boyutpedia Chapter 48: It Will Come True
Chapter 48: It Will Come True
This reminded Zhang Ze of the description of the system task.
[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…
Please go to Xicheng Police Station and try to survive until the next morning. Good luck!
The scenario described by the system should be when ordinary people encounter paranormal events and find that their environment is different from what they remember, and they are trapped in a space of lost media.
"The surveillance footage shows that Mr. Guan was repairing the videotape without any problems, and everything seemed normal."
"The anomaly occurred when he transferred the video from the videotape to his computer and watched the video on the computer."
"Could it be... that people who watch lost media are actually being targeted by ghosts?"
Zhang Ze shook his head, rejecting the guess.
It can't be that simple. The two songs Chen Ge obtained, "Black Friday" and "Wedding Dress," are essentially lost media.
If these two songs also harbor ghosts that will target all customers who have listened to them, then will Chen Ge's haunted house still be open?
"So why did Guilian enter the police station after watching the video, leading to all of this?"
"There must be at least one medium."
Zhang Ze watched the surveillance footage several times, repeatedly thinking about what had happened, new ideas popping into his head, which he quickly dismissed.
The left and right hemispheres of the brain fought each other like this for about ten minutes.
Zhang Ze recalled a seemingly insignificant detail.
"In the lost media, number 012, Zhu Xiu saw the old man who tiptoed around the bed at night. There was no heart rate monitor by the bedside, but the strange story really happened. After receiving the report, I went to check and found the heart rate monitor."
It's this barely perceptible detail.
It made Zhang Ze feel as if he had grabbed onto something.
Back in his office, Zhang Ze watched the video again and confirmed that he hadn't misremembered.
In the lost media video number 012, there was no heart rate monitor in the ward of Hanjiang City People's Hospital, but Zhang Ze saw a heart rate monitor in the ward at the time.
The key is.
The way this ghost story is triggered is the same as Master Guan's.
It was only after Zhang Ze watched the video that the strange tales began to happen in reality. At first, Zhang Ze thought it was some kind of precognitive ability, but now a more reasonable guess has emerged.
Could it be... that the conditions for the occurrence of lost media legends are...?
"believe?"
Why did the old man in the ward not show any abnormality even though Captain Yan had already watched the video, but suddenly start showing abnormality after Zhang Ze watched the video?
Because Zhang Ze knew that the ghost story of Zhu Xiu would appear at the Ghost Story Association's welcome party, he subconsciously believed that the ghost story was true. As a police officer and a materialist, Captain Yan naturally did not believe in these ghost stories.
The principle is the same. Master Guan probably didn't know what the strange stories about missing media were all about. After repairing the videotape, he uploaded the video to his computer out of curiosity.
After watching it, perhaps out of fear or other mental factors, Master Guan believed the ghost story in the video, so the ghost story of the missing media outlet No. 008 became a reality.
That is, everything that happened at the Xicheng Police Station tonight.
If all of this is just speculation...
The few words that Guilian had unconsciously uttered further confirmed Zhang Ze's conjecture.
Zhang Ze asked Guilian why he had come to the Xicheng Police Station.
The answer from the grimacing face was quite intriguing.
"Someone... misses me..."
Who would want a ghost?
However, if we consider the idea that Master Guan believed in ghost stories and thus attracted ghosts, then the logic makes sense.
"If that's really the case, then it's terrifying."
"If you believe the ghost stories in the videos are true, the ghost stories will come true."
"Yeah...yes! Chen Ge's two banned songs probably also hide terrifying ghost stories, but no one will believe what a song is about, so naturally it won't attract the things sung in the song and become a tool to purely enhance the sense of horror."
Zhang Ze understood everything.
The Lost Media series of supernatural tales is essentially a collection of propaganda products where belief is the only measure of reality. If you believe what's in them, then the supernatural tales described will become reality.
But if you watch it purely out of curiosity and don't treat it as a documentary, then there's nothing wrong with it.
After figuring everything out.
Once the media is lost, it poses no further threat.
Zhang Ze sat on the sofa, quietly gazing at the night outside the window until the sun rose again.
……
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"Mr. Zhang, you've worked so hard. Your eyes are bloodshot. Have you found any clues?"
"Yes, Captain Yan, I've figured these things out. These video media products have certain potential psychological effects, which can easily induce deep-seated psychological illnesses, such as photosensitive epilepsy, hysteria, and trigger violent tendencies, etc..."
"If you find similar ones in the future, you can destroy them directly, or hand them over to me and I will delete them."
"Okay, thank you for your help. Speaking of which, Xiao Kuai said he had a dream last night that the police station was haunted, and that Lao Guan was missing... Where did Lao Guan go?"
"Master Guan..."
"Captain Yan, you can check the surveillance footage yourself."
In the morning, Captain Yan and Li Sanbao returned to the police station.
They found Kuai Liang fast asleep in the police car.
Inside the police station, Zhang Ze was alone. He handed over the surveillance footage he had prepared to Captain Yan. Captain Yan watched it and found that Master Guan was perfectly normal in the video. After finishing his work, he stretched, went out to buy two bottles of wine, and then never returned.
The whole video looks quite normal.
As for how this video came about...
Of course, Zhang Ze wouldn't tell Captain Yan that he had copied the design bit by bit...
Zhang Ze felt that if he became an accountant in the future, he would probably make a fortune. Lingling's supernatural abilities combined with her talent for horror art were too useful; she could create anything.
"Okay, anyway, you've helped us a lot with this. If you ever need my help in the future, you can call my personal number directly."
"Isn't your New Century Amusement Park going to be demolished in two months? See if you plan to continue working there. If you don't mind, you can come to our police station as an outsourced officer. Don't worry, the pay is guaranteed to be good."
Zhang Ze declined Captain Yan's offer.
With him and Chen Ge there.
New Century Paradise will never go out of business, not even for a hundred years.
[Task Completed]
[Midnight Police Station: Scream Factor 2.5 stars]
Do not spread ghost stories in Hanjiang City, because once someone believes them, they will become true.
mission completed.
Zhang Ze clearly sensed that a new piece of land had appeared in the world behind the door.
You can confirm receipt of the goods now.
In addition to the rewards from the system tasks, there are some unfinished matters, such as the other of the two videotapes, the lost medium numbered 009.
And those ghostly eyes...