Chapter 465

A black and white rooster held its head high, shook its red comb, and made a loud cry.

Next to the rooster, seven or eight hens that were much smaller were pecking at something on the ground.

In a small hole made of waste materials next to the door of the house, a big khaki dog was lying listlessly inside. The dog had a hemp rope tied around its neck. When it saw Gao Hai, it did not bark, but just lay on the ground blankly, as if it had lost its soul.

The chaotic noise in the kitchen rose a level a few minutes ago, and the voices of Li Eryang and Li Xiaoju were mixed in. It seemed that the farm meals they prepared for Gao Hai and the other two were almost ready to be served.

Now was not the time to hesitate. If he wanted to avoid being passive, he had to collect as much information as possible.

Step by step, Gao Hai walked to the door and looked at the dirt road outside.

Then Gao Hai saw the villagers standing on both sides of the road, as if they were waiting for something. These people stood there when they entered the village, and they have not changed their positions until now. However, unlike those people who were staring at Gao Hai and his companions, they are now staring at the end of the road, each of them showing a pious and humble attitude, as if waiting for the arrival of some noble existence.

According to Li Eryang, these people stood here for the most important welcoming event on the first day of the Welcoming God Festival.

It is said that when the statue of the mountain god of Xiaoheishan is welcomed into the village, the first villager who sees him will become lucky and will be able to obtain unexpected benefits in the following year.

The "first" in this legend does not only refer to the first person who sees the statue of the mountain god, but also refers to the first witness in every household. Because of this reason, every time the God Festival comes, the men in the village will take the initiative to stand up. Even if they are bored, they will still wait at the door. They will have to see the statue with their own eyes, and then sigh and say some blessings that they can't understand. Then they will go to play mahjong in the afternoon to try their luck...

Well, yes, although the Lijia Village with more than a thousand people looks like it was many years ago, there are still many entertainment options in this place. There are people who play mahjong, chess and even poker. I don’t know where these things come from. Some of these entertainment methods are obviously not understood by the people in this village. Now Gao Hai sees the existence of these things, which means that either the copy itself has absorbed something from the dead player, or... No, it’s meaningless to think so much, just do the current things first.

Thinking of this, Gao Hai looked at both sides of the road outside again, but still didn’t find anything special.

When will the statue of the mountain god of Xiaohei Mountain enter the village?

The next action... I hope it will go smoothly. Gao Hai doesn't want to kill someone at the beginning again, even though so many teammates are scattered now, it seems that it is not much different from killing someone at the beginning.

{Nothing has been found in the house yet, and no useful clues have been found in the living room. The blessing power test has also been tried, no problem, no monitor}

{The repeated investigation of the bedroom still found no abnormalities, and the blessing power test is completely fine}

The voices of Zhenfei and Qianhua sounded from the mental link one after another. Judging from the mental state reflected in the voice, both of them are fine. As for the [Blessing Power Test], it is the reverse application of [Teleportation without Observation] in the blessing of [Eriko Asamoto]. After all, if you can move in space without being discovered, then conversely, if you can't move in space through the power of blessing, it means that there is something watching everything in an invisible corner.

If both of them have verified it, then at least it can be said that there should be no peepers in the house, so that small house...may be able to serve as a temporary resting place at the right time, although Gao Hai always feels that the three beds are inexplicably like coffins and are quite unlucky.

Then, I'll try it here too.

Gao Hai's expression remained unchanged. He retracted his gaze from the road outside the house and quietly activated the power of blessing, preparing to return directly from the current space node to the teleportation point he had set up when he was still on the mountain.

"......!?"

The power of blessing failed to be activated successfully.

At this moment, Gao Hai was not in the state of [no one is observing].

Although he didn't really intend to teleport out of the village to run somewhere, at this moment, when the power of blessing failed to activate, Gao Hai suddenly realized the source of the gaze that was staring at him.

He lowered his head.

Silently staring at the mixed-haired dog that had been lying quietly on the ground next to the gate.

Just now, when he was about to use the power of blessing, this thing changed its original dull state, like a useless dog that had suddenly turned from a wandering soul into a spirited hound, staring at Gao Hai without blinking.

Even though Gao Hai himself didn't actually see that scene, he did have such a premonition when the blessing power failed to activate, and he felt like he was being watched like that just now.

What's the matter with this dog?

Come to think of it, is this thing really a real dog?

