From the end of the world

Chapter 425: Wuyou Ghost Story 2
The unfinished buildings in abandoned construction sites are dangerous buildings. Although they look fine now, they may collapse when earthquakes and typhoons come, so the local government has a plan to demolish them safely. But I don’t know whether it is affected by the recent social chaos or some other reason, this plan has been delayed until now and has not entered the implementation stage.

Junior Sister Xiao Qiao didn't expect that the mysterious place mentioned in Wuyou Ghost Talk was actually here. It is also possible that the mysterious place is not fixed, but just happened to be in an abandoned construction site this time. No matter which side it is, she felt as if it was a fateful fate.

And she was not the only one brought here.

She found that more than a dozen men and women were brought to the open space outside the unfinished building one after another, and they were led by monsters made of shadows. Some of them walked here normally like her, while others emerged from a black shadow pool that suddenly appeared on the ground. Perhaps the latter were transported here by a strange force from a distant place where walking was difficult.

Xiao Qiao didn't dare to move, she could only wait anxiously for her fate and watch for a chance to escape. Others seemed to be in the same situation as her, but they didn't dare to communicate in front of those shadow monsters. The atmosphere at the scene became like a place where terrorists kidnapped hostages.

After everyone seemed to have arrived, Xiao Qiao discovered that a man had walked out of the unfinished building. The surrounding shadow monsters quickly turned into flat shadows and gathered into the shadow under the man's feet. Everyone obviously realized that the man was the one in charge of the situation.

He waved his hand, and the shadows at everyone's feet became like a pool of water, with a book with a white cover floating up.

The mysterious man then ordered everyone present to pick up the white book and read it. Some people did not obey immediately, and some people picked up the book but did not open it.

Seeing this, the mysterious man repeated his order again. Something incredible happened. After hearing his words, everyone's body became uncontrollable this time. They picked up the white book on the ground and opened it. Their eyes were focused on the pages, and they even couldn't help but make sounds and recited the contents of the book.

Junior sister Xiao Qiao is also one of them.

After hearing her talk about this, I couldn't help but get curious and asked, "What is written in the book?"

"I don't know." Junior sister Xiao Qiao answered in an honest tone.

"I don't know?" I said, "Didn't you see the contents of the book and read it aloud?"

Junior sister Xiao Qiao was also confused: "That's right, but I don't know what I saw, nor do I know what I recited."

Zhu Shi on the side seemed to be thinking about something.

"That is to say, the content of the book has this mysterious property...it makes it impossible for people to understand its own contents. And judging from the fact that you can recite it aloud, perhaps it is not written in an unfamiliar language..." I tried to speculate.

Junior sister Xiao Qiao shook her head: "No, that's not the case. I think it's just that I'm special."

"Special?" I wondered.

Junior sister Xiao Qiao nodded and continued speaking.

She came to that conclusion because other people's reactions were so different from hers.

Except for her, everyone else seemed to be distracted by the content of the book after finishing the recitation. They stood there in a daze and silence for a few seconds, and then showed a variety of emotions.

Some people suddenly burst into tears and cried, some shouted excitedly, and some sat on the ground in despair... They all saw something very important to them in the book.

Xiao Qiao was panicked and at a loss for what to do about this drastic change, while the mysterious man nodded slightly and glanced at her. It was unknown whether her panic and confusion were "normal reactions after reading the white book" in the eyes of the mysterious man, who did not seem to pay much attention to her.

"You all know now that we are not just talking about making your past regrets, present troubles, and future worries disappear, but a real promise." The mysterious man said, "However, what you just experienced was just a one-time admission experience. If you want to truly join us, most of you are not qualified.

"At this stage, there are only two of you who are qualified to join us."

As he spoke, the mysterious man pointed at two people present. One of them was also the one who burst into tears after reading the white book, and the other was Xiao Qiao, a junior schoolmate.

Everyone else looked at them with envy and jealousy, and as the person under the "spotlight", Xiao Qiao felt as if she had accidentally entered a fanatical religious meeting and was about to become the star of a bloody show. She almost fell to the ground again.

