Chapter 1367: The Mansion at Night (Today is another super hot day)

Although the director's decision was a bit unreasonable, no one dared to oppose him. Fortunately for the crew, they had experienced similar situations before. At least it was much better than camping in the uninhabited forest. At least this mansion was a place to shelter from the wind and rain, right?

Then everyone started to have dinner and rest, while Duanmu Huai walked aside and made a phone call.

"How is it, what did you find?"

While speaking, Duanmu Huai glanced at his chest, where there was a camera similar to a pin. This was also the plan Duanmu Huai made before coming. After all, it was impossible for him to be comprehensive, so Duanmu Huai simply used this method to contact the rear, and Shionji Yuko and Sakyuye could also share everything Duanmu Huai saw through the screen, so as to investigate its content.

"For now? There is nothing special."

Shionji Yuko's voice sounded from the phone.

"But this place is really the underworld, I will never go there."

Then Sakyuye took over the conversation.

"Brother, what's the matter with those stone statues? Have you investigated?"

"I have investigated, they are just stone statues, at least that's what it looks like."

Duanmu Huai shook his head.

"What did you find?"

"Oh... I did find some."

The voice of Yuko Shionji sounded again.

"Regarding those stone statues, I did some research on the Internet... Well, these stone statues were actually carved by the people in that mansion."

"The mansion?"

"Yes, the first owner of the mansion, his son is a very talented sculptor, and those stone statues were carved by him. Of course, you can see that this kind of thing obviously has no market, and there were rumors at the time that the son might be possessed by evil spirits, so he carved such cursed things. The owner of the mansion originally planned to send his son to the temple to exorcise the evil spirits, but before leaving, his son was found to have hanged himself in his studio."

"In other words, the son of the owner of the mansion was the first suicide?"

"That's what it seems at the moment."

"Well..."

After hearing Yuko Shionji's report, Duanmu Huai began to think. Basically, artists are usually the first victims because of their high inspiration. In fact, there are many similar cases, such as painters who dreamed of Cthulhu and drew a bunch of crazy things, or novelists who dreamed of Cthulhu and wrote a bunch of nonsense, or chefs who dreamed of Cthulhu and created Cthulhu dishes...

"By the way, brother."

Just when Duanmu Huai was distracted, Sha Jiuye suddenly spoke again.

"What's the matter with the stone statue?"

"Stone statue?"

"It's the one you saw in the last room before... It suddenly disappeared?"

"This is just a simple shooting method."

Before Duanmu Huai answered, Shionji Youzi snorted and explained.

"There are many such deliberate tricks in this kind of entertainment variety show. The staff must have prepared them in advance, and then took them back after they left. Otherwise, why would the director reshoot them? It is to deliberately scare these guests so that the audience can enjoy their frightened and ugly appearance on the TV screen."

"Well said, but it's a pity that it didn't work."

Duanmu Huai interrupted Ziyuanji Youzi's explanation directly.

"I can be sure that there is no one else there except us."

Since Duanmu Huai is here to be a bodyguard, he naturally has to do his job well. Although Duanmu Huai has been walking behind like he is slacking off, his perception has been covering the entire East Hall. If it is really like what Ziyuanji Youzi said, this is some kind of operation by the crew to deliberately trick people, then it is absolutely impossible to hide it from Duanmu Huai.

"Humph..."

Being slapped in the face by Duanmu Huai on the spot made Ziyuanji Youzi a little unhappy. She snorted and stopped talking. Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Sakuya also hurriedly changed the subject.

"So, did you find anything, brother?"

"No, it's really strange. At least for now, this is just an abandoned house. I didn't find anything strange at all. Anyway, let's take a look at the situation."

"I know, brother, please be careful."

"Well, don't worry."

After a few words, Duanmu Huai hung up the phone. Looking at the hall in front of him again, about six or seven staff members were busy sorting out materials and materials, and the director was looking at the computer with an unhappy face. I don't know what made him dissatisfied again. The old professor stood in front of the statue in the middle of the hall, staring at the statue in front of him, as if he was studying.

As for the two actors, they were rehearsing the script at this moment. At first glance, everything here was normal and there was no problem.

It was really a ghost...

