"Alas, our village is poor!"
"Why?" Jiang An asked curiously.
"We can't get enough to eat. We only see meat a few times a year." The old woman sighed. "No girls from the surrounding villages are willing to marry into our village, which has led to more and more bachelors in the village."
Jiang An nodded in understanding, noting that this phenomenon is common in rural areas, especially in some impoverished regions.
"So?" she continued.
"So all these bachelors want to get married, but no girls are willing to marry them. What are they going to do?" the old woman said in a low voice.
Jiang An's heart tightened, and she vaguely guessed what was going on.
"So, some people started to have crooked ideas and began to traffic women," the old woman said angrily.
Jiang An's eyes widened in disbelief as he asked, "Trafficking women? People in the village do that?"
"Yes, just a month ago, a family in the village bought a beautiful young girl from somewhere. That family has three strong men, three brothers, and an old bachelor." The old woman shook her head helplessly.
Jiang An's heart sank, and a surge of anger welled up inside her. She never imagined that such a terrible thing could happen in such a small mountain village.
"And then what happened? What became of that girl?" she asked eagerly.
"Sigh..." The old woman sighed, her eyes filled with sympathy: "I heard she was tortured terribly and is now locked up at home all day. She tried to escape several times, but was eventually caught and brought back. I heard she died not long ago, and then not long after that, strange things started happening in our village. Everyone said that the girl turned into a tortoise to take revenge on us."
As the old woman finished speaking, a hint of fear flashed in her eyes. Realizing what she had said, she was filled with regret and said with lingering fear, "Alright, you little brat, why are you asking so many questions? Hurry up and get to work, or you'll starve to death before you're killed by ghosts!"
Jiang An bit her lip and clenched her fists. She hadn't expected things to turn out this way.
"He was killed by a ghost!" she muttered to herself.
In modern times, she doesn't believe in ghosts, but in this mysterious sea survival game, and in this particular instance, where she can't go out at night because she'll be devoured by the unknown terrors of the darkness, she's forced to believe that ghosts are the killers.
But if it's a ghost killing people, how can these unarmed players possibly deal with it!
Around noon, everyone finished their busy morning and began to rest.
At this point, the team members gathered together to summarize and organize the information they had discovered.
Jiang An also shared his findings with everyone.
"At present, while we cannot completely rule out the possibility that ghosts or monsters are responsible for the deaths, we also cannot determine whether there was any human manipulation involved," Team Leader Zhang Shengli summarized the existing evidence.
After a moment's thought, he continued, "I'll analyze the situation further after I finish the autopsy. We still need to gather more information, but we must remain vigilant and ensure our own safety at all times."
After all, we've successfully completed the first task, and we have clues for the second. The remaining third task is to ensure that all team members survive and safely leave the instance.
Hearing this, the team members all said they understood. "Don't worry, Captain!" they replied in unison.
Zhang Shengli glanced at the sun outside and realized that time was running out, so he reminded everyone, "Alright, it's almost time. We need to leave as soon as possible to avoid being noticed by the villagers."
Upon receiving instructions, the team members acted swiftly and orderly, dividing into several groups and leaving the scene.
Just then, Jiang An noticed Song Tian, who had been hesitant to speak since morning, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
After hesitating for a long time, Song Tian finally made up her mind, closed her eyes, and stammered, "It's just...it's just...I have family here! My family here, my family here~"
"Just say it, Song Tian! Don't beat around the bush!" Jiang An said with a smile.
Upon hearing Jiang An's words, Song Tian blushed from her ears to her neck, and her voice grew softer and softer, almost like a mosquito's hum, "It's this body's husband who made me have sex!"
"What!" Jiang An exclaimed in surprise upon hearing this.
A faint pink blush quickly spread across her fair and delicate face, as if she had applied a thin layer of rouge, making her look exceptionally beautiful.
"You didn't agree to his proposal, did you?" Jiang An asked nervously.
She really didn't expect to encounter something like this.
Song Tian pursed her lips, nodded slightly, and said in a low voice, "Of course I didn't agree. However, I just made up an excuse to decline, but next time..."
Jiang An rubbed his forehead, sighed helplessly, and said, "Then you'll definitely have to find a way to refuse next time. Actually, I have a few excuses I can help you think of..."
As she spoke, she curled a few fingers and beckoned to Song Tian, signaling her to come over.
Song Tian took a few steps forward, tilted her ear, and listened as she whispered one excuse after another.
As Jiang An spoke, Song Tian's face gradually turned red, like a ripe apple.
After hearing this, Song Tian's face instantly lit up with a bright smile, and she said excitedly, "Thank you, An'an! I'll do it that way next time!"
The problem that had been bothering her all day finally found a solution, how could Song Tian not be overjoyed?
"It's getting late, so I'll be going now!" Song Tian waved goodbye happily.
"Okay, be careful!" Jiang An said.
Not long after Song Tian left, she also left, because time was running out and she had to go to the fields to do farm work.
... ...
After finishing their work, the group did not have dinner in the village, but instead made excuses to leave.
"Did you bring your tools?" Jiang An suddenly asked.
Chen Xun pulled two shovels from his clothes, held them up, and said proudly, "I prepared them early. I stole these. I'll return them before I go to the fields tomorrow!"
Jiang An was taken aback by Chen Xun's actions. She really hadn't expected him to take out tools from this place. He had volunteered to find tools, and she thought it was some kind of solution!
She tried hard to suppress the smile on her face. "Give me one, let's hurry up and get to that house before dark. I really don't want to have to stay in my thatched hut tonight!"
"good!"
The two men quickened their pace, shovels in hand, but did not forget to observe their surroundings to avoid being discovered by outsiders.
Soon, the two arrived at their destination.
“Jiang An, these are the two graves. Let’s dig these first!” Chen Xun said, pointing to the two graves.
"good!"
Immediately afterwards, the two got busy.
The two men began digging the grave, carefully using shovels to remove the soil and weeds, trying not to make too much noise.
As time went by, the grave was gradually dug up, revealing the corpse inside.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
