I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 378: How to get around the bug, Ghost Thief Zhou Deng
Although she is still keeping vigil, as a new generation of necromancers, the remaining elderly people in Taiping Ancient Town have already regarded He Yiner as their leader and hope for the future.

Naturally, Boss Liu did not hide the news he brought out from the virtual game from He Yiner.

The "store manager" once visited the Peace Hotel, and the "store manager" at that time was very different from the current one, which is also very intriguing.

"Have all the memories of the people in this town been altered? Including Grandpa. I've never heard him talk about the store manager before."

He Yiner had no idea about the "store manager's" past.

But now, she possesses the supernatural power of a necromancer. By summoning souls, she can make some elderly people who have passed away long ago reappear.

However, there are not many relics from the older generation, and they are very precious.

Is it worth using it just to ask for some information?

He Yin'er was weighing things and didn't care about the increasingly thick white fog around her, because she knew that this was the power of the "store manager" and would not harm her.

Due to the influence of the white fog ghost domain, He Yiner did not notice that there was another person around her—Lin Yuan, who had completely invaded Shen Lin's body.

"The necromancer can summon some dead people. Can the summoned people be invaded through their memories?" Lin Yuan was also thinking about it.

The last round of virtual games was based on a market in the ancient town of Taiping forty years ago.

At that time, Lin Yuan invaded Shen Lin and used Shen Lin's supernatural power to invade his memory, but he had a limit, and this limit was even shorter than Shen Lin's.

Unless he is willing to completely transform himself into a ghost, there is no way to break through this limit.

However, he took a shortcut and used the memories of He Liansheng and Boss Liu as anchor points to outline a memory world that was not rigorous.

Then, through Li Leping, Zhang Lei, Zhou Deng and Cao Yang, they interact with the imaginary people in this memory world, making these fake people no longer so imaginary and having a little more real attributes.

Although it is not enough to turn them into real people, it is enough to support their actions in the memory world.

Such a world of memory naturally cannot develop according to history, and the information obtained is difficult to distinguish between true and false.

Lin Yuan was not there to explore history, so he didn't care about this.

On the contrary, through this outline of the world, he also had an idea of ​​​​fixing BUGs, an idea of ​​pushing his own limits forward.

That is, to embed yourself deeply in people's memory.

As long as there are enough people who believe that they have appeared in the past, can they push the time of their past invasion forward to that extent?
Then, can I go directly back to forty years ago, or even to the Republic of China period, to witness the existence of the Seven Elders of the Republic of China, especially the one known as the Cave Heaven Emperor?

Or, can I travel to a more distant era and witness everything that happened in the distant ancient times, and understand whether those so-called myths are a display of the abilities of top ghost riders?

As the owner of the Peace Hotel, Lin Yuan no longer had much excitement, but when he thought about these things, he was still a little excited.

"Whether we can do it or not depends on the current situation. Taiping Ancient Town is a good entry point. Using the people left in Taiping Ancient Town as leverage, we can push the time of our existence forward. The first thing to do is to make the people in Taiping Town believe this, and also make the captains of the headquarters participating in the virtual game believe this. It is the most convenient and simplest method to start from the top down."

Lin Yuan thought about it, turned around and left the ancestral hall.

"He Yin'er is not old enough. She should not exist in the memory world of twenty years or more. But Boss Liu and the faceless man can exist. The middle-aged woman is younger. Her memory of Taiping Town should only be twenty-three years. Is this game going to be a continuation of the last one?"

Lin Yuan thought about it and soon made a decision.

In the small hotel, Boss Liu was sitting behind the counter, looking at the increasingly thick white fog around him with anticipation in his eyes. There were two paper figures cleaning beside him.

tread!
tread!tread!
The faceless man walked in from outside. Although his face was blank, one could feel his excitement and trembling.

He gestured in the air with his hands, this time with more words.

Boss Liu read it patiently, then smiled and said, "Don't worry, we are different from her. She married and came to the town later, and has only been here for more than ten years. The last game was set forty years ago, so it is impossible for her to go back. If we have the chance this time, we can all go back. And we can see Ah Sheng."

The faceless man gradually calmed down, stood beside Boss Liu, and waited quietly.

Suddenly, Boss Liu felt his consciousness become slightly blurred. He immediately widened his eyes and saw a pair of large hands patting him down.

