Liang Xi told her everything that happened after Li Cancan fell into a coma, but concealed the fact that she might be the most critical "Bride of the River God" to complete the mission.
When Li Cancan was unconscious, the buff on her head was not visible. Now that she has woken up, the buff on her head is also visible.
Speed +300.
Li Cancan's profession is also a brand new one, maid.
As for what kind of maid she was, no one knew until the next day.
The next day, at cockcrow, Baili Xin finally witnessed the spectacular scene that Xia Chi had described: "No matter where the players are, the NPCs can find them."
Everyone was busy until the late night before they fell asleep. The crowd gave them courage, and it was already very late, so none of the five people suggested sleeping in another room.
Liang Xi found some bedding and made a bed on the floor, and the five of them slept in their clothes.
Baili Xin woke up when the cock crowed for the first time.
The other four people were still sleeping in their sprawled positions, and Xia Chi's drool was almost flowing onto the pillow.
Baili Xin just remembered to wash up and found that his body was actually quite clean.
It's not that it's clean without any dirt on it, but it feels like it's just been showered.
Because of limited conditions, he only washed his face hastily yesterday. But when he woke up today, he felt refreshed and could even smell a faint scent of grass and mint, much like the scent of vanilla he smelled in the cave the day before yesterday.
Baili Xin lowered her head and picked up the corner of her pajamas. It was clean and fresh, as if it had just been washed.
He pursed his lips, his crow-feather eyelashes fluttering in the air, covering up his thoughtful look.
Just when he was about to wake up others, there was a loud bang on the courtyard door, followed by a series of knocks on the door like a continuous downpour.
The knocks on the door were deafening, one after another, as if the people in the room might not hear it.
A man's voice sounded: "A day's plan begins in the morning. Everyone should gather in the courtyard before the cocks stop crowing, otherwise you will be taught a lesson for laziness."
Xia Chi jumped up from the bed and shook the other three people up in panic.
Li Cancan was still a little confused, but when she saw the panicked looks on Xia Chi and the others' faces, she also became nervous.
Two minutes later, the crowing of the roosters stopped and all the players appeared in the yard.
Baili Xin observed the NPCs in front of him. The leading man wore a black hat and was dressed much better than the other NPCs. He looked to be around 40 or 50 years old. He was the village chief they saw in the photo yesterday.
A dozen NPCs stood in front of him, their faces were pale, black eyeballs almost covered their entire eye sockets, they didn't even blink, their eyes were as stiff as stone.
The remaining player professions include villager, blacksmith, doctor, maid and saint.
Six villager NPCs took away nine villager players. The blacksmith and Liang Xi were also taken away, leaving only Baili Xin and Li Cancan in the yard.
Li Cancan fainted as soon as she entered the village. Now it was the first time she saw an NPC and she was completely scared.
The village chief and the remaining two male NPCs walked up to Li Cancan and Baili Xin. The village chief looked Baili Xin up and down with his dark eyes.
He pulled at his face, as if trying to show some expression, but because his face was too stiff, it looked like his whole face was cramping. "Not bad, you look really good."
Li Cancan beside Baili Xin was shaking like a sieve.
The village chief said: "The Saint's task today is to bathe and change clothes, and then clean the ancestral hall. Your task, maid, is to assist the Saint in cleaning the ancestral hall. Follow these two seniors."
Baili Xin glanced at the village chief and followed the NPC silently.
When he was about to leave the yard, he vaguely heard the village chief's vague voice, "A man, can you do it?"
Li Cancan trembled for a while before finally recovering. "Baili Xin, it's a good thing that we are acting together. If it was just me, I would probably be scared to death. Why do I feel that these villagers are scarier than those monsters?"
Baili Xin: "Have you heard of the uncanny valley effect?"
Li Cancan: "It sounds a bit familiar."
Baili Xin: "Humans will be fond of anything that imitates themselves, such as a blinking cat, a tilted head dog, and a panda asking for a hug. But once these things look more and more like humans, humans will instead develop a fear of them. For example, dull lifelike robots and dolls with stiff expressions."
