(The random update cannot be used for the Silver Alliance Leader, and the progress is 4/50. I was impulsive. Now I feel that this is an impossible task. I really want to round it up.)
In the ancient village with dozens of households, the witch and the village chief have high status. When she was young, it is said that the witch went to the city and learned some medical skills.
Most villagers are grateful to be able to return to the village, and whenever they have a minor illness they will ask a fortune teller to come and exorcise evil spirits and cure the disease.
After drinking the magic water, the witch will prescribe some prescriptions. There are many tricks in this.
Is talisman water important
It is not important in curing diseases and saving lives, but it can give people psychological comfort. It seems that with this talisman, disasters, evil spirits and diseases cannot harm them.
In fact, the most important thing is the prescription for curing diseases and saving lives, but because the talisman water is drunk first, the villagers think that the talisman is more important than the prescription.
The status of the witch is getting higher and higher, and people believe more and more in what she says.
The village has a tradition that the Zaohu Grand Festival held every fifteen years and the Zaohu Small Festival held every year are both presided over by the witch.
The witch stood in front of the white fog.
Bai Wu stopped. Since another crucial character appeared, he had to find a way to dig out some information.
"How do you know? Where is the curse? Or is it written on my face that I have a curse? What is the evil in the lake?"
"You are cursed and you cannot go back, otherwise your family members will not survive tomorrow noon. You are cursed and your forehead is black. If your father had not begged you..." The witch ignored Bai Wu's question.
"Ask nicely? How much money did Lao Zhao give you?"
"..." The witch was suddenly gagged by Bai Wu's words.
Unlike the witch in the first act, both Zhao Kuan, Zhu Jin, and even the witch in the first act looked very scary.
In the second scene, the witch is still old, but her eyes are very lively. She looks like an ordinary old woman.
Even if you look closely, you will feel close to her because the old woman looks very similar to the traditional image of children's grandmother.
"Don't underestimate the curse, young man. No one can survive if they are cursed. It was your father who rushed to find me. As an old woman, I don't want to get involved in your affairs. Come with me if you don't want to kill your family."
"What exactly is the curse? Are the lake god and the evil spirit in the lake the same thing? When did they appear? Speaking of which, is there any custom in the village? Is there a monster in the lake, and then everyone got scared, so they pretended to have a lake god, or did the lake god exist first, but suddenly one day the lake god turned into an evil spirit?"
Bai Wu deliberately made his words sound nonchalant. These words were undoubtedly taboo.
"Shut up! How can you be so rude to the Lake God!"
The witch's expression suddenly became serious:
"Since you are young and ignorant and have no fear, I will not bother with you. Human life is at stake. If you want to know the curse, follow me."
Bai Wu thought about it and decided that since there were still four hours left, it would be no big deal for him to follow the witch to take a look. Maybe he could get some clues.
He now felt that the story had a second version - the witch pretended to be a ghost to defraud money. The evil spirit in the lake might not be an evil thing, but there was another hidden story.
But in line with the principle of not making a conclusion until the end, Bai Wu decided to go with the witch and hear what she had to say.
Because Bai Wu felt that the witch's awe did not seem to be fake.
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When Wujiu woke up from the coffin, he was not under the bed, but in the cellar.
He opened the cellar door and came to his bedroom. Perhaps he had treated the paper figures well in the first act, and he was the owner of the paper figures in the first act.
Memories began to emerge. After Wujiu came to the bedroom, he found a letter in the red pillowcase.
Of course, he didn't know about this ancient custom. Usually, Bai Wu was responsible for finding clues hidden in corners.
But like Bai Wu, every actor who plays a role has some initial memories.
In Wujiu's memory, this letter seems very important.
In many villages, people leave their wishes in pillowcases in order to speak to the dead.
It is said that by doing this one can convey what one wants to say and what one is thinking to another world.
When Wujiu opened the letter, his memory stopped and he only knew that he had written the letter.
"It has been more than a year since the Great Lake Festival. Dad has been thinking about you all the time. The Lake God has protected our village for thousands of years, and our ancestors have lived like this. Dad really couldn't bear to let you go, but last year it was our family's turn...
