Chapter 554 [(*^▽^*)]
But when they looked down at their own hands, they realized that hands were hands, not ice. These two hands were clearly part of their bodies!
"Help! Someone save me... I don't want to die, I'm so cold, I really don't want to die..."
One person broke down completely, crying and begging for help, and trembling as he hid behind others, as if trying to get them to shield him from the wind.
But this cold wind is all-pervasive; no matter where you hide, it follows you like a shadow and never weakens.
Just as Lin Leyou was engrossed in watching, he suddenly noticed that in a corner of his field of vision, a doll flew up and was then grabbed by one of its feet by another doll. However, both dolls were quickly blown away by the wind and fell into the dense grass nearby.
Lin Leyou: ...
After glancing at it for a few seconds, he continued looking towards the ancestral hall. It was just a minor incident, nothing worth paying attention to, haha.
The villagers finally went mad. Regardless of whether the ancestral hall they saw was real or not, they rushed over and started smashing it wildly.
Perhaps the ancestral hall they saw at this moment was real, so no matter how they smashed the door or the wall, it was useless. Even those who tried to climb over the wall again fell outside again, just like before, unable to get in at all.
They were indeed crazy, but no matter how crazy they were, they still needed strength. When they were all hungry and had no strength, even the craziest ideas were useless, and they all stopped and lay on the ground in a mess.
They remained motionless, even slowing their breathing, as if afraid that breathing too hard would consume more of their energy. Was there any food left?
Food is available, of course, but only a small number of villagers have it. Will they share it? Absolutely not. They will never share it, since they don't even have enough for themselves.
But after that frenzy, nobody cares whether these people are willing to share or not. Anyone who is unwilling will be beaten to death.
Of course, not now, but after they have rested enough and regained some strength.
However, by the time that moment arrived, it was already dark.
However… in the dead of night, with murder and arson rampant, one by one the villagers stood up. They were starving, and if those villagers with food still refused, then they would have no choice but to…
"Hey, you guys still have food, right?"
The person being asked paused slightly, instinctively shielding the food behind their back, and asked warily, "What are you doing?"
"What do you want? Do you even need to ask? Of course, I'm asking you for food."
The person being asked was about to say no, but the next second he saw that it wasn't just one person asking; there were many dark figures behind him.
Because it was dark, he couldn't see clearly, but there were definitely some things. Although he couldn't see who they were, he could sense that they were still pushing themselves to their limits.
If I were to say I don't want to, these people would swarm me, and I would become a corpse in the next second.
"Want some food? Of course... Here, take all of these."
He got up and walked to the other side, squeezing in with his family. When his family tried to stop him, he stopped them, saying, "Don't move!"
The person who came to ask probably didn't expect it to go so smoothly. After a moment of surprise, they realized, "There's food! Everyone, hurry up and eat something!"
There wasn't enough food for all of them, so they started asking other people who had food for some more, but things didn't go as smoothly as before.
The people who had been hiding to the side suddenly realized that these people were all carrying weapons when they saw them walk by!
His family members saw it too. They were whispering amongst themselves, but now they didn't dare utter a single word, afraid that if they said another word, they would be beaten to death on the spot.
However, they soon witnessed what it meant to be beaten to death on the spot and turned into mincemeat.
"What are you doing? I already said no. If you want food, go back to the village and find it yourselves. What are you doing here trying to show off?"
"Let me tell you, I'm not afraid of you. Don't think you can just rob us because there are more of you. We're not pushovers!"
Only a few people have food, so what if dozens of people gather together?
"Holy crap, they're hitting people! They've attacked! They really are trying to rob us! Kill them!"
"They have food but won't give us any! Selfish, greedy, and vicious! Get them!"
The two sides clashed, blood splattered everywhere, and cries of agony filled the air.
"My hand... my hand is broken..."
"Don't step on me...don't step on me...ah! My leg, my leg!"
"Stop hitting him, stop hitting him..."
Some people were wailing, some were crying, and some even died before they could finish speaking. A strong smell of blood began to permeate the scene.
Many people in the distance were quietly weeping and wiping away tears. In the pitch-black sky, they could only vaguely see shadowy figures and could not recognize anyone at all. They could only identify each other by their voices.
But when the cries for help, struggles, beatings, and curses of dozens of people mingled with the howling wind, no one knew who was who.
This bloody farce lasted for about twenty minutes before slowly coming to an end.
