The world in the second scene is much more real than the first scene.
After Bai Wu walked out of the yard, he could see the village that was quite lively seven hundred years ago.
The population of this village is about two hundred people. It is not a big village, with only dozens of households in total.
Among them, the Zhao family, the Zhu family, the Feng family, and the Cui family are considered wealthy families in the village. To call them wealthy families, they are just the tallest among the short ones.
The whole village looks like a village from the Republic of China period. In order to get water, the villagers would go to Zao Lake, and it would take half a day to go back and forth.
"Why are you so dirty? Hey, the Zhu family sent all the dowry here today, why are you so dirty?"
Zhao Yan, Zhao Kuan's father, was originally accepting gifts. When he saw Bai Wu coming out, covered in dust, he immediately began to scold him.
At this moment, many thoughts flashed through Bai Wu's mind.
"My body will be in a negative state after being outside the tower for four hours. Although I don't know whether the time in the spiritual world is consistent with the real time, looking at this pace, I still have to go through a lengthy wedding and wait until the Zhao and Zhu families suddenly die. These troublesome things are too time-consuming and will delay me too much."
"If there is an entrance to the next scene in the first scene, then there should be one here as well. I have to find it in the shortest possible time."
"The eyes prompt us to play different roles in five different families, and ultimately make a choice based on the information we get before death. But in theory, I can also make this choice before death comes."
After sorting out his thoughts, Bai Wu said to Zhao Kuan's father:
"I just encountered that black monster in the lake. It seemed like he wanted to play hide-and-seek with me, so I hid under the bed. According to the rules of the game, Lao Zhao, our family is going to be in big trouble. You should quickly prepare a table of delicious food so that we can have one last meal together. The food must be plentiful, and you should try to eat your fill."
After making some hilarious remarks, Bai Wu left in the midst of everyone's astonishment.
He knew where the Zhu family's courtyard was. It was where the ghost couple got married in the first scene.
After the white fog left, the people from the Zhao family and the Zhu family stood there in a daze.
The Zhao family members looked pale.
"This... What should I do... That evil spirit, how come it came to my house? What should I do?"
The Zhu family was also stunned.
The dowry had been given and the auspicious date had been set long ago, but the Zhao family was also involved.
After seeing the evil spirit, two people from the Zhu family died the next day. One was an old man who was crushed to death by a collapsed beam in the house, and the other was the eldest son of the Zhu family who was killed by a wild beast when he went out to fetch water.
Anyone who has seen an evil spirit will have a bloody disaster in his family the next day. Now the Zhao family has also seen it. There are not many people in the Zhao family, only six or seven in total, and several of them will definitely die tomorrow.
How can this marriage be concluded
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Bai Wu decided to take Miss Zhu to the lake for a look.
This second scene is not a cycle anymore because he saw with his own eyes someone fetching water from the other side of the lake.
Of course, he first had to figure out who Miss Zhu was. Since all five actors were in the same scene, he had to find the remaining four.
This is not an easy task, but with the Eye of Prell, everything is no longer a problem.
The Zhu family compound is also very festive today. In order to prevent bloodshed from happening again in the future, they have begun to arrange the wedding. Various red paper-cuts are pasted on the place and preparations are ongoing.
The dead don’t even have time to hold a funeral, but people still hope to ward off evil spirits through happy events.
Bai Wu rushed into Zhu's house without saying a word. He wanted to get everything done as quickly as possible.
After entering the Zhu Family Courtyard, someone immediately asked Bai Wu to stop. Bai Wu smiled and said:
"I was just entangled by the evil spirit in the lake. Do you want to stop me?"
Since the birth of the evil spirit in the lake, no one dared to make such a joke, especially in such a superstitious village, where people believed it to be true.
In an instant, the white mist exploded like an aura, and everyone around him moved away from him.
The old courtyard was similar to the courtyard Bai Wu had seen before, with two rooms in the north, one in the east and one in the west, and the whole facing south.
Following the instructions in the notes, Bai Wu quickly found Miss Zhu's house.
The daughter of the Zhu family is called Zhu Jin, a thirteen-year-old girl. As someone who has experienced a new era, Bai Wu has no interest in girls of this age.
He pushed open the door and saw a corner of Zhu Jin's boudoir where a fragrant eucalyptus tree was enshrined to the lake god.
When Bai Wu saw Zhu Jin, he was suddenly a little confused.
