Upon hearing this, Shi Xiao's expression instantly changed.
The moment she entered the cellar and saw Zhou Nian, she knew something was wrong with her. The Zhou Nian before she looked completely different from the one she had rescued in her previous life! Or, to be more precise, they weren't even the same person!
Seeing the wary look on Shi Xiao's face, Zhou Nian smiled and said, "You're right, but not entirely. I am Zhou Nian, but I am not. You don't need to be so wary of me. Strictly speaking, I am one of your companions. I appeared in this strange realm to find you."
Seeing Shi Xiao's disbelief, Zhou Nian wasn't annoyed and continued, "You're a human player, so your ability to become a monster must be related to your talent, right? Don't be nervous, I can see through it because my talent is related to my eyes." Zhou Nian pointed to her eyes, and a golden light flowed in her pupils, disappearing in an instant.
"Wait a minute!" Shi Xiao interrupted her. This girl had said so much, didn't she know that horror games are streamed live? She looked like a pretty girl with thick eyebrows and big eyes, how could she not keep her mouth shut and just babble about everything!
Seeing Shi Xiao winking and mouthing to herself, silently gesturing for a while [Live stream, live stream, it's live stream], Zhou Nian finally realized what was happening and said with extreme confidence, "It's okay, I've already blocked the horror game, so you won't be able to see our live stream for now."
Although she didn't know how she temporarily blocked the live stream, Shi Xiao could only choose to believe it for now: "Then why did you contact me?"
"I was originally planning to just find any human player, but the moment I saw you, I felt you were the most suitable partner."
"To put it bluntly, I need the domain star of this Ghost Realm. The domain star is the core energy source that supports the operation of the entire Ghost Realm. Ah, the Ghost Realm is what you call a game instance, do you understand? But the character I'm playing now is Zhou Nian, so even though I'm very strong, I'm still restricted by the rules of the Ghost Realm here and can't do anything that doesn't fit my character's role." Zhou Nian tapped his chin lightly. with his fingers: "Hmm—in your words, it's probably out of character (OOC), so I need your help."
Shi Xiao's brain went blank for a moment: "Wait..." To be honest, just listening to these rules, being an NPC in a horror game is not easy. However, the amount of information in Zhou Nian's words was really too much, and even shattered her original worldview: "So you... are you a human or a monster?"
Hearing this, Zhou Nian smiled, then thought about it seriously for a moment: "Strictly speaking, I used to be a human player just like you. At least here, you can trust me."
"Okay, so what do I need to do?" Shi Xiao didn't hesitate for long. It wasn't because she trusted Zhou Nian that much, but because taking away the Domain Star would definitely weaken the power of the Horror Game. She was still happy to do something that would harm others for her own benefit.
"Go to the back mountain first, find Li Guangzong's coffin, and then..."
Lina had already climbed out of the cellar and cautiously looked around. The eerie shadow that had appeared before she entered the cellar was nowhere to be seen, and there was no sound from inside the house. It seemed the noise hadn't alerted any nearby supernatural beings, and she breathed a sigh of relief. A dark, three-story house stood before her. According to Zhou Nian's description, the key should be somewhere inside this house, but the village chief wooden ghost was probably inside too, so now wasn't the best time.
Lina gripped her silver cane tightly, remaining vigilant at all times. She tiptoed out of the courtyard and quietly retraced her steps back the way she had come.
I'm the most handsome guy in the whole village! [Strange, I clearly smelled a stranger near the village chief's house, but I searched around several times and couldn't see a single ghost!]
Invincible Human Bomber [I haven't seen a single person come over, sigh...]
I'm the most handsome guy in the whole village! [Brother Niu, Brother Niu, how are you doing? @BloodSlaughterKnife]
Blood Butcher's Blade [he escaped].
I'm the most handsome guy in the whole village! [Really? Someone can escape from Brother Niu's butcher's knife?]
Silly girl, [Brother Niu just cried!]
Blood Butcher's Blade: [You're talking nonsense! Don't listen to Er Ya's rubbish!]
Silly girl [Hehehe, I don't know what trick that man used, but Brother Niu was sitting on the ground crying loudly]
I'm the most handsome guy in the whole village! [Wow, really?! Tell me more!]
Invincible Human Bomber [Watching the show...]
Little Cuihua: [Brother Niu, don't cry, brave Niu Niu, don't be afraid of difficulties~]
Blood Slaughter Blade [...]
Behind Li Family Village, Li Daniu sat on his own grave, angrily poking at his stone tombstone a few more times. The already flimsy tombstone collapsed to the ground with a thud. Li Daniu had to get up and right his tombstone, feeling incredibly annoyed, but he still had to rearrange it properly.
"Brother Niu, don't be angry, hehe, I'll go take a walk over there again." Seeing that Li Daniu was really angry, Er Ya picked up her kitchen knife and quickly ran away.
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The player just now must have used some kind of trick, because the book in his hand suddenly started to emit golden light. The moment Li Daniu was touched by that light, waves of bitterness and regret washed over him like a tidal wave.
He desperately wanted to repent; he was truly a terrible monster! At four, he uprooted Aunt Ju's vegetable garden next door; at six, he stole the village chief's chicken and roasted it; at twelve, he peeped at Widow Liu bathing in the village… He also killed so many adorable piglets, and… and… he deserved to die! He had let down everyone in Li Family Village! He had let down so many piglets! How could he be so wicked!
The one who escaped from Li Daniu's clutches was none other than Odin of the Snow Country, who had remained hidden until now. His talent was S-rank [Repentance], allowing him to use the Bible in his possession to induce the supernatural beings into a state of repentance for their sins. Odin was currently hiding in the ancestral hall of Li Family Village, located on a mountaintop. He had appeared in this ancestral hall when he entered the horror game instance. The ancestral hall was situated at the highest point, overlooking the entire Li Family Village. As the sun set, he witnessed the supernatural beings of Li Family Village crawling out of their graves and heading down the mountain. So he decided to use the ancestral hall as a base. In Chinese terms, this would probably be called "the darkest place is under the lamp"—he was quite the clever fellow.
Furthermore, he discovered a crucial clue inside the ancestral hall! There was a tightly sealed black coffin inside, with a birth date and time written on red paper on top of it. As a foreigner, Odin naturally didn't understand the significance of this birth date and time, but the horror game system provided a hint: [You have found an important clue: Li Guangzong's coffin, marriage date and time]
[Beep - 4-star clear triggered, awakening Li Guangzong]
Living in someone else's dream, or dying in reality, what would you choose?
Odin had, of course, received an invitation. It seemed the protagonist of this wedding was the very creature lying in this black coffin. Odin pondered. The shrine was fairly clean, showing signs of regular cleaning. He had searched every possible spot, and even tried to open the coffin, but with great effort, he had failed.
It was already past midnight on Earth, but everyone's enthusiasm for watching the live stream remained undiminished.
[My God, Odin actually managed to make this monster cry like this!]
[To be honest, Odin is still pretty awesome.]
[Odin seems to have found a crucial clue; our Snow Kingdom is finally about to rise!]
[Currently, only Odin and Miss Lina are progressing relatively quickly; the others are still playing house in the cabin, hahaha~]
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The six people playing house, along with Lina who sneaked back in the middle of the night, finally made it to dawn. After a loud rooster crowed, the first glimmer of light appeared on the horizon.
