She wears presbyopic glasses, and she struggles to see people: "Who are you?"
An eye-shaped pendant hung around the old man's neck, which was exactly the same style as the bracelet on Du Yixin's body.
Du Yixin glanced over the pendant: "I came from outside the tower..." However, before he could explain why he came, the wooden door slammed shut in front of his eyes.
"My God, it's a foreign demon! Leave our town quickly, the gods will not let you go!"
The old lady's sharp voice sounded from across the door.
demon
People in this small town seem to be very repulsive to outsiders. That being the case, how could he agree to stay overnight. Fortunately, this time it was an old lady. If it was a man of middle age, there would be a direct conflict.
But the task had to be done, and he decided to try again.
Walking to the next house, organized the language, and knocked on the door again.
After waiting for a long time, the wooden door slowly opened. But it's not fully opened, only a slit is exposed. One eye poked out from behind the door, looking vigilantly at the people outside.
This time Du Yixin was not going to confess his identity, and lied that he came from the other end of the Black Tower—although he didn't know how big the tower was or whether there were other towns.
But this time before he could even utter a word, the door slammed shut in front of his face again.
"Go away! Outsiders!"
Du Yixin was dumbfounded.
The town has a small population and most likely all know each other. Whether he lied or not, just his own face was exposed.
Later, he tried several other places, and all of them were rejected without exception.
He walked down the steps and sat down. At this point the number on the arm has been reduced to 56. The townspeople had just gone to bed, and there were at least eight hours before dawn. There is no progress at all, and half of the life points have dropped.
However, since the "Eye of the Goddess" will release this kind of mission, it proves that there is definitely a chance of success. Is there any key prop or plot, he hasn't triggered it yet.
While meditating, he heard the door behind him creak open, and then a murderous aura came!
He hurriedly dodged to the side, and in the next second a big ax was slashing over, and the edge of the knife plunged into the step he was sitting on just now, causing sawdust to splash everywhere.
If it was another second at night, it would probably be split in half directly.
The one holding the ax was a muscular man, holding the handle of the ax tightly with both hands, staring at Du Yixin. Because the incision was inserted too deeply, I couldn't even pull it out for a while.
"Demon! Hateful demon, go to hell!"
The man finally pulled out the axe, shouted loudly, and came hacking.
Du Yixin dodged again, and this time, the edge of the knife pierced into the fence next to the stairs.
He glanced to the side and found a woman and two children hiding behind the door, looking nervously but with hatred in their eyes.
This is the resident he was speaking to just now.
This family was the same as the previous one, they didn't listen to him at all, and locked him out. But he didn't expect to secretly ask someone to attack him
The muscular man let out a loud shout, and swung his ax again. After dodging this time, Du Yixin got close to him instantly and punched the man in the waist and abdomen. He grabbed the man's arm and circled behind him, clamping him tightly.
And he immediately discovered that the armband on the opponent's upper arm was also in the shape of an eye.
The man screamed in pain, and couldn't even hold the axe. The ax fell to the ground with a bang.
Du Yixin: "Why attack me?"
"You, you are a devil!" Although it was painful, the man did not give in. "You foreign devil, are you going to bring disaster to us again?"
"Be clear! What's going on with this town? What are these ornaments on your body, and that totem..."
Before the question was finished, Du Yixin felt someone rushing behind him again. Looking back, it was the woman holding a knife, screaming and stabbing her: "Let go of my husband!"
Besides her, people from surrounding houses were also attracted. They attacked with sticks or hoes.
"Demon, catch the devil!"
"The day of the sacrificial offering is approaching, don't let it hinder us!"
"Burn it and sacrifice it to the gods!"
The residents seemed to be crazy, shouting and rushing out with weapons.
There were too many people, Du Yixin didn't dare to stay. He dodged the woman's attack, kicked away the man under his feet, and fled in the opposite direction.
"The devil is about to escape, hurry up and catch up!"
"Quick! Go and notify the mayor, wake up everyone, and suppress the demons!"
Du Yixin was much faster than them, but the residents were very familiar with the place where they lived, and there were so many of them. Whenever Du Yixin thought he had escaped the attack, those people would come out from nowhere.
After cleaning up another person, he already felt a little short of breath, and his life points dropped to 50.
