Chapter 5: Village in the Rain (5)
Su Yue and Cang Zhi stopped at the same time and looked towards Yima.
Judging from Su Yue's upright expression, they definitely didn't want to sneak away. They just wanted to leave the team openly, but they had no intention of telling her.
The sunlight shone through the window pane at the end of the corridor onto Emma's face, which looked a little hideous.
"Let's go see that guy." Cang Zhi pointed to the room where the seriously injured boy was.
The door there is now closed, and the whole house gives people an extremely ominous feeling.
"Why do you want to see him? Are you close to him?" Yima asked, with her usual sweet smile on her face.
"Our relationship..." The truthful puppet Cangzhi had just begun to speak when Suyue quickly pinched his hand and interrupted him.
"We are very good friends." Su Yue replied.
Cang Zhi looked at Su Yue blankly and innocently.
"You didn't even know each other before yesterday," Irma said.
"It felt like old friends from the moment we met." Su Yue said, "That's the relationship between him and me."
Yima remained silent. She probably had no way of judging whether Su Yue was telling the truth or not.
In the end she decided not to judge.
"Everyone in the village has made a lot of preparations for your visit. If possible, please don't delay your visit and make everyone sad," Yima said. "If everyone is sad, something bad might happen."
This is simply a naked threat.
But Su Yue didn't buy her trick.
Su Yue: "Then you can go first. I'll be the only tourist missing, so you won't be sad. I'll come find you after I'm done."
Emma: "..."
Yima obviously didn't want to leave Suyue alone, or rather, she didn't want Suyue to miss any part of the "tour". She was silent for a long time, then said fiercely, "Hurry up, we're waiting for you here."
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Since Yima is willing to wait here, there is no need for Cangzhi to follow the main force to protect their safety. They are very close anyway.
Su Yue beckoned with his finger, and Cang Zhi followed him happily.
Zhao Shuo was also eager to go over, but after being looked at quietly by Yima, he immediately backed off.
Yima held the child and leaned against the wall with a sullen face. The others stood beside her timidly, waiting like a group of children waiting for a bus on a spring outing.
Su Yue opened the door.
The room still smelled strongly of blood. The boy was lying there, and there was nothing unusual about his appearance.
Su Yue went over and lifted the quilt. The wounds still had the most primitive treatment he had given them. It was not very helpful for recovery, but the bleeding from the wounds that had been bleeding had indeed stopped.
It seemed like a miracle had happened.
But it’s actually more worrying.
Because in such a world, a person who should have died is alive for no reason, the reason being the "protection of the high priest."
It's hard to be sure whether he will still be a human being after he comes back to life.
Su Yue walked up to the boy and lifted up his shirt. The scene was actually quite bloody, but Su Yue was used to it.
He placed his right palm on the boy's left chest, and a faint light appeared on his palm.
The light seeped into the boy's body with the slight rise and fall of his chest. It was invisible to the naked eye, but Su Yue could feel it. It was like a soft and transparent halo protecting the boy's heart.
The power of the gods is the purest protective power. No matter whether it is corpse poison, witchcraft or some other evil magic, as long as there is divine power to protect it, they will not be able to invade the heart in the slightest.
There is no healing power, it only ensures that a person remains purely human.
Although Su Yue only has very weak divine power in this game world, he still has the ability to protect a heart.
Originally, Su Yue wanted to activate his divine power outside. As long as he did it covertly, he wouldn't be kicked out.
But then Su Yue felt that his earrings were as sensitive as a Chihuahua, and if he did this, it would definitely sound the alarm.
Then the responsible supervisor Z will send a message.
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Difficult.
That's why it has been delayed until now.
In fact, even if everything is fine now, when the boy wakes up and mutters "Oh, how come I am so lucky and not dead", Su Yue will probably be warned by the earring that there will be a reckoning later.
But that's for later.
In fact, if Supervisor Z hadn't been so responsible, Su Yue wouldn't have cared about the warning.
Violations like this happen every time Su Yue enters the game, and he has long been accustomed to it.
When the previous supervisor, Su Yue's good friend, resigned, he printed out the records of Su Yue's violations every time he entered the game.
He actually printed out a whole box of printed tissue paper and gave it to Su Yue as a farewell gift.
