Chapter 460

Although this guy often gave bad predictions about the future in the past, later facts proved that he was basically exaggerating, and it was because of his previous habit that he always said the worst. But this time he gave a completely opposite and very clear prediction, which was very, very strange.

Why is there such a prediction? Could it be that before he entered the dungeon, the power of blessing was connected with some weird things?

Xiong Mi thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a reason. But for some reason, she inexplicably recalled a man like [Miracle], and then remembered the name of the player team that this guy registered at [Market] not long ago.

About Gao Hai and his five girlfriends, a player team called [Savior].

They actually called themselves Saviors. This kind of middle school team name always feels worse than the Moyu Gang.

However, based on the miracle he completed in the dungeon [School Tales], he really deserves this name.

Well, so, will this incident be related to him?

Xiong Mi wondered whether he should call Gao Hai and ask him if he had received the same ticket. But considering that there was only a short time left before the dungeon opened, after hesitating for a moment, Xiong Mi decided not to contact him and wait until the dungeon was over.

I can already feel it.

With the final countdown, players from all over the world, whether they were willing or not, whether they were prepared or not, could already feel what was about to come.

Some were on high alert, some cried in despair, and some gave up on themselves and acted recklessly and were then eliminated by players who had been prepared. Many of the players who received the [invitation] reacted violently and went crazy because they had to go to a Red Moon-level dungeon full of mysteries.

Of course, Gao Hai himself could not know about this kind of thing anyway. Now his attention was focused on the girls in the house. While humming a song, Gao Hai adjusted his mentality and looked at the girls beside him who were also preparing mentally.

Buzz——

Finally, Gao Hai heard the strange voice ringing in his mind.

This time the voice was very peaceful, sounding like a young girl.

But what it said was still the same as before.

[Welcome to the "Sacrifice Game"]

[The game level you are about to participate in is: Dark Night]

[May you witness the end of everything in real fear]

All the light disappeared as the voice fell.

Gao Hai felt like he was swallowed by the boundless darkness and fell into a void where nothing existed.

Then, the light appeared.

Whoosh——

The cold wind came with a damp breath.

Gao Hai opened his eyes, stood up from a country road with weeds and axle marks, and looked into the distance.

In the distance were towering mountains under the dark sky, and there were endless forests.

There was also a small village at the foot of a mountain with smoke from cooking in every household, which looked very peaceful and tranquil, and seemed to be only one or two kilometers away.

Mission 4: Yingti Village

Chapter 1: The isolated place and primitive ecological environment when entering

The air here is very good.

Although it can be clearly felt that the climate here is very humid, it is definitely not a good place for people with joint problems to retire, but in terms of air quality alone, Gao Hai must say that this place is really quite good, a natural oxygen bar.

You can hear the faint sound of birds in the distance.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, lush forests spread along the steep mountains.

Those tall mountains penetrate the clouds and are endless. The lush vegetation covers the end of the horizon, and there is no trace of human activity except for the small village on the hillside not far away.

There are no power lines, no cement roads, and no traces of modern civilization.

Not far away, under the high mountain where the only village exists, on the narrow flat land built between several peaks, you can see fields lined up. Gao Hai couldn't recognize what was planted in the field, but he guessed that it might be rice, after all, there was obviously water in the field.

The current sky looks like it should be in the morning, and some busy figures can be vaguely seen in the fields. Because the distance is at least several kilometers, Gao Hai did not feel much strange breath, and he even felt that this place was more like a world where living people live, which was completely different from the dungeons he had experienced before.

Such a strange feeling made Gao Hai feel quite stressed. After all, from the beginning, he knew that this dungeon was very unusual and would definitely be very difficult.

In short, judging from the first impression alone, the main space of this dungeon should be this village located deep in the mountains, isolated from the world and far away from civilization.

Such a closed and secluded environment... I always feel that it will be a very troublesome dungeon again...

"This dungeon, well, it's my first time to come to such a rural town. I don't know what it will look like inside."

Qianhua stood beside Gao Hai, tiptoed, looked at the village in the distance, and muttered softly in her mouth.

"It's better not to have too much expectation. This is a dungeon world after all. There won't be any normal and beautiful things for us to appreciate."

The Zhenfei on the side spoke in a flat tone, and carefully observed the distance between the current position of the crowd and the village with the enhanced vision.

The straight-line distance should be about seven or eight kilometers, but the actual distance must have exceeded 10 kilometers.

With just a rough judgment, Zhenfei realized that the activity space of this dungeon might be the largest one that their team has experienced so far.

The initial location for several people to enter the dungeon is halfway up a high mountain. Going down from this mountainside, they will pass a very large lake, and they can clearly see some half-buried village debris next to the lake, which seems to have been destroyed by mudslides. In front of the lake is a field located in a basin. These fields spread all the way up the mountain along the river that flows into the lake, forming a terraced field. Continuing upward is the village with fireworks.

