Internet celebrity check-in spot
It took less than half an hour to cut Hei Wuchang's hair. After they finished packing, they officially started a new day and reported to the red spider lily experimental field to work.
After returning from the red spider mites nest yesterday, they immediately started planting the transplanted fluorescent grass. It was dark when they finished planting, and they didn't have time to see how the red spider lilies were growing.
According to Tian Baozhu's prediction, the red spider lilies are likely to bud and bloom today. After two attacks and nibblings by spider mites, there may not be many red spider lilies left.
"I wonder if the fluorescent grass we transplanted from the spider mite nest can play a role in preventing and controlling it?"
"When we get to the Higanbana field later, you'll understand if it's useful or not."
"I went to the fields twice and saw those thick spider silks. I was really scared." Tian Baozhu still has lingering fears.
But thinking about how she and Hei Wuchang went deep into the red spider's nest yesterday and killed the queen and piles of eggs, even if there were still remnants of their forces in other places, they should be able to feel more at ease in the short term thanks to the protective work they had done before and the help of the underworld employees.
When they reached Huangquan Road, they saw the helpers busy at work from a distance. Tian Baozhu greeted them from a distance: "Thank you for your hard work, we are here."
The employees also saw Tian Baozhu and greeted her one after another, then they looked at Tian Baozhu's side.
They were already used to seeing the new generation of Bai Wuchang and Hei Wuchang appear together, and now that there was a strange man following Tian Baozhu, they felt very strange.
One of the employees was quick-witted and asked, "Master Bai Wuchang, why isn't Master Hei Wuchang here with you today?"
Tian Baozhu looked at Hei Wuchang and saw that he was speechless about the employees' questions, so she smiled.
"See, I said it would be refreshing for others."
Tian Baozhu turned back and explained to the employee, "This is our Lord Black Impermanence. You don't recognize him after he cut his hair. Isn't he a big change?"
Tian Baozhu's explanation caused all the employees to gather around Hei Wuchang and stare at him. Was this man with delicate features and a calm demeanor really the Lord Hei Wuchang, whom they usually didn't dare approach or talk to for fear of upsetting him?
But what he was wearing was indeed the black work clothes of the ghost messenger that only the Black Impermanence of the underworld could wear, and Lord Bai Wuchang was standing beside him to testify for him.
Even so, their rusty heads still couldn't understand it. They circled around him, watching him, and whispered to each other about how he was different from the Black Impermanence in their "impression".
"Are you so idle? Go back to your posts." Hei Wuchang said coldly.
It really is the voice of Lord Hei Wuchang!
But when spoken from this face, even the coldest tone can become "the spur of love."
Hei Wuchang looked at the group of employees who smiled and said "OK" in confusion. Why were they not afraid of being laughed at after being scolded?
He didn't know what the employees were thinking at the moment. Compared to the "cold version" with an aura of 2.8 meters that kept people away, they preferred the "softer version" of Lord Hei Wuchang in front of them.
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The employees once again devoted themselves to their work with passion. Tian Baozhu and others went into the red spider lily field to see how the red spider lilies were growing.
Just as Tian Baozhu had envisioned, the red spider lilies' buds swelled, swelling with the imminent prospect of blooming, their eagerness evident. Tian Baozhu looked from near to far, "What a beautiful sight it would be if all these flowers bloomed together."
They then looked at the fluorescent grass transplanted into the flower fields. Perhaps due to improved fertilization and the improved environment, unlike the miniature form of a few centimeters in the cave, it now grew to the height of reeds similar to what Tian Baozhu had seen in the human world. The fluorescent grass, even as tall as the red spider lilies, dotted the flowers. When the breeze blew, it gently drifted among the flowers, adding a touch of gentle beauty.
The red spider lilies and fluorescent grass were growing well, and there was no sign of red spider mites anymore. Tian Baozhu felt very relieved that their efforts had not been in vain.
"For so many days, we have built this field of red spider lilies from scratch. Looking at the physical bodies of these flowers and plants in the underworld, they are so beautiful that they don't seem real."
