Chapter 7: The Beginning

Dong Xie took a deep breath and gazed intently at the movie screen in front of him. The nine occupants, all of them, had their eyes and ears wide open, absolutely refusing to miss even a single detail. Frankly speaking, they were all glad that this was not a 3D movie. Otherwise, if one were to put on 3D glasses and watch the evil spirits seemingly rushing out from inside the screen at any moment, one would really be scared out of one's mind. On the movie screen, the camera gradually began to pull away from the windshield of the car, and then gradually backed up, showing a distant view, the car driving on the muddy road in the suburbs of the city in the rainstorm looked as if it was the size of an ant. At the same time, with the director's name appearing on the screen, blood gradually appeared, forming the three words "earth-bound spirit". Dong Qi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, then leaned his body towards the back, even though he knew that such behavior was meaningless. This brought back memories of the time when, in order to write a horror novel, he had the guts to watch horror movies, choosing the furthest back seats in the theater every time, and being teased by Ning from time to time. At this moment, he felt that in the future, if he could really survive this horror movie, he would really never be afraid of any horror movie again. After the title of the movie appeared, the car continued to move slowly. "OK! The ticket booking is successful!" After Mu Aishan successfully booked the tickets with Ticketmaster, she said, "The movie theater is just less than a kilometer down the road from here. Go take a look." "A small theater with a total of only three screening rooms," said a long-haired woman in the back who had been wearing headphones, "It's such a big night, and you're still going to see a horror movie ……" Mu Aisan turned back and said with a smile, "Xiao Si, are you afraid?" "Hmph …… afraid of what! I'm not afraid! Just watch it! It's most likely a hypnotic hallucination or some other plot anyway!" "Well, it's possible." Xiao Zhi, who is driving the car, said, "So to give you an experience of watching a domestic horror movie, see the last ten minutes before directly out of the screening room, then it is for the evil spirits inside the arrangement of a national identity time." "How pointless that would be." A boy sitting in the back row who had been looking at his cell phone said, "I like to watch movies where evil spirits really exist!" "What kind of horror movies do you like?" Mu Aishan looked at the boy and asked, "Tell me about it. Asian and European and American ones are fine. My personal favorite is still The Shining." "The Shining isn't scary, right? Last year, I watched the homage in Top Gun and deliberately went out to re-watch it……. I still prefer Wen Ziren's The Conjuring series, as well as the episodic Annabelle and The Nun. That said what is this Earthbound Spirit about?" "Well, look it up yourself!" It wasn't long before the car pulled up in front of the movie theater. It was a very small theater, and like the one they were in, it was relatively isolated around. The studio seemed to have deliberately made a gimmick by choosing a small theater for the first wave of screenings. At this moment, outside the screening room. Two staff members were yawning and sitting there. "What kind of movie is this that looks so good, and it's not from Hollywood, it's actually full." "Isn't it just that there are stars? It seems like it's a fan-packed theater." At this time, this staff member looked at his cell phone and frowned, "Alas, Old Bao said he was off duty. Are we the only ones left in the movie theater?" "Well, they slipped away fast. It's still quite a long drive from the city, it's a two kilometer walk to the bus stop from here." "In that case, there's no one else in the theater besides us, and Xiao Jia, the projectionist, and the two aunts in charge of cleaning, right?" "Well, presumably." Suddenly, these two staff members noticed that the lights in the hall suddenly dimmed! Only two seconds passed before the power was restored. The two staff members, however, were gone! At this moment, if one were to look inside the projection room one would realize that the projector was still working fine, yet the projectionist …… was just as gone! At this moment, inside the movie theater, in addition to the audience in the No. 1 screening room, there is no longer any person in! And none of the audience inside the screening room had realized what had happened at this moment. "The weather inside the movie …… is kinda like outside." The boy in the couple next to Dong Qi said, "Don't you think so?" "Well …… it's a bit of a coincidence." At this time, Xiao Zhi and the others entered the theater. The