Fang Leng's intervention naturally reassured everyone. After all, besides the voodoo doll, he possessed the most terrifying cursed item in Hell's Thirteenth Degree. It was with this cursed item that Hell's Thirteenth Degree had expanded its power. Bai Yushuo had always had the strongest trust in Fang Leng.
That belonged to the past, Fang Leng, her, and the three deceased members of Yi Chuan, a kind of tacit understanding unique to the three of them.
In the common lounge on the third floor, everyone's faces were somewhat pale.
Many people sat around the fountain, and there was a somewhat silent atmosphere between them.
"To be honest... I actually hope the transaction doesn't succeed." At this moment, Shi Qingxiu was the first to break the silence. "Don't you all think so? If we don't have the voodoo doll, then Fang Leng... Many of our lives were saved by Fang Leng. Otherwise, we wouldn't trust him so much."
Everyone knew that Fang Leng would do his best to protect all his comrades. As long as you showed recognition and willingness to contribute to the team, he would not give up on your life. It was not easy to maintain such a trace of innocence in this cruel and terrifying world. After all, most people just wanted to survive. So, most people didn't believe Jiao Mengqi's hypocritical words.
At this moment, they all genuinely worried about Fang Leng. After all, that sturdy figure always made them feel protected under his broad back, and he alone had shielded them from many hardships. Fang Leng's name had long become the pillar in the hearts of all the actors, a morale booster that made them believe they would one day leave this hell and return to the human world!
After she said this, even Cheng Xuesong, who was usually cold and arrogant, spoke up. "Fang Leng has his own judgment. I have to admit that he is not an easily killable man."
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Li Weisi was smoking a cigarette at the moment. When he heard this, he tightly held the cigarette and exhaled a puff of smoke. "Fang Leng is just a mortal. He's not the protagonist with a heaven-defying luck or cheats. He was determined to exchange for Knightley's notebook."
Bai Yushuo scanned them all. She wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn't say it.
Ye Xiang and Wen Yufan were both newcomers and didn't know what to say at the moment. Yue Liqing and Yang Hong, who had only acted in one horror film, also didn't know what to say.
Bai Yushuo closed her eyes slightly at this moment, silently praying in her heart. Even without the voodoo doll, Fang Leng would never be weak with another cursed item.
In the beginning, before she, Fang Leng, and Yi Chuan arrived, most of the actors in Hell's Thirteenth Degree Cinema had participated in a top-level horror film, and they were all wiped out, losing all the cursed items. When Fang Leng and Yi Chuan arrived, Hell's Thirteenth Degree Cinema only had a few survivors. After that, Yushuo arrived. At that time, they didn't even have the ability to raise money to buy cursed items from other cinemas and could only live from hand to mouth. If it weren't for the fact that there were fewer actors and fewer cursed items, the screenings wouldn't be too dense, and each person would only film one movie a month. They probably wouldn't have survived until today. But Fang Leng later obtained a cursed item. That cursed item later helped Yi Chuan obtain a second one. That was the true rise of Hell's Thirteenth Degree Cinema!
The difficulty at that time far exceeded the present. However, Fang Leng managed to endure it and made everyone believe in him, becoming a respected senior actor. His efforts afterward were truly arduous. If it weren't for the NG in "Ghost Festival 2" and if it weren't for sacrificing himself for the voodoo doll, Fang Leng would have long turned into dry bones in a tomb and wouldn't have survived until today.
He carried too much. No matter what, Jiao Mengqi's accusation of him being a hypocrite was definitely not correct.
She silently prayed in her heart: Yi Chuan, if you have a spirit in heaven, then please bless Fang Leng... That man who fought alongside you in the past, who just wanted to survive and protect his trusted comrades, please, bless him...
Before entering the cinema, Yushuo didn't have any religious beliefs. Because she didn't believe there were gods in the world, she didn't believe in equality and retribution. She knew that only by relying on her own hands could she change her fate, and begging gods was meaningless. However, now she realized that there were some things in this world that one could only hold onto when they fell into despair. The power of faith could sometimes create miracles. Human power had its limits.
Praying for miracles was not shameful. It was also a way of survival.
