Chapter 197 Turbulence Cinema (2)
Compared with ordinary residential buildings, a large commercial district will appear more eerie if it loses its popularity.
Su Yue thought this even more when he looked at the five-story-high poster on the outer wall of the mall, which showed a celebrity smiling with a mouthful of white teeth.
The poster itself should have been quite nice, with a bright yellow background that highlighted the star's rosy lips and white teeth, a truly dazzling smile. But perhaps because it hadn't been maintained for so long, the poster had faded beyond recognition, and the face was even more stained, with a hole in the mouth from a pole sticking out of a window.
So a beautiful star turned into a ghost face, with her eyes wide open and teeth bared in a grin, and was pasted on the wall of the mall, looking down at the people passing by.
"The cinema is at..." Su Yue opened the mobile phone app and searched.
What a coincidence, it’s on the top floor of the shopping mall in front of us.
The two of them walked up. The shopping district was probably completely deserted, save for a street-facing snack bar on the first floor, which was still staffed. As they took the elevator up, they found the doors of the music store, nail salon, and coffee shop in the building were all closed and locked. A pale plastic mannequin stood behind the glass of a clothing store, peering out grimly from a corner.
The cinema was on the fifth floor and was still open, as was the milk tea shop next door. When Su Yue walked by, there were even a few people chatting and laughing as they walked over to buy tickets.
He was a little surprised, but he understood after taking a look.
The tickets for this cinema are really cheap. Movies are more than half the price of other cinemas at the same time. The most expensive 3Dmax is less than 30 yuan.
…and then a strange vision occurred in the cinema.
It's a bit like fishing.
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Seeing that group of student couples were about to walk to the ticket counter arm in arm, Su Yue suddenly had an idea and strode forward, pushing the male students in the couples to the back and getting to the front: "I want to buy a ticket."
"Hey! What's wrong with you!" the boy said angrily, "Do you have any manners?"
Su Yue knew that what he did would attract criticism, but he couldn't care less. He couldn't just watch the young couple die.
Putting aside the fact that the girl at the front desk was a little too pale and looked too calm, which was a bit abnormal, even if he pulled the young couple over and told them that the cinema was haunted, no one would believe it.
So Su Yue had no choice but to say to the ticket seller at the front desk, "I want to buy tickets. I'll book the entire theater for whatever movie is left today."
This was a strange statement, but the ticket seller was not surprised at all. In fact, she didn't even raise her eyelids. Although someone came over, she had no awareness of being in the service industry and was concentrating on looking at the table in front of her.
From Su Yue's angle, he could only see her waterfall-like black hair, pale chin and blood-red lips.
The conductor said, "There's only one ticket left."
"Huh?" Su Yue was stunned for a moment. "Which show has only one ticket left?"
"There's only one ticket left for all the shows today," the ticket seller said. "Would you like to buy a ticket?"
This sounds very weird, but it just so happens that Su Yue is here for the weirdness.
"Yes." Su Yue said.
The receptionist said "hmm" and raised the barcode scanner with an expressionless face to collect the money for Su Yue's movie ticket. Then, a "clicking" and "clicking" sound came from under her cabinet. It was different from the sound of an ordinary ticket machine. This sound sounded like something was chewing hard.
The front desk clerk handed Su Yue a movie ticket.
This movie ticket was no different from other movie tickets in the human world. What made Su Yue take a closer look was the hand at the front desk.
It was a hand with very white skin, slender fingers, pointed nails, and painted with rich dark red nail polish.
It's because the nail polish is too red, which makes the skin color on the hands look a little gray.
Su Yue only glanced at it lightly and then looked away, taking the ticket: "Thank you."
"You're welcome," the ticket seller said. "Please enter on time."
According to the movie ticket, Su Yue's movie would start in half an hour. He estimated that even if he didn't go, this ticket would be enough to get him in.
During this time, he took a look at the information on the movie ticket.
The movie he wanted to watch was called "Lost Love Rose". From the name, you can tell that it should be a love movie. The movie would start half an hour later, at 2:40 in the afternoon. The movie would be 1 hour and 40 minutes long and would be shown in Hall 4.
There was still some time, so Su Yue planned to explain a little to the young couple. After all, they had finally come out for a date, but they encountered some uncivilized people who cut in line to grab tickets. It made him quite angry just thinking about it.
As a result, when he turned around, he found that the young couple was talking to Cang Zhi. Both of them were smiling happily, and there was no anger at all about being cut in line.
Su Yue:?
I only heard the girl in the couple say, "I hope he enjoys the movie!"
The boy smiled and said, "Bye, brother."
Afterwards, the young couple walked away arm in arm. Su Yue was confused and asked Cang Zhi, "What did you say to them?"
"I said please treat them to some milk tea, don't be angry." Cang Zhi said.
"What else?"
"...and my friend just recovered from a serious illness and wants to watch a movie." Cang Zhi said, "Tell them not to blame you."
Su Yue: "..."
It's hard for this young couple to believe it.