Some strange things happened in the village last year. People went missing one after another, and some people said they saw deer antlers blooming. You said that deer antlers are not branches, so how can they bloom
Everyone believes that the lake god is warning us. We all survived because of the lake god's blessing. My son, if you are still in heaven, please serve the lake god well and protect the whole village from peace and safety, and pray that this year will be a good year for the harvest and that everyone will have enough food and clothing.
I know you were ugly when you were little and no one wanted to play with you, but Daddy made a lot of paper figures for you. If you ever feel lonely, come back to see Daddy. Daddy has found a lot of friends for you and they won’t despise you.”
Wujiu frowned.
After waking up from the coffin, he suddenly turned into an old father. It's not that he hasn't played this role before, but the content of this letter seems a little strange.
"Is his son dead? What is the Great Lake Festival?"
Although he also appeared in the cellar in the first scene, Wujiu did not see those gloomy paper figures after entering the bedroom.
There are a lot of paper people, but now they don’t look as creepy as in the first scene.
These paper figures placed in the bedroom represent the father's longing for his children, who is persecuted by superstition.
Wujiu looked at these paper figures and found that the workmanship was very delicate, but the eyes of the paper figures were not drawn well.
In ancient times, there was actually an unwritten rule in traditional industries such as engraving, painting, and paper figurines.
The more meticulous the workmanship is, the more he will have to be careless about the eyes. Otherwise, if the eyes are drawn vividly, the thing will come alive.
Wujiu didn't know about this rule. He just thought that these paper figures were indeed made with great care, but their dull eyes made them look less attractive. Feeling a little regretful, he looked past them one by one.
Finally, in the corner of the room, Wujiu saw a paper man with extremely expressive eyes.
No matter how detailed and realistic the paper figures are, there is still a huge gap between them and real people. But the eyes are so real...
It was so real that when Wujiu stared at it, it blinked.
Wujiu was not frightened by this small scene. From the first act to the second act, he firmly believed that learning from Bai Wu and thinking from the perspective of ghosts and evil spirits could indeed make things simpler.
So Wujiu walked to the paper man with moving eyes.
Then Wujiu pushed aside the paper man and saw a guy covered in black behind the paper man.
The cellar in the first scene contains talismans that suppress water ghosts. The black monster in front of us looks very much like a water ghost.
Its hair is very long, like black water grass that can entangle people.
There is a monster hiding behind the paper man, which is a very scary thing.
Although Wujiu got through the first act in a very confusing way - to the point that he had no idea about the so-called evil spirit in the lake.
But in the second act, Wujiu possesses some of the memories of the person he plays.
This monster represents curse and death. When these memories came to him, Wujiu felt a little scared.
More than seven hundred years ago, exactly the same thing happened. The monster hiding behind the paper man almost scared to death the father who missed his deceased son.
Wujiu was different. He quickly suppressed his inner fear and decided to continue learning Baiwu.
"Who are you?"
There was no response. The black and dirty monster looked at Wujiu with such a ferocious expression that Wujiu subconsciously wanted to draw his sword.
Of course, the character he played didn't have a knife at all.
Thanks to this, Wujiu did not scare the monster away. Seeing that the black monster did not make a move, he suddenly thought of something:
"Do you like these paper figures?"
The monster immediately let out a strange cry that sounded like it was chanting an unknown spell.
Wujiu put the paper figure that had been pushed aside in place and said:
"How about I go out and take a look... and you continue to play with these paper figures here?"
The monster must have understood this sentence. The black hair behind it began to slowly shrink back, and then it tilted its head and looked at Wujiu.
Wujiu didn’t quite understand the meaning of this, but he felt that the monster’s eyes seemed a little moist.
Bai Wu knew through the Eye of Prell that the other four people played a role, but Wujiu didn't know.
But Wujiu knew that since there were so many human presences in the village outside, he might be able to find out some clues.
Thinking this, he walked to the door and said:
"Then I'll leave. You can play with these paper figures slowly."
You have to be meticulous, serious, and not perfunctory. You have to learn the essence of Bai Wu. With this thought in mind, Wu Jiu turned around and walked back after leaving.
"I know how to make these paper figures. They can't stand the brunt of the damage, but don't worry if you tear or wrinkle them. I can make you a few new ones."
