Time seems to have passed for a long time, but for Qiu Xuan, it is only like a complete breathing action.

The compassionate god reverted to a low-browed, cold, stiff sculpture on the shrine, Qiu Xuan lowered her eyelids and stared silently at the scattered mess on the ground.

I was not mistaken when I was on the roof before, the "boss" did not have a tongue.

Whether it is the evil ghost who later grew skin and turned into a human, or the boss in front of him who has absorbed the red cloth twice, he has no ability to speak independently.

On the edge of the bloody mess was the corpse of a skinned rat with a blood-red body.

……

"Halfway through our work, that unlucky thing suddenly slipped." Xiaolu walked beside Qiu Xuan and brushed her hair to look a little unhappy. "It's really, I finally met an opponent, and it didn't take long for the fight to end. It's terrible. ”

“…… Are you bored? ”

Xiaolu was stunned, "What are you talking about?" ”

Qiu Xuan looked back at her, and her tone was more serious than ever. "As I said, there's not some kind of contractual subordination between us. If you're leaving, while I haven't found a way to get you out of the birdcage necklace right now, I'll do my best to give you an identity in a desperate situation. ”

This matter has always been put on the planning table in her heart, but Xiaolu has never said a word, and she has never found the right opportunity to say it.

"You don't have to be alone in the necklace most of the time, you can be like any executioner, you can go to the proving ground and live your own life. Although the necklace is tied to my body, and you will only be able to follow me to the trials for quite some time, you can walk freely and grandly in the wheel of the world, like any executioner who is involuntary but free. ”

Xiaolu finally stopped the action of applying hand cream to herself in her hand, in her words, she had just eaten someone (?). And then she had to keep it in shape at all times—she lifted her eyes, and she was also a little serious.

"What do you think is the relationship between the two of us?"

Qiu Xuan thought for a while, "The landlord and the tenant." ”

This time, Xiaolu stared at her for more than a minute, and suddenly burst into laughter. "No, Xuan'er, shouldn't you take the opportunity to express your stance in this atmosphere at this time, it's just like the kind of 'I regard you as the best partner with me'. Landlord vs. tenant? Come and talk to me, what kind of relationship is this? ”

"It means that the birdcage necklace is bound to me, so you also borrow it from me." Qiu Xuan didn't smile at her, her expression was still solemn, "But that's all, just like a normal landlord will not require his tenants to not go out or must only go to their designated places, of course you can do what you want." The necklace is just a place for you to 'borrow', just a medium for me to 'rent', and everything else is your freedom. You can live here if you want, you can 'go out' and do your own things on weekdays, you can go out for the night as much as you want, it's your freedom. ”

Xiaolu smiled again, "A 'landlord' will not provide the most comfortable and ideal choice for his 'tenants' in terms of clothing, food, housing and transportation, for example, you look at the hand cream I use now, you can't afford this thing yourself in a desperate situation now, and you can enjoy it when you first enter the guild when you receive a subsidy." ”

Qiu Xuan: "......"

"So, you still think you owe me, don't you?" Xiaolu restrained the smile on the corner of her mouth, "Actually, this issue has already been discussed by the two of us in the world of the plague, isn't it?" You don't have to feel like you owe it to me, because it's my own decision and choice. ”

"Really, Xuan'er, you have witnessed my life, so you should be able to imagine it. I am now living in what you call a closed and confined 'birdcage', far more 'free' than the twenty-odd years I have lived as a living person. ”

“…… I just don't want you to stay in a space that only I know about, as if you're some kind of vassal. Qiu Xuan sighed, "After you come out, I will arrange an identity for you in a desperate situation, although you are an executioner with a black certificate and can't pass the trial ground by yourself, but ......"