"I feel like it's a dream too." Hei Wuchang also sighed.
From borrowing seeds, finding fertilizers, clearing land, sowing seeds, to pest control, they have always put in their hard work in every step. How can they not be happy when the work they participated in is finally about to bloom?
Tian Baozhu looked at the swaying flowers on the other side of the river, her heart surging, as if they were blooming along with her own heart.
With a snap, Tian Baozhu seemed to hear the sound of flowers blooming.
It wasn't her illusion.
The red spider lilies are blooming! All at the same moment!
The red spider lilies really look like new lives breaking out of their shells, eager to unfold from their curled-up sleeping positions. They sway and spread out one after another, and at a glance, the flower field instantly becomes a beautiful red carpet.
If you focus your eyes on just one plant, you will see that it is isolated and lonely, charming and cold.
If you focus your eyes on one spot, you'll see dozens of them swaying together, vying for your full attention, their beauty impossible to ignore. It's like a sea of fire, burning away the loneliness.
"Senior, they are so beautiful. Our efforts have really paid off..." Tian Baozhu choked up slightly when she finished speaking.
"Yes, it's beautiful, very beautiful." There is no need to say more at this moment. No matter how many embellishments are used, they will only seem pale. Only they know that the difficulties along the way are comforted at this moment when the flowers are in full bloom.
Hei Wuchang's vision became reality. He had cut his hair short, and his vision was no longer obscured by his overlong gray bangs. She was beside him in a sea of bright red red spider lilies. He could clearly see the smile on her face, brimming with life, as she ran over to celebrate with a group of employees.
This moment will be etched in his memory for a long, long time.
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A new day has arrived.
As soon as Tian Baozhu and Hei Wuchang went down to the first floor, an employee started shouting:
"Oh no! Lord Bai Wuchang! Lord Hei Wuchang! Something happened!"
They were low-level employees and didn't dare go upstairs, so they could only wait downstairs.
Tian Baozhu recognized him as an employee of the underworld who was helping in the red spider lily field.
"What's wrong?"
Then she seemed to realize something and said in surprise: "Starscream is back again?!"
"That's not it. The spider mites haven't appeared since you planted that new grass."
"Oh, as long as it's not Starscream, there's nothing to be afraid of. What happened? Why are you so anxious?"
"Those ghosts who were waiting to be reincarnated in the Stone Mountain have launched a massive attack on our red spider lily fields!"
"Aren't you guarding them? And there's a grandfather who promised to help me watch over them. I also drove back the sporadic ghosts that came in a few days ago. How many more people are there now?"
"Yeah, we could control it originally, but they looked at the flowers and grass, swaying along with the rhythm of the wind. Suddenly, they stood up from the rocky mountain! Then, they suddenly walked down from the mountain and started singing!"
"Singing? What are they singing?" Hei Wuchang asked with a frown.
"The songs they sang were all kinds of different, such as 'You are my rose, you are my flower'; 'A cut of winter plum blossoms standing proudly in the snow'; 'The little yellow flower in the story', etc. They sang them in a mess, and they sang all kinds of songs with flowers in the lyrics, but it was obvious that ours was the red spider lily." Several employees rushed to complain to them.
A Bull Head employee added:
"Some even ran into the flower fields, saying they wanted to check in and show the flowers to their families on earth. They were unwilling to be driven away and said we were enclosing the land."
Tian Baozhu couldn't believe what they said. Is this still the ghost she knew?
Didn't the ghosts she knew sit on the rocky hills, completely lifeless? Now, just from what the employees were saying, it was like someone going on a trip just to take photos and check in, ignoring the scenic area's restrictions. And then there was the uncivilized behavior of trampling on the red spider lily fields. Absolutely not.
The precious red spider lilies that they have worked so hard to grow cannot be trampled and harmed so easily.
Tian Baozhu was also anxious. She urged: "Hurry up, let's go over there and see what's going on."
