Chapter 552 [(*^▽^*)]
Soon, some people couldn't hold on any longer and turned back. Those who could turn back were those who still had some food and a way out. But there were also those who had no way out at all.
Not only themselves, but also their families and others. Even if they run back now and make it back alive, they will have no food and will only die a more miserable death.
Finally, ten people remained, all huddled together and slowly moving forward. They seemed determined not to give up until they got what they wanted. Lin Leyou watched the people running back in the distance and curled the corners of his mouth.
"Just kill them all, anyway... none of them want to live."
He slowly approached the villagers, and with a casual wave of his hand, his four henchmen swiftly flew away. A strong wind arose, obstructing their vision, and they could not see their surroundings clearly. If they opened their eyes wide, the dust blown by the wind would get into their eyes and blind them, so everyone squinted as they walked forward.
Until... the last person let out a scream, and when everyone looked back, they found that the person had disappeared, leaving only a shoe in the middle of the road behind.
"The ghost is here! It's really here! Should we keep going? Or should we turn back?"
They were shivering, whether from fear or the cold, and their mental defenses seemed to be on the verge of collapse. "We...we might as well..."
While they were hesitating, Lin Leyou had already seen the villager who had been captured by his underlings.
Once the physical form was revealed, the other party was clearly terrified, pointing at Lin Leyou and stammering, "Fu... Fu Qingqiu! You are... you are Fu Qingqiu!"
Lin Leyou: "It's me."
"Don't kill me! Don't kill me! It has nothing to do with me, they chose you, I didn't say a word! I didn't do anything! It was them..."
Lin Leyou blinked. "Don't you think it's only right that I was sent there? It's my blessing, after all, I'm going to serve an evil god."
"No, no..." the other person denied while begging for mercy, still sobbing, "I didn't think so... It wasn't my idea to do it, I had no say in it, it was all them... all of them!"
Lin Leyou didn't want to waste words with such a person. If he really hadn't colluded with the villagers, he would be on his side now, just like Qin Xingyu, instead of...
So this person was only saying things that Fu Qingqiu wanted to hear because he was about to kill him. "Since you're here, stay by my side and do things for me."
He froze for a moment, stopped crying, and stared blankly at Lin Leyou. Did this mean she was letting him go? But the next second…
Lin Leyou smiled and pointed behind him, "Just like them."
His heart skipped a beat, and he had a very bad premonition. He turned around and saw four ghosts floating not far behind him, staring intently at him. Some of them looked very familiar; who else could they be but villagers?!
Aren't they all dead?
That's right... Yes! He did die, but not completely. Fu Qingqiu turned him into a ghost and made him his puppet!
"No...I don't want to...I have elderly parents to support, a wife and children to raise, you..."
Lin Leyou said softly, "Don't worry, it won't be long before everyone in the village comes to be with you, including your whole family."
He didn't want to waste any more time. After using his talent to extract souls, he gained another underling. As for the corpse, he casually left it on the spot and led his underlings to hunt down the villagers who still had a glimmer of hope.
At first, those who didn't run away were definitely going to be killed. In the end, Lin Leyou let two go and told them to go back to the ancestral hall and tell all the villagers there about being chased by ghosts.
Once everyone else was clear, Xue Rui appeared. He glanced at the five henchmen behind Lin Leyou and asked, "Is it necessary to send two of them back?"
Lin Leyou said, "It's faster and more convincing when two people report on the situation together, since they can corroborate each other's statements."
Xue Rui: "I just checked... the corpse whose soul you extracted is gone."
Lin Leyou paused slightly. "Huh? What did you say?"
Xue Rui, "The corpse you just extracted and left on the spot is gone."
Lin Leyou's expression changed slightly. "It seems... that thing hidden in the ancestral hall has made its move. Let's go check other places, especially..."
Lin Leyou left only two underlings to monitor the situation at the ancestral hall, while the two of them went to check all the places in the village where there were corpses, the homes of various villagers, the village chief's home, and the corpses that had been buried by the villagers earlier. Unexpectedly, they found that they had all disappeared.
Undeterred, Lin Leyou went to check on Zhou Nanyue's body near the Evil God Temple, only to find that the body there was also gone. He was determined to find every single one of them.
Lin Leyou said, "The situation is somewhat unexpected, and we may have a tough battle ahead."
After returning to the village, the two checked on the players' situation from a distance. Rong Yuwen and the others didn't think much of it since Zhou Nanyue hadn't returned that morning.
Anyway, as long as they come back, they will definitely see it. If they don't come, it means they are already dead in some corner, and there is no need to care about them anymore.
