Chen Yabo and Jia Yu are Ying Rujin's men. Their plan to kill Su Deng is likely orchestrated by Ying Rujin.

"Let's wait until we run into each other." Su Deng led Su Muye through the door.

There is no ranking for clearing the level, but the team points reward is a total of 500.

A flash of white light, and we were immediately transported to the next game scene.

The scene is at night, the moon is very bright, and there is an abandoned village in front of you, with transparent spirits floating back and forth.

The moment Qin Xian saw it, his hair stood on end and he jumped behind Su Deng, yelling, "Help! It's a ghost village again!"

[System announcement: Welcome to the game instance "Ghost Village". Find the specific key to clear the instance]

"You're a grown man, for goodness' sake," Qiao Zhi raised an eyebrow. "It's just looking for keys, and they're all NPCs. You don't need to go to such lengths, do you?"

"Ghosts are scary, okay!" Qin Xian grumbled, hiding behind Su Deng.

Liu Sangua glanced at the moon in the sky. "This village isn't too big, but there are other teams. It'll be more efficient to search separately. If Qin Xian is scared, he can follow Su Deng. Qiao Zhi and I will each be in a team. Once the team members are bound together, their registration panels will be connected. If anything happens, or if anyone finds the key, they can call us through the panel at any time."

Su Deng nodded.

Although Qiao Zhi didn't want to be on a team by herself, she didn't object to the arrangement.

"Willow Goddess..." Qin Xian tugged at Su Deng, almost moved, "You're so considerate of me, you're such a good person!"

In reality, Liu Sangua just felt that it was not safe for Su Deng to be with Su Muye and also to be wary of the executioners' fighting. Qin Xian was also afraid of ghosts to a certain extent and did not seem to be able to walk independently. It would be better to let him protect Su Deng with her.

But seeing that he seemed to have misunderstood her meaning, she touched her nose and didn't explain.

The team split up on the spot.

Qin Xian held onto Su Deng's sleeve tightly, refusing to let go.

Su Muye was speechless. "Can't you be a little more manly?"

Qin Xian: "No."

He's afraid of ghosts.

Even knowing that these are fake NPCs in a game world, he is still afraid.

An uncontrollable fear.

Su Muye glanced at him and said, "Then you might as well just acknowledge my mother as your mother."

"You little rascal..." Qin Xian reached out and tapped him on the head, "Looking for the keys."

Su Muye rolled her eyes. "Mom, I'm not scared!"

Su Deng patted his head, her attention completely focused on her surroundings.

Those ghostly figures, judging from their clothes, should be villagers from this village, all of them with simple and honest appearances.

There are also children.

Qin Xian asked in a low voice, "Have you noticed something very strange...?"

“I’ve found it,” Su Deng said. “There are no women in this village.”

They walked quite a distance and saw nearly twenty ghosts, but none of them, whether adults or children, were female.

“And…” Qin Xian swallowed nervously, his gaze sweeping around, “I have a feeling that someone is watching us from the shadows…”

It's a subconscious bodily reaction, like being lurked by a venomous snake.

“It could be another player.” Su Deng said without looking away.

"Really?" Qin Xian was a little skeptical. What player would be so free as to not be clearing the game but instead be spying on them?

However, it's not certain that they've come to kill Su Deng.

Su Deng said, "Let's find the key first."

There is more than one team of players in the village, and more than one key.

Su Deng turned the corner and headed towards the house next door.

"Mom, I can help!" After entering the house, with a torch lit, Su Muye began to search around.

The feeling of being spied on grew stronger, and Qin Xian felt a chill run down his spine. But when he turned around, there was nothing but the wandering ghost. He simply closed the door behind him.

"Su Deng, let me tell you, there's definitely something hidden here!"

"This is a game of the Divine Court. If there's no danger, is it still the Divine Court?" Su Deng rummaged through the bottles and jars, completely unconcerned about the thing in the shadows. "The sooner we find the key, the sooner we can get out."

"Sometimes I really don't know how you can have such a good attitude..." Qin Xian was already numb to her.

There's no door in this dungeon; finding the key will allow you to complete it.

Nobody knew what the key looked like, so they just compared it to a regular key.

But after searching three or four houses, turning over all sorts of bottles and jars, even the stove and pots, they couldn't find a single key, let alone a key.

Qin Xian grabbed his hair in frustration, "Does this really have a key?"

He opened the system panel and connected with Qiao Zhi and Liu Sangua, "Have either of you found the key?"

"No." The two on the other side said in unison.

Do you know what a key looks like?

"have no idea."

Liu Sangua said, "However, I discovered something: besides the wandering ghosts, there are also evil spirits in this village."

Qin Xian was taken aback. "What is an evil spirit?"

Liu Sangua: "The souls of people who accumulate resentment in their lives and die unjustly cannot be reincarnated and remain in the human world. They feed on people's evil thoughts and greedily consume all negative emotions. They will attack humans indiscriminately and kill all humans."

Qin Xian shuddered. "I knew it! I felt like someone was watching us! It must be the evil spirit you were talking about!"

Liu Sangua said, "So far, we haven't found the key, nor have we found any similar items that can be used as a key. Let's meet up and discuss it again."

Qiao Zhi: "Okay."

*

Liu Sangua used to be a Taoist priest. In addition to predicting the fate of the country, he also had some contact with evil spirits and such things.

“But these evil spirits are part of the game's design, and we can't use traditional methods to solve them,” Liu Sangua pondered. “Perhaps the clues lie in this village and in these ghosts.”

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