Learn one small skill every day

Bai Miao, thinking that when in Rome, do as the Romans do, also pinched Xu Hao's fingers in the same way.

"My younger brother is in fifth grade. During summer vacation, we often played games together. But one time I remember it very clearly. He was playing and suddenly turned off the computer and crawled under the table, muttering that his grandma was coming. We thought a parent was coming to drag him into the internet cafe, so we didn't pay any attention to him and just ran away. When we came back, he was gone."

Xu Hao rubbed his stomach and continued nonchalantly, "We asked the internet cafe owner, and he said he didn't see any parents come. We thought he was just messing with us, so of course I had to go and settle the score with him. When we got to his house, we found his door open, and he was kneeling in the living room staring at the photos on the wall without saying a word. It scared us to death."

Xu Hao shrugged: "It seems like three or four days later, he came back as if nothing had happened and continued to hang out with us. When we were walking to the internet cafe, we passed an alleyway and he suddenly turned around and walked into the alley as if he had been possessed. We saw an old woman standing in the alley, and she looked exactly like the person we saw in the portrait on the wall of his house."

"Didn't you think of pulling him back or shouting to remind him?"

Xu Hao said with a wry smile, "My god, who the hell dared to make a sound? We were all too scared to move. Who wouldn't be afraid of seeing a ghost in broad daylight? We just watched him and his grandma walk to the other end of the alley and then they disappeared."

"Where is that alley?"

Xu Hao's casual remark sent shockwaves through Bai Miao's heart.

"The alley is right across from the Shengshou Hall, over by the stadium. If you want to go see it, go see it yourself. I'm not going to show you the way; my machine isn't ready yet."

Longevity Hall?!

"Okay... I understand, thank you for the information."

Bai Miao and Chen Tianzhuo were about to leave the internet cafe when they were stopped at the door by the owner.

He held out a hand: "You two have been inside for more than half an hour, which isn't too expensive. Just give me an hour's worth of computer time for the two of you."

Chen Tianzhuo wanted to pay money to avoid disaster, but Bai Miao wouldn't tolerate it. After sweeping his leg and kicking the boss over, he punched him in the face.

"Fuck you, go ahead and call the police if you dare!"

Chen Tianzhuo's eyes lit up when he saw Bai Miao's skills: "Have you practiced martial arts? You're so good, you can even beat adults."

"You've practiced a little, stop talking nonsense and hurry up and call them over so we can go check out the other side of the alley together."

The group headed in a large procession toward the Shengshou Hall near the stadium.

When asked about Shengshoutang, apart from Zhang Zeneng, whose family works for the government, who was able to answer, the others seemed to only know that the place sold medicine.

"Shengshoutang seems to be a national enterprise, and this is a branch of theirs. My dad said that Shengshoutang has boosted tax revenue, so this place does seem suspicious. However, we probably can't handle Shengshoutang."

Zhang Ze already considers Shengshoutang to be the mastermind behind everything.

Upon arriving at the alley, Bai Miao discovered that it was directly opposite the main entrance of Shengshou Hall.

After you go out from the other end of the alley, cross the street and you'll find Shengshoutang.

From this side, the dark red wood gate and plaque of the Hall of Longevity resemble a bloodthirsty maw, and the statue of the God of Longevity placed at the entrance of the Hall of Longevity also looks extremely eerie.

"Have we really reached their base? ...Should we slip away?"

People come and go at the entrance of Shengshoutang, and everyone who goes in comes out carrying a gift box, making the business extremely popular.

Bai Miao was thinking about something else entirely.

If it really was Shengshoutang that did this, then why did the police completely turn a blind eye to their brazenly seizing of children?

If the police condone this behavior, then trying to eliminate Shengshoutang is simply a pipe dream.

Behind Shengshoutang is a massive, nationwide entity.

Looking at the bustling Shengshou Hall at the other end of the alley, Bai Miao made a bold decision.

Open your eyes.

Unlike the Qi Observation Technique, the Eye of Opening can see very little, only things with heavy Yin energy. Relatively speaking, it consumes much less energy than the Qi Observation Technique.

Bai Miao made several hand gestures, and finally pinched his fingers into the shape of eyes and stuck them in front of his eyes.

"open!"

Just one glance was enough to make Bai Miao feel like a thousand needles were pricking his head, and his mental strength was rapidly declining.

When his mental strength dropped to 1 point, Bai Miao canceled the opening of his eyes.

"Yes...this is it..."

In front of the shrine of longevity, Bai Miao saw the spirits of two children wandering aimlessly, constantly looking at the passersby, hoping to see their parents.

Bai Miao was drowsy at the moment, but at the crucial moment he supported Chen Tianzhuo: "Take me back, I can't hold on any longer."

Tan Xuelong asked, puzzled, "Are you scared? Is there something in this alley that you're afraid to go in? Shall we go inside the Shengshou Hall and take a look?"

“There’s no need to go. I’ve already seen that there’s a problem with Shengshou Hall, which you can’t see. I’m very tired now, and I need to go back and rest for a while before we discuss this further.”

Chen Tianzhuo had witnessed Bai Miao's abilities firsthand; just from the fact that he could pin the owner of an illegal internet cafe to the ground and beat him, Chen Tianzhuo trusted Bai Miao.

Tan Xuelong scoffed, "Seriously? You're backing down right at the door? Are you trying to be a coward?"

Bai Miao was too lazy to explain further: "Do you really think we can solve the problem by going to the Shengshou Hall, instead of alerting the enemy? If you're not thinking straight, then go ahead."

