I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

Li Zijian was stunned when he saw the amusement park.

Is there something wrong with the entire amusement park in this remote, desolate place?

Moreover, the roads leading to and from the amusement park are overgrown with weeds and have been washed away by rain, making them almost invisible.

"Illegal building?"

Lu Ban glanced at the dilapidated amusement park again.

"Yes, back in the last century, some wealthy people liked to do this kind of construction work, building mansions in the mountains without reporting to their superiors, so naturally they weren't recorded in the city planning documents. I guess this amusement park was built by someone before, then abandoned, and the land was sold off along with it."

Li Zijian didn't feel like he'd made a profit. This kind of abandoned amusement park definitely couldn't be used anymore. Demolishing it would require extra manpower, which was much more troublesome than clearing wasteland.

"Anyway, we're not going to start any construction there, so let's just leave it at that."

He patted Lu Ban on the shoulder.

Only Lu Ban, before turning around, seemed to catch a glimpse out of the corner of his eye that something moving was passing by the carousel in the abandoned amusement park.

He looked again carefully, but there was nothing there.

Back in town, the group conducted a survey. The town's architectural style was acceptable, but it needed to be tested to see if the foundation was solid and whether it could still be used. This investigation took up another whole day, and by the time the work was finished, it was already evening.

The mountains turned cold again at night, with gusts of wind and damp air that made Lu Ban's old rheumatism flare up. Unlike many movies, Lu Ban and the surveying team were not going to stay overnight in the abandoned town, much less explore the amusement park at night. They planned to walk back to their car by the roadside, drive back to Jiangcheng, and finish the rest of the work the next day.

After taking a couple of steps, a surveying team member suddenly called out.

"Hey, did you bring the theodolite?"

He looked around but couldn't find the equipment.

"Was it placed on that hillside over there?"

In the pitch-black night, someone spoke.

"Maybe, I'll go back and get it."

The team member said that he immediately turned back with a flashlight, while the others stayed behind to wait for him.

Li Zijian turned around and could see that the person's figure quickly disappeared into the path, leaving only the light of the flashlight flickering on the rugged and winding road.

Soon, the light reached the small hill overlooking the amusement park.

However, after waiting for a while, Li Zijian felt that something was wrong.

The flashlight beam seemed to freeze there, motionless, and the teammates didn't return.

"Is he unable to find it?"

Someone asked.

"The flashlight beam hasn't changed?"

Another person said.

"Could something have happened? I'll go check it out?"

Someone made a suggestion.

"Wait, listen."

Someone suddenly made a sound, silencing the others.

All around was silent, not even the chirping of insects could be heard. In the damp mountains, white mist appeared and disappeared in the moonlight. Just then, a unique sound came from the mountain wind.

It was singing.

I don't know what the male and female voices were humming, the melody was simple and unadorned.

The singing seemed to be coming from the direction of that small town.

"Who the hell is singing in the middle of the night?!"

Someone couldn't help but curse and ask, their voice trembling slightly.

"You all stay here and don't move. I'll go take a look."

Lu Ban then spoke up.

Li Zijian wanted to stop him, but thinking back to Lu Ban's previous exploration video, he felt that he might have really seen something.

He chickened out and let Lu Ban leave.

Lu Ban took a flashlight and walked towards the hillside. The singing had stopped sometime earlier, and the area around him was as quiet as a distant starry sky.

The flashlight could only illuminate the road ahead. On the dark mountain path, there were jagged rocks and overgrown weeds. The path, which had been trodden by so many people just moments before, now seemed as if no one had ever set foot on it before, making each step difficult.

Just then, a gust of wind suddenly blew by, causing the waist-high grass to sway and rustle.

Lu Ban glanced ahead and saw a small child standing in the haystack where the grass and trees had been bent by the wind.

The child was wearing tattered clothes, his hair was disheveled and mostly gone, his eyes were dark and empty, and he had an old, rusty lock hanging around his neck.

Blinking, Lu Ban saw that there was nothing there.

Lu Ban looked around with his [True Vision] but found nothing more.

He continued forward and soon arrived at the hillside.

At this moment, Lu Ban saw that the team member's flashlight had fallen to the ground, its light shining.

The team member stood beside the hillside, kneeling with his hands raised high, as if he were paying homage to some dignified and powerful person.

