Chapter 73: The Wandering Travel Group (Part 4)
“Everyone can follow the villagers back to where they are staying temporarily and take a short rest.”
Xiao Tao watched the couples leave, with no intention of following them. He just said something vaguely.
"Remember to follow the customs of the village and don't sleep too deeply. At 3 a.m., with the guide flag as a sign, we will gather in front of the willow tree and head to the first attraction. Don't be too early, but don't be late either."
In the game copy, any NPC's words imply some kind of death rule.
What's more, this is an S-level copy. As a gold medal tour guide, Xiao Tao plays a vital role in the entire travel book.
But the players have never seen any serious tour group gathering at three in the morning.
And the warning not to sleep too deeply seems to have some hidden meaning.
After Xiao Tao finished explaining all this, he put away the small pink flag that he had been holding in his hand since the beginning, and signaled the players that they could start moving freely.
Nan Huan was paying attention to Xiao Tao's movements at first, and found that he randomly picked a villager in the crowd and followed the other person away.
She observed that the villagers did not seem to have the same complex emotions towards Xiao Tao as the players did.
Nan Huan didn’t know whether it was because Xiao Tao was also a boy or because he was an NPC.
Before she could continue to look at the direction Xiao Tao left, the village chief behind her urged her and Bei Xi to leave quickly.
Crowds come and go quickly.
It seemed as if the cheers just now were all imaginary, and the entire Fengmenling fell into dead silence in an instant.
It also seemed that such silence was the norm, and the noise and celebration just now were just a disguised illusion.
Leaving the open space within the willow trees, several different branching paths separated the players at once.
Nanhuan and Beixi were fortunate enough to be assigned to the village chief's house, located in the southeast corner of the entire village.
From the outside, this small two-story house with a courtyard is the wealthiest place in the entire village.
But now it was already dark, and there was not even a light in the huge yard.
With a creak, the half-closed door was pushed open by the village chief.
"You two, please come in."
Bei Xi stood in front of Nan Huan and entered the yard first.
As soon as he raised his head, a face with fangs and green face appeared in front of him.
Although Bei Xi was hit in the face at close range, she did not scream or shout, except for a little confusion in her eyes, as if she was frightened.
However, Nan Huan, who was walking behind, was suddenly startled and instinctively called out to the maid by her long hair.
But the next second, she found that Bei Xi's hand had directly covered the other person's face, and that the other person's figure was not fake.
"oops……"
A crisp voice came out from behind that ferocious face.
It took Nan Huan some time to confirm that the person standing behind the door and trying to launch a sneak attack was a person, but he was wearing a mask.
The mask fit the human face very well, the face was green and fierce, with curved fangs exposed.
It can even show different expressions according to people's happiness, anger, sadness and joy.
At this moment, the masked man looked a little stupid because of his haste and confusion.
With the ferocious mask on, he looked as if he had gone astray.
The village chief didn't expect that Bei Xi would attack right away. He saw her strangling the throat of the person behind the door with one hand.
He quickly came out to smooth things over, "Oh, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, this is my son Xiao Wang, this is our Fengmenling custom."
"When guests come to the door, the host will come out to greet them wearing a mask and present a mask to the respected guests who have come from afar."
As he spoke, Xiao Wang waved one of his hands before he suffocated.
Only then did the two of them notice that each other was holding two identical masks in his right hand.
The desire to scare people is real, and the custom is also real.
But he didn't expect to run into a tough opponent this time.
Bei Xi withdrew her hand. She really had no intention of dealing with the NPC directly, but instead took advantage of the moment she had pressed the other person's throat.
I pressed the artery on the other side of his neck and the skin on his body.
His skin was warm and his arteries were beating like those of normal people, and even faster because of Bei Xi's sudden movement.
Nan Huan saw through Bei Xi's intention, but was somewhat confused by her shaking of her head.
If they were normal people, why wasn't any one able to detect the auras of so many people just now?
The village chief’s surname was Wang. He used his power to select the guests at the beginning.
Still feeling complacent, after all, judging from their appearance, Beixi and Nanhuan are undoubtedly the best.
But he didn't expect the other party's contrast to be so great, so he didn't dare to act rashly at this moment.
After rescuing Xiao Wang from the other party's hands, he calmly explained, "In Fengmenling, guests who come on the first day need to wear masks. This is not only a custom, but also a custom to show respect to the host family."
After he explained this, he seemed worried about upsetting the two of them.
