Chapter 299: Inhuman (107) (1st + 2nd) [VIP]
In the monitoring room of the visitor center, several guests gathered together. The person standing in the front to adjust the monitoring was an elderly middle-aged man. Judging from his appearance and skin, he should be a local who lived here before the resort was developed.
The person operating the surveillance camera moved the camera a few times and said to the guests and director behind him: "It's right here. Look at these two girls. They followed the people out from here."
The surveillance camera was a bit blurry, but it was clear that the last one of the three people walking on the road was the yellow-haired guy.
One of the two girls was carrying a brown bunny bear bag, and the other was wearing a bear ear headband commonly seen in amusement parks. Their recognizable features were very obvious.
During the tens of seconds they appeared in the surveillance video, the two people moved furtively and were observing their surroundings carefully. During this time, a street cleaner came from the fork in the road next to them. The two girls reacted strongly and ran back, hurriedly blocking in front of the "yellow-haired" man, staring at him motionlessly. After he passed by, they carefully looked around and made sure that there was no one around before moving away.
This set of actions seemed sneaky when viewed from the surveillance camera, and it would be obvious that they were trying to cover up the truth if they met face to face in real life.
During this time, the "yellow-haired" man who was surrounded by them did not make any expression. He just symbolically blocked his face when the two men rushed over.
"It feels like these two people are trying to prevent others from recognizing them as Huangmao," Xiaoying twitched her lips, "It's too obvious that they're looking around..."
"Indeed, he's even more alive than a live target," Hong Conghua silently complained, "If the person coming over wasn't the cleaner but a fan looking for Huangmao, it would be strange if they didn't notice Huangmao was here."
He was referring to the time when Hong Conghua called everyone over to confirm that the comic characters had really entered reality.
Of course, what was done specifically cannot be said here. Everyone looked at the time tacitly. Bai Jinshu compared the time when Hong Conghua sent the message with the time in the upper right corner of the surveillance video. Indeed, Huangmao was with everyone during this period of time.
Then the person appearing in the camera must not be Huangmao.
This video is after everyone has gathered and before the rides are destroyed.
"Did these two people walk forward? This section of your surveillance is..." Bai Jinshu identified the road.
The amusement park covers a large area. The cameras in the visitor center only cover the entire amusement park. The surveillance cameras and monitoring rooms in the oceanarium, swimming pool and ice rink are all independent inside the buildings, and are not on the same line as the surveillance in the amusement park.
"Go further ahead and you'll find the aquarium. This is the surveillance footage of the last two people to appear. We don't have the previous footage here, so we have to go to the aquarium to check." The security guard who was checking the surveillance footage looked at the yellow-haired man in surprise, "But didn't your people follow them? Don't you know where they went?"
"The problem is not me at all..." The yellow-haired guy rubbed his head. "If your surveillance was from another time period, it would be fine. But when they ran here, I was in the abandoned operating room with other people. There are witnesses."
"It's not you? Aren't you filming some show? Are you hiding your identity? The captain said earlier that if tourists chase you, you should be careful of a stampede," the security guard said in disbelief. "If it's not you, why are these two girls hiding?"
"It's definitely not him," Bai Jinshu shook his head and said, "During the period of time in the surveillance video, Huang Mao was with the five of us. The only person who appeared here at the same time could be someone else."
Several other people nodded as well.
Xiaoying even added: "Uncle, we are recording a variety show here. All actions are recorded by the cameras installed outside the puppet costumes. We don't need to lie to you. If we go back and check the footage from the cameras, we can confirm that Huangmao has never seen these two people."
"If you're worried, I'll just give it to you," the yellow-haired guy turned around and planned to play with himself. He removed his own camera from his costume, "You can just copy a copy here. I've never touched a computer, so I can't possibly tamper with it."
"That's not necessary..." The middle-aged security guard waved his hands repeatedly, "I just find it strange... You guys are not here, so who is the person walking with the two girls in the surveillance video?"
