RNP Chapter 38: A New Paranormal Land Mission
Chapter 38: A New Paranormal Land Mission
day.
"Beep~"
"The cool moonlight makes my longing for you flow like a river."
Zhang Ze groggily got up, glanced at his phone at the missed calls, and immediately became wide awake.
"Uncle Sanbao on the phone?!"
The contact person is listed as Li Sanbao.
After the last time at the Peace Hotel, Zhang Ze added Li Sanbao's contact information. Unexpectedly, he received a private call from Li Sanbao at around 2 a.m. last night. The call came three or four times in a row, but Zhang Ze was already asleep and didn't answer the phone.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Ze dialed back.
"Beep~"
A long, drawn-out electronic scraping sound came from the phone.
After a moment, Li Sanbao spoke:
"Zhang Ze, come to Xicheng Police Station."
"No way, officer, I've always been a law-abiding citizen," Zhang Ze said doubtfully. "I haven't gone out much these past few days. Could they be investigating the Peace Hotel?"
"No, it's because of your previous live stream, which was suspected of spreading horrific and bloody images, and it's also related to the fire at the internet cafe. We need your assistance in the investigation."
Li Sanbao's voice sounded somewhat stiff, perhaps because he was in the office and it wasn't convenient to let personal feelings get in the way.
Zhang Ze thought about it and realized it was true.
During his live stream, he checked out the lost media outlet numbered 021, which was quite frightening.
But then the supernatural entered reality, cutting off the signal after the internet cafe was blocked, and the live stream was interrupted. Logically, the scariest part shouldn't have been shown in the live stream.
Regardless, it was Uncle Hat who summoned them.
Zhang Ze tidied up his things, and after Crow Vision inspected every corner of the haunted house to make sure everything was alright, he prepared to head to the West City Police Station.
I walked to the door.
Shen Yue saw Zhang Ze in the ticket hall.
"Boss, time to go out again?"
"Bring me a milk tea when you come back? I want the taro, coconut jelly, and pearl flavor; it's my favorite!"
"Get lost, you've been banging on too many old men already." Zhang Ze laughed and cursed, but still moved his finger to order a milk tea for Shen Yue. It wasn't expensive, and the address was the New Century Amusement Park haunted house.
Swipe your finger across the app.
Zhang Ze was suddenly stunned.
[Triggering a supernatural land quest!]
Complete the task to turn this haunted place into a haunted house project!
[The Place Where Ghosts Are Captured: Scream Factor 2.5 stars]
You enter your workplace as usual, but your head feels dizzy and heavy. The surroundings are foggy, and you can't see your colleagues' faces clearly—it's just like the horror movie you watched last night. You want a cup of coffee to perk you up, but when you reach the coffee machine with your cup, you find a layer of dust on the table; the coffee machine hasn't been there for a long time…
A new quest has been triggered?
How could that be? Zhang Ze didn't win anything new in the lottery, nor did he go to any haunted places.
Apart from……
Zhang Ze's pupils contracted slightly.
The place he's going next.
What Zhang Ze couldn't understand was...
Generally speaking, vengeful ghosts have a grudge against someone and a debt to settle, such as Wang Qi and Zhang Ya. They rarely harm people indiscriminately, unless it's a case where the ghosts at the neighboring Xinhai City Hospital are driven mad.
But that's extremely rare, and it's simply impossible for it to happen so early in history.
Unless, this scenario is not a supernatural event caused by a ghost at all, but rather something like the lost media number 021, which directly caused a certain area to be isolated from reality.
Zhang Ze fell silent.
After putting the two videotapes, numbered 008 and 009, into his backpack, Zhang Ze called a ride-hailing service, setting his destination as Xicheng Police Station.
A short while later, the car arrived at the entrance of New Century Amusement Park.
"Hey bro, going to the police station? That's a pretty far place."
"Want to take the highway? We'll split the toll 50/50, that's a really reasonable price for me."
"Go ahead, go ahead."
Half an hour later.
Zhang Ze arrived at Xicheng Police Station.
Xicheng Police Station is located in the western suburbs of Hanjiang City, near the outskirts. Xicheng Private School is not far away, and usually only students and migrant workers live in this area.
The fact that there is no subway line shows just how remote this place is.
Contrary to expectations that the police station might have already fallen into enemy hands.
As soon as Zhang Ze got out of the car, Li Sanbao was there to greet him at the entrance of the police station. Unlike his cold demeanor on the phone, Li Sanbao had a big smile on his face.
"Oh, you really came! You came so quickly!"
"Captain Yan, we've been waiting for you for a long time. Come in, come in."
Team Leader Yan?
Zhang Ze also remembered this person; he was a slightly overweight, older policeman who was quite competent and had a strong sense of justice. Before Chen Ge broke off relations with Dr. Gao, he suspected that Captain Yan was the mastermind behind it all.
Upon entering the police station, Zhang Ze followed Li Sanbao for a while before entering an office.
"Please sit down and wait a moment."
"Let me pour you a cup of tea."
Li Sanbao was even more enthusiastic than the last time they met, which made Zhang Ze a little uncomfortable. After a while, he saw Captain Yan walk into the office in a neat and clean uniform and sit down at the computer desk.
Li Sanbao said a few words to Captain Yan, then left the office, leaving the two of them alone in a room.
Team Leader Yan plugged a USB drive into the computer.
"Actually, the main reason I called you here today is about that lost media you watched on your live stream."
"I'd like to know how much you know about lost media?"
Captain Yan got straight to the point as soon as they met, and Zhang Ze didn't beat around the bush either, saying directly:
"Lost media are media works that were once disseminated but cannot be retrieved for various reasons, including but not limited to audio, video, and images. During my live stream, I mainly searched for lost media with the number 021. I don't remember what happened after that. It seems like I took a nap and when I woke up, I was in my haunted house."
Team Leader Yan paused for a moment, then said, "Well... many people from the Speedy Internet Cafe have mentioned this. They all said they took a nap and left the Speedy Internet Cafe when they woke up."
"However, the cause of the fire at the Speedy Internet Cafe is still under investigation. No signs of arson have been found so far. The only problem is that the time of the fire coincides with the time when you were watching the lost media live. I have watched your live recording repeatedly, and there were no signs of fire in the footage during that period."
"According to the fire department, they tried to force their way into the fire scene to rescue people, but they could not get into the internet cafe no matter what they did. The doors, windows, and walls were all locked, like a sealed metal box."
"So I'd like to ask the person involved about their situation."
Instead of directly stating his suspicions, Captain Yan set up a subtext in his language.
He didn't mention that he suspected the lost media was related to the fire at the internet cafe.
However, his mention of the lost media outlet No. 021, followed by his statement that firefighters were unable to force their way in, easily evokes the image of Lin Xiaomei and Dr. Gao trapped in a room and unable to escape, as seen in the video of the lost media outlet No. 021.
Captain Yan must have watched the live stream recording carefully, and may have even looked for that video, but unfortunately he couldn't find it. Otherwise, he wouldn't have specifically sought out Zhang Ze, the person involved, to inquire about the situation.