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Chapter 1367: Night Mansion (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 sleeping in the woods with no one around. At least this mansion was a place to shelter from the wind and rain, right?

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

"How about, what did you find?"

As he spoke, 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 here. 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 Sakuya could also share everything Duanmu Huai saw through the screen, so as to investigate its content.

"For now? There's nothing special about it."

Shionji Yuuko's voice came from the cell phone.

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

Then Sakuya took over the conversation.

"Brother, what are those stone statues about? Have you investigated?"

"I've looked into it. It's just a stone statue. At least that's what it looks like."

Duanmuhuai shook his head.

"What did you find over there?"

"Oh...I did find some."

Shionji Yuuko's voice sounded again.

"I did some research on the internet about those statues... Well, they were actually carved by the people who lived in that mansion."

"From the mansion?"

"Yes, the first owner of the mansion, his son was a very talented sculptor, and those stone statues were carved by him. Of course, as you can see, there is obviously no market for such things, and there were rumors at the time that the son might be possessed by an evil spirit, which is why he carved such cursed things. The owner of the mansion originally planned to send his son to the temple to exorcise the evil spirit, but before he left, his son was found hanging himself in his studio."

"So, the mansion owner's son was the first person to commit suicide?"

"That's what it looks like so far."

"Um……………"

After hearing the report from Ziyuan Temple Yuko, 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 incomprehensible things, or chefs who dreamed of Cthulhu and created Cthulhu dishes...

"That's right, brother."

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

"What's up with that stone statue?"

"Stone statue?"

"That thing you saw in the last room earlier... suddenly disappeared?"

“It’s just a simple filming method.”

Duanmu Huai hadn't answered yet, but Ziyuansi Youzi snorted and explained.

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

"That's a good point, but it's useless."

Duanmu Huai directly interrupted Ziyuansi Youzi's explanation.

"I'm sure there's no one else there except us."

Since Duanmu Huai was here to be a bodyguard, he naturally had to do his job well. Although Duanmu Huai had been walking behind as if he was slacking off, his perception had always covered the entire East Hall. If it was really like what Ziyuanji Yuko said, this was some kind of operation deliberately played by the crew, then it would be impossible to hide it from Duanmu Huai.

"snort…………"

Being slapped in the face by Duanmu Huai on the spot made Ziyuan Temple Yuko 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, that'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 closer look at the situation."

"I understand. Please be careful, brother."

"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. The director was looking at the computer with an unhappy face. I don’t know what made him unhappy 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 studying it.

As for the two actors, they were rehearsing their lines with the script at the moment. At first glance, everything seemed normal and there were no problems.

It's really a ghost...

Duanmu Huai silently opened the system and glanced at the system prompt, but it was useless because the system prompt only showed the information of people affected by Duanmu Huai, which meant that if someone here lost SAN for some reason, it would not be displayed in the system information.

All in all, keep following these two actors.

Duanmu Huai thought about it and made a decision. As mentioned before, people who engage in art have high inspiration and are most likely to lose SAN when they pass the inspiration, so Duanmu Huai only needs to see when they lose SAN, and he can almost find the clue.

Of course, if all else fails, there is one last resort, which is to stand aside and wait for the opponent to show his true form before killing him. After all, Duanmu Huai is not an investigator, not the kind of NPC who can only wait to die when the evil god appears. If the opponent dares to show up, he will go up and beat him up, and he doesn't believe that he can't be killed!

But in this case, the entire crew would probably die... Well, for the Inquisitor, this is an acceptable loss.

"Alright! Everybody get ready!"

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

"Begin exploring the West Pavilion!"

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

But in fact, the shooting scene was not so gloomy.

Although the two guests walked in front, appearing to be acting alone, in fact, a few meters behind them, staff carrying cameras were on standby to film their every move. This was mainly to facilitate the audience to bring in third-party shots and increase the sense of participation.

So... maybe it looks scary on the screen, but when actually filming it, there's a sense of security like being led by a large army.

Not to mention that there is Duanmu Huai behind him.

The environment of the West Pavilion was similar to that of the East Pavilion, with twisted, weird, and painful stone statues placed on both sides of the corridor. However, after the experience in the East Pavilion, everyone was much calmer this time, and the two actors also regained their appearance as guests and began to film the show seriously. Of course, whether it was luck or misfortune, they still did not encounter any corpses along the way.

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, those who understand will understand.

"Professor, what do you think?"

