Infinite Metaverse

"A man may be a thousand years old, but his soul is only a few."

"In ten days, the generation will come out, and there will be more gold and stones."

"They all get used to it, and their souls will be released after they die."

"Come back! Don't trust me."

——"Chu Ci·Calling Souls"

…

Xiangjiang, Kowloon, Huangshan Village.

The lonely mountain breeze blows.

A man and a woman stood quietly in front of a tomb.

The tomb is in ruins, surrounded by land that has been leveled by excavators and road rollers. The grass and shrubs have been lifted up, leaving only an ancient tombstone that is cracked and covered with wind and frost.

On the black tombstone, there is a line of words carved on it:

The tomb of Bumenchu ​​Renmei.

"I know Chu Renmei, what does divination mean?"

The tall man turned around and asked.

"Bu Wantian, a teacher in Huangshan Village, a beast inferior to a pig or a dog, and the husband of Chu Renmei, a famous Cantonese opera actress."

The woman put her hands in her pockets and said calmly.

This means that after Chu Renmei married into the Bu family, her tombstone had to be written "Bu family so and so" after her death.

The man understood and immediately asked:

"Then what should we do now, dig the grave?"

The woman shook her head:

"The tomb has long been leveled by the construction team, and the bones were thrown into the pool below."

After saying that, she pursed her lips at Yamashita.

The man turned around and narrowed his eyes:

"Shall I go into the water and fish her out?"

The woman burst into laughter and said:

"Why are your thoughts so straightforward? If you don't bring the corrugated steel sword, the golden finger tiger and the screaming beetle into the water to retrieve the corpse, I'm afraid you will be killed by Chu Renmei. If you bring those three things into the water to retrieve the body, Corpse, I’m afraid you’ll scare Chu Renmei away.”

The man frowned:

"What should we do?"

The woman turned around and walked down the mountain, saying:

"Back to the village, I have prepared the ceremony."

…

At night, inside an old house in Huangshan Village.

Poverty, backwardness and disrepair.

Eight or nine men and women were tied tightly, with cloth balls stuffed in their mouths, and black cloths covering their eyes, sitting in a row in the corner.

These are the four protagonists in the movie, plus the reincarnations who came to this universe. They have all been subdued by Fu Qinghai, tied up neatly, and placed in the back room to prevent them from interfering with the soul summoning plan carefully prepared by Zhang Yuning and Fu Qinghai.

This is the action mode of the two people: Fu Qinghai is responsible for dealing with players, and Zhang Yuning is responsible for dealing with ghosts. The division of labor is clear.

Like the reincarnation in the movie "The Nun", the world of reincarnation does not differentiate between camps this time, but issues unified tasks. The task is also very similar to the last "Seal the Demon Valak" - "Purify the Demon Chu Renmei".

The players all belong to the same camp, and Fu Qinghai shouldn't kill him indiscriminately, but he must make sure they don't cause trouble.

Because the task of "purifying the evil ghost Chu Renmei" is very simple - at least for Chinese players, if you are familiar with the plot of the movie "The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village", you will naturally know why Chu Renmei's resentment arises. As long as you find a way to resolve her Resentment and hatred can naturally free this resentful spirit.

This is the consistent way of solving problems in Chinese supernatural horror movies: wrongs have an end, debts have owners, great vengeance is avenged, and resentment is eliminated. Reflects the traditional values ​​of the Chinese people.

The "pure evil thoughts" of Japanese supernatural horror movies, the "karma and reincarnation" of Thai supernatural horror movies, and the "devout faith" of European and American supernatural horror movies each reflect the values ​​of different countries and nations.

However, Fu Qinghai and Zhang Yuning had great plans and were not satisfied with just completing the task.

There was only one dying old man left in the room who was not tied up. Instead, he was sitting peacefully in the living room. With a sad look on his face, he bowed his hands and said to Fu Qinghai and Zhang Yuning:

"Two...two strong ghost hunters, my aunt died unjustly. Even if she killed others, it was for revenge. I beg you two, beg you two..."

