Chapter 547

Chapter 112 The cause and effect planted in the past and the sense of urgency that began to emerge

The burning flames spread throughout the village.

The soldiers in armor holding swords and spears resisted with difficulty, but they still fell one after another.

The howling phantoms and twisted filth spread wildly in the woods and fields. Like a carnival at the end of the world, they wantonly released terrifying malice.

The figures of the villagers have disappeared.

Some of them disappeared from the beginning and didn't know how to disappear from the village. Some of them didn't have time to escape and soon became the first wave of attack targets of those things. At this time, there were basically only a few remaining broken limbs, and they couldn't find the complete shape.

And the people in the costumes of the ghost suppressors were still trying their best to resist, and they were still trying to build a line of defense against these things, looking for ways to seal these horrors again.

Whose voice was heard.

【We can't let these things continue to spread. If they really walk out of the woods, the damage they cause will be incalculable. They must be confined to this place! 】

【The strange weapons used to hedge and suppress the strange talk have been basically used up. If we continue, our strange weapons may go out of control before we suppress these things. We must change our action strategy and not fight hard. We will lose if we fight them hard】

【Those lunatics, do they really know what they are doing? Such reckless destruction of the seal... No, we must find a way to establish a connection with the mountain god of Xiaoheishan. If we want to seal strange things of this scale, we must find a way from this direction! Tsk, but from the previous investigation, if we want to establish a connection, I am afraid that "sacrifice" is a necessary behavior, but we are completely unsure of what scale of sacrifice is needed to really solve the problem...】

I saw those people who fought desperately.

Even if they were scarred, even if they had been contaminated during the long investigation and were destined to be unable to leave this twisted land, they were still fighting with all their might.

I saw those villagers.

Standing in the dark woods, watching all this from afar, silently watching those villagers who fought to death to suppress the strange people.

[Haha...]

Some villagers laughed in a low voice.

[These damned soldiers forced us to resort to this desperate measure. When they die, I will tear all their tendons and bones out! ]

Some villagers growled with gnashing teeth.

[Master, is this really okay? Mr. Du also said before that if we mess with the seal, there might be trouble. We have broken the seal now. If something goes wrong later and we can't seal these things back...]

Some villagers also showed worried eyes, looking at the twisted monsters rampaging all over the mountains and those who were constantly killed and injured by the monsters, and raised their own doubts.

[Hehe, that's just Mr. Du threatening us, what do you want to do?]

[The mountain god has protected us for so many years, how could there be problems just because of a little seal. To put it bluntly, those seals were originally used by us to suppress the monsters. Our ancestors built that place and have used it until now without any problems. Is it because we unlocked the seal once and let those things out that it’s all over? How can it be said that]

[And if we don’t do this, won’t those soldiers destroy our home? The previous war disaster was caused by Li Duosun’s recklessness. This time, these soldiers are more powerful and more difficult to deal with. They can even fight against those monsters. If we go there, we will only die. So, let’s not talk about what will happen in the future. Let’s get through the difficulties in front of us first. We can’t let these guys continue to mess with our territory]

Then, Li Ziyong’s voice was heard.

In the voice with a bit of resentment and the pleasure of revenge, the man who looked not much different from Li Ziyong that Gao Hai had seen was smiling smugly.

Even though the chaos at the foot of the mountain was continuing and the village was burning, there was no abnormality on his face. On the contrary, he was full of pride. It seemed that the idea of ​​causing a riot of strange creatures to surround and kill those who suppressed the strange creatures had brought him great benefits. However, considering that he had been called the clan leader by the surrounding villagers, and Li Duosun, who was not far away and had a dark face, some things seemed to be clear at a glance without explanation.

[The Zhang family had already dug their own graves and could not die any more. After today, the Liu family will be completely cut off from retreat. Next, as long as we kill these soldiers who came from nowhere, this Little Black Mountain will only be our Li family, and only I, Li Ziyong, will have the final say. Haha, Lord Mountain God, I have to borrow your power! ]

It seemed that he could more or less feel the psychological activities of Li Ziyong.

Like a villain who succeeded, Li Ziyong grinned and smiled silently in the burning fire.

It was getting clearer and clearer.

At the moment when the old man touched Gao Hai, the scenes that happened in the past, the things that were released in the dark night, and the people who fought hard until the last moment and were finally annihilated, were becoming clearer and clearer.

Finally, one person stood up among the defeated soldiers and walked towards the monsters.

All the monster-suppressing people stood up at the last moment. They began to age rapidly, their vitality continued to drain, and finally they fell to the ground and died.

