"This ghost seems to be able to make people fall asleep." Gu Wuji continued, "It seems that even if everyone stays in the hall together, the danger is still there. After all, as it was just now, we have no guarantee at all. ."
Xiao Cheng no longer dared to talk to Gu Wuji anymore, he only thought that Gu Wuji might be a person with deep scheming. Now I feel that Gu Wuji is definitely a person with deep scheming and violent methods, how can such a person call him such a bad luck!
Originally, he had learned so much information, and he had the idea of completing the most achievements in this dungeon, maybe saving a few unimportant people by the way, and finally successfully earning points, but now there is an unprovoked obstacle.
Fortunately, as long as he still knows the truth of this copy and knows how to avoid these dangers, Sun Shi has nothing to be afraid of, and maybe he can take the opportunity to kill the other party.
"Brother Xiao, what should we do then?" One person looked over in a panic, after all, the experience of the past few days had made them develop the habit of relying on Xiao Cheng for everything.
Xiao Cheng has become a dog, how can he ask him such a tricky question! And it won't let Gu Wuji have any opinion on him!
But it also proved that his efforts in the past few days were effective, Xiao Cheng immediately showed a very friendly smile, "In this case, let's change to two people to watch the night... At the same time, strengthen our vigilance, the ghost is really coming. We can remind each other."
The others could only nod their heads, and that seemed to be the only way to go.
Gu Wuji looked at the person who was almost caught by a ghost before and asked, "Speaking of which, have you seen anything or dreamed of something before?"
The man's face was a little ugly, but he still said: "Brother Sun, I dreamed that someone was waving at me outside the window, and the dream seemed to be real. I almost reached out and grabbed that person..."
Because Gu Wuji saved his life, this person changed his words subconsciously.
The other people's expressions suddenly became solemn.
"It seems that the strangeness of that person in the middle of the night yesterday may also be because of a dream." Gu Wuji was thoughtful, he himself had dreamed a lot of strange things, and it was thanks to the reminder of the ghost in the dream, otherwise He couldn't wake up, this person was probably cold.
But in the dream, what did the ghost say to him
Gu Wuji can't remember at all.
"Then do you remember what that person's clothes or face looked like?"
"I can't remember at all." The man frowned, "I just remember that it seems to be very lively outside... It seems that many people welcome me to join them."
Everyone else gasped, and their rich imagination immediately associated a lot of bad things.
"Forget it, there's nothing to discuss anyway." Xiao Cheng said quickly: "Everyone should rest quickly, lest there will be no energy tomorrow, it would be too uneconomical. Since the ghost came once, presumably later will come."
Others also felt that what Xiao Cheng said made sense. After all, the ghost not only lost, but was also slashed by that Sun Shi, and then fled in embarrassment...
Even so, everyone couldn't rest peacefully next, and after changing to two people to watch the night, they fell asleep.
The next day, everyone was awakened by a knock on the door.
The one who knocked on the door was a middle-aged woman who looked a little timid. Everyone remembered that she seemed to be the wife of the village chief. And the village chief's attitude towards this wife can be said to be very rude. If it weren't for outsiders, he might be beaten and scolded at every turn.
Gu Wuji is still a little regretful, after all, if the village head really does something unreliable, then he can still do something good by the way.
The woman handed over a basket in her hand, with an ugly smile on her face, "I think you have no food now, you will definitely be hungry, so I will send something over."
Everyone took the food, and she left in a hurry, as if she didn't want to say a word to the player.
In fact, the players also ate the dishes sent by the village chief yesterday, but they all seemed to be very simple things. Besides, these people have to stay in the village for seven days. If they don't eat other food, how can they persist.
The baskets delivered today were full of festive-looking foods, such as noodles wrapped in red paper, and eggs printed with the Chinese character 囍.
But these festive foods made everyone feel like they were sitting on pins and needles. After all, the only happy event in this village recently was the ghost marriage? Something related to this kind of thing always makes them think that something will happen to them if they eat it.
"I advise you to not touch these foods." Qi Yunxiu didn't know when he had appeared in the hall, but he still said lightly.
"What do you mean? You're always saying some yin and yang weird things over there." Others have long seen Qi Yunxiu's attitude extremely unhappy, and because of the strength of the other party, they have never dared to make any comments. Although Qi Yunxiu's words this time were actually quite reliable, it still made them unable to contain their displeasure.
Hearing this, Qi Yunxiu glanced coldly.
When everyone saw the extremely cold and threatening eyes, they immediately died down, thinking that they should not provoke this terrible guy for the sake of a momentary pleasure.
