Chapter 42

Silence reigned in the tunnel.

Zong Jiu held the bell in one hand and the talisman in the other. His eyes met with Zhuge An's as he stood up from the wall.

On the other side, Yi Yuesi turned around with her black eyes and disappeared from the mourning hall.

There was an awkward silence, only the white light from the back of the mourning hall could be heard.

Was this considered a crime scene arrest?

"Let's go, don't waste time."

The man in black was about to turn around when he saw the white-haired youth. "Hmm?"

Zong Jiu considered his words carefully. "Are you planning to defect to the enemy?"

He couldn't be blamed for thinking too much. Zhuge An's "Everything's settled?" reminded him of those gangsters who colluded with each other to do bad things. One of them was causing trouble inside, but when he came out, he saw the other person guarding the door and asked why he was so slow.

The man smiled faintly. "I thought you already knew."

Although he didn't say anything, Zong Jiu could read the subtle disdain on his face that said, "Why hasn't this person's brain figured it out yet?"

"I'm the only spy in this dungeon."

"Yes." Zhuge An said casually, "I'm in a good mood. I'm a mental spy, a legal traitor, can't I?"

No wonder he was called the Old Thief Zhuge, he was so good at betraying!

Zong Jiu was shocked.

He felt that if he said no, Zhuge An would take out the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams and arrest him.

Therefore, Zong Jiu decided to lie through his teeth. "… Yes, of course you can."

As long as you're happy, No. 8 Big Boss.

The viewers who were watching the livestream were in an uproar.

Just now, Magician had escaped from the ghosts and monsters in front of everyone. He had also used a Corpse Controlling Talisman to act like a capitalist who wouldn't let you go even if you were dead. Just as the audience was shocked by the words' So he's the mole ', they didn't expect that there would be something even more shocking waiting for them.

[What the f * ck? What the f * ck? What's going on? Am I stupid?]

[No, I don't understand what he's doing. Judging from the conversation between Magician and him, could it be that Master Zhuge wants to join the mole's camp?]

【？？？ What was No. 8 thinking? What kind of reward would an ordinary person get for helping a mole? The gains would not make up for the losses, okay? In this kind of Instance Dungeon that gave out identity cards at the beginning, there were still people who dared to rebel? You must be crazy.]

[F * ck, wait! So when Master Zhuge mentioned the mole on purpose, he was actually covering for Magician and giving him information?]

[Master Zhuge actually cooperated with someone else. Grandpa Qing Jie]

[+ 6 I want to say the same thing too. Master Zhuge is such a loner, yet he actually wants to cooperate with others. Grandpa Qing Jie]

[He used to be arrogant and unruly, but now he's willing to jump ship and escort for the white-haired beauty and become her sheltering wings (?)] I'm touched.]

The audience had personally experienced the fear of being dominated by Zhuge An.

Back in the S-Grade Cursed Mask Instance Dungeon, he became famous overnight. He fooled the three major organizations and in the end, not only did he return unscathed, but he also earned a lot of money. The three organizations blacklisted him and his name was instantly remembered by everyone.

Unfortunately, Zhuge An was a lone wolf.

After so long, everyone had only heard that the big boss was fooled and scolded Zhuge An. They had never heard that Zhuge An was willing to lower himself and cooperate with others.

Except for this time.

Seeing that the white-haired youth was about to speak, the man said calmly, "I know you have a lot of questions.

But that person is in this Instance Dungeon. Now is not the time to talk about this. "

He hinted vaguely, "After this Instance Dungeon, I'll answer all your questions."

It went without saying who that person was.

"Does this mean that you want to cooperate with me?" Zong Jiu raised his eyebrows.

"You can interpret it that way."

Zhuge An's tone was calm. "I said that I will never stand on the opposite side of you."

"But I won't provide you with help like I did in the first Instance Dungeon. You need to show me more strength to prove that you have the need for me to answer your questions."

Although it was debatable that they would never be enemies, in this Instance Dungeon, it was not a bad idea to cooperate for a short time. It was fine if he did not provide help, but it would be boring if he cleared the Instance Dungeon so easily every time.

Zong Jiu did not expect much from Zhuge An. He only hoped that the other party would not stand on the opposite side of him and cause trouble. After all, it was not a pleasant thing to have such a person as an opponent.