Although the training during this period has improved his physical fitness a lot, actual combat and simulated training are not at the same level at all, and the former will consume several times more energy.
Du Yixin temporarily got rid of the group of people again, and said to the bracelet, "Don't you know the situation here? Why do you want me to stay overnight?"
[Everything is guided by God.]
Nagging.
Moreover, he thought that the "Australian Eye" would be very precious, but he didn't expect the residents here to have one.
"What are the ornaments on their bodies? Are they the same thing as you?"
This time, the Eye of the Goddess did not reply.
All right. Du Yixin put down his hand, felt footsteps coming, and quickly hid in the dark.
"It's here that it disappeared."
"It must be hiding nearby, search for me!"
Totally at a dead end. "The Eye of the Goddess" didn't issue other tasks, and he couldn't communicate well with the residents. You can neither advance the plot nor complete the mission.
If this continues, he will just watch the life points slowly decrease.
Although he saved a file before, if he didn't find a breakthrough to clear the level, he would just wait for death if he tried again.
Those people searched all over the surrounding area, but they couldn't find anyone. Finally, their eyes focused on the alley where Du Yixin was hiding. The entrance of the alley was full of sundries. They thought that no one could get in, but now it seems...
The leader made a gesture, and the others immediately went to clear the debris.
Du Yixin took a few steps back. There was a dead end behind him. The wall was too smooth to climb over. It seemed that he could only rush out.
His whole body tensed up, and the number on his arm read "48".
It felt like the fight of a lifetime was fought in one night.
At this moment, a thick rope hung down from the ear, and a voice came from the wall behind him: "Hurry up, this way!"
Do you want him to pull the rope and turn over? Who's on the other side, the other players
The debris at the entrance of the alley was almost cleared. Without hesitation, Du Yixin grabbed the rope, kicked his feet up, and reached the top of the wall in a few steps.
Across the wall is a middle-aged man with gray temples. The top of the rope was tied to a thick tree trunk. Seeing Du Yixin appearing, he beckoned, "Pull up the rope and follow me."
Du Yixin jumped down, rolled on the spot to make a cushion, and handed over the retracted rope.
The debris at the other end of the alley was finally overthrown, and noisy voices and footsteps approached.
"nobody!"
"It must have escaped over the wall, go around and have a look."
The middle-aged man wrapped the rope and hurriedly led the way: "This way."
Although Du Yixin didn't know the identity of this person, but the danger was imminent, he didn't ask any further questions, so he followed. He originally thought that the person who saved him would be another player, but it didn't seem to be.
The man's attire was very similar to that of other residents, and he also wore eye-shaped armbands on his arms. He seemed to be a resident of this town.
But why save him
Residents familiar with the town led the way, and basically avoided the pursuers along the way. Occasionally someone finds out that the man will let him hide and take the initiative to go out to confuse the public.
Soon, they arrived at a house.
The man opened the door with a key: "Go in."
Du Yixin glanced at him and walked in. But as soon as he stepped over the threshold, he heard that inorganic mechanical voice resounding in his mind:
[Sub-quest: "Stay Overnight" has been completed]
[Gain 5 points of health]
The value on the arm returned to "52". But when I think about the nearly one-night pursuit, I feel that I can't make ends meet.
The house is simply decorated, but very clean. Entering is a dining table, with a teapot, a few small cups, and a plain vase for decoration, but no flower arrangement.
The middle-aged man looked outside through the small window, and after confirming that no one was following him, he closed the window, covered the picture frame hanging next to it, and drew the curtains. Now, people outside can't see clearly inside the house at all.
"What's going on here?"
The man glanced at him, did not reply, walked to the table and sat down, and poured himself a cup of tea. After drinking it all, he said: "People outside the tower, although I don't know how you got in. But after dawn, leave as soon as possible."
Du Yixin sat down in front of him: "I was hunted down all night for no reason, and I want to know the reason."
The man frowned, but before he could reply, another woman came out from the back room, skinny and pale: "You're back."
Seeing this, the middle-aged man hurried over to help the woman: "Why are you up, go and lie down."
"I'm very worried... don't worry, I've put Azi to sleep." The woman coughed a few times and looked at Du Yixin, "You, are you from outside the tower?"
