Chapter 11 chapter Ten

Find Zishan. So far, all the truth is still just speculation, and the doubts about the photos have not been resolved. I am afraid that these things can only be understood by finding Zishan, to be precise, Xia's only ghost. However, this is the most troublesome and dangerous thing. The train from Bengbu to Shanghai was moving forward at a constant speed. Sitting on the hard seat, Xiao Nuo asked while peeling an apple: "So... how do we find Zishan's ghost?" "Go to the Internet to find it." Ma Ming replied that he was looking out the window boredly, and reading a book in the car would make him motion sick. Long-distance travel is the greatest pain for such book lovers.

"It's unbelievable that something as high-tech as the Internet actually has ghosts." "It's nothing strange. Ghosts usually possess something important in their lifetime, such as combs, mirrors, willow trees, etc. Since Zishan became obsessed with surfing the Internet during his lifetime, he became a ghost and possessed things on the Internet or QQ. There's nothing strange about it." "……But……" "You know the principle of computers, right? In the final analysis, a computer program is just a combination of two states of 1 and 0, 'on' and 'off'. And ghosts are just a combination of positively and negatively charged particles. Product. In this sense, there is not much difference between the two. If you regard ghost as a program, it is easy to understand its behavior that can wreak havoc on the Internet through QQ, which is similar to computer viruses, in fact.”

"There is one more thing I can't figure out..." Xiao Nuo asked with his head tilted, "Well... there are more than one billion people using the Internet in the world, how did the ghost of Zishan find the other four people? Yes, if the target of its revenge is the members of the Remnant Star Building, then why was it that I was also attacked?" "Well..." Ma Ming tapped on his temple, thought for a while, and replied, "I think it's going to sit on the sidelines." "Stay on the sidelines?" "Yes, although there are more than one billion Internet users in the world, there are only five Renzishan, Jinghong, Shengzhou, Liuli, and Ming who know the existence of the homepage of Canxinglou. Therefore, the ghosts of Zishan only need to live in On the homepage of the Canxing Building, it is enough to lock the people who browse the page and attack them at 12 midnight, because only those five people can browse the page."

"But I also..." "That was an accident... Before you were attacked by her, you also browsed the homepage of Canxing Building, right. There are two conditions for Zishan's ghost to launch an attack: you have browsed the page, and the computer of the viewer is at 10:00 midnight. Two o'clock is still online. All the people being attacked so far meet these two conditions, only Shengzhou was killed at four o'clock in the morning because of the time difference." "...If we want to find Zishan, we should log on to the homepage at midnight to lure her out?"

"No, it's too dangerous. I'm neither a Taoist priest nor a monk. I have absolutely no magic power at all." Ma Ming spread his hands, "However, we can try another method... I'm afraid your classmates are worse than me in this method. I'm doing it." "Hey?" Xiao Nuo's eyes widened, Ma Ming smiled, raised his right hand to his brow, snapped his fingers, and said softly: "It's Die Xian." Die Xian is a quasi-divination activity popular in university dormitories. It is weird, mysterious and a little dangerous. It is very popular among college students, especially female college students.The standard way to play is to prepare a piece of yellow paper to invite the gods, a white candle, three incense sticks and a porcelain plate marked with a red arrow.Please God, the yellow paper should be filled with words, the more words you write, the better.Before opening the altar, you must first burn incense and worship in all directions, and then worship the dish, because it is the eyes and fingers of the dish fairy.Next, light the candles, put the plate upside down on the circle in the middle of the yellow paper, put the index fingers of more than three people on it, and read "Die Xian, Die Xian, please come out of the altar", when the plate leaves the circle and starts to circle, Die Xian is officially invited.It is said that any kind of ghost can be invited. According to folklore, ghosts have the highest magic power, so the prediction is the most accurate, but it is also the most dangerous.After you have asked it a question, you must send it away, otherwise there will be endless troubles.The standard way is to say "Die Xian, Die Xian, please get out of the altar." When Die Xian returns to the central circle, the whole ceremony will be safely concluded.

Xiao Nuo has heard of things like Die Xian and Qian Xian for a long time, but he doesn't live in school, so he has no chance to play and is not familiar with them.So when she heard Cao Fangrui happily explain the big set of rules, she couldn't help being dumbfounded.Both siblings seem to be well versed in the supernatural stuff. "Sounds so weird." Xiao Nuo said. "Of course, it's fun. Last time Die Xian told me that I was from the Tang Dynasty in my previous life." "seriously." "Believe it, you will work; if you don't believe it, you will not work."