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I don't want to recall.
After making sure that the divine power could protect the boy for at least a whole day, Su Yue lifted the boy's clothes and checked his wounds.
There are two types of injuries on boys.
One type is a very smooth scar with neat edges, which looks like a wound left by a very sharp and fast blade.
The other wound was rough and brutal, obviously a laceration.
The wounds were distributed on the arms and legs, almost to the extent of cutting off all of the boy's limbs.
It's just that he is lucky, and he can still lie here with all his limbs intact.
Su Yue's gaze fell on the boy's right hand. He had just noticed that the boy had been holding something in his hand, but he didn't want to take it in front of Yima.
Now he pried open the boy's index and middle fingers, pulled out the thing, and found that it was a deformed piece of gold foil, completely soaked in blood.
The shape is completely invisible, but if you unfold the gold foil, you can see the seal on it.
-[Tiandi Bank-Lulutong]
"It's paper money." Cangzhi said.
Su Yue nodded. When he saw the paper-made gold bars or gold ingots, he understood.
This kid actually ran out in the middle of the night and brought back a souvenir for himself.
Until this moment, Su Yue had been wondering whether this boy was some old veteran who was hiding dragons and crouching tigers, although all signs showed that the boy was not very capable.
But he always felt that it was impossible for him to be so reckless without knowing anything, right?
Until I saw this paper money.
Su Yue: "..."
I have truly experienced the saying "ignorance is bliss" and "those who try to gain a small advantage will suffer a great loss".
But the loss he suffered this time was enough for him.
In fact, there was one thing Su Yue didn't understand, that was the boy only had a piece of paper money in his hand.
If the boy really mistook the paper money for real gold bars, it would be impossible for him to come back with just one.
So it all looks like the boy was attacked as soon as he took a piece of paper money outside, and then was moved back to the corridor. I don’t know if it was for demonstration or for... protection?
Although this idea is strange, it is indeed possible.
In addition, there are also gains.
Paper money, what the villagers said yesterday was "time", and what Yima said today was "waste"...
Su Yue has some idea about this world.
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When Su Yue and Cang Zhi walked out, the child in Yima's arms was crying so hard that he almost fainted. Yima was so focused on comforting him that she didn't care about anyone else.
Judging from the pale faces of Zhao Shuo and the others, as if they were suffering from neurasthenia, they must have been crying for quite a long time.
They probably started crying the moment they entered the house.
"Dear guests, you've been staying there for quite a while." Yima said in a complaining tone, "Didn't I tell you not to stay too long?"
Su Yue said, "I'm really sorry."
Yima was stunned and quite surprised.
I thought that based on the customer's temper, she would say something like "I didn't promise you", but she actually gave in.
But then Su Yue said, "Didn't you say yesterday that you would bring us gifts?"
Yima nodded subconsciously.
Su Yue extended his hand to her: "Where's the gift?"
Emma: "..."
No wonder he's so kind.
So he's waiting for her here.
At this moment, Yima's face became very ugly, to the point that it looked like a female ghost's face.
Everyone probably realized on the first night that as a key NPC in the game, she was definitely not the sweet girl she appeared to be, but she pretended until the next morning before giving up the cover-up.
The boy's girlfriend had just woken up and was slowly digesting the situation of being in a survival game under the whispers of the girl who shared the room with her. She almost fainted again when she saw this scene. The girl pinched her philtrum frantically to help her stay awake.
Even Zhou Hu couldn't handle an NPC that suddenly changed its attitude.
But Su Yue looked at her calmly.
She didn't seem to be frightened, nor did she say that her hair was split or anything to mock her or show off her courage. After making faces for a while, Yima got bored and returned to her original appearance in a sullen manner.
"A gift." Ima said unhappily, "It's here."
She turned the cross-body bag on her side, unzipped it, and took out a sachet with a strange fragrance.
Opening the sachet, Yima took out a dozen paper dolls from it.
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At first glance, it's a truly adorable paper doll. The cardboard itself has a certain thickness, a velvety feel, and a very textured feel. It has a round head, small eyes, and a mouth shaped like an expressionless "-", which makes it a bit cute.
The doll's body and limbs are square, and the limbs and head are attached to the torso with patches, so they can move freely.