A pendant in the shape of an eye hangs around the woman's neck. But different from other people, most of the residents are orange, but the color of the woman's pendant is bright red, like flowing blood.
Seeing Du Yixin nodding, the woman smiled slightly: "You want to know what's going on here, don't you. In exchange, can you tell me what's going on outside the tower?"
Du Yixin hesitated for a moment, and agreed.
There is actually nothing to talk about outside the tower, the sky is full of yellow sand, and it is barren. Although the inside of the tower is closed, it is much better than the dangerous environment outside.
When the woman said these words, although she was weak, her eyes shone brightly, as if she was looking forward to it.
Du Yixin didn't know whether it was a good thing to break the other party's expectations, but in order to obtain information, he had to agree.
The man sighed and helped the woman onto the sofa.
This is the only soft chair in the house, perhaps specially prepared for women.
After setting up his wife, the man looked back at Du Yixin: "I think you have also realized that the people in the town are very xenophobic, because they are afraid that people outside the tower will bring bad luck in."
He said, frowning, as if recalling: "It's already happened when I was very young. I heard from the old man that there was no 'Black Tower' at first, and we also lived 'outside'."
But suddenly one day, the disease spread across the whole town, and everyone who could escape escaped, leaving only the elderly, widows and children with limited mobility. They are equivalent to waiting to die.
At the moment when everyone was about to despair, the gods descended. The god built the black tower to keep all misfortunes out of the tower. Miraculously, the sick person also recovered that day.
Although there is no way to leave, the people suffering from pain and suffering are more eager to live healthy than freedom, so they continue their lives in the tower from generation to generation.
And the cylinder wrapped with the totem is a symbol of the gods, used to commemorate the selfless gods.
Du Yixin understood. Simply put, people here are afraid that he's bringing in contagion—if the story is true.
He didn't want to delve into the existence of gods. After all, this is a dungeon, so it's not surprising.
Du Yixin: "Aren't you afraid of me?"
"I don't want to save you. But, my wife..."
The woman grabbed her husband's hand tightly and didn't let him continue. She said by herself: "It's just a legend, but the people in the town are crazy and believe it to be true. That's why they attacked a young man like you." There was pity in her eyes .
"We have never left here. So my childhood dream was to leave the 'Dark Tower' one day to see the outside world."
After a long series of words, the woman couldn't help coughing again, and the man hurriedly stroked his wife's back.
The woman signaled that she was fine: "Although my husband and I failed to do it, my son did. He escaped from this crazy town."
"Now, you're here too. You're the first outsider I've seen. This proves that there are towns outside and they can survive."
"So," she looked expectantly, "tell me what it looks like outside the tower."
After hearing what the other party said, Du Yixin found it even more difficult to speak out. He hesitated, subconsciously touched his nose.
The bracelet hidden in the long sleeve was exposed. The woman saw her and widened her eyes: "This is..."
The husband at the side was even more shocked, and grabbed Du Yixin's arm with his hand: "The Eye of the Gods? How could people outside the tower have this?"
Hearing this, Du Yixin suddenly felt something was wrong.
The huge column in the center of the town symbolizes this god, and the eye ornaments on the hands of the residents are exactly the same as the totem on the column. This proves that if it comes from outside the tower, it is theoretically impossible to have this accessory.
Reminiscent of what the woman said just now, she said that her son had escaped. Could it be that the bracelet I picked up casually from the ground belonged to her son
If this is the case, then her son has...
"Wait." The woman leaned over, saw the pattern of the bracelet, and couldn't help laughing, "This is my son's bracelet. He escaped as expected. Did you become friends, so he gave you the bracelet?" gone?"
"..."
Her son did escape, but he fell in the sand tens of meters away from the black tower, leaving only a tattered cloak.
But what about telling a woman the truth
Du Yixin closed his eyes.
Sometimes, instead of exposing the cruel truth, it is better to let people continue to live in false happiness.
He wanted to lie, but heard the bracelet speak:
[Sub-quest: Tell the woman the truth]
[Mission Completion Reward: Get 10 Life Points]
[Punishment for mission failure: reduce 20 HP points]
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Thank you for a scholar's mine!