The funeral shop owner picked up a funeral implement and continued wiping it.
He continued, "At first, it was an old hunter from the west of the town who had spent his whole life dealing with the mountains and forests and was very daring. That day, he came to the shop and said he wanted to buy some incense and paper money, but his eyes were wandering around. I found it strange at the time, because this old hunter was not usually such a mysterious person."
"Unexpectedly, in the days that followed, more and more people became abnormal."
"Fewer and fewer people are coming and going in the town. When I do see a few, they look flustered. Once, I saw a group of young people gathered on a street corner, whispering about a strange pattern. The pattern looked like some kind of ancient totem, which made me feel uneasy. Moreover, their voices were very low, but they couldn't hide their fanaticism and madness."
"My funeral shop business has become strange. In the past, I would just make funeral clothes and coffins in a routine manner, but now, people always come to knock on the door in the middle of the night, asking for some strange things, such as wooden boards with strange symbols carved on them, and unidentified objects wrapped in black cloth. When I ask them what they are going to use them for, they just chuckle, and their eyes reveal a kind of mysterious energy that makes people shudder."
As he listened, Yu Xiangnan gradually slowed down, finally stopping in the corner where stacks of paper figures, horses, and houses of varying heights were piled up.
It's such a long story, it feels like listening to a little ghost story book from my childhood.
However, according to the shop owner, this place was originally an ordinary small town. What factors caused this town to undergo such a strange transformation? What is the purpose behind the group of mutated people, whose actions are unpredictable and whose actions are synchronized every night?
And that mysterious special symbol...
All these signs reminded her of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Yu Xiangnan turned around, his dark eyes fixed on the shop owner, and asked, "This town is already in such a state, don't you plan to leave?"
The shop owner slowly shook his head, a look of helplessness and bitterness on his face, and sighed, "We can't leave, we simply can't leave..."
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiangnan couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at the thick, swirling fog in the distance.
So, it's not just the players who are trapped by this fog?
The funeral home owner paused for a moment, then said, "There's an old book hidden away in the town's cultural center warehouse that mentions 'when Yin and Yang are reversed, evil spirits will appear.' The things that have happened in town these past few days are probably fulfilling this ominous saying."
The moment the shop owner uttered those words, the corresponding text seemed to emerge from the void, slowly growing larger before his eyes. Its vivid, blood-red color was dazzling and striking, before finally vanishing into nothingness.
bite--
[Tip]: The "Key Clues" feature is now available. Players simply need to tap the air three times with two fingers, and once the star appears, drag it to the left to tap it.
Yu Xiangnan was slightly taken aback, then followed the instructions and clicked on "Key Clues".
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[Key Clues]
Clue 1: (Funeral shop owner) "There's an old book hidden away in the town's cultural center warehouse that mentions 'When Yin and Yang are reversed, evil spirits will appear.' The things that have happened in the town these past few days are probably fulfilling this ominous saying."
Clue 2: ? ? ?
Clue 3: ? ? ?
Clue 4: ? ? ?
Clue 5: ? ? ?
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The town's cultural center? Old books tucked away at the bottom of a drawer?
Did she find the old book based on this crucial clue?
Yu Xiangnan fell into deep thought.
Bula had been waiting outside for a while. Yu Xiangnan chatted with the funeral shop owner for a bit longer before leaving the shop.
This time, led by Bula, she found two corpses, dug a large pit and buried them. The "peace in the earth" and "stacked luck" effects worked together, giving her a total of 990 health points and 10 luck points.
To her surprise, one of the corpses even managed to steal the extra skills.
Additional Skill 5: "Blood Oath" (After activating this skill, the player enters a state of locked health for the next 8 seconds. During this time, health is locked, and the total damage taken is recorded. When the skill ends, the player will slowly recover 50% of the previously recorded total damage over 10 seconds. However, during the locked health period, the player's movement speed is reduced by 30%. Effective duration: 8 seconds, cooldown: 5 days, energy cost: 1000)
On her journey to find the body, she also encountered two NPCs who had not mutated. Because she was wearing a [Favorability Necklace], these two NPCs' initial favorability towards her skyrocketed.
It's no exaggeration to say that they practically chased after him to feed him.
Including the key clue she obtained from the funeral home owner, she has now collected three key clues.
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[Key Clues]
Clue 1: (Funeral shop owner) "There's an old book hidden away in the town's cultural center warehouse that mentions 'When Yin and Yang are reversed, evil spirits will appear.' The things that have happened in the town these past few days are probably fulfilling this ominous saying."
Clue 2: (Carpenter) "Kid, listen to your uncle's advice, don't go to that mountain god temple at the entrance of town that's half collapsed! A few days ago, I was collecting firewood nearby and saw a yellow notebook with some crooked and eerie lines drawn on it. They looked a bit like the marks that appeared on the bodies of those 'possessed' people in the square."
Clue 3: (Grain station staff) "There used to be a supply and marketing worker in town who brought back a strange wooden box. The recipient was the old Wang family who died in a flood years ago. The patterns carved on the box and the movement of the stars in the sky these past few nights are both inexplicably eerie."
Clue 4: ? ? ?
Clue 5: ? ? ?
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Now, she only has two crucial clues left to find. Unfortunately, at that moment, a long, high-pitched bell rang out from the town.
"Thump—thump—"
The bell tolls...
Yu Xiangnan was startled. Fortunately, she was not far from the temporary shelter, so she quickly ran towards it.
After entering the shelter, she leaned against the wall and looked out the window.
As expected, many people holding candles suddenly appeared on the streets of the town.
These people seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, moving slowly in a fixed direction with neat and mechanical steps.
It's almost exactly the same as it was a few days ago.
Yu Xiangnan only looked away after the group of "people" had completely disappeared from sight.
Just as the cooldown of [Blessing] ended, Yu Xiangnan lowered his voice and said, "Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, I want to win the lottery, the grand prize comes quickly, I want [Dragon Mu Totem Fragment]."
The next second, a card appeared out of thin air in front of her.
It is... [Dragon Mu Totem Fragment (Southwest Position)]!
Yu Xiangnan's eyes welled up with tears.
finally!
Her perseverance of over a month was worthwhile; she finally succeeded!
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