Chapter 31 Sacrifice Ceremony
Yin Xiu didn't dare to confirm it directly, but just decided on this possibility in his mind.
At least judging from the townspeople's reactions, they really hated the woman who appeared during the day, and were quite happy to prepare for the sacrificial ceremony.
"Did you see the stone tablet at the entrance of the town when you came here?" Seeing Yin Xiu silent, the mayor brought up another topic again.
"I've seen it." Yin Xiu nodded. What was recorded above was the rules of this small town. He not only read it, but also memorized it firmly.
"Do you still remember the first one?" the mayor asked with a smile.
"Children are not allowed to touch the altar in the square at night?"
"Yes." The mayor withdrew his gaze from Yin Xiu and fell on the altar in the distance. "Before the seal, that woman liked to eat the children in the town. But after the seal, she no longer had the power to eat. Her only power was to turn people into monsters through the altar. And it only worked on children, because children have no resistance. Therefore, children must not touch the altar at night, otherwise they will be infected with the curse and turn into monsters."
Yin Xiu lowered his eyes in thought.
Foreground hint: The happy little girl followed her mother to live in the monster town where her grandmother lived.
The little girl came to the town with her mother, which meant that they were outsiders and were not considered residents. At this time, the town had become a monster town, and only residents could turn into monsters, but the outsider little girl and her mother would not.
But the little girl will turn into a monster now...
"She touched the altar..." This was the only thing Yin Xiu could think of, because the fifth rule of the town was that outsiders were allowed to watch the sacrificial ceremony, but they had to not break the rules.
Then it is possible that the little girl participated in the sacrificial ceremony, but broke the rules and turned into a monster.
Town Rule No. 6...
【For outsiders who accidentally break the rules, don't let them leave alive. 】
Is this the reason why the mother's note kept reminding her to hide the little girl?
Because the townspeople will deal with these outsiders who break the rules and will not let them leave alive, the little girl must also die.
The mayor's brief words gave Yin Xiu a lot of clues. He now speculated that the monster should refer to the woman, not the little girl who was originally a human.
Just as I was in a daze, the ceremony seemed to have begun. The torches surrounding the altar were lit one by one. The dim light was very eye-catching in the cold night, and also added a touch of warmth to the gloomy town.
Many players in the building leaned out of the windows and watched the ceremony.
"Do you want to come with me and take a look now?" The mayor extended his hand to Yin Xiu again, still with a warm smile on his face.
Yin Xiu lowered his eyes and stared at his hand. He pondered the value of the information just now in his mind, then silently reached out and touched it.
The comments were full of excitement: "He reached out! He reached out!!!"
"He actually paid attention to the mayor! What were they talking about just now? Did he hear something different from me? Did I miss something? Why did Yin Xiu become so nice?!"
"Look carefully! The man in the picture is Yin Xiu. He just responded to a man's hand-holding offer, but at this moment, another man in the second-floor window is staring at them with a gloomy expression and murderous intent. How will this strange love triangle end? Please watch tonight's live broadcast of the dungeon."
"Hahaha, the one in front, you understand the explanation."
"The murderous intent is already showing through the screen. I hope the mayor is okay."
"Ahhh, I'm new here. Boss, stop watching me. Can someone explain to me what the mayor just said? Why am I the only one who doesn't understand?"
"Don't worry, we didn't understand it either. We'll understand it by the end anyway, so we might as well just watch the show first."
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The mayor pulled Yin Xiu through the edge of the townspeople's encirclement and into the inner layer. The townspeople stood in a circle around the altar, with an opening in the circle. At this moment, two people carrying a large sack walked in from the opening and carried it to the altar amid cheers from the townspeople.
Yin Xiu looked at the sack. It was a very large bundle, so heavy that it required two people to carry it. The objects in the sack were cut into pieces. Through the marks on the sack, Yin Xiu could still make out some familiar outlines. In addition, there was a layer of dark red unknown liquid overflowing from the surface, so he could almost guess what was inside.
As soon as the things were placed on the altar, white mist suddenly filled the air from all directions, almost the same as during the day. It was that woman who appeared.
The players were so frightened that they retreated into their rooms and closed the windows. However, the expressions of the townspeople were much calmer than they had been during the day, and no one left the altar.
"The sacrificial ceremony begins! After three rings, everyone close their eyes and do not open them until the announcement is made!"
"Three! Two! One!"
As the leader of the ceremony counted down, the townspeople around him quickly closed their eyes. Although Yin Xiu was confused, he quickly closed his eyes as well.
After the experience during the day, many players immediately closed their eyes even though they were in a building, not daring to provoke the woman in the slightest. One or two people wanted to see what would happen next, so they closed the doors and windows and huddled in the room to watch.
The surroundings were quiet for about half a minute after the countdown. The white mist was still spreading, lingering around everyone in the square with a hint of coldness.
Yin Xiu listened quietly and paid attention. Suddenly, in the silence, the sound of footsteps was heard outside the crowd. The sound slowly passed through the circle and walked towards the altar.
The voice was accompanied by a sticky dripping sound along the way, and the bloody smell and damp chill made it difficult to imagine what she looked like.
When Yin Xiu ran into the woman during the day, there was heavy fog and he had already entered the house before the other party arrived, so he did not see what the woman looked like, but the sound of her passing by him at this moment made him curious.
The footsteps were of varying heaviness as they walked. One of the legs was probably limping, and there was a slight sound of something dragging on the ground between the steps, dripping as they passed in front of everyone.
After the footsteps stopped on the altar, the sound of sacks being torn open was heard in the air. Bunches of sticky stuff fell to the ground, and the smell of blood immediately filled the air.
The sounds of biting and chewing immediately rang out, echoing clearly among the townspeople.
The numbing bite and the smell of blood quickly made those who had their eyes closed think of horrific scenes. The longer they were forbidden to open their eyes, the more likely they were to speculate in a horrific direction.
Yin Xiu stood in front of the crowd with a straight posture, listening to the sounds in the darkness without moving.
He initially thought that this sacrificial ritual was to suppress the seal in order to strengthen it, but now it sounded like... the sacrifice was to feed a woman?
This is obviously a form of confinement seal, just like putting a wild beast in a cage, feeding it regularly to fill it up so that it has no interest in resisting. If you are more cautious, you may have to add other conditions to the seal to ensure that she will not resist at all.
Thinking of the sacrifices, Yin Xiu began to feel that there might be no normal people in this town. The shapes made by the sack were obviously human hands and feet, but such a ceremony was performed every night.
The crunching sound slowly stopped in the silence, as if the woman had finished eating, but she did not leave.
Her brief pause caused the breathing of the people around her to suddenly quicken, which was obviously an unexpected situation.
It was not until the footsteps were heard again that everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but they did not relax for a few seconds and the crowd's emotions became tense again.
The woman's footsteps did not mean she was leaving, but rather she began to move among the townspeople. Every time she passed in front of a person, that person would breathe rapidly, and would not breathe a sigh of relief until the footsteps had left him.
After the footsteps continued for half a minute, the woman slowly walked past Yin Xiu.
Suddenly, she stopped.
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