Chapter 78: Anchor

“My dear friends, let’s all wait a moment. In front of us is the most trending and most mysterious haunted village, Yanglan Village!”

“Speaking of which, I, Sister Bai, had a difficult time getting to this village. This path was a treacherous journey, and my feet are about to snap off from all the walking!

No, I, Sister Bai, really can’t walk anymore! Let’s first get some rest here. I’ve always used love to fuel me with electricity. I’m not hinting that you all send me gifts, I’m really not.”

[Striding Dazzling Strawberry: Your pants say it all, why don’t you let me have a look? Sister Bai, where are you hinting, my cell phone is full of electricity! Quickly set out, my wave of gifts!]

[Na’an2875: Sister Bai, you’re so mischievous. Does Little Tanned Brother know?]

[loda: Walking until you can’t move and causing you to be a burden for Little Tanned Brother, I feel sorry for Sister Bai. Licks Sister Bai’s beautiful leg.]

T/N: wtf that’s a bit creepy?

For a moment, a tsunami of messages suddenly flashed through the live stream.

In the end, while gritting her teeth, she threw her eggs all in one basket and became a supernatural anchor. As a result, her gamble had paid off, and the change in her profession made her truly on fire.

As of now, although her income was still nothing compared to a big-time anchor, her monthly income, which was 10,000 to 20,000, was already enough to satisfy her.

As for the Little Tanned Brother the audience mentioned, it was her assistant and also boyfriend. Otherwise, only being a girl, she wouldn’t dare risk exploring such a remote and desolate place. That was far too dangerous, she also cherished her life.

“Okay, right in front of us is the entrance to the village, and I will go in at once!”

“Strange, why are there six people standing outside the village’s entrance. Moreover, these six are watching me, as if they were all waiting for me. But aside from my Little Tanned Brother, I didn’t invite any other friends along?”

[Save the Ghosts: Sister Bai, run for it! The six ahead are ghosts! I’m not deceiving you, swiftly run away! Now, while there’s still time!]

[Fishbone-Fearing Cat: WTF! What did I just see? Sister Bai, Little Tanned Brother has disappeared! There’s a ghost standing behind you now! Quick, go to the village! Otherwise, you’ll be screwed!]

[Adorable Pineapple Duck: 2333(1), you’re all too terrible. Do you want to scare Sister Bai to death? Innocent Little Tanned Brother was even unjustly attacked.]

Hearing some selected comments to be read aloud, Bai Cui’s heart chuckled, not believing her viewer’s teasing at all.

Despite her being a supernatural anchor, she, by no means, believed that ghosts existed on this earth. Being on-air for a long time, she hasn’t even seen a shadow of a ghost, even if she were afraid of such things.

Her mind was as steady as an old dog, however, she forcibly displayed a flustered face.

She brought with her a ‘frightened’ expression, indefinitely confused looking at her boyfriend——Fang Niu, as though she really fell for those mischievous comments.

Seeing Fang Niu extend his suntanned hand forward and pretend to call her, only then did she pat her chest and sigh with relief, saying, “You’re all so bad. I also thought that Little Tanned Brother was really abducted by ghosts! It’s useless trying to scare me. I, Sister Bai, fear nothing in Heaven or on Earth. I am fiercely courageous, when have you all ever seen me be afraid!”

After interacting with some of her audience, Bai Cui moved forward while also saying, “Before, the haunted house of the Internet celebrity was a hoax, but don’t be disappointed everyone. This broadcast would bring you ghosts for sure!”

“I, Sister Bai, personally guarantee it!”

After her small speech, Bai Cui headed towards the village’s entrance, while her boyfriend kept holding the phone, walking behind her.

Fast approaching the village entrance, Bai Cui added, “According to our online sources, Yanglan village is a village for left-behind children(2). Inside here, there are only elderly and young children left, teens and young adults are rare. These people in front of me are all so young. Their clothes also don’t resemble village attire. Furthermore, there are unexpectedly foreigners in the group. As far as I can see, there’s something fishy going on here! Maybe your speculations are correct, that they are indeed…”

Talking up until this point, Bai Cui’s volume reduced by a bit since a huge black man was standing in the middle of the group. She was scared that they might have heard the speculative commentary, so she lowered her voice.

Soon, she and Fang Niu reached the entrance.

Meeting the six people’s curious gazes, Bai Cui’s eyes sparkled, thinking that the foreigners were quite photogenic and could potentially bring in more viewers, so she struck up a conversation, “Hello, I am Bai Cui, you guys can call me Sister Bai. Behind me is my boyfriend, Fang Niu. I am an anchor that investigates the supernatural, that’s why I came here to do a live broadcast on the supernatural. May I ask about you guys?”

All the players already had this discussion long ago, and because Bai Cui was of the yellow race and was also a girl, the task of talking to her fell upon the only yellow-skinned woman in the group, Ye Shangyu.

Thus, Ye Shangyu opened her mouth to say, “We’re also here to investigate some ghosts. We heard rumors that this place was filled with supernatural activity, so we wanted to come and see if this place really has ghosts.”

“What a coincidence, our goals are the same!”

This group of six had handsome guys as well as pretty women, including a black-skinned man as well as a blue-eyed Lolita, which were undoubtedly a selling point. For the sake of her broadcast’s popularity, Bai Cui cheekily said, “Do you all mind joining me? I’ve already explored numerous haunted areas, so I’m a little famous in exploring these things. I’m not bluffing. Investigating supernatural occurrences, it could be considered a specialty of mine!”

