Chapter 203
The completely bright sky was a beautiful aqua blue, without any trace of haze.
The dilapidated house was gradually swallowed up by the fog that spread from behind and soon disappeared from sight.
Yi Tu felt a little complicated. He slowly withdrew his gaze and followed Xu Heng and the others, heading towards the next password point.
The three of them talked as they walked, and their pace was not slow.
Soon, Xu Heng understood the cause and effect of the game through Yi Tu and Hua San's retelling.
This was indeed an unexpected tragedy, and the tragedy itself was caused by a murderer who had never been seen or heard of.
Since the male owner is away from home all year round, even though the thoughtful female owner wants to guard against thieves, she deliberately hangs the male owner's clothes in the yard to create traces of his life.
But this still couldn't prevent the insidious and cunning murderer from deliberately lurking there, so that he could sneak in quietly while the hostess couldn't see what was happening in the yard.
He hid under the hostess's bed, and while she was sleeping, he stabbed her to death and threw her into the well. The child was not spared either.
The male owner, who had not received a letter from his wife for a long time, realized something was wrong and hurried back home. However, he found that the murderer had not left and was even waiting for his arrival in the yard.
In the end, the male owner was sewn up into a half-human, half-dog monster by the inhumane murderer and tied up in the yard, where he starved to death.
The final ending of this story, although it reveals the fate of the murderer, does not tell the player the real reason for the murderer's death.
Rather than saying that the ending of this story seems to be justice, it is more like the murderer's death is a hint easter egg given by the game to them.
"How do those who have passed away define death?" Huasan murmured.
Yitu didn't say anything, but just glanced at Xu Heng subconsciously.
There was no expression on Xu Heng's face. Then, as if he had thought of something, he suddenly showed an amused expression and shook his head.
"What does it mean? Does it mean that death is an unforeseen accident?"
The hostess is, the host is, and even the murderer who symbolizes death itself is the same.
They are all ordinary people fooled by the God of Fate. They know the fragility and twists of life, but they don't know where life will end.
You have your own thoughts, but you cannot control your own life and death.
“It feels like a joke.”
As the three of them walked, they saw a long river suddenly appear in front of them.
Xu Heng looked at the river stretching into the distance, representing the unknown, and for no reason thought of Ou Cheng's death, and laughed at himself.
Yitu didn't say anything, and Huasan also walked forward silently.
Sometimes you have to admit a fact.
Death was never an adjective that defined them, but a verb that defined them.
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After walking along the river for almost half an hour, they finally saw a rather deserted village.
At the same time, the narrow river gradually became wider and its depth became immeasurable to the naked eye.
"The second password point is very likely related to water." Huasan said uncertainly.
"It should be."
Yitu looked around and found that there was only one person living in a house near the river on the left. It looked like a little girl wearing a red cotton jacket was playing in the yard.
"Let's go over and take a look first."
After he finished speaking, he walked towards the house, and the other two followed.
When they got closer, they found that the little girl they saw from afar was not playing in the yard, but was lying on the ground in a strange manner, moving forward like a caterpillar.
Her hands and feet were all covered by the overly long sleeves, and only a vague glimpse of her grayish-white skin could be seen.
Yitu frowned and looked very seriously. Just when he wanted to walk over to see the girl's face clearly, an old and hoarse voice suddenly sounded.
"Don't touch her!"
All three of them were startled and looked up subconsciously.
They saw an old woman with gray hair and a wrinkled face standing at the door, looking at them with a slightly gloomy expression.
While the three of them were still not able to react, the old woman came over and picked up the little girl from the ground, still not letting them see her face.
She used her rough, age-spotted hands to carefully tuck the little girl's sleeves, then looked up at them.
"Didn't we agree on four o'clock in the afternoon?" The old woman turned and walked into the house, holding the child, and motioned for the three to follow.
"You're here early."
Yitu and Huasan looked at each other, and Xu Heng had already followed them in.
"The situation here is a little special. Don't look at me as just a sloppy and ugly old woman. After the job is done, I will give you the money you deserve."
The old woman carried the child into the inner room, and her old voice came intermittently.
"And the only thing you have to do is..."
"Kill the fish."
The old woman came out of the house at some point and stood at the door, looking at them with eyes as calm as dead water.
Xu Heng was a little slow to react and was stunned for a moment: "Killing fish?"
