Chapter 557 [(*^▽^*)]
Everyone started to take action. Of course, they dared not split up. Although they had not encountered Fu Qingqiu since leaving the ancestral hall, it did not mean that Fu Qingqiu would not come looking for them.
Perhaps they just haven't noticed them leaving the vicinity of the ancestral hall yet; things might change once they realize it.
The villagers hurriedly began preparing things, working quickly and efficiently in a flurry of activity.
Little did they know that Fu Qingqiu, whom they feared would appear, was actually watching them in secret. The situation at the ancestral hall would not change for the time being, or rather, Lin Leyou and the others were waiting for a change to occur.
What are they planning to do?
Xue Rui, "It seems like they're preparing..."
Lin Leyou laughed as he watched them gradually prepare their things. "Oh, are you planning to burn down the rest of the player huts?"
Xue Rui: "These things... should be."
Lin Leyou said, "The players will definitely not allow them to bring these things close. After all, there are surveillance cameras in some parts of the village, and their current actions have probably already been seen by the players."
Xue Rui: "They have their own methods."
Lin Leyou said, "There's always a possibility of failure. Let's keep an eye on it. If we fail..."
The things the villagers need to prepare are actually very simple: just some kindling. However, these kindling are easy to prepare; they can be found by searching the houses in the village.
The hardest part is getting these things close to the player's hut and successfully setting them on fire.
Xue Rui: "They went that way."
Lin Leyou watched as they carried or lifted things and headed straight for the player's hut. Of course, they were very fast, and as expected, they were stopped by the players when they arrived near the player's hut.
"What are you doing? You can't go any further, or else..."
They had already seen everything the villagers did through the surveillance cameras. What were these things for? To burn down their huts, of course.
This won't do.
These five remaining safe houses are their last line of defense, meant to be used in the final battle against the BOSS. If they're gone now... what will they use to kill the BOSS?
"Or what?"
The burly man at the front looked extremely arrogant. After he finished speaking, he spat out a curse, seemingly not taking the players seriously at all.
"You bunch of robbers, you stole our things, and now we're not allowed to reason with you?"
Rong Yuwen stood at the front, saying, "We didn't steal them. These things were just discarded by people on the roadside. We just picked up the things that people threw away and reused them."
"You think I'm listening to your nonsense?!" he sneered. "Anyone with a brain can see that we just left it by the roadside temporarily because we had no choice but to leave it there. You're just saying it was thrown away? Do you think we're idiots?"
Rong Yuwen smiled slightly. After confirming that all players only needed to complete the main storyline, these villagers were of no value to them, and there would be no punishment for killing them!
Given this, how can we allow them to spout such nonsense in front of us?
"Are you done talking? If you think we did something wrong, then come and take the stuff away!"
Before Rong Yuwen could speak, a player standing behind him couldn't help but say, "If you don't have the ability, then hurry up and leave. Don't stay here and embarrass yourself."
The villagers were thoroughly enraged by his words. The villager at the front laughed in fury, "Fine, fine, you're really something, these young people are really something. In that case, let me show you what it means to be outmatched... Let's do it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the two people behind him threw what they were holding at him. A cloud of red powder rained down, and Lin Leyou, who was secretly observing, even added fuel to the fire.
A gust of cold wind blew by, stirring up the red powder and covering all the players who had appeared outside, except for Guo Xia and Guo Chengzheng, who had retreated to the side from the beginning.
"Ah! My eyes..."
"Holy crap, this is chili powder! My eyes... I can't see!"
Taking advantage of this time, the villagers simply put a white plastic bag over their heads. Although it couldn't block all the chili powder, it was enough to allow them to move freely for a short period of time.
"Quickly! Get to work!"
Rong Yuwen covered his eyes, enduring the discomfort, and threw out several puppet dolls. Using the dolls' vision, he finally saw the villagers' movements.
They rushed toward the small hut ahead, carrying what appeared to be gasoline cans.
"Oh no, they're going to burn the house down! Quickly send out puppets to gain vision, then kill them! Hurry!"
Rong Yuwen roared, and all the players who were affected threw out several puppets. Each person had a puppet on their head, and then, using the puppets' vision, they took out items and attacked.
At this point, the players were extremely angry and showed no mercy in their attacks. Dozens of players attacked together and killed several villagers in just a few moves.
