Chapter 541 [(*^▽^*)]
Rong Yuwen said, "What if the villagers refuse to tell us even if they die? Or what if they tell us a fake place? If we encounter the BOSS then, we might suffer heavy losses again."
"We have no other choice, Captain Rong. We can only take a gamble. Anyway, if we stay in the safe house, the BOSS will come looking for us sooner or later. We can't stay in this dungeon forever."
"Even when you're in the dungeon, you still need to eat. Although the BOSS doesn't seem to appear during the day, no one can be 100% sure that it won't appear during the day."
Just then, Guo Xia and Guo Chengzheng had already hidden their props. "Captain Rong, what are you talking about?"
Captain Rong briefly recounted the conversation, then asked, "What do you think?"
The two exchanged a glance and then nodded.
Guo Xia said, "This method is indeed feasible. Let's take a gamble. We always have to face the BOSS head-on. Waiting here is one thing, and taking the initiative is another. Of course, we will definitely encounter some dangers on the way to the Evil God Temple, but we can overcome them in general."
Guo Chengzheng: "Actually, I felt something was off about that evil temple as soon as I woke up today."
Rong Yuwen looked at him, "What's wrong?"
Guo Chengzheng: "Didn't that BOSS delay us in various ways when we were heading to the Evil God Temple? This shows that the BOSS definitely values the stone coffin containing his own remains."
"This also indirectly confirms a possibility: the remains are very important to the BOSS, and the delay is to tamper with things and prevent us from finding the stone coffin. Perhaps the village chief's son and the others are right, but the BOSS has changed something so that we can't find it."
“I support going again, but... it's still a loss if we can't confirm the real entrance. So if we go again, we must bring the village chief's son and the others with us.”
Rong Yuwen pondered for a moment, "What you said makes a lot of sense. It's not that the BOSS won't attack us just because we don't go looking for it. It'll come sooner or later, and..."
He looked at the ten safe houses.
"We don't know how long these safe houses will last. They can't really provide shelter indefinitely so that evil spirits can't get close. Wouldn't that allow us to just keep hiding forever?"
Guo Xia: "Should we discuss this with everyone after they return?"
Guo Chengzheng shrugged. "I don't think this negotiation will go very smoothly. After all, so many strong players have been eliminated before. Now they all know that there are many dangers on the way to the Evil God Temple, and the BOSS will appear directly. Many of these players don't have the guts anymore. After all, if they stay near the safe house, they will at least have a way out if they can't defeat the BOSS."
Rong Yuwen sighed, "You're right. And if someone doesn't agree and doesn't want to go, then there will definitely be others who don't want to go either. If there aren't many people going to the Evil God Temple, then it's meaningless. The BOSS will definitely chase after us and kill us. In that case, it's just a waste of the players' lives."
"So, shall we stay in the safe house?"
Guo Xia: "What if the skeleton inside the stone coffin is the most crucial thing?"
Rong Yuwen said, "But this is just our speculation. Others will not believe it, or they will be skeptical."
Guo Xia said, "In that case, we should have everyone work together to kill the BOSS once. When the BOSS reappears, this conjecture can be proven to be true, and then everyone will no longer be opposed to it."
Rong Yuwen: "I've thought about that too, but killing the BOSS once is really too difficult. It's very challenging, and I estimate that a lot of people will die. Maybe we won't have enough people to go again then."
"And whether we can actually kill them is another matter."
Guo Xia said, "There's always a way. Even the most difficult dungeons will leave players a way out. It just depends on whether we can seize it."
Even the dungeon that Xue Rui and his five-person team had in the company had a quick and easy way to clear it: they could go up and kill the BOSS during the day while the BOSS was still on the top floor and couldn't go down. But they didn't seize that opportunity.
There is still a quick and easy way to clear this A-level difficulty dungeon: before the BOSS reacts, go to the Evil God Temple to find Fu Qingqiu's stone coffin, open it, and destroy the bones inside. That's it.
Of course, this was the original method, but now with the addition of Zhong Wuyan, their shortcut has been blocked, and even doubling the number of players cannot make up for it.
So after surviving the first few days, new players receive a perk.
However, there are no benefits for veteran players. But in order to balance the pressure brought by the two fierce ghost BOSSes, the system actually gives players some help, one of which is Qin Xingyu.
Although he came secretly, he was incredibly powerful. By assigning him to be a villager, he was indirectly helping the players, but they didn't realize it. Furthermore, he became a companion of the vengeful ghost. In addition, he had another ally, but they hadn't found him yet.
Guo Xia said, "No matter what, let's go find the village chief's family and ask them in detail. This time we absolutely cannot be as hasty as before."