All other places are covered by dense forests, so dense that you can't see anything other than trees. Most of the mountains surrounding this place are steep. Just by visual observation, Zhenfei can determine that many places are very difficult to enter from the outside world. It can be said that even if this village exists in the real world instead of the copy world, it must be an isolated village with almost no way to communicate normally with the outside world, because it is almost impossible for any government to build a road for such a village.

And the clothes of the villagers working in the fields look very rough, not like clothes produced by modern factories. Hmm...ancient background? Is it a village with ancient Chinese background?

Zhenfei observed very carefully, trying to collect as much intelligence information as possible in the opening stage.

"I can hardly feel anything... There seems to be no strange breath here."

Jian Zi closed his eyes, carefully sensed for a long time before opening his eyes, and said with some doubts.

Goto Ichiri stood quietly in the corner without saying a word. She had lost contact with Nanami Aoyama. Although she could communicate with Kita to relieve stress through the spiritual connection established by the obsession, her condition was still not very good.

Kaguya and Hayasaka were observing the situation nearby. One of them stood at the front of the team and the other at the back. They carefully conducted preliminary reconnaissance around without leaving the team.

Buzz——

A harsh sound suddenly sounded in the minds of the members of Gao Hai's team just after they completed the preliminary observation of the dungeon environment.

Everyone was trapped in a state of being unable to move at this moment, and could only listen to the sound in their minds motionlessly. But the difference was that Gao Hai vaguely realized that he did not seem to be completely still this time. Although the force did control his body, compared with the feeling of freezing his whole body when the dungeon prompts sounded three times before, this time... he seemed to be able to move a little, at least his breathing could still function normally.

There was no time to think about it, and a strange voice had already narrated slowly.

【Welcome to the Sacrifice Game】

【Player Gao Hai, this is the fourth game you have participated in, game level: Dark Night】

【Your clearance condition is: cut off the line that tries to control your fate】

【The time limit for this game is: 30 days】

【Now I will release the game prompt message to you, please make good use of it】

【Tip 1: Not every kind of madness is worth understanding】

【Tip 2: Not every kind of kindness can be rewarded】

【Tip 3: Desire is the root of the continuation of life】

【Tip 4: Making a promise will only bring pain and despair】

【The prompt is over, I wish you can pass this game and get close to the throne that witnesses the end】

The strange voice that could not distinguish between men and women quickly disappeared, and Gao Hai also clearly felt that some kind of power was fading from him.

Such a clear feeling, as if something had grabbed him at that moment, and did not let go until the voice in his ear finished speaking.

Gao Hai turned his head to look at the girls beside him, and did not see any abnormal reaction. It seemed that only he could have this feeling, and others had no similar experience.

Could it be that because I absorbed a [Root Form], my senses have changed in some way?

"Hmm... cut off the line that controls destiny? The conditions for passing the level this time always feel strange."

Zhenfei frowned, moved her body uncomfortably, and then complained about the game prompts this time.

"It is definitely a Red Moon-level copy, but this [Sacrifice Game] insists on saying it is a Dark Night-level copy. Isn't this the more worthy of complaints? So far, it seems that we have never experienced a copy of normal difficulty?"

Qianhua is more concerned about the problem of the difficulty of the [Sacrifice Game] not matching, but this kind of thing can't be changed even if the players don't accept or approve it. This broken game that came from nowhere is not the first time to cheat people. Let's not talk about anything else. The fact that [School Tales] was downgraded to Dark Night has cheated a lot of players.

"It has been confirmed that the surrounding environment and the intelligence of the [Red Knot Society] are basically inconsistent. According to the [Infant Crying Village] dungeon process experienced by the [Red Knot Society], they saw only one village throughout the whole process, but now we see two different villages here. Although one of them is already abandoned, it is enough to explain many problems, not to mention that there are many details that are obviously wrong. Master, what should we do next? Should we act according to the original plan?"

After a rough survey of the surroundings, Hayasaka returned to Gao Hai to report the situation.

After a little thought, Gao Hai quickly decided on the next action.

"I, Maki, Chika, Ichiri, the four of us will go down. For the time being, don't get close to the abandoned area. This extra thing that is not in the intelligence range is probably problematic. Let's try to contact the villagers in the fields first to confirm whether we can communicate and obtain intelligence."

"Kaguya, Xiaoai, Jianzi, the three of you stay behind, and Ichiri will also leave a clone here to assist the operation. The situation inside the village is unclear, and we must be prepared to camp in the wild. You will further investigate the surrounding environment. If there is no big problem, find an optional camping site. If you think it is unreliable, follow us, but don't get too close."

"It is still unclear what the situation is in this copy, so you must be careful. All actions must be based on the key premise of saving your life. Do you understand?"

After a few words, the people who arranged the action were divided into two teams. One team went down the mountain directly, and the other team kept a certain distance and continued to investigate in the mountains and forests.

The main reason for not bringing Jianzi was that the girl's perception was too outrageous. If something big was triggered at the beginning, it would be a bad ending. For this reason, Gao Hai specially asked Kaguya, who has the bloody domain, and Hayasaka, who has a defect in perception, to stay by her side. In this way, even if there is a problem, the two can help.

