Chapter 557

What is the situation with these things?

It is now dark outside, and there are also abnormal changes in the village. For safety reasons, Kaguya does not intend to leave the house before exploring the situation in the village, even though she and Qianhua have used the [Historian] to block their cognition so as not to trigger the things in the sky. But these piles of corpses blocking the door and not giving them the opportunity to investigate are not a solution. We still have to do something.

How about trying to let one in?

Kaguya looked back at Li Xiaoxiao, who was not in a good state.

Since this player claimed that he had a connection with Zhangjia Village and came here to [repay a favor], then letting a corpse of a Zhangjia villager come in and contact her may produce some unexpected effects.

Of course, since it is an unexpected effect, there are naturally good and bad. If it is good, the villager may be able to have a special connection with the player and obtain very useful information. If it is bad, this wave may directly kill the player Li Xiaoxiao. At this point, Kaguya asked herself if she was herself in Shirakawa Apartment, she would probably hesitate for a while before taking action. But now, she felt that she still had to think about it more. Apart from anything else, Tangyuan, who was also a historian, was still conducting a cooperative investigation with Gao Hai. If she really betrayed their teammates, it would definitely damage the subsequent cooperation.

{How about letting one in?}

But then, Qianhua proposed in the mental link.

{Huh?}

Kaguya was a little surprised by Qianhua's words, and she noticed that the other party did not say it through the mental link of the black watch, but directly proposed this idea in the temporary mental link between the three of them present and the four people of Ichiri who remotely controlled the clone through the guitar.

{Although it may bring unpredictable changes, the appearance of these corpses is undoubtedly related to Miss Li. Maybe they came for you. In this case, I think Miss Li can try to contact them. Who knows what unexpected discoveries will be made? And if only one is put in, the danger is relatively controllable, and the problem should not be big}

Qianhua glanced at Kaguya, then turned her gaze to Li Xiaoxiao, and suggested very seriously in the temporary mental link.

Since putting it in directly may pit teammates, why not just ask and make it clear?

Although Qianhua didn't say anything in the eye contact just now, Kaguya naturally understood what the other party meant. This made her a little embarrassed. When she thought about the actions just now, she completely subconsciously ignored the intention to communicate with Li Xiaoxiao and express her thoughts. This habitual way of thinking without considering the other party's opinions made Kaguya's head unable to turn around for a while. In the end, it was only after Qianhua reminded her that she realized that there was no need to hide it from the beginning.

{Okay, let's do it this way. Although my memory about this is still not very clear, maybe this is the right way}

Li Xiaoxiao nodded gently and had no opinion on Qianhua's suggestion.

{Also, I'm sorry, you two. I originally said that I would take you with me to protect you, but I ended up being the first to have problems. I'm really sorry about this.}

After that, she apologized to Kaguya and Chika very seriously, and her attitude seemed very sincere.

In the hidden village protected by the deed, Goto Ichiri, who had confirmed the three people's plan, gently plucked the strings of the guitar, so the clone who followed Kaguya changed his behavior pattern from the timeline. He took the initiative to open the door and let the first zombie villager into the house at the moment he knocked on the door, thus completely changing the rhythm of the people in the house in these few minutes.

The villagers, who were no longer blocked, jumped in front of Li Xiaoxiao, and the purple and expressionless dead face was directly aimed at Li Xiaoxiao, who was standing on the side of the house with a pale face.

As expected, these corpses were indeed coming for Li Xiaoxiao herself. Kaguya and Chika were not within their scope of attention at all, and they were completely ignored as long as they didn't block the way.

But, what would it do?

This thing, which looked dead no matter how you looked at it, was still driven by supernatural power. What was its intention to find Li Xiaoxiao and come to her at this moment?

After Kaguya's clone brought in a villager, he immediately closed the door and tied a bell to the door. Then he and Qianhua turned to face the villager's body, took out the Soul-Taking Bow in their hands, and prepared to shoot an arrow if the other party intended to attack Li Xiaoxiao.