Cao Fangrui closed her eyes and said mysteriously.As soon as she finished speaking, Ma Ming pushed open the door and entered, holding a plastic bag in his hand, which contained necessary ritual supplies such as candles and incense. This day was July 9th, Tuesday, after five o'clock in the afternoon, the second day after Xiao Nuo and Ma Ming returned to Shanghai.Ma Ming knew that it would take more than three people to invite such things as Die Xian, so he found his cousin Cao Fangrui, who was also Xiao Nuo's good friend.Cao Fangrui has played Die Xian several times, and she is quite experienced. It is said that when Die Xian opened the altar with her participation, Die Xian came very quickly, probably because of her natural physique.Of course, Ma Ming didn't tell her the truth, he just said that he invited her to play Die Xian once.

The venue for the opening of the altar was chosen in the house rented by Ma Ming, because no one was in charge of it. But the problem is how to get the ghost of Zishan out of the computer. "Hey!? Cousin? Where's the yellow paper please? Where's the plate with the red arrow?" Cao Fangrui opened the plastic bag and found that there was no yellow paper that Die Xian must use, and shouted.Ma Ming poured a glass of pure water and drank it down, then replied slowly: "Did not buy." "How can I do that?! I can't play without that Die Immortal!!" "This time I'm going to invite immortals from the computer, of course it's different from the normal way."

Sitting on the bed, Xiao Nuo and Cao Fangrui watched Ma Ming lying on the floor alone.The arrangement of the candles and incense is very orthodox, but where the yellow paper should have been spread, he placed a keyboard with a mouse on it, and then he turned on the computer. "...What are you doing..." Both Cao Fangrui and Xiao Nuo looked puzzled.Ma Bo Boyong smiled, pointed to this peculiar shape and explained triumphantly: "The keyboard replaces the yellow paper; the mouse is a plate on the yellow paper. In this way, what Die Xian wants to say can be seen directly from the computer. How about it, this is an original high-tech Die Xian."

"The one who is weirder than Die Xian is my cousin..." Cao Fangrui whispered in Xiao Nuo's ear, and Xiao Nuo nodded deeply. "I'm going to the bathroom." Cao Fangrui jumped out of bed and ran outside.Taking advantage of her absence, Xiao Nuo asked Ma Ming worriedly: "Is it really safe? I almost died last time." "No problem, Die Xian has its own rules, as long as the altar is still there, it can't do anything to us. Don't worry, it's okay." Ma Ming smiled and patted her on the shoulder. After the altar was set up, the three of them went out for dinner, and then came back to play poker for a long time and watch some pirated VCDs until 11:45 that night.

