The Mysterious Recovery of the Forgotten World

Chapter 36 The Odd Passenger
In a flash, it came to the afternoon of the next day.

Li Leping's bus was driving on a sparsely populated mountain road.

Yesterday he asked Tang Ziyi to help him collect information about "Qingshi Village".

Even though Tang Ziyi had ordered the nearby police officers to confirm the situation in person, the real-time situation seemed to show that everything in "Qingshi Village" was normal, and there was no sign of any supernatural events erupting at all.

However, Li Leping didn't think so. The ghost clothing incident in the shopping mall had made one point clear, that is, the ghost photo studio would not send people to take pictures for no reason.

Since the task requirement is to "take a picture of it", there must be some kind of supernatural event at the designated location.

"Perhaps the supernatural event in Qingshi Village hasn't really exploded yet?"

"Maybe some supernatural event will happen in Qingshi Village within this month?"

Li Leping had this kind of thought, because the ghost photo studio gave him ample time this time, a full one-month deadline.

The bumpy bus made Li Leping drowsy, perhaps because he was in a state of high tension all the time, but the shaking from the seat at this moment made his nerves relax a bit.

Although the consciousness is constantly being eroded by the Forgotten Ghost, and his own needs for eating and sleeping have begun to weaken, Li Leping is still a human being now, and it is impossible to completely not need energy supplements.

The bus finally stopped at the entrance of a trail somewhere.

Check out the phone navigation.

That's right, you can see Qingshi Village after crossing this path.

There are still many footprints on the muddy path. The road leading to Qingshi Village was forcibly walked out by people with their feet, rather than a modern cement road. Not quite.

Cars can't go in, so they can only be sent here.

As the back door of the bus opened, Li Leping got out of the bus with an old-fashioned camera hanging around his neck and a black leather suitcase in his hand.

There was nothing in the suitcase, just some emergency food and a few changes of clothes.

"Drip, drip~!"

Suddenly, the whistle of the tricycle sounded from behind.

"Ok?"

Just when Li Leping was a little puzzled, a somewhat worn-out tricycle with a shell that seemed likely to fall off at any time passed by him, and then drove to a deeper part of the path.

There seemed to be passengers in the car, but Li Leping didn't pay attention.

"Is it a local villager?"

The small roads leading to remote villages are rarely visited by outsiders.

"Wait a minute!" Li Leping shouted.

The tricycle stopped upon hearing the sound, and the dark-skinned, thin driver's upper body immediately stuck out, speaking with a local accent: "You called me?"

"Yes." After speaking, Li Leping walked over dragging the suitcase.

Suddenly.

His brows were slightly frowned, because he vaguely smelled a strange smell.

The smell was very similar to the second-hand smoke from his college roommates smoking in the dormitory.

It's just that this smell is far stronger than the smell of second-hand smoke, and Li Leping always feels that there is a faint smell in the smoke, and it seems to be lingering around the tricycle.

"It's this person?"

Li Leping walked over, and at the same time glanced at the back of the driver.

There is the passenger's seat. A man in his 30s is sitting there at the moment, with a scrutinizing gaze, as if he is also observing the approaching Li Leping.

"That's the man."

Li Leping's eyes showed vigilance, he was quite sure that the strange smell of smoke came from the man in the passenger seat.

"Ghost master?"

I don't know if he is too sensitive. Now when he sees something that does not conform to the characteristics of a normal person, he always wonders whether this person is involved in supernatural issues.

"Hey, boy, are you going to talk?"

At this time, the driver who had been by the side became a little unhappy, and urged him.

"Oh," Li Leping put away his vigilant eyes, looked at the driver and said, "Uncle, is Qingshi Village ahead?"

"Yes, what do you say? You want to go too?" the driver said.

"Also?" Li Leping habitually grabbed the key words and asked.

"That's right, the buddy behind me is going too." The driver nodded his head, signaling that the passengers he was carrying were also going.

"Hehe." Li Leping looked like an ordinary traveler.

"Yeah, because I like to come to these rural fields and take pictures when I have nothing to do. I heard that the environment of Qingshi Village is very rural, so I want to go to Qingshi Village to take some photos. It's right to collect materials. .”

As he spoke, he touched the old-fashioned camera on his chest to prove his identity as a "photographer".

"Haha, is our village so popular? One of you wants to go there to relax, and the other wants to go there to take pictures." The driver didn't think much, smiled boldly, and then said, "100, no deception, No bargaining will be accepted.”

"100? Uncle, you don't kill people like this, do you?" Li Leping said.

From here, you can already vaguely see the appearance of the village, and you can reach Qingshi Village by walking a few miles at most.

"Hmph! Love or not."

As soon as money was mentioned, this middle-aged man who looked about 50 years old immediately changed his face, his attitude became very unfriendly, and even his accent disappeared.

Holding the handlebar tightly, the tricycle began to make a violent roar, as if it was about to start to leave at any time.

Li Leping thought for a while, and took out 100 yuan from his pocket.

"Hey, that's right, get in the car quickly."

In an instant, the roar of the engine disappeared, and the driver changed into a smiling and polite expression as if changing his face at the speed of light.

Then, Li Leping found that the 100 yuan in his hand had disappeared.

This hand speed, if you haven't been single for 50 years, you can't practice it at all.

Li Leping sighed in his heart, but hurried into the car.

He didn't intend to make a big fuss, and he didn't want to make any noise. After all, looking at the villager who was acting as the driver, it seemed that everything in Qingshi Village was quite normal?
If no supernatural events had occurred in Qingshi Village, then Li Leping must have stayed in the village for a while. If there was a direct conflict with the villagers at this time, he couldn't guarantee that someone would put rat poison in his meal.

Soon, the tricycle started and drove on the small road into the village.

Inside the car, Li Leping lowered his head slightly, staring at the silent man opposite.

This man didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, he kept his eyes closed, and leaned against the carriage as if he was recuperating, but there was always a strange smell of smoke around his body, especially in the carriage of the tricycle , This weird smell of smoke even made Li Leping feel a little uncomfortable.

Like something was burning in his lungs.

This is very abnormal, even the choking smell of smoke cannot be said to make people feel lung pain when they inhale it.

"Try him."

Li Leping squinted his eyes, intending to test whether this man is a ghost master.

"Ghost master?" He said in a low voice.

Suddenly.

With his eyes closed, the silent man suddenly opened them.

(End of this chapter)