Chapter 10: Urban Legends
Opening the old laptop, Lu Mingfei originally planned to ask the well-informed Old Tang first, but thinking that it was early morning in the United States and Old Tang was probably still resting, he could only wait until later to ask.
After searching on the Internet for a long time, he found a forum dedicated to recording news of all sizes in the city. After clicking in, all kinds of news, big and small, came into view.
Looking at this pile of useless news about cats and dogs and babies, Lu Mingfei felt very dizzy. After spending a lot of time, he finally filtered out a few urban legends that seemed to be relatively reliable.
In addition to those rumors that were false at first glance and later proved to be man-made, there were only three rumors that were screened out: "No. 0 Viaduct on the Highway", "Night and Shadows of the Abandoned Factory Building", and "Mysterious Flames in the Suburban Cemetery".
After copying everything into a new document, Lu Mingfei began to read each one carefully.
The first rumor about the No. 0 Viaduct is supported by a real news item.
Four years ago, after Typhoon Dandelion passed through, an abandoned white Maybach was found on a highway viaduct. There was no one on the vehicle when it was found, and the car body was full of holes and scratches.
Originally, this matter should be treated as a traffic accident, but what is strange is that all the passengers in the vehicle are missing. The damage on the vehicle body does not seem to be caused by a traffic accident. There is no entry or exit record of this car at the Gaoshu Road entrance.
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At this time, someone recognized that the Maybach was the car that belonged to the boss of Media Asia Group, which had gone bankrupt and ran away. Media Asia Group had been a famous brand company in their city in the early years. When it was at its peak, it bought this Maybach to prop up its appearance. Later, it was
He was not taken away when he went bankrupt and ran away. After the accident, the police were also looking for the Media Asia boss.
In the end, the police classified the case as a traffic accident, and only the driver was missing. But in the eyes of paranormal enthusiasts, this was proof of the existence of the No. 0 Viaduct.
Before the No. 0 Viaduct accident, it was one of the city's famous urban legends. Many people claimed to have seen the No. 0 Viaduct on a rainy day and then disappeared when the weather was clear.
Among the documents Lu Mingfei searched, there was also a blurry picture of the No. 0 Viaduct: During the heavy rain, an elevated road was raised from the ground to the sky, heading into the fog.
Because it was a rainy day and the shooting skills were poor, the photos were not very clear, but based on Lu Mingfei’s understanding of the city, this viaduct was definitely not any existing one. Although this was also suspected of being a fake photo, he
I still want to believe this rumor.
"Is it a strange place that only appears during heavy rain?" Lu Mingfei thought silently.
In the knowledge of magic in his mind, there are indeed otherworlds that appear under certain circumstances, such as Avalon and the Kingdom of Shadows in Celtic legends, and he has seen them with his own eyes.
Avalon summoned by a certain nightmare magician; and the Kingdom of Shadows summoned by Queen Scathach, one of his magic teachers.
If there is mystery in this world, then the credibility of the No. 0 Viaduct, which is the same as these otherworldly places, is indeed very high.
After writing down this information, he looked at the rumor about the abandoned factory. This rumor happened in the past two years, it was more advanced than now, and it was also related to Media Asia Group.
After the boss of Media Asia ran away, all the assets of Media Asia Group were frozen by the city government, and the factory building that Media Asia Group built with great fanfare in the factory area was naturally blocked and abandoned. This second rumor is related to this abandoned factory building.
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Initially, the caretaker of the factory, a former employee of Media Asia Group, called the police and reported that someone was wandering around the factory late at night. He thought it was gangsters who came to steal abandoned equipment to sell. However, when he checked the next day, nothing was missing. By night
During his normal patrol, he found someone wandering around late at night. This time, he was frightened and ran out to call the police.
After the police arrived, they checked inside and out and found no one else. They stayed there for several days and found nothing. There was nothing missing from the factory, so they closed the case.
Then something strange happened. Some paranormal enthusiasts reported that the figure wandering around late at night was the driver of the former Media Asia boss, that is, the Maybach driver who disappeared in the last rumor. He wandered here because this was his residence during his lifetime.
Then a group of paranormal enthusiasts went to the abandoned factory to search for ghosts. During this search, they actually found something.
At first, they agreed to hide in an abandoned factory and secretly observe the mysterious figure at night. Because they suspected that the factory guard was playing tricks, they didn't tell the guard.
Then, after evading the patrols of the guards at night, they found a mysterious figure squatting there.
But when they went to the caretaker the next day with the photos they took, the caretaker denied that there was a mysterious person wandering around and asked them to delete the photos or call the police.
Because paranormal enthusiasts are also trespassing illegally, they can only delete the photos and leave in despair.
After they returned, they posted on the Internet the mysterious figure photographed in the abandoned factory and the different attitudes of the factory caretaker, which aroused a heated discussion.
After all, the Maybach case was a famous unsolved case at the time, and people who were interested in it were naturally attracted by titles such as "The Ghost of the Maybach Driver".
Later, the police warned paranormal enthusiasts and asked them to delete the post and the matter was settled.
After reading it, Lu Mingfei felt that most of what the undead said was false. The caretaker had different attitudes before and after. He could only say that he might be covering up the mysterious figure. The identity of the mysterious figure was probably related to the missing Maybach driver.
Since it is related to the Maybach on the No. 0 Viaduct, the abandoned factory was also arranged by Lu Mingfei to be one of the locations for investigation.
The last rumor is not as popular as the first two. It is nothing more than a will-o'-the-wisp appearing in the cemetery and being witnessed by many people. Naturally, he chose this one to find out whether there are real spirits in this world.
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Lu Mingfei has fought against enemies such as spirits. Most spirits are transformed after the death of natural life. Heroic spirits are also one of them. However, they are blessed by legends and mysteries. Ordinary spirits and heroic spirits are naturally
It's incomparable.
In places where the dead sleep, such as cemeteries, spiritual bodies can easily be born under the influence of spiritual veins, and the phantom dust dropped by the spiritual bodies is a good material for making magic rituals.
Magic costumes are auxiliary props made by magicians to facilitate the use of magic. Their functions also vary depending on the level of the magician and the quality of the materials used.
Lu Mingfei hasn't started making magic gifts since he came back. The economic aspect is one of the reasons, and the most important one is the materials.
The magic he mainly uses is rune magic, which was developed from the Nordic god Odin. Making magic gifts is extremely simple, just write runes on weapons or stones.
Ordinary weapons and stones can also be used, but they are degraded versions and exert less than one-tenth of their power.
In order to unleash the full power of the ritual, the material requirements are extremely stringent, and the production of standard rune stones requires natural raw stones.
Natural raw stones are still too far away for Lu Mingfei at present, but the shadow dust dropped by the spirit body and can be made into pigments can be obtained.
Chapter completed!