Chapter 547 [(*^▽^*)]
How could they possibly know whether any villagers died?
"I'm not sure about that. There are still several hundred villagers, and they're scattered around during the day. We don't have time to check on them one by one. We just need to protect this place."
"So that means the villagers can't let them get close?"
Rong Yuwen: "This is what I'm thinking. Should we discuss it?"
“There’s nothing to discuss. These villagers are the BOSS’s tools to get close to us. Once the villagers get close, our remaining five huts will also be destroyed.”
"There won't be any safe houses left then, our escape route will be completely gone, and there's a very high chance we'll fail. This is my first A-rank difficulty dungeon, and I don't want to fail!"
Some players were very emotional, and 80-90% of them thought it was good to keep the villagers away. The rest didn't object, but they didn't express their opinions.
Rong Yuwen said, "Since everyone thinks this way, then the villagers won't let them get close. Anyway, it's the same for them to go to the ancestral hall, so let them sleep outside the ancestral hall at night."
“It should have been done a long time ago. I’ve disliked these villagers for a long time, if it weren’t for…”
Zhou Nanyue watched the events unfold from the shadows, feeling nothing in particular. As long as the safe house remained, he wouldn't lose his temper.
As for who did it, he wouldn't bother to investigate. In the end, it would all come down to the BOSS anyway. What he wanted to do now was kill as many players as possible, or find a way to kill the BOSS.
Regardless, this BOSS must have a weakness. What exactly is this weakness? He actually has an idea in his mind, which is what Rong Yuwen mentioned to everyone before, and which many players also agree with: the stone coffin!
No matter how powerful a vengeful ghost BOSS is, it is still a vengeful ghost. As long as the root cause is found and destroyed, the vengeful ghost will naturally cease to exist. So what is this root cause?
It refers to the remains inside the stone coffin.
He hadn't gone with the group to the Evil God Temple to find the stone coffin; instead, he joined the waiting team later. He should have gone with Rong Yuwen and the others.
They said they demolished the entire evil god temple, even dug three feet into the ground, and used a lot of props. There is definitely no entrance to the place where the stone coffin was placed.
Zhou Nanyue didn't believe it. He decided to go and see for himself. He took a deep breath and glanced at the miscellaneous items in his backpack, all of which he had stolen when he hunted players before.
Although they are all rubbish, they can be quite useful when used together, at least allowing one to sneak into the evil god's temple without being detected.
But he had to be sure that the vengeful ghost wasn't in the evil god's temple, and that it wouldn't return within a certain timeframe.
How can this be done? It would require an item that can detect the BOSS's real-time location, but unfortunately, he doesn't have such an item!
There were no other players in the instance, so after much thought, he realized he had to rely on himself.
Since the BOSS's location is unknown, the key to success is to prevent the BOSS from knowing the location of the BOSS. Zhou Nanyue chuckled and began preparing for her next move.
First, he must leave without being noticed by other players; he must leave silently, and even when leaving, he must not be detected by the BOSS.
Although he didn't know the BOSS's real-time location, he could guess that the BOSS must be in the village. Now that the critical moment had arrived, the BOSS would definitely stay in the village at all times, hunting villagers and players.
And the stone coffin over at the temple of the evil god?
In a previous player-organized operation, the BOSS severely damaged them, killing so many players and causing their operation to fail. Furthermore, after discovering that the villagers were lying, the BOSS assumed that the players would definitely not go again.
And even if you want to try again, you will definitely need to organize everyone to go together, since the Evil God Temple is the BOSS's lair for players, and going with too few people is just suicide.
After making his decision, Zhou Nanyue stayed quietly in his new little house, waiting for night to fall. When night came, it would be time for him to make his move.
Others might not pay attention to Zhou Nanyue, since they weren't very familiar with him, but Guo Xia knew Zhou Nanyue's identity. He had a vague premonition when he noticed Zhou Nanyue was so quiet.
He didn't act rashly; he would just keep an eye on things when the time came.
Lin Leyou, on the other hand, was watching the five burned-down player huts from afar. He was in a good mood. Although five were still a lot, the result was already quite good.
Most importantly, Guo Xia and his companion did not reveal their identities, and it's unclear whether Rong Yuwen is genuinely not pursuing the matter or just pretending. After all, the villagers didn't approach, meaning anyone with half a brain could see that this was definitely the work of the players. Although the reason why the players did this is unknown, but...
The danger is looming. If the player who made the move isn't caught, the remaining players won't be able to complete the main quest properly. Rong Yuwen isn't stupid; he should understand this.