"They've killed someone! They really killed someone! Hurry up, hurry up!"
The villagers at the front had already poured gasoline on the three huts, but instead of continuing, they pulled out a box of matches from their pockets!
Before the players behind could react, they quickly grabbed a small handful of matches, lit them all, and threw them one by one. Because other villagers were blocking their way with hoes, hammers, kitchen knives, butcher knives, etc., even though the players had items, ...
In the heat of the moment, there was really no way to stop them. After all, using props takes time and reaction time, and they were using the doll's perspective, so it was impossible to control them perfectly in a short time.
And so... although the man who struck the match was eventually stopped, he still managed to set fire to the two huts. They planned to chase after the fleeing villagers, but Rong Yuwen shouted back, "Put out the fire first!"
The villagers reluctantly returned to put out the fire, but despite their reluctance, they extinguished it quickly.
However, no matter how fast it was done, what was meant to burn had already been burned.
While the players were frantically trying to put out the fire, Guo Xia caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye of several villagers who seemed to be running around in a panic, but were actually running purposefully towards the small house that hadn't caught fire yet.
He and Guo Chengzheng exchanged a glance and nodded knowingly. They then discreetly concealed the whereabouts of the villagers. After the fires in the two small houses were extinguished, the fire in the other small house started again.
Rong Yuwen was now able to open his eyes with difficulty. Seeing that the other three small houses were also on fire, he could no longer maintain his composure. "Hurry up and put out the fire here! Be quick!"
All the players were terrified, their faces ashen. They were doomed! If the hut was really burned down, wouldn't they be completely exposed to the vengeful ghost BOSS?
Many players were struggling to breathe, and their limbs were even starting to feel numb. Fortunately, they managed to put out the fire, while the villagers had already fled.
They came here to set fire to the hut, while the other half of the villagers were gathering food. After meeting up on the way to the ancestral hall, everyone picked up what they had on the ground and quickly slipped away!
The player was left looking sadly at the five small houses that were still smoking even though the fire had been extinguished.
Rong Yuwen wiped his face. "Is the safe house still effective?"
Although all five huts were burned, two of them were spared because the fire was put out in time. They only had burn marks on the outside and were blackened, but the inside was still intact.
But no one could answer this question, because it needed to be verified by a ghost. If the ghost could get in, then it would be ineffective; if the ghost could not get close, then the effect would still be there.
Guo Xia and Guo Cheng were wiping their eyes, just like everyone else. After all, everyone had been hit by a barrage of chili powder, and some of it had gotten into their eyes.
They never expected that the villagers they had never taken seriously could cause them such great losses. Apart from the chili powder smearing their eyes and a brief brawl when they were trying to stop the villagers from burning down the house, they had no other injuries.
"What do we do? Are we just supposed to wait here for the ghost to attack before we can confirm it?"
"Then what do you suggest we do? Should we deliberately provoke the ghost and let it come here to see what happens?"
Everyone stared at each other with red eyes, neither willing to back down. Since the situation was already like this, arguing wouldn't make a difference.
Rong Yuwen said, "It's definitely unrealistic to actively look for ghosts, but we can consider the fact that the safe house effect has been lost. Fortunately, these two small houses that haven't been affected are connected, so let's all squeeze in for now, since this is a special situation."
"Place some props inside and outside these two huts so that if a ghost comes, it can immediately alert us. Everyone should keep their weapons and props in hand... just in case."
Is there any other way besides this?
Lin Leyou and his companion didn't plan to get too close for the time being, but they also didn't intend to let the player rest in peace. They casually sent two of their underlings from two directions to approach the player's hut. As soon as they got close enough, the detection items that the player had set up around the hut started to react.
"A ghost is coming! Everyone be careful!"
They have detection tools, and naturally, they also have tools that allow you to see ghosts after wearing them. However, there are relatively few players with these tools, and they didn't reveal that they had them before. Now, they've come in handy.
But when they saw the ghost with this prop, they didn't act rashly. Instead, they carefully moved their positions so that the ghost wouldn't notice them when it got close.
Of course, this was also because they discovered that the two ghosts weren't there to kill the players, but were heading towards the huts. As a result, the two ghosts performed a wall-walking trick near the five huts that had just been burned down.
They went through this and that, passing through this and then that, having a great time. Soon the two ghosts flew away, and the surrounding props all quieted down.
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