The old man couldn't continue talking.

Fu Qinghai waved his hand and said:

"I know, old man, don't worry, your aunt will find relief and peace soon."

This old man was the orphan adopted by Chu Renmei during his lifetime. Li Qiang was also the only person who was not killed in the Huangshan Village massacre. All the other sixty-six villagers were killed by Chu Renmei.

Zhang Yuning is arranging arrangements at the table.

A cup of corpse oil collected from a supporting character was inserted into a cotton thread and a candle was lit.

A bowl of water scooped from the Corpse Pond was mixed with a drop of blood from Fu Qinghai and Zhang Yuning.

"Corpse oil, pool water, blood... the BUFFs are all stacked up, I'm not afraid of Chu Ren's beauty."

Zhang Yu said confidently.

According to her, if any one of the three conditions is met, it is possible to attract Chu Renmei, and Zhang Yuning directly superimposed the three conditions, which greatly increased the probability of spawning a female ghost.

Zhang Yuning was very familiar with the rituals and rituals in various supernatural horror movies, which made Fu Qinghai admire him very much. The two of them first took a sip of the corpse pond water mixed with each other's blood, and then sat at the table. , closed his eyes, held hands, Zhang Yuning whispered in his mouth:

"There is someone here, and I want to help."

"When the soul is separated, you give it to me."

"Hunxi... is back!"

As her words fell.

"Hoo~~~"

A gust of wind blew by, and the corpse oil candle went out.

The room fell into darkness.

Zhang Yuning slowly opened her eyes and looked behind Fu Qinghai. At the entrance of the old house, a bright moonlight shone diagonally in from the outside. A strange figure wearing a red Cantonese opera costume stood quietly. There.

"She is coming."

Zhang Yuning said calmly.

Fu Qinghai turned around to look, but saw nothing. There was nothing in front of the old house, only a glimmer of bright moonlight.

He does not have yin and yang eyes, so he cannot see the existence of ghosts unless the ghosts want him to see them.

Zhang Yuning frowned and stared at Chu Renmei. When he saw the woman with a distorted face suddenly grinning, her body disappeared into the wall next to her, she quickly shouted:

"She wants to kill the people in the back room first!"

After saying that, Zhang Yuning made a casual move, and Valak, Kayako, and Jin Renshu, the "Pen Immortal" who had recently joined the ghost group, appeared together and attacked Chu Renmei from the left, middle and right.

The four ghosts bared their teeth and claws, howling and making strange noises. They were fighting in the air above the living room. Black air was flying everywhere, and their spirits were flying. But Fu Qinghai could not see anything. He could only see that the tablet enshrined in the living room was knocked down and hung from the top. The incandescent light bulb kept flickering.

Confused.

In Zhang Yuning's eyes, Chu Renmei was gradually outnumbered. Suddenly her face was stretched and twisted, she screamed, turned around and rushed towards Fu Qinghai who was closest to her.

"Qingshan, behind you, she wants to possess you!"

Zhang Yuning shouted hurriedly.

Fu Qinghai clenched the golden finger tiger on his knuckles, turned around and punched the air behind him.

"Bang!"

There was obviously nothing there, but as if something had been hit, there was a hint of force feedback from the finger.

The dent made by the woman's body suddenly appeared on the wall.

In Zhang Yuning's eyes, poor Chu Renmei was torn apart by three ghosts, her spiritual power was severely damaged, and she was hit by Fu Qinghai's ruthless iron fist, and was directly punched and welded to the wall.

"Get her!"

Zhang Yuning pointed her slender hand and ordered.

Three ghosts swarmed up.

…………

"I hold the Holy Light in my hand, but I cannot see the light."

——John Constantine.

…

Los Angeles, Maryland, USA.

"The status of "The Man in the Country" in film history is mainly due to the fact that it turned Hong Kong's supernatural movies away from the offbeat and funny style and returned to horror itself, but it still more or less imitated "The Ring"."

