Lin Chu ran a few steps outside, turned around, just happened to see this scene, and rubbed his eyes.
Is this an illusion? Why does this person... not look like a dead person
Lu Yanli slowly sat up from the coffin, and with a quick glance, he found Lin Chu running out. She was clearly here to complete a mission, but he didn't know why she appeared alone in the deep mountains and old forests.
The two looked at each other.
Lin Chu was puzzled: there were no corpse spots or swelling, and his eyes were bright. Although his face was pale, the way he was breathing looked like a human.
"Are you... still alive?" Seeing the pale-faced man slowly stand up and jump out of the grave, Lin Chu asked tentatively.
Lu Yanli nodded and continued to look around.
The place they were in was very strange. There was a forest on one side, and on the other side there was an endless expanse of wrinkled landforms, with highs and lows rising in layers. Under the moonlight, the exposed rock surface reflected a pale light.
But the ground under my feet is clearly soft.
A giant dog named Awang was not too far away from them. He was fighting with something in the forest. His figure looked very much like that of the old lady.
If I can eat the old lady, do I need to stop fishing
This thought suddenly popped up in his mind, and Lu Yanli walked out. He needed to get some information before Awang could react and Lili came to settle the score with him.
Luo Ying said that the village cemetery is a forbidden area and no one can enter without the guidance of a villager. Is that true
Lu Yanli walked a little further toward the door again.
Now there are no villagers around him, but he didn't feel any rejection. So, when Luo Ying said that she couldn't get in, was it because of her personal identity, or was there some barrier in the outside world
Why can't we enter this forbidden area
Lin Chu realized that there was no danger, so she slowed down her pace and followed Lu Yanli from a distance. She felt that the man in front of her didn't look like a villager, and thinking about what the villagers had said before, she asked, "Are you also returning to your hometown to worship your ancestors?"
If the other party is also a tasker, he will naturally understand the word "also".
Lu Yanli: "Yes, you too?"
He did not mention the word mission at all, which made Lin Chu confused. After answering, the two exchanged names, and Lin Chu followed behind him cautiously.
Their pace was quite difficult, the land under their feet was uneven, like terraces that went up in layers. They were now standing on the outermost circle, and after walking about two or three hundred meters, the slope became inclined and they gradually went up to the second layer.
Regardless of which layer, there were a large number of graves densely distributed. Tombstones carved from gray-white rocks were stacked one after another in a circle with an arc. But this area was too large, and they could only judge from the slight arc that the graves might be arranged in a circle.
What concerned him even more was that this piece of land was in stark contrast to the forest opposite. The ground was completely bare, without any trees or even any grass. It was truly a place where no grass grew.
Lin Chu was also shocked by the scene in front of her, and she did not forget to collect some soil from the ground and put it in her pocket. She saw that although Lu Yanli was quiet, he looked kind, so she couldn't help asking, "Where are you going?"
Lu Yanli: "Just take a walk."
As he spoke, he moved forward another level.
It wasn't very obvious just now, but now he could clearly feel that the temperature around him had dropped slightly, the chill penetrated his skin, and the moonlight seemed to have dimmed a bit.
He turned around and saw Lin Chu carefully following the footprints he left behind. Seeing him turn around, he was puzzled: "What's wrong?"
Lu Yanli asked: "Are you cold?"
This sentence would sound like ambiguous care between ordinary men and women, but they were not ordinary people. Lin Chu knew what he was asking as soon as he heard it. After careful perception, he nodded: "The surrounding temperature has dropped."
As she spoke, she quickened her pace and walked towards the circle. After jogging for a while, she stopped again and frowned as she sensed it: "It has indeed decreased."
She couldn't help but become very interested.
The circles of graves looked like archery targets. What were they surrounding? Why did it get colder the further we went
What would be the most popular thing
Layer after layer, they didn't know how far they had walked, Lin Chu had already come to Lu Yanli's side, and they walked forward together a few meters away. Lu Yanli was different in that she would take pictures of all the nearby tombstones and send messages to her companions from time to time.
Of course, what she didn't know was that after entering this area, she had never sent out a message.
Most people in the car thought she was dead. The only two who believed she was still alive were Yu Xianguang and An Xingyu.
They had already entered the village. The villagers were very welcoming, but when they asked about the other two people who had returned to their hometown to worship their ancestors that they had heard on the road earlier, the villagers didn't know where they had gone.
They were arranged to live in their respective old houses. The mission seemed to have given them a reasonable identity, and even their residences were very close. After the group of five settled down, they sat together to discuss.
"What's going on with the villagers saying there are two people offering sacrifices to their ancestors? Are there two more people doing the mission? Why didn't they join us?" Yu Xianguang felt puzzled.
Lin Xueyuan: "A man and a woman, the man's name is Lu Yanli, the woman's name is Luo Ying. Lu Yanli moved into Uncle Zhang's house, but he disappeared after attending the funeral of the village chief's mother tonight. That Luo Ying..." She frowned, "It seems that other villagers don't like her."
The villagers in this village are all very enthusiastic. It's strange that one person could be disliked by everyone in just two days.