So now, she was begging that ethereal god who might not even exist. If there really were gods, then she hoped their power could enter this hell. Perhaps karma couldn't exist, but she sincerely hoped that good people could receive good rewards.As Bai Yushuo closed her eyes and silently prayed, Ye Xiang's mind began to churn with thoughts. During this time, he had come to understand some things. He had heard the name Sun Yichuan mentioned before, although he hadn't met many people who had actually seen him. He also knew that in the past, it was Fang Leng, Sun Yichuan, and Bai Yushuo who supported the Hell Cinema of the Thirteenth Degree, until later when Yu Chen, Su Han, Hou Tianbai, Yang He, Tang Hailan, and others each obtained cursed items from the dead.
Although Ye Xiang didn't have any religious beliefs, he believed that people should have their own principles and bottom line, and should not blindly follow corrupt values. It should be said that in today's society, more and more people are no longer seeking spiritual help from religion, but rather venting their anger on social media. Trust between people has become diluted, and people no longer believe in miracles, that good deeds will be rewarded, or that evil will be punished. They see too many injustices in society, which leads them to become more obsessed with money and power, and blindly believe that this is the true way to live. However, because of this, modern people have become more selfish and indifferent to the difficulties faced by those around them. They lack faith and a belief to hold onto, and their values have become distorted as a result. In the end, people may fight over trivial matters, but when facing the powerful, they can only vent their anger online and act submissive in person.
Ye Xiang had seen too many people and things like this in this age of information explosion. So, people like Fang Leng might be labeled as hypocrites in modern society, just like Jiao Mengqi. People's efforts are ignored, and what they believe in is the worship of absolute power. But isn't the most important thing in life to have something to believe in and hold onto? Fang Leng made the decision he did precisely because he had something to hold onto, didn't he?
Effort may not always yield results, and doing good may not always be rewarded, while doing evil may lead to a better life. However, this is not an excuse for people to give up on trying and sacrificing themselves. People should have something to believe in. They should believe that everything they do has value and can protect the people they care about. In this Hell Cinema, trust between people and support for others will be precious assets. Fang Leng and the others were like this in the past, and that's why they are reaping the rewards today.
Faith and trust are essential for survival in this Hell Cinema. Without the willpower that comes from faith, the terror of knowing that one might die in the future alone would be unbearable.
As Ye Xiang looked at the worried faces of everyone, he suddenly stood up and scanned the crowd before saying, "We should trust Fang Leng. He will definitely come back alive."
Ye Xiang knew very well that nothing in this world is "definite." But since he considered Fang Leng a comrade, he had to trust him. Trust is the most important aspect of the relationship between people.
Everyone looked at Ye Xiang, including Wen Yufan. This newcomer actor who had survived two horror movies had the purest expression of trust in his eyes. In this society where faith was lacking, this was a very rare look.
Then, a smile finally appeared on Bai Yushuo's face, a smile that was so beautiful it made people's hearts skip a beat. With her already outstanding temperament, this smile was truly stunning.
"Heh, what does this newcomer know? Don't talk nonsense here." Li Weisi didn't take Ye Xiang's words to heart. To him, Ye Xiang was just a newcomer who had survived by luck, and he might die in the next horror movie, so he didn't pay much attention to him.
But Yushuo looked at Li Weisi and said, "Don't say that. Shouldn't we trust Fang Leng?"
At this moment, Wen Yufan looked at Yushuo and Ye Xiang, wanting to say something, but in the end, she didn't say anything.
Time flew by quickly. Two hours had finally passed.
Everyone quickly gathered and assembled in front of Theater 5 on the third floor. The door to Theater 5 was still tightly locked. Due to the height difference of the theater, both the second and third floors could enter Theater 5, but one was from below and the other was from above. However, everyone was used to entering from above.
Finally... the time had come.
Yushuo was the first to step forward, pushing open the door. Then, Li Weisi, Cheng Xuesong, Mo Qiushi, and others followed suit. Ye Xiang and Wen Yufan also joined the group as they entered the theater.
"Fang Leng!"
At this moment, Fang Leng stood up from his seat and looked at them.
He... had returned, he was alive!
So, did the voodoo doll get traded or not?