Chapter 57

     “After living for a long time, I can still see NPCs asking players for help,” Ji Mingxu looked at the bloody letters on the ground, puzzled: “What kind of new trick is this?”

     Shi Xi noticed that the ghost NPC’s hands were shaking, and knew that the NPC was really scared.

     Sniffing the air, Shi Xi caught a faint cold breath, and without saying a word, she opened the closet door and pushed the clothes hanging inside to the side.

     The yin energy in the closet disappeared without a trace. Shi Xi did not see any trace of the vengeful spirit, but only saw the limp ghost NPC curled up into a ball. He buried his head, and there was a shallow mark on the back of his neck. Before Shi Xi could see the shape of the mark, it disappeared.

     The clothes on the ghost NPC were mottled with blood, and there were realistic scars on the exposed skin. He was lying in the closet like this, and the picture was a bit creepy. Ji Mingxu couldn’t help but take two steps back.

     Shi Xi looked at Ji Mingxu and pointed at the limp NPC: “Teacher Ji, this is the standard fear. Remember this feeling. We can use it in the next scene.”

     Ji Mingxu: “… You actually used NPC to conduct on-site teaching. You are worthy of it.”

     Lu Xiu heard their conversation, chuckled, and said to the ghost NPC: “Can you let go?”

     The ghost NPC recovered and immediately let go, using his hands and feet to crawl out of the closet.

     This scene is more impactful, and Ji Mingxu retreated quickly. 

     Shi Xi and Lu Xiu looked at this scene, and their hearts were not shaken.

     Shi Xi asked the ghost NPC: “Why did you write ‘sos’ on the ground?”

     The ghost NPC’s face changed drastically, and he said incoherently: “Because there is a ghost in the closet! I wanted to crawl out to scare you, but suddenly a hand pressed my back, and I heard a man’s voice. He threatened me and didn’t let me leave the closet… So I had to write on the ground for help…”

     Ji Mingxu thought the NPC was following the plot, and analyzed it seriously: “What is the plot of this variety show? Let the ghost tell us that there are other ghosts in this room? The theme of this episode is the mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole is behind?”

     Liu Ziyu, who was standing by the door, said from a distance One sentence: “It may also be their conspiracy, trying to scare us in this way.”

     Qiao Qing nodded: “It may also be that they are making up a story to fool us, and then take action when no one is paying attention!”

     The NPC, noticing the demonic makeup on their faces, felt his own color drain slightly. However, knowing they were players, he quickly suppressed his fear and explained urgently, “I’m not trying to trick you. I’m telling you this as an NPC. There really is a ghost in this house! Please believe me!”

     Ji Mingxu perfunctorily said: “Oh, I believe it.”

     Qiao Qing: “I believe it, I believe it.”

     The ghost NPC wanted to cry but had no tears.

     The director of the variety show who saw this scene through the camera was confused: “Is this plot in the script?”

     “No, it was the NPC who improvised it, right? The acting is so good, I almost believed it, but the last sentence is a bit fake…” The assistant director changed the topic: “Director, the player asked the NPC to finish the filming again.”

     Director: “…”

     What can he do? He invited the big devil player himself, and he had to finish the recording even if he cried.

   “Just now, the NPC seemed quite happy after the shooting was finished. I also want to get off work quickly…” Ji Mingxu added: “I mean to get off work normally, not the kind of off work that is finished.”

     “If there are fewer ‘ghosts’ to make trouble, our shooting progress will not be so slow,” Director Song clapped her hands: “Everyone cheer up, we continue shooting.”

     Ji Mingxu widened his eyes: “Director Song, you are still planning to let us shoot in the closet. Although I don’t believe what the NPC said, I can’t be unaffected. It’s still a bit…”

     Director Song glanced at the room and pointed to the corner of the wall: “There are enough obstacles there, and there is a window. We can use the moonlight and move there. Everyone, take your positions, finish shooting early and leave work early.”

     After the preparations were completed, Director Song turned off the lights in the utility room, and the first shot of the second scene of “Back to the House Again” officially started shooting!

     Shi Xi and Ji Mingxu ran into the room and hid in the corner. They ran so fast that their breathing became very rapid. Fear made them huddle together and dare not move.

     The two stared at the closed door through the gaps in the clutter.

     A heavy sound of footsteps came from outside the door, and then they heard the sound of a sharp object scraping against the wall. These sounds made their nerves even more tense. The two looked at each other silently and saw the same fear in each other’s eyes.

     “Tap, tap…” The footsteps got closer and closer, and finally stopped in front of the utility room.

     “Squeak–” The door opened faintly, and the open window near the corner where the two hid was also blown by the cold wind and swayed!

     Shi Xi and Ji Mingxu looked through the gap and saw Liu Ziyu, who played the evil ghost, holding a knife and standing at the door.

     Feeling that Lu Xiu was pushing the camera, Ji Mingxu was a little out of the play. Just as he was about to try to get back into the play, he suddenly felt a sight behind him, staring at him.

     Ji Mingxu tensed his chilly back and couldn’t help but think of the NPC’s words: There is a ghost in this house!

     Ji Mingxu quickly looked back and found nothing unusual, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

     Just as he turned his head, the cold wind blew the window lattice, and the shadow on the wall swayed faintly. A long figure appeared silently, and the shadow stretched out his hand to the two people in the corner… At this moment, another thin figure appeared on the wall, rushing towards the shadow who wanted to hurt people!

     The shadow who wanted to hurt people screamed and jumped out of the window quickly.

     Zhang Qingyu got out of the wall and whispered in Shi Xi’s ear: “Little Junior Sister, the evil ghost in this house is too alert, it’s not so easy to catch it.”

