Chapter 56: The Heels of the Stygian

The two cases derived from Hu Xiaoyu and Wang Baozhi have basically ended so far. The identification and disposal of relevant suspects and corpses will be handed over to Lao Li and their professional colleagues, and Xu Yunge has no intention of interfering in their internal work.

After going through such a pass, he didn't have an easy time tossing for several days, and to be honest, Xu Yunge was tired enough, he didn't want to have another accident. And at the end of the year, if you can get a bounty for closing the case, and by the way, you can get the house back by going to a lawsuit with your aunt, and you don't have to live in an Internet cafΓ© as a hotel.

At present, Wang Baozhi's physical condition is too bad, if she completely recalls that there are evil ghosts and curses in the world, and insists on digging out the past that Hu Xiaoyu made her forget, then there is only one route left for her future: Wang Baozhi re-contacts the curse charm, Wang Baozhi re-enters the horror legend, but there is no second Hu Xiaoyu who is willing to sacrifice herself to protect her, the curse is reversed, and Wang Baozhi dies.

Some mistakes, once in a lifetime, are horrible enough.

As for what Wang Baozhi said, it is impossible for Xu Yunge to investigate the iron-headed magic skills to the end because of her words. At most, ask Dou Xiantong or the local old man to see if there are any clues to the legend.

"So what's down there?" Xu Yunge knew that Dou Xiantong had worked in the mountain temple, he had lived in Taiping Town for decades, and there was such a hole in the temple, he must have known.

When asked, Dou Xiantong was not very willing to tell the truth: those were old things many years ago. When he was young, there was this mountain temple in the area of Taiping Town. The hole under the mountain temple, I don't know if it was made by tomb robbers or naturally formed, in short, there was originally a cave, he was greedy to play when he was a child, he liked to drill everywhere, and accidentally discovered this cave, which he also sealed.

At that time, the country was in turmoil, the development of scientific production was not good, and the marriage of close relatives was not impossible. As a result, there are many children born with various congenital diseases, and when the disaster year comes, adults can't even support themselves, and many families will choose to throw away the defective children directly.

In the past, people's thinking was more feudal and superstitious, unlike today's young people's fetus, which is called a neat and neat. The old people were afraid of being punished by the spirits and the evil people who deliberately transferred the child, so they sewed a red thread on the top of the baby's head as a sign of defective products.

Throwing to the bottom of a cliff and not being able to hear the child's cry is success.

Xu Yunge didn't know how to evaluate it, he was not interested in delving into the bad things of the previous dynasty, but Hu Xiaoyu and Wang Baozhi probably knew that many people had died here, so they came here to look for it. Wang Baozhi later hallucinated, and heard Hu Xiaoyu knocking on the stone slab below the mountain temple, which may also be the same.

Wang Baozhi's expression was gloomy, and Xu Yunge found that she remembered these things in her negotiations with her. But just as an evil ghost erased her memory, she only remembered that she and Hu Xiaoyu had come to explore here, but forgot everything that was cursed: "Seal this hole, maybe just because people believe that abandoned lives will return the way they came, and they will come to them to collect debts." ”

When asked Lao Li, he said that after digging out a criminal chain, the Hu family's parents refused to accept the appeal, and the evidence ignored them even more than in the first instance. Recently, the Hu family's parents are about to announce the verdict of the second trial, and for ordinary civilians who have no wrists and connections against the sky, the second trial is basically the final trial result.

Regardless of whether Hu Xiaoyu has a spirit in the sky or has entered reincarnation, her body has been cremated, and her soul has not been found, so it is meaningless to talk about her past. In another 2 months, maybe her affairs will be forgotten by people, Xu Yunge can't do anything, she can only wish her to be born in a good family in the next life.

Before Xu Yunge left, he asked about the beast-faced small stone amulet and the well. Only then did Dou Xiantong tell Xu Yunge that it was the blessing he asked for from the mountain god back then, which could protect the wearer's mind from being polluted by evil thoughts, and would remind the wearer of what had happened in the past to avoid the invasion of evil spirits.

The legend of the well, Dou Xiantong is not very clear, only knows that there were indeed several serious accidents that year. It wasn't until the construction of the Trevi Fountain in the square that there were far fewer such things.

"God knows what's behind the Mountain Temple and the Trevi Fountain, and it wouldn't be surprising if there were two powerful demons working together and a group of local residents being made like this by them. After all, it's the older generation who did their own evil and provoked something unclean to settle here, right? ”

It is easy to please God, and it is difficult to send God, and the troubles of complex historical causes should be washed away slowly by the times. Now that the case has been settled, Xu Yunge has no need to delve further, he plans not to go to Xingchen Internet Cafe first, rest outside for a few days, and find a good place to open a treasure chest.

