The group waited, thinking that the two night watchmen might return soon, but the whole morning passed and they still didn't see them come back.
"What happened? Where did those two go? Could it be... they ran away?"
"Impossible, they won't run away. Besides, without us leading the way in these mountains, they can't escape."
"That's true, but if they really want to run, it seems like this can't stop them..."
"I don't think they'll run away. They're all in the same boat with us now. Where can they run to? They'll just die anyway."
"Yes, that's true. They've all had lives on their hands. If they're discovered outside, they'll definitely be arrested. It's safest here..."
"Alright, forget about those two for now. Someone's coming tonight, so we need to get ready. Third brother, take fifth brother and go look for them nearby. The rest of you, hurry up and get ready. The leader should be arriving soon."
"Oh." The group said, and then split up to carry out their tasks.
Two of them went to search for the two men on night watch; the rest returned to the cave and began preparing some things.
Yuan Mengge was waiting for them to send people to search for them. She secretly followed the two men until they were quite far from the cave before she made her move.
A dozen minutes later, two more human flesh dumplings appeared hanging on the cliff.
The two people hanging from the cliff turned to look at the other two who had been hanging there for a while, and a look of realization dawned on their faces: "So you were here... no wonder we couldn't find you anywhere..."
"You've been arrested too..."
"But who is that person wearing a mask? Why is he grabbing us and hanging us here?"
"have no idea……"
"Is he planning to capture us one by one and hang us here???"
"have no idea……"
"..."
While the four were chatting, Yuan Mengge checked the task completion status.
[Task Progress: 4 people / 17 people]
Now, besides the cult leader, his assistant, and two protectors, there are nine other people in the cave.
"Looks like I'm about to achieve my goal of taking on ten opponents at once..." Yuan Mengge put away the task list.
She returned to the cave entrance, but no one was there. She crept inside and found the stone door open, with voices coming from inside.
Yuan Mengge hid behind the door, quietly observing the environment inside.
It was a large space inside, and there was even a skylight in the ceiling, letting the light shine down from above.
The area below has been artificially carved into a circular hole of several tens of square meters, inside which is placed a strange two-meter-tall statue of a god and an altar.
Some ropes were tied at the top, and some flags with symbols drawn on them were hung from the ropes.
Yuan Mengge examined the statue and found it didn't look like a benevolent deity; it gave off an eerie feeling.
Incense and candles were lit on the altar.
Seven or eight people were walking around inside, placing some things.
Just then, two people walked towards the door.
"Why have the third and fifth brothers been searching for someone for so long?"
Seeing them approaching, Yuan Mengge immediately turned and left through the doorway, retreating in a daze.
"Could it be that even they've disappeared?"
"What are you saying? Don't talk nonsense... Aro will bring them back."
After the two came out of the cave, they looked around and then separated: "I need to take a dump."
"oh."
Naturally, one should go to a secluded place to defecate. After the man walked to a secluded spot, took off his pants, squatted down to relieve himself, and picked a few leaves from the nearby trees to use as toilet paper.
Then, as he turned to walk back, a strange sound suddenly came from the side.
"Bang~bang bang~~bang~bang bang~" It sounded like something was being knocked on.
The man stopped, puzzled, but the sound did not disappear.
Humans are naturally curious and suspicious; they'll satisfy their curiosity by hearing sounds they can't understand.
Then……
He then became the fifth rice dumpling.
Another man was smoking outside the cave entrance. After he finished, he didn't wait long for the man who needed to use the toilet.
So he turned around and went into the cave.
Not long after he went inside, Yuan Mengge heard footsteps coming from the other end of the mountain path extending from the cave.
Immediately afterwards, a group of people walked over, with a man and a woman walking in front, wearing strange robes.
Behind them were seven or eight people dressed in ordinary clothes, and finally two men dressed in robes.
The seven or eight ordinary-looking people in the middle all had their heads down, looking only at the road beneath their feet; not one of them looked up.
The man and woman in front walked ahead with their heads held high and chests puffed out, and then led them into the cave.
After these people entered the cave, Yuan Mengge remembered that there was a skylight in the cave. So she searched around the mountainside of the cave and finally found the location of the skylight. Then she climbed up and looked inside through the skylight.
Looking down from above, you can see that after those people entered the cave, they knelt down in front of the statue, while the man who brought them in stood in front of the statue, chanting incantations in a mystical manner.
Then he took a bowl of water, dipped his hand in it, and sprinkled it on the heads of the kneeling people.
Then those people looked up and took out all their belongings.
The woman took a box and went over to collect these people's belongings.
It's obvious that those are all money or valuable items.
"You will now live and eat here together for seven days, and sincerely pray to the god Aloma. In this way, you will receive what you ask of Aloma," the man said after the woman had finished packing her things.
Then they had several sets of robes of the same style as the ones they were wearing brought out and asked them to change.
"After you change your clothes, kneel and kowtow to Ara. As long as you are sincere, Ara will surely hear your voices."
So those who had changed their clothes continued to kneel in front of the statue.
The people who brought them there left the cave, leaving only two people to guard the entrance and keep an eye on them.
Yuan Mengge stepped down from the mountaintop and watched as these people walked out in another direction.
After walking for a while, they found a wooden house ahead.
"This time the harvest was pretty good. There was one guy in there who was quite wealthy. It wasn't easy to poison his daughter and use her situation to lure him in."
"He must have paid a lot of money, right? Let's take a look."
"However, there's still one doubt. Keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't run around in the mountains. If he dares to run away, use that method to deal with him."
"knew."
"By the way... I feel like a few people are missing? Where are they?"
"The two who were on night watch last night disappeared early this morning. I just asked the third and fifth brothers to look for them... but they haven't come back yet."
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