Fu Qinghai was walking on the street and talking.

"I know that "The Exorcist" was nominated for ten Oscars and won two awards. This is unprecedented in the history of horror movies. In terms of artistic value and achievement status, I think "The Exorcist" is better than "The Exorcist" .”

Zhang Yuning smiled and said:

"Although you don't pay attention to the plot and background, when it comes to the history of film development, you are very clear."

Fu Qinghai nodded:

"I didn't dare to watch horror movies before."

Before: Before becoming a Space Marine.

Fu Qinghai's high evaluation of "The Exorcist" is naturally related to his own values.

He is a staunch atheist and materialist.

The film "The Exorcist" reveals a pessimistic attitude towards God's omniscience and omnipotence, and doubts about Christian faith: the devil is almost omnipotent, whether it is the Bible, holy water or the cross... everything that Christians believe in and rely on, They were useless in front of the devil, and the priest, who represented the authority of God, died tragically in the hands of the devil.

It may be difficult for Chinese audiences to imagine.

But you must know that most developed countries in Europe and the United States are actually religious countries. The shock that "The Exorcist" brought to them and the trampling on their religious beliefs can be called a spiritual earthquake... It even caused the movie to be strongly criticized by churches in various countries. resist.

Of course, what director William Friedkin wants to promote is not materialism, otherwise the ending of the film would be some kind of "scientific hoax". What he wants to promote is actually nihilism.

Although James Wan is a Chinese-American director and has built a huge Conjuring universe with a lot of movies such as "The Conjuring" trilogy, "The Nun", "Anna Bell", etc., Fu Qinghai actually doesn't like the Conjuring universe very much. Because The Conjuring Universe represents the typical horror and supernatural movies that cater to traditional European and American religious values——

You have to have faith in God to defeat the devil.

The Warrens, the Vatican's non-staff exorcists, rely on their devout faith to turn evil into evil.

All great literary and artistic works will be mixed with values, either openly or covertly, which is what people in the country like to call "private goods." H.P. Lovecraft even expressed his racial discrimination very directly and explicitly. .

On the contrary, those literary and artistic works that do not contain "private goods" are things that are unknown and drift in the wind. Many people actually do not object to the export of ideas. They just call things that are not in line with their values ​​​​"private goods."

…

Fu Qinghai, who is 1.90 meters tall, is dressed in simple casual clothes. He has a golf club bag slung on his back, which contains a corrugated steel sword and a broken heart. On the belt buckle around his waist, there is a golden finger tiger and a small and old cigarette. Box.

Zhang Yuning, who is 1.72 meters tall, wears black slim-fitting jeans, a black waist-baring racer vest and a black short motorcycle leather jacket, which is still her favorite All Black style.

The man is handsome and the woman is cool, walking side by side on the street, they look like a perfect match.

The two came to a motel.

Fu Qinghai frowned slightly and asked:

"Why not stay in a five-star hotel?"

Zhang Yuning turned around and looked up at her man, her delicate body pressed against his, one hand caressing his neck, and two fingers of the other hand gently treading on his chest, His eyes were blurred and charming, and his voice was slightly hoarse:

"I don't want to live in Hilton or Sheraton anymore. I just want to squeeze in a cramped motel with you, smell the sweat on your body, listen to your heavy breathing, and then... um."

Zhang Yuning has silky eyebrows.

As he spoke, he groaned softly, biting his lower lip with his teeth, refusing to continue.

Fu Qinghai smiled evilly and said:

"OK."

…

Early the next morning, the two arrived at the target location.

According to previous practice, Fu Qinghai dealt with the players and Zhang Yuning dealt with the ghosts.

According to Zhang Yuning, the demon in "The Exorcist" is named "Pazuzu", and he is one of the most evil demon gods in ancient Sumerian folklore.