Li Cancan entangled the corner of her clothes with her fingers nervously, "What you said is true. I used to be most afraid of things like dolls. Every time I went to bed at night, I felt like they were staring at me."
"That's why I'm afraid of these NPCs. They look like humans, but their expressions and movements are different from ours."
Baili Xin: "Don't be afraid. There are three female players with fever, and you are the only one who survived. Just looking at this point, you are very brave and have a strong willpower."
Tears welled up in Li Cancan's eyes. "Because I don't dare to die. My grandma is sick. I am her only relative now and she is still waiting for me to save her life. If I die, my grandma will definitely be very sad."
While the two were talking, the person who had been leading the way silently suddenly stopped.
"Lady Saint, please go inside and change. The replacement clothes are already placed beside you. If you have any questions, please call us at any time. We are waiting outside."
"Maid, please stay outside with us and wait to be summoned."
Li Cancan's expression suddenly froze. She nervously looked at the two pale-faced NPCs, then looked at Baili Xin for help: "Can I, can I go in with you?"
Villager: "No, we cannot desecrate the body of a saint, not even a maid."
Although Li Cancan was a little disappointed, she quickly cheered up when she thought that the two NPCs might have left some messages.
Li Cancan: "Okay, I'll wait outside."
Baili Xin walked into the house that the villagers pointed to.
This is actually a courtyard, and the room the villagers let me into is one of the rooms in this courtyard.
Prisin pushed open the house.
There was a folding screen in the small room, with a set of pure white clothes hanging on the screen.
Behind the screen there is a round wooden barrel that can accommodate two people and is filled with clean water.
Baili Xin tested the water temperature and it was ice cold.
He was the only one who experienced the bathing process. It seemed that if he wanted to get new information, he had to wait until the sacrifice to do so.
Baili Xin did not hesitate, he took off his clothes and stepped into the barrel.
The icy cold water instantly penetrated into his body through his pores, and Baili Xin physiologically shrank his neck.
A ray of sunlight came in through the half-open window, just shining on the water in the wooden barrel, causing the water surface to shimmer and create a few ripples.
Baili Xin opened the taskbar.
Mission: Survive for 72 hours. (35:45:23/72:00:00)
Additional task: Find the truth about the river god's curse. (30/100)
There are less than 40 hours left, and he doesn't have much time left.
Baili Xin soaked his whole body in ice water and poured a handful of water on his face.
He closed his eyes slightly, raised his head and leaned his neck on the edge of the barrel, and a few words gradually emerged in his mind.
Baoer, Granny Sang, the village chief, the river god, thirty years ago.
Finally, Baili Xin stopped at the "River God".
Baoer, Granny Sang, and the village chief all exist in real life.
Is the character of "River God", who has the most important role in "Curse of the River God", a real god or a lie fabricated by humans to deceive the world
In all the information he learned, the river god only appeared in words like "legend" and "heard".
Did Baoer really sacrifice himself to the river god thirty years ago? Or is there another hidden story
If a river god exists, then we just need to follow the clues to find out why he is angry.
But if there is no river god, then the problem lies thirty years ago.
Baili Xin was thinking about the connection between these things when he suddenly felt something hooking his finger.
He suddenly opened his eyes and stretched out his hand vigilantly.
There is nothing in my hand.
There was nothing in the water except the crystal clear water.
Baili Xin frowned slightly.
This feeling has happened several times. When he was in the cave, he also felt that his hand was hooked by something. Moreover, he clearly fell asleep in the hot spring, but finally woke up in the fur.
His body was clean and the fur underneath was dry as well.
If he had fallen asleep on the fur in a daze, it would be impossible for the moisture in the highly absorbent fur to evaporate overnight.
Unless he was dry when he lay on the fur.
Or rather... some force sucked the moisture out of his body.
And his buttons are always fine before going to bed, and he never buttons them incorrectly when he wakes up.
Then there is only one explanation, the button has been moved.
There was a sudden murderous intent in Baili Xin's eyes.
His lazy eyes suddenly became sharp, and he immediately left the bucket. With lightning speed, he hooked the white priest robe from the screen and put it on, looking at the bucket vigilantly.
"come out!"
In the silent room, only his voice echoed.
