I traverse America, using holy light to quell American terror!

Only a few hidden shelves inside the shop were visible.

A middle-aged man is holding a DV camera and filming two women kissing.

"Yes, that's it, make the performance a little more emotional."

The middle-aged man smirked as he began to manipulate the emotions of the two women.

Li Yuan and the others stood behind Marcus.

They all focused intently on appreciating the rather 'interesting' scene before them.

At this moment, the middle-aged man's DV camera ran out of battery, and he said somewhat awkwardly:

"Sorry, I need to replace the battery. Please adjust the settings accordingly."

Upon hearing the man's words, the two women who had just been intimate...

They immediately stepped aside in disgust and began to make sarcastic remarks to each other.

Seeing this, Edward whispered to Li Yuan:

"Wow, is this what they call 'plastic besties'?"

"No, they might not even know each other."

Li Yuan smiled and glanced at Edward, then asked:

"Haven't you figured out what they're filming? It's just two actors making a short film."

"Holy crap! They just do this in public like that?"

"You're really making a fuss over nothing. Which of us is the American?"

Li Yuan shrugged and said softly:

"When we lived in the Holy Valley, there were actors like that in the apartment building, didn't you know?"

"Oh! Damn it, I need to move as soon as possible."

While Li Yuan and the other person were chatting,

A man wearing a black top hat and a black tuxedo,

He walked out from the back of the shop, chanting words that sounded like poetry.

Li Yuan frowned and asked Cotton, who was standing next to him:

"Are all the people here like this? They all seem to be insane."

Cotton cleared his throat and said with a smile:

"This is probably some kind of tradition."

The man stood before the crowd and, still in that comical tone, introduced himself:

"My name is Sean, and I'm the boss here."

If you're willing to pay $40

We are about to embark on a wonderful, mysterious nighttime swamp adventure.

While everyone else was still observing, Li Yuan was the first to pay.

Then, out of curiosity, he asked:

"Boss, when do we leave?"

Sean happily accepted the money and replied to Li Yuan with a smile:

"Let's set off at dusk; the Honey Island swamp is best at night!"

"All right."

Li Yuan nodded and left the shop with Edward and Cotton.

After strolling around the city for a while, the three of them randomly chose a local restaurant to have dinner.

However, to Li Yuan's surprise,

You can even find crayfish here.

However, unlike the authentic crayfish sold at late-night food stalls in China,

Crawfish in New Orleans are usually boiled and not heavily seasoned.

Li Yuan skillfully peeled the shrimp shells, ate a few, and then...

Suddenly I miss the late-night food stalls back home.

Seeing that Li Yuan had stopped, Cotton asked curiously:

"What's wrong, Your Excellency? Don't you like the crayfish?"

"Just call me by my name when we're out."

Li Yuan shook his head and continued:

"It's nowhere near as good as the crayfish sold at night markets in China."

Just as Li Yuan was sighing inwardly, his cell phone suddenly rang.

Li Yuan wiped his hands and answered the phone.

It turned out to be Caroline, whom I had unexpectedly met yesterday.

"Hello, Mr. Li Yuan."

"Hello, Ms. Caroline, is there anything I can help you with?"

Caroline stammered on the phone:

"Are you... still in New Orleans?"

"exist."

Li Yuan nodded, and asked meaningfully:

"Are you in some kind of trouble?"

"I...I can't quite put it into words, it's just very strange."

Let's talk again when we meet tomorrow, since I have a day off.

"Okay, I'll wait for your call."

After hanging up the phone, Li Yuan sighed softly:

"It seems that Caroline is indeed related to a certain film."

Edward, standing to the side, asked curiously:

"Li Yuan, you've taken on another commission?"

"More or less."

Li Yuan nodded, then asked Cotton:

"Where did Caroline say she went for a job interview yesterday?"

"The Devrios House".

Li Yuan nodded and called Louis.

Since the place Caroline applied for is in the same direction as Louis's house,

So perhaps Louis knows something about the situation.

After the call connected, Li Yuan gave the name of the Devrios family.

Ask Louis if he knows anything.

Sure enough, as soon as Louis heard the name Devrioux,

Then he began to tell Li Yuan about what had happened in that house.

It turns out that everyone around the town knew that the house was an omen of bad luck.

Rumor has it that the house's original owner was a banker named Thorpe.

He treated his black servants very badly, often beating and verbally abusing them.

What he didn't know was that the two black servants possessed evil magic.

On one occasion, Thorpe hosted a party at his home.

But then he discovered that his two children were missing.

When he led everyone to find his children in the attic,

They found themselves standing in a spell circle of an evil ritual, trembling with fear.

Meanwhile, the two black servants were convulsing wildly beside them.

It seems that he suffered a great mental shock.

Enraged, Thorpe resorted to vigilante justice.

He simply hanged the two servants, ending the farce.

But after that,

Within the house, rumors began to circulate that people had seen the vengeful spirits of two black servants.

Thorpe's family fortunes gradually declined.

Ultimately, his investments failed, he went bankrupt, sold his house, and died in despair.

Louis said in a mysterious low voice:

"And Devrios was the second owner of that house."

They're not doing well now; the male head of the household is paralyzed and bedridden.

Upon hearing Louis's description, Li Yuan already knew which movie it was.

He suddenly remembered the documents Cotton had brought yesterday and quickly took them out.

When he turned to the photo of the Black couple, he murmured to himself:

"No wonder this poisonous witchcraft looked familiar; it turns out it was you guys."

Li Yuan took out his master key and said with a smile:

"What a coincidence!"

After the meal, Li Yuan and the others returned to the shop.

Led by the shop owner Sean, they boarded a dilapidated minibus.

The destination of this trip is called Honey Island Swamp.

It is about 60 kilometers from downtown New Orleans.

It's not too far, about a 50-minute drive.

However, once you arrive there, you need to transfer to a small boat to navigate the swamp.

At this point, in addition to the people who were already in the shop, there were three more passengers on board.

They were an elderly couple nearing 70.

And a black-haired woman sitting silently in the corner.

The last three people, Li Yuan, boarded the bus and sat in the last row.

Ben, who had just broken up with his girlfriend, became very interested in the woman and sat down next to her alone.

He said in a low voice, somewhat at a loss:

My name is Ben.

The woman nodded politely and said:

"Mary."

"Oh! Mary is such a nice name, unlike mine, which sounds a bit dull."

Ben seemed to have little experience in striking up conversations with girls.

He then began his incessant, awkward chatter.

Mary turned her head away impatiently, seemingly not wanting to pay him any attention.

The three people sitting behind him, including Li Yuan, and Marcus sitting next to him,

They were all stunned by Ben's flirting skills.

After a moment, Edward, who couldn't bear to watch any longer, finally spoke up:

"Ben, I think Mary doesn't seem to want to talk to you."

Upon hearing this, Ben was immediately filled with shame and anger. He glanced at Edward, ready to explode in anger.

But when he saw the tall and strong Li Yuan and Cotton beside Edward, he immediately cowered.

In the end, he just sighed and stopped talking to Mary.

At this moment, the car slowly started and headed towards the direction of Honey Island Swamp.