The players were currently planning how to get to the ancestral hall, since they had nothing else to do.
With nothing to do and no danger, Rong Yuwen couldn't just sit around in the safe house waiting for ghosts to come to him, so he decided to go check out the ancestral hall.
However, his idea was not agreed upon by other players, most of whom felt that staying in the safe house and waiting for the BOSS to come to them was the best option.
After all, it's safer in the cabin. If you can't beat the BOSS, you can retreat back to the cabin to rest. Once you've rested, you can wait for the BOSS to come and fight again. You'll eventually win once in a while.
Once they win once and kill the BOSS, they can complete the main storyline and earn points.
Rong Yuwen knew that this was the best method, but he had no choice... He couldn't go against the players' wishes, so he could only take out a puppet and control it to walk around the village.
The entire village was deserted, and... the sky was getting darker day by day. Since arriving in this instance, he hadn't seen the sun, except for the first two days when the light was a bit brighter due to the overcast weather. It had only gotten darker and darker since then...
Even today, the daytime... it doesn't look like daytime at all, it's almost like nighttime. It's just that at night it's pitch black, but now it's dark enough to see the general outline of the village.
This can be seen on a normal night as well.
"Phew..." Rong Yuwen still felt some pressure. Could their safe house really remain effective indefinitely?
Guo Xia walked up to him at this moment, "Captain Rong?"
Rong Yuwen looked at him and said, "Sit down."
Guo Xia sat down next to him. "What are your thoughts, Captain Rong?"
Rong Yuwen said, “I always feel uneasy about the ancestral hall... Logically speaking, we shouldn’t have ignored it for so long. The ancestral hall is a very important place for the village.”
Guo Xia shared the same sentiment, saying, "It seems like the ancestral hall suddenly appeared at some point, but this place should have... and certainly would have attracted our attention from the very beginning."
Rong Yuwen, "What problems do you think there might be with the ancestral hall?"
Guo Xia: "Logically speaking... our main mission is to leave Haitang Village, but Haitang Village is sealed off by a special force, and we cannot get out."
"In other words, to leave the village, we must kill the BOSS who has sealed off Haitang Village, namely the vengeful ghost Fu Qingqiu."
"But the current situation is extremely unfavorable for us players, so I guess... there is something in this village that can bring a balance between the players and the BOSS."
Rong Yuwen was somewhat surprised, "I didn't expect you to think the same way? You're different from the others."
Guo Xia was taken aback. "You thought of that too?"
Rong Yuwen nodded, "That's right, I guess... the biggest pitfall of this dungeon isn't how powerful the BOSS is, or how strong the players are, but rather... no matter which side is stronger, there will eventually be something that neither side can match, in order to balance the gap in strength between the two sides."
Guo Xia: "This thing is in the ancestral hall."
Rong Yuwen sighed deeply, "Do you remember anything about this village that we've always talked about, but which we've always overlooked?"
After thinking for a long time, Guo Xia finally uttered two words: "Evil God".
Rong Yuwen stared solemnly in the direction of the ancestral hall, even though he couldn't see it at all. "The evil god, this is the cause of everything. The vengeful ghost Fu Qingqiu only appeared because he was to offer sacrifices to the evil god, but this evil god seems to have disappeared and has never appeared. Only the vengeful ghost Fu Qingqiu is slaughtering people in the village."
Guo Xia suddenly asked, "We demolished the Evil God Temple. Could this be foreshadowing something?"
Upon hearing his question, Rong Yuwen was momentarily stunned. "This...this...that shouldn't be, right?"
Guo Xia patted his shoulder, "It's okay. What's done is done. Do you think regretting it now will make it all disappear? We'll deal with whatever comes our way. I also sent a puppet to the ancestral hall. Let's observe what's going on there. I have a feeling that the BOSS might have gone over there since he didn't come here."
Rong Yuwen quickly calmed down. "That's right. The BOSS definitely won't hide and not make a move. He probably thinks that the things at the ancestral hall are more of a threat to him, so he's leaving us aside for now."
Guo Xia was just guessing randomly, but he had to admit... sometimes random guesses might actually be true? The more he talked about it, the more he felt it made sense.
Guo Cheng was watching the two of them from a short distance away, but after they finished their conversation, he quietly shifted his gaze to the direction of other players.
And they sat quietly in place, just like some other players, seemingly relaxed and lazy, but actually always ready for the BOSS to attack.
At this point, none of the players were willing or dared to leave the safe house's protective area because they were terrified. Of course, the most frightened were the ten new players who hadn't died yet.
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