Opening his eyes, a monster with green face and fangs suddenly appeared in the hazy field of vision, and he growled and came forward.

Olivi's body was shocked, and he lifted the quilt on the bed and flew across the cross with one move.

Then there were a series of screams

"Why do you stand in front of me wearing a ghost mask?"

After a long time, Olivi sat cross-legged on the bed, looking at Li Qinglian who was lying beside him, panting with awkward expression.

"I just want to wake you up. Don't tell Zhu Jue and Wu Tong about this, otherwise they will probably laugh at me for a long time. In short, get up soon. Tomorrow will be a celebration parade. Today I heard that there will be some sacrificial activities, so we have to hurry up!"

Li Qinglian couldn't say anything about being scary and almost fainted by someone. She got up from the bed and went straight to the bathroom to tidy up her makeup.

"Marking parade"

Because the temperature in the room was high, Olivi, who was wearing only a tactical vest, sat on the edge of the bed, swept across the room, and then looked out of the balcony of the hotel. Mechanical creatures with the appearance of Kongming lanterns were parading back and forth in the air, constantly playing content about the celebration parade.

Her expression was a little stiff, and her movements of getting up and putting on her clothes were slowly stammering. In fact, Olivia felt a little unreal about what had happened so far. She thought that the result of being sent to the weird studio for missions was to stay in the studio all day long and do meaningless video editing. Who would have thought that in a few days, she would break the conspiracy of the Silver Twilight Secretariat Order, which was more meaningful than her paperwork in the special operations team.

Not to mention that after a few days of busyness, he went out for a trip with the people from the weird studio, and also attended the spring festival in Rong Xiacheng. When he mentioned this to his friends, he was "criticized".

Especially Chu Yun, she has been busy with the search and rescue operations after the blizzard recently, and she has been talking about this for a long time when she heard about it.

This mission is not as bad as expected, isn't it?

Although the hotel they stayed in Rongxia New Town, the breakfast location was in the tourist attractions of Rongxia City.

The celebration is approaching, and even in the morning, there are still people coming and going here, and the fireworks can be seen everywhere.

Li Qinglian said that she found a time-honored brand and insisted on taking them to see it. Zhu Jue naturally had no objection and followed.

Instead of going from the vertical elevator or corridor next to the street to the second floor of the play square, I walked along the street, and my eyes wandered in the surrounding environment.

He noticed the strange emotions on the faces of Wu Tong and the other three, because the architectural style and surrounding layout of Rong Xiacheng were very different from the environment they lived in before.

Half of the vibrant sunshine was covered by the mottled high-rise buildings hundreds of meters around, but the rest were also encased by the aerial platform built on the second floor, and only a little remaining light could be reflected on this bottom floor.

Following the sidewalk next to the highway, the group was about to pass through a tunnel. There was a simple iron staircase nearby. The rusted surface proved that it had not been repaired for a long time.

"I wish you all the best and good health~"

A familiar congratulation came from a mechanical lucky cat, the size of a palm-sized trash can in the roadside, and behind it was a wall paved with slender white tiles. Perhaps because of the age, these tiles have lost their original Bai Jie, and there are still many advertisements posted on it.

"Have a lot of money to seek a child", "Gambling God's unique skills", "specialized in treating strange and complicated diseases" and so on.

Occasionally, there are some useful things, such as the store advertisement that Chu Yun mentioned before, turn right forty meters in front.

"Why are there any policemen who are not in charge of this kind of advertisement that is posted everywhere?"

In such an era, such a "retro" advertising form has appeared, which makes Olivi, who has just come to this city, puzzled.

"They don't care, because you tore it once, and someone will post it again soon at night. Dozens of pictures can be printed for a few yuan. In the old city of Yecheng, there are also such scenes, but not as many as here."

The so-called progress of the times is the progress of those who are above the second level. In Zhu Jue's opinion, these people at the bottom are more likely to retreat.

Even maintaining the same status is a luxury for them.

Hundreds of years have not brought them a better life, and they still look like they are surviving.

Following the route in the advertisement, I came to the old brand, but I saw a storefront filled with miscellaneous items.

"The Jiangnan Noodle Restaurant is here, how could it be?"

