I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 478: One Hundred Demons Night Parade, Virtual Game Returns to Taiping Town
"It's foggy. Dadong City, the former Zhongzhou City, and Taiping Ancient Town. This time the virtual game directly covered two places. Did something happen? Could it be related to the members of the King's Organization?"

The headquarters command center was still brightly lit even though it was late at night.

Every time a virtual game started, Cao Yanhua and others would stay up late until the virtual game ended and the white fog ghost domain belonging to him dissipated, and only then would they have a chance to rest for two or three hours.

Then when Cao Yang and others return from the virtual game during the day, they will continue the meeting.

In fact.

Wang Lu’s diary is also a good way to understand the “store manager”, but it’s a pity that the price of a diary is a bit expensive, even for the headquarters.

In addition, that was only Wang Lu's perspective, which was full of subjective attitudes and personal emotions, and its reference value was also affected.

On the contrary, virtual games that allow you to travel back to the past are the best choice in terms of cost-effectiveness and other factors.

"That should be the case. There has never been such a sudden incident before. It happened when a foreign ghost rider appeared. There must be a connection between them." Zhao Jianguo said.

But they didn't know that this matter had nothing to do with the landlord. He was just watching a show, just like Ling Yiguang and Nie Yingping.

Shen Liang came over at this time and said, "So far, no white fog ghost area has been found abroad. The supernatural influence of the Peace Hotel is still in China."

"This is a good thing. Also, remember to invest resources in publicity on supernatural forums so as not to let people abroad believe too much in the existence of the Peace Hotel." Cao Yanhua arranged.

Most of the ghost riders in the country have been there for various reasons.

The weirdness and horror in the store caused many people to post the experience of the Peace Hotel on the Internet, and the headquarters also monitored this in time and implemented relevant publicity strategies. Otherwise, it would not have been regarded as a lie by so many foreign ghost hunters, or even believed that this was a strategy carried out by the domestic headquarters, the purpose of which was to fool or even intimidate foreign ghost hunters.

This method is very convenient for the headquarters to use.

Otherwise, in an age when supernatural events occur so frequently, why do most ordinary people still believe that ghosts do not exist in the world?

Zhao Jianguo quickly agreed. He was in charge of following up on this matter, but suddenly, a staff member reminded him, "The third white fog ghost area has appeared in ZS City, Caesar Hotel."

"What?" Cao Yanhua frowned, "Contact Zhongshan immediately."

Zhong Shan was contacted. He was woken up from his sleep. Then he looked around at the white fog with a blank face and suddenly slapped himself.

Amid the crisp sound, Zhong Shan wanted to cry but had no tears: "I'm a big boss, do you really need to torment a small person like me like this?"

Although he was depressed, Zhong Shan did not dare to delay. While maintaining real-time contact with the headquarters, he walked out of the villa and looked solemnly in the direction of the Caesar Hotel.

The white fog naturally poured out from the Caesar Hotel, and in a very short time, it enveloped the entire ZS city.

However, being in the center of the white fog, Zhongshan's vision did not seem to be greatly obstructed, and he could still vaguely see the location of the Caesar Hotel.

"First the robots were charged with solar energy, but now what are they doing? There is no cell phone signal either. It's troublesome here at night."

Zhongshan could only see the outline of the Caesar Hotel, but could not see the interior of the Caesar Hotel. It had completely changed its appearance. It was no longer a modern hotel, but had become eerie and strange.

Lin Yuan appeared here, went upstairs directly and came to the mysterious corridor.

"There are twelve players, and there is Zhang Bohua, who is at the level of one of the Seven Elders of the Republic of China. Zhang Xianguang and Chen Qiaoyang are also quite powerful. If there are too few 'monsters', it will be very difficult for Wei Jing and the others to grow. In this case, let's send more 'monsters' over and see how far they can grow."

This mysterious corridor is also filled with white fog.

The next moment, a series of door opening sounds were heard, and one terrifying figure after another walked into the white fog and then walked outside.

Wang Genquan from Room 801, Dong Yulan from Room 501, Zhu Jian from Room 201, Anan from Room 701, and Xianglan from Room 101 all stared wide-eyed in the room, with looks of anxiety and fear on their faces.

This situation had already happened once the night before.

Some people opened the door out of curiosity, but what they saw was one ghost after another lining up and walking out the door. It was such a weird scene that they didn't dare to stop it and didn't know what was happening.

But one can also vaguely guess that this was arranged by the "store manager".