The second daughter of the Zhu family, did you think she would be one of the five? But I'm sorry, she is not, this is a true-to-life performance. Although you used an unreasonable way to meet her in advance, it does not affect your knowledge of the truth.
Not one of the five
Bai Wu had thought about it all the way while jogging. If it was Cain, he would beat him up immediately. If it was Xie Xingzhi, he would use the Xie family code. If it was Yan Zizai, that would be great, because the sequence in Yan Zizai's body could strengthen the Eye of Prell.
If you are the captain, that's also good. The two of you can go to the lake to explore together.
But the result surprised Bai Wu. It was Zhu Jin. It was Zhu Jin.
"Why...are you here?" Zhu Jin asked timidly.
"I just saw an evil spirit in the lake. I think it's unlucky, so I came here to tell you that we should not get married."
"But... but you said you would marry me." Zhu Jin suddenly became anxious and looked at Bai Wu pitifully.
etc.
Bai Wu frowned.
The Zhao family agreed to the marriage with the Zhu family. In the eyes of Zhao Yan, the head of the Zhao family, it was the Zhu family that gave a lot of dowry.
But could it be that... there was already a secret relationship between Zhu Jin and Zhao Kuan? My goodness, Zhao Kuan is on the fifth level this time.
In other words, if the Zhu family had not encountered the evil spirit in the lake, Zhao Kuan and Zhu Jin would actually be together
Just with this one sentence from Zhu Jin, the plot became more complicated, but Bai Wu seemed to understand something.
"I've told you before, I've seen the evil spirit in the lake, and my family and I are about to face a bloody disaster. If you follow me, you might end up in trouble."
Since the other party is an NPC, Bai Wu plans to continue to gather intelligence based on these words.
Zhu Jin stood up, blinking her big eyes at the white mist, looking very charming.
What can a thirteen-year-old girl understand
Especially in such an ancient village, children have extremely innocent minds. She just thinks that the brother of the Zhao family is handsome and good to her.
The two families were well matched, and when they played together as children, they had common interests.
If it weren't for the evil spirit in the lake, perhaps the whole village would have blessed this marriage.
Therefore, Zhu Jin had already secretly fallen in love with her, and Zhao Kuan also knew that this little girl would be his wife in the future.
But now it’s different. Both Zhu Jin and Zhao Kuan have been seen by the evil spirit in the lake.
It is very likely that both families will encounter unexpected events.
No one dared to come and bless these two families, except the fortune teller.
"I've been entangled too, but I'm not afraid. It... it's not bad. It's not actually evil. It's... it's the same as us."
Bai Wu was stunned.
"Every time it comes, it brings death. Do you think it is not an evil spirit?"
Zhu Jin said:
"I... I don't know either, but when I saw it that day, I felt like it wanted to tell me something, not like it wanted to hurt me..."
Bai Wu instantly became interested.
Zhu Jin is very likely to hold a real clue. He has always felt that this story is too thin.
The end of the world is coming, and there is an evil spirit in the lake. The people in the village are trying to find ways to fight against the evil spirit. Their families are broken up and killed by the evil spirit. Some people hide in coffins, some make paper figures to pray for blessings, and some get married in a yard without any blessings.
But Bai Wu always felt it was strange, why did these people die every other day
Why did these people die in accidents
When the doomsday comes, the monster in the lake must be Evil. How easy is it for Evil to kill people
Miss Zhu's words made Bai Wu feel that... there might be something else behind all this.
"Tell me in detail how your family members died."
"good."
Zhu Jin really acted like a tool. She did not question Bai Wu's questions at all. She began to talk in detail about the death of her grandfather and brother.
The house at home is old, and my father once said that he wanted to renovate it, but my grandfather always refused, saying that the house was in good condition and that if it was renovated, our ancestors would not recognize it.
This was originally a potential safety hazard. After Zhu Jin saw the evil in the lake, the next day... the roof beam collapsed and the old man of the Zhu family was crushed to death.
As for the death of his brother, it could actually have been avoided. Zhu Jin's brother loved his sister very much and had a good relationship with Zhao Kuan.
Because the doomsday is approaching, more and more abnormal changes are happening, and this village naturally cannot escape the invasion of the doomsday rules.
Chickens, ducks, fish, pigs, cows and sheep all became irritable and restless. They had not yet turned evil, but negative emotions had begun to accumulate... and their bodies began to undergo small changes.