The power of the gods responded after this sacrifice, spreading rapidly across the land, extinguishing the flames, and imprisoning the monster again, thus finally ending the chaos.

The villagers of the Li family were not in a hurry to show up at this time.

Before them, some people in the ruined village showed up first. No one knew how these people appeared. It seemed that in just a blink of an eye, there were many figures in the place where there were no people.

These people came out and then noticed the last person who had not fallen. The one who sacrificed the vitality of all his companions to the mountain god in exchange for the final cruel victory, and stopped breathing at the last moment, standing in the ruins of the village and died.

Something was wriggling in the body of this person who was suppressing the monster.

After he died, after his life disappeared, something was strongly stimulated and was about to break out of his body.

The villagers of Lijia Village who had been watching before had disappeared long ago, and no one knew where they had gone.

The villagers who had just walked out were not able to escape from the location of the occultist in the first place, so they immediately saw the terrifying color growing from the occultist's body.

Snap!

After a slight sound, Gao Hai knocked off the old woman's dry fingers that were holding him.

He did not wait for the old woman to finish reading the transmitted picture, and interrupted it neatly. Although it might miss some important clues, Gao Hai was not stupid. He could clearly sense the breath of the thing that was about to burst out of the occultist's body, and was so familiar with the breath of the blood-colored flower that he could not mistake it anyway. Even though this was just a blurry picture, Gao Hai was sure that as long as he observed the blood flower again, he could also speed up the other party's escape from the seal. It was even possible that the past phantom of the blood-colored flower in the picture would become real, and then directly attack Gao Hai at the stage of inspiration clues.

If it really came to that step, Gao Hai would definitely not be able to bear it, so the moment he realized that something was wrong, he immediately interrupted it.

{It's really surprising, so you are the junior sister of the ghost-suppressing Jiang? Because she voluntarily offered her life force, she was drained and died, and turned into this old woman, but her body was picked up by the Li family and reactivated to become a puppet guarding the temple}

Gao Hai's words were full of emotion.

At this point, Gao Hai no longer had the leisure to discuss how perverted and disgusting these villagers were. Anyway, now they have basically been absorbed by the mountain god, and there is no way for them to run out and do evil. And if I can really crack this copy, the black watch will definitely not let this group of anthropomorphic things go. Well, it's just that it's still disgusting. Every time I encounter this situation in the copy, I have never encountered a truly worry-free situation.

The expressionless old man was still struggling at this time, trying to attack Gao Hai, trying to strangle his neck, and trying to take away the ghost-suppressing wooden sign in Gao Hai's hand.

Probably because she had become a puppet combined with the power of the strange creature, the old woman was very strong, so strong that even the human limit could not resist. But in front of Gao Hai, whose strength was far beyond that of ordinary people, this kind of struggle could not shake him at all. Even when the blessing of nothingness was turned on, Gao Hai could hold it down with one hand, not giving it any chance to fight back.

After thinking for a while, Gao Hai took out the red soft rope obsession, tied up the old woman and dragged her away.

Although she is now just a puppet, with only a few obsessions left, she is one of the [Suppressing Strange People] after all, and maybe we can get some clues from her. Well, let the historians investigate, maybe they can find something.

As for this place, well... it's better to take all these obsessions away. Although I don't need these things to assist me now, I can't be sure whether the [Treasure Diggers] are dead. It would be bad if one or two survivors find this place.

After a brief thought, Gao Hai searched the entire underground area very straightforwardly and took away everything that could be packed and taken away. Even though most of these obsessions were Dark Night-level items, they were of little significance to Gao Hai, who now had multiple powerful blessings. Moreover, once the [Infant Crying Village] copy was cracked, none of these obsessions would be left and all would disappear. But for the sake of safety, he still did not let go of any of them, licking the map clean without leaving any resources.

And it was also at this time that news came from Zhen Fei that she, the historian, and the people of the Moyu Gang had found a way to enter [Liujia Village] after repeated tests. After Gao Hai confirmed again and again that there was nothing else in this underground space, he finally walked out and rushed towards the direction of the village.

I don’t know what the state of that [Liujia Village] will be, and what the residents inside are like.

Although Gao Hai learned from Chachai last week that the residents of Liujia Village were friendly and could communicate, considering the degree of anthropomorphism of the Li family, he still had some doubts about the villagers he had never met, worrying that they would also do something bad in some aspects.

Tap-tap-tap-

After the rapid footsteps, the underground space that had been looted returned to peace and darkness.

Then, a slight creeping sound gradually came.

From the place where Gao Hai came into contact with the old woman and saw the fragments of past history, something was trembling and growing.