But no one knows what kind of impact this will have on their condition, whether it is positive or negative.

This situation did not occur last night, and they thought it was just an isolated incident. However, it occurred again tonight, which means that this situation is likely to continue to occur and become the norm.

"Perhaps it is a good thing that this becomes a normal situation. At least it means that this is not an unexpected situation and there will not be any bad consequences."

No one dared to open the door tonight to check the situation.

Just because there is no accident once doesn’t mean it will be safe the second time.

After an unknown amount of time, the noise outside the door finally disappeared. Xianglan and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Then after a while, several doors opened at the same time.

Xianglan, Zhu Jian, Wang Genquan and Anan all walked towards the room where Dong Yulan was.

Lin Yuan saw all of this but didn't take it too seriously.

With the development of Peace Hotel, there will be more and more members in the hotel, and when there are too many people, people will tend to form groups. These people in Caesar Hotel are naturally a small group, and there is nothing to worry about.

Even if they unite together, it is impossible for them to have any impact on Lin Yuan. As long as it does not affect his interests, he will not care.

Just like the remaining soul of Zhang Youhong.

How could Lin Yuan not know that she had bewitched Liu Qingqing? He just felt that being pursued by a woman with two souls in one body was also a good experience.

He also knew the story of Red Sunflower and Blue Sunflower.

A total of one hundred and twenty evil spirits gathered around Lin Yuan. The moment Lin Yuan walked out of the Peace Hotel, the mysterious aura created by the gathering of more than one hundred ghosts instantly swept across the entire ZS city.

In an instant, the temperature in ZS City seemed to drop below zero. Many people were awakened from their sleep by the cold. They quickly turned on the air conditioner and heater, and hugged their quilts or the people around them to keep warm.

Only Zhong Shan, when he felt the bone-chilling cold, also felt a deep fear, "Again? There are more ghosts this time than the night before, probably more than a hundred? What on earth does he want to do?"

Looking in the direction of Caesar Hotel, Zhong Shan's eyes were full of fear.

He could clearly see that the countless evil spirits gathered together like a tour group about to go out. Just by stopping there, a terror that could freeze people's consciousness spread.

Among these more than one hundred evil spirits, the most terrifying Lin Yuan is the most human-like.

The next moment, Lin Yuan disappeared, the more than one hundred ghosts also disappeared, and the white fog covering the sky above ZS City also disappeared.

The temperature instantly returned to normal from below zero, and Zhong Shan sat down on the ground, breathing heavily, releasing the fear and anxiety in his heart.

"Hello? Hello! Can you hear me, Zhongshan? The white fog in ZS City has dissipated. How are you doing?"

Zhao Jianguo's anxious voice on the phone kept calling out, and finally brought Zhong Shan back to his senses, "I, I'm fine. What happened just now..."

As one of the earliest leaders of the headquarters, Zhong Shan has always been quite diligent.

After recovering a little, he immediately began to report his work to the headquarters, as if it was a behavior that was ingrained in his bones.

Listening to Zhong Shan's report, Zhao Jianguo grasped a key point: "Wait! You just said that you saw the store manager? Can you confirm whether it was him or the store manager?"

Zhong Shan also reacted, his pupils suddenly shrank, "He stood in front of the more than one hundred evil spirits, and he was obviously going to take them to some other place. If it was the store manager, even if he wanted to take so many ghosts away, they would all turn into animals instead of remaining in the form of evil spirits. So it shouldn't be the store manager, but... him? I, I saw... a god?"

boom!
Shen Liang slammed his fist on the table in front of him and said through gritted teeth: "Zhong Shan! Since you can tell clearly, why didn't you go up and communicate with him at that time? Don't you know that we have been looking for an opportunity to communicate with him?"

Zhong Shan is the person in charge under his management. Now Zhong Shan has obviously made a mistake at work, so he must stand up. This behavior is actually protecting Zhong Shan.

Zhao Jianguo glanced at him and said nothing more.

Zhong Shan was also very annoyed. Even though Shen Liang yelled at him, he was not angry.

The two had a very pleasant experience working together in the past, and he knew Shen Liang's character well, so even though he felt a little uncomfortable, he did not refute.

"It's normal to have such a reaction when facing multiple ghosts. If it were me, I wouldn't necessarily do better than Zhong Shan. Captain Shen should stop blaming Zhong Shan."

The person who spoke was Li Jun.

