Chapter 23 Mountain God

Chapter 23 Mountain God

[Search completed.] 】

Si Yuan nimbly got out of the house and reported the enemy situation to Lin Muyu who was on the lookout.

[Thank you for your hard work. How is it?] 】

[Among the houses we searched, one or two had wooden signs hidden, and they were all hidden next to the bed. Oh, and I found some knives, too. 】

The weather was a bit hot and humid, and he wiped the sweat from his forehead.

[I took a closer look. The wooden plaques of the older villagers were more worn, while those of the younger villagers looked like they had just been received and were 90% new. The knives were of various types, sharpened to a very sharp edge, and wrapped in a thick cloth. They did not look like they were used to kill livestock. 】

【so. 】After listening to this, Lin Muyu thought for a moment and said, 【In a village with hundreds of people, it depends a lot of luck to find information. 】

At least we are lucky? 】Si and An smiled, shook their heads vigorously, and smoothed their hair. [Let’s go, continue! 】

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At this point, the high priest finally put on a different mask and went out, and Qi Heng seized the opportunity.

He went straight to the point, took out a black box from under the bed and opened it.

"?? This high priest actually has a cross-dressing fetish!"

"What cross-dressing fetish? This is clearly a collecting fetish!"

"None of this sounds right... =_="

"Oh shit, a mountain village, a festival, a strange collection, everything is there."

"So survival means surviving the villagers' hands...?"

…

Qi Heng put the box back thoughtfully and began a tornado-like search, almost prying open the concrete floor.

But the high priest obviously trusted his own authority. The black box was the most securely hidden item in the whole house, and he carried the key with him, which made the items inside even more intriguing.

There was no need to waste time here, Qi Heng stood up and glanced at the door casually.

The high priest pushed open the door and found the room empty, just as it was before he left, with nothing unusual.

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In the real copy, it was already dark and a day's search was over. The four slightly tired people gathered in Qi Heng's room to exchange clues.

Si Yu'an slumped in his chair. He had been going in and out stealthily all day, and had looked almost everywhere in the house. Sometimes the villagers would suddenly come back, and he would have to perform an extreme escape under Lin Muyu's reminder, holding his breath and chatting with the villagers who greeted him.

Qi Heng came back with a kettle, poured water into the cups one by one, and pushed them to the other three people.

"Thank you - I can finally drink some water!"

Si and An came back to life and quickly picked it up and drank it all. Seeing this, Qi Heng poured him another cup, receiving his moved look.

Ye Yunhe and Lin Muyu were also extremely thirsty. They only drank a few sips of water from the villagers throughout the day. I originally wanted to fetch some water and boil it myself, but when I got into the house, Qi Heng was already ready.

Unlike his appearance, he is surprisingly considerate.

They looked at the extra chairs and cups and thought to themselves.

"The high priest has unusual abilities." Qi Heng spoke while the three were drinking water.

"I observed him for a whole day, and a total of five or six families came to him for help. One of them had a sick child, and he did get better after he touched his forehead."

Ye Yunhe put down the water cup and agreed: "All the information at the moment is closely related to the high priest."

"I got a lot of information from my neighbor, and she said that sacrifices have existed for a long time. The high priest, as the person closest to the mountain god, has the absolute and highest say."

"The wooden plaque was distributed by him. Only those who have made contributions can receive it. It can protect people from nightmares and evil spirits."

"But what was being offered... That person didn't say it clearly. Her tone and demeanor were too matter-of-fact. If the sacrifice was really a living person, this village would be too chilling."

Ye Yunhe couldn't help but frown.

The dungeon has always been full of malice towards players, so even if she is told now that the sacrifice is herself, it will not be surprising.

However, the children here have been immersed in the great deeds of the "Mountain God" since birth, and their roots have long since rotted and become the nourishment of the village. If you tell them that they can serve the mountain god by dying, they will probably stab themselves in the chest without hesitation.

"How can a mountain god want living people as sacrifices? An evil god, right?" Si Yu'an was puzzled and couldn't understand. "What kind of evil things did those villagers' knives do?"

"Ignorance and stupidity can kill people. Maybe there is no such thing as a mountain god."

Lin Muyu's fingers kept tapping the table, which was a common action he made when he was thinking.

"The sacrifice will begin in three days. If the offering to the mountain god is a human, the abducted person will be locked up in the village. But the condition for passing the dungeon is survival, and there is also a three-day countdown."

"If the mountain god really exists, then we must have angered him by rescuing the sacrifice. If the mountain god does not exist, then why did we die?"

There is no reason for the villagers to kill their own friendly forces. Besides, Si, An and Qi Heng all have wooden signs and have made contributions.

What about the high priest? His seemingly good attitude towards the villagers hides hidden intentions, and his abilities are also unclear.

...The clues cannot be connected, we have to find a breakthrough point quickly.

By the way, there is another place - the mountain god temple.

