Fatal Game Syndrome

"But the temple is outside the woods, and we can't get through now!"

Ling Jiushi sat down on the steps in front of the well, propped up his chin, looked at the wellhead opposite and sighed.

"Let's go look in the woods again! Maybe we can find a way out!"

Ruan Lanzhu stretched out his hand towards him, but Ling Jiushi did not move for a long time, just staring blankly at the well in front of him.

"What did you think of?"

Ruan Lanzhu squatted down in front of him.

"It suddenly occurred to me that every household in the village has a well like this, right? And there's no water in the well."

"That's right!"

Ruan Lanzhu nodded. After Ling Jiushi said that, he also thought of something, "Try it?"

"go!"

Ling Jiushi nodded, stood up suddenly, and walked towards the wellhead pulling Ruan Lanzhu.

"What are you talking about? Can you please explain it clearly?"

Tan Zaozao stood up and looked at the two men's backs with a confused look on his face.

"Yeah! We can't guess what you're thinking!"

"Follow up and take a look!"

The three people behind ran after him, and the five of them formed a circle around the well and looked inside. "Every household in the village has a well like this. They should be connected. If we can't get out of the woods on the ground, maybe we can get out through the well."

After Ling Jiushi finished speaking, he went down the well with Ruan Lanzhu.

The passages in the well were crisscrossed, and the men walked around in it several times before they found the exit outside the woods when night fell.

"It's too late today. Now that we have found the way, let's come back tomorrow morning!"

When they returned to the small building, those who stayed in the inn and did not dare to go out casually had already prepared food and were waiting for them.

They also saw the extraordinaryness of these people. If they wanted to get out, they would have to rely on these people. In this case, they might as well do what they can to curry favor with them.

The few people who had been hungry for a whole day did not hesitate to sit down at the table and start eating. During the meal, Li Dongyuan also explained the itinerary for tomorrow.

At present, they have not found any other taboos, so it is not safe tonight. Anyway, the way to the temple has been found, so why not take people to the temple to worship tomorrow? Before finding the key and the door, maybe the statues in the temple can protect them again as before.

The next morning, after they went downstairs, they found that the same people from yesterday were still waiting for them downstairs, and the number of people had not decreased.

"After all, it's a low-level sect, so it looks like this is the only taboo condition."

Ruan Lanzhu leaned close to Ling Jiushi's ear and whispered. Ling Jiushi breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that there are still people here. After dinner, I'll take everyone to the temple to worship!"

"Lingling is still too soft-hearted, but..."

Ling Jiushi looked up at Ruan Lanzhu and waited for him to continue.

"But I like it!"

After saying that, Ruan Lanzhu leaned over and kissed the corner of his mouth, which made the people around him almost blinded.

Dog abuse!

"Eat, eat! If you have affection, you can drink water to satisfy your hunger. We don't have affection, so we should just eat our food!"

Li Dongyuan pushed Cheng Qianli and Tan Zaozao towards the dining table, leaving the two sticky men behind to watch.

After finishing their meal, a group of sixteen people went down the well at the door, followed the marks they left yesterday, turned through unknown intersections, and finally arrived at the well outside the woods.

“This is not a statue!”

Cheng Qianli, who rushed in rashly, exclaimed, and Ling Jiushi and others behind him hurriedly followed in. The others did not dare to go in after hearing the sound, and stayed outside the door, hesitating and not getting closer.

The statues in the temple were indeed different from what they had seen before. The statue on the stage was a woman carved out of stone. The woman had a hideous expression, and it seemed that one could see through the stone statue that she was eating people with her hair.

Just as several people were staring at the stone statue, the statue's expression suddenly began to move. The eyes that were just wide open angrily now turned into a smile, but the smile was a little weird.

"Come on!"

Ruan Lanzhu shouted and ran out pulling Ling Jiushi. Li Dongyuan and Cheng Qianli followed on each side, carrying Tan Zaozao and also rushed out behind them.

