Chapter 25 Tension
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It was known before that the houses in this village were built very strangely. After being brought back, Gu Jinli understood this more deeply.
She and Shen Chigui were brought back to the village and walked inside.
It passed by those dilapidated earthen houses and finally stopped in the center of all the earthen houses, a place of worship for all.
And here, a very out-of-place house was built.
The house is made of green bricks and tiles and has a unique layout. Although it is not big, it has everything it should have.
Even the pear tree at the door is much thicker than those in other places.
This is the secret that the people of Lihua Village are guarding...the core of this illusion.
Just one glance was enough to see the special nature of this house. Gu Jinli realized after a little thought that this might be a place for sacrifice.
"Lock him up!"
He took out the key from his pocket and opened the iron lock on the gate. The group dragged the two children and quickly entered the yard.
As soon as you enter the courtyard, the room where the statue is enshrined comes into view, which is obviously the main hall of the house.
The golden Buddha statue was obviously the most luxurious thing in the village. Gu Jinli observed it for a long time but couldn't figure out what kind of Buddha it was worshipping.
"Tie it here first."
Pointing to the pillar in the main hall and ordering people to tie the child there, the village chief did not say much, but quickly asked everyone to disperse.
"It's getting late, let's all go back and rest! Two people will stay here tomorrow, and the rest will go to the mountains to look for food!"
In a village like theirs, there is no time to rest if they want to survive.
Now the sacrifice has also been tied up, and except for the people left behind to guard it, everyone else has their own things to do.
"And you..."
The village chief cast his eyes towards Gu Jinli and the other person who were tied together, and snorted coldly: "Behave yourself for the next two days!"
After saying that, he turned around and left the yard with his men.
Suddenly, the whole yard returned to peace.
Everything was the same as before except for the two children tied together.
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The moonlight hanging high in the sky gradually sets, the ink-like sky begins to turn blue, and a new day has arrived.
"Xiaowu."
"Xiaowu, wake up."
Having been busy outside for a long time last night, Gu Jinli fell asleep soon after the village chief and his group left.
Now she was suddenly woken up. She rubbed her eyes in a daze, not even seeing the person clearly. She opened her mouth and asked, "Who is it?"
"Xiaowu, it's me."
Finally, the person was woken up and Nangong Jinyao breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing Gu Jinli wake up, she lowered her voice and said, "I'm here to bring you some food... The village chief was very angry about your escape yesterday."
"Before the sacrifice, maybe no one will come to bring you food."
Although there were only two days left until the sacrifice, children's bodies consumed energy very quickly, and they would feel very uncomfortable if they continued to starve.
"Food?"
It's Nangong Jinyao~
The trace of sleepiness that followed gradually dissipated with Nangong Jinyao's words. Gu Jinli rubbed his eyes and looked to the side immediately.
Hmm...
Very good, Chen Chi is back.
"Xiao Qi has one too."
Noticing Gu Jinli's gaze, Nangong Jinyao also looked to the side.
He happened to meet Chen Chigui's straight gaze, which was full of ambiguous meanings.
Their eyes met, and Nangong Jinyao looked away first.
"Here, eat quickly!"
She picked out some fruits from the bamboo basket behind her and stuffed them into Gu Jinli's pockets, and also gave a portion to Chen Chigui.
But unlike directly stuffing it into Gu Jinli's arms, her action to Shen Chigui was much more hesitant.
"Xiao Qi, you should eat something too!"
Placing a few shrunken fruits at Shen Chigui's feet, Nangong Jinyao looked up at the ropes on the two children's wrists and pursed her lips: "I can't help you untie the rope, but this rope is very long and will not affect your eating."
To be precise, as long as the food is nearby, you can find a way to get it.
After all, only the wrists and ankles were tied. Although he couldn't escape, he could move around to a great extent.
“Thank you!”
His empty stomach had been growling for a long time. When Gu Jinli got the fruit, he stuffed it into his mouth without even thinking.
This was not the first time that Nangong Jinyao had helped her, and she would not doubt him in such a place.
"Take it."
Compared to Gu Jinli's trust, Chen Chigui was naturally much more indifferent.
She just glanced at the fruit on the ground indifferently, without any thanks or any action, but rejected the food in a cold tone.
"I don't need it," she said.
Oh.
"She, she doesn't want it, give it to me!"
When Gu Jinli, who was chewing sour fruit, heard the heroine say she didn't want food, her first reaction was that the heroine was sick again.