"But you can lie to someone and say, 'Ah, you see, I'm a executioner, but I can't,' like that? Don't be silly. Xiaolu rolled her eyes at her. I'll just ask a question, will you choose to live a life of fighting every day after eating the last meal and not the next meal, and every day you are intriguing and trying to survive, or will you live a life where you can go anywhere except for the restriction that you have to go home for the night, and there are people to eat and drink every day, and you only need to lie on the massage sofa, watch the Internet, watch dramas, and surf? ”

Qiu Xuan: "When you think about it, your whole face looks a little hateful." ”

Xiaolu: "No, thank you." ”

"In short, I am really full of food and support before I am willing to become a executioner. As for the freedom you talked about, to be honest, it's not really a problem to me. ”

She put her hands behind her head and spread them out, "Anyway, if you have enough to live, we will die together, as if no one has ever died." ”

Xiaolu was suddenly silent for a moment.

Qiu Xuan glanced at her, "Regret it?" ”

"It occurred to me that you would have to deal with that perverted man who laughed so badly? That's right, you're being targeted, so we'll be in a worse situation than we are now when we die, right? ”

"To be exact, it's you, not me." Qiu Xuan's words are concise and to the point.

"I'm the executioner, do you remember when we first came, when we won the villa game, Gu Qingyue asked Lu Xingzhou to resurrect the people in the game? Deception says no, because they die in the game, and if the dead who die because of this can be resurrected, it's not just the mountain game, all the proving grounds are meaningless. In the same vein, my guess is that the 'death' in charge of Zhao Yigui should only include the deaths of those who have not been chosen in the thousands of worlds. And the desperate situation, and we, the chosen executioners, although independent of the mezzanine of the dimensional world, are not controlled by a single ruler at will. ”

"If we do get to the realm of death, then death can indeed strike. It's just that now all the rulers above are staring at the desperate situation, and you think about it, if he makes a move in this situation, he is working against everyone. The desperate situation is like a piece of cake, put it there, although there is a-for-tat everywhere, if there is really one person who takes the lead, it will be the target of everyone. Even if Zhao Yigui is an old pervert, he will not choose to be arrogant enough to stand in opposition to all the dominators - unless he wins the bet. ”

"So if I'm really dead, then I'll probably be completely gone, but you can still be dug out of the dead realm."

Xiaolu: "...... You say I'm distancing myself from you now and saying I don't know you, will the old pervert believe it? ”

Qiu Xuan: "What do you think?" ”

The question of "freedom", which had arisen from the plague world, was put on hold for the time being after an unpleasant speculation. Qiu Xuan temporarily confirmed that Xiaolu was indeed satisfied with her current life, but as she said before, she did feel that she owed her a little bit.

After all, if she was to be bound to someone for the rest of her life from now on, unless that person was Qin Jiuyuan, Qiu Xuan would not be willing.

Later, I will have a chance to see Lu Xingzhou again......

She completely let Xiaolu "free".

……

The two of them were on the way to the back mountain before, and Qiu Xuan knew that she would definitely not be able to catch up with the ground now, but since the planning she was going to complete was done, she wanted to see if something happened to the executioner in the ground.

They passed by the tailor's shop, but their steps stopped.

Qiu Xuan suddenly looked at the dimly lit and narrow shop, a drisky and terrifying face that was exactly the same shrunk in a chair. It's just that the hands and neck of the "boss" are not covered with the kind of layered and cracked skin.

Seeing her look over, the "boss" rolled his bulging eyes, his mouth did not move, but the sound did come out of his throat.

"To make a wedding dress, you need a red cloth to make a wedding dress, otherwise there is no negotiation."

“……”

"Yo, it's out, this is a successful squeeze to take the position of oneself." Xiaolu smacked her lips when she looked at the withered figure of the "boss", closed her eyes as if she felt something for a second, and turned around and waved to Qiu Xuan. "That's it, you can continue to survive by yourself, I'll go back, this Yiping is really, what kind of money do you borrow when it rains heavily......"

Qiu Xuan glanced at the shriveled human skin shrunk on a chair in the shop again, withdrew his gaze, and continued to walk towards the position of the back mountain.