The people who were waiting outside, upon hearing Ruan Lanzhu's shouting from inside, immediately ran out in panic.

"It's okay, don't run!"

Li Dongyuan put Tan Zaozao down and panted, "It seems like there is something prohibiting the door god from coming out!"

"I see the door!"

Ruan Lanzhu whispered into Ling Jiushi's ear.

"Door? Where is it?"

Ling Jiushi looked at him in surprise. How come he didn't see it?

"Just now when you were pulling me out, I looked to the side and saw the wall in the temple with a lot of firewood!"

"It's covered by the firewood!"

Ling Jiushi nodded. His hearing was good and Ruan Lanzhu’s eyesight was good, so he could see that the door behind the firewood was normal.

"Then what should we do with this door god?"

To purify the first door, either kill the door spirit or convert her and lead her out.

"Think of a way, go back and kill her!" Ruan Lanzhu said, "She is just a stone statue, there is no need to take her out."

"Okay, let's go back today!"

It was still early and the group was in no rush. Although they were a little hungry, their legs were weak from the fright they had just received, so they walked back slowly.

"Who knows how to cook? Let's get some people to help cook!"

Ruan Lanzhu looked around and saw several men and two girls stood up and went to the kitchen, leaving the others in silence in the living room.

"The statue in the temple should be the incarnation of the door god. If we kill the door god and find the key, we can go out!"

"But how do you kill the statue?"

Tan Zaozao looked at Ling Jiushi and asked the question that everyone wanted to know.

"Do you have any other way to deal with a stone besides breaking it into pieces?"

Li Dongyuan gave Tan Zaozao an impolite look. Could it be a fire or a flood?

"Go look around the village and try to get everyone to find a hammer or an axe or something like that. Tomorrow morning, we'll kill the door god!"

As soon as Ruan Lanzhu finished speaking, the whole living room fell silent. Most people's faces were filled with fear and unwillingness to go, which made Li Dongyuan very angry. "If you want to go out, you have to do it. If you don't want to go out, we won't force you!"

At this point, Li Dongyuan smiled coldly, "But we have found the door and the key, so don't even think about stealing it!"

Those hesitant people who wanted to speak immediately shut their mouths, and finally followed everyone out the door obediently.

"We should be able to go out tomorrow!"

At night, Ruan Lanzhu held Ling Jiushi in his arms, closed his eyes contentedly and prepared to go to sleep.

"Well, I have to have a good meal after I get out. I was starving when I got here."

Ling Jiushi muttered quietly, there were few ingredients in the sect, and the few people who could cook could only cook it, so the taste could not be forced.

"Okay! I'll take you to eat something delicious."

Ruan Lanzhu kissed his ear. Although he couldn't cook, he had money, so he could take his boyfriend to eat all the delicious food.

No one was killed that night, and after breakfast in the morning, the group set out with the tools they found.

"on!"

Ruan Lanzhu held a stone hammer upside down in one hand and led everyone into the temple. The man who was originally at the end and hesitant, gritted his teeth and followed after being scolded by Tan Zaozao.

The process went relatively smoothly. Although everyone suffered minor injuries and bled, none of them were life-threatening.

"Broken, broken..."

The man with glasses slumped on the ground, staring blankly at the pile of rubble in front of him, muttering to himself in disbelief, they really killed the door god!

"Look for the key!"

Ruan Lanzhu threw the stone hammer in his hand without stopping, and led everyone to search for the key in the village.

"Brother Ruan! Found it!"

Tan Zaozao ran over with his big teeth, holding the key in his hand and grinning at Ruan Lanzhu. When everyone heard that the key was found, they all gathered over here and looked at Ruan Lanzhu eagerly.

"We found the door too!"

As soon as Ruan Lanzhu's words came out, everyone's eyes lit up.

"go!"

Ruan Lanzhu pulled Ling Jiushi away, and the others hurried to follow. Finally, they were able to get out. They wanted to cry...