In autumn, the heat in Jiangcheng has not yet dissipated, and the riverside is even more humid. Every time you breathe, the viscous gas seems to infiltrate your lungs and block all the alveoli. Walking a few steps will give people a feeling of suffocation.
The mountains are full of greenery, the water of the Lingjiang River flows quietly, and there is mist above the sparkling waves, just like a fairyland.
Li Zijian wiped his sweat with a tissue. Although the air in the mountains is fresh, for people in the city, a location without air conditioning is not a good place.
What's more, he had already walked a mountainous road, and he was already out of breath from exhaustion.
"Brother Li, can you do it?"
Lu Tan looked back.
"You go first, I will follow you later."
Li Zijian asked two employees to follow Lu Tiao and go first, while he and others followed behind.
After walking for about twenty minutes, they finally arrived at their destination, Zhuomo County, located on the outskirts of Jiangcheng.
There used to be up to 5,000 people living here, but then young people gradually moved to Jiangcheng, and by the 1990s, there were less than 30 households left.
Later, due to collective relocation, everyone in the town went to Jiangcheng, and the place was completely abandoned.
Standing at the entrance of the town, Lu Jian could still see those dilapidated shops. One seemed to be a breakfast shop. The large iron pots inside were rusty and the tables and chairs were rotten and moldy due to long-term humidity.
"This is a good place to be haunted."
Lu Tan said.
"Don't talk nonsense."
Li Zijian said something, and for some reason, he felt a little chilled down his spine.
"This is the urban area of the town. There is also a small village on the mountain. The people over there were the last to move."
He pointed to the green hills not far away.
"What's over there?"
Lu Tiao pointed to the other side, towards the direction close to Lingjiang River.
There was something like a Ferris wheel there, it looked like some kind of amusement park.
"Hey, what is that?"
Li Zijian felt strange at first glance, so he asked the staff next to him.
"I don't know, it's not marked on the map."
The staff hurriedly searched for documents but found no clues.
Lu Tiao walked that way, climbed up a high slope, and took a look.
It's an amusement park, an abandoned amusement park.
There are merry-go-rounds, Ferris wheels, bumper cars, etc., all of which are very old and look like they haven't been used for at least ten years.
Naturally, there is no one in the amusement park. It stands alone on the bank of the Lingjiang River, like an abandoned child.
"There is an amusement park here? Brother Li, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Lu Tan turned back and glanced at Li Zijian who was climbing up.
At this moment, he saw Li Zijian's face turned black, and he was rushing towards him like a long-dead corpse.
Lu Tiao blinked and realized that Li Zijian was panting and struggling to climb the hillside.
"No, damn, did someone build illegally here before and didn't report it?"
Li Zijian was also dumbfounded when he saw the amusement park.
Is there something wrong with the entire amusement park in this wilderness?
Moreover, the roads leading in and out of the amusement park are overgrown with weeds and have been washed away by the rain, making them difficult to see clearly.
"Illegal construction?"
Lu Tiao took another look at the dilapidated amusement park.
"Yes, in the last century, some wealthy people liked to engage in this kind of civil engineering work and built luxury houses in the mountains. They did not report it to the superiors, so naturally it was not recorded in the city planning. I guess this amusement park belongs to someone in the past.
It was built, but later abandoned and sold together with the land."
Li Zijian didn't feel like he was making a profit. Such an abandoned amusement park would definitely not be used anymore. It would require extra labor to dismantle it, which was much more troublesome than a wasteland.
"We're not starting work there anyway, so forget about it."
He patted Lu Jian's shoulder.
Lu Jian was the only one. Before he turned back, he seemed to catch a glimpse of something moving in the corner of his eye, passing by the carousel in the deserted amusement park.
He took a closer look and saw there was nothing there.
Back in the town, a few people conducted surveying and mapping. The architectural style of this town is not bad, but it needs to be tested to see if the foundation is solid and whether it can continue to be used. This investigation took another whole day.
The work came to an end and it was already evening.
It became very cold in the mountains at night. The wind in the mountains was gusty, and the humid air made people's old rheumatoid legs react involuntarily. Lu Jian and the people from the surveying and mapping team certainly did not stay in the cold like in many movies.
Spending the night in an abandoned town, let alone exploring the amusement park at night, they planned to walk back to the car on the roadside and drive back to Jiangcheng. The rest of the work would be done during the day tomorrow.
After walking two steps, a surveying and mapping team member suddenly called out.
"Hey, did you get the theodolite?"
He looked around but couldn't find the device.
"Is it placed on the hillside over there?"
In the dark night, someone said.
"Maybe, I'll go back and get it."
The team member said, and he immediately turned back with a flashlight, while the others stayed where they were and waited for him.
Li Zijian turned around and could see that the man's figure quickly disappeared into the path, leaving only the light of the flashlight flickering on the rugged and winding road.
Soon, the light came to the hillside where the amusement park could be seen.
However, after waiting for a while, Li Zijian felt something was wrong.
The flashlight's light seemed to be frozen there, motionless, and his teammates didn't come back.
"Can't he find it?"
Someone asked.
"The flashlight light has not changed?"
Someone else said.
"Is there something wrong? Let me go take a look?"
Someone suggested.
"Wait, listen."
Someone suddenly made a sound, telling others to quiet down.
There was silence all around, and even the chirping of insects was nowhere to be found. In the humid mountains, white mist loomed under the moonlight. At this moment, a distinctive sound accompanied by the wind blowing from the mountains.
Come.
It's singing.
I don’t know what the voices of men and women are humming, but the melody is simple and unfinished.
This song seemed to come from the direction of that small town.
"Who the hell is singing at night?"
Some people couldn't help but curse and ask, with a little trembling in their voices.
"You guys stay here and don't move. I'll go over and take a look."
Lu Tan spoke at this time.
Li Zijian originally wanted to stop it, but thinking about Lu Jian's previous exploration videos, he felt that maybe he had really seen something.
After giving in, Lu Tiao was allowed to leave.
Lu Tan held a flashlight and walked towards the hillside. The singing stopped at some point, and the surroundings around him were as quiet as the distant starry sky.
The flashlight can only illuminate the road ahead. On the dark mountain road, there are rugged rocks and overgrown weeds. It is obviously a road that so many people have walked just now, but now it seems that no one has ever set foot on it, and the steps are difficult.
At this time, a gust of wind suddenly blew, causing the grass half a man's height to sway and make a rustling sound.
Lu Tan glanced ahead, where the wind-blown grass and trees looked like a child standing in the haystack.
The child was wearing shabby clothes, his hair was disheveled, with most of it missing, his eyes were dark, and there was an old, rusty lock hanging around his neck.
Blinking his eyes, Lu Tiao saw that there was nothing there.
Lu Jian looked around him with [True Sight], but found nothing more.
He continued to move forward and soon came to the hillside.
At this time, Lu Jian saw that the team member's flashlight fell on the ground, shining brightly.
And the team member was standing next to the hillside. He was kneeling down with his hands raised in the air, as if he was meeting some majestic and powerful person.
Lu Tiao came up behind him and patted the man.
The team member turned around, his expression was dull, his eyes had no pupils, only pure white. He was mumbling some words, rustling like grass blown by the wind.
Lu Tan knocked him out with a flashlight.
He mentioned this team member, and suddenly, inspired, he glanced at the direction he had just been worshiping.
He saw that the dilapidated amusement park at the foot of the hillside was now brightly lit, and all the equipment was operating normally, emitting happy and thrilling music.