This time she didn't go out much, not even out of the confines of the village, and saw a group of people crying wolves and rushing towards this side from a distance.

At the front of the line was a executioner in the ranks, running back with two students on his shoulders, and after her, the executioner who fell behind was more or less carrying a few students. The group rushed into the range of the village in a noisy manner, and wanted to continue running, but was dragged back by Qiu Xuan by the collar.

"Don't run, it's daytime, and those skinners won't enter the village."

She could barely see that what was chasing behind the army was a group of skinned demons with blood-red bodies and exposed muscle textures.

The executioner, who had rushed to the front, looked back and looked warily, and after the last man ran into the village, the demons with boning knives did not chase after them. The uncountable blood-stained eyes stared at the crowd for a few moments, and then disappeared into the woods on all fours.

"You didn't cut down the trees? How could it be chased like this? ”

"Don't mention it, the bark was still good at first, but as soon as we came out of the tomb, these monsters attacked us like crazy, and we didn't even have time to react."

Giorgie put down the student he was carrying, wiped the blood stains from his face, and said in a very ugly tone.

Qiu Xuan first confirmed that Ye Qing and they were all there, and then nodded and found that there were two more people missing from the team. It seems that there should be one less student and one executioner.

"We met the evil goddess in the main tomb."

Misha leaned over and whispered to her. Qiu Xuan raised her eyebrows, remembering that when she entered the temple just now, she seemed to hear the people in the decoration team next door discussing "I saw that woman go out early in the morning", it turned out that she went to the tomb.

"And you're going to survive?" She wondered, "Didn't she kill anyone?" ”

"Nope." It seemed to recall the experience of bumping head-on into the creepy evil god in the tomb, Ye Qing's face was definitely not good at the moment. "The woman skinned Tang Yanqing, who was the first to open the coffin, alive, and then she said, so many people, stay for tomorrow to kill them."

Qiu Xuan: "It's worthy of her." ”

However, Tang Yanqing? Qiu Xuan had heard of this name, it was a woman who had been with Chen Ming before, and after Chen Ming's death, there seemed to be a faint tendency to continue as a leader.

Alas, how to die in this world are leaders.

She sighed, glanced at the group sick students a few more times, and suddenly said, "In that case, the task of the students to 'complete the archaeological project' should be considered completed, right?" ”

"Completion is completion, but the main task is to ensure that the student group gets out of Jinlin Village alive."

"As soon as I came out of the field, I ran into the skinner, so I had to rush to the village, and I had already missed the opportunity. Right now...... I can't get out anymore. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone raised their heads in unison. I saw that the light of the sun wheel in the sky dimmed little by little, and the night became a nightmare chasing after the skinning demon instead of the skinning ghost, and rushed everyone to the house in a panic.

"Actually, we don't have to attend tomorrow's wedding, we just need to take these students out of the village early in the morning."

In the bungalow, since the number of people has now been reduced to a handful of people, there is no need to divide it into two rooms, and everyone who has survived to this day is crammed into one room.

Ji An tapped his finger to the ground, "Our mission does not include attending the wedding, send them out in a hurry, and it will be none of our business." ”

"I'm afraid it won't be that easy." One executioner retorted, "The concept of 'wedding' including 'bride' is almost a whole trial, and the wedding on the last day must be the top priority, and it is not so easy to leave." ”

So far, there are still six students left in the students, including the leading teacher, Lu Sheng, which is a pretty good number.

- The premise is that tomorrow as soon as the sun rises, these six people will be sent away, and there will be no more accidents.

In the main tomb, the woman said, "Save it for tomorrow." ”

This chilling sentence is all hinting at what "accidents" will happen at tomorrow's wedding, and if you are lucky, you can save a few students, otherwise...... Annihilation.

The female evil god does what she says, but she won't be kind enough to leave you a few people to "continue the fire".

"Sleep, there's a tough battle to fight tomorrow." Ji An said this, paused, and sighed again, "Alas, don't say tomorrow, we have to get through tonight." ”

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