Half Immortal

Chapter 44: Ankang Ancient Town (End)

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Take it upon yourself.

From the moment Ning Yi uttered these four words, Yan Wei began to think about what kind of method this implied.

— must have something to do with the phalanges. Otherwise, these things would not appear here inexplicably, without the slightest effect.

There are two types of phalanx: the phalanx of a girl and the phalanx of an ordinary deceased who was killed by a girl. The function of the girl's phalanx is very clear, it is used to deal with Hu Ayu, each phalanx can resist some attacks from the skinless ghost to a certain extent. However, the function of the phalanx of the ordinary deceased is unknown. Yan Wei confirmed the function of the phalanx of the deceased through Jiang Xiu's death.

Contrary to the girl's phalanx, the function of the ordinary dead phalanx is to attract skinless ghosts.

Such a thing that would cause disaster if placed on the player does not seem to be for the player.

What on earth are the finger bones of ordinary dead people used for

Ning Yi said that the way she found to break the situation was only the words "self-inflicted", without mentioning anything else. Ning Yi won't be able to hide anything at the moment of life and death, so these four words are enough for the reminder to break the game.

Yan Wei thought for a while, and finally understood when he looked at Hu Ayun's young and beautiful face.

Why is Hu Ayun's face still the same as it was ten years ago? Why is there no incense in the mountain temple when the mountain god festival comes every ten years, and there are not even a few townspeople going up and down the mountain? Why does Ankang Ancient Town have so many stories related to the Mountain Temple, but after the players enter the instance, Ankang Ancient Town seems to have no relationship with the Mountain Temple

Also...why do adults stop coming to the mountain temple in such an uneasy day, in an ancient town that is haunted, but children come to study in the main hall of the mountain temple on time day after day

—Because in Ankang Ancient Town, except for the elderly witch, the time of everyone else has always stayed ten years ago.

From the beginning to the end, they only knew that Hu Ayun, as the successor of the witch, knew some ancient evil methods. But they don't know what is this evil method to control skinless ghosts and gain power.

This is Hu Ayun's evil method.

No wonder there were almost 800 people in Ankang Town, and the number of finger bones of the deceased happened to be more than 800.

There are no living people in Ankang Town. Regardless of whether it was the skinless ghost who was skinned and boned, or the townspeople and children who seemed to be still active, they had all been killed by Hu Ayun. Some of them became skinless ghosts, some continued to maintain normal living conditions, and children kept repeating the behavior of going to the mountain temple to go to school—they would never grow up.

Hu Ayun divided all the dead townspeople into the "dead" half—the skinless ghosts, and the remaining half became conscious walking dead—the townspeople stopped everyone's time ten years ago, reaching A kind of power support and circulation. So no matter how they hurt the skinless ghost, the skinless ghost will return to normal soon.

Because behind every skinless ghost, there is a "living" townsman as the real source of power.

Time freezes and power cycles back and forth, so she is hard to kill and almost invincible. Hu Ayun has been taking revenge on this village for ten years, not letting them know that they have been controlled by the evil law, torturing the nerves of others. The sorceress thought she would put an umbrella to attract ghosts, but in fact it was just a tool for Hu Ayun to scare the sorceress and the townspeople. It is easy for outside travelers to discover these secrets, so she has to kill the townspeople one by one according to the rules she made.

Her secret is the secret of the whole ancient town.

Then, apart from directly dealing with Hu Ayun and killing her, they have another way to go, which is to completely break Hu Ayun's source of power.

"Destroying the ancient town can also kill you," Yan Wei pocketed with one hand, his eyes were piercing and sharp, and his tone was calm, "As long as your source of power is cut off, that is, people in the town are 'dead'. But you I have always been not worried about their accidents, which shows that they are actually the same. If we kill them, they should be revived again because of the cycle. The way to kill them... is to do it yourself."

"Then it's connected. The only thing that can end this evil law is this evil law itself. The only thing that can end these ghosts and you is your own evil law. Yan Mingguang and the others didn't run away, but took the finger bones of ordinary dead , broke your evil law."

At that time, after Yan Wei finished his analysis, he directly gave Yan Mingguang all the more than 800 finger bones stored on his side through the information panel. Afterwards, Yan Mingguang took Lin Zhen and others down the mountain to Ankang Ancient Town, and quietly put all the more than 800 finger bones on the townspeople at the fastest speed—the number was just right, more than 800 townspeople.

