Chapter 30 I vote for my roommate
After a long period of silence, someone slowly broke the peace.
"Well... after careful consideration, I still think my roommate is pretty good. I'll vote for him."
"What you said before makes a lot of sense. For some reason, I suddenly had an epiphany and voted for my roommate."
"Well, roommates, roommates..."
The comments were harmonious and the tone was very consistent.
In the copy screen, Yin Xiu lowered his eyes in thought and did not agree directly.
After all, the other party clearly had an ulterior motive, and it certainly wasn't as simple as simply giving him information. It was most likely a trap set for him.
"It only takes a little time to follow me. It's not a loss for you, right?" Seeing that Yin Xiu was unshakable, the mayor began to seduce him in a low voice. As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on Yin Xiu's slightly drooping eyelashes, which were filled with the cold light. He stared at the slight tremor every time he blinked, and his tone couldn't help but become excited.
"If you want to clear this dungeon with a high star rating, you need to understand the entire background of the town. Exploring alone would be very slow, and you might not even get to the bottom of it after completing the entire process. Isn't that right?"
He silently closed the distance between himself and Yin Xiu, his gaze was bold, but his behavior was never too presumptuous. After all, Yin Xiu had never taken his hand off the hilt of the knife since he appeared.
"What if I don't go?" Yin Xiu raised his eyes and stared at him, asking quietly.
The mayor's lips curled slightly as he stared at his reflection in Yin Xiu's dark pupils. His deep-set face flashed a coldness under the light. "In this small town, no one can refuse the mayor's invitation."
Yin Xiu was silent for a moment, and the atmosphere between the two began to solidify and become awkward.
"What if I must refuse?"
“No one can refuse.”
"What is the consequence of rejection?"
"You don't want to know."
"Is this a threat?"
The mayor's expression relaxed slightly, with a hint of gentleness, "How could that be? As long as you cooperate, you won't be a threat."
Yin Xiu's face instantly turned cold, causing the entire commentary to be filled with shock.
"Isn't it too dangerous to start a war with the mayor on the day we enter the town?"
"I don't think this is a good direction to go, but Yin Xiu has been threatened, and it seems that there is no other choice but to break up with him."
"I told you this mayor is not a good person. He's not pretending at all."
"Who was going to vote for him before? It's not too late to vote for your roommate now."
"Leave me out first."
"Don't worry about it, it's best for someone to come and break this situation!"
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the live broadcast screen.
When the situation between Yin Xiu and the mayor was completely deadlocked and there was no room for negotiation, Yin Xiu tightened his grip on the knife handle, and the mayor took a step back.
The situation is tense and ready to explode.
However, the next second, a picture frame fell from the sky and landed directly between the two of them. With a loud bang, both of them were stunned in the tense atmosphere.
"Fuck, throwing objects from a high place, who is so uncultured!" The commentator cursed loudly, and then saw Li Mo on the stairs.
"Uh...good job!"
"It showed up just in time! It's definitely a stock I'm optimistic about!"
"Go ahead! Even though you're a monster, I support you in stepping on the mayor to take the position!"
"Am I still watching a live broadcast of a horror dungeon? What are they talking about in the comments..."
Li Mo's sudden appearance made the atmosphere on the first floor even more eerie. He lowered his head and stared at the mayor at the bottom of the stairs, and the mayor looked at him unmoved.
The two gazes collided and tore at each other in the air, and the paintings on the surrounding walls began to tremble.
Yin Xiu's eyes swept between the two of them, and he calmly bent down to pick up the picture frame that had been thrown on the ground. It was empty inside, just a blank picture frame. Referring to the portraits on the surrounding walls, this empty picture frame seemed to have been prepared for someone in advance.
It was obvious that Li Mo was reminding him of the mayor's purpose towards him.
"This... is just a picture frame that has not been used in the house yet." When the mayor saw Yin Xiu looking at the picture frame, he hurriedly explained, which made him look suspicious.
"Yeah." Yin Xiu responded lazily and put the picture frame aside.
He glanced at Li Mo upstairs, and after a few seconds of silence, he looked at the mayor and asked, "When does the sacrifice ceremony begin?"
The mayor was stunned. "You want to go with me?"
Yin Xiu nodded.
This stunned everyone. It was such an obvious trap, yet he actually wanted to go into it.
