After the rapid-fire machine guns and Zhang Jin's devilish killing, the area around the hotel was as tragic as hell, with broken bodies everywhere and the surrounding area in a mess. The people who were originally watching, living nearby, or participating in the ambush were either shot in the chaos or fled far away. All that could be heard in the rubble was the groaning sounds that made people shudder.
Meng Xiang had seen the scene of bedbug corpses scattered all over the ground, and witnessed mechanical infantry being slaughtered by bedbugs, but none of them could compare to the bloody and tragic scene in front of him. This killing brought him infinite shock, and made him deeply realize the madness of the reincarnation world.
To survive in a crazy world, you need crazy strength and crazy actions. Meng Xiang's state of mind seemed to break through the moral defense line that the real world had long consolidated in his heart, and he began to explore his own moral bottom line again.
Not long after, Nice drove a commercial vehicle and drove over quickly. He stuck his head out of the window and said excitedly, "This car seems to be new and very comfortable. If we drive it for a self-guided tour..." He kept talking nonsense, and Ding Jie was already fed up with it. He opened the car door, put Ye Mei in, and then walked to the front seat and sat down and said, "It's too annoying to be harassed by the characters in the plot all day long. In order to avoid causing trouble, let's go to the suburbs."
Nice patted his chest and said confidently: "Leave it to me." He picked up the map from under the seat and looked at it for a long time before he started the accelerator and drove forward steadily.
Ye Mei was still unconscious, so Yuan Zhi sat in the middle seat with her, letting her shoulder rest on her right arm. Meng Xiang and Zhang Jin sat in the last row. Zhang Jin seemed to be still savoring the killing, occasionally groaning and drooling. Meng Xiang sat next to him, always feeling a chill eroding him all the time, making him involuntarily move closer to the door and away from Zhang Jin.
When the supporting police arrived at the killing scene, Nice had already driven his commercial vehicle onto the highway. He drove at full speed, overtaking small cars one after another. Ding Jie smoked a cigar and said calmly, "Take the national highway, otherwise you will be caught by the traffic police for speeding and get into trouble again."
Nice's fanatical eyes revealed a hint of dissatisfaction. He reluctantly drove off the highway, studied the map carefully for a while, looked up and smiled awkwardly, "Captain, actually this map... I don't understand it."
Everyone was amused by him. Ding Jie pointed to the front and said, "Drive to the most remote section of the road. We don't have to go too far."
There were no police patrols along the way, and Nice stopped the car next to a small village. This village far away from the town, with the fragrance of flowers and the chirping of birds, makes people feel refreshed. Ye Mei and Yuan Zhi got out of the car. Ye Mei's face was pale and her expression was dull, as if the shock she suffered was far beyond her ability to bear. Ding Jie looked around and said casually: "We will live here for the next few days, Meng Xiang, you go find a place to live."
This is a small village and there is no hotel. Meng Xiang was unhappy but didn't dare show it on his face. He asked around in the village and finally a grandmother in her 70s agreed to rent the small bungalow to them for 10,000 yen a night.
This small bungalow had actually been vacant for a long time and was covered in dust. Grandma tidied it up and laid out six cotton mattresses on the floor. Ding Jie came in and said sarcastically with a slightly unhappy tone, "Is this worth 10,000 yen? Meng Xiang, can't you use your brain?"
Meng Xiang suppressed his resentment and said with a wry smile, "Captain, please stay here for a few nights. It's hard to find a house for us to live together."
Ding Jie was sitting on a chair smoking a cigar in a very unhappy mood. It was almost dusk when a gong and chanting suddenly sounded outside the village. Zhang Jin was curious and rushed out to find out. He came back soon and cursed as he walked, "It turned out to be a dead person. Why is there such a big show?"
At this time, the mother-in-law handed over tea with a smile. For poor farmers who make a living on agriculture, 10,000 yen is a lot of money, not to mention that Meng Xiang told them that he would stay here for a few nights, so of course she was happy.
After drinking tea, Nice asked casually, "Grandma, who died in your village? Why is there such a big fuss about parading and chanting sutras?"
The mother-in-law put away her expression, sighed and said, "That was a young man named Shan Jing, who often helped the villagers with work and was very popular. However, his mother was seriously ill and had to go to the city for treatment. The child couldn't afford the expensive medicine, so he ran to the back mountain to rob tombs, and was cursed and died with festering all over his body."
