Dead... Good... Let Them All Die

The three newlyweds froze in their tracks. "What did you say? Someone died in the funeral hall?"

"One person was already dead."

"How can these be the same?" someone said angrily.

"You didn't keep vigil properly, you triggered the rules, and now you expect us to take your place?"

"That is."

Although they didn't understand the rules of the Dungeon, several experienced players had explained them to them repeatedly, and they knew the seriousness of the matter.

If a task whose difficulty has not been triggered is level E, then once the rule is triggered, the difficulty of that task may jump to level D or C.

"This wasn't our fault. The candle was blown out by the wind, and the person was already dead before the candle was extinguished. Rather than triggering a rule, I think it's more likely that this was an inevitable plot point."

Li Yue rationally analyzed, "Even if we weren't the ones keeping vigil, this was bound to happen."

"The group assignments were determined by drawing lots. You were assigned to guard the last four hours. All you need to do is keep watch by the candlelight and not fall asleep."

The three newcomers were very reluctant.

However, after hearing that there were experienced people nearby, they reluctantly made their way to the mourning hall.

The handover between the two parties is complete.

Li Yue and the other two finally had some time to rest.

The other two people in her group said strangely as soon as they left the mourning hall, "I don't know why, but I kept dozing off while sitting there, no matter what I did."

"But after I came out, I felt much clearer-headed and not so sleepy anymore."

"Really? You feel that way too?"

"Hey, I was so sleepy I could barely keep my eyes open while I was sitting there. Luckily, the candles didn't have to be changed all the time, but the incense burned out a bit quickly."

"I guess the incense has some calming properties?"

The two newcomers looked much more energetic, but having stayed up so long, they probably would have to continue with tasks during the day, so they didn't dare dawdle and quickly returned to their resting place to go to bed.

Li Yue tossed and turned for a long time before slowly falling asleep.

The three new recruits in the last group were assigned tasks.

They dared not approach the corpses on the ground, feeling only an even deeper chill within; even the presence of a fire could not warm their bodies.

Why is it so cold here?

"Wow, the temperature must be almost in the teens by now!"

"I should have brought the sheets."

The three newcomers didn't stay on guard for very long.

Footsteps could be heard outside the mourning hall, and a drunken man barged in.

He was Li Laosan. After drinking too much, he remembered all the injustices he had suffered in the past, so he came to the mourning hall to confront his father.

"Dad, you can be biased, but you can't be this biased. I won't even mention the second son; he's made a name for himself outside, what doesn't he need?"

"But I just lost my job, why are you giving all the family land to my older brother?"

"Hiccup~ Why is the photo upside down? What are you guys doing keeping vigil? You got paid so much money and didn't do anything!"

"If you ask me, why should the second brother waste this money? Give it to me, and I'll keep vigil for Dad. That way, I can at least show my filial piety."

Li Laosan was drunk and staggered as he walked, as if he didn't see Li Second's corpse on the ground.

I went straight to the altar and lifted up the photo on it.

"Huh? Why is there so much water?"

Li Laosan's hands were covered in blood, but his dazed mind prevented him from recognizing what it was.

He knelt before the photograph, sobbing and wailing, fueled by alcohol, but no tears came out.

The three newcomers looked at each other in bewilderment, but Li Laosan didn't interfere with their work. He stood aside and watched what the NPC was up to.

While crying and complaining about his grievances, Li Laosan cursed his eldest brother for being cunning, his second brother for staying out of it, and his younger sisters for not helping him. He kept swearing.

After getting carried away with the cursing, they even started cursing Old Master Li.

Its main attack method is indiscriminate attack.

Compared to the honest and reliable eldest brother and the wealthy second brother, this third brother seems more like an idle and irresponsible person.

"The second brother is dead? It's good that he's dead. Who told him to be so rich but unwilling to give me a single penny? I begged him so much, and he wouldn't even lend me a little. Did he still consider me his brother?"

He probably only says these things when he's drunk.

However, what Li Laosan didn't know was that while he was crying to his father, someone quietly walked in and stood behind him.

The newlyweds, who were sitting in front of the brazier, were the first to notice her.

But seeing his second wife, who had a blank expression and exuded a chilling, ghostly aura, he muttered a few words to himself and didn't dare to go forward.

That's right, it was the second son's wife who came.

After hearing his tearful complaints, the second son's wife suddenly trembled. She pulled a small knife from her clothes and stabbed Li Laosan in the back several times.

After getting drunk, Li Laosan's senses were dulled. He swayed and asked, "Who the hell hit me?"

He suddenly stood up, turned around with a ferocious expression, and wanted to teach that person a lesson.

However, when he saw Li Er's wife holding a bloodstained knife and staring at him angrily, he seemed to have a premonition of something.

"Go to hell! Go down with him!"

After the second son's wife finished stabbing him, she also started cursing at him.

The three newlyweds were left enjoying the gossip that was delivered right to their doorstep.

"You heartless bastard! You're useless and you still try to blame others. If my husband hadn't helped you find a job, what place would hire someone like you?"

"Instead of working properly, you spend your days eating, drinking, gambling, and whoring, doing nothing good. When debt collectors came to your door, you lost your job. If my husband hadn't paid to settle things for you, your legs would have been broken long ago."

"You still haven't repented and still want to gamble. When I didn't lend you money, you went to make trouble for my husband. What did my husband ever do to you that made you cling to him like this? Now that my husband is dead, you're still cursing him like this. Since you miss him so much, fine, I'll send you down to keep him company right now."

The other newcomers stood far away, afraid of being implicated. After hearing her words, they all looked astonished. "Scumbag!"

"Murder..."

"Then you go and save them?"

"They're all NPCs in the Dungeon anyway, go ahead and rescue them if you want."

Li Laosan opened his mouth and cursed loudly, and even tried to rush over to snatch the knife from his second brother's wife's hand.

However, he had drunk too much, which made his body somewhat out of control, and he was also stabbed several times, causing him to bleed continuously.

He lost too much blood and became weaker and weaker.

Finally, he was kicked to the ground by the second son's wife, and after falling down, he twitched a few times and then stopped moving.

"Dead... good that they're dead... may they all die..."