Clearing the "Greed" Instance
Xu Xi didn't know where the fire started, so she could only search in the direction where the flames first appeared.
Under the heavy darkness of night, a thin figure carried a bucket of oil and poured it in batches at several farmyards.
After going back and forth, they finally managed to pour oil on the land near the selected households.
The man wasn't particularly strong and had been sitting for long periods of time. He was now leaning against the wall, panting heavily, but there was a hint of excitement in his expression.
This should be enough to put pressure on Village Chief Zhu to agree to the human sacrifice.
He could even make a fortune!
He chuckled twice, and just as he was about to light the fire with his lighter, a sudden pain shot through the back of his head, and he collapsed to the ground.
Behind him, the Young Woman in a Long Dress calmly put away her brick Item.
The Tall, Thin Man kicked the man lying on the ground, turning him over.
Instantly, the man's face appeared before the three of them.
"Gao Zhuang?" The Young Woman in a Long Dress frowned slightly. "How could it be him?"
At first, she and the Tall, Thin Man didn't understand why the Young Man in a Hoodie had brought them this way, but when they saw the furtive figure pouring oil, they immediately understood.
This village was almost engulfed in flames.
Only...
The Young Woman in a Long Dress subtly glanced at the emotionless young man beside her, quietly concealing the probing look in her eyes.
She considered herself to be quite observant and good at analysis, yet she couldn't understand how the other person knew.
What detail did she overlook?
The Young Man in a Hoodie didn't seem to have any intention of answering their questions, but instead coldly said, "Go find Village Chief Zhu now."
I was planning to go tomorrow morning, but who could have imagined this would happen tonight?
Xu Xi felt that it was better to call the police sooner rather than later, especially since they had caught Gao Zhuang red-handed.
Even if we can't prove he poisoned someone to death for the time being, we can't deny that he attempted arson.
Because of the brick in the Young Woman in a Long Dress's hand, she was considered the strongest of the three and stayed behind to keep an eye on Gao Zhuang.
If he wakes up in the middle of the process, give him another treatment.
The Tall, Thin Man went to the Village Chief Zhu's house to call for help.
Xu Xi thought about it and decided to stay.
He hadn't forgotten that there were two more powerful, desiccated corpses waiting to ambush him.
I still feel safer next to Young Woman in a Long Dress.
If the other party were to smash a brick down, even the strongest mummy would still be momentarily blinded.
So when the Tall, Thin Man brought Village Chief Zhu over, he saw two withered corpses, as dry as tree branches, struggling and crawling towards the Young Man in a Hoodie as if they were drooling over something delicious.
The Young Woman in a Long Dress, who was being ignored, had a strange expression, but she still didn't hold back and would occasionally hit those two things with a brick.
Village Chief Zhu was terrified to find the two mummies there, but he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Young Woman in a Long Dress was fearless and had them completely subdued.
Strangely enough, they had tried to find a way to completely eliminate these inhuman and ghostly things, but no matter whether they burned them, flooded them, or used other methods, nothing worked. They even lost several strong villagers.
They are truly impossible to kill; we can only let them roam freely in the village.
Fortunately, they only come out at night, so as long as the villagers close their doors early and don't make any bloody smell, there will be no problem.
Upon learning from Village Chief Zhu that the two corpses were immortal, the Young Woman in a Long Dress gave up her plan to kill them.
However, they couldn't just leave the two mummies alone; if they weren't careful, the mummies would pounce on the Young Man in a Hoodie.
Just as the Young Woman in a Long Dress was wondering what to do, the Tall, Thin Man used a syringe to prick them.
The two withered corpses that had been baring their teeth at Xu Xi suddenly tilted their heads and fell silent.
"He's not dead, he's just fallen into a deep sleep," the Tall, Thin Man explained briefly, "But we don't know how long he'll sleep."
Xu Xi stood to the side and quietly remarked, "What two really useful Item."
One can control without any reason, the other can force the target to fall asleep.
Thinking of his two wedding candies, his eager heart calmed down.
Recalling the Item she couldn't eat when she was poisoned, she also thought about the passively triggered necklace from the High-Ponytail Woman in the previous Dungeon.