The skinless ghost sensed the existence of the finger bones, and came after them, and stripped the skins and bones of those townspeople.

They used the bad habits of generations to mutilate so many innocent girls, and in the end they also experienced the same misery and suffered on their own.

The source of Hu Ayun's power was thus cut off, and the stagnant time in Ankang Town began to flow, and she also returned to her normal appearance at the age of twenty-eight.

The rotting body of the skinless female ghost rotted into the mud little by little, and the stench rushed into Yan Wei's nostrils. He frowned and raised his hand to cover his nose.

Hu Ayun, however, seemed unaware of these smells, and just looked at Yan Wei suspiciously, and said: "I only think of you as a pastime, but I didn't expect it to be a pastime that bites people. Why did you appear here... I lived like this. After ten years, I’m used to it…”

She laughed a few times, and the laughter echoed in the mountains and forests, she said: "Brother Yan, you are so smart, you are all right. But it's a pity... Do you think my source of strength has been completely cut off?"

Before she finished speaking, she jumped forward suddenly, threw Yan Wei onto the ground, and grabbed Yan Wei's neck!

Ankang Ancient Town.

Yan Mingguang and others stood on a high platform in the ancient town, looking at the ancient town that had turned into a Shura hell.

There are townspeople everywhere who have been held down by skinless bones, skinned and boned. Blood washed the ground, and hoarse screams echoed. When a townsman was completely skinned and boned, the screams stopped, and the skinless ghost who was fighting next to the townsman also rotted instantly—they died together.

The ancient town, burdened with ugly customs, was washed in blood, destroying itself bit by bit.

Blood flowed through the oil-paper umbrellas placed in front of the door, and the rancid smell filled the air.

Yu Feizhou carried Song Yu on his back, as if he couldn't bear to see such a scene, he lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Yan Mingguang looked at the direction of the mountain from afar, frowning slightly.

Lin Zhen looked around, casually fiddled with the black longbow in his hand, and said, "That's not right, the Skinless Ghost skinned all the townspeople under the attraction of the finger bones, Hu Ayun should have lost his strength, and everything in the ancient town is gone. Because the destruction is about to draw a terminator—where's the ladder?"

Did they... miss something they didn't notice

Yan Wei and Hu Ayun's hands-on voice came from the walkie-talkie!

Yan Mingguang's eyes moved, without saying a word, he turned around and jumped off the high platform.

Lin Zhen yelled towards Yan Mingguang, who was leaving blood dripping under the high platform, "You want to go up the mountain to help Yan Wei? It's too late, and it will be dark in ten minutes!"

Yan Ming bald and didn't look back.

Suddenly, Yan Wei's voice came from the intercom: "Yan Mingguang, are you sure you didn't miss any of them?"

Yan Mingguang paused.

"No, the skinless ghosts and people in the town are all dead."

The moment Hu Ayun strangled his neck, a sense of death enveloped him, but the opponent's hand suddenly stopped for an instant. Yan Wei seized the opportunity, tightly grasped the opponent's slender wrist with one hand, and smashed the girl's phalanx towards Hu Ayun with the other.

Hu Ayun retreated abruptly, with a ferocious face: "Why didn't you die!"

Yan Wei got up and took out the item he got from the first dungeon—the skull eye.

Through the eyes of the skull, he saw the thick black air lingering on Hu Ayun's body, which was a symbol of danger. He took a few steps back and looked at her: "You still have the power to kill me instantly, the evil spell has not been broken..."

He raised his hand and touched the walkie-talkie, and asked, "Yan Mingguang, are you sure you didn't miss any of them?"

"No, the skinless ghosts and people in the town are all dead."

Hu Ayun has rushed over again.

Yan Wei raised his hand sideways, and neatly stopped the hand with nails that could pierce flesh in an instant.

Without the skinless female ghost, the ordinary skinless ghosts also disappeared. There is only one Hu Ayun who has returned to the age of 28, and the fight between them has become barbaric and primitive.

After a while, Yan Wei got entangled with Hu Ayun and rolled several times on the muddy and rotten ground.

