When Ning Yitao got to this point, Xie Qian shook her head dejectedly and said,
"This time it's really strange. Generally speaking, no matter how remote a place is, as long as there are people, there will be information. But this time, no matter how we investigate, there's not a single bit of data."
"But there's an advantage this time. The location of this program is right here in our area. We can go there tomorrow. And it's your hometown."
Hearing that it was in the local area, Duan Qinghuai became interested.
In that case, he could go with Ning Yitao to this program.
Duan Qinghuai said cheerfully,
"Taotao, I'll be able to witness you winning the championship with my own eyes."
Ning Yitao didn't feel happy. Instead, her face turned solemn as she said,
"Not necessarily. I always have a bad feeling. We still need to be more careful."
Xie Qian nodded in agreement and continued along with Ning Yitao's words,
"We really need to be cautious this time. In previous programs, there would always be some information leaking out. But this time, there's absolutely no information at all. The unknown is the scariest thing."
At this moment, Ning Yitao thought of another question and asked, "Aren't there always people seeking help when choosing the location for the program? Who is the person seeking help this time? Someone from the village?"
Xie Qian shook her head and replied,
"No. It's a little girl from the neighboring village. She said she saw people in that village eating human flesh and even holding strange ceremonies."
"The girl also took pictures of human bones. She won't go with us tomorrow when we go for this program. She's scared."
"She discovered this by accident. The two villages are very far apart. She saw it when she got lost on the mountain by mistake."
Ning Yitao didn't say anything. From what Xie Qian said, it seemed that there were no doubts about the location this time. Everything was proceeding naturally.
Xie Qian handed the materials to Ning Yitao and said,
"Look, these are the pictures the girl took."
The skull in the pictures was very clear. No matter how you looked at it, you could be sure that it was a human bone.
Ning Yitao flipped through several pictures in a row. Every picture showed human bones, and none of them was blurry.
The doubts emerged so easily. Ning Yitao sneered and casually shook the pictures as she said,
"Is that girl really scared? She was so close, and each picture is clearer than the last. It seems that she wasn't scared. She had a premeditated plan."
At this time, Xie Qian finally noticed something was wrong.
The pictures completely contradicted what the girl had said.
That girl was obviously lying. From the pictures she took, there was no sign of fear at all.
If she was really scared, even if she wanted to record it, she wouldn't have dared to get so close. The pictures were almost taken with the camera right on the human bones.
Ning Yitao sighed and said,
"This is a trap. Who on earth wants to lead us there?"
After Ning Yitao finished speaking, she returned all the materials in her hand to Xie Qian and said,
"All the information we've found so far is what that person behind the scenes wants us to see. That little girl, if we go looking for her now, we probably won't be able to find her."
Thinking about what Ning Yitao said, Xie Qian's face turned ugly as she said,
"I said that the information I found this time was like it was floating on the surface of the water. I got it without any effort. But when it comes to investigating other things, I have absolutely no clue. I can't find anything at all."
"The program team is also being very hasty this time. We have to gather at the village early tomorrow morning. Even the sick medium, the director went to invite him in person. But we're not sure how many people will come in the end."
Duan Qinghuai's expression was serious as he asked worriedly,
"This is such an obvious trap. You need to be careful."
Ning Yitao said calmly,
"It's okay. Since he dares to set a trap for me, he has to bear the consequences."
Zhaocai thought to himself silently,
"Oops, someone is going to be in trouble."
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The program team arrived at the village the night before and started setting up the venue.
They didn't rush into the village. They just set up a sign at the village entrance.
The first venue for the mediums when they came here tomorrow would be the village entrance.
The program team didn't focus on the village.
They focused on the deep mountains. The program team sent people to search for the human bones in the mountains.
According to the location pointed out by the little girl, they found a skull and some body remains.
The people from the program team even found the cave where the human bones were boiled according to the route the girl had described on the phone. They went in and took pictures.
However, the scene they saw in the cave was not the same as what Yun Lianmeng had seen.
In the pictures taken by the director's group this time, there was only a big pot, and the air was filled with a stinking smell.
All that was scattered around were human bones. All the diseased corpses had disappeared.
But the program team didn't conduct a more detailed investigation. They were also scared. They just picked up some of the human bones and took them back as references for the mediums.
No one noticed that when they were picking up the human bones, there was a pair of eyes in the depths of the cave that had been staring at them intently.
But those eyes just watched them and didn't make any extra moves.
The search by the program team wasn't blocked at all, and they didn't encounter the monsters that Chu Zhiyuan and the others had met.
Everything was progressing in an orderly manner, and everyone was waiting for the mediums to arrive tomorrow.
Ning Yitao was woken up before dawn and rushed to the program venue in a hurry.
For this program, Ning Yitao brought a large group of people with her.
Zhaocai and Liu Qiaozhi naturally followed and stayed quietly in Ning Yitao's pocket. And Duan Qinghuai also came this time.
Behind Ning Yitao was Xie Qian. She couldn't help but touch her nose and felt like she was bringing her whole family to participate in the program.
Not only did Ning Yitao find it strange, but when the camera focused on her, the internet went crazy.
No one had expected that the newly appointed president of the Duan Corporation would be following behind Ning Yitao, making Ning Yitao look even more petite, like a guardian.
This scene directly hit the netizens' girlish hearts.
Since Duan Qinghuai took over as the president of the Duan Corporation, his decisive and swift actions had spread far and wide. There were very few photos of him, and every photo showed a cold expression that made people afraid to get close.
But when he was with Ning Yitao, his style was completely different. His eyes would always soften involuntarily when he looked at Ning Yitao.
This difference made the netizens go crazy for their CP.
Among the crazy barrage of blessing messages, the fans of the Ning Yitao and Ji Wangqiu CP were trembling, trying to fight for Ji Wangqiu.
But in the end, they were drowned out by the fans of the Ning Yitao and Duan Qinghuai CP.
As a local, Ning Yitao was naturally the first to arrive at the venue this time.
As soon as Ning Yitao arrived at the village entrance, she felt that the atmosphere here was very strange.
Although the program team was still bustling around behind the scenes as usual.
But Ning Yitao saw that there was a dark cloud hovering above each of their heads. The color was very faint. If you didn't look carefully, you definitely wouldn't be able to notice it.
This also made the staff of the program team look like sickly people. Their auras were low, and each of them looked absent - minded.
As soon as Ning Yitao arrived, she saw the human bones placed on the table.
Just as she was about to step forward to take a look, suddenly a person from the program team popped out.
It was a young girl. She was wearing a bright smile, showing her standard eight teeth. She walked up to Ning Yitao with a hosting microphone in her hand.
"Let's welcome the No. 1 contestant on the program's popularity list, Ning Yitao, back to her hometown."
After the girl finished speaking, she politely reached out her hand towards Ning Yitao, signaling with her eyes for her to follow her.
"Back to my hometown? Are you going to take me to my old house?"
Ning Yitao glanced at the girl and walked towards the village in the direction she indicated. The barrage was already bombarded like a boiling pot.