We followed the village chief, Byrne, on a tour of the village.
Before nightfall, Bourne took Gu Xinghehui to his home.
He was the village chief of this nameless little village, and he lived alone in his house.
So Bourne naturally became the one to provide Gu Xinghe with temporary accommodation in the village.
Compared to the other houses in the village, Bourne's house appears to be much older, with more weathered and aged signs of habitation.
There are no extra rooms in this small house.
So at this moment, Bourne led Gu Xinghe to a house that was clearly built after the house was completed.
Then, in the later addition of a small attic to the house.
According to Byrne, this attic used to be his small room.
At that time, he lived alone in this small attic.
His wife and young child live in the only bedroom in the house he now lives in.
This situation continued until his wife died unexpectedly.
The six-year-old son was worried that his father's deteriorating mental and physical condition since his wife's death was not suitable for living in the cramped attic, so he took the initiative to suggest changing places.
Subsequently, this small attic became the residence of Bourne's son.
And it has been idle ever since he went out to work after he came of age.
When talking about his son, Gu Xinghe noticed a hint of relief and genuine happiness on Bourne's face.
This seems to align with most people seeing their children succeed.
The same feeling parents have when they can leave their closed-off and backward villages to develop in big towns.
However, the expression on Bourne's face seemed to go far beyond what one would expect in this situation.
At this moment, Gu Xinghe also recalled what he had seen earlier that day while accompanying Bourne on a tour of the small village—
Unlike in typical remote villages where most young people choose to leave their hometowns to seek opportunities elsewhere, this is different.
The small village where he now lives still has many young and middle-aged laborers.
Just like the scene he had seen when he first entered the small village.
At that time, the young people in these villages were all busy with their own work—
They might be repairing their house, or husking the harvested wheat in the yard...
Because of its remote location, this small village clearly has its own self-sufficient survival system.
But this survival system, coupled with Bourne's joy when recounting his son leaving the village to seek his fortune elsewhere, is what makes it all possible.
It gives the impression that the young people in the village are all forced to stay here.
Perhaps this is why they were so moved when they heard Gu Xinghe recount his travel and adventure experiences in various places.
The reason for such intense excitement and agitation.
Meanwhile, after Gu Xinghe and Bourne had dinner together in the house, it had become completely dark.
Before Gu Xinghe went into the attic to rest, Bourne gave him a final reminder.
"Mr. Gu Xinghe, there is no light source in the village at night."
It's dark and very dangerous, so don't go out of the house at night.
When he said this, Byrne seemed to be suppressing some emotion.
The gentleness and friendliness that had been shown to him seemed to vanish at this moment, and his tone of voice turned cold and hard.
After saying this, he handed the only kerosene lamp in his hand to Gu Xinghe and then hurriedly left.
At this moment, the sky outside the window had completely darkened, and not a single ray of light shone into the room.
Between day and night, something else seems to be changing as well.
But at this moment, Gu Xinghe only took one last look at Bourne's departing figure, whose walking posture seemed to have become somewhat strange.
Then, he took the kerosene lamp given to him and went into the attic.
Because it was an addition built into the house later, the attic is not very tall.
Given Gu Xinghe's original height, he wouldn't even be able to stand up and walk here.
The reason for mentioning "originally" at this point is naturally to facilitate one's own walking and rest.
Gu Xinghe chose to temporarily "reduce" part of his height.
Anyway, when he goes downstairs later, he can just "stretch" himself back to his original height.
At this moment, he leaned back on the bed in the attic, pondering matters concerning this instance—
Judging from what he has experienced since entering this unknown game instance.
It really does look like they're filming a third-rate horror movie—
The only village still inhabited by humans in the desolate wilderness.
The villagers treated him, an outsider, with an oddly enthusiastic attitude after he entered the village.
And just now, the village chief Byrne reminded him not to leave the house at night.
All of this blatantly exposed all the strange and suspicious things happening in the village to Gu Xinghe.
But whether or not one should act like the protagonist in a third-rate horror movie.
Ignoring warnings, they insisted on leaving the house at night to explore the village.
Gu Xinghe felt that it would depend on whether "something" was coming to find him tonight.
At this moment, Gu Xinghe released tentacles and red spiders to do some "small decorations" and arrangements for his "new home".
After completing this series of actions.
Gu Xinghe, lying peacefully on the bed with his eyes closed, appeared to be asleep without any guard up to outsiders.
He didn't let his thoughts wander aimlessly, but waited quietly.
He wanted to see if anything would come looking for him at night.
After the night had passed, the skilled predator finally caught up with its prey.
At this moment, Gu Xinghe, who was resting on the bed, felt something gently "tapping" at his thoughts.
The tentacles at the end of the thought received some kind of "signal".
This "signal" was quite weak, as if it were carefully avoiding the various malicious elements in the surrounding environment.
Then, drawn by his presence, she "unconsciously" bumped into his consciousness.
When Gu Xinghe responded, he was also drawn into a dream by this "signal".
But perhaps, this dream is more than just a dream.
Similar to a dream world, it may be a real place that exists or has existed somewhere.
However, describing it as a "dream" might not be entirely appropriate.
That was clearly just some kind of projection method that allowed Gu Xinghe to successfully obtain certain information.
But in this "dream," Gu Xinghe saw a tree—
It was a dying tree, but its remaining roots and branches revealed its original robustness and ancient grandeur.
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