"Li Dali... Li Cuicui... Li Erya... Li Dezhu... Strange, why doesn't it seem like Li Guangzong's grave is missing?" Shi Xiao, who was on the cemetery, had been searching for the tombstone all night, her throat parched, but she still couldn't find Li Guangzong's grave. As dawn broke, villagers began to come up from the foot of the mountain one after another.
When they saw him, they greeted him and then found their own graves and climbed in.
"Brother Gou Dan, when did you get up here?" Mao Sheng, dragging his fat body, struggled to squeeze into his own grave while calling out with a smile, "You should get some rest too, come find me to play tonight!"
It seems Zhou Nian wasn't lying yesterday; the strange creatures of Li Family Village return to their graves before sunrise and only emerge again after sunset. But what about those villagers who look like normal humans before sunset?
Before she could figure things out, she saw several of Li Dali's acquaintances coming over. As Li Dali walked, he was bragging to Cuicui: "Cuicui, you don't know, I almost caught someone last night! He must have been scared out of his wits by my imposing figure... Hey, Gou Dan, why aren't you back at the grave yet? Hurry up, it's almost dawn."
Seeing this, Li Cuicui laughed, her face immediately turning bright red as she lowered her head, twisting the handkerchief in her hand, and said softly, "Brother Gou Dan, you were amazing last night! It's almost dawn now, go back and rest, we'll continue tonight~"
Shi Xiao... She felt that something was off about Li Cuicui's words.
Li Dali touched his head, feeling that something about what he had said was strange, but he also felt an itch on his head, as if something was about to grow out. So he urged the two of them a few words and reluctantly climbed back into his grave.
The moment the first ray of sunlight fell, Shi Xiao heard the game system notification sound again: [Ding—The effect of the talent skill [Thousand Transformations] has been deactivated]
A dim light flashed, and her dark arms instantly returned to their original fair and tender state. Shi Xiao touched her face, and indeed, it felt smooth and soft again. She sighed, relieved that she had finally become a normal human again. Just as she was marveling at this, a flash of inspiration struck her, and she suddenly seemed to have remembered something important!
There is no grave for Li Guangzong in this cemetery, nor does it seem like there is one for Li Gou Dan either!
Shi Xiaozai carefully checked every grave on the mountain again. There were more than a hundred graves. By the time she finished checking, the sun was already high in the sky. She made sure she hadn't missed a single one. She even checked the few inconspicuous small graves buried in the gullies. Finally, she confirmed her guess.
When I first entered the game instance, the system gave me a reminder that all the changes in Li Family Village started five years ago. However, Mao Sheng seemed to have mentioned that Li Gou Dan had left the village seven or eight years ago, so Li Gou Dan did not die in Li Family Village, which is why there is no grave for him in the village.
What about Li Guangzong? Could it be that he didn't die in Li Family Village either? No, Shi Xiao shook her head, dismissing her own guess. If Li Guangzong's grave wasn't in Li Family Village, Zhou Nian wouldn't have sent her to find it. If Li Guangzong was definitely dead in Li Family Village, then there was another possibility… She thought of the identical handwriting on every tombstone and sighed. If that were true, the truth would be rather cruel…
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Shi Xiao looked up and around. There was only one place left. She remembered that there was a shrine on the mountaintop, a place she had never been to in her previous life.
Sure enough, atop the burial mound stood a temple-like building, which must have been the ancestral hall of Lijia Village.
The ancestral hall was small, and could be seen from the entrance. The inside looked clean, as if it was regularly cleaned. In the very center of the hall stood a pitch-black coffin.
[You have found an important clue: Li Guangzong's coffin and the birth dates of their marriage]
Hearing the game system's notification sound, Shi smiled knowingly; it confirmed her suspicions—they were indeed here.
Li Family Village must have suffered some kind of calamity back then, causing all the villagers to die one after another in a short period of time. Thinking of the strange and gruesome deaths of the villagers, Shi Xiao really couldn't guess what kind of calamity it was.
She could tell that Li Dali had been cut in half, Li Cuicui had drowned, and Li Daniu had been hacked to death... but in the village, many more people, like Aunt Li, had died strangely from starvation, their bodies withered and wrinkled.
These villagers were probably all buried by Li Guangzong on the cemetery, as can be guessed from the identical handwriting on each tombstone. Shi Xiao couldn't imagine what Li Guangzong must have felt as he buried his closest relatives and friends one by one.
She decided to ignore what she couldn't figure out for now, figuring out the secret behind this dungeon eventually. Shi Xiao touched the red paper pressed on the coffin, which should have contained the birth dates of Li Guangzong and Zhou Nian.
"The two people's birth charts are compatible, but it's a pity that the current one is a fake Zhou Nian..." The fake Zhou Nian's birth chart is probably incompatible with Li Guangzong's, since the happy event in two days is destined to be canceled.
Shi Xiao tried to push the coffin lid, but it was surprisingly heavy; with her current strength, she couldn't budge it. Perhaps she could wait until nightfall when her strength had greatly increased before trying again. Right now, she needed to take advantage of the daylight and quickly go explore other places.
[Holy crap, Shi Xiao finally showed up! Am I the only one wondering where this girl was last night? I couldn't even find her in the horror game!]
[This woman also found the ancestral hall; this new player from China seems to have some brains after all!]
[It's a pity Odin went out at dawn, otherwise these two could have joined forces.]
[Take Odin away, let our Odin be beautiful all by himself!]
[Wow, this is a picture of my high school classmate laughing!]
[What a coincidence, Shi Xiao is my elementary school classmate~]
[Shi Xiao +1]
[Me! Me! Me! I'm Teacher Shi's student!]
[Wow, I didn't expect this new player to be a teacher!]
...
[I'm Shi Xiao's best friend!!!]
[Hilarious, I'm still laughing at her mom.]
[I'm such a good friend of Shi Xiao!!]
[Funny, are you all here to find relatives during a horror game livestream?]
...
Su Tian, furious at the barrage of criticism from netizens, angrily put down her phone. They had both grown up together in the orphanage, yet everyone's attention was always on Shi Xiao. Even Wang Mama from the orphanage had always favored Shi Xiao. Why? But then, as if suddenly remembering something, a smile returned to her face. She picked up her phone again and dialed a number she hadn't contacted in a long time…
"Achoo!" Shi Xiao sneezed while she was in the horror game instance. She rubbed her nose, wondering who was talking about her. However, after running around all night and keeping her nerves on edge, she finally felt sleepy as she relaxed.
Since the coffin couldn't be opened anyway, and the villagers had all returned to their respective graves, Shi Xiao thought he might as well find a place in the village to rest for a while. With that in mind, Shi Xiao set off down the mountain towards Li Family Village.
When we returned to Lijia Village, almost every household had their doors open. There were children chasing and playing everywhere, village women sitting at their doorsteps picking vegetables and chatting, and villagers carrying farm tools and herding cattle and sheep... The lively scene was in stark contrast to the eerie silence of the previous night.
As Shi Xiao walked along the road, he saw a villager approaching. When the villager saw Shi Xiao, he immediately gave him a simple and honest smile: "Hello, stranger! Welcome to the wedding feast in Lijia Village!" After saying that, without waiting for Shi Xiao's reply, he resumed his original posture of carrying a hoe and walked away on his own.
