In the empty hall of Ping An Inn, seven black chairs are placed.
Seven people wearing masks were sitting on the chairs, and in the middle of the hall stood a gaunt, skinny old man. He was constantly looking at the seven people present with his cloudy eyes.
After a long time, the old man slowly said: "The second stage of the ceremony is about to begin. If you have no questions, please pass through the door over there. At the other end of the door is Baiyang Village."
The old man said, pointing to a maroon door covered with rust in the corner of the hall.
This door is currently closed and covered with yellow talismans, just like the door to hell often seen in horror movies.
"Once you arrive at Baiyang Village, you will be officially regarded as a participant in the second stage of the ceremony. Unless you die, you cannot exit during the ceremony." The old man added.
None of the seven people present spoke. Only seven pairs of numb eyes looked at the old man, seeming to be thinking about whether there was any hidden meaning in the other person's words.
The next moment, man No. 1 with a red mask sitting in the first seat stood up and walked towards the closed door.
When the old man saw this, a strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and then the door was slowly pushed open through a gap. The old hinges made a harsh sound, and a passage appeared in the door that was large enough for one person to pass through.
Without any other explanation, the second stage of the ceremony had actually begun. The old man's figure had disappeared into the hall at some point, leaving only six people present.
"Why, what are you doing sitting here? If you stay here any longer, be careful that No. 1 will get there first." Suddenly, No. 2 wearing an orange mask said lightly.
After hearing this, No. 3, who was wearing a yellow mask, stood up slowly and walked towards the door step by step. Before leaving, he specifically looked back at the remaining five people, his eyes full of provocation.
"Interesting, it looks like I won't be bored this time." Number 2 said, standing up and walking towards the door.
Dai Zhibin, who was wearing a blue mask, was about to get up when he saw this, but was stopped by Wen Zhong's eyes. Besides them, there was also No. 4 wearing a green mask.
At this moment, No. 4 was looking at the three of them with great interest, as if he was sizing up some rare treasure, his eyes filled with greed and undisguised malice.
"I seem to have seen you somewhere." No. 4 said with a magnetic voice: "No. 5, have we had an unforgettable experience before? I always feel that you are very familiar."
As soon as these words came out, Wen Zhong was stunned. He never expected that No. 4 would be a super pervert. Although they had communicated with each other before, the topics of communication were not so sensitive.
"Hehehe." No. 4 didn't care about Wen Zhong's reaction. Instead, he covered his mouth and smiled: "You are very young and very energetic. It's a pity that you shouldn't be here."
"If you risk your own life, you will also kill your friends." No. 4 glanced at Wang Muyou and Dai Zhibin, and they both felt like they were being seen through each other.
Wen Zhong frowned and was about to say something, but was interrupted by No. 4: "Do you think that three people can handle this second stage of the ceremony together? You are too naive."
As soon as these words came out, Wen Zhong's face darkened under the mask, his eyes narrowed, and he said slowly: "It seems that the rules don't say that joining forces is not allowed. Do you think you are the referee of the Pacific Ocean and can you even control this?"
"I admit it." No. 4 smiled and said: "You, no, you are still too young. Take my advice and go back quickly. There is no need to waste your life here. It's not worth it."
"you……"
"Shh, that's enough gossip. See you in Baiyang Village."
Number 4 made a silent gesture and then walked towards the door. Wen Zhong stared at her back, trying to remember the other person's appearance firmly in his mind.
"Boss Wen, what should we do now?" Dai Zhibin asked, scratching his head.
He was recruited by Wen Zhong to replace Fang Diyuan's vacancy. Originally, it was impossible for Dai Zhibin to directly participate in the second stage of the ceremony, but for some reason the owner of the inn agreed to his application and made an exception to allow Dai Zhibin to participate in the second stage of the ceremony.
At this moment, Wen Zhong stood up and said: "Don't worry about her. If she dares to block the way, kill her. This is not Da'an, so there is no need to worry so much."
Wang Muyou nodded and said, "Well, it's impossible to get that ticket without conflict with them. I don't know if there will be as many people this time as last time."
The first stage of the ritual is to survive at the Ping'an Inn, the second stage of the ceremony is to find the correct ticket in Baiyang Village, and Wen Zhong speculates that the third stage of the ceremony should be to use the ticket to take some kind of transportation to a supernatural place.
There are a few tickets in total. I don’t know what the tickets look like. I don’t know. I only know that the tickets are hidden somewhere in Baiyang Village. It is not Baiyang Village in reality, but a supernatural place called Baiyang Village.
According to the prompts, they need to find the real path to the supernatural place in the real Baiyang Village, so that the ceremony can truly begin.
"Boss Wen, this place is so... desolate."
As soon as he came out of the door, Dai Zhibin pointed to Baiyang Village in front of him and said.
"Well, be careful." Wen Zhong said: "Leaving aside the second stage of the ritual, it is very likely that Zhao Jian disappeared here. Even if this is not a truly supernatural place, we cannot take it lightly."
When he mentioned Zhao Jian, Wen Zhong thought of the text message Zhao Jian sent him that day. It was all garbled characters. After interpretation, he found that these garbled characters could be spelled into one sentence - You will all die here.
"It seems that they have already gone in, let's go in quickly." Wang Muyou said.
"There's no rush." Wen Zhong said, looking around Baiyang Village.
They were currently standing on a path, and the door behind them had disappeared. At the end of the path was the village gate, and on both sides were barren farmland and vegetable fields. Judging from the overgrown weeds on them, it must have been that no one had taken care of them for a long time.
As Dai Zhibin said, the entire village is desolate. Even here, you can see that the village is in a depressed and dilapidated scene. All signs indicate that this is an abandoned village.
As Wen Zhong and Fang Diyuan investigated before, this village has been abandoned for a long time, but Wen Zhong still can't see anything unusual.
As the three of them walked, they looked at the various things on the roadside. In addition to the deserted farmland, they even found abandoned telephone booths on the roadside. These things are not seen even in rural areas, and can only be found in some ancient towns during the Republic of China.
There are still residues.
"This place looks quite normal. Even the devil I drove didn't warn me." Wang Muyou said calmly.
"Really? I'm afraid I've already warned you, but you may have ignored it." Wen Zhong lowered his voice and whispered.