Click——

The solid ground cracked and dark red buds grew out.

The buds grew rapidly, turned into blood-colored vines, and bloomed bright flowers.

Even though Gao Hai did not really see the appearance of that thing in the fragments of history, he had heard the creeping sound of the blood-colored vines, so the blood-colored vines could really creep in the copy world, appear out of thin air and begin to grow slowly.

One step earlier than the previous rounds, the power of the blood-colored flowers spread in the darkness.

...Mom, I will protect you...

... All the lives on this planet, my children...

... I will not let you become toys of those chaotic things, and I will not let you continue to suffer...

... Just come to my mother's arms, just come to my mother...

... Live happily forever with my mother...

In the murmurs that no one listened to, it seemed that many faces could be seen flowing in the flowers.

His behavior pattern changed again.

This time, he did not chase Gao Hai, nor did he chase any living person in the copy. He just quietly took root in the darkness and grew up little by little.

In the woods outside the mountain temple, Gao Hai, who was walking forward, subconsciously stopped and frowned and looked behind him.

I always felt as if I felt something, but when I carefully identified it, I couldn't find it.

It's very strange.

Have you ever had this kind of sudden clear and suddenly blurred feeling before? I always feel... like I was locked by something for a moment, and then the other party took the initiative to disconnect the lock, so there is no way to find the other party's position.

It's really wrong.

After a short silence, Gao Hai took a breath and then activated the mental connection.

{Zhenfei, prepare for refuge, take everyone to transfer through the well immediately, I think the space we are in now has been invaded by "that thing"}

{What? So fast? ! I understand, I'll do it right away! }

From the beginning of communication to the beginning of action, it took less than two sentences.

Although the village's fortifications had just been built, Zhenfei had no doubts about Gao Hai's judgment and immediately began to organize the players to retreat.

The historian and the members of the Moyu Gang had no doubts about this, and they immediately began to retreat. However, many players at the Dark Night level didn't understand why they had to run, and they suspected that Zhenfei and others were playing tricks on them. However, in this case, the players just explained a little bit of reason, and everyone had no doubts and happily followed the retreat.

At this time, Gao Hai also accelerated his speed and went straight to full speed, returning to the village in less than a few seconds.

As for whether to turn back to confirm whether it was that thing, Gao Hai had no such idea at all.

{Are you really sure...that thing appeared? }

Kita was still a little confused, after all, she didn't feel anything.

{I don't know, I didn't really feel anything. It's just that I just had a feeling that I had never had before, and when encountering this unexpected situation, I think it's definitely better to think of the worst. Who do you think is the worst guy for us in this copy now? }

Gao Hai calmly replied to Kita in his mind, and activated the power of the deed as soon as he returned to the village. He checked the situation of the entire village through the deed, and was slightly relieved after confirming that the blood flower vines did not cover it.

Regardless of whether it was that thing or not, I had to speed up my side.

There were still three core obsessions of the red moon-level core monsters. One of the core obsessions could be confirmed to be the black coffin, which might be related to the dead village that I and Yili investigated in the first round, so there were some clues. But there were two cores that were completely unknown at present, and we had to find out the location of their obsessions as soon as possible.

Although the fourth round had just begun, Gao Hai could already feel a strong sense of urgency, pressing from a direction that was still completely unknown.

It was the end of the month again, and I had to work harder recently.

Chapter 113 The full mobilization of players and the fragments of Ge's past

Finally, after spending about ten minutes, all the players moved away from the village and entered another village area through the well.

The transfer area they chose was the fake village where Gao Hai had opened Wushuang. According to the investigation, this village was actually a fake created by Lijia Village using the power of the mountain god. In order to cover it up, they even let these fake villagers believe in the Fox Goddess. At the same time, in order to avoid problems, they also restricted the combat power of these fakes, limiting their power to the level of ordinary humans.

The result of this was that the players easily killed these villagers and easily occupied the entire village. Then Gao Hai, who was teleported through the well, used the power of the deed to directly turn this fake village into his own territory, thus completely completing the occupation.

It was also at this time that Gao Hai discovered that the obsession of the title deed of Lijia Village was not only able to obtain the ownership of the initial space, but also had an effect on all spatial areas with the concept of [Lijia Village]. However, it must be effective in villages where villagers live and [clan leaders] exist. Therefore, in this fake Lijia Village, when the players found the old man representing the clan leader and killed him directly, Gao Hai directly obtained control of the village through the title deed.

In this way, at least there are fewer troubles in ensuring safety, but considering the previous perception, Gao Hai still can't be optimistic.