However, what happened next was a little beyond their expectations.

Crack-Crack-

A heavy muffled sound came from the knees of the corpse, and even the bones all over the body.

Then, its legs, which were originally difficult to bend, bent, and its originally stiff back also bent, and its arms were twisted out of shape.

Until now, this corpse still did not release the gloomy aura that a weird thing should have.

Instead, its body was shaky in the continuous sound of bone breaking, and it seemed to be in a very bad state.

Plop!

Then, it knelt down.

After swaying for more than 20 seconds, it knelt down in front of Li Xiaoxiao, knocking its head on the ground, and its hands, which seemed to be waving unskillfully, slammed on the ground several times before stopping.

[Save me...]

It seemed that the voice of the corpse was heard.

It is difficult to determine whether the hoarse voice came from the mouth of the corpse or from somewhere around it.

[Save me...Save us...Didn't we agree...We will help you leave here safely...You have to find someone to save us...]

[Since we have agreed, we can't break our promise...You must find it quickly...Come back and save us...Save us...Save me...]

[Hurry up...Hurry up...Take us out of here...I don't want to stay in this ghost place anymore...What a shitty mountain god, what a shitty queen...Who can believe it...]

The face of the corpse was still expressionless, and the mouth was tightly closed, not like talking at all.

But the desperate murmurs were clearly heard in the house. In a trance, Kaguya and Chika even felt that they really saw a desperate villager curled up in the house, desperately praying for the arrival of a savior in his heart, imagining that he successfully escaped from the village until death found him.

There was no outbreak of any weird power, and no curse erosion or other phenomena appeared.

The corpse just knelt down and kowtowed to Li Xiaoxiao, and just reproduced the voice of the desperate prayer at the last moment of his life, that's all.

{...At this time, how should I answer it? I always feel that no matter whether I answer to save or not, it's not good, and it's easy to go wrong.}

Qianhua and Kaguya didn't expect that the corpse really didn't show any harm, and they didn't know what to do in this situation.

{No, there is no point in answering, no matter what you answer, it's useless}

Li Xiaoxiao obviously recovered some of her condition at this time. She took a step forward, hesitated for a moment, and reached out to hold the corpse's shoulders and lifted it up. Then she continued to walk forward, and the corpse staggered and followed behind the player.

{I didn't feel it clearly just now, but now that I've really come into close contact with it, I can feel that this corpse is just an empty shell with a few obsessions left. It doesn't even have the rules and power that a ghost story should have, and it can't even be considered a weird thing}

{And the reason why they became like this is because the Zhang family deliberately did so. They realized a long time ago what the consequences of jumping around and trying to please both sides would be, and they have been trying to save themselves. These seemingly true corpses are one of their ways to save themselves}

{... Now I can remember clearly that it has nothing to do with the people who suppress the weird. The Zhang family disappeared even earlier than when the old Taoist Ge Yuan entered the village. The third god they believed in was actually fabricated by themselves. Just like these ignorant remains who died in despair, it was also their own choice, their "self-rescue". Everything was just their desperate attempt to survive}

Squeak——

Li Xiaoxiao opened the door, walked out of the house, and stepped onto the ground illuminated by the night sky.

Before entering here, she also blocked her cognition, so she could not perceive the state of the sky at this time, and could walk safely in the dungeon at night.

Seeing that the player's state had obviously changed again, Kaguya and Chika looked at each other, discussed a little in the mental link, and followed each other.

Li Xiaoxiao now is more like a dungeon NPC than a player. It is unknown whether this abnormal state will cost her life. However, for the two girls who came to investigate and search for the obsession of the fourth core, they can't care about these now. Finding the fourth core as soon as possible and breaking through the current difficulties for Gao Hai to crack the dungeon is the most important thing. If something really happens, we can only wait until the next round to find a way to save this player.

{I seem to... know where to go next. These things know where I should go...}

Li Xiaoxiao continued to move in the dark.

