NO.35 FACE THE VIDEOTAPE
"So, you want to see what's going on with that murderous tape?" Chrissy picked up a cup of tea from the table and drank it unhurriedly, not at all interested in what Gan Tian had just said. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
Gan Tian replied, "Indeed. β
"Let me think about it," Chrissy said, placing the teacup in her hand in the tray in the hand of the brunette maid beside her, narrowing her eyes slightly for a moment. Then she opened her eyes and smiled with a sudden realization: "I remember that in the basement next to my cellar, it seems that some old things of Mr. Sussing Bourbon Kea Reeves Rothschild Cthulhu York Alexander Caesar are kept. Since this tape is their old thing, there must be a device there that can use it. β
"Bud Clothes," Chrissy said as she took an ancient key from her underwear and placed it in the tray of the maid beside her, "Take these two down and see if they have that kind of equipment." β
'It turns out that her name is Mei Yizi,' Gan Tian silently wrote it down, thinking that maybe it would be of some use in the future. As soon as Chrissy finished speaking, he reminded the madman with his foot, and together with the latter respectfully said to Chrissy: "Thank you so much! β
Chrissy just nodded slightly, and returned to what looked like she was asleep. The maid named Mei Yizi, who had been standing beside her, put down the tray in her hand, bowed her head to the aisle, and made a gesture of please while saying to Gan Tian and them, "Please come with me, guests!" β
Mei Yizi led them to the middle of the second floor, and after opening a door that looked no different from the others, a dim walkway that stretched down actually appeared. Then Mei Yizi opened a locked cabinet on the side of the aisle, took out three lanterns from it, lit them, and handed two of them to Gan Tian and the madman. According to Mei Yizi, it was because of the lack of power supply, so there was no electric light in the entire basement. And also for safety reasons, they use this unique lantern when they enter here.
They walked a considerable distance along the walkway before they came to the underground space of this villa. This is not so much the basement as the basement of the villa, as there are several staggered walkways and rooms one by one. According to Mei Yizi, each door here is connected to a basement, and each basement is different in depth and size.
Gan Tian asked, "What are the basements, and what are they in?" β
Mei replied, "I'm just a maid, how can I know these things." But I think it's just some living supplies, after all, it's too far from the city, and everything is basically self-sufficient. β
The madman couldn't help but sigh: "There are so many basements, if they are all living materials, I am afraid they can last for many months!" β
They hadn't gone far after entering the basement level when they stopped in front of a door that looked exceptionally sturdy. While picking from the bunch of keys, Mei Yizi said to Gan Tian and the others, "This is where some of the relics of Mr. Sussing, Bourbon, Kea, Reeves, Rothschild, Cthulhu, York, Alexander Caesar, are stored. β
Gan Tian looked at the door framed by metal and filled with wood, and said half-jokingly, "When we look inside, won't you also watch from the side, Mei Yizi!" After all, this is the owner's relic! β
Tick bell bell! The key in Mei's hand fell to the ground at once. However, before Gan Tian and the madman could react concretely, she bowed her head and said sorry, and picked up the key to open the door.
Isn't there a normal person in this house?' Gan Tian sneered, looking at the back of Mei Yizi, he couldn't help but think, "But I like this kind of maid very much." β
Entering through this door was followed by another flight of steps, which descended about two or three meters before reaching a solid floor that was close to stone. The light of the lantern dispelled some of the darkness, revealing large expanses of haphazard stacked boxes, many of which were open. The madman approached one and looked down, and there were a variety of strange things, like the characteristic handicrafts of some people.
Gan Tian looked back at Mei Yizi, who was still standing at the steps, and shouted at her, "Hey! I said, don't you really come down and look at us? Mei Yizi! β
"No, thatβI suddenly rememberβMrs. Chrissy has something to tell me, and I'm so sorry, I have to go!" After stammering this, Mei Yizi turned around and ran away in a panic.
