I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 353 The sixth round of closed beta testing of the virtual game: Taiping Town!
tread!
tread!tread!
Heavy and dense footsteps sounded, and soon they arrived at the location where Cao Yang and others were, but there was no trace of the other people here.

Behind a small hill, Cao Yang, Li Leping, Zhang Lei and Zhou Deng were all squatting there.

As for the words that Zhou Deng had said just now, they had already disappeared with the wind. They were really gone with the wind. It was Cao Yang's ghost wind that brought them here.

With the ghost domain here, there is no need to worry about speed.

Here, several people also saw the situation below clearly. There were six or seven middle-aged men wearing clothes from the 1970s and 1980s. They were all tall and looked like the type who often worked in the fields. However, their faces looked anxious.

There was a pitch-black coffin between them, carried by four of them.

Behind them, the footprints coming from afar continued to get deeper and deeper, and by the time they reached the bottom, even the tops of their feet had sunk into the ground.

"No, I can't go on anymore."

The middle-aged man who was following at the end spoke anxiously. The noise made Cao Yang and the others feel startled, and they almost thought they were discovered.

But obviously, the middle-aged man did not notice this. He just stared at the black coffin.

After he spoke, the four people carrying the coffin stopped at the same time. Then the man who was observing the road conditions in the front turned around with a serious face and said, "Lao Liu, we haven't reached the destination yet. If we stop now, something bad will happen."

Old Liu pointed at the black coffin and said, "Something has happened. Old He, take a closer look. We don't have time!"

Old He took a closer look and his face suddenly changed. Even the people carrying the coffin trembled and a hint of fear appeared in their eyes, because the coffin had begun to leak water.

The water was full of a foul smell, as if there were corpses that had been rotting for many days, and there were many corpses gathered together.

"This woman is really a nuisance. She stirred up trouble when she was alive, and she still wants to cause trouble after her death!"

"Say less, after all, the dead are the greatest!"

"Fuck your mother's dog fart, this woman..."

The people carrying the coffin immediately started arguing. Old He in front ignored them and walked up and slapped the lid of the black coffin.

With a slap, the black coffin returned to normal and the water stopped flowing. If the ground had not been soaked, everyone would have thought that everything that had just happened was an illusion and it seemed very strange.

"Hurry up and get to the designated location. If we can't bury it at the right time and in the right place, our town will be in real trouble."

Lao He had just finished explaining and was turning around when he suddenly looked up and asked, "Who?"

Discovered? !
"Don't resist!"

Cao Yang realized this instantly, and a gust of wind rose out of nowhere, instantly covering him, Li Leping, Zhang Lei and Zhou Deng.

The ghost domain unfolded instantly and was about to turn into a rainbow and disappear.

"Hmph! Want to run? Let me see, where did you come from, you little thief? How dare you, sneaking around like that, to target us?!" It was Lao He's voice.

Cao Yang only felt a chill on his back and subconsciously looked back.

Behind Old He, several strange figures appeared out of thin air and stood behind him. There were men and women, young children, and elderly people.

Their existence seemed unreal, not like real living people, but rather like ghosts born after death, gathered behind the man named Lao He using some special means.

What’s even more terrifying is that although they were just a few illusory figures, Cao Yang felt a fatal crisis.

"If we really fight, we might die!"

Not only Cao Yang, but also Li Leping and Zhang Lei in his ghost domain had the same feeling. Zhou Deng even shouted anxiously, "Go! Go!"

Cao Yang's face was solemn. He no longer hesitated and immediately drove away in the Guifeng.

At this moment, a heavy sound of footsteps was heard behind him, along with the sound of iron chains dragging on the ground.

next moment.

The iron chain swayed, and the cold and heavy chain became infinitely long, like a gust of cold wind blowing straight towards him, and it even directly broke through the Ghost Wind Ghost Domain and pointed directly at Cao Yang.

Cao Yang wanted to continue escaping, but the Ghost Wind Ghost Domain seemed to be anchored and could only howl in place, unable to leave.

"what?"

Cao Yang was horrified, but he had no time to dodge. At this moment, Zhang Lei rushed over, lifted up his clothes, revealing his big mouth that almost ate up his stomach.

Click!

The big mouth bit the iron chain, making a crisp sound. After a brief stalemate, the iron chain was bitten into pieces. When it fell to the ground, it turned into a ball of ash in the air and disappeared.

"It's not a real thing, it's a ghost, let's go!" Zhang Lei shouted.

Cao Yang felt that the Ghost Wind Ghost Domain could move, so he hurriedly ran away.