After Wujiu finished speaking, he really left the room.
The black monster was left behind, looking at the direction where Wujiu left in confusion.
The monster didn't seem to expect Wujiu's reaction to be like this. After a few seconds of silence, it climbed up the wall to the roof like a gecko, then hung upside down and left through the skylight.
As the black monster left... the street that was originally noisy outside suddenly became quiet.
Wujiu took a look and showed a puzzled expression.
"Where are the people? There were clearly people there just now."
Wujiu did hear human voices not long ago. The first scene was at night, there was no one on the street, and he did not meet the suspicious witch.
The second scene is set during the day. Although this kind of mountain village looks a bit scary, it is much more normal during the day and Wujiu can hear the noise.
But now Wujiu can't hear this noise.
Time seemed to speed up instantly, and the whole village became dead silent the moment he came out.
Only a paper man suddenly appeared in front of Wujiu, still pointing in a certain direction as before.
"Are you giving me directions?"
The paper man did not respond, but the sudden appearance of the paper man was obviously some kind of signal or hint.
Wujiu bent down and looked at the paper figurine carefully. It was a rather ugly paper figurine. Compared with the other finely painted paper figurines, the material and painting of this paper figurine were very rough.
But the eyes were much more delicate than the previous paper figures. Suddenly, it occurred to me that maybe this paper figure was the son of the person I was playing.
It is different from other paper figures. Other paper figures are finely crafted but have rough eyes, while this paper figure is the opposite.
"I understand. I will go in this direction." Wujiu said seriously to the paper man.
Now Wujiu is convinced that this place is very weird and that he is trapped in a mystery, which is closely related to these paper figures.
But this... is all the information Wujiu has learned so far.
If Bai Wu knew that the captain could be favored by the owner of the memory with such little information as if he had entered a cheat code, and then get the most effective guidance in the shortest way, he would definitely let the captain take the blame.
Compared to Bai Wu who was constantly searching for information, Wujiu was simply a speedster.
According to the normal process, Wujiu will experience a tragedy. The father he played in history eventually committed suicide by jumping into the lake...
The only way to leave this scene is to calm your obsession.
Although Wujiu usually looks serious, as if everyone owes him money, he is more likely to be gentle and move people. His performance to the monster was very stiff, but it just touched the monster.
Once again... Wujiu got guidance. The direction pointed by the paper man was the lake...
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When Xie Xingzhi woke up from the coffin and his memories began to load, he followed his memories and also found clues.
The character he plays is called Feng Haiping.
Without exception, Xie Xingzhi also saw a black monster.
Although this is the standard configuration for entering the second scene like the other people, Xie Xingzhi... this man who believes in science has the most information in this town full of superstition.
Xie Xingzhi already knew most of the puzzles in the entire scene and the origins of this village.
Talent sequence 66, weapon summoning, can randomly summon one to three spirit-hosting items that already exist in this world, and can also give an item the spirit-hosting attribute.
In the first scene, Xie Xingzhi directly used Sequence 66 on the paper man. The spirit-filled paper man was like a living thing, telling Xie Xingzhi a story that happened seven hundred years ago.
After knowing the whole story, although Xie Xingzhi didn't know what he would do in the second act, he already knew the fate of everyone in these villages.
The funeral home owner he plays will eventually hide in a coffin and fake his death, but what awaits him is that someone will actually nail the coffin shut.
He eventually suffocates in his coffin, which sinks into the lake, and he must find the coffin in the lake to proceed to the next scene.
The father who made a room full of paper figures, out of guilt after learning a horrible truth, committed suicide by jumping into a lake.
The young man and woman who got married had lost their families and no one attended their wedding, but the joyous music... was not played by the souls of the dead.
Xie Xingzhi couldn't imagine how many people were killed by superstition. He only knew that the resentment of these people gathered in the lake and would inevitably create a horrible monster under the rules outside the tower.
He had already sensed the danger of this area, because the resentment he faced... was too strong.
They were now in the mind of this monster, perhaps the most powerful monster outside the tower he had ever seen.
"This is definitely not something that we can change. How did Bai Wu know about this damn place?"