Gu Wuji drowsily opened his eyes.
“It turns out that all that just happened was a dream?”
He looked at the already opened window beside him.
The sky was already bright at this time, only weeds could be seen from looking out this window.
“……it may also not be.”
A scream suddenly sounded from the outside.
He hurriedly got off from the bed, then went out the door to take a look. The others were looking at a wide open door of a room up ahead in shock. The old man at the beginning had disappeared, and only a corpse could still be seen lying on the bed.
But this corpse wasn’t of that old man, but of another player. He even had a stunned expression on his face, and was obviously very frightened at the time of death.
But the more frightening thing was, this player’s corpse didn’t have a bit of blood left, as if it had been sucked dry by something.
A man living in the same room with this player had a look of fear on his face, “We didn’t feel anything at all. We didn’t even know when he went out!”
Xiao Cheng furrowed his brows, “I’ve already checked this room and hadn’t found anything useful. Did you really not see anything last night?”
“I-, I saw it.” The other spoke up with fear and trepidation, “I saw him suddenly look out the window in the middle of the night, as if someone was beckoning from outside. Only after I called out to him, did he react and lay back down the bed. I originally thought that it would be fine. Who knew……”
Gu Wuji frowned after hearing this, he also saw a ghost last night. But the other was a weak and pitiful girl, and didn’t look like someone who would cause harm.
Xiao Cheng at the side, who had been secretly keeping an eye on Gu Wuji since earlier, immediately asked when he saw this: “Sun Shi, did you see something too?”
Gu Wuji wasn’t willing to speak out about what had happened yesterday. He felt that female ghost wasn’t someone who could do this kind of thing deep down inside. But the others would certainly not think of it this way. It wouldn’t be good if what he said would mislead others.
“Not at all, I just had a nightmare. Had I really seen something, would I still be able to stand here?” Due to Gu Wuji’s superb acting skills, when he tells a lie, the others would be completely unable to see through it as well.
“What you said makes sense.” Xiao Cheng didn’t notice anything off at all, and could only nod to this.
“We’d better quickly head out and take a look at the situation outside.” A person promptly suggested.
“We may be able to get some information after exploring in the village”
The other hurriedly went out the door with all speed. They didn’t want to continue to stay in this room for another second.
Even during daytime, the sky was still overcast, making the whole village appear somber, which couldn’t bring forth a bit of confidence to their fearful heart.
They soon came across a villager. After a look of astonishment on the the other party’s face, there was also an unspeakable and indescribable joy. That person then led the group to where the village chief was located.
The village chief’s residence was located right at the middle of the village, and was also quite impressive, which couldn’t help but raise people’s brow.
“You should be lost travelers, right?” The village chief also had a very enthusiastic attitude, and immediately called someone to pour tea for every player, “It’s very unfortunate that the closest village here is a day and night’s walk away…… Moreover, we are recently conducting a ceremony, which preoccupies us completely. Why not just stay here for several more days? You should also have a look around after the 6th day of the ceremony. Our village will definitely entertain all of you well.”
The others felt somewhat flabbergasted, but they naturally didn’t show this on the outside.
The attitude of this village chief was completely opposite with that old man’s attitude yesterday. But this kind of enthusiasm, made people feel very strange instead.
Putting aside the matter of that ceremony, the last day happens to be the final day that the system required them to stay. But no matter how you think about it, that day would be a bitter struggle.
“Village chief, we met an old man yesterday. He told us that we must never disturb the ceremony here…… Is it really alright for us to stay?” Gu Wuji still asked at this time.
The village chief’s expression underwent a slight change, but said soon after: “How could that be? Our village welcomes visitors very much. It’s just that some old people are relatively orthodox.”
“Then village chief, what’s this ceremony really all about?” A person queried: “My major is related with this field, so I’m quite interested.”
“This is actually a folk event.” The village chief immediately replied: “It’s about offering a bride for the great mountain god to marry, that’s the reason why the village is decorated like this. You may be able to see it by then, there wouldn’t be a problem even if you take pictures. But in order to avoid disturbing the ceremony’s process, it’s best to not go out at night.”
Seeing the village chief’s open-mindedness, made everyone feel chilled deep down instead.
With this kind of consciousness, it’s estimated that after the ceremony is conducted, the rhythm of a group destruction would be in store for them. Although they weren’t afraid in dealing with ordinary villagers, but who knows if these villagers were still ordinary people? They may even be neither a human nor ghost.
