Chapter 176: Spirit Exploration Live Room
Solving the problem is more important than getting angry.
After saying a few harsh words, Xu Zhiyan looked into Bai Jin's confused eyes, and his anger instantly subsided a lot.
Forget it, why should he bother with an idiot.
Loosening his hand that was tightly grasping the other person's collar, feeling the stabbing pain coming from his head, Xu Zhiyan patted his chest to calm himself down.
After his mental strength was restored and his headache eased, he adjusted his expression and spoke in a gentle voice.
"Okay, it's okay. We still have many opportunities, but you must listen to me from now on. You must do whatever I tell you to do—"
The sound stopped abruptly.
Xu Zhiyan saw his panel data.
[Name: Xu Zhiyan]
【Status: Mentally Tired】
[Spiritual Threshold: 0-70]
[Current Spirit: 70]
Shit? Was his memory tampered with?
How come he remembered that the upper limit of his mental threshold was 71?
From level 71 to level 70, he experienced death once. That is to say, although death can be repeated countless times, each time he has to pay a price of a certain limit on his mental strength.
Xu Zhiyan, who was already struggling due to the insufficient limit of his mental strength, suddenly widened his eyes and his tone immediately rose by three tones.
"Death will reduce the upper limit of my mental threshold... Never mind, you won't understand even if I tell you. Just remember that you can only succeed from now on! You can't fail!"
He tried his best to raise the upper limit of his mental power, but he didn't expect to fail here!
In the live broadcast room, the audience expressed their sympathy as they watched Xu Zhiyan's expression change from gentle to fierce again.
[Wow! I thought death didn't consume anything.]
[It is unlikely that there is no consumption. From my impression, some scenes in the game where you can revive infinitely will consume something.]
[But!! Directly deducting the upper limit of the mental threshold is too scary. ]
[+1, if you don't awaken the characteristics, the upper limit will increase too slowly, and every point is precious. But Xiao Baiwan has awakened the characteristics, so the upper limit should be quite high? There's no need to be so frightened. ]
[I don't know the exact amount, but I feel like it's not very high? I've never seen him use any particularly powerful items.]
[…No way, no one will awaken the characteristic, the upper limit of the mental strength threshold is less than 100. ]
[I don't think so. There's no need to use it. ]
Players don't realize what it feels like to be a true Lucky F.
In front of the coffin, Xu Zhiyan did not rashly throw the plate this time.
“Come, let’s rehearse it first. Try hitting me twice.” He simply dragged the mat to the side of the coffin, sat down on it, and slowly gave instructions.
However, it is the same as before.
The dead ghost young master with a pale face stretched out his hand, and his cold palm fell on the side of the young man's face and touched it gently.
I don’t know if it’s because the force on the other party’s hand was too light, but in this dim mourning hall, the atmosphere did not become more weird, but instead became ambiguous.
Bai Jin was touching it and suddenly lowered his head, seeming a little embarrassed.
"Why are you so shy, you damn bastard? I let you hit me, not touch me!" Xu Zhiyan was so angry that the veins on his forehead were about to burst.
Thinking of the extinguished candles around him, he took Bai Jin's hand away, stood up and lit a few candles around to make the entire mourning hall look brighter.
He knew a little about how to use light, so he only lit the candles near the portrait.
In this way, when the servants stand at the door later, they can only watch a vague silhouette outlined by the firelight, and they should be able to pass through with a little scuffle.
Finally, Xu Zhiyan walked to the table, lit three incense sticks and inserted them into the incense burner.
"I hope I can have some strength after eating."
After moving around for a while, he sighed, and when he returned to the coffin, he felt much calmer.
Grabbing Bai Jin's hand, he spread the other's fingers apart and pressed them against his neck, feeling the cold fingertips touching his skin, and Xu Zhiyan spoke dutifully.
"Someone will come over soon, and you can strangle me. This action is very aggressive. You don't have to use too much force. Let's act it out."
Anyway, the content was just to make the servants think that he was beaten, but he didn't necessarily have to be beaten for real.
But considering the uncertainty of the plot, Xu Zhiyan added: "If I pinch your wrist hard, you should also use some strength."
