According to Zhang Yuanqing's experience, the most frightening thing in a copy like this where you have to survive for 24 hours is to be like a headless fly, wandering around here and there, and then the crisis comes and you return to the spiritual realm.

Unlike those purposeful copies that directly tell you what to do and what to find.

So now, Zhang Yuanqing first needs to know what dangers there are in the copy. Once he understands these, everything becomes simple.

Don’t rush to find Wang Xiaoer and ask what Elvis knows... Zhang Yuanqing, who was far away outside the door, took out the small and exquisite Elvis speaker from his trouser pocket.

"Have you been here? Is there anything you want to tell me, such as information about the copy?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.

He was answered with silence.

This guy won’t feel comfortable unless he gets beaten… Zhang Yuanqing raised his hand, and two big assholes slapped him: “Think about it!”

The Elvis speaker that was hit made a "sizzling" sound of electricity, and the next second, 3D surround sound effects resounded all around:

“Ahhhh… Lord Demon, please be gentle…”

“Pah pah pah pah…”

Zhang Yuanqing's mouth twitched, and he silently placed the Elvis speaker at his feet. He took out the bloodthirsty blade with a crack on the blade, put the tip of the blade against the Elvis speaker, and said expressionlessly:

"That's your last words, right? Very well, I'll send you to see your ex right now!

The palm exerted force silently, and the tip of the knife pierced a small mark on the black metal case of the Elvis speaker.

The soft music was immediately replaced by the "sizzling" sound of electric electricity.

The Elvis speaker compromised and is preparing for the next audio.

Zhang Yuanqing maintained his threatening attitude, heaved a sigh of relief, and muttered: I actually really want to know who the heroine this time is...

In addition, from the sound, it can be judged that you, Demon Lord, are the man behind your mistress again... Zhang Yuanqing, who has heard the experience, thought silently in his heart.

At this time, the girl's tender and ethereal singing voice rang out from the speaker of Elvis's speaker:

"You clap once, I clap once, let's play games before dark."

"You clap twice, I clap twice, touch your tongue and ears."

"You clap three times, I clap three times, and together with the shadow, it makes three."

The song is sung in a monotonous rhythm, and the more you listen to it, the more creepy it becomes. It is the most innocent and the most terrifying.

What kind of underworld nursery rhyme is this... Zhang Yuanqing listened quietly, confirmed that the audio had finished playing and there was no follow-up, then put the Elvis speaker into his trouser pocket and chewed on the nursery rhyme.

"Playing games before dark is a clear reminder that there will be danger after dark, and playing games is a way to avoid danger. But what kind of games are they playing... Well, if I remember correctly, this song is about a game, just like throwing a handkerchief."

"So the game is you clap and I clap? The second sentence, touching the tongue and the ears, is easy to understand...."

“The third sentence, if there is a shadow, there is three, and three should represent the number of people playing the game.

Hiss~

Zhang Yuanqing suddenly felt something was wrong. The sentence "If there is a shadow, there is a three" was very scary. How can a shadow play a game? If a shadow really joins in, it will be a horror game.

Based on his personal understanding, he thought the third sentence should be a warning. If the three people are not gathered, then the shadow will join the game.

The shadow may well be the crisis itself.

"Myself and the Inferi can be counted as two people. Little Doubi is a spirit and can't speak, so he shouldn't be a candidate for the game. Then I have to find someone else to play with me."

Got it!

Zhang Yuanqing looked at the rammed earth house and thought to himself, isn't this just a ready-made old man's horse?

But... Zhang Yuanqing had an idea and controlled the corpse to re-enter the rammed earth house. He pried open the old man's mouth despite his resistance.

There was no tongue in the old man's mouth, it had been cut off. "Sure enough, it's not that simple. The second sentence, touch the tongue and touch the ears, directly blocked this road... No, it should be telling me what to do next."

Find the tongue!

In other words, restore the old man's tongue.

"Let's try to verify this idea first. For a copy like this without any obvious clues, we have to rely on repeated exploration and summary to find a way out."

“I don’t have a choice. If my thinking is not right, I can only confront the weirdness in the village head-on.

He raised his eyes and looked at the sky.

Thin clouds hang over the dilapidated mountain village. Without the sun, it is easy for people to lose their sense of time.

"It will be dangerous after dark, and I don't have much time left. The abnormality in the village was caused by Wang Xiaoer. If we want to find the tongue, Wang Xiaoer should be the breakthrough point." Zhang Yuanqing's thoughts were extremely clear.

This village is neither big nor small, and it is not easy to find Wang Xiaoer's residence. Obviously, this is a step that delays time and increases difficulty.

If you waste too much time on this link, you won't be able to find the tongue before dark. Then you have to face the crisis.

How can we find Wang Xiaoer as quickly as possible? Zhang Yuanqing thought about it for a while and then came up with a solution.

“Snap!”

The deceased No. 1 jumped over the rammed earth wall, carrying the struggling old man on his shoulders, and returned to his master.

“Ahhh…”

The old man yelled angrily and beat the deceased No. 1 hard. He seemed very angry, even though he had said goodbye.

"Grandpa, you have to take us to see Wang Xiaoer." Zhang Yuanqing said. The old man ignored him and struggled.

Zhang Yuanqing had already figured out the correct way to get along with the old man from the previous communication, and put the bloodthirsty blade to his neck.