However, she didn't worry at all whether the heroine was hungry or not, she just took the initiative to go over and pick up the fruit without hesitation.
"Guo Guo Guo, I'll eat it."
After saying that, Gu Jinli gave herself some without being polite at all.
On the other side, seeing that Chen Chigui was unwilling to accept the food, Nangong Jinyao bit her lip and was a little worried.
"Xiao Qi..."
She opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.
Although she had been in the village for a long time, she was not familiar with Xiaoqi at all.
Or rather, no one in the entire village is familiar with Xiaoqi.
She always keeps to herself, doesn't listen to anyone, and doesn't get close to anyone.
Over the years, no one knows what kind of person Xiaoqi is, and Xiaoqi doesn't seem to care about them.
"Don't, don't mind her!"
Sensing Nangong Jinyao's hesitation, Gu Jinli quickly swallowed the fruit in her mouth, waved her hand and said, "She is just... this kind of person."
Others may not understand, but as the biological mother, how could she not understand?
Chen Chigui is not the kind of person who would easily accept other people's kindness.
Nangong Jinyao's good intentions were destined to be in vain.
Besides, she would only be starved for two days. Even if it went on for twenty days, the heroine might not be in any danger.
No need to worry at all.
On the contrary, I am the real vulnerable one and can easily starve to death.
"Okay Xiaowu."
Sighing slightly, Nangong Jinyao, who was not good at dealing with Xiao Qi, quickly stood up and said goodbye: "I'm leaving first, and I'll find time to come tomorrow."
This is what it means to send more food.
Under such circumstances, Nangong Jinyao's actions can be said to be sincere.
"Okay, okay." With a curved eyebrow, Gu Jinli naturally agreed.
As soon as he finished speaking, he didn't wait for Nangong Jinyao to take any action.
Shen Chigui, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up.
"Do the people in the village know that you would come here secretly?"
She paused here, glanced at Gu Jinli with a cold look, and sneered, "Pretending to be hypocritical."
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Nangong Jinyao left.
Watching her figure disappear in the yard, Gu Jinli silently munched on the sour fruits, one after another, without saying anything.
"You are not hopelessly stupid."
Gu Jinli's unexpected silence made Shen Chigui raise an eyebrow slightly. She changed herself into a comfortable position and leaned against him, grinning and saying, "There's no such thing as a free lunch."
She thought that the little stutterer would really regard Nangong Jinyao as his benefactor.
But that doesn't seem to be the case.
"You, you control me."
Throwing away the fruit core in his hand, Gu Jinli picked up a new one and bit into it with an expressionless face.
As for Nangong Jinyao, she has her own judgment.
The time from the escape to the final capture last night was a bit too short.
She didn't want to doubt it, but the truth was so obvious.
However, the help he provided to her was real, such as the half month of getting along with her, the bread she received when she escaped, and the food.
Gu Jinli would not directly deny the other party's efforts just because of doubt.
She was more or less taken care of.
"laugh."
Not understanding this inexplicable feeling, Shen Chigui sneered, but mentioned another matter.
"Speaking of which, there is something I have wanted to ask you for a long time."
His eyes fell on the cleanly eaten fruit core on the ground, and the man said with a firm tone: "Did you know me before?"
"And it's not just me, you know her."
What?
What is she talking about?
The movement of chewing the sour fruit became slower and slower. Gu Jinli was so stunned by this sudden question that she didn't even react.
“No, no.”
After a few moments, she denied it with difficulty: "No, no, I don't know what you...what are you talking about."
She didn't know how the heroine knew that, but she would never admit that she was special, especially at a time like this.
"Is that so?"
His expression didn't even change, Shen Chigui spoke in a relaxed tone as if he was saying that the weather was very good today.
"Then why are you nervous?"
Turning his head to look at Gu Jinli, noticing that she had not yet put the fruit into her mouth, Chen Chigui chuckled and said, "Does your stuttering vary?"
This time I was able to say five words in one breath without stuttering.
Are you so scared?
“No, no, no!”
It was difficult to explain why she didn’t stutter just now. Gu Jinli’s face suddenly became much uglier.
She was so upset by the question that she couldn't even eat the fruit in her hand.
"I, I won't tell...I won't tell you!"
My stuttering has improved a lot after half a month of secret practice.
Last night when I was anxious, I spoke a bunch of words in one breath. What's wrong with doing this now?