During the fight, Yan Wei successfully stabbed Hu Ayun's body with the dagger, but as soon as the dagger was pulled out, the wound on Hu Ayun's body was slowly healing. His body has been scratched by Hu Ayun's nails in several places. The pain and the rancid smell stimulated Yan Wei's nerves. He firmly grasped the hand that Hu Ayun extended again, suppressing all emotions in his mind and thinking rationally. with.

With Hu Ayun's current state, it is obvious that he is still unkillable. And the last bit of the sun was hanging on the mountain, and it was about to get dark—that would be Hu Ayun's home court.

What's the problem? Why is the copy not over yet

There is nothing wrong with his method, but this evil method has not been completely broken. The only possibility is that the method of "self-inflicted suffering" has not been fully implemented.

Yan Wei's first thought was whether he had missed any townspeople.

However, the four of Yan Mingguang were all in the ancient town, so it was impossible for all four of them to be negligent at the same time, and the finger bones of the ordinary dead just happened to be all used up, so where was the omission? Even if there are missing townspeople, there must be missing fingers. In the entire ancient town, apart from Hu Ayun, who is still alive, there are only him, Yan Mingguang, Lin Zhen, Yu Feizhou, Ning Yi and Song Yu left.

In addition to the boss, it is the player—the player... no!

During another tumbling, Yan Wei turned his head to avoid Hu Ayun's attack, his eyes suddenly lit up.

In his mind, all the details since he entered the dungeon flashed like a fleeting image, and finally stayed at the picture of seeing Song Yu and others outside the guest room yesterday evening.

At that time, Kong Yuwei and Lu Ya supported Song Yu, who was seriously injured. He exchanged a bottle of wound medicine and handed it to Song Yu. Song Yu, whose left arm and shoulder were all bloody, raised his left hand to take it. What a reaction. But before when all the players were eating together, Song Yu held the chopsticks with his right hand.

He's not a lefty, and his left side hurts, so why not use his right hand to pick things up? Song Yu has a problem with his right hand.

All the phalanges were from the deceased's right hand.

"Yu Feizhou! Are you still carrying Song Yu on your back?"

On the other end of the walkie-talkie, Yu Feizhou was taken aback: "Yes, but he didn't respond."

"Song Yu died yesterday!! Put him down quickly, the one on your back is the last skinless ghost that was not made into a skin bone umbrella, the skin bone is still on his body, cut off the phalanx of his right tail finger !"

As soon as Yan Wei's words came out, Hu Ayun's originally confident expression suddenly changed.

On the high platform of Ankang Ancient Town.

Yu Feizhou was startled, and then suddenly threw Song Yu to the ground.

In an instant, "Song Yu", who seemed to be on the verge of death and didn't respond, suddenly opened his eyes, his skin was chapped, and blood flowed from all over his body.

"Song Yu" jumped up and attacked Yu Feizhou with a ferocious face.

As soon as the blade shone, Ning Yi's short blade cut off the uncut right little finger of this ordinary skinless ghost with a rustling sound.

Yu Feizhou kicked the skinless ghost off the platform.

Lin Zhen grabbed the finger that was flying sideways, and the next moment, the finger rotted in his hand, leaving only a pale phalanx.

— This is the last phalanx!

If they had directly thrown Song Yu in the mountain temple, even if they rushed to the mountain temple with all their might, it would be too late. Yu Feizhou's momentary kindness made Yan Wei guess the final key, and the rest of the people easily got the last phalanx.

Under the high platform, the last skinless ghost began to climb up.

Lin Zhen looked at the thing in his hand and said, "There is one more phalanx, but all the townspeople are dead. Where is the townsman corresponding to this amputated phalanx? Put the phalanx on the townsman, and the corresponding skinless ghost will be attracted by the phalanx." I killed the townspeople, and then rotted with the death of the townspeople, but now there is not one more townsman, one more finger bone, and this skinless ghost is not dead, the cycle is not over."

On the walkie-talkie, Yan Wei's panting but firm voice came: "Mountain God!! Mountain God Stone Statue!"

Ning Yi and Yu Feizhou froze. Yan Mingguang, who was under the high platform, raised his eyes to look in the direction of the mountainside. Lin Zhen raised his eyebrows and turned his head to look at the distant halfway up the mountain.

There is only one minute left in the sun.

Facing the direction of the mountain temple, Lin Zhen slowly raised the black longbow in his hand, and a pitch-black arrow feather rested on the bowstring.