Forget it, at least Cang Zhi helped him out, so Su Yue decided not to bother with him.
The two walked along the aisle inside the cinema. Like other cinemas, this cinema had claw machines, massage chairs and other equipment in the waiting area outside the ticket gate.
Of course, the massage chair couldn't be used, and the claw machine wasn't turned on. The dolls inside were all those pale-faced dolls, stacked up close and personal, as if they were peeking out of the machine through the glass.
Walking through the dark corridor, there are such dolls on both sides. If you are timid, you may not be able to withstand it.
There was a tall and strong ticket inspector standing at the ticket gate.
"Please show me your movie ticket." The ticket inspector extended his white-gloved hand. He was wearing a very tall hat, and his facial features were hidden in the shadows because of the light. However, Su Yue felt that he did not look at the two of them because he did not even see the reflection of the ticket inspector's eyes.
But the ticket collector had already said, "There is only one ticket, and only one person can enter to watch the movie."
Su Yue pondered for a moment and asked, "Can we go in together? I can buy a second ticket. It's okay for him to stand."
Cang Zhi: “…”
"Sorry." The ticket collector politely repeated what he had just said, "There is only one ticket. Only one person can enter to watch the movie."
"Why don't you go in and watch a movie?" Su Yue asked.
"Sorry," said the ticket collector.
Su Yue took a tentative step inside and immediately felt a gust of cold wind. Because he had a ticket, the ticket inspector did not stop him, but Su Yue still quickly retreated, with goose bumps on his arms.
Cang Zhi understood and took a few steps back, keeping a position where the receptionist and the ticket inspector couldn't hear their conversation. Su Yue whispered, "There must be a barrier in there or something. It's very cold and weird."
"Since there is a barrier, it will be difficult to break in by force." Cang Zhi said.
Su Yue nodded. This was also his conclusion. If it were in a game, he could still play word games with the NPC, but the real world was not a game.
Moreover, this is the downtown area of the human world. Although it is a declining business district, there are schools, office buildings and residential areas nearby.
The power of a barrier can be great or small, and Su Yue doesn't intend to take the risk of implicating mortals.
"Let's just follow his rules for now." Su Yue said, "I'll go in and watch the movie."
Cangzhi's expression changed slightly, as if he wanted to say, "Why don't I go?" But in their cooperation, Su Yue always made the decisions, so Cangzhi had no objection this time. Su Yue must have considered everything carefully before making this decision.
Cang Zhi said: "Okay, then I'll guard outside."
There were still 20 minutes until the movie started, so it was time to enter. Su Yue had her ticket checked by the ticket inspector. The ticket inspector nodded and asked, "Where are you going?"
Su Yue was stunned for a moment and replied, "Room 4."
"Okay." The ticket inspector politely pointed to the dark aisle behind him, "Just walk to the end."
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After passing the ticket gate, the temperature suddenly dropped. Su Yue rubbed his arms, then remembered that he was a god. He simply burned some divine power to keep himself warm, and then used some of the divine power as a flashlight so that he could see the situation on both sides clearly.
The aisle of this cinema was covered with an old-fashioned carpet with dark red and gold patterns. It felt soft when stepped on. On both sides of the aisle... Su Yue glanced around and felt a little uneasy.
The walls on both sides of the aisle were filled with claw machines, with countless white dolls wearing different clothes crowded together and lying on the glass.
Some machines were packed from bottom to top, with the dolls' suction-cup-like little hands clinging to the glass, and their black bean-like eyes, without any light in them, stared straight at Su Yue.
There was basically no light in the aisle, and for some reason the glass did not reflect any light at all. If Su Yue had not used his divine power to light up the aisle, he would not have noticed so many puppets in the walls on both sides.
Su Yue sighed, "The walls on both sides are full of dolls. They're quite scary."
Cang Zhi's voice came from my ears: "Be careful, these dolls are enchanted by witchcraft."
"I know." Su Yue said lazily.
He was holding a cell phone in his hand, which showed that he was on a voice call with Cangzhi.
After all, the ticket inspector only said that Cang Zhi could not enter, but did not say that voice calls were not allowed.
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While the situation in the hallway was eerie, Su Yue felt calmer after communicating with Cang Zhi. He didn't say much, though, as he needed to focus on observing the surroundings. He saw Theaters 1, 2, and 3 along the roadside. He walked to the end, and the sign for "Theater 4" appeared before Su Yue. A ticket inspector in a white uniform stood at the theater entrance.
The ticket inspector's facial features were also unclear, and Su Yue did not deliberately use his divine power to shine on her because he had a hunch that he would not see anything good.
Happy elm day!
"Where are you going?" asked the ticket inspector. From this angle, Su Yue could only see her scarlet smiling lips.
"Hall 4." Su Yue looked down at the movie ticket, "Row 4, Seat 4."
The ticket inspector took a look at Su Yue's ticket and stepped aside. With the help of the overhead light, Su Yue could clearly see that Theater 4 was empty, but he bought the "last ticket".
"Come in," the ticket inspector said cheerfully.
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