Chapter 556 [(*^▽^*)]
After listening to him finish speaking, Lin Leyou said, "It's an illusion. These people are probably... in grave danger."
Xue Rui thought for a moment, then slowly approached and realized that they seemed to be able to get close to the ancestral hall!
Lin Leyou paused slightly upon seeing him advance, then quickly followed. This time, they got so close that they were only about twenty meters away from the outer wall of the ancestral hall before they could not get any closer.
Being so close, Lin Leyou even felt as if she were face to face with Qin Xingyu.
Qin Xingyu smiled at him, then looked away. Lin Leyou sighed, "The distance is closer, but we can't go there, so there's still nothing we can do."
Xue Rui, "Is the one inside the ancestral hall... really an evil god...?"
Lin Leyou: "It's definitely not an evil god."
Xue Rui narrowed his eyes. "That makes sense. If it really were an evil god, why would it need to use such a method? It's probably something that the villagers have nurtured themselves."
Lin Leyou: "Never mind that for now, we'll definitely win in the end anyway."
Although they were observing, the eerie wind did not stop; on the contrary, it became even more violent, and the villagers who were frantically banging on the door could not even stand up straight.
No matter how much they knocked on the door, it was impossible to open it again, so everyone simply huddled together outside the door, wrapping themselves in whatever they could find to keep warm.
"Are we going to freeze to death like this?"
"I don't know... I feel so hungry right now."
"I want to drink water..."
"It's so cold, I'm so cold, I'm freezing... I'm going to freeze to death..."
Everyone was shivering. At first, they were saying they were hungry and cold, but soon some of them started talking nonsense, muttering to themselves.
Lin Leyou and the others waited for time to pass. They could wait, but the villagers couldn't. They needed to eat, drink, and relieve themselves. Even if they were crazy or stupid, they still needed these things.
Gradually, people began to look for food nearby. They were afraid of ghosts, so they started picking leaves from the surrounding trees and chewing them up little by little, or they picked the leaves of nearby weeds and ate them.
Although it didn't taste good, at least it kept them from getting too hungry, and the leaves and weeds could also replenish their water.
Of course, they shouldn't eat too much of these things. After all, they were people who ate normally before, so they could manage for now, but they probably couldn't handle eating too much.
"I want to go to the village and take a look..."
"Are you out of your mind? Fu Qingqiu is still waiting for you in the village!"
“But I’m so hungry. This stuff makes me feel sick. I remember leaving my food on the road when I came here. Now I can go back without having to walk all the way to the village. I can find food right by the roadside.”
"Now that you mention it, I remember too. But didn't someone go there before? Only two people came back; the others died. I heard they didn't even make it out of this forest."
Lin Leyou and his companion were now able to get very close and hear each other's voices clearly. They realized that the other person was indeed going to look for food.
Xue Rui: "Are we going to make a move again this time?"
Lin Leyou shook his head. "Let's let it go this time. Let them see with their own eyes that the food they prepared has disappeared. Do you think they'll know that the food was taken by the players?"
Xue Rui: "Besides them, the whole village is full of players. You don't even need to use your brain to know who took it, right? After all, ghosts don't need to eat."
Lin Leyou nodded, "Not bad."
Soon, the villagers gathered a group of people willing to search for food. Except for a few who were too weak to walk, almost everyone who could move wanted to find something to eat.
Although many of them were terrified, they also knew that this was probably the last time. Even knowing that they would definitely die, they all wanted to live as long as they could.
Lin Leyou stood nearby, watching them tremble as they slowly made their way forward against the howling, eerie wind. "If they had known this day would come, would they have given up on using living people to sacrifice to the so-called evil god?"
Xue Rui: "No way, if it were only today, they would probably just send someone else as a human sacrifice."
Lin Leyou said, "Hearing you say that, I don't even feel that anything is wrong."
Xue Rui, "Follow me?"
After a short delay, the villagers had already gone far away.
Lin Leyou looked back and saw that only thirty-two villagers remained in the same spot. They were all huddled together, covering themselves completely, not even their eyes were showing.
"The number of people who went to the village was exactly seventy. I wonder if they have the temper to clash with the players."
There are only 73 players right now, but if you add Guo Xia and Guo Chengzheng, that makes 75. But the players have items... so the players will definitely win.
