Chapter 66
The sound was crisp and regular, as if nails were being embedded in bones.
If they listened carefully, they could even hear a few helpless cries: “Please, I don’t want to become a deity… please woo woo… I don’t want to become a deity…”
It was a female voice!
But… wasn’t it a good thing to become a deity? Why didn’t she want to?
Ta da da, da da da…
The sound of nails digging into bones became faster, and the hidden cry grew more urgent. After a while, “Ahhhh!”
Two screams suddenly rang out. Not only did the female voice scream, but also the little boy who had been following Qian Lai all along lowered his hand and smashed the corpse to the ground!
The dry bones made a crunching sound as they touched the ground.
… the corpse also screamed.
Yu Qing frowned, and just as he covered his ears, he heard the sound of chaotic footsteps approaching quickly.
The candles around them lit up, and the firelight flickered. Before long, they were surrounded by a group of… old ladies in white clothes?
Yes, they were old ladies.
They were stooped, with many wrinkles on their faces. Under the candlelight, they all showed silent smiles to the few people who had casually entered the hall.
The smiles were uniform and eerie, with even the upward curve of the corners of their mouths exactly the same.
Huhu——
The wind from outside blew into the temple, wrapping the air in coldness and causing the candlelight to flicker.
Cold malice swept through his body, and when he looked back, Yu Qing saw Qian Lai quietly moving a few steps toward him, and the little boy who had just thrown the rotting corpse also moved step by step in sync with Qian Lai’s movements.
It looked like he was seeking refuge, but actually… the curve of his mouth was the same as that of the old ladies.
Exactly the same!
Yu Qing’s fingertips paused slightly, and his scalp tingled, but he still raised his eyes as much as possible and looked at the old lady at the front, who seemed like their leader.
There was a statue of a deity behind her, and many snakes of different sizes and expressions were coiled at her feet.
Yu Qing’s eyes gradually moved upward, and just as he was about to continue exploring, he noticed, da!
The group of old ladies had all taken another step forward.
The cold oppressive feeling worsened, so Yu Qing quickly passed by the statue, and before the old lady could approach him, he grabbed a pillar and stood up: “Hello! I’m here to worship Deity and ask for a child!”
As soon as the words fell, the old ladies who had been quickly approaching paused, and the leader’s eyebrows lifted as the smile on her face grew wider and wider, “Damn it, kid, you should’ve told me earlier! We are the most effective here.”
The original malice disappeared, and even the live broadcast room breathed a sigh of relief.
In front of him, the old lady kept talking, and after a while, she walked forward and affectionately patted Yu Qing’s shoulder. She noticed his clothes were wet and asked someone to prepare incense for him.
“It’s dangerous outside. If it rains, the deity will get angry. You have to be careful. Being soaked in bloody rain will give you nightmares for days.”
“Really?” At this point, Yu Qing had followed the old lady to offer incense sticks and had also asked for two ponchos from the temple.
“Yes.” The old lady was particularly enthusiastic. “The people in our village are very kind, but the deity is not very good-tempered. It’ll rain blood in a little while, but don’t be afraid.”
“As long as you don’t get wet, you’ll be fine.”
“Well, thank you.” With that, Yu Qing added some more money to the sesame oil jar.
This made the old lady so happy that she even revealed the specific road to the village.
There was a peaceful atmosphere in the live broadcast room [Hahaha], and the audience watching outside were drawn in one after another.
[What the hell? This live broadcast room is really this smooth? The other hosts struggled to avoid the blood rain, and several were eaten by little girls. This one… has finished the entering smoothly?]
[Wow, another die-hard fan of my wife, come on, let’s hope my wife upgrades the difficulty of this dungeon, hiahiahia!]
In the dungeon, Yu Qing chatted with the old lady for a while, and when the rain stopped, he set off again, using the excuse of sending the little girl home.
As he walked away, his eyes unconsciously glanced at the back hall of the temple—the scream of “I don’t want to become a deity” had just come from inside. Inside…
“Hey! Young man.”
