Conferred God
When something that is not moving suddenly moves, it gives people a particularly terrifying feeling.
Jiang Xindong was so scared that he closed his eyes. Everyone was shocked and backed away. The paper figurine made a creaking sound when it was burned. It was sharp and shrill, and it sounded like it was crying and screaming.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the pupils in its eyes flickered faster and faster, the paper curled up due to the fire, and it raised its hand, pointing at Lan Qing——
"boom!"
Jiang Xindong opened his half-closed eyelids and saw that the paper man was completely engulfed in flames, and its bamboo frame collapsed and turned into scorched earth.
"What does it mean by pointing at me?" Lan Qing frowned and looked at the young man who was screaming on the mountain before, "Could it be that I am the next one?"
The latter stammered and was unable to speak, his face turned pale and he shook his head frantically.
Fortunately, the only unusual thing this time was the paper man, and the burial ceremony went smoothly.
On the way back to the village, Lan Qing and the other two were the last to arrive. Then, Jiang Xindong saw a strange scene:
Lan Qing stared at his wrist with a puzzled and thoughtful expression.
She raised her hand and asked her mother and sister: "Actually, I've been wanting to ask you since last night... Can you see this pattern? I don't know when I got a tattoo on my hand."
【? ? ?ah? 】
[Isn't this the totem of the princess's soul? Why did she ask this? ]
Jiang Xindong felt a chill on his back and blurted out, "She was affected by the copy and forgot!"
No wonder Lan Qing's actions became so reckless. It turned out that as her participation in the copy became more and more serious, her memory became blurred.
The last copy can actually distort people's cognition to this extent!
After careful observation, Lan's mother and sister both shook their heads - outsiders could not see this totem.
Lan Qing pressed her solar plexus and murmured, "Strange..."
Now, I'm afraid that the ordinary senior high school student in Lan Qing's self-perception is fighting with the trial-taker who has experienced four worlds.
However, what she faced now was not the D-rank "Blizzard Witch" for beginners, but a hell dungeon with a real level of at least S. What's worse, she might have even forgotten the fact that "she was undergoing a trial" and just thought that she was just on an ordinary day back home with her mother and sister.
The hearts of the people commenting on the commentary were wrenched, and Jiang Xindong wished he could penetrate the screen, grab Lan Qing by the collar and tell her the truth.
Grandma Lan had been buried, but according to custom, the funeral was not over. That night, there was a funeral banquet. At the banquet, Sister Lan turned around curiously and came back to tell Lan Qing a "rumor":
The young man who was killed by the ghost on the mountain often abused his wife during his lifetime. His wife died two years ago after he broke her spine while drunk. The tragic condition before her death was exactly the same as his.
Therefore, many people think that this is his wife coming back for revenge.
[? ? Scumbag!! I am shocked, how could this happen?! Was it so backward before the last star calendar?!]
[…Now I think his death is not a pity. The other man is afraid, is it because he has done similar things before? ? ]
"What kind of village is this!" Jiang Xindong couldn't help but curse, and a feeling similar to fear rose up in her heart - she actually thought that the character had suffered an unexpected misfortune and sympathized with him!
The comments became heated, with some saying it was just a rumor, while others started to curse. One comment said: [I think it is 90% true. Have you seen the update from the sugar-loving boss? She is analyzing it in real time! ]
Jiang Xindong paused. She didn't have the habit of pausing in the middle of watching a drama, but the fans on the barrage urged her out of curiosity, and she also wanted to watch it, so she opened the forum.
The post "I don't like sugar" was at the top, with a sensational title: [The more terrifying truth about "Village Girl", a historical fact you have never thought about.]
The post was posted just over 20 minutes ago. Main post: [I wanted to wait until this episode was over before writing this, but I can’t wait any longer. Without further ado, I’ll just list the analysis.]
[It is a consensus among everyone that there are secrets in Lanjia Village. Up to now, Shang Jingyan has also provided many fragmentary clues, and there are many speculations on the forum about the truth of the various anomalies in the village, but after reading them one by one, I can only say: all of them are specious. ]
[The key character that everyone guessed is "Grandma Lan", she is also the initial source of clues for the three protagonists, so I will start with her. 】
[She seems to not belong to this village. All the settings are out of tune with her. First of all, based on the character's lines, it can be inferred that she actually has no descendants. Her husband died a long time ago, and she even has no relatives or elders. This is completely inconsistent with normal rules. Even if this family has no descendants in her generation, it should be mentioned. ]
[Secondly, she was mentally incompatible - the villagers called her a "crazy woman". Since there is no relevant plot, I have no way of inferring whether this "madness" is physiological or determined by outsiders. But because of this madness, no one approached her, and no one collected her body. In short, she was a freak.]
[What is the real origin of such a person? Many viewers simply attributed it to the setting of the system world - in order to serve the story, there are many bugs. 】
[But I think it's impossible. Shang Jingyan would never make such a lazy design. Moreover, there is no such "Lanjia Village" in the real Lanqing world. There is no need to go to such trouble when setting up the system. There are many ways to make the village background round. So I am 100% sure that Grandma Lan's "specialness" itself is an important clue. ]
[But where is the breakthrough point? Before the last episode, I couldn't find the direction, and I read a lot of information. Until I learned a fact - in the single planet era before the last star calendar, before people entered the universe, there was a phenomenon on the planet: trafficking. ]
[What does this word mean? I won’t go into details here. I’ll post a file link so you can find out for yourself: …]
[At this point, my thoughts suddenly became clear. Grandma Lan doesn't fit in because she doesn't belong to this village! ]
The post about not liking sweets was updated in real time. When Jiang Xindong saw this, he felt as if someone had suddenly poured a bucket of ice water over his head and he shivered with cold.
