Chapter 37 Encounter
The sound appeared very suddenly, and I could only hear the sound but not see the person.
Pei Shiqing looked around vigilantly, looking for the source of the sound.
"Zhao Xiaowei, did you hear correctly?"
Song Nannan actually heard it, but in this situation, maybe it was an auditory hallucination?
Nie Zheng squinted his eyes and said, "She heard it right. I did hear someone talking."
The five of them originally wanted to stay at the cordon by the river at night, but Nie Zheng remembered that there was an invisible courtyard very close to the river, so he wanted to go and have a look.
Otherwise, we would have stayed at the cordon.
As a result, in a village full of infant spirits, there was actually a place that was empty and not occupied by infant spirits.
Nie Zheng dared to conclude that this was the place that could only be touched but not seen, so he found the location of the door. He thought he still couldn't push it open, but to his surprise, he actually came in.
As soon as I entered, I saw a plaque with the word "ancestral hall" hanging brightly above the courtyard.
These people had been warned during the day not to go out at night and not to go near the river, but who would have thought that the river would be their way to survive?
So Fan Xihe said not to go near the ancestral hall, that is, to enter the ancestral hall.
Unexpectedly, she heard someone talking as soon as she came in, but couldn't see anyone. Zhao Xiaowei was afraid of making a sound.
Pei Shiqing looked confused as she seemed to hear Song Nannan's voice.
"Song Nannan?"
Song Nannan was confused, why did this invisible ghost call her name?
"Is that you Song Nannan?" Pei Shiqing asked again.
How could Song Nannan dare to agree? She kept thinking in her mind whether she had accidentally touched some taboo.
Pei Shiqing thought of a possibility, twitched his lips, and decided to reveal his identity first, "Song Nannan, I am Pei Shiqing."
Song Nannan was stunned, and so was Nie Zheng.
"Pei Shiqing?" Song Nannan exclaimed, and then asked: "Are we sure there are seven people in this game?"
The remaining people looked at each other in confusion. It was indeed seven people, right?
Fan Yucheng asked with a confused look, "Pei Qing, when did you change your name?"
Nie Zheng's eyes flashed, and then he lowered his head to hide his emotions.
Pei Shiqing was so excited that she forgot that Fan Yucheng was still around. Then she said without blinking, "That's my nickname."
"Ah?" Fan Yucheng still didn't understand, but he didn't ask again. Pei Qing must have her reasons.
Song Nannan was about to say, is your nickname "Whatever", but was stopped by Nie Zheng.
She thought for a while and then asked: "What's the situation over there? We only have seven people in this game, and your name is not in our game this time?"
"My friend was accidentally sucked in. When I came to see her, she also came in with her. I shouldn't be considered in the game." Pei Shiqing said, feeling relieved for some reason.
They were able to meet the players in the game. Although the way of meeting was a bit strange, it also gave Pei Shiqing a reassurance that when the players cracked the game, maybe he and Fan Yucheng would go back.
But Fan Yucheng looked confused. She felt that Pei Shiqing seemed to be opening his mouth to speak, but she could not hear a word.
But she was obedient and didn't say anything. Anyway, Pei Shiqing knew those invisible people, so he was safe for the time being.
Nie Zheng thought thoughtfully, so it turned out to be like this.
"So why can't we see each other?" Pei Shiqing asked confused.
"Could it be because we are in a game?" Song Nannan guessed.
After hearing this, Yun Duo said: "But we also drove here in reality, which is different from being transported by a game."
"What do you mean? Could it be that you also went here in reality?" Pei Shiqing asked curiously.
"Yes, this time the game does not directly transport us, but allows us to live in this place called Wenying Village for three days in reality, and we can only leave after three days." Song Nannan said.
"Wenying Village?" Pei Shiqing repeated doubtfully.
"What, what's wrong?" Nie Zheng suddenly asked.
"I heard from people here that this village is called Fengxiu Village." Pei Shiqing had a good memory. She remembered that Grandma Wang said that this village was called Fengxiu Village. Could it be that the village's name was changed later?
She suddenly thought of something, and then asked, "By the way, do you have a coffin in your ancestral hall? The red lacquered wood coffin is in the center of the ancestral hall."
Song Nannan looked at it and said, "No."
"No?" Pei Shiqing said thoughtfully, "I guess we might be at the same place at different times."
"Pei Shiqing, where are you?" Song Nannan asked.
Pei Shiqing understood her intention immediately and said, "It's just under the plaque."
Song Nannan walked over and touched around, but didn't touch anything. "It seems that I can only hear the other party talking. I can neither see you nor touch you."
"Is it dangerous over there?" Pei Shiqing asked.