The dolls' clothes are painted very delicately. They are wearing local ethnic costumes. Male tourists wear long robes and trousers, while female tourists wear short jackets and long skirts. The colors of each person are different.
This can indeed be called a very pleasing gift, or even a work of art.
If it weren’t for the fact that each person’s name was written in large red ink on the chest of each doll.
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Su Yue looked at the doll in Cangzhi's hand.
It was wearing a light red outfit with white flowers, and the two big characters "Cang Zhi" were scrawled across its chest. The bright red handwriting looked as if it was bleeding, which was very unlucky.
He looked again at the doll in Zhao Shuo's hand, who was sitting on the other side of him.
He was wearing a light blue dress with yellow flowers, and the two big words "Zhao Shuo" were scrawled across his chest.
Su Yue looked at his doll again.
He was wearing a light purple dress with white flowers. There were originally two large characters "Su Yue" on the chest, but they had been sloppily wiped off.
Instead, there is a huge "Su Yue" character that takes up the entire doll from the top of the head to the toes.
The red brush was so strong that it penetrated the back of the paper, and the last stroke had a rough edge.
You can completely feel the writer's inner anger at that moment.
Su Yue: "..."
"Ah." Zhao Shuo leaned over and saw the huge words on Su Yue's doll. "I hate you so much, Boss."
Cang Zhi gave Zhao Shuo a warning look.
Zhao Shuo slapped himself quickly, "I mean, boss, you're really eye-catching."
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"Paper dolls are a specialty of Qiyun Village, hand-sewn by villagers. They represent their thoughts and wishes for everyone," Yima said. "Visitors are advised to take good care of them and preferably keep them with you."
"Where's his?" Su Yue pointed to the boy's room. "He can't take his doll with him."
Yima nodded: "We will take care of that guest's doll..."
"Give it to me." Su Yue interrupted Yima and stretched out his hand to her.
Emma:?
Yima smiled and explained, "Guest, each doll has a name and must be kept by the corresponding guest. It cannot be handed over to anyone else rashly."
"He and I are good friends who hit it off right away, not 'other people'." Su Yue said calmly.
The audience: "..."
Do you still remember this setting?
"That's not allowed either," Yima said. "Although I understand your friendship, this is the rule of the village."
"It's okay if you don't give it to me, but at least let me see it." Su Yue said, "I want to know what my friend's doll looks like."
Yima hesitated, not knowing whether it was because the difficult guest had finally given in, or because she was moved by this friendship.
Finally, she took out the boy's paper doll from her bag and handed it to Su Yue.
Su Yue took it happily.
Zhao Shuo, who was watching from the side, didn't think anything of it at first, but when he saw Su Yue's slightly raised mouth corners when he took the doll, he suddenly reacted.
You had no intention of taking his doll, you just wanted to come and take a look, right?
It's okay to bargain with NPC.
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The boy’s doll is not much different from others. It has a light brown dress with light blue flowers and three big words “Wang Shunqi” written on the chest.
But if you look closely, you can see that there is a clear thin line on the paper doll's arms and legs.
It's like chopping off the doll's arms and legs.
The boy also had identical wounds on his hands and feet.
Did something happen to the doll, and then the doll's condition would be reflected on the person?
Or is it that the person's state will be reflected in the doll?
Su Yue thought about it, took Cangzhi's doll, and quickly put Cangzhi's doll's mouth against Su Yue's doll's face.
No feeling.
It seems that at least it is not the first one.
This was good news, at least their lives didn't depend on such a tiny paper doll. Otherwise, if the doll broke, the people would be gone, and even the gods couldn't save them.
But I'm afraid it's not as simple as the second one, because the material of this doll is very special, and the writing on the doll is dark red, and there must be blood in the ink.
The culture in the mountains is relatively closed and relies heavily on nature, so the culture of witchcraft is prevalent. The more profound the culture of witchcraft is, the more particular it is.
A doll written with blood is definitely not just an ordinary doll.
Zhou Hu and Zhao Shuo, who were watching from the side, didn't know about Su Yue's little experiment. They just looked puzzled when they saw Su Yue kissing his own baby's face with the Cangzhi doll.
They were shocked and thought, can this be considered a show of affection?
