Lantern Festival at Midnight, Don't Pick up the Thirteenth Lantern

After the Linjiang Ancient City Lantern Festival became popular, the official launched an AI scripted game. As long as visitors scan the QR code, they can complete an immersive folklore exploration along the twelve intangible cultural heritage lanterns. But at 1:13 in the morning after the park closed, a non-existent task record suddenly popped up in the background. Someone completed the hidden mission - to pick up the thirteenth lamp. The next day, Internet celebrity Luo Yingchao was found hanging under the lantern, wearing a gray gown worn by the NPC in the scenic spot, and holding a white lantern without a wick in his hand. The phone screen is still on, with only one line of text on it: Mission accomplished, congratulations on becoming the new lantern bearer. What's even weirder is that in the surveillance video, he didn't walk into the nameless alley alone. There is a lantern holder beside him, but this NPC is not included in the list of scenic spots. Local chronicle restorer Shen Yan came to Linjiang with the old gong and copper pieces left behind in the "Three Sounds of Gong Case". He wanted to find out the origin of the copper pieces, but found that the gong pieces and an ancient lamp unearthed in the ancient city belonged to the same set of lost sacrificial vessels. The gong opens the way, and the lamp leads the soul. Twelve lamps illuminate the way of the living, and the thirteenth lamp illuminates the return of the dead. As tourists disappear, live broadcasts are interrupted, and living names appear on the walls of ancient lanterns, Shen Yan gradually discovers that this is not a supernatural resurrection or a system failure, but someone using AI scripted games and intangible cultural heritage lantern festivals to screen the descendants of the theft and sale of sacrificial vessels thirty years ago. Under the lantern festival, the deleted county annals are hidden. In the nameless alley, there are rosters buried that should not exist. After midnight, if someone offers you the thirteenth lamp - do not accept it.