Chapter 157 Now It's Your Turn to Ask Me

The weather in this town has been quite changeable lately.

It was sunny in the morning, but became cloudy and rainy in the afternoon, with occasional thunder.

The crew in the front yard of the Ji family are going to move to the foot of the mountain. The crew said that they want to shoot a big drama of fighting wits with puppet people on the mountain.

Jian Yue knew that this play was probably not intended for theater audiences, and that everyone in this play had to create it with their life.

When moving things.

Jian Yue also went to help.

The scene was in chaos, especially for some of the extras, whose faces had turned black and their eyes were dull. After receiving the tasks from the program crew, they acted like puppets on strings.

The actor who was moving the table hit his hand, and it swelled up a lot. Jian Yue frowned when he saw it, but the person who was hit didn't seem to have any reaction and didn't feel any pain at all. He then picked up the box and walked forward woodenly.

Wang Wenwen stood beside Jian Yue and whispered, "Butler Wang, do you think they... look a bit alike..."

Jian Yue said: "Puppet."

Wang Wenwen nodded quickly. She didn't feel any pain or anything. A normal person who was hit with such a big bump would have screamed in pain, but the people in the crew not only had no expression on their faces, they didn't even cry out in pain. They were like puppets with only their shells still there.

Jian Yue asked Wang Wenwen, "Has Nangong Xi's translation been completed?"

Wang Wenwen said: "More than half of the translation has been completed. She has basically been translating without sleep these days."

Jian Yue glanced at the busy production crew and turned to look for Nangong Xi.

Nangong Xi was lying in Aya's shop at the moment. Papers with words written on them were floating everywhere in the room. Her dark circles were made even heavier by the puppets. She thought she was going to faint in the next second.

Jian Yue had no place to step, so he asked, "Are you okay?"

"Ah, I'm fine." Nangong Xi raised her head, looked at Jian Yue, smiled and said, "Butler Wang, how come you have become two? Did you learn the art of clones from Sister Aya? Hehe, that's amazing."

Jian Yue: “…”

I can see that it’s good, but it’s driving me crazy.

Nangong Xi picked up the book in his hand and said, "I have almost finished translating it. I will organize it for you to see right away."

Although she looked dazed, she was still very serious when tidying up things and quickly organized the several pages of paper in her hand.

After a while.

Nangong Xi organized several dozen papers.

Nangong Xi said: "It's all here."

Jian Yue and a few others gathered around the table and started reading the book. At the very beginning, the book talked about the origin of puppets from the spiritual veins in the mountains. Then, the book slowly began to explain the art of controlling puppets, how to add the finishing touches to puppets by grinding human blood, and how to train puppets.

Jian Yue had also seen some of the things here in the Ji family's study. He felt that they might have been derived from the knowledge points in this book, but later people had simplified them using their own words.

Nangong Xi said: "The first part basically talks about the process of making puppets, but I think the most useful part for us is the latter part."

Jian Yue flipped to the back and saw the most important record.

It is recorded on the pages of ancient books that there is a huge difference between puppets made from ordinary wood and those from spiritual wood that grows from innate spiritual veins. The puppets made from the best spiritual wood are almost indistinguishable from living people.

Nangong Xi said: "This may be the record of the King of All Puppets in the World. The rumors that have been passed down from the town also confirm that there is indeed a Puppet King."

Jian Yue said: "For Ji Quan to be able to survive until now, his own flesh and blood body must not be able to bear it. He must have created a puppet king that is almost the same as a human body, and used secret techniques to prolong his life."

Nangong Xi nodded and said, "There is something else recorded at the back of this book."

Jian Yue continued to flip through the book and saw the record at the back. The handwriting on it clearly read: "Innate spiritual wood is extremely rare. It must be born in a spiritual vein and absorb the spiritual energy of the spiritual vein to pass through the puppet's body. Only then can it pass through the puppet's spiritual orifices and blood. If there is no innate spiritual wood, you cannot create a living puppet without authorization, otherwise you will suffer the punishment of heaven and will be punished by the backlash."

Aya said thoughtfully: "Don't you think that the miracle doctor himself is sick, like being punished by heaven?"

Jian Yue accurately grasped the key point and said, "Have you noticed that the time he can stay on people is getting shorter and shorter."

Just last night, two more people died in this town.

Jian Yue asked Aya to help check, and found that all of them were born in September.

