In the dead of night, the wind also stopped.

The sound of even breathing slowly sounded in the dimly lit room, and occasionally there was a soft whisper.

Ji Chuan lay on the bed with his eyes open, and glanced down at Xu Shu who was sleeping on the ground.

Although the ground was hard and uneven, he was clearly asleep.

The broken moonlight fell on his face, and the overlapping light and shadow made this person look unreal.

Ji Chuan withdrew his gaze, slowly stretched out his right hand, and held it in front of his eyes.

He stared at his fingers for a long time, then suddenly smiled slightly.

Early the next morning, when Xu Shu woke up with sore body, he saw a pair of legs hanging beside the bed as soon as he opened his eyes.

Follow those legs up...

Ji Chuan rested his hands on the edge of the bed, bent forward slightly, and stared at Xu Shu's face.

I don't know how long I've been looking at him like this.

Xu Shu bounced up almost instantly, and took two steps back: "What are you doing?"

Ji Chuan looked at him, blinked, and said, "I seem to like you very much."

Xu Shu accidentally choked on his saliva and coughed violently.

He coughed and backed away frantically, until he got to the door, and then he regained his strength, opened the door and ran out with horror on his face.

Damn, this crazy guy wanted to kill him early in the morning!

Ji Chuan is really getting more and more dangerous... After going out this time, he must find a way to move out.

Wait, can that pen change his personality and psychology?

Xu Shu stopped and looked down at the red mark on his left wrist.

If he wrote that Ji Chuan had become a sunny, kind and good young man, wouldn't everything be fine?

But you can wait first, if this game can be solved smoothly, then use the pen before leaving.So as not to encounter any unsolvable dangerous situations during the game.

After Xu Shu made his decision, he looked back at the room behind him.

That black shadow last night... should be standing on the left side of the door, right?Unfortunately, there are no traces left nearby.

At this time Ji Chuan came out of the room.

He and Xu Shu looked at each other for a few seconds, and said, "I haven't finished yet."

"..." Xu Shu said, "I don't want to die yet."

"Oh."

Ji Chuan responded, his eyes drooped slightly, and he pursed his lips.

Xu Shu:? ? ?

Why does this look look like a disappointment?

He quickly changed the subject and said, "Let's go find Wang Run quickly, and go to the temple to have a look."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Wang Run coming out of the kitchen.

The other party was slightly taken aback when they saw them, and said with a smile: "You guys are up, I just wanted to call you for breakfast. There is hot water in the kitchen, let's wash your face first."

Breakfast is porridge with an unknown pickle, light and refreshing, very delicious.

After eating, Wang Run took a bag of garbage from the kitchen and led the two of them out.

He said that outside the end of the village there was a big pit dug by the villagers, which was specially used for throwing out garbage, and he could just drop by and throw it away.

So the three of them walked along the village road to the temple together.

When going out, Xu Shu's eyes inadvertently glanced at the garbage bag in Wang Run's hand.

It was a transparent white plastic bag, which contained food waste and some toilet paper and the like.

His eyes fell on the bag, and he paused for two seconds before moving away.

Not far away, a child's laughter came from ahead.

Xu Shu looked up and saw a little boy about three or four years old running out from between the houses. He was holding a windmill in his hand, waving it while running, looking very cute.

But after seeing the three people here, the smile on his face froze immediately, then he turned around and ran back home.

Wang Run said helplessly, "This child is afraid of seeing strangers."

After the child ran in, he didn't close the door completely, but left a gap. When the three passed by, Xu Shu noticed that he was hiding in the gap and watching them secretly.

Those big eyes twinkled and her cheeks were red, so cute that one wanted to touch a handful of candies and stuff them for him, but Xu Shu didn't have any in his pocket.

The distance between the entrance of the village and the end of the village is not very far. They walked and chatted along the way, and soon arrived at their destination.

From a long distance, Xu Shu saw the temple at a glance.

From the outside, it looks as simple and unadorned as the residential houses in the village, but the gray tiles on the walls and roof look newer than other houses.

Apparently it hasn't been around for as long as the other houses.

There is an open space the size of half a basketball court outside the temple, presumably for the convenience of offering sacrifices.

At this moment, the door of the temple was open, and Wang Run was taken aback when he saw this. He just said that there might be someone inside, when he saw three people coming out of the temple.

The man with the beer belly came out first, and behind him was a fat man and a strong man.

These are the three players living in Wang Dalei's house.

After seeing Xu Shu and Ji Chuan, Beer Belly asked, "You guys are here too? We've already seen everywhere."

Xu Shu nodded, turned around and said to Wang Run, "Why don't you go and throw out the trash first, and we can take a look at it casually. Don't worry, we will definitely not mess with it."

Wang Run responded readily, and left without saying anything.

Xu Shu stood where he was, smiling and watching him go away.

It wasn't until Wang Run turned around the path ahead and disappeared there that the smile on his face faded, and then he asked in a deep voice, "Did you see it?"