What did Luo Ying do
Lin Xueyuan claimed that she was not that smart. After surviving her first mission by chance, she began to study various psychology courses in an almost self-abuse manner, analyzing people's facial micro-expressions and so on.
"And have you noticed that the villagers here all look a bit like certain animals?"
When she said this, Xie Ziqing, one of the taskers, nodded: "I think so too, it's a bit like, like that..."
What is it
"fox."
A female voice answered him.
"Yes, yes, it's a fox." Xie Ziqing nodded repeatedly.
Just after he answered, he suddenly realized that the voice did not belong to any of the five of them. After he replied, the atmosphere in the whole yard instantly dropped to freezing point, and everyone turned their heads to look at the door.
Xie Ziqing was startled, his neck seemed to be stuck, and he also slowly turned his head to look outside.
Inside the door frame stood a little girl in a red dress. Her hair was long, black and shiny, reaching down to her waist. Her skin was also very white, shining brightly in the moonlight. She looked more like a fox than any other villager the tasker had seen before—especially when she smiled, revealing a mouthful of snow-white fangs.
It was somewhat embarrassing to be caught talking about someone behind their back, but they no longer cared about that. The little girl slowly walked into the yard, her smile gradually cooled, and was replaced by a raging rage slowly welling up in her eyes.
"Do you know Lu Yanli?" Every word he spoke was extremely cold.
Several people looked at each other and shook their heads, not daring to speak, for fear of angering this girl who was no ordinary person.
"It's best if I don't know you." The girl's smile became even more terrifying, and her face completely lost the delicate look she had when they first met, and she looked like a ferocious fox. She looked around carefully, and finally, condescendingly, she pointed at them and said, "All of you, come here and catch fish for me!"
"What do you mean by catching fish? I..." Just as Xie Ziqing was about to speak, Yu Huan grabbed his hand and pinched it hard.
On the ground, the shadow of the little girl clearly grew two pointed ears, and there was a tail swaying behind her.
She is not a human being at all! Still want to disobey
The little girl didn't even listen to what Xie Ziqing said. After she finished speaking, she turned around and left. When she got to the door, she turned her head fiercely and said, "Hurry up! If you dawdle any longer, you will be treated like fish."
It was obvious that the fate of being a fish would not be good. The five people had to follow the little girl carefully.
People in the countryside usually go to bed early, but today the village was bustling with people, and everyone had an uneasy look on their faces. They could faintly smell blood, and it was obvious that something must have happened after the funeral.
Yu Xianguang couldn't help but worry more about Lin Chu, but he didn't dare to look for him, nor did he know where to look. He took out his cell phone again and tried to see the new message from the other party, but it was in vain.
An Xingyu noticed that although the villagers were in a panic, they would stop and say hello to each other when the little girl passed by. A young man turned around to talk and didn't see her. He was reminded by the person he was chatting with, and he immediately turned around to say hello. Their attitudes were somewhat respectful, not like treating an ordinary little girl at all.
Moreover, the villagers all call her Lili.
The little girl named Lili walked faster and faster, and in the end they had to run faster to catch up with her. After vaguely guessing that Lili was unusual, no one dared to fall behind, and after running at full speed, they finally reached their destination.
The moonlight was sparkling, and there was clearly a lake ahead, but it was emitting a foul stench. When they finally stepped onto the bridge, several inexperienced taskers almost vomited.
The surface of the river was undulating. At first glance, it was layers of white waves. At another glance, it turned out to be a pile of swollen, rotten and smelly corpses, with limbs tangled and floating up and down.
"Now each of you fish one fish. If you can't catch any, you will become my fish." After saying this viciously, Lili jumped directly onto the railing at the bridge head, her pair of dark eyes wide open, looking around carefully.
The few people who had finally recovered from the urge to vomit looked at each other, only to find that An Xingyu had already walked forward and sat down next to the railing. He opened the bait bucket, and after a slight pause, he hooked the bait on the fishing rod and threw it into the river with force.
The corpse that was originally floating quietly suddenly went crazy, scrambling to bite the fish hook, causing a large splash of water, debris flying everywhere, and the stench of decay became stronger.
Now, they finally knew what kind of “fish” the little girl asked them to fish for.
Lin Xueyuan suppressed her nausea and sat down next to An Xingyu. She also reached out to open the bait bucket, but just as she was about to put her hand in, she almost knocked over the bucket out of fright.
"This..." She didn't dare to say more, her eyes showing panic.
An Xingyu shook his head quietly, and then the fishing rod in his hand fell down, and the fishing line suddenly straightened.
A fish has taken the bait!
An Xingyu tried to pull it up, but found that the fishing rod was very heavy. He calmed down and tried to stop the fish, while calling for others to help.
The "fish" was very big and extremely heavy. Yu Huan helped to pull it up for a long time before he was able to pull it halfway out of the water.
It was a male corpse, his clothes had been soaked and rotten, hanging naked on the fishhook, pale and pale. As An Xingyu pulled it up, his eyes accidentally glanced at it, and his gaze suddenly froze.