This feeling of horror is even more terrifying than seeing the paper man's eyes move.
She clicked on the link and read a line of words: …most of the trafficked people are women and children…
The commentators who read the post along with her were all dumbfounded, and for a moment they didn’t know what words to use to describe their feelings.
"How could this happen..." Jiang Xindong couldn't believe it, but he had already believed this guess in his heart, because only this logic made sense!
As soon as she refreshed, she continued to write without liking to eat sweets.
【Everything makes sense now. Even Grandma Lan's experience has become easy to speculate. How did her husband die? Was he killed by her resistance? From then on, she became a "mad woman", but because her "reproductive value" was still there, she was not killed. She could only protect herself through this madness, unable to escape, and did not want to die easily, until now.】
[A detail that I wonder if you have noticed. Is Grandma Lan's last name really "Lan"? On the tombstone, the name filled in by the villagers is "Lan Hua'er". But this is actually more like a nickname, like her first name, rather than her last name.]
[As for the connotations of the river god, shells, paper money, and Nüba, I have not yet figured them out. There are not enough clues.]
[But when this instance was first broadcast, someone pointed out that the village's patron saint, the "River God," and the female ghosts, the "Nüba," are incompatible and completely opposite in imagery.]
[How did the female ghosts that Lan Qing and others encountered since entering the village come from? Director Shang has already told us in "Rouge Comb" that in the feudal era, there were many female ghosts because they were the oppressed in their lifetime. ]
[Do they appear so frequently to harm Lan Qing and the others? Is the stack of ghost money that the old man asked to throw away really a ghost trying to exchange for his life? ...If all my speculations are true, a more terrifying question arises——]
When I don't like sugar, most of the comments were just question marks. But Jiang Xindong's brain was quick, she had already figured it out, her hair stood on end, and she stepped back with her chair: "Damn it!!"
[Everyone in the village knows the truth, and they all know that Grandma Lan has no daughter.]
[Then why didn't anyone speak out, and why did they warmly entertain Lan Qing and the other two? ]
Like a flash of lightning, details emerged one after another in Jiang Xindong's mind.
The house where Lan Qing and the other two lived had no signs of being inhabited before, and the terrain was strange, so it was in a place where people were closely watching. The men in the village seemed overly enthusiastic towards them, and they were originally unwilling to collect Grandma Lan's body, but they took the initiative to help after they arrived in the village...
These so-called simple and enthusiastic appearances are actually just because they have ulterior motives.
The core of ancient Chinese horror is actually the human heart.
As if to verify what he said about not liking sweets, in the scene, after Lan Qing and others closed the door and fell asleep, a strange rustling sound was heard in the darkness.
But Lan Qing couldn't open her eyes - before she lost her memory, she was wary of the food in the village; but after her brain was blurred by the system, hunger finally prevailed, and she ate a few more bites at the table.
There are drugs in those dishes.
The men's laughter made Jiang Xindong feel a sense of disgust, and at this moment there was a sudden scream, and the men seemed to be stung by something.
"Damn it, they collected that stack of ghost money on the road before!"
"It's too late to touch it. Let's lift it down first."
"That bitch is still causing trouble for others even after her death..."
This scene is completely dark, with only sound, which is quite bold in literary works. But no one in the comments questioned the horror it conveyed.
In the inorganic black, burning paper money fell from above. The flames were like fluttering butterflies, turning into gravel-like paper ashes in mid-air.
This episode is over.
When the darkness of the ending theme sounded, Jiang Xindong seemed to finally catch his breath, and a deep feeling of suffocation and fear filled him.
The barrage was silent for a few seconds, and then it completely exploded.
After this episode of "Village Nüwa" was broadcast, it was undisputedly deified.
Since the award ceremony, the data of all Shang Jingyan's works have risen by one degree, and the attention to "Infinite Heartbeat" has naturally increased.
With so many new audiences flocking in, she still lived up to expectations and brought about a plot twist that made people scream.
After watching the film, food blogger Jiang Xindong even posted a post expressing his feelings: [Compared with Director Shang’s works, I even feel that reality is not that scary. Director Shang, you cured my brainworm delusion. [Breaking into tears]]
Now everyone knows that Director Shang's new work is a game, and it will be co-produced with many dream builders. In the past few weeks, the new holographic simulation warehouses of major manufacturers have been sold out, and the whole nation is eagerly looking forward to "King of the Stars".
At the same time, the league organizer announced that this year's competition will officially start in early April, and a new category of "Horror" will be added. According to the statistics of the pre-match intention table, the participants in the "Love" category are not ranked first for the first time in history, giving way to "Horror".
"Your data for this episode of "Village Girl" has hit a new high, and the discussion is also amazing. League, new work, brainworm... Even if you keep a low profile, these hot words still surround you."
Shang Jingyan's editor Mu Xiu said, "Your fans and viewers miss you very much. Do you want to take advantage of the popularity of this interview and do another interview?"
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