Chapter 285 [(*^▽^*)]
The couple breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Lin Leyou was telling the truth.
Lin Leyou: "So, can you tell me some details that you didn't mention before?"
Xue Rui had no idea why he was here. After choosing to start the instance, everything went black, and he found himself in this completely dark place.
The system did give him a hint, but it only told him to get out of here as soon as possible. However, he still hasn't found a way out, and quite a lot of time has passed.
He touched his slightly hungry stomach, feeling as if the dark place he was in was a long coffin... and he was lying inside it.
The room was surrounded by wooden planks, and after touching them roughly, he became even more certain that it was a coffin.
"How did I end up in a coffin? System... system?"
Fortunately, the system responded. He should be in a game instance now, and he even has a different script than other players. Now it depends on how the system explains it to him.
"System notification: Player Xue Rui was discovered by the female ghost in this instance upon entering and dragged into her coffin. Please escape as soon as possible!"
Xue Rui took a deep breath, determined to escape as quickly as possible! He knew he needed to get away quickly, but how? What method? Did he have any useful tools?
After searching through the entire backpack, I didn't find any useful items. Then I looked in the shop and found that they sell one-time teleportation items.
I've seen similar items in other dungeons before, but I don't know how effective they are. Players seem to have had good results using them, but there are exceptions.
Xue Rui checked the price. A random teleportation item card costs two thousand points, which is not cheap. Some players with bad luck might use up several cards in a single dungeon.
In this way, all the points gained from clearing a C-level difficulty dungeon were consumed, and he didn't even gain any points. He took a deep breath. Sure enough, the higher the difficulty of the dungeon, the greater the reward, but the higher the risk.
Xue Rui redeemed one of these cards, and after using it, he indeed appeared outside, but he had never seen what this "outside" place was before.
"System notification: Congratulations on escaping the female ghost's coffin. Before the female ghost discovers your escape, hurry and find Yaoshan Village. Only by staying in the village can the female ghost not easily capture you."
Looking at the desolate scenery and the many graves around him, Xue Rui knew that this must be the place where people from Yaoshan Village were buried. Where was the village...? Actually, it was quite simple.
This is a mountain village. There are no cement roads, only dirt roads. And dirt roads are easy to spot; just look for any path that isn't overgrown with weeds.
He walked around and soon found a relatively narrow dirt road. Following this road, Xue Rui indeed found a village nestled against the mountain not far away.
He glanced at the sky; the sun was about to set. If he appeared in the village now, would he be mistaken for a bad guy? Oh well, he couldn't stay outside anyway.
He found his way to the village. It was dinnertime, and most people were at home. Xue Rui had no choice but to walk to the house closest to his current location.
"Hello? Is anyone inside?"
No sooner had she finished speaking than a man rushed out from inside, asking, "Who are you?"
Xue Rui blinked. "I came with the people who came to the village today, but they walked faster and I walked slower, so I'm only just arriving now."
The man's initially wary gaze instantly cleared. "So you're a master! Please follow me!"
He took Xue Rui to the village chief, who was taken aback when he saw him. "You were also someone I found?"
After the man escorted Xue Rui to the village chief, he hurriedly left. He had things to do at home and couldn't stay there any longer, even though he really wanted to stay and watch the excitement.
Xue Rui nodded, "Yes, I came too, but I ran into a little trouble on the way, so I'm late. Is there a problem?"
The village chief's lips twitched. He carefully examined Xue Rui, but perhaps finding nothing amiss, he shook his head. "It's nothing, I just feel... something that can delay the master for so long must be quite a problem."
Xue Rui nodded, "It was indeed quite a troublesome situation. I encountered a female ghost on the road and fought with her for a while. I even got lost during that time, which is why I'm only arriving now. I hope the village chief won't blame me."
The village chief stared wide-eyed at Xue Rui, "Master, have you encountered a female ghost?!"
Xue Rui: "That's right, I did encounter it. When I found the way, I discovered that I had actually arrived at the cemetery on the back mountain, and there was a new grave right next to me. That should be..."
The village chief said tremblingly, "That's right, there's only one new grave on the back mountain recently, and that's the girl's grave. I never thought she would really return as a vengeful ghost..."
