Chapter 502 Changing Attitude
The barrage in the live broadcast room scrolls crazily:
[Finally I found the topic! The previous part was so boring. ]
[There are so many hidden lines in this copy. ]
[That's right, these guys are really lucky, they can even dig up a key item like a notebook! ]
[Haha, I'm so lucky now, maybe there won't be any more luck later. Just wait and see, the exciting part is coming soon.]
Sui Ying and the other person who had recovered from their injuries also came over. After seeing the inhumane "dissection and production" methods in the notebook, they all showed expressions of disgust.
"Sure enough, we should blow up the village before we leave!"
Hearing Sui Ying's words, Xiao Jin raised his eyebrows slightly.
This idea coincides with her previous actions in the horror park!
"Well, I think it's okay." Feng Hao also nodded.
"By the way, Yunye and I found some clues, and they happen to match this notebook." Xiao Jin told the three of them what had just happened in the mass grave.
Yun Ye also showed them the pictures he had taken: "It was mainly Xiao Jin. She was the first to find the key props."
"Okay, okay, you two are awesome, very awesome!" Sui Feng gave a thumbs up while looking at the photos.
"Sigh~"
After seeing it clearly, Sui Ying took a breath of cold air.
"That bastard village chief... When we set off the explosives, I have to pay special attention to his family. We can't let him take care of us for so many days for nothing!"
He spoke these few words with gnashing teeth.
Shao Siyuan's face looked unhappy, and it was obvious that he thought the same as Xiao Jin.
Judging from the situation, the seven substitute human skin lamps must be gathered together. Even if they are not made by themselves, they will reach their hands in another way.
"boom!"
A few people were thinking about it, but the next second, a sudden explosion shook the whole mountain.
Everyone looked up towards the source of the sound, and saw a column of blood-red smoke rising from the direction of the forest, and countless black air could be vaguely seen flying in the air.
At the same time, the system prompt sounded here:
[Ding——Main quest progress update: Players reveal the substitute ritual]
[Warning, warning: the mountain god has awakened]
Everyone's eyes were horrified.
The mountain god has awakened, which means they are officially confronting this unspeakable existence.
Will they win?
"I plan to go to the mass grave again." After a moment, Xiao Jin spoke first.
Naturally, everyone had no objection: "Then let's go together."
With the experience from the first time, I was already very skilled when I went to Xiaojin this time.
However, Feng Hao and his two companions, who were here for the first time, were frightened by the skeletons all over the ground. They were afraid that they would stand up again if they disagreed with them.
Xiao Jin stood under the big locust tree and watched coldly as Yun Ye and his men pried open the last coffin.
The coffin was rotten and broke at the slightest touch, revealing the pale bones inside.
The ribs of the corpse were spread outward, as if they had been violently stretched open by something, and the place where the heart should have been was empty.
"Sure enough." Shao Siyuan squatted down, touched the broken sternum with his fingertips, and said in a low voice: "The hearts of these people have been dug out."
Sui Ying's long-handled hammer rested against the edge of the coffin. She frowned and said, "So... when the lantern goes out, the person will become a substitute?"
"Not all of them." Xiao Jin shook his head and glanced at the seven coffins around the locust tree: "These people are not players, but NPCs."
Shao Siyuan's eyes reflected a cold light: "And they are not substitutes, they are just part of the substitute ceremony, like some kind of indispensable material."
At the same time, the live broadcast room barrage:
[Yeah, yeah, keep going. So how do you avoid being turned into material?]
[Hey, that's enough! This is our little brother Xiao Jin's live broadcast room. Why are you here to join in the fun? If you want to talk, go talk to the owner.]
[Heh~ What's the point of this and that? Won't everyone die in the end...?]
Here, Xiao Jin squatted down and ran his fingertips across the rib section of the skeleton. There were fine scratches on the bones, as if they had been cut open bit by bit by something sharp.
"They weren't dug out directly after death." She whispered, "They were taken alive."
Everyone was silent.
How cruel.
........................
The next morning, inside the guesthouse.
Xiao Jin stood by the window, observing the movements outside through the gap.
It's cloudy today and foggy outside.
On the village road, several villagers were walking slowly, stopping from time to time, as if they were patrolling.
Their movements were stiff, their eyes were empty, and when they occasionally looked towards the guesthouse their faces were cold, they were completely different people from the previous few days.
After checking the body in the coffin yesterday, Xiao Jin and others left the forest.
Don't ask them why they don't go to the mountain temple to investigate. The answer is that they don't want to die. It's not the final time specified by the system yet. If you add unnecessary details, you will die early.
So everyone went back to sleep.
But when I woke up in the morning, I found something wrong outside the guesthouse.
"They started monitoring us." Xiao Jin said calmly.
Yunye leaned against the wall and sneered, "It seems that we investigated too deeply and they are anxious."
"We can't just sit there and wait for death." Shao Siyuan knocked on the table: "Maybe... there will be some clues at the village chief's house. Although it's unlikely, if we can stop the substitute ritual, maybe we can get out of the dungeon early."
Of course, this possibility is a little small, but it does not prevent Xiao Jin and others from going to the village chief's house to investigate.
At this time, a series of footsteps approached.
Xiao Jin raised his eyes and saw Wang Zixuan approaching gracefully.
But she didn't seem to have rested well, and there was an obvious purple circle under her eyes.
"Did you do something?" she asked directly.
Yesterday, the three of us were resting in the guesthouse when the progress of the main quest suddenly changed, and the big boss was released early!
If they hadn't done it, Wang Zixuan would have eaten the window!
"Isn't it obvious?" Xiao Jin also answered frankly.
“Huh~” Wang Zixuan took a deep breath: “Although we are not teammates, we at least have a common mission. When you did this, did you consider us?”
"Oh!" Sui Ying was unhappy: "You'd better stop saying things like that!"
"Players have always kept to themselves when doing quests. I won't ask you what you have, and you don't come to tell me what to do. Don't you think... is this the truth?"
Sui Ying frowned, and disdain in her eyes almost overflowed.
Wang Zixuan looked at Sui Ying with cold eyes, but then she felt a terrifying sense of intimidation.
Turning around, Wang Zixuan looked directly at Xiao Jin with a threatening look. She was shocked and then pursed her lips.
"Are you satisfied with this explanation?" Xiao Jin said after a moment.
"I might as well tell you that I have to go to the village chief's house tonight. As for whether you have the courage to go there again, that has nothing to do with me!"
What he meant was, don't think I don't know that you have already turned the village chief's house upside down.
What did you find out? You didn't tell me in advance!
Wang Zixuan said nothing and turned away.