Xu Zhaozhao let go of his hand and tried to break free from his embrace.
"Hehehe—"
In the quiet environment, unrestrained laughter suddenly filled the air in a 3D surround sound.
Very honest, very sincere.
Xu Zhaozhao shrank back again.
The sound of the wheels turning stopped, and exclamations of amazement rose from the surroundings.
"Great idea, organizer! I like it."
"Wow, I can't even imagine how happy I'll be when I'm jumping around!"
"It's time, you little devils, let's have some fun! Yay!"
...
The surrounding chatter reached Xu Zhaozhao's ears, slightly piquing her curiosity.
He reluctantly raised his head and looked at Gu Qingyan, "What did you put in? It's scary, scary!"
The latter question was what Xu Zhaozhao really wanted to ask.
If a lot of realistic fake corpses were pulled up... Xu Zhaozhao chose to suppress her curiosity.
"It's not scary, you can watch it yourself."
Gu Qingyan answered her question seriously and straightened her mask, which had been slightly askew from being rubbed against the ground.
It's not scary.
"Welcome to the City of a Hundred Ghosts, hehehe—"
Someone spoke up, and the atmosphere at the scene immediately became lively.
Gu Qingyan's words gave Xu Zhaozhao courage, and she slowly turned around and looked back.
He glanced at it briefly with one eye, and only after seeing nothing bloody or terrifying did he turn around with peace of mind.
Wow.
After seeing it clearly, Xu Zhaozhao couldn't help but sigh.
A huge stage was pushed to the center, with an enormous and exquisitely detailed skull on top, and a "ghost" dressed in a black robe floating on the skull.
Yes, drifting.
This "ghost" was suspended by wires, but it had no hands or feet; all that could be seen was a black robe and long hair that hung down beyond the robe.
I was more surprised than scared; I wondered what kind of high-difficulty move it took to do that.
Xu Zhaozhao glanced at him several more times.
The sound we just heard must have come from this "ghost".
As Xu Zhaozhao was watching intently, it moved, floating around in the air.
"The Ghost Festival is a time for all ghosts to revel!"
"Welcome, my ghost lords, to our carnival party! Woohoo!"
As it roared, the colorful ambient lights around the stage swayed wildly.
The people around him cheered in response, instantly igniting the passion of the crowd.
The humorous language dispelled some of Zhao Zhao's fear.
Sounds like a clubbing session!
It's her favorite!
But... dancing with a bunch of "ghosts"... is a novel experience.
After an energetic opening song, the game segment began.
"Before we start dancing, we'll play a little game and give out some small gifts."
The black robe on the skull floated up again, "It's called—The War Between Humans and Ghosts!"
Xu Zhaozhao's gaze lingered on the stage, which appeared somewhat normal in comparison, ignoring the tourists around her who were wearing special effects makeup.
The stage was set up to be very large, and could accommodate many people to play games.
First, several players were invited to act as "ghosts," and Xiao Kai excitedly pulled Gu Yulin onto the stage.
"We vampires can't be absent either!!"
The "ghosts" were intrigued to see the two children and, after obtaining Xu Zhaozhao's consent, tied a token to their wrists.
He officially qualified to be a "ghost".
"Our 'ghost' slots are full, so we're now recruiting 20 more 'humans'."
The little black-robed man spoke again, "The requirement is that the makeup cannot be too scary, so that it is indistinguishable from a ghost. Tourists who meet the requirements will be given priority on a first-come, first-served basis."
This is putting tourists in a difficult position.
Those who come here are all here for the Ghost Festival theme; it's as exaggerated as it gets, and everyone is a ghost.
After calling for a long time, people gradually went up, and in the end, only 18 people were gathered.
Xu Zhaozhao didn't want to go up and participate in any battle between humans and ghosts. She couldn't defeat the ghosts, so she could only lie down and not know whether she fell asleep or passed away.
"If we can't get enough people, our game can't start."
The little man in black kept exclaiming, "That's such a pity..."
The tourists looked around for someone and finally noticed Xu Zhaozhao and Gu Qingyan.
Their makeup is already very "human".
"Little Black Robe, there's someone here!!" A burly man next to them shouted loudly towards the stage.
His voice was loud, attracting a lot of attention, and even the large screen's camera focused on the two of them.
"Come up on stage!"
It's unclear who started it, but everyone around joined in the commotion.
"Come on stage! Come on stage! Come on stage!"
Xu Zhaozhao snuggled into Gu Qingyan's arms again.
What's the difference between this and when someone confesses their feelings and a bunch of people cheer and shout "Get together!"?
There is a slight difference; she is now surrounded and jeered by a group of "ghosts".
Gu Qingyan held her close, and the surrounding noise had no effect on him at all.
Just as he was about to say, "If you don't want to agree, then don't agree," Xu Zhaozhao stepped out of his embrace.
She took his hand and led him onto the stage, saying, "Make way."
Gu Qingyan was pulled along by her without struggling at all.
It just blocks someone when it's about to hit them, and then turns in the right direction.
They quickly reached the stage, and the jeers turned into cheers.
Faced with the choice between being surrounded by a bunch of ghosts and being surrounded by 20 ghosts, Xu Zhaozhao chose the latter.
Another very important reason was to celebrate Yu Yu's birthday, and she also wanted to go on stage and play with Yu Yu.
"Humans and ghosts are all here. Hehehe—"
The rules are simple: people have to snatch tokens from ghosts. These tokens offer different rewards, and whoever ends up with the token gets that reward.
Peace first, competition second. No fighting or shoving, and no stealing tokens from your own faction.
The little black-robed figure laughed again, "The war between humans and ghosts has officially begun!!"
As soon as the words were spoken, the two camps on the stage began to move.
When Xu Zhaozhao was holding Gu Qingyan's hand, she was quite bold, keeping her eyes open as she looked at Xiao Kai and Yu Yu, dodging and weaving through the crowd.
Because they are children, they look easy to bully, so people grab them and rob them.
But they made the wrong bet. The two children were agile and unrestrained, and they couldn't even touch the slightly cumbersome cloaks they were wearing.
Soon, they turned their attention to the adult ghosts. Neither side dared to make a move, and the situation remained deadlocked.
Just then, a somewhat chubby ghost, with a token tied to his back, appeared before Xu Zhaozhao.
If not now, when?!
Xu Zhaozhao released Gu Qingyan's hand, took two big strides, and quickly reached out to tear off the token!
"roar--!"
The moment it was ripped off, the fat ghost immediately turned around and roared at her, its two spring-loaded fake eyes almost hitting Xu Zhaozhao's face.
Almost instinctively, she gripped the token in her hand, closed her eyes, turned around, and rushed into Gu Qingyan's arms.
Even with my eyes closed, all I can see in my mind is that blood-covered face, with its eyes flailing...
Xu Zhaozhao was genuinely frightened, "Gu Qingyan..."
"I will protect you."
He stroked her hair, feeling her trembling body, his voice coaxing, "Can you call me 'baby' just once...?"
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