Chapter 8: The Village of the Four Gods, the darkness that lurks around us
Gong Xue hurriedly turned around and stared at a pair of miserable green vertical pupils.
It's a black tanuki.
It lay on the fence at the entrance of the village, silently watching the crowd.
At the same time, other tanuki appeared.
They were exactly the same as the first, and they came out of all corners and lay on the fence staring at everyone coldly.
Soon, the fence was crawling full.
Although these tanuki didn't make any other moves, they just looked at the crowd directly.
But they felt an inexplicable chill.
It is indeed a little strange to have such a picture in this silent twilight.
……
"This village is weird, let's go to other villages."
Zhang Lei's face was embarrassed, and he left quickly after dropping a sentence.
Although the surface was calm, nothing dangerous happened.
But the weirdness in his body was already surging.
This is a sign of extreme danger!
So I don't care what others think, just run away.
Seeing this, the others hurriedly followed.
Zhang Lei is not the only one who feels uneasy.
……
Soon, they came to the second village.
This time there were people in the village, but the attitude was not very good.
Bad, to be exact.
"Fuck off, outsiders are not welcome here."
Several fierce-looking and tall villagers stood at the entrance of the village, looking at the players coldly.
Zhang Lei noticed that the villagers all had a strange wolf head tattoo on their chests.
If you look further back, you will find many piles of bones in the village.
These bones are not small, and it is unknown what kind of creature they come from.
"Let's go."
Zhang Lei's eyelids twitched a few times, without the slightest entanglement, and immediately turned around and left.
That sense of crisis has reappeared!
Damn it! Is this dungeon world so dangerous?
I really can't mess with any of them!
Zhang Lei was in a heavy mood and a little depressed.
He realized that the power level of this dungeon world was very high!
In such a world of dungeons, there are often great benefits to be gained.
But there are also terrible dangers lurking!
Maybe if you're not careful, you'll die in an instant!
All they can do is follow the main quest honestly and be as cautious as possible.
……
Soon, the group came to the third village.
Before they could get closer, they saw some black dots hovering above the village.
"What's that?"
Gong Xue raised her head and asked in a low voice.
"It's like a crow."
Liu Manyun stared with all his might, and vaguely saw an outline.
"You can still see it when you fly this high, these crows are not small!"
Wu An sighed.
"These are the derivations of the totem gods in our village, which are naturally not small."
Just as everyone was talking, an old voice suddenly sounded.
Several people did not notice the approach of outsiders in the slightest, and were startled by the sudden sound.
Hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see that the person who came was a short old man.
Although he looks gloomy, he has a light smile on his face.
Looks kind.
……
"Old man, who are you? Also, What does the totem god mean? ”
Liu Manyun, who grabbed the key, immediately asked.
The old man was not in a hurry to answer, he looked up at the sky, and said slowly:
"I'm the head of Raven Village, and it's been a long time since we've seen outsiders, so it's good luck that you can break in after you get lost."
"But the night in the mountains is very dangerous, so let's go to our village for a few nights."
"We'll talk about it on the other way."
Hearing this, several people's faces couldn't help but show joy.
What happened to the first two villages made them very frustrated, and even a little worried.
I'm afraid that the next two villages won't let them stay overnight, and then it's a big trouble!
Fortunately, the third village did not wait for them to speak, and the village chief took the initiative to invite them.
Either way, the first task was finally completed.
"Okay, then bother."
Zhang Lei, who faintly became the captain, agreed after a little hesitation.
After all, they already have little choice.
……
On the way, the village chief told them the story of the place.
"This is our name the Four Gods Village."
"A long time ago, there was a terrible evil god entrenched here, called Tai Sui Yin God."
"At that time, all people lived in darkness and fear!"
"Later, four great gods appeared."
"They are the cat god, the wolf god, the crow god and the butterfly god."
"These four gods worked together to wipe out the Tai Sui Yin God and save us."
"So we divided into four villages and worshipped these four gods and regarded them as totems."
……
While the Raven Village Chief was talking about this, the player's quest panel changed.
[Main Quest: Find a place to live before dark (completed)]
[Updated Main Quest: Finding the Secret of the Four Gods Village (2 days only)]
[Hint: Be careful around you, the darkness is just around your eyes!! 】
The update to the mission has five players' hearts fluttering.
Among them, Liu Manyun's psychological activity is the most intense.
She found a loophole in the words of the head of Raven Village.
If there is no accident, the statue in the broken temple should be the Tai Sui Yin God in his mouth.
Then, according to him, the Tai Sui Yin God has been wiped out.
But that night's experience taught Liu Manyun that the evil god was not dead!
Is this Raven Village chief lying?
Or did you not know about this and mistakenly thought that the Tai Sui Yin God was dead?
Liu Manyun was not sure, so she decided to test him.
"Village chief, when we came, we saw a ruined temple on the hill over there, is it dedicated to the four gods?"
Hearing this, the face of the village chief of Crow Village instantly turned cold, and he said in a cold voice:
"That's the temple where the evil god used to be."
"Though He is gone, there is still His power there."
"Extremely dangerous, don't go over!"
Hearing this, Liu Manyun basically counted - this bad old man definitely didn't tell the truth!
If it is only the remnant power, there will be no side quest of "incense and worship the gods".
If she hadn't asked, the head of Raven Village might not even have even mentioned the temple.
But I don't know how many of those words are true and how many are false.
……
Soon, the head of Raven Village brought the people into the village, placed them in several unused rooms, and prepared some food for them.
"You can stay here for a few nights, and when you go to town in two days, I'll find someone to take you out."
"Remember, don't run around at night, the night in the mountains is dangerous!"
After saying that, the head of Crow Village left.
After he left, everyone got together and worked on a new task.
Zhang Lei, who regarded himself as the captain, took the lead and took the lead in speaking.
"The main quest has been updated, let's find the secrets of the Four Gods Village."
"It can be seen that the old man did not tell the truth, or did not tell the whole truth."
"Otherwise, there wouldn't be this task."
"I'm not surprised by this, what I didn't understand was the reminder."
"Do you guys have any thoughts?"
……
Thriller games often carry some prompts when posting missions.
These prompts are correct, reminding the player of what to look out for, or what dangers are about to be faced.
But this time, the prompt is strange.
[Be careful around, the darkness is just around your eyes]
What does this mean?
Zhang Lei didn't understand the meaning, so he could only look at others.
"What do you think?"