All the silhouettes on the picture magazines turned into death photos. There were white-haired old men, middle-aged men with fat faces, young women, and young teenagers... Most people would use photos with gentler expressions as death photos. After all, it is for relatives and friends to remember the deceased's voice, appearance and smile. However, the dead in these death photos all looked ferocious, with gloomy and resentful eyes, staring down at Yue Ya condescendingly.
"They seem to be about to come out..." Just as Yue Ya had this thought in his mind, he suddenly found that the dead person in the ghost photo in front of him rolled his eyes.
Suddenly, a dozen hands stretched out from the picture and grabbed his face, neck and shoulders!
Yue Ya retreated swiftly, but was still grabbed by the shoulder by a strangely long ghost hand. The fingertips dug into his flesh, and his clothes were instantly soaked with blood. The evil ghost looked at his bloody shoulder and laughed triumphantly.
The ghost hand tried to drag Yue Ya into the picture book. He endured the pain, pinched the ghost hand's wrist, and pulled it out! The cold and hard nails scraped his skin and flesh, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
But the ghost he pinched wasn't much better off, grimacing in pain and quickly retracting his hand back into the picture. The evil ghosts in the picture became more and more rampant, even their heads squeezed out of the picture, and several hands grabbed Yue Ya's arms. They opened their bloody mouths, revealing their fangs covered with saliva, coveting Yue Ya's head.
Fei Fei was so angry that his eyes turned red. He rushed forward and started biting. These ghosts were very cunning. They would shrink back after being bitten. As soon as Fei Fei walked away, they would reach out again and grab Yue Ya to prevent him from escaping. This repeated process resulted in Yue Ya not being able to escape, and Fei Fei not getting much Yin Qi.
It is indeed difficult. Yue Ya's face turned pale. He remembered that he still had an unactivated skill card, so he decided to activate it and try.
But his companion got there first.
Little Bear stopped Xiao Feng who was about to rush over to help: "What's the point of you going up there? Let me do it."
The little bear waved his hand and a cage appeared out of thin air, trapping the picture and the evil spirit hiding inside.
Although there were gaps in the cage, the evil spirits could no longer extend their arms.
The evil ghosts struggled, and their faces were squeezed even more distorted by the iron bars of the cage. The scene was very terrifying for a while.
Yue Ya turned her head to look at Little Bear: "Thank you."
"No big deal." The little bear waved his hand.
Yue Ya wanted to ask her if she could open a small window in the cage so that Fei Fei could have a meal, but the evil ghosts all gave up struggling and went back into the picture magazine. The dark light gradually dimmed and looked like faded silhouettes.
Yue Ya: “…” You guys shouldn’t run so fast.
[Why is it so difficult for Feifei to eat today? I feel like this branch is deliberately targeting them]
[Each of them is an escape artist. Feifei is very fast, but they are even faster]
[“Poor kid” gave dried fish*500 as a reward]
Feifei climbed onto Yueya's shoulder, biting his collar and grinding his teeth in anger, looking like a little pufferfish. Yueya tilted his head, rubbed his ear against his head, and whispered, "Eat the dried fish first, and I will definitely help you catch that ghost, okay?"
Feifei was coaxed into submission very easily. She rubbed Yueya's face and purred comfortably.
After rubbing a few times, Feifei suddenly became silent and pricked up his ears alertly.
This state was probably due to a premonition of danger. Yue Ya became serious and gestured to his friends to leave the dance hall together.
Without warning, the sound of a piano rang out in the hall. The sound was sharp and noisy, and the person playing the piano seemed to be venting his dissatisfaction. Yue Ya walked while paying attention to the sound, and heard the sound of teeth grinding in the piano... The sound of teeth grinding at this volume must be from a guy with a very big head.
The evil ghosts in the illustrated magazine made some noise just now, which might have woken up a demon resting in the ballroom.
Now they were playing the piano, but later they might play their heads. Thinking of the giant hand that smashed the evil ghost's soul at the door of the hotel last night, Yue Ya had a hunch that the big guy who was woken up was not an NPC they could deal with at the moment.
The three of them walked faster and faster, wishing they could fly to the door on the spot.
The sound of the piano in the dance hall became louder and louder, and the emotions released became more and more intense. Yue Ya felt dizzy and a sense of anxiety arose in his heart.
There was clearly no one else in the ballroom, but he felt himself moving through the crowd, constantly brushing past invisible people. His palms felt cold, and he clenched his hands to shake off this horrible feeling and continued to run towards the door.
There were chuckles, whispers, and hands trying to keep him in his ears. He gritted his teeth and wanted only to rush to the door of the ballroom.
