Chapter 524 [(*^▽^*)]
If the villagers inside were lucky enough to survive, they probably would never like the sound of wind chimes or similar sounds again, but unfortunately... everyone has to die.
Just then, the players also received a message from the village chief's house. In particular, the player who set up the prop suddenly sat up, exclaiming, "The ghost has gone to the village chief's house!"
Coincidentally, this player happened to be in the room where Guo Xia and Guo Chengzheng were staying. Guo Xia and Guo Chengzheng were indeed asleep, but they were not in a deep sleep. When this person called them, they slowly woke up, but did not open their eyes and remained quietly asleep in bed.
However, the other players and the villagers who were still awake heard it. The villagers were naturally both scared and relieved that they had come here instead of staying at the village chief's house.
The player walked to the window, pulled back the curtains, and looked outside. "It's too dark; I can't see anything."
"Let's send some out... and see what's going on over there."
"Logically speaking, it shouldn't be possible to break in, but we don't know if the vengeful ghost has any special moves."
"How could it not? A vengeful ghost definitely has skills, maybe it can even break through!"
The players spoke very softly, and the villagers didn't notice what they were saying. As long as they were alright, they didn't care about the others.
What do they care about the lives of others? It's already difficult enough for them to survive.
After confirming that there was no danger here, the villagers gradually quieted down, seemingly not caring at all about the people from the village chief's side, perhaps even if they did care, it wouldn't matter.
The player who placed the wind chime said, "My wind chime not only has the ability to give early warnings, but it also has another ability: if a vengeful ghost breaks through the door and enters, I will know."
"I see. So, what's the situation now..."
"Right now, the wind chime is only in an alert state, so it seems the vengeful ghost is still outside and hasn't gone in."
"I just sent out a puppet. We'll be able to see what's going on over there in a little while. Please wait a moment."
Sure enough, the puppets soon arrived at a place not far from the village chief's house, but ghosts are ghosts, how can the living see them, unless they solidify their bodies themselves.
"I couldn't see anything, only the wind chimes were ringing incessantly."
Everyone was talking to each other in hushed tones.
"It's normal that you can't see it, after all, it's a ghost."
"The wind chimes are ringing, which means the vengeful ghost is indeed over there."
"But my puppet can't locate this vengeful ghost. What should I do? Should I put my expensive ghost-locating device on this fragile puppet?"
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. After all, the tool for detecting whether a ghost is present in the vicinity and the tool for locating the ghost's position are not on the same level.
"Well... let's keep an eye on it for now. If they get breached, we'll figure something out. For now, we're fine."
After all, there aren't many players here who would support keeping the side quests. Would they leave the safe house now to find teammates in other houses? That's obviously not realistic.
Most importantly, the exact strength of the vengeful spirit is still unknown...
"Wait, this vengeful ghost is right outside the village chief's house. Even those who support abandoning the side quest should come with us to see for themselves, right?"
Everyone agreed that it made a lot of sense, "Indeed..."
"So, tell everyone now? Anyway, the vengeful ghost is over there, so we're safe here."
"No problem, I have no objection."
"I have no objection either."
Soon, several players opened the door and left to find other players in other houses. Of course, not all of them came; only a few came. If they could reach an agreement, they could go back and notify the other players.
After all, if too many people come out at night, it might disturb the evil spirits at the village chief's house.
Even if they want to target vengeful spirits, they are not yet ready to do so.
These people gathered in Guo Xia's house, and the villagers here were a bit of a nuisance. In order to prevent them from causing trouble or obstructing things, or to prevent them from saying certain things to Guo Xia, the villagers decided to stay in the house.
The player then moved the villagers to other empty houses. The villagers were reluctant to leave, but they knew that the ghost was in the village chief's house. After the player's kind persuasion, the villagers left tremblingly. Fortunately, after being moved to other houses, no trouble occurred.
"Alright, now that they're all on our side, say whatever you want."
"The vengeful ghost is definitely still near the village chief's house. Have you released any puppets or props out there?"
"Of course I have. I've already seen the wind chimes ringing through the puppet, but have you forgotten something important?"
"What's so important?"
"That vengeful ghost can turn certain people or players into ghosts after killing them. Haven't you seen that ghost before?"
"So I'm asking you, does your wind chime only ring when it detects a vengeful ghost, or does it ring whenever there's a ghost?"
The other party had clearly forgotten about this; "It rings when a ghost is detected."