Upon hearing the word "curse", Ye Mei's body trembled violently, and she asked in a trembling voice: "Grandma, are there evil spirits in the back mountain of your place?"
The grandmother's kind face showed a gentle smile. "There are no evil ghosts, but the mountain behind is called Ikomayama. It is said that it is the place where the great bodhisattva Yakokaku practiced asceticism. The various miracles of Yakodaishi are widely spread in the nearby mountain villages, and even each has built a shrine to worship Yakodaishi. It is said that Emperor Kokaku of the Edo period posthumously awarded the title of "Great Bosatsu of the Divine Transformation" to Yakodaishi, and built a tomb to bury the golden body of Yakodaishi after his ascension. Therefore, the mountain behind is a sacred place, guarded by the former and latter ghosts conquered by Yakodaishi, and no one has ever dared to go up the mountain without permission."
Yakukokaku is known as the psychic with the most powerful magic in Japanese history. Meng Xiang once read the introduction of Yakukokaku in a comic. The front ghost and the back ghost he subdued were demon-subduing shikigami, extremely ferocious, especially the front ghost, who had a burly body, a red body, double horns on his head, and held a black axe in his hand. No fierce ghost could withstand a blow from it.
"Then... that young man went up to rob the master's tomb? Because of this, he was... the ghost before..." Ye Mei wanted to ask intermittently, but Ding Jie, who was smoking a cigar with a calm face, suddenly seemed to remember something. His face changed drastically, and he stood up and said fiercely: "Ye Mei, don't ask anymore. Don't disturb your rest." Ye Mei was shocked and at a loss. She almost cried.
The mother-in-law was so frightened that she dared not say anything more. She packed up her things and walked out of the room.
Ding Jie saw his mother-in-law walk away, glared at Ye Mei fiercely and said, "You should be careful when talking to the characters in the plot. You almost triggered a side plot just now."
Triggering the side story means opening additional tasks in addition to the main story through contact with plot characters or plot props. Since there is no description of the side story in the movie, opening the side story is equivalent to entering the death plot. Although you can get generous rewards from the main god after completing the additional tasks, it is equivalent to increasing the difficulty of the horror movie for no reason, because if you fail to complete the side story tasks, you will lose points at the least, or even be eliminated.
Meng Xiang had read about the side plots on "Book" and even became interested in them. It is undeniable that if you have enough strength and constantly trigger the side plots, horror movies will become a paradise for scoring points. But now seeing Ding Jie's intense reaction, he knew that the difficulty of completing the side plots might not be less than the main task.
"Ikomayama, Yakojiao!" Meng Xiang secretly wrote down these nouns. He had a premonition that in the near future, he would return to "The Ring" and have an interesting experience in Ikomayama.
Ye Mei felt deeply wronged, tears dripping like rain, she huddled in a corner and sobbed softly. Ding Jie seemed very upset. He stood up, glanced at Ye Mei, and walked out of the house angrily.
Seeing Ding Jie walking away, Zhang Jin glanced at Ye Mei and said with a half-smile, "Actually, I really want to go to Ikoma Mountain to meet the former and latter ghosts of Yu Xiaojiao, but unfortunately our captain is too timid."
"Brother Zhang, have you ever triggered a side story before?" Meng Xiang couldn't help but be curious, but Zhang Jin put his index fingers in his mouth, revealing a very perverted face: "I have only triggered it once since I joined the Nameless Team. Hehe, it was a very interesting experience. The person that Yuan Zhi has always been thinking about, his death allowed us to complete the side story..."
Meng Xiang was stunned, and turned to look at Yuan Zhi. Yuan Zhi lowered her head with a sad expression, as if Zhang Jin's words had touched her scar again. He felt that the man in Yuan Zhi's heart, Leng Tianyou, did not simply die in the reincarnation world. What did Ding Jie or others do at that time? How did Leng Tianyou sacrifice himself to allow the team to complete the side story? After going through "Midnight Ring", he decided to find out clearly.
The side story not only excited Zhang Jin, but also aroused Meng Xiang's curiosity. He needed to know the complete process of the only time the Nameless Team completed the side story.
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