"Brother, could it be that this person is a stand-in sent by the production team to confuse the audience?" A younger security guard nearby interrupted, "I saw the official Weibo of the production team announced at noon today that you guys would be hiding in the amusement area. This person looks so much like Huangmao brother. Could it be that he was sent by the production team to confuse the audience?"
"You youngsters know this, I don't." The security guard put his hands behind his back and raised his chin. "Anyway, the surveillance cameras for the two girls who lost their phones are here. The fireworks are about to be set off, and the two girls haven't come to get their phones yet. If they don't come, the park will be closed."
"Um... could it be a stand-in? I didn't tell you for the sake of the show effect," the young security guard asked several guests. He looked to be in his twenties, exactly the target audience of the program team, and was more familiar with the Internet and variety show shooting than the middle-aged security guard. "Why don't you call the director?"
"No need to call. The production team didn't find a stand-in," Director Qiao came in hurriedly with his phone in hand, his brows furrowed. "Today's afternoon schedule was originally adjusted temporarily. There was no stand-in in the plan, and we didn't find one. Besides, the guests of the production team, except Er Si, are not from the entertainment industry. Even if we wanted to find one, we wouldn't be able to find one who looks this similar at this time."
"Our guests' entire actions are recorded here, and this incident has nothing to do with the guests," he pointed at the table, probably because he received some instructions after the phone call, and his attitude was tough. "Today, two consecutive surveillance videos showed people pretending to be guests committing crimes in real time. The program team has already called the police, and we are going to get to the bottom of it."
"I suspect someone is deliberately trying to cause trouble while the program is being recorded live," he said to the security guard and then looked at all the guests. "Today's recording ends here. The team will call the police to handle any subsequent incidents, including those who damaged the rides and those who pretended to be guests. We have already called the police for the two missing girls. All teachers, please return to the villa first."
Since the director said so, naturally no one would insist on finding out the truth.
As several assistants from the program crew and the driver arrived at the visitor center, the guests left quickly without saying anything.
The visitor center was some distance from the road. It was already completely dark, and tourists were heading towards the fireworks viewing area by the lake. There was no one around the visitor center.
"What do these people want to do?" Huang Mao asked in confusion as he walked. "They pretended to be us and destroyed the female amusement facilities. Now they pretended to be me and lured two fans away from the amusement park. They didn't even take their phones."
He frowned. "Will those two girls be okay? Is it possible that they have already returned to the hotel?"
Mostly it is impossible.
In modern society, mobile phones are like external organs of human beings, not to mention that if two young girls in their twenties lose their mobile phones, their first reaction will definitely be to find the staff in the amusement park to ask if anyone has picked it up. The next step is to go to the visitor center to look for the lost property.
Not to mention the radio was looking for them.
The only thing that could make two people ignore the broadcast and not actively look for their phones is something more important than the phone.
“That guy pretending to be me won’t pretend to be me and trick two fans into following him, right?” The yellow-haired man’s face was a little serious. “Oh no! If something goes wrong, even if it’s not my fault, I’ll feel guilty to death!”
"No one's in danger yet, don't think too much..." Hong Conghua quickly patted him, "Pooh, pooh."
"Puh, puh, puh!" Huangmao spat quickly, "What's going to happen if we follow this road down?"
"Go further..." Xiaoying stood in front of the amusement park guide map on the side of the road, shone a flashlight, pointed at a point on it and said, "That's the branch road leading to the aquarium, right? The surveillance camera was filming there."
"Just walk a little further..." Hong Conghua's fingertips extended a little further along the road, "Will we get out?"
The guide map in the amusement area shows that it ends at the boundary.
"Where do we go out from here?" Bai Jinshu frowned.
"Go out to the road," Herbiskus continued. "The map shows that there is a back door behind the aquarium. Go out and you will be on the road."
"Where did you get the map?" Huangmao asked curiously.
"Mobile map." Herbisk looked up.
"Let me see." Bai Jinshu moved closer and tilted his head to look at the phone screen in his hand.
On the screen was a map of the entire amusement area. He stretched out his hand and swiped a few times to fix the screen around the aquarium. Sure enough, he saw a "Southwest Gate" marked on the map.