Seeing that Meiyizi had no intention of staying at all, Gan Tian shrugged his shoulders helplessly and a little disappointed, turned to the madman who had already started looking, and asked, "Madman, have you found anything?" β
"I haven't found what I'm looking for, but I've found something related to the past, that gentleman with a long name." As he spoke, the madman pulled out something resembling medals and certificates from a box in front of him.
"And what are these?" Gan Tian said as he walked up to the madman, took these things from his hand and investigated.
"I don't know," said the madman embarrassedly, "it's all Esperanto, and I don't know it." β
At this time, Gan Tian suddenly laughed a few times and put these things back in the box.
The madman wondered, "Do you know?" β
"I don't knowβ" Gan Tian deliberately dragged it for a moment before he said: "But I do know that the symbols on these things belong to some famous institutions in this world, such as that medal, isn't it issued by the government after our Mingzhou charity donation exceeds 100 million?" β
"Ahh The madman was surprised and said, "Then why is Mingzhou's medal written in Esperanto?" β
"Maybe the gentleman himself asked for it," Gan Tian said casually, glaring at the madman, "but these things are not helpful to our actions at all." Didn't I tell you that the kind of old-fashioned TV that can play this old-fashioned videotape is relatively large? How do you find it in such a small box? β
"But you really didn't tell me?"
"That's enough," Gan Tian didn't bother to explain to the madman, and pointed in a random direction with one hand, and said, "Find it for me right away!" β
The madman ran in the direction Gan Tian pointed, and it didn't take long for him to cry out in surprise: "Gan Tian, is this the TV you are talking about?" β
Gan Tian walked over to take a look, and saw that at the edge of the wall, there was an old-fashioned TV set, which looked relatively complete. He was secretly surprised in his heart, 'No, is my luck going to be consumed forever?' βγ On the surface, he nodded his head and affirmed the madman's contribution with a slight approving remark.
Seeing that the madman was fumbling with the switch of the TV, Gan Tian said helplessly: "Have you forgotten, just now Ya Yizi said that there is no power supply in the basement, and there is such an old TV, you ......" Gan Tian's words stopped abruptly, because with the exclamation of the madman, the TV gradually glowed with white light, turning into a snowflake pattern.
Gan Tian touched his head and said in disbelief: "Damn, it's really open." β
The madman coughed dryly, retreated to Gan Tian's side, handed him the tape, and said in a low voice: "I won't play this, you go and put it away." β
"You guy, you have to learn a little bit of life knowledge!" After reprimanding the madman, Gan Tian took the tape to the old-fashioned television and looked for a place where the tape could be inserted. Although he knows the principle of this kind of TV, he doesn't remember the specific settings very clearly, so now he can only rely on groping.
In the process of looking for the socket, Gan Tian suddenly found a bare plug behind the TV, and looked along the wire connected to it, and it was not difficult to find that this was the plug of the TV. So the question is, if the TV is not plugged in at all, why does it still start? Gan Tian looked at the plug and sighed in his heart, "That old alumnus is really amazing!" Even this kind of TV with its own power supply can get it. β
After tinkering for a long time, the movie finally began. Gan Tian found a blanket to sit on, and stared curiously at the old TV set with the madman who stood without tiredness, and slowly changed from snowflake mode to black and white mode, and finally to color mode.
"Alas! Was there color television in that era? "The madman cried out as if he had discovered a new world.
Gan Tian glanced at him with contempt, and said lightly: "It's just that because our country H is developing relatively slowly, it gives you this illusion." When we were not able to produce televisions in country H, people in those big countries began to use computers to watch television. β
"That's a lot worse."
"Let's talk less nonsense, do you still want to study for the rise of Mingzhou as a Taoist priest?"
"I'm cultivating for the peace of Mingzhou!"
Gan Tian shook his head, ignoring the madman, and focused his attention on the videotape that had already begun to show.
