At first, people didn't realize the seriousness of the situation, treating it as just an ordinary fog. However, as time went on, some strange phenomena began to emerge.
First, in a school, a class of students found themselves trapped in a strange loop when they walked out of the teaching building after evening self-study, as if they were going around in circles between the five floors of the teaching building.
Meanwhile, the parents waiting for their children to be dismissed at the school gate did not see their children for a long time. Some decided to go into the school to look for them, while others kept making phone calls to try to contact their children.
However, no matter how hard they tried, they received no response. Finally, they called the police for help.
The police arrived quickly, but they too encountered difficulties. They wandered around the teaching building, seemingly trapped in a maze. One of the experienced officers noticed something was wrong and immediately contacted the special services department, informing them of everything that had happened.
Shortly after, a police car arrived at the scene. Two Taoist priests stepped out, carrying peach wood swords and looking solemn. They cautiously entered the dark stairwell and began climbing step by step.
Upon reaching the fifth floor, they formed hand seals and chanted incantations. A mysterious light flashed, and a semi-transparent membrane slowly unfolded. They successfully located the students trapped there and quickly led them away from this dangerous place.
On a quiet, late night, an eerie atmosphere filled the stairwell of the apartment building. An elderly man with a distorted face and a hunched back walked slowly down the corridor, leaning on a cane. His forehead was covered in blood, as if he had endured a terrible ordeal.
Suddenly, he stopped in front of a door, raised his cane, and began pounding on it repeatedly, making a clear, rapid sound: "Beep beep beep beep... beep beep beep beep..."
The person inside was startled awake by the sudden knocking, and a wave of annoyance washed over him. He snapped, "Who is it? Knocking on the door in the middle of the night!" However, the old man outside seemed not to hear him and continued to knock on the door.
The man was very annoyed after being woken up. He angrily got out of bed, muttering, "I'll see who it is!" As he spoke, he put on his clothes, preparing to teach the ungrateful fellow a lesson.
When he opened the door, the sight before him filled him with horror. Standing in the doorway was an old man covered in lividity and blood. Maggots were wriggling in the old man's wounds, a truly nauseating sight.
The cane he held in his withered hand pierced straight into the man's throat. The man didn't even have time to utter a sound before he collapsed and died.
The knocking continued, "Beep beep beep...beep beep beep..." but the pace quickened considerably. The entire hallway was filled with fear and unease, sending chills down one's spine.
At the same time, various supernatural and bizarre events are frequently occurring around the world.
Local government departments specializing in the supernatural were overwhelmed with work, organizing people with spiritual abilities and magical powers to help resolve this sudden disaster.
Online reports about these strange occurrences continue to increase, and people have gone from initial excitement and curiosity to worrying about their safety and living in constant fear.
Everyone ran to temples, Taoist temples, churches, and other places they thought were safe.
They also need to buy talismans, ritual implements, etc., but these people don't even have enough for themselves, so why would they sell them?
With Old K's reminder, the passengers realized how strange this world was and bought some things in advance for self-defense. Some, like Xu Anran and the others, had already settled down in temples, Taoist temples and other places.
The carnage outside continues, while the people inside the temple have been gathered together, making it a sanctuary in this bizarre apocalypse.
Xu Anran suddenly had a dream that night:
Inside the temple, people were filled with fear and refused to leave the main hall.
To give everyone something to do, the monks in the temple had people chant scriptures and meditate together.
At this moment, everyone was incredibly devout.
However, they did not notice that a sliver of red light flashed from the Buddha's eyes. As people chanted devoutly, the red light in those eyes grew deeper and deeper, absorbing the power of faith from everyone present.
As their faith grew stronger, people began to act abnormally. Their eyes gradually turned red, their mouths were filled with scriptures, and they became like people possessed.
The golden light was just an illusion; the Buddha statue used this to deceive humans, making them kneel and worship it.
The Buddha statue, corrupted by evil spirits at the moment of the strange arrival, had already become something eerie.
It protects the people here under the Ghost Bride's command, intending to turn them into its followers, corrupt them, and make them its puppets.
People's faces turned pale, their bodies began to emanate black energy, and their eyes turned red. In the scriptures, they gradually transformed from living people into the demonic servants of the evil Buddha statue.
Yi Yi and Ya Ya escaped this ordeal because they were illiterate and had not recited any scriptures. They grabbed the arms of Xu Anran and Luo Xi, who had become ghost slaves, and shook them, as if trying to wake them up.
But it was too late; they would never wake up...
Covered in cold sweat, Xu Anran got out of bed. She couldn't help but curse. Sure enough, the gods of her own country were more reliable. She should have gone to the Taoist temple.
Wake Luo Xi up and tell her the current situation. Luo Xi didn't ask how Xu Anran knew, and just said that the two of them should leave here first and see.
Xu Anran couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you curious how I knew?"
“We’ve been together for so long, Sister Anran. Do you think I wouldn’t notice something? I’m very smart.” Luo Xi couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
Xu Anran thought about it and realized it made sense. Then, without feeling embarrassed, she smiled knowingly.
After packing their things, the two women, taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and that there were guards at the gate, prepared to climb over the wall and go out.
Yi Yi spread his little wings and flew around Xu Anran, but he couldn't fly because he ate too much and was now too fat.
Xu Anran could only carry him on her back, with him flapping his wings behind her as a form of assistance. However, when she climbed up the wall and tried to jump out, she felt a barrier blocking her way and couldn't get out at all.
She took out a laser scalpel and made a cut; the scalpel could go out, but she couldn't get out.
After trying various methods without success, they had no choice but to go back and eat and move around with the other residents.
Ever since the dream, Xu Anran felt an inexplicable strangeness about the Buddha statues in the main hall, but she dared not look at them too much, afraid that she would attract their attention.
During morning prayers, the monks would recite scriptures in front, while the others would sit on prayer cushions behind them and follow along.
This time, Xu Anran and Luo Xi used the excuse of having diarrhea to avoid going. After they left, seeing everyone in the main hall, they looked around, thinking that if they found tickets for the VIP waiting room, they could leave directly.
But after searching for a long time, they found nothing. That evening, the two of them sat in their room, looking dejected.
Suddenly, Xu Anran remembered that when the ghost bride came to the temple and clashed with the Buddha statue in her dream, the gate was opened by the ghost bride at that time, and they might be able to seize that opportunity to escape.
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