Nightmare Apostle

But thinking of the good sister's Chun Chun teachings to him, Yang Xiao couldn't help but feel sad.

"Brother Yang, what's wrong with you?" Yang Cha noticed that Yang Xiao was not feeling right and asked curiously.

"It's nothing, I just heard from you, brother, that there is a terrifying ghost hiding in that nightmare world, and I can't help but worry about bumping into it." Yang Xiao explained.

Hearing this, Yang Cha laughed and patted Yang Xiao's arm to comfort him: "Don't worry, Brother Yang, you have a good destiny, and it's impossible for you to bump into me. Besides, this is not the time to finally complete the cultivation of Gu. There are still three years left!”

"If the situation continues to deteriorate, will the subsequent secret games be cancelled?" This is what Yang Xiao is most worried about. The reason he came here is to enter the Xiaozangjing Pavilion and find a way to deal with the ghost in the mirror. If it fails, it will be a success. Lose a spring.

"No." Yang Cha said confidently: "You underestimate our Yang family in Yunqicheng. Since we dare to organize such a competition, we have enough trump cards. Even if the worst happens in the middle, we still have it. The ability to solve it is related to the reputation of our Confucian Academy. The head can be cut off, the blood can be shed, but the face cannot be lost!"

Yang Xiao gave a thumbs up, "Brother, tough!"

"It's just so so, but then again, Brother Yang, if you dare to compete in a secret match, you are tougher than me." Yang Cha sighed with emotion.

Yang Cha did not stay here for long, and left in a hurry after explaining what he should say. Martial law continues in the academy, and direct family members like him are under strict supervision. If he is found to be meeting the players in private, he may be in trouble.

Before leaving, Yang Cha told Yang Xiao that he would not be coming over during this period. If there was no particularly urgent matter, try not to contact him by mobile phone. If he found out anything related to Ansai, he would send someone to notify him.

This wait lasted two full days. On the afternoon of the third day, Yang Xiao received a message from the college, saying that he had qualified to participate in the real competition. The next game would be Ding's 10th game, and it would be at 12 o'clock tonight. all.

The entry method of the competition system is similar to that of the qualifying competition, except that this time there are more participants, a full 10

People, four out of ten.

Recalling the players in the last qualifying round, Yang Xiao knew that the competitors he met this time would be more difficult to deal with. It was estimated that most of them were powerful apostles of the same level as him. Even if they had a grudge or a very good mind, Either because of the weirdness of the magic weapon, or at worst, because of good luck, ordinary resentment-level apostles might have died in the qualifying competition.

Now that he knew the game time, Yang Xiao had some food and then started to rest. At about 7 o'clock in the evening, there was the sound of a dining cart being pushed in the corridor outside the door. The dining cart was parked outside Yang Xiao's door. "Dong, dong, dong," someone knocked lightly. Door.

Looking out through the peephole on the door, he saw a very young waiter, wearing a white uniform. Facing Yang Xiao's inquiry, the waiter smiled and replied: "Sir, the black truffle abalone rice you ordered is ready, please enjoy it while it's hot. "

Knowing that this person was probably sent by Yang Cha, Yang Xiao opened the door, stepped aside, and said, "Send him in."

After entering the room, Yang Xiao closed the door immediately. The waiter seemed to be relieved, took off the white chef's hat on his head, and whispered: "Master Yang asked me to come."

"Which Master Yang?" Yang Xiao looked the young waiter up and down. After all, there were many people named Yang in this academy, and he didn't want to be deceived.

"Yang Cha." The waiter took out a note from his pocket and handed it to Yang Xiao.

After taking it, he unfolded it. The moment he saw the words on the note, Yang Xiao confirmed that what the other party said was true. The words "Brother Sui" were clearly written on the note.

"Master Yang Cha asked me to bring you a message. The other three people from Rongcheng have all survived and entered the next round of competition. One of them will be assigned to the same game as you tonight." The waiter paused and said, "Dragon character" No. 243.

"The young master asks you to be careful. The opponent this time is not as easy to deal with as in the qualifying rounds. If it doesn't work, surrender, leaving Qingshan without fear of running out of firewood. As for your matter...: The young master said he will try his best to find a way." The waiter quickly said explain.

After saying this, the waiters opened the stainless steel dust cover on the dining cart, brought out a plate of very good-looking black truffle abalone rice, and left in a hurry.