Aya nodded immediately and said, "And from our records, there is only one person left in this town who is suitable for Ji Quan to possess again. And just yesterday, this last villager in the town, who should have been under our surveillance, suddenly disappeared."

Jian Yue said: "It seems that Ji Quan has taken action."

Wang Wenwen said: "According to this order, the miracle doctor was the one that Ji Quan leaned on the longest. However, not long after arriving in this town, the miracle doctor's body could no longer hold on, so Ji Quan found another one. The other one also only lasted less than a week. Later, Ji Quan basically changed one every few days, and now he changes one every day."

Jian Yue also came to a conclusion. He said, "The closer Ji Quan is to the town, the more severe the backlash of the heavenly punishment he will suffer."

Nangong Xi was curious: "If that's the case, why does he have to come back? Wouldn't it be better if he stayed outside?"

That's the problem.

If divine punishment is what Ji Quan fears the most, and the farther away from the town he is, the more he can get away with it, then he can simply not come back.

Jian Yue suddenly thought of what Ji Huaiyu had said to him. He said, "Because the spiritual power of the spiritual vein is about to dissipate, he must come back, otherwise his puppet will fall apart."

Everyone suddenly realized.

Ji Quan didn't want to come back, but he had to come back.

Jian Yue said: "He must want the puppet cone under the tombstone."

Aya also said immediately: "Then we just need to protect the puppet cone, or directly destroy the puppet cone to stop him, then we can open the dream core and end the copy."

The main plot becomes clear immediately.

As things progressed, the secret of the miracle doctor gradually surfaced.

Jian Yue said: "Tomorrow is the time to worship our ancestors. It is also the anniversary of the death of the members of the Ji family. If he wants to do something, it will probably be tomorrow. No matter what method we use, we must catch him and not let him succeed."

Everyone nodded.

Many people have been running around for so many days, and fatigue appears on everyone's face. People keep dying in the town, and the crew members are slowly being assimilated. The number of living people in the town is visibly decreasing, and the shadow of death hangs over everyone.

And tomorrow.

If they fail to stop Ji Quan successfully, the dream core cannot be opened and everyone will be trapped and die in this town.

Aya smiled softly and said, "If we can get out alive, let's have a meal together in the hall?"

Nangong Xi was so tired that she was unconscious. She lay on the table and raised her hand and said, "I want to eat KFC... hot pot..."

Everyone looked at her and smiled softly.

There is no such thing in the Nightmare Hall, but as long as I can get out alive, everything will be possible and there will be hope.

night

When Jian Yue returned, the house was brightly lit.

Ji Huaiyu was handling official business. He was very busy these days and even called Ji Huaisheng to come over to teach him.

Ji Huaisheng was in great pain, but he didn't dare to yell at his uncle and could only be educated obediently.

"Uncle, sometimes you don't have to work so hard. You can do these things in the future!" Ji Huaisheng said, "You should also pay more attention to your health sometimes. Just let me go!"

The dignified movie star said all the good things in front of his uncle.

After all, anyone who was pulled here and taught for a whole day would go crazy.

Ji Huaiyu said: "If you can support all these family businesses, I won't need to teach you."

Ji Huaisheng said quickly: "Uncle, you know me well. How can I have this ability? At most, I can only film some movies. I think you should stop being obsessed with work. You should rest more when you have time!"

Speaking of.

I just happened to see Jian Yue coming in from outside.

Ji Huaisheng seemed to have seen a savior. He hurried over and took Jian Yue's hand and said, "You are finally here. Please persuade my uncle to take a rest. You guys, you guys should have a good rest. I won't disturb you!"

It used to be that Ji Huaisheng was very opposed to Jian Yue and Ji Huaiyu being together, but now he doesn't object at all.

After all, no matter who they are, or what their intentions and purposes are, as long as they can help their uncle not work so hard and not be so busy with work, they are good people, very good people!

Jian Yue saw Ji Huaiyu disappear in a flash.

He smiled softly.

Jian Yue walked into the room and saw a pile of documents on Ji Huaiyu's desk. Then he slapped the documents with his slender white fingers, which landed right in the center of the documents, covering half of the black words on the white paper.

Ji Huaiyu raised his eyes to look at him. The man was always majestic, and his dark eyes made people feel scared when they looked into each other's eyes. But every time he looked at Jian Yue, the tenderness floating in his eyes was always clear. He said, "I'm back."

Jian Yue said: "When I left, I clearly told my assistant not to let you stay at the table all the time."