     Shi Xi communicated with him with her heart: “Let everyone keep a close eye on it and don’t let it have the opportunity to hurt people.”

     Zhang Qingyu responded, hid in the shadows, and left silently.

     Ji Mingxu moved his ears and asked Shi Xi in a voice so soft that it was almost inaudible: “Xiao Shi, did you hear any sound?”

     Ji Mingxu seemed to hear Zhang Qingyu’s voice… Shi Xi pursed hee lips, did not answer him, and only used her eyes to signal him to look forward.

     Ji Mingxu turned his head and saw Liu Ziyu holding a knife walking towards the pile of debris, and was about to come to them!

     Ji Mingxu: “!!!”

     Outside the pile of debris, Liu Ziyu turned his head in a weird posture, his eyes swept around coldly, and did not find them.

     The three of them stood in silence across the pile of debris. After a long time, Liu Ziyu turned around and left, and Ji Mingxu breathed a sigh of relief.

     There was a slight noise above their heads. Shi Xi and Ji Mingxu looked up at the same time and saw a doll with a scary face sliding down from the top of the cabinet. It was blown by the wind and fell right on them!

     Ji Mingxu took a breath. Before he could react, Shi Xi had already calmly reached out and swiftly caught the doll.

     Shi Xi looked outside the gap. Liu Ziyu was looking at the utility room suspiciously. Since he didn’t hear any other noise, he gave up his suspicion and walked out of the room.

     “Bang–” The utility room door closed again.

     “Cut!”

     As soon as Director Song called “cut,” Ji Mingxu immediately broke his character. He leaned against the wall, exhausted, and said to Shi Xi, “Shixi, I got too into character when acting with you. For a moment, I couldn’t tell the difference between reality and the scene. I was so worried that if that thing fell, the ghost would find us.”

     “Teacher Ji is making rapid progress.” Shi Xi played with the puppet in her hand, looked up at the top of the cabinet, and raised her eyebrows.

     The evil ghost in this room are not only fast, but also cunning. Maybe they want to use this puppet to scare them and force them to reshoot.

     The evil spirit must be furious now that the prank failed.

     Director Song turned on the lights, and said excitedly: “The performance just now was very good, thank you for your hard work.”

     Ji Mingxu saw the face of the puppet clearly and covered his eyes: “This performance is a bit harmful to me!”

     Shi Xi put the puppet into the basket next to her: “I’ll hide the puppet, let’s go.”

     When the two left the corner, Director Song and Lu Xiu were watching the shooting scene just now.

     Lu Xiu said: “The shadow on the wall seems a bit strange, it looks like two people fighting.”

     “Now that you mention it, it is a bit like that,” Director Song didn’t think deeply, and smiled: “It’s good, it looks more weird, the atmosphere is good.”

     Shi Xi: Well, how can it not be weird?

     These two scenes were very emotionally draining for the actors, so Director Song decided, “Take a break for 20 minutes and then shoot the next scene.”

     Ji Mingxu cheered, still thinking about the roast chicken upstairs: “Eat a midnight snack, eat a midnight snack!”

     Ji Mingxu took the offerings he had put away to the kitchen and heated them up. The hot roast chicken exuded an attractive luster under the light.

     He invited everyone to eat together, but no one was interested.

     Liu Ziyu said, “After all, this is an offering made by a ghost NPC. Teacher Ji, can you really eat it?”

     “They were all bought by the program team. What’s the big deal?” Ji Mingxu tore off a chicken wing without caring.

     Lu Xiu smiled casually, “I heard that offerings eaten by ghosts will become bland and tasteless. You can try taking a bite. It’s just right to verify whether there is a real ghost in this room.”

     What kind of horror story is this? Ji Mingxu couldn’t bite it anymore and silently put down the chicken wing.

     Director Song said with concern: “Xiao Ji, you don’t want to eat anymore?”

     Ji Mingxu said with a bitter face: “No.”

     Director Song: “Just right, let’s continue filming.”

     “…”

     The third scene is about Shi Xi and Ji Mingxu carefully leaving the utility room and meeting the female owner Qiao Qing who got up to drink water in the living room.

     Because Qiao Qing was wearing ghost makeup, Director Song used the shooting method of Qiao Qing’s face not showing in this scene.

     It is a test of Shi Xi and Ji Mingxu’s acting skills to act with Qiao Qing wearing ghost makeup as an ordinary person.

     In the living room, seeing Shi Xi and Ji Mingxu with terrified expressions, Qiao Qing asked in surprise: “What’s wrong with you?”

     The two of them talked to Qiao Qing about the thrilling encounter just now, and asked her if she knew there was a ghost in the house.

     Qiao Qing didn’t believe it at all, and walked towards the kitchen with a smile: “Is this the new story you are going to write? You are really worthy of being a novelist.”

     Shi Xi chased after her, and said anxiously: “There is really a ghost in the house! It’s a male ghost holding a kitchen knife. Before he shows up, you should quickly call Mr. Liu to leave here with us!”

     Qiao Qing still didn’t believe it, and walked into the kitchen: “In my opinion, you should go to bed early…”

     “Bang——” The door of the locker was suddenly pushed open, and a wet head came out!

     Qiao Qing was so scared that she forgot the words and exclaimed: “Oh my God! There is really a ghost!”

     The ghost NPC raised his face, and after seeing Shi Xi, the gloomy smile on his face froze.

     Shi Xi felt that this face was very familiar. She thought about it and suddenly realized: “Hei Zi?”

     Shi Xi was out of character. Isn’t this NPC Hei Zi who participated in the secret room variety show with her! They finally met.

     Heizi’s NPC radar is going crazy: “…” It’s a bad start. Dangerous, dangerous, dangerous. How about I crawl back?