The moment he stepped out of the ballroom, he looked back and saw a mannequin tied with red rope sitting in front of the piano. It was wearing a gentleman's black suit, with its head lowered, and its hands moving quickly on the black and white keys.
The red line was covered by thick black fog. Yue Ya looked up into the sky and vaguely saw a huge hand.
Many people appeared silently in the circular dance floor in the center, holding hands and dancing to the music.
Yue Ya took a breath and his eyes blurred. The people on the dance floor and the mannequin playing the piano disappeared. The black fog dissipated and only the black and white keys on the piano were dancing.
He stopped exploring and continued to walk away until the hairy feeling disappeared. He looked up and found that he had already walked to the elevator.
He stopped, and Little Bear and Little Wind also stopped.
Several people gasped for breath, no longer needing to lower their voices. Little Bear leaned against the wall and said, "Before I left, I had a terrible feeling of being dominated. There must be a terrifying demon lurking in the ballroom!"
Yue Ya felt the same way, so he didn't want to confront him head-on at this stage. He thought for a moment and asked Xiao Xiong, "What skill did you use just now?"
"Draw a prison on the ground." Little Bear explained, "I can draw a cage anywhere to trap all living things. This cage can only be entered but not exited... However, this skill has a freezing time, and it takes at least five hours."
Xiao Feng cried with envy: "This skill is so powerful, much more practical than my Hell Throat Opening."
The little bear smiled, his eyes curved: "It's pretty good to have a skill at this stage."
Yue Ya used the resurrection technique to heal his wounds. Since he had used it twice in a row last night, the wound healed much slower this time. However, the bleeding stopped and the pain was relieved a lot.
Using the resurrection technique consumed his mental energy, and Yue Ya's face turned as pale as paper, and he felt even more fragile. Xiao Feng looked at him with great guilt, and secretly decided that he must not fall behind any longer.
Yue Ya took out the four fragments of photos she had collected and pieced them together. When the photo was complete, the fragments moved closer to each other and automatically stuck together into a whole. Although the cracks were still there, the picture was much clearer.
As mentioned before, this is a corner of a village. There is a stone tablet in the lower right corner with three words engraved on it: Yinjian Village.
It is unknown how long it has been since the stone tablet was repaired. A lot of paint has fallen off, leaving only patches of dark red, as if it were splashed with blood.
Yue Ya turned to the back of the photo and saw a line of words on the lower half: "This is Little Butterfly's hometown, and it is also where our love began, Yinjian Village. Little Butterfly, from the moment you helped me home, the rope of fate tied our wrists together..."
Little Bear got goosebumps all over his body and said honestly, "It's a bit corny."
"This photo is a clue to finding the pearl hairpin, so there should be a connection between them. There is a butterfly on the pearl hairpin, and the person who wrote the letter called his lover 'little butterfly', so the pearl hairpin should belong to little butterfly." Xiaofeng carefully pointed to the back of the person with waist-length hair in the photo: "We can't leave the mall, so what is the connection between this photo and the mall?"
Yue Ya stroked a corner of the photo and said, "Let's go to the second floor first."
"Why?"
Yue Ya lowered her eyelashes and glanced in his direction: "Most of the jewelry stores in the mall are concentrated on the second floor."
Xiaofeng and Xiaoxiong looked at each other, and then looked at Yueya at the same time.
Xiao Feng: "The pearl hairpin may have come from a shop in the mall. There may be an unknown story behind it..."
Little Bear: "Let's go now without further delay."
Three people took the elevator to the second floor of the mall with a kitten. All three of them had elevator cards, so they didn't have to deal with any messy troubles this time, and it was much more comfortable than last night.
Feifei was very excited when he entered the elevator. He jumped to the corner of the elevator, circled around and meowed, as if he was talking to the air.
Little Bear was confused: "What's wrong with the kitten?"
Xiao Feng felt that this scene was very familiar, and whispered: "Fei Fei made a new friend in the elevator yesterday. Could it be that they met again?"
Yueya understood what Feifei was saying. It was telling its new friend about its failed hunting in the morning. It described it in vivid detail and seemed very angry.
Yue Ya touched his chin. Since Fei Fei was so angry, he should catch the ghost as soon as possible. He took out the camera that could imprison a ghost from the previous copy, turned it on and hung it around his neck. This time he was prepared in advance. As long as the loach ghost dared to appear again, he would not let the ghost escape again!
Feifei didn't know that his brother was worried about him and was still chatting with his friends.
A black hand appeared in the void, holding a ball of squirming Yin energy and handing it to Fei Fei, and then pushing it forward.
Fei Fei licked it tentatively, and licked it again... eating up the ball of Yin Qi like eating ice cream. The black hand touched Fei Fei's ear and disappeared into the void.
