Chapter 563 [(*^▽^*)]

Qin Xingyu then walked towards the village alone. It was more comfortable to stay in a house. Although he wasn't necessarily unable to adapt to living in the wild, he had experienced many things that were much more difficult than this before.

But if you can have better living conditions, why deliberately make your life difficult?

Lin Leyou watched his retreating figure, then pulled Xue Rui towards the ancestral hall. "Let's go, keep an eye on the ancestral hall. He said this evil god is very cunning, so we can't let our guard down."

Xue Rui: "Okay."

When they returned to the vicinity of the ancestral hall, they were surprised to find that the hall's doors were open again!

Lin Leyou's eyes narrowed. "Not good! This evil god is up to no good while we're away!"

Xue Rui looked around carefully. "There are 63 players in total, and four villagers, two men and two women. None of them are missing. It seems no one went in."

Lin Leyou observed him carefully while he spoke, then nodded, "Indeed, not a single one is missing. After Qin Xingyu said those words, did the Evil God really think that anyone would go in voluntarily?"

Just as Xue Rui was about to say something, he noticed that someone on the player's side had actually stood up—it was Rong Yuwen.

After watching Rong Yuwen stand up, Lin Leyou turned to look at the open gate of the ancestral hall. He slowly walked forward, but was soon stopped by other players.

"Captain Rong, where are you going? You're not going inside, are you?"

Rong Yuwen looked at their shocked expressions and said, "I'll go in and take a look."

"How can this be? There's an evil god inside... Going in means being eaten!"

Rong Yuwen said, "It's alright. I'm not like those NPC villagers. Nothing will happen to me. This evil god's injuries must not have healed yet. I'll go and try. If things don't look good, I'll use an item to escape. As for you, just wait for my news outside."

At this point, he added, "If I haven't come out before dark, you don't need to wait any longer. Figure out how to get through the main storyline yourselves."

The players were shocked. "You...you really want to go in alone?"

Rong Yuwen turned to look at the player, "Do you want to come in with me? I won't refuse."

The other person turned away guiltily, their eyes darting around. "This... I... I don't have enough props, and I'm not capable enough, so I won't go. Captain Rong is so amazing, he'll definitely be able to come back."

Rong Yuwen's gaze swept over each of the players one by one, and finally Guo Xia stepped forward, "I'll go in with you."

"What?" Rong Yuwen was clearly surprised. "Are you sure?"

Guo Xia nodded, "I'm still a little worried. I think we'd be more confident if the two of us went in together."

Rong Yuwen smiled slightly, but then refused, "No need. I have a prop that can protect me. If you come in with me, it will be worse."

Guo Xia blinked. So Rong Yuwen did have a defensive item. If that's the case... then if she said she wanted to go with him, it would arouse suspicion.

Unfortunately, I can't directly ask him if he's thought of something. Oh well... Rong Yuwen entered the ancestral hall not to target Fu Qingqiu, but to deal with the evil god inside.

He didn't need to press the matter too hard. "Alright then, I won't go. Remember to be careful."

Rong Yuwen nodded, "I'll go in now. You all need to be careful outside. Fu Qingqiu will be keeping an eye on things here."

After saying that, he got up and slowly walked forward. This time, he successfully crossed the gate and entered the ancestral hall.

Rong Yuwen paused slightly as he stepped through the gate, but still made it inside smoothly. It has to be said that you have to actually go inside to feel how warm and comfortable the ancestral hall is.

The cold winds outside couldn't get in at all; it was quiet, warm, safe, and comfortable inside.

He had only stepped through the gate a few seconds ago when Rong Yuwen felt a little dazed due to the huge difference in the external environment, but he quickly came to his senses.

Rong Yuwen, his eyes clear, continued walking forward until he reached the innermost part of the room. He didn't go inside, but instead peered through the crack in the door from the outside. The densely packed memorial tablets inside made his scalp tingle.

However, there are no ghosts from the village here, but evil gods.

He stood outside the door, his cold gaze fixed on the slightly ajar door. "I'm in. Now can we have a proper talk?"

At this moment, in the sky outside the ancestral hall, Lin Leyou and Xue Rui saw Rong Yuwen walk in, then look around with delight, and then choose a place to lie down and cross his legs to rest.

Lin Leyou: "This is absolutely an illusion."

Xue Rui: "We still can't get in."

Lin Leyou said, "Indeed...it's such a pity. I wonder how Rong Yuwen is doing inside."

Xue Rui, "He is indeed a good person..."

Lin Leyou looked at him, "Have you taken a liking to him?"

Xue Rui was taken aback for a moment, "If I could be a team member, that would be great."

Lin Leyou, "Then go find him?"

Xue Rui said, "Guo Xia will look for him. Once he finds him, I will contact him. I think Rong Yuwen will not refuse my invitation."