"Lao He, they are a few youngsters. They have some abilities, but unfortunately they have taken the wrong path. All they know are fancy things. Even with this, you still can't defeat them?" Lao Liu teased.

Too far.

Old Liu had a plan in mind. It was because those little guys ran away too quickly and too decisively that the distance of the attack was too far. Otherwise, he was absolutely sure that he could keep them all.

But the result is the result, and Lao He has no intention of explaining it, which makes him look inferior.

"You are still in the mood to joke. You seem quite relaxed. You can carry the coffin. It will be a good opportunity for the brothers to take a break." Lao He said calmly.

Old Liu's face changed slightly, and he quickly laughed and said, "Old He, stop joking. I'm not a professional coffin bearer. The woman in this coffin is restless and will not quiet down. If you let me do it, there might really be big problems."

"Something has gone wrong, leave now."

Old He snorted coldly, turned and walked in a certain direction. The four coffin bearers and Old Liu looked at each other, and silently carried the coffin forward.

Old Liu no longer had the mood to joke and followed behind silently, staring at the black coffin with indescribable complexity in his eyes.

A few miles away, Cao Yang stopped with a rather grim look on his face.

Li Leping asked, "Did the impact just now become very big?"

"Well, it's indeed a bit big. I need to rest for a while." Cao Yang took a deep breath and did not explain his condition in detail, but Li Leping and Zhang Lei could roughly guess his condition.

Especially Zhang Lei.

He confronted the chain head-on, and although he used his ghost bite to tear the chain off, he was also affected. Cao Yang, who was actually targeted and even had his ghost domain torn apart, must have been affected even more. He might even have had some problems with his own balance.

However, is the difficulty of this game a little too high? I haven't encountered any supernatural events yet. I just met a person in the wild, but it was so scary.

Are you still letting people play games?
"Does the store manager think that it is too easy to earn points, so he deliberately uses this method to cheat us?" Zhou Deng was very dissatisfied and a little outspoken.

Zhang Lei glanced at Zhou Deng and reminded him, "Some things are better not to say. After all, this is the store manager's game."

"I know. The store manager is the GM. But it doesn't matter. I'm a big customer. The resources I have are enough for me to play in the store for several nights in a row. I believe that the store manager will at least wait until I have no money before punishing me for the sake of money."

Zhou Deng was quite self-aware and what he said made a lot of sense, but the last sentence was really speechless.

Fortunately, Cao Yang and the others are now in full condition. As they are invaded by the supernatural, their emotions as living people are also suppressed, so they don't show any unusual behavior.

"Let's take a look around. There seems to be a town ahead. Let's go over and take a look at the situation and collect some information." Li Leping suggested.

Cao Yang nodded and said, "Let's go. I also need to recover. Otherwise, it will be too uncomfortable."

Not far away is a small town, also built in the style of the 1970s and 1980s. There are not many buildings, just one-story cottages covered with tiles, filled with an antique atmosphere.

It is quite dark now and I don’t know whether it is morning or evening.

The few of them soon arrived near the town, walked along the dirt road, and soon discovered that there were still some people active in the town.

In real life, small towns are usually populated by the elderly and children. It is rare to see young people at home. Even if there are, most of them are women taking care of children, and there are relatively few men.

However, this small town is filled with old people, children, and young people, and it is full of laughter and seems to be having a great time.

"It should be evening now, and there is nothing unusual in the town on the surface, but we still need to pay attention. Everyone should know about the incident in Huanggang Village. Some ghosts can simulate this situation in the ghost realm."

Cao Yang gave a reminder and walked towards the town, but before he took a few steps, he and several people beside him stopped and looked at a stone tablet beside the road in surprise.

If it was an ordinary stone tablet, then there would be nothing to worry about, but there were three words written on this stone tablet:
Taiping Town!
"Is this Taiping Ancient Town? No, no, Taiping Town... The store manager made a game out of Taiping Town from decades ago?" Zhang Lei understood.

The headquarters has information about Taiping Ancient Town, but not much. If it weren't for the outbreak of the Ghost Lake incident, the headquarters might not have included news about Taiping Ancient Town, so the headquarters lacks information in this regard.

After the Ghost Lake erupted, Zhongzhou City and Taiping Ancient Town were both flooded. It was basically impossible to enter Taiping Ancient Town, and we could not continue to collect information.

There was a He Yiner who came out of Taiping Ancient Town. She could even be said to be the heir of Taiping Ancient Town, but the relationship between He Yiner and the headquarters had become very bad at that time.