"So... it's almost time to start." Ma Ming said to the other two with a serious expression, and Cao Fangrui responded with a smile, but Xiao Nuo felt something in her heart, and couldn't help but think of the first time she was attacked by the ghost of Zishan last month.Now, she is finally getting close to the truth she has been searching for for a month. The computer remained online, Ma Ming opened both QQ and MSN, and opened the homepage of Canxing Building at the same time, Xiao Nuo noticed that Yunzong was actually online on MSN, but he didn't seem to have any intention of talking.The curtains and lights have been turned off, leaving only the light of the computer screen and candlelight. The atmosphere in the room is dark and red, which is indescribably weird. The three people first worshiped the four directions, and then the mouse, and then the three put their index fingers on the mouse. When they saw that the time was twelve o'clock, they closed their eyes and began to say: "Die Xian, Die!" Immortal, please come out of the altar." After a while, Xiao Nuo felt a chill, she felt strange because the doors and windows were closed tightly.She quietly opened her eyes, and found that the shadow of the candle began to flutter, as if something was urging it.She wore Ma Ming's glasses, so she immediately saw a few strands of dirt slowly flowing out of the computer case, slowly sliding across the ground like a snake, and entangled on the yellow paper keyboard and mouse. When "Die Xian, Die Xian please leave the altar" was said for twenty times, suddenly the computer's stereo sounded, and it was the QQ "beep" sound that Xiao Nuo was very familiar with.When the three heard the voice, they all turned their heads to look, and saw an avatar at the bottom right corner of the screen beating slowly and steadily. The facial features of this avatar were chaotic, but the blood red on his face was clear and unusual. No matter what, Xiao Nuo would never forget this avatar of.Since it was set in advance, the QQ dialog box automatically popped up, and there was no QQ name and number as always... At the same time as the headshots were jumping, Xiao Nuo, Ma Ming, and Cao Fangrui felt the mouse on the keyboard start to move with their index fingers, and the candle flames around them danced more intensely. "Are you a god or a ghost..." Cao Fangrui asked softly, this is the first question that needs to be asked after the arrival of Die Xian. The mouse moved slowly to G, then to U, and finally stopped at I. In the QQ dialog box, the word "ghost" was immediately displayed on the screen. ... "The plate moves so fast, this ghost has a lot of mana..." Cao Fangrui said with a little fear. Xiao Nuo gave a light "cough" and asked slowly: "You killed all the people in the Remnant Star Building?" The mouse stopped, the wind suddenly picked up, and the avatar on the screen seemed even more ferocious.After a long time, the mouse moved again, this time the order of movement was S, I, D, E. "yes." Cao Fangrui looked at Xiao Nuo in surprise, wondering why she would suddenly ask such a question without thinking, while Ma Ming was watching the screen silently. "Why kill them, you are friends." "They get in my way." "What's in your way?" "Between me and Jinghong." "You... are all girls." "What does that matter, I love her more than any boy." Speaking of this, the flame of the candle jumped. "..." "You all laughed at me, even Jinghong." "You killed them just like that?! Are you loving someone!?" Xiao Nuo couldn't help but stood up and shouted excitedly at the screen.When she got up, she didn't pay attention to her feet and kicked down the candle beside her. The candle rolled a few times and the flame went out. At this moment, Xiao Nuo saw through the glasses that the grime boiled all of a sudden, and more grime mixed with blood emerged from every gap in the chassis. The terrifying head portrait gradually became larger on the screen, and the sound rang out. A low moan. "You all go to hell." The mouse moved frantically on the keyboard, and five words were typed on the screen. "It's not good... I kicked down the candle without asking Die Xian to go... I will be caught..." Cao Fangrui, who had never expected such a thing, shouted pale with fright. The ghost of Zishan (Xia Weiyi), who has been restrained by the altar of Die Xian, finally lost the restriction, and immediately became mad.The wind in the room became more urgent, another candle was blown out, the blood from the case flowed to the entire floor, and the groaning in the speaker became more and more clear: "... Let's go... Let's go... Let's go... Let's go..." Ma Ming, who had been silent all the time, jumped onto the keyboard and sent a message to Ti Yun on MSN at a very fast speed: "start". Within five seconds, Ti Yunzong immediately responded. Tiyunzong will send you the file "Prajnaparamita.ram" (56KB).Transmission time is less than 1 minute with a 56.6 modem.Do you want to accept (Alt+T) or decline (Alt+D) this invitation? Ma Ming picked up the mouse and clicked "Accept", and MSN began to display the file transfer.But in the next moment, Ma Ming felt a huge force coming from the computer screen, and the gloomy cold wind made him shudder, and his hands and feet were almost completely unable to move.He struggled with all his strength, but to no avail, he felt his body gradually being eroded by something, making it difficult to breathe. At this moment, Xiao Nuo came to his senses, picked up the paper beetle next to the table and put it on Ma Ming's head, and the ashes of the Buddhist scriptures prepared in the paper beanula spilled all over him.He coughed loudly. On the one hand, Zishan's ghostly aura pinched his neck and he couldn't breathe, and on the other hand, it was because the paper dust was really choking. After such a while, Zishan's ghostly aura subsided a little, but soon he made a comeback and pounced on the three of them again.At this time, the following words are displayed on the screen: You have received Prajnaparamita.ram from Ti Yunzong, please click c:mydocumentPrajnaparamita.ram after checking the virus "Xiao Nuo! Quickly click that!!" Ma Ming yelled, but Xiao Nuo didn't care too much in his desperation. Enduring his increasingly stiff body, he rushed over, fell to the ground, and stretched his right hand just enough to press the left button of the mouse. The screen was still for two seconds, and then the REALPLAY interface popped up, starting to play the Prajnaparamita.ram just sent. Zishan's ghostly aura suddenly stopped, and Xiao Nuo heard a female voice chanting sutras playing from the stereo. Although he couldn't understand what was being said, hearing the