"Don't be so excited, everyone." Xiao Cheng said immediately: "After all, Qi Yunxiu said this for our own good, and these things must not be eaten."
Qi Yunxiu glanced coldly at the crowd and left directly.
Gu Wuji had a task at hand, so he hurriedly followed.
This makes some people who still want to follow Gu Wuji feel very annoyed. After all, after showing their strength yesterday, many people feel that it must be safe to stay by Gu Wuji's side... But why does Gu Wuji have to follow Qi Yunxiu!
The others looked at Xiao Cheng, who was obviously the most reliable at this time.
After the two left, Xiao Cheng finally regained his confidence, and immediately looked at everyone, "It doesn't matter, as long as I am here, I will do my best to protect everyone! We can definitely leave this dungeon safely. ."
Looking at the others who were so moved, and thinking about Gu Wuji and Qi Yunxiu who had just left, Xiao Cheng sneered in his heart.
In fact, according to the settings of this dungeon, everyone would think that the most terrible thing would happen on the seventh day.
But in fact... the real crisis will come from the third day. If there is no precaution, half of the players will be here.
Of course, he knew exactly how to avoid this crisis. But that Sun Shi and Qi Yunxiu were different.
Even if they had the ability and survived forcibly, they would inevitably suffer from injuries. When they were injured, their strength would be greatly reduced, and they would not be his opponents.
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Gu Wuji and Qi Yunxiu walked along the road, next to the ridge, the weather was okay today, although the surrounding was still full of white fog, but at least it was no longer so gray.
If you have a bigger heart, you can also have a feeling that you are in a farmhouse, not in a haunted and broken village.
Qi Yunxiu didn't ask Gu Wuji why he followed him today. After taking the compressed biscuits from Gu Wuji, his mood seemed to be a little better for a while, and he decided not to show Gu Wuji's face because of what happened last night. .
However, Gu Wuji was so enthusiastic about him. Is it not good for him to ignore each other like this all the time.
Qi Yunxiu organized some dry words, and when he wanted to say a few more words to Gu Wuji, Gu Wuji was no longer behind him.
Qi Yunxiu was startled, turned his head abruptly, and saw that carelessly and enthusiastically, he was helping an old woman pick vegetables in the field.
The old woman looked like her hair was disheveled, as if she was not in a good state of mind, and looked a little crazy.
If ordinary players see it, they will definitely avoid it. After all, even if it is a good impression of a mentally ill person, it is of no use, and there is no useful information at all.
But Gu Wuji's attitude is still as warm and kind to help each other.
"..." Qi Yunxiu is also used to it. After all, Gu Wuji is a person who treats both people and ghosts the same (at least that's what he said), and it's normal to be so nice to an old woman with a bad spirit.
However, if he treats himself well, is he just such ordinary kindness to others
This made Qi Yunxiu feel a little uncomfortable.
After picking the vegetables, Gu Wuji said goodbye to the old woman, turned to Qi Yunxiu and said, "Come and have a look, the dishes here are not right."
"What?" Qi Yunxiu frowned slightly.
Qi Yunxiu was directly pulled into the ground by Gu Wuji. He immediately noticed that the bottom of these vegetables was actually stained with blood, and the surrounding soil was also... It was as if these vegetables were watered with blood.
Qi Yunxiu's expression suddenly became solemn.
"Speaking of you, don't you have those powerful eyes? Can you see what's going on?" Gu Wuji said immediately.
Qi Yunxiu couldn't help laughing, and realized the problem of his own image, he snorted, "How can there be such an easy thing, even my eyes can't see the strangeness of these things... However, there is no bloody smell here, Yin Qi It's very strong, are these liquids really blood?"
In the next moment, the blood in the soil suddenly overflowed, and it quickly spread over the ankles of the two of them, so fast that they didn't even have time to escape.
A pair of pale hands stretched out from it, and suddenly grabbed Gu Wuji's outstretched hand, pulling him directly into the pool of blood.
Qi Yunxiu's expression changed, he grabbed Gu Wuji's other hand, and he was about to take out the props.
But he found... Gu Wuji unexpectedly, under the pulling of his hands, his body still remained motionless.
Not only that, but Gu Wuji actually pulled out his hands, and suddenly the upper body of a female ghost with a full face of resentment appeared in front of the two of them.
It can be clearly seen that this female ghost is also wearing a red dress, but whether it is the fabric or the tailoring, it is much worse than the red-clothed female ghost that Gu Wuji had seen in her dream before.