He simply took the two of them to a guest room, "This is your room, you can rest now."
But when he turned around, a sinister smile appeared on the other person's face.
It seemed as if they were certain that both of them had to wear this mask.
It also seems like I have already seen the good show that is about to begin.
The rooms are simply furnished, with nothing more than a bed and a table.
"He emphasized it twice, using tourism experience to try to force us to comply with the rules, and at the same time he brought up customs to make us follow the local customs."
Nan Huan was holding a mask and studying it carefully.
But after the mask was taken off the person's face, it didn't seem to have any other deterrent power except for being a little scary, and it didn't look strange at all.
"It should be a task set by the game, so that players can't avoid it."
Bei Xi looked around and found that there was indeed nothing strange in the room, then she sat side by side with Nan Huan at the end of the bed.
In fact, both of them knew that they had to wear this mask.
I just don’t know if it’s because the players have been led by the nose since entering this dungeon, or because of the linkage with other dungeons in the outline of this dungeon, which makes the two of them always feel a little uneasy.
"After all, this is an S-level copy, it will definitely not be easy, so don't run around later."
Before deciding to put on the mask, Bei Xi still gave instructions with concern.
Nan Huan helplessly raised a few fingers, "Is it not enough for me to swear? I will definitely stay by your side and you won't be able to kick me away, okay?"
After receiving such assurance, Bei Xi felt relieved.
The mask is very light and feels almost weightless in the hand.
The moment it touched his face, Nan Huan seemed to smell that familiar earthy smell again.
Then, the mask seemed to come alive and sucked Nan Huan's face tightly.
She felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to take it off to breathe, but she found that she couldn't take the mask off.
At the same time, all the lights in the room suddenly dimmed.
If Nan Huan and Bei Xi were outside the house at this moment, they would be able to see that not only the lights in their own house had gone out, but the entire Fengmen Ridge had fallen into darkness.
"Bei Xi?"
Before putting on the mask, Bei Xi had been holding Nan Huan's hand.
But now that he couldn't see anything, Nan Huan felt that the hand he was holding seemed to become cold.
She called out the other person's name, but as expected, there was no response.
Then Nanhuan's eyelids drooped because of the darkness that followed.
Although the tour guide's warning to not fall asleep was repeatedly impressed in Nan Huan's mind, she still lost consciousness uncontrollably.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for triggering the side quest - the couple version of the ghost hunting game.
The ghost hunting game is the most popular game among the villagers of Fengmenling.
A man is designated as a ghost. Within a specified time, he has to tap a human on the shoulder to get rid of his ghost identity and become a human again.
If he fails to pat a human's shoulder and find a scapegoat within the specified time, he will turn into a ghost.
Or if a ghost is tapped on the shoulder within the specified time, it will completely turn into a ghost.
Humans can choose to hide within the specified time, or pat the ghost's shoulder when the ghost is not paying attention within the specified time to win. 】
When Nan Huan regained consciousness, he had already figured out the rules of the ghost hunting game.
However, the rules of this simplest ghost hunting game do not seem to fit the description of "couple version".
Before Nan Huan could think about it, the system suddenly let out a strange laugh.
[Of course, because we are guests coming from far away.
The villagers of Fengmenling made a slight modification to the game.
All the guests are ghosts wearing masks, and all the villagers are humans.
The hunt lasted until three in the morning.
Anyone who is photographed by a ghost will turn into a ghost and wear a mask.
A ghost that is photographed by someone will immediately turn into a ghost shadow and will no longer have the right to be photographed by people.
The ghost will be trapped in the game forever and cannot be escaped.
There is no limit to the number of times ghosts can slap people, and people can slap ghosts.
But due to the limitations of the mask, all ghosts have the same facial features and appearance.
In the ghost hunting game, everyone is silent.
You need to find your partner in the crowd, transform into a human with her, and wait for the gathering at three in the morning. 】
It was still dark in front of him, but fortunately Nan Huan had regained consciousness.
She curled up her fingers and found that she no longer felt the coldness in her hands.
Nan Huan felt around and found that he was still sitting at the end of the bed, and the surrounding environment had not changed.
But she couldn't sense the presence of anyone around her. She tried to open her mouth, but found that no sound came out.
【hint:
At the end of the game, if one of your partners does not turn into a human, recognizes the wrong person, or turns into a ghost, the mission will be considered a failure. 】
[Players, please get ready, the game is about to begin]
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