Moreover, there is a gate in the mountain temple, compared to the uncertainty of asking for a curse from a ghost, Xu Yunge thinks that buying a specific curse is also a way out, by the way, he was in a hurry last time, and he didn't know more information about the ghost market. Now is the time to consider finding an opportunity to see if you can go to the ghost market again.

Zhao Wenlan's matter, probably the company has a team to promote and operate normally, anyway, just wait for the money to arrive. Dr. Zhu Yuxia Zhu, whom he introduced, was indeed slightly suspicious in this incident, and I don't know if it was because she had not been to Taiping Town, but she was not affected. But it doesn't matter, as long as she has no conflict of interest with herself, Xu Yunge doesn't bother to dig up other people's secrets.

As for the strange snake in the commercial street and the beast-faced statue in the mountain temple, whether these two types of beliefs of unknown origin are gods or ghosts, and whether there is a suspicion of framing local residents in Taiping Town, Xu Yunge is also unclear. But one thing is obvious: ordinary humans probably have little weight in their hearts.

If they find it difficult for each other to destroy each other, and there are more and more human leeks, just like between countries, the existence of thinking and judgment may not be able to fight each other to the end. There are people who work for the tiger, and as long as there is no conflict of core interests, it is not impossible to partner with others.

However, that is not a field that Xu Yunge can operate. Let's just say that there is really a problem with the mountain temple and the wishing pool, can Xu Yunge blow it up on his own initiative? It's just that they really want to play tricks and harm people, Xu Yunge not only can't do anything with them, but also may be attacked by superstitious elements who don't know the truth.

"Just don't hurt me, there are no interests, and I won't be nosy."

"There's nothing in my head, it's a good feeling to be light and light, and it's really painful to think about intrigue with wicked people and evil ghosts. If you can really recover your health, you can get the old house back in a lawsuit, and you can set up a small stall to do business in the future, and it is not bad to live a salted fish life without dispute. ”

The body is 1 point stronger, and Xu Yunge's mood is a little more comfortable. The matter has come to an end, and I will not die of illness soon, so I can indeed repair my mood and thoughts well, and make long-term plans for my future life.

Carefully feeling the changes in the scarlet runes in his mind, Xu Yunge found that his abilities were already a little different, and not only that, but his attribute values had also undergone subtle changes.

[Xu Yunge: Level 10, Ghost Slave Level (Challenging Promotion Mission)]

[Stamina: 2]

[Will: 14]

[Wisdom: -6]

[Possession ability: 2 free attribute points come from the curse upgrade, challenge the horror legend to temper the body and spirit, and can permanently accumulate and improve the basic attributes!] 】

[Blessing: Escape from Death!] When you are in a desperate situation, the blessing is based on the strength and amplitude of your dodge action, and it is timed from the moment you make the dodge action, and 20% of the action time generates a counterattack decision. Desperate Judgment: Illness, Injury, Poisoning.

[Curse β€’ Overshadowed]: You accept everything calmly and bury your resentment deep in your heart.

When you gain any 3 stacks of negative emotions and are in the Shadows for at least 45 seconds, your presence becomes elusive, you become invisible and immune to all physical damage and physical volume collision reduction, but the effect is immediately interrupted when you take damage and active attacks.

[Additional Trait: Suppression]: Suffocates while stealth.

[Curse Destruction +1] When you detect Shattering, all attacks are forcibly considered Critical Hit.

When the enemy is in Breakdown, the damage dealt by the critical hit is increased to 200%.

When your Destruction is active, the enemy's attack on you is forcibly considered a critical hit.

[Enhanced: Annihilation Strike]: After accumulating any 10 curses, your next attack will ignore armor, shields, protection, resistance, and immunity to deal damage. Until this blow successfully deals damage, all blessings on you will not apply to you.

[Curse: Rapid Fire Attack +1]: When the opponent is in a state of rage, including verbal provocation, any of your attacks will ignite the target for at least 10 seconds, and each attack will stack the curse duration.

【Item Held: Spell Stone*1】

[Reward progress: Pale and sorrowful hidden Xi Qin, 200% reward progress, subsequent accumulation has not been claimed]

[Reward Progress: Dancing Poplar Flower of Forgotten Mountain, 250% Reward Progress, All Unclaimed Accumulation]

Hint: Your level has met the basic requirements, and if you succeed in the challenge, you can be promoted to a ghost servant.

After being promoted to a ghost servant, the attitude of regular ghosts towards you will be improved, and to a certain extent, the natural hatred and hostility of regular ghosts towards living people will be reduced, and some special services will be lifted (this does not mean that you can make trouble in the territory of evil spirits, only if you do not provoke ghosts).

