In the living room.
The paper man sat up straight.
The facial features that were drawn on were rigid, and under the light of the television, they looked sinister, strange, and creepy.
On the sofa, there were a few small paper dolls lying quietly. There were smiley faces drawn on them. Under the illumination of the television lights, they looked even more terrifying than paper dolls.
After sitting quietly for a few seconds, he moved. He slowly turned his head to look out the window, looking at the tall buildings and the streets in the distance. When he turned his head, he heard the sound of paper being tied around his neck.
In the next moment.
He moved.
He stood up and walked, turning into a piece of paper and flying into the distance. At first glance, he thought that it was a ghost kite floating in the night sky.
The few paper dolls also flew away.
However, they didn't follow the papier-mache man into the distance. Some of them fell halfway, landing on a trash can or on the balcony of a certain apartment…
A stray cat beside the trash can saw the little paper doll that had fallen.
The wild cat walked over curiously and reached out its paw to touch the paper doll. Then, it picked up the paper doll and walked towards its nest. It walked into the corner of the alley. However, a minute later, the shrill scream of the cat came from the corner. The surrounding residents could not help but curse. Was the wild cat in heat again?
On the balcony of an apartment.
The paper doll turned into small paper pieces and fell to the ground. The next moment, the balcony door opened. Someone walked out to dry the clothes on the hanger. They were going to wear them tomorrow. When they found the paper doll pieces on the ground, they were extremely surprised.
"What the hell is this? It looks so scary.”The man muttered and threw the doll out of the balcony." The resident upstairs threw it down? Forget it, I'll throw it away. It looks so unlucky.”
After doing all this, the man turned around and went home.
He didn't notice that the paper doll that had flown out had strangely flown in a circle and floated to the balcony, and entered through the crack in the door.
Similar things happened where the paper doll fell.
They were like the incarnations of paper ghosts, seeking the lives of all living things.
On the other side.
In the room where the paper ghost had stayed.
As he left, the room fell into a dead silence.
However, not long after, there were other sounds in the room. It was the sound of flipping newspapers.
The voice came from the dining table that was connected to the living room.
A person was sitting at the dining table.
He looked very much like his young father, wearing a white shirt and trousers. He looked exactly like his father, who had fallen to the ground and died with a ferocious expression. He was reading the newspaper with his legs crossed.
He flipped through the newspaper.
Flipping through the pages showed the words on the newspaper. The densely packed words were like ghost characters, like a ghost's newspaper. The entire page was gray.
Other than these, there were also human faces printed on it. They were lifelike, as if human faces had been taken down and placed on the newspaper. Beside the human faces were the ancient words 'enslave'. Most of the faces had a numb expression, as if they were puppets. There was even an unbelievable face on it!!
That was…
The paper face that had just sat on the sofa.
It was stiff, numb, and extremely cold.
There were also ancient words written beside the paper man's face, which were-Control, Slavery.
This strange person sat there reading the newspaper. If one looked closely at his face, they would find that his face was blurry and distorted. Other than his appearance, his face was not human at all.
Ding!
Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
"Dad, Mom, I forgot to bring my keys home. Open the door.”
In an instant.
The person reading the newspaper stood up.
The lights in the room lit up, and the person on the ground suddenly became blurry. The surrounding scene seemed to have turned into another space.
There was a young mother washing fruits in the dining room. There was the sound of writing in the room inside the house, as if there was a sister reading a book inside. The blurry face of the 'person' at the dining table changed into his father's face. He got up to open the door.
The children outside did not notice that something was wrong.
He walked in.
Then, he went to the fridge to get a coke. His father sat there reading the newspaper. He was a little puzzled. If he read the newspaper at night, wouldn't he have finished reading it during the day?
Then, he walked to his room without a care.
Not long after, the child came out and prepared to eat some fruit. He took the fruit to his 'father'. Everything was so normal.
The 'father' put down the newspaper and wanted to cover it up when the child turned around.
However, he paused and looked out of the window.
The child noticed his father's actions behind him and turned around. He saw his father's actions and followed his gaze. Was there anything outside the balcony?
He did not see anything.