Legend has it that His body has the wings of a vulture, the claws of a lion, the poisonous hook of a scorpion, and a particularly ugly and huge head. His whole body exudes an aura of blasphemy.

If we follow the history of the Assyrians and Sumerians and compare the appearance time of the Bible and Old Testament, Pazuzu may have existed longer than the famous demon god Lucifer.

Bibles, holy water and crosses were of no use to Pazuzu.

But that doesn't mean that other vengeful demons are useless to him.

"Valak, this wave depends on you."

Zhang Yuning said lightly:

"Let's see who is stronger, you or the other demons."

The figure of the ghost nun emerged in the dark alley.

A low and rough voice sounded like a roar:

"Zhang, the 'Pazuzu' you are talking about is not the demon in Solomon's seventy-two pillars of demon gods. I don't know about his existence. But before facing Pazuzu, I'm afraid you have to deal with other things first. "

After speaking, Valak looked to the right.

something else? What's the meaning?

Fu Qinghai and Zhang Yuning turned their heads together and followed the ghost nun's gaze.

At the end of the dark alley, there were three short, dark, thin men standing side by side. The three of them walked forward and then stood still. The leader clasped his hands together, bowed slightly, and said:

"Sawadika."

Um? Thai?

Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes slightly.

"It is our fate that this gentleman and this lady were assigned to this world of reincarnation at the same time. It is our common task to seal the demon Pazuzu and expel him back to hell. I sincerely hope that we can cooperate sincerely."

The other party spoke very politely, but there was an air of indignity in his tone.

However, Fu Qinghai slowly shook his head:

"No, Pazuzu and I can handle it. Don't interfere."

Fu Qinghai just finished speaking.

"boom--"

There was a loud explosion behind him, and a black-gold powered battle armor, enveloped by strong winds and blazing flames, crashed to the ground, creating a deep crater in the alleyway.

Amidst the smoke and dust, the huge turbofan behind the armor slowly stopped rotating, the nozzle flame went out, and a pair of scarlet eyepieces gradually lit up. The huge armor stood up from kneeling on one knee and looked coldly at the three people in front of him. people.

Fu Qinghai looked at the three of them calmly and said nothing.

But the meaning is very obvious.

Faced with such a domineering and tyrannical momentum, the leading Thai player just twitched his lips slightly and said:

"Reincarnators on the technological side, haha, okay... we won't disturb you two anymore, see you later."

When he said the words "see you later", the leader spoke with a heavy emphasis and a meaningful expression on his face.

After saying that, he turned around and left with his two companions.

What's the meaning? threaten me?

Fu Qinghai frowned.

Fu Qinghai was not sure where the other party was coming from, but Zhang Yuning recognized him at a glance. She chuckled lightly and said:

"Three supernatural side reincarnations are rare, but the level is just like that. There are only two tricks in Thai supernatural horror movies - Gumantong and the head-lowering technique."

The three people who were about to leave suddenly stopped.

But his back was still turned to Fu Qinghai and Zhang Yuning, and he did not turn around.

Zhang Yuning looked at their backs and seemed to be introducing Fu Qinghai, but in fact, she deliberately raised her voice:

"Gumantong is a 'little ghost', and can only use the souls of children who died young to make sacrifices. The 'three mountain talismans' in the Taoist talisman sect: Maoshan, Longhu Mountain, and Hezao Mountain have long failed to drive ghosts. If you have played it thoroughly, you can control all kinds of ghosts, big and small, strong and fierce. Compared with some Siamese wild witches who can only play with the souls of babies, they are infinitely better."

Then, Zhang Yuning sneered:

"As for the spell of lowering one's head, it is a kind of spell that collects relevant materials to remotely curse or aphrodisiac others. There are nine major Chinese folk magic systems: summoning souls, supporting ji, exorcism, nightmare suppression, lowering one's head, witchcraft, illusion, qigong, and continued Fate has already included it. I can’t copy it completely, and I can’t learn it well..."

Zhang Yuning raised her chin and said loudly:

"Why, don't you know how to be polite when facing people from your own country?"

