Chapter 696 [(*^▽^*)]
Lin Leyou put away the red lotus, then got up and began to look around the villa. He had to admit that it was indeed a villa that lived in the top twenty-five. The area was about five hundred square meters. It was a two-story villa. He also saw the swimming pool in the yard, the small garden next to it, and the pavilion.
He gained the monster's power to control all the plants in sight and demonize them, just like he saw last night.
Severely mentally damaged ghosts can control the grass on the grassland, turning it into menacing monsters.
Without Honglian, the opponent wouldn't need to do anything; they could simply use the grass on the grassland to capture or even kill him.
It can be said that his ability to control plants is indeed impressive and worthy of the sixteenth position. He wanted to go out for a walk, but because his mental energy was still gradually recovering, he urgently needed to rest.
This gave up the idea of going out. Instead, they found an empty room in the villa, wove a bed out of plants, and then Lin Leyou lay down on it and quickly fell asleep.
Although he had fallen into a deep sleep before, it was because he couldn't hold on any longer and simply passed out. It wasn't really a rest, especially since he was currently mentally exhausted and needed to rest properly. He needed to use the Golden Sun to quickly recover his depleted energy while he was sleeping.
As for the mission, he doesn't know yet, and he hasn't seen any players or residents like himself. He's not in a hurry, not at all.
Just as Lin Leyou was falling asleep, outside the village, where Lin Leyou had killed the ghost the night before, a gentle breeze blew under the big tree, and the leaves rustled against each other.
After the wind blew past, a strange figure appeared again in that familiar spot under the tree. He slowly opened his eyes, looked around with some confusion, and then subconsciously touched his left hand.
He froze, raised his left hand to examine it closely, but found nothing. "Hmm?"
Then he looked puzzled. "Why are you touching your left hand?"
He couldn't quite understand his own behavior just now. "Could it be the dungeon's influence on me? I didn't expect to be in a 3S difficulty dungeon this time. I hope I can clear it."
He seemed to have forgotten that something was missing from his left hand. He got up and looked around warily, but did not see anyone. However, he did not let his guard down and began to look for other clues around him.
Finally, he found some footprints nearby. Judging from the direction of the footprints and the eyes, he roughly knew that people would gather there. Following the direction of the footprints, he found a village about the size of a small town, surrounded by some mountains.
He touched his forehead, and as he saw the village, some memories flooded his mind, memories related to this village, where many ghosts and monsters lived.
All the ghosts are normal humans during the day, but at night they transform into ghosts and begin hunting humans. Humans are powerless to resist and can only stay at home and pray that no ghost will choose them that night.
Almost every night, more than a dozen people die in this village. Each person lives alone in a house, and the houses are left empty after the people disappear. But in this village, no matter how many people disappear, the exact number of people will come to fill the empty houses the next day.
As for what kind of houses ordinary people will be assigned to live in the village, that depends entirely on luck; people assigned to live in the village are randomly assigned houses.
The main thing is to see which houses are vacant and live there. If you want to change your residence, you go and hunt ghosts. Once you kill a ghost, the house where that ghost lives will become yours.
After processing this sudden turn of events, he stared intently at the village, then slowly walked into it, first checking out his own house, since where he lived was very important.
He found his house in his memory. He never expected to be so lucky. The house was located in the middle of the village, and the houses here were much nicer than those on the outermost edge.
But... his gaze turned to the center of the village in the distance, where the villas were the most beautiful.
Of course, he can't make any big moves right now, after all... he just entered the village, and this time the system didn't give any hints at all. He has to find out all the tasks and ways to pass the level on his own.
This is a bit difficult...
He placed his hand on the door in front of him, and the wooden plaque hanging on the door had the character "瑞" (rui, meaning auspicious) written on it. Only after feeling his spirit imprinted on the house did he open the door.
After a thorough inspection of the entire house, no danger was found, nor were there any signs of surveillance. It seems that there aren't many players in this village.
After briefly inspecting the house, Xue Rui considered sending out his surveillance sphere, but after looking at the sky, he decided against it, as it was broad daylight and the sphere might easily be noticed.
In that case, how about using mechanical spiders?
Wait a minute, he took a mechanical spider out of his backpack, then held it in his palm and examined it closely. "This mechanical spider... which dungeon did I get it from?"
He racked his brains but couldn't remember. He had always thought that the dungeon wasn't important, which was why he hadn't remembered it. But after looking through everything in his backpack, he realized there was another item whose source he couldn't recall either.
"What's going on? Is my memory getting worse?"
He remembered many details from the dungeons very clearly. Logically, he shouldn't have forgotten the source of these important items, but he just couldn't remember them.
"It must be this instance that's causing the trouble. Is it trying to find lost memories?"
This ghost story instance... the quest is to find lost memories? He certainly couldn't be sure!
But now that he had no clue, he could only follow this clue. However, when it came to the memory problem, he subconsciously looked at his left hand.
He always felt like something was missing from his left hand. Could it also be related to his lost memories?
Since the memories were lost in the instance, they should be searched for within the instance as well. He immediately got up and left the house. He couldn't act recklessly, but he could first explore the entire village, check the situation, and memorize the various routes in the village.
The first place to go is, of course, the very center of the village, where there is a wide square with a fountain in the middle and a statue of a goddess inside.
His gaze was completely drawn to the ring on the goddess statue, and his subconscious was screaming wildly, "It's mine, it's mine, that thing is mine!"
Even after he looked away, the madness in his heart did not subside at all; on the contrary, it intensified. Take it back! Take it back quickly!
