Chapter 260: Infinite Flow: Saving the Crazy Beautiful 19

Nanyu glanced at the villagers laboring not far away, "If those villagers find out we two have run back, they won't again carry a coffin up here, will they?"

He rubbed his stomach, but he was so hungry he couldn't stand it, and didn't want to run again.

"Then we'll say we heard crying from the spirit tower, the deep pit was trembling, as if the gods were angry, and see their attitude."

Jin Chen had already prepared his wording, and could also test whether these villagers knew anything.

"I'm so hungry."

Nanyu leaned against him, weak and feeble, his middle finger pressed to his temple, feigning a delicate sway, "I'm so hungry I'll faint."

Looking at the sun, it's about noon already; indeed we've stayed too long on the mountain.

Jin Chen also played along, "That's really serious; let's go back to the wood house, the kitchen there should have ingredients."

In the game instance, aside from special settings, players normally aren't made to die from hunger in long instances, so the temporary lodgings always have food.

"Then you carry me," Nanyu proposed, shaking his arm, acting coquettish.

These past two days, in front of Jin Chen, he has unconsciously come to rely on him; Jin Chen is very pleased with this change, turned slightly and squatted, "Come up."

"Let's go."

Nanyu jumped onto him, arms around his neck, his phoenix eyes delighted.

As expected, when they reached a place with many households, some villagers saw the two of them, widened their eyes, shouted for two people to fetch the elder, and spontaneously blocked the path.

The elder came over from the south, panting, "You! How did you come back!"

He was obviously incredulous, even checking in the sunlight that they both had shadows.

Jin Chen spoke solemnly while spouting nonsense, "We were in the coffin, felt a tremor, shook the lid open."

"Then we just crawled out, and ended up hearing lots of crying from the building beside the deep pit, a voice saying the gods were wrathful, dissatisfied with the offering."

Nanyu on his back also began to ham it up, rubbing his fingertips to wipe tears, "Yeah, we were scared stupid; that voice made us hurry down the mountain, and it even pointed out the way off the mountain."

"What! This..."

"How could this be...... the gods......"

The villagers chattered among themselves, and even the elder already believed what they said.

Because these outsider visitors originally didn't know anything about the gods.

"Could it be...... could it truly be the gods manifesting their power?"

A villager suddenly shouted.

The crowd bustled, the elder tapped his cane a few times before quieting them.

His white-speckled beard bristled with anger, "I will discuss this with the other elders; everyone can rest assured!"

"Then... can we go? Rest assured, we will absolutely not report to the police after we leave."

Jin Chen spoke solemnly, but who would have thought the elder gave a strange laugh, as if mocking the word "leave."

"If you don't hold it against us, that's best; after all, our village also has its own rules, and as visitors you must obey them well."

The elder made way, "Go back and rest well."

He said those words with great weight.

Jin Chen responded with a false smile, and straight away walked through the crowd away from here.

Watching them leave, the elder stroked his beard, his turbid eyes narrowed slightly, as if pondering something.

——

Just returned to the wood house, saw Zhaoling mysteriously waving from beside a tree, signaling to come over.

Nanyu patted Jin Chen's shoulder, jumped down from his back, and linked arms walking over.

"Why are you hiding here?" he asked.

"After you said you saw Zhoucheng's head in the stone chamber, I've been paying attention to him and noticed many odd things."

Zhaoling opened his phone album, tapped a few photos that looked like they were taken at sneaky angles.

"Look, he has no shadow outdoors in the bright sun, but indoors he does."

"And this photo, when he was chatting with Baiyi, his eyes were unfocused, darting everywhere; Baiyi thought it strange, so he changed it."

Zhaoling exhaled with lingering fear, "I've been waiting for you to come back, including the Hexian you mentioned; I asked Baiyi, and he also has no impression of that person."

Nanyu said, "Did you see any candles inside the wood house?"

"Candles?"

Zhaoling thought carefully, shook his head, "No."

Then it must be due to the light and shadow in the woods.

Nanyu tapped his chin, his phoenix eyes faintly gleaming with excitement, "Since Zhoucheng is no longer human, we should kill him."

"First test, then kill."

Jin Chen did not deny this proposal.

"Then I'll leave it to you; his level is too high, Baiyi and I estimate we can't beat him." Zhaoling sighed, then glanced at the two of them, and recalled something else.

"By the way, you've been on the mountain so long and still haven't eaten, right? I have some lunch left over; why not make do?"

"Sure, sure."

Nanyu happily nodded, pulled Jin Chen, and walked inside.

In the wood house, Zhoucheng and Baiyi sat facing each other, staring wide-eyed.

Seeing the two return, Baiyi's eyes brightened, "You... you came back!"

"Hey~" Nanyu waved, his gaze sweeping over Zhoucheng up and down.

"Hmm, looking like this he seems no different from ordinary people; he really knows how to disguise! Take him down, take him down!"

He secretly thrilled, a crimson short dagger already gripped in his palm, he bumped his shoulder against Jin Chen, signaling to hurry the test.

But Jin Chen felt something was off.

Seeing their gazes turn to him, Zhoucheng nodded and smiled, "It's good you're alright; I thought something had happened since you hadn't come back for so long."

Nanyu's smile froze on his face.

He slightly opened his mouth and exchanged a glance with Jin Chen.

Zhoucheng's tone, his way of speaking—so vulgar, just like Hexian's!

Jin Chen narrowed his peach-blossom eyes, shielded Nanyu behind him, and asked directly, "Do you still remember Hexian?"

"Hexian?"

Zhoucheng raised his brows, puzzled, "Who? Is that an NPC in this stronghold?"

A glint flashed in his eyes as he looked at Nanyu, "Why did Jin Chen suddenly ask that?"

"You..."

Nanyu was about to speak when his emotions shifted abruptly.

He suddenly shoved Jin Chen away, his fingertips digging hard into his palm, and glared at Zhoucheng.

What's going on... I had it under control, why did this person easily trigger it...

Back at the Snake Cave, when I suddenly returned to the dream, my episodes have been occurring more frequently lately.

"Ah Nan?"

Jin Chen noticed something was off, and the next second he saw Nanyu draw a short dagger, his expression unprecedentedly bloodthirsty.

【Villain Blackening Value +5! Total 65!】

【Villain Blackening Value +5! Total 70!】

【Host! Stop him quickly!】

0731's tone was urgent, as if it knew what would happen.