Chapter 539 [(*^▽^*)]
The village chief's son was puzzled. "What does this have to do with me? We..."
Knowing that the main gate would be broken down, they gathered the whole family in the area closest to the back door, which is why they were among the first villagers to escape from their home and arrive here safely.
"You still say it's nothing? These young people found out where the stone coffin was from you, but when they went to the temple, they turned it upside down and found nothing! They lost many people because of this, so they hold a grudge against us."
"Let me tell you this, it's alright for those of us who don't know exactly where the stone coffin is, but it's hard to say for people like you... If they find out you're here, they might come out and kill you right now. Why don't you run away quickly?"
Just then, the villagers who had been following behind also ran over. They looked terrified, and some of them were even covered in blood, which of course was not their blood, but someone else's.
They were in such a hurry when they ran that they didn't see it, but now they all see it: this person actually has a fragment of internal organs hanging on his shoulder.
He was terrified when he saw it and didn't dare touch it. Instead, he took off his coat and threw it on the ground, then moved far away, abandoning the coat.
"Dead, dead, all dead! Some were even torn to pieces! It's horrible. Fu Qingqiu is so cruel. How could he do such a thing? Isn't it only right to sacrifice everything for the evil god?"
"It's his honor... How could he be dissatisfied? We can't even see the evil god once in our lives, but he can... How can he have the nerve to become a vengeful ghost and come back for revenge?"
Seeing that they were safe, they all sat down to rest. Some of them were so emotional that they started cursing and hurling insults at Fu Qingqiu, while others were in a daze, as if they had been scared out of their wits.
Of course, most of them would stay in a corner and silently shed tears, terrified.
The village chief's son's expression was ferocious. "How could there be a mistake? I followed my brother and carried the paving stones up here by hand, under the instructions of my father and the others. The entrance is right below!"
“I even carried the stone coffin down there myself, how could I be wrong? Everything I said is true!”
He practically roared these words, as if everyone was wronging him.
“Even if you didn’t enter the temple and didn’t see it, you should still know that the sarcophagus was carried inside and placed there, not taken out, right? If the entrance isn’t inside, where is it?”
The other person sneered, "Why are you taking it out on me? How would I know? It's not like there isn't a back door to this temple. Maybe you left through the back door? Everyone is in the front, no one went to the back."
"Besides... it's no use telling me this. If you're so capable, go and explain it to them."
As he said this, his expression changed slightly, and he pointed in a direction, "I advise you to go and take a look at the ditch over there before you talk to them. Then you'll know what to do."
The village chief's son was puzzled. He looked in that direction and saw a ditch not far away. Was there something wrong with that place?
He called to his brother, and the two of them went to check. They found a body that wasn't completely buried, and they recognized who the body belonged to.
He was an old, lazy bachelor who often idled away his time in the village; he was a mangy dog, and everyone in the village hated him.
When they returned, trembling, they asked, "What happened? Why is he dead? Who...?"
In fact, they all knew what was going on, but they were just not sure. After all, the only ones who could deal with Fu Qingqiu now were these young people. If these people were their enemies, would they still be able to survive?
No, it's not the whole village, just their family!
These young people now believe that they were wrong about the location, which led to the deaths of many of them. If they cannot prove that what they said is true, then... perhaps even without ghosts, these people could kill their entire family. Now... the safest place in this village has become the most dangerous place.
What should we do? Where are they going now? Is there anywhere in the village that can accommodate them?
Just when the two brothers were in a desperate situation, the village chief's son suddenly thought of a place that only his father and the two brothers knew about. No one else in their family knew about it, let alone other villagers.
The two brothers had clearly thought of that place.
"Big brother, what do we do now? If we stay here and they find us, we might die. But if we go home, there are still ghosts and lots of corpses on that side..."
The village chief's son looked nervous, then gritted his teeth and said, "Let's find an uninhabited house to stay in first, and we'll talk about the rest when it gets light."
Their daughter-in-law came over and asked fearfully, "Aren't you staying here?"
"We were talking too loudly just now, they might have heard us... Let's hurry up and leave, what if they come out and kill us?"
"You... what location are you talking about? Is there really a problem?"