It was still early, so while eating, Yang Xiao sent a message to Ximen Xiu who was staying in Rongcheng, asking him to use his contacts to find out if any masters from the Rongcheng Patrol Department, the Chamber of Commerce, the Apostles Federation, or other forces had quietly left recently. After entering Rongcheng, there is no need to consider ordinary characters. The goal is captain level and above.

According to Yang Xiao's analysis, the other three guys from Rongcheng must have at least half a foot in the Li level.

Ximen Xiu was extremely efficient. He responded to Yang Xiao in about an hour. There were 7 people in the patrol department.

A full-time captain, except for Yang Xiao, the other 6 people are here. There is an operations captain of the Apostle Federation who took leave to go back to his hometown to get married. However, this person's past record is very average, and there is no news from the Chamber of Commerce.

But later Ximen Xiu mentioned that Qu Mu, the captain of the Chengxin Office, had led people out of the city to suppress bandits two days ago. The target was a small mountain village in the countryside near Rongcheng. It is said that he got news that the Yuyuan Sect who escaped last time The female evil cultivator is hiding there.

As soon as these words came out, Yang Xiao couldn't help but feel scared. This Qu Mu's nose is really good. Fortunately, he brought Tong Han with him this time, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable.

"Are you sure Qu Muzhi is in the team?" Yang Xiao asked.

"It should be possible. Otherwise, no one else would have the confidence to confront the Yuyuan Sect. The female evil cultivator they caught last time was not weak either. Besides, there is... there is also the mysterious cadre of the Yuyuan Sect, Mingdi Yexiao. This person can kidnap people from Qu Muzhi. Captain, think about it. Without Qu Muzhi, who dares to offend him?" Ximen Xiu said naturally.

"That's true." Yang Xiao recalled that if there was no Qu Muzhi, he alone would be enough to wipe out the entire investigation team of the City Center Office.

After hanging up the phone, Yang Xiao became more and more confused about the identities of the other three people, but as long as they were not brothers from the Patrol Office, it would be fine. Otherwise, swords and knives have no eyes, and it would be bad if they accidentally hurt their own people.

After resting until 11:15, Yang Xiao took out his costume and bowed, then put it on, put on his own clothes, put on his mask, put on his backpack, and set off in the night. He didn't see anyone along the way, but he could keenly perceive that there were many sharp eyes staring at him in the dark nearby. These must be people from the Confucian Academy.

These eyes were just staring, but they didn't have much malice. He walked all the way and returned to the small square. In the middle stood a strange building made of black stones. This was the Bisi Pavilion.

The defense force nearby was the strongest. Yang Xiao even vaguely felt that there was a hidden force spying on him, but he couldn't confirm the other party's position. It felt that this person was very far away from him. The Confucian Academy could stand until now, and it was indeed a master sitting in charge. This person's level was much higher than Yang Xiao.

The entrance this time also changed. It was the Jia-shaped door. Yang Xiao found the passage with the Jia-shaped wooden sign hanging on it and rang the bell in front of the door.

Just like last time, Yang Xiao was led into the passage by an old man and entered the world behind the door through an old wooden door.

After the strange feeling of weightlessness ended, a glare appeared in front of his eyes. Yang Xiao stumbled to stabilize his body. He couldn't adapt for a while. Various sounds gradually came to his ears, including rhythmic music, laughter, cheers...

Various sounds were noisy together, and from time to time there was the hum of heavy machinery.

After more than ten seconds, Yang Xiao's eyes adapted to the surrounding light. He found himself in a large tent like a yurt, with a furry carpet under his feet. In the middle of the tent stood a 3-meter-high Christmas tree, with countless small colored lights strung together hanging on the tree. Under the tree were gift boxes and some cute animal dolls.

He was the only one in the tent. After Yang Xiao calmed down, he walked behind the tent curtain, opened the curtain a little, and looked out. The next second, his pupils shrank suddenly. There were crowds of people outside, and it was very lively. The laughter from the warm carousel and the screams from the exciting roller coaster in the distance came one after another. The lights of different colors decorated the night with extraordinary splendor. This was a popular amusement park.

"How did you get in? Come out quickly, it's not time for the lottery yet!" Just as Yang Xiao was observing, he was discovered by a woman dressed as a staff member outside the door and invited him out.

Yang Xiao did not resist, and did not even speak. When he approached the woman, he saw a badge on her chest with the words "Empty Mountain Amusement Park" on it.

