Scaling
Sea of Dragons.
Shang Jingyan raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that he could succeed in dissuading others so easily.
X71: [He didn't even ask Yanyan why you didn't let him come? The love-brained man is actually around us. ]
I really don't know how an electronic sound can produce such a teasing tone.
"Listening to advice is a good quality." Shang Jingyan supported his chin and smiled.
She actually didn't know whether there would be any danger at the scene at that time, but one thing was certain, ordinary people like Pei Yi who had suffered from externalization disorder and now recovered should stay away from all places that might be related to brain worms.
X71 muttered quietly: [That’s right, this is what you humans call “being sensible”! Even I don’t know your arrangement, Yanyan, so of course he can’t know either, he just needs to obey. ]
Shang Jingyan laughed, feeling that X71 was like a puppy protecting its master.
Since the award ceremony was mentioned, she asked casually: [Has the list of the program team come out now? ]
X71 checked and said: [Not yet. Eh… there are a lot of people participating this year, and many viewers also said that there are far from enough tickets. Is the program team planning to expand the venue? ]
[Huh? What's going on?] Shang Jingyan was surprised.
She thought about it for a moment and roughly understood why. She thought thoughtfully, [It seems... not such a bad thing...]
Main galaxy, a little star's studio.
"'Dream Builder' has sent us an invitation to the awards ceremony. Are you going?"
The little celebrity was surprised: "Didn't you just reject it in previous years? Why did you ask me specifically this year?"
If we only invite the dream builders who have participated in this season, the stands at the award ceremony will definitely not be full.
Therefore, this kind of program will send invitations to many celebrities and dream builders, and will invite as many big names as possible.
However, according to the past, this is just an annual awards ceremony for variety shows, and such invitations in previous years mostly fell on deaf ears.
The people who come in the end still have to rely on the guests’ connections.
"This year is different from the past. Many big names will be there, and you can also take advantage of the popularity by following them."
The agent spoke earnestly, counting on his fingers, "Not to mention Director Shang Jingyan, who has been the most popular dream builder in the past one or two years. Her teammates Yun Yongxue and Ao Qingxue will definitely go too, one is a young genius musician, the other is the hottest new scene designer. Even if we can't work together, it's good to be familiar to them! There are also actors like Qu Licong and Wu Rui who have a good relationship with Director Shang. They are people you don't even get to see normally..."
The agent spoke fluently, counting them one by one, leaving the little star dumbfounded: "Stop reading, I'll go, go!"
On the capital planet, in the home of a dream builder.
"Have you seen the invitation from The Executive?"
“Yes.”
"Will you join us?"
In the past, this question would have been easy to answer.
Although "The Executive" is a big name, the league holds too many award ceremonies of all sizes every year, and it is not a comprehensive ceremony, so there is no need to attend it specially.
But now, people on both sides of the communication are silent.
One of them sighed with a smile, and changed the topic to something unrelated: "Hey... when she first came to the main system, the audience compared us to her! I thought there would be competition."
Among these people in the upper circle of dream builders in the main galaxy, who among them has not had subtle thoughts to a greater or lesser extent?
But who knows, they are not on the same track as you.
Shang Jingyan slapped Su Shudong hard in the face, causing embarrassment in their circle for a while.
I originally thought, if that's the case then let's just make friends, however, everything that happened afterwards showed that Shang Jingyan had no intention of mixing in that circle at all, but was creating works at her own pace, just like when she was in Exile Galaxy.
People in the circle had extended olive branches before, but Shang Jingyan ignored them - they suspected that she had not even seen the invitations to those parties.
They also tried to ask Hua Feitian, who was also S-level and from the same background as the monk Jingyan, to help with the matchmaking, but was unfortunately rejected.
From their common sense, which famous dream builder does not receive support from people in the circle?
No matter how good your work is, it takes time to make it on your own, and socializing can greatly shorten that journey.
Shang Jingyan refused. But she still succeeded.
Not only that, it is also the one and only "Fastest Four-Star Legend"!
Even if Shang Jingyan didn't come to fight them, they all felt a little pain on their faces.