She was annoyed by the heroine's inexplicable sensitivity.
"Don't deny it. Human instinct won't lie."
Not taking the stuttering boy's resistance seriously, Shen Chigui narrowed his eyes and continued to speak: "You have many subconscious actions that reveal your familiarity with me."
For example, the shock that Xiao Jiesta showed at first sight, her audacity last night, and what she just said to Nangong Jinyao.
Chen Chigui speculated that she and this little stutterer must have gotten along with each other before.
Although I don’t know when or where.
But compared to Nangong Jinyao, this little stutterer seemed to understand himself better.
Assuming that this little stutterer is the same as myself, then what is Nangong Jinyao's identity? Is it an enemy?
"Speaking of which, you and her have a lot in common, but you happen to be more familiar with me."
The smile on his lips gradually deepened, and Shen Chigui suddenly made a shocking conclusion: "So the three of us are the same. No, it should be said..."
The smile on her face became strange at this moment, and her eyes were full of strange colors as she stared at Gu Jinli.
At this moment, she was like a black and white painting that was suddenly given color, possessed a soul, and became vivid.
“There are only three of us who are real,” she said.
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When the last word fell, the shock in Gu Jinli's heart could no longer be expressed in words.
She stared at the heroine in amazement, not knowing what expression to make.
Where on earth did this person come to such a conclusion?
Everything here is so real, the pain, hunger, temperature... and humanity.
When she first came in, even she herself could hardly tell the boundary between illusion and reality.
Why does Shen Chigui, a "local" with no memory, think this is fake?
"W-what are you talking about?"
No matter how hard she tried to restrain herself, she couldn't avoid showing her surprise. Gu Jinli felt like her tongue was almost tied.
She didn't know how to explain it.
At this moment, she was actually a little glad that she was a stutterer, so that she could pretend to be stupid at this time.
"You know best whether I have said anything wrong or not."
The light-hearted look quickly withdrew from Gu Jinli, and Shen Chigui felt that he had gotten the answer he wanted.
Gu Jinli: “…”
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After that conversation, Shen Chigui didn't speak again for the rest of the time.
Gu Jinli had something to hide, so naturally she wouldn't take the initiative to talk.
Therefore, until the day of the sacrifice, the two of them were unable to speak another word to each other.
The abnormality of the two was noticed by Nangong Jinyao, who sneaked in every day to deliver food.
But she didn't know the reason, so naturally she was confused.
"Xiaowu and Xiaoqi, this is the last time I will help you deliver food."
It was only dawn outside at this time.
Nangong Jinyao brought some wild vegetable dumplings this time. Gu Jinli ate half of it, but Chen Chigui still didn't touch it at all.
"The time for the sacrifice is at 15:30...be ready."
Nangong Jinyao looked at this and that worriedly, bit her lip, and said nothing in the end.
Ever since Gu Jinli and the other two were captured last time, there has been someone guarding the door. It was not easy for her to get in, and she couldn't do anything extra.
"No, nothing."
Waving his hand to signal the other party not to worry, Gu Jinli felt good about today's sacrifice.
The current situation is actually not too bad. Although she has become a sacrifice, she is also the person closest to the truth.
Others may not know, but she knows it best. This is just an illusion, a false world created by a magic array.
In order to break through this illusion, the simplest way is to find the only way out.
Even if she really ran away that day, she would still come back on the day of sacrifice.
After all, the solution to the problem may very well be here.
"Alas~"
Shaking her head with some regret, Nangong Jinyao quickly packed up and left.
Three quarters after noon, according to modern time, is equivalent to half past twelve noon.
I don’t know where I read it, but Gu Jinli remembered someone saying that the time of the day when the yin energy is the heaviest is not midnight, but twelve o’clock noon.
Perhaps this is the reason why the sacrifice can be arranged at this time.
"You, you really... don't want to eat?"
He skillfully walked over and took away the food that Nangong Jinyao prepared for the heroine. Two days later, Gu Jinli finally couldn't help but take the initiative to ask the heroine.
It's been two days and this guy still hasn't stopped.
The sacrifice is about to take place today... Even if I die, it is better to die with a full stomach than with a hungry stomach.
She doesn't understand.
"I'm different from you."
Pursing his cracked lips, Shen Chigui's complexion was not very good.
In such a scorching summer, it is bearable not to eat, but it is a bit uncomfortable not to drink a sip of water.
