Chapter 210
This is not an ordinary night. When you are invited by the old woman Fang Qin to this strange deserted village and catch a glimpse of the horror of non-human existence in the darkness, you finally realize that this is destined to be a sleepless night.
Being hunted by the crocodile, you and your companions were forced to hide in the cellar reserved by the old woman Fang Qin. Because of this, you happened to stumble upon the huge secret that Fang Qin wanted to hide.
Fang Qin's granddaughter is a half-human, half-merman monster. What happened in this village? Why did the villagers die? You're filled with confusion. Just as the answer is about to surface, the mermaid pulls you into a complete fantasy. Now in this predicament, you decide:
A. Wait for your kind neighbor Han Yun to rescue you from the shore.
B. You were found by your wife Fang Min who went out to look for you and she called for help to rescue you in time.
C. You were discovered by your mother Fang Qin who went out to look for you, and she called for help to rescue you in time.
When Yi Tu was faced with a death-defying multiple-choice question, he realized that the three options represented three different plot directions.
It is very likely that they are trapped in the memories of the mermaid or the old woman Fang Qin, so that they appear in this story by replacing the identities of others.
Therefore, there are three options with distinct directions.
Except for the first option, where it is not clear who the player is replacing, the remaining two options are clear at a glance.
In option B, the player replaces Fang Min's husband.
In option C, the player replaces Fang Qin's son.
The relationship between Fang Qin and Fang Min is not difficult to guess. Fang Min is Fang Qin's sister.
It was also the same dolphin that appeared in their room at the beginning of the game.
Fang Min is Fang Qin's biological sister, so even after her death she still possesses some of her memories and was able to accurately find the location of Fang Qin's home.
But now, Yitu has not given much thought to the direction of these three options.
Because, except option A, neither B nor C can be chosen.
Option B appeared as a long gray strip, obviously someone had made the choice before him.
However, Yitu was not sure which one of Xu Heng and Hua San chose B.
Option C is completely different from Option B in terms of bleakness. No one has ever chosen Option C, but after Yitu finished reviewing the question, a warning prompt quickly popped up.
[C. You were discovered by your mother Fang Qin who went out to look for you and called for help to rescue you in time]
(Player warning: Because you are injured, you cannot complete the reasoning process required for this branch. Please change to another option)
The injured player cannot choose option C, and both he and Huasan are injured, although the degree of injury is slightly different.
But this still does not affect option C's exclusion of the two, which means that only Xu Heng can replace Fang Qin and become her son.
He and Huasan could only witness the tragedy of the entire village as ordinary villagers.
With no other option to go, Yitu had no choice but to follow the procedures and choose option A.
As soon as the multiple-choice question disappeared, a ray of light suddenly appeared on the cold and dark lake.
Immediately afterwards, Yitu felt something sharp lifting the back of his collar.
"Dayong? How did you fall into the river?!"
A loud voice sounded above his head. The person who came was very strong and dragged Yi Tu ashore with one hand.
“Cough cough cough…”
There was too much cold river water in his stomach, and Yitu felt uncomfortable and wanted to vomit, but he couldn't. After a violent coughing and dry heaving, he saw Han Yun's face with tears in his eyes.
Completely different from what one might imagine, Han Yun looks rough and not delicate at all, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a broad waist and a fat body, and is very strong.
Seeing Yitu was stunned, he couldn't help but frown and said:
"Zhuo Yong, what's wrong with you? Why are you not sleeping in the middle of the night? Why are you running to the river?!"
"Have you forgotten that your second uncle had an accident here not long ago and is paralyzed at home, and your Aunt Min is crying every day, and you actually dared to go fishing in the middle of the night?!"
"Are you trying to kill yourself?"
Han Yun didn't show any courtesy to Yi Tu. As an elder, he started to scold him right away.
Yi Tu was stunned for a moment, but soon got a lot of information from Han Yun's words.
The person he is replacing now is the nephew of Fang Min’s husband.
In other words, Hua San became Fang Min's husband, and he became Hua San's nephew.
During Han Yun's scolding, he also mentioned that Fang Min's husband had become paralyzed not long ago, and it seemed that he had an accident by the river.
Now Zhuo Yong almost let the tragedy happen again, but Han Yun thought that he wanted to take advantage of the villagers' inattention and fish in trouble.
Therefore, it is very likely that Fang Min’s husband also wanted to take advantage of the situation, which led to the accident.
Yitu's brain worked quickly, and after thinking for a while he guessed the general situation.
"Uncle, I really didn't mean it." Yitu wrung out his wet clothes, shivering from the cold, and started to make up a story:
"I didn't mean to take advantage of the darkness. I just couldn't sleep at night and thought I'd go out for a walk. Who knew I'd end up at the river..."
"By the time I realized what was happening, I had already fallen into the water and couldn't get out."
