Chapter 45: The Mayor's Heart Was Hit at First Sight
Those eager eyes slowly gathered around the house, and figures crowded outside, practically blocking all escape routes. Players still wandering outside, searching for information, were frightened and rushed back to seek shelter, hastily retreating from the townspeople and closing the door.
The darker it gets, the greater the chance of being affected outside. Even if other players don't have anything to do tonight, they are still afraid of the fire burning themselves.
"They have already started to act." Zhong Mu stood on the second floor and looked out, his face showing worry. They had been here for so many days, but this was the first time they saw NPCs gathered in front of them in such a large number. The scene was a bit shocking. When he thought that they were going to hunt down a player, he felt a little nervous.
The more he watched, the more uneasy he felt. He couldn't help but sigh, "I hope Yin Xiu can escape... But it seems like it's impossible for him to clear the dungeon tonight. Can he escape being sacrificed?"
For a normal player, reaching this point is like waiting for death, but I always feel that there are many possibilities for Yin Xiu.
Zhong Mu's entanglement was heard silently by the little girl.
She rubbed the little rabbit doll in her arms blankly and looked at the townspeople gradually gathering below. She pinched the rabbit's neck nervously and frowned.
As it grew darker, more and more townspeople gathered, but they did not rush in directly.
This house belongs to the mayor. Except for the waiters working inside, no one else has the authority to enter or exit the house. This is also the first player living in the house to become a sacrifice. They can only watch from outside the house and dare not enter rashly.
But the longer the time went on, the more anxious they became, and the more impatient they became. Then, the townspeople's whispers could be heard faintly from below.
"Why hasn't the mayor appeared yet? Has he not been found yet?"
"No, the mayor wouldn't show up on purpose to protect that man, right?"
"That's possible, because the mayor likes him very much."
"Then what should we do?! Doesn't the mayor care whether we live or die? What if she comes out of the seal?"
"If we don't offer a sacrifice in time, she will definitely come out and kill us!"
"Whatever! If the mayor doesn't show up... we'll have to go in to avoid being killed."
"No matter what you say tonight, you must offer this sacrifice!"
Those pairs of resentful, red eyes filled with murderous intent stared intently at the location on the second floor. Countless figures stood in the darkness, still waiting.
At this time, the other players in the house could no longer sit still. They all looked at the figures outside the window worriedly and began to communicate with each other.
"What if they rush in? Will they kill us by mistake? Or will they fail to find Yin Xiu and use one of us as a sacrifice?"
"Hide, we have no choice but to hide. Otherwise, we will capture Yin Xiu first and then send him away."
"... Forget about arresting Yin Xiu. There's a little girl with him."
"That's right. We can only hide. He's dead tonight anyway. Once tonight is over, we'll be able to clear the dungeon naturally and smoothly."
"Yes, yes. I hope this night will pass quickly, and he'd better not resist."
The other players hid in their rooms and prayed.
They listened carefully to the sounds outside, waiting for the townspeople to rush in and capture Yin Xiu, but as they listened, they did not hear any sound from outside, but instead heard strange footsteps in the house.
The sound was very light but very dense, as if a lot of people appeared in the corridor. They were in groups, slowly queuing up and walking down the stairs. They were so orderly and their numbers were so large that it made people's scalps numb.
Now almost all the players are hiding in their rooms, and the townspeople have not come in yet. So whose footsteps are coming from outside?
A chill instantly rose in the players' hearts. They held their breath, stood up carefully, and looked out through the peephole next to the door.
In the pitch-black corridor, groups of transparent blue figures walked past the door with their heads lowered. Their eyes were closed, their heads drooped, and they moved silently and slowly along the corridor. Their pale faces were bluish-purple and lifeless, like the faces of the dead.
Some of the figures went down to the first floor, and some stopped on the second floor. They stuck close to the wall and stood in a row along the corridor. The large and dense crowd of figures almost filled the entire house. Their voices could be heard everywhere outside, and almost no one dared to go out at this time.
"What the hell? My scalp is tingling... Is that a ghost???"
"Does this dungeon even have this? I can't even complete it normally."
The players were frightened and turned pale. They all huddled in their rooms and dared not come out.
Time passed little by little, and it was finally time for the sacrifice. The townspeople outside the door could no longer hold back and rushed in. At this time, the mayor appeared.
As always, he wore a gentle smile, stepped on the darkness, and gracefully appeared before everyone. Looking at the townspeople with bloodshot eyes and murderous expressions, he said calmly, "Everyone, the time for the sacrifice is almost here. I just remembered that today's sacrifice seems to be in my house. I am so late and have kept you waiting so anxiously."
The townspeople didn't care about his fabricated excuse. They just tightened their weapons and stared at the mayor. "Mayor, can we go in?"
"You won't be shielding that sacrifice, will you?"
"It was you who proposed the sacrificial rules. You won't break them now, will you?"
Facing the townspeople's eager gazes, the mayor nodded nonchalantly, "Well, go ahead. For the sake of sacrifice, of course you can enter my house and capture that man."
He spoke lightly, not as reluctantly as the townspeople had imagined. Although they were suspicious, time was of the essence, so as soon as they got permission, they rushed to the door of the house.
The mayor smiled and watched them silently, his eyes silently darkening.
This group of unruly people have been living in an oppressive environment for a long time and have become a little crazy. After a long time, they even dared to ignore him and forgot who is the real ruler of this town.
Want to kill Yin Xiu?
Even if there are countless casualties in the town tonight, Yin Xiu must not die. The loss of any number of townspeople's lives is far less important than the treasure he discovered.
However, in order to prevent the town from falling apart too quickly, he still had to do some superficial work. For this purpose, he was busy for the entire afternoon and finished the picture frame tailored for Yin Xiu early on.
As long as he quietly put Yin Xiu into the frame after he was caught, no one would be able to snatch this rare and unique existence from him.
Thinking of this, he still smiled with satisfaction, waiting for the group of people to rush in and grab his treasure for him, but in the chaos, he glanced out of the corner of his eye and suddenly saw the treasure he wanted to take away, leaning lazily against the window on the second floor, with his chin propped up and looking downstairs.
The faint light from the window outlined his white figure. The evening breeze blew gently, caressing the ends of his hair. He lowered his head to look at the mayor. His black jade eyes were slightly lazy and indifferent, and extremely cold.
The first glance hit the mayor right in the heart.
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