Ji Huaiyu said: "He doesn't dare to interfere in my affairs."

Jian Yue thought that was true. He probably was the only one as the butler who would dare to do that. Of course, he had not dared to do that before.

"You can't keep working like this." Jian Yue said, "It's too tiring."

Ji Huaiyu was about to speak.

Jian Yue interrupted him directly and said, "Oh, I know. Are you going to say again that you don't feel tired very often?"

Ji Huaiyu didn't say anything.

Jian Yue bent down, half of his body leaning on the table, his fair and pretty face moved closer, and he said, "But I love you, Xiaoyu, I hope you can do things that really make you happy, instead of spending all your time on these things every day. I know you are doing this for the Ji family members, to repay their kindness to you, but you can also live for yourself occasionally."

Ji Huaiyu listened to him quietly.

These were words he had never heard before.

He is a puppet. It seems that the puppet is just a puppet from the moment it is born. He has no relatives, no family, no goal to live for, and even no desire. This is the first time someone tells him to live for himself.

Jian Yue looked at him and said, "I want you to live a more selfish life, Xiaoyu."

Ji Huaiyu raised his hand and touched Jian Yue's face. His dark eyes reflected Jian Yue's figure clearly. After a moment, he slowly said, "I am already very selfish."

Selfish, even though I know it's wrong.

But he still gets close to the person in front of him and keeps him by his side. He has never done anything selfish, but after meeting Jian Yue, he has done a lot of selfish things.

Jian Yue seemed to understand what he said. He chuckled and said, "Not enough. This is not selfish."

Ji Huaiyu looked at him.

Jian Yue slowly moved closer, his lips fell on Ji Huaiyu's lips, his pair of black eyes clearly reflected Ji Huaiyu's figure, the two people's breath entangled together, he held Ji Huaiyu's face with his white fingers, and said softly: "You can be more selfish."

It doesn't seem clear who started it.

The lights and candles in the room flickered, and clothes fell to the ground one by one. In the dim candlelight, the small red mole on the white collarbone left a clear bite mark, as if making a mark.

Different from the past lingering.

Both of them seemed to have each other's concerns, or maybe they didn't, and they were just venting, letting out emotions that they couldn't express to each other.

The hug was stronger than ever before. When Jian Yue let out a soft sob, Ji Huaiyu held her tightly in his arms, as if he wanted to integrate her into his own bones and blood. But in the end, he restrained himself and let go.

Ji Huaiyu's kiss fell on the corner of the person's eyes. His voice was low and hoarse, with many complicated emotions, and he whispered: "Don't cry."

Jian Yue shook his head, as if he had shed all his tears in one night.

He fell into a deep sleep until dawn.

As the sun slowly rose, the people lying on the bed slowly woke up. When Jian Yue sat up from the bed, the room was silent.

He looked around, no one was there.

Jian Yue sat quietly on the bed, not moving.

Until he heard footsteps outside the door, he looked towards the door with some surprise, and a light appeared in his eyes.

Ji Huaiyu came in with a tray in his hand and asked, "Are you awake?"

Jian Yue looked at him in surprise.

Ji Huaiyu asked, "What's wrong?"

"I, I thought..." Jian Yue didn't know what to say.

Today is the day to worship the ancestors. Ji Huaiyu will definitely not let Ji Quan go. He has done so much over the years and happened to come back this year. Jian Yue certainly knows why. He wants to catch Ji Quan.

Ji Huaiyu said: "I promised you that if there is anything, I will discuss it with you. I also promised you that I will take you away after the matter is over."

Jian Yue smiled a little, and then he sat up to eat and said, "That's about right. I told you not to handle things alone. You need to learn to be a little more selfish."

Ji Huaiyu looked at him with a smile as he was full of energy. He sat beside the bed and fed him the porridge with a spoon, saying, "Eat slowly. No one is going to snatch it from you."

Jian Yue took the bowl and said, "It's okay, I can eat by myself. I'm not that delicate. I still have to go to the altar later in the afternoon."

Ji Huaiyu watched him gulp down the porridge, then said, "There will be a lot of people at the altar today, and it will be dangerous. You should stay away from it. I'll let Ji Huaisheng take care of you."

Jian Yue shook his head and said, "I don't need anyone to lead me. I'll just follow you."

Ji Huaiyu was silent for a moment and then said, "I'm going to catch him, so I'm afraid I can't take care of you."

