Fatal Game Syndrome

Two days later, Ruan Lanzhu brought everyone to live in Wang Siyu's manor. Maybe it was because the door had been purified, but it was no longer rainy inside the door as before.

In the sunshine, the roses outside the castle are in full bloom. After being carefully trimmed by the housekeeper, they look much neater. The whole manor is tidy and lively. On the lawn, a group of people with nothing to do are leisurely barbecue under parasols.

"Taste it!"

Lu Yanxue handed the grilled skewers to Wang Siyu. She usually hid in the studio on the rooftop and rarely came out. Today, she was finally dragged out, and she had to let her try something other than steak.

"Is it tasty?"

Tan Zaozao held her chin and looked at Wang Siyu. Her slightly hesitant expression paused for a moment, then suddenly her eyes lit up and her eyebrows raised, making everyone want to laugh.

"good to eat!"

Wang Siyu nodded heavily. Without the hat covering her face, her pretty face was clearly visible. Although she was still wearing a black dress, she no longer looked as lifeless as before.

She had just taken a bite of the skewers in her hand when Lu Yanxue stuffed several more skewers into her hand. It was pitiful that she had never tasted so many delicious foods.

"The next door is coming soon."

Ruan Lanzhu leaned lazily on Ling Jiushi and entered the door again. The order of the doors was arranged according to Ling Jiushi's experience, so the next one should be the door of the Crying Boy.

Ruan Lanzhu did not enter this door, and Li Dongyuan also died in this door.

"Yu Fu's mission has been completed, and I don't know what this door's mission will become."

Ling Jiushi pinched his fingers without raising his head. He also moved his supercomputer in. His hands were racing against time to build that world. He also carried Ruan Lanzhu's head on his shoulders. Having a partner was a heavy burden.

"It's not that hard to clear. After all, it's just a low-level gate."

Ruan Lanzhu took Ling Jiushi's hand and rubbed his fingers to relax him. Among this group of idle people, only his wife was doing the work, so he couldn't help even if he wanted to. "The door is about to come, take a break first, and continue with the rest after we come out."

"Well..."

Ling Jiushi opened his mouth and took a bite of the barbecue that Cheng Qianli fed him and nodded. In fact, he had already completed most of the work in his hands. After all, he was just replicating it again, so he didn't need to spend too much time on it. At most, he would just perfect some details that he hadn't thought of before, and the operation was still very fast.

"You guys stay here, we'll go out and prepare first!"

When Ling Jiushi had almost finished eating, Ruan Lanzhu stood up. To enter the next door, they had to go back to the real world.

Ruan Lanzhu's timing was just right. As soon as she picked up the prepared bag, the lights in the living room flashed impatiently.

"go!"

Ruan Lanzhu took Ling Jiushi's hand, pushed open the door and walked in. Behind the door was still the place where Ling Jiushi and they met last time. Although it was night inside the door, the quaint street was still bustling with people and brightly lit.

"Another sacrifice to the river god?"

Several people stood under the eaves and watched the sacrificial team coming towards them from a distance. They were still wearing the familiar pig-face masks. The masked man walking in the front was dancing as he walked, shaking the copper bell in his hand from time to time.

Behind this man was a sedan chair carried by four people. Ling Jiushi, who had extraordinary hearing, could hear the whimpering sounds from inside even from a long distance. From the sounds, he could tell that there were probably two children with their mouths gagged inside.

The sacrificial team was getting closer and closer. When they approached them, Ruan Lanzhu and others also heard the noise inside. But when they turned around and looked around, they saw that the people next to them had wooden expressions and were muttering to themselves. These people were obviously accustomed to using children for sacrifice and did not show any emotional fluctuations at all.

"Fellow!"

Li Dongyuan grabbed the woman next to him and asked, "What are you worshipping?"

The woman looked at him impatiently without saying anything, then immediately turned back and continued to mutter with her head down, obviously not wanting to be disturbed.

Li Dongyuan didn't give up and turned to ask another woman. It was exactly the same as the last time she came in, like a movie being replayed.

“Sacrifice to the river god!”

The woman didn't even raise her head, but still uttered three words to him almsgivingly.

“Is there anything particular about offering sacrifices to the river god?”

The woman finally looked up at this time and found that they were a few foreigners dressed strangely. A look of understanding appeared on her face.