Her limbs were weak and her whole body felt limp, but she just endured it.
“…”
What's the difference.
Gu Jinli rolled her eyes silently at an angle where the man couldn’t see and ignored it.
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Facts have proved that Shen Chigui is indeed different from her and he has the qualifications to be calm.
After all, she was not a sacrifice.
Although I had been tied to her because of Gu Jinli's unreasonable behavior and suffered for two days.
But the sacrifice only required one person, and at the most critical moment, Gu Jinli could only watch Shen Chigui being untied and taken away.
“…”
No, isn't that a bit too much?
They were clearly suffering together, but the heroine left halfway.
In the end, you will be the only one to die.
Gu Jinli wanted to cry but had no tears.
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Trying to find the vital point of the illusion during the sacrifice is easy to do.
It would have been fine if he was just a participant, but he became a sacrifice.
Gu Jinli was also unsure as she had read so many novels and watched so many TV shows. I know this mode of sacrifice very well, and I am familiar with the routines.
It is indeed difficult for a person to resist as a sacrifice.
So Chen Chigui is indeed the biggest hurdle in her life!
If it weren't for that person, she wouldn't have been left with no choice at all.
Can it be the same outside the house and inside the house? !
“…”
The more I think about it, the angrier I get, and the angrier I get, the more unwilling I become.
But the time is almost up, and Gu Jinli can only grit her teeth and take it one step at a time.
Fortunately, she had not been idle at all in the past two days, and she had already found out the situation in the main hall.
Keep a few key suspicious areas in mind and wait until the time of sacrifice to find a way to get there.
Unfortunately, Gu Jinli had no idea that this sacrifice was completely different from the routine she knew.
She was freed from her restraints. Not only were the ropes on her body removed, but the person who had been pressing on her shoulders also stepped back.
She was left alone under the golden Buddha statue in the main hall, without any restraints or guards.
When the door of the main hall was closed, Gu Jinli stood alone in the hall, staring at the golden Buddha with a confused look on his face.
She does not recognize this Buddha, and this Buddha does not recognize her.
no.
What is going on?
Isn't this sacrifice a bit too hasty?
Just throw someone in there and be done with it?
never mind.
Find the vital point first.
Just when Gu Jinli suppressed his doubts and began to inquire about the situation in the hall.
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound behind her. Before she turned around, she saw the shadow on the floor was covered by something.
There was a huge thing standing behind her.
“…”
Beads of sweat suddenly appeared on his temples. Gu Jinli stared at the floor and had a very terrifying guess in his mind.
It was known that in the entire room, besides himself, the only one left was the golden Buddha.
It is also known that the group of villagers untied their own bonds but did not take any further action. Instead, they simply locked themselves up in the room where the golden Buddha was enshrined.
So now...
It was easy to understand what that thing standing behind her was, which was big enough to hold her entire body.
"!!!"
So, was she encountering the most unreasonable and terrifying plot? !
His vigilance reached its highest point at this moment. The next second after he noticed the shadow's movement, Gu Jinli rolled over on the ground.
Then she looked back and the scene almost made her faint.
Oh my god!
What the hell is this!
——Bang!
The original appearance of the golden Buddha being enshrined is now difficult to discern.
It seemed to have grown legs and "walked" down from the high platform where it was originally enshrined.
It seemed as if he had lost weight, making his previously sturdy figure become thin and tall, and his kind-looking face was distorted into another terrifying appearance.
What kind of monsters are these!
Gu Jinli, who lived in a peacetime and never watched horror movies, had never experienced anything like this, let alone such close contact.
For a moment, she wanted to faint on the spot.
But her instinct for survival kept her brain clear. Even though she was almost scared to death, she still moved her weak legs and started running wildly across the room.
It was not until this time that she understood why the villagers did not tie her up.
Just a monster like this, a normal person would have been scared silly.
"save!"
Help!
As a stutterer, Gu Jinli sadly discovered that he couldn't even call for help.
The golden Buddha behind her waved its thin and long arms, constantly chasing her figure.
--Bang!
Maybe it's because of the size, or maybe it's some kind of limitation.
Gu Jinli was extremely grateful that the other party's movements were not so flexible.
The skinny arm usually fell down after she left.
It hit the ground with a loud noise.
--Bang! Bang! Bang!
Is she really going to die here?
I don’t know if my golden finger still works in this illusion.
If she had known that she would have to face this monster alone, she should have knocked the heroine out directly...
