Chapter 533 [(*^▽^*)]
Upon hearing Rong Yuwen's question, Guo Chengzheng nodded and said, "This is the place. There is only one evil god temple in these mountains."
It's supposed to be a temple of evil gods, but the signboard actually says "Mountain God Temple."
Guo Xia: "Should we go in and take a look? Or wait a bit longer?"
Rong Yuwen said, "Let's send the puppet in to take a look first. We absolutely cannot let our guard down. This is already the BOSS's lair. He is definitely in here or nearby."
Thinking of this, each player took out their most treasured items, or were ready to use them at any time, because this was the BOSS's lair... It was quite dangerous.
"Captain Rong, should we throw the puppet in now?"
There is a wall surrounding the mountain god temple, and the place where the statue is placed must be inside. The entrance to the place where the stone coffin is hidden is behind the place where the statue is placed.
"Let the puppet go in first." As soon as he finished speaking, he took out a puppet and threw it in.
The cuddly puppet was thrown in and bounced up immediately upon landing, standing firmly. Soon, several other players threw their puppets in as well.
Rong Yuwen said, "The space inside isn't very big, but let's split up and check out the general situation first, and then go in to see the statues at the end."
"Okay, no problem."
The interior was actually very spacious. Apart from the brick and stone paving on the path leading from the gate to the temple, the rest of the place was bare soil, and even some weeds were growing there.
There was nothing else inside except the temple. Rong Yuwen frowned slightly but didn't think much of it.
"There's nothing there, just this temple. Shall we go in?"
Rong Yuwen nodded, "Go open the door first, then go in and take a look."
Pushing open the door with puppets was difficult, but still achievable. With ten puppets pushing together, the tightly closed door was soon opened a crack.
The gap is too narrow for a person to pass through, but it can allow a small puppet to pass through, especially since the puppet is a doll, soft and squishy, and can squeeze in if you squeeze.
Rong Yuwen: "There's a statue inside, and it looks quite intimidating."
Some players started looking for the entrance. "Looking... Hey? Where is it? The villagers said it's behind the statue, but it doesn't seem to be there. You guys come and take a look."
"The bluestone bricks here are very large. Do we have to lift them up to know?"
“These puppets don’t have that much strength. They can only kick small stones. We have to go in and move this big brick ourselves.”
"Can we find out what's underneath these blue bricks now? Are they hollow?"
“Something’s not right… I think there might be solid underneath this rock.”
"No way! What makes you feel this way? Is it a sixth sense?"
"Yeah, it's just a feeling. You can call it a sixth sense if you want, I don't object. Don't disbelieve me, my sixth sense is very accurate. I've cleared several dungeons using my sixth sense before, trust me!"
"This...this thing is indeed quite mysterious."
Rong Yuwen said, "Alright, since that's the case, let's go in. There doesn't seem to be any danger inside, and our detection equipment isn't reacting."
"That means there are no ghosts in the evil god temple."
Some people disagreed, saying, "We didn't detect any ghosts over there on that bridge either, but we were still trapped there!"
"But there are no ghosts, so even if I'm trapped, there's no danger."
“...That makes sense. Let’s go in then. We should at least go in and take a look.”
Rong Yuwen said, "In that case, let's go."
Instead of pushing the door open themselves, the puppets inside came out of the hall, opened the door from the inside, and then went inside.
As they walked, everyone kept checking the testing equipment in their hands. They breathed a sigh of relief only after finding that there was really no reaction, but their nerves were still on edge, as danger could strike at any moment.
At this moment, two people floating in mid-air not far away watched with great interest as they ran around the evil god's temple, finding it quite amusing.
Lin Leyou smiled and said, "They could dig three feet into the ground here and still not find the entrance to the place where the stone coffin was placed."
Xue Rui looked at the evil god temple. To be honest, the two of them had also tried to move the stone coffin, but they didn't know if it was because of the dungeon settings, but the stone coffin really couldn't be moved. No matter what they did, the stone coffin didn't budge. However, they easily moved the entire evil god temple on the ground.
The current location of the evil god temple is about 500 meters away from its original location in a straight line, and the path has been covered by turf that they moved from other places.
Now all players feel that this place is the real evil god's temple.
Lin Leyou: "Haha... Won't these players think the villagers are lying to them?"
Xue Rui said, "It's possible that they will return empty-handed this time. They took a huge risk coming here, but after arriving at the temple of the evil god, they found that they had been deceived."