The corpses of the villagers appeared from all around, jumping stiffly, and then recovered to walk like normal people in the sound of bones breaking, but their bodies were twisted like rag dolls, and followed her.

Kaguya and Chika walked among the corpses, and for a moment they felt like they were participating in the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. In order not to interfere with the actions of Li Xiaoxiao in the front, they kept quiet and continued to move forward, just avoiding a distance from the corpses to avoid physical contact.

{Huh? }

It was also at this time that Kaguya was somewhat surprised to find that the direction in which Li Xiaoxiao was moving was the direction in which she felt the powerful strange creature was. And when Li Xiaoxiao walked towards the other side step by step, the strange creature that was coming towards them before began to slowly move away from them, making it impossible for the two sides to close the distance and always maintaining a certain distance.

Could it be that the reason why the strange creature appeared in the distance at first, but slowly approached, was to guide us and lead us to move in the direction where it was?

Kaguya's pupils narrowed slightly when she realized this. She realized that the Zhang family, which seemed to be the lowest and the first to leave among the three families in this copy, might not be as stupid as it seemed. This family village with the smallest number of people, which always tried to stay on the sidelines in the confrontation between the Li family and the Liu family, might have really come up with something powerful in order to survive.

However, considering the previous management, Kaguya does not think that the Zhang family succeeded in the end. On the contrary, they may not only fail, but also make a big move after the failure.

After all, the old Taoist priest who became the night watchman and probably investigated the situation of the three families clearly commented on the Zhang family as [self-righteousness] and [digging their own graves]. With such an evaluation, Kaguya does not think that there will be any good things waiting for them at the end of this road.

{Be prepared. If we can directly contact the core obsession next, we can only try to fight the obsession and blessing once at most. If we cannot gain a clear advantage and suppress the opponent in the first confrontation, we will immediately make a transfer. After all, the purpose of our coming here is just to confirm the situation of the core obsession. As long as there is a general description of the image characteristics, Gao Jun can use the [Pen of the Perseverer] to explore the location of the core obsession. Forcibly confronting the Red Moon-level core has never been our purpose}

After thinking carefully for a moment, Kaguya said seriously to Qianhua in the mental link.

{Yeah, don't worry, Kaguya-san. I'm not good at fighting, and I don't plan to fight monsters of the Red Moon Core Obsession level. Of course, I don't want Ah Hai to worry about me. So if I really meet him, I might run away immediately.}

Qianhua replied with a somewhat teasing tone, but the expression on her face was very serious. Obviously, this playful girl also knew what time it was.

Tap-tap-tap-

Under the dark sky, a group of twisted corpses and several players who were walking carefully were walking together.

Gradually, the surrounding village buildings disappeared.

Tall trees and continuous shrubs began to block the view, and the road was ups and downs. After a while, Kaguya and Qianhua who were walking in it lost their way and didn't know where they were.

Then, the cold and humid fog, like a panicked crawling insect, spread out from the woods, covering the surrounding environment, making everything more blurred.

Will this road be the last road that the Zhang family members who disappeared at the beginning walked?

Qianhua thought about various possibilities in her heart, and her steps became more cautious, but she always maintained a certain speed to avoid losing Li Xiaoxiao who was walking in front.

Kaguya turned her head from time to time to look at the corpses around her. She couldn't see any changes in the status of these corpses, but vaguely, she felt that some kind of change had begun to accumulate in these things, but it was not clear enough for the time being.

Although she didn't actually feel anything, Kaguya, who was suspicious by nature, couldn't completely let go of her heart, so after a brief thought, she still turned on Asamoto Eriko's auditory enhancement blessing.

The blessing covers the direction from behind Kaguya to the extreme distance of about 3 kilometers. Within this range, it carefully senses back and forth, not missing any slight abnormality.

At the beginning, Kaguya was actually worried that she might have thought too much, and that nothing had actually happened.

But after repeatedly sensing for a while, a trace of discordant noise suddenly fell into her perception.

