The fact that the discovery of the passage in the city greatly boosted the confidence of the people.

The swarm opened the road ahead to reconnoitre, and the escort vehicles followed the main road towards the city center.

The urban scene along the way is very Japanese island style,

Street shops with Japanese billboards, neon lights that shine brightly, cherry blossom trees planted along the riverside streets, residential roads with large angles up and down, and narrow and low alleys.

The city was deserted, and there was a dead silence except for the sound of the wind.

The good thing is that nothing is the best thing,

Everyone didn't dare to wander around the city, so they drove the vehicle and slowly reached their destination.

This is a residential area hidden on the edge of the downtown area, most of the buildings are two- or three-story brick and wood structures, and the ordinary residential villas of each family look a little old.

The yard of each small house is surrounded by a brick fence, and the edge of the fence is inlaid with a sign with white letters on a black background, and the sign reads so-and-so's house.

It's a bit like the big bear house in the anime "Doraemon", but it's a little more remote, quiet, and dilapidated.

The vehicle carrying the four players circled around the outskirts of the neighborhood several times, eventually narrowing the target location down to three connected residential buildings.

Since the alley where the three residential buildings are located is too narrow for traffic, several players simply park their cars at the end of the alley and walk into the alley.

"Here we are,"

Xing Hechou held the pocket watch, looked up at a three-story residential building painted with yellow paint and red tiles, and took a deep breath, "The passage to the next floor should be in this house." ”

Wanli Sealing Knife, who was standing next to him, subconsciously licked his lips,

The Japanese-style villa in front of me can almost be described as "dilapidated and withered".

Most of the flowers in the flower pots along the edge of the fence are dead, some of the painted walls are covered with old wires leading to different rooms, and there are air conditioners covered with heavy dust outside the room on the left side of the second floor.

It looks unremarkable,

But it can give him an extremely strong sense of foreboding.

"Fukushin's family..."

Liu Wuxian looked at the sign hanging on the side of the fence and said softly, "Is the surname of the person who lives in this house Fushen?" ”

Wanli Fengdao asked, "What's wrong?" Is there a problem with this surname? ”

Liu Wuxian shook his head, "In ancient times, most of the commoners of Hijima had no surname, until the Meiji Restoration, when the Meiji Restoration promulgated the "Civilian Miao Character Permission Order", allowing all Hishima people, including civilians, to have surnames.

However, the public was worried about the tax problems that would arise from having a surname, and was not enthusiastic about the matter, so the Meiji era then spread the "Miao Zi Comparison Order", ordering the people to take a surname.

At that time, the cultural literacy of the people of Ridao was backward, and most of the names obtained were based on local materials, so it seemed strange.

The inhabitants at the foot of the mountain are named Yamashita, the paddy fields are named Tanabe, the fishermen are named Hailao, and the cultural people are named Bunbu, or they use life customs, festivals, business names, events, and auspicious fortunes as surnames.

The surname Fukujin is a surname associated with shrines and Shinto. ”

"Shinto?"

Wanli Fengdao raised his eyebrows, before becoming a player, his understanding of Hijima Shinto culture was limited to what beautiful shrine maidens in exaggerated costumes and the like,

After becoming a player, he made up for a lot of cold knowledge, knowing that Shinto is a traditional sect of Hijima, and it belongs to animistic polytheistic beliefs.

The gods referred to here are not really high gods.

The Japanese word for god can refer to both traditional gods and Buddhas, as well as the spirits of the dead, the spirits of plants and trees, and even the fierce gods and evil spirits that have passed down terrifying legends.

Shinto regards all kinds of animals and plants in nature as gods, and regards Hijima as the dwelling place of the gods, and everything has spirits, and there are gods everywhere they go, so there is a saying "eight million gods".

"I remember there seems to be an ancient shrine in the east of the city, right?"

Wanli Fengdao frowned and said, "Do you want to go there and investigate first?"

Or go to the city's police station and check out the information related to the god of fortune? ”

"Hmm..."

Xing Hechou took out a map of the city that he had taken from a convenience store on the street (the map showed that the city was called 'Wakayama City', which was a subordinate municipality of Wakayama Prefecture and did not exist in the real world. The prefecture of Hijima is a bit larger than the city),

Spread out in front of you,

He took out a Chinese, Japanese, and English pamphlet with the "Wakayama City Travel Guide" and compared it, and said, "The shrine on the east side of the city is Ihime Shrine, and according to the introduction, it is dedicated to the local protector god, the goddess Ihime.

The lake in the mountain behind the shrine is said to be the original place, and there is a local legend that if you come to the lake before you die, you can be reborn and start over with regrets.

In the past few years, there have been incidents of tourists falling into the lake and almost drowning, so it is temporarily closed to the public. ”

Liu Wuxian asked, "What about the name of the shrine manager?" ”

"I didn't say it."

Xing Hechou shook his head, "But dare to write down the fact that tourists fell into the lake and almost drowned in the travel book...

The brain circuits of the people of Hijima are really strange. ”

"After all, that kind of legend of reincarnation, combined with real events, is a good marketing gimmick."

Wanli Fengdao shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "On the island side of the real world, there have been a lot of anime with the theme of reincarnation in the other world recently, and they are all about to be filmed.

It can only be said that literary and artistic works reflect the current situation of society, and young people who are exploited by a high-pressure society cannot seek liberation in this life, so they can only hope to be reincarnated in another world and become human beings. ”