"So from what you said, you are going to participate?"
"This is an opportunity - don't say you won't participate. I know you think so too."
What opportunity? A chance to get acquainted with someone or even make friends with them.
If the mountain doesn't come to them, they will have no choice but to go to the mountain.
Shang Jingyan doesn't attend parties. She usually travels around and keeps a low profile. If you want to see her, it seems that the only way is through this kind of activity.
Gamma Galaxy, Jin and Bra's home.
"Oh, what a close call! I didn't get a ticket at first, but someone just returned it, so I got it!"
Bra patted his chest, his face full of excitement.
Just half a year ago, Bula was still a little fat boy, but thanks to the "Shanhai Tuben", he succeeded in losing weight for the first time in his life.
Now, he has developed a healthy body. Even though he is not as enthusiastic as he was at the beginning and wanted to play "Shanhai Tuben" 24 hours a day, he has developed the habit of exercising every day.
"There are people who want to refund their tickets?" his father Jin was surprised.
As a loyal fan of Director Shang, Bra has been wanting to save money to meet Director Shang offline since last year.
Director Shang is really hard to see. He doesn't like to take part in interviews, nor does he like to participate in entertainment variety shows that are used to package the dream builder himself. It was also difficult to stay in the Purple Mist program crew.
The "Executive" awards ceremony is a great opportunity. According to past practice, the program team will arrange an entire audience seat at the venue.
"Who knows? Anyway, I have a ticket now." Bra happily admired the successful ticket purchase interface for a while, and began to order tickets to the main galaxy.
Countless similar conversations took place, and the combination of various factors led to the fact that when the staff of "The Executive" received those replies, they almost couldn't believe their eyes.
Staff: Are you sure they are just a staff of a variety show, not a staff of the annual party of the alliance? ?
Wow, this configuration can be called the first grand ceremony of the new year!
With excitement and mixed feelings, the production team of "Executive" officially made a decision and released an announcement:
This year's awards ceremony will be more grand than ever before.
A few days later, it was another Friday.
The Spring Festival holiday has ended in most areas, and the number of viewership of many TV series has plummeted in the past few days. However, when the second episode of "Village Girl" was broadcast, the opening data was only more than 10% lower than that during the holiday, almost at the same level.
"You're not going to watch this episode? Ha, who said I won't watch it! I tell you, I've adapted to life in my hometown. I even dare to climb trees in the mountains! This time, I definitely won't be scared again."
In the live broadcast room, Lu Zibing said this solemnly.
【The anchor should not speak nonsense. 】
[You better not be afraid! I am afraid anyway, so I will hold my little blanket tightly in advance...]
In the picture, the camera quickly cut to show that Lan Qing and the other two put funeral clothes on "grandma" and put her back into the coffin respectfully, but nothing strange happened, which made the commentators feel relieved. Fortunately, there was no ghost jumping face at the beginning.
Grandma Lan's house was too small to accommodate three people, so the villagers enthusiastically vacated a house for them to stay in while they were dealing with the funeral arrangements.
The house was very close to the river god temple, just a few dozen steps away.
By now, the Lan mother and daughter probably understood that there might be ghosts and gods in this world, and they acquiesced to their arrangements.
Mother Lan was very grateful and offered to compensate the villagers for their accommodation, but the villagers repeatedly said it was not necessary.
[The folk customs in this village are really simple. ]
[Yes, yes, I thought they were xenophobic at first, but they are actually so warm and hospitable.]
Lu Zibing vaguely felt that something was wrong. Lan Qing did not show any joy, but just stared outside through the window silently.
From here, they could see that the dirt slope not far away was a field where the villagers worked during the day. They could see the house when they lowered their heads, and the three of them seemed to be under constant surveillance.
Lan Qing is different from her mother and sister. She has the vigilance that comes from experiencing life and death situations.
What was even more subtle was that Lu Zibing drew a map of the village on a piece of paper and found that this house seemed to be surrounded by other houses. If Lan Qing and the other two wanted to leave, they would definitely be discovered.
It must be an illusion. He shook his head. Maybe the villagers just wanted to better protect the mother and her two daughters?
