The Lancheng Evening Post digitisation · errata desk
ERRATA
更正启事 · a newspaper-errata ARG
July 1994, Qingshan Reservoir, Xiuxian. Six children went into the water. The paper printed five. Someone has hired you to fix wrong characters.
About
You are hired to proofread a newspaper’s digitised archive. One rule: fix wrong characters, never the content. By the third act you will find that some “errors” are not recognition errors — someone has been swapping the type.
Scale
| Acts | 7 (0–6) |
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| Pages | 24 |
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| Puzzles | 22 |
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| Pending records | 412 |
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| Endings | 2 |
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How to play
- Click the character you believe is wrong, then type the correct one.
- Some wrong characters must not be changed; the system will tell you so.
- Three hint tiers: look again, then the page, then the direction.
- Progress is stored in your browser.
FAQ
- Do I need to download anything?
- No. Open it in a browser; the page layout works on a phone too.
- Will this page spoil the game?
- No. It describes the premise and scale only, with no puzzle answers or endings.
- Does it collect personal data?
- No. Progress stays in your own browser.
- Is any of it true?
- No. The paper, county, reservoir, people and dates are invented.
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This is a work of fiction: the newspaper, county, reservoir, people and dates are invented and correspond to no real event, newspaper or person.
Last updated: 2026-10-17