Tan Xuelong, also eager to show off, snorted after being rebuked by Bai Miao: "Fine, I'll go! I don't believe there will be any problems inside the Hall of Longevity!"

There's something Tan Xuelong hasn't mentioned: his grandmother has also been taking longevity medicine from Shengshoutang recently.

Therefore, in his view, Bai An's act of claiming that Shengshoutang had problems was tantamount to speaking ill of his maternal grandmother.

"Those who want to go with him can go, and those who don't want to go can come back with me."

Having said that, Bai Miao stopped trying to persuade him.

In the end, no one chose to go to Shengshoutang with Tan Xuelong.

After all, Bai Miao's words were so mysterious that they were still somewhat afraid of this place.

After Bai Miao returned home, it was almost lunchtime, so the group decided to part ways and go home to have lunch. They agreed to meet again at 3 p.m. to discuss their plans for the future.

Bai Miao bought some bread casually at noon, ate it, and then lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

In a daze, Bai Miao heard the sound of knocking on the windowpane.

"Bang bang... bang bang..."

Bai Miao opened his eyes, looked out the window, and immediately woke up from his drowsiness.

Grandma was outside the window, gently tapping on the windowpane with her knuckles!

Seeing Bai Miao wake up, she smiled kindly and said, "Xiao An, quickly open the window and let Grandma come back. The sun is blazing outside."

Suddenly, Bai Miao's mind was filled with memories of the past between the grandfather and grandson.

All sorts of memories flooded back, including when I was a child and would be punished for making mistakes, hiding behind my grandmother, and when my parents weren't around, and when my grandmother would scare me to sleep because I was afraid of the dark.

But after her grandmother passed away, the memories associated with her gradually faded, and Bai An could no longer remember when her grandmother died or what she looked like.

This evoked a strong sense of nostalgia and heartache in Bai Miao.

If only I could see Grandma again...

At that moment, Bai Miao couldn't help but reach out, intending to unlatch the latch on the window.

But... these are all Bai An's memories.

Bai Miao gritted his teeth, quickly regained his senses, jumped onto the windowsill, and urinated pure boy urine towards the window.

This trick never fails. At this moment, the glass window seemed to be enchanted. After the grandmother outside the window gave Bai Miao a pleading look, she slowly dissipated into the air.

Bai Miao, panting, sat down at his desk, took out paper and pen, and slowly wrote.

"In the first stage, the victim's deceased relatives will reappear around the victim and use candy to lure them. After eating the candy, the chance of escape will decrease."

"In the second stage, the relative will try to enter the victim's home. If the victim has been living with the relative for a period of time, the chance of getting rid of the relative is almost zero."

"In the third stage, auditory hallucinations occur, and one constantly feels that the loved one is calling them. The chance of getting rid of this is zero."

"The whole process will probably last about a week. In the end, the victim will be taken away by the deceased relative in the alley in front of the Shengshou Hall and disappear. Their exact whereabouts are unknown..."

After finishing writing, Bai Miao paused for a moment before resuming his writing.

"suggestion:

"Follow safety regulations, do not eat candy given by strangers, and do not talk to strangers."

"Deceased relatives—the most familiar strangers."

Bai Miao then felt that this was not enough to spread the word on a large scale, so he added a sentence at the very beginning of the paper.

"Anyone who sees the contents of this note must write three new notes with the exact same contents within three days and pass them on to others. Otherwise, another version of yourself will appear under your bed at night and replace the original one."

"Rebounds are invalid, any curse exemptions are invalid, and the penalty will never occur after the note is spread. Subsequent notes of the same type will automatically be considered as fulfilling the requirements."

Chapter 237 (Dungeon Narration)

This method of using paper notes was not popular in 05. Later, after the rise of mobile phones like PHS, it gradually evolved into text messaging, which spread faster and over a wider area.

Bai Miao did this in order to spread the word about Shengshoutang.

Regardless of whether others believe it or not, as long as this trigger is there, someone will always pay attention.

Bai Miao also wanted to use this opportunity to observe the reactions of the police and Shengshoutang.

The police assume that the possibility of Shengshoutang engaging in such behavior is low; otherwise, Shengshoutang would not have used such a despicable method as using deceased elderly people to abduct children, but would have simply found someone to put the child in a sack along the way.

It is highly likely that Shengshoutang possesses a method to deceive others, preventing the police from conducting a thorough investigation.

To prevent people from recognizing the note as being written by a child based on the handwriting, Bai Miao deliberately wrote mirrored text on both sides of the note using his own original handwriting.

Bai Miao's handwriting was almost that of a calligraphy expert. Anyone who saw this note would be attracted by its beautiful characters and would then read the contents.

Those who are unfamiliar with this tactic are much more likely to pass on the contents of this note.

In the afternoon, at the agreed time, Bai Miao took out this note and three other notes imitating Bai An's handwriting and handed them to the four children as they gathered together.

"What's this……?"

Chen Tianzhuo looked at the note from left to right and found that he didn't recognize many of the words on it.

"A wise person secretly reminded us that we must pass on the contents of this note."

Bai Miao explained, "Everyone has to write three notes and pass them on to others. I suggest we wait until Monday when we go to school to show them to the class."

Zhao Zitong frowned as she read the note: "It's almost exactly the same as Zhong Hui's situation... Someone is indeed watching our actions, and our investigation is on the right track!"

No one doubted Bai Miao's words, after all, the handwriting on the note was too neat, and it didn't seem like the kind of handwriting that a primary school student like Bai Miao could write.

"What are the benefits of sharing this content?"

"I don't know what the benefits are of spreading it, but if you don't, you can expect another version of yourself to crawl out from under your bed at night."