Why did this villager seem a little odd? Shi Xiao wondered to herself. A moment later, she encountered a village woman leading a child. The woman looked at her and gave her the exact same smile: "Hello, stranger! Welcome to the Li Family Village celebration!" The child beside her, barely half her height, clearly only four or five years old, also wore the exact same smile as an adult, as if an unseen force had forcibly pulled his lips into that smile: "Hello, stranger! Welcome to the Li Family Village celebration!"
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At this moment, Shi Xiao finally understood why she felt the villagers looked strange. They were like AI, programmed with a fixed template, even if that template might not suit them, which is why they looked so strange and incongruous.
"So that's what Zhou Nian meant when she said the villagers during the day were fake..." In her previous life, she had never met the real villagers who came out at night, so she didn't realize that the villagers during the day weren't the real Li Family Village villagers at all. She naively thought that it was because the dungeon wasn't very strange, which was why the strange NPCs in the dungeon didn't develop self-awareness.
"Could it be..." Shi Xiao suddenly had a bold guess, and she had to verify it!
Using her memory from last night, she found Aunt Li and Maosheng's house. The door was wide open, and she saw a thin, small boy of about 12 or 13 years old squatting at the door playing with glass marbles, having a great time, with the carefree smile of a normal child on his face.
"Little brother, are your parents home?"
Hearing the laughter, the little boy looked up at her. The innocent smile that had belonged to a child on his face turned into the same smile he had given to the villagers the moment he saw who it was: "Hello, stranger! Are you here for the wedding feast in Li Village?"
The woman inside must have heard the commotion at the door, because she called out at the top of her lungs, "Sheng'er, Sheng'er, who are you talking to?" As soon as she finished speaking, Shi Xiao saw a village woman, who looked to be about 50 years old, come out while wiping the water stains from her hands on her apron. When she saw Shi Xiao, she also gave him a standard smile: "Hello, stranger! Are you here for the wedding feast in Lijia Village?"
This woman was none other than Aunt Li, the starving ghost from last night! Although her skin looked rough and covered with fine lines, she was a living, breathing person of flesh and blood!
Shi Xiao smiled politely and said, "Hello, Aunt Li, I am a friend of Li Gou Dan. I happened to be passing through Li Family Village, and he specifically asked me to come back and look after Mao Sheng'er for him."
However, Aunt Li tilted her head, a hint of doubt in her expression, before quickly regaining her signature smile and repeating, "Outsider, are you here for the wedding banquet in Li Family Village?"
"Aunt Li, don't you remember Li Gou Dan?"
"Outsider, are you coming to the wedding banquet in Lijia Village?"
"...Actually, I am Li Gou Dan."
"...Outsider, are you coming to the wedding banquet in Lijia Village?"
...
"Emmm, you're a complete idiot!"
"...Outsider...Are you coming to the wedding banquet in Li Family Village?"
The same words, the same standard smile, but for some reason, Shi Xiao felt she could detect a hint of gritted teeth in Aunt Li's reply. She couldn't play anymore; she had a premonition that even the AI would beat her up if she continued.
Shi Xiao put away her earlier frivolous manner: "Yes, I'm going to the wedding banquet in Lijia Village."
As if the AI had finally found the right command, Aunt Li nodded with a smile: "Outsider, the village chief has prepared a place for you to stay. The wedding banquet is in two days. I hope you... have a good time... Maosheng, take this outsider to the village chief's house."
Shi Xiao was peering into the house, but the expected obese figure did not appear. Instead, she heard a soft "Okay" coming from behind her.
"Cat's Leftover!" Shi Xiao turned around in surprise. The skinny little boy who had been squatting by the door playing marbles was actually Cat's Leftover?
The skinny little cat, Sheng, walked like a little adult, leading Shi Xiao steadily towards the village chief's house.
"Cat Sheng, how old are you?" Shi Xiao tried to get information out of Cat Sheng, but this time it wasn't an AI-like answer. Instead, Cat Sheng actually answered her question with the innocence of a child her age: "Sister, I'm 15 years old this year!"
It seems that these NPCs will return to normal after completing their assigned tasks.
"Sheng'er, have you gone to school?" Judging from the background of Lijia Village, it seems to be from the 1970s or 1980s in China. At that time, there must still be many children in the deep mountains who could not go to school.
"I've been learning to read with Brother Guangzong!" Little Maosheng answered with exceptional pride. "Brother Guangzong said that I'll definitely be the most literate and best-read person in the village in the future!"
"The Guangzong brother you're talking about sounds pretty impressive!"
"Of course!" Once the child started talking, he couldn't stop: "Brother Guangzong is the most educated and the most capable person in our Li Family Village! He knows so many things. He can teach us to read, draw, and fold paper boats. The paper boats he folds can float very, very far on the river!"
"Brother Guangzong can also carve wood. He can carve birds and rabbits so lifelike! Oh, right, Brother Guangzong also carved a very powerful wood carving of a general. He said that it is called the Black General, and it is very powerful and can protect our Li Family Village!" Maosheng's eyes sparkled when he talked about his idol.
"Wow, that sounds amazing! I wonder if I'll ever have the chance to meet the Guangzong brother you're talking about." It's true, it's easier to get something out of a child.
"Sister, I'll take you there now! Brother Guangzong is the village chief's son, and he's getting married in a couple of days! I heard that Uncle Village Chief has prepared lots and lots of delicious food and will be hosting a banquet for the whole village to come and drink the wedding wine!" Maosheng skipped ahead, pointing to the tallest wooden house in the village in the distance: "That's the village chief's house!"
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Wow, will the whole village come to the wedding?
"Yes, yes, I made plans with Xiaohua, Dajiang, Tiezhu, and Erya! They told me... um... what did they say... um, I can't remember, that's strange." Maosheng scratched his head a little sullenly, but children forget things quickly, and he soon forgot the slight unpleasantness he had just experienced, and started jumping around happily again: "Sister, let's go! Look, the village chief's house is hanging red lanterns!"
It was still a dilapidated three-story wooden house, but compared to last night, the village chief's house was noticeably cleaner today. The collapsed chicken coop in the yard had been repaired, the crooked wooden gate had been straightened, and several large red lanterns were hanging at the entrance.
"Uncle Village Chief, Uncle Village Chief! I've brought our guests!" Mao Sheng's voice was quite loud, and Li Dezhu heard it from a distance. He came out to greet them, leaning on his cane.
"Welcome, stranger! There aren't many spare houses in the village, so please feel free to stay at my humble abode for the next couple of days if you don't mind." Li Dezhu greeted Shi Xiao warmly and led her into his home: "My home isn't big, but I'll try my best to meet your needs. If you need anything, just tell me, or you can tell my wife."
Li Dezhu's wife, Li Shuilian, smiled and served Shi Xiao a cup of coarse tea: "Welcome, stranger. Don't be shy, make yourself at home."
Shi Xiao accepted the tea and politely took a small sip: "Village Chief, Village Chief's Wife, thank you for your hospitality. It is I who have disturbed you."
Seeing that Shi Xiao had drunk the tea and put down the teacup, Li Dezhu then led her to the second floor.
The two stepped onto the second floor of the wooden house. With each step, the floorboards creaked. Seeing Shi Xiao's worried expression, Li Dezhu explained, "Honorable guest, don't be afraid. It's an old house, so some noise is normal. It won't collapse. You can stay here without worry."