"I don't know what this house was used for before. It seems there is no sign of human life..." Lu Zibing was a little confused. Could it be that there was a special reception room in the village?
The villagers treated us to dinner. There wasn't even a restaurant here, so Mother Lan couldn't pay for it, which made her feel even more embarrassed.
Lan Qing only tasted the dishes briefly and tried to fill her stomach with rice - its taste was simple and difficult to tamper with.
The fifth trial field is quite strange. Apart from appearing once at the beginning, the system has not given any hints so far, nor has it mentioned the test questions and additional questions.
Lan Qing had to figure out everything on her own. She didn't even know whether her two teammates were teleported to this world together, or encountered similar difficulties in their respective worlds.
Lan Qing's speech and actions were quite restricted, so she had no choice but to live together. Also, the residual souls of the princess and Maleficent had not responded to anything until now, and the mark on her hand seemed to be just an ordinary pattern.
In such a closed horror dungeon, peace and tranquility is a luxury.
Sure enough, when I woke up the next morning, something strange happened.
The shrill crowing of a rooster broke the silence. It was not even light yet and there was a little mist.
Lan Qing was the first one to wake up early. He patrolled the yard as if he was guarding his territory. At a glance, he saw a pile of shiny things on the ground in the yard.
"What's this?"
Sister Lan was awakened by the crowing of the rooster while rubbing her eyes. She followed her and looked down curiously.
There were many beautiful shells and scales scattered on the gray and yellow land. They exuded the color of gold coins, as if tempting people to pick them up.
Such a beautiful and exquisite thing is out of place in the entire Lanjia Village because it is too out of place, like a fragrant flower on a trap, beautiful but dangerous.
It is said that in ancient times, shells could be used as currency in some areas...
Lan Qing suddenly came back to her senses and realized that she had just been distracted!
Her face turned pale immediately. There was something wrong with these shells!
But it was too late. Even she was bewitched, not to mention Sister Lan, who had already squatted down and grabbed the shell in her palm.
No more, no less, exactly three.
"Huh?" She just came to her senses and looked at the thing in her hand with a confused look on her face.
“Throw it away!”
In a hurry, Lan Qing snatched it away and threw it away, then grabbed her sister's hand and wiped it with her clothes.
The younger sister was frightened by her and stammered that she was sorry. Suddenly, a voice rang out: "This, this is a gift from the river god!"
It turned out to be the old man who was guarding the village gate yesterday. He bent down, picked up the shell, held it in his hand and stroked it, and said with a strange and fanatical expression, "The river god gave you the coins from the Dragon Palace, which means you are going to live in the Dragon Palace!"
Lu Zibing frowned, and his heart skipped a beat for no reason.
[Wait, coins? Is it a coincidence? The red-clothed female ghost also gave me coins before...]
[This old man said that the female ghost gave money to buy her life. Emmm, then is it a good thing for the river god to give money? ]
After all, the StarCraft netizens have been fooled many times by Shang Jingyan's horror routines, and they are awake after thinking about it.
Isn't this an evil god?
Lan Qing also looked solemn and asked: "Please explain clearly, what does it mean to enter the Dragon Palace?"
But the old man kept silent, just laughed and said it was a good thing, his expression looked very gloomy in the dim blue light of the early morning.
While they were arguing, Lan's mother also got up. According to the funeral process, they needed to choose a grave for grandma today.
This is a special custom in Lanjia Village. Mother Lan has had her memory implanted in her so she knows it naturally.
In Lanjia Village, when an elderly person dies, his or her children need to cut off a lock of the elderly person's hair and take it to the mountain to "ask for directions." The hair is lit, and the direction in which the smoke drifts is the location of the cemetery chosen by the elderly person for his or her afterlife.
Lan Qing was forced to stop asking questions. After the old man left, she returned to the house. Before she left, she lowered her voice and said in one breath: "Mom, I want to tell you something. Actually, I..."
——After officially entering the village, the suppression of the system's will on her gradually weakened.
