Chapter 559

At this time, the villagers still regarded themselves as [Yingti Village villagers], but in fact, they had gradually become Li family, Liu family and Zhang family.

So [Yingti Village] became a thing that existed in name only, and was gradually forgotten in the days that followed, and even the name could not be preserved.

Why did this happen?

Obviously everyone made a promise and agreement, and promised not to be hostile to each other, and not to be enemies again.

Didn't we say that we would become a family, put aside all suspicions and barriers, and become a family that truly helped each other and worked together to overcome difficulties?

[What nonsense, this group of Li family members are just a group of bandits. Without our charity, they would either starve to death or have their ears and heads cut off by the soldiers. It is their blessing to follow our Liu family to find Xiaoheishan. Not to mention that these bastards have killed our people. The Li family owes the Liu family too much, and they should be asked to repay it! ]

A voice full of contempt and disdain sounded, and it seemed that the disgust on the speaker's face could still be seen.

[Haha, family? Do these Liu family kids really recognize this? I see that they are so high and mighty, and they all think they are so great. I am afraid that they have never looked down on our Li family, and have never looked at us straight in the eye? When the village was built, they said we were a family, but now that the village is built and the grain has begun to be harvested, why are they talking to us about land measurement and granary issues? They have finally used our Li family up and are ready to turn their backs on us, right? ]

A voice with suppressed anger sounded, and it seemed that the speaker could see his fists clenched and teeth gnashing.

[Why, when your Li family attacked our Liu family, they killed many of us? Are you going to deny this? And now that we have finally settled down here, you still refuse to stop, either occupying our Liu family's land and cutting our Liu family's rice, or talking about going out of the mountains to rob. You damned bandits, I think you thieves are just stubborn, a group of wild dogs that can't live without shit! ]

[Haha, your Liu family is really arrogant. In troubled times, how can you survive without robbing? You dare to say that you have never done anything wrong? We, the Li family, did it. We are such people. Even if we pass it on to our descendants, we will still teach and say so. We just want to steal, rob and kill. So what? But your Liu family has been ordering this and that since the establishment of the village. You don’t really think of yourself as the village chief, do you?]

Some opposing concepts began to become clear after the most critical survival crisis was resolved.

Some hatred and contempt, even if they were suppressed at the beginning, will continue to accumulate if they are not guided correctly, and there will be a moment when they will explode one day.

The so-called promise became a joke after food and clothing were guaranteed.

The Liu family and the Li family were forced to unite in troubled times, and they were full of barriers and could not get along harmoniously. After the generation that once led them to put everything aside and march hand in hand gradually aged, the new generation of clan leaders did not choose peace like the elders, but exposed the hidden dangers that had always existed and let the accumulated contradictions erupt.

As a result, some things that should have been noticed were ignored in the fierce struggle.

Whether it was the wasteland exposed after the trees on the hillside were over-cut, or the obvious more rainfall than in previous years, these details that were not noticed by the villagers made the conflict eventually turn into a tragedy, and the tragic casualties did not bring reflection, but brought more serious confrontation.

Lijia Village... Liujia Village... Zhangjia Village...

The original Yingti Village finally disappeared completely, leaving only three villages controlled by different families, which seemed to be one but divided into three different parts.

The power of the gods did not intervene in this process. All these changes were the villagers' own choices and the result of human choices.

From then on, this place was just a ruin.

No matter what it once carried, it is now just a ruin.

{So this place has had such a thing happen before...}

Coming out of the hazy and blurry picture, Kaguya looked a little dazed and at a loss. She didn't know how to evaluate what had happened.

{Is it a gap caused by desire? The Liu family hopes to become the leader of the entire Yingti Village and give orders to the Li and Zhang families. The Li family is unwilling to accept a completely stable and peaceful life, and is always restless and wants to burn, kill and rob again. For these two families, or the clan class of these two families, the existence of [Yingti Village] is just a helpless choice under the circumstances of having to do so. As long as they get through the initial survival crisis, they will not care about their promises, and will not care about the things they have promised...}

Qianhua's expression seemed very complicated. Although she had learned a lot of information about the two families from Gao Hai before, she couldn't help but sigh when she saw how these people had cooperated and lived in harmony with each other, and thought about their final outcome.

I really don't understand. They can clearly see the future of working together, so why do they have to fight to the death?

After finally escaping from the chaotic world and gaining a place to live in peace, we still have to continue to fight and indulge in twisted desires.

