Chapter 72 Infinite Ghost Man
Su Qingyu felt an obvious difference as soon as he entered this world.
He felt this way without even looking at his appearance, and he couldn't explain why.
After opening his eyes, Su Qingyu first stared at his hands. His fingers were white and slender, almost exactly the same as his hands in the real world. Not to mention that they must have been carefully maintained, at least he lived a good life and had not suffered much. The skin on his hands Not even pores can be seen.
She was wearing a simple but good-quality white T-shirt, but the corners were a little dirty, as were the washed blue jeans.
He was standing in front of a city gate. The tall walls and gate were more than ten meters high. Checkpoints were set up in front of the city gate. Nervous people lined up in long lines, seemingly waiting for inspection.
At dusk in midsummer, the sunset is blood red, and a huge black curtain floats over the city. There is no light in the city. The world is dark, with traces of red oozing out of the darkness.
527 spoke much faster than usual, [Host, the Fengdu system has indeed assigned you a very difficult world. What you see in front of you is a game world within the world, but it is real that there are ghosts in this world. 】
Su Qingyu, who grew up in a normal and peaceful world, reacted for a while.
[This world is very technologically advanced. Some people are involved in horror games. They have to survive each horror game to pass the level. This commissioned ghost is a player who was involved. You have traveled through him and entered the first game world. hour. 】
Su Qingyu understood, infinite game.
[This game is controlled by an infinite system. The infinite system is the hardest hit area for illegal systems in the Fengdu underworld. Don’t worry, host! 】
Su Qingyu: "..."
This logic isn't quite right. If the Infinite System is the hardest hit area for illegal systems, shouldn't he be warned?
527, who obviously still had a lot to say to him, remained silent for dozens of seconds before Su Qingyu called it, [527? 】
What spoke in his mind was another voice, [Welcome player Yunxu to Qingcheng. 】
[The first ghost man appeared in Qingcheng. Qingcheng is the city with the most experience in dealing with ghost men, but there are still countless ghost men lurking in this city, staring at the people of Qingcheng, looking for their food. . 】
[Players please go to Qingcheng Ghost Man Bureau to accept the mission of this game. 】
[This game lasts for 30 days. I wish all players a happy game. 】
Su Qingyu: [...527? 】
System: [Hello player Yunxu, I am your private system. This system does not support player naming. 】
Su Qingyu: [……]
527, who told him not to worry, disappeared.
Su Qingyu probably understood that because this infinite system had invaded his mind, 527 had temporarily or remained hidden or disappeared.
He said don't worry, just didn't tell him the plot of the world, but told him who the scumbag was.
"What is a ghost?"
"I don't know what it is exactly, but I'm sure it must be something."
"..."
There was discussion in his ears, and Su Qingyu looked at the people around him. They were discussing ghosts, and they should have heard the voice. They were players like him.
More than a dozen people stood together in twos and threes, including men and women. Judging from their clothes, they should come from all walks of life.
"How many times have you entered the game?" A woman with long wavy hair next to Su Qingyu asked him.
Su Qingyu turned to look at her. The woman looked about twenty-five years old, with a gorgeous appearance and a hot and tall figure.
"First time." Su Qingyu still knew this.
As soon as he said it, he heard an irritated voice behind him, "Fuck! There's a new guy! It's so annoying!"
The woman was still looking at him and continued to ask: "What did you do before you entered the game?"
Su Qingyu: "..."
When the woman saw that he didn't answer, she didn't mind: "It's right to protect your true information."
It's not that he wants to protect, he really doesn't know.
Su Qingyu covered her head, confused and slightly panicked: "If I say that I lost my memory due to stimulation, would you believe it?"
The woman looked at him for a few seconds and smiled, "Hello, my name is Gu Ziyan. I have entered the game for the seventh time."
After Gu Zi finished speaking, the surrounding area became much quieter. Only one person was still shouting: "Where is this? What are you doing! Take me home quickly!"
Su Qingyu thought for a while and said, "Hello, my name is Su Qingyu, and I am unemployed."
He didn't know the difficulty of this kind of game, but he had survived six games, which showed that the woman in front of him was definitely not simple, and it could be seen from the reactions of the people around him.
Su Qingyu looked at her again. She was wearing black high-heeled shoes. Her slim-fitting fishtails and shirt were all black. Only an eye-catching burgundy silk scarf was tied around her neck, which was the same color as her long wavy hair. Her phoenix eyes were slightly upwards. When he noticed Su Qingyu's gaze, he turned around and looked over.
Su Qingyu smiled at her, and she looked at the others, "If I read correctly, there are 18 players this time, and 4 of them are entering the game for the first time."
Su Qingyu also looked around at the people around him. There were seven suitable scumbag men to choose from. If you include the man in high school uniform and the man who looked to be in his forties, there were nine in total.
"..."
