Legend has it that people walk on the road of humanity and ghosts walk on the road of ghosts.
In the daytime, people walk among the heaven, earth, mountains and rivers. Under the sun, all evil spirits recede.
At night, after sunset, the yin becomes heavier, strangers retreat, and all ghosts come out.
If you want to compete with ghosts and ghosts at night, you might as well light a lantern.
With light, you can see people, objects and roads clearly.
People carry lanterns for illumination; ghosts also carry lanterns for guidance.
The lonely ghosts who have died in a foreign land must follow the call of their relatives and friends to return home; the souls who have died in vain wandering around the world must be locked into the netherworld by ghosts.
Some want to be reincarnated, and some want to return to their souls. They come and go on the ghost road, crowded and bumpy. They need to light a green lantern in front to guide them so they don't go astray.
The green lantern that leads the way is what people often call will-o'-wisps, swaying in the dark night and going with the wind.
Travellers traveling at night must ask ghosts for help, and be careful not to bump into the ghosts on their way, otherwise they will unknowingly go astray and get lost.
A light that is too bright is a kind of "collision". If the light is brighter than the will-o'-the-wisp that leads the way, the confused ghosts will not be able to see the will-o'-the-wisp and will only see the lamp lit by the person.
They follow the light and don’t know where they are going. When they find out that they are going the wrong way, they will completely turn into evil ghosts that the world will not accept.
Therefore, travelers who carry a lantern should not light the lantern too brightly, and secondly, they should always pay attention to the color of the candlelight.
If the flame suddenly turns green, it means that the ghost is following.
The lamp is no longer a lamp in the world of the sun, but has become a green lamp that guides ghosts.
The lantern holder must send the ghost to its destination in time, otherwise he will be haunted by the ghost for a lifetime.
......
Qisi was leaning on the bed, flipping through the torn and tattered "Netherworld Record".
Lin Chen sat next to him, wrapped in a quilt, and stretched his head to look at the records on it curiously.
“No wonder the lanterns in our hands are so dark at night. Is it because we are afraid that we will bump into ghosts?”
He made a guess and then rejected it on his own: "No, I remember that the brightness of the lanterns in the mountains and forests outside the town is normal, and I can still see the text clearly through the light.
"After entering Yanghua Town, it It's so dark that I can't even see the words clearly..."
After loading the dungeon, the player appears in the mountain forest outside Yanghua Town. The time is late at night; after entering the town, the time changes to daytime, and then It darkens rapidly in just a few hours.
Most humans need comparison to have a concept of light and darkness. It is difficult for ordinary people to judge the brightness changes of lanterns when natural light continues to change.
No one knows exactly when the light of the lantern dimmed. At most, they know that the characters can be read clearly by the light of the lantern outside the town, but not inside the town
Qisi lowered his eyes and looked at the book in his hand, and said calmly: "If I feel correctly, the lantern in my hand seemed to become lighter the moment I entered the town. I wonder if you have similar feelings."
< br>Lin Chen subconsciously began to recall the scene when he entered the town.
He didn't notice it at the time. Thinking about it now, he only had a vague impression, but he couldn't be sure whether the lantern had become lighter or not.
However, since Zisdu said that, it must be right, right?
Lin Chen looked at the lamp on the bedside table and said uncertainly: "I did have a strange feeling at the time, but I couldn't remember the specifics. This lantern... does seem to be a little different."
Qisi nodded to express his understanding, his expression was solemn and non-committal.
Lin Chen moved his eyes away from the lantern and fell on the window.
When his thoughts touched a certain point, he became uneasy: "Brother Qi, do you think the residents of Yanghua Town have turned into ghosts long ago? Could those outside... be theirs? "Corpse?"
"Maybe." Qisi turned his back to Lin Chen, "We might be able to find out some information by asking the townspeople tomorrow morning." Uh-huh! But... what if they refuse to tell us?"
"So what? The core of our mission is the tiger known as the 'Mountain God'. It has nothing to do with the lantern, does it?"
Qisi's voice was unclear and erratic. It came from a dream.
Lin Chen saw him suddenly sitting upright, with his back to the wooden door in a weird posture and facing the window. His face and expression were invisible, and he could only see a back figure in red clothes.
The young man picked up the lantern from the bedside table and held it in his arms. He heard the sound of removing the outermost paper lampshade so that he could take out the candle inside.
He is thin and has a narrow waist. Fortunately, his robe is wide and loose, just enough to block Lin Chen's sight.
Lin Chen sat on the bed near the door, staring at his back for no apparent reason. He couldn't figure out the reason from the beginning to the end.