Moreover, the village chief had been constantly looking at the most beautiful female player, Xiao Meng, since the beginning, with which appears to be a slightly satisfied gaze. Which made everyone almost guess what would happen next.
“Everyone will live in the newly built house in the village during this time. The food will also be provided by us.” The village chief said and smiled again. His attitude was simply as if he was afraid they would run away, but his expression suddenly became somber soon after, “But you must by no means go to the cave at the west side of the village. That’s the place where we worship the mountain god, the terrain around there are quite dangerous as well, and some bad things may happen.”
Everyone naturally nodded in response on the outside. The western area was actually the place they lived in last night. Unexpectedly, that cave where the mountain god was worshiped was actually within the vicinity?
After they went out, they immediately found an empty spot and held a discussion.
“From the information I learned of before, the most beautiful girl will always be sent in the ceremony of this village. Unexpectedly, the players, ourselves are also included…… This village chief is so enthusiastic, I’m afraid he wants Xiao Meng to be that bride to be sent off.” Xiao Cheng indignantly said, then looked at Xiao Meng, who stood at the side, with a gentle gaze.
The latter was already feeling very frightened, being looked at by Xiao Cheng’s gentle gaze, made her break into tears. She then grabbed onto Xiao Cheng’s hand, “Big brother Xiao, what should I do!?”
“It’ll be alright.” Gu Wuji, who never learned how to read the atmosphere, said: “I believe that if this ceremony will really be held successfully, all of us might really die here…… Besides, by being selected as a bride, that means that you’re certainly bound to live until the day of the ceremony, which would guarantee your safety instead.”
After hearing this, everyone felt rather envious of Xiao Meng instead. Xiao Meng even looked at Gu Wuji with surprise, and was also bewildered by the other’s beauty, that she couldn’t move her eyes away at all.
Xiao Cheng felt supped annoyed inside, and stabbed Gu Wuji in his thoughts. For fear that this scheming man would ruin his good deeds, he immediately suggested for the group to split up, in order to easily find even more clues.
Everyone immediately divided into several teams. Wandering around the village, and conveniently observed the layout of the structures here, in order to have an easy escape route in case a chase were to happen later.
Qi Yunxiu walked straight forward by himself, but discovered that Gu Wuji quickly followed up from the back and had even patted him on the shoulder.
“You-……”
The words Qi Yunxiu wanted to stay got stuck on his throat, because Gu Wuji had taken out a pack of compress biscuit ration and held it out to him, then even said enthusiastically: “I didn’t see you eat anything this morning. You should be hungry by now, right?”
Qi Yunxiu: “……”
Gu Wuji suddenly thought of something, “Oh, if you’re worried, I can take a bite out of it first.”
Qi Yunxiu took the proffered biscuit, then looked at Gu Wuji with an increasingly unfathomable gaze.
Gu Wuji was merely carrying out his character design as a good person. Moreover, it was extremely normal for him to show this kind of concern for others……
As the two of them were talking, they happened to come across several villagers along the way. Who immediately showed a look of disgust and fear, then left one after another.
“It seems that these people dislikes outsiders very much.” Gu Wuji stated.
“This is quite normal.” Qi Yunxiu explained: “After all, with the presence of outsiders, the shameful matters in their village may be exposed.”
“Besides, we may also be pulled in to play some role in the ceremony. So that’s why they don’t want to get close.” Gu Wuji said so.
At this moment, a woman suddenly appeared up ahead. The basket the other party held in her hands fell to the ground, spilling vegetables all over the ground.
Gu Wuji immediately rushed forward, “Elder sister*, are you alright?”
*respectful address to an older married woman
But just as the other party showed her resistance, Gu Wuji had swiftly acted and had already helped gather the vegetables before she could even react. He even showed a gentle smile, with a pair of eyes that seemed to contain stars in them, “It’s alright now.”
The impact of this beauty was really too much for the elder sister to handle, and that resistant look she had before had greatly dissipated as well. She only took a slight step back, then said to Gu Wuji: “It’s best for outsiders like you to quickly leave.”
She hurriedly left after saying this, as if saying any more words to Gu Wuji would place her in some kind of danger.
Qi Yunxiu observed this from behind. He originally didn’t intend to move together with Gu Wuji, but for some unknown reason, he wanted to see what this guy was going to do.
