Chapter 536 [(*^▽^*)]

The two passed by the players who were still running away, but did not continue to kill them. Instead, they made their way to the village. It was already night, and there were still quite a few villagers at the village chief's house.

Because the villagers were very scared, even if they found that someone hadn't come, they didn't ask any questions. Everyone knew that if someone didn't come here or go to those small houses so late at night, they were probably dead.

Lin Leyou and the others stood on the roof of the house closest to the village chief's house. Xue Rui glanced over there and said, "It seems like there are fewer villagers at the village chief's house today."

"What's so strange about that? I had my underlings break down the door before. Some of the more timid ones probably followed the other villagers to the players' safe house, since neither of us could get close to it."

Lin Leyou then asked, "By the way, are there any players staying at the village chief's house?"

Xue Rui shook his head, "It's not possible to find it for the time being, and it might be necessary... or maybe not."

Lin Leyou said, "Then let's give it a try."

With a wave of his hand, three henchmen appeared near the village chief's house. Their figures appeared and disappeared intermittently as they drifted to the gate of the village chief's house.

The wind chimes hanging on the door rang again, and the people hiding inside let out some small sobs, followed by some arguing.

Soon the three henchmen began to take turns ramming the door. Although they were ramming the door, they did not actually touch it because of the door god. Instead, they were blocked outside the door by an invisible force.

Even if they are blocked, it doesn't matter. Each impact will wear down some of the gatekeeper's power, and even cause the protected gate to make a sound similar to an impact.

To the villagers hiding inside, it sounded like someone had broken down the door!

Even knowing this, they dared not wander around. There were ghosts outside the gate, and it was only safe to hide inside. Even if a ghost broke in, there were so many living people with plenty of yang energy, so they were not afraid of ghosts!

Lin Leyou: "It looks like it will take a while longer."

Xue Rui: "There's something unusual at the player's safe house. Lights are on in two of the small houses."

Lin Leyou looked towards the player's safe house and indeed saw two bright spots, but they quickly disappeared. "Did they turn off the lights?"

Xue Rui: "They don't dare to come over."

Lin Leyou said, "Indeed... Last time, we killed several of the many players who came and suffered a great defeat. This time, the strongest ones are still in the mountains and haven't come out yet, so naturally they don't dare to come over."

"After all, there are still safe houses available. When people have a way out, they just won't choose to go out and take risks."

Lin Leyou suddenly revealed a sinister smile, "Just wait and see. Once the players who are still alive in the mountains come out, they will most likely stop caring about the villagers. Then we'll see how these villagers kill each other."

Xue Rui, "Mutual killing between villagers and players?"

Lin Leyou nodded, "Right now, in this village, the only places that can keep out ghosts, besides the village chief's house, are the safe house for the ten players."

"What if the village chief's protective barrier breaks? After that... where can they go to survive?"

Xue Rui looked in the direction of the safe house, "Of course, it's the player's hut."

Lin Leyou's expression was ambiguous. "Then, can the player's hut accommodate more than four hundred villagers?"

Xue Rui said, "I don't think it will work. Besides... the villagers and players are all living people. They still need to eat and drink. In other words, they still need to come out to find food, boil water, and cook no matter what."

Lin Leyou said, "This is our chance. Besides... it's uncertain whether the players will even let the villagers live in their safe houses, but the villagers will soon discover that ghosts won't approach the safe houses..."

Players are not allowed to let villagers into safe houses, and the village chief's house has been destroyed. Villagers can only stay in their own homes or places that seem safe.

But what seemed safe was actually very dangerous, so much so that the villagers soon discovered that no ghost ever went past the player's hut, and they instinctively knew they would have to confront the player.

Lin Leyou: "I suddenly feel... I'm really cunning."

Xue Rui, however, thought it was good, "This is great, I like it..."

Lin Leyou's gaze fell on his face, then she couldn't resist ruffling his head. "I know you like me, and I like myself too."

Xue Rui's calm gaze fell on him, staring intently. Lin Leyou coughed awkwardly, then added, "Of course, I like you too."

Xue Rui then shifted his gaze to the village chief's house, where Lin Leyou's three henchmen were banging on the gate.

Time ticked by, and Guo Xia and Guo Chengzheng could now see the players ahead in the distance. They exchanged a glance and both breathed a sigh of relief; they really hadn't expected this...