The angle of this video is very strange, from top to bottom, at an angle of about 30 degrees, looking down at a girl in a school uniform with long dry hair. And it's amazing that this shot is like a spirit behind it, consistently maintaining the same displacement difference as the girl. The picture moves with the girl's movement, changes orientation as the girl's head shakes, and sometimes encounters a wall head-on, the lens continues to maintain the original angle as if it is open to perspective. In this incomparably stable picture, what is presented is a variety of daily life of a girl who seems to be in the real world.
After some time.
The madman spoke: "Gan Tian, I don't think something is right? β
"What's wrong?"
"Isn't this the scene at Kitagawa University?"
"Beichuan University is not a special school like Beichuan Middle School, but it is just a little greenery, which is found in many universities in China."
"But I think I saw the crystal pyramid just now."
"Delusion."
"But don't you think this movie is a little weird? Even the last few words of ......" the madman suddenly stammered, and "even the plot of going to the toilet ......", the madman almost squeezed out from between his teeth.
"Haha," Gan Tian smiled extremely maturely, "Did you only find out until now that this is more like a candid photo of a lewd uncle?" β
"But ......"
"It's because you're shallow, and you don't know if you think about it, there are still little spies like electronic mosquitoes in this world."
In the next picture, the girl screams from time to time, as if she has seen something terrifying. It's a pity that from the perspective of Gan Tian and the madman, he can't see anything. For a moment, Gan Tian couldn't help but let out a sigh of interest.
"Gan Tian, don't you think this is weird?" The madman finally couldn't help it, "Can't you hear those weird voices?" β
"Mediocrity disturbs themselves," Gan Tian said disdainfully, "This may also be a pseudo-documentary, and there are too many things in the movie that can be faked." Besides, our purpose is not to be in the play, but to see what effect it will have on the outside. β
Looking at the nervousness on the madman's face, Gan Tian couldn't help but smile and said, "You Taoist priest, shouldn't you be afraid." β
"No, as a disciple of the gods, how could I ......?"
"It's boring, forget it, I'll sleep for a while, and then call me when it's over." Before the madman could finish his words, Gan Tian impatiently interrupted him. Then Gan Tian did as he said, found a slightly flat place and lay down. There are a lot of unused blankets here, but they can dispel some of the disturbing factors that disturb his sleep.
I don't know how long it took to slip out of people's hands.
"Ahh
The madman's scream suddenly startled Gan Tian from the humble bed. Gan Tian didn't care about being angry, and before he could stand firmly, he hurriedly asked, "What happened?" β
The madman didn't reply directly, but just led Gan Tian to the TV and asked him to see the picture inside. Maybe it's because at the end of the day, the angle of the camera changes, as if it is hanging from the ceiling, and God looks down at everything below.
Through this wide lens perspective, in the undulating darkness and shallow cries for help as if from a distant time, Gan Tian faintly saw a white figure.
Looking more closely, the darkness seemed to be adapted by the naked eye, and some of the colors were faded, and Gan Tian was able to see the whole picture clearly. Iron walls surrounded the filthy water, and the unusually undulating waves supported a humanoid object, the corpse of the girl in the school uniform. When she died, she still failed to leave the audience with a positive face.
"Don't tell me," Gan Tian's face became solemn, "this is the scene where you found that woman's corpse in Beichuan University." β
"It's hard for me to imagine," the madman smiled wryly, "but that's one of the pictures." β
"So weird!" Gan Tian thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know any way to get such a real picture?" β
"I'm not making movies."
"No, even the most advanced electronic mosquitoes can't pass through walls." Gan Tian said, "I think this is a bit like a kind of Taoist technique of your Taoist priests. β
"What Taoism?"
"Even I know that if Shen Tu knew that your understanding of Taoism was not as good as mine, he would definitely expel you from the sect."