Jian Yue knew what he was going to do, so he said, "You don't have to worry about me. I will help you."

Ji Huaiyu shook his head and said, "When the formation is activated, all creatures in the formation will be in danger of death. You and your companions must evacuate from the passage in the mountain as soon as possible."

Jian Yue was slightly startled.

In fact, Ji Huaiyu had directly given him the answer to the question.

The door that Dream Core uses to leave the dungeon is usually found by players who have to risk their lives in the final mission, but Ji Huaiyu told him directly.

However, telling him would only save a little time. If the passage for the Dream Core to leave was in the mountains, the group of puppets left behind by the Ji family would definitely not let the players have an easy time, and it would actually be a fierce battle.

Jian Yue tightly grasped Ji Huaiyu's hand and said, "What are you going to do?"

The two people looked at each other.

Ji Huaiyu said: "I promised you that I would take you away after this is over, and I won't break my promise."

Jian Yue knew that Ji Huaiyu would never make promises casually. If he said he would do something, he would definitely do it. All she had to do was to believe him.

"I'll wait for you in the passage." Jian Yue said, "If you don't come, I won't leave."

He also knew that Ji Huaiyu knew that he could say it and do it.

Ji Huaiyu smiled gently, pinched Jian Yue's face and said, "I know."

*

evening.

The whole mountain was brightly lit.

This was the most turbulent night. Thousands of years ago, a fire on the mountain destroyed the future of a sect.

It is this group of people who protect the peace and tranquility of the town.

The residents of the town have to remember this day and go up the mountain to worship them, and the program crew who are shooting the movie on location will also take the opportunity to come in, because normally this place is never open to the public.

The whole mountain was brightly lit.

The lights seemed to fall on lamps everywhere, illuminating the stretches of paths.

Jian Yue looked at the time on his watch. There were less than three minutes left until the accident on the mountain thousands of years ago.

Wang Wenwen and others stood beside him, and asked worriedly, "Are you okay? Will anything happen?"

Jian Yue said: "Wait and see."

Time passed by little by little, the lights on the altar on the mountain were brightly lit, and as time passed by little by little, the pointer pointed to the time.

The time on the clock has come.

Jian Yue slowly raised his head. On the altar, the people who were still taking turns to worship raised their heads as if they had sensed something. Someone shouted first:

“There was an earthquake.”

"It seems like an earthquake."

“The mountain is shaking!”

The entire ground was shaking. Jian Yue looked up at the mountain peak, where the lights were flickering. He said, "Go and take a look."

Many villagers in the town ran down the mountain, but one group went upstream.

Jian Yue had never run so fast before. The earth-shaking running was shaky at first, but he had a goal in mind, so he was naturally determined.

There were many people standing on the altar. They did not run away. Even when the earthquake came, they did not even show any fear. Their faces were stiff, and they just stood there in a daze like puppets.

And in the middle of this group of people, there stood a man.

"It's here..." he murmured, "This day has finally come!"

He was the man who disappeared in the village. He was Ji Quan’s last puppet.

As the earth shook, the wind blowing from the entire altar seemed to carry a heat wave and a smell of blood.

"Dig it for me!" Ji Quan pointed at the stone tablet in the middle and said, "Push it over and dig out what I want!!"

When the earth shakes and the mountains tremble, the power of the stone tablet's curse is at its weakest.

Aya ran to Jian Yue and said, "We can't let him get it!"

Many players rushed up. At this moment, they had the same goal, which was to protect the stone tablet. As long as they could survive this earthquake, Ji Quan's plan would be shattered and their copy mission would be completed.

The heat from the altar burned fiercely.

The players who rushed over were all blocked by the puppetized golems. On the altar, the puppets moved extremely quickly, or even faster. They were not afraid of pain, and their bodies were even as hard as iron when they fought.

"ah!"

One player screamed in pain as a puppet chopped his arm and he fell to the ground.

The smell of blood at the scene was extremely strong.

The situation of Wang Wenwen, Nangong Xi and others not far away was also not good. They all carried weapons, but they could not withstand the large number of puppets, and they were almost immortal. They could still fight even if they had no consciousness!

More and more people were being hacked to death.

"It's so hot!" Many players rolled on the ground wailing in pain.

Jian Yue found that he could not feel the heat. He looked down at the ring on his hand. The red gem was glowing. It was a fire-proof bead.

It turns out that the props are already on him.