theater looked very old and the hall was very small. "In this case, I'll go get the tickets, and you guys go buy some popcorn and coke." Mu Aishan looked at a Ticketmaster ticket machine not far away and said. "So late and still eat popcorn, you are not afraid of getting fat ah ……" the girl who was called Xiao Si said. "Che, want you to care! Remember to buy me a super large portion ah!" Xiao Zhi laughed bitterly and said, "Okay, I'll go buy it. Do you all want popcorn?" "Whatever…… you're the boss of our dormitory, all listen to you." One of the boys said. When Xiao Zhi went to buy popcorn, all the residents quickly discovered something. The buckets of popcorn were made with the exact same appearance as the popcorn buckets in this theater! Dong Xie quickly looked at the girl who was eating popcorn next to her and carefully stared at the popcorn bucket in her hand. That's right, no matter the pattern, the lettering, they were all exactly the same! I'm afraid this is yet another gimmick by the movie makers? But, could it be some kind of raw road hint clue? "One extra-large portion, three medium portions, one small portion …… and one Coca-Cola ……" After Xiao Zhi bought the popcorn, Maku Aisan, who had gotten the tickets, came over. "The show starts in another 20 minutes, just sit here for a while." The few of them then found a place to sit and were looking at their watches. "Lao Er," Xiao Zhi looked at the other boy and asked, "I heard that you quit your job at the place you're working at now?" "Uh-huh." The boy nodded and said, "Wasn't very happy doing it." "Didn't you meet a girl there and get along pretty well?" "Well …… now, not as well as it was then." Another boy busy said: "all right, Lao Er, the end of the world where there is no grass well! Also almost graduated, just focus on preparing thesis bar!" "Lao San you say so easily, your tutor can be much better than me." The second boy said bitterly, "I don't even know which thesis topic to choose. If I don't pass my dissertation, I'll have to stay in school for another year. You also know that I'm from the countryside, and I want to work as early as possible, so I can send more money back to my family." "Well ……" With that said, a few of the boys began to pick up their cell phones. The movie screen gave a close-up of the phone while the second one was WeChatting to Xiao Di, "Boss, let me tell you something. I just sat next to Zhang Yuan and saw that the content of the WeChat she sent …… was very ambiguous, but the person she was chatting with wasn't her out-of-school boyfriend's WeChat signal." "How many times have you peeked at people's cell phones ah, and you know her foreign school boyfriend's micro signal? Maybe, people broke up and didn't tell you?" "Hmph, I see is a green tea, pretend and what meaning, you also watch your girlfriend ah, do not let her to you also wear a green hat." "Don't bullshit! Won't be la!" "In fact, I heard someone say, your girlfriend now tutor is an old colorful, if beautiful female students to let him through the thesis, it is difficult to guarantee that do not make a little 'sacrifice' …… and the school pursuit of her other people are also quite a lot. Many of them are local students, so pay attention!" Hearing this, Xiao Zhi raised his head and paid attention to Mu Aishan, frankly speaking his acting skills are still quite good, Dong Qi doesn't know much about acting, but also felt that he acted okay. Time flies, the movie is about to start. Everyone took their movie tickets and checked in. This time to see the movie people are very few, a large screening room also less than twenty people. A few of them also casually found a seat and sat down. As a couple, Xiao Zhi and Mu Aishan sat together, while the other three sat in another row. The movie screen lit up, but the camera was completely focused on the main characters and no screen appeared. "That ……" Xiao Zhi turned his head to look at Mu Aisan and said, "Let's, let's get married directly after graduation?" "Marriage …… why suddenly say this? At least wait until all find a job. I definitely want to stay in this city, my parents and your parents are always urging me to go back to my hometown with you to get married, do you think so too?" "No …… you …… are happy ……" Mu Aisan grabbed a handful of popcorn and put it into her mouth, chewing while saying, "Now that you're about to graduate, have you decided on the direction of your career plan? Or do you want to continue to go to graduate school? Your grades are better than mine, so maybe you can get in." Xiao Zhi rubbed his hands, pursed his lips, and said, "I …… I don't necessarily look for a job in this city, the economic pressure is too great ……" At this time, the movie screen in the movie screen floated on the dragon label, the movie in the movie …… began!