"Alas!" The madman sighed heavily, and then shouted energetically, "I also know that I don't have much talent in Daojutsu, but I will keep trying!" β
Gan Tian covered his face and said with the attitude of giving up on treating the madman: "Okay, it's a kind of Taoist technique in the story you said about the Taoist priest before, isn't it possible to use the body of the evil spirit to investigate?" If it is an evil spirit, it should be possible to easily pass through the wall, and it can also be done to kill this unlucky woman with an illusion. β
"Makes sense," said the madman, "but how can we see it?" β
Gan Tian spread his hands and said, "How do I know, I'm not a Taoist priest." β
The madman jumped twice in annoyance, and suddenly he seemed to realize something, and asked Gan Tian: "Wait a minute, you mean, this matter was done by a Taoist priest?" β
"I didn't say that, I just thought of that spell."
"Well, that makes sense!" The madman touched his chin and said helplessly, "It seems that we have to wait until then to ask for the master." β
At this moment, the old-fashioned TV suddenly lost its light. Gan Tian and the madman looked at each other, reading nothing from each other's eyes, and finally Gan Tian opened his mouth and asked the madman to try it.
I don't know why, this old-fashioned TV is like it's really powered off, and no matter how much a madman drives it, it doesn't respond. In desperation, the madman had no choice but to forcibly take out the tape and put it back in his bag.
Gan Tian put up the lantern and said regretfully: "The only clue did play a role, but unfortunately it was not this case that pointed to it." β
The madman continued, "In other words, this tape has nothing to do with what happened here." β
"That's probably it, if you want to solve the mystery of this videotape, you still have to go to the old schoolhouse to have a look!"
The madman hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then what's going on here?" β
Gan Tian sighed and said, "Since it's not a ghost, then there is only one possibility. β
The madman immediately asked, "What's that?" β
"Can you keep it a secret and keep it open?"
"I'll try."
"That's it." Gan Tian smiled and walked quickly to the door where he had left. The madman shouted, "Hey, we're friends who are here to get rid of the spirits, how can this be!" "One side caught up at a faster pace.
Before they reached the stairs, they were a little surprised to find that the door, which had been open, was now tightly closed. The madman ran to the door in a few steps, and after pushing hard a few times, he said nervously to Gan Tian: "No, it can't be opened, it seems that it is locked." β
"Cut, can't you sit still so soon?" Gan Tian whispered.
The madman followed the routine of being locked in a secret room, banging on the door and shouting something "Someone! Standard phrases like "help". I tried this for a while, but to no avail. The madman suddenly became angry, and at this moment he didn't care about any etiquette, and took a few steps back, which was a flying kick.
The door rumbled as a madman kicked it, but it just wouldn't open.
Gan Tian reminded below: "This kind of door is not an ordinary wooden door, you can't kick it open. β
"Gan Tian, you stand back a little longer," the madman retreated to the top of the steps at once, put on a charging posture, and said very stylishly: "I have been practicing hard in high school for so many years, don't you have a trick that shocks the world and cries ghosts and gods!" β
'Crazy Demon Style, Hurry Away!' Silently shouting this in his heart, the madman rushed forward with astonishing speed and threw a flying kick. This leg is a pretty good kick, but it doesn't do much. After a bang, the madman rolled down the steps in some embarrassment and lay down in front of Gan Tian.
"It seems that it can't be opened by brute force," Gan Tian looked at the tightly closed door with regret, and said to the madman, "I know that your purpose is not to give up, but in this situation, I think we should wait for them to open the door." β
The madman got up and glanced at the specially made door unwillingly, then he looked at Gan Tian with an indifferent face, and wondered: "Why are you not in a hurry at all, this basement door doesn't look like it's closed by yourself!" β
"Of course I know it didn't close on its own."
"Then how can you be calm?" The madman was even more confused.