But the color of this door is gray, and I don’t know whether it is open or not.
"I don't know if this door is passable," Herbisk added in his ear while holding the phone, "but this is the only way in this direction. The women's amusement area is a package ticket. To go to the aquarium, you can only go through the amusement park. If you want to leave the amusement park, you can only leave through several entrances and exits. If the surveillance camera can't capture their return route, then they are either still in the aquarium, or they have exited here to the road."
It would be much easier if it was in an oceanarium.
"What if we go out..." Bai Jinshu shook his head subconsciously to get rid of the strange atmosphere of being whispered in his ear, and continued to stroke upwards a few times, "What if we continue to go up from the road?"
The island where the resort is located is very large, and not all of the land has been fully developed. The amusement park is located far away from the beach and the densely populated area of resort hotels. Bai Jinshu remembered that one of the reasons why Director Qiao chose to advance the schedule here was that it was far enough away from the resort hotel where the incident occurred, and recording here could divert all the fans away from the scene of the incident, making it easier for the police to investigate.
However, there is more than just an amusement park in this area. The structure of the island is higher in the south and lower in the north. The amusement park is near the highest point of the resort. Next to it is the only hill on the island, which has also been developed into a tourist attraction.
At the end of the hill is a well-known check-in spot for internet celebrities, a large cliff leading straight to the sea. It is said that it is very photogenic throughout the day, especially sunrise and sunset. Many tourists come here specifically to take pictures during these two time periods. There are also professional photographers who choose to set up tripods here to take time-lapse photos. The scenic area has also specially marked out several best camera positions for tourists to take pictures.
The original schedule of the program included arrangements to watch the sunrise and sunset here, and this place was written on the itinerary of the program team that Bai Jinshu got.
Their thirteen-day schedule was more about promoting all the recreational activities in the resort than recording a program.
There are not many interesting places on the entire island. Most of them are beaches, cliffs by the sea, and tropical vegetation. Such landscapes can be seen everywhere in other nearby resorts. Moreover, the hotels in other resorts are cheaper than here. It can be said that this island has almost no competitiveness.
Apart from this, there is nothing else worth visiting nearby. The beaches and hotels that boast sea views are all on the other side of the island. To travel between the two ends of the island, apart from renting a car from a car rental agency, there is only a shuttle bus that runs every half an hour. Generally speaking, no tourists choose to walk there.
If they hadn't chosen to record the show here, the only people who would come here for vacation would be those who have money and free time and want to enjoy beaches with fewer tourists and more thoughtful services.
In other words, if the two girls and the unknown thing next to them wanted to go back to the resort, it would be impossible for them to walk back. They would have to take a taxi or the bus between the amusement park and the hotel.
"If you're on the mountain, you won't jump off the cliff, right?" Nianyu's AI read out these frightening words without any emotion.
"It shouldn't be possible," Hong Conghua frowned. "No matter what, this kind of cliff attraction must have staff and fences. How can they allow tourists to approach the edge of the cliff directly? Wouldn't that make it a suicide sanctuary?"
"Where could these two people go?" Huangmao touched his chin. "It's such a big island. If they leave the amusement area, the surveillance cameras won't be able to find them!"
After all, only places like amusement parks have enough space and sufficient economic benefits to support full coverage of surveillance. In other places on the island, there is only a surveillance camera every other section on the main roads and some main routes.
Xiaoying also frowned: "And why would these people choose us?"
"Maybe it's because of me..." Hong Conghua raised his hand and said weakly, "Because you are the closest to me?"
"Then why don't you pretend to be a staff member? Director Qiao is close to you, and the personal PD is even closer to you." Bai Jinshu hit the nail on the head, "Why do we have to be the six guests?"
"What is a personal PD?" Huangmao suddenly asked.
"The personal director, the one who always follows us," Bai Jinshu paused, "Don't you know who he is?"
Huangmao: “…I thought it was an assistant.”
Bai Jin said: "...How can there be an assistant who orders others around all the time?"
Huangmao touched the tip of his nose awkwardly: "Ah...oh, so that's it."