Xu Shu's voice was not loud, apparently only for Ji Chuan who was next to him.

Ji Chuan nodded, but did not speak.

Something appeared in Wang Run's garbage bag - a bitten rabbit head.

That was a dish at the village head's house last night.

Xu Shu remembered that although the rabbit's head was also in the dish at that time, no one ate it.

But in the garbage bag, what appeared was a gnawed rabbit head.

Who ate it?Did someone get up in the middle of the night and eat it, or was it eaten early in the morning?

Or—who sent the leftovers into that locked room?Could it be the one standing at their door peeping?

"We still have to find a chance to visit that room." Xu Shu said in a low voice, "Of course, it's best during the daytime."

Ji Chuan hummed, and before he could say anything, the strong man over there said, "What are you doing standing there, go in and have a look, that Bodhisattva looks too scary!"

The two looked at each other, and walked over quickly.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Xu Shu saw the stone statue facing the door.

Is this the Bodhisattva enshrined in Wangjiacun?Obviously more like a monster.

At first glance, all he noticed were the two identical heads on the stone statue.Even the expressions on the two faces are exactly the same.

It—or they, with their mouths cracked to the ears, showed a terrifying grinning expression.And their teeth are all very sharp and jagged.

Those eyes were as big as copper bells, and their eyes were as fierce as a ferocious beast.

They are connected to the same body from the neck down. The left hand of the body is clenched into a fist and hangs by the side, and the right hand makes a movement pointing straight ahead, which looks very weird.

There are no windows in the temple, and no lights are turned on. Under the dim light, its expression looks extremely strange.

After Xu Shu looked at it for a while, he felt some strange feelings in his heart, as if it was a monster that could violently kill people at any time.

The whole stone statue is not very tall, only about 1.8 meters.

"We've looked everywhere in the temple and found nothing," Beer Belly said.

Xu Shu looked around, and saw that apart from the stone statue, there was only an altar table, two futons, and an incense burner for sticking incense, and there was indeed no place to hide anything.

The fat man wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked, "Did you find anything at the village chief's house?"

Xu Shu said: "Yesterday we found that there was a red paper on the door of someone's house, how about you?"

"When we arrived at Wang Dalei's house, we saw that there was a locked room in their house," said the fat man. "At that time, the three of us wanted to go and have a look. Who knew that before we got close, Wang Dalei suddenly turned madly towards the room." We got angry and warned us not to go near there, or we will be killed!"

Xu Shu frowned, and then said: "You also have locked rooms over there?"

"Also?" Beer Belly asked, "The village chief's house also has them?"

"Yes, after that, you really haven't seen it?"

The strong man said helplessly: "No, we were afraid that angering the NPC would trigger the taboo, so we didn't dare to go again. We hurried to this temple early today to find clues. By the way, do you know what the method of sacrifice is? ? Could it be a living person? Is the sacrifice locked in that locked room?"

Xu Shu shook his head: "I didn't ask, the grandson of the village chief refused to tell."

He asked about the method and process of the sacrifice yesterday, but Wang Run changed the subject directly, as if he didn't hear it.

The fat man said: "I've read a lot of supernatural novels before, and according to my experience, they must have used living people as sacrifices! Do you think... will we be used as sacrifices in the end?"

The beer belly glared at him: "Don't talk if you can't speak, don't be crowed!"

As he spoke, he looked at Xu Shu and asked, "Did you find anything else?"

Xu Shu shook his head, and was about to tell them the guess about the taboo, when he heard a cheerful bird-like voice behind him.

"Hey, you guys came so early?"

He looked back and saw four other players walking over together.

Gu Yu walked towards Xu Shu, and asked with a smile, "How handsome, did you find anything?"

Xu Shu scratched his head: "Not in the temple, but the village head's house and Wang Dalei's house both have locked rooms, where are you?"

"A locked room?" Gu Yu frowned, shook his head and said, "That's not true."

The two young players also shook their heads to say no.

Xu Shu thought to himself, could it be that the "sacrifice" is really locked there?

Maybe it's because the villagers have to take turns to offer sacrifices every year, but this year it's the turn of the village chief and Wang Dalei's family?

At this time, Wang Run's voice came over: "Ah, everyone is here?"

The players naturally did not dare to discuss these matters any more, and split up to act again.

Xu Shu and Ji Chuan, who had already seen the temple, followed Wang Run back, and the three of them returned to Wang Dalei's house on the way.

On the way back, they saw the child again.

It's just that this time he wasn't playing with the windmill, but was sitting alone under the eaves, holding something in his hand and playing with his head down seriously.

As the distance gradually approached, Xu Shu finally saw clearly what he was playing, and at that moment, a layer of goose bumps appeared on his arms——

The cute little boy who was laughing and playing with windmills before was actually grabbing a little squirrel he got from nowhere and kneading it vigorously.

The squirrel had a disfigured head and was bleeding profusely, apparently beyond death.

When the three of them walked in front of the boy, Xu Shu noticed that there was a small stone at his feet.

The stone was covered with blood.

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