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Su Yue handed the Wang Shunqi doll back to Yima. Yima saw that his expression was very gloomy. If she could, she would like to write a word on Su Yue's body with a red pen, but of course she couldn't do it.
The man even asked Yima in surprise: "Why are you still staring at me? Didn't you say you wanted to make the most of your time to explore the area?"
Emma: "..."
It looked as if Ima wanted not only to stare at him but also to eat him.
But the truth was, Yima could only take them to today's tourist attraction with a long face. She even continued to introduce the attractions on the way, but it was obvious that she was in a bad mood and her words were less expressive.
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As usual, Su Yue fell at the end of the team.
He walked beside the two girls, and Cang Zhi also walked beside them.
The boy’s girlfriend’s face was still very pale. She didn’t want to follow them at all. It was only after the little girl gently persuaded her that it would be safer to follow Su Yue and the others that she agreed.
She didn't blame the boy for being dragged into the game, but he woke up first and kept lying to her, saying it was just an ordinary trip and that they would definitely break up when they returned.
But now the boy’s life or death is uncertain, it’s impossible not to worry.
I am still crying now.
"Don't cry." Su Yue persuaded her gently, "He won't die."
"The guide said that the High Priest will protect him. This means that if nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely recover." Su Yue said, "Don't worry."
The girl sniffed heavily, and the little girl patted her shoulder and handed her a tissue.
Zhao Shuo and Zhou Hu watched secretly from the sidelines. Zhao Shuo whispered, "The boss is so gentle when he coaxes people. It's so touching!"
Zhou Hu glanced at him and said, "Do you want to be beaten by Brother Cang?"
Zhao Shuo: “…”
Zhao Shuo said in a low voice, aggrieved, "I'm just saying that the boss may appear to be socially anxious, but he's actually quite good at talking."
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Su Yue is indeed very good at talking, even when he was in the God Realm.
When he doesn't want to talk to anyone, he is aloof and cold. When he is willing to talk to anyone, he is sweeter than anyone else, especially in front of those few friends, he talks a lot of dirty talk.
The only exception is when facing his ex-boyfriend.
He turns into a piece of wood when he is in front of his ex-boyfriend.
The lighthearted jokes and casual remarks to lighten the mood were all gone.
And my ex-boyfriend is also a piece of wood.
Two pieces of wood will not be happy when they fall in love, so they will inevitably end up breaking up.
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Walking along the village path, you can see decorations hanging on many doors, including jars placed on the roadside. During the day, they really look like jars made of gold.
No wonder boys are attracted by money.
Zhou Hu went to ask, and Yima said that this was the decoration for the festival celebration in a few days.
Yima added: "We could have visited the villagers' homes, but because our distinguished guests delayed us, we can only go directly to the main attractions."
As she spoke, she looked at Su Yue quietly. Su Yue ignored her and focused his attention on a jar on the side of the road.
That was the nearest farmhouse to them with a jar. The jar was placed next to the weeds. There was a small dark brown spot on the land, which was difficult to see unless you looked carefully.
It was like wiping off blood, but not wiping it clean in time, so traces were left behind.
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In addition, the grass next to the jar was flattened, not only flattened, but also left a burnt mark.
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The village's terrain is low on all sides and high in the middle, as if guarding something. There are houses on all sides. Yima took them to a high point today. There was a large open space where villagers were busy building sheds.
Zhou Hu asked, "What is this shed used for?"
Yima, contrary to her usual behavior, ignored him.
No matter how many times they asked, no one responded. So forget it. There were several buildings on the open space. They were all very ancient in style and must be very old buildings. Yima took them to stop in front of a dark building.
The building is made of bricks and is shaped like a pyramid with a shaved head, or to be more vivid, like a plate of braised pork with preserved vegetables.
There is a plaque hanging at the main entrance with twisted characters on it.
"This is the Drum Tower." Yima finally spoke again. "The villagers have prepared a grand performance for you. Please come and watch."
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As soon as I entered the Drum Tower, the temperature dropped immediately, a chill that penetrated deep into my bones, as if I were walking underground. The lights on the walls were also cold lights, casting a greenish glow on everything.
Walk through the long and narrow corridor into the main hall of the Drum Tower. This is actually a stage. There is a pool between the stage and the audience seats, but the structure is very strange.
