Chapter 26 Order of Death

"What clue?" Chu Xihen lay on the sofa without changing his posture.

His cold attitude reduced Ling Ji's desire to speak by a large margin, but if he didn't say anything he was afraid of touching some taboo and losing his life here.

"There is a strange path in the small woods on the other side of the village. We wanted to go and take a look, but were stopped by the villagers." Ling Ji analyzed to himself: "Judging from the reaction of the villager, there must be some secret hidden in that path. We decided to go there after lunch..."

"Don't go." Chu Xihen interrupted Ling Ji before he finished speaking, "Go tomorrow at noon."

"Tomorrow noon?" Ling Ji and the two girls asked in unison.

Ling Ji felt his blood pressure rising again, "Brother, no, Grandpa, do you know what time is tomorrow noon? That's when we die!"

The forty-eight hours will be up by noon tomorrow. Instead of looking for clues then, it would be better to dig a hole for yourself and lie down and wait for death.

Chu Xihen didn't explain much. He still found it too noisy, so he covered his ears with his hands and turned to face the inside of the sofa.

Three people: “…”

He Jia turned around and asked Ling Ji, "Brother Ling, will you still listen to him this time?"

Ling Ji didn’t know either.

It was Meng Jiayi who spoke up, "Listen, we have already used up half of our time, but we haven't encountered any danger yet, which shows that his judgment is correct."

If Chu Xihen wasn't here, and they were left to fend for themselves with just the three of them, we wouldn't know what the outcome would be!

"But he looks shabby." He Jia said in a low voice.

Ling Ji understood this very well and nodded vigorously. Chu Xihen gave him the feeling of being incompetent.

"Let's go out and take a look after lunch. We don't have to go out at night." Ling Ji finally made a decision.

They ran back not only because they were chased away by the villagers, but also because they had not eaten breakfast and were now extremely hungry.

The villagers brought us lunch again, but this time their attitude was much worse. They threw the basket onto the table and warned us, "From now on, you can't go out until tomorrow noon. The food is all here."

"Ah? Why don't you let us go out? You are restricting our personal freedom." He Jia asked unhappily.

Unexpectedly, the villager stared at He Jia fiercely and said, "You will die if you go out!"

His eyes were so scary and his tone was so eerie that He Jia almost cried.

The villager took the basket and left, locking the door behind him.

"What do you mean?" He Jia patted her chest aggrievedly, and Meng Jiayi also patted her back to help her calm down.

Ling Ji said, "If Brother Fox hadn't told us not to go out, we would still go out even if the villagers warned us now that the time is almost up, right?"

"Yes, the more we are blocked, the more we want to go out and look for clues." Meng Xinyi said.

"So the villagers locked the door on purpose to lure us out?" He Jia was shocked. "This is too despicable, isn't it? What good would it do for them to kill us?"

Ling Ji and Meng Xinyi both shook their heads. The only clue they had now was a suspicious path at the other end of the village. How could they guess the villagers' intentions?

"We can't go out anyway, let's eat first!" When Ling Ji said this, Chu Xihen got up at some point and sat at the dining table. He was almost full.

Fortunately, there was enough food so they wouldn’t feel hungry even if they ate late.

After eating and drinking their fill, the three of them followed Chu Xihen's example, some lying on the sofa and spending their days like they were on a retirement vacation.

But Ling Ji and the other two only learned the postures, but failed to learn Chu Xihen's relaxed mentality. They were so anxious that their lips were almost blistered, and they practically counted the time until the next morning.

Chu Xihen first lay on the sofa and then went into the room. Although he didn't sleep much, he looked good. Unlike the other three, not only did they have obvious dark circles under their eyes, but they also looked so haggard that they looked like they would collapse at any time.

At this time, there was a noise outside the gate, the door was pushed open with force, and the village chief rushed in with a group of villagers.

"Tie them up for me!" The village chief gave an order, and more than ten villagers surrounded the four people and tied them up with hemp ropes.

Meng Xinyi knows Taekwondo and she had beaten the scar-faced man by the river before. But now when she wanted to fight back, she found that she had no strength to lift a finger.

"Did you put drugs in the food?" Meng Xinyi glared at the villagers.

The village chief sneered and said, "Don't talk nonsense. It's just that you outsiders ate a kind of vegetable that is only grown in our area and you are not used to the local climate and soil!"

"What vegetables?" He Jia asked.

They have been very careful with what they eat these past two days. Ling Ji would test it every time to make sure it was not poisonous before eating it, but they still got poisoned!

The village chief didn't answer them, but raised his hand and said, "Take them away!"

Ling Ji was being escorted to walk beside Chu Xihen. He asked, "Brother Fox, did you expect this situation?"

Chu Xihen replied: "I didn't eat any vegetables yesterday."

After the villagers delivered enough food yesterday at noon, they locked the door and never came back, so that they ate the same thing for dinner yesterday and breakfast today.

But during this period, Ling Ji didn't notice that Chu Xihen didn't eat vegetables!

"You know why you didn't remind me?" Ling Ji felt a little aggrieved.

Chu Xihen said calmly: "I'm afraid you won't believe me if I give you too many reminders."

After all, it was the first time for everyone to enter a dungeon. Who would believe him if he knew every step in advance?

Ling Ji thought this was true, but he still felt a little aggrieved.

Because once they leave the room, they can look up and see the mission countdown in the sky, which is also their death countdown. There are only two hours left!

"What should we do? We are tied up now, aren't we dead?" He Jia was almost crying.

Seeing her like this, Meng Xinyi panicked. She turned to look at Chu Xihen behind her and said, "Brother Fox, do you have any other ideas? It's already this late, don't keep it a secret."

She also followed Ling Ji and called Chu Xihen that.

"There's nothing we can do now." Chu Xihen said.

The time has not come yet.

When the three heard Chu Xihen's words, their faces turned pale.

They survived for two days, but finally died of cold.

"Is the person being carried a pervert?" After leaving the homestay, He Jiaxian saw two villagers outside carrying a stretcher with a person lying on it.

The others had seen him and recognized him at a glance. That man was the scarred man who was knocked unconscious by the river as soon as they arrived.

"You poisoned him?" He Jia asked.

The village chief smiled and replied, "No, he just fell asleep and will wake up soon."

After he finished speaking, he led the way, and the two villagers carrying the scarred face followed closely behind, followed by He Jia and Meng Xinyi, Ling Ji was the second to last, and Chu Xihen was escorted to the end.

"Is there some secret behind this arrangement?" Ling Ji walked in front and turned back to conspire loudly with Chu Xihen.

These villagers are all NPCs. As long as you don't ask about the affairs of the village, they are just like deaf people.

Chu Xihen looked up and replied casually: "Well, this is the order of our death."