Boss Liu's pupils suddenly shrank, and he quickly used his supernatural powers to infinitely extend the distance.

Of course they do!
The big hand successfully slapped Boss Liu on the forehead. The force was not strong, but it made Boss Liu feel his body stiff.

This is the feeling of the supernatural being suppressed.

"You just stare blankly no matter what, but this ghost's power is used quite smoothly. What, you want to fight with me?" Lao Liu's voice came.

When Boss Liu looked up, he saw Old Liu's aged face and his nose suddenly felt sore.

Seeing Lao Liu again after many years made Boss Liu very excited, even though he had met him once a few days ago. But too many things happened at that time, and Boss Liu still had doubts about the reality of the world and memory. He was wary and naturally resisted.

Unlike now, he has completely accepted the reality of the past represented by this world.

At least.

Before the captain players from the headquarters showed up, all the memories were real. Now that group of young people have not shown up yet, which means that this is what really happened in the past.

"My dear old man, why are you going to cry again?"

Seeing Boss Liu's touched expression, Old Liu was not polite and slapped him again with a look of disappointment.

This time, Boss Liu did not hide.

This time, Old Liu used a bit more force. Most old people of this era believe that a good son is born under the stick.

Compared to a stick, Lao Liu trusts his slap more.

Seeing that Boss Liu still looked touched, Old Liu became a little worried and said to the young man beside him: "Ah Heng, you were with this kid just now, is he also so strange?"

The faceless man, or Ah Heng.

He had no time to respond to Boss Liu. Instead, he touched his face excitedly and murmured, "Found it! I finally found my face!"

Old Liu frowned, "What do you mean you found your face? Your family makes masks, how could you lose your face? You two are too weird. No, tell me what happened!"

Faced with Lao Liu's insistence, Boss Liu and Ah Heng looked at each other, not knowing what explanation to give.

Saying that you traveled back from forty years later?

Ah!
If they really dared to say that, Lao Liu would probably clap smoothly and rhythmically.

"Dad, we're fine. Did something happen to you? Why did you hit me as soon as you came back?" Boss Liu changed the subject while at the same time inquiring about the situation at hand.

By the way, he also gave a look to the faceless man next to him.

Although the faceless man was immersed in the excitement of having a face again, he was, after all, an old-generation ghost rider who had lived for more than ten years. He knew better that this face was not real, but only a face in his memory, and gradually regained his composure.

The body is very ordinary, it is the body when there is no evil spirit under control.

very lucky.

If history could be changed, would my face not be lost?

"Humph! What happened? It was a few months ago when a group of young men who appeared out of nowhere came to cause trouble. Not only did they hurt so many villagers, but they also ruined the reputation of our market. The business of our store and your family's business has declined a lot. If it continues like this, we will starve to death at home in the future. There is no other way. A few days ago, Lao He and I went out to deal with this matter, and by the way, we also inquired about the so-called headquarters and the group of young men, but in the end we found nothing."

Lao Liu talked about the recent situation.

But, several months have passed?

Is time passing so fast?
Boss Liu and Ah Heng were a little surprised, but they didn't take it too seriously, especially Ah Heng. He stood up and said, "Uncle Liu...Uncle, I'm going...back home first."

Old Liu was stunned for a moment, "Why are you stuttering?"

As he said this, he glared at Boss Liu, who quickly waved his hand, "Dad, don't get me wrong, this is none of my business."

Ah Heng has not spoken for many years because he has no face and no facial features for a long time.

In other words, this is the past in his memory. He has returned to the time when he still had a face, otherwise he would not even be able to speak.

Because there is no mouth.

The fact that he can still speak complete sentences now is considered a natural talent of the Faceless Man, but Ah Heng has obviously adapted quickly.

After the faceless man left in a hurry, Lao Liu said, "Did anything happen at home while I was away?"

Boss Liu said with a guilty conscience: "No...right."

The memories of more than forty years ago have long been blurred. Boss Liu only remembers a general idea and some important nodes. Most of the memories have become blurred due to unimportant reasons.

This includes information such as who lives in the store and how many people live there.

of course.

If it was a particularly important event, he would never forget it. If he remembered correctly, the Ghost Lake would erupt in a while. The eruption was very fast, and the town paid a certain price to contain the Ghost Lake.

These costs also made the once bustling Taiping Town become much more depressed.

"Hmph! You're so careless. How can I trust you to run the store when I'm old and dead? Do you want my Liu family's inheritance to end?" Old Liu was so angry.