Not only the domestic animals, but also the wild animals outside the village have become stronger. When the eldest son of the Zhu family went out to fetch water, he encountered a wolf that had grown half a head.
When everyone rushed over, they found that the wolf was dead, but the eldest son of the Zhu family was also bitten to death.
Half a head grew on the wolf's neck, leading many villagers to believe that it was a cursed creature, a monster summoned by the evil spirit in the lake.
After listening to Zhu Jin's story, Bai Wu quickly understood one thing:
"So the death of the old man from the Zhu family could have been avoided?"
"As for your brother's death, he actually encountered a mutated beast."
Bai Wu had seen this wolf with half a head before. Once when he was going to the mine to meet a traveler, he encountered a wolf with three heads.
Apparently this wolf is going through a transformation.
Bai Wu looked at Zhu Jin and said:
"What did the monster do when you encountered it?"
"It barked at me for a long time, but I couldn't understand what it said. But the look in its eyes didn't seem to indicate it wanted to hurt me."
Bai Wu recalled the scene when he and the monster were face to face. It seemed to be the same, because the monster was extremely ugly... so that no matter what it did, it looked very hideous.
The sound it made was so unpleasant and harsh that it sounded like some kind of vicious curse.
Especially since he could feel the cold resentment, anyone's first impression of a monster with these characteristics would be negative.
"I understand, but there have been so many deaths in this town. I can't just take your word for it. I have to verify it."
"How to verify?"
"If the old man of the Zhao family... I mean my father, doesn't die tomorrow, it means the curse doesn't exist at all, and that black monster isn't some evil spirit in the lake. If I can prevent his death, all the mysteries will be solved."
Bai Wu said something very touching again, and Zhu Jin felt that it was indeed true, but it also felt strange.
How could someone be so blunt and say whether his father is dead or alive
"How long after you saw the monster in the lake did your grandfather and brother die?"
"Four... four hours."
"How do you remember it so clearly?"
"Because my brother went out early in the morning, and my grandfather was also killed in the morning... in the morning."
"Okay, goodbye."
"Wait, will you marry me? I'm not afraid of that monster. I like you."
Zhu Jin looked at Zhao Kuan.
Bai Wu thought that Zhao Kuan had never experienced this scene in history and recalled the scene of the first act.
In the huge courtyard, there was not a single guest, only a couple getting married under the cloudy night sky.
Bai Wu guessed that the newlyweds were indeed in love. Perhaps the reason why there were no guests in history was because their love... had no support.
Two people who were haunted by evil spirits, in the eyes of all the villagers, these two people were cursed.
"From my previous experience, only by fulfilling the obsession can one get out of the mental predicament. Could it be that... this is actually the memory of Miss Zhu?"
"In the first scene, you lift the veil and leave the scene. Choosing to live in a coffin is to enter deeper memories."
"In the second act, I became the eldest son of the Zhao family. No matter what the captain's perspective was, from my perspective, everything was related to this girl from the Zhu family."
"Could it be that the key to reaching the third level of memory is to make up for this girl's obsession?"
This series of thoughts only occurred in an instant. As someone who is good at thinking with a gaming mindset, Bai Wu quickly responded:
"Wait for my good news, wait for me to marry you."
He left the Zhu family's yard.
When leaving, the Zhu family still didn't dare to touch the white fog, because words like curse, death, and disaster were already associated with the black monster with full hair in the lake.
Bai Wu didn't dare to be sure that he was right.
After leaving the Zhu family's yard, Bai Wu went straight to the Zhao family's yard. He wanted to use the Eye of Prell to check everything clearly.
All potential safety hazards have been eliminated, and everyone has been made to stay under his nose quietly for four hours.
He wants to break the curse!
Suddenly there was a clue to break the deadlock, and Bai Wu moved quickly, but with the sound of a copper bell and a cough, Bai Wu was stopped by an old woman.
"You are cursed!"
Fortune teller.
Although he doesn't know much about the witch, Bai Wu is sure that she is also an important character in the whole story.
The five of you are indeed in the same scene, but I can tell you that... She is also the real one, not one of the five people. Since you met the young wife of the Zhu family in advance and unlocked option B, you will naturally unlock option A in advance. The choice is coming, and I can tell you that no matter whether you choose the wrong one or the right one, you will be one step closer to the poor little thing.