He could only tell that the two people besides him were new players, one was the middle-aged man who was still shouting to let him out, and the other was a female high school student with a confused face.
Gu Ziyan didn't say much, "Go and line up, obviously we have to go into the city."
The system prompts them to go to the Qingcheng Ghost Bureau to pick up a mission, so of course they have to go into the city.
I don’t know what the city gate is testing. People who want to enter the city are queuing up to wait for the test. Only those who pass the test can enter the city.
Su Qingyu knew nothing about this world or the game, so he didn't say much. He just followed Gu Ziyan, who was very powerful at first sight, and secretly observed the surroundings.
The people in line in front seemed to be wary of each other. They were far apart, as if the other party had some kind of virus. However, they did not wear masks, gloves or other protection. Strangely, several people were holding umbrellas, very big umbrellas.
Not only Su Qingyu noticed this strange phenomenon, but the players behind him were also discussing it.
"The sun has set, why do they need an umbrella?"
"They seem to be afraid of others approaching. Do they use such a big umbrella to block others?"
"People who don't hold umbrellas are also very strange. Look at the woman in front of her standing sideways while queuing, and the child keeps spinning around numbly."
Gu Ziyan asked Su Qingyu: "What do you think?"
In this dangerous world where he knows nothing, Su Qingyu needs a powerful and experienced traveler, but he also knows that such a person will not do good deeds to help the weak. He has to prove his worth.
Su Qingyu didn't hide it and said directly: "They are afraid of light."
He pointed to Qingcheng, "Although it's not dark yet, it's getting dark outside. It must be darker in the rooms in the city. Normally, the lights should be turned on, but at this time, the lights in the city are thin, and there is a patch of sky behind the city gate. The huge black curtain should also be able to block light.”
"That makes sense, but it's weird to be afraid of light. Who is afraid of light?" A man wearing a purple shirt walked up to his right.
Su Qingyu glanced at him. He was a good-looking man in his twenties. He was staring at him, as if he wanted to get answers from him.
"Hello everyone, my name is Ji Tanglian. I am entering the game for the second time."
Gu Ziyan said nothing, Su Qingyu smiled and nodded to him.
"Ghosts? Ghosts are afraid of the sun!" Another man approached them, "Wait a minute, aren't they the ghosts mentioned by the system?"
Su Qingyu glanced at this man again. He was sunny and handsome, in his early twenties, and looked like a college student.
"So, those people holding umbrellas are ghosts?"
"Ghosts are ghosts, people are people, what on earth are ghosts and people?"
"A ghost in human skin?"
"Isn't the skin of a ghost originally a human being?"
"..."
More than a dozen players started discussing again.
While they were discussing, there was a sudden scream of terror in front of them.
Su Qingyu was pulled back a few steps by the sunshine college student. Fortunately, he pulled him in time, otherwise Su Qingyu might have been hit, and the people in front of him were retreating in fear.
"Ghost! She is a ghost!"
"No, I'm not! Help me! Husband, help me!!!"
Su Qingyu stood relatively far back and did not see clearly what was happening in front. When he walked out of the team and looked forward, he only saw a long-haired woman being dragged away.
She kept screaming that she was not a ghost and stretched out her hand to call her husband.
The man in the front was probably her husband. He just stood there stiffly, looking at her with wide eyes in fear, as if he was looking at some kind of terrifying monster.
"Ghost man" is obviously the key word of this game. Several players, like Su Qingyu, came out of the team to watch.
Regarding ghosts, the focus of normal human beings is obviously "ghosts". When thinking of ghosts, most people will subconsciously look at the shadows, assuming that ghosts have no shadows.
The sun had set, and they couldn't see the shadow under natural light, but there was light at the detection area. Through a little light there, they could see that the woman had a shadow.
Not only did she have a shadow, but she didn't look like a ghost in other aspects of her appearance, even though her hair was dragged forward by a man, which caused her face to twist in pain, which looked a bit scary.
Her frightened and painful expression, her fearful and helpless tears, the grass dragging and bending her body on the ground, and her shadow were all different from the ghost they imagined.
She was dragged to a car, the door opened, and it was dark inside without any light.
Her fingers dug into the soil harder, her face was stained with tears, and she shouted until her voice was hoarse and broken, "Husband! I'm not a ghost, help me! -"
It was no use, her husband still didn't move, and she was still locked in the dark compartment.
After the man holding an umbrella locked the car door, the car immediately drove away, not toward the city, but to a side road.
There was a row of the same cars waiting there silently.
After the woman was taken away, her lost husband was released into the city.
The people in front of the queue breathed a sigh of relief. On the contrary, the dozen or so players remained silent for a long time. In their minds, they still had the scream of the woman and the horror and ferocity of her being locked into the car.
"So, those people holding umbrellas are not, at least not necessarily ghosts."