A scene that ordinary people couldn't see…Not far away from the balcony, two figures in ancient official robes passed by and floated into the distance.
The 'father' looked at the two figures, and the gray newspaper in his hand moved slightly.
He just stared at it.
Not long after, the messenger of death left. He retracted his gaze and looked at the child.
……
The next day.
City God Temple.
"Xi 'er, Xi' er." Tiantian happily ran into a small corner. That was her little secret world.
She picked up the small wooden sign that she had tied around her neck with a string and shouted at it. After saying that, she looked around and soon smiled.
A familiar little figure appeared.
Ghost Baby walked out of the wall with a small ball in his arms.
Tiantian was not surprised.
A few days ago, she was surprised when she saw this, so she followed suit and almost got a small bump on her head. Even so, there was a red mark on her forehead that took a while to disappear.
Tiantian took the bag of small building blocks." Xi 'er, let's play with building blocks. Uncle Hongwen bought it for Tiantian.”
She received the building blocks today and planned to go to the City God Temple to play with Xi 'er without thinking.
Ghost Baby looked at the building blocks that Tiantian had thrown to the ground.
It lowered its head and looked at it for a second, two seconds…a few seconds.
He seemed to be wondering what this thing was. Was it as fun as a ball? Tiantian said that he could play with it, how to play with it, and so on.
After a while.
Tiantian giggled." Xi 'er, you look so funny.”
She saw Xi 'er squatting there. Under her little adult's command, she slowly placed the building blocks in her small hands on it.
Hearing this.
Ghost Baby raised his hand.
With a crash, his hand accidentally touched the building block and it collapsed.
Seeing this, Ghost Baby froze.
"Hehe." Tiantian covered her mouth and laughed out loud. Then, she set it up herself. However, the weather was not good. A strong wind blew, and the building blocks were on the verge of collapsing. Tiantian subconsciously wanted to protect the building blocks and reach out to block the wind. It was fine if she did not block them, but when her hand touched the building blocks, they collapsed.
"Aiya…"
Tiantian was a little annoyed.
Then, she thought of an idea. She looked up at the ghost infant who was squatting beside her, staring at the building blocks with her small hands on her knees." Xi 'er, you squat here. And Tiantian..."
Tiantian stood up and stood on the other side.
"Tiantian, squat here. We'll block the wind. This way, we won't be afraid of the wind. This time, Xi 'er and Tiantian will go together.”
The two little figures were playing with the building blocks.
However, they were not indoors. Due to the terrain of the alley and the strong wind today, the wind was even stronger, making it difficult for the building blocks to stabilize themselves.
However, this did not stop them from continuing to play with the building blocks.
An hour later.
Tiantian opened the bag and put the building blocks on the ground inside.
Ghost Baby looked at the building blocks on the ground, then looked at Tiantian's actions. Then, he imitated Tiantian and put the building blocks in.
"Xi 'er, I'm going back." At this point, Tiantian looked at Ghost Baby." Uncle Hongwen bought this toy for me. Tiantian can't give it away, but Tiantian can lend it to Xi 'er to play with for a few days. In these few days, Tiantian will go back to Mom's old home with Mom.”
She wanted to go to her mother's hometown because her grandmother's friend had passed away.
This friend used to take care of Zhang Li when she was young and raised her for a period of time. Therefore, Zhang Li's mother had to go back, and Zhang Li also had to go back to pay her respects.
Ghost Baby took the building blocks from Tiantian.
Then, under its gaze, Tiantian waved at it and ran out.
Tiantian skipped out.
"Mommy." Not long after she walked out, she saw her mother waiting for her at the Shing Wong Temple.
"Tiantian."
A smile appeared on Zhang Li's face, but she looked tired.
Perhaps it was because she had been appreciated by her superiors at work that she went to Nanming City for a business trip these two days.
He had just returned today.
When she returned, she heard her mother say that an auntie who had taken care of her in the past had died. Her mother planned to go back to her hometown to pay her respects. Zhang Li agreed. She had originally planned to leave for her hometown immediately today, but when she thought of Tiantian's 'friend', she thought that it would probably take a few days to return to her hometown this time. She planned to let Tiantian come and say hello first.