Baili Xin took two steps back. Without taking his eyes off the bucket, he searched the room for useful tools out of the corner of his eye.
It can easily blend seamlessly with water, and the other party's form should be water.
What could catch or attack water
If he is given enough time to prepare, he can use electricity or cooling to make the other party solidify quickly.
But now there was nothing else he could use around him except the screen and a few decorations.
Although that thing had not shown any ill will towards him so far, he would not allow something that he could not control to exist around him.
Just as Baili Xin was staring at the bucket vigilantly, a laugh suddenly echoed in his ears.
The laughter was low and hoarse, and contained a hint of contempt and sarcasm.
What is this sound?!
Hearing this voice, Baili Xin's face suddenly changed.
The next second, a stream of wet water slid down his arms to his waistline, and his shoulders suddenly tensed. The water split into two and stroked his slender neck.
Under the pull of that force, Baili Xin was like a fragile doll, his body was forced to tense, his waist was tightly bound, his arms were controlled behind his back, and his neck was like a dying swan, trying to raise up.
Baili Xin raised his head and saw the other person.
It was a stream of water.
It can easily cling to anything containing water, even the air we breathe.
Invade the opponent's surroundings silently without the opponent noticing, and even take the opponent's life easily.
This is an extremely powerful existence, its power far surpasses those monster red spiders.
Baili Xin finally understood!
Why are those red spiders afraid of that cave? They are not afraid of the cave itself, but of the water flow in the cave!
When he entered the cave again to get herbs and left, the group of red spiders trembled in fear in front of him, but the ball of water had already caught up with him.
The reason why he felt refreshed after waking up in the morning after a good sleep yesterday was probably because of this water flow.
The other party has been pestering him for so long, and he just discovered it now!
And his voice is exactly the same as Dijia's.
"I can easily break your neck." The low, magnetic voice was threatening, "You are too fragile, as fragile as a rose. But I don't want to do that. I am very interested in you."
A stream of water gently caressed Baili Xin's cheek, like a caress or a kiss.
Baili Xin was tied up and unable to move, but he calmed down instead.
Not only is the voice exactly the same as Deiga's, but even the tone of this fucking voice is exactly the same as Deiga's.
But he did not feel the breath of Emperor Diga from the other party.
Baili Xin opened his mouth and took a deep breath. "Should I thank you for not killing me?"
The other party uttered "Huh" and slightly loosened the water flow that was clamped on Baili Xin's neck, "Aren't you afraid of me?"
Baili Xin: "You said it yourself, you can kill me easily. But you stayed by my side for so long without doing anything, just because you didn't want to kill me. Since you don't want to kill me, why should I be afraid of you."
The other party chuckled, "Interesting, you are really interesting, you are the only life in this world that is not afraid of me."
"This world? Which world? How long have you existed in this world?" Baili Xin grasped the key words in the other party's words, "Is this what you look like? Do you have a human form? Are you the river god that the villagers are talking about?"
"You ask too many questions." The other party was stunned for two seconds, then smiled dumbly, "It seems that you are really not afraid of me, but I can only answer one question for you. I have been trapped in this world for a long time."
Baili Xin: "Sleepy?"
After making sure that Baili Xin would not run away, the other party slowly let go of Baili Xin.
"Yes, I have been here since I can remember. I once tried to leave the village, but I found that a huge barrier would appear as soon as I left the edge of the village. I could not pass through this barrier, or rather... there is no world outside the barrier. It is just this small space."
"Thirty years is a cycle. In my long years, I have seen too many aliens like you. They suddenly appear, and are either killed or suddenly disappear again."
The water flow wrapped around Baili Xin's waist again, but this time it didn't use force, just gently wrapped around it, "So you will be like this too, either be killed or suddenly disappear, right?"
The water flow split into two streams and wrapped around Baili Xin's hands. Baili Xin looked down at the two streams of water. The touch of the water caressing his hands was gentle and soothing, yet faintly threatening.
It seemed that as long as he said the word "yes", the other party would tighten the water flow and strangle him easily.
Now he is no match for the other party at all.
Baili Xin thought for two seconds: "At least I won't die. Can I ask you another question?"
