Chapter 037 Chapter 37

Under the live camera, the scene that had happened at the night market before was repeated.

But compared to the night market, people were not so panicked and ferocious. Among the more than 100 tourists, only more than 20 were turned into paper puppets. After getting more than 20 puppets, the paper puppets stopped.

The paper man stood on the top of the pavilion, holding a stack of small paper men in his hands, looking down at the tourists fleeing in all directions, his eyes full of contempt as if he were looking at ants.

The tourists screamed and ran down the mountain, not realizing that they had left the area of ​​the ghost wall.

"Boring." The paper man turned and left.

The live camera synchronization is disconnected.

At the same time, the world turned upside down twice, but the people who escaped knew nothing. They only stared at their feet and rushed forward, and did not notice that the world had been changed twice. The only ones who noticed the change were Qin Yi and others who stayed on the observation deck.

It felt as if the world before my eyes flashed slightly. The weed-covered observation deck was immediately paved with clean tiles, the rotten and collapsed stalls were restored to their new state, and the surrounding trees seemed to have grown stronger.

Someone realized something and immediately took out his cell phone. Seeing the almost full signal, he almost cried with joy.

The next second, the phone rang, followed by a barrage of text messages and social media notifications.

Not only one person's cell phone rang, but most of the people present received the call.

Received care from relatives and friends.

"Hello? Mom? I'm fine, don't cry. Huh? Live broadcast? What do you mean by 'I can be recognized as me even if I turn into ashes'?! Okay, we are all fine. Um... We are alive and well."

"Brother, um, I'm fine. Mom and Dad don't know, right? I just told you that I came to climb the mountain. Girlfriend? We broke up. I know it's dangerous, but I think this is the only way to survive. I don't blame her, I hope she won't get into trouble if she chooses to go down the mountain."

"Aunt? You looked like me in the live broadcast? Ah, it's me. I was unlucky to be dragged into this. My leg bone seems to be broken. Don't tell my dad, just say... I fell down the stairs."

"Teacher Li, I'm sorry that I led the whole class on an autumn outing and this happened. The students are all fine, um, probably. Bai Lin and the others came down the mountain halfway, so they should be fine. I understand."

After the disaster, everyone had a lot to say to their friends and family. Some people didn't receive calls, probably because their friends and family didn't know they were climbing here and they weren't the audience pulled in by the live broadcast. Some people called home to cry about the disaster, while others didn't want to tell the people around them that they were involved in the disaster, and didn't want them to worry.

But soon, everyone had to end the call within two minutes because the huge rumbling sound completely covered up the voices. They could only helplessly say to their relatives and friends on the other end of the phone that they would contact them later and then hung up.

The helicopter descended.

The rescue team led by Yu Miaoqing got off the helicopter. She looked around at the tourists who were sitting or lying on the observation deck, and then her eyes fell on Qingtong and walked towards him.

After Yu Miaoqing appeared, Qingtong immediately learned her identity from the system: Yu Miaoqing, the person in charge of the temporary weird response department established by Heng City, female, 38 years old, married, her husband is a businessman, she has a pair of twin sons in junior high school, and her favorite food is super spicy Sichuan cuisine...

Qingtong: Such detailed information is not necessary.

When the woman walked towards him, Qingtong had a look of fatigue on his face and he wanted to clench his fists consciously, but he relaxed immediately after moving them for a moment.

"I'm Yu Miaoqing from the Weird Response Department." The woman showed her ID. "Tell me what happened here."

Qingtong was a little slow to react, and after some hesitation, he said, "I heard them say on the phone that it was live broadcast... Didn't you see the live broadcast?"

Yu Miaoqing frowned: "The live broadcast was not comprehensive, and it was released in a strange way. I don't think I can trust it completely. I still need to ask for your testimony."

Qingtong said "oh". Before she could say anything, she was interrupted by a voice.

"There are still people below the observation deck!" Lu Shuyun ran over and excitedly pulled Yu Miaoqing's arm, "And in the temple, that...he..."

Lu Shuyun's voice gradually became quieter, and the one inside... could only collect the body.

"I know." Yu Miaoqing whispered comfortingly, "All the rescue workers have gone." Including the post-mortem personnel who collected the bodies.

As soon as he finished speaking, a staff member ran over and said, "Captain, there is nothing in the temple!"

"Nothing?" Yu Miaoqing asked in disbelief, "Have you confirmed it?"

"Yes, it's clean." The staff member walked over to Yu Miaoqing and whispered, "We also tested the bloodstain reaction, and found nothing."

Yu Miaoqing's face turned ugly. The body was gone? Not even a drop of blood?

This makes it difficult to determine the number of deaths and their identities, and it is impossible to contact their families.

Thinking of the scene at the end of the live broadcast where paper people appeared and turned many people into puppets and took them away, Yu Miaoqing felt even more headache.

Originally, it was difficult to check the identity of the tourists who went up the mountain today because the park did not use the real-name system for ticket purchases. In addition, the free ticket system for the elderly and children made it impossible to determine the number of missing people and the number of deaths...

"We can only investigate from the family members..." Yu Miaoqing sighed, "Anyway, let's focus on finding the tourists trapped on the mountain first, take away the injured first, count the number of trapped people and their identities, and leave their contact information."

After saying that, he looked at Qingtong and said, "Let's start with you registering first, and we can talk about other things later."

Qingtong nodded and left his name, phone number and ID number.

