For two hours, the program crew gathered in the shrine at the entrance of the village.

At this moment, the sky outside was already dim, and the warm yellow street lights cast mottled shadows of the trees, like ferocious ghosts with bared fangs and claws.

"This is the statue that the villagers fished out. I don't know what it's made of..."

In the shrine, the incandescent lamp hanging from the top of the beam emitted a dazzlingly bright light, and the village chief Chen Zhigang introduced the origin of the statue in a faint voice.

The guests of the program were listening and looking around the statue, and then they noticed a detail: the whole statue was so lifelike.

Whether it is its expression or its movements, it looks like a real living person at first glance.

Dead creatures that resemble humans, this is the most common and most intuitive horror. Many guests shrank their necks and felt uneasy in their hearts, but they had to force themselves to be brave.

[Hahahaha, it's really interesting to see the guests get scared. This statue is really creepy.]

[The director is also a ruthless person. He always finds such a haunted place. Last time it was a village deep in the mountains, and this time it was a statue on the seaside. The program was made with great care, but he didn't care about the life and death of the guests! ]

[Hahahaha, the above summary is so accurate. However, the director dares to go bigger and bigger. I guess he has a master to back him up. Otherwise, the entire production team would have been sent to the old village last time.]

As soon as we entered the shrine, the program had already started its official recording, still in the form of live broadcast. Netizens who had not watched enough in the morning now swarmed into the live broadcast room.

Then they were happy because they could enjoy watching the guests turn blue with fear and try to stay calm.

This kind of God's perspective effect is very suitable for watching the fun.

Just as they were enjoying themselves to the fullest, a crisp voice rang out.

"Uncle, do you usually worship it?"

The person who spoke was none other than Yaoyao.

She was holding a bottle of AD calcium milk in her hand, and she took a sip in between speaking and asking questions.

The reason I asked this was because on the stone platform in front of the statue, there was some wax left over from the burnt-out candles.

Yaoyao reached out and touched it. There were a few lumps that had not yet solidified. She pressed and left a little finger print.

"Director Yang, is this also a contestant on your show?"

Chen Zhigang was speaking excitedly when he was suddenly interrupted. He couldn't help but look over here and then he was stunned.

Because the person who was speaking was actually a little baby with two pigtails on his round head, looking extremely cute.

Under normal circumstances he would definitely be happy, but now he asked the program team to solve the problem himself.

Anyone would think too much if they were to bring a little baby along at a time like this.

"Yes, this is also our player..."

"Although he is young, don't worry, Village Chief. Our contestant has great abilities."

The director said with a smile.

How could he not hear the doubt in the latter's words, so he told the truth sincerely.

Of course, whether the latter believes it or not is not important, because he is telling the truth.

And to be honest, they are here to help, not to answer your questions, so why would they care so much about you?

Chen Zhigang looked suspicious, but in the end he didn't ask anything. After all, he had been informed in advance.

If someone really dies, you can't blame yourself.

He nodded and said, "Since the statue came into the village, many strange things have happened. The village witch said that the statue was not worshipped, so the gods punished it!"

"So, on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month, villagers would come to burn incense and worship. After doing so, the number of missing persons has indeed decreased."

Although the fundamental issues of missing children and crying babies have not been resolved, there has been some effect.

The villagers seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. In addition to the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month, they would also come to worship, trying to impress the statue with their sincerity and thus avoid disaster.

Their village has a tradition of offering sacrifices to gods. They burn incense and pray for safety before going out to sea. This place was originally a shrine to the god of water...

Later, a homeless person who came from nowhere tried to keep warm in the temple during the winter, and a fire broke out.

When the villagers discovered it, the tablet of the Water God had been burned. They repaired it and were preparing to re-erect the tablet.

Then, some fishermen discovered the fish-man statue.

The timing of the statue's arrival was too coincidental. The old people in the village speculated that this statue had won the battle with the original "Water God" and now came to occupy the faith of Shuixin Village.

"Is there any problem with this?" Chen Zhigang asked subconsciously.

When he came to his senses, he found it funny again. He actually asked a question to a little kid. He was so anxious that he lost his mind!

Just when he was thinking about how to change the subject, Yaoyao's voice rang out again.

This time, his words made his hair stand on end.

"Of course there is a problem, because you are not praying to the gods, but submitting your allegiance to the evil spirits!"

"For those who burn incense, their life and death will be determined by this statue!"

After hearing the answer from the village chief, Yaoyao's guess was confirmed and she slowly withdrew her gaze from the statue.

Her chubby little face was full of solemnity.

Because this statue is a real big ghost, it may even have reached the level of a ghost general. Not only that, it is also very smart.

It does not kill people directly like ordinary evil spirits, but instead bewitches and lures people to worship it. The incense and candles lit by the worshippers are just a decoy.

They are the real sacrifices. There are rules in the Yin and Yang worlds, and one cannot make promises to ghosts and gods.

Because once a promise is made, the heaven and earth will respond, and then the ghosts and gods can use the oath to kill people without being affected by cause and effect.

This is also the characteristic of the Tao - nothing is absolute.

No matter what, there will always be an exception in the operation of the Great Dao, whether it is for ghosts and gods, or for all living things.

This evil ghost is taking advantage of loopholes, which shows that it has a big agenda. Because it does not practice cause and effect, the probability of it breaking through to a higher realm will become extremely high.

Therefore, the Xuanmen people are not afraid of evil spirits harming people. As long as they do not restrain themselves from harming people, their growth will be within a controllable range.

What they fear most are smart and cruel evil spirits, who know how to avoid disasters and hide away to practice.

When the situation becomes serious, it will truly bring disaster to the world, and this evil ghost is the best among its kind.

"You little kid is always talking nonsense. If what you said is true, shouldn't those who worship diligently die faster?"

"But they are all alive and well, and those who are in trouble basically don't worship!"

Chen Zhi was initially shocked by the term "pledge of allegiance", but when he thought about it carefully, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

Although now that everyone has prayed, the disappearances have become "random", but those in the earliest batches have never had any problems, which is inexplicable.

After hearing his rebuttal, the rest of the program crew looked over, they also wanted to know the reason.

Upon hearing this, Yaoyao tilted her head and spoke in a baby voice.

"Uncle, you are so stupid!"

"If they were dead, would you still believe that kowtow would work? Yaoyao never said that if you kowtow, you will be eaten immediately!"

Just like myself, I will save the best food for last.

The crisp voice of this little baby made the people present and the netizens in the live broadcast room blush, feeling completely embarrassed.

After all, they couldn't even figure out such a simple truth. They must have lived in vain all these years.