Li Dezhu's house was the largest in Lijia Village. The first floor had a living room, kitchen, rooms for Li Dezhu and Li Shuilian, and a room for Li Guangzong. The second and third floors each had five rooms. Li Dezhu led Shi Xiao to the innermost room on the second floor and opened the door: "Honored guest, please take a look at this room. Are you satisfied?"
The room was less than 20 square meters. In the middle was a wooden bed, and by the window was a wooden table and a rickety wooden chair. An oil lamp sat on the wooden table, and a clean, large floral mattress covered the bed. The window was quite large, taking up almost half the wall area. At this moment, the afternoon sun shone through the window, making the small room feel somewhat warm.
"I'm very satisfied, thank you, village chief. I'll be troubling you for the next few days." Shi Xiao walked into the room and was about to close the door.
Li Dezhu, who had already taken a step forward, suddenly stopped and turned back to call out to them with a smile: "By the way, we have several guests like you at home. My wife and I will be hosting a banquet for you in the courtyard this evening. Please do us the honor of joining us."
Seeing that Shi Xiao nodded in agreement, Li Dezhu, satisfied, leaned on his cane and swayed away on the creaking wooden planks.
As soon as Li Dezhu left, Shi Xiao closed the door and began searching the room for the rule slips. If she remembered correctly, the second rule slip was hidden inside the lampshade of an oil lamp. If a player accidentally lit the lamp, the slip would also be ignited and instantly turned to ashes. Shi Xiao pulled the rule slip from the lampshade.
[Lijia Village Rules]
6. You are a "guest," so please remember that you can only eat food intended for "guests."
7. The room is safe; if you encounter any danger, simply return to the room to get rid of it.
8. Please be a polite "guest" and do not enter other people's rooms without permission;
9. The dew is heavy at night, so please make sure the doors and windows are locked before going to bed;
10. The village chief will not provide late-night snacks; please do not answer if someone knocks on the door at night.
11. There are many birds and animals in the mountains. If you hear a sound of something hitting the window in the middle of the night, please draw the curtains, turn off the oil lamp, and go back to bed immediately.
12. The villagers of Lijia Village dislike outsiders of unknown origin.
There are seven new rules this time, their authenticity is unknown for now, but the mention of "outsiders" suggests that the villagers of Lijia Village really dislike these "outsiders." Shi Xiao took out the first slip of paper from her bracelet space, put them together and looked at them repeatedly until she knew all the rules by heart, before putting them back into her space.
Meanwhile, among Ike and his group, only Manny got a good night's sleep; the others didn't get much rest and barely made it to dawn. As soon as it was light, Ike and Hughes went out one after the other.
After leaving the village, they encountered the same experience as Shi Xiao. All the villagers who saw them would say, "Hello, outsiders! Welcome to the wedding banquet in Lijia Village!" Other than that, no matter what the two of them said, the villagers did not react at all, as if they were robots that could only operate according to a set program.
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After more than a dozen villagers did the same, Ike finally lost his temper and flew into a rage. He raised his knife and slashed down: "Fuck you, you bastards are playing me for fools! I'll see if you're really robots!" The sharp dagger sliced off a villager's head, and blood spurted out. The villager's head fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and then his body collapsed with a thud, dead beyond any doubt.
"Just ordinary human NPCs." After experiencing the villagers' template smiles and greetings more than a dozen times, Hughes wasn't in a good mood either. He checked the villagers lying on the ground, his mind filled with doubts. He had seen similar bizarre, zombie-like creatures before, but the villagers of Li Family Village were extremely strange. They seemed to maintain the normal rhythm of human life, working, talking, and having their own thoughts. But when they saw them, they instantly switched into robot mode, repeating the same sentence: "Outsider, welcome to the Li Family Village celebration!"
"Looks like we have no choice but to go to this wedding banquet," Hughes said helplessly. Ike didn't really care whether he went to the banquet or not; after all, he had enough power to go wherever he wanted, and no monster could stop him.
Inside Li Gou Dan's dilapidated wooden hut, Hassan and his companions finally decided to travel together. After leaving the hut, they encountered equally strange villagers, and so the group headed towards the village chief's house without prior arrangement.
In the entire Lijia Village, only Li Dezhu's house had a few large red lanterns hanging in front of it. The seven people found the place easily and followed Li Dezhu to their respective rooms.
The moment they saw Li Dezhu, all seven of them heard the notification sound of the horror game system.
[Beep - Triggered 3-star clear, defeated Li Dezhu, the village chief of Li Family Village]
As the spiritual pillar of Li Family Village, Li Dezhu can absorb the evil power of all the villagers. Killing him carries a certain risk; please choose carefully!
The seven people were gathered in Ike's room, discussing their next move. The room, which wasn't large to begin with, felt cramped with seven people crammed in.
"I'm going to kill that old man right now!" Ike pulled out his dagger and was about to walk out when Hughes grabbed him: "Wait, don't be impulsive."
Ike's dagger slammed into the wooden table with a sharp sound. His eyes widened in fury: "You'd better give me a reasonable explanation, or I'll kill you too."
"That old man is just an ordinary person now." It was Lina who spoke. The moment she triggered the 3-star clear, she used her bracelet to identify Li Dezhu, and the result was that he was an ordinary human: "Even if you kill him, you can't clear the level, and you will also break the rules."
Ike wasn't afraid of breaking the rules, since he had already killed one villager, and killing one was the same as killing an entire village.
However, this suddenly reminded Lina of what the woman named Zhou Nian had told her last night. It seemed that the woman hadn't lied to her; the villagers and Li Dezhu during the day were just a smokescreen for the dungeon. To achieve a 3-star clear, the one she needed to kill wasn't the ordinary human Li Dezhu now, but the eerie Li Dezhu of the night.
Hughes gave Lina a meaningful look and nodded: "You should have noticed as well that there is not a single living person in the village at night, and not a single eerie thing in the village during the day."
"What do you mean?" Ike's fists were hard, but he wasn't good at thinking.
"Simply put, you have to kill Li Dezhu tonight."
Ike's temper flared up quickly but subsided just as fast: "Fine, but this old man is my prey." He then gave the group a threatening look. Clearly, based on the current requirements, only one person could achieve a 3-star completion, so these people had better not harbor any improper thoughts. He wasn't good at deduction or finding clues; his philosophy for completing levels had always been simple: just do it!
"Daytime is precious, so I suggest you all go out and take a walk. If you find any useful information, I would be happy to exchange it with you." Hughes gave a gentlemanly bow to everyone and then prepared to leave. He didn't want to waste too much time with these people. If it weren't for the two ladies' insistence on inviting him over, he would probably be on a cemetery by now.
"That's natural, and it also prevents some people from always wanting to gain something for nothing." Hassan agreed, and as he said this, his gaze inadvertently drifted to Manny, Lucy, and Song Zhiya beside him.
These words angered the three of them, and the meeting ended badly.
"I'll stay and explore the village chief's house. Please feel free to do as you please." Lina also planned to act alone; Hughes had barely left when she got up and departed. Of course, she had her own reasons for this decision. After all, only one person could rescue Zhou Nian and achieve a 2-star clear, and she didn't want the others to discover her plans yet. Besides, she had some other plans…
The seven split up. Hughes went to the cemetery alone, while Lena stayed at the village chief's house. Hassan decided to explore the village, and Ike also planned to visit some villagers' homes. So they decided to go their separate ways. Hassan started from the village chief's house, which was at the east end of the village, while Ike started from the village entrance, which was at the west end.