......
In the room on the right side of the second floor, Qiu Xin and Tang Yu chatted for more than a few words, both of them silent like gourds with sawed mouths.
After the two searched the room and observed the environment, they went to bed and placed the lantern on the bedside table.
The light of the lantern maintains the brightness of the twilight, casting a dark yellow filter on the entire room, flickering with changing light shadows.
Not only did it fail to dispel the darkness that easily brought fear, but it instead gave rise to strange associations.
Qiu Xin opened the lantern cover and took out the milky white candle inside.
The orange-yellow candlelight outside was exposed in the air, suddenly turned green, and jumped tremblingly, like a legendary will-o'-the-wisp, a guiding candle in the underworld.
"This lamp is weird, be careful." Tang Yu glanced at the green candle flame and came to the obvious conclusion.
Qiu Xin ignored him and blew on the candle.
The candle flame trembled twice, showing no signs of extinguishing. When it stabilized, it burned higher than before.
Chou Xin reached out to fan the wind again.
This time the flame did not even tilt. It stood firm in a unique way, as if it were in two dimensions with the player, unable to be disturbed or touched.
"Hey, don't move this lantern!" Tang Yu saw Qiu Xin about to press his hand on the candle wick, and quickly stopped him.
“We entered the town carrying a lantern. To be on the safe side, let’s keep the lantern. Who knows if there will be a rule that ‘if the lantern goes out, you can never leave’.”
Qiu Xin glanced at him sideways and said coldly: "The light is too bright, I can't sleep."
"My aunt, where did you get the temper of a young lady?" Tang Yu was almost laughed out of anger. He said, "We are all involved in a weird game. Let's just sleep or not sleep. Why should we pay attention to this and that?"
Qiu Xin was scolded for a while, but he was not angry at all.
She nodded slightly, finally let go of the candle, and put the paper lampshade back on the candle.
As soon as the turquoise candle flame entered the lampshade, it returned to orange. I don’t know if it was a problem with the candle itself or the visual effect caused by the lampshade.
There were two beds placed sideways in the room, one by the door and one by the window.
Qiu Xin sat on the bed by the window, with her back to Tang Yu, her purple skirt and long hair covering her movements and expression.
Outside the window is a towering pile of bones and corpses. You can reach the highest point with your hand.
The two of them observed the situation after entering the house and knew the situation outside.
Tang Yu was originally embarrassed to let girls sleep too close to dangerous places, so he planned to volunteer to sleep by the window.
Unexpectedly, Qiu Xin insisted that the location near the door was too noisy, so he sat on the bed by the window and refused to leave.
Tang Yu was not familiar with the person, so he was not too polite and chose the bed near the door. Qiu Xin lay down amid the sound of "bang bang".
Tang Yu also lay on the bed, turned over, turned his back to Qiu Xin, faced the wooden door, and covered himself with a quilt.
After a day of hard work and killing two NPCs, he was so tired that he closed his eyes as soon as he touched the bed, and his consciousness quickly fell into drowsiness.
Qiu Xin held her breath and listened to Tang Yu's breathing calming down behind her, then slowly opened her eyes.
In the upper right corner of her system interface, there was a small card with a skull in blood clothes hanging.
[Your identity: Ghost]
[Identity effect: ① When you are in the same room with a single person and the distance is no more than three meters, you can choose to kill him or her;
② At any place, you can kill a townsman by directly touching his shoulder;
③You must kill one person every day, otherwise your soul will be scattered and turned into a Xiyi. 】
After listening to all the rules of the game and studying the structure of the room, Qiu Xin had already figured out a way to break the game.
Although the door of the residence was locked, the window could be easily opened. She could have climbed out through the window and found an unlucky town citizen to kill.
According to the scholar, other ghosts will not appear until the child's time.
The townspeople should not be so vigilant before midnight. She might be able to knock on a door or two and meet someone who is alone.
As long as she seizes this window period and seizes the time to act, the crisis will be solved.
Of course, Qiuxin will not tell anyone these details.
The larger the dungeon, the more important it is to take advantage of the situation. The territory of Yanghua Town is large enough and there are enough NPCs, which meets the basic conditions of taking advantage of the situation.
If a player exposes her identity to the townspeople and uses the townspeople to get rid of her, things will not go well.
You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others.
Qiuxin would rather risk going out at night than harm other players; but she will never trust anyone and expose her identity easily.
"Tick-tock, tick-tock..."
Another sound rang softly in the ears, marking the passage of time.
Qiu Xin took out an incense burner from the item list and placed it silently beside her.
