Like a radio that had run out of battery, joyful songs could be heard from the amusement park.

"Ride on my...beloved...pony...cart, da-da...da, la-la...la..."

Such sounds can be vaguely heard. In this desolate wilderness, beside the quietly flowing Ling River, this situation is really not normal.

Lu Ban glanced at the surveying team member beside him. He had fainted, so he could be carried back directly.

When he turned his gaze towards the amusement park, Lu Ban found that it had turned pitch black again, as if the prosperity just now was just an illusion.

“There is a problem.”

Lu Ban thought that this amusement park might be made up of some strange things, just like the movie theaters at that time, but there were too many people now, and it was difficult for Lu Ban to guarantee that Li Zijian and the others would not encounter other troubles while exploring the amusement park.

"Let's go back first."

After picking up the surveying team member and the equipment, Lu Ban turned around and was about to leave.

Just as he looked in the direction he came from, Lu Ban found a little child standing in front of him.

The child's hair was still sparse, and his scalp looked ulcerated as if he had some skin disease.

She was a little girl, different from the one I had seen before. She was wearing a tattered red coat, with only a rotten and rusty lock hanging around her neck.

The little girl's eyes were dark and her face was pale and dirty, as if she had just crawled out of the mud.

Lu Ban blinked, and the little girl disappeared.

Only the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the woods echoed in my ears.

Lu Ban glanced at the small town.

I noticed that there seemed to be lights on in the town.

The breakfast shop at the door seemed to be open for business. In the dim light, human figures emerged, making the lights flicker.

In my ears, a whisper-like singing sound came from the mountain again.

“It’s a really good place.”

Lu Ban roughly understood why the people in this town wanted to move away.

He carried the surveying team members back to where everyone was waiting. Fortunately, everyone was fine.

Lu Ban did not say what he saw or heard, he only said that the surveying team member might have fainted due to low blood sugar.

I don’t know if it was because of what happened, but everyone was silent on the way back.

It was not until we entered the main road from the highway and the surrounding lights became brighter that someone spoke.

"Come to think of it, I seem to have heard a rumor about Jiang Chengshan before."

"What rumors?"

"There were often wars in Jiangcheng in the past. In ancient times, a general led his troops to station at Jiangcheng Mountain and stayed in a mountain temple. There was only a blind old priest watching over the temple. He asked the general to pay respect to the mountain god, but the general did not obey. He smashed the temple and killed the priest. Later, the mountain god was angered, and the entire army was trapped in Jiangcheng Mountain and has not been able to get out until now."

"Isn't this a fucking ghost story? You're trying to get a kid to sleep."

"I've heard of something similar, but it happened a few years ago. It seems that Jiangcheng Mountain violated some taboo. Several people died in the villages below the mountain every year, so the people in those towns moved away."

The people in the car talked about the rumors they had heard about Jiang Chengshan. Lu Ban had even heard versions of some of the stories that happened in different locations. It was not known whether there was such a legend or it was just a strange story brought up to suit the occasion.

As he listened, Lu Ban noticed that several people were looking at him.

The general meaning is that this place sounds unlucky, so why develop real estate here?

"It's not a big problem. It's just that it needs to be a place with a lot of supernatural legends so that players can feel involved and experience the project immersively."

Lu Ban patted his chest and told everyone not to worry.

After returning to the city, everyone got off the bus. Li Zijian counted the number of people and suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Strange, why is there one more person?"

He compared the list and found one more surveyor.

"What's wrong?"

The surveyor asked.

"Uh, nothing."

Li Zijian thought he was dazzled and asked the surveyors to leave. He compared the list again and found that there was indeed one more person.

But Li Zijian couldn't find out who the extra person was. He checked the names one by one, writing one and crossing one out, but found that he couldn't find the extra person at all.

"how?"

Lu Ban, who was tidying up his things, saw Li Zijian with a confused look on his face and came over to ask.

"It seems... there's one more person?"

Li Zijian took the list and showed it to Lu Ban.

"One more person?"

It's not like Lu Bandao hasn't seen this kind of situation before.

A group of people went to the mountains to play. As they walked, one more person appeared. After they came back, they didn’t know who he was.

Generally, this situation occurs in deep mountains. Some people die in the mountains due to mountain accidents, and their bodies are eaten by wild beasts and cannot be buried. So they want to follow others out and take the opportunity to seize the bodies of others and replace them.

This is a folk superstitious belief.

According to Lu Ban's scientific knowledge, this should be some kind of strange rule. If the people who stray into the mountains cannot tell who the extra creature is, then the extra creature can establish its own cognition and obtain its true identity.

If discovered, it can only escape back into the mountains and wait for the next opportunity.

In fact, having one more person is not a big problem for Lu Ban. This extra person was actually originally a human or a similar creature, but was trapped by strange rules. Now returning to society, it means there is one more mouth to feed, and maybe he can even become an Internet celebrity by doing live streaming to sell goods.

The biggest problem is that there is more than one more person.

For example, ten people go in and eleven come out, but two of them are strange creatures.

Then there must be a living person left in the mountains, gradually transformed into those strange creatures, waiting for the next person to arrive.

Lu Ban took the list handed over by Li Zijian and took a quick look at it with [True Vision].

Fortunately, there was only one more person.

I guess when we were leaving the town, something took advantage of the darkness and sneaked in.

Lu Ban also recognized who the extra person was.

Then, the name was wiped out like fire, leaving no trace.

Once recognized, the strange creature will return to the mountains and will find it difficult to escape.

"Director Lu, is the development of this real-life game still going on as normal?"

Li Zijian didn't understand Lu Ban's thinking either. After getting the list back, he couldn't help but take a look at it and counted it. Surprisingly, the number of people matched.

"Of course, proceed as normal, Brother Li. We will use this town as the center and arrange the corresponding landscape."

Lu Ban nodded.

"Believe me, this place will definitely be built into a brand new amusement park. By then, people from all over the world will come to Jiangcheng. Brother Li, can you find me some powerful legal counsel in advance?"

"Why?"

Li Zijian didn't quite understand.

“Because the Ministry of Justice cannot fall behind.”

Lu Ban answered as a matter of course.