Water flow: "Okay."
Baili Xin: "What's your name?"
Shui Liu was silent for a long time, so long that Baili Xin thought the other party would not answer him, then he slowly said: "Dijia, my name is Dijia."
Baili Xin's pupils shrank suddenly, "Don't you recognize me?"
The water was playing with Baili Xin's fingers. Baili Xin's fingers were slender and long, and wrapped in the clear water, they looked even softer and whiter.
"I know you, a traveler from another world who fell from the sky. You are so fragile, but you are not afraid of the red spider. That's why I am interested in you." Hearing another question from Baili Xin, the water flow tightened impatiently, sliding around the waist, and showing signs of moving around: "Don't wear out my patience anymore. I'm not a philanthropist. If you ask me questions, I will charge interest, little guy."
Baili Xin's expression changed slightly.
He can now be basically certain that the other party is Diga.
He and Dijia have been together for tens of thousands of years, and their familiarity with each other has been engraved in their souls.
His body would not allow anyone other than Dijia to touch him.
But the other party is not completely Diga. He is incomplete, or he is just a fragment. Not only has he lost his memory, but even his breath is hidden.
Although he and Diga entered the energy vortex at the same time, the force directly hit Diga, which obviously caused greater damage to Diga.
While Baili Xin was thinking, his body suddenly froze.
The ubiquitous water flow had actually enveloped his entire body without him knowing when. He could even feel the direction of each tiny stream of water.
"What do you want to do?"
The voice was cold and savage: "Collect interest."
Baili Xin slapped the water that was wrapped around his waist, and water splashed everywhere: "I didn't ask any more questions later, let go!"
The deep voice sighed and slowly retracted the water flow, "Well, do you have anything else you want to ask?"
Forget about him, and still dare to charge interest? !
Baili Xin: “…No!”
Dijia: "I like you very much, little guy. So I will give you another tip."
"I am not the river god in the 'River God Curse' you mentioned. Gods are above humans and would never bother to meddle in the affairs of ants. You can think from another perspective. You are very smart. With your words, you will definitely find the real answer."
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and the NPC-exclusive mechanical and indifferent voice came: "Lady Saint, it's time to go to the ancestral hall to clean up."
The flamboyant water flow swayed in the air for a moment, and then with a "bang", it turned into a ball of water mist.
When it transformed, it also considerately absorbed the water from Baili Xin's body and clothes.
Baili Xin shouted to the door, "I'll come out after I change my clothes."
After Baili Xin put on the sacrificial robes and walked to the door, he saw Li Cancan's eyes suddenly widened for a few seconds, and then her face turned red.
…
In the live broadcast room, barrages of comments were flying, and the novice area, which had always attracted little attention, was now crowded with viewers.
Is this the divine face?! From now on, the fairies in white in novels finally have faces.
I'm really annoyed by the anti-addiction setting of this live broadcast. The screen goes black when it comes to the bathing part! I really want to see the beauty coming out of the bath!
I laid my cards on the table and I bowed down before the feet of the priestly garments of Baili Xin.
He must not die. I've become fascinated by his damn brutality when he knocked out the Red Spider with one punch.
…Your preferences are really special.
…
The two walked one after the other, and Baili Xin secretly thought about what Dijia had said.
God is above humans and would not meddle in the affairs of ants.
Since God will not interfere, it is a matter between people.
The curse of the river god, excluding the mythical "god", only the "curse" remains.
And it is "the curse of man".
Baoer who died in the sacrifice, Granny Sang who lost her daughter, or the mysterious lover who lost Baoer, may all be cursed people.
While Baili Xin was thinking, he glanced at Li Cancan out of the corner of his eye and saw that Li Cancan was a little absent-minded.
She walked carelessly and was about to be tripped by a stone in front of her.
Baili Xin was quick-witted and kicked the stone away.
Li Cancan finally reacted and turned to look at Baili Xin guiltily, "Sorry, I was distracted."
Baili Xin glanced at Li Cancan's pale face and said, "Don't worry, I will take you out. We will go out together. Don't you still need to treat your grandmother?"
Li Cancan's eyes were red, "Yes! Okay! Let's go out together!"