Seeing everyone leaving, Song Enya and Lucy did not hesitate. They were determined to follow Ike, since Ike seemed to be the strongest among everyone here.
Finally, only Manny remained. As everyone left the village chief's house, Manny stood at the third-floor window, quietly watching their departing figures. He yawned, decided to sleep a little longer and let those fools go out and cause trouble. In any case, his talent would surely help him survive to the end.
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Lina was also observing from the window. About half an hour after everyone left the village chief's house, she finally saw the ninth player appear!
"They've finally appeared." The system had clearly indicated that this was a 10-player instance, but including Narita Tsunayoshi, who died last night, only 8 players had appeared so far. The NPCs on the street were providing such clear guidance that she guessed that no matter where the other two were hiding, they would eventually come to the village chief's house to attend this important wedding feast.
Perhaps she could go and meet this new ninth person first.
After Li Dezhu left, Shi Xiao finally managed to sort out all the rules and was just relaxing, preparing to lie down in bed for a nap, when there was a gentle knock on the closed door.
"Who?" Shi Xiao asked warily.
A cool female voice came from outside the door: "Hello, I am Lina, a player from Yingning Kingdom. Do you need to exchange information?"
Knowing that it was Lina outside the door, Shi Xiao relaxed his guard slightly, opened the door, and extended a hand in a friendly manner: "Hello, Shi Xiao from China."
Lena shook Shi Xiao's hand, then nimbly entered the room, carefully closing the door behind her. She scrutinized the Asian girl casually sitting on the bed: "Hello, Ms. Shi Xiao. May I ask what happened last night..."
Before she even opened her mouth, Shi Xiao roughly guessed what the other person wanted to ask: "Miss Lina, you can just call me Shi Xiao. I prefer to act alone. Where I went and what I did last night isn't important. What's important is that I can tell you the information you care about most, but in exchange, I need you to help me find out some information..."
Lina frowned, her sharp brows furrowing. The Chinese girl in front of her looked to be no more than 20 years old and seemed to have never appeared in a horror game before. Despite being a newcomer, her words were filled with confidence and certainty: "Haha, perhaps you have indeed found a lot of information, but to say that you have the information I care about most is a bit... overconfident."
She shouldn't have been discovered by anyone or anything when she sneaked into the cellar last night. The information she cares about most right now is where the key to the iron cage in the cellar is hidden. How could this Chinese girl in front of her possibly know that?
Shi Xiao leaned back lazily on the bed and uttered two words with a smile: "Zhou Nian".
Lina froze upon hearing what Shi Xiao said. How could this be! She actually knew!
Shi Xiao found a comfortable position and continued, "I know where the key is." Of course she knew. In her previous life, she was the one who found the key and rescued Zhou Nian from the iron cage. How could she not know where Li Dezhu hid the key?
"In exchange, I want to know..." Shi Xiao suddenly lowered his voice, leaning close to Lina's ear: "So, you're not at a bad deal with this exchange, are you?"
No loss, of course no loss, it's a huge profit! But does this Chinese girl really know where the key is hidden? Lina had some doubts.
"You don't need to doubt me like that. It's not difficult for you to find out those few pieces of information for me. Even if the information I give you is false, your loss won't be significant. But if it's true, it's your chance to survive and pass the level." Shi Xiao saw the doubt in Lina's eyes and paused. "Of course, if you don't need it, I can find someone else to exchange this information for."
No, I agree.
Shi smiled and extended her hand: "Ms. Lina, it's a pleasure doing business with you~"
Lina shook hands with Shi Xiao: "It's a pleasure working with you, Xiao."
"Um... could you please close the door behind you when you leave? Thank you!" Shi Xiao was extremely tired at this hour. She couldn't wait to see Lina off and then lie down for a good night's sleep.
When Lina left Shi Xiao's room, it was already 2 pm Judging from the time it got dark yesterday, it should have gotten dark in Li Family Village around 7 pm She still had enough time to find out the task Shi Xiao had given her.
...
I must say, I slept very soundly that night, until I heard voices coming from downstairs one after another:
"Distinguished guest—dinner is served..."
"Distinguished guest—dinner is served..."
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"Distinguished guest—dinner is served..."
Li Dezhu, leaning on his cane, swayed as he walked up from the first floor, knocking on each door on the second floor, saying as he knocked, "Honored guest, are you there? Dinner is ready, it's time to come down and eat."
Shi Xiao listened to the noises outside her door. He knocked on four rooms in a row, but received no response. It seemed the players staying in those rooms had already left and hadn't returned yet. The story had progressed to a point where many things were different from Shi Xiao's experience in her previous life, where all ten rooms were occupied. She wondered which players were currently staying on the second floor. Just then, there was a knock on her door: "Honored guest, are you there? Dinner is ready; it's time to come down and eat."
"Okay, coming right away," Shi Xiao replied. The creaking of the wooden floorboards mixed with the thumping of the cane on the ground gradually faded away, indicating that Li Dezhu had probably gone to the third floor. Shi Xiao looked out the window; the sun was already hanging in the western sky, and it would probably be dark by the time they finished their meal.
Shi Xiao went downstairs and walked into the courtyard when she saw Lina returning from outside. The two looked at each other, and Lina gave her a barely perceptible nod, indicating that the matter had been settled.
Not only did Lina complete the task Shi Xiao had given her, but she even secretly went to the cellar again while the village chief and his wife were busy in the kitchen. However, during the day, the cellar was empty except for the dozens of large wine jars! Lina couldn't help but feel fortunate that she had made the right decision yesterday, otherwise she might have missed out on a 2-star clear.
A large round table was placed in the courtyard, with 10 chairs arranged around it. Two of the chairs were already occupied by Hassan and Hughes, who had returned early. When they saw Shi Xiao, a hint of wariness and apprehension flashed in their eyes. Shi Xiao nodded to them and said calmly, "Hello, I am Shi Xiao, a player from China."
Knowing they were both players, the two relaxed a little and nodded to each other as a greeting: "Hello, I am Hassan from the Black Oil Country."
"Nice to meet you, beautiful lady. I am Hughes from the Kangaroo Country."
Seeing the obvious wariness in their eyes, Shi Xiao didn't pay much attention. Instead, she found a seat far away from them and sat down on her own.
Lina chose the seat next to her and, using the large round table as cover, quietly slipped a note into Shi Xiao's hand. Shi Xiao then casually put the note into her bracelet's storage space.
Next to arrive were Manny, who came down from the third-floor room, and Ike, who returned from outside the courtyard. Two of the ten chairs remained empty. Just when everyone assumed that the two chairs were reserved for the homeowner, Li Dezhu put down the last dish of braised lion's head meatballs he was holding, signaled for everyone to start eating, and then went back into the house with his cane, showing no intention of staying to eat with them.
Having barely eaten since last night, everyone was starving. Seeing the table laden with delicious food, Manny grabbed a whole roasted chicken and stuffed it into his mouth, his mouth dripping with oil. Song Enya's gaze, however, was drawn to a plate of perfectly marbled braised pork belly. Each piece was perfectly balanced, caramelized to a rich color, and looked incredibly appetizing! But just as she reached for her chopsticks, Hughes spoke up, warning, "I suggest you don't eat this braised pork belly."