However, the point was that he couldn't say it out loud anyway. Lan Qing tried several times but failed. Helplessly, he had to settle for the next best thing, "...I can keep you safe. When we get up the mountain later, you must follow me, understand?"
The three of them, the mother and daughter of the Lan family, depend on each other to run a small restaurant. They have a very good relationship. Sister Lan worships her sister unconditionally. Without asking, she nodded and said, "Okay! I will never run away by myself!"
Mother Lan has a gentle personality. In fact, many important matters in the family are decided by her underage daughter. After hesitating for a moment, she nodded firmly.
According to tradition, at least ten people are needed to inquire about the spirit, but Grandma Lan has no children, no relatives, and only Lan Qing and three others.
Fortunately, the people in the village were kind and gathered some young and strong men to form a group of ten.
The three of them were dressed in mourning clothes, all in plain white and hemp. Mother Lan tidied up her hair, took a white candle, and went up the mountain.
It was just dawn and the woods were filled with light blue mist. Mother Lan lit a candle and the smoke floated, spinning into strange turbines with the wind.
Lu Zibing: “…”
He just said that he dared to climb trees on the mountain, why did Director Shang only film the mountain? !
The roads in the forest were all trampled dirt roads that could only accommodate one person with difficulty, so the ten people lined up in a long snake formation.
Because there might be potholes on the mountain road, in order to prevent accidents, the ten people tied the hemp ropes loosely around their waists to form a chain.
A team of ten people in white clothes walked in the mountains, looking more like ghosts than ghosts.
In the front was Mother Lan, followed by Sister Lan. Lan Qing separated them from the villagers. As they walked, they came to a valley, and everyone stopped to wait for Mother Lan to identify the direction of the smoke.
Lan Qing suddenly asked a question: "Mom, doesn't grandma have any brothers or sisters? Even relatives? What about my 'grandfather'? Doesn't he have any children on his side? I heard that the older generation had many children."
Lan's mother seemed to be stunned by her rapid-fire questions for a moment, and recalled uncertainly: "I haven't heard my mother say that... She said I don't have a father, and she raised me alone. She has never been around relatives."
[This is similar to the character setting of Lan's mother. Her father died before she was born, and her mother raised her alone, but also passed away early, so Lan Qing actually rarely saw her grandmother. ]
[It seems that the implanted memory of the system must also be based on real memories. I want to know if their real memories can be awakened? ]
Lu Zibing was reminded by Lan Qingyi and touched his chin: "Yes, this mysterious old man is actually a breakthrough. The system can't have created such a character for no reason. She must fit the world background. At least her logic is just right for the NPC."
"She doesn't have any relatives or friends in this village. Isn't that strange? Could she be an outsider? But how did an outsider settle here?"
After Lan Qing got the answer, she looked back at the villagers behind her thoughtfully. Sister Lan was also curious about why her sister asked, so she turned around to look.
The villagers also heard the question just now, but did not respond.
The man behind him seemed to be evasive and avoided Lan Qing's sight.
Suddenly, Lan Qing was stunned, and looked down to see that his hand was being pinched by his sister.
And for some reason, the other person's face turned extremely pale, and his eyes were fixed on one place.
"Sister, sister... We, there are ten of us here, right?"
Sister Lan's voice was a little stammering. She clutched Lan Qing's sleeve tightly in fear and stared at something not far away.
Lu Zibing and Danmu hadn't reacted yet: "It's ten, why are you asking this?"
I only heard Sister Lan continue to say -
"So then, what is that?"
The camera moved in the direction she pointed to the back of the team. Everyone in the group was wearing white mourning clothes, which looked very strange in the dim light of the forest.
Lu Zibing counted subconsciously: "One, two, three... nine, ten... ten, eleven?"
"Fuck, there's really one more?!"
I saw a white shadow appear at the end of the team without knowing when!
Like everyone else, it was tied with a straw rope around its waist, its jet-black hair covering its face and hanging down to its chest. It lowered its head and followed everyone else in a very stiff manner.
Even if I were to deceive myself and think I had counted wrong, I couldn't believe that among the ten people, except Lan Qing and the other two, all the others were men, and no one had such long hair!
Take a day off tomorrow.
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