While thinking, Gao Hai tried to get closer to this thing, looked around it, and observed it for a long time but still got no results.

"Three guests, let's eat!"

The woman named Li Xiaoju came out of the kitchen at this time, stood behind Gao Hai and grinned at him.

Boom!

And at the moment when the woman's voice fell, a bang suddenly sounded from a certain direction outside the yard.

This sound, could it be...

Gao Hai just had some guesses in his heart, and then a series of crackling firecrackers spread to every corner of the village.

He knew that this so-called welcoming festival was probably just the beginning of the moment.

Chapter 8: Disguised dining and the gathering of players

In the living room, dim light came in from the window and shone on the steaming old wooden table.

Gao Hai sat on a three-legged wooden stool without a backrest, frowning and staring at the rough chopsticks in his hand, and the bowls of rice, a piece of salted pig's trotter, a plate of shredded potatoes, and a plate of stir-fried wild vegetables that he couldn't tell what they were on the table.

This is the food and drink provided by two villagers, Li Eryang and Li Xiaoju, for Gao Hai and his two companions. The variety is not much.

However, none of the three people present dared to really eat these seemingly normal meals.

After all, through the intelligence obtained before, the three people can be sure that there is a certain rule about "obtaining and paying" hidden in the dungeon of [Infant Crying Village]. Among them, the experience of [Red Society] is a good example. This unlucky Red Moon-level player team suffered heavy casualties after entering the fixed stage of the [Infant Crying Village] dungeon. The people who finally escaped alive, although they got a new admission ticket to the dungeon, could not use the admission ticket to enter the dungeon again because they [had completed the repayment]. In contrast, other player teams that took the props in the dungeon were treated completely differently.

Gao Hai did not pay attention to the question of why the other players who should have entered this dungeon could not see any of them now. It is more appropriate to consider the current problem first. In short, after careful consideration and communication, Gao Hai, Zhenfei and Qianhua decided not to really eat these meals.

Although this would violate the [Seven Welcomes] rule in the rule sheet, Gao Hai now feels that there must be a deep problem with this rule sheet, and it must not be followed carelessly, especially the things mentioned in the rule that strongly hope players will follow.

"Eat quickly, eat quickly, all fresh and delicious good things."

"Three guests, eat quickly, the dishes are all fresh, such fresh and delicious meals are a great thing."

The two villagers were laughing happily and persuading in a soft voice.

The two did not eat together at the table, but stood aside, staring at the three people sitting at the table motionlessly, and it seemed that they would not leave until they finished eating.

To be honest, the two of them kept talking to each other, giving Gao Hai a strange feeling of double-death famous scenes. But he couldn't really let the two villagers eat and then die of poisoning like the famous scene, so he could only endure the idea of ​​complaining and continue to sit in his seat.

However, if you only consider the issue of eating, this is not a difficult task.

Gao Hai looked up and first glanced at Zhen Fei and Qian Hua next to him. The three of them nodded to each other in tacit understanding. Then Gao Hai took the lead in picking up a chopstick of food, feeding it into his mouth, chewing it twice and then swallowing it.

Then, Zhen Fei also picked up a chopstick of food, ate it with rice, chewed it, and then swallowed it.

Finally, Qian Hua ate the food seriously. Whether it was the number of times she chewed or the time she spent chewing and swallowing, it was exactly the same as Gao Hai and Zhen Fei.

As for why it was exactly the same, it was naturally because it was not the three of them who chewed and swallowed the food, but something else.

[Taotie Dentures], as one of the obsessions donated by the fanatics, looks like a pair of ordinary toy dentures, but as long as this obsession is worn, unless the user takes the initiative to take it off, this thing will completely merge with the user's teeth. Not only that, this thing will generate new flesh and blood structures in the human mouth and esophagus, so that all the food eaten by the user will be transferred away. In fact, after wearing this thing, the user's chewing process will be actively replaced by this denture. It can be said that the whole process of eating, except for the step of feeding food into the mouth, basically has nothing to do with the user.

According to Jianzi's observation, this very strange and weird dark night-level obsession object seems to belong to a woman who died tragically after failing to lose weight. As for why a woman who failed to lose weight could become a dark night-level weird thing after death, Gao Hai really couldn't think of an answer to this question. In addition, it should be noted that although the fanatics did have this obsession object in their hands, they had never used it. When Gao Hai got it, he didn't even open the outer packaging. As for why they didn't use this thing, this is easy to guess, mostly because they really couldn't think of any occasion where this strange thing was suitable.