Is there really any meaning in this?

{Ms. Li, she has disappeared}

Kaguya looked around, and after confirming that Li Xiaoxiao himself was nowhere to be found, he said in the spiritual link.

{Well, the corpses of those villagers have disappeared, but fortunately, the clones of Ichili’s classmates and Ahai’s summons are still here. I think... we may have entered a new space now. Well, this space is supposed to be very unstable and full of dangers. But the return of Miss Li and the corpses of the villagers has brought about some changes. I think this place has temporarily become a safe place to explore}

Chika also observed her surroundings, and felt relieved after confirming the clone and [teacher] who had been following her and Kaguya. Then she recalled how the vision was twisted and weird at the beginning and then gradually stabilized, and put forward her own guess.

{In other words, do you want to explore this place next? However, judging from the intelligence from the spiritual vision, both the Li family and the Liu family ultimately chose to abandon this place, right? }

Kaguya nodded slightly, then frowned and asked her question.

{Yes, so there is still one family that has not completely abandoned the village that was destroyed by the mudslide. This family always refuses to take sides in the conflict between the Liu family and the Li family. It always maintains a neutral state, but at the same time believes in the gods of both sides and tries to please both sides. It can be said that it is a very contradictory and stupid family}

Qianhua sighed softly again, and took the lead to move forward, deep into this dilapidated and abandoned village.

{Perhaps it is because of this stupidity that only this family has not given up on its original promise from beginning to end, and still dreams that one day the three families can reunite and recreate the [Yingting Village] where they worked hand in hand}

{Although I haven’t seen that core obsession yet, after seeing those things just now, I think the core obsession that this family can breed may be this kind of obsession. Even if the source of this obsession is not necessarily what I mentioned, its existence must be inseparable from the concept of [Yingwei Village] itself}

{So Kaguya, please be more vigilant next time. We all have traces of the [Lijia Village] identity left by Ahai through the land deed. If we really encounter the core obsession next time, how will the other party treat us? It’s hard for us to answer this question~}

As he spoke, something seemed to be ready to move in the darkness.

Neither Kaguya nor Qianhua showed the slightest fear at this moment.

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Chapter 127: The historical remnants seen when diving into the abyss

{Hmph, [Bottomless Lake], this name is really correct. How long has it been, and there is no sign of wanting to see it through to the end}

During the temporary spiritual link, Tangyuan's voice was obviously filled with excitement and joy. It can be seen that she is not flinched at all from the abnormal environment at hand. On the contrary, she is enjoying the feeling of being in a surreal place.

{This place... should be the special area formed by the power of the Fox Queen you mentioned, Mr. Gao, right? I didn’t expect to use a lake as the entrance, it’s really magical. But Miss Tangyuan, I suggest you be more cautious. After all, according to the information provided by Mr. Gao, the fox lady was already in a state of being unable to communicate and extremely dangerous. If we accidentally encounter Him, we may be completely destroyed}

Brother Cat's expression didn't change much, but there was a bit of surprise and awe in his expression. Obviously, even as a veteran Red Moon player, this experience is unprecedented for him.

Gao Hai didn't speak.

He just silently observed the surrounding environment, carefully maintained his body balance while floating, and then continued to dive.

{Don’t be too nervous, Haijun, I’m here, keep moving, this should be just the outer area now, and we should still be far away from where we need to go}

At this moment, the voice of the real concubine came from beside him. He turned his head. Through the white light of the artificial light source, he could clearly see the smile on the girl's face, and he could also feel the girl patting him gently. The strength of the palm, and the words and emotions conveyed by the other party through the spiritual link.

{Um……}

Although he responded to Zhen Fei's words, Gao Hai's nervousness could not be relieved so easily.

In his opinion, Kaguya and Qianhua's investigation operations have reached the point where they need to return. After all, Li Xiaoxiao, who is one of the guarantees of combat power, is in an abnormal state and is missing. There are also those who have appeared out of nowhere and it is not known whether they have exploded or not. The mysterious stalker who died and the situation where he was now being directed to [Yingting Village] have clearly shown that the situation is out of control. Even though they now have Ichiri Goto's clone and [teacher] protecting their safety, Gao Hai can't let go.