When they reached the Yellow Springs Road, they saw, as expected, many times more ghosts than usual, darting through the fields of red spider lilies. They seemed incredibly agile, leaving the staff on duty scrambling. As soon as they chased away a ghost from one end, another appeared. Some were so outrageous that they didn't even cross the flowers, but instead stepped directly on them.
Some, with their hair loose and claws bared, danced in the flower fields, saying to their "photographers": "Make me look more ghostly. I'm going to send this to my ex-boyfriend who made me jump off the building. Scare him to death! Let him experience the real pure prison-style photos, pure hell. Hahahaha."
Others picked a red spider lily and took it in their hands, then took a selfie video, saying affectionately: "My dear, I miss you so much here. There is no one to serve me. I can't do anything well. I'm waiting for you."
These chaotic scenes made Tian Baozhu speechless and angry. These ghosts trampled on and picked the red spider lilies purely for their own selfish desires. Tian Baozhu stepped forward and used the spirit-calling bell to ask them to go back to the stone mountain. Finally, she drove back the ghosts who disobeyed the rules and entered the flower field within her sight.
Tian Baozhu cleaned up the damaged flower fields and picked flowers with great pain. How could these ghosts treat the fruits of their labor like this?
Tian Baozhu sighed again and again, and Hei Wuchang, who was helping to deal with them, said, "These ghosts won't listen to just warnings. We still need to use some tricks."
"No, no need? It's not that serious..." Tian Baozhu was shocked. She just wanted the ghosts to leave the flower field. She thought it would be better not to use Hei Wuchang's "trick".
She thought of another question.
"But isn't there no electricity in the underworld? How can they use their cell phones and cameras?" Tian Baozhu was curious. Could it be that they had some new equipment that she, who had been in the underworld for a long time, didn't know about?
A Niutou employee said, "These are burned cameras and cell phones. Unlike real cameras used in the human world, they don't use batteries or charging to work, but rather brain waves. The images captured by these cameras and cell phones can be transmitted through dreams if ghosts so desire."
Oh, this is so novel.
"I saw some ghosts didn't have cell phones, and I thought every ghost had one."
"Of course that's impossible. Those with cell phones have to see if anyone burns something for them in the human world. After the corresponding items are burned in the human world, they will be collected and brought to the underworld market. This is our official market, and then they will be distributed uniformly. Only those whose names are called are eligible to take them."
"So...what about those ghosts who don't have cell phone cameras but want to take pictures?"
"Oh, you're curious about this. Wasn't there a ghost taking a photo of another ghost just now? This is a ghost renting someone else's phone camera to take the photo, acting as her own photographer. After she gets the photo, she uses her brain waves to transmit it to the person she wants to see it in the human world."
"Do these ghosts use this place as a check-in point?"
"Yes, now this place has become a popular check-in spot. With so many ghosts, it's hard for us to stop their behavior. The patrol officers are outnumbered, and the Yellow Springs Road is too long. If we stop them here, they will slip away to the other side, so there will always be places we miss."
Ghosts are more difficult to control than red spiders. Red spiders can be removed, but ghosts cannot.
"How could it have changed so much overnight..." Tian Baozhu asked, "Did you notice anything unusual before?"
"No, Lord Wuchang, yesterday was just like any other day. Suddenly, today it became so strange that we are too busy to handle it."
Only by finding out the reasons can we better prevent and curb their behavior.
"Hmm..." Just as Tian Baozhu was thinking of a solution, she heard an old man's voice not far away shouting at the top of his lungs.
"Everyone, please don't go in, and don't go in outside either. Let's go back and sit down. Wouldn't it be nice to enjoy the sea of flowers on the stone mountain? The flower fields that the underworld has painstakingly cultivated are about to be ruined by you!"
But his voice could not reach the ears of the ghosts who had crossed the line, and was instead drowned out by the boisterous laughter.
Wasn't the old man who was trying to dissuade me the same old man who raised roses? I remember he promised to help me keep an eye on the ghosts, and he really kept his word.
But what were these ghosts doing? Bullying an old man in broad daylight?
Tian Baozhu strode towards them.
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