Sui Ying's chopsticks fell into the porridge bowl with a 'clatter', her eyes filled with astonishment.
"No, if I heard correctly, they are..."
Xiao Jin followed her gaze and saw several wet footprints on the floor where the male player with the severed finger had just stood, but they were the size of a child's footprints.
"They reeked of decay." Seeing that Wang Zixuan had also left, Yunye slowly added, "And the lanterns they were carrying were wrapped with..."
"Human skin." Xiao Jin used the tip of his knife to lift the tablecloth and cover the footprints. "The camphor wood chest I saw at the village chief's house last night was probably filled with this kind of material."
The number of comments in the live stream suddenly surged:
[Holy crap, this is terrifying to think about]
So the lanterns were peeled alive?
[Are you new here? Didn't you watch the live stream yesterday about collecting the materials?]
[Haha, the streamer actually escaped a close call. To make a soul-summoning lamp, you have to endure the consequences of being harassed by vengeful ghosts. It does drain your sanity a bit in the early stages, but later on, the ghosts really do kill.]
[You might escape this time, but what about next time? Don't forget, the soul-guiding lamp is very important.]
After about half an hour, Wang Zixuan and the others seemed to have calmed down.
Anyway, the three of them looked like normal people when they came down.
Sui Feng was extremely surprised: "You didn't sleep at all last night, what? Aren't you planning to rest?"
Wang Zixuan sat on the sofa with a serious expression, as did the other two.
Xiao Jin and the others took a look and thought, "Oh, they have something to talk about!"
Wang Zixuan didn't beat around the bush.
"I believe you've already guessed it. Yes, the situation last night was complicated. I won't go into the details, but the three of us just want to exchange some recovery items with you."
Shao Siyuan and Feng Hao exchanged a glance.
Just as I expected.
"Cough cough~" Feng Hao started spewing black water again: "Did you ask any questions..."
He glanced at the player with the severed finger, whose eyes were filled with urgency: "How do you plan to exchange them?"
Wang Zixuan was silent for a moment before stating the price they had agreed upon earlier: "150 points per nanoneedle."
Shao Siyuan was so angry he almost laughed, while Feng Hao actually laughed out loud.
"150 points? Are you trying to fob me off? I'm not trading." Sui Ying's eyes widened, and she refused outright.
"Did you hear that? We said we won't trade." Feng Hao's smile didn't reach his eyes; a sarcastic smirk played at the corners of his mouth.
Even Sui Feng curled his lip: "150 points, I could go out and catch and kill some little devils now and they'd be worth more than that."
Xiao Jin lowered his head and remained silent.
Although she was mentally prepared, Wang Zixuan was still furious at the repeated humiliations from Feng Hao and his group.
If Sui Ying found out, she would definitely grumble to herself.
'Humiliation? You think this is humiliation? You haven't seen real humiliation.'
Shao Siyuan quickly steered the conversation back on track, otherwise a real fight might break out.
“Ten times the points is indeed a lot, but it depends on the situation.” He looked directly at Wang Zixuan and the other two: “Now it’s a seller’s market, so the price is naturally set by us.”
Wang Zixuan took a deep breath.
She can't afford to turn against him now; she doesn't have many recovery items left. If anything goes wrong, the loss will be far more than just 150 points.
"Okay, what do you say? We can discuss it further."
Shao Siyuan held up one: "One purple prop in exchange for one nano-therapy needle."
"What? You're robbing me?" Before Shao Siyuan could finish speaking, a male player with an earring shouted from the side.
Feng Hao wasn't going to indulge him. He tilted his head and said, "Brother, you don't have to change it. We won't force you."
“You…” The male player’s face turned red, wanting to curse but unable to.
Wang Zixuan, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but twitch her lips as she listened to Shao Siyuan's outrageous demands.
He really dares to ask for it!
Purple items cost at least a thousand points. Some purple items with special skills can even be traded for tens of thousands of points.
But this guy didn't ask for points cards with a price tag; he only asked for props.
Wang Zixuan glanced at Xiao Jin, who hadn't said a word the whole time: "You think so too?"
"Hmm?" Xiao Jin raised her eyelids slightly.
"What's wrong with an equivalent exchange?"
Wang Zixuan finally understood what it meant to be shameless, with no limit to how shameless one can be.
"Fine, if that's the case, then I have no objection." Wang Zixuan didn't want to argue anymore; she was exhausted, so she directly ordered three purple items.
Seeing this, the other two male players gritted their teeth and each took out five items. They had no other choice; they were completely out of recovery items.
Although they weren't very rich, they could still find a few useless purple items if they looked around.
Shao Siyuan wasn't picky; he'd 'snatched' them all anyway. Even if they were trash, he could still resell them to the system's store for several times the price.
So they handed out the nano-therapy needles according to the required quantity.
The three of them were so angry when they received the props that they were practically grinding their teeth in hatred.
Fine! I'll remember you guys. Don't ever mess with me again.
The three of them then went upstairs without looking back...
"What should we do with this prop?" Sui Ying blinked.
Shao Siyuan had already thought it through: "It's easy to solve. Let's ignore the skills for now and just draw blindly. If we draw something trash, we can't blame anyone else."
However, I estimate that most of these are items from the online store.
The others thought the same way. Xiao Jin casually picked out two pieces of clothing, then stood up and straightened her clothes.
"I'll take two, you can divide the rest among yourselves."
"Are you going out?" Sui Ying asked.
"Hmm, let's go out and take a look."
"Wait, I'll go with you." Xiao Jin had only taken a few steps when Yun Ye called out from behind.
Xiao Jin turned her head and glanced at him: "Okay, I plan to go outside the village, let's go."
The two then left the guesthouse together.
………………
The mist in the back mountain carried the fishy smell of humus.
Beneath each of the withered branches that Xiao Jin broke lay a white mushroom the size of a fingernail, its cap bursting open to release colorful spores. She swung her knife to cut through the vines blocking her path, when suddenly she heard a strange noise ahead.
"Let's go take a look." Xiao Jin and Yun Ye exchanged a glance, then stepped forward with their knives.
The two had just gotten close.
'Whoosh whoosh whoosh~'
Yunye's weapon was suddenly entangled by more than a dozen withered limbs. Upon closer inspection, those withered branches were clearly branches of a large willow tree. At this moment, they seemed to come alive, dancing wildly like demons.
Xiao Jin swung his sword and cut off the withered branches, then retreated with Yun Ye, trying to leave the area covered by the willow trees.
Unfortunately, the two were completely trapped.
Looking up, the scene before me had completely changed.
Apart from the willow branches swaying everywhere, they stood in the center of a mass grave, with skeletons scattered all around them.
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