Chapter 387: The Dead
The strange attitude of this crescent moon village made Zhou Xian very concerned, something big obviously happened in this place, so that everyone in this village was in danger.
Village Chief Mu Shan sighed, and then said, "Actually, since a year ago, we found that there are a lot of strangers in this Crescent Village......
It turns out that this crescent village has always been a very peaceful village, they have fished for a living, basically living a self-sufficient life, and occasionally a fleet of ships will come to replenish supplies, which can be regarded as earning some extra money.
But this peaceful life was shattered a year ago.
- Because there are a lot of strangers in the village.
What's even more bizarre is that none of these villagers noticed this anomaly!
Yes, they simply didn't find out!
Everyone knows that there are many more people in the village, but when they walk down the street, they don't recognize who they are, and those extra people seem to exist as if they should have existed.
At first, they didn't notice this, but a year ago, when a fleet of ships was resupplying, they asked, "There are so many people in your village, do you have enough houses?" ”
Hearing the other party's words, the people here seemed to react...... They do have something more here!
"But isn't that right, is it not the experience of the extra people? And if it's a stranger, how can you not pay attention? Xia Lu asked in surprise.
Hearing this, Mu Shan shook his head helplessly: "They are indeed strangers, but when we see them, we don't have any abnormal feelings." And these people themselves are not self-conscious, which is the most terrifying. ”
“…… Causal distortions. Zhou Xian thought of this possibility. Xia Lu, on the Inheritance Continent. Isn't there some kind of ghost who wants to kill and enter a family and pretend to be a servant? These big families won't know that they have an extra person here, and that's how it should be. ”
“…… Ghost?! Xia Lu didn't have much exposure to this concept, but she also learned it in the game.
But Zhou Xian was a little puzzled at this time: "But I remember that unless there is a causal entanglement, the person or family behind will encounter this kind of thing, even if you want to forcibly intervene in cause and effect, the number of people in this entire village is too large." ”
"Isn't that a ghost?" Xia Lu asked again.
Zhou Xian didn't understand this either: "I don't know, but it's definitely not a normal person." ”
"Mr. Zhou Xian, your conclusion is probably correct," Mu Shan said, "those people. It is indeed not a living person...... They are all dead. ”
"What the hell is going on?" Zhou Xian asked again.
Mu Shan sorted out his thoughts for a moment before continuing to tell Zhou Xian what happened here.
After discovering that there was something more in his village, the matter was uploaded to the village chief Mushan.
At that time, Mushan immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, and then began to send someone to investigate.
"And the result of this investigation is that we found that there are indeed many more people in the village, although we don't have the memory of the other person, but we will feel that the other party is very kind, but when we want to think about that person, our minds will be chaotic." Mushan still had palpitations when he spoke. It seems that this incident still has a big psychological shadow on them.
"That's all we do?" Zhou Xian had a headache, could it be that his task was to distinguish the "non-human" existence among these people?
At first, Zhou Xian said that he would be violently crushed, but it turned out to be such a delicate work, and he estimated that he would not be able to take it in two or three days.
But at this time. The village chief, Mu Shan, shook his head: "No, that's not what we want you to do. At that time, we had found a way to tell. Then all these 'dead' were killed. ”
As he spoke, Kiyama rolled up his sleeves and put them on top of his arm. It's a scar: "This scar, each of us has one." ”
"That's how you use this scar to distinguish your enemies?" Zhou Xian and Xia Lu didn't know why.
And the village chief Mu Shan nodded: "That's right." Because when we have wounds, we bleed...... But not the dead! ”
"What the hell is going on?" Zhou Xian also knew that this Crescent Island was probably facing a very serious problem.
If you just solve these people, the difficulty of the task is definitely not S-level, but now the task at hand is SS-level!
"It was also a serendipitous discovery. Although the dead are almost exactly like us, and we can't tell them apart, they have one thing that is different from us normal people, and that is that they are dead. Mu Shan said in a calm voice.
But at this time, Xia Lu had some questions: "Excuse me, what is going on with the 'deceased' and 'deceased' that you have been talking about?" And even if you don't recognize these people, when you go home at night, these extra people won't have a place to go, right? ”
Who knows, as soon as Xia Lu finished asking, Mu Shan almost trembled, and then he shook his head: "This is what we are most afraid of." Although these people are strangers, they are not strangers in the strict sense of the word......"