Duanmu Huai silently opened the system and glanced at the system prompt, but it was useless. Because the system prompt can only see the information of people affected by Duanmu Huai, that is, if the people here lose SAN for some reason, it will not be displayed in the system information.

Anyway, continue to follow the two actors.

Duanmuhuai thought for a moment and made a decision. As I said before, if you have high inspiration for art, it is easiest to drop SAN through inspiration, so Duanmuhuai can almost find clues by just seeing when they drop SAN.

Of course, if that doesn't work, there is a last resort, which is to stand by and wait for the opponent to reveal its true form before killing it. After all, Duanmu Huai is not an investigator, nor is he the kind of NPC who can only wait to die when the evil god comes out. Whenever the other party dares to come forward, he will hit Euler and be beaten to death if he doesn't believe it!

But in this case, this film crew may all die... Well, for the Inquisitor, this is an acceptable loss.

"Alright! Everyone, get ready!"

At this moment, the director's voice sounded again.

“Start exploring the West Wing!”

On a dark, rainy night, explore an abandoned mansion, which is also a famous suicide spot. This looks like a ghost story. As an audience, I am afraid that just seeing the eerie and terrifying scene on the screen will make you feel uneasy.

But in fact, the filming scene was not so hellish.

Although the two guests walked in front and acted like they were acting alone, in fact, just a few meters behind them, staff members carrying cameras were on standby to take pictures of the two people in front of them. Every move. This is mainly to facilitate the audience to bring in a third-party lens and increase the sense of participation.

So... it may look scary on the screen, but when it was actually being filmed, there was a sense of security as if the army was overwhelming.

Not to mention there is Duanmuhuai behind it.

The environment of the West Pavilion is similar to that of the East Pavilion. Both sides of the corridor are also filled with twisted, weird, and painful stone statues. However, after the experience in the East Building, everyone was much calmer this time, and the two actors also regained their appearance as guests and began to film the program seriously - of course, this time Fortunately or unfortunately, they still didn't encounter any corpses on the road.

As for those rooms, most of them are empty. Of course, there are also a few rooms with human-shaped circles drawn on the ground - well, as for what they are, everyone knows.

"Professor, what do you think?"

The guests chatted all the way and were already a little tired, so the actress cleverly changed the topic to "Why do so many people choose to commit suicide here?" and then threw the topic to the old professor. The crosstalk actor next to him didn't object - he was almost dry with his saliva in order to find a topic.

"Um……………"

Upon hearing the actress's question, the old professor was silent for a moment, and then spoke.

"I think it probably has something to do with the environment here."

"Environment?"

"Yes, these are the statues. You have also seen them. These statues are carved of human beings in agony. Not only that, the sculptors' techniques are so expressive that we don't dare to look at them more."

Hearing what the old professor said, the guests nodded. These statues are indeed weird, although they are not like those European and American B-movies that use a lot of plasma and internal organs to disgust people. But the expressions of the stone statues carved by this sculptor are very horrifying. If you stare at these stone statues for a long time, you will feel that these stone statues are like living people, and they will feel as if they are witnessing the painful struggle of a living person. .

So now no one dares to see more of these stone statues.

"There are not just one or two such stone statues. Now it seems that they are placed in every corner of this mansion. For those who are bent on death, the impact of this feeling is huge, and they will They are eager to escape from this pain, and their method of escaping pain is to kill themselves.”

"I see."

After hearing the old professor's speculation, the actress nodded. Of course, it sounds a bit magical, but after all, it is a variety show that will be broadcast on the TV station. It is impossible for you to really promote something evil, so let's take a closer look. If science directly attributes the cause of suicide to these scary-looking stone statues, then there will be no problem.

"Actually, if you ask me, if I just bulldoze this poor place, there won't be so many problems."

Duanmu Huai, who was following behind, was also complaining to Shionji Yuko and Shajiuye through his earphones.

"In the final analysis, you are still too lazy to pay. People who commit suicide have nothing to do with the government. They are seeking their own death. Government funds will not be wasted after death. For those politicians, naturally they are too lazy to care."

Shionji Yuuko complained lightly, while Shajuye laughed dryly and said nothing. Indeed, as Shionji Yuko said, although razing this mansion can eliminate a suicide holy place, it can also be regarded as stopping suicides to a certain extent. But the problem is that it is the government department that pays for it, and it involves private land. There may be all kinds of problems, and it is no wonder that the government is too lazy to take care of it.

