Chapter 310 [(*^▽^*)]
Lin Leyou thought for a moment, then looked around again. Although he didn't find any trace of the female ghost, it was still daytime, so she might be hiding somewhere.
"Many things happen unexpectedly, giving people no time to react. Now that we've noticed, we just need to make some preparations. If we can't leave now, then we'll probably have to wait until the sacrificial ceremony begins or ends before we can leave..."
Xue Rui said, "I always felt there were other paths I could take."
Lin Leyou said, "The other path is probably that hidden questline, which exposes Arong's family's affairs and the village chief's actions to the villagers. Even if there are people on the village chief's side, he definitely won't tell too many people about this."
“Once all the evidence is laid out in front of the villagers, they will have no choice but to believe it. In this way, the ritual will be eradicated at its source, meaning there will be no more rituals. Our mission will be complete, and we can leave.”
Xue Rui said, "Now, because these players have killed so many of the village chief's family members, the villagers simply won't listen to our explanations, and they won't care about any of the evidence. So this route won't work. We can only take the route of successfully performing the sacrifice. Only after defeating the female ghost who has become much stronger after successfully performing the sacrifice can we proceed."
Lin Leyou said, "I guess these are the two paths. It's a pity that this group of players chose the Nightmare difficulty path. I wonder how strong this female ghost will be after accepting the sacrifice."
Xue Rui glanced at the two players sitting not far away and asked, "If we protect them and keep them here, reducing the number of sacrifices for the female ghost's ritual by two, wouldn't her strength be weakened?"
Lin Leyou nodded, "That's for sure. Otherwise, the village chief wouldn't have captured ten players before starting the sacrifice, and then captured one more. But now there are only four, which is definitely not enough. Oh no, there's one more who's alone, so there are five in total. Five is still not enough."
Xue Rui said, "If these two Huas are also arrested, that makes seven. Maybe that's still not enough, but the sacrificial ceremony can proceed."
Lin Leyou said, "Then let's protect them."
Xue Rui waved to them, "Do you want to come over?"
They were puzzled. "What's wrong?"
Xue Rui, "You guys ran away from that sacrificial site, right?"
"Yes, that's right, what's wrong?"
Xue Rui said, "This female ghost is in cahoots with the village chief. If she can catch you once, she can catch you a second time. It's better to stay close to her now, so that if there are more of us, we won't have to worry too much when she comes."
After hearing this reason, they ran over quickly and sat down next to them in just a few seconds.
Lin Leyou was a little speechless. He had asked them to come over, but he hadn't said they could get this close. Fortunately, they did get close, but they weren't touching them, so he let it go.
Xue Rui was somewhat dissatisfied. What was going on with these two? What kind of situation was this?
Lin Leyou took a deep breath and patted his shoulder. They were the ones who called these two over first, so they just had to bear with it for now. Of course, they still didn't notice anything amiss around them.
I don't know if the female ghost will come. If she does, that's good, she won't succeed. If she doesn't come, that's even better, they can leave directly when the time is right.
As they waited, time slowly passed in the village...
The village chief had already explained the urgency of the matter to the people in front of him, and they knew that this matter needed to be dealt with immediately, so they all gathered together to start preparing the things needed for the sacrificial ceremony.
Especially the items that were lost before, now need to be made again. Fortunately, we have enough manpower this time, so it won't take much time to make up some of the lost items.
Because they also found some of the previously lost items on the eight masters who were captured, having these items would save them a lot of time.
And so, before they knew it, it was evening. The village chief and the others immediately saw someone fall from the sky—or rather, fall from above.
After taking a look, the village chief said, "It's a master; it must have been sent by that child."
"this……"
"Why are you asking me? Hurry up and tie him up and take him downstairs. We can use him tonight. Remember to light the candles."
He had discovered the problem with the candle long ago. If the candle hadn't gone out, these masters wouldn't have woken up, and his children and grandchildren wouldn't have died.
All of this was due to negligence. Of course, once bitten, twice shy, and it certainly won't happen again now.
"I wonder if this girl can bring us any more surprises."
Unfortunately, there's no way to bring any more surprises.
The female ghost did indeed come to Lin Leyou's side, but after secretly seeing the peach branch in Lin Leyou's hand, she dared not make any rash moves.
Perhaps because the mood for the ritual was so intense, even though Ah Rong was afraid, she still lingered around for quite some time, just to see if there were any loopholes to exploit.
