It was past two in the morning, and torrential rain still poured over Lust Village. Mist shrouded heaven and earth.
After Ren Ye and the other three slipped back, they saw no Players moving around the village, only Remnant Souls wandering everywhere.
But on reflection, that was perfectly normal. All six families were recruiting now, and the Players had reached the stage of choosing their positions and factions. Lust Village, by contrast, had become less important to them.
Inside a dilapidated cowshed at the village entrance, Ren Ye looked at his three teammates and said quietly, "If we still can't find someone who tells the truth by tomorrow morning, Tang Feng will be leaving his job. You understand what leaving his job means, right?"
"Yes. He'll croak." Old Liu nodded.
"Right. We really don't have much time left." Ren Ye said gravely, "Once dawn breaks, Lust Village will become desolate and ruined, and we won't find any clues. These next few hours are all we have. To make sure we're efficient, we have to split up. Help me verify something."
"Tell us. What do we do?" Apu asked.
"You should all know Lust Village's layout by now, right?" Ren Ye asked with a frown. "Can you picture it in your heads?"
All three nodded at his words.
"Good. Here's what we'll do. We'll use the Shen Estate's ruins as the center and divide the village into four areas: east, south, west, and north." Ren Ye rattled off their assignments. "Ai Fei takes the east, Old Liu the south, Apu the west, and I'll take the north. We'll each work independently in our assigned areas. We have two objectives. First, whenever you see a Remnant Soul, ask in detail about the number of villagers in Lust Village. While you're at it,