"Don't think too much about it for now," Nian Yu's AI said, "They might have gone to places like that mountain. Call Director Qiao later and ask them to check it out. We're not professionals, and if we go there, not only will we cause trouble, but we'll also have to be taken care of in return."
"Not to mention..." She paused meaningfully, "This may not be something the police can figure out."
Everyone looked at each other, and Huangmao shook Hong Conghua's shoulders in frustration: "Think about it again, have you really never drawn a villain like this? Think about what his weakness is? Is there a setting that he will die when he sees a cross and garlic?"
"No... it's not a vampire," Hong Conghua twitched his lips, "and I just looked through all the previous content. I am absolutely sure that I have never drawn a villain who would take on someone else's appearance and cause trouble."
"That can't be something that just appeared out of thin air, right?" Xiaoying frowned and thought for a long time, then suddenly shuddered, "Could it be that your comics have some extra villains that you haven't drawn before?"
"Uh... I'd rather believe that I forgot. I'd better read it a few more times. If that doesn't work, I'll ask the supporting actors if they remember such a person." Guan Hongyan said weakly.
"Don't turn it over anymore," Huang Mao grabbed Hong Conghua anxiously, "Please, hurry up and update the next chapter to send these ancestors away."
"I'll draw it right away!" Hong Conghua touched her hair, "I'll definitely do it tonight!"
"I hope you really must..." Herbisk looked at her slowly.
"Of course! Of course!" Under the pressure from the big boss in the economic circle, Hong Conghua smiled awkwardly, "I will stay up late tonight! Stay up late! I will finish the next chapter even if I die!"
"There's no need to die," Herbiskus said slowly, "just paint quickly."
Hong Conghua nodded rapidly, and the group got into the program crew's car and headed quickly towards the villa.
"By the way, isn't the next issue published half a month later?" Xiaoying suddenly remembered in the car, "Can you update it in advance if you finish drawing tonight?"
"I will just draw it as a short extra drama and post it on Weibo," Hong Conghua said confidently, "This way the protagonist is alive, and his life will not affect the development of the subsequent plot."
Everyone nodded and urged Hong Conghua to act quickly.
Xiaobai in the group chat also responded to Hong Conghua: [I don’t remember there is such a person. ]
[Someone is trying to pretend to be you and cause trouble? ]
Er Si: [To be precise, they pretended to be us. We are not sure if they were the ones who caused the damage. Currently, there is only one person pretending to be Huang Mao and took away two tourists.]
Huang Mao added: [And this group of people appeared in front of us and tried to lure us over. ]
Xiaoying also added for their reference: [He never spoke a word from beginning to end, and he probably can't speak. ]
The other party thought for a moment: [Okay, I understand. I will tell others. ]
In the nanny car, everyone put down their phones, looked at each other, and sighed to each other.
"After we go back, everyone should stay in front of the live camera, and don't leave the live camera even when sleeping," Herbiskus leaned back in his chair, opened his eyes and spoke, "If these people are really coming for us, then something bad will definitely happen tonight."
If these things were really meant to frame them, then the live broadcast camera would become the best prop to prove their innocence.
The worst case scenario is that something really happens tonight, and the perpetrator uses the faces of the six of them. At this time, the six people who were live streaming at the same time are cleared of suspicion. Even if the surveillance camera footage is eventually leaked, the news will only be that a fanatical fan used their faces to commit a crime.
As soon as he arrived at the villa, Hong Conghua ran quickly to his room and took out three large cups of coffee from the coffee machine on the first floor. It seemed that he really intended to stay up all night to finish the update of the extra chapter.
The rest of the people sat in the hall, ate a meal in front of the camera according to the previous assignment, and interacted casually with the barrage for more than half an hour.
The viewers in the barrage had no idea that the day was going to be turbulent. Many of them seemed to be tourists who were in the amusement park in the afternoon, and they were all asking where they had been in the afternoon.
Huangmao: "Inside the doll!"
He even improvised a verse: "You love me and I love you~ now you remember who I am!"