"They will be granted trials later. If they are lucky enough to pass, they will gain powerful strength and become one of us gloriously." The mysterious man said, "As for the others, what you need to do to qualify is already recorded in the book. I don't think I need to explain it any further, right?"

"Yes...I will definitely do it!" Someone took the lead in making an enthusiastic voice.

Some people also shouted: "No matter what you ask me to do, I will definitely do it, even if it means sacrificing my life...so you must keep your word!"

"Of course, of course." The mysterious man responded.

Others who were not selected also expressed their agreement. Although the emotions in their voices were different, they all contained a terrifying enthusiasm.

It was as if they were brainwashed when they were reading the book just now. They were so alert and distant at the beginning, but now they let down all their vigilance towards the mysterious man, as if they were afraid that the other party would abandon them, and they tried desperately to show their presence.

Is this the truth behind the Wuyou Ghost Story? Is this what is meant by “making all troubles disappear into thin air”?
Xiao Qiao realized that the white book in her hand must have some kind of crazy magic. Although she didn't know what was written inside, it was impossible for normal words to make so many people crazy in such a short time. This was definitely a strange power.

After a while, the mysterious man announced the end of the event and left some words to Xiao Qiao and the other selected person.

He said that he was not ready to give them the trial yet, so he asked them to return to the abandoned construction site on their own in a few nights. At that time, they would join the trial with the "qualified people" selected from other places.

After he finished explaining what happened, the shadow behind his heels expanded strangely, as if it had turned into a pool of water, and he himself stepped back and fell into the pool of shadow, disappearing from everyone's sight.

After Xiao Qiao confirmed that the incident was over, she turned around and ran away. She was afraid that the "fanatics" around her who cast envious and jealous eyes on her would do something bad to her. Fortunately, those people did not catch up with her. After returning to the university dormitory, she locked the door tightly, and her clothes were soaked with cold sweat.

The faces of those who had been brainwashed and whose personalities had changed drastically appeared in her mind one after another. Now she simply couldn't spare the energy to think about "gaining strength from strange events" or participate in any trials.

God knows what the hell that trial is. Even if she can really gain strength from it, she might end up being brainwashed like those "fanatics". Although she is timid and afraid of things, she is still clear-headed and can distinguish which things are worth trying and which things should not even be touched.

Perhaps the fact that she had not been brainwashed had already been seen through by that mysterious man.

The problem is that this trial is probably not something she can choose not to participate in just because she doesn't want to.

Although the mysterious man did not ask her name, her appearance had been exposed. In addition, the other party was very powerful and called himself "we", which clearly meant that it was not a "single person" but a gang. Since he had such brainwashing ability, he probably had many minions in society. If an ordinary person like me wanted to bury our heads in the sand and act like an ostrich, the consequences would be disastrous.

She didn't dare to call the police, because she didn't think that the police could handle the case of someone who possessed supernatural brainwashing power and seemed to be able to teleport himself to other places through mysterious means. She even suspected that there might be people in the public security department who were brainwashed by the other party's strange power. Would she be caught in a trap if she called the police rashly? Although there seemed to be a "department" called "Luoshan" that specifically handled such matters, she couldn't find the official contact information of that "department" and didn't know how to report the case to it.

To put it another way, even if the other party was really afraid of official power, it would be easy for them to retaliate against a little female college student like her. In serious cases, even her relatives might be retaliated against. She also has a younger brother who is in elementary school. When she thought that the other party might involve him in the retaliation, she didn't dare to imagine it any further.

This may also be the reason why many victims threatened by black forces dare not report the case.

After much thought, she thought of a person who was very knowledgeable about ghost stories and supernatural powers. The person who was said to be willing to do anything to investigate ghost stories had consulted her about ghost stories at abandoned construction sites. Not long after, the abandoned construction site was mysteriously destroyed, and she was able to sleep peacefully in the days that followed...

"—you want me to save you?" I asked.

(End of this chapter)