Drowning baby girls is an ancient and ugly custom.
Lin An closed his eyes and thought for a moment, but did not choose to let him go.
He did not believe the village chief's words, even though in his mental perception, it seemed that Huang Dawei was not lying.
but...
If what the village chief in front of me said is true, then why did he receive the mission?
What did you encounter when you entered the secret realm?
There are only three answers.
First, what the village chief said was true, but the pagoda that suppressed it failed, and the ghost that Yuanying transformed into escaped.
Second, what the village chief said was false and he concealed part of the truth.
In fact, the matter was not solved at all.
Yuanying may not be a ghost, but may also be a meme.
The mission was very vague, and only the word "event" was given in general terms.
However, no dead people have appeared yet, causing the villagers to mistakenly believe that what the village chief said was true.
Sometimes lies don’t have to be told out loud, concealing part of the inside story can still achieve the effect.
Third, what the village chief said is true, but the deserted village incident in the mission is not the same thing as what the village chief said.
Since all three are possible, the best way is to go to the pagoda to find out.
Without hesitation.
Under the puzzled gaze of the old village chief, Lin An directly forced the villagers to go to the pagoda.
There was no way to resist, so the crowd had no choice but to follow.
At night, when viewed from a high altitude, groups of villagers wearing commoners look like ant colonies heading for sacrifices.
....
Not far away.
In less than a few minutes, Lin An led all the villagers straight to the well where Yuanying jumped.
The wind whimpered.
Located in the open space behind the village, there is a recently built low pagoda covering the well.
The lake can be vaguely seen in the distance.
Empty and cold.
The low pagoda looks a bit eerie.
No energy fluctuations were sensed.
There is nothing special about the pagoda in front of you.
"Sir...we really didn't lie to you..."
The little old man looked at Lin An helplessly, and then repeatedly tried to dissuade him:
"Look at this pagoda, it was built this year."
"The one suppressing you down below is Yuanying. Please don't open the pagoda, otherwise we will all suffer."
"The Taoist priest said that once he is released, Yuanying will no longer be able to seal it..."
Lin An was noncommittal and slowly approached the pagoda amidst the puzzled looks of everyone.
The spirit slowly leaked out like mercury leaking out of the ground.
His brows were furrowed.
The pagoda looked normal on the outside, but it blocked the detection of his own spiritual power.
He originally planned to use his mental power to sense the situation underground to verify his conjecture.
But obviously, this matter is not that simple.
The pagoda or well in front of us is clearly right in front of us, but it seems to have disappeared in our mental perception.
The only useful clue is that it's more like a meme.
Just like when he faced the meme doll, he couldn't detect anything.
Ghosts tend to be spiritual, while memes are more intangible.
This secret world is full of weirdness.
"Captain Lin, do you want to force it open?"
Zhang Tie saw his hesitation in the team's voice, so he simply walked behind him and clenched his fists:
"I can blow this crap away with just one punch."
Hehehe smiled, he hated this kind of pretentious thing the most.
Although he didn't know what Captain Lin was hesitating about, he thought that if he just smashed open the pagoda and took a look at the situation inside the well, wouldn't it be clear to him?
If there are corpses in the well, it means that these villagers are lying to people! Or that bullshit Taoist priest is fooling people.
The old man made it very clear that there were evil spirits in the well, but there were no eggs or corpses there!
If not...
Um...
Anyway, with Team Lin here, he should be able to defeat the released monsters, right?
After thinking for a moment, Lin An did not choose to let Xiong Hanzi do it.
He suddenly turned back to look at the old man with a cold expression:
"Huang Dawei, where is the Taoist priest you mentioned?"
"How far is the county seat from here?"
Huang Laoer was stunned when he heard the sound, and stammered and subconsciously replied:
"It's quite far from here."
"It's just that those... are dead..."
As he spoke, he suddenly realized that he had told Lin An before that if he didn't believe it, just go ask the leader.
Although he still hasn't figured out who Lin An is, judging from Lin An's behavior, he simply regarded Lin An as a big shot who came down to inspect.
He was afraid that Lin An wouldn't believe him.
After thinking about this, he hurriedly added:
"It's true! The Taoist priest died of illness when he returned home in order to suppress Yuanying Ligui!"
"Our village even sent people to express condolences!"
The villagers behind him all nodded. The death of the Taoist priest was a big deal in this village.
Lin An's expression did not change after hearing this, but his spiritual power shrouded everyone inch by inch.
I didn't lie, and my mood didn't fluctuate.
The Taoist priest is indeed dead, at least in their perception.
Psychic perception.
Although it is not as accurate as 100% lie detection, after all, it is more about monitoring physiological characteristics and emotional fluctuations, and then Lin An himself infers them.
However, it is possible to make mistakes when facing someone who is deliberately concealing something.
But if so many people are in the same state, it means that the Taoist Master is really dead.
"Captain Lin? Why are you asking that Taoist priest?"
"Is there a problem with the Taoist priest?"
Xiong Hanzi couldn't help but ask in the team's voice. He always felt depressed and panicked when he stayed in this place.
And, it's so cold.
After a brief silence, Lin An shook his head:
"Not sure."
"I just guessed what Huang Dawei was hiding based on the inference of the mission."
"But there is no evidence, or it is possible that even he himself does not know what happened."
Zhang Tie touched his head and suddenly turned to look at the old man on crutches:
"Captain Lin, then we can simply torture him to extract a confession!"
"Pinch him! Let them explain everything clearly!"
"I don't believe this guy can handle it!"
He doesn't care about the life or death of these people.
For Zhang Tie, his thoughts are very simple.
What is a secret realm? It is a place where a group of NPCs stay.
Not to mention that these people might have killed "people"?
Don’t worry about so much, just say hello first and then talk!
He felt uncomfortable staying in this strange place, especially when he got close to the pagoda.
baffling.
I’m not a fucking black bear spirit? What am I afraid of?