Quiet village, with crows from time to time, summer is not over yet, but there is a bit of cold wind in this early morning.
In the open old house, Xu Lang and other four executors are sitting together in the hall, eating dry food to prepare for the next action.
Gu Chunxia ate the biscuits with excitement and expectation, and looked at Xu Lang and Wuming from time to time.
She did not expect that the first mission would be so simple to complete!
Although she has an ordinary status and no brains, she is not a fool. Through Xu Lang's words, she can feel that it is nearing the end of the mission.
The way of life has been figured out, just wait for the verification to continue.
So she was in a very good mood, especially the six executors. Everyone except her was "ill". She played a role of soy sauce from start to finish.
There is no danger, this is almost the perfect ending in her opinion.
However, correspondingly, the physical fitness of several other people may not be able to keep up. Gu Chunxia, a person who has not changed at all, may become the main labor force in the next grave digging.
But she didn't worry about this at all.
In fact, before entering the newspaper, she was an assembly line worker. Remember URL
Her family is at the bottom of the society, her husband is an ordinary migrant worker, and her son is now admitted to the university with money.
She and her husband add up to four to five thousand each month. Except for food and clothing, the rest must be given to the son.
Although I have worked all my life, I still live a stable life.
After entering the newspaper, she has inexhaustible material conditions to enjoy. She has already sent an astronomical figure to the family anonymously, which is enough for her son and husband to live for the rest of their lives.
If she didn't want to see her son marry a wife and give birth to a child, maybe her life was worth it.
On the other hand, John is not very interested. Perhaps his character pays much attention to the word promise, and he is especially disgusted with deceptive behavior.
But Xu Lang did it in order to complete the task more safely.
Between living and persisting, he struggled.
But his current inaction and non-refutation have already explained his attitude.
He cherishes his life, and he still wants to live, but this does not prevent him from feeling guilty and guilty in his heart.
Human nature is like this. He has clearly chosen to deviate from his own principles, but he is struggling and heartache, as if everything is involuntary.
Xu Lang couldn't understand this kind of thing deeply.
He also hates this kind of thing most, too hypocritical.
For him now, there is nothing to lose.
Xu Lang has been in the newspaper for more than two months. This is his sixth mission. During this time, he has experienced a lot and gained a lot.
But now, all he has gained is lost.
Everything is back to the original point. He first entered the newspaper's purpose, the truth about the death of his parents and the source of the confusion of childhood memories.
Of course, now that he has gone through so many missions, he already understands that the tragedy of Villa 13 that year was a newspaper mission at all!
And then he will live, and then find out what the newspaper is!
Xu Lang sat cross-legged on the ground, chewing bread in his mouth, and his eyes were gray and black, dim and dim.
His condition has become more serious, and his eyes can hardly see anything. The figures of John and Gu Chunxia in front of him are just two extremely vague dark shadows in his eyes. If they hadn't known in advance that they were sitting opposite him, Maybe he couldn't guess what was in front of him.
Xu Lang estimated in his mind that maybe in the next second, he would be completely blind.
This will cause a serious hindrance to the next action. Once the verification of the way of life in the afternoon fails, then they have to participate in the sacrifice at midnight.
Pretending to be a member of Taohua Village, disrupting the sacrifices, and robbing the scarecrow, this series of actions would be too difficult if he becomes blind!
You can only rely on Wuming and others.
In fact, when he thought of this, Xu Lang faintly regretted it.
Rong Chuan should not be allowed to leave. He is a figure whose executor's strength is second only to that of an unknown person. Although there are some different ideas, he is still smart.
In fact, Rong Chuan's departure did not find any key clues as Xu Lang initially imagined, but only found Chen Wenjin and Chen Wenxing.
Xu Lang estimated the time in his heart. About half an hour has passed since he responded to the text message.
It stands to reason that Chen Lingyun has returned to Shishi at this time, and Rong Chuan is facing a Chen Wenxing. Not to mention that he is sure to win, but the odds of winning should be not small.
But until now, he still hasn't received any news.
If Rong Chuan's operation fails, or is captured or killed, then the subsequent sacrifice will be even more difficult.
Xu Lang frowned and looked at the two dark shadows in front of him floating.
Finally, he turned his gaze on Gu Chunxia. At this time, Gu Chunxia was eating biscuits. She didn't know what she was thinking, but she smiled.
Xu Lang was still a little confused.
Gu Chunxia didn't trigger any dead ends, let alone get sick. So what does the back disease mean to her
It is true that for Xu Lang and others, life is a way to delay the illness and delay the outbreak of dead ends.
However, Gu Chunxia is the only one among the executors who has never experienced any abnormalities. Sickness is a burial disease. If Gu Chunxia's scarecrow is buried, what will happen
But if she does not participate in the next action, Xu Lang and others will definitely be sent back to the agency once they succeed.
