Chapter 6
They seemed to be very afraid of the sun. One family of five or six people were wandering in front of the lobby with dull eyes. Their skin was pale and swollen, and their movements were stiff, as if they had no souls.
As I looked through the gaping wall, I was suddenly met with the villagers' yellow and turbid eyes, which was disgusting and nauseating.
The worst thing is that once they get close, these villagers start to gather together, their movements become much more flexible, and their aggressiveness is quite obvious.
Huang Tianfang recognized the villagers huddled in the dark corner with their heads drooping. They were the ones who boarded the boat with them.
"Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?" Zhao Haichuan asked hesitantly.
"There's no way I could have mistaken him," Huang Tianfang said confidently. "He has a tumorous mole on his neck, and it's in the same spot as mine."
So she was deeply impressed when she saw it for the first time. This kind of mole affects appearance, so hers has been removed through surgery, and now there is only a faint scar on her neck.
The man really had a tumorous mole on his neck as Huang Tianfang said. Because the mole was not small, they could see it clearly.
They were caught off guard by the news that the villagers who had died in the river had come back to life, and it would be a lie for them to say they were not panicking.
Yitu felt that the resurrection of the dead villagers was most likely related to the temple built by the village chief.
It’s just that the information they have now is very little, and any judgment they make is based on feelings and is not accurate.
There is only this one family here now, which is different from the previous ones. It is very likely the home of Liu the stonemason.
"Who dares to be the first to go in?" Fu Xue looked at them, and his gaze suddenly drifted to Duan Zixi, who was not talkative at the side.
"Why don't you give it a try? You're number one, so you're much better than us."
Although Fu Xue said this with bad intentions, Duan Zixi really couldn't refuse directly.
You have to know that everything they do in the card room will be exposed to the owner of the card room who has placed a bet.
If he was timid at this time, the owners who had placed bets would be fine, but those who had not yet voted would only question his ability and turn to others.
This is a risk as well as an opportunity. The more recommendation tickets a player gets, the more rewards he will get for passing the level.
Fu Xue knew this very well, but she was hesitant and didn't dare to step forward.
As long as her ranking is not surpassed, instigating Duan Zixi has achieved her goal, and surviving and passing the level is the most important thing.
When Duan Zixi entered the inner courtyard, the strange-looking old woman quickly locked her eyes on him.
The excessive white in her eyes made her pupils appear even smaller, and the people she stared at couldn't help but feel goosebumps all over.
Her bloodless mouth cracked open, revealing jagged white teeth.
Duan Zixi's heart tightened. "Excuse me, is this the home of Liu the Stonemason?"
The old woman didn't answer, but just stared at him with a weird smile, her eyes full of undisguised malice.
Yi Tu couldn't help but frown, a bad premonition came to his mind, and Duan Zixi, like him, felt something was wrong and took a step back.
"Is this the home of Liu the stonemason?" Duan Zixi asked again.
This time the old lady spoke, but it was not the answer they wanted, but an urging shout.
"I'm so hungry. I'm so hungry."
“I’m so hungry, so hungry…”
"Can I have a bite?"
The old woman's devil-like scream suddenly exploded in her ears, and then she jumped up at an incredible speed and pounced on Duan Zixi who was three or four meters away from her.
The moment the sharp teeth bit down, blood splattered and dyed the ground red.
Before anyone could react, Duan Zixi had already torn off a large piece of flesh from her belly.
“It’s really delicious.”
Her pale face was covered with greasy blood, and she showed a very satisfied expression as she quickly swallowed a large piece of raw meat.
All the players were stunned, only Zhao Haichuan reacted the fastest and rushed out.
"Zixi!"
Duan Zixi's face turned pale with pain and his forehead was covered in cold sweat. He couldn't speak at all. His hands were tightly holding down the various internal organs that were about to fall out.
Zhao Haichuan's hand on his stomach couldn't help but tremble, and he quickly dragged the man out of the yard.
"I'm fine, I should be fine..." Duan Zixi endured the pain and kept his voice steady.
"Is this still alive?"
Lin Fei widened his eyes in shock. It was the first time he saw so clearly the intestines leaking out of a person's broken stomach.
"Ordinary people would definitely not be able to survive, but he..." Fu Xue's expression showed a complicated look.
Yitu was slightly shocked when he saw the scene in front of him.
He didn't expect that skill cards would play such a big role in the card field. They could completely save a person's life at a critical moment.
A thin layer of blood film quickly formed on the place where Duan Zixi's flesh was torn off. Although it looked like it would break with a slight touch, it actually held the intestines that were about to fall out.
"This is...healing the wound by itself?" Huang Tianfang was also a little shocked.
What kind of skill card could repair the player's wounds and pull Duan Zixi back from the brink of death?
Otherwise, the bleeding from this wound, which was bigger than two palms, would have killed Duan Zixi bit by bit, not to mention his internal organs which could not be put back in afterwards.
No one answered. Zhao Haichuan wiped the sweat from his partner's forehead with a grim expression and glanced at the courtyard with a sinister look.
The old lady was still standing at the door, but the lobby door had been opened at some point.
Nothing could be seen from the outside of the dark hall, and the old woman's posture also changed.
She no longer let her hands hang down at her sides, but her right hand pointed clearly towards the hall entrance.
This was indeed the home of Liu the Stonemason. She silently answered the question that Duan Zixi had asked her before.
At the moment, Duan Zixi has no way to go with them to find Liu the Stonemason, and Zhao Haichuan has to stay to take care of his partner.
Although Lin Fei was eager to show himself, no one could fail to see that he just wanted to be a coward and stay away from danger.
