The two finally got Xiong Jiabao out, but they couldn't drag him down the mountain in this... posture. In the end, You Yi picked him up and took him back to the villagers' house.
This was the first time that Xin Meng saw the place where You Yi and Xiong Jiabao lived. It was not much different from the small warehouse at the village chief's house. There were some sundries placed there, but the bed was a single bed with only one pillow on it. The other one was on the floor, still covered with a thin sheet.
Xin Meng was just guessing what was going on when she saw You Yi throwing Xiong Jiabao to the ground without mercy. Xiong Jiabao rolled twice innocently, and his limbs spread out and became motionless.
Xin Meng: "... Poof!"
Looking at You Yi, who naturally occupied the entire double bed, but forced Xiong Jiabao to beat him on the floor all night, Xin Meng suddenly felt that the man was extremely interesting, and that expressionless face actually seemed to him now. Too cute.
But he wisely didn't say it out loud. Subconsciously, he seemed to feel that praising a man's cuteness in person was... a dangerous thing.
"Xiong Jiabao! Xiong Jiabao!" He squatted on the ground and gently tapped Xiong Jiabao's face, but he couldn't wake him up. You Yi went to the kitchen to get a glass of cold water and came back, pouring it directly. Xiong Jiabao shivered. When he woke up, he wanted to turn over and sit up, but he fell back weakly. There was no pillow under his head, so the back of his head hit the ground with only a layer of sheets, making a "thud" sound. Meng felt hurt for him after hearing this.
"It hurts, it hurts!" Xiong Jiabao grinned and covered his head, "It hurts me so much! Ouch!"
"Are you okay?" Xin Meng asked.
Xiong Jiabao sat up with Xin Meng's help, rubbed the back of his head and looked around, "Did we escape?"
"Yeah." Xin Meng said, "I fainted at that time. You Yi happened to take me away and didn't see what happened next. Did you find anything later?"
"No..." Xiong Jiabao was about to shake his head when he suddenly remembered something and immediately started to curse: "Those two bastards! I asked them to give me a hand, but they ran away without looking back. Dong Xiu, that bastard, was so special. They kicked me and knocked me unconscious! If I were to die like this, I would never let them go!"
Those two people have always been evenly matched... Xin Meng was not surprised to hear such a thing.
"You were reckless this time. You kicked down all the rocks and were injured so badly." Xin Meng handed him a piece of paper. His head and face were still covered in blood, mixed with dirt and rotten tree leaves. It looked like It looks dirtier than a beggar.
Xiong Jiabao took the paper and wiped it randomly, still cursing, "I am incompatible with them!"
Seeing that he didn't listen to the advice, Xin Meng stopped wasting his words. Xiong Jiabao didn't see any useful information, and he still had no clue about clearing the level.
They have made a choice according to the prompts on the card. What result will they get
Xin Meng thought about these issues and planned to go back to have a look, and You Yi naturally followed.
Before leaving, Xin Meng glanced at Xiong Jiabao and suddenly asked strangely, "How many teeth are there in your necklace?"
"Ah?" Xiong Jiabao was stunned, "Six, six."
He lowered his head and looked at the pile of necklaces on his chest. Some had skulls on them, simulated human teeth, crosses and yak bones. They were standard equipment for killing Matt. Is there any problem
"Oh, that's because I remembered it wrong." Xin Meng scratched her face and went out without paying much attention.
Xiong Jiabao twitched the corner of his mouth. Xin Meng's observation skills were really good, and even the necklace received his attention, but wouldn't it be a bit too mother-in-law to pay attention to everything that doesn't matter
Xin Meng, who was complained about her mother-in-law, didn't know it. He was chatting with You Yi while walking towards the grove. In fact, he was doing more talking, while You Yi just nodded from time to time to show that he was listening, but never said anything. many.
When they arrived at the grove, the two walked around several times, but found nothing except the traces they had left before, so they could only return without success.
Returning to Xiuse Village again, Xin Meng discovered something was wrong. For some reason, the villagers stopped taking naps and almost all walked out of their houses. The whole village was noisy, and many people had anxious looks on their faces. They hurriedly Come and go.
Xin Meng grabbed a young man who was walking by him, "Excuse me, what happened?"
The young man glanced at him and recognized the people from outside, so he patiently said, "Aunt Cui is missing!"
Aunt Cui? Xin Meng had an impression that she was the aunt next door to the house where Xiong Jiabao lived. She was quite old and her hair was white. She said she was an aunt, but in fact, Xin Meng could have called her grandma at her age. She was very easy-going and would always You smile at them whenever you see them, why are they missing
"What's going on?" Xin Meng asked again. The young man was so anxious that he wanted to find someone quickly, so he simply pulled him along and explained as he walked, "I just couldn't find him suddenly. I was still in the house when I was sleeping." He was lying on the kang, and when he went in there was only the quilt left. His family members were so anxious that they called everyone to look for him together."
"Did she go out for something and forget to tell her family?" Xin Meng felt that they seemed to be making a fuss out of a molehill.