Before he could finish his thoughts, a hand suddenly appeared in front of him.
The old lady interrupted his train of thought, frowning, and reminded him very seriously, “When you come here to worship at the temple, you can’t look into the inner hall. Put your curiosity to rest.”
Huhu——
The wind blew again, and under the candlelight, the old lady’s green bean-sized eyes were full of murderous intent, which was a bit scary.
Yu Qing finally withdrew his gaze, said “I understand,” and left the temple.
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“Hiss…”
As soon as he walked out, Qian Lai shook off the goosebumps on his body and asked unconsciously, “How did you know this was the ‘Qiuzi Temple’?”
When he entered the temple, he had deliberately taken a look. There was no plaque outside the temple. How did Yu Qing…
“Because of that statue,” the young man replied. “The temple enshrines a hydra. There are hundreds of little snakes surrounding the snake’s body, spreading across the entire altar. Apart from praying for a child, there is nothing else that can be seen at the moment.”
“I… just make a guess.”
“Tsk.” Though he claimed he was guessing, Qian Lai always felt that there was at least an 80% chance that someone like Yu Qing wouldn’t pick it wrong, so he rubbed the little boy’s head and sighed, “I don’t need to use my brain to follow you.”
He could catch ghosts and hated using his brain.
After the sound fell, he couldn’t help but ask the little boy, “Where is your home?”
The boy didn’t respond, but the corpse on his back trembled in shock. He hurriedly raised his broken hand and pointed in a trembling direction.
Qian Lai asked again, but the boy still didn’t speak. He just looked up at him, the arc of his smile extremely terrifying under the blood moon. “Hiss…”
Qian Lai couldn’t help but take a breath, “It’s better… to send the girl away first.”
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After entering the village, the road became much smoother, the blood rain had stopped, and Yu Qing’s physical strength gradually recovered. After a while, he arrived at the place pointed out by the little girl.
It was an abandoned thatched house. The paper windows had long been broken by the wind, and spider webs were entangled everywhere. It looked like it hadn’t been inhabited for many years.
Yu Qing opened the door and walked around inside to make sure there was no danger, then turned around and walked out.
Just as he was about to pull the rotting corpse over, he realized that the rotting corpse had already struggled to break away from the little girl’s skin. The rotting skin had taken on a strange colour under the blood moon. Knowing that he couldn’t defeat Yu Qing, it actually raised its hand and tried to twist and break its own neck!
If this clone died, the player would die too. It wouldn’t enter the house, and it wouldn’t let him complete the task!
Click click——
The bones cracked, and the sudden suicide attempt was almost done.
Almost instantly, Yu Qing turned around and, with a clatter——
He grabbed the rotten corpse’s hand and threw it into the house.
His heart trembled violently, and at the same time, the sound of [Mission Completed] echoed in his ears.
A layer of cold sweat broke out on Yu Qing’s forehead. Seeing that the corpse had failed to commit suicide, he prepared for another attack. The next second, hey!
The golden needle shot off and passed directly through the skin of his brain, where it had become ulcerated!
It didn’t matter. This thing wanted to die on its own and needed protection outside. But when it came to the house, it couldn’t be killed casually, could it?
“Ahhhhhh—”
The live broadcast room was filled with excitement.
Yu Qing’s breathing became short. Seeing that the rotten corpse had given up its struggle and finally withdrew the golden needle, the rise and fall of his chest became smaller and smaller.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he raised his eyes, his heart suddenly stopped!
The little boy who had been following Qian Lai had somehow laid on the windowsill, staring at him quietly.
The smile on his face was weird and playful. The moment he stood up, Yu Qing heard the boy say, “Uncle Qian.”
“My home is right here. This place is fine to live in too. But the one next door is also empty, so…”
He approached Qian Lai step by step, his hoarse voice full of threats, “How about you live in the room next door?”
As he spoke, the boy’s eyes also turned red, strange and coquettish, like the blood moon in the sky.
Standing aside, Yu Qing was about to step forward to interject when he noticed that his body had undergone subtle changes…