"He has a purpose towards you..." The one who reacted most directly was Li Mo at the stairs on the second floor. For a moment, the smile he had always maintained on his face almost disappeared, and a dark look appeared in his eyes.
"I know." Yin Xiu also answered directly, "Some information can only be learned from him."
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Li Mo, who came from an unknown background, and the mayor with ill intentions were both approaching Yin Xiu with a purpose. It was simply a situation of two hunters competing for the same prey.
The mayor is roughly equivalent to the town information.
Li Mo is almost like a partner. He is a mobile bomb that has not yet taken action, but he can occasionally provide help.
But what is useful to Yin Xiu at the moment is the town information.
After Yin Xiu said he wanted to go with the mayor, the mayor immediately became energetic, while Li Mo became gloomy.
He lowered his head and stared at Yin Xiu, his eyes filled with uncertain emotions. Yin Xiu looked straight at Li Mo without saying anything.
After the two sides stared at each other for a moment, Li Mo left the stairwell without saying a word, leaving Yin Xiu and the mayor alone.
"This development means... that the roommate has voluntarily given in?"
"Although I know Yin Xiu is in a dilemma, why do I feel that my roommate is a little more reliable than the mayor?"
"Yes, and my roommate is still reminding Yin Xiu. He also helped to get the little girl back before."
"They're about the same. If he didn't have any problems, he wouldn't be sneaking into Yin Xiu's room all the time. Besides, he's still hiding his identity."
"You're from the town mayor's office, right?! Stop slandering your roommate! He's just mysterious! He hasn't done anything to Yin Xiu yet!"
"Don't argue, in my opinion, they are not good people, so when Yin Xiu entered here and divided the rooms for the second time, he directly chose the little girl."
"I think so too. How can anyone choose a good person between two bad people?"
"Yin Xiu must have his reasons for doing this, for example... can the mayor handle it?"
"He'd better be able to handle it, otherwise it's going to be trouble."
As soon as Li Mo left, the mayor's gaze became even more unscrupulous. He excitedly extended his hand to Yin Xiu and said enthusiastically, "The sacrificial ceremony is about to begin. Let me take you there."
Yin Xiu stared silently at the hand in front of him. If someone didn't know, they would think he was going to a party, but he had to go through all these fancy invitations to attend an underworld ceremony.
He walked away expressionlessly, walking right past the mayor.
The mayor was in a good mood and ignored his indifference, turning around and following him.
After it was completely dark, the town became much more lively than during the day. Lights were turned on in every household, and townspeople were walking around outside, laughing and talking. It seemed like an ordinary and peaceful town.
They decorated the altar in the square, wrapped it with a new red thread, and pasted talisman paper on it. They circled around the statue of the woman, muttering something as they circled, but the words were not very clear.
"What are they doing?" Yin Xiu did not go closer, but stood in front of the door and watched from afar.
The dense crowd was circling around the strange statue, muttering words of unknown origin, which was indeed a bit abnormal at night.
"During the preparations before the sacrifice ceremony, the woman's power is weakest at night." The mayor answered calmly, not intending to hide anything. "It's the woman who attacked you during the day. She was sealed in the statue.
Yin Xiu was thoughtful, "Who sealed it?"
The mayor smiled slightly, "I."
Yin Xiu glanced at him sideways, "Then she must really want to kill you."
"Of course." The mayor narrowed his eyes as he looked at the sacrificial ceremony being prepared in the distance. "But she can't be killed. Every night, a sacrifice will make her seal stronger. She can't kill me."
Yin Xiu nodded and said nothing more. However, the mayor couldn't wait to initiate the conversation. "Do you know why she was sealed there?"
"Why?" Yin Xiu leaned against the wall and took over the conversation lazily, appearing nonchalant.
"Because she was the first monster to appear in town, her appearance made the town very dangerous during the day. She also cursed everyone in the town to turn into monsters. As the mayor, I must protect this town, but I can't drive her away, so I can only seal her away. The rest of the seal will have to be maintained by the townspeople themselves."
Yin Xiu reorganized the information in his mind, carefully pondering the first condition for passing the level: placing the monster's corpse on the altar.
The rules didn't specify who the monster was. This was a monster town, and there were monsters everywhere, so at first he thought the monster was the most special little girl.
Now it seems... this is the origin of this monster?
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