He stood frozen in place, watching the villagers walking back and forth in front of him, too afraid to go forward; the scene before him was simply too bizarre.
So many armed villagers made their voices as they walked around in front of each house.
Is this what the rules mean, that doors should not be opened after midnight?
With such high-intensity simulation, it might really be impossible to tell who's outside the door at night, especially since the village has designated single rooms, so there's no possibility of multiple people sharing a room, thus eliminating the possibility of someone being suspicious outside.
Zuo Meng was drenched in sweat, but the woman on his back gently patted him.
"Keep walking forward, carry me on your back, they won't be able to spot you."
Zuo Meng paused for a moment, then followed the woman's instructions and stepped into the village.
None of the villagers passing by noticed Zuo Meng carrying her bride.
Why are those people still mimicking their voices and moving around the village when they clearly know where they live? Are they looking for them? Could it be that Boss Ye and the others weren't sleeping tonight either?
Zuo Meng was puzzled, but she still tried to pass by them quietly, planning to go and discuss it with Boss Ye before sending the bride home.
He first headed towards the location of the hanging coffin from earlier in the day, intending to search the vicinity. Halfway there, he saw several familiar figures under the marriage tree.
Ye Tianxuan leaned back in the wicker chair, legs crossed, and casually pulled two cards from his hand, slamming them onto the opposite table. "A pair of twos!"
Yin Xiu said without changing his expression, "Pass."
When it was Zhong Mu's turn, Zhong Mu looked distressed. He took out one hand to stroke the white cat in his arms while fiddling with the cards.
Li Mo stood beside Yin Xiu, occasionally bending down to whisper a few words to him. Above them, a dark mass hung from a tree branch, its tentacles reaching out towards Ye Tianxuan and Zhong Mu.
After Ye Tianxuan finished playing his cards, he put them away without saying a word. Only Zhong Mu was completely unaware that his cards had been seen by the small tentacles that stretched out from the top of his head, and he was still thinking with a bitter face.
This leisurely scene is as if it were not in a copy of the game, and even the villagers walking around in the village are not nearby.
Zuo Meng stood there, stunned, and asked blankly, "What...are you doing here?"
He desperately wanted these people to tell him seriously that they were studying a copy of a game or spying on the enemy, but Ye Tianxuan turned his head and noticed him, then smiled and waved, "Playing cards."
Zhong Mu also turned around, and taking advantage of everyone's inattention, immediately reached out and played a card, then looked at Zuo Meng, "I thought you were sleeping, why are you out here too?"
Zuo Meng looked at the white cat that had suddenly appeared in his arms, then at the people around him, and choked up.
Well, he's the only one nervously going through the dungeon, while all these other people are out playing cards in the middle of the night. They're from a completely different world.
Ye Tianxuan continued playing his cards without showing any emotion, then swept away the small tentacles that were trying to peek at him, closed his deck, and tilted his head to stare at Zuo Meng, "What are you carrying on your back?"
Zuo Mengdun stood there, thinking, "She's a bride."
"He went to get married in the middle of the night?"
"...Boss Ye, don't joke around. This is a monster. I'll help send it back to the village."
"I know," Ye Tianxuan said with a smile, "I recognize him."
Zhong Mu raised his head slightly, "I remember too. I didn't expect you to actually memorize it?"
Zuo Meng pursed his lips, and tears streamed down his face. Damn it, next time he must read the guide before coming to the dungeon. Among all the players, he was the only one with a blank slate. Everyone else was just there to have fun. Heaven knows how much courage he mustered up to turn around and carry this woman on his back.
He carried the bride closer to the group, looked at the people playing cards leisurely, then turned slightly to look at the silent bride on his back, and asked hesitantly, "Is it okay for me to carry her back to the village?"
After all, the rules state that you shouldn't talk to women.
"No, bringing it back means you've chosen a different path in the dungeon, which is fine too." Zhong Mu shook his head, pulled out a card and placed it on the table, "A 6."
The moment the card was placed down, Yin Xiu, who was standing silently beside him, beat it.