As soon as Bai Cui said this, the small Caucasian Lolita called Jina raised a brow and chuckled.

Compared to this ‘experienced’ anchor, the players’ investigative abilities on ghosts were on an expert level. Of course, she could only laugh and smile since this kind of thing was impossible for the locals to understand.

Bai Cui invited everyone to investigate the spirits together, and after the players discussed it for a bit, they decided to accompany this anchor that courted disaster. If something happens, they could push her to greet the ghosts.

Seeing the six agree to her request, Bai Cui was ecstatic.

After obtaining all the players’ consent, she and the six walked ahead with Fang Niu falling behind to shoot the entire scene.

Along the way, Bai Cui strategically emitted continuous shivers, and because of the chemistry with the players, the two people were quickly acquainted with them.

Everyone was talking and laughing, and thinking that the time was right, Bai Yan suddenly asked, “Oh right, Anchor Bai, where did you find information about this haunted place?”

“There was a viewer from my broadcast that told me about it. I felt that it was interesting, so I found some time to do research. Online, I found a post writing about the haunting stories of Yanglan Village. Reading it was straight out terrifying. Could it be that you all didn’t read the post and went here?”

Hearing what Bai Cui had said, Ye Shangyu immediately opened her phone and searched about the situation in Yanglan Village.

In this level, the app apparently didn’t restrict the players to search online, so Ye Shangyu could also search this world’s web pages using the Blue Star browser.

Due to her experience with ‘Real Ghost Stories,’ she didn’t open the post to avoid triggering a dead end and becoming the new protagonist of the ghost story.

Sweeping across the titles about Yanglan Village and determining what she said was true, Ye Shangyu gave Bai Yan a nod. Bai Yan understood and continued to converse with Bai Cui——

“The post? I haven’t read it contrary to what you’d expect. I only heard a friend talk about how mysterious this place was, and as it so happened, I wasn’t doing anything and called in a few friends to go here together to search for ghosts. By the way, what was written in this post? Hearing you talk about it, I suddenly feel a bit scared.”

Bai Cui answered, “It’s nothing. The writer just published a post about ghosts, saying that he’s a person from Yanglan Village.

A few months ago, the writer discovered that the elderly and the children in the village had ineffably gone missing. Soon, the number of missing people was increasing at a serious rate. He was incredibly scared, so he fled from this village and never came back…

The text of the writer felt so real, and after reading it, people will definitely feel uneasy. I saw that the post was trending, and since no other anchor has ever gone to Yanglan Village, naturally, we must strive to be the firsts in this world. Like the first person to eat crabs, let’s uncover the story behind these disappearances for the fans!”

“Of course, if this village also doesn’t have any ghosts, I could still experience the country life here and come here for the rural tourism.” Bai Cui smiled enthusiastically, “If we can’t find ghosts, then I’ll stop broadcasting ghost-investigation shows and revert back to a mukbang host!”

[Sexy Woman Hanging Herself Online: It is still interesting to search for ghosts, I refuse to watch a mukbang.]

[Honey Peach: Mukbangs seem interesting. I’ll watch any show that Sister Bai airs. You can do it!]

[Lao Zi Loves Excitement: Sister Bai, look out! There are people up ahead! There’s a village girl!]

Before the comment came into view, Bai Cui and the lot of players already saw the young girl from a distance.

The young girl was pulling on a small cart, and inside the cart was an adornment of large bags.

Even with the cart’s help, the young girl appeared to be still struggling with the task.

Upon seeing this, everyone quickened their pace one after another, hurrying to the young girl’s side.

“…”

The young girl’s attire was plain and simple. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail, while her hands were fully covered with rough calluses, an exemplar for a laborer’s hands. Seeing a crowd of strangers surrounding her, she merely raised her head and shot them a glance. Then, she lowered her head back, proceeding with pulling her cart, giving them zero interest to the slightest degree.

These players all harbored evil intentions in their hearts, so naturally, they wouldn’t feel awkward.

Meanwhile, Bai Cui was an anchor, so her face was extremely thick and was far less likely to feel more awkward than the others.

For the sake of cultivating her fame, Bai Cui acted faster than the players.

Before any of the players said anything, Bai Cui was a step ahead, showing a friendly smile while asking, “Little sister, we’ve come to the countryside to experience life here. May I ask if there are any hotels nearby? We’re staying here for a night.”

“Hotel… None.”

The young girl shook her head and finally agreed to talk to them, “Our village doesn’t have hotels.”

“Then, does your home have any vacant rooms? It’s getting dark. It would be inconvenient for us to go out right now. Rest assured that we’ll pay!” Bai Cui took out a hundred, pointing a finger at Little Tanned Brother behind her, “Me and him will be staying in one room. This is a hundred, will you agree?”

“…Okay.” The young girl received the money, stuffing the cash into her pants pocket and intending to continue to push her cart away.

Seeing that Bai Cui had already found a place to stay, the players talked and decided to stay with her. Anyway, the village wasn’t safe anywhere. Living with the anchor would indefinitely lead to mishaps, but when she dies, at least they’d be able to gather some clues.

So, Bai Yan fished out money from the wallet the app had provided, taking out 500 and also giving it to the young girl, “Does your home still have any vacant rooms, us six will stay together. A small room is also fine.”

“There is.” The young girl nodded her head, slowly reaching her hand to receive the money and then pushing the cart, “My house is nearby, come with me.”

On the way, everyone learned that the young girl’s name was Xu Lanfang.

Pretty quickly, the group of people had arrived at a shabby farmhouse, which was Xu Lanfang’s home.