The group of people walked cautiously against the strong wind, expecting to encounter Fu Qingqiu on the way. However, to their surprise, they actually made it out of the forest and saw a familiar yet unfamiliar village in the distance.
That was their home, but they can't go back now.
"It's gone! Where did everything go? Where are my things? I remember leaving them over there, but they're all gone! Why are they all gone?"
At this moment, everyone came to their senses and looked at the road ahead. They all remembered why they had come to the village. Originally, there were many things on this road, but now it looked sparse, with only some clothes and daily necessities that were not edible.
Why aren't you here?
"How could this be... Did Fu Qingqiu take it?"
"He's a ghost! What does he want to eat?!" someone shouted in despair.
"Who else could it be... Could someone have secretly left the ancestral hall and come here?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Someone pointed towards the player's hut with a contorted face. "Over there, and over there... Have you forgotten there are still people over there?"
"They must have taken it. We risked our lives to come here, and they took away all the food that was meant to save us!"
The villagers are now at their wits' end. They packed up almost all the food they could find when they left home, and if they went back now, they probably wouldn't be able to get much food.
Should we go find them?
"Their hut...even ghosts wouldn't dare approach it, and they have so much food. They must have been having a great time. We're hungry, exhausted, injured, and shivering with cold right now. If we go looking for trouble with them, we'll only get beaten to death, right?"
"Are we just going to let it go like this? I can't swallow this!"
"Let's find some food in the village to fill our stomachs, rest for a bit, find some weapons, and then go have a good talk with them, okay?"
It must be said that there are some clear-headed people among these people.
Fortunately, everyone was hungry and their first thought was to eat. So, although some people were resentful, they did not argue back, but instead led everyone to start looking for the nearest house.
They quickly found some ingredients in the kitchen that couldn't be eaten directly, such as rice and flour. Without saying a word, everyone rolled up their sleeves and started cooking. Even if it was just plain white rice, they could eat it with great relish.
But how could one family's food be enough for all seventy of them?
Some people stayed behind to cook, while the rest went outside to search for two more households and found enough odds and ends of food. Dozens of people ate there for two hours before they finally filled their stomachs.
"I've never eaten such a strange-tasting meal before, with all sorts of odd things cooked together."
"Stop complaining. It's good enough that we have something to eat. There are still people waiting for us to go back to the ancestral hall. Let's collect some food for them first, so they don't all starve to death."
"You're being kind, but I'm not a saint. Go yourself if you want. I'm going to the hut to find those young people. They don't do things like this. We can't let this go so easily!"
"Huh?" Some people, perhaps because they were full, had a clearer mind. They thought about how so many young people were strong and healthy. If it were in the past, would they only have been beaten up?
"Or maybe we should just forget about it. Let's find a few more households; that should be enough food..."
This person was so frightened by the glares of the more short-tempered people that he stopped talking halfway through his sentence.
"Hmph! You bunch of cowards, you've lost all your courage after eating a little bit! If you don't want to go, then get back here, I'll go by myself!"
"Hey, wait a minute! How can you go alone? No matter how good you are, there are so many of them. If one of them hits you, you're done for!"
The other person thought to themselves, "That makes sense, so what should we do?"
"We're outnumbered and can't fight them head-on. We need to think of a way to counter them!"
"What method? I'm not very bright and can't think of any. If you have a solution, tell me quickly. If it's okay, I'll listen to you!"
"Come closer, I want to tell you... Oh, right! Anyone else want to come over? Come on, let's chat together. But if you don't want to go, don't come, just in case you leak anything."
Of the last seventy villagers, exactly half, or thirty-five, wanted to cause trouble for the player, so they quietly huddled together to discuss how to make things difficult for them.
"How about we... and then make some preparations... what do you think?"
"That's a feasible method, but how do we get close while holding the object?"
"Yes, they burned down one of their huts before, so they're definitely keeping a tight rein on it now. They absolutely won't allow us to get close."
"I guess they all suspect us. Now that we're approaching them with a friendly attitude, they'll definitely think we have ulterior motives."
"There's no need for that. Since I've said that, there must be other ways. Have you all forgotten..."
He whispered a few words, and someone immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Yeah, you can do that! Why are you so obsessed? You're so smart, just do it, why think so much?"
"No matter what, I'm happy to have taught them a lesson. They're all going to die sooner or later anyway! Alright, that's enough. Let's go get our things ready!"
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