Lin Leyou, who was floating in the sky in the distance, finally saw it... The corpse was gradually disappearing, not vanishing with the wind, but being swallowed up by the earth beneath it, leaving not even a trace of blood.
Of course, those who were seriously injured and on the verge of death, barely clinging to life, were not spared either; the soil beneath them all turned into a soft, sticky swamp.
These people were too badly injured to struggle away, and even their cries for help were drowned out by the loud noises of the wind, leaving them with nowhere to turn for help.
In less than a minute, apart from those who were still able to move and had minor injuries, all the other corpses and seriously injured people disappeared.
The number of villagers outside the ancestral hall suddenly decreased by nearly a third!
But at that moment, no one noticed this; everyone was busy gathering the food they had already obtained. As for how many people had died? What did that matter?
Anyway... I'll live as long as I can.
Lin Leyou said, "When they find the body is missing, they will definitely assume it was me."
Xue Rui, "What exactly is inside the ancestral hall?"
Lin Leyou, "Is it the evil god who never showed up from beginning to end?"
Xue Rui, "An evil god..."
Lin Leyou: "Isn't that wrong?"
Xue Rui said, "I feel like something's not right, but I can't quite put my finger on it. I'll wait and see."
Lin Leyou, "Okay... By the way, your talent, Tear, can break through all limitations, regardless of the difference in strength or the opponent's defense?"
Xue Rui nodded, "Indeed, this talent tearing is really powerful."
Lin Leyou took a deep breath. This was a pure attack-type talent, and it was indeed exceptionally fierce. No wonder the law enforcement teams of the Order Administration Bureau required that they all possess at least one attack-type talent.
This is just the minimum, and while there are no regulations for auxiliary talents, there are still requirements. After all, offensive talents are extremely rare, and all residents who acquire offensive talents have possessed some auxiliary talents to varying degrees before that.
He thought of Qin Xingyu, wondering how much talent this teacher Qin possessed.
"If I am no match for this thing, then I will have to hand it over to you to kill."
Xue Rui: "No problem, leave it to me."
Although Qin Xingyu could be relied on to some extent, this mission ultimately belonged to them. Qin Xingyu was only there to check on Lin Leyou's partner and had no obligation to help them.
With so many people just dead, the minds of all the surviving villagers are on edge, and the slightest disturbance can frighten them.
The pitch-black night with its howling wind was not easy to bear. The bone-chilling cold made everyone wish they could die right then and there, but the instinct for survival made them slowly huddle together, which made it a little easier.
On such a difficult night, time was passing by, second by second.
Some people fainted while waiting, looking as if they were asleep. Others were too afraid to sleep and stayed awake all night, fearing that someone would come and kill them.
And so, the villagers endured until morning.
Rong Yuwen and Guo Xia did not retrieve their puppets. Although they did not see everything, they did see some things after controlling the puppets to climb the tree.
This was a situation they hadn't anticipated.
Logically speaking... even if these villagers are very hungry, they should be able to endure it for a day or two, right?
How could a bloody conflict have occurred so quickly? And the disappearance of those corpses afterward also made them uneasy. After all... the vengeful ghost Fu Qingqiu couldn't get close to the ancestral hall, so what took away those corpses? So openly and brazenly.
The only explanation is something hidden inside the ancestral hall.
"That thing in the ancestral hall needs corpses to grow, and now it's estimated..."
Guo Xia suddenly stood up. "Captain Rong, let's go to the village and take a look. Weren't there many bodies that weren't dealt with before? And the places where bodies were buried before?"
Rong Yuwen stood up. "You mean..."
Guo Xia said, "Let's go. We should be able to check around the area. Fu Qingqiu is probably at the ancestral hall right now."
After all, the safe house was quiet, but the ancestral hall was always filled with howling winds, preventing evil spirits from getting close. This was the only way to force the villagers to do irrational things.
Rong Yuwen not only took Guo Xia with him, but also found two other people to walk around the village, and found that there were indeed no corpses to be seen.
They also went inside the village chief's house and walked around. The corpses that were originally scattered and lying in disarray were now completely gone, not even a drop of blood could be seen.
Without bothering to check the buried bodies, they quickly returned to the vicinity of the safe house.
Rong Yuwen's expression was somewhat grim. "This situation is a bit beyond what we expected."
Guo Xia, “We are now…”
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