What they thought at first was that ghosts are related to ghosts, and they are also afraid of light like ghosts, so they hold umbrellas.
Now it seems obviously not.
Although they didn't see any key to what happened just now, they also gained a lot of information.
First of all, Qingcheng's attitude towards ghosts is the same as they are afraid of ghosts.
Secondly, the previous test should be to detect whether a person is a ghost. The ghost will be put into a black car and taken to an unknown place.
If they are ghosts, they should hide it instead of holding an umbrella openly.
"Then why are they afraid of light? What kind of light would a normal person be afraid of? No, are they really afraid of light when they hold an umbrella?"
"You see that woman keeps walking sideways, and that child keeps spinning in circles. It's so strange."
Maybe it's because the sky is getting darker, and the players feel more and more weird here.
Su Qingyu found that more and more people were turning sideways because they were close to the detection place. There were many people turning sideways here because - Su Qingyu only found one difference between here and elsewhere - there were a lot of lights here.
Before discussing the results, they walked to the front row and it was time to go in for testing.
The testing place was a long corridor-like iron house. Su Qingyu and others were guided into the corridor room by people holding umbrellas, and each person stood in a circle three meters apart.
A beam of light came from behind, and Su Qingyu saw his own shadow. After the light was turned off, another beam of light came from the front.
Such rapid succession of lights came from different directions, and Su Qingyu even saw his own shadow.
He must have passed the test and was guided out of the corridor long room by the staff.
In front of him was Gu Ziyan, and when they were about to walk out, they heard a familiar scream.
It was the middle-aged man who entered the game for the first time and kept shouting to let him out. No one explained to him what was going on. He was forcibly pulled into the long iron room by the staff, as if he was being taken for some experiment. , shouting louder and more intensely.
"Who are you? What are you going to do to me? Let me out! Let-"
His voice broke off and his eyes widened in horror.
Su Qingyu followed his line of sight and looked over. Next to the middle-aged man was a young man who was not a player in another queue. When a beam of light hit him, it stopped, and they were able to see his static shadow clearly.
It's not static, although both he and the light are static, but his shadow is squirming. It doesn't look like a shadow is squirming, it's more like something is squirming in his shadow.
Su Qingyu blinked and when he was about to look over, he was quickly pulled out by the staff.
The iron door closed in front of them with a bang, and the frightened screams were also trapped inside.
"Did you see it? His shadow." Gu Ziyan asked him, her voice slightly tight.
Su Qingyu nodded, "It seems it's not me who's dazzled, there's something in his shadow."
When they heard about ghosts, they initially thought that ghosts had no shadows like ghosts, but the woman who was dragged away had a shadow.
After entering the testing iron room, lights from different directions were turned on. Su Qingyu thought that the ghosts were ghosts that had not fully evolved. They had shadows but incomplete, and they might occasionally have no shadows. The lights in the iron room were used to detect whether they were in all directions. All have shadows.
It turns out those lights illuminate things in the shadows.
They only saw it once, when something in the shadow was about to move, and only the people inside knew what the specific situation was.
Not long after, the door of the inspection iron room opened again, and the person whose shadow was reflected in the object was dragged out, shouting like the woman before: "No! No! It's definitely a mistake! I can't be a ghost!" "
In the end, he was dragged into a black car and taken away like the woman.
Gu Ziyan: "It seems that those with something in the shadow are ghosts, but why are they called 'ghost' people?"
Su Qingyu smiled and said, "Maybe the person in the shadow is a ghost?"
"..." Gu Ziyan glanced at him, then looked at the shadow behind him, and took a step back.
Su Qingyu: "..."
Not really.
After other players came out one after another, a fat man with a round belly ran out of the city, "Sorry, sorry!"
He took a breath and said, "Are you students from other places who came to the Ghost Bureau to intern? I'm sorry I'm late. I will take you to the Qingcheng Ghost Bureau."
Gu Ziyan explained to him, "This is the identity of our copy, and we must play this role well."
Su Qingyu nodded. To play this identity well, it means that he cannot directly ask what a ghost is. He has come to the ghost bureau for an internship, so it is impossible not to know what a ghost is.
The little fat man said: "Let's go quickly. The moon is about to come out, and it will be dangerous."
A player asked him: "Why is it dangerous when the moon comes out?"
The little fat man stopped and turned his head to look at him quietly, "What did you say just now? Don't you know it's dangerous when the moon comes out?"
The player stood stiffly on the spot, looking into his dark eyes with hair all over his body, "I, of course I know, you are talking about ghost people. I thought it was some special custom in Qingcheng, so I opened my mouth to ask."
The little fat man laughed again, "I was too serious just now because many people with evil intentions recently want to sneak into Qingcheng. Let's go."
Next, no player dared to ask anything rashly, and the group walked into Qingcheng quietly.
When they entered the city, it was already dark, but there were no street lights on the streets of Qingcheng.