Song Enya's chopsticks, which were halfway out, paused in mid-air. Hassan, who was also about to reach for the braised pork, also stopped. But Hughes didn't seem to have any intention of explaining further. Instead, he picked up a piece of fish and put it into his own bowl.
Hassan was about to pick up a piece of fish like Hughes when he saw an exceptionally thick arm carry away the entire plate of fish... He glanced silently at the muscular man who was enjoying his meal, and thought, "Forget it, I can't beat him! I'll eat something else... That roasted lamb leg looks pretty good."
The table was laden with delicious food, and although Shi Xiao's mouth was watering, she chose to eat only vegetables. Lina, sitting next to her, thought for a moment and then chose the exact same dishes. Lucy from Maple Leaf Country ate some fried meatballs. These meatballs looked like they were made from a mixture of vegetables and something fried together; they were fragrant and crispy, and simply the best food she had ever eaten!
Song Enya ate her roasted lamb leg, but her eyes were fixed on the braised pork belly. Oh my god, this braised pork belly looked so tempting! The price of pork in South Korea has gone crazy lately. She used to be able to eat roasted pork belly once a month, but she hasn't had it in a long time.
The table of dishes was quickly devoured by the group, who had been starving for a day and a night. Only a plate of braised pork remained untouched. As the last ray of sunlight on the horizon was about to fade, everyone got up and went back to their rooms.
The sun had almost completely set, but the oil lamps in the house had not yet been lit, making the whole house look gloomy and eerie. Everyone hurried towards the stairwell.
Suddenly, a pale, wrinkled face appeared before them, glowing with firelight, and grinning, revealing several sharp teeth.
"Ah—what a weirdo!" Lucy, who was easily frightened, let out a sharp scream.
A gleaming dagger flashed in the darkness—it was Ike who had made his move. Then everyone saw the pale face vanish, and an oil lamp rolled to the ground. Hassan picked up the lamp, and as he did so, he realized it wasn't a ghost at all, but an old woman, her head severed… Oh dear, Ike had killed the village chief's wife!
So when everyone saw Hassan return with the lamp, he looked constipated. He looked at Ike, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopped himself.
"You little brat, shut your eyes, or else…" Ike, bewildered, gestured with the sharp dagger in his hand at Hassan, only to see Hassan holding an oil lamp and shining it somewhere nearby.
This photo made it clear not only to Ike, but also to everyone behind him...
Good heavens, it turns out they didn't just kill the monster, but the village chief's wife!
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Manny chuckled smugly: "Heh heh, looks like I'm safe again tonight."
Song Enya, trembling with fear, clung to Lina's arm and whispered, "The village chief was so kind to us, how could Ike do such a terrible thing..."
"Exactly, exactly." Lucy held Lina's other arm and chirped softly from behind, "He killed someone without even seeing clearly. What a brute."
"But I remember you were the one who screamed loudly and caused the commotion, which is why Ike drew his sword." Hassan had long disliked these people, and now he made no attempt to hide his disgust.
"He did it himself, I didn't ask him to kill anyone!" Lucy was indignant, but she was just a weak newbie in terms of combat power, and only dared to hide behind Lina and chirp softly.
As the argument raged on, a series of creaking sounds came from the air, followed by a series of tapping sounds that instantly silenced the arguing group.
A dark figure came down from the second floor. Oh no, the village chief is here! If the village chief finds out they killed the village chief's wife, will he turn into a monster on the spot and kill them all?
Ike's face was tense and cold as he seriously considered whether... he should just kill the village chief as well.
The dagger had already been pulled out, but after Li Dezhu came down, he acted as if he hadn't noticed anything. He simply greeted everyone casually, then calmly walked past Li Shuilian's body, swaying as he walked away. If he had walked just a little further up, he would have stepped on Li Shuilian's head, which lay to the side, its eyes wide open in death.
"Didn't he... notice?"
"Was it too dark to see clearly?"
"I don't think so, he just can't see."
"Is it possible that the village chief thinks he can't beat so many of us, so he's pretending not to see us?"
The crowd was buzzing with discussion when Hughes said, "It must be a rule restriction. Although Ike broke the rules, the village chief is still bound by them... However, you might be in danger tonight."
Ike whistled nonchalantly, sheathed his dagger, and was more worried about the cook's absence than the strange things that might happen that night. He feared he might never be able to eat such a sumptuous meal again tomorrow.
However, just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the dark door next to the stairs, which had been sigh tightly closed, suddenly opened!
"Ah—" Lucy, who had already stepped onto the stairs, screamed again and darted back behind Lina. What is this! What is this! Why is this never going to end! Is this awful horror game determined to scare her to death today?
Lena sighed and pointed to the notification on her bracelet, indicating that she was just an ordinary human. Only then did Lucy cautiously peek out from behind Lena.
A frail-looking young man stood at the doorway, dressed neatly and appearing to be around 27 or 28 years old. His unwavering gaze made everyone uneasy. "Honored guests," he said, "the mountain village isn't safe at night, so please don't go out unnecessarily... By the way, our house is old and in disrepair, and we often hear the sounds of rats at night, but please ignore them..." He then closed the door again.
This time, everyone didn't linger and went upstairs to their rooms.
As Shi Xiao returned to his room and closed the door, he heard a system notification in his ear: [Talent Skill [Thousand Transformations] triggered. Transformation character locked for this dungeon. Transforming... Ding—Transformation successful!]
Current transformation state: Li Gou Dan (male)
Weirdness Level: Level 3 Evil Spirit (Originally a Level 9 Evil Spirit)
Weird Exclusive Skill: Dog Shit Bomb
Shi Xiao breathed a sigh of relief when she transformed back into Li Gou Dan. If she had performed a bizarre transformation in front of all the players, she wondered if she would have been considered a monster and beaten to death by the players.
Shi Xiao took out the note Lina had given her from her bracelet space. The note was covered with writing. After reading it all, Shi Xiao had an "I knew it" expression on her face. She had guessed right!
This morning's conversation with Maosheng left her feeling uneasy. Although Maosheng still recognized most of the villagers, it seemed that only his memories related to Li Guangzong were exceptionally clear; everything else was hazy. To confirm this suspicion, she had Lina try talking to the villagers as well. The result was the same as her guess: these villagers, like Maosheng, only had detailed memories related to Li Guangzong!
Why would this be? Shi Xiao had a rough guess in her mind, because these details of memory probably belong to Li Guangzong himself...
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It seems I'll have to investigate Li Guangzong's background again tonight.
Shi Xiao's hand was already on the doorknob, ready to go out, when she heard a slight creaking sound from next door. She immediately stopped. Then, she heard tiptoeing footsteps upstairs. It seemed tonight was quite lively, and she wasn't the only one planning to go out.
After waiting a while and confirming that there was no one outside, Shi Xiao quietly opened the window. Yes, she planned to use the window, since she was now supernatural and could float!
The courtyard was quiet, so it seemed that the two players who had just left were no longer nearby. Shi Xiao then walked towards Li Guangzong's room.