Well, of course, it also depends on how the government manages it. For example, there is a bridge in South Korea that has become the first choice for many people to commit suicide. So in order to prevent these people from committing suicide, the South Korea government also set up a facility on this bridge. A display is placed next to the guardrail of the bridge. Once someone approaches, some phrases will be displayed.

Including "How was your day?" "You are not alone", "Have you eaten?" "Think about the happy moments in your life", and also play some intimate and happy photos and videos of family, relatives, friends, and couples.

It turns out that this method is effective. Since the implementation of this measure, the suicide rate of the bridge has increased by six times.

Well, it is quite successful.

I don't know which genius came up with this idea.

It can be called a model of killing people and destroying their hearts.

In contrast, doing nothing is a better choice.

"Next, it's the last room of the West Pavilion."

At this time, the actress also came to the room at the end of the West Pavilion, and then she reached out and pushed open the door.

However, at this moment, a strange situation happened.

At the moment when the actress pushed open the door, she seemed to be grabbed by something, and was pulled into the room with a scream!

And at this moment, Duanmu Huai flashed and rushed to the front, then he reached out and grabbed the actress's leg and pulled it back!

"Ah—————!!"

Accompanied by a scream, the actress was pulled out of the room by Duanmu Huai, who casually put her aside, then kicked the door open and walked in.

"What's wrong?"

"Are you okay?!"

"What happened?"

At this moment, other people also rushed over and looked at the actress who collapsed on the ground against the wall. The latter's face was livid and speechless. Duanmu Huai looked at her and found that there were several blood marks on the actress's right arm, as if she was caught by a monster.

"What's going on? Why is it bleeding? Hurry up and get the first aid kit!"

An accident occurred during the filming process, and the situation was naturally different. Soon, a staff member brought a first aid kit and began to bandage the actress's arm, and the crosstalk actor also came over uneasily and looked at the actress.

"What happened?"

"I, I don't know..."

Perhaps because she was surrounded by staff, the actress gradually came back to her senses.

"I just pushed the door open, and then something grabbed my arm and tried to pull me in..."

"Is it a person?"

"I, I don't think so..."

"It should be this thing."

Just then, Duanmu Huai's voice sounded, and everyone turned to look at Duanmu Huai, only to see him standing at the door, holding a flashlight to shine on a stone statue inside the door. It was a man with fangs and claws. He widened his eyes, opened his mouth and roared silently, and stretched out his hands forward, as if he wanted to grab something. And there was blood on the sharp hands that seemed like a devil.

"Huh..."

Seeing this scene, the crosstalk actor breathed a sigh of relief.

"Maybe you accidentally fell when you opened the door, and then touched the stone statue, so you scratched your arm."

"But, but..."

Facing the crosstalk actor's words, the actress frowned in dissatisfaction. She was sure that she was obviously being dragged in just now. Even now, the actress felt a little pain in her waist, which was caused by Duanmu Huai grabbing her and the other party's foot strength.

"Why, do you think it was this stone statue that grabbed you?"

The crosstalk actor looked at the reaction of the actress and asked curiously, while the actress glared at him and said nothing.

At this moment, Duanmu Huai's voice sounded again.

"What's going on? We'll know after we see it."

As he spoke, everyone saw Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand, grabbed the arm of the stone statue, and then gently broke it!

Accompanied by a "click", the next moment everyone saw that the arm of the stone statue was so easily broken off by Duanmu Huai!

"???"

Seeing this scene, everyone widened their eyes in surprise.

This is a stone statue!

Not a plaster statue!

"It doesn't seem to be anything special."

However, Duanmu Huai didn't care about their reaction. He carefully looked at the arm of the stone statue and threw it aside. Then he clenched his fist and punched the stone statue in front of him!

"Bang!"

The next moment, the stone statue was instantly smashed into pieces by Duanmu Huai, and rubble and smoke rose up, and everyone hurriedly stepped back.

"It seems that this is just an ordinary stone."

Looking at the remains of the statue that was smashed into pieces by him, Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes slightly.

It's really strange...