Chapter 544 [(*^▽^*)]
Lin Leyou stroked his chin. "The safe house is set up so that it's inaccessible by the system, so there's definitely no loophole there. But the ancestral hall might be a different story. Let's go take a look."
"The conflict between players and villagers cannot simply be left unresolved; we must do something about it."
The two returned to the ancestral hall but still couldn't get close. They tried various methods but still came up empty-handed. They then went to the village again and sat on the roof of the village chief's house, looking around the entire village.
Lin Leyou smirked. "What do you think if we burned the whole village down?"
Xue Rui, "How do we burn it?"
Lin Leyou said, "For the villagers to survive, simply blocking us isn't enough. They have hundreds of people to eat, drink, and relieve themselves. If we can't guarantee these things, even if they hide well, they will still die if we can't take action."
"Will they be killed by us or starved to death?"
Xue Rui said, "It seems we can't burn the village down. Moving the evil god temple also took a lot of effort."
Since they're all ghosts now, and ghosts shouldn't be able to do this, but the Evil God Temple... that's an exception. It consumed a lot of Lin Leyou's power. If this happens a few more times, then it's really all over.
Xue Rui said, "Find Guo Xia and his group, and tell them to burn down the village, the villagers' stored grain, and destroy the water pipes and wells."
Lin Leyou: "I wonder if players' safe houses can be burned down."
Xue Rui: "Can the villagers take action? If not, let Guo Xia and the others do it."
Lin Leyou waved his hand, "Don't reveal their identities for now. Keep them hidden until the end. Right now, we can't get close to the ancestral hall or the safe house, but the villagers will be back in the village during the day to eat and drink. That's when we'll make our move."
Xue Rui: "In this way, we will have to expose that we can appear and kill people during the day."
Lin Leyou said, "It was bound to be exposed sooner or later, and now is the time. Besides, even if it is exposed, so what? If the villagers know that the evil spirit will appear during the day, will they stop coming to the village to get food?"
Xue Rui said, "In that case, there's no need to burn the village down."
Lin Leyou nodded, "Yes, preserving the village is more valuable than burning it down, as it can continuously generate value for us."
At this point, he breathed a sigh of relief, "There's nothing to do tonight, let's find a place to rest first."
Xue Rui, "There's a small hut left at the original site of the Evil God Temple. Shall we go back and rest?"
Lin Leyou nodded. "Let's go. Let them have one last wonderful, safe, and peaceful night. After tomorrow dawn, they will never have peace of mind again."
When they returned to the little house they had decorated themselves, they immediately felt a long-lost feeling.
"It feels like it's been a long time since I've been back, but I still think it's great."
What used to be a temple of evil gods is now just a lonely little house, which is the resting room behind the temple they had decorated.
The things inside were very simple, but they liked them very much. Of course, from a normal person's aesthetic point of view, it might just be a simple and dilapidated haunted house, but the two of them felt very good about it.
Xue Rui pulled him by the hand and lay him down on the bed, then hugged him and kissed him hard.
Lin Leyou blinked. "What's wrong?"
Xue Rui: "We haven't been intimate in a long time."
Lin Leyou, "...You can kiss this unfamiliar face?"
Xue Rui: "As long as it's our own bodies, nothing else matters."
Lin Leyou raised an eyebrow. "That's a good way to put it. I like it."
He leaned over and kissed Xue Rui, "Alright, little brat, go to sleep."
He reached out and gently patted Xue Rui's shoulder, as if he were coaxing a child. Xue Rui showed no expression or reaction, but simply moved over slowly and buried himself in Lin Leyou's arms.
Just when Lin Leyou thought he should be in a higher position...
"Xue Rui! You..."
Lin Leyou gripped Xue Rui's shoulders tightly with both hands, but he didn't actually push him away. When Xue Rui looked up at him, he noticed that Lin Leyou's eyes were a little red.
Despite being a pale-faced vengeful ghost, he somehow exuded a hint of shame.
Lin Leyou raised his hand and touched his collarbone. That damn Xue Xiaorui actually bit him there. "Why does he like biting people so much?"
He subconsciously recalled that when they were in Xiushan Village, Xue Rui had also bitten him on the waist. Of course, the bites weren't hard, but it wasn't a matter of how hard the bite was.
Xue Rui, "I like you."
Lin Leyou was speechless. Xue Rui's words were true. If he didn't like someone, how could he do such a thing? For someone he didn't like, he would feel uncomfortable even holding hands, let alone kissing them.
Lin Leyou: "I like you too."