Yitu lied without blinking, and his words were even more convincing. Han Yun hesitated for a moment. Although he believed it 80% of the time, he still couldn't help but doubt it:
"Can't you swim? How come you can't get up?"
Yitu remained calm and continued to talk nonsense:
"Uncle, you don't know, as soon as I fell into the water, it was like something swam over quickly and grabbed my feet, dragging me with it. There was no way I could swim."
Han Yun's expression suddenly changed when he heard this. "Didn't I tell you not to get up at night and not go near the river?"
He led the way with a kerosene lamp in hand, and turned his head to speak to Yitu, his expression slightly worried:
"The riverside isn't very safe lately. Your Aunt Qin also said that she often sees tall, thin shadows swaying in the river at night. I don't know if it's true or not."
"Is this the year of the Tai Sui? Or is it just bad luck for our fishing village? If this continues, everyone in the village will starve to death."
Hearing this, Yi Tu felt something in his heart and said:
"I don't think there's anything in this river. It's probably because it hasn't been treated for a long time, and the weeds have grown tall, which is why accidents happen so frequently."
"If one day, we all clean up the river together, wouldn't we all be able to rest in peace?"
After hearing his words, Han Yun sneered:
"You know nothing, kid! You even cleared the river... I'm afraid you'll be cleared by the water as soon as you get in!"
Yitu said in a disapproving tone:
"How is that possible! Is there really a water ghost in the river? Even a three-year-old wouldn't believe it if I told them that."
Han Yun glanced at him with a complicated expression:
"If it's not a water ghost, I'm afraid it's a water monkey that has become a spirit."
"Uncle Liu from your east end, I think I saw him once..."
"It's not just you, Uncle Liu. Several people have said they've seen it. It's blue, and it seems to have scales on its body..."
Han Yun lowered his voice as he spoke, "Anyway, I haven't seen it, so just pretend you don't know about it. Stop being so damn curious, do you hear me?"
Yitu nodded and said honestly:
"I'll listen to you."
"Yeah." Han Yun was finally satisfied and pointed to the small tall building in front of him:
"Okay, go home and sleep, don't hang around for no reason."
Yitu stopped there and thought for a moment, then turned around and pushed the door open to enter the yard.
Zhuo Yong's parents were the first family in the village to build a small high-rise building. Although not long after that, Zhuo Yong's second uncle Zhuo Qi also became wealthy like his brother and built small high-rise buildings one after another.
He even married the most beautiful girl in the village, Fang Min, the eldest daughter of Fang Dongyou.
The building built by Zhuo Qi is right next to Zhuo Yong's house. The two brothers are close to each other, so they can take care of each other no matter what happens.
Compared to her sister Fang Min who married a husband with good conditions and a good personality, Fang Qin, who was plain-looking, was not so lucky and had to wait until she was 25 or 26 to get married.
Fang Qin's husband is not as capable as Zhuo Qi, but he is also an honest man.
Despite the support from her sister and brother-in-law's family, Fang Qin and her husband really had no business acumen.
After three or four years of struggling, there was still no improvement, and he even almost broke up with Fang Min's family.
It was not until Ye Zhiwen was born that Fang Qin, who had always been unwilling to be ordinary, gave up the idea of going into business and concentrated on raising her children at home.
A few years later, Ye Zhiwen grew up and this small village also ushered in a new turning point.
Since they make their living from the water, most of the fish they catch from the river every day are delicious. As long as the fish are transported in time and do not die on the way, they are easy to trade.
As a result, many big restaurant owners in the town contacted the villagers and asked them to supply fish and meat, and the prices they negotiated were satisfactory to both parties.
At this time, every household in the village could earn a lot of money, and neighbors got along well with each other.
But the good times did not last long. After the villagers fished in large quantities without restraint, there were fewer and fewer fish in the river, and the weight was not enough to weigh them.
Someone tried to raise the price of fish, and the bosses who were used to cooperating with him agreed without too much trouble.
But this nod led to all the tragedies that happened afterwards.
In order to catch more fish, every household got up very early, and in order to sell the fish as quickly as possible, some people secretly lowered the price.
For a while, the interpersonal relationships in the entire village became extremely tense, with suspicion and doubt on each other, almost to the point of framing each other.
The reason why it didn't get to that point was that the source of all the conflicts suddenly disappeared one morning.
They could no longer catch a single fish in the river, not even a fry as long as a fingernail or a shrimp that was half the size.
In just one night, the river turned into a dead river.
They could not find any living creatures, only large patches of water plants swaying in the depths, like soul-sucking water ghosts.
Not long after that, strange things began to happen frequently by the river, and people drowned one after another.
So Zhuo Yong’s second uncle Zhuo Qi is the one with the best fortune among them. Even though he is paralyzed, at least he is still breathing.
Yitu followed the route in Zhuo Yong's memory and groped his way back to the room.
He didn't plan to look for any clues that night. Everything would have to wait until he saw the flower umbrella the next day.
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