So, Gu Chunxia's fate...
Either stay in Taohua Village for three days, but she will definitely be killed by Taohua Villagers, or when the Scarecrow is buried, she will undergo some changes!
Xu Lang thought of this, suddenly a little confused.
The mission setting this time was a bit weird, and there was no executor that triggered the dead end, but it was even more disadvantageous.
And only when the dead end is triggered, can the condition of normal completion of the path of back disease be met.
But now, one without a coffin, two without a funeral, it is impossible to trigger a dead end.
Xu Lang couldn't help but secretly rejoice when he thought of this. If he hadn't been suspicious at the beginning and triggered a dead end, perhaps he would now face the same situation as Gu Chunxia.
This is the insidious part of the newspaper mission. In the past, all executors must try their best to avoid dead ends!
However, this mission did the opposite. If an executor like Gu Chunxia did nothing, he would end up worrying because he didn't trigger a dead end.
Because of this mission, life is the cure for dead ends!
If there is no disease, how can we talk about a cure? Where's the way of life
Xu Lang didn't say what he said. Although he had figured out all this, if he told Gu Chunxia, it might be counterproductive.
After all, there are plans to proceed, and Gu Chunxia will become the main labor force.
Once she is upset, her next actions may be affected.
If she has a few hours of life left, it is better to use these hours to create more value.
Xu Lang closed his eyes, hid his thoughts, and began to take a nap.
And Gu Chunxia still feels fortunate that she is the only person who is not sick, and she doesn't know that she has no way out of her life.
Soon after, there was a cock crowing in the distance, and a little bit of sunlight began to shine into the dark old house, reflecting on half of Xu Lang's face.
Xu Lang opened his eyes slowly, but the situation remained the same.
On the contrary, he felt a little more at ease, not getting better, at least not getting worse.
The four executors were also energetic after taking a break.
Wuming came to Xu Lang and asked softly: "Should we act?"
Xu Lang nodded, "It should be safe in the morning. The people of Taohua Village will prepare scarecrows and sacrificial work. Let's go to the cemetery first and start digging the grave!"
When several people heard this, they had no objections, and they had to bow their heads to pack their things.
Xu Lang listened to their movements and waved his hands, "Don't worry, we still lack one thing."
"what?"
"tombstone!"
"The tomb, how can there be no tombstone? Although we don't have much time, it is better to meet the minimum standards of funeral."
Wuming frowned, "But where are we going to find the tombstone?"
Xu Lang smiled slightly, "We removed the door panel and engraved the names of several of us. It should not make much difference to use wooden boards without bluestone."
When Wuming and others heard this, they looked at the door panel at the same time.
The double-opening wooden door is more than enough to make four tombstones.
Xu Lang handed his knife to Wuming, his eyes could no longer do this kind of thing.
Wuming and John both took knives and started to take off the wooden door along the door frame, Gu Chunxia slapped on the side.
And Xu Lang, who always stood still, thought for a while, "Let's make six of them. After all, there are two of them, Rong Chuan."
There is no nonsense for Wuming and others. In fact, doing things like tombstones is very simple and does not need to be too particular. In fact, a card of the same size is enough.
Before long, the original tombstone turned into six wooden plaques of similar size.
Wuming held the handle of the knife in his left hand and began to carve his name on the wooden sign.
"The Tomb of the Unknown," a living person engraved his own tombstone, which looked very weird and made Gu Chunxia grin straightly.
On the contrary, John was a little interested while watching. He didn't know much about this unique traditional custom.
"Anonymous, your handwriting is very beautiful, you should also engrave my wooden sign."
"What is your full name?"
"John King."
It didn't take long for the tombstones of the four unknown generals present to be finished, but the tombstones of Rong Chuan and Huang Hui were not engraved, which was also deliberately made by Xu Lang.
Wuming didn't ask, Xu Lang certainly had its purpose in doing this.
Gu Chunxia opened her large backpack and packed six tombstones into her bag, and all of them were ready.
John held Xu Lang's arm, and the four of them walked out of the old house side by side.
But the moment a few people stepped out of the old house, apart from Gu Chunxia, Xu Lang, Wuming, and John felt a sharp pain from within their bodies at almost the same time!
It was as if the whole body's blood was ignited and boiled, especially the skin looked red, and the whole body was like a stove.
But the severe pain lasted only a few seconds and stopped abruptly.
Wuming noticed that something was wrong in some part of himself, and he tore his clothes apart, and his left half of his body had all turned into straw!
His fractured right hand, although he did not lose control at this time, was completely straw.
But when he raised his eyes to look at John, he found that his situation was even more terrifying! (End of this chapter)