Island Construction, the Faceless Man's Interference

Wolf Snake Island.

Everyone was busy cleaning up the ruins and building temporary shelters.

Now that everyone has learned their lesson, they're all smarter.

One by one, they began to carve out permanent homes in any available space within the Safe Zone.

Those dwellings were either suspended in the air or attached to the ground.

In short, there are all sorts of bizarre buildings.

There are also many hovering balloons, each with a clearly marked price at different heights, truly making money from the air.

Outside the Safe Zone, land prices have plummeted.

And the houses were chosen based on their cheapest and easiest prices.

Bamboo became the main material, as long as it could provide shelter from wind and rain.

We don't pursue anything else.

Although the villagers had learned their lesson, the ancestral hall was not a place they could freely enter in the past, so they could only do what they were supposed to do.

But things are different now.

The villagers also began to look for permanent homes in the backyard of the ancestral hall and on the expanded land.

Many people, a family of ten, can only apply for a ten-square-meter house in the Safe Zone.

This house is designed for vertical living; it's 2.5 meters high.

Simply put, there are two five-tiered bunk beds, each tier is 30 to 50 centimeters high, so the five tiers take up 1.5 to 2.5 meters of height and occupy 2 meters by 1 meter, or 2 square meters of space.

If two of these beds are to be placed, then they will take up an area of 2*2, 4 square meters.

There is no canteen; you have to go to the public canteen.

However, despite the small size of the room, there was still a toilet.

A toilet takes up precious space of 2*1.5 meters, or 3 square meters.

This removal of space resulted in the loss of 7 square meters, leaving only 3 square meters of remaining space in the room.

Therefore, the entire house is utilized vertically.

The toilets are made using modern sanitation technology and are kept as good as possible.

It's very simple. When nature calls, relying on public restrooms is unreliable.

In this respect, players are still quite humane.

That's good enough.

That's just how reality is; things haven't been settled yet, so we can't say which choice is good and which is bad.

The villagers are now choosing to enter the ancestral hall area because the players have broken the Sacred Tier of the ancestral hall and have the ability to exploit bugs.

That's why they had a choice.

They abandoned their previous large stone house and moved into a tiny 10-square-meter room for their family of ten.

This is definitely a different experience.

Even at night, you have to queue to use the restroom.

Fortune, there was a queue; Fortune, people were sleeping like pigeons.

There's no other way; it has to be this way.

Otherwise, there won't be enough rooms.

East Wolf Village has several thousand villagers and several thousand players.

How big is the ancestral hall Safe Zone?

It's only two or three acres, with a total area of less than two thousand square meters.

Various buildings also need to be deducted.

The remaining space needs to be arranged upwards and downwards to create a 10-square-meter apartment.

This is essentially a refuge, Noah's Ark. Living on a ship, you certainly can't expect to have much space.

Gao Linzhi did not disturb the people who were working hard.

He went and summoned several elders.

Are you familiar with the Faceless Man monster?

The Second Elder looked at Gao Linzhi and frowned, saying, "Great Elder, this Faceless Man is a strange creature. Hasn't it been a long time since you used your tools to eliminate it?"

"Yes, we thought you had banished it," the Third Elder added.

No one believes that this anomaly has been eradicated.

Since everyone knows that supernatural beings cannot be eliminated, they believe that they were all driven away before.

In reality, Gao Linzhi knew that the rules of the game were even stronger in the face of the supernatural.

The story dungeon can completely eliminate the monster.

That's because the rules of the game overpowered the bizarre rules.

Alternatively, one could say that the anomaly didn't die, but was transformed into other forms of expression by the game rules.

For example, the bosses in story dungeons.

One way to understand it is that the supernatural doesn't die; it simply changes form.

After thinking about this, Gao Linzhi said to the others:

"It wasn't expelled, it just didn't come out."

"What do you think we should do to bring it out?"

The elders were speechless.

It's already incredibly Fortune that he didn't show up; why would we want him to?

The Second Elder said helplessly, "Great Elder, there's usually no clear pattern to the appearance of these strange occurrences."

"This Faceless Man is strange; he usually appears at night, and every time he appears, there is always a thick fog."

The Third Elder frowned and said, "Oh, right, I just remembered a pattern."