Lu Ban came up behind him and patted the person on the shoulder.

The team member turned around, his expression blank, his eyes devoid of pupils, just pure white. He mumbled something under his breath, a soft murmur like the wind blowing through the grass.

Lu Ban knocked him unconscious with a flashlight.

He mentioned this team member, and suddenly, inspired, he glanced at the direction the team member had just been worshipping.

He saw that the dilapidated amusement park at the foot of the hill was now brightly lit, with all the equipment operating normally and emitting cheerful yet eerie music.

There wasn't a single person in the amusement park.

Chapter 429 We Cannot Fall Behind

Like a radio that had run out of power, cheerful songs drifted from the amusement park.

"Riding my...beloved...little...cart, clop clop...clap, la la la..."

Such sounds could be faintly heard. In this desolate wilderness, by the quietly flowing Lingjiang River, such a situation was hardly normal.

Lu Ban glanced at the surveying team member beside him; he had already fainted, so they could be carried back directly.

When Lu Ban turned his gaze to the amusement park, he found that the park had turned completely dark again, as if the previous bustling scene was just an illusion.

There's a problem.

Lu Ban thought that this amusement park might be made of some kind of strange thing, like the movie theater back then, but now there are too many people, and Lu Ban couldn't guarantee that Li Zijian and the others wouldn't encounter other troubles while exploring the amusement park.

"Let's go back first."

After picking up the surveying team members and equipment, Lu Ban turned to leave.

Just as he looked in the direction he came from, Lu Ban noticed a small child standing in front of him.

The child's hair was still sparse, and his scalp appeared ulcerated, as if he had some kind of skin disease.

She was a little girl, quite different from the one we had seen before. She was wearing a tattered red coat, and around her neck hung a rusty, decaying lock.

The little girl's eyes were completely black, and her face was pale and dirty, as if she had just crawled out of the mud.

Lu Ban blinked, and the little girl's figure disappeared.

Only the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the woods echoed in my ears.

Lu Ban glanced at the small town.

They noticed that the town seemed to have lights on.

The breakfast shop near the entrance seemed to be open for business; in the dim light, figures could be seen, causing the lights to flicker.

And from the mountain came a murmur-like song.

"This is truly a blessed place."

Lu Ban roughly understood why the people in this town were moving away.

He carried the surveying team members back to where everyone was waiting. Fortunately, they were all safe and sound.

Lu Ban didn't mention what he had seen or heard, only saying that the surveying team member might have fainted due to low blood sugar.

Perhaps because of what had happened, everyone was quiet on the way back.

It wasn't until we entered the main road from the highway and the surrounding lights became brighter that someone spoke up.

"Speaking of which, I seem to have heard a rumor before, about Jiang Chengshan."

"What rumor?"

"In the past, there were often battles in Jiangcheng. In ancient times, a general led his troops to Jiangcheng Mountain and stayed overnight in a mountain god temple. There was only a blind old temple keeper in the temple. He asked the general to pay respects to the mountain god, but the general did not obey. He even smashed the mountain god temple and killed the temple keeper. Later, he angered the mountain god, and the entire army was trapped in Jiangcheng Mountain and has not been able to get out to this day."

"Isn't this a ghost story? You're trying to put a child to sleep here."

“I’ve heard similar stories, but it happened a few years ago. It seems that Jiangcheng Mountain broke some taboo, and several people die in the villages at the foot of the mountain every year, so the people in those towns moved away.”

The people on the bus chatted amongst themselves, sharing the rumors about Jiangcheng Mountain they had heard. Some of them were even versions that Lu Ban had heard from different locations. He didn't know if such a legend was real or just a supernatural tale used to fit the occasion.

As Lu Ban listened, he noticed that several people were looking at him.

The gist of it is that this place sounds unlucky, so why develop real estate here?

"It's not a big problem. It's precisely because there are many supernatural legends that players can feel immersed in the place and have a truly immersive experience."

Lu Ban patted his chest reassuring everyone that there was nothing to worry about.

Back in the city, everyone got off the bus. Li Zijian counted the number of people and suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Strange, why is there an extra person?"

He compared the list and found that there was one extra surveyor.

"what happened?"

"That's what the surveyor asked."