"How is it possible? Aunt Cui is not in good health. She will tell her family wherever she goes," the boy explained. "And our village is so big, there is not much place to go. At most, it is to go up a mountain. But since she I broke my leg on the mountain a few years ago and refused to go up the mountain again.”
"Then where are we going now?" Xin Meng found that everyone was almost walking in the same direction, to the foot of the mountain on the other side
It was almost the deepest part of the village. Xin Meng had only seen it once on the mountain. There was nothing special about it, so she didn't think about going there.
"Go to the reservoir. There is a reservoir behind the village. When the weather is hot, people can go there to splash in the water to cool off," the boy said. "But it is deep there and is quite dangerous. A person drowned last year, but other places We have looked for them all, except for the reservoir. Everyone is afraid that Aunt Cui will get flooded there, so they are rushing there."
It seems that the relationship between the people in the village is very good. When one person has a problem, the whole village becomes anxious. However, Xin Meng noticed a detail. When the boy said "he drowned a person", his feelings were very indifferent. As if it didn't matter at all, he asked, "Is the person who drowned also from your village?"
The young man looked forward, and after a while he said, "Oh, no, it's from outside. He didn't know that the reservoir was dangerous, so he went swimming in the water and got drowned."
A small strange feeling emerged in Xin Meng's heart, but it quickly disappeared and he did not catch it.
The two of them hurriedly hurried slowly, with You Yi following leisurely behind them. The three of them finally arrived at the reservoir. They saw a circle of people gathered there, and screams of crying could be heard from inside.
"Aunt Cui!" The young man's face changed drastically, he pushed through the crowd and rushed to the front. Xin Meng also took the opportunity to pull You Yi to follow him, and finally saw the situation in the reservoir.
It's not so much a reservoir as it is just a big puddle. It's not too big, only two to three hundred meters in diameter, but it has a strong color in the middle. It should be very deep. At this time, there is a white thing floating on the water. , and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the body of Aunt Cui...
She was dead, but her body was floating on the water for some unknown reason. Her limbs were swollen and her face was face down, floating slightly with the water waves.
Four or five young men took off their shoes and socks and got into the water. They swam in the middle and grabbed Aunt Cui's clothes and dragged her to the shore. Her family members knelt by the water and cried heartbrokenly.
This was not the first time Xin Meng saw corpses. In the previous game world, it could be said that except for a few of them, the world was filled with the most disgusting and terrifying corpses. However, in such a scene, it made him feel a little uncomfortable.
Thinking that the old lady who smiled kindly at him at noon had now turned into a swollen and cold corpse, Xin Meng couldn't help feeling sad and wanted to go over and comfort her family.
At this time, the body was pushed onto the shore. Under the impact of the current, it accidentally turned over and faced up. He took two steps back.
His face was also swollen with blisters, his face was pale, his lips were bloodless, and he looked like he had been dead for a long time.
However, this was not the reason for Xin Meng's shock. He stared at the smile on Aunt Cui's face.
Yes, she is smiling.
To be precise, it looks like smiling but not smiling, looking like crying but not crying, full of anger and resentment...
Xin Meng had no doubt that if Aunt Cui could open her mouth, the sound she would make would be the kind of scream they heard in the woods!
Xin Meng was so frightened that he took several steps back again, until his back was held by a warm hand. He was startled, and when he looked back it was You Yi, he breathed a sigh of relief.
You Yi whispered in his ear, "The situation is not right."
"Yeah," Xin Meng nodded and swallowed hard. "Why does she have this expression?!"
At this time, the villagers also found that her dead expression was very strange. They were silent for a moment, and then there was a burst of noise. It was difficult to hear what was being said in the commotion, but occasionally they heard something like "water ghost" and "looking for water ghost". Words like "substitute".
Normally, Xin Meng would only think of these superstitions, but after experiencing the unscientific nature of the previous world and hearing ghosts crying today, it made him feel frightened. When he heard these words again, he even thought, "It makes sense." " idea.
Others were too scared to go near the water, but Aunt Cui's children were not afraid. They held Aunt Cui's body in their arms while crying. The son lifted the old lady's armpits, and the daughter lifted her feet. The aunt took it back home. The village chief also arrived at this time and quickly directed everyone to help. As outsiders, Xin Meng and You Yi could only follow from a distance.
Xin Meng covered her mouth with her hands and whispered to You Yi, "The timing of Aunt Cui's death was so coincidental, it happened to be around the same time as the ghost crying. Do you think it was because we pushed down the stone and released something that caused this? of?"
You Yi heard the guilt in his tone and gave a rare advice, "This is just a plot requirement. They are NPCs and will never really die. Besides, you are not the one who pushed down the stone."
Xin Meng thought about it, and that was also the case. After all, it was a game. Even if it was real, it would be impossible for only their team to play this, right? If anyone else comes, she will be resurrected. but…
It seems like this is the first time for You Yi to say such a long thing? This surprised Xin Meng.
"Are you trying to comfort me?" he joked.
Unexpectedly, You Yi didn't feel embarrassed at all and admitted openly, "That's right."
On the contrary, Xin Meng didn't expect him to be so straightforward, so she pursed her lips and felt embarrassed.