"Tiantian, where are your blocks?"
Zhang Li looked at Tiantian's empty hands and thought that Tiantian had forgotten to take it. She couldn't help but smile.
Tiantian raised her head." Mommy, Tiantian lent the building blocks to a…friend to play with. Tiantian wasn't around these few days, so Tiantian lent the building blocks to a friend.”
Hearing this.
Zhang Li rubbed Tiantian's head lovingly.
"Our Tiantian is awesome. You did well.”She was happy about how Tiantian treated her friends.
Tiantian smiled happily when she heard her mother's praise. Then, she held her mother's hand and wanted to go home with her.
Zhang Li smiled.
She held Tiantian's hand and walked towards the bus stop.
At this moment, she did not notice that there was a strange little paper figurine hidden inside the pocket of her clothes. It moved a little at the pocket of her bag and then shrank back.
On the small road beside the City God Temple.
In the corner.
The ghost infant hid inside. Its small head looked at Tiantian, Zhang Li, and Zhang Li's bag. Its black ghost eyes reflected the scene of the little paper stabbing people.
"The fountainhead ghost, huh…"
At this moment, a gentle voice sounded beside Ghost Baby.
Ghost Baby looked up and saw An Yanyuan standing beside him. His gaze fell on the backs of Tiantian and Zhang Li who had left.
It then looked at Tiantian and the others in the distance.
Ghost Eye, who had no white eyes, stared at him.
In the next moment, it felt An Yuanyuan's hand on its head and gently rubbed it.
"Xi 'er, I'll leave them to you to protect.”An Yanyuan's faint laughter rang out.
Ghost Baby looked up at An Yanyuan.
After a while.
It nodded.
Then, it started running. Its small body disappeared from where it was. It ran through the wall and disappeared, as if it was going to catch up with Tiantian and Zhang Li.
An Yanyuan smiled." With Xi 'er protecting them, they'll be fine.”
In a low voice.
A bright light flashed in his eyes as he recalled the scene of the little paper pricking him.
That girl called Tong was also stabbed by a small piece of paper.
An Shiyuan thought of Kong Gongliang's report after he came back last night. Little Tong was fine. The one who wanted to kill her last night was the little paper ghost, but the main ghost could not be found. Gongliang said that he had failed to find the whereabouts of the malicious ghost.
Regarding this, he did not blame Kong Gongliang. He only asked him to cooperate with the messenger of death on the night patrol to search for that malicious ghost.
Looking at the little paper on Zhang Li's body, An Shiyuan immediately thought of what happened last night.
These two little paper ghosts came from the same malicious ghost.
"It's a Source Ghost." An Shiyuan understood what kind of malicious ghost it was.
It was a source ghost like Ghost Baby.
Specters had five levels: S, A, B, C, and D.
Among them, the Source Ghosts were very special. The weakest of them was Class B.
This level was about the same level as the messenger of death, but the messenger of death was inherently stronger than the same level. However, this was a head-on comparison. Some ghosts had very special abilities, such as the dead man's mask on the ghost baby's head. The power it possessed would even cause a Class A to fall into its trap.
If the Death Mask and an A-class malevolent spirit were to coexist, even an S-class would have to retreat from the power that erupted from them.
The fountainhead ghost was very special.
An Yanyuan had specially mentioned this to the messengers of death and ordered them to kill the fountainhead ghost first if necessary.
And now, this 'paper ghost' was obviously a source ghost that was as special as the dead man's mask. It was extremely powerful in hiding, and even the messengers of death who were sensitive to ghost qi could not find it.
"Xi 'er is the Source Ghost. This isn't a problem for him.”
Thinking of this, An Shiyuan chuckled.
Then, he looked at Xi 'er's back as she left. He turned around and disappeared into a cloud of smoke by the wall into the temple.
A second later.
Clouds rose from the corner of the wall again, and An Yuanyuan walked out.
He looked at the small bag on the ground.
There were building blocks there.
"I almost forgot about it." He shook his head slightly and smiled.