It was too late to say anything now. Gu Jinli's desire to survive was overwhelming, and he rolled over on the ground again.
He successfully took advantage of the monster's unpreparedness, rolled from its side to the door, and opened the door without thinking.
Huh?
The door was not locked.
Aren’t these villagers afraid that she will run away?
A hint of doubt flashed through her mind, but she didn't have time to think about it and crawled out of the house.
And just as she left the house and came to the courtyard.
Only then did she discover the most horrifying scene.
The villagers who had locked her in the house did not leave.
They just stood in the yard, with their heads down, motionless, neither speaking nor making any movements.
And this is not the scariest thing. The scariest thing is their eyes.
The eyes no longer have the black pupils that are unique to humans, only the white whites of the eyes are left, which makes them look as terrifying as zombies.
At this moment, they heard the voice and raised their heads, looking straight in the direction where the voice came from - that is, Gu Jinli's direction.
At that moment, Gu Jinli, who was looking at the people in the courtyard, felt a chill rising from the soles of her feet.
She couldn't help but shudder.
It is difficult to describe the current situation. In this quiet yard, the impact of this group of unconscious "zombies" on Gu Jinli is much greater than that of the monsters inside.
If she remembered correctly, the people standing here were the villagers of the entire Lihua Village.
Starting from the village chief, to the children of the village.
There were at least a hundred people, young and old...
Almost all the people from Lihua Village are here.
But their current situation...is obviously not normal.
monster.
They are all monsters!
"Catch her!"
"Sacrifice to the gods..."
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I don’t know who spoke first, but by the time Gu Jinli reacted, voices were coming from all directions.
She saw that the group of people finally moved, raising their legs and moving towards her.
He was mumbling something, but he didn't seem conscious at all.
"!!"
how so? !
Are all the people in Lihua Village zombies?
Gu Jinli was about to cry. This was the first time she faced such a situation.
How could she escape with so many zombies?
Just when she was about to collapse and give up, a flame suddenly appeared outside the courtyard.
Then, a gust of wind blew and the fire came quietly.
"Fire! It's fire!"
"Get out! Get out now!"
"It's fire! It's fire!!!"
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The villagers, who were originally in a daze, began to scream everywhere as if they had seen something horrible.
They were like real zombies, actually afraid of the flames.
If their eyes weren't still covered in white, and if they weren't just standing there screaming stupidly, they would look like normal human beings.
What's going on.
Why did the fire suddenly break out?
Noticing that the fire outside the wall was growing bigger and bigger, Gu Jinli didn't bother to observe the villagers and ran away immediately.
Not here.
Not here either...
I searched from the front yard to the back yard, and around the entire yard, but couldn't find a way out.
Does this mean that the only entrance and exit to this yard is the main gate?
There are monsters all over the main gate and a raging fire outside the wall. Only the backyard is a little calmer.
But not only was there no door to the backyard, even the trees were so far away.
Looking at the towering wall in front of her, Gu Jinli was almost in despair.
How is she going to get out?
“Help! Help!”
"ah--"
"God, God, please don't..."
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When the screams rang out, the situation in the yard changed again.
The golden Buddha that was originally causing trouble in the main hall actually came out!
The villagers behind him seemed to be used as sacrifices and were caught by the golden Buddha they were worshipping.
Even though there was a distance between them, Gu Jinli could still see it clearly.
She saw the golden Buddha grab a person and tear the person in half like the cruelest executioner.
At that moment, the human body, which was like rags, as well as countless organs and pieces of flesh, all fell to the ground like flowers scattered from heaven, dyeing the entire courtyard red.
This made Gu Jinli feel dizzy.
Everything she encountered today was challenging her limits.
She can't hold on any longer...
“…”
If I hadn't escaped just now, I would be the one being torn to pieces now.
This way of death terrified Gu Jinli. Even if the golden finger could be used in the illusion, she didn't want to die in this way.
She wants to escape.
Leave this yard.
“Save…save me.”
His stuttering cries for help were so inaudible in the crowd that in order to survive, Gu Jinli had to find every possible way to climb up the wall.
There are no trees here, so go climb where there are trees.
As long as she could climb up the wall, she would survive.
The raging fire outside could not stop her from wanting to go out.
I can't stay in this yard any longer! She is about to break down!
After killing a villager, the enshrined golden Buddha seemed to have received the offering and began to walk back silently.
It soon returned to its previous altar and regained its former golden and sacred appearance.