Li Guangzong's door was unlocked, slightly ajar. Shi Xiao hesitated for a moment, then knocked, but there was no response for a long time. Was he not home? She simply pushed the door open. An oil lamp was still lit in the room. Li Guangzong sat on a small wooden stool with his head down, his feet chained, intently playing with something in his hands.
"Brother Guangzong, Brother Guangzong?" Hearing Shi Xiao's call, Li Guangzong looked up blankly, stared for a while, and seemed to recognize Li Gou Dan. He then grinned, revealing a set of big white teeth: "Gou Dan, you've come to play with me."
As Shi Xiao approached, she finally saw that what Li Guangzong was playing with in his hand was a pale human finger!
"Brother Guangzong, what are you holding?"
Like a child showing off a treasure, Li Guangzong held up the severed finger high in front of Shi Xiao: "It's a toy my dad gave me!"
The cut on the severed finger was perfectly clean. Although the blood had dried, there was no sign of decay, indicating that it had been cut off just a few days ago. Could this be…? Suppressing the churning in his stomach, Shi Xiao asked again, "Where did Uncle Dezhu get this? It looks very fresh. I'd like to get one to play with too."
As if afraid Shi Xiao would snatch his toy, Li Guangzong quickly put the severed finger back into his pocket. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I found it in the kitchen. How about I take you to look for it again?" He then pulled Shi Xiao up and pretended to walk out, but after taking two steps, he suddenly stopped, lowered his head in disappointment, and said, "No, my dad won't let me go out... Why won't he let me go out? Guangzong isn't a bad kid..."
Shi Xiao coaxed him for a while, promising to take him out to play next time, and only then did he manage to appease Li Guangzong.
Time was running out, and seeing that Shi Xiao was about to leave, Li Guangzong tugged at her sleeve with a wronged expression: "Goudan, aren't you going to play with me anymore? Where are you going?"
"Where else can we go? I'm in a hurry to open your coffin, so you stay home and behave yourself." Shi Xiao patted Li Guangzong's head to comfort him. She was in a hurry; she needed to get to the kitchen before Li Dezhu got home! She didn't have time to waste with this little fool.
Clearly, Li Guangzong's current intelligence prevented him from understanding Shi Xiao's words. He tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said, "It's a promise then, you must take me out to play next time!"
The kitchen was pitch black because there was no oil lamp lit, but fortunately, after transforming into a monster, he had developed night vision and could see clearly what was piled on the stove, half of which had been cut off... Narita Tsunayoshi.
Shi Xiao almost couldn't hold back the churning in her stomach. She was incredibly grateful that she had only eaten vegetables and tofu. There was actually some "raw" meat in the meat dishes for dinner tonight. She had eaten food that didn't belong to the "guests." She wondered what would happen to the other players.
When Shi Xiao left Li Dezhu's house, the strange villagers were already returning one after another. Li Dezhu had difficulty walking and should still be on his way.
Not wanting the strange creatures of Lijia Village to discover that she was going to the back mountain, Shi Xiao found a secluded spot near the river and decided to wait a while longer.
All the villagers of Li Family Village disappear at sunset, except for the simple-minded Li Guangzong. Shi Xiao had specifically gone to find Li Guangzong to verify this. Could his body really be inside that coffin? Why didn't Li Guangzong's body crawl out on its own at night? And the Li Guangzong she saw earlier, with his foolish appearance, looked significantly different from the eerie Li Guangzong they had seen at the stairwell. There were still many mysteries she hadn't solved…
Unable to come up with any clues, he decided to put the matter aside for now. Seeing that there were no more strange occurrences on the road, Shi Xiao habitually patted the non-existent dust off his backside and got up to head towards the cemetery.
Having witnessed the strange creatures crawling out of their graves once again, Odin quietly retreated to the shrine. He had already visited the village at the foot of the mountain during the day, witnessing from afar the villagers following the village chief into the three-story wooden hut. However, he didn't intend to go there yet. His intuition told him that the black coffin before he held some important secret, and he didn't want to give up.
Moreover, those who are following the plot are probably in the most danger right now; all the strange things are watching them! He's actually the safest now, hiding in the shadows. He's such a clever guy!
Odin, using the shovel he'd smuggled from the village during the day, was laboriously prying open the coffin when he suddenly felt a chilling wind. Oh no! Something strange was happening! He rolled over and landed under the coffin.
Just as Odin had hidden himself, he felt a gust of cold wind blow into the shrine. Then, from the perspective of the viewers, they saw a dark, eerie figure crouching and sneaking into the shrine.
The newcomer was none other than Li Gou Dan—Shi Xiao.
Shi Xiao sneaked into the shrine and immediately saw the shovel that Odin had thrown aside in his panic. He looked puzzled and asked with a strange expression, "Could it be that some players have already found this place and want to use this shovel to open the coffin?"
Shi Xiao picked up the shovel from the ground, put it in his hand to test its weight. It was quite heavy, but still quite handy. Why not give it a try?
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Odin, hiding under the coffin, didn't dare breathe, wondering what this strange creature was doing in the shrine. Then he heard a screeching sound that made his teeth ache. This, this, this strange creature was actually prying open the coffin? Odin was filled with disbelief! Although surprised, he dared not lift the white cloth to check.
"This coffin is really good quality. I'll have to ask Li Guangzong where it was made..." Shi Xiao muttered as he pried at the coffin, intending to give him a good beating.
After working for half a day, she, a level 3 evil spirit, was almost exhausted to death, but the coffin lid remained unmoved. Shi Xiao plopped down on the ground and began to complain: "I'm not doing this anymore! I'm not doing this anymore! I don't know where Li Guangzong made this broken coffin. We're already dead, what kind of shameful things do we have to hide in the coffin..."
The more Shi Xiao thought about it, the angrier he became. He casually pinched out a dog poop bomb and threw it at the coffin in a fit of rage. The dog poop bomb hit the coffin with a loud bang, causing the wooden frame beneath it and Odin, who was hiding inside, to shudder. What on earth was that weirdo doing out there?!
However, after being hit like that, Shi Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up. She noticed that the coffin lid seemed to have moved slightly!
As expected of Li Gou Dan's signature skill! Although it looks... well, it is a little disgusting, its power is not to be underestimated!
So one after another, dog poop bombs were thrown at the coffin.
"Crack crack crack crack crack..." The force was so great that the coffin shook and shifted to the right as it was being smashed.
Odin, hiding in the wooden frame, panicked. No, he couldn't let the coffin fall. If the coffin fell, there was a high chance that the white cloth covering the wooden frame would also fall, and then he would be exposed!
Thus, a comical scene unfolded on the live stream of the horror game: a creepy figure stood on the left side of the coffin, throwing dog poop at it repeatedly, while on the right side, two hands, veins bulging, silently stretched out, gripping the edge of the coffin tightly to prevent it from moving any further to the right...
"Clap clap clap clap clap clap..."
Odin strained so hard that his face turned completely red.
"Clap clap clap clap clap clap..."
Odin gritted his teeth.
"Clap clap clap clap clap clap..."
The veins on Odin's neck bulged.
"Clap clap clap clap clap clap..."
Odin couldn't take it anymore. He didn't know what had hit the coffin, but he could smell the stench permeating the shrine, and it was getting stronger and stronger, making it hard for him to open his eyes. It smelled like someone's toilet had been blown up!
"A scholar can be killed but not humiliated! Damn it, I'll fight this weirdo who blew up the toilet!" Odin couldn't take it anymore and was about to explode when someone beat him to it.