In the past, when there were virtual games, he would take Ah Hong to the scene and guard against possible crises outside, but this time two cities were shrouded in white fog ghost areas, so he stayed at the headquarters for the time being.

If there is any problem, we are always here to support you.

"But it's a pity that I missed the chance this time. According to the current situation, although it's still unclear why he took away so many ghosts, as long as we find the pattern, we will have a chance to wait for him. Next time when Cao Yang and the others go to the virtual game, I can go to ZS City and find a chance to meet him."

Cao Yanhua nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Nothing, it's all my job." Li Jun said expressionlessly. Zhao Jianguo suddenly said, "ZS City has become more important, not only because of the Caesar Hotel, but also because it's possible to contact him. It's not appropriate for Zhong Shan to be in charge of ZS City alone. I suggest that even if he is not transferred, a person in charge should be sent to stay there permanently."

Shen Liang opened his mouth, but he couldn't say no.

"We'll decide on the candidate at the meeting tomorrow morning. Right now, the most important thing is the virtual game." Cao Yanhua set the tone for this matter, then closed his eyes and took a nap.

The battlefield of the virtual game is not in the present, although it has also affected the real city, but after several times, everyone has grasped the context.

Basically, nothing will happen.

Ghost riders like Li Jun don't need to rest, but ordinary people like Cao Yanhua can't. Even the staff at the command center work in shifts.

Now that I have nothing to do, I can take a short break and get enough rest so that I can do my work better.

……

"We are back again, but this time, it seems we are back as outsiders."

Outside the ancient town of Taiping, Boss Liu and the faceless man stood in the shadows. They did not immediately head to their destination, but instead looked at the town carefully.

The town is very peaceful, with children playing, old people basking in the sun, and young people busying around, forming a very harmonious picture.

This was an era when transportation was very slow, and many people found it difficult to leave the city they lived in throughout their lives. It was precisely in this slow-paced era that gave birth to one wonderful story after another.

After observing carefully for a while, Boss Liu suddenly said, "Our previous guess was correct. Although the store manager's supernatural power can allow me to return to a certain point in time, everything we do here cannot have any impact on reality. Moreover, every time we return to a point in time, it is the one on the normal historical line. Look, Aunt Wang, Aunt Liu, and the Li family kid, in the first round of the game with this place as the background, they were all killed by those young men from the headquarters, but here, they are still alive and well."

The faceless man raised his hand and gestured: "This is a good thing."

“Yes, this is a good thing, but in this way, we will not be clear about many things, whether they really happened in the past and our memory was affected, or whether they are stories that happened because of our arrival in the virtual game and do not exist in reality.” Boss Liu sighed.

His tone was inexplicable, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or sad.

The faceless man gestured again: "What you should consider now is how we should enter the old street. I'm fine, I don't have a face now, no one can recognize me, but what about you? In this era, you are still in the hotel in the old street."

Boss Liu laughed and said, "Look at you, you're thinking the wrong thing, aren't you? I was indeed in this era, but I was only in my teens. Even if we stood together, who would have thought that we were the same person? Compared to this question, what I care more about is how many of the people who entered the game together this time have come to our side."

There are two maps in this round of the game tonight, namely Taiping Ancient Town and Dadong City.

Needless to say, Cao Yang and others went to Dadong City, but they had no idea where Zhang Xianguang, Nie Yingping, and the landlord went.

They didn't even know that Zhang Bohua and Chen Qiaoyang would join later.

The faceless man thought for a moment and gestured, "It doesn't matter who comes. If they really want to cause trouble here, it depends on whether they have the strength to do so. The paper-making shop, the bank, and the tailor shop are all in great need of resources."

"That's true."

Even Boss Liu couldn't understand how terrifying the ghosts were in their heyday, because he was just a newcomer at the time. He had some understanding of the supernatural powers, but he couldn't clearly understand how terrifying these people were.

But what is certain is that as long as someone is not of Luo Qian's level and wants to cause trouble here, he will basically suffer a lot.

"Anyway, we are the ones who led the people here, so we should look for them carefully and not bring any trouble to the town."

The faceless man gestured. "Okay. But I have one last question. You are about the same age as Uncle Liu now, right? What will you call him then? Brother Liu? Or Dad?"

Boss Liu's face darkened. "You've become much more lively here. This question is very simple. It depends on how you call your dad later. I will be the same no matter how you call him."

The faceless man gestured: "I don't have a mouth now, so I can't make a sound."

