Clack—!
His heart stopped!
Yimo reacted quickly. As he backed away, he turned toward the direction where the lightning had illuminated the shadow.
Hiss—!
After taking a look, Yimo froze and sucked in a cold breath.
At that moment, on top of the door beam, a spider with colorful patterns, about the size of two quail eggs, hung from a strand of web. It swayed back and forth as it bared its huge teeth at him.
"That's it?"
"You scared the hell out of me!"
Yimo wiped the cold sweat that had already broken out on his forehead and stared at the spider with dead fish eyes as it continued swaying in the wind. He couldn't help letting out a breath.
"I'm out of here!"
He glanced outside. Although the sky was still gloomy, the thunderstorm had come and gone quickly, and it looked like it was about to stop. He had no intention of staying in such a creepy place any longer, so he left through the wooden door beside him, the one without the spider.
But after walking only a few steps, he came back. He found a broken wooden basin inside the ancestral hall, then ran back and forth to the lakeside several times, washing the dust on the floor of the ancestral hall away.
Only after there were no obvious footprints left on the ground did he gasp, "This body of mine really isn't up to the task!"
"It's completely useless!"
After saying that, he placed the wooden basin by his feet and bowed several times toward the already disordered spirit tablets. "Ancestors and Gods, please forgive my rudeness!"
"I can't help it. This is all the system loli's fault!"
"If you want to blame someone, blame her!"
Muttering to himself, Yimo sounded quite sincere as he directly shifted the blame onto the system loli.
Although he didn't know whether it was actually a loli or whether it possessed an independent consciousness.
After finishing all this, Yimo picked up the broken wooden basin by his feet. He planned to throw it into some bushes where no one else could see it, then return to the thatched cottage.
After all, it was getting late.
To the north of the ancestral hall was a gradually thickening forest. Yimo found a patch of grass and had just thrown the wooden basin away when he was about to return. Then he suddenly froze as he looked at the forest.
He discovered that one patch of grass between the trees looked different from the rest!
If he had to put it into words, it wasn't as lush.
"Was there... a path here before?"
After reaching this conclusion, Yimo looked at the gloomy sky and hesitated. In the end, he still decided to go in and take a look.
He had already made a major discovery inside the ancestral hall.
If one paid close attention to those spirit tablets, one could figure it out.
They were telling the players that Cupid was not acknowledged by this village!
In other words.
In this game, the couple connected by Cupid was either two wolves or one villager and one wolf!
Cupid was not on the villagers' side!!!
Yimo expressionlessly pushed aside the lush vegetation.
Fortunately, there weren't too many insects. The path he took indeed had no especially large plants or trees, only a layer of sparse wild grass.
After walking for twenty minutes.
The secret hidden deep within the forest was discovered by Yimo.
Five stone statues stood among the trees, each roughly 2.5 to 3 meters tall.
No, there should have been four standing statues. The Thief statue was lying on the ground, having fallen for some unknown reason.
Whether the carvings had never been particularly lifelike or they had been worn down by the passage of time, their expressions looked blurry and were impossible to make out.
However, judging from their carved decorations, poses, and appearances, he could still distinguish the Seer, Idiot, Witch, Hunter, and Thief.
"There's still no Cupid..."
Yimo muttered without hurrying to approach. He searched through the surrounding grass again, and only after confirming that there truly was no Cupid statue did he turn back.
This also confirmed the information he had obtained earlier inside the ancestral hall.
Yimo glanced at the grass. There were no obvious footprints, so it seemed no one had come here yet.
He first walked over to the Thief statue.
After checking the ground around it and finding no signs that the grass had been disturbed, he figured it had fallen long ago. After thinking for a moment, he began examining the other statues.
When he looked at the Seer statue, he discovered some indistinct traditional Chinese characters on the back of its base.
'You are the person closest to the Gods, and you possess sufficiently outstanding talent. Unfortunately, you have achieved nothing and disappointed everyone's expectations.'
When Yimo saw these words, he froze. He hurried back and examined the Witch statue, pushing aside the slightly taller wild grass.
The words he had overlooked earlier finally came into view.
'In recent years, the witches of the village have been exceptionally clever and capable, as if they had received the heavens' favor. They are merely somewhat cautious and timid.'
What did this represent?
The rules had not clearly stated whether the Witch could save herself.
Yimo decided to go all the way and hurriedly examined the words beneath the Hunter and Idiot statues as well.
'With each generation, the Hunters have become less heroic than before, growing weak and incompetent. They have even begun to envy the Witches, yet in the end, they accomplish nothing. But it doesn't matter. The Hunter God will bless everyone!'