The three words "sovereign state" deeply hurt the hearts of the Thai people, and the leader could not help but clenched his fists.

However, that woman made her abilities clear in just a few words. The three players from Thailand did not dare to rely on them. They put away the inherent arrogance of the supernatural side reincarnators in the face of the technological side reincarnations. The leader took a deep breath. With a tone of voice, he turned to Fu Qinghai and Zhang Yuning and clasped his hands together again:

"We will not interfere in this reincarnation mission."

"Pull the arch." (Goodbye)

…

My name is Zhang Yuning, arrogant Zhang.

Fu Qinghai dubbed Zhang Yuning silently in his heart.

Although Zhang Yuning's tone was very arrogant.

But what she said was true.

Even in the area of ​​"feudal superstition and strange powers and chaos", China is still the suzerain country of all surrounding vassal countries. Not to mention Japan and South Korea, the two younger brothers in the Confucian civilization circle, the witchcraft and sorcery of Southeast Asian countries are all influenced by China. Quite deep.

The Siamese trio didn't know that Fu Qinghai had a three-piece set for exorcism and subjugation of demons. They thought they could use dark and hidden methods such as Gumantong and head-dropping techniques to secretly disgust him, but they were immediately disgusted. Zhang Yuning easily broke through.

The same logic as that of "Sealing Demon Valak", in the reincarnation mission of "Sealing Demon Pazuzu", all players belong to the same camp by default. If Fu Qinghai directly kills the Siamese trio, the assimilation points will be deducted .

It would be best if Zhang Yuning could "tell things with emotion and act with reason" and let them retreat when faced with difficulties.

…

Single mother Chrissy is going crazy.

Her daughter Rui Gen, a cute, sensible and beautiful little loli, suddenly changed her temperament after entering puberty, becoming irritable and foul-mouthed.

Chris initially thought that her daughter was suffering from some kind of mental illness, so she used various suppressive drugs and sedatives. However, it got worse. Her daughter even began to expose certain parts, urinate in public, and even self-desecrate, using dirty blood. The statue of the Virgin was smeared and fitted with some kind of prosthetic organ that she was not supposed to have.

God, what a blasphemy!

Chris had no choice but to turn to the priest for help.

However, the tragic deaths of young priests and senior priests one after another have left Chris, a mother, helpless. The evil Satan seemed to be laughing at her helplessness. Green filth began to spit out from her daughter's mouth, and then she turned her head 180 degrees. , crawling backwards like a spider on the stairs.

Chris was so anxious that she cried out in pain.

Unexpectedly, at this time, there was a surprising and unfamiliar voice coming from outside the door:

"Wow, Ah Ning, look! This is a classic scene in film history. He turns his head and crawls upside down. It made so many people cry."

What kind of heartless, heartless and heartless person is this!

The single mother is going crazy:

"Who are you and why did you break into my house!"

Fu Qinghai quickly raised his hand and said comfortingly:

"Don't worry, don't worry, madam, forgive us for coming uninvited, we are here to save your daughter."

Save my daughter?

Chris was stunned.

Fu Qinghai did not explain to her anymore, but looked at Zhang Yuning.

Zhang Yuning nodded slightly.

Suddenly, the whole house was filled with howling ghosts and black smoke. Some objects, stairs, doors, pillars... even began to twist and deform. The TV automatically turned on, and the screen began to play bloody and violent murder scenes in a loop.

What the hell, it’s worse, okay?

Chrissy is going to explode.

The little girl who was performing a handstand walk was also stunned.

Zhang Yuning looked at her quietly with her beautiful eyes.

In the midst of a doomsday scene where demons dance wildly.

The woman stood alone with a smile on her lips.

"Come on, Pazuzu."

Tan opened his mouth slightly and spoke softly.

…………

Hey, I promised to finish it in two chapters, but I accidentally ended up writing too much. Let’s see if I can add another chapter today, but don’t wait.