He was worried that if he acted too relaxed, the system would detect a problem.
The upper limit of mental strength is already very low, so we must not make any more mistakes!
Bai Jin, who was sitting opposite him, moved his fingers.
When the cold fingertips rub against the warm skin, you can feel the blood flowing in the blood vessels under the skin.
Because of this action, Xu Zhiyan lowered his eyes imperceptibly.
His mind was racing.
Is Xiao Tomoyu pretending to be stupid, or is he really that stupid?
Just as he was considering whether to give it a try, the candlelight in the room began to shake violently again.
Especially the three incense sticks that were just lit.
The white smoke line seemed to be held by something and floated quickly out of the door.
What followed was a cold and foul smell.
"What the hell?" Xu Zhiyan shook off Bai Jin's hand, frowned, stood up and looked towards the door.
Isn’t that damned Young Master Bai already in place?
Why are there new changes?
A vulgar and weird cry came from the door, it was faintly audible and it was hard to tell whether it was real or fake.
The next second, a light green translucent figure appeared.
He was an old ghost wearing tattered clothes.
"Hahahahaha... this is Young Master Bai's home. No, this will be my home from now on!"
The old ghost had an ugly appearance and glowing eyes. He was slovenly and emitting a strange smell floating in the air, which looked a bit scary.
"You're the one who killed Bai... Ahem, you're the one who killed me?"
Seeing a person standing in the mourning hall, the old ghost immediately stretched out his hand, pointed at Xu Zhiyan and said sternly: "If you know what's good for you, hurry up and burn some incense for me, and I can still spare your life."
But Xu Zhiyan didn't buy it.
He looked around and after making sure that no NPC servants showed up, he crossed his arms with a look of disgust.
"Who are you?"
Getting the role of the uncle was frustrating enough, he wasn't going to let some other nameless character ride on his head and shit on him.
"You! Aren't you afraid of me?"
The old ghost obviously didn't expect that the young man in front of him was not afraid at all after seeing it.
"You, you, you have done something wrong, how can you not be afraid when you see me? This is impossible!" It widened its small eyes and stammered, unable to believe that there is a person in the world who is not panicked after doing something wrong.
But when it thought of its own methods, it laughed again, with a lewd look on its face.
"I ate the soul of the dead young master. I know everything about how you killed him. If you don't listen to me and find me a wife, I will tell everyone about this in their dreams and bring ruin to your reputation!"
Lao Gui was very excited as he imagined the future.
However, Xu Zhiyan frowned, listened for a long time, and asked: "Is it a spirit? Can spirits make sounds?"
After saying this, he turned around and glanced at Bai Jin, who had an innocent face, as if thinking about something.
“…”
The old ghost opened his mouth, but all the words were stuck in his throat.
What? Why would this person ask such a question? Is this uncle a heartless person?
Xu Zhiyan retracted his gaze and looked back at the ghost spirit floating in the air, and finally figured out the whole thing.
He was a little confused before, why the uncle killed his nephew, although he was retaliated, but the problem could be solved by a ghost marriage. It turned out that after all this time, the ghost marriage was not for the dead young master, but for the old rogue ghost in front of him?
Moreover, he did not panic just now, and did not lose any mental energy when asking who the other party was.
Therefore, the character breakdown judged by the plot must be in front of a valid NPC. A guy like Laogui who has no corresponding identity role is not considered an NPC at all.
The floating old ghost saw the dead man sitting up in the coffin, and realized belatedly that something was wrong... How come another ghost got there first?
"You, where did you come from, monster? Why don't you know the rules?"
It's a little angry.
After eating the eldest young master's soul outside, it was waiting for the call of incense, thinking of eating the corpse alone and doing whatever it wanted.
But what's going on with these two guys in front of me?
The uncle, who should have been harboring ulterior motives and afraid to see anyone, looked calm, and the lonely ghost in the coffin did not show any adverse reactions of soul rejection.
No! It has to squeeze the ghosts out before it can get in!
Thinking in his heart, the old ghost's eyes widened with anger.
It was ready to fight back the guy who came first.
Seeing this, Xu Zhiyan was afraid that the other party would hurt Xiao Tou Ming, so he walked to the coffin, intending to use the slug spirit skills to eat the old ghost in front of him who had little to do with the plot.