The door was closed and chained. During the early stages of the sacrifice, only the high priest could enter and exit.

"By the way, Qi Heng, can I ask about your abilities?" Lin Muyu looked at the boy opposite him gently, "My abilities are in the detection department, and these two are in the attack department and the time department respectively."

"That's nothing. I'm a lightning-type, an attack-type, and I can do long-range attacks." Qi Heng shook his head and directly reported his own abilities.

"Lightning type?" Si Yu'an stood up straight, raised his eyebrows and looked a little excited, "Our team just happens to be short of a long-range one, so our chances of winning have increased again!"

"It's better not to fight." Ye Yunhe curled her lips, asking him to spit out the unlucky words three times.

Lin Muyu smiled and looked helplessly at the two teammates beside him.

“…”

Qi Heng sipped the water quietly, watching the people opposite him joking with each other. The dim light added a touch of gentleness to him, and the indifference of the daytime completely melted into his eyes. There seemed to be an unknown emotion, but it instantly turned into a warm gaze.

He lowered his eyes, and after a while he continued:

"Captain Lin, are you going to use your supernatural powers to investigate the mountain temple?"

"Well, that's what I plan to do."

Realizing that Qi Heng had something to say, Lin Muyu looked at him seriously.

"The ability to directly probe into the interior must consume a lot of energy. I have another way to enter openly and find out whether the sacrifices and the mountain god exist."

"Just a little help from you."

"!"

Is there any other good thing like this?

The three of them stared at him together, waiting for his plan.

Qi Heng gently put down the cup, a faint smile hidden in the corner of his lips: "It's very simple, didn't I just say that I can control lightning remotely?"

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At night, the crescent moon hangs high in the sky, dotted with stars. It is an unpolluted natural scenery.

In this place without entertainment, the villagers fell asleep early, and the wooden signs beside them made them feel safe. Wrapped in a warm quilt, even if the bed is hard, it is still a wonderful night.

But some things cannot be avoided by so-called blessings, such as at this moment, the sudden loud noise scares people so much that they open their eyes directly, and no matter how deep their sleep is, they cannot avoid waking up.

"What's going on?"

"What happened?"

“I’ll go!”

…

There were constant exclamations and shouting from people who were grumpy when they woke up.

Then came panicked screams—

"Ah! Someone come quickly, the mountain temple was struck by lightning!!"

What? ?

There was no way of calming down. All the villagers who heard it put on their coats, slippers and hurried out.

I witnessed the mountain temple being struck by lightning again, and the loud noise I heard not long ago exploded in my ears again.

Some children burst into tears in fear, covering their ears and calling for their mothers.

The villagers opened their mouths wide, staring blankly at the sacred mountain temple in their hearts being struck so many times by lightning from the sky. The tiles on the roof fell down under the weight and broke into pieces, creating a mess.

The high priest rushed out of the door and was almost hit by falling tiles, but he narrowly avoided it.

He had not expected such a bizarre incident to happen. After a brief moment of being stunned, he immediately stretched out his hand to draw a seal. A light black mist condensed into a shield, appearing above the mountain temple. It seemed easy, but in fact it was difficult to block the lightning attack.

As the high priest looked on anxiously, the lightning stopped. He breathed a sigh of relief calmly, then turned to scolding.

"Alright! What are you looking at? The mountain god was just taking a short break, and some villains were trying to bully us. The evil spirit's power was not strong. Didn't he see the inexplicable lightning that struck off the tiles of the mountain god's temple?"

"It must be because we have been too gentle with them in the past three years, allowing them to think they could make a comeback. Once the sacrifice is over, this situation will never happen again!"

The surrounding villagers reacted and realized what was going on. They started to criticize the "evil spirits" and swore at them.

"Alright, alright, go back to sleep. With me here, no more filthy things will come to disturb us. The sacrifice in two days must satisfy the mountain god!"

The high priest shook his hands and snorted coldly.

The villagers immediately stopped talking, looked at the high priest and the protective shield above the mountain temple with reverence, and went home with peace of mind.

After everyone returned to the house, the high priest took a deep breath, and the protective shield that had been held for a long time immediately shattered and dissipated.

This group of people walked so slowly that they almost couldn't hold on...

He cursed in his heart, even fouler than the villagers.

This damn lightning, could there really be some evil spirit causing trouble? It clearly didn't come from the sky, only these idiots can't see that.

Could it be that his decline in power is related to this lightning? There must be ghosts in this mountain temple that was specially chopped down!

It's a pity that he worked hard for decades to gain enough power to look down on others, but he suddenly backed off a few years ago, forcing him to continue being a lousy priest and doing this and that. If these people were not still useful, he would have turned against them long ago!

Now even the protective shield is so barely there, I almost lost face in front of the villagers! Then wouldn’t the image he had built up for so long collapse? ! No, once every three years is not enough, he needs more and more...

"The high priest?"

A voice suddenly sounded.

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