melody at this time was extremely comforting.The recitation sound overwhelmed the groan of "Let's go on the road" in the stereo, and the ghost aura in the whole Zishan seemed to be suppressed by the sound, frozen in mid-air and motionless. "Xiao Nuo, go to the door, listen to my signal, and unplug the phone line. Quick, this RM is only thirty seconds long!" Ma Ming got up from the floor and told her that she scrambled to the door, put her hand on the interface of the telephone line, turned her head and found that Ma Ming was close to the case, and her whole body was almost covered with dirt. Submerged, while Cao Fangrui leaned against the wall motionless, obviously terrified. RM ended the broadcast soon, and as soon as the female voice disappeared, the ghostly aura immediately rose again, and the QQ avatar on the screen seemed to be grinning miserably. "Go to hell! Go to hell!!" "Okay, it's now, Xiao Nuo!" Ma Ming desperately held the case and shouted desperately.Xiao Nuo pulled the phone line from the socket in one breath, and then Ma Ming pulled the power line of the computer, and the whole computer stopped working, and the room fell into dead darkness. Xiao Nuo let out a long sigh of relief, and sat down leaning against the door frame, sweating profusely.Ma Ming was not idle at this time, he lowered his head with a stiff face, reinstalled the power cord, and then turned on the machine. "Hey! What are you doing?!" Xiao Nuo was shocked. Ma Ming waved his hand feebly, signaling her to keep silent, and kept pressing the F8 key with his right hand.In this way, the computer automatically enters the DOS mode after startup. As soon as he saw the C:_ symbol appear, he immediately entered a command quickly: FORMAT C: warning: all data on non-removabledisk drivec: will be lost proceed with format(Y/N):_ With a "snap", Ma Ming hit the Enter key heavily, then let out a long breath, and slowly fell backwards, with his arms spread out and lying on his back on the floor, silent for a long time... ... The next morning, Xiao Nuo opened her eyes. The sunlight outside was very glaring. She covered her eyes with her hands, got up halfway, and found herself lying on Ma Ming's bed, with Cao Fangrui sleeping soundly next to her.She turned her head to look again, and saw Ma Ming sitting on the floor with CDs and floppy disks around him, reinstalling the computer. "Hey, are you up? There are fried rice on the table, go eat some by yourself if you're hungry." Ma Ming said without turning his head, and put a CD into the CD drive at the same time. "Is everything... over?" Xiao Nuo walked up to him and asked in a low voice. Ma Ming turned his head when he heard the words, smiled and said, "Yes, it's all over." "What happened yesterday?" Xiao Nuo recalled the scene last night, both scared and inexplicable. "Oh, it's a long story, hehe." Ma Ming pointed to the computer, "Do you still remember your accidental power failure last time and the ghost stopped the attack? This gave me an inspiration." "Destroy Zishan by cutting off the power?" "No, a general power outage can only stop it from attacking, but it cannot destroy it, because its body is residing in the network. Unless all computers in the world are shut down at the same time, it will survive forever." "..." "Don't worry, that's why I'm going to use Die Immortal." Seeing Xiao Nuo's face change, Ma Ming quickly added, "The function of Die Immortal is to invite gods. Last night, we took advantage of this feature I got the ghost body of Zishan into my computer, and it had to come. Then, I made an appointment with Ti Yunzong in advance, and I sent him a signal, and he immediately sent a heart sutra RM. Then He downloaded the song from http://www.fodian.net/media/." "Is that the song with the female voice? Is that the Heart Sutra?" "Yes, the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra was translated by the Tang monk in Journey to the West. You know, the ghost of Zishan is very cunning. If I downloaded the Buddhist scriptures on the computer in advance, it would definitely find it. So I cleared my hard drive. , so that it can be invited with confidence. But it didn't expect that I could download a song in time with the help of the Internet. Although it was only thirty seconds, it was enough to suppress it." Xiao Nuo listened intently. "Since its body is in my computer, it's easy to handle. First use the RM of the Buddhist scriptures to suppress it, then you unplug the phone line and cut off its retreat back to the network, then I cut off the power and put It was completely stuck in the computer and could not move. In the last step, the entire hard drive was formatted, and Zishan’s ghost was deleted along with other data. That’s it, it no longer exists.” When Xiao Nuo heard this, a big rock that had been in her heart for more than a month finally fell to the ground, and she felt a lot lighter in an instant.The gloomy revulsion that had haunted her ever since the death of her cousin Tang Jing could no longer be felt. "It's just that I didn't expect Zishan to like the same sex. Probably because of this, Jinghong had a big fight with her." Ma Ming shook his head and sighed. "...I asked why Zishan would say such things." Xiao Nuo also shook his head, talking to himself as if he had realized something.She thought of Zishan's post, in which Zishan commented on Dongfang Bubai, Zishan said with the ID of "cold-faced flying fox": "He only hates that he and Yang Lianting are of the same sex, and they can't live together. This mentality is not surprising. Doesn’t Jia Baoyu also belong to Qin Zhong?” Looking back now, it should be a reflection of her own mood. "So, what about that photo?" "I think that's probably what Zishan took before Xiang Jinghong's showdown, but who knows..." Ma Ming said while changing a CD. Gender dislocation, this is probably the inevitable tragedy reflected by the Internet as a huge mask between people.After all, the hidden people behind the network cannot be guessed, because the illusory light will distort everything.This is the truth that Xiao Nuo has been pursuing hard, just as a philosopher said: The truth is so heavy, although Xiao Nuo feels relieved, he still can't let himself really let go, and there is even a trace of sadness, after all Some things are irreversible. She stood up, went to the window and drew the curtains, opened the window, a gust of fresh morning breeze came to her face, and the morning sun shone on her face, making her feel indescribably relaxed and comfortable.The girl raised her head slightly, leaned forward, faced Hexi's summer wind on her back, and closed her eyes. "Everything is over, you can rest in peace, Xiaojing."