The little transparent guy has already taken over this body. Although sometimes he may fail because he is too cooperative, he is still better than this wild ghost!
The moment Xu Zhiyan raised his hand, a familiar cold arm suddenly hugged him from behind.
The only living person and the corpse present fell straight into the coffin.
"Bang--"
The lid of the coffin was closed with a muffled sound.
Xu Zhiyan only felt the scenery spinning in front of him. He was put into a coffin with Bai Jin's body under him...
It's not a very pleasant feeling to lie with a dead person.
Especially after lying down, he found that his head was resting on a soft face, which felt very strange, as if there were no bones.
"Little transparent?"
I called out his name, but the body didn't respond.
It seemed that the little transparent person had already left the corpse before the coffin was closed, most likely to deal with the old ghost.
In the darkness, Xu Zhiyan had a strange look on his face and turned his hand to touch the face of the corpse.
His judgment was correct.
When Xiao Touzi left the corpse, the face of the corpse lost its facial features and looked like a soft, flat surface.
Xu Zhiyan thought of the portrait.
He planned to open the photo frame and take a look when he got out of the coffin later.
The heavy wooden planks muffled the sound.
He had no idea what was happening outside.
After waiting for a long time and still waiting for Xiao Tou Ming to open the coffin, Xu Zhiyan became a little worried. He kicked the coffin lid, but it was too heavy and did not move at all.
Fortunately, I didn’t have to wait too long.
Soon, the coffin lid was removed.
Xu Zhiyan pulled the hands off the corpse and sat up, looking around. There was nothing there, except for a few pieces of silk cloth that had been torn off. There were no signs of a fight, and the old ghost was gone.
When he turned around, he was met with a rather scary face.
The corpse that originally showed the handsome face of the dead ghost Bai Jin has now become a flat head without facial features. It is impossible to determine what kind of monster it is.
Immediately afterwards, the flat head began to change, and Bai Jin's facial features appeared on it.
A few seconds later, the little transparent girl leaned against Bai Jin's face, blinked her eyes, and looked at Xu Zhiyan who was sitting on her with an innocent look on her face.
It looked like it had done nothing, but the old ghost was indeed gone.
Xu Zhiyan frowned and stared at the dead ghost Bai Jin's face for a while, then he turned over and walked out of the coffin, walked quickly to the altar, and reached out to pick up the photo frame inside.
This old-style photo frame was not easy to disassemble, and he took a long time to remove the back panel.
Picking up the photo, Xu Zhiyan looked at it from left to right.
This is a double-sided photo. Behind Bai Jin's portrait is a face without facial features. It should be the eldest young master who died unjustly.
In an instant he understood why the person lying inside was Bai Jin.
After all, this is a videotape. If the corpse is regarded as a filming prop, then the ghost that possesses it is the real "actor".
The corpse will take on the appearance of whoever possesses it first.
According to the original script, the uncle would light the incense, which would attract the evil ghost who would devour his nephew's soul. Then he would be forced by the evil ghost to spend a large amount of money to hold a ghost marriage.
Only now...
"Where's the old ghost? Have you eaten?"
"Are we time-zoned? Did you get into the videotape before me?"
Xu Zhiyan sighed and looked at the guy lying obediently in the coffin.
Hearing the question, the dead ghost crawled out of the coffin and stood aside obediently, seemingly unable to understand what eating old ghosts meant, nor did he understand what jet lag meant.
Seeing this, Xu Zhiyan, who was originally planning to feed the slug spirit, gave up the idea and decided not to pursue the matter further.
Suddenly, there were noisy footsteps outside, accompanied by the exclamations of the housekeeper and servants.
"Uncle! What's wrong~!"
"what happens?"
"how……"
Same lines as last week.
It seems that even if no sound is made, the plot will be triggered when the time is up.
Thinking of his limited energy, Xu Zhiyan instantly forgot about the old ghost, gathered his full attention, and immediately lay down on the spot.
Seeing Bai Jin still standing there stupidly, he quickly waved his hand and shouted, "Ride on me! Choke my neck! Quick!"