The old man really stopped shouting. The two men and the corpse reached an agreement and headed westwards.

Walking in the lonely and desolate mountain village, there is no barking of dogs, no singing of birds, and the atmosphere is depressing and weird everywhere.

Zhang Yuanqing secretly summoned Xiao Doubi and asked him to randomly enter the houses on the roadside to inquire about the situation. He found that there were villagers in every house. They hid in the houses with terrified expressions, constantly looking at the windows and doors, as if they were afraid of something.

It’s a bit strange that everyone in this village is still alive?

Although this means that Wang Xiaoer is most likely alive, which is a good thing, it is a bit weird... What are they afraid of? Alas, it's a pity that we can't communicate or talk, so we are destined to get nothing out of them...

Also, where is the female ghost? I don't sense any evil spirits.

After walking for about ten minutes, the old man on the shoulders of the deceased No. 1 suddenly screamed "Ahhh!"

Two sounds.

At this time, they stopped outside a small courtyard in the west of the village. The courtyard wall was made of irregular stones.

The gate to the courtyard was not closed but half-open.

"Is this the place?" Zhang Yuanqing raised his bloodthirsty blade. The old man nodded fearfully.

Zhang Yuanqing immediately split his will into two halves, with one part remaining in his body and the other part entering the corpse. He then manipulated the deceased No. 1 to put the old man down, walked alone to the gate of the courtyard, and pushed the gate open with a creaky sound.

As soon as the deceased No. 1 entered the yard, he heard a cough coming from the stone house, followed by the sound of thick phlegm stuck in the throat:

"who?"

He can speak...Dead Man No. 1 raised his eyebrows and made a sound like thick phlegm stuck in his throat. "Are you Wang Xiaoer? I'm a stranger. I heard about what happened in the village, so I came to take a look."

He spoke very carefully, fearing that a wrong word would trigger a hidden crisis, so he avoided words like ancient tomb and female ghost, and did not even mention what had happened in the village.

After hearing the people in the room speaking, Zhang Yuanqing knew that his idea was correct.

This Wang Xiaoer is an important person in the dungeon. Other villagers cannot communicate with him, but Wang Xiaoer can. The people in the room were silent for a few seconds and asked, "What do you want to know?"

Zhang Yuanqing asked tentatively: "Why can't the people in the village speak?"

“…Some time ago, I met a wandering Taoist priest who said that the mountain behind was a good place for feng shui and there must be a big tomb in the mountain. He was right. I have heard from the old people in the village since I was a child that there is a tomb in the mountain behind, which is said to be a tomb from the Ming Dynasty.

"In the tomb was buried a princess of noble status, with many burial objects, but no one had ever found the location of the tomb. The Taoist priest gave me a hundred dollars and said he needed someone familiar with the mountain road to lead the way, so I agreed.

"We entered the mountain at noon and wandered around for the whole day. When it got dark, we actually found the Taoist's tomb."

That Taoist priest can also determine the location of the acupuncture point by dividing gold? Which school does he belong to... Zhang Yuanqing cursed in his heart.

Wang Xiaoer continued, “The Taoist priest told me that he would not take any money from the burial objects in the tomb. All of them belong to me. He only wants the ancient books in the tomb, if there are any.

"So the next day, I prepared tools, food, and water, and spent a day and a night digging up the ancient tomb with the Taoist priest."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanqing interrupted and asked, "Ancient books? What ancient books is he looking for?"

The sound of thick phlegm stuck in the throat responded:

"The Taoist priest said that the princess was a cultivator during her lifetime and lived for two centuries. Her family collected secret techniques from all over the world, including many ancient books. There must be secret techniques among the princess's burial objects. As her life is coming to an end, she wants to enter the tomb to try her luck... What a fool! If the princess knew the method of longevity, how could she die?

"What ancient books and secret methods are there? They are not as real as gold, silver and treasures."

Another one who wanted to live forever. It seemed like all the monks in the Ming Dynasty wanted to live forever. Zhang Yuanqing asked:

"What happened next? What does this have to do with the villagers not being able to talk?" "Of course it has something to do with it..." Wang Xiaoer said from the stone house, "I'm not feeling well, and it's a little hard for me to talk from such a distance. Come in, come in and I'll tell you."

Arena. Yin Ji, who was wearing a black veil, frowned when she heard the conversation of the disciples around her: "Aphasia Village..."

She felt that the name of the village sounded familiar.

After a few seconds, she remembered where she had heard this name before. Yin Ji looked at Fu Qingyang, who was dressed in white, and said softly, "The Aphasia Village is very dangerous."

Fu Qingyang turned around and looked at him, his eyes deep and calm: "How did you know?

Yin Ji said, "I remember the Demon Lord said that the Aphasia Village was the only instance in which he almost died and suffered severe injuries during his extraordinary stage. Before the Aphasia Village, none of the S-level instances that the Demon Lord had entered had left him in such a state of embarrassment."

When she talked about the Demon Lord, her tone was natural and her demeanor was generous, as if that evil relationship was not something that should be exposed to the public, but a bright and glorious past that could be told openly.

Hearing this, all the elders turned around to look.

The dog elder opened his button eyes slightly and asked loudly, "Why do you say that?"

ps: typos will be updated first and corrected later.