After a while, An Yanyuan waved his hand and the bag flew into his hand. He turned around and walked toward the wall, turning into clouds and disappearing from where he was.
……
The sun was setting, and the sky was dark.
At the border between Nanming City and Cang City, there was a town called Anxiang Town.
Zhang Li, her mother Zhuang Suhua, and Tiantian had returned to their hometown. She had just visited the auntie who had taken care of her in the past. She went to give Bai Li a gift and sat for a while.
"Let's go back." Zhang Li's mother, Zhuang Suhua, looked at the sky. Zhang Li had been running around the whole day. She felt sorry for her daughter and suggested going home.
After that, his old friend's family prepared to send Zhang Li and the others back.
"Where are you staying?" His old friend couldn't help but speak. He knew Zhang Li's family situation. The house here had been sold a long time ago. If he didn't know about his situation, he wouldn't have come back to his hometown.
He did have an empty room in his house, but he was too embarrassed to ask Zhang Li and the others to move in.
Their family was in the middle of a funeral. It was obviously not appropriate to let someone stay in at this time. They did not mind, but they had to consider others.
"You guys just came back this afternoon and haven't found the place yet. I'll help you book a place…"
"No need, no need, uncle. We're staying in a hotel in town not far from here.”
Zhang Li pointed in the direction of the town.
Zhuang Suhua also spoke up, indicating that they had a place to stay, so there was no need to trouble themselves.
Seeing this.
The old friends and family members were not pretentious and asked a young man to send them back.
"Uncle, there's no need. We can go back by ourselves.”
Zhang Li said. After she finished speaking, she did not give her uncle a chance to speak and let her mother leave with her.
"Tiantian, say goodbye to Grandpa, Uncle, Auntie, Brother, and Sister. We'll come back tomorrow.”Zhang Li instructed Tian Tian.
"Grandpa, Uncle, Auntie, Brother, Sister, bye bye.”
"Bye, Tiantian."
The old friend waved at Tiantian and watched them leave.
On the way back to the hotel.
At this moment, the sky was completely dark. The street lamps that had not been repaired all year round lit up the dark streets.
There was very little human traffic in this town.
Most of the young people went to work in the urban areas of Cang City and Nanming City, which caused a loss of population. As a result, not a single person could be seen on the small road in the evening.
He could vaguely hear dogs barking nearby.
"I haven't been back for five years. My hometown has changed a lot. Your uncle's hair has turned white.”
"Yeah, although my hometown hasn't developed much, it has changed a lot. I remember that this place used to be small and short houses. Now, they've built their own houses.”
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have noticed it. There used to be fields further away, but now there are houses. However, the street lamps haven't been fixed yet. There aren't many new street lamps, and the road is still dark at night.”
Zhang Li nodded in agreement and sighed.
At this moment, she suddenly felt that her surroundings had become cold. There was no wind, but she felt very cold.
Sizzle--
The street lights flashed and the field of vision was suddenly dark. He could only see the surrounding scenery through the blurry street lights in the distance.
There were strands of strange Yin Qi flowing around the streets.
Zhang Li felt that something was wrong.
She caught up to the grayish-black Yin Qi around her and realized that this was the reason for the cold. Her heart could not help but skip a beat. For some reason, she felt a sense of panic and depression.
"Mommy." A sweet voice sounded at this moment.
Zhang Li felt Tiantian tighten her grip on her little hand.
Tiantian leaned toward Zhang Li and looked behind her with fear." There's something strange with Mommy and Grandma."”
Zhang Li and Zhuang Suhua immediately looked over.
！！！
Ten steps behind him was a shadow that was half the height of a person.
There was the sound of paper folding…
A paper doll that was half the height of a human walked out from the shadows. There was a smiling face drawn on the paper doll's head. In such an environment, it was creepy.
Zhuang Suhua and Zhang Li's hearts skipped a beat. They held their breaths and their pupils constricted.
Ghosts.
This chilling thought instinctively appeared in their minds.
In the past, they would have said that it was a prank, but they knew that there were ghosts and gods in this world. Lord Shing Wong, ghosts and gods, messengers of death, ox-headed and horse-faced... These all existed, so malicious ghosts that harmed people should also exist.
