Chapter 489: Hallucination? Or a trap?

Chapter 489: Hallucination? Or a trap?

Seeing the short player open his mouth, the village chief's expression suddenly changed, and he actually put his eyes directly in front of the short player's face.

The hoarse voice seemed a little distorted, and the blood vessels in his body bulged, as if something was about to burst out of his body regardless of anything. "You don't want to eat, do you?"

The short player decisively swallowed his words and kept shaking his head wildly.

He is not stupid, he will never step into such an obvious death trap again!

"I...I eat!"

Then he began to tremble with his hands, looking ready to die.

After searching for a long time, he finally found a normal-looking wild vegetable on the plate, picked it up, and slowly put it into his mouth.

"Hmm...huh?"

After a moment, the little player blinked. How come he was fine? And it seemed to be quite delicious.

Then the little man looked at the table again. There was no weird dark food at this moment. What he was eating was clearly a plate of normal wild vegetables.

Is it an illusion?

The short player breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he did not persist. Otherwise, if the illusion triggered the NPC's anger, it would be a waste of time.

The other players seemed to have noticed something from each other's expressions, and they all showed understanding.

So after being urged by the village chief, he picked up the food on the table and started eating without changing his expression.

Xiao Jin also put the braised pork on the chopsticks into his mouth.

—Unexpectedly, the meat was soft and tender, and the taste was surprisingly normal, even with a hint of sweetness.

"Huh? It's not bad?" someone asked in surprise.

"It just looks scary, but tastes okay... eh!" The player had just finished speaking when he saw normal food in front of him and was suddenly speechless.

You can actually play it like this, isn’t this just scary!

Now that everything was clear, everyone was no longer so nervous. They talked in low voices, and their tense nerves relaxed a little.

But Xiao Jin did not ignore the fleeting strange smile on the corner of the village chief's mouth.

Hallucination?

No, I'm afraid it's a trap!

After the group had eaten and drunk their fill, they watched the 'kind'-looking village chief leave the guesthouse, and the players finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ah, I finally managed to get away with it, but I don't know if I'll be so lucky next time."

After the player finished speaking, he immediately shifted his gaze to the shorter player.

The short player's face turned pale, and without saying a word, he strode upstairs.

No wonder he's unhappy.

In the final analysis, he was too unlucky to be used as cannon fodder for the other players to test the poison. Until now, the short player still couldn't figure out why the village chief targeted him.

If he wants to pick up some food to be polite, shouldn't he pick it up for that pretty boy?

Xiao·Little White Face·Jin:……

In the restaurant on the first floor.

Seeing the short player leave angrily, many players curled up their lips into a sarcastic smile.

Immediately afterwards, a small number of players chose to return to their rooms, but most of them chose to walk around the village.

One is to familiarize myself with the environment, and the other is to see if I can find any clues.

As soon as he went out, Xiao Jin met Sui Feng and several other players.

"I knew you wouldn't go back to sleep." Sui Feng laughed carelessly: "How about going together?"

"Well, let's go explore the way together." She said lightly.

Several people walked together, slowly walking along the stone road in the village.

Along the way, Xiao Jin and his companions met many villagers. When the villagers saw them, they still greeted them warmly, but that smile... seemed to be painted on their faces, stiff and deliberate.

"It's not possible to just walk like this." Sui Ying rested her chin on her hand, her eyes suddenly turned: "How about going to the villagers to get some information?"

"Okay, then it's up to you." Sui Feng patted his sister's shoulder.

It's really helpless. Sui Feng is big and strong, and sometimes his voice sounds like a black bear's roar, so things like getting close to him are done by his younger sister Sui Ying.

After all, who can resist a pretty, petite and cute girl!

Immediately, Sui Ying skillfully found a charitable mother-in-law. After the two chatted and laughed for three or five minutes, Sui Ying came back skipping.

"How is it?" Sui Feng asked impatiently.

"Hey, why are you in such a hurry? I haven't asked yet."

"What? You were gone for so long then."

Sui Ying glared at Sui Feng unhappily: "Do you think everyone has the same low emotional intelligence as you?"

"The NPC here is not that easy to talk to. I put a lot of effort into getting acquainted with her. I also got an item for free. Please remember to give it to me when we get back."

Hearing this, Shao Siyuan on the other side quickly said: "Don't worry, we will definitely compensate you with the props. After all, the task belongs to everyone." The other players also nodded.

"Ha, there are finally a few normal people here." Sui Ying waved her hand: "Don't worry, I'm here to take you with me.

Whatever I say, it's definitely not as true as what you heard with your own ears!"

Everyone looked at each other, and then followed Sui Ying.

"Look, this is Grandma Liu. Grandma Liu is an elder in the village." Sui Ying introduced.

"Hehehe~ I'm just an old lady!" Granny Liu wrinkled her wrinkled face and asked, "Dear guests, what do you think of our village?"

"Not bad!"

"Very good, beautiful scenery, friendly people..."

It didn't take long for everyone to become familiar with Granny Liu, and under Sui Ying's cover, they began to ask her questions.

"Mother-in-law, where is the sacrifice held?"

Granny Liu narrowed her cloudy eyes and pointed with her dry fingers at the distant mountains and forests: "In the ancient temple in the mountains... it's hundreds of years old. We in Guxing Village have held sacrifices there for generations."

"Then...what is the content of the sacrifice?" Sui Feng asked.

Granny Liu suddenly grinned, revealing her jagged yellow teeth: "Sacrifice... of course it's to offer sacrifices to the gods, what else can you do."

After saying that, she seemed not to want to talk anymore. She hunched her back and slowly left the place.

Xiao Jin stared at her back and suddenly felt a chill coming from behind him.

No, someone was watching her.

She turned her head suddenly, her eyes sweeping across the houses, tree shadows, and alleys in the village...

But there was no one around, and the feeling of being watched seemed to have disappeared.

But what Xiao Jin could be sure of was that what happened just now was not because he was too sensitive, there must be someone watching him in secret.

The other players did not notice anything unusual about Xiao Jin, and she did not tell Sui Ying and the others about it.

After strolling around the village, everyone returned to the guesthouse.

In the evening, the villagers came again to deliver dinner.

This time the food was even more "sumptuous" - there were a few finger-like bones floating in the stew, the milky white brains in the casserole were still stirring, and tiny meat worms were mixed in the vegetable salad, which looked disgusting.