I saw Gan Tian smile calmly and said, "Have you forgotten that I still have strong luck?" As long as my luck hasn't run out, I'm the absolute protagonist of life, and it's inevitable that every evil will turn into good fortune. β
"That's just as well." The madman nodded, and sat down as well. But soon, he jumped up like a pins and needles, pointed at Gan Tian and shouted: "But how do you know that your luck has not run out?" You've won five million! β
"Don't mention the five million again," Gan Tian said dissatisfiedly, "Such a big desolate beast, I just sold it as a pig for more than this money!" β
"Well, I don't think that's how the conversion in this is calculated."
At this time, two lanterns were extinguished at the same time.
In the darkness, the madman laughed unnaturally twice and said, "Gan Tian, it's time for my lantern to go out, so don't play with it." β
Gan Tian said solemnly: "My light is indeed out, it's really strange, is it really used up by strong luck." β
The madman took out the secondary talisman of the ghost rune in his arms, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, I still have this, fight with them!" β
Almost at the moment when the madman took out the Ghost Dao Divine Rune Talisman, the temperature here seemed to drop by three degrees, and a chill pierced people's hearts, and at the same time, the purple leaf-vein-like rune on the back of Gan Tian's left hand lit up, and the not strong light illuminated an area just right.
The madman was pleasantly surprised: "I didn't expect your runes to be used like this, by the way, you can transform directly now." β
Gan Tian didn't answer the madman's question, but looked at the talisman in the madman's hand and frowned: "The talisman in your hand is the ghost rune subtalisman that you have been chanting?" β
"yes!" The madman shook the talisman in his hand a little proudly, and said, "This is my biggest hole card." β
"I can't imagine that at your level, God is willing to give you such a good thing."
"Well, there's a reason for that." The madman stuttered suddenly.
"Tell me why." Gan Tianqiang endured the nausea in his heart and pretended to be interested.
The madman hesitated for a moment before he spoke, "Wowhahahahahaha!" Gan Tian, look, aren't you the emperor of purple? So, this, Master asked me to protect you. This talisman was given to me so that I could protect you. β
"Huh?"
"Gan Tian, the reason why I have been following you is actually to protect you!" The madman gets excited.
"Well, this, it's really good that someone is secretly protecting it." Gan Tian hesitated, "But, isn't there anyone else?" I'm not saying that you're a bad person, I just think you're just a beginner Taoist, how can you give you such a difficult task to protect the emperor? β
The madman laughed again and said, "Maybe the master thinks that I have some talent and is more suitable for this task, wahahahahahaha!" β
It's miserable, no wonder the madman has been more unyielding lately than before, it turns out that there is a god behind his back. Gan Tianxin said, "Damn, even if you want someone to protect me, you can find someone more reliable, don't be too strong, just hide your true identity!" β
The madman laughed almost maniacally, and all sorts of beautiful fantasies came to his mind. If it weren't for Gan Tian's inability to leave here this time, he would never have woken up the madman, but would have simply left him.
It's easy for a madman to come back to his senses, and the first thing he says is, "Have you eaten?" β
Gan Tian couldn't help but sigh: "Wake up, and also, put away your talisman." β
"Alas, Gan Tian, don't you change your body, with your strength, it should be very simple to penetrate a wall."
"You know my ideals."
"Yes."
"Then don't push me away from this ideal," said coldly, Gan Tian tucked both hands into his trouser pockets and found a random place to sit. Losing the glow of the purple runes, it was pitch black.
The madman didn't answer, but silently put away the secondary talisman of the ghost rune, and found a step to sit down with his own feelings. After the secondary talisman of the Ghost Dao Rune was put away, the biting chill also disappeared.
This unanimous silence has been maintained here for a long time. In this rare silence, they could almost hear each other's breathing, but none of them had their minds on it.