I don’t know if it’s because the content is too complicated or Slice’s intelligence is just not enough, but the other party didn’t respond after Xu Zhiyan called him, and there was even a hint of rejection in his eyes.
With no other options, he could only quickly get up, push Slice to the ground, spread his legs and straddle his waist, stretched out his hands to pinch his cold neck, and said fiercely: "It's too late and your character will be ruined!"
Leaning on the dead ghost again, Xu Zhiyan discovered that the touch of the corpse was different before and after this guy possessed him.
"Just this move! Do it to me!"
But time is urgent now, so we should just pass the previous levels first!
Hearing the footsteps approaching the door, Xu Zhiyan let go and lay down to the side, adjusting his direction to make sure that the housekeeper would be able to see him being strangled by the dead man when he came in.
His waist sank, and this time the little transparent guy finally knew to do as he was told.
Xu Zhiyan wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but the thing on his body was a bit heavy, and he almost couldn't breathe because of it.
For the sake of the mission, he looked at Xiao Touzi with encouragement.
Hurry up! What are you waiting for?
When a cold hand finally trembled and pinched his neck, the butler arrived.
"Uncle!!!!"
"ah----"
"Help! Help—he's alive!!"
“Ahhhhh…”
In the eerie and solemn mourning hall, most of the candles were blown out, leaving only a few on the altar. When the housekeeper arrived, he saw that the eldest son, who was supposed to be buried, had resurrected as a corpse, riding on his younger uncle and strangling the other's neck.
The dead were resurrected, and the entire mourning hall was in chaos.
“Help, help…”
"Butler? Butler, wake up!"
"Ahhhhhhh, quickly go find someone to ask the fairy lady for help!"
“…”
However, all the servants hid outside and no one dared to come in, which saved Xu Zhiyan from having to act out again.
Watching the servants gathering and dispersing, some fainting and some running away, the plot smoothly advanced to the next plot point. Xu Zhiyan reached out and patted the wrist of the dead ghost Bai Jin, signaling him to stop.
"It's over, call it a day!"
Before the four words were uttered, the two hands that were loosely grasped on the young man's neck loosened.
The faint firelight flickered, and Xu Zhiyan met a pair of clear eyes. These eyes inexplicably reminded him of the arrogant young master on the mermaid cruise ship.
The two looked at each other for a while. Seeing that the dead ghost Bai Jin was still riding on his waist with no intention of getting up, Xu Zhiyan frowned and pushed him.
"Tonight's plot is over. The next plot point should be tomorrow. Hurry up and get up. I need to find a place to sleep and rest."
The status bar showed that after experiencing death, he had an additional state of mental fatigue.
Although my mental strength is full, I feel very tired. Apart from using items to eliminate the status, I can only rest naturally to recover.
Unfortunately, after looking around, I found that there was no other place to lie down and sleep in the entire mourning hall except for the soft silk cloth inside the coffin.
Fortunately, the family property was there, and the coffin was a bit more spacious than that of ordinary families.
After Xiao Mingtou stood up, Xu Zhiyan lay down in the coffin without any psychological barriers, leaning against one side, patting the place beside him and asking: "Would you like to lie down together? There is still enough space."
Seeing the other party shaking his head, he did not extend the invitation again.
Mental fatigue made Xu Zhiyan fall into a deep sleep quickly. Maybe it was because Xiao Tomb-sharing was watching over him. He thought he would sleep badly, but unexpectedly he slept soundly.
A dreamless night.
Xu Zhiyan was awakened by the noisy sound outside the door.
He turned over in the coffin and met Bai Jin's eyes when he looked up. It looked like this invisible guy had been waiting here all night?
Xu Zhiyan rubbed his eyes and didn't get up immediately.
The brain, which has not yet completely recovered from sleep, recalls the current situation.
Combined with the sound coming from the door, he understood that now was the next plot point - to decide on matters related to the ghost marriage.
However, the current situation seems to be a little wrong, probably because the dead have been resurrected. All the onlookers are now standing at the door and dare not come in.
Xu Zhiyan quickly signaled Xiao Mingtou to lie down.
"The body won't move during the day, just lie down and pretend to be dead."
The little transparent guy was very obedient and lay down with a bang.