"Another way to go?" Zuo Meng was puzzled. He noticed that the woman on his back moved slightly. When he looked up, he found that the tentacles hanging down from the top of his head were looking at the woman. The woman was a little wary and was dodging the tentacles.
Zhong Mu raised his hand and pointed at Yin Xiu, "That's the way Brother Xiu walks."
It refers to the brutal line of massacres.
Then he nodded at Ye Tianxuan, "That's Ye's style of walking."
It refers to a gentle approach to exploring information.
Zuo Meng glanced at the woman on her back, "If you want to understand the secrets of the village, you have to get in touch with her, right? But the rules are clearly..."
His voice paused slightly.
Presumably, the rules and regulations guide the path to brutal slaughter.
They don't trust the villagers, they don't trust the players bound to them by a red line, they don't trust the healer, and they don't trust anything in the dungeon.
One way to pass the level is to stay in the village with an extremely cold heart for seven days and then leave.
This is the rule of the selfish, solitary survival stream.
"By the way, if you keep going through dungeons in a cold and indifferent way, ignoring everyone and even the players you're tied to, you'll gradually become a part of the village," Zhong Mu said leisurely.
Zuo Meng realized that this was the last rule mentioned in the rules.
[Do not stay in Yin Village.]
He was puzzled at the time as to why players would want to stay in the village, but now he understands.
But Yin Xiu was able to break this rule back then probably because he killed everyone in Yin Village... No one, whether women or villagers, was left behind. Yin Village no longer existed, so it was impossible for him to stay there even if he wanted to.
But this is only the method that Yin Shashen can use to clear the dungeon; others should just honestly clear the dungeon.
"What should I do now? Should I... send her back?" Zuo Meng glanced nervously at the woman on his back. He was the only one here, going through the dungeon in a completely unfamiliar state. Although he had accidentally come into contact with this woman, he had no idea what to do with her.
"That depends on what you plan to do. Just rely on your own experience to get through it." Ye Tianxuan smiled, looking on with amusement, and didn't intend to interfere with Zuo Meng's experience of clearing the dungeon.
"Huh? I'll live by myself?" Zuo Meng pouted and turned to Zhong Mu for help.
"Sigh...it's getting late, I have to take the doctor back to the clinic to sleep. Let's stop playing here." Zhong Mu picked up the white cat and got up without saying another word, mainly because he was sure to lose if he continued playing.
Yin Xiu stood up, reached out and took the little tentacle ball hanging from the tree branch above his head, and hugged it. "Then I'll go back to sleep too."
"What a pity, I almost won." Ye Tianxuan put down his cards with regret and stretched.
The bigwigs who were in charge of things were about to leave, and Zuo Meng was in a panic.
"You're all going back to sleep, but what am I going to do? I'm still carrying the bride on my back!"
"Take her home, let's finish this good deed." Ye Tianxuan waved his hand casually, "Remember to go home and get some sleep after you're done."
The three of them each went in a different direction.
Zhong Mu returned to the clinic, Yin Xiu returned to the hanging coffin, and Ye Tianxuan, who did not intend to make himself uncomfortable by sleeping in the coffin, decided to "borrow" a villager's house for the night.
After the three people left, Zuo Meng was left standing there bewildered.
He vowed to turn over a new leaf after returning home, and to study the strategy guide carefully before entering the game, and to use cheat sheets if he couldn't memorize it!
"Boyfriend!" The little tentacle ball perched on Yin Xiu's shoulder, looking at Zuo Meng who was still standing under the tree. It pointed its tentacles in that direction. "Is that... wearing a red... human... wedding dress?"
"Yes." Yin Xiu responded calmly.
The little tentacle-like dumpling danced excitedly, "I also prepared one for my boyfriend!"
It stretched out its tentacles and rummaged around in its mouth, eager to give them to Yin Xiu, but Li Mo pressed it down and retracted the entire cluster of tentacles.
Yin Xiu: ?
Li Mo smiled calmly, "Now is not the time to give it to my boyfriend."