'Hee hee ha ha, hee hee ha ha. I know nothing, truly know nothing. I'm just an idiot. Even so, everyone seems able to gain enlightenment from me.'
After reading the four statues, Yimo returned to the area around the Thief statue. He examined it carefully for a long while before finally shaking his head.
The side that should have had writing was pressed against the ground.
It seemed there was no way to see it.
Yimo thought that even Pikachu and True Martial Emperor working together probably wouldn't be able to move this statue.
And he had no intention of sharing these secrets or the information he had obtained with anyone else.
"Heh... Don't trust those things too much. In the Death Game, most information is deliberately planted by the system to mislead the players."
A sinister laugh rang out behind Yimo, carrying a hint of disdain. Yimo quickly turned around to look.
Sure enough, the speaker was Ordinary Girl Village Chief.
She was still wearing that black tracksuit. She stared at him gloomily, a trace of contempt in her eyes.
Yimo slightly furrowed his brow, though the expression failed to form properly.
After thinking for a moment, he asked, "When did you start following me?"
"I was wondering why I kept feeling like someone was watching me."
Ordinary Girl Village Chief looked at Yimo. "Heh, why should I tell you?"
"Still, I did see some interesting things. Interesting enough to get you eliminated."
Ordinary Girl looked at Yimo playfully.
Yimo's gaze grew colder. "Heh, aren't you afraid I'm a wolf and will kill you to silence you?"
Ordinary Girl looked as if she were terribly frightened. She hugged her narrow shoulders, then raised her face. Despite her petite figure, she possessed an arrogance and confidence that looked down on others. "Do you dare kill me?"
At her words, the cold light gradually faded from Yimo's eyes. He sat on the stone statue lying on the ground and rubbed his bangs. "I'm the Hunter. I can't kill you at night. At most, I'll be killed and take you with me."
"But during the day, I can get you eliminated."
Ordinary Girl Village Chief looked at Yimo and kept sneering. "Heh heh heh heh..."
After pausing, she suddenly said cheerfully, "Get me eliminated during the day?"
"Hahahaha, think about how you'll avoid being eliminated during the day first."
"Conan has already secured the majority of the votes. You'll die today. You really will die!"
"This is... so wonderful!"
Although Ordinary Girl Village Chief had a poker face, that didn't stop her from laughing so hard that she bent backward and forward, her movements incredibly exaggerated.
Yimo ignored her mockery and returned in the direction he had come from. Then he said coldly, "No. If he wants me eliminated, then he'll definitely be the one eliminated during the day today."
Ordinary Girl Village Chief stared deeply at Yimo's back, seemingly lost in thought.
Just as Yimo's figure was about to disappear, he suddenly stopped and turned around. "Hey, although you're really annoying, I feel like we get along pretty well. After all, two gloomy, deadpan faces are better off joining forces for now. How about pretending to be a couple?"
"The sky's turned cloudy too. It wouldn't be good to let you return alone."
Although Yimo said that, he still wore the same deadpan expression, and his tone was utterly flat. To be honest, there was no atmosphere at all.
Of course, he just wanted to test whether Ordinary Girl Village Chief was his girlfriend.
He didn't have much hope, either. Even he felt that his acting and tone were terribly lame right now.
Ordinary Girl Village Chief did not disappoint Yimo's expectations. She made a vomiting expression, then said with disgust, "Ugh, gross!"
"You were having such a great time with that bitch during the day, but couldn't get anywhere with her. Now you're trying to hit on me?"
As she spoke, she imitated Dieyu's tone and gestures. "Don't worry, I'll fully support you..."
"Hahahaha... I'm dying of laughter!"
"Don't worry, I'll support you too."
"In the judgment phase, I'll vote for you too~" Ordinary Girl Village Chief finished in Dieyu's tone, then looked at him playfully and said coldly, "Of course, the difference is that my vote will be aimed at your head. I'll try my best to get you eliminated today!"
Yimo frowned. "You're no less disgusting. You followed us for so long."
"So you were the one who went to the ancestral hall while I was asleep?"
Ordinary Girl Village Chief shook her head. "Heh... I didn't go today."
At her words, Yimo turned and left without another word, no longer bothering with Ordinary Girl.
Instead, Ordinary Girl Village Chief suddenly thought of something. A sharp glint flashed through her eyes. "Hey, wait!"
"I'll tell you something interesting."
"Before that bitch invited you, she had a fight with Naughty Cat!"
"Hahaha..."
Yimo didn't turn his head. He continued walking back and replied coldly, "An instigation tactic won't work on me."
Finally, Yimo's figure completely disappeared into the forest.
Ordinary Girl Village Chief clicked her tongue with a gloomy, disgusted look, then walked toward the stone statues Yimo had examined earlier.
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