It seems that this amusement park is the location of his mission this time. Compared with the fishing village last time, the area of ​​this amusement park is much larger, and the scene is more realistic. It has already taken shape as a ghost script nightmare world.

Standing in the middle of the road, feeling the crowd around him, Yang Xiao was a little dazed for a moment. These people were too real, the couples leaning on each other, the young couple pushing the stroller, and the middle-aged man who kept calling his two children to run slower, all of these people had happy smiles on their faces.

The shouts of the nearby vendors and the laughter of the people were mixed together, so real that Yang Xiao couldn't help but sniff. The aroma of grilled sausages from the stalls not far away wafted over, and he even felt a little hungry.

But reason told him that this was a nightmare world, and everything he saw was fake, and what was certain was that there was a ghost hidden in this seemingly prosperous and vibrant amusement park.

Yang Xiao tried his best to pay attention to everyone who passed by him. No matter how innocent these people acted or how bright their smiles were, the ghost might be among them.

At this moment, a loudspeaker sounded. It was an old loudspeaker that had not been repaired for many years. The sound was not very clear and a little hoarse: "Kongmingshan Amusement Park welcomes all tourists. Please pay attention to safety when you are playing. Take good care of your children, brothers, sisters, parents, grandparents, and other elders. If someone is lost, please contact our park radio station in time. I repeat, if someone is lost, please contact our park radio station in time. I wish you all a happy trip and an unforgettable night here...::

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Yang Xiao didn't listen to the nonsense behind it. He frowned slowly. Some words in the previous broadcast caught his attention.

It is understandable that a large-scale comprehensive entertainment venue such as an amusement park attaches importance to safety. What is strange is the wording in the broadcast. Yang Xiao can understand taking good care of his own children, but what is the nonsense of taking good care of brothers and sisters, parents, and grandparents? These are all adults. Can they still get lost?

Also, the amusement park seemed to be very worried about people getting lost, and mentioned it twice in the broadcast, which was a bit excessive.

Could it be that... people often get lost in the amusement park?

With doubts, Yang Xiao walked towards the woman who had chased him out of the tent before. The woman was a staff member of the amusement park and should know something, but if asked directly, she would most likely not tell her. Yang Xiao thought for a moment and walked towards the woman.

Seeing Yang Xiao coming again, a flash of impatience flashed on the woman's face, "Sir, this is the room where we store gifts. We are not allowed to...

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"Who wants your crappy gifts? Let me ask you, how long are you going to put off resolving my family's affairs?!" Yang Xiao had a tough attitude and was angry.

The woman was stunned by Yang Xiao, but then she seemed to have thought of something, and her attitude immediately softened, "Sir, please don't make any noise, we...

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"Shut up, you must give me an answer today!" Yang Xiao immediately raised his voice three times, trying to attract the attention of the people around him and make the matter bigger.

Sure enough, when the woman saw someone looking this way, her face suddenly became frightened. She had no choice but to pull Yang Xiao's sleeve, invite him to the tent to negotiate, and persuaded in a low voice: "Sir, what happened to your family? I also express my sympathy, but you also have to understand that it is true that people disappeared here, but...: But this does not mean that it is the fault of our garden. People have two legs. Wherever they go, there will be Who knows, maybe someone secretly left the amusement park in the dark. We also reported the case, and the police also came to investigate. So far, no one is alive or dead, and no bodies are found. Well... the best is your family members. Thinking about it, maybe the person is fine, but... I just feel depressed, where can I go to play alone for a while to relax, don't you think?"

"Every time I ask you, you always use the same rhetoric!" Yang Xiao refused to give in. The woman's words confirmed Yang Xiao's guess. Sure enough, someone had mysteriously disappeared in the amusement park, and it was the kind of person who was not seen alive but not dead. It seemed that there were more. one person.

"Please be patient and wait. If there is any news, the police will notify your family. Also, we will update the latest findings on the notice board from time to time." The woman patiently consoled her, but she seemed to be worried about making things worse.

"By the way, whose family member you are, how about I register your name and leave your contact information. I will call you when there is news."

The woman fumbled in her pocket, but found no paper. She only took out a crumpled park guide map, and then took off a plastic ball pen from her jacket pocket.

"You don't need to, I'll go see it myself!" Yang Xiao angrily grabbed the park guide map and took away the ball pen, his voice mixed with a little crying, very pitiful, "You don't understand the hearts of us family members of the missing at all. , I couldn’t sleep night after night, and my memory has deteriorated. I...I can’t even remember where the notice board in your paradise is.”