The whole city was pitch black, which made people standing not far away looking at them look a little scary, like ghosts in the dark night.
There are still people walking stiffly sideways in the city, and children spinning numbly in circles.
Su Qingyu caught the inexplicably cold gaze. He turned around and saw a man looking at him in the corner. The corners of his mouth seemed to be raised. The light was dim. Su Qingyu was not sure if he was licking his lips.
When the man saw him looking over, he suddenly disappeared.
Something brushed against his ankle.
"Ah!" someone screamed, "What the hell!"
In the bleak and strange environment, something approaching is particularly scary.
When everyone looked over, they found a small Shiba Inu holding Su Qingyu's ankle and looking up at him.
Su Qingyu: "..."
Su Qingyu bent down and picked it up while everyone was watching.
"Isn't this good? This puppy is not like a stray dog. It should have an owner. It is so cute." A player reminded him, "Don't cause trouble."
Su Qingyu glanced at the little fat man, who glanced at the little Shiba Inu, "Qingcheng does not prohibit dogs, but the Ghost Bureau does not allow pets to enter."
"Okay." Su Qingyu said, "I'll just hold it for a while to strengthen its courage, and then I'll put it down when we get to the office."
The little fat man took another look at the whole thing and buried it in Su Qingyu's arms. Only a small Shiba Inu with a short tail was exposed and said nothing.
After holding 527 in her arms, Su Qingyu relaxed a lot and continued to look at the city.
The other players felt numb after watching it for a while. The sight of those people was terrifying and unfriendly, and they did not dare to look any further.
Only Su Qingyu was still observing.
Gu Ziyan asked him: "Aren't you afraid of ghosts?"
Su Qingyu: "..."
This question is not easy to answer. He is a host in the Fengdu underworld. When he was in the underworld, he was surrounded by ghosts. How can he explain this?
However, ghosts are not scary in the underworld, but ghosts are indeed a little bit scary in the human world, of course only a little bit.
Su Qingyu thought for a while: "Be afraid."
Gu Ziyan: "...?"
Bar?
While talking, they arrived at the Qingcheng Ghost Bureau. Su Qingyu patted 527 on the head and placed it at the door.
Qingcheng Ghost Bureau, the full name of Qingcheng Ghost Incident Handling Bureau, is an authority with full authority to handle all ghost-related incidents in Qingcheng. It is built in the center of Qingcheng city in a hive building with different departments inside. Work with different content.
According to the system, the first ghost man in the world appeared in Qingcheng. Qingcheng is the city with the most experience in dealing with ghost men. The players, who are students from other places for internship, actually come here to learn relevant experience.
They were assigned to the core department of the bureau, the department responsible for catching ghosts.
Of course, as interns, they also have to work. This should be the task stated by the system.
This task sounds very simple. As soon as they entered, the teacher who led them said: "Each of you must catch three ghosts to be considered qualified for the internship."
The system's voice is suitable for ringing in the mind: [Dungeon mission: Find and capture three ghosts. 】
Su Qingyu and Gu Ziyan looked at each other. To put it this way, the person with something in the shadow they saw at the city gate might not be considered a ghost, at least it could not represent everything.
If there are things in the shadows that are ghosts, there is no need for such an organization to catch ghosts everywhere. Just test everyone in the city and you will know which ones are ghosts.
After the teacher finished speaking, he gave them passes and room cards and left. He had no intention of taking them well. It seemed that they could only figure it out on their own.
"What the hell is this ghost!"
"Don't say anything, how can we arrest him?"
When a few players started complaining, other players had already started to take action.
Gu Ziyan asked Su Qingyu: "Where do you want to start?"
Su Qingyu seldom pays attention to supernatural events. His experience in this is limited to the science fiction and supernatural scripts he has read. He thought for a while, "Let's see if the special bureau has a database. Let's first find out what a ghost is?"
Seeing that some players had left the Ghost Bureau, Gu Ziyan said: "Okay, I feel that the people in Qingcheng must be very xenophobic. We shouldn't find anything when we go out to inquire. You are in the right direction."
In addition to the two of them, there was also the man in the purple shirt named Ji Tanglian, and the sunny and handsome college student named Ning Feng, who were looking for the bureau's database with them.
The special bureau does have a database, but their authority is limited and can only be viewed in the outer hall.
The outer hall mainly contained some newspapers and magazines, which were better than nothing, and the four of them started to read them.
When Su Qingyu was flipping through the newspaper, someone quietly pushed his arm with a magazine. Su Qingyu looked up and saw Ji Tanglian.
He motioned for him to take it and read it. Su Qingyu stared at him for two seconds, then took the magazine and turned to the page he folded.
On this page of the magazine, the interview was with a man named A Ming. The title did not mention Ghost Man, but it was about the first ghost-body-changing event in the history of Qingcheng.