There was a faint red mark on the chest of the corpse.
And that mark... He also has one on his calf!
An Xingyu suddenly let go of his strength, and all the pressure fell on the other two men. Yu Xianguang was dragged forward two steps, desperately grabbing the fishing rod and falling backwards: "Xiao An, what are you doing?"
An Xingyu thought a lot in an instant.
Why are the other believers here? It must be God's will. What they are going to do is obviously very dangerous, and I must not expose myself!
By the way, are there other believers in the village? I need to find a way to reunite with them.
Thinking of this, he exerted force again, and several people tried their best to drag the fish to the shore. Finally, they got it completely out of the water and pulled it up little by little.
The girl Lili's face looked a little better. She stood on the railing that was less than one centimeter wide and shouted to the distance: "Awang—come here quickly!!"
A fishy wind blew by, and a giant dog with a green face and fangs, with most of its flesh and skin missing and only white bones left, came running towards them. Its breath was fishy and cold. After it stopped on Lili, it scratched the ground with its claws restlessly.
"Eat quickly! I know you're hungry." Lili was standing on the railing, just able to touch the big dog's head. She reached out and patted it, and Awang made a whining sound from his throat, wagged his tail, and lowered his head to eat with relish.
Lili smiled at Awang, but she was not so nice to the others. She put on a straight face and shook a finger: "Keep fishing! One fish per person!"
No one wanted to be treated as a "fish". An Xingyu's difficulty in fishing was noticed by them. They immediately arranged their order and worked together. They did not dare to delay for a moment and caught four fish.
Awang's tail was wagging while he was eating, and he looked very happy. After he finished eating, he swung his tail. Lili touched his head and pointed to the distance: "Go back."
The big dog jumped up and immediately disappeared from everyone's sight.
Lili snorted and said, "Okay, let's go back. Remember, lock the door and close the windows when you go to bed at night, and don't make any noise if you hear anything."
Knowing that they had escaped a disaster, the few people breathed a sigh of relief and gathered together to walk back. After walking a distance, An Xingyu quietly turned back, and Lili's figure had disappeared.
On the other side, Lu Yanli was still walking in that strange forbidden area.
This time he entered the forbidden area by chance, and he had already offended Lili, so it would be difficult for him to enter again next time. After weighing the pros and cons, his curiosity to know what the omniscient god was seeking prevailed, so he continued to walk forward.
"Lu Yanli, you really don't feel cold?" Lin Chu's trembling voice came from behind.
They had asked similar questions just now, and Lin Chu could still hold on at that time, but now her hands and feet were almost completely frozen, and she relied entirely on willpower to move forward step by step.
It's not just a drop in temperature; this chill seems to come from some unknown dimension and can freeze one's soul.
Lu Yanli was naturally cold, but he had experienced the feeling of being a popsicle before he was in the coffin, so he could get used to it now. Hearing this, he blinked his dry eyes and said, "Not bad."
As soon as he spoke, he realized that his throat was also tight from the cold.
They had been walking for a long time, their steps slow, their limbs tired and stiff. Looking back, behind them were layers of stepped folded rock layers extending downward, circles of tombstones, and they were about to reach the center of the circle of tombstones.
The closer they got to the center, the more obvious the chill became. The despairing, gloomy and dark atmosphere made the two of them instinctively want to retreat.
Lu Yanli gritted his teeth and continued to move forward.
He could already see the last circle of tombstones not far ahead.
What is surrounded in the center of the tombstone
At this moment, neither he nor Lin Chu thought about anything. The desire to know the truth made them move forward step by step.
They didn't even notice that a little red had appeared on the horizon.
The sun is rising.
Lu Yanli moved little by little to the innermost circle of tombstones.
He lowered his head and walked away.
There, was a pitch-black hole.
It was just a hole, about half a meter wide, and not a very regular circle.
The cold and dark aura they had just felt all came from inside the cave. Now, as they stood at the entrance of the cave, the chill made the two of them freeze in place.
And that kind of darkness seemed to be able to swallow up all the light.
What is a cave
Lu Yanli suddenly fell backwards and rolled outwards. Because of the slope, he rolled down several times before stopping. He was careful not to touch other tombstones along the way. Then, he looked up at Lin Chu.
Lin Chu followed suit and rolled down beside him.
It took a long time for both of them to recover.
It was just a quick glance.
Lu Yanli slowly calmed his breathing. He recalled the terrain when he came here, and combined with the scene just now, he constructed a map in his mind.
This forbidden area is very large and is completely surrounded by forests, and Shangxian Village is located on the outskirts of the forest.
Although he only saw a section of the river where Lili took him fishing, if he extended it to both ends, he would also find that the river surrounded the forbidden area.
They are guarding this forbidden area!
What exactly is the forbidden area
Lin Chu was also thinking about this question. She was breathing heavily, glancing at the direction of the cave entrance, then looking back at the way she came, with a look of hesitation in her eyes.
"Hey, buddy." Lin Chu's throat was dry when he said this, and he was shocked by his own boldness.
"What do you think about us going down to take a look?"