Gu Wuji drowsily opened his eyes.
“It turns out that all that just happened was a dream?”
He looked at the already opened window beside him.
The sky was already bright at this time, only weeds could be seen from looking out this window.
“……it may also not be.”
A scream suddenly sounded from the outside.
He hurriedly got off from the bed, then went out the door to take a look. The others were looking at a wide open door of a room up ahead in shock. The old man at the beginning had disappeared, and only a corpse could still be seen lying on the bed.
But this corpse wasn’t of that old man, but of another player. He even had a stunned expression on his face, and was obviously very frightened at the time of death.
But the more frightening thing was, this player’s corpse didn’t have a bit of blood left, as if it had been sucked dry by something.
A man living in the same room with this player had a look of fear on his face, “We didn’t feel anything at all. We didn’t even know when he went out!”
Xiao Cheng furrowed his brows, “I’ve already checked this room and hadn’t found anything useful. Did you really not see anything last night?”
“I-, I saw it.” The other spoke up with fear and trepidation, “I saw him suddenly look out the window in the middle of the night, as if someone was beckoning from outside. Only after I called out to him, did he react and lay back down the bed. I originally thought that it would be fine. Who knew……”
Gu Wuji frowned after hearing this, he also saw a ghost last night. But the other was a weak and pitiful girl, and didn’t look like someone who would cause harm.
Xiao Cheng at the side, who had been secretly keeping an eye on Gu Wuji since earlier, immediately asked when he saw this: “Sun Shi, did you see something too?”
Gu Wuji wasn’t willing to speak out about what had happened yesterday. He felt that female ghost wasn’t someone who could do this kind of thing deep down inside. But the others would certainly not think of it this way. It wouldn’t be good if what he said would mislead others.
“Not at all, I just had a nightmare. Had I really seen something, would I still be able to stand here?” Due to Gu Wuji’s superb acting skills, when he tells a lie, the others would be completely unable to see through it as well.
“What you said makes sense.” Xiao Cheng didn’t notice anything off at all, and could only nod to this.
“We’d better quickly head out and take a look at the situation outside.” A person promptly suggested.
“We may be able to get some information after exploring in the village”
The other hurriedly went out the door with all speed. They didn’t want to continue to stay in this room for another second.
Even during daytime, the sky was still overcast, making the whole village appear somber, which couldn’t bring forth a bit of confidence to their fearful heart.
They soon came across a villager. After a look of astonishment on the the other party’s face, there was also an unspeakable and indescribable joy. That person then led the group to where the village chief was located.
The village chief’s residence was located right at the middle of the village, and was also quite impressive, which couldn’t help but raise people’s brow.
“You should be lost travelers, right?” The village chief also had a very enthusiastic attitude, and immediately called someone to pour tea for every player, “It’s very unfortunate that the closest village here is a day and night’s walk away…… Moreover, we are recently conducting a ceremony, which preoccupies us completely. Why not just stay here for several more days? You should also have a look around after the 6th day of the ceremony. Our village will definitely entertain all of you well.”
The others felt somewhat flabbergasted, but they naturally didn’t show this on the outside.
The attitude of this village chief was completely opposite with that old man’s attitude yesterday. But this kind of enthusiasm, made people feel very strange instead.
Putting aside the matter of that ceremony, the last day happens to be the final day that the system required them to stay. But no matter how you think about it, that day would be a bitter struggle.
“Village chief, we met an old man yesterday. He told us that we must never disturb the ceremony here…… Is it really alright for us to stay?” Gu Wuji still asked at this time.
The village chief’s expression underwent a slight change, but said soon after: “How could that be? Our village welcomes visitors very much. It’s just that some old people are relatively orthodox.”
“Then village chief, what’s this ceremony really all about?” A person queried: “My major is related with this field, so I’m quite interested.”
“This is actually a folk event.” The village chief immediately replied: “It’s about offering a bride for the great mountain god to marry, that’s the reason why the village is decorated like this. You may be able to see it by then, there wouldn’t be a problem even if you take pictures. But in order to avoid disturbing the ceremony’s process, it’s best to not go out at night.”
Seeing the village chief’s open-mindedness, made everyone feel chilled deep down instead.
With this kind of consciousness, it’s estimated that after the ceremony is conducted, the rhythm of a group destruction would be in store for them. Although they weren’t afraid in dealing with ordinary villagers, but who knows if these villagers were still ordinary people? They may even be neither a human nor ghost.