The corner of Boss Liu's mouth twitched.

He hadn't been scolded like this for many years, but now the one scolding him was his father, what could he do? Of course he had to endure it.

Fortunately, although Old Liu cursed, he was sincere to Boss Liu.

"Just stay in the store honestly these days and don't go out unless necessary. The world has been becoming more and more unstable recently. Do you understand?" Old Liu warned.

Boss Liu's eyes flickered, "Dad, tell me, what happened?"

"Okay, I'll tell you about it. Otherwise, you'll get a little power and become so arrogant." Old Liu was not polite at all, after all, he was his own son.

What else could Boss Liu do? He could only listen obediently.

However, as Lao Liu continued to talk, he had some understanding of what had happened in recent months.

At the big gathering a few months ago, most of the ghost riders who came to the market died due to the disturbance caused by a few young outsiders like Li Leping.

Although the shops on Ghost Street did not suffer any financial losses, the biggest loss was their reputation!

For such a long time, the big fair in Ghost Street has never been opened. Although everyone can be self-sufficient, this generation still cares a lot about face.

For this reason, many people, including Lao Liu, dispersed to search for news from the headquarters.

But after spending several months and consuming a lot of manpower and resources, they still didn't find any information about the headquarters, nor even any trace of the life of those young men. It was as if they had never existed.

This result also made people in the town pay more attention to the so-called headquarters.

There is such a deeply hidden organization that has set its sights on Taiping Town, and judging from the performance of Li Leping and others, they are simply a group of lunatics who are willing to sacrifice their lives. How can this not make the people in the town uneasy?
In other words, everyone in the town has some skills and is brave, so they are not particularly worried.

They are just waiting, waiting for the so-called headquarters to take action again, and then they can follow the clues and find the one who caused the incident and resolve the matter completely.

Otherwise, Ghost Street will surely gradually wither away, and we can't all move away by then, right?
This incident is the biggest thing happening in the town right now, but some smaller things also happened, things that happened within the town.

"The guy in the money house has been in a bad mood recently. His wife's death has had a huge impact on him. He's becoming less and less like a human being. Don't go to the money house in the future, okay?" Old Liu reminded.

Small money?

Boss Liu recalled a gloomy young man, and then nodded, "Then I'll go find Ah Sheng and Ah Heng. Should be okay, right? Dad, didn't you say there aren't many outsiders on the streets recently? I'll just stay on the streets and not go to town, so it should be okay."

How could he just stay in the store like this? Decades ago, he also had some things he wanted to do.

Moreover, he knew very well that when this round of virtual games was opened, there would definitely be at least four players coming to participate in the game. These people would not die in the game and would not care about their lives. Naturally, they would be like crazy people, and it would be even more impossible for Lao Liu and his team to find them.

No matter how powerful they are, they cannot break through the dimensional wall and enter reality from the virtual game.

Lao Liu thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but you must not leave the old street. Otherwise, if I find out, I will break your legs."

Boss Liu: “…”

No one has come to the old street recently, so naturally there are no guests in Boss Liu's hotel. According to Boss Liu, as long as you don't leave the ghost street, everything will be fine.

Of course he wouldn't stay in the store and soon left.

The Ghost Street, which was once quite lively, has now become very deserted. Most of the shop doors are half closed, making it look lifeless.

Boss Liu came all the way to the ancestral hall. The door was not closed. He stood at the door and looked inside. He saw a young man tidying up the spirit tablet and wiping it carefully with a rag.

"Ah Sheng!"

Boss Liu walked in, and his arrival also startled the young man. The young man turned around and saw that it was the young He Liansheng.

He Liansheng at this time looked tall and handsome, and seemed like two completely different people from the hunchbacked one-eyed old man decades later.

Boys change a lot when they grow up.

Women are allowed to become beautiful when they grow up, but men are not allowed to become ugly when they get old?

"Why are you here? How dare you go out at this time? Aren't you afraid that your father will break your legs?" He Liansheng turned around and continued to wipe the spirit tablet.

Boss Liu's mouth twitched, but he didn't go over to help.

The spirit tablet is the foundation of the soul-caller and also represents the inheritance of the entire Taiping Town Old Street. He went to the side and took three incense sticks. After burning the incense respectfully, he said, "The group of outsiders are coming again. We must be prepared."