Along the dirt road in the woods, Gao Hai walked in the front and moved quickly down.

This dirt road in the deep mountains is quite steep. It is unknown why there is a road in the village that extends to another mountainside and extends deeper into the dense forest. For safety reasons, Hayasaka did not rashly go deep into this mountain road to confirm what is on the other side of the dense forest. Instead, he followed the road that Gao Hai had walked and conducted a further investigation of the surrounding dense forest behind them.

And what the girls did not expect was that compared to the problem of strange things, other troubles came to the door first.

"Woo, why are there so many mosquitoes..."

Only a few hundred meters away, Jianzi was bitten by mosquitoes seven or eight times.

This was when she was not wearing much exposed skin and was always in an active state. Hayasaka, who was standing by, would stop and observe from time to time, and now there were nearly 20 lumps of various sizes on his arms and legs.

A large number of mosquitoes were flying back and forth in the dense forest. You didn't even need to aim specifically. You could kill three or five mosquitoes by clapping your hands a few times.

In addition, Kaguya also saw colorful poisonous snakes swimming quickly in the woods, and occasionally animals like wild boars and deer appeared and were quickly raced by several people in the woods. There was even a moment when Kaguya felt that she seemed to see tiger stripes flashing from the distance of the woods.

The sound of flying birds was almost never heard. There were crows' "quacks" and some birds whose specific calls could not be heard. It seemed that because of the intrusion of strangers, many birds began to warn, and the three of them could see various birds flapping their wings and flying over the woods from time to time.

The ecology here... is very rich.

After walking for less than an hour, Hayasaka was sure that he had seen more than 30 different species of animals and plants. These things are active in the woods. Most of them will not bring any changes to the players' exploration, but some will cause minor troubles, such as the rough vines that scratched the corners of Jianzi's clothes and the deer feces that Kaguya accidentally stepped on.

Is the ecology of this place too rich?

Hayasaka frowned. She could understand that this environment similar to the primeval forest had a rich ecosystem, but the things they encountered from just now to now were too many and too dense. These things that have no weird breath at all, no matter how you look at them, are living animals and plants. Why do they multiply in large numbers in the dungeon world and form such a dense ecosystem? Could it be that the weird things here are some kind of environmental ambassadors?

{Tsk, I got bitten again, why are there so many mosquitoes here...}

The voice of Zhenfei complaining sounded in the mental link provided by the black watch. She had been bitten five or six times as she quickly went down the mountain with Gao Hai. The strong itching made her very uncomfortable, but she couldn't bring herself to scratch, so she could only endure it with an unhappy face.

{I don't have any here}

Takahashi replied in the mental link while looking at his arm.

Well, there are about three or four mosquitoes lying on it at the moment, and none of them succeeded in piercing his skin and sucking blood. Goto Ichiri not far away is in a similar situation. As the two people with the highest physical strength enhancement and reaching the top physical strength, ordinary mosquitoes can no longer harass them.

"There is something in front, it seems to be a signboard?"

Qianhua reminded them at this time, and the attention of several people immediately turned to the front, and they clearly saw a half-collapsed pavilion in the basin below, and a wooden notice board standing next to the pavilion.

When they got closer, they saw a notice posted on it, with a lot of words written in very formal characters.

Chapter 2: "Notice of the Welcoming God Festival" and the abnormality revealed at the beginning

[Notice of the Welcoming God Festival in Lijia Village]

[The Welcoming God Festival is approaching, Lijia Village will be open to the public all day long, and all tourists can stay at any villager's home designated by this village. This village will sincerely welcome and look forward to your visit]

[The Welcoming God Festival is the most important festival in Lijia Village over the years. Foreign guests certainly don't know what taboos this village has. Therefore, this notice will introduce the relevant matters of the Welcoming God Festival in detail to all guests from afar, as well as the local customs that require the cooperation of all guests]

[The so-called Welcoming God Festival is a complete set of procedures for welcoming the mountain god of Xiaohei Mountain to our Lijia Village, entertaining the mountain god, and finally sending the mountain god back to the mountain. This festival lasts for thirty days from the first day to the third day of the lunar month. It has been held for more than three hundred years, and it has never been interrupted by wind or rain. As the festival has been passed down to the present, there are naturally many rules. However, as outsiders, guests only need to abide by the most basic taboos of the festival.]

[The taboos of the festival are mainly seven avoidances, seven welcomes and eight disregards]

[The seven avoidances are avoiding forests, fires, dead water, asking for directions in the middle of the night, sleeping without a roof, daytime and fog]

[Avoiding forests means avoiding forests on the mountains. Don't walk into them. If you get lost in this dense forest, even gods can't save you]

[Avoiding fire means not getting close to the worship flames. There are many sacrifices during the festival, and there are often incense and paper burning. If you touch it carelessly, you will inevitably get hurt]

[Avoiding dead water is one of the key points during the festival. Dead water is stagnant water. Guests should not get involved in it]