If it weren't for the human body fragments still remaining on its body, if it weren't for the blood staining the golden Buddha's legs and feet, everything would seem so normal.
But Gu Jinli knew that it was all fake.
The Buddha enshrined is a monster, and even these villagers are monsters.
"The sacrifice was successful..."
"May God bless you."
"it's over."
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When the golden monster returned to its altar, the unconscious villagers began to roll their eyes frantically as if some kind of program had been activated.
Soon, Gu Jinli discovered that their consciousness was slowly recovering.
Oh no.
I can't wait any longer.
If these villagers regain consciousness, they will realize that something is wrong.
After all, she is still alive.
“…”
Run!
To survive!
Human potential is unlimited. Using the pear tree in the yard, Gu Jinli, who can't climb trees, hugged the trunk like a madman and crawled himself to a high place.
My arm was scratched and it hurt a lot.
But at this time Gu Jinli no longer felt the pain. She madly climbed to a position higher than the wall and estimated the distance between the pear tree and the wall.
With the courage to risk everything, he jumped directly over the tree trunk.
Fortunately, she succeeded.
By the time her upper body was hung on the wall, she was already covered in scars.
--puff!
There is a huge flame outside the high wall, but the monster inside the wall is even more terrifying.
While struggling to climb over the wall, Gu Jinli accidentally fell into the fire, causing her already broken skin to be burned by the fire.
The sharp pain made her scream out: "Ah——!"
It hurts so much!
It hurts so much!
Her vision went dark because of the pain, but she didn't dare to stop.
She got up from the ground without hesitation, dragged her scarred body out of the sea of fire, and ran straight towards the mountains.
At this moment she had only one thought.
That is to survive.
Leave this village, leave this monster's lair.
“…”
It's still too weak after all.
Even though he rushed out of the sea of fire, and even though he could barely identify the location of the forest, Gu Jinli was unable to make it to the end.
Her weak legs missed a step and she seemed to fall into the abyss, and soon lost consciousness.
"laugh."
And at the last moment before she lost consciousness, she seemed to hear a familiar voice of disgust.
“Still alive.”
…She felt relieved.
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What is the truth behind the sacrifice?
Are these villagers still alive?
No one knows the answer.
When Gu Jinli woke up again, she was already in the forest.
"Xiaowu, Xiaowu."
He grimaced in pain before he even opened his eyes, and Gu Jinli's first reaction was to be thankful.
It seems that my golden finger is useless in this illusion... I made the right decision to escape yesterday.
"Xiaowu, are you okay?"
Seeing Nangong Jinyao with a worried look on her face, Gu Jinli blinked and asked softly, "Where is this?"
Her eyes swept across the sky obscured by branches and leaves, and she slowly sat up with the help of the other party.
“This is in the mountains.”
Supporting Gu Jinli and letting her lean against the tree trunk behind them, Nangong Jinyao's face did not look very good.
"I discovered you by accident."
After a pause, Nangong Jinyao asked tentatively, "What happened yesterday? How did you get hurt like this?"
Nangong Jinyao doesn’t know what happened yesterday?
How could she not know about such a big fire?
Gu Jinli narrowed his eyes and checked the wounds on his body. Instead of answering her question, he asked, "Where's Xiaoqi?"
She remembered meeting Shen Chigui before she lost consciousness.
And from what Nangong Jinyao said, she discovered herself only after entering the mountains.
Then the person who could bring me here must be Chen Chigui without a doubt.
only……
Turning his head and looking around, Gu Jinli was sure that there was no trace of that person.
"Xiao Qi? She's here too?"
Hearing the unexpected name, Nangong Jinyao's eyes flickered: "When I came, you were the only one here."
“…”
What the hell is the heroine doing?
After rescuing himself, he disappeared.
how.
Is she some selfless and devoted snail girl?
never mind.
"Is everything alright in the village?"
Compared to the heroine Chen Chigui, Gu Jinli is now more concerned about another thing.
What happened during yesterday’s sacrifice gave her a new understanding of this illusion.
Although the sacrifice has now ended, she somehow feels that it will not end so easily.
"The village..."
No idea what she was thinking about, but Nangong Jinyao's expression suddenly became strange.
She seemed to not know what to say. She stared at Gu Jinli with something to say but hesitated. She opened and closed her mouth many times before she could barely squeeze out a sentence.
"Everything is going on as normal in the village."
