The original purpose of the Sanjiang Ghost Town Festival was not to hold a big market that everyone in the circle wanted to participate in, but to gather the best people from all over the world to explore the mysterious ghost town ruins.

But today, the ruins of the ghost town are no longer accessible to anyone, and have long been blocked by many bigwigs of the organizers. Only designated people can enter, and every Sanjiang ghost town conference will eventually become an exploration of the ghost town ruins, and naturally, it is also the person selected by the organizer who is qualified to go deeper.

And the so-called pioneer exploration, to put it bluntly, is cannon fodder.

So far, the in-depth exploration of the ghost town ruins has only been completed by about one-third, which means that the remaining two-thirds are completely blank, and what kind of traps there are and what kind of earth beasts and monsters will appear are unknown. The explorer is responsible for walking around this underground blank world with no information at all, marking the path below, and then notifying the large army that follows behind him to converge. But if they encounter traps and earth beasts and monsters, the explorer will bear the brunt of the damage, and may even die in the first sight.

I don't know if this is what Mr. Tang means or the young head of the Haotian family, but no matter what, they want to put me to death.

After taking the medicine, I was still sitting in an empty room, and there were two people standing at the door with their backs to me, as if watching me not let me run.

There were cheers from time to time outside, the grand ceremony had been held, and I should have been sitting outside, but I didn't expect to get involved in a trouble.

After about half an hour, there was the sound of footsteps outside the door, and after a while the door opened, and I saw several tall men on both sides, and then a man walked in, wearing a velvet cloak, not tall and did not see the face, but there was a faint fragrance wafting in front of me, like the smell of perfume.

The door closed, and he sat down across from me, still with his head bowed, and I asked strangely, "Brother, which way?" ”

He slowly raised his head, wearing a fox-like mask on his face, his hair should be quite long, and there were a few strands floating in front of him, I only reacted when I saw this fox mask, and the uninvited guest in front of me turned out to be the young patriarch of the Haotian family, who had seen him in the trial field before the opening, which was particularly eye-catching, because of the fox mask on his face.

"I didn't expect that the young patriarch of the dignified Haotian family would actually come to see me, a prisoner, to laugh at me? Look at my dying face. ”

I'm not polite.

"The person who proposed to let you explore the ghost town ruins is Mr. Tang."

He spoke, his voice sounding soft, not very shrill, but with a girlish feel.

Seeing that I didn't react, he continued: "Mr. Tang thinks that you are difficult to control, so he hopes to take the opportunity to eradicate you, but unfortunately my subordinate Hikaru Ishida is not your opponent, so he proposed to let you be the pioneer explorer of the ghost city ruins, nothing more than to let you die inside." ”

"What are you telling me all this for? What's in it for you to sow discord between me and Mr. Tang? Or do you think I'll help you in turn because of this? ”

I asked with a smile.

"Exactly!" He nodded and said, "Mr. Tang is a profit-hungry businessman, everything in his world can be measured by money, and working under someone like him will be abandoned sooner or later. But you are still young, and you have achieved such achievements in such a short period of time after your debut, and the future can be said to be bright. As long as you are willing to follow me, I can have a way to protect you this time. ”

He really came to dig me, and I pondered for a moment before laughing, "How can you protect me?" Send someone in with me? ”

"Our Haotian family has always had a part in the development of the ghost city ruins, and the vanguard of the last development was our Haotian family's people, although they were all wiped out in the end, but from the news that came back, they made a big progress in the exploration of the original ghost city ruins. This large distance should have been shared with other organizers, but our Haotian family is hidden, if you are willing to help me, I can arrange someone to wait for you on this hidden route in advance, and create a fake death to help you get out of danger when you get to this position. ”

The plan sounded good, and I pondered for a moment and asked, "How do I get out after faking my death?" ”

"My people will set up a base in the ghost city ruins, and you will hide in it for half a month, and then evacuate. When the time comes, you will change your name and become my guest. Do things for me in the future. ”

The plan is good, but in the end, when he said that I should change my name and surname, my heart sank slightly, it doesn't matter if I am his doorman, anyway, it is important to save my life first, and I can turn against the water in the future. But to change my name and surname, it means that Ba Xiaoshan will completely disappear from this world, and all my past will be erased.

Daddy, old man, and a group of brothers, all can't say goodbye, if a person has no past, or abandons the past, what is the difference between that and death?

"May I think about it?"

I asked after thinking about it.

"Of course, but you don't have much time, the first exploration will take place in three days, and I need to prepare in advance, which means you only have two days. I'm waiting for your news......"

With that, he stood up, put his cloak back on, and walked outside.

The door was closed, the faint scent of his body still lingering in the air, and I lay on the bed and looked at the wound on my shoulder. This time, Brother Yong may not be able to fish me out, and he has to rely on himself, but if I am injured, the probability of me surviving in the unknown ruins is almost minimal.

"What should I do?"

My heart was in a mess, and I subconsciously pursed my lips. The sound of gongs and drums outside came one after another, and each stroke seemed to hit my heart, very heavy and heavy.

Brother Yong, they haven't heard from me, and Mr. Tang hasn't come to see me, so I seem to have been forgotten in this corner for the past two days, until two days later, the young head of the Haotian family came to see me for the second time.

Maybe it was because the sky was not beautiful, and the grand ceremony was in full swing, it was actually raining outside, and the cloak on his body was a little damp when he came in, but he was still wearing the fox mask, and after seeing me, he said, "Have you thought about it?" ”

I was silent for a moment and then said, "I'm sorry, I can't promise you. ”

He seemed a little surprised, and was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Why?" You don't want to live anymore? ”

"No, I don't mean I don't want to live, maybe I'm younger, if my last twenty years of life were to be erased from this, then I'd rather die. If people have no past, it is like living in vain, so it is better to be reincarnated directly. ”

He looked at me with incredible eyes, and I could see through the hole in his mask that there was some mockery and some incomprehensible look in his eyes, and then he actually laughed and said, "I finally understand why Mr. Tang has abandoned you." You are an uncontrollable but excellent person compared to those who are useless but easy to control, and people like you take their lives too lightly. A person who can give up his life at will is too low in value. That's your final decision? ”

I nodded, "Yes." ”

"Okay, then let you die."

He said angrily like a woman, stood up and was about to walk out, when I suddenly shouted, "You are a daughter, right?" ”

He was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked, "Is it because of the perfume on my body?" Men can't wear perfume? ”

I shook my head and said, "No, not because of the perfume, but because of the feeling." You must be a girl, that's why you're wearing a mask. ”

He was stunned, but did not speak, put on his cloak and left the room, and when the door was closed, I sat cross-legged on the bed, and my heart was so happy, that I really preferred to live and die according to my own will rather than to live for a long time.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier outside, and under the sound of gongs and drums, I seemed to have seen terrible monsters in the dark depths of the ancient ruins.

"You're adventurous by nature."

The auditory hallucinations in my ears suddenly came, and I was stunned, because I hadn't heard the auditory hallucinations for a long time, and I was a little unaccustomed to them, so I immediately smiled and said, "Maybe, maybe you're right, I'm born to take risks, and I use my life as a stake to explore dangerous places!" ”