After the registration was completed, rescue workers came to check Qingtong's body. These brave warriors who faced the strange things were the key care targets. Even if no external injuries were found, they were taken to the hospital for more detailed examinations.

About two hours later, Qingtong, who had completed a series of examination procedures, sat in the hospital lounge and looked at the fat boy Li Wen opposite him.

Li Wen: “How is it?”

Qingtong: "It's not a big deal, just a scratch. It will be fine in a few days with some medicine. How about you?"

Li Wen looked up at the ceiling: "It's just a soft tissue contusion and a knee strain. It will heal with rest."

Qingtong hummed.

Li Wen continued to look at the ceiling: "Lao Qin, you are so slow."

"He is the class monitor. He will definitely not feel at ease until the test results of other students are out." Qingtong said in a low voice.

Li Wen hummed.

The two of them continued to sit in the lounge in silence. About ten minutes later, Qin Yi, with a white bandage tied on his head, entered the lounge. Behind him were classmates such as Guan Haoguang and Qian Zhi. Those who had difficulty moving supported each other and sat down.

"Lao Qin, what's wrong with your head?" Li Wen was shocked.

Qin Yi walked to the chair opposite Li Wen and sat down: "You must have scratched yourself on a stone when you fell. There is an injury on the back of your head. I applied some medicine."

"The squad leader's head was shaved in an area, and he has a bald spot now." Qian Zhi said with a grin.

Qingtong: "When was he injured?"

"I don't know." Qin Yi took out a bottle of water from his bag and took a sip. "Maybe I fell while running? I didn't feel any pain, and I couldn't care about those things at that time." Because the wound was not big and not much blood was flowing, it had not been discovered before.

Bai Lin said, "Teacher Li said that he has rented a car for us. After the examination, those who don't need to be hospitalized can take the car back to school. The others will be arranged after we arrive at school."

Li Wen: "Is there anyone who needs to be hospitalized?"

"No." Qin Yi replied, "They are all minor injuries and do not require hospitalization."

"Let's go back early." The girl with the ponytail said, "The hospital is now full of tourists who were trapped and rescued. It's a mess. Many people can't get a doctor's appointment. Because we faced the weirdness, we were put at the front of the line and had priority examination, so we were able to finish first."

Guan Haoguang then said, "Among those who fought with us, only three people needed to be hospitalized. On the contrary, many of those who escaped early were hospitalized, and one was seriously injured."

Qingtong: "Huh? Seriously injured?" He really didn't know that.

It shouldn't be that serious. The weirdness was only concentrated in the observation deck and the temple. Other places were just blocked from leaving. Nothing happened. Although the paper man at the end caused a commotion, he was always watching the whole scene. Some guys who wanted to push and shove were turned into puppets and taken away by him. Later, the people dispersed and there was no big problem. The paper man left.

Where did the seriously injured people come from?

"There was a dispute at the top of the mountain, and one of the men stabbed the other with a knife."

Qingtong: ...

"Ah? Why?" Li Wen asked.

Qian Zhi said: "I inquired about it. It was said that a tourist brought his own fruit. When he was eating the fruit, a child brought by another tourist wanted some and reached out for it. The tourist refused to give it to him, so the child's parents started a fight with the tourist who was eating the fruit, and the child accidentally stabbed the tourist with a knife."

Qingtong: ...

He doesn't understand.

Although it happened to be noon, it only took two or three hours from the time the map was closed to the time everything was over. Why was it so long? They, who were fighting with the weirdos, could still hold on. Would the tourists hiding on the mountain road be forced to this point?

This is not his problem, it's the tourist's problem.

Li Wen: "Who was seriously injured?"

"The child's parents," Qian Zhi replied. "The wounds were dirty. He didn't die, but he has to stay in bed for a few months. He was the one who started the fight."

Qingtong: Not worthy of sympathy at all.

A person who acts so radically would surely cause trouble one day, even if he hadn't been trapped in a maze this time.

"Among the tourists we rescued, he was the only one seriously injured." Lu Shuyun whispered, "But many people died..." Her face was filled with sadness.

No one spoke, and the air seemed to freeze.

Qingtong lowered his head. In fact, those who died were the NPCs he set up, just illusions controlled by the weird little girl, but they didn't know it.

A notification sound came from the message group. Qin Yi picked it up and took a look: "Teacher Li said that the car to pick us up has arrived. Let's go back to school."

Everyone nodded and left the lounge in silence.

Qingtong was walking at the back and felt the cell phone in his pocket vibrating. He took it out and took a look at it, then raised his brows slightly.

It turned out to be a message from his half-sister Qingxia: There is a person in the weird live broadcast who looks very much like you, is it you?

Qingtong: Hmm?

Qingtong, who was walking behind her classmate, quietly asked the system: System, the audience brought in by the live broadcast does not include minors, right?

The system immediately replied: "Of course, the viewers pulled in by the weird live broadcast are all over 18 years old and under 48 years old, and they are all healthy and have strong psychological stress resistance."

Qingtong: Then why did my twelve-year-old sister see it?

System: "After investigation by our system, we found that she was watching the live broadcast on her classmate's sister's computer."

Whether the audience who are pulled into the live broadcast will call their friends to watch together is not within the management scope of the system.

Qingtong: I understand.

There was another ding-dong sound, and it was Qingxia’s text message: I told Dad.

Qingtong: ...Ah.