With her eyes slightly lowered to hide the strange color in them, Nangong Jinyao acted as if she knew nothing and said in a serious tone: "No one seems to remember what happened at the sacrifice yesterday..."
"What, what do you mean?" Gu Jinli didn't understand.
"She means that everyone in the village has lost their memory."
When the familiar voice sounded, a figure emerged with rustling sounds. Gu Jinli and Nangong Jinyao looked over almost at the same time.
When Nangong Jinyao saw Chen Chigui coming over holding a hard branch, she immediately frowned.
"Why are you here?"
Although I had long guessed that someone had saved Xiaowu, I had also heard Xiaowu ask me about it.
But I didn’t expect it was really this person.
"Why can't I be here?"
Without even raising his eyelids, Shen Chigui used the hard branch in his hand to clear a path for himself and walked to Gu Jinli's side in just three or two steps.
"I saved this guy. I know it best."
She had obviously heard their previous conversation and continued the conversation very naturally.
"Why are you here, anyway?"
She glanced at Nangong Jinyao calmly and smiled in an ambiguous way: "Are you still planning to trick her?"
"I didn't trick her."
Why did he throw a basin of dirty water on himself as soon as he came? Nangong Jinyao's expression suddenly became ugly: "Don't talk nonsense."
"What happened?"
Deliberately slowing down her speech to make the sentences coherent, Gu Jinli saw the undercurrent between the two and chose to ask directly: "What did you do?"
She always felt that she had missed something, was there something she didn't know?
"The people in the village have become strange."
After waiting for a long time without Chen Chigui speaking again, Nangong Jinyao glanced at her and had to tell her what she knew: "If you escaped from the altar, you should know that there was an inexplicable fire there yesterday."
"The fire burned all night and suddenly went out this morning..."
Gu Jinli soon found out through Nangong Jinyao's words.
After I escaped yesterday, the fire continued to burn until this morning.
After such a long time, this small yard was almost burned to ruins.
But the strange thing is... not long after, the yard returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened.
However, those villagers who should have been burned to death inside walked out of their homes with normal looks on their faces and started their normal life.
According to Nangong Jinyao, those people didn't even have a wound on their bodies.
"How, how is this possible!?"
Putting aside the question of why the villagers were so calm, the fact that they left after the fire was out meant that nothing would have happened to them.
I was just climbing over the wall, but I was burned like this.
How could nothing happen to those people?
"I've said it before, we're the only ones who are real."
Holding the hard branch in his hand, Shen Chigui found a random tree to lean against. He didn't look surprised at all.
"Now the entire village is not allowed to enter. As soon as you enter, you will be targeted."
She asked, "So what happened in there yesterday?"
what happened……
As soon as these words came out, Gu Jinli's expression suddenly froze.
What happened in the yard yesterday was the most outrageous thing she had ever encountered in her life.
Thinking about it now makes me scared.
…
He told them what happened in the yard yesterday in a slow tone. Gu Jinli no longer had time to worry about why the heroine realized that this was an illusion.
Now she just wanted to find the exit from the illusion as soon as possible, break this situation and leave here.
Ever since what happened yesterday and realizing that the golden finger couldn't be used here, she was eager to leave.
"You mean that the people in the village have long died, and what we see now... are actually controlled monsters. And the idol being worshipped is the culprit of all this."
Distilling the key points, Shen Chigui chuckled: "It sounds like a story you made up."
Gu Jinli: “?”
While she certainly knows how to make up stories, is this the time to do it?
There was no way she could joke about this.
"I believe in Xiaowu."
Compared to Chen Chigui's reaction, Nangong Jinyao was much more normal.
Her face was very pale, but her eyes were extremely firm as she looked at Gu Jinli.
"I have long felt that the village's sacrifices are strange. Every time after the sacrifice, everyone's state is not right. I have never agreed with it..."
"Okay."
Without waiting for Nangong Jinyao to finish her words, he interrupted her impatiently.
Chen Chigui sneered, "Are you still pretending at this time? Wasn't it you who initiated the sacrifice?"
What?
Does this matter have anything to do with Nangong Jinyao?
"What do you mean I made it happen?!"
Her expression suddenly turned cold, and Nangong Jinyao, who had always behaved very gently, showed an angry expression for the first time.
"How can I do this? Isn't this a tradition in your village?!"
"Now that everyone in Lihua Village has become a monster, why are you, a native of this village, okay?!"
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