Xue Rui: "Village Chief, can you tell me exactly what happened?"
The village chief looked increasingly old. "Everyone in the village knows about this, so it's no big deal to tell you. This girl's whole family died when she was very young."
“An elderly couple in the village took pity on her and raised her, taking her in as their goddaughter. But unexpectedly, she fell into a well and drowned recently. It was her godmother who found her body.”
"The villagers meant well, after all, she had no real family left. Everyone contributed money and effort to hold a funeral for her. But unexpectedly, only a few days after the burial, she returned as a vengeful ghost! What can we say about this?"
"Her appearance terrified everyone in the village. No one dared to use the well anymore, and many families even sealed off their wells."
Xue Rui said, "The villagers have been so good to her, she probably wouldn't do anything bad to them."
The village chief took a puff of his pipe. "Who knows? But so far, no one has been injured, and she hasn't hurt anyone either."
Xue Rui: "I roughly know what's going on, but... I should find a place to rest first. I'm exhausted from fighting the evil spirits all day."
The village chief didn't dare to delay. "In that case, you can stay at my house. I hope that if that female ghost comes to my house, the master can help you."
Xue Rui didn't refuse, "No problem!"
He ate a simple meal prepared by the village chief's family. It was quite a feast, and it wasn't prepared after he arrived, but rather beforehand. This showed that the village chief's family was quite wealthy.
In the countryside, it's rare to see families eating this well every day.
Xue Rui didn't think much of it. After finishing his meal, he went to rest. He wasn't very tired, but he felt that he needed to go out to look for clues that night, so resting now was the most important thing.
After arriving at the guest room, he closed the door, quickly washed up and changed his clothes, and then lay down on the bed and closed his eyes to sleep.
"System prompt: Players are requested to investigate the truth behind the strange events in Yaoshan Village, search for quest items, and successfully escape from Yaoshan Village. Successful completion of the quest will reward 8000 points, while failure will deduct 800 points!"
After hearing the system notification, Xue Rui did not react and continued to sleep as if he hadn't heard it, until it was completely dark before he got up.
Just as he was about to sneak out, he thought of the mechanical spider beforehand and sent one out to check the situation outside.
Upon investigation, they actually discovered something: some people in the house were not asleep!
A young man, probably around nineteen or twenty years old, sat blankly in the innermost corner of the living room, completely hidden by a table.
It's just that the mechanical spider has a lower field of vision, so it was easily spotted.
What is this man doing here? Why isn't he sleeping this late at night? Is he hiding somewhere? Or is he on guard against a female ghost that might appear at any moment?
Just as Xue Rui was feeling strange, some noises came from upstairs, as if someone was quietly walking downstairs. Could it be a female ghost?
However, upon closer listening, Xue Rui discovered that the footsteps were not from one person, but from two. Since there were two people, it wasn't a female ghost, but rather people who lived there.
So who would sneak down at night?
Xue Rui did not act rashly, but instead had the mechanical spider follow them. The two looked like brothers and were very similar. When they quietly went out, they did not see the man hiding in the living room.
After they left, the man stood up and followed them, as if he was used to it. Did this kind of thing happen often before?
Xue Rui discovered this and gave up the idea of going out tonight.
The mechanical spider had been following them from a distance, and finally saw the two of them pretending to be ghosts as a fully armed player came out to look for clues. Instead of scaring them, the spider was scared by the player.
The farce quickly subsided, and Xue Rui only got up and went outside when they returned with the two brothers. He looked at the commotion in the yard with a puzzled expression and asked, "Dean, what happened?"
The dean looked at him and sighed, "It's nothing serious. My two grandsons were brain-damaged when they were young, and they're always a bit slow on the uptake now, but they're usually fine."
Xue Rui nodded, "Oh, I see. It's good that you're alright. I thought something had happened..."
There was indeed a minor incident, but it wasn't worth troubling the master who had escaped unharmed from the female ghost's side. "Master, please go back and rest."
Xue Rui: "Okay, I'm going back to rest. If anything comes up that you can't handle, remember to let me know. I'm quite confident in my abilities."
Even if he couldn't kill the female ghost, he was confident he could drive her away, especially since... he discovered that the female ghost seemed to have quite a few restrictions in the village.
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