Lin Leyou, “Then they will think that the villagers did not want anyone to defile the sacred evil god temple, so they told them the false entrance location.”
Xue Rui raised an eyebrow, "A sacred temple of evil gods?"
Lin Leyou said, "Actually, from the players' perspective, they would think that the place where the stone coffin where offerings were made to the evil god was sacred, not that the temple itself was sacred."
Xue Rui: "That's true, after all, the stone coffin contains the food of the evil god that they value so much."
Although the evil god temple is also important, it is definitely not as important as those stone coffins, so it can also become a trigger for conflict between players and villagers.
Making them completely abandon the side quests would actually benefit Lin Leyou and his group.
Xue Rui looked ahead and said, "They started knocking down the floor tiles inside."
Lin Leyou burst out laughing, "Let me see!"
They both knew how big the floor tiles were. Would such large tiles really make a difference in the sound when tapped? Even if they were hollow underneath.
These blue bricks are half a meter thick... I guess the sounds will all be the same, not to mention that the bottom of this new place is solid, so there's absolutely no guarantee that there won't be any different sounds.
Sure enough, they knocked inside for a long time but didn't hear any different sounds.
Rong Yuwen, "Shall we pry these stones up and take a look?"
No one objected. They'd come this far, and they couldn't just give up halfway. So far, they hadn't found any valuable clues. This evil temple just felt... a bit off.
Although these large blue bricks are very heavy, with so many players taking strength potions, they were able to move all of them. But... can anyone tell them how this happened?
They pried up all the bricks on the ground, but the bricks underneath were solid, and they found no entrance.
Just in case, they even moved the statue and removed the bricks underneath it, but still found nothing. Some players with short tempers took out shovels from their backpacks and started digging around the statue, but unfortunately, they still found nothing.
Even Rong Yuwen got a little annoyed in the end, and he started digging inside, but he didn't find anything. Of course... since they couldn't dig inside, they went to dig outside, but they dug up all the ground inside the wall and still found nothing. Even the brick path was destroyed.
In the end, not even the houses inside and the walls outside were left; they had all been destroyed by these players. The sky darkened, and it was already night. The players in the distance looked very grim. Behind them was the ruins of the evil god's temple, and even the evil god's statue had been smashed to pieces.
This scene was unexpected for Lin Leyou and Xue Rui. They thought that at most they would just dig three feet into the ground, but they didn't expect that they would even demolish the house and walls and smash the statues.
Lin Leyou: "Wow, impressive... such a temper?"
Xue Rui, "I guess he feels like he's been scammed."
Lin Leyou could tell from their expressions that they were "going back to settle scores with those villagers."
Xue Rui: "So...we're letting them go back?"
Lin Leyou smirked, "How can that be? Losing just two people isn't enough to enrage them. Kill a few more and make them flee back in a sorry state. That way, the surviving ones will harbor even deeper hatred."
Xue Rui: "I'll listen to you."
Lin Leyou said, "Let's go. We can still use the fog over the small bridge. We can ambush these players there. Remember to kill as many as possible."
Xue Rui: "No problem, I'll do the killing."
Lin Leyou, "Want to try some physical skills?"
Xue Rui: "These players have items."
Lin Leyou immediately lost interest. "That's right. If players use items to fight us in melee, we'll be at a disadvantage. It seems we can only try melee again in the next dungeon."
Xue Rui: "They turned back."
Lin Leyou and his companion quietly followed, keeping a considerable distance so that they wouldn't know the BOSS was watching them from the shadows.
Guo Chengzheng suddenly said, "So far, the BOSS hasn't appeared, and neither have the little devils. They're probably in the village."
If he had said that on the way here, everyone might have been a little worried, but now everyone is convinced that the villagers have deceived them. They risked their lives to come to the evil god's temple!
So even when the BOSS and his henchmen were slaughtering villagers in the village, Rong Yuwen and the others didn't show much emotion, as if it were unimportant.
Guo Xia: "Really? Does that mean the side quests are ruined?"
Guo Chengzheng stroked his chin. "It should be fine, as long as the main quest is completed."
At this moment, Rong Yuwen nodded in agreement, "Yes, it would be good enough if we could complete the main quest and get away in time. The villagers don't seem to be on our side."
"If possible, it's best to distance ourselves as soon as possible, so that we don't get betrayed by these habitually lying villagers when we're dealing with the BOSS later... Instead of dying at the hands of the BOSS, we'll die at the hands of the villagers."
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