Yes, but no?
What is the rationale for this?
"Alas," Mu Shan shook his head, "I'll tell you the truth, these people are actually our ancestors. Because they are all old people in our village, they naturally have a house, and the family will not be surprised at all. ”
"I see, that's why you keep saying the word 'dead'?" Zhou Xian seemed to understand.
Mu Shan nodded, and then told Zhou Xian what happened later.
After stumbling upon the discovery that the deceased did not bleed, the village chief, Kiyama, and the villagers began to use this method to distinguish the deceased.
Because the deceased himself doesn't seem to know that he has died, this method is particularly useful.
Speaking of this, Mu Shan showed a complicated expression on his face: "After this, we killed all these dead, but we found that these people were gone, and even their bodies were cut into two parts, but they still did not die, on the contrary, these people will be ferocious, like evil spirits attacking the people around them, so we had to burn all the bodies of these ancestors......
"It's like a ghoul......" After hearing Mushan's words, Xia Lu couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Mu Shan nodded, and then continued: "But even after we have eliminated all the dead, new dead will continue to appear, so in desperation, we can only isolate ourselves from the outside world, but this is not a long-term solution......"
The situation that Zhou Xian experienced before was already clear at this time.
"But even if we are strictly guarded, the appearance of the dead one after another can be said to be unguardable, even now, I think there are still dead people in our village......
Hearing Mu Shan's words, Zhou Xian also had a creepy feeling. It seems that the problem facing this village is really big enough.
It's no wonder that the other party is unwilling to make things clear when releasing tasks, and speaking of which, this matter can't be explained clearly when releasing tasks.
"What exactly is your commission?" Zhou Xian probably understood the matter, but he only had a vague impression of what the other party was going to do.
At this time, Mu Shan bowed to Zhou Xian: "Mr. Zhou, our Crescent Village's request is very simple, we want to find out the culprit behind this incident or the reason for its occurrence. ”
"Well, it's on me." Zhou Xian could only say this, "Then, without further ado, let's start investigating now." Village Chief, you said before that these people are the ancestors of everyone in the village, so I want to see the graves of the families in the village, I wonder if it is convenient? ”
Hearing this, Mushan's face showed a look of embarrassment.
Zhou Xian saw that the other party looked like this, so he said, "If there is any inconvenience, please say it directly." ”
"Alas, it's not that I can't say it, but the people in our village can't get along at all." The village chief shook his head and said.
"Can't get through?" Zhou Xian asked curiously.
Mushan nodded: "That's right, there is a cemetery on our island for burial, but since a year ago, we have no way to go there, and whenever we want to go there, we will find ourselves back in the village." ”
"So that's ......" Zhou Xian nodded, it seemed that the key point of this task was over there, so he asked again at this time, "Then can you tell me where that place is, let's go there ourselves." ”
After hearing this, Mu Shan nodded, and then pointed out a southern direction to Zhou Xian.
After Zhou Xian and Xia Lu got the news, they left the village for a while and headed south.
"It's really strange, I always feel as if this village chief is hiding something." After leaving the village, Zhou Xian said this with a frown.
"Well, it's a bit weird." Xia Lu's thinking is very compatible with Zhou Xian, "What he said sounds reasonable, but I always feel a little strange - for example, when he entered the village, why didn't he just let us put some blood to verify our identity?" ”
"yes, and they say the village has been closed...... It's been a year? So how do they live? Zhou Xian also expressed his doubts.
"And then there's the client, the son of the village chief." Xia Lu said, "This may be a key point. ”
"Oh, yes." Zhou Xian was surprised, "Xia Lu, you really want to go with me!" ”
"Is it ......" When answering Zhou Xian, Xia Lu's ears were a little red.
"But that's good, tacit understanding is very important." Zhou Xian said.
"Uh...... Oh, by the way, Zhou Xian, why don't we go to the village chief's son? Xia Lu also used the Dafa of diverting the topic...... Well, it's the same as Zhou Xian. (To be continued......)