Even after they used speed boosts, it still took them so long to catch up. Those people are incredibly fast! Luckily, they still managed to catch up!

But soon the people in front noticed the figures chasing from behind and ran even faster!

Guo Xia and the others twitched their lips, but they didn't do anything extra. Everyone ran as fast as they could, and after running for who knows how long, they finally got out of the mountains!

Standing near the fields at the foot of the mountain, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but they didn't waste any time. They could see the players' safe house in the distance, and they ran back to the vicinity of the safe house in one go.

At this moment, Guo Chengzheng and Guo Xia caught up from behind. The players in front relaxed and realized that these two were not ghosts or possessed by ghosts after seeing that they were safe near the safe house.

"Holy crap! It's you two! You scared me to death! Why didn't you say a word?!"

Everyone looked at them with condemnation.

Guo Xia said matter-of-factly, "Who knows if there are ghosts chasing us? How could we dare to say anything? Of course, we ran with all our might!"

That's absolutely right! After all, they themselves were running as fast as they could.

Just then, the lights in the safe house turned on, and someone came out. "You're back?"

"Huh? There are only so few of you?"

Rong Yuwen had caught his breath and counted the number of people. "There are only eighteen..."

"Twenty went at first, and ten more came to their aid, but only eighteen returned. That means we lost twelve of our top-tier players at once!"

"There was nothing we could do. The BOSS appeared just now, and we're lucky we even made it back. We were completely unprepared. The BOSS was very strong... He let out a shriek at us, and my mind went completely blank. When I came to my senses, I saw that two of us were already dead..."

"Yes, the situation was extremely chaotic at the time. There were countless vengeful spirits assisting the BOSS on the road. If there was only the BOSS in the village, we could have handled it, but in the mountains..."

"Oh, right! There's one more very important thing! We've been scammed by the villagers!"

The player who said this spoke very loudly, especially since it was late at night and the surroundings were completely silent. After he shouted this, almost all the villagers resting in the ten huts heard it.

They were all shocked, not knowing what kind of deception it was, but they listened intently to what was to come.

"What did we get scammed out of? What did the villagers scam us out of?"

Rong Yuwen sighed, "Let me handle this. Everyone is too tired. Let's sit down and rest for a while."

The player, still quite angry, didn't say much. Anyway, it was safe near the hut; the ghost couldn't get in, or even get close.

Rong Yuwen then said, "This is what happened. We went to the village chief's family to ask about the location of the evil god temple and where the entrance to the place where the stone coffin was placed is."

"But after a perilous journey and paying a price to reach the temple of the evil god, we couldn't find the so-called entrance at the location they described."

“We thought we had made a mistake and hadn’t looked in the right place, but… we pried up all the stone bricks on the ground of the entire evil god’s temple, and even shoveled a thick layer of soil inside and outside, but we still couldn’t find it.”

"It got dark quickly. We hadn't found anything of value, so we decided to head back. After all, the Evil God Temple was definitely the BOSS's lair. On our way back, we met ten companions who came to meet us."

"At the place where we met, a large group of vengeful ghosts blocked our way. Then the BOSS Fu Qingqiu appeared, and he did look exactly like the one in the photo."

"With the appearance of the vengeful ghost BOSS and the surrounding vengeful spirits, we were no match for the BOSS and could only run back. In this way, we paid the price of twelve high-level players, all for this fake news..."

Just as Rong Yuwen was explaining what had happened, the other players in the cabins came out one after another and listened to him. After learning about this incident, all the players were unsettled.

But they didn't say anything, because they weren't sure what the others were planning.

Suddenly, someone spoke up in the darkness, "Killing players can get you two or three hundred points, so can killing villagers get you points? There are so many villagers..."

Rong Yuwen glanced at the person who spoke. Most of the person's body was hidden in the darkness, so he couldn't tell who he was or what he looked like. But he remembered that this person was one of the people who came to meet him.

It seems he was holding back his anger.

Rong Yuwen said, "Since the side quest is to protect the villagers, it's fine if we, as players, don't protect them, but we shouldn't kill them either, since we won't get any points for that."

How will you know if you don't try?

Rong Yuwen glanced over there again, and the same person was speaking, "If you have this idea, then go ahead and try it. But the consequences are still unclear, so don't drag those who don't want to get involved."

This person is Zhou Nanyue. He has been eyeing these villagers for a long time. He had always had concerns because he thought that killing them would lead to bad things, but now he no longer has those concerns.