[Name: Anshen Incense]
[Type: Prop]
[Effect: Within the range of the aroma, players will not be easily awakened after falling asleep, except when encountering important plot points or death crises. 】
【Remarks: Light a burner of incense and dream of yellow rice. Only when you have a good rest can you have the strength to complete tasks~]
This is one of the daily necessities recommended on the second page of the mall. It is mainly used to help players with poor psychological quality maintain a good sleep in the dungeon. It can handle novice copies such as "Rose Manor" to a certain extent, which require sleeping at night.
Qiu Xin thought that she had a good psychological quality and did not intend to enter the novice dungeon to fry fish, but she still bought this item.
The large-scale calming effect is used to help randomly matched teammates fall asleep, which can save a lot of trouble.
Qiu Xin held her eyelids tightly and counted the seconds silently in her heart.
Guessing that Tang Yu was fast asleep, she quietly sat up and got out of bed.
She picked up the lantern, walked to the window, and reached out to push the paper window open.
“Tick tock, tick tock…”
The leaking sound continued endlessly.
Qiu Xin smelled the strong smell of blood, and her feet slipped on the ground without knowing what they stepped on.
She lowered her head and used the lantern to shine on the soles of her feet.
There seemed to be a pool of liquid on the wooden floor, which was sticky and looked like semi-solidified blood, mixed with grease and minced meat.
Qiu Xin thought of the rotting corpse and suddenly felt like vomiting.
She covered her mouth and looked up to trace the origin of the liquid.
There was a hole in the upper edge of the window, and sticky drops of blood flowed in from the outside, falling on the window sill one drop after another.
The pool of blood that filled the windowsill snaked down the wall and pooled on the floor, making a pitter-pattering sound.
"Tick-tock, tick-tock..."
The sound of water dripping does not belong to the leak, but to the blood dripping in from the window.
Qiu Xin raised the lantern and shined it towards the window.
A blood-red eye was stuck in the hole in the window, looking into the room.
Half of the body hung upside down on the window, with white skeletal claws clawing at the window frame, as if the window would break in at any time...
...
"About lanterns at night cannot be used" There is actually another way of saying it is too bright..."
In the middle room on the second floor, Qisi turned another page of the "Netherworld Record" in his hand, read the records on it, and talked about it.
It is often said that "beauty can be seen under the lamp", because in dim light at night, under the dim shadow of the lamp, it is often not easy to see the flaws on the face, so everyone is beautiful.
The same goes for "watching demons and ghosts under the lamp".
Hundreds of ghosts appear at night, people and ghosts mix with each other, and there are many shadows in the dimly lit place. It is unknown how many strangers there are among them.
Looking around, it is common to catch a glimpse of a human face in a glass bead, a phantom in a mirror, or a ghost under the moon.
If you hold a dim lantern to illuminate, you can't see clearly the details on the faces of the people passing by, and naturally you can't see the flaws in the disguise.
You talk to them, and they treat you as one of them, and the confusion passes.
If the lantern is too bright, you will see clearly that certain beings are not human beings, and they will also see clearly that you are not a ghost.
It's not a big deal if you are frightened. If you disturb the ghosts and get entangled by them, things will become troublesome.
Qisi closed the book, looked at Lin Chen and smiled: "I have read a story before. A scholar married a beautiful woman, and the beautiful woman had a weird habit. She would not sleep until the lights were turned off at night, and Scholars are not allowed to light their lamps midway.
"The scholar wanted to play a trick on his wife one day, so he lit the candle beside the bed when he got up at night, and saw his wife lying on the bed turning into a green-faced fang. Seeing that his identity was exposed, the wife had no choice but to eat the scholar and rush away The next city will deceive the next scholar. "
Qisi's face flickered in the shadow of the lamp, half of his face was covered by his long hair, and his outline was soft and unreal.
Lin Chen felt a little stiff all over after listening to the ghost story.
He swallowed and asked tentatively: "So...this lantern is so dark to protect us from seeing things we shouldn't see?"
"I just I'm just chatting with you, as long as you listen." Qisi chuckled, his laughter appearing sinister in the current atmosphere, "I don't know if the brightness of this lantern has anything to do with the copy, it's just a natural change. Maybe..."
As he spoke, he looked down at his pocket watch, and when he looked up again, his eyebrows relaxed: "Lin Chen, it's almost time, it's time to sleep."
Lin Chen looked at the young man in front of him for no apparent reason, only feeling that his His expression was full of ill intentions.
The next second, Qisi clicked the button of the bracelet and turned out a small awl. The smile on his face was very sincere: "If you can't sleep, maybe I can help you." (End of this chapter. )