He Liansheng paused, "The elders have been looking for them for half a year and still can't find them. Could they have escaped from abroad?"

"That's not the case. It can only be said that their origins are somewhat special. Ah Sheng, I can only tell you these things. I won't recognize you once you leave this door. Here, that group of people are just crazy, the kind that are not afraid of death, and even if they die here, they may appear again next time." Boss Liu was giving away spoilers, but they were limited.

When he wanted to say everything, he felt a fatal threat.

He had heard of this feeling before, but this was the first time he felt it. It was the suppression from the real store manager, in order to maintain the balance.

He could say these words in front of He Liansheng and the faceless man, but not in front of other people, which made him a little confused.

But the reason is very simple.

He, He Liansheng and the faceless man all really exist in this virtual memory world. Even He Liansheng, who is already dead, has his memory preserved because Lin Yuan acted quickly enough.

As long as Lin Yuan is willing, he can create a living He Liansheng at any time, with all the memories of his life.

As for the others?
No matter how real and vivid they appear, they are just characters in the memories of the three people. They can give corresponding responses through interactions with the three people and players such as Wei Jing, but if they involve information that exceeds the limit, they will become distorted and finally affect the stability of the virtual game.

He Liansheng said, "If that's the case, then we really need to pay close attention. Let's go. Most of the elders on the street have gone out recently, so we young people should also keep an eye on our homes. They are a bunch of cunning guys who don't care about their lives and won't die. I'm curious where they get the confidence from."

Boss Liu stopped him immediately upon seeing this, "Ah Sheng, you are not their match yet."

If the real He Liansheng were still alive, he would only worry about the young men in the headquarters. However, the current He Liansheng has not yet inherited the skills of a necromancer and can only control a limited number of evil spirits. His strength is still slightly inferior to those young men.

If you really fight to the death, the other party will really lose his life.

Because of the hint of fatality in his heart, he knew that He Liansheng was special, just like the faceless man, so he didn't want to see He Liansheng die in front of him again.

"Maybe, but the people have already bullied us at home, we can't just pretend that we didn't see it, right?" He Liansheng said, turning his head to look at the place where the spirit tablet was placed behind him, and even raised his hands to cover his eyes.

The bright world suddenly turned pitch black, and a figure suddenly appeared in front of the empty tribute platform.

He just picked up the two spirit tablets, but his whole body seemed to be frozen, standing there unable to move. Seeing this scene, Boss Liu's pupils suddenly shrank.

It’s not because of that person, but because of He Liansheng.

The memories of forty years ago were already a little fuzzy, but he remembered that the last time he played the game, He Liansheng's ghost-covered eyes were not so scary.

Even he was somewhat affected.

He Liansheng suddenly turned around. Although his eyes were covered, he looked as if he was staring at Boss Liu. He seemed a little surprised that Boss Liu could still move, but he didn't say much. "Zhou Deng, that thief is here again. It seems that what you said is right, at least half right. What do you think we should do?"

Boss Liu said without hesitation: "Kill him."

"I thought you would plead for him. If that's the case, then just kill him. You dared to come to the ancestral hall to steal the spirit tablet. You will die without knowing how you died. Do you really think that my father is out and you can come and go as you please?"

He Liansheng's voice was calm, but Boss Liu could tell that it was filled with anger.

Zhou Deng still maintained the posture of holding a spirit tablet in one hand, but his eyes seemed to be covered by a layer of black gauze. The strange black air began to spread from his eyes to the surroundings, and the flesh and blood began to rot and fall wherever the black air passed.

Zhou Deng is not an outlier.

Such an attack would only take a few breaths and he would die completely.

But the next moment, his eyeballs under the black gauze suddenly moved strangely, and He Liansheng felt unbearable pain in his eyes.

This is a very incredible thing. Although the ghost he controls is not his eyes, his eyes are still protected by the spirit when the spirit attacks.

Unless one can break through the magical power of the ghost covering his eyes, it is impossible to harm his eyes.

In this moment, Zhou Deng's body moved stiffly, took out a human skin mask from his arms and put it on his face.

The decay of flesh and blood stopped, and the black fog in front of him was pushed away.

Zhou Deng's aura quickly turned cold. He was no longer a human, but more like a ghost. He strode towards He Liansheng, his voice cold and weird: "Your ghost is very interesting. If you don't want it, give it to me."

(End of this chapter)