"Impossible! That's the exact spot. We saw it with our own eyes, and we even went down there!"
The family walked further and further away, still talking, but the villagers who stayed behind could no longer hear them.
"They've really left?"
"No way, aren't you afraid of encountering ghosts on the way?"
"Ghosts? The ghosts are all in their house now; there shouldn't be any ghosts elsewhere."
"But even if they're fine now, they'll be found by ghosts after a while and still die."
"So staying here will solve the problem?"
They spoke very softly, afraid of waking the people inside, after all, the scene of Zhou Nanyue killing someone with a single blow was too shocking for them.
They offered human sacrifices to the evil god, which they considered normal, since the people were placed in the stone coffins alive and intact; they had never actually killed anyone with their own hands.
Upon first seeing such a scene, they were naturally terrified.
If they could, they wouldn't want to stay here either, but they were forced by circumstances to stay elsewhere, and they didn't have the same courage as the village chief's family to go and live in other deserted places.
Just then, more and more villagers arrived. They had run out of the village chief's house. At first, they were just a little disheveled, but later they all had some injuries, and then the injuries became more serious, with some even still bleeding. In the end, they were all in bizarre shapes and sizes...
It's not exactly strange, but there were people with severed arms and legs, and others with their heads split open. They were all seriously injured, and no one knew how long they would live.
The air was thick with the stench of blood, and everyone looked extremely pale.
In the end, no one came over, but sporadic screams could still be heard from a familiar direction. The screams went from being shrill at first to becoming faint and lifeless. They even felt that the cries for help were not far away, but no one dared to go and rescue the person.
And so, time slowly passed until morning.
Although it was still cloudy without the sun, everyone was excited the moment they felt the light. Dawn meant that the ghosts... would no longer chase them.
Of course, these were all wishful thinking on their part. Lin Leyou and his group had indeed taken action during the day, but the villagers hadn't discovered it.
But they stopped after daybreak, and Lin Leyou sent his four henchmen back.
That's right, another one. Last night he got himself another henchman. The newly recruited henchman has red eyes and looks extremely violent. When he kills people, he's like a mad killer.
When Lin Leyou saw him killing people in a frenzy while letting out a sharp, maniacal laugh, he was stunned. Even Xue Rui found this newly recruited underling quite novel and observed him for a while.
After discovering that his underling was merely bloodthirsty and extreme, and would not betray Lin Leyou, Xue Rui stopped caring about him.
The four underlings now obediently stayed behind Lin Leyou, especially the fourth one, who was incredibly well-behaved. His eyes were round and the red light had faded, and he looked dazed, showing no trace of the madness he had displayed last night.
Xue Rui: "I just counted them. Eighty-six villagers were killed last night."
Lin Leyou calculated, "There are still more than 380 villagers who are still alive. I wonder if they will have a bloody conflict with the players."
Xue Rui: "It should be possible, let's wait and see."
As dawn broke, the players got up one after another. Because it was too late last night, and the players who had returned alive from the mountains had all escaped death, they desperately needed to rest, so many things had to be discussed during the day.
When they came out, most of the villagers who had been gathered around the house the night before and refused to leave had left, leaving only a small group still wandering around, seemingly intending to talk to them.
Rong Yuwen glanced at the villagers, took a deep breath, and then, as if he hadn't seen them, beckoned the remaining players over, "There's something we need to discuss, everyone come over here."
The villagers saw that they were all gathered together, so they didn't come any closer. After all, they had all noticed... The players were looking at them with cold eyes, as if they would be stabbed if they came any closer.
"Forget it, let's just leave. We can stay in the neighborhood tonight and not bother them, right? Going over there now feels like we're going to get beaten up."
"I think so too, let's go."
They were all timid and didn't dare to approach the player. They spoke very softly, afraid of being overheard. Fortunately, the player didn't have time to pay attention to them. No matter what they said, as long as they didn't bother him, it was fine.
Seeing the players' indifference, the villagers didn't want to linger and make a fool of themselves. They slowly left, feeling a bit safer now that it was daytime, so they left quite easily.
After watching them leave, Rong Yuwen turned to the other players in front of him and said, "The side quest has been decided to be abandoned. Everyone agrees, right?"
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