The guests were already a little tired after chatting all the way, 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 did not object - he almost drooled in order to find topics.

“Hmm…” Hearing the actress’ question, the old professor was silent for a moment, then spoke.

"I think it's probably related to the environment here."

“The environment?”

"Yes, these are the statues. You can see that they are all depicting people in agony. Not only that, the carving techniques are so vivid that we dare not look at them any more."

Hearing the old professor's words, the guests nodded. These statues are indeed weird. Although they are not like those B-level movies in Europe and America, which use a lot of blood plasma and internal organs to disgust people, the expressions of the stone statues carved by this sculptor are very scary. If you stare at these stone statues for a long time, you will feel that these stone statues are like living people, and they are also as uncomfortable as witnessing the painful struggle of a living person.

So now no one dares to look at these stone statues any more.

"There are more than just one or two stone statues like this. Now it seems that they are placed in every corner of this mansion. For those who are determined to die, this feeling has a huge impact. They will be eager to escape from this pain, and their means of escaping from pain is... to end their lives."

"I see."

Hearing the old professor's speculation, the actress nodded. Of course, this sounds a bit magical, but after all, it is a variety show that will be broadcast on TV. It is impossible for you to really promote some monsters and demons, so come on an episode of Approaching Science and directly attribute the cause of suicide to these scary-looking stone statues, then there will be no problem.

"In fact, if I were to ask you to just flatten this crappy place, there wouldn't be so much trouble."

Duanmu Huai, who was following behind, also complained to Shionji Ariko and Sakuya through the headphones.

"In the final analysis, they are just too lazy to pay. People who commit suicide have nothing to do with the government. They commit suicide on their own. After they die, they will not waste government funds. For those politicians, it is natural that they are too lazy to care."

Shionji Yuko complained lightly, while Sakuya laughed dryly and said nothing. Indeed, as Shionji Yuko said, although razing this mansion can eliminate a suicide sanctuary, it can also be considered to be able to prevent suicides to a certain extent. But the problem is that it is the government department that pays the money, and this involves private land, and there may be various problems. No wonder the government is too lazy to take care of it.

Well, of course, it 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. In order to prevent these people from committing suicide, the South Korean government has also set up a facility on this bridge. A display is placed next to the guardrail of the bridge, and once someone approaches, some phrases will be displayed.

These include questions like “How was your day?”, “You are not alone”, “Have you eaten?” and “Think about the happy moments in your life”. They also include photos and videos of intimate happiness between families, relatives, friends and couples.

It turns out that this method is very effective. Since its implementation, the suicide rate on the bridge has increased sixfold.

Well, quite successful.

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

It is a typical example of killing people and destroying their hearts.

In comparison, doing nothing is a better choice.

"Next, it's the last room in the West Building."

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

However, at this moment, a strange situation occurred.

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

At this moment, Duanmu Huai flashed and rushed to the front. Then he reached out and grabbed the actress' leg and pulled her back!

"ah-----!!"

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

"what happened?"

"Is it okay!!"

"What happened?"

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

"What's going on? Why is it bleeding? Get the first aid kit!"

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

"What happened?"

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

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

"I just opened the door and something grabbed my arm and tried to pull me in..."

"Is it human?"

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

“It should be this thing.”

At this moment, 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 bared fangs and claws, his eyes wide open, his mouth open and roaring silently, his hands stretched forward as if to grab something. And on those devil-like sharp hands, there was blood.

"call……………"

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

"Maybe you accidentally fell when you opened the door, and then hit 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 about to be dragged in. Even now, the actress felt a little pain in her waist, which was caused by Duanmu Huai grabbing her and the other party's feet.

"Why, do you think it was the statue that held you back?"

The comedian looked at the actress's reaction and asked curiously, but the actress just glared at him and said nothing.

And at this moment, Duanmu Huai's voice sounded again.

"We'll find out what's going on after we take a look."

  As he spoke, everyone saw Duanmu Huai reach out his hand, grab the arm of the stone statue, and then gently bend it!

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

"???"

Seeing this scene, everyone widened their eyes in surprise.

This is a stone statue!

  Not a plaster statue!

"It doesn't look like 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!

"boom!"

The next moment, the stone statue was instantly smashed into pieces by Duanmu Huai, with rubble and smoke rising up, and everyone hurriedly retreated.

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

Looking at the remains of the statue that he had smashed into pieces, Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes slightly.

How strange...