Li Qinglian confirmed that their route was not wrong, and the noodle restaurant in front of her was obviously a fact.

Two variegated stray cats poked their heads out from the gap between the miscellaneous objects and looked at them. Zhu Jue walked forward a few steps and turned his head to look at the door behind the miscellaneous objects. The locking ring between the door handles was disconnected, but because they were buckled inward, they would not be able to detect it if they didn't look carefully.

"Since the door is closed, let's go back and eat on the second floor. It's only eight in the morning, and we still have time."

He looked upwards and looked at the second floor of the Jiangnan Noodle Pavilion. The beige curtains covered the contents inside and couldn't see clearly. His hands were tightened in their pockets, raised their eyebrows and said softly.

Zhu Jue was about to take his group away, but he acted as if he had seen nothing.

Even if there is something, he is here to travel this time and doesn't care about other bullshit things.

Behind the curtains, there were shirtless upper bodies, and the mechanical eyeballs behind the goggles were watching their departure backs. The mechanical blades on their right arm slid interlaced, and scarlet blood slowly dripped.

Along the way, Li Qinglian was still wondering why the store suddenly closed. It was not until she changed her breakfast shop that she was attracted by the exquisite meals and completely left the noodle restaurant behind.

But this time I had breakfast and was not at ease.

roadside

"A brief ~"

A child with a red ghost face and a navy blue jacket rushed over from the street, ran to Wu Tong, took a cucumber and ran away, ran a few meters away, and turned around, making Wu Tong a real "ghost face".

"This naughty kid!"

Wu Tong gritted his teeth, and finally smiled helplessly, "It's just a cucumber bun, and I'll just eat it."

Zhu Jue was holding a bowl of mushroom chicken porridge and watching the scene with a smile on his face. Suddenly he noticed someone behind him. When he turned around, he saw a little girl wearing a camouflage mask and a red cotton-padded jacket stretching out her hand to pull the corner of his clothes, and her other empty hand was holding a coin.

Why a little girl?

Because she had two braids on her head and was wearing a pair of cloth shoes embroidered with flowers.

"Big brother, this is the money for the cucumber. I will pay for my brother, but you have to give me another one because one dollar is two."

"I'll give you another egg. Can you tell your brother why you all wear these strange masks?"

Zhu Jue noticed that not only these two children, but many adults nearby also had masks in their hands, but also masks that looked quite ferocious, which made him a little curious.

"My mother told me that the ghosts in the underworld want to be reborn, eat human flesh and blood, swallow people's heart and lungs!"

After saying that, the girl took the egg from Zhujue and then trotted to chase her brother.

Zhu Jue raised his head and his eyes unconsciously landed under a corridor porch ahead, where a group of children wearing masks were coming from there.

Most of these children are petite, but the mask on their faces is larger than their faces. So while running, the mask starts to shake. The scene that should have been relaxed and childish now seems quite strange.

Zhu Jue, who has always been a little sensitive to things in this regard, stared at them for a long time until he was attracted by Li Qinglian's voice.

"The spring festival in Rongxia City has two meanings. One is to welcome the new year, and to worship the gods with a huge and beautiful parade and ask for their blessings. This is what everyone knows, but this second floor is a little different. On March 10, it was called the "ghost gate" in Rongxia City. This is not the gate gate between life and death. That is to say, on this day, the gate of the underworld they mentioned here will be opened, and ghosts and monsters will come to the world. Just as the little girl said just now, in order to seek a turn, these ghosts must find a suitable body to replace themselves. They also have the mask on their faces, so that those ghosts can regard them as similar. This spring festival is also to push the popularity of Rongxia City to the peak and resist the yin energy from the underworld."

Li Qinglian checked the contents above with her mobile phone. These are traditional customs, so it is not difficult to find.

"Then do we have to buy a mask too? Otherwise, everyone else will wear it. If we don't wear it, won't those ghosts come to us?"

Despite receiving years of atheistic education, when he arrived in Rongxia City, the religious atmosphere here was so omnipresent that even Wu Tong began to subconsciously want to cooperate.

But this is not a bad thing in itself. You can follow the local customs. Anyway, they are here to play, so there is no need to forcefully get along with the customs here.
Chapter completed!