Chapter 508 [(*^▽^*)]
Xu Jian's wife shook her head, "I don't remember anything. I just slept until dawn, and when I woke up I saw him like that... I... I didn't hear anything during the night, I didn't even wake up."
At this point, everyone understood that Xu Jian's wife couldn't offer anything of value.
The village chief asked Xu Jian's children, and the result was the same. The two children knew nothing either. They were over twenty years old, but they slept like logs at night.
"Village chief, something's not right. No matter what, Xu Jian is a living person, a grown man. How could he be nailed to the ground and not know how to resist? Someone must have used drugs."
The village chief agreed, "Indeed, they must have used **, otherwise the three of them wouldn't have felt nothing at all."
She didn't even feel it when the man sleeping next to her was nailed to death.
At this time, the villagers also quickly went home and took their families to gather at the village entrance. All the players also gradually gathered at the village entrance and began to exchange the information they had gained.
“We just went upstairs with the village chief and overheard some news about the mountain god temple. It seems the village sends people to the mountain god temple to serve the mountain god, but judging from their tone, they are obviously not doing it voluntarily. Moreover, they believe that the people will return as vengeful ghosts, which means they are being sent to their deaths.”
"It is said that a person named Fu Qingqiu was sent there recently, and the Fu family all agreed."
“I’ve also found out that it was sent there about two months ago. They put a living person in a stone coffin, then nailed the coffin lid shut with stone nails, and then sent it to the mountain god temple.”
"Do you think he will become a vengeful ghost and come back for revenge? Or is someone using this to avenge him?"
"We can't leave the village, there must be ghosts around! This must be a supernatural instance."
"That's what I think too. I think everyone agrees on this point, right? Let's investigate in this direction."
"No objection. Let's talk about something else, like the exact location of that mountain god temple. That's very important."
"We don't know yet, but it's definitely in the mountains. We just don't know which way to go. We have no choice but to ask the villagers first."
"Who should ask? I feel like asking about the location of the mountain god temple now might make the NPCs become unfriendly to us."
"Alright, that's enough. The village chief over there has something to say. Let's listen to him first."
Everyone quieted down and looked at the village chief, who was standing at the front on a bench with a megaphone in his hand.
The village chief fiddled with the megaphone in his hand for a while before turning it on and speaking, "Everyone, please be quiet!"
The people at the village entrance fell silent and all looked at the village chief. To be honest, under normal circumstances, such a scene wouldn't be anything special, and the village chief had seen it many times before. But for some reason, perhaps because of the overcast sky, the whole village seemed dim. Under such circumstances, all the villagers were standing in front of him, their dark eyes staring at him strangely, which made the village chief feel a little scared for a moment.
He swallowed subconsciously, but quickly recovered. "I think everyone knows what happened, and I know what everyone is thinking!"
He took a deep breath and shouted, "Are you kidding me! How could this be true?"
"This has been a tradition in our Haitang Village since ancient times. How many times has this happened? What kind of ghost or monster has appeared this time? If I hear such words again, don't blame me for singled this person out for everyone to see!"
"Someone must be playing tricks, taking advantage of the time when that traitorous villain was sent to the mountain god temple not long ago to settle personal scores in the village! Don't think I don't know, I've seen plenty of people, do you think such tricks can fool me?"
The villagers listened as the village chief stood on a bench and spoke at length. Although some of his words were extreme, they did manage to calm the villagers' tense nerves.
The village chief spoke for over half an hour, "Alright, I think everyone understands. Xu Jian's situation is indeed quite tragic, but I think everyone knows that outsiders won't respect the traditions of our Haitang Village, so we absolutely cannot expose this matter now. As for Xu Jian..."
"Everyone, go to the Xu family and lend a hand to hold a funeral for Xu Jian. Then... everyone should pay attention to the people they know and see if there's anything suspicious. If you have any information, remember to tell me. We absolutely cannot let this charlatan get away with it!"
Most villagers believed the village chief's story, and some even patted their chests in righteous indignation, saying they were determined to find the guy who was taking revenge at this critical juncture.
However, a very small number of villagers still remained skeptical, and some even planned to quietly leave the village to hide and return when things calmed down.
Of course, the players were even more dismissive; they completely ignored what the village chief said.
"I thought the village chief would say something useful, but it's all nonsense."
"What a waste of time, but thankfully, these villagers still discuss some useful information in private, and we can go over and listen in."
"Let's go to the Xu family to help them; maybe we can find out some information."