Rong Yuwen said, "That's right. Although it's just speculation, it's better to be prepared."
As a result, they found another player who had finished the job and formed a temporary team of ten people. Even Zhou Nanyue joined them. Together, they searched the village chief's family in the village, but they couldn't find them after searching the whole village. It was as if they weren't even there.
Even Guo Xia and Guo Chengzheng were puzzled. "What's going on... Why can't we find it? Could it be that the BOSS killed it in some corner and only its corpse is left, which is why we can't find it?"
“Last night, after they came to the player's hut, some villagers got into an argument with them, and then they left very quickly, as if they didn't care at all that Fu Qingqiu would find and kill them.”
"Either they've given up completely, or they have other ways to protect themselves. What do you think?"
Rong Yuwen: "Let's think carefully about what else we might have overlooked, let's think about it carefully!"
Everyone racked their brains but couldn't figure out what the problem was. "Can't we think of anywhere else besides the village where they can be protected?"
"Aside from the village and the evil god temple, are there any other places in Haitang Village where people can live?"
Everyone stood at a crossroads, deep in thought, before exclaiming in unison, "The ancestral hall!"
Guo Chengzheng: "Where is the ancestral hall in Haitang Village? Is it one ancestral hall per village, or one ancestral hall per family? Didn't people scatter in different directions to look for clues before? Has anyone found the ancestral hall?"
"It seems so. I remember someone saying they found the ancestral hall, went inside to take a look, but didn't find anything unusual. It was just an ordinary, normal ancestral hall."
Do you know the approximate location?
"It's in the mountain right behind Haitang Village. If we go there now, it will only take us a little over an hour. It's very close, much closer than the Evil God Temple."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go there now. Anyway, the BOSS is unlikely to go to the ancestral hall."
Rong Yuwen nodded, "Let's go, let's go take a look. They can only be over there now."
They walked straight toward the ancestral hall, unaware that two figures were quietly following them from a distance.
"Ancestral hall... Oh right, there's an ancestral hall in the village. I almost forgot about that. Speaking of which, we seem to have lost track of the village chief's family as well?"
Xue Rui: "It is indeed lost. They ran the fastest last night, and we didn't chase after them. By the time we finished dealing with things here and went to look for them again, they were already gone."
Lin Leyou said, "I didn't expect there would be people the vengeful ghost BOSS couldn't find. I thought their whole family had committed suicide, which is why they couldn't be found. Now it seems they must still be hiding. I just don't know if we can go into this ancestral hall."
Xue Rui wondered, "Could this be another place like a safe house?"
Lin Leyou said, "Just hearing the words 'ancestral hall' tells us that it won't be very friendly to us."
He added, "But it's okay, there are two companions over there anyway."
Guo Xia and Guo Chengzheng are still trusted by the other players, so they shouldn't have any problems making some small moves. Even if they are exposed, it won't matter, as they will only be safer with the BOSS's protection.
Lin Leyou said, "Anyway, we know where the ancestral hall is, so let's go take a look first."
Xue Rui: "Okay... but it's strange. We clearly remember this ancestral hall, but why have we never thought of it before?"
Lin Leyou paused slightly. "It is indeed very strange. There must be something fishy going on, but it's okay. We'll find out when we go over there. Let's go."
The two flew swiftly overhead, heading towards the ancestral hall. The ancestral hall was located behind the mountain directly behind Haitang Village, very close by.
They flew for a short while and soon spotted the shrine in the mountains. Good heavens, this shrine was five or six times the size of the evil god's temple!
Lin Leyou found it strange, “This ancestral hall is quite large. It seems that the villagers value the ancestral hall more than the evil god temple.”
Xue Rui, “That’s really strange…”
Lin Leyou said, "Come on, let's take a closer look."
They slowly approached, and then looked down at the village chief and his family inside the ancestral hall. They looked relaxed and seemed completely at ease.
Lin Leyou had a nagging feeling; "Something's not right."
Xue Rui, "What's going on?"
No matter how close they got, they couldn't get near the ancestral hall. It was as if his talent was sealed. No matter how far the villagers ran to the outside of the village, they couldn't leave. It was as if they were standing still.
That's how they feel right now.
Lin Leyou, “This…”
Xue Rui: "Try again."
The two tried from different directions, but they failed until the player got close enough to approach the ancestral hall. They could only watch from afar as the player slowly approached the ancestral hall.
When they saw Guo Xia and Guo Cheng approaching the ancestral hall with the other players, they breathed a sigh of relief, "Only living people can get close."
Xue Rui: "As long as the two of them can get close, that's fine."
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