285 Explorer (Part I)
On the second floor of the abandoned old house, the hallway was dim, and the window at the end was nailed with a row of wooden planks, and only a few rays of sunlight penetrated into the house through the gaps between the planks.
At this moment, a light lit up, and a young white man, who was not tall, with thick shoulders, was wearing a baseball shirt, jeans, and a yellow flashlight in his hand came out of the bedroom. The dimly lit aisles are illuminated by pillars of light, in front of which the dust floating in the air is clearly visible.
The young man's name is Harry, and he is a YouTube anchor who mainly explains various supernatural videos, and still has tens of thousands of fans. In order to gain more competitiveness, he and his friends Ed and Corbett formed a paranormal investigation team to go to haunted places to shoot videos.
Harry had just set up his night vision camera in his second-floor bedroom and was about to go downstairs to the living room to see what the imaging would look like.
In order to be able to take real supernatural pictures at night, they also took great pains.
He walked down the aisle, creaking, crunching under his feet, and the wooden floor was badly aged, broken or unglued everywhere.
Suddenly, there was a sound of "kicking" footsteps from below, and there was a "click, click" sound.
Harry stopped, his flashlight shining at the staircase.
Under the flashlight, a tall, lanky white man walks up the stairs.
He raised his hand to block the light shining into his eyes, and shouted:
"It's me, Corbett."
Harry lowered his flashlight and shone it to the floor, frowning slightly as he looked at the tall and thin young man in camouflage uniform.
"What are you doing here?"
"Ed asked me to install another camera in my bedroom."
"One isn't enough?"
"He thinks there are a lot of dead ends."
"It's a nuisance." Harry frowned.
"That's right." Corbett pursed his lips helplessly, turned his head to look at the precarious staircase, "Be careful when you go down, this staircase is really shaky." ”
"I'm not you!" Harry glared at him, "Don't be stupid, hurry up and pretend." ”
"I'll go right away." Corbett looked panicked, shrugged his neck, and hurried to the aisle wall to make way for Harry.
Harry raised his flashlight and shook Corbett's face, looked at Corbett's panicked hand-raising, laughed, and then held on to the handrail of the stairs and walked down cautiously.
……
Harry walked down the stairs to the living room.
An emergency light is placed in the center of the living room, which illuminates the surroundings and makes the eerie symbols painted on the walls no longer look eerie.
At a wooden table in the corner of the living room, a young white man bent over and stared intently at the laptop on the table.
The white youth is a little chubby, with flat-rimmed glasses, a beard, and an outdoor enthusiast's outfit, with a brown waistcoat, a red and blue plaid shirt, and dark hiking pants. However, a pair of yellow Converse canvas shoes on his feet seemed a little mismatched.
The young white man was Ed, Harry's friend and collaborator. Harry and Ed have been friends since childhood, and after graduating from high school, Ed was admitted to a prestigious university, while Harry dropped out of school and blended into society at home.
When Ed graduated from college, he called Harry, and the two worked as anchors on YouTube. Harry is in charge of the narration, and Ed is in charge of editing, organizing the footage, and other technical work. The two of them have also accumulated some iron fans while doing it, and their advertising revenue has slowly increased.
It's just that Harry doesn't like any supernatural videos, and he doesn't believe that there are ghosts in this world. But at that time, he didn't have a choice, at least the YouTube anchor was still a safe job, because he wouldn't suddenly die on the street.
Later, their fame grew, and Ed began to make his own supernatural videos instead of satisfying the videos recorded by others, so they went to various rumored "haunted houses" for material shooting.
Until now, though, they hadn't seen a real ghost.
Harry looked up, and the cameras were already in place in the four corners of the ceiling in the living room.
On these devices, Ed invests a lot of money. However, until now, they have only invested and have no return. So far, none of the several haunted houses they have explored have proved that there are ghosts, and if they still can't shoot successfully this time, their shriveled wallets can no longer support them to go out to shoot again.
Harry looked at Ed, who was sitting at the wooden table in the corner, and frowned, this guy had no concept of money at all, and only wanted to prove the existence of ghosts, and he had to ask him if he was sure of this shooting.
Ed didn't notice Harry walking into the living room, still staring intently at the laptop screen.
Harry walked over to Eddard, leaned over to the wooden table, and leaned down to look at the screen.
On the screen is a maximized video window, with 4 rows and 4 columns, divided into 16 small windows, each representing a camera.
Harry pointed to a small window, tilted his head to Eddard and asked:
"Can you see clearly at night?"
Ed turned his head, tugged at his glasses, and looked at him with a blank expression.
"Of course, this is a high-definition camera that can record 1080p video at 60 frames per second."
"It's amazing!" Harry nodded, but there was no joy on his face, and his heart was bleeding at the thought of the money he had spent on these high-tech devices.
Ed continued to stare at the screen, his fingers sliding over the touchpad, adjusting the camera to the right angle.
Harry stood up and took a breath, feeling obligated to remind Ed of the situation they were in.
It turned out that after they arrived at the abandoned old house this morning, Ed told them that there was a murder here last night, a girl died here, and the police cordoned off this place. For this situation, he originally wanted to refuse to come here to shoot, but he couldn't stand Ed's insistence.
Harry thought for a moment and looked at Ed.
"Can we really photograph ghosts this time?"
"Yes." Ed swore that "ghosts can definitely be photographed." ”
"That's good." Harry asked, "But if we break into the scene of the crime without permission, will we run into the police?" ”
Ed smiled disdainfully.
"This isn't Los Angeles or San Francisco, do you think those half-cops from the nearby town are going to come here?"
"I don't know." Harry shook his head.
"You can rest assured, the country cops are stupid, just like in the movies, with their intelligence, they don't even think of ghost killing. The only thing they could do was lock it off and then look for clues somewhere else like headless flies. So, we won't be bothered by them at all when we shoot videos here. ”
Harry nodded, feeling that Ed still had some point. After all, in his cognition, the police are always late, and they never appear at critical moments, and it is really better to go to a gun shop to buy a gun when there is something to find the police.
However, there was a murder here last night.
Harry felt that Ed was a little too optimistic, and after thinking about it, he still asked:
"Do you really think the girl who died last night was killed by a ghost?"
"Yes." Ed nodded, "I'm sure she was killed by a ghost, so we're sure we'll be able to shoot a real supernatural video this time." ”
"Okay." Harry frowned, "I just hope the killer isn't really a serial killer. ”
"Murderer?" Ed laughed, "I said that I can rest assured, the news I got this time is true, and the murderer must be a ghost." ”
"Do you really believe that man?"