In addition, He Yiner's membership in the Peace Hotel made the headquarters more relaxed in collecting information about Taiping Ancient Town.

After all, this is a mysterious place that can no longer be seen by the world, so there is no need to worry.

During the day, Wei Jing went to Taiping Ancient Town and found that the water level of Ghost Lake had dropped. Although it was a little difficult to enter Taiping Ancient Town, it was no longer absolute. However, it was obviously too late to start collecting information at this time.

Therefore, the information about Taiping Ancient Town that Cao Yang and his team knew were just some bits and pieces collected when they went to deal with the Ghost Lake incident.

We only know that there are a few people like He Liansheng left in Taiping Ancient Town, and most of the ghost streets are empty. We know very little other information.

Now they have come to the Taiping Town of decades ago, and they don’t know what to say.

"This is an opportunity. If the Taiping Town in the game is based on real reality, then this is a good opportunity for us to find out the details of Taiping Town." Cao Yang thinks the content of this game is good.

Even if we don't get many points, being able to collect information about Taiping Town will be of great help to the headquarters, especially in research.

Li Leping pondered and said, "If this is really Taiping Town, then did you notice that there is a ghost lake nearby?"

The few people who had just escaped here did not observe the surroundings carefully, so there is naturally no accurate answer to this question.

"Let's go into town and ask about the situation. It will be more effective than just guessing here."

Cao Yang's proposal was immediately agreed by Zhou Deng. He said with shining eyes: "Captain Cao is right. Only after investigation can we have the right to speak. Let's go in quickly. If we are late, the treasure will be gone!"

"Don't mess around!" Cao Yang reminded.

Zhou Deng didn't care. "If this is some supernatural place in reality, I will definitely not do anything rash. After all, I won't be killed by ghosts. But this is a virtual game, and death has little impact on reality. You want to investigate this town, you don't think you can get the secrets by asking questions, right? It's just right, I can muddy the waters, if you think it's inappropriate, we can act separately. I'll go in as a thief, so you can act better in the open."

This proposal really made Cao Yang somewhat tempted, but he still looked at Zhang Lei and Li Leping to seek their opinions.

"This suggestion is good. Only by muddying the water can things under the water float to the surface. Isn't that what Ghost Lake does?" Zhang Lei gave his opinion.

Li Leping just nodded and said nothing.

The agreement between the four was reached in this way. Zhou Deng didn't say much. He picked up a mask and put it on his face. His aura suddenly changed. He no longer looked like a human being, but instead like a ghost.

Cao Yang and the other two's expressions changed slightly, and they stared at Zhou Deng intently.

Zhou Deng turned around and disappeared into the night.

"Zhou Deng must have some skills to be able to steal so many things from the ghosts. Let's go. We are much safer than him. At least there won't be any problems for the time being."

Cao Yang and the other two walked past the stone tablet and entered the town.

The sudden arrival of three strangers naturally aroused the vigilance of the people in the town. Some elderly people called the children playing on the street to their side and stared at the three people vigilantly.

Several young men also came forward and looked at Cao Yang and his companions.

After seeing the clothes on Cao Yang and the other two, the eyes of several young people flickered with envy and vigilance, "Who are you? What's the matter with you coming to our Taiping Town so late?"

Cao Yang forced a smile and said, "We are just passing by and got lost nearby. We want to stay in the town for one night."

"This reason is very reasonable, but you should not be ordinary people, right? Are you strange people like those people in the old street?" asked a young man with a hint of excitement in his words.

Another young man shouted, "Ah Heng, shut up!"

Ah Heng curled his lips in dissatisfaction, but the man behind him was obviously more prestigious, so he shut up, but there was a hint of unwillingness in his eyes, "Got it, Brother He."

The young man surnamed He then said to Cao Yang, "You are here too early. The market will not open until tomorrow. You are the same people as them. Since you have found your way here, you should know the rules. But since you are here, you should follow the rules. But you need to wait. Boss Liu from the hotel has gone out to do some work. He will take you to the old street when he comes back."

Strange person?

Old street?

Opening set?
Boss Liu?

A series of new words caused Cao Yang and the others to have countless guesses, but facing the unknown, they could only nod and say, "Okay."

The young man surnamed He breathed a sigh of relief, "Ah Heng, go and move some stools over for these guests to sit on."

"Okay, Brother He, I'll be there right away."

Ah Heng turned and ran into a nearby room, and quickly brought out two wooden stools. Cao Yang and the other two took them with gratitude. At this time, the young man surnamed Luo said, "I hope you won't disturb us."