Lin Leyou: "Indeed... having another handsome guy will make your female teammates very happy."

Xue Rui paused slightly, "That's true."

Several hours passed in the blink of an eye, and the situation outside the ancestral hall remained unchanged, except that Lin Leyou and his group were getting closer and closer to the ancestral hall.

Xue Rui said, "I feel like something's not right."

Lin Leyou said, "What else could be wrong? There's some commotion among the players, probably because... they think Rong Yuwen is definitely dead inside."

Xue Rui: "It seems that players cannot check the number of surviving players."

Lin Leyou: "Can this be checked too?"

Xue Rui: "It used to be possible to check, but now that the difficulty of the dungeons has increased, it shouldn't be possible anymore."

Lin Leyou nodded. It was indeed possible to check before, but he hadn't tried it yet. He asked the system about the number of surviving players, but the system ignored him.

Okay, of course we can't check it. After all, he's the BOSS now. If he could check the system like that, wouldn't that be cheating?

Xue Rui: "It's too quiet."

Lin Leyou noticed a few villagers trembling, their eyes filled with despair, yet still preparing food for themselves. He then looked at the villagers whose faces were full of unease, their eyes glancing expectantly at the closed gate of the ancestral hall.

"Quiet doesn't mean calm. Just wait until midnight tonight, that's when we'll take action."

Xue Rui nodded without saying anything more. The unease in his heart was probably from the evil god. After all, it was an evil god... definitely not something that could be dealt with easily.

Lin Leyou pulled him to sit on a nearby tree, looking towards the direction of the ancestral hall. Now they just waited for the evil god to appear, wondering what the evil god looked like and what kind of talent it had.

"Keep your tearing talent. If an evil god appears, kill it without holding back."

Xue Rui: "No problem."

The two then whispered to each other, quietly waiting for midnight to arrive.

The arrival of night brings nothing more than increasingly strong winds to those outside the ancestral hall; after all, there's no longer any need to distinguish between day and night.

As midnight approached, Xue Rui felt an inexplicable sense of crisis growing stronger, and he subconsciously tightened his grip on Lin Leyou's hand.

Lin Leyou sensed something was off. "What's wrong? You're acting strange today."

Xue Rui frowned, "I can't quite put my finger on it, but I just feel..."

Lin Leyou said, "Since that's the case... there's still an hour until midnight, shall we try going closer to the ancestral hall?"

Xue Rui, "Okay..."

In Lin Leyou's view, his unusual behavior was probably a side effect of being the big boss of the vengeful ghost for the first time. Although he had never had any side effects before, doing something else to distract himself should be fine.

It's also possible that they're about to face an evil god, which is why they feel a sense of crisis.

When they approached the ancestral hall from above, they discovered that Rong Yuwen, who had been inside, had vanished. He must have been killed and eaten by the evil god, and it seemed that the evil god's injuries had healed a little.

This time, they were only one meter away from the ancestral hall, meaning they had only one hour left.

When Lin Leyou stretched out his ghostly claws toward the roof tiles of the ancestral hall, he found himself blocked by an invisible barrier. However, this time he could clearly feel his claws slowly approaching the roof tiles. Although it was very slow, they were indeed getting closer.

Xue Rui also tried it, "It seems that it is indeed possible to enter the ancestral hall at noon."

Lin Leyou: "Well, let's get ready. Sigh... If only we could use a prop, even just one would be fine."

Xue Rui did not deny that if it were possible, it would indeed be very simple, but the system would never allow such an unbalanced situation to occur.

After all, it's certain that the boss in a dungeon will be very powerful, but no matter how difficult the dungeon is, it must leave players a way to survive.

Lin Leyou and the others waited above the ancestral hall. An hour was not a long time, and soon only five minutes remained until the time was up.

Just then, Lin Leyou seemed to hear some knocking sounds. "Hmm?"

Xue Rui, "What's wrong?"

Lin Leyou listened intently, but this time he didn't hear the same sound as before. Could it be that he had misheard?

"It's nothing... I must have misheard."

Xue Rui, "Is there a strange sound?"

Lin Leyou nodded and then shook his head. "Strange... really strange, what is that sound?"

Xue Rui, "Can you still hear me?"

Lin Leyou shook her head. "No, I think I heard it just now, but I can't hear it when I listen carefully. It must have been my imagination."

Xue Rui: "Maybe it's not just your imagination? Describe it for me."

Lin Leyou pondered for a moment before saying, "It sounded like something was knocking, but I'm not sure. I didn't hear it clearly just now."

Xue Rui, "A knocking...knocking sound? Is it metal or...stone?"

As Lin Leyou was pondering, Xue Rui suddenly realized, "Stone...stone...stone coffin?"