"Let's go, I'll go too."
“Then you go to the Xu family’s house, and we’ll look for clues in the mountains around the village.”
"The mountain god temple... They must go there often, so there must be a path to follow. We just need to find the path to find the mountain god temple."
“I also went to look for the mountain god temple, because I always felt that this mountain god temple would be an important place.”
"How about this, we split into several groups and search separately, which will greatly increase the probability of finding it."
"I'm fine."
Lin Leyou watched as the players in the distance split into several groups. Some followed the villagers to the Xu family, some gathered with some villagers who were still gossiping, and the rest went back to their houses to pack some things and headed into the mountains.
Xue Rui, "What do you mean?"
Lin Leyou: "We can send a few players to the Evil God Temple and kill them."
Xue Rui: "That's what I think too."
If there are too many players, even if they are very powerful, they might still be caught off guard and lose. But if they defeat them one by one, it won't be difficult for them.
Lin Leyou said, "Let's go. We'll follow this five-person team. They've chosen to head towards the Evil God Temple, but they're moving too slowly. They probably won't arrive until evening."
Xue Rui said, "It's alright, we can check out the situation in the village first."
Lin Leyou blinked, his gaze sweeping around the village. Apart from some villagers who had returned home, the rest of the village were chatting wildly about gossip at the Xu family's house, the village chief's house, and in some corners.
Lin Leyou said, "Didn't we use a lot of tricks near the Evil God Temple? Maybe we can take down a few players. Let's check out the village first, maybe we can go to the village chief's house?"
Xue Rui said, "You go to the village chief's house, and I'll go to Xu Jian's house."
Lin Leyou nodded, "Okay, but keep an eye out for players with detection items."
Xue Rui: "I understand."
Xue Rui had experienced quite a few supernatural instances before, and no one knew better than him what to do in a supernatural instance, especially from the perspective of a vengeful ghost.
When he arrived near the village chief's house, Lin Leyou didn't get too close. After all, he couldn't go inside the village chief's house; he could only look around from the outside. Of course, as a vengeful ghost, he could still hear the voices coming from inside.
"How is it? Have you sent anyone out yet?"
The first thing Lin Leyou heard was from the village chief, who looked extremely anxious.
"Don't worry, village chief. We sent people out a long time ago, and they're probably already back by now. Once they arrive, we'll pack our things and leave tonight."
The village chief breathed a sigh of relief. "Okay, let's do it this way. The sooner we leave, the better!"
"We have to leave today. The stuff stuck to the door won't last long; some of it was used up last night. If we can't leave tonight..."
The village chief looked solemn, and the others also looked grim. Everyone present was extremely close to the village chief, or even relatives or in-laws.
Upon hearing this, Lin Leyou, who was floating outside, realized that there were no players in the village chief's house. The players were all eavesdropping outside the door using props, and Lin Leyou was eavesdropping from the air to avoid getting too close to them.
Unexpectedly, last night he and Xue Rui came here intending to break in, but were blocked by these gatekeepers. What they thought would keep them indefinitely turned out to be consumables. Once they forced their way in too many times, these would be used up. No wonder the village chief was in such a hurry.
The speech at the village entrance was merely to calm the villagers of Haitang Village and buy them time to escape.
The village chief sighed, "How could this happen... Nothing like this has ever happened before, why is it happening now? And why did it have to happen when I'm the village chief..."
"The evil god isn't protecting us anymore? Why didn't it devour him whole, skin and bones, soul and all? Instead, it released a vengeful ghost..."
"Just then, several villagers with panicked expressions and frightened eyes ran frantically toward the village chief's house from the village entrance ahead."
Players hiding near the village chief's house instinctively concealed themselves to avoid being seen by the villagers.
They arrived at the village chief's door and, without even having time to look around to see if anyone was there, began banging on the door and shouting, "Village chief, village chief, are you there?!"
Hearing the knocking and shouting outside, the village chief exclaimed, "Go quickly and see who it is! Is it them...?"
It turned out that the people they had sent out to meet them were the ones who came in. Seeing the door open, they rushed straight to the back, and upon seeing the village chief, they collapsed to the ground, uttering, "Village Chief..."
"We can't get out!"
The village chief was taken aback. He stood up abruptly, wanting to say something, but in the end he said nothing and his legs gave way, causing him to slump back into his chair.
"How could this be... how could this happen? We... are we still capable?"
The village chief muttered something under his breath, but quickly stood up. "No, I have to go see for myself. You all come with me!"
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