If he didn't like it, he would have given Xue Rui a good beating long ago.
Xue Rui pulled Lin Leyou into his arms this time, saying, "I know, we like each other."
Lin Leyou hesitated for a moment before asking, "Are you...?"
Xue Rui: "You've been very cold to me these past few days."
Lin Leyou didn't understand what he meant by that. Was she being cold? Was he really that cold? No, could it be that Xue Rui was... sexually frustrated?
He looked at Xue Rui with some suspicion, but Xue Rui's eyes and expression were calm, and he could not see any resentment or anger.
Very good. He's only just come of age, and Xue Rui already has the look of that cold-faced CEO from his previous life.
Doesn't this sense of disconnect feel a bit too strong?
Xue Rui was really cute before she became an adult, but she seems to have changed immediately after becoming an adult. Could it be because of those few months in the real world?
For him, it meant he could see Xue Rui, but for Xue Rui, it meant...
He couldn't think about this anymore. Every time he thought about it, he felt an overwhelming sense of guilt, especially after they got together.
They are all people from the real world, but for various reasons, I can't tell him the truth. I don't know what Xue Rui will think when he finds out about this.
Xue Rui clearly sensed that Lin Leyou's mood had instantly dropped. "What's wrong?"
Lin Leyou shook her head and hugged him. "It's okay, let's rest."
Although vengeful ghosts don't need to rest, they are still somewhat tired. Even if they can't fall asleep after lying in bed, it's good to close their eyes, rest, and lie quietly for a while.
Although Xue Rui felt that Lin Leyou was hiding something from him, he didn't pursue it. He was sure he would find out when the time was right, and besides... given their identities, they did indeed face some troubles at times.
For example, the two of them can only meet within the instance.
Some things are just not convenient to talk about. Xue Rui held Lin Leyou tightly in his arms, as if Lin Leyou would disappear from his sight if he didn't pull harder.
Time slipped away quietly, and the night deepened. Tonight was exceptionally quiet, with no unusual occurrences near either the player's safe house or the shrine.
Even in the village, there was no commotion. Everyone slept soundly and peacefully. Even though they didn't rest indoors, everyone was satisfied. They didn't wake up until dawn.
Lin Leyou and his companions got up at dawn and flew hand in hand toward the village. They had come with a plan, and instead of immediately causing trouble for the villagers, they planned to secretly meet with Guo Xia and his companion, and then meet with them alone, without the other players noticing.
However, Rong Yuwen now requires all players not to act alone, but to go out in groups of at least five or even ten, making it really difficult to meet them alone.
Lin Leyou looked at the player's hut and said, "These safe houses are really an eyesore, and there are quite a few of them. We can think of a solution for the ancestral hall, but these safe houses are a real hidden danger."
"I thought the protective effect of this safe house would gradually decrease over time, but I was wrong. This safe house is safe from beginning to end. Ghosts can't even get too close, let alone enter. We have to find a way to destroy it."
Xue Rui said, "In the games I've played before, the safe houses belonging to players were indestructible."
Lin Leyou, "Hmm?"
Xue Rui: "Even the players themselves cannot destroy the safe house, but this is an instance, so it might be different."
Lin Leyou said, "We must try it. Only after confirming that it cannot be destroyed should we think of other methods."
At this moment, Guo Xia and Guo Chengzheng were standing not far from the hut. They watched as the villagers who had slept outside the hut the night before packed up their things and left, and they looked quite relaxed.
After all, nothing happened last night, which is good for the players and villagers, but not for the BOSS and Guo Xia.
The two of them hadn't gone too far from the cabin, so no one was watching them or standing with them in the same area. Only players who explicitly indicated they wanted to go out would form a team.
Near the player's cabin, Guo Xia and Guo Chengzheng were using the excuse of checking the surveillance equipment they had installed nearby to gradually walk away, though they didn't go far.
So after telling Rong Yuwen, they came out, and there was no one else with them.
They had taken precautions beforehand, and the place where they installed the props was the furthest from the safe house compared to the others, so they could feel safer there.
Guo Xia suddenly said, "It seems there's a small problem with this testing tool. Let me turn it off and check it."
Guo Chengzheng paused for a moment, then added, "Then I'll turn it off and check it too. If there's a problem, there might be trouble later."
"By the way, this area is our responsibility, right? Has anyone else set up props here?"
Guo Chengzheng shook his head, "No, it's just the two of us."
Guo Xia then picked up the props in his hand and began to inspect them openly. Just then, they finally met the person they wanted to see... BOSS!
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