Qi Yunxiu: "??"
The female ghost paused, she didn't seem to know how to deal with this somewhat embarrassing situation.
She clearly chose the more slender person out of the two? !
"Are you okay... Ah, it's okay." Gu Wuji seemed to realize something, and quickly said: "I won't ask you such a personal question as to why you like to hide in the soil, I think everyone has their own uniqueness. Hobbies are normal, and I respect your choice."
The female ghost's eyes were cold, and the color of the blood on her body became more and more intense, obviously angered by Gu Wuji's words.
Qi Yunxiu: "..."
However, after Gu Wuji, he still asked like no one: "By the way, you are so enthusiastic, do you have anything to ask me for help?"
Qi Yunxiu didn't even know how Gu Wuji could see enthusiasm from this female ghost.
And it should have been a very serious situation at this time, why can't he be serious!
The female ghost was speechless for a while, but when she saw Gu Wuji's sincere eyes, her heart moved.
The main reason is that Gu Wuji not only has a sincere expression, but also has a very good appearance, which makes people subconsciously feel good about him. Even if it is a female ghost, it will look at the face.
The female ghost finally spoke slowly: "...I just want to go home."
"Where is your home?" Gu Wuji asked.
But the female ghost just shook her head, and then her body became completely transparent and merged into the pool of blood. And the blood also subsided, as if nothing had happened here, even the red color under the vegetable leaves disappeared.
[Trigger side quest: Help the female ghost go home. ]
At this time, Qi Yunxiu's impression of Gu Wuji had completely changed. What Gu Wuji said before was right, he is someone who really knows how to help ghosts!
Gu Wuji said, "Let's go."
"Where are you going?" Qi Yunxiu couldn't help asking, he couldn't help thinking, could it be that Gu Wuji had already guessed from the few conversations just now, which family does the ghost girl belong to
"Yesterday I agreed to help an aunt clean up." Gu Wuji said in surprise, "Have you forgotten?"
Qi Yunxiu: "No one will remember this kind of thing." And what does this have to do with him!
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Then the two returned to the village and helped each household with their work.
Yesterday's agreement to help is nothing, but Gu Wuji still sees villagers who are in difficulty today continue to help.
It's not like he's here to investigate the truth of the main story in the dungeon at all, but more like a public welfare enthusiast who comes to help the poor, dedicated to making this poor and backward village live a better life...
No, even a public welfare person for poverty alleviation wouldn't be able to do this!
Even Qi Yunxiu didn't know what was going on, so he was pulled in by Gu Wuji himself, while he was doing chicken feeding things that didn't fit his image at all.
"Me too, what are you doing here!" Qi Yunxiu couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly while feeding the chickens, "Why do you have to listen to him?"
Gu Wuji over there was working in the kitchen while chatting with an aunt.
It’s been so long since I’ve shown my skills in cooking, Gu Wuji is still eager to try it out…
The villagers here have completely lost their previous resistance attitude, and their attitude towards Gu Wuji has become much better. It is normal to communicate with him, and even many people have begun to appreciate him.
Of course, there was a hint of unspeakable regret in those admiring eyes.
Qi Yunxiu couldn't help but think, could this be Gu Wuji's real purpose? Relying on good deeds to gain NPC's favorability, it is convenient to listen to news. But this is too convoluted!
"Auntie, what's going on with the ceremony in this village?" Gu Wuji said, "I always find it weird."
Qi Yunxiu: "?" How can you tell me this feeling that will cause the blackening of the NPC!
The aunt's expression really changed, but she just looked at no one around, and then whispered: "You child, don't say such things when you are in other places. It would be bad if the village chief knew."
"Oh." Gu Wuji nodded obediently immediately, making the aunt look even more complicated.
"It wasn't like this in the village before. What kind of ritual is this, it's basically harmful!" The aunt sighed, "It's all that happened decades ago..."
The aunt told everything that happened in the past.
A few decades ago, this village was considered a village with good conditions at the time. Although some supernatural things happened, and it was possible to communicate with ghosts and gods by some means, everything was quite normal. .
But at that time, it seemed that the village chief's son wanted to go to work outside, but encountered an accident on the way, and he was sent back with a mutilated corpse.
After the village chief finally accepted this matter, he chose a deceased girl from a neighboring village to prepare for a ghost marriage with his son. This is a very normal thing in the local area, and everyone can understand it.
But the problem is that the place where the village chief chose the ghost marriage is the cave that has been regarded as a holy place by the villagers from a long time ago. Everyone thought it was very ominous, but the village chief was unwilling to make changes, and others had nothing to do with him.
