northernbook Chapter 51 Unspeakable
Chapter 51 Unspeakable
It's the same as saying nothing, Yan Xun thought.
He guessed that this was probably related to the secrets of the copy, so he couldn't reveal it for the time being.
The difference between the movie instance and the regular instance is that everyone in the movie instance needs to complete their assigned tasks—the pre-set plot cannot be skipped, which leads to some inevitable death scenarios, and players can only try to find ways to overcome them.
The movie's plot is coherent, but as a movie with multiple actors, the camera won't focus on everyone. Therefore, players have room to maneuver outside the camera's view.
—For example, when the death flag appears on the protagonist, the camera is not on the supporting characters. So at this time, the supporting characters can move freely and solve the problem, as long as they complete the scene in the shot before their next shot arrives.
Although Sun Zhao is the main character in the movie "No Life Village", the plot really begins after he enters the village.
The footage of them inside the car is not shown in the movie, so this is their "off-camera" time.
"I bet your wife is your childhood sweetheart," Sun Zhao suddenly said, lifting his backpack from between his legs and pulling out some snacks for a quick energy boost. "Want some?"
I feel a little hungry.
Yan's parents in the front row naturally refused, and Yan Yu also shook his head. Yan Xun looked at the energy bar handed to him, took it but did not open it immediately, just held it in his hand, "Can you let me see that video?"
Sun Zhao laughed heartily, "Why not?"
As he spoke, he handed his phone to Yan Xun, gesturing for him to watch the video he had shown them earlier.
The man in the video appears to be in his early thirties. He's lying on the ground examining the red soil of Wusheng Village, then scoops some up in his palm and shows it to the camera, saying, 'This is the red soil of Wusheng Village…'
"I've been to so many places, but this is the first time I've seen red soil of this color."
'I have a feeling this place is not simple.'
He gestured for the camera to follow him—it appeared there was another person filming besides him—and the two walked forward a bit, pointing to the 'Wusheng Village' plaque above their heads. 'My viewers messaged me privately, telling me I absolutely had to come here; this place is extraordinary.'
"It is said that a hundred years ago, an earthquake occurred here... and many treasures emerged from underground."
'However, everything went to the museum. I heard that some fools tried to scout it out before, but they all never came back.'
'I knew this red soil was special the moment I arrived!'
Perhaps to create an air of mystery, the filter used in this person's filming makes it look like the underworld, and the background music is the kind of weird and spooky background music commonly used in horror movies, and there are even some intentional jump scares.
Yan Xun reached out and clicked on this person's homepage again—
[Unknown Phenomena Investigator: Shakotsu]
[Enter the eerie world! Join my live stream on Mondays and Fridays at 9 PM...]
[For business cooperation, please contact xxxx]
Yan Xun searched for this person's name again and found many live stream clips. In them, people were calling him to ask how to solve the strange things happening in their homes. Of course, to get a call, you had to send a small gift.
Yan Xun clicked on one, and it just so happened that he clicked on the live stream clip of "Wusheng Village".
The person who spoke sent a carnival gift, cut in line, and said that his village was called Wusheng Village. Because some strange things had been happening in the village recently, he hoped that Sha Yue could come and take a look.
He spoke slowly and deliberately, pausing between each word, and the live chat was flooded with comments like, "Is he a bot?"
Furthermore, there was obvious popping of the microphone, along with some wind noises and pig squeals, and it was unclear where the connection was being made.
Sha Yue first joked, asking if he was near the pigsty, and then a pig squeal came from the other side.
[...I can only ask here...]
I can't let anyone else find out...
Come and take a look...
The man spoke with a slight stutter, uttering each word slowly and deliberately, as if speaking these words was extremely difficult for him.
Soon, after another burst of pig squeals, the connection was lost.
Some people even went to the homepage of this contact and found that it was a newly registered account with no information.
But perhaps it was these unnatural phenomena that caught the attention of this adventure streamer, Sha Yue, who still brought the photographer to Wusheng Village.
He first photographed the red soil at the entrance of the village, with villagers in the background looking at them as if they were crazy.
Then they started asking the villagers if anything strange had happened recently... Of course, the villagers suspected they were swindlers and closed their doors as soon as they saw them coming.
If that's the case, then it's alright.
The strange thing is that Sha Yue hasn't streamed for three whole months, while other platforms have updated their statuses.
[Sha Yue V: Some things are best left unsaid. I'm leaving the internet for now. See you another day.]
Immediately afterwards, updates ceased across all platforms.
Now... even those who initially thought that Sha Yue was deliberately creating a good live stream effect due to a decline in live stream traffic can't sit still anymore.
After reading all this, Yan Xun handed the phone back to Sun Zhao. "You came here because of this too?"
"more or less."
Sun Zhao thought for a moment, "But I know Sha Yue."
“I couldn’t get in touch with him and I didn’t know where he went... so I decided to come here to check on things.”
"Your village is really hard to find."
“Nobody around here has ever heard of it.” He looked at Yan Xun. “Until that day, I saw a copper coin on the ground. When I picked it up, I saw the signpost for Wusheng Village hidden in the tree canopy.”
Yan Xun: "..."
Not the eldest brother? You still dare to come even after things have gone like this?
As expected of the protagonist of a horror movie, the strange phenomena that would make normal people immediately turn back home are not only ignored by them, but are even used as a stimulant.
Yan Xun's mind was immediately filled with images from countless horror movies he had watched—
When a well-meaning person says, "Hey bro, don't go to the lakeside cabin for vacation, it's haunted," the protagonist of a horror movie can still laugh and joke around, and even flirt a little more... Yan Xun looked at Sun Zhao as if he were looking at a dead man.
"I thought I'd found the way, but I got lost again." Sun Zhao winked at Yan Xun as she said this, "Luckily, I ran into you guys."
At this point, he asked Yan Yu, a villager, "Cousin, have you seen this person in the village before?"
He acted like a familiar face and handed the phone to Yan Yu.
"Just call me Yan Yu," Yan Yu said calmly. "My only cousin is Yan Xun."
"This person..."
"I've never seen it either."
"I usually stay indoors and rarely go out."
“My wife isn’t my childhood sweetheart either,” Yan Yu answered Sun Zhao’s question earlier. “She’s someone I’ve been waiting for a long time.”