Rustle——

It was a sound so subtle that even if you were standing within one meter and concentrating, you could still ignore it.

It was a faint sound made by stepping on dead weeds and branches with all your strength.

Such a sound was not made by animals.

At such a moment, such a subtle sound behind her was definitely not made by an animal accidentally. She was confident that she could recognize the difference.

So, there was someone behind them.

Someone was following them from behind!

New item: Peace Bell (I forgot to add this in the last chapter)

A dirty little silver bell with the Chinese ancient Chinese word "peace" engraved on it. It is one of the three Dark Night-level obsessions paid for in the market

Item level: Dark Night-level

Item effect:

The bell needs to be tied to the door handle of any door that can be opened and closed through its thin rope. The door tied with the bell can have extremely strong defense without untying the bell, can resist high-intensity attacks, and has excellent resistance to the impact of strange power

Tendency to lose control: Very low

Performance of losing control:

Kill a mother who has given birth to offspring and whose children are no more than five years old within five meters of the activated bell. The obsession will immediately lose control and indiscriminately cast a strong curse on the living people within fifty meters around, causing their spirits to fall into strong hysterical symptoms and be permanently covered by despair

If it is not available before 4:30, it may have to wait until the afternoon

Chapter 125 How to deal with the stalker and the abandoned place arrived

Someone is following behind!

Kaguya frowned after realizing this, but did not show any obvious emotional changes.

It is certain that the other party is not a strange creature.

Any perception of strange creatures will inevitably bring about corresponding reactions, which is certain. After all, the information of strange creatures themselves already has extraordinary power. Therefore, as long as there is contact, the player can immediately feel it, not to mention that Kaguya perceives it through the power of blessing, and this kind of touch is more likely to react to the power of strange creatures.

Then, after excluding the possibility of animals, and then excluding strange creatures, the last possibility left is a living person.

Is there a living person following behind?

Who could be tracking his team at this time and in this place?

The fog has completely enveloped the forest, casting an illusive color to everything around it.

In this diffuse fog, the shambling corpses of the surrounding villagers also became looming. Some of their members disappeared into the fog and disappeared, while new individuals came out of the fog. Because the visibility was reduced and the field of vision became blurry, Kaguya and Qianhua couldn't even tell whether the corpses around them had changed from before.

Did a stalker appear at this moment?

Without hesitation, Kaguya immediately told Qianhua, Gao Hai, and Goto Kazuri in the village about this through the spiritual link of the black watch. In response, Qianhua immediately mobilized the power of blessing. After spending some time investigating, she also found the footsteps through auditory blessing and confirmed the person who was following behind.

{Is it possible that he is a survivor of the villagers of Lijia Village, such as that Li Ziyong? After all, Gao Jun said that he was not able to confirm the life and death of this villager during the third inspection}

In the spiritual link, Kaguya put forward her conjecture first.

{It may also be a member of the [Treasure Diggers], but if it is a player, it should have a way to detect that it is being sensed, and in that case it should be able to react. But Qianhua can still detect the footsteps, which proves that the other party may not realize that he has been discovered, no... maybe it's an act...}

Gao Hai was still a little hesitant, and he was not completely sure of his thoughts, so he started to think deeply as he spoke.

{No matter who it is, it is definitely not a good thing for them to follow us covertly like this. But in this situation, we cannot easily give up the clues we have obtained. Maybe we can set a trap. After the other party shows up, if it is really an enemy, immediately take the initiative and eliminate it in one go! }

Qianhua skipped the process of guessing the other party's identity and turned the topic to countermeasures.

No matter what, if you find something wrong, you can't pretend you didn't see it. Neither Kaguya nor Qianhua was indecisive. Both of them were prepared to face the enemy and kill them. They also synchronized this information to Gao Hai on the Liujiacun side.

{Are there human stalkers in Zhangjiacun? Give me the coordinates}

Then, Gao Hai gave such a reply without even thinking about it.

{Do you only need coordinates? }