Well, now Gao Hai thought of it.

Through the deep link function of the black watch, Gao Hai, Zhen Fei and Qian Hua ate in order, but in fact, after each of them ate with the [Taotie Dentures], they transferred the dentures to the next person's mouth through the function of the watch. In this way, the three of them ensured that all the food eaten into their mouths did not actually enter their bodies, but was all dazzled by this special obsession.

After about 10 minutes, all the dishes on the table were empty, not even the oil was left.

"Dear guests, are you used to the food?"

Li Eryang, who had been standing still and had not moved at all, asked with a smile.

"Very good, the taste is really great."

Gao Hai couldn't help but add some personal opinions when answering.

"As long as you like it, then, do you want to go to see the welcoming mountain god?"

Standing next to Li Eryang, Li Xiaoju, who had not moved at all from beginning to end, also said with a smile, and her attitude and tone were really as friendly as possible.

Speaking of which, did these two people breathe when they were standing still just now?

Gao Hai felt that it was impossible for him to miss such details, but now thinking carefully, he found that he did not seem to remember such details.

It is unlikely that he forgot, but did the act of [eating] itself bring some kind of feedback? Tsk, I don't know how effective it is to use [Taotie Dentures] to pretend to eat. I hope these little tricks can work.

"Go, go and have a look."

Gao Hai nodded and stood up from his seat first.

Although there were firecrackers outside just now, in fact, the ceremony of welcoming the mountain god had not officially started at that time.

Setting off firecrackers in advance is, on the one hand, to drive away wild beasts and ensure the safety of the roads up and down the mountain, and on the other hand, to drive away [evil things]. According to the villagers, after setting off firecrackers and welcoming the mountain god into the village, there is no need to worry about the mountain god seeing any filth that annoys him, which can make the mountain god happier.

Gao Hai had some vague guesses in his heart about how much of this rule is particular and how much of it really has some special effect. However, if you want to verify it, you probably have to wait until you have a chance to get the firecrackers from this place.

In the mental connection, there is no problem with Jianzi for the time being. Not only that, she seems to have investigated something. However, because of her own keen perception, Jianzi did not dare to investigate directly, but was carefully testing, so it would be impossible to confirm the specific situation for a while.

As for Hayasaka, Kaguya and Ichiri who lost contact, Gao Hai did not know their situation now, but he believed intuitively that they should be fine now, and should still be trying to investigate intelligence and obtain clues somewhere. After all, everyone is not a newcomer. After so many tests, they will not be easily defeated by such a small trick of space transfer and division.

So now, it is time to carefully confirm what this so-called Xiaoheishan Mountain God is, and how many players there are in this [Lijia Village] now.

Step out of the dimly lit house.

The sun is shining outside the house. The scattered village buildings and green trees on the hillside are intertwined, looking very much like the world of the living, not like the [Sacrificial Game] world in the underworld at all.

This time, Gao Hai and his two companions walked out of Li Eryang's house and came directly to the dirt road outside the house.

The villagers who had stood in front of their houses before were still standing there, waiting for the arrival of the mountain god statue with a pious look on their faces.

There were also some villagers who were different from the villagers, leading one or two or several people who looked different from the villagers, and slowly moving towards one side of the road.

Under the leadership of Li Eryang, Gao Hai and his two companions quickly joined the team.

Finally found other players.

With just one look, Gao Hai could be sure that these guys with completely different styles from the villagers were the players who had to enter this dungeon like himself.

Five... ten... thirty... fifty... am I going to see so many? Wait, the aura of these players doesn't seem to be what Red Moon-level players should have. Could it be that they are basically Dark Night-level players or even Dusk-level players who ran to the unfixed [Infant Crying Village] dungeon to try to pick up leaks?

Gao Hai's expression became interesting after just sensing the aura of these players who looked terrified and at a loss.

He realized that the issue he needed to consider in this dungeon was not just the safety of his teammates. This group of low-level players, like the students in Tenghua Middle School, had huge hidden dangers of being cheated, and because they were players, they were much more capable of making things happen than high school students. They might give him some very heavyweight surprises.

Tap-tap-tap-

More and more footsteps were gradually gathering.