The barrage did not disappoint:
[Damn it, Snow King! ]
[Brother Huangmao, you are actually hiding in the sponsor's doll! I suspected that you were inside the doll, but how could it be the Snow King...]
[… Damn it, I went to buy Snow King’s new products. After buying them, I complained that Snow King was blocking the way and asked him to stand to the side…]
【Me too.】
[? Damn, then you guys just passed by Brother Huangmao.]
[Today, many people passed by Huangmao. After all, it was hot, and the prices of everything in the park increased. Only Snow King remained at the original price, and it could be filled with a lethal amount of ice.]
[I was talking to my friend about how there is also a Snow King here... How could it be you, Brother Huangmao! ]
【What about the others? 】
"As for the others..." Huangmao pinched his chin, "Nianyu is the little bee next to the bee flying machine, Xiaoying is the little white ghost in front of the haunted house, Ersi is the little dinosaur next to the dinosaur roller coaster, and Hesi is the little one over at the aquarium..."
He quickly changed his words under the other party's death gaze: "...big octopus!"
[Brother Huangmao, you are still so timid. ]
[I thought my 1,000-word essay had no chance of success, but now it seems that it is still possible.]
[What about chopped green onions? What are chopped green onions? Why are they not here? ]
[Conghua is working on her draft. She said she suddenly got inspired and went upstairs without even having dinner. She is live-streaming her draft on Weibo. This time she is really drawing.]
[What do you mean by really drawing this time? It's so funny. ]
[Because in the previous live broadcasts titled Drawings, when I clicked in, Conghua was watching videos or playing games, but this time I clicked in and she was actually painting, which was very touching.]
【It moved heaven and earth. 】
Bai Jinshu curled his lips beside him: "Anything else you want to ask?"
[Me, me, me! Look at me! Highlight!] Suddenly, a huge comment flashed across the screen.
"What is that?" Huangmao was stunned for a moment.
"You paid for it," Bai Jinshu said calmly, his lips moving slightly. "Have you never done a live broadcast? You can change your bullet screen by paying money. The more money you spend in a certain period of time, the larger the font size of the bullet screen. Many fans use this function to ask celebrities to turn over their cards. A few years ago, they even spent hundreds of thousands of dollars just to get the largest font size."
"No...no," Huang Mao was shocked. "Live streaming is so profitable?"
"So it was reported and banned," Bai Jinshu whispered, "and then the website had to change the rules so that the more money you spend, the longer you can stay. For example, if you spend 100 yuan, you can only stay for one minute, and if you spend 1,000 yuan, it will be 10 minutes."
"Hey, this guy spent quite a lot," Huangmao suddenly pointed at the latest pinned comment on the screen, "Ten minutes."
"She said..." Huang Mao read it for a while, "Is Ersi a little dinosaur? Strange, I suspected that the little dinosaur was a guest on the show. When I took a photo with it, I asked him to take off his headgear, but I found out that it was a staff member. Are there many staff members who played with the same dolls at the same time acting as stand-ins?"
The further he read, the lower Huangmao's voice became. By the end, he could no longer control himself and frowned in front of the camera.
impossible.
Director Qiao has already said that there is no stand-in in this afternoon's schedule. Whether it is a stand-in who looks like them or is dressed the same as them, there should not be any stand-ins.
The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't hide the shock on his face. Bai Jinshu quickly pulled the yellow-haired man and quickly grabbed the attention. He smiled and said, "Huh? I don't know if there is a substitute. No wonder no one recognized me this afternoon. I thought I pretended well. It turns out that my peaceful life is due to other dinosaurs carrying the burden for me."
"Be more restrained," he lowered his voice, "Don't show it in front of the camera."
The yellow-haired man blinked: "Okay...Okay."
He was obviously distracted, and after more than ten seconds he hurriedly left the camera under the pretext of pouring water.
Outside the shooting area, Huangmao finally couldn't control his shocked expression.
Where did the substitute come from?
Who is the other “little dinosaur” this person saw?
The author has something to say:
I clearly followed the outline, but it seems to be getting less and less fun the more I write. Damn it, my hands can't control themselves and turn everything into a brain-burning suspense story.
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