So what is he doing with this indifferent attitude? Is he waiting for Guo Xia and Guo Chengzheng to step forward on their own? Those two aren't stupid.
Xue Rui: "The villagers all started frantically packing their things and heading to the ancestral hall."
Lin Leyou glanced in the direction of the ancestral hall. There were many more villagers along the way, all carrying large and small bags, full of clothes, food and drinks, and even cooking utensils.
Lin Leyou sighed, "It seems that my little brother's harassment just now really scared the villagers. In that case... let's keep up the good work!"
Xue Rui, "You're planning to..."
Lin Leyou said with a smile, "They brought so much food and water to the ancestral hall, enough to last for many days. I sent my younger brother over to scare them, at least to make them drop their things and deter the villagers from packing anything. That way, even if they go to the vicinity of the ancestral hall, they will have to come out again."
Xue Rui nodded; this method was indeed good.
In fact, with their strength, they could have unleashed their ultimate moves right now and wreaked havoc in the village, but for some reason, ever since the ancestral hall appeared before everyone, they felt that doing so was somewhat inappropriate.
They couldn't pinpoint exactly what was wrong; they were simply acting on their gut feeling.
The four henchmen appeared in several corners of the village. They did not gather together, but started causing trouble in other places. They did not actually kill anyone, but just controlled the movement of objects.
When a family saw the food they had prepared to take scattered all over the ground, and that it was being blown around by the wind, they were terrified.
The doors and windows are all closed inside the house, so where did such a strong wind come from? There must be a ghost, of course a ghost has come!
"Run...run!!"
They didn't even have time to grab anything before running out of their house, their legs moving like they had motors, running frantically towards the ancestral hall.
They were screaming wildly as they ran, which naturally attracted the attention of other villagers.
"What happened? What's going on?"
"Could it be that another ghost has appeared?"
"Are they chasing after them? Behind them? Should we hurry up too?"
"Don't just stand there, run! If you don't run now..."
Before he could finish speaking, several villagers with ferocious faces and terrified expressions rushed out from another direction. After meeting their gazes, they said nothing and turned to run towards the ancestral hall.
"Oh no, something must have happened, there's a ghost... Quick, forget about all this stuff, let's run to the ancestral hall!"
"But this is all our food rations! What will we eat if we don't take it?"
"You're such an idiot! Run! If you're going to die, what's the point of eating and drinking? Just focus on surviving!"
Upon hearing this, everyone began to put their belongings on the ground and frantically ran towards the ancestral hall. Seeing this scene, the others had no other thoughts and immediately followed suit, without even asking why. Only when all the villagers gathered around the ancestral hall did they huddle together to ask what had just happened.
Lin Leyou and Xue Rui watched as the village became completely silent in a very short time, especially the large and small bags and various boxes scattered on the ground, which were definitely filled with the villagers' life-saving food.
Xue Rui said, "Leave these things scattered here and don't touch them."
Lin Leyou nodded with a smile, "I know... We need to leave them something to look forward to here, to let them know where they left their things along the way, so that they will keep coming to their deaths."
Xue Rui said, "Secondly, we need to find out the situation of the ancestral hall."
Lin Leyou's smile faded slightly. "This ancestral hall gives me a very bad feeling. There's definitely something Fu Qingqiu hates most inside."
Xue Rui said, "If they weren't afraid of us, they wouldn't have stopped us outside; they would have just come and killed us."
Lin Leyou said, "So... even if there is something inside, it is definitely no match for us. The reason they are preventing us from getting closer is just... stalling for time? That's right, stalling for time."
Xue Rui said, "We must deal with the ancestral hall matter as soon as possible."
Lin Leyou was still unwilling to give up, "Let's go to the ancestral hall again, maybe things have changed."
However, their experience at the ancestral hall this time was no different from before. They could only get close to a certain distance before they could not go any further and remained stuck in the same place.
Lin Leyou said, "This is almost the same as Fu Qingqiu's talent seal. However, Fu Qingqiu's seal covers a large area, while this one is very small, only covering the ancestral hall and a certain area around it."
Xue Rui: "No, it's not just that."
Lin Leyou looked at him, "Anything else?"
Xue Rui, "You forgot, there were also us, the players, and even the villagers. In the first few days, it was as if we had made a pact to forget about the existence of the ancestral hall. Even if it was mentioned at the beginning, we quickly forgot about it later."
Lin Leyou said, "Yes, there's this too, but... later the village chief's family remembered it, the villagers remembered it too, and we also remembered the existence of the ancestral hall."
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