Under the leadership of these villagers, more and more players gathered on a road that was large enough for two vans to pass side by side, gradually approaching the center of the village.

Some players who had a good relationship with each other came closer and whispered something. Some other players looked very scared, as if they might collapse to the ground or suddenly turn around and run away at any time... Well, some people had already run away, and none of the villagers paid any attention to the runners, as if they didn't care about their actions at all. Gao Hai used his hearing to observe these escapees and was sure that their running sounds suddenly disappeared after they left the village. There were also a few escaped players who did not leave the village but wanted to hide in other villagers' homes. The footsteps of these players disappeared after entering the villagers' homes. No matter how hard Gao Hai tried, he could not hear any movement from these players.

A small square could be seen in front of him.

After arriving at this place, Gao Hai counted the number of players present. Excluding his own team, the total number was 47, and another 8 people escaped. Among these escapees, except for one person who neither entered the house nor left the village and could still be heard breathing, the others had lost their traces.

Gao Hai was sure that most of the remaining 40 players were players who had no ability to challenge the Red Moon-level dungeon. There might not even be 10 players who had truly reached the Red Moon level and could provide assistance to Gao Hai in this mission.

This was really... a very bad situation in every sense.

Once these low-level players died in the dungeon, the monsters they turned into would definitely be more dangerous than ordinary people. Because after they turned into monsters, the living people often had to worry about not only the characteristics of the monsters these people turned into, but also the chain reaction of the obsessions they carried.

For example, Yuanshan Ming, who Gao Hai met in Zaoli Elementary School, although the man was actually out of control rather than turning into a monster, his condition at that time was very close to that of a monster player to some extent. Or refer to Kawano who attacked Gao Hai in the second round in the Red Nut Gray Cave. At that time, that guy was just possessed by a dusk-level weirdo, and he almost beat Gao Hai to death. And it is obvious that the night-level players who can come to this place must have more than one obsession. What if those obsessions do not go out of control immediately after they die and become weird, but still remain on their bodies and produce effects on their own or merge with the weird players, what kind of scene will be a riot of demons? Gao Hai really doesn't want to think about it.

However, he is observing other people here, and naturally there are others observing him.

{Brother Cat, that person seems familiar. Did Sister Xiong Mi show us his photo? It seems to be called... Gao... Gao what? }

Among the walking players, in an inconspicuous corner, a young man looked in the direction of Gao Hai, and then asked a man wearing sunglasses and summer clothes through the mental link obsession in the team.

{The player who broke the Alice trap in Fujika Middle School and rescued Xiong Mi, broke the Zao Li Primary School and rescued Yuan Shanming and an ordinary human, led the [Slow Fish Gang] and [Red Society] members to break Ye Luoshan Middle School and Baidos College, and completely destroyed the Red Moon-level copy [School Tales], Gao Hai, yes, that's him}

The man called Brother Cat walked unmoved with sunglasses on the surface, but he was actually explaining the situation to his companions through the mental link.

{This...this...this...Is he the reincarnation of some immortal? Isn't this a bit too exaggerated! ? }

The young man who asked the question just now was stunned and shocked. He was suddenly confused. For a moment, he didn't even dare to turn his head to look at Gao Hai. He even began to doubt whether the other party had sensed him and had seen everything on his side clearly.

{Don't get excited here. Now is not the time to think about these things. The square is coming. Let's confirm what the statue of the little black mountain god is. If you want to rely on others' thighs, you have to be able to live until that time! }

Brother Mao's tone became stern, and he reprimanded his companions very seriously.

The villagers and players' walking team gradually stopped at this time. As the surroundings gradually became more spacious, a small square with a high platform and gravel appeared in front of everyone. On the other side of this small square, the road leading to the mountain and into the forest was already filled with the sound of drums and gongs.

Chapter 9: The strange ceremony of welcoming the mountain god and a glimpse in the dark

Dongdong! Dongdong!

The heavy drums roared one after another, making Gao Hai, who heard the drums, feel that his heart was assimilated by the rhythm and beat at the same frequency.

Dongdong! Dongdong!

The villagers in strange costumes waved wooden sticks and smashed them down heavily. Every time they hit the drum, they seemed to smash it directly.

Dongdong! Dongdong!

The spreading drum sound seemed to come from far away, extending from the depths of the mountains where one could not see the end at a glance, and its power did not diminish until it reached the village.