"Let's go, let's go."
Zhang Li immediately picked up Tiantian. In her panic, she made the decision to stay away from this damn thing.
The two of them started running.
The paper doll's painted face stared at Zhang Li and the other two.
This paper doll was the paper doll that had been in Zhang Li's bag. It had run out at some point and turned into its current appearance.
"Hmm?" Zhang Li ran a dozen steps and realized that something was wrong.
She realized that the road in the distance was always a distance away from them, as if they were running in the same place.
... Ghost hit the wall.
"Ghostly wall." Just like Zhang Li, Zhuang Suhua's face turned pale when she thought of some ghost knowledge.
Looking at the paper doll approaching, she picked up a dead branch beside her and waved it at it. She even threw it directly at it." Damn it, don't come over."”
"Mommy."
Tiantian was instinctively afraid.
Zhang Li trembled and comforted Tiantian." Tiantian is fine. Mommy is here. Don't be afraid."”
Tiantian looked at her grandmother and mother's situation, then at the paper doll that made her so afraid that she was about to cry. She subconsciously picked up the small wooden sign hanging on her chest and thought of Xi 'er. Xi' er protected her and helped her chase away the bad uncle. Instinctively, she looked for Xi 'er. With a trembling voice that was about to cry, she said," Xi' er, where are you? We have bad people here who want to bully Mommy and Grandma.”
On the other side.
At an intersection in Saddleback Town.
Xi 'er followed Tiantian and the others here.
It was originally waiting outside its old friend's house, waiting for Tiantian and the others to come out, but it was quickly attracted by a black cat.
The black cat also noticed Xi 'er. The human and cat looked at each other at that moment. In the next second, the black cat let out a scream. Its fur stood on end and it ran out in a flash.
Ghost Baby immediately followed.
After chasing for a while.
The ghost baby stopped and stood on a wall. It stared at the black cat that had gone far away, and then looked back at the way it had come. It seemed to have remembered its own things and did not intend to chase after it.
It jumped off the wall and was about to go back when a dog barked beside it. It was a yellow dog often raised by the villagers. It was chained and barked at Xi 'er.
Ghost Baby looked over.
It stared at the yellow dog for a while before looking into the distance.
There was Yin Qi, Ghost Qi…
Phew--
A gust of cold wind blew, and the ghost infant and the wind disappeared from the alley.
Over there.
Zhang Li leaned against the paper doll that was constantly approaching them. Her heart trembled. She realized that she could not run away. The paper doll was constantly approaching them.
Tiantian was about to cry, and her little body trembled.
This situation made Zhang Li's heart ache and anxious. Suddenly!
She noticed that the doll had stopped moving.
"Huh?"
The paper doll stood where it was and suddenly turned its head to look to the other side.
Then, before it could look over, it flew out. A small figure even shorter than it appeared, and a pale and cold hand came over.
Bang!
Her small hand slapped the doll's face, breaking it and sending it flying.
In the next moment, the paper doll shrank back to its original size.
The little figure stopped in place, but her short legs did not stop. She jumped out continuously and opened her mouth.
Ah!
The small paper doll was directly eaten by it, and its small mouth was bulging.
"What is this?" Zhang Li and Zhuang Suhua were stunned.
They noticed everything that was happening.
He saw the figure of a baby standing there…It was not a baby, but a ghost infant!!
They noticed the baby's pale skin color, the pitch-black nails on his little hands, and the black eye that could be seen from the side. They knew that the person who suddenly 'saved' them was another ghost.
It, the ghost infant, stood there with its little mouth and cheeks puffed up. The skin on its face could be seen moving slightly.
This was the paper doll that it had eaten, struggling inside.
This thought popped up in their minds.
The broken pieces of paper that fell from the baby doll's face turned into wisps of ghostly qi and scattered on the ground.
Ghost Baby turned his head and looked over.
" You..." Zhang Li's heart tightened.
One malicious ghost had gone, and another fierce ghost had come. Their hearts were gloomy.
" Xi 'er, Xi' er, you're here!" At this moment, a sweet and surprised voice suddenly sounded in their ears...
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