She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt like the four people were getting closer and closer. If they got this close, she wouldn't be able to get near them. After all, if she got close, she would definitely be discovered, and if she was discovered...
She would get whipped by this peach branch. Back in the well, before she was hit, she was just coming closer, not even touching her, but it felt like a ball of flame was approaching her, trying to burn her to ashes.
She still remembers that feeling; just getting close was terrifying. If she were to actually be touched, Ah Rong felt she might just be reduced to ashes.
Although she was very unwilling, knowing that she had no chance, she still left and returned to the village to hide until the sacrificial ceremony began.
She hoped that after the ritual ended, she would become stronger and perhaps have a chance to get close to that master and get her hands on... several masters around him. It would be best if she could eat them. Although they weren't given to her during the ritual, she would still become stronger as long as she could eat them.
After Ah Rong walked away, the two players next to Lin Leyou and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, one of the players took out an item that he said could detect the magnetic field of ghosts.
Not long ago, Ah Rong was detected when she got close, but it could only detect her presence, not her specific direction or distance.
That's why they got closer and closer, and Xue Rui was getting a little unhappy. Fortunately, the female ghost was self-aware and should still remember the peach branch in his hand.
They only returned to normal after the female ghost left, but after trying, they still couldn't clear the dungeon and leave, meaning that some plot developments in Yaoshan Village hadn't yet occurred.
This plot point is probably the sacrificial ceremony scene.
Xue Rui, "What a pity..."
He sighed, and Lin Leyou asked, somewhat puzzled, "What's wrong? What's so regrettable?"
Xue Rui, "If there were two..."
Lin Leyou: "If we leave two little spiders over there, we can see the image?"
Xue Rui nodded, "Yes."
The two players had kept their distance after the female ghost left. They were actually a little worried that Xue Rui and Lin Leyou might take action directly, since the two of them were worth 400 points.
If it came to a fight, they would definitely be no match for them. After all, the tools they had were so powerful that killing them would be easier than killing a chicken.
Although they had gone far, they dared not go too far, in case the female ghost returned. They would still die at the hands of the female ghost, so they simply sat down in a place that was neither too close nor too far away.
Lin Leyou said, "If you want to see it now, I can send Little Spider back. There are still several hours before the sacrifice, so it should still be in time."
Xue Rui: "Isn't the Spider-Man only effective on your own?"
Lin Leyou said, "That's true. Then forget it. We'll just ignore it. Let's release the little spider now, and when we can leave the instance later, it will stay in the instance and we won't be able to take it with us."
Xue Rui nodded, "Then forget it. I just think it's a bit of a pity, nothing more. There's still so much time until midnight, are we just going to wait here?"
Lin Leyou said calmly, "There's nothing we can do about it. We just have to wait."
Xue Rui wasn't actually unwilling, but he found the two players' presence at a distance that was both annoying and unpleasant. He wanted to be alone with Lin Leyou, and even just sitting together without speaking made him feel very calm.
It's completely different from the real world, but thankfully, the two players definitely can't hear them when they're talking.
Xue Rui shook his hand, "I don't know when we'll meet again."
Lin Leyou said, "If you want to see me, come find me."
Xue Rui: "Really? Didn't Brother Lin scold me before, saying that a thousand points is a lot and I can't just spend it carelessly?"
Lin Leyou: "I still think this statement is very true: don't waste your points."
Xue Rui: "Then how can I just come find you?"
Lin Leyou: "I think we're very compatible."
Xue Rui's eyes lit up. "How so?"
Lin Leyou, "Don't you think we've gone through far too many dungeons together?"
Xue Rui blinked. "It does seem like there are quite a lot."
In fact, Lin Leyou's feelings were not the same as Xue Rui's feelings.
Lin Leyou felt there were many encounters with Xue Rui because he didn't take on missions very frequently.
However, he didn't know that Xue Rui was not like that at all. In the early stages, Xue Rui would keep clearing levels and entering new dungeons. After failing or clearing a level, he would continue.
On Xue Rui's side, the dungeons he encountered were roughly one-fifth or one-sixth of what Lin Leyou had experienced. Although he knew this in his heart, he did not refute Lin Leyou's words.
Actually, we can infer from Lin Leyou's words that his brother Lin doesn't seem to take on missions very often, which is why they've encountered each other relatively few times before.
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