"Don't worry, I'll point it out to you." The woman took the park guide map considerately, drew a circle on it with a pen, and said softly: "The nearest one is here. When you go out, turn left, along the As I walked along, I saw a van decorated in pink, behind it.”

Before leaving, the woman thoughtfully brought Yang Xiao a bottle of mineral water. After leaving the tent, Yang Xiao followed the marks on the park guide map and quickly found the two pink vans parked in a remote place on the roadside and circled around. Circle, there is a metal sign standing behind the van. The sign has been weathered and has signs of rust.

What shocked Yang Xiao was that one missing person notice after another was posted on the notice board. Just counting, there were more than a dozen people.

There are portraits on the missing person notices, ranging from 5 or 6-year-old children to 70 or 80-year-old people, men, women and children. Some of the notices have turned yellow because they have been posted for so long, and the original color photos have also peeled off. color,

The longer I looked at it, the more I felt that the faces of the missing people above were cold and empty, which made me shudder.

From the vague information, Yang Xiao found that without exception, these missing people disappeared while playing at night, and the disappearance methods were also strange. Some disappeared in a certain bathroom in the park. Their family members had been waiting outside, but they were still missing. When the person came out, he went in to look for it, but he couldn't find it anymore. There was obviously only one entrance to the bathroom, but the person seemed to have disappeared from the world.

There was also an 8-year-old boy. Just a few seconds after his father turned around to take something from his backpack, he turned back.

The child disappeared.

The most bizarre one is a 40-year-old woman who disappeared while riding on amusement rides in the park.

The signature project of the amusement park is the Mine Water Curtain Cave. You take a boat and sail into a dark water cave, passing through some tunnels and the like on the way.

The woman's husband and children were not with the woman. They waited at the exit, but they only waited for an empty boat, and the woman on the boat disappeared.

The scenic spot organized a search team to enter the water cave to search, but there were no clues at all. The water cave is man-made and there are no underground rivers or forks. The water is less than 1 meter deep at most, so it cannot hide a living person. .

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There were footsteps behind him. Yang Xiao turned around cautiously and saw two people walking towards him. Both of them also wore masks on their faces.

The prison number is 199 and the sky number is 84.

Yang Xiao put his hand into his clothes and slowly tightened the human bone stick. When Tianzi No. 84 saw this, he immediately spoke in a very muffled voice: "Brother, don't be impulsive, we don't mean any harm."

Seeing that Yang Xiao didn't reply immediately, Prisoner No. 199 sneered, "Don't be disrespectful. If I wanted to kill you, I would have done it just now."

"Stop pretending. You can try." Yang Xiao raised his chin to Prisoner No. 199, not giving him any face. A few seconds ago, when he held the human bone stick, he noticed the evil intention of Prisoner No. 199, but No. 84 of Heaven did not.

"Stop talking. This place is quite evil. The possibility of survival is high if everyone sticks together. There are 4 places to qualify this time, and the three of us can share them." No. 84 of Heaven is a burly man wearing an old Japanese leather jacket, with a full beard showing from under the mask.

"Brother, are you willing to join us? If you don't join, we won't make it difficult for you. Just go." No. 84 said straight to the point.

Seeing Yang Xiao slowly taking out his hand, No. 84 Bearded Man was happy, "That's right, meeting is fate, we all have the same goal, if we are alone here, we will either be killed by ghosts or attacked by people, we have to stick together, Brother Daozi, you are good, you found the notice board so quickly, the two of us are here for it, what did you find?"

"Many people are missing, all at night, no one is alive, no one is dead, no body is found." Yang Xiao made way and motioned for the two to come and see.

Prisoner No. 199 glanced at Yang Xiao when he passed by, and Yang Xiao sneered in response. After checking the missing person notice above, No. 84 Bearded Man couldn't help but take a breath and whispered: "This ghost doesn't seem to have a clear target of attack, regardless of the elderly or children, and the attack location is also strange."

"What clues did you find?" Yang Xiao asked. Before the ghost was solved, the team could still maintain harmony for the time being, unless they were found by the ghost, and one person had to be left behind to cover the retreat. The teammates in the last mission taught Yang Xiao a vivid lesson.

Let him understand one thing: when danger comes, you don’t have to run faster than a ghost, it’s the same as long as you run faster than your teammates.