After saying this, the young man surnamed He turned and left.

That Ah Heng seemed to be very interested in them, but under the dominance of the young man surnamed He, he could only helplessly follow them away.

Cao Yang sat down on the stool. "Ghost riders here are called strange people? It is quite suitable for the style of this era. However, the ghost riders here have been exposed. This young man named Luo and the young man named A Heng are obviously ordinary people, but they are not unfamiliar with ghost riders, and they are not afraid of them. Obviously, they have countermeasures."

"This is normal. There is still a market. That old street should be the Ghost Street later. However, the Ghost Street in reality is already in decline. Most of the shops are closed, and it is flooded by the Ghost Lake. It is impossible for anyone to go there to buy things. But it is different here. There is actually a fixed market opening time. I'm sure that old street will be very lively tomorrow." Zhang Lei said.

Li Leping was more concerned about another thing. "Lao He, Lao Liu, and the few people carrying the coffin should be the people here. According to the previous information, we should be here for the market tomorrow, but they still attacked us. Obviously, they are doing something shady. If they come back and see us, will they attack us directly?"

"It's possible. In that case, let's wait!" Cao Yang said.

Zhang Lei was a little surprised. "Shouldn't we take this opportunity to go directly into the old street and take a look? We don't even know what the boss of this game is, and we haven't found the monsters yet. It feels like a puzzle game. It's too brain-burning."

"Of course we have to go and take a look, but we have to wait for Zhou Deng to make a fuss first. Only in the chaos will we have a chance. As for the BOSS, it could be Ghost Lake, or it could be a ghost rider of this era in Ghost Street."

Cao Yang analyzed and suddenly said seriously: "But be careful. The people here may be much more terrifying than you think. Zhang Lei, you grow the fastest. Li Leping and I will fight against you in advance. If it doesn't work, we will buy you time to grow."

"it is good."

This is the best way, but it is not realistic, so Zhang Lei naturally will not refuse, let alone be nagging.

The street, which was originally quite bustling, was now deserted. It was obvious that people were very wary of Cao Yang and the other two outsiders. Only a few young people stayed on the street, about fifty meters away from Cao Yang and his companions.

These people were obviously led by a young man named He. Ah Heng said, "Brother He, where did Boss Liu go? Why hasn't he come back for so long? It seems that Uncle He has gone too. They..."

"Maybe he was delayed by something. Didn't I tell you not to ask questions that you shouldn't ask?" The young man surnamed He swept his eyes over the crowd, and most of them lowered their heads when they were swept by his gaze.

The young man surnamed He then turned his head and looked at Cao Yang and others, his eyes flickering.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise in the distance. The young man surnamed He looked over there immediately. Ah Heng was also looking over there. "It seems to be in the direction of the old street. From the sound, it seems like a thief has broken in?"

"Who is so bold as to go to the old street and steal things? Are you trying to kill yourself?"

"Who knows? But it's not like someone hasn't done this before. Maybe someone brave enough has come along."

"Pity."

A group of young people started talking at once, but they had no intention of moving around, and they didn't even make any moves to investigate, which gave Cao Yang and his companions a headache.

"The rules here have already been established. It is no longer feasible to cause unrest through Zhou Deng. In this case, let's just break in." Cao Yang was a little impatient.

"It's not impossible to go in now, but some secrets may not be revealed," Li Leping reminded.

Cao Yang said: "Can you guarantee that the secret here is true?"

Li Leping stopped talking immediately, and Zhang Lei also said: "That Lao He and Lao Liu are obviously hostile to us. It is too risky to wait for them to come back. I tend to agree with Captain Cao. And don't forget, secrets are secondary. The most important thing is to pass the level and get points. This game is too weird, and the difficulty is definitely not lower than the previous ones. It is basically impossible to pass the level, so points are still the most important. If there are no ghosts, we can only kill the ghost riders. A group of them have already left. Now is the best chance, and it may also be our only chance."

Two against one.

Li Leping hesitated for a while and did not insist. "Okay, but I will take you there this time. Don't resist."

A thick fog surged out of Li Leping's body, enveloping the three people. It also surged towards Taiping Town and soon spread to the young man surnamed He.

It was night time and visibility was unclear. It was not until they smelled a choking odor that the group of young people realized something was wrong.

Turning his head, the originally clear road became blurry, and the figures of the outsiders disappeared. The young man surnamed He snorted coldly, "Sure enough, there is a problem. You all go back first."

As he spoke, the young man surnamed He raised his hands and covered his eyes.

(End of this chapter)