But even though he was safe, others were still in great danger.

Jian Yue said without even thinking: "Wang Wenwen, use your invisibility ability to lead them to the tunnel and follow this map!"

This map was drawn by Jian Yue when he found the secret book. When he opened it, he guessed that this door and passage should be the place to leave the dream core.

Wang Wenwen's arm was also chopped. He fled in a panic and said, "Butler Wang, what are you going to do? We haven't stopped Ji Quan yet!"

Jian Yue dodged the attack in a panic and said, "I can't care about so much now. At least one more person can survive. Hurry up!"

Wang Wenwen subconsciously obeyed the order and used the card to pull Nangong Xi, Aya, Li Lele and others away.

Aya said, "I'll stay!"

Jian Yue shook his head and said, "You go with them. They are too young and may easily make mistakes in the tunnel."

Aya was a little hesitant: "But..."

Wang Wenwen said quickly: "Sister Ya, none of us have attack cards. If my invisibility card fails, I won't be able to take care of the puppets in the tunnel by myself!"

Aya could only nod and say, "Okay, I'll take you away!"

Once they left, even fewer people remained at the altar.

When the puppets were about to rush towards Jian Yue, someone came over from a distance. He just raised his leg and kicked the puppets away easily.

Wherever he walked, the puppets retreated as if they had seen a terrible flood or a monster.

Jian Yue glanced sideways and saw Ji Huaiyu slowly walking towards him.

Ji Huaiyu stood in front of Jian Yue. He raised his hand to wipe the blood that had splattered on Jian Yue's face and whispered, "Didn't I tell you not to come up?"

Jian Yue's voice was already a little hoarse, and he said, "I'm worried about you."

"Don't worry about me." Ji Huaiyu said, "They can't hurt me. You can see that they don't dare to do anything when I'm here."

Those puppets were indeed very afraid of Ji Huaiyu.

Some players not far away were already exhausted. If they wanted to completely clear this dungeon, the Puppet Cone was an SSS-level item, so many people still wanted to fight for it.

Ji Huaiyu said to Jian Yue: "Remember what I said, go back to the tunnel and wait for me to find you."

The air was filled with a strong smell of blood and heat waves.

Ji Huaiyu said: "Trust me."

Jian Yue looked at him and said without hesitation: "Okay."

He turned around and walked towards the tunnel almost without thinking, because he knew that a fierce battle was waiting for him there.

Go down the tunnel.

Following the map, they walked forward. At the junction, they found a chaotic battlefield with many puppet fragments scattered around. Jian Yue did not see Aya and the others. He looked around and called out, "Wang Wenwen? Nangong Xi?"

Shouting now.

A knife appeared at the neck.

Jian Yue paused and heard a cold voice behind him: "Don't move."

It was Wang Wenwen's voice, and he stopped.

"Hand over all the props you have." Wang Wenwen said, "and I will spare your life."

Jian Yue didn't turn around, he just smiled and said, "Where are Aya and the others?"

Wang Wenwen calmed down for a moment, then said, "You don't seem very surprised to see that it's me?"

Jian Yue said: "Surprised! Aren't you surprised?"

Wang Wenwen: “…”

You're not surprised! Can you please respect him?

Wang Wenwen smiled and said, "Butler Wang, you must be very frustrated now. You entered this instance just to save me, but you didn't expect that you would fall into my hands, right? Do you want to know why?"

I wanted to see Jian Yue crying and begging for mercy.

Jian Yue said: "No, I'm not interested."

Wang Wenwen: “…”

He really wanted to get angry!

"You're just being stubborn." Wang Wenwen sneered and said, "I've destroyed the puppet shell you were going to use. Without it, you can't reach the Hall of the End. You were very proud of playing tricks on Wen Yu and Scarface from our organization before. Now you're kneeling down to beg me, I can consider giving you a way out."

Unfortunately, Jian Yue remained calm.

Jian Yue said: "Then I can guarantee that you will never be able to take the props from me."

Wang Wenwen’s smile froze.

"Besides," Jian Yue pointed at him and said, "That map is also wrong. I think you've discovered that no matter which way you go, there's no way out, right? By the way, the puppets here won't hurt me. On the contrary, it's not certain whether they will kill you or not."

He paused.

Looking at Wang Wenwen's face which was becoming increasingly purple.

Jian Yue smiled and said, "It's just a friendly reminder. Now it's time for you to think about it, or ask me for help."