On the sixth day, the sea was calm.
The things Ying Huai and his friends took from the dead man's shop turned out to be props containing ghost power.
[Incense and candles (old man's incense): a niche taste, some people love it because it's weird, and some people would beat people up if they smell it. ]
[Paper Figure: Wear it close to your body to resist one fatal attack from a strange creature below level C. But be careful not to get it wet, whether it's rain, sweat, or blood...]
[Shoes (single): A pair of shoes that have been soaked in water and then dried. They are very old. Wearing them can increase your movement speed by 30%, but their quality is such that they can only be worn once. If you find the other pair that was lost, you may be able to trigger a side quest.]
[Air-dried?: A gift from an intruder, with a unique taste. 】
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These props are said to be useful, but in fact they don’t have much effect.
To obtain a substitute-type paper figure, one must enter a store, but entering a store run by the dead is itself a violation of the rules of death. Even if a person with special abilities survives a life-or-death struggle and obtains the paper figure, the weirdness he or she will face next will be at least C-level.
Those foods are also very strange. According to the evil taste of ghost stories that like to dig holes, they may not conform to most of the weird tastes in this world.
It has not been sold for so many years, so you can imagine how popular it is in the market.
Early in the morning, Ying Huai, Lao Yao Jiang Li and the other two went out to raid the streets, and looted a lot of things from the dead shop in the seaside town. It is said that this time the shop owner offered them protection money with both hands and sent them out with a smile.
Of course, as outsiders rejected by "Him", they did not encounter any fairy tales or weird stories on the way.
There were actually quite a few pollution inhibitors among the stolen goods this time. It seems that these shop owners spent a lot of money.
Fang Tianwen's pollution became more serious.
The pollution inhibitors they brought from outside and Ying Huai's special ability barely suppressed the progress of the mutation, but his pupils were still dilated and he kept muttering "my scalp is itchy" and "something is going to grow", shouting that there were ghosts everywhere, and the scenes he described were grotesque and terrifying.
Ajin and the others did not dare to listen any more, fearing that he would be led astray as well.
On the seventh day, the world became more polluted.
Gray fog has spread all around, blocking the view ahead. People always feel that there are pairs of blood-red eyes staring at them from an invisible place, but when they turn around, there is only thick fog.
The servants who only appear during the "daytime" have dense hair growing on their skin under their sleeves, cheeks and necks.
【Please don’t forget who you are, forever. 】
Jiang Ji took A Jin to visit her mother.
The queen became more and more mechanical, and there was a sense of incoordination and sluggishness in her movements. When she listened to Jiang Ji's words, she tilted her head slowly, stood up stiffly, took out a box, and handed it to Jiang Ji: "I... have nothing... to give... to you."
"You keep this...it might be useful."
Jiang Ji was moved and hugged the queen's arm.
"Mom is so nice. I love her the most."
The queen's face, covered with age spots, also showed some movement, but it was blocked by the deep wrinkles, leaving only numbness and dullness.
Ajin was full of admiration.
Sister Ji is indeed someone who can accomplish great things. She is really adaptable and resilient.
You can act coquettishly in front of this old tree bark.
The young men walking in the palace also began to change strangely.
Jiang Ji saw with his own eyes a man who accidentally bumped into a palace pillar. His forehead made a cracking sound, and the skin-colored fragments fell down like a vase, revealing a hollow inner lining. It was empty inside.
Since the morning, countless luxurious carriages exuding a gloomy atmosphere drove into the palace.
Among the guests who entered, there was a pale-faced foreign princess who was supported by a maid with a weird smile; a girl whose red hood had merged into her skin; and a man with five abnormally long fingers, thin membranes between his fingers, and a mouth tightly shut as if he was enduring something...
These actors with oriental faces have all changed to varying degrees.
Among these people, Jiang Ji saw a familiar face.
"An Rou!" Ajin exclaimed, but did not dare to act rashly because of the inquiring gaze of Duke Bluebeard beside him.
An Rou was dressed as a maid and walked behind her master with her head lowered.
She didn't have any unusual symptoms and looked normal.
But looking at the young girl in front of her, her face was gloomy and twisted, and she kept cursing. She would scratch her back every two steps, and her expression became more and more impatient and ferocious, with dark shadows all over her body.
Jiang Ji walked forward gracefully and calmly, "Good afternoon, ma'am."
This voice... An Rou, who had been hanging her head, suddenly raised her head and when she saw that it was really Jiang Ji, her eyes lit up completely.
But the extremely familiar tone made the girl look her up and down strangely. She really didn't know her.
It was just Jiang Ji's elaborate and detailed outfit, and the respectful attitude of the people around him, that made the girl respond in a hoarse voice: "Good afternoon!"
"Today's banquet is grand, and the servants in the palace are not enough. I need to borrow your maid... You should not mind, right?"
As he said this, An was supporting Grandma Aisha, and the Duke Bluebeard and the Queen had already come over.
The aura of these strange beings was deep and gloomy, like a swamp.
"…My pleasure, Your Majesty."
Jiang Ji smiled politely and reservedly, without any further ado, he took An Rou's wrist and walked away, stopping only at the corner of a corridor.
Ji Qing and Jiang Li led away the strange NPC, the old demon hid in the dark to collect information, and the others followed.
"How are you?" Ajin asked anxiously.
An Rou stared at the skirt on him and hesitated to speak: "..."
She was so excited that she actually came to the wedding of her childhood sweetheart, whom she had loved for many years, and witnessed him wearing women's clothes and marrying an ugly and rough man.
Ah Jin got furious on the spot: "This is dedication to the cause, don't show that expression!" Jiang Ji was eloquent and said that he was of no use anyway, so it would be better to grit his teeth and stomp his feet to stand up, and the people would remember his words and pua him.
But it must be said that after he put on women's clothes and shared some of the strange looks, Bluebeard's attitude towards him became much better.
An Rou pulled Jiang Ji aside to complain about her experiences over the past few days.
"I played a maid in a castle. The host was a middle-aged woman and her mama's boy. It sounded like the prince of a deserted small country, but their family threatened to marry a real princess. The next day, they tricked more than 20 young girls to stay at home for one night. The next day, the middle-aged woman was very angry.