Then something even weirder happened. During the ghost marriage, the deceased village chief's son suddenly opened his eyes, scaring the others to leave immediately.
After a night, the two bodies disappeared mysteriously. Afterwards, they even heard that the girl in the neighboring village was originally a living person, and it was her family who killed her daughter alive and sent it to a ghost marriage in order to earn that money.
Since then, strange things have happened frequently in this village, and even the people in their village can't leave. Every time they want to go out, it's like encountering a ghost hitting the wall, and they return to the village unknowingly.
If people from outside come in, they have to leave within seven days, otherwise they will be trapped here forever like the people in the village.
In addition, people in the village also experienced all kinds of bizarre deaths.
Everyone thought it was the mountain god who was dissatisfied because he actually held a ghost marriage in his territory. In the end, in order to quell this anger, I don’t know who proposed to send a bride to the mountain god as a sacrifice. They also went like this. After that, peace was temporarily restored in the village.
It's just that such a ceremony has to come every ten years, and it is already the most terrifying nightmare for the people in their village.
The aunt said that she never went to see it because she was too timid, so she heard all this from other people in the village.
"No wonder the village chief let us stay for seven days." Gu Wuji thought, after seven days, no matter whether they are dead or alive, it is estimated that they will not be able to leave this strange village.
Gu Wuji also noticed before that as long as they seemed to be leaving the village a little bit, there would be young and middle-aged villagers who would stay nearby and obviously would not let them leave.
Of course, it is impossible for these players to leave in order to complete the task.
"You are a good boy, you shouldn't stay here, it's just... sin, the village chief will definitely not let you go." The aunt sighed, "I know a hidden escape route, and when the ceremony is about to be held, the village will The people who are here don't have that much effort to follow you, and then you will just run away..."
"Thank you, Auntie." Gu Wuji said this and said again: "Then do you know who are the girls who have been sent to be brides all these years?"
"This." The aunt said: "As long as you see no red silk and lanterns hanging on the wall, it is someone who has already married a bride. These are all poor people... Like the third sister-in-law, the original husband died. , there is only that heart-hearted daughter left, but she was just caught by those people as a bride, and now the third sister-in-law is a little crazy."
"Okay." Gu Wuji nodded.
He felt more and more that these lanterns hanging outside every house were not simple.
When the two said goodbye to their aunt and came out, Gu Wuji still carried a lot of food in large and small bags in his hand, which made passers-by look at him.
Qi Yunxiu said, "You already knew?"
Gu Wuji: "Know what?"
Qi Yunxiu: "If you know how to help these NPCs, they will tell you something."
Gu Wuji: "Of course I don't know."
"Then why are you still..." Qi Yunxiu felt that he was talking nonsense in the middle of the sentence. It was a coincidence that this matter reached this stage!
"However, do you think everything the aunt said is the background of this dungeon?" Gu Wuji said, "Is the boss of this dungeon the mountain god?"
Qi Yunxiu: "At least from her point of view, it's the truth. It's normal for us to come to this conclusion. But for this dungeon, it's not clear. After all, we still know too little about this village. It's easy. It's just misleading because of some misinformation."
"That's true, and the girl who was killed because of the ghost marriage must have a lot of grievances." Gu Wuji said seriously, "It seems that you have to ask the person involved."
Qi Yunxiu: "..." This understatement always feels scary
"Speaking of which, why did you say not to touch the lantern before?" Gu Wuji looked over curiously.
"There's no special reason." If it was a normal person asking, Qi Yunxiu would be too lazy to answer, but if he didn't care, he was a little interested in answering, "Have you noticed that there are no candles in these lanterns? Extremely strong yin qi. Although I can't see it clearly... but if you take this lantern, you will definitely attract ghosts."
"So it is." Gu Wuji nodded.
It was getting late at this time, and the two were about to return home, but found that the surrounding environment looked a little wrong.
Obviously, all the buildings are still the same as before, but no matter how you look at them, there is something wrong, and it is not known when fog spreads out, so that people can't even see things half a meter away.
Women's cries sounded out of nowhere. It makes people feel cold when they hear it.
"Not good." Qi Yunxiu frowned, "The yin around here is extremely strong, and my 'eyes' can feel that there is something extremely terrifying here."
"It's a coincidence, I feel the same way." Gu Wuji pressed his forehead, and the alarm kept ringing in his mind, reminding him that there would be an irresistible danger next.
At this moment, the sound of festive music came from behind the two of them... It was as if today was a big day.
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