"If someone calls from inside the house, the Faceless Man will go in."

"The reason is that there's a legend surrounding this Faceless Man."

"Legend has it that she was a woman who once had a child."

"But her child died."

"The reason is that she herself is working too hard."

"She was too busy to take care of the child, and he accidentally fell into the well."

"But she was only busy cooking and doing housework, and didn't take care of the children."

"Her family abused her and refused to help. The child fell into the water because someone suddenly shouted, which startled the child, causing her to lose her balance and fall into the well."

"Therefore, she hates anyone who speaks suddenly."

"And she felt ashamed to face her child."

"She hated her family and neighbors, so she peeled off her own face and became Faceless Man."

Gao Linzhi was speechless upon hearing this story.

This strangeness also incorporates elements of folk legends.

"I see. So, it appears at night to come back and check on the children."

"Perhaps," the Third Elder said.

"If that's the case, then bringing over a child will attract the Faceless Man Monster?"

"That's possible."

Gao Linzhi nodded and let them leave.

Of course, Gao Linzhi actually bring over a child.

Those who know, know.

He just thought for a moment and found a Doll in the game's in-game store.

That's Substitute Doll.

This Substitute Doll can perfectly simulate a child.

It can be used as a substitute when you face a life-threatening crisis.

It can replace a death.

This is actually a very cruel way of natural survival.

Some female animals, when unable to escape from hunters, will throw one of their cubs out for the hunters to eat, while they themselves take the opportunity to escape.

This is the origin of the idea of children as substitutes...

Normally, it looks just like a Doll.

So Gao Linzhi bought the survival item, which cost him another 50,000 Skyfall Stone.

This is just a small amount of money.

You could say this thing is different from the Revival Stone.

Because once it dies in your place, your own character won't die, thus avoiding the death penalty.

Death has its punishments.

Resurrection requires a cooldown time and will also result in a loss of experience and skill level.

The higher the level, the more severe the death penalty; a high-level professional will often lose a professional skill upon death.

Skills painstakingly acquired can be lost by dropping a level in a single instance, and that happens very quickly.

Of course, if you're already level 1, you won't drop down.

For someone of Gao Linzhi, the punishment for natural death is very light.

If a highly skilled professional were to die even once, that would be incredibly unlucky.

The cooldown alone is very long, and on top of that, you lose class skills, making it a huge loss.

Then, night fell.

The flying boat has not yet arrived.

Clearly, its speed has been greatly reduced due to the loss of enough manpower.

Many key technical positions are now unmanned.

Gao Linzhi, now holding the Substitute Doll, sneaked back onto the airship to lure the Faceless Man monster.

This time, nothing unexpected happened.

The Third Elder's words make a lot of sense.

Soon, the Doll let out a startled cry, which indeed attracted the Faceless Man.

A cloud of mist appeared.

"What's going on?" someone on the ship shouted.

Where did this Doll come from?

"Something's not right!"

After Gao Linzhi released the Substitute Doll, he immediately lured the Faceless Man over.

The Faceless Man appeared very quickly.

However, it's still a bit slower than Gao Linzhi's current speed.

Furthermore, Gao Linzhi consumed some items from the in-game store that temporarily boosted his physique, raising it to 10,000 points.

This way, they can better avoid the Faceless Man.

This time, the Skyfall Stone cost a lot more.

But for Gao Linzhi, it didn't matter.

If a problem can be solved with money, then it's not a problem.

Using strange methods to deal with the imperial court is quite effective.

Soon the Faceless Man began to wander on the ship.

It followed the sound of the Doll all the way.

It quickly lost its way.

Gao Linzhi led it to the vicinity of the cabin of several important court officials, including Ouyang Jing.

Meanwhile, the fog grew thicker and thicker.

Gao Linzhi then vanished into thin air.

This is a classic example of shifting the blame eastward.

"Something's wrong with this fog!" Ouyang Jing noticed the problem.

"No, something's not right. I smell something strange."

The Old Daoist Tiansheng called out from inside.

What's that strange smell?

"Something strange has indeed occurred. Everyone, please do not use any supernatural powers. Absolutely do not use them!"

"Keep quiet!" the older man, more experienced than others, was the first to give the order.