The old woman glanced at him, nodded, and repeated:
"Kill the fish."
The old woman spoke very little and hardly explained anything to them. She asked Yi Tu and the other two whether they should sleep in the same room or separately.
The three of them thought about it and decided to sleep in the same room to avoid a repeat of the incident at the previous password point.
The old woman nodded, and then led them to the door of the inner room on the left, and said:
"The bed in the room is a double bed. I'll come over later and make a small bed for you. It should be big enough for you to sleep in."
"You came a little early today, and I don't have much to say. It's best not to run around anywhere except your own room."
"And..." The old woman paused and said in a deep voice:
"Don't go near that river, and don't even try to get in the water. If something happens... there's no way you can be saved."
After the old woman said this, she was about to go back to the house to rest, but Yitu subconsciously called her.
"Wait a minute!"
The old woman looked up at him in confusion, "Anything else?"
Yitu said carefully:
"I want to ask, what do you mean by 'let's kill the fish...'? When do we start killing the fish?"
The old woman smiled when she heard this and said, "You'll know when you get tonight."
After she finished speaking, she pushed the door open and went into the inner room, no longer paying attention to Yi Tu and the other two.
"That's weird." Xu Heng frowned.
Huasan pondered for a moment and said, "She doesn't look like a ghost NPC like Lao Chen. She's most likely a plot NPC."
Because only the plot NPCs will remind them of things to pay attention to, thus acting as a guide.
Yitu nodded. "She might not be a ghost NPC, but the little girl she took away is most likely one."
"Let's ignore the child for now and go out and take a look."
"Okay." Xu Heng nodded.
Although they arrived at the second code point during the day, there was still no sunlight. Thick clouds had come down at some point, making it hard for people to breathe.
With the old woman's warning, Huasan did not get too close to the river and observed it from five meters away for a while.
Xu Heng on the side opened the game panel. After the taskbar was reduced in size, the first thing that popped up was the player's game location map.
At this moment, the second circle point on the icon is showing the names of the three of them.
On the line opposite to them, the names of the Night King and his companions had left the second code point and were heading towards the third code point.
So far, none of the Night King's three have been eliminated.
This is both a good thing and a bad thing for them.
If the Night King and his two companions can successfully pass the second password point, it means that the difficulty of the second password point will not be very great, at least it is impossible for the whole group to be wiped out in the second round.
Similarly, if this trend continues, the Night King and his two companions will most likely survive to the last level.
By that time, it is still unknown who will win.
Thinking of this, Xu Heng's heartbeat unconsciously quickened a lot.
He looked at the other two branches again. The one on the left was slower than the Night King, but fortunately, all three of them were alive.
As for the branch line on the right, after passing the second password point, there were only two of them left.
This means that the second password point is not much simpler than the first password point, and may even be more dangerous.
Otherwise, a normal high-level player would find it difficult to be eliminated if he holds three resurrection cards and three items.
While Xu Heng was looking at the map, Yi Tu had already walked around the yard and came back, picking up a small piece of dead branch.
"I didn't dare go too deep, but the houses around the old woman are all empty." Yitu said to Huasan, "Let's go over and take a look later."
Huasan nodded and took the branch from Yitu's hand.
"Maybe it's a deserted village. That would make the night difficult."
As Huasan said this, he threw the branch in his hand into the river with force, making a crisp "pop" sound.
The branch sank into the water due to inertia, but soon floated up again and floated on the water.
Yitu and the others stared at the water, no one spoke, and for a moment the surroundings were extremely quiet.
They waited for a while, but nothing strange happened except the ripples on the water and the reflections of the branches.
Xu Heng sighed softly, "It seems that branches won't work. I have to find something else to try. There's probably something underneath."
Huasan also agreed, "Let's go in and see what's going on."
The three of them ignored the river behind them and walked towards the village.
After walking a few steps, Yitu still didn't give up and turned his head to look at the place where they had just thrown the twigs.
The piece of dead wood was still floating quietly on the water, but I don’t know if it was because of the wind or the water flow, its position had shifted a little.
Other than that, there was still no movement.
Just when Yi Tu was about to give up and turn his head, the branch was suddenly pulled into the water by something and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Yitu was shocked. The thing was moving so fast that he could only see a row of densely packed, extremely sharp teeth.
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