When the elevator reached the second floor, Yueya and Feifei said, "Does your friend want to play with us?"
Feifei shook his little head to indicate that his friend wanted to stay in the elevator.
"Then say goodbye to your friend and see you next time you have the chance."
Feifei moved his little ears and meowed in a baby voice.
Yue Ya took a deep look into the void and saw a tall shadow flash by in the cold gray wall of the cabin.
After they exited the elevator, they headed straight to the jewelry store area.
This shopping mall is large and has many jewelry stores. In addition to several well-known big brand chain stores, there are also some niche brands and designer stores.
They began to investigate along the aisle. At this time, all the businesses had already started business. Smiling shop assistants stood upright at the door, their eyes following them.
In this situation, the only shop without lights on seemed out of place. Yue Ya quickly noticed it and walked over there with his companions.
There is a signboard with the words "Yinjian Jewelry" nailed on the wall at the entrance of the store. It is not very conspicuous because the lights are not on, but these few words speak for themselves.
What's more, Yue Ya saw a painting very similar to the photo at the door of this store.
This is an oil painting. From the style of the houses, it can be determined that the painting is also of Yinshi Village, but there is no woman's back in it.
Xiao Feng exhaled: "This is it, we have found the right place."
Yueya touches the picture frame and gets a prompt:
[This is an oil painting from life, expressing the artist's deep attachment to his hometown.]
This hint sounds meaningless, but also seems to be hinting at something.
The door of the jewelry store was glass, so he could see what was going on inside the store. The door was not locked. Little Bear pushed the door, but it didn't budge.
"The door won't open, but there are hints."
Yueya touched the door handle and also received a prompt.
[The lady boss of Yinjian Jewelry had a good relationship with the owner of a nearby watch shop. She would occasionally visit him with some good tea during work hours. But one day, she never went to the watch shop again, nor did she say hello to the owner. It was as if she had disappeared from the face of the earth...]
Yue Ya took back her hand and said, "Let's go find a watch shop."
There are only two watch shops on this floor, separated by only one commercial shop.
Yue Ya observed the two watch shops. One of them was very large, with two clerks standing at the door, and it was open for business as usual. The other was very small, with the lights on, but no one was there. The door was ajar, and through the glass door, one could see the full set of tea sets on the coffee table.
Since the tip says that the proprietress often brings tea to visit customers, this should be the shop that sells tea sets.
The door of the watch shop opened easily, and they entered without any waiter suddenly appearing.
The store is quite small indeed, and all four walls are covered with clocks of various styles. The sound of the hour hands moving echoes loudly, drilling into my head, making a buzzing sound.
In addition, there are some continuous low display cabinets in the store, which mainly display watches.
Yueya took a quick look around and found a wooden password box in one of the display cabinets.
He pushed open the small partition and walked inside, opened the cabinet and took out the password box. This box did not have a regular combination lock. It looked like a completely enclosed dead box with a small note stuck on it.
“The world, time and people are all moving forward, but I don’t want to move forward.”
What does this imply?
Xiaofeng and Xiaoxiong leaned over to look at the small note that Yueya had peeled off.
"Was this written by the owner of the watch shop or by Little Butterfly?"
"I think it should be a little butterfly."
Yueya thought for a moment and said, "This is a watch shop. This clue should be related to watches. I don't want to go forward, so I just want to stop here... to see if there are any broken watches."
"Okay." Yue Ya didn't notice anything unusual when the voice answered. When he realized that the tone was wrong, he immediately turned his head and saw a head with wet hair!
Noticing his gaze, the wet head turned towards him, revealing a pale face with no visible eyes.
It’s that loach ghost again!
[Fuck! This perspective scared me!]
[I was shocked. Why does this ghost keep appearing?]
[This ghost is looking at me, he is looking at me, my scalp is numb]
[Will he run away again this time? I'm so nervous!]
Yue Ya had worn out a lot of his patience due to these endless little games. When he saw the ghost face so close to him, he actually wanted to just go up and beat up the ghost head, but he knew that if he revealed such thoughts a little, the loach ghost would disappear again.
He secretly gestured to Feifei to hold it in for now, while he showed a frightened and panicked expression and held the camera in one hand. Xiaofeng and Xiaoxiong gasped after noticing that there was a ghost around them. Xiaoxiong made a whimpering sound of fear, but silently took out an iron rod...
The players were very panicked. The Loach Ghost felt confident and of course did not slip away immediately. He looked at the blood on Yue Ya's shoulder and smiled sinisterly.
The loach ghost stretched out his hand to Yue Ya, and at the same time, Yue Ya suddenly raised the camera and put it on the ghost face in front of him——
“Crack!”
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