{So you can't even describe the specific characteristics of that thing? That thing is so scary...}

In the temporary mental link, Tang Yuan, the [Historian], spoke with some emotion after hearing Gao Hai's general explanation. Gao Hai could tell that she was very curious about the bloody flower that Gao Hai had never described directly, and the more he refused to describe it directly, the more he acted as if he was facing a great enemy. This player, no, it should be said that both she and Chachai, two historians, showed an increasingly strong curiosity. It was just that Chachai was old and knowledgeable, so he kept his composure and didn't react much, while Tangyuan, who was much younger, couldn't help but ask Gao Hai several related questions in a roundabout way.

{So, does that thing have a gender? Can it speak? Does it have the ability to pass through space barriers?}

{Ah, I know that you can't describe that thing, Mr. Gao, and you don't have to answer my questions, but I'm still a little curious. You can't mention the existence of that thing, is it because it can sense it, or is it actually always around us, and will only intervene in us after you mention its existence?}

{It can make you, a player with outstanding strength, so vigilant, and this copy has already experienced time reversal, right? In other words, I even died once because of that thing, is that the case? Can you tell me how I died? }

If Chachai, who was standing next to Gao Hai, couldn't stand it anymore and dragged her away, Gao Hai estimated that the woman would have to ask for a long time.

{I really don't understand, how can there be such a guy who is more excited the more dangerous it is, shouldn't he be more cautious? }

Zhen Fei, who was standing next to Gao Hai, looked at Tang Yuan who was dragged away and complained in a low voice. She really didn't understand the player organization [Historians]. In her opinion, Tang Yuan and Chachai were both quite sick in a sense. In comparison, [The Fishing Gang] looked much more normal. The cat brother became much more cautious after confirming that the dungeon had been retraced. He took action after repeatedly confirming various precautions with Gao Hai. When Gao Hai said that he needed to retreat, he also led the Fishing Gang to respond first, including persuading those noisy Dark Night players. He also made a lot of efforts.

{It is normal to have various changes after experiencing more dungeons, and if there were no players like them who dared to explore danger, it is estimated that the survival pressure of players today would be even greater. It's just that the situation this time was too supermodel, so their curiosity turned into a suicidal behavior. Well, although nothing bad has happened yet, we can't delay, let's act now}

Gao Hai just smiled and reached out to touch Zhen Fei's head.

Although Zhen Fei protested unhappily, "Don't mess up my hair," she still stood still and walked with Gao Hai towards the direction of the teleportation well.

The jade pendant, the core obsession of the wedding dress weirdo, had been placed in the groove on the statue.

Gao Hai had a deeper sense of the weirdo from the obsession, and thus determined that the other party was indeed the apprentice of the old Taoist Ge Yuan, who traveled around the world with the old man and helped him with things. Her real name was Ge Gulan.

She was an abandoned baby abandoned by her parents. She was thrown into the water and struggled for a long time, and was about to drown. It was Ge Yuan, who was traveling around at the time, who found her floating in the river and rescued her and raised her up. The name was also given to her by the old Taoist priest. The jade pendant was bought for her by the old Taoist priest when she was 12 years old. He said that he didn't want her to stay with him all the time. He hoped that she could find a good family to marry one day. This jade pendant was his dowry for her. Although it was a little shabby, it was better than nothing.

Then, after carefully sensing the memory fragments activated by the jade pendant, Gao Hai found that it was hard to say whether Ge Yuan was a Taoist priest. Because although he was wearing a Taoist robe, he actually didn't have a Taoist name, and he didn't even know which sect his family belonged to.

According to what he said to his disciples, he was actually just an abandoned vagrant when he was young. He just accidentally broke into an abandoned Taoist temple and found a Taoist robe from it. Then that night when he was sleeping in the Taoist temple, he dreamed of an old man asking him if he was willing to inherit the mantle and do good deeds in the world and save the people who were invaded by evil spirits. At that time, the old Taoist priest himself didn't know why he agreed in a daze. Then he was taught some skills in his dream. After waking up, he decided to put on the Taoist robe and rely on these skills to do things. He has lived like this for so many years.

To be honest, when Gao Hai saw these things, he felt quite strange, as if a horror film set had turned into a folk fantasy film set. But soon, Gao Hai discovered from those memory fragments that the old Taoist priest's ability seemed to be somewhat similar to the blessing of strange creatures. And although he couldn't see too much, from the existing fragments, Gao Hai felt that the old Taoist priest might have a connection with a certain god, so he could borrow a powerful force that he didn't have at some critical moments.