Song Nannan glanced at the door and saw that those infant spirits would not enter this ancestral hall at the moment, so he said: "It's safe now."
Pei Shiqing raised his eyebrows. What does "safe" mean now, not safe?
"Then my place is quite safe. The people in the village have some use for me. At least we will be safe until tomorrow."
"What do the villagers need you for?" Song Nannan asked curiously.
"Hmm... seal a female ghost." Pei Shiqing looked at the big red lacquered wood coffin in the center of the ancestral hall and replied.
"Female ghost?" Song Nannan glanced at Nie Zheng. So far, nothing they had encountered had anything to do with female ghosts, only the group of infant spirits that appeared from the river.
Nie Zheng looked at the open space in the center of the ancestral hall and said calmly: "Our mission prompt this time is, mother and son connect hearts."
Hearing what he said, the others were stunned. Yes, why did they forget the mission prompt? Just because the female ghost didn't appear doesn't mean there isn't one.
Since Pei Shiqing's side is connected to them, she definitely has clues.
Pei Shiqing was also thinking about the mission reminder he said.
Mother and son connected?
When Chen Mingyue poisoned her family, her son disappeared. Is she going to find her son?
"The female ghost I want to seal is called Chen Mingyue. She was trafficked. She tried to escape before, but she was reported by someone who was also trafficked and failed to escape. After she was caught, the child was almost aborted. Later, she gave birth to a A boy, and then a girl was born.”
Pei Shiqing paused, and then continued: "But the girl was thrown into the river and drowned by the child's father, so Chen Mingyue gave the family rat poison, and all of them died except the boy."
"And she herself hanged herself in the woodshed."
After hearing this, Yun Duo quickly clarified, her voice as gentle as ever, "So that boy is still alive?"
"It's possible." Pei Shiqing responded.
"So we want to find the boy? But now we can't even leave the village, not to mention we don't know how old the boy is, what his name is, and what he looks like." Zhao Xiaowei said.
Pei Shiqing didn't want to stop their discussion, but she still had things to do, so she said: "People in this village will throw baby girls into the river and drown them. Today we also participated in a river sacrifice ceremony. The river
It’s full of dead babies.”
Fan Xihe, who had never spoken, said: "He Jian and Wang Chuan also mentioned this river ceremony, and it seems to be on the last day."
Song Nannan's thoughts were a little confused, "So, is the source of this game the baby spirits in the river or the female ghost named Chen Mingyue?"
Yun Duo said: "Since the game prompts the connection between mother and son, then the focus should probably be on the female ghost."
"I have told you all the clues here, what about you?" Pei Shiqing asked.
Several people were silent, as if their clues really didn't matter.
"It's Heitian here, and there are baby spirits climbing up from the river outside. But these baby spirits are afraid of the river and dare not approach it. Moreover, there are no women in the village, and all the windows of the houses in the village are very small." Nie
Zheng said succinctly.
"Are the windows in the house very small?" Pei Shiqing asked curiously.
"Yes, isn't that what you saw?" Nie Zheng asked.
Pei Shiqing organized his speech and said: "It's daytime here, and the houses are all normal. Only the windows of the woodshed are a little small."
Another difference.
Fan Yucheng also had clues. Seeing that Pei Shiqing was busy, she looked for the secret passage first. However, she did lose some memories. After searching for an unknown amount of time, she excitedly called Pei Shiqing over.
"Pei Qing, I found the secret passage!" Fan Yucheng lifted a corner of the gauze that had fallen in the ancestral hall, and a door appeared behind it.
"Secret passage? What secret passage?" Song Nannan asked immediately.
"There may be Chen Mingyue's body in the secret passage. I want to go into the secret passage and search for it."
"Then be careful." After hearing what she said, Song Nannan also wanted to see the secret passage, so she listened to Pei Shiqing's footsteps and found the secret passage.
Song Nannan also raised the gauze, only to find that the door of the secret passage was locked and nailed tightly with wood.
They don't have the tools and can't open it at all.
Pei Shiqing pushed the secret passage door open with a gentle push.
After Fan Yucheng entered, he felt that his memory was getting clearer and clearer.
There was no light in the dark passage, and it got darker and darker as we went in, until no more light could be seen. The dark passage wound downwards, as if there was no end in sight.
In the quiet environment, only the footsteps of two people could be heard. Pei Shiqing suddenly grabbed Fan Yucheng and asked, "Did you remember something?"
Fan Yucheng slowly turned her head, turning slowly like a machine. Purple-black bruises appeared on her neck, and tears had soaked her face.
"Pei Qing... I seem to be dead."
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Chapter completed!