Of course, he knew that it was pointless to worry like this, and he also knew that as long as he did not encounter blood flowers, it was unlikely that anything would happen with Kaguya and Qianhua's investigative abilities and experience. But he couldn't help but be afraid of that "what if" appearance, so he was distracted and paid attention to Kaguya Chika many times. If it weren't for the real concubine beside him, Gao Hai probably wouldn't be able to focus too much on his own investigation.

{There is new land ahead, Mr. Hai, be vigilant}

The true concubine's voice sounded again, and Gao Hai also raised his head in the direction she indicated, looking towards the dark front, where the faint light suddenly appeared.

He held his body as steady as possible, and slowly floated towards the light with Zhenfei.

Floating, yes, Gao Hai and Zhen Fei, as well as Brother Mao and Tang Yuan behind them, are all floating.

After diving into the [Bottomless Lake], they arrived in a brand new space. In this strange space, players will be slowly pulled downwards by an invisible force. During the process, players can float up and down freely as if swimming in water. They can resist this force or follow this force. A force accelerates the dive.

Issues such as oxygen seem to be no need to worry in this strange space where everything is dark and nothing can be seen, and from time to time, players can see and touch some broken things from the darkness. Some of them are very small, and some have lost their original shape, making it impossible to identify what they are. We can only roughly judge based on the remaining objects that they may be objects left over from some kind of temple or Taoist temple. Another part of them is very large, including half-collapsed temples, dilapidated village buildings, even an island so huge that the borders cannot be directly seen, or some strange things that cannot exist in the real world.

The deeper you dive, the more these broken things floating in the darkness become, and their shapes become more complete.

For example, floating directly under the high sea at this time are some pottery figurines that look very old, and they are the kind of pottery figurines that would not be out of place in a museum. Most of these fired pottery figurines have the appearance of humans or foxes, and there are also weird pottery figurines that are a mixture of the two and have characteristics of both.

He reached out his hand and grabbed one of the slightly damaged pottery figurines.

The next moment, Gao Hai felt a slightly blurry scene, as if he saw many people lowering their heads to pray devoutly, and saw the graceful body on the high platform being worshiped and enshrined by people.

The image was very blurry and lasted only a very short time before dissipating. Together with the pottery figurines caught by Gao Hai, they turned into dust and lost their original form.

The true concubine also grabbed a green jade pendant, and then she saw an ancient city, the statues of gods being worshiped in tall temples, and the heads of cattle and sheep as sacrifices under the statues, as well as the heads of enemy captives.

These things seem to have some kind of origin with [Fox Empress]. Even after the baptism of time, even if the people related to them have long passed away, there are still residual thoughts remaining in the darkness, gradually in this eternal silence. Decaying.

Gao Hai could already clearly see the land that Zhen Fei was talking about.

After descending to a depth of at least three to four thousand meters, another huge piece of land appeared in front of the four people. This piece of land is not complete, and it seems to have suffered some kind of natural disaster, so that the cities on the land have collapsed into disarray. Many buildings have collapsed and broken, and it can only be barely recognized that it should be an ancient city.

{Tile and wooden structure... closed courtyard design... This city may be from the Western Zhou Dynasty, but it must be later than the Shang Dynasty anyway. Turtle, didn’t you say that the Zhou Dynasty classified fox belief as an evil sacrifice? At this time, we can still retain our faith on a city scale}

After all, Tangyuan has the title of "Historian" on her, so after a little identification, she roughly determined the possible historical period of this building.

At this time, Gao Hai had already taken the lead and landed in the ruins of the city, and quickly let go of his senses to sense this place.

There is no trace of obsession.

All that can be felt are vague phantoms, only the last remaining dreams of the resting man.

There are no strange activities in this ruins. If you want to find the core obsession related to the Fox Lady, you may have to go deeper into this darkness.

{The thing is not here, just move on}

Gao Hai, who was talking about the spiritual link and temporary spiritual link, walked to the edge of the ruins, jumped slightly, and continued to fall deeper.

{Haijun, what do you think is the relationship between this place and the Fox Empress herself? }

Concubine Zhen, who was following Gao Hai, frowned and asked.

{...Hard to say, I personally prefer the embodiment of memory}

Gao Hai was silent for a moment, and then gave an answer that he was not sure about.

{Wow, I saw something really bad. The believers of the Fox Empress would actually seduce those barren women in the name of being religious and having children. I thought this would only happen in some temples. It seems that the preference for wives is really ancient.}

Then, from the temporary spiritual link, Tang Yuan's slightly teasing voice sounded.