With a loud "bang," the coffin lid, which Shi Xiao had already smashed open, suddenly sprang up, flying two meters into the air before crashing heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust. A dense, eerie black aura emanated from the coffin, and a figure leaped out in fury: "Who?! Who is it?! Which bastard is smearing shit on my coffin…"
"Hi~ Brother Guangzong~" Shi Xiao hurriedly flicked the remaining dog poop in her hand behind her back and smiled innocently at Li Guangzong.
"Gou Dan? It's you." Only after seeing Li Gou Dan's face clearly did Li Guangzong's rage finally subside. He silently climbed out of the coffin, then silently picked up the coffin lid that he had kicked away, and disgustedly brushed off the dog poop stuck to it. Although he was no longer furious, his tone still revealed obvious impatience: "Why aren't you going to find those human players? What are you doing here?"
"I missed you, so I came to see you! By the way, Brother Guangzong, where did you order this coffin? It's quite sturdy!" Seeing that Li Guangzong had already climbed out of the coffin, Shi Xiao quickly pretended to approach the empty coffin, touching it on the left and looking at it on the right, looking quite intrigued.
"I made it myself." Li Guangzong didn't look very good, as if he was very tired. The sun had just set, and he had just entered his hibernation period when he was woken up by Li Gou Dan. He just wanted to get rid of Li Gou Dan as soon as possible: "If you want this coffin, I'll give you one later. I'm going to hibernate now, so don't bother me and go away."
"Really? Brother Guangzong is so straightforward! Hey—brother, what's this? Why are you sleeping with a doll?" Shi Xiao had sharp eyes and immediately spotted the wooden doll sculpture with a corner sticking out from under the mattress in the coffin. She quickly scooped it out of the coffin.
The game system's voice sounded the instant the fish was pulled out.
[You have found an important clue: Li Guangzong's eerie heart, which contains important memories of Li Guangzong before he became an eerie being.]
[Beep - 5-star completion triggered, unlocking the biggest secret of Li Family Village]
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There was a jet-black wooden carving, its surface smooth from frequent handling. It looked like an ancient general, eyes closed, wearing armor and a helmet, holding a long spear. The moment he touched it, a sense of overwhelming killing intent rushed over him, and Shi Xiao almost lost his composure and dropped it.
Li Guangzong grew impatient and made a move to snatch it back: "This is the Black General, I carved it myself, I can't give this to you."
How could Shi Xiao return it to him? This was a crucial treasure that could help her pass the level! She snatched the wooden carving into her bosom, shamelessly insisting on keeping the black general: "Oh, Brother Guangzong, you're my own brother! Even Maosheng'er has a wooden carving from you, what's wrong with giving me one? Is it because I left the village early that you no longer consider me a part of Li Family Village... Waaah, brother, has our relationship faded...?"
He was already exhausted from keeping the entire Li Family Village running during the day. Li Guangzong was so annoyed by Shi Xiao that his head was about to explode. Anyway, even if he got the Black General, he couldn't take it out of Li Family Village. Let Gou Dan take it if he wants to play with it; he'll return it eventually. Thinking of this, Li Guangzong simply agreed. He impatiently climbed back into his coffin, closing the lid as he urged Shi Xiao to leave: "Fine, fine, here you go, hurry up and leave."
Shi Xiao held the black general and left happily.
The shrine fell silent again. Odin, who was hiding under the coffin, breathed a sigh of relief. The two eerie creatures outside had been chattering away for ages. Odin, a tall man over 1.9 meters, was huddled in the middle of the shelf, his bones aching all over. Finally, he saw the two eerie creatures leave.
Just as Li Guangzong was closing the coffin lid, he felt like he had forgotten something... Ah! Dog shit! Li Gou Dan had thrown dog shit all over the room, it was disgusting. He had to catch that kid and clean it up, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully at all.
So he reopened the coffin lid, but there was no sign of Li Gou Dan outside. There was only a strangely dressed silver-haired man crawling on the ground, trying to climb out from under the coffin...
Li Guangzong: "..." These days, it seems like any Tom, Dick, or Harry dares to bother him. It's infuriating! This man doesn't seem to have broken any rules, so he can't kill him yet. What should he do...?
Odin sensed something was off; a chill was creeping up the back of his neck! He turned around and was met with the ashen face of Li Guangzong, who had been dead for three years…
Odin: "Ni... Nihou?" Li Guangzong did not react, but just stared at him blankly, which made people feel uneasy.
Had he guessed wrong? Was this instance not set in China? Odin switched to another language and cautiously began, "Um... Anilhasey yo?"
A dense, eerie black aura suddenly emanated from Li Guangzong's previously empty eyes. This time, he understood! This silver-haired foreign player had mistaken him for a Korean! Damn it, he had to kill him… Wait, he couldn't kill him, he couldn't kill him! Violating the rules would mean he himself would be eliminated!
Having finally calmed his anger, Li Guangzong casually picked up some dog excrement stuck to the coffin and threw it at Odin...
Odin, stunned by the sight of his face covered in dog poop, touched it blankly. That damned, familiar stench... it was dog poop! He had no idea what had gone wrong; he had somehow ended up with a bizarre face covered in dog poop!
Taking advantage of Li Guangzong's inattention, he secretly pulled out the Bible from his pocket. A golden light shone from the Bible, instantly enveloping the eerie creature before him. However, there was no reaction. Unlike the eerie creature he encountered on the cemetery last night, this one didn't begin to repent and weep; instead, it even displayed a strange expression of enjoyment. Oh no! His [repentance] clearly had no effect on this eerie creature. Had he stumbled upon the boss of this instance?! Oh, his Allah!
Bathed in the golden light of the Bible, Li Guangzong felt not only no discomfort, but also a sudden sense of ease, like the feeling of satisfaction after a good night's sleep! It was so comfortable!
With this relaxation, his anger naturally disappeared. This "stranger" seemed to be somewhat useful, so why not let him clean the ancestral hall? Li Guangzong raised his hand, and a black, eerie aura, carrying a broom and a rag from the corner, floated steadily in front of Odin.
Odin was bewildered. He pointed to the broom and rag in front of him, then to himself. This strange thing was making him sweep dog poop.
Unsurprisingly, he earned Li Guangzong's approval.
So Li Guangzong lay leisurely in his coffin, overseeing the situation, while Odin, broom in his left hand and rag in his right, couldn't hold back his tears any longer, overwhelmed by the stench of dog excrement filling the ancestral hall. But what could he do? He couldn't fight back, nor could he escape; the entire ancestral hall was completely sealed off by Li Guangzong's eerie aura.
"Waaaaah..." He swept up dog poop in front of the entire Blue Star audience and even cried. He must have lost all face by now. That bastard who threw the dog poop, Odin must never run into him!
Shi Xiao, who had obtained the Black General, was now happily walking back. She wanted to find a safe place to study this thing first.
She hummed a song as she walked, and when she ran into Li Daniu and Er Ya, who were patrolling the cemetery, she greeted them cheerfully: "Hey, Daniu and Er Ya, good evening!"
Li Daniu looked at her, then at Er Ya beside him: "What's wrong with Gou Dan? Did you win the lottery?"
Er Ya shook her head: "I don't know, we don't seem to have any lottery tickets around here."
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