrilling music.

There was no one in the amusement park.