The stage is a square platform, and the audience seats are "V"-shaped, which means that there is a position where the face is almost directly touching the stage, and the rest of the audience are gradually getting farther and farther away from the stage.
Yima pointed at the tip of the "V" and said to Su Yue with a forced smile, "Dear guest, please sit here."
Good guy, he called out the name directly.
Su Yue was not afraid of her and sat down directly. When she sat down, Yima raised the corner of her mouth and showed a somewhat cold smile.
Zhao Shuo immediately became anxious. It was obvious that Su Yue was being set up. He quickly said, "Boss, you..."
Just after saying three words, Zhou Hu covered his mouth.
"The boss is a veteran. He must have his own plans for sitting there." Zhou Hu whispered to Zhao Shuo, "You just need to watch quietly."
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Sitting in this position, Su Yue already felt something was wrong. The terrain was very low, and it felt like half of his body was submerged in water.
When you look straight ahead, you can see the swaying waves in the pool, and when you look up, you can see the stage. The visual dislocation gives you a subtle feeling of dizziness.
It shouldn't be completely a visual misalignment.
Apart from targeting Su Yue, Yima did not stare at anyone else.
Even when Cangzhi wanted to sit behind Su Yue, but Su Yue pushed her far away, she didn't say anything.
The seats finally confirmed were that Su Yueding sat at the front, and he asked the others to sit together at the position farthest from the stage.
"The performance will begin soon, so please pay attention. The villagers have put a lot of effort into preparing for the performance, and they will be angry if anyone doesn't watch it carefully," said Yima.
Translated into human language, it means: If you dare to take your eyes off the stage, you will die.
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Su Yue recalled the three rules that Yima said at the beginning, the first of which was "Please watch the performance with a happy mood", and that was it.
It seems that "watching the performance" is a very important part, and he is placed in the position closest to the stage.
"The performance of "Celebration·First Day" begins now." Yima's voice rang out on the empty stage, reflected by the stone walls and water waves on all sides, forming an endless echo.
Wonderful drum music sounded, and the villagers ran out roaring. In such a small environment, the sound effect was multiplied. They had oil paint on their faces and wore strange and conspicuous accessories. They rushed to Su Yue at the beginning.
The moon has a wonderful swaying feeling.
It is a method similar to hypnosis that casts mind-bending witchcraft, and the effect is very powerful.
The power of this witchcraft lies in the fact that it is difficult to look away once you have seen it, unless your thoughts are forcibly distracted, but its weakness is also obvious.
The recipient must focus completely on the caster and not be distracted, otherwise the effectiveness of this "spell" will be greatly weakened, or even almost to zero.
In other words, you won't be affected as long as you look down at your phone.
But now you can’t use your mobile phone, you will die if you use it.
Experienced gamers can use the points accumulated in the game to buy some props in the rest area before entering the game, such as "potions to increase mental strength", to deal with these situations.
But Su Yue is not a real game player, he does not have the purchasing authority, but he also has his own way.
Su Yue took off the ring on his finger and rubbed the talisman on the inner circle. A virtual electronic screen that only he could see appeared in front of him.
At the same time, someone exclaimed in a voice neither too loud nor too soft: "Human dance is truly extraordinary."
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Yima seemed very satisfied with his reaction and smiled gently. The laughter was like a wizard's wind chimes that drilled into Suyue's ears, pulling Suyue's perception into a blur, as if he heard countless strange cries whistling in his ears.
At the same time, because of the word Su Yue said, "human", the earring keenly judged that Su Yue was in danger of exposing his identity, and his left ear suddenly felt a sharp pain.
The moment the stinging sensation came, the alarm message was transmitted to the supervisor.
A message pops up on the blank electronic screen and refreshes automatically.
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The sudden words caught my attention, and at the same time, they quickly grabbed my attention. My fuzzy mind was suddenly cleared by the scrolling news.
Everything happened as Su Yue expected.
Su Yue easily broke free from the control of witchcraft, lowered his eyes lazily, and looked at the display screen flashing with new messages.
-【Supervisor Z: Do you need any help?】
He is truly a serious and responsible God.
Su Yue raised the corner of his mouth slightly.
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