Boss Liu: “…”

He picked a direction and walked forward.

It was clearly just an ordinary step, and he didn't seem to use much strength. He had a very relaxed posture, but this step covered nearly dozens of meters.

There was a disconnect between vision and perception, which seemed very strange, and also had a sense of escape.

The faceless man chose another direction. His performance was much more normal, without so many fancy moves, but his steps were faster.

You can see that he is really anxious.

Taiping Ancient Town is not big, especially in this era. It didn't take long to search the surrounding area, but no players were found.

But the two did not meet at the town gate, but came to a valley several miles away from Taiping Ancient Town.

The two originally didn't have many memories of this place, but they found something wrong here, because there was already a small pond in this valley.

The water in the pool was turbid, and you could vaguely see some scary things beneath the water.

"Is this... the origin of Ghost Lake?" Boss Liu looked solemn.

In his memory, there was no record of how the Ghost Lake appeared. He only remembered that the town had experienced a catastrophe and most of the shop owners in the town were affected. The Ghost Lake also appeared completely at that time.

At the same time, the old people's use of Ghost Lake and Ghost Money was completely formed.

The faceless man gestured and said, "Do you want to go down and take a look? If possible, we can imprison the Ghost Lake before it is fully formed to prevent a future disaster. Even if it's just a game, I want to try it."

"Since you've said this, I naturally can't refuse. And you're right, even if it's just a game, I don't want my father to die in that disaster."

After making the decision, Boss Liu strode towards the pool below, and the faceless man followed closely behind him. Both of them were confident in their own abilities.

If it's just a ghost lake that hasn't fully revived yet, then given their strength, it shouldn't be too difficult.

The two had just made a decision when they heard heavy footsteps on the top of the mountain opposite them, which instantly made them alert. But when they looked carefully, they couldn't see anyone.

"Is it an illusion? No, the grass was stepped on and something invisible was coming over." Boss Liu said in a deep voice, a fierce light flashing in his usually kind eyes.

The faceless man nodded, ready to take action at any time.

The footprints formed by clumps of trampled grass spread all the way from the mountain to the edge of the pond. In the reflection of the pond water, one could vaguely see a man in white mourning clothes, holding a piece of ghost money in his hand, walking into the pond in a daze.

Wow!
The water in the pool, which should have been no more than waist-deep, quickly submerged the invisible man in mourning clothes. There was no movement, but not long after, something unexpected happened in this turbid pool of water.

An armless corpse floated up from the bottom of the water, then two, three... more and more corpses floated to the surface.

But in the blink of an eye, the small pool was filled up.

Some corpses were pushed to the shore and out of the pool water. They seemed to be resurrected, twisting and struggling to stand up. The cold breath and stench of decay continued to drift around.

The corpse also began to move and wander around.

This was just the first corpse. As time passed, more and more corpses were pushed to the shore, then began to revive and wander around.

“The carrying capacity of the Ghost Lake has reached its limit so quickly? How many ghosts are there in here? Is someone feeding the Ghost Lake?” Boss Liu grabbed the faceless man’s arm and quickly retreated.

If there are only a dozen or dozens of ghosts, Boss Liu can still handle it.

Including the ghost lake under these ghosts, it is just a small pond that has not yet developed. But the problem is that everything in front of us is too weird and should not appear in reality.

There must be someone hiding in the dark.

The enemy was in the open while we were in the dark, so Boss Liu made the wisest decision. After they escaped, a young figure slowly stood up from the pool.

He looked in the direction where Boss Liu and the faceless man left, and murmured, "No face? Was he taken away to be made into a mask? He was a 'customer' of the mask stall? But how can I just run away like this? I can't let those old guys know about the situation here. Otherwise, how can I take revenge on them..."

Countless inks flowed out of his body, quickly dyeing him a deep color, and also soaking the corpses on the pool surface.

Even the turbid pool water began to be stained with color.

Then, one corpse after another stood up and chased in the direction where Boss Liu and the faceless man left. The sky became dark at some point.

The shining sun was also blocked by a thick layer of clouds and could no longer provide light to the world.

Boss Liu noticed something was wrong immediately. He looked up and then stopped, which forced the faceless man to brake suddenly. He gestured, "What's wrong?"

Boss Liu sighed and said, "We were too careless. We have been tricked by others without knowing it. Look above our heads, we are already in the ghost realm. Since the host is so kind, we don't have to be polite. I hope you have the strength to keep us here, otherwise..."

(End of this chapter)