Just then...

No sooner had the elderly man finished speaking than the Faceless Man burst through the door.

The next moment, the old man's face was completely gone...

"Ah!"

With a scream, a merciless massacre from the airship began, or rather, drew to a close.

Gao Linzhi once again witnessed firsthand how the bizarre killed people.

It's fair to say that this Faceless Man is indeed formidable.

That elderly man was a high-ranking official in the imperial court, and he himself was quite strong.

That's why they were able to suppress the Old Daoist Tiansheng and Ouyang Jing.

After the Faceless Man peeled off the old man's face, the man immediately began to wail in agony.

He was writhing on the ground in pain.

The feeling of losing face completely robbed him of his ability to resist.

Faceless Man did not kill him while he was screaming.

Obviously, without a sense of shame, it's very difficult to live a normal life again.

Unless you undergo a skin transplant using modern medicine, or seek help from a doctor, a healer, or a sorcerer who uses their expertise in magic to heal, you will not be able to save yourself.

Otherwise, infection will occur very quickly.

Next came the infection leading to ulceration.

Bacteria can also enter the throat through the skin and eventually travel to the brain.

Bacteria can indeed enter the brain through openings in the skin, leading to death.

And this was just the first victim.

Subsequently, throughout the ship, people were occasionally found by the Faceless Man, who would then strip them of their faces and wail in agony.

Although it is said that the Faceless Man does not enter houses, he did not say that he does not enter the cabin.

The cabins on a ship are not like regular houses.

The ship often had drafty spots, which were repaired with wooden planks.

It's ridiculous to think you can stop the Faceless Man with a bunch of wooden planks.

The construction methods of ship cabins and normal houses are definitely different.

And so, after a night of repeated killings by the Faceless Man, someone finally couldn't take it anymore.

"I need to escape! I can't let myself be trapped here!"

"We can't just sit here and die! Give us bullets! Let us go kill the Faceless Man!"

And at this time...

Because one person is too afraid.

Finally, this person jumped out of the cabin.

He ran wildly outside.

However, he was indeed not smart enough.

He forgot that the ship was not sailing on water, but in the air.

So the Faceless Man didn't arrest him.

He himself fell directly off the boat.

This is a fall from a height of three or four thousand meters onto the water.

This is no different from falling onto a concrete floor.

Unless someone breaks the surface tension of the water in advance through various means, such as rowing or lion dancing.

Alternatively, you can use a stick to hit it.

Finally, the surface tension of the water is broken, so that the water can truly play a buffering role.

This is why divers always enter the water with both hands first.

Or, to put it another way, use both feet.

No one would actually smash into it.

That's courting death.

The surface tension of water is extremely high.

The faster the relative speed, the greater the surface tension of the water, and the stronger the reaction force will be, eventually shattering the person's internal organs with a "snap".

And now, this terrified crew member has suffered the same fate.

He landed directly on the sea and smashed into a bloody mess.

And so, one crew member after another died.

After just one night, only 6 to 8 people remained.

The Old Daoist Tiansheng with two young boys, and an elderly man whose face had just been repaired.

Also present were Ouyang Jing and several of her subordinates.

Everyone else was killed by this Faceless Man in just one night.

Gao Linzhi witnessed this massacre with his own eyes once again.

This is the Faceless Man's slaughter.

Previously, it had been far too kind to the villagers.

It could have just kicked the door open, but instead it checked first to see if anyone was home.

If someone is there and makes a sound, it will think it's being invited and will try to kill the person who makes the noise.

If someone is present and doesn't speak, it won't come in.

This is the way to avoid it.

Compared to killing among humans, it is almost irresistible.

Moreover, it doesn't kill indiscriminately, and it doesn't make people line up to be beheaded.

That's human cruelty.

If you encounter him, your only option is to run away.

If you break his rules, you'll be hunted down.

And at this time...

Just as Gao Linzhi was about to use someone else to do his dirty work.

Suddenly, the Old Daoist Tiansheng threw a magical artifact towards the sea.

He did not use that magical artifact.

On the contrary, this magical artifact has been passed down for a long time and is used to attract strange creatures away.

Sure enough, the next moment, the magical artifact immediately emitted a sound like a child's cry.