Xu Xi sighed softly.
It would be great if the wedding candy could automatically sense when he's poisoned or cursed, and even better if it could automatically pop into his mouth.
He stopped daydreaming and looked at the two corpses lying quietly on the ground. His mind uncontrollably recalled the so-called Mountain God's seductive words in the Mountain God Temple.
The other party promised that as long as he became His believer, He would grant him extraordinary abilities and immortal life.
The mummified corpse's immense strength—an extraordinary ability.
The immortality of mummies—an immortal life.
... Wow, you know what, it actually matches up.
Xu Xi couldn't help but feel fortunate that she had remained resolute at the time.
With the threat gone, the three recounted the whole story to Village Chief Zhu.
Ignoring Village Chief Zhu's shock and disbelief, the Young Woman in a Long Dress raised the brick in her hand, her expression still gentle. "Village Chief Zhu, please call the police."
Probably provoked, he poisoned and set fire to the place. The real culprit was none other than the village's trusted Barefoot Doctor.
Before he could think, Village Chief Zhu, in a daze, subconsciously obeyed the words of these "experts" and began to call the police with trembling hands.
Perhaps it was because the cold case from three years ago had finally found a breakthrough, or perhaps it was because the arson attack on the village was too shocking; in any case, even at night, the police responded very quickly.
The arrival of the police broke the silence of the village. The villagers, awakened by the noise, dared not open their doors, but only secretly peeked out the windows to watch what was happening outside.
After watching helplessly as the police arrested Gao Zhuang, Village Chief Zhu finally came to his senses.
He slapped his thigh hard, his face filled with grief, muttering, "What a tragedy!"
He was skeptical of the conclusion that Gao Zhuang had poisoned the well water, but he had personally witnessed evidence that the other party intended to set the fire.
Village Chief Zhu simply couldn't understand. Gao Zhuang had grown up in the village, went out to learn a trade for a few years, and then returned to live there. He clearly had no grudge against the village, so how could he do something so heinous?
"Village Chief Zhu."
A clear, cold male voice suddenly called out to him.
Village Chief Zhu looked over blankly and saw a young man wearing a black hoodie and wide-leg pants, standing straight but seemingly nonchalant, looking at him meaningfully.
The other party's tone was ambiguous.
"It's better to smash the Mountain God, that ethereal and intangible thing."
Village Chief Zhu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly shuddered and quickly nodded. "Okay, okay, I'll organize the villagers right away."
Xu Xi looked at the old man in front of her with a strange expression, who had inexplicably become trembling with fear.
He just made a casual suggestion, why did the other person seem so frightened?
Xu Xi's suggestion to smash the Mountain God Temple was indeed a spur-of-the-moment thing.
He didn't know if clearing this Dungeon required completely eliminating the hidden dangers in the village.
Gao Zhuang, the mastermind behind it all, has been arrested and brought to justice sooner or later. However, the Shamaness has not yet committed any acts of murder on the surface, and the human sacrifice has not yet taken place.
Although after tonight, Village Chief Zhu and the villagers will know that the Shamaness is a fraud, there is still a "Mountain God" lurking around.
Regardless of whether smashing down the Mountain God Temple will work, the saying goes, "Why not give it a try?"
Noticing the meaningful looks from her two teammates, Xu Xi felt a little uneasy and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
The Young Woman in a Long Dress smiled slightly, "Smashing it was indeed a good idea."
The Tall, Thin Man echoed, "It's pretty good."
Xu Xi: "...?"
As the first witnesses to be discovered, the three players naturally had to be questioned and have their statements taken.
The entire village was forced to remain "lively" until well past midnight.
After the three people finished giving their statements, Village Chief Zhu and his men had already smashed the Mountain God Temple, and the statue of the Mountain God was completely destroyed.
Surprisingly, the Old Man Who Knocks on Doors had been apprehended by the police and the two mummified corpses also vanished into thin air at the same time.
Regardless of how much shock this unbelievable metaphysics brought to the police, a white light flashed beneath the players' feet at that moment.
The Dungeon was actually cleared in this unexpectedly scientific way.