Gao Hai raised his head and found that Tangyuan had just jumped out of the ruins of the city and dived with him. He didn't know what she had just gone to investigate.

{Oh, you don’t know what I just saw. The believer walked up to a beautiful woman about twenty-five years old, said to her, "Madam, do you really want to have a baby?", and then took her to In a hidden place, there are two big men waiting inside, and then the three of them together...}

{Ahem, Miss Tangyuan, I think it’s better to leave this topic until after the mission is over}

Tangyuan seemed a little excited and enthusiastically recounted her discovery in the temporary mental link, but before she could really get to the point, Maoge, who couldn't listen any more, interrupted her.

Because Zhenfei had already had various interactions with Gao Hai, she didn't blush and her heartbeat would not be beaten because of such a topic. She just looked at Gao Hai with empty eyes.

{Speaking of this topic, I occasionally hear my parents mention it. After all, the executives and wealthy people they met during ping have more or less some strange problems. Haijun, you are not like this, right? I won't talk about the things I played with Fujiwara, like what Miss Tangyuan said... married women, you don't like this, right? }

I don't know what Zhenfei thought of, but she asked such a question that Gao Hai felt inexplicable.

Well, I can feel that Kita's spirit has also become active. What's wrong with this child? Why does she come up every time she encounters this topic? Is she originally a person with this personality?

{I hate married women the most! }

Gao Hai answered righteously in the mental connection.

{Playing with other people's wives is an absolute no-no for me. If you want to play, play with your own wife, such as my cute little Zhenfei. This is the way to go. N--T--R is absolutely not allowed. All the Tauren should die!}

He even felt that his initial words were not strong enough, and emphasized it more seriously.

{"Cute little Zhenfei" is redundant. Don't flirt during the dungeon exploration period. I'm just asking. Don't get too excited.}

As expected, Zhenfei was choked by Gao Hai's words, and her face subconsciously turned red. Although Zhenfei rarely acts arrogantly now, it is probably still difficult for her to accept Gao Hai's compliments and praises calmly.

{Yeah, yeah, I know, my lovely little wife, don't worry}

{So I've said that now is not the time to talk about this kind of thing. If you continue to tease me, I will be angry.}

After teasing Zhenfei again, until the other party puffed up her face and showed an unhappy expression, Gao Hai finally restrained himself and turned his attention back to the darkness below.

There were more things floating in it, and their shapes appeared under the light carried by Gao Hai and others.

The broken objects of the city scale have begun to decrease gradually.

And the floating objects of the village scale began to increase gradually, gradually showing a scattered state.

But after diving for a distance, the number of objects began to drop sharply, and all types of objects became increasingly scarce, so that this piece of darkness began to become more and more empty, gradually moving towards a state of nothingness.

These changes... are they reflecting the gradual decline and shattering of the belief in the fox lady?

Gao Hai thought silently in his heart.

And then, he felt a chill, and the cold breath suddenly came from below, instantly sweeping across this dark space.

A mutilated baby appeared in Gao Hai's eyes.

Then the second, the third, and even the densely packed floating in the darkness, all the children who had lost their vitality.

Most of these children were girls, and they were all newborns.

Gao Hai's perception received feedback from their already cold bodies, and saw the dying woman, the man holding the child, and the old man. And the disappointed expressions on those people's faces after checking the child.

[If you Li family members really believe in the queen, just keep the child! Such an evil behavior will never be recognized by the queen, and such unscrupulous things can't be done anymore]

[Hehe, you Liu family really take yourselves seriously? Do you really want to control our Li family? If you don't give birth to a son, how can we pass on our family line? Can we let women do the farm work in the fields? Can we let all the women marry your Liu family and give you all the land and property of our Li family? Get out of the way, it's none of your business! ]

[Damn the beast, they are really stubborn and uneducated! Leave the person here, at worst we can adopt the child in our Liu family! ]

[Hey, do you really think our Li family is a place for you to show your kindness and accumulate merit? It’s a big deal if we don’t kill this child. If we want a son, we have to let the fox lady know that we don’t want a girl. So she must die, and she must die miserably and unhappily. The more miserable she dies, the less likely the next baby will be a girl. Don’t you understand? And if you really let you raise the child, wouldn’t you raise the enemy of the Li family? Why don’t we just give it to the fox lady directly? She likes children so much, wouldn’t it be better if I send this child to her? ]

Laughter, noise, cursing...