Several players gasped in shock. "That means if the vengeful ghost had been near the safe house, then everyone walking outside, including the villagers and NPCs, would have been in great danger!"
"Damn it, can you at least remember the things you're supposed to remember in the future! Luckily, nothing went wrong just now, probably because the vengeful ghost was really there, but what if it wasn't?"
The player who placed the wind chimes scratched his head. "Sorry, sorry, I didn't think it through. Luckily nothing happened. I'll be more careful next time!"
Since nothing serious happened, no one made a big deal of it until things calmed down...
"So... that means the ghost at the village chief's house might not be a vengeful spirit anymore. Is there still any need to discuss this here?"
"We can't just disperse like that. Maybe it's not a vengeful ghost, but it might be. We can't wait until we're 100% sure it's a vengeful ghost before we take action. Who can be 100% sure?"
"Does this mean that we'll stop taking action as soon as we discover a ghost has appeared, before we've even confirmed whether it's a vengeful ghost boss?"
"Oh dear, in my opinion, we should still arrange some people at the village chief's house, so that we can defend from both sides."
"In fact, this could have happened in the past as well."
"Then you'll go over there?"
"Only the powerful will go there. What would a weak and helpless little thing like me do there?"
"Hmph! If you know you're weak, don't speak carelessly."
"What did you say? You took my joke seriously?"
Seeing that the two were about to fight, everyone quickly pulled them apart. "Alright, the mission is more important right now. What are you doing?"
"I still agree with going to check out the village chief's house. If it turns out to be a vengeful ghost boss, at least we can get some information about it..."
But who will go?
"We don't necessarily have to go ourselves. Aren't there a lot of puppets over there? These puppets aren't worth many points, so we don't need to hide. We can just go out and take a look. If any vengeful ghosts appear..."
“These puppets are all physical entities. Didn’t they attack a ghost before? They went right through it without causing any damage, and you can’t touch them. Weapons that can hurt ghosts are very precious. How can we entrust them to such fragile puppets? What if…”
What if it gets lost?
The items that can harm ghosts are mostly weapons, and these items are generally very expensive. Even blue-grade items are valued at hundreds of thousands of points by the system.
Even if some players have gold-tier weapons and items, they won't carelessly discard or damage their blue-tier weapons and items... especially those with special effects, which are very rare.
Not to mention weapons that can damage ghosts and the like, such weapons are even more expensive and rarer!
Even if all the players in this instance combined, they might not be able to collect fifty items! In other words, at least half of the players do not have weapons specifically designed to counter ghosts.
However, at least they will still have some items that cause indirect damage, so if these players cannot unite in this dungeon, they are simply waiting to die.
Lin Leyou was standing on the roof of the house closest to the village chief's house, watching the situation. In just two or three minutes, the fragile puppet dolls that were hiding around had all come out.
Xue Rui stood beside him. "They're looking for us... looking for you."
After all, neither the players nor the villagers knew of Zhong Wuyan's existence; they only knew that Fu Qingqiu had become a vengeful ghost.
Lin Leyou stroked his chin. "What do you think about me going over there and knocking on the door now?"
Xue Rui: "The door gods pasted on the door are still effective."
The implication is that they can no longer knock on the door; they will be blocked.
Lin Leyou said, "Anyway, these are all fragile puppets and they don't have any weapons, so I'll have two underlings wear down the protective effects of those gatekeepers."
"Anyway, he's just a subordinate, so it doesn't matter if he sees us."
Xue Rui naturally had no objections, as long as Lin Leyou didn't risk his life himself.
Lin Leyou then had his two underlings slowly approach the village chief's house. They did not reveal themselves, so the dozen or so puppets swaggering around on the road did not notice them at all.
Sometimes these puppets can even pass through two of the smaller ghosts, and it's normal that they don't notice.
Just as the two ghosts slowly approached the gate, they were blocked by the gate gods. At that moment, they revealed their true forms, but only in a blurry way, making it impossible to tell who was who.
All I know is that it's a blurry shape resembling a human figure.
The players who saw the two figures at the safe house were startled.
"It's here!"
"Is it a vengeful ghost?!"
"It doesn't look like it. There are two figures. There was only one near the safe house before, so there are two here. Could one of them be the vengeful ghost BOSS?"
"Something feels off. It's a pity... These puppets can't attack these two ghosts; they can only watch."
The two ghosts, whose outlines were blurred, ignored all the puppets and kept crashing into the door. When one was knocked away, the other would take its place, and so on.
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