After a long time, Gan Tian spoke first, "When you got the blood of the soul just now, weren't you afraid that I would tear down your platform?" Do you really think that I will cooperate with the surrender of my own blood? β
"Well," the madman laughed a few times, and said loudly, "Actually, my heart is a little bottomless, but when I saw Lisa and them, I knew that you would definitely go into the water." β
"How can you judge that when they are there, I will agree? As I expected, you couldn't know much about me. β
The madman coughed dryly and said, "That's because someone told me something about you, for example, something that was told to someone you cared about, even if it was a lie, you would turn it into reality." β
The darkness of not seeing his fingers made people feel suffocated, Gan Tian was silent for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Have you seen Xiao Ruo?" But if it's unlikely that you'll be interested, then that means ......"
"It's really a bit of a blow to be said by you," the madman laughed dryly twice, and said meaningfully: "I met her when I was following you and Lan Yan, and I was really shocked at the time!" β
Gan Tianhan said: "You tell me this, in a sense, you betrayed her." β
"She didn't tell me anything about keeping it a secret," the madman paused for a moment and said in a low voice, "I'll tell you the truth, I also secretly investigated your family background in order to confirm whether you are the emperor or not. You and Gan Ruo are not brothers and sisters. In that case, why ......"
"That's enough, that's it." Gan Tian rudely interrupted the madman, "I don't want to think about this now. β
"But ......"
"I said I don't want to think about it anymore, and it has nothing to do with you. By the way, it's really annoying to investigate other people's family backgrounds at will! β
The madman immediately said sincerely: "Well, it's me who talks too much, I apologize to you, I'm sorry!" β
Gan Tian stood up, looked at the door, and said calmly, "It's almost time, if you don't open it again, use the power of your Ghost Dao Rune Auxiliary Talisman to break through here." β
"That's all it can be." Just as the madman took out the talisman, the sound of the door lock turning clearly reached their ears. Immediately after, a maid with beautiful long black hair appeared at the open doorway.
"I'm so sorry I forgot for a while." Mei Yizi's head almost lowered to the ground, "It's all my fault, I misremembered the location of the basement." β
"You're not ......"
The madman was about to vent his frustration with Gan Tian being trapped in the dark for so long, but Gan Tian pulled him behind him, and at the same time stepped forward to help Mei Yizi, and said with a smile: "It's okay, we haven't been frightened here, but we have stayed in that environment without warm air for a while, and our hands and feet are cold." You say yes, Mei Yizi. β
'This bastard who is heavy on color and light on friends. The madman just behind Gan Tian watched Gan Tian touch Ya Yizi's little hand, gritted his teeth, and his eyes almost erupted with fire. Although he knew that the Emperor was indeed a promiscuous thing, he had always believed that Gan Tian and the Purple Emperor could not be compared. And judging from the conversation between him and Gan Tian in the basement just now, Gan Tian is at most suspected of being a sister control, I can't think of it now......
When she was helped up by Gan Tian, Mei Yizi's face had already turned red, as if she had been frozen. But when Gan Tian had to hold her hand, she symbolically struggled for a moment and gave up, only to ask softly, "How did you know my name?" β
"From Ms. Chrissy," Gan Tian frowned slightly, but still held the other party's hand. "Can you tell me your full name?"
"No...... This ......," Mei Yizi's tone was excited, but her red face returned to some normal color, "This is not in accordance with etiquette." Forgive me, as a maid, I can't tell my name to a guest. β
Gan Tian smiled: "But you already know my name, but you refuse to tell me your name, isn't it unfair?" β
"I'm so sorry!" Mei Yizi slammed away Gan Tian's hand, took a few steps back, lowered her head and pointed out a direction for them, while respectfully saying, "Please go this way, dinner is ready." Mr. Arouon and Ms. Sophia had spoken, and waited for their guests to come. β
"That's great." Gan Tian coldly glanced at Mei Yizi, who had his head down, called the madman, and walked in the direction that Mei Yizi was pointing.
It wasn't until she watched them walk a distance that Mei Yizi raised her head, quickly locked the basement door again, and then walked in the other direction.