There was no way Zhao Haichuan could safely hand over his companion to a newcomer, while Fu Xue, who was standing beside him, had a look of regret and a bit of luck on his face. If it were anyone else, they would probably not survive.
But Duan Zixi is still alive and doesn't seem to have reached his limit.
Zhao Haichuan glanced at her coldly, and Fu Xue also dodged and smiled apologetically. Who knew it would be so dangerous this time.
Lin Fei was reluctant to go in, but Yi Tu did not hesitate and was the first to enter the hall.
Staying where you are is not necessarily safe.
Before going in, Fu Xue paused for a few seconds.
A virtual game control panel popped up in front of her eyes, and a red fox-like servant wearing a small leather skirt was waving a small stick happily.
Congratulations to the owner for accumulating 91 recommendation votes! Successfully surpassed the previous one and now ranks second! Let's work hard to get first place! Go for it!
[Anonymous Player 22: Damn, I thought the first place was so awesome, but he got injured right at the start. I regret voting for him.
Anonymous Player 99: There's no way to avoid the rules of the card game. His skill card for healing wounds is at least a level two one. Can you afford it?
Anonymous player 322: Indeed, skill cards consume too many points. A second-level skill card can consume 70,000 to 80,000 points. It is a huge loss to use such a card field!
Anonymous player 345: Tsk, a crappy skill card, that's all? Even if I save the person, they're useless, so there's no point in playing with them later.
Anonymous Player 60: Invest in number 2. That couple is quite something, and her ranking has gone up now.
Anonymous player 544: Although the couple is a pit, but this feels great to me, that woman is really bad, I like it hehehe
Anonymous Player 287: It turns out the prettier the woman, the more dangerous she is!
Fu Xue glanced at the comments calmly. She didn't care what other players said. She only cared about the game ranking.
At this moment, Duan Zixi's vote growth slowed down as expected.
There are only a dozen votes between the two of them. As long as she waits for the rankings to be refreshed in two hours, she should be ranked first.
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After Yi Tu entered, he discovered that this house actually had inner and outer courtyards. After passing through the lobby filled with eerie and strange stone statues, a new courtyard appeared before his eyes.
This is the home of Liu the stonemason, and the courtyard outside is just an illusion to fool people.
An old man in tattered cotton clothes was lying in a rocking chair in the yard, taking a listless nap.
The arrival of such a group of people quickly made him stand up alert.
Stonemason Liu was a short, bearded old man. When he saw the stone tablet carried in by Yitu and Zhang Queshan, his expression became complicated.
"I haven't carved stone here for a long time."
"The village chief asked us to come here. For tomorrow's village festival, we would like to ask you to help engrave words on this stone tablet." Yitu explained.
In fact, they still don’t know what words should be engraved on this stone tablet.
The village chief didn't say anything, and stonemason Liu also avoided talking about it.
"My tools are missing. I haven't worked since my son came back." Stonemason Liu no longer refused. "Give me my tools back so I can carve the words for you."
Hearing this, Yi Tu's heart moved. Liu the stonemason's son?
He couldn't help but frown. After so much contact, it was not only the village chief who mentioned his son. Stonemason Liu also had a son.
If their son is not important or even plays no key role, there is no need for the NPC to mention him at all.
Neighborhoods like Mengjia Village, which are closely adjacent to each other, are very familiar to the villagers.
It is very likely that the village chief's son and Liu the stonemason's son are more than just acquaintances.
Yitu pondered for a while, then heard Fu Xue ask:
"What are your tools? Where can we retrieve them for you?"
"A hammer." Liu the stonemason said, "I lost a hammer."
"Go find Xixi for me and bring her a bowl of chicken blood, then I can carve some words for you."
As for where to find the lost hammer, Liu the stonemason pointed to the west, where the village chief's house was.
Yitu's heart moved, thinking that there really was something fishy going on between these two companies.
They wanted to ask for more details, but Stonemason Liu no longer answered related questions, so it was a waste of time to ask any more questions.
Everyone had to leave Liu the Stonemason's house. Zhao Haichuan had already taken the injured Duan Zixi back, but the old lady at the door was still standing there quietly against the wall.
She was a neighbor of Liu Shijiang who had been crazy for many years. Liu Shijiang told them that the old lady would not attack anyone again after being fed once.
They could only walk in the direction indicated by Liu the Stonemason and see what happened. With two fewer people in the team, they had to be more careful than before.
"The village chief has a son, and Liu the stonemason also has a son?" Zhang Queshan was a little confused. "Then why haven't we seen these two people yet?"
"I don't know." Yitu shook his head. In fact, there were more than just these two people he hadn't seen.
Logically speaking, the village chief has a grandson, but where are the child’s father and mother?
He only mentioned his son but kept silent about his daughter-in-law.
The more you don't want to draw attention to something or are taboo about it, the less likely you are to mention it in front of others.
Yitu briefly explained his thoughts, and Fu Xue was the first to react:
"It's hard to say what's going on between the village chief's daughter-in-law and Liu the stonemason's son."
"A hammer was lost in their house," Yitu nodded, and continued, "A hammer can be used not only for chiseling and carving, but also for killing people."
They had no idea who took the hammer.
As they were about to reach the village chief's house, Yitu suddenly discovered that the shop behind the village chief's house had opened at some point.
It was a very small shop. Small shops in the village mainly sold snacks, toys and daily necessities, but this shop did not.
The wooden door was ajar, revealing a white wreath from inside. A large character "Ming" was pasted in the center of the wreath. Paper figures were pressed together against the wall, with strange, half-smiling expressions, looking a bit creepy.
This is actually a shop that does business for weddings and funerals.
Everyone subconsciously stopped at the door of the store, and at this time a pale man's face stretched out from inside.
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