The fairy lady in the village was a woman in her forties. When she saw Xu Zhiyan, she mumbled something and prayed to the gods, but no one knew what she was saying.
With the preparation last night, Xu Zhiyan hardly had to say anything.
Hearing the words of the old man in front of her, the fairy girl didn't think twice and followed his instructions, took over the conversation, and promised to make the ghost marriage a beautiful one.
Unfortunately, just when Xu Zhiyan sent her away, the fairy gave another instruction.
"Master Xu, although I have found someone for you, would you like to try to bury him first?"
Thinking of the complicated content in the plot, including the process of burying the body first and then digging it out for a ghost marriage, Xu Zhiyan nodded to indicate that it was okay even though he was not happy about it.
Fortunately, things were not as complicated as he thought.
After all, it was the time in the videotape, where there was no specific shooting content, and the specific details were not strict. In addition, Xu Zhiyan's identity was that of a very wealthy uncle. Even though it was a bit scary, many people would work for him for money.
In the next few days before the heroine arrived, Xu Zhiyan went through a lot of physical work.
The funeral procession of the nephew, the burial of the nephew, the dismantling of the mourning hall, the setting up of the mourning hall, the digging out of the buried nephew and stuffing him back into the mourning hall...
Finally, the time came to the seventh day of entering the videotape.
After nightfall, Xu Zhiyan lay in his warm bed, unable to fall asleep.
His room is located in a higher place in the mountain village. According to the setting, the heroine who is going to have a ghost marriage will be brought into the village tonight.
Since he couldn't sleep anyway and his bed was next to the window, Xu Zhiyan simply wiped the glass and stared at the mountain road in the distance, looking forward to the heroine's arrival more than anyone else.
Suddenly, the door made a sound.
The evening breeze blew in, mixed with a hint of earthy smell.
Without waiting for Xiao Ming Tou to climb onto the bed, Xu Zhiyan turned his head and said angrily, "It's been so many days, why is the earthy smell still there?"
The little transparent person wearing new shroud was standing beside the bed, but he didn't dare to go up after hearing this yell.
Since the coffin was buried and then dug up, although the body has not rotted, it always has a faint earthy smell, which seems to indicate that the person is dead.
Seeing the other party standing there pitifully, although he was of low intelligence but had the same face as Party A, Xu Zhiyan sighed and waved.
"Your blanket is over there, bring it up yourself."
A few minutes later, the living and the dead wrapped in quilts sat together by the window, looking longingly at the mountain road.
Looking from behind, it looks like two hills, one big and one small, which are extremely harmonious.
Unlike other viewers who entered the dungeon and watched the live broadcast room, and laughed out loud at the stupid little transparent person, a weird atmosphere has filled the safe house since the appearance of this slice with not very good intelligence.
The lobby of Yunshan Old House.
Ghosts and gods are watching the live broadcast.
The magma and hot air were steaming, making the scene on the screen, which was divided into multiple images, not very clear.
It turned out that the time in the videotape was not synchronized with the time in the game.
The movie "Ghost Marriage" is only two hours long, but people who enter the movie will have to spend several days inside.
In order to ensure the audience's viewing experience, small spaces with different flow rates will be divided into more screens. If the audience wants to take a closer look, they just need to click.
The monsters in the safe house all found it very strange.
Why did the ghosts not get angry when they saw Mr. Xu interacting with Slice, but just had a complicated expression on their faces? You know, when they usually see interactions, the ghosts want to overturn the roof of the hall.
For this reason, the monsters speculated.
The most plausible explanation is that the slice looks so stupid that the ghosts are ashamed? Or is this another blood bait?
In the end, the safe house system was sent to the lobby as the loser in the rock-paper-scissors game.
[Mr. Ghost! So… where exactly is the slice this time? It’s really good, good, and novel!]
As a system that deals with ghosts and gods all year round, it chose a relatively conservative word.
Who knew that the ghosts and gods would answer questions that were not asked.
A voice filled with deep thought murmured, and the lofty being before him began to doubt himself deeply.
"How could he like this pure power part that would be devoured?"
He stared at the live broadcast.
His expression was unusually confused.
Not sure, let’s wait and see.
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