"Hey, there's such a thing as a promotion? No wonder Huang Buyi's group of cursed people used the ghost market to shuttle and move freely, it turned out that they were all at the level of ghost servants, and they didn't know what their attributes were. Xu Yunge narrowed his eyes, he naturally saw the strange name in the curse.

If you use the non-negative curse to make trouble and kill people to accumulate upgrade curses, you can quickly obtain attribute points. It's almost like killing more and getting stronger, a disguised encouragement for the cursed to kill.

However, when the curse is upgraded, it will also produce various visions. If it is simple killing people to create a strong man, Xu Yunge feels that those crazy people may not be so cautious.

For example, when the curse is broken, and when it is strengthened and upgraded, a blow of annihilation is derived, and before this blow is hit, all the blessings are directly abolished.

For example, the issue of the Overshadowed Curse and the Vote to Kill caused the negative effects of the curse to change, which seemed to only weaken social skills and efficiency, but now became invisible, unable to breathe.

Maybe one day, Xu Yunge will be able to find a way to restrain each other and balance each other's strengths and weaknesses. But he also understands that if he lives like that, he can't kill anyone, and he can't participate in any voting, otherwise the cursed power that oppresses each other will change, and the balance will collapse in an instant.

"I don't have to be too depressed, at least my life is hopeful. Rather than the constant existence and suffering, I also wish that this was a rich and colorful universe, and that I could accept the existence of ghosts and gods. It's rare to go through life, the world is so big, I want to go out and see it! ”

"If only human beings exist on the earth in the entire universe, and I am the only one in the entire human community, then wouldn't my life be too miserable?"

Xu Yunge is confident that although he still has a lot of things he doesn't know about the cursed world, as he struggles hard, the survival problem has been solved a lot. As for what the ultimate purpose of the curse is and what the source of the curse is, he can strengthen his belief and wait and see.

Touching the skin under the clothes, the lump of the tumor did not increase or shrink. Xu Yunge felt that if his body was a little better, when he was completely like a normal person, he could also go for surgery, instead of voluntarily becoming a guinea pig and betting on those genetic test therapies with extremely high mortality rates.

I was about to rent a cheap hotel on the other side of the commercial street, and when I went up the mountain to find the gate of the ghost market after dark, I didn't expect the mobile phone to vibrate, and Xu Yunge received a text message from my cousin again.

"Brother Xu, how are you doing lately, has your physical condition improved?"

Xu Yunge did not reply or delete, thinking of this cousin, his mood was a little complicated. Ask yourself, during the more than 10 years of living in my aunt, he has spent relatively little time at home after cutting out some boarding life in junior high school, high school, and college.

When he was a child, Xu Yunge was also very introverted, and most of his impressions of his cousin were to play together during the summer and winter vacations, and he was almost the only playmate in his lonely and autistic childhood.

From beginning to end, Xu Yunge never hated this cousin, and he never humiliated himself. But thinking of what his aunt did, and remembering that he was only submissively controlled by his parents, Xu Yunge really couldn't open his heart to him like a relative.

The taste of being deceived and betrayed is like a knife stabbed in the heart, and after eating it once, you don't want to encounter it a second time. Xu Yunge knew that he was self-protecting and resisted anyone's care, but he didn't care, and he didn't need inexplicable comfort and recognition.

"When will the old debts be settled, and the good and bad will be settled together, we will still live our own lives, and don't add to each other's lives. Family affection is such a thing, you can never force it to come, and when I get well and meet a good person, I will consider starting a family. ”

The commercial street in Taiping Town is actually quite well built. Compared with the narrow planning and construction of urban villages, the scenery and landscapes here can relax the spirit, but unfortunately there are some strange ghost and god cultures in the local area, and there is no nightlife at all when it gets dark, I don't know if it will be like this in the future.

After eating and drinking in the commercial street all day, Xu Yunge took a few calls from Lao Li during the period, and when he turned his head, it was dark again, and he could only go back to the private room of the hotel and enjoy a quiet and lonely night.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ But the strangest thing, I still haven't figured it out. The quest prompt says that the horror legend has awakened to the world, why is there no movement at all? ”

A hint of doubt flashed through my mind, and the winter hotel was as cold as a morgue, and it was easy to recall the bad memories of hospitalization. Xu Yunge turned on the air conditioner and closed his eyes to recuperate, trying to hypnotize himself to take a nap, but suddenly heard a sound of footsteps in high heels in the corridor outside.

The night was cold and cold, and the warm current blown by the air conditioner was like a warm scarf wrapped around the body, but the sound was even more strange and abrupt.

"I don't think it's the first time I've heard this voice!"