"We offer sacrifices to the river god every Mid-Autumn Festival. It starts on the first day of the festival. We offer a boy and a girl on the first day, two on the second day, and so on, until the seventh day."

There were two children in the sedan that just passed by, so, "Is today the second day?"

"no!"

The woman shook her head with a look of helplessness on her face. "The Lord River God requires that the number of sacrifices be doubled this year, otherwise he will raise the water and drown everyone."

The river god is quite greedy!

Ling Jiushi glanced at Ruan Lanzhu. Could it be that the river god knew that they were coming to purify the world, so he wanted to eat more boys and girls to increase his strength?

"Okay! Thank you!"

Li Dongyuan walked back with a frown on his face. Apparently, several people had heard his conversation with the woman just now. This was another feudal cannibalistic place!

"How to do?"

Ruan Lanzhu glanced at the sacrificial team that was getting farther and farther away and said, "Let's follow them and take a look!"

Several people followed all the way to the river, and the two children were carried out of the sedan chair by the pig-faced man. Only then did the people hiding in the reeds behind see the situation clearly.

The two children looked to be about three or four years old. Not only were their mouths blocked, but their entire bodies were wrapped in white cloth with strange knots tied on the outside, leaving only their eyes and noses exposed.

After being carried out by the pig-faced man, the whining sound became louder. Ruan Lanzhu, who had good eyesight, could see that there seemed to be confusion in the ignorant eyes.

After the two pig-headed men carried the children out, two more people came up, stretched out their hands to take the children's feet, and held the children at the front and back with the pig-faced men at the beginning. The pig-faced man holding the copper bell sang and danced by the river, and finally shouted loudly, and the four of them threw the two children into the river with great force.

Ling Jiushi and a few others squatted at the back and watched with gnashing teeth, but after throwing the child away, the sacrificial team did not stop and left while dancing for the gods.

"Go down and save them!"

Li Dongyuan pulled off his T-shirt and rushed out. Ling Jiushi and Cheng Qianli, who originally wanted to jump in, were held down by Ruan Lanzhu. They put down their bags and jumped into the river.

The water in this river is very turbulent. People who are not good at swimming cannot get out after going down. For ducks who are neither dry nor wet like Ling Jiushi and Cheng Qianli, going down is considered a gift to the river god.

Ling Jiushi was extremely anxious on the shore. It was not easy for Ruan Lanzhu to get up in such a strong current, let alone rescue the child in the water.

The tied-up child couldn't float at all. After Li Dongyuan and Ruan Lanzhu jumped down, they only saw the shadow of the child being washed away. It was impossible for them to chase after him and save him.

After struggling in the water for a long time, the two men had to return empty-handed. It had been more than ten minutes since the child was thrown into the water and not even his shadow could be seen. Both of them were running out of energy and if they didn't get out, they would probably die in the water too.

"Is it okay!"

Ruan Lanzhu and the others were washed far away by the water, and the place where they climbed up was far away from the place of sacrifice. The three people chasing them on the shore could not keep up with the speed of the water at all. When they caught up with them, two of them had already climbed up and were lying on the grass.

"fine!"

Ruan Lanzhu was very tired. Under normal circumstances, he would never lie on the ground without caring about his image like this.

"The child ran away and we didn't catch up!"

Ruan Lanzhu sat up with Ling Jiushi's force and let him rub his head with his spare coat.

"We have tried our best. If we don't come up, we will also be sacrificed to the river god."

Li Dongyuan took the T-shirt he had just taken off from Tan Zaozao and wiped it on his face and body. "Besides, the child has been down there for so long. I'm afraid he'll be dead even if we rescue him."

Ling Jiushi didn't say much. There was nothing he could do if he couldn't save them. What was important was their lives. As long as Ruan Lanzhu and the others were okay, that was enough!

Fortunately, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival when they came in, so they didn't have to worry about catching a cold when going into the water at this temperature.

"Go back first."

It was already late, and this place was still some distance away from where they had just entered. They didn't know whether the door god had come out.

Thanks to Xiyueying, Xiaohuoyang~, Fuyaozhishangqiwanli, Yaofeng, Aihaiwu Apo, Yu who likes Huaqiu, Fengsheng, and Huang Xiaojie baby for using love to generate electricity. I love you all, Pen Core Core

I'm planning to start a new plot. Ling Jiushi is reborn fifty years later and returns to the day when he first met Ruan Lanzhu~