Moreover, the village chief had been constantly looking at the most beautiful female player, Xiao Meng, since the beginning, with which appears to be a slightly satisfied gaze. Which made everyone almost guess what would happen next.
“Everyone will live in the newly built house in the village during this time. The food will also be provided by us.” The village chief said and smiled again. His attitude was simply as if he was afraid they would run away, but his expression suddenly became somber soon after, “But you must by no means go to the cave at the west side of the village. That’s the place where we worship the mountain god, the terrain around there are quite dangerous as well, and some bad things may happen.”
Everyone naturally nodded in response on the outside. The western area was actually the place they lived in last night. Unexpectedly, that cave where the mountain god was worshiped was actually within the vicinity?
After they went out, they immediately found an empty spot and held a discussion.
“From the information I learned of before, the most beautiful girl will always be sent in the ceremony of this village. Unexpectedly, the players, ourselves are also included…… This village chief is so enthusiastic, I’m afraid he wants Xiao Meng to be that bride to be sent off.” Xiao Cheng indignantly said, then looked at Xiao Meng, who stood at the side, with a gentle gaze.
The latter was already feeling very frightened, being looked at by Xiao Cheng’s gentle gaze, made her break into tears. She then grabbed onto Xiao Cheng’s hand, “Big brother Xiao, what should I do!?”
“It’ll be alright.” Gu Wuji, who never learned how to read the atmosphere, said: “I believe that if this ceremony will really be held successfully, all of us might really die here…… Besides, by being selected as a bride, that means that you’re certainly bound to live until the day of the ceremony, which would guarantee your safety instead.”
After hearing this, everyone felt rather envious of Xiao Meng instead. Xiao Meng even looked at Gu Wuji with surprise, and was also bewildered by the other’s beauty, that she couldn’t move her eyes away at all.
Xiao Cheng felt supped annoyed inside, and stabbed Gu Wuji in his thoughts. For fear that this scheming man would ruin his good deeds, he immediately suggested for the group to split up, in order to easily find even more clues.
Everyone immediately divided into several teams. Wandering around the village, and conveniently observed the layout of the structures here, in order to have an easy escape route in case a chase were to happen later.
Qi Yunxiu walked straight forward by himself, but discovered that Gu Wuji quickly followed up from the back and had even patted him on the shoulder.
“You-……”
The words Qi Yunxiu wanted to stay got stuck on his throat, because Gu Wuji had taken out a pack of compress biscuit ration and held it out to him, then even said enthusiastically: “I didn’t see you eat anything this morning. You should be hungry by now, right?”
Qi Yunxiu: “……”
Gu Wuji suddenly thought of something, “Oh, if you’re worried, I can take a bite out of it first.”
Qi Yunxiu took the proffered biscuit, then looked at Gu Wuji with an increasingly unfathomable gaze.
Gu Wuji was merely carrying out his character design as a good person. Moreover, it was extremely normal for him to show this kind of concern for others……
As the two of them were talking, they happened to come across several villagers along the way. Who immediately showed a look of disgust and fear, then left one after another.
“It seems that these people dislikes outsiders very much.” Gu Wuji stated.
“This is quite normal.” Qi Yunxiu explained: “After all, with the presence of outsiders, the shameful matters in their village may be exposed.”
“Besides, we may also be pulled in to play some role in the ceremony. So that’s why they don’t want to get close.” Gu Wuji said so.
At this moment, a woman suddenly appeared up ahead. The basket the other party held in her hands fell to the ground, spilling vegetables all over the ground.
Gu Wuji immediately rushed forward, “Elder sister*, are you alright?”
*respectful address to an older married woman
But just as the other party showed her resistance, Gu Wuji had swiftly acted and had already helped gather the vegetables before she could even react. He even showed a gentle smile, with a pair of eyes that seemed to contain stars in them, “It’s alright now.”
The impact of this beauty was really too much for the elder sister to handle, and that resistant look she had before had greatly dissipated as well. She only took a slight step back, then said to Gu Wuji: “It’s best for outsiders like you to quickly leave.”
She hurriedly left after saying this, as if saying any more words to Gu Wuji would place her in some kind of danger.
Qi Yunxiu observed this from behind. He originally didn’t intend to move together with Gu Wuji, but for some unknown reason, he wanted to see what this guy was going to do.