He fixed his phalanx on the tip of the arrow, hooked the corner of his lips, and slowly closed his eyes.

"It's quite exciting..." Lin Zhen muttered to himself, "It's the first time I've tried such a long distance."

In the next moment, the arrow feathers pierced through the air with the phalanx, across the dark and twilight sky—and shot right into the stone statue of the mountain god in the temple.

The last skinless ghost paused, disappeared into the ancient town, and appeared in front of the stone statue of the mountain temple.

It bared its teeth and rushed towards the stone statue of the mountain god, heading towards destruction together with the "last townsman".

The stone statue of the mountain god shattered, and the skinless ghost decayed and died.

Beside the deep mountain well, Yan Wei stabbed the dagger into Hu Ayun's heart. He hooked the corner of his bloody mouth, and said softly, "I've said it before, I won't let myself be thrown into the fire."

Hu Ayun's movements froze, his eyes widened, and his expression was full of disbelief.

This time, her wound could never heal again, and no new skin bone umbrellas would appear in the entire ancient town.

Her body fell stiffly.

"How come..." she said.

The evil method is completely over, and the ancient town that enshrines a lifeless stone statue with skin and bones for generations is finally destroyed in the same way of death. The resentment of the girl who was sacrificed slowly dissipated with the smell of decay, and every townsman screamed hoarsely to pay homage to the dead girl. Hu Ayun resented this town and hoped to be relieved from her sister's tolerance, but in the end she only got her sister's last wish that she wished for her death in the retrospective illusion, and to perish together with this town at this moment.

Take it upon yourself.

The sun faded, the last bit of the sun fell completely, and the night came.

The pitch-black staircase stretched out from the night silently, appearing in front of everyone.

In the intercom, the voices of the other people came one after another.

Yu Feizhou said goodbye to him, Lin Zhen sneered and said to him, "It's fun to play the dungeon with you", and Yan Mingguang said he was waiting for him in the world inside the building.

Ning Yi's voice was as cold as ever: "This time, I owe you a favor. Thank you. I won't reveal your secret. But next time we meet, we will still be enemies."

"Next time I won't take it lightly, you are a serious opponent."

Yan Wei chuckled, "Of course."

He didn't walk up the stairs the first time.

He looked at Hu Ayun.

Hu Ayun was no longer as clean and tidy as he was in the daytime, and his whole body was rolled in mud and blood, and he was extremely embarrassed. She was no longer a child of 28 years old, she stared ahead with her eyes wide open, and fell to the ground without a sound, no longer breathing.

dead.

Yan Wei sighed, took out the coin, and tossed it lightly.

The coin fell back into the palm again—heads up.

"Then let me tell you," he said, "Actually, I lied to you just now. When I went down the well for the second time, I did enter Hu Ayu's retrospective illusion. But her retrospective illusion, the way to break the game is not to kill you, but to kill you." Set fire to the whole town. All her life, she has lived much more clearly than you, and she has always known that the root of the mistake is the whole Ankang Town, not just you. But I think, you are not worthy of this answer. "

Hu Ayun's body has begun to rot rapidly.

Yan Wei turned around and walked up the dark stairs.

[Congratulations to the player for getting the last point for answering: end the tragedy of Ankang Ancient Town. … . Obtain rewards: perception 10, body index 10, points 10. ]

[Congratulations to the player for successfully ascending the building, the player's current floor: 7th floor, the next natural floor copy: 8th floor. Since the player has opened the gambling building mechanism and cleared the level perfectly, according to the player's development direction and performance in the instance (ranked according to the answer points), the reward for clearing the level is determined to be: 50 points for body index, 100 points for perception, and 100 points for points. ]

[The player has obtained a total of 73 points in body index, 128 points in perception, and 231 points in the current copy. Because the player bets on the gambling house, he gets feedback from the gambling house: the points are doubled, and the dungeon power is independently selected once in the dungeon pool. ]

[Current player basic data update: body index 84, perception 161, highest level 7, points 243. ]

[Congratulations to the player for getting the dungeon drop item:... ]

[After evaluation, you are one of the most outstanding players in this dungeon, and one of the best players in this dungeon. … . ]

[It is detected that you already have a code name, and the code name "yan" will be directly announced as the best player. ]

There was a flash of light in Yan Wei's eyes, which was transmitted back to the world inside the building.