Seeing Zuo Meng suddenly suggest going with Ye Tianxuan to catch dogs, Zhong Mu quickly said, "Why don't you come back to the clinic with me? It's safe there! Boss Ye is going to the funeral area later, it's dangerous there."
Zuo Meng looked up at Zhong Mu, hesitated, and didn't really want to go back and be fed dog food. Besides, there were infectious diseases in the clinic, it was dangerous and she would have to be fed dog food, it didn't seem worth it at all.
"I'd better go with Boss Ye! I feel safe with Boss Ye!"
At least with Boss Ye, it would be safe, and she would definitely not be fed dog food!
Zuo Meng insisted on going with Ye Tianxuan, and Zhong Mu hesitated to say something, but Ye Tianxuan spoke up calmly, "Let him come, it won't have any impact."
"Then... Boss Ye, please be careful." Zhong Mu nodded slowly.
Zuo Meng didn't react, but Yin Xiu silently raised his eyes and glanced at Zhong Mu and Ye Tianxuan.
What to be careful about?
Ye Tianxuan has mentored countless newcomers and is very experienced. Mentoring just this one is no challenge for him at all. It's not worth Zhong Mu being so careful or giving him a special reminder.
Could it be that these two are hiding something from him?
Yin Xiu keenly sensed something amiss, but before he could think about it, his attention was diverted because Ya Ya and the little tentacle balls next to him were about to fight over who would eat the food in Yin Xiu's chopsticks first.
Ya Ya made up with the black guy, but not with the tentacle balls.
She didn't understand that there are many kinds of love from adults. She only knew that both the big black guy and the little tentacle balls loved their brother very, very much. Every single one of them loved their brother, so she wanted to prove to every single one of them that she loved their brother even more than they did.
"I love my brother the most! I'll eat first!" Ya Ya glared angrily.
"Boyfriend, with me... is the best in the world~" The little tentacle ball gently wrapped around Yin Xiu's arm.
It babbled and cooed, while Li Mo, sitting next to it, calmly served food to her boyfriend, as if the black thing involved in the conflict had nothing to do with her.
She was only concerned with being happy with her boyfriend, making him feel most comfortable with her.
Zuo Meng, while shoveling food into her mouth, secretly watched the scene unfold.
Although she wasn't used to that terrifying black blob arguing with another dungeon boss about who loved Xiu Ge more at the table, she focused on Xiu Ge and ignored the other two, gradually becoming more accepting. She
vaguely remembered seeing Xiu Ge last in the Bliss City dungeon; the Xiu Ge then had undergone some subtle changes.
Before, he was either lazy and uninterested in anyone, or fierce and deadly, like a caged beast, resting with his eyes closed when undisturbed, and unhesitatingly lashing out with his claws when provoked.
The current Xiu Ge didn't look much different, but that listless aura had dissipated considerably, and he wasn't as fierce as before.
Zuo Meng's understanding was that... he seemed more energetic?
Perhaps... he had finally escaped that cage.
While Zuo Meng was still watching the show, Zhong Mu, who was beside her, had finished eating, said goodbye, and returned to the clinic. Ye Tianxuan urged Zuo Meng to finish his meal, then grabbed him and left, adding before leaving,
"Yin Shashen, since you're going fishing, try to catch a big one this afternoon to show me your skills!"
His smiling words immediately sharpened Yin Xiu's eyes.
Although he was on vacation, he had planned to fish for a while and then stroll around the village, but now that Ye Tianxuan had said so, he was determined to fish at the village entrance all afternoon and catch at least one fish.
"Brother Ye, why did you bring up fishing?" After the two walked a little further away, Zuo Meng dared to whisper to Ye Tianxuan, "If Brother Xiu could catch fish, he would have done it already. Aren't you just making things difficult for him?"
"I know he can't catch fish." Ye Tianxuan said slowly with a smile, "This guy just doesn't know how to fish. He used to sit by the river with a murderous aura and still couldn't catch anything. Let alone now with several noisy non-human creatures around him, he has no chance of catching anything."
"Then why did you..."
Ye Tianxuan casually stepped into the village's funeral area, "I just wanted him to stay by the river all afternoon, fighting to the death with the fish, and not go anywhere else."
Zuo Meng: ?
"At least, he's not fishing alone now, and he won't be too bored there." Ye Tianxuan slowly raised his gaze and swept it across the entire oppressive funeral area, also meeting the eyes of the villagers standing in front of their houses.
"Do you know how this instance should normally go?"
Zuo Meng shook his head. How would he know? He'd been completely bewildered by the big shots from the start, just following them around.
"We're the master of ceremonies, responsible for yesterday's wedding. We should have been attacked by the villagers at night and moved to this funeral area as corpses or in a state of feigned death."
Zuo Meng was stunned, his eyes widening. But they weren't dead, nor were they pretending to be corpses; they'd walked in openly. No wonder the villagers were staring at them so warily.
"The rules constantly hint to players not to approach the bride, but the rules themselves are a trap. You have to notice the anomaly and choose whether to believe the bride or not."
"The normal process is that last night, several players were chased by villagers. Those who approached the bride went to the cemetery to escape the villagers' pursuit, while those who didn't approach the bride were either killed and came here as corpses, or they pretended to be dead. In any case, the players from the first day won't reappear in the village.
"Then the next day... the funeral procession players will come here to help the villagers bury the master of ceremonies players. Therefore, the funeral procession players will notice the master of ceremonies players' presence. The smart ones will look for clues about the master of ceremonies players, gather information with them, and leave. The less smart ones will continue to listen to the villagers and eventually become villagers themselves."
Zuo Meng's mind became even more confused. "But we're all still alive... and we haven't seen any funeral procession players!"
"Right... because we're all still alive, the funeral procession players haven't appeared. We have to come here ourselves to find information about the funeral procession." "Ye Tianxuan sighed softly, "Since we're here on vacation, we're too lazy to play dead and cater to them. We'll just do whatever we want, as long as we can get through."
Zuo Meng wiped away her cold sweat, thankful that she bumped into the big shots and was taken along as soon as she entered; otherwise, she didn't know what would have happened to her if she had followed the normal process.
"So what clues are we looking for in the funeral area?"
"To find the bride's original home." Ye Tianxuan stopped and looked around. In the similar alleys where every house had a white lantern hanging, he led Zuo Meng in a certain direction, identifying the complex structure of the village as they walked.
"The conditions for a five-star pass are: the marriage thread dug up by the master of ceremonies from the cemetery, the old photos found in the bride's house in the funeral area, and finally, the medical records in the clinic."
"Her fate, her suffering, and her final obsession—all three must be present for a perfect pass." Zuo
Meng dreamed of Zhong Mu visiting the clinic, the powerful Li Mo she met at the cemetery last night, and Boss Ye personally visiting the funeral parlor today.
They said they were here for a vacation, but everyone seemed to have their own goals, and they were acting quickly.
If she had to say... it seems only Brother Xiu hadn't participated.
It seems these big shots weren't really here for a vacation...?