He took a deep breath, then turned and walked away. Only after he was far away from the square did the frantic desire in his heart slowly subside.
It may have weakened, but it has never disappeared.
He was somewhat worried, wondering if the ring was truly his or a trap set by the instance.
When he came to his senses, he subconsciously glanced to both sides and saw the Lin on the villa gate. The person living in this villa was surnamed Lin.
Are the people living in this villa ghosts? He subconsciously raised his hand to put it on the door, but just as he was about to touch the door, a sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart.
He then withdrew his hand and walked away silently. Once he was out of sight, the sense of danger disappeared. Although he didn't know what was going on with the Jade Rock Path, he was certain that the people living there were no ordinary people.
As for ghosts and monsters... they don't appear during the day, so we can only wait until night to see them. We don't know how powerful these ghosts and monsters really are.
On his way back to his lodgings, he suddenly felt a bit hungry, so he bought some food from some roadside shops to take back and eat. At this time, he subconsciously looked at the fountain in the distance for a long time, even though he couldn't see anything because of the houses blocking his view.
When Lin Leyou woke up, his first feeling was hunger. He took out the food he had stored in his backpack and ate it all. By the time he was full, half an hour had passed.
He patted his bulging belly and looked at the trash on the table. He casually used vines to gather the trash and threw it into the bin. Only then did he pay attention to the time.
It was just dusk outside, the sunset and evening glow were quite beautiful, but the arrival of night also symbolized the coming of bloodshed. Tonight he didn't have to leave the village; he could walk around it.
He wondered if other ghosts would attack him. If they did... hehe, if they dared to come, they should be prepared to be burned by karmic fire.
Lin Leyou tidied himself up a bit before leaving the house and walking slowly outside. He planned to stay by the fountain tonight, and if possible, he still wanted to retrieve the ring from the goddess statue.
As for Xue Rui... he definitely couldn't be that goddess statue, and it's unlikely that he was hidden inside the goddess statue in the dungeon. Wait... who said it's impossible?
Perhaps that's how the dungeon works? Because it was sealed inside the sculpture by the dungeon, it fell into a deep sleep, which is why it couldn't be restored, and that's why the ring is on the sculpture's finger.
After all, there are rules when entering a dungeon. No matter what kind of dungeon it is, you cannot take away any items carried by the person entering the dungeon.
In other words, the ring is definitely worn by Xue Rui himself, which means...
Lin Leyou was getting a little unsettled when he thought about this. That statue was Xue Rui himself! As for why it was a goddess statue, he didn't know. Maybe it was the dungeon's twisted sense of humor?
In short, we'll get Xue Rui out tonight!
When he arrived at the small square where the fountain was located, he could see three or five people gathered around the fountain from a distance.
Huh? Why are there people near the fountain?
What's wrong with these people? The light on the horizon is about to disappear, and they're still not going back. Unless they're among the top twenty-five strongest ghosts, they can stay in the village. But will these ghosts really gather together?
He didn't walk over, but turned around and dodged to the side.
The five people huddled together in front seemed to be discussing the goddess statue in the fountain. He noticed they seemed to be pointing at the ring and saying something, but he couldn't hear what they were saying yet.
After thinking it over, Lin Leyou took out a mechanical spider from his backpack and quietly released it, approaching the fountain from the other side. Fortunately, it was getting dark and the light was much dimmer.
The tiny mechanical spider went unnoticed and easily reached the fountain, hiding in a corner. Now, he could use the mechanical spider to overhear their conversation.
However, they did not continue discussing the statue or the ring at this point, but instead talked about how it was getting dark.
"Should we go back now? They say ghosts and monsters appear after dark."
“Go back. There’s no rule in this village that forbids you from staying at other people’s houses. You can all come and stay here with me. My house is quite big.”
"But everyone in the village lives in their own house, there must be some hidden reason behind that. If we all lived together, wouldn't that be..."
"This is terrible. This time the system didn't give any hints at all. We have to figure everything out on our own. If only there were some hints."
So, do we have to live together?
"Let's live together. Even if ghosts come, the five of us working together can definitely take them down."
"Let's go, let's stop talking. It's almost completely dark. If we don't leave now, we'll run into ghosts!"
They quickly left the vicinity of the fountain, and less than half a minute after they left, the last ray of light on the horizon disappeared without a trace, and the entire village seemed to fall into boundless silence.
Lin Leyou walked to the fountain as if she hadn't noticed anything, looking at the goddess statue with the ring, especially the ring...
His gaze darted back and forth between the ring and the goddess statue. In the end, he still couldn't quite believe that Xue Rui was inside the goddess statue, but it was an undeniable truth.
Lin Leyou floated up gently and came to the goddess statue. The distance between them was only a few centimeters. He carefully observed the statue, but after looking at it for a long time, he could not find anything special about it.
Could it be...?
He extended his left hand, which was adorned with a ring, and slowly approached the left hand of the statue, which also wore a matching ring. He expected something to appear and block his way, but to his surprise, they touched smoothly.
His hand touched the statue's left hand, but nothing changed.
Lin Leyou withdrew his hand somewhat strangely. After thinking for a moment, he reached out his hand again, this time interlocking his fingers with the sculpture's left hand, their rings touching.
At first he didn’t feel anything, but he didn’t give up and maintained the position for another minute. Just when he was about to give up, his heart suddenly trembled.
In just a few seconds, the feeling changed dramatically. He could now even feel the heartbeat being transmitted to him from inside the statue through the interlocking fingers of its hands.
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