Zong Jiu reached out his hand. "Then, happy working together again?"

This time, Zhuge An took the white-haired youth's slender hand and shook it completely.

"Then, about the previous topic. Do you have any suspects? "

They began to play a riddle that only the two of them could understand. The bullet screen could only be confused.

"No."

The number of cards could only be drawn once every twelve hours. It was so precious. If Zong Jiu did not use it to find clues, he would not use it to find out who was the devil's puppet.

Moreover, the first four threads of the devil's puppet only indirectly affected the controlled person. If No. 6 wanted to, he could implant only two to three threads. This way, the controlled person would retain their own thoughts and would not realize that they were being controlled.

Zhuge An frowned and fell into deep thought.

For some reason, Zong Jiu suddenly remembered the first time he cooperated with Zhuge An in the Mental Hospital Instance Dungeon. At that time, other than the attitude of both parties, the general direction was exactly the same.

At that time, he relied on his golden finger that knew the plot and took the initiative to approach him. Although Zhuge An agreed, he also looked at him with suspicion and hostility that could not be ignored.

Even in Las Vegas, and even before the opening of the Barren Village Instance Dungeon, his arrogance did not decrease at all.

Even if there was a prophecy, Zong Jiu felt that with his arrogant personality, he was not the type to believe in fate.

So, what was the reason that caused his attitude to change completely?

Zong Jiu thought about it and lowered his hands. He then followed Zhuge An out of the tunnel.

By the time they returned to the temple, Xu Sen, Xu Su, and the others had almost returned.

When they saw the two of them, the others did not suspect anything. After all, Zong Jiu put himself and Zhuge An in the same group when they first split up. Everyone subconsciously thought that they would work together. It would be strange if they did not.

"How is it? Is there a result? "

Xu Sen quickly replied, "Yes, yes, yes."

If he remembered correctly, he should have followed the villagers to check on the woman.

Zong Jiu nodded and gestured for him to continue.

"We followed Wang Shou and found out that they had already captured the woman. She was locked up in the empty woodshed at the north end of the village."

At this point, Xu Sen's face showed a hint of anger. "There were villagers guarding outside. Wang Shou, that bastard, brought his men in, closed the door, and started beating her."

Everyone in the group showed the same expression of anger.

They followed behind Xu Sen and heard what a tragic situation it was at that time.

"You b * tch, you're part of our village now that you're married. How dare you run back to your parents' home. I'm going to beat you to death today!"

Wang Shou beat and scolded her. He spat on the ground. "Useless thing, you can only give birth to a baby girl. Tomorrow, I'll sell you off so that you can reunite with your precious daughter!"

Again and again, the woman begged for mercy. Her cries grew weaker and weaker. The beating did not stop.

The group of people outside could not listen anymore. They wanted to stop the coward beating the woman, but the villagers guarding the door beat them back with hoes. A small conflict broke out.

In the end, they all remembered the iron law of not harming NPCs. Although the confrontation was full of tension, they did not really make a move in the end.

Even so, this action caused the villagers to be wary and dissatisfied with the refugees. So when Xu Sen narrated the story, his tone was full of annoyance.

Compared to the other newcomers, he was a C level player with a lot of experience.

Most of the veterans knew not to put too much emotion into a horror dungeon.

In the infinite loop, it was not as if there had never been a scenario where a survivor fell in love with a female ghost in a red dress. Unfortunately, humans and ghosts were different. The survivor was controlled by the main system and ended up with a broken couple.

They were just passersby in the horror dungeon. They only needed to complete the mission to leave here forever. So, what did the survival of the people in the dungeon have to do with them? It did not increase their survival points or system evaluation, and it did not bring them any benefits.

"It's fine. If it were me, I would have stopped them too."

Zong Jiu waved his hand, indicating that this question could be skipped. "What happened next?"

"When we tried to stop them, that bastard Wang Shou might have heard the commotion, so he stopped and only ordered the door to be locked. But we heard him say to the others that when the traffickers come to the village tomorrow, they will kidnap her and sell her to the city. "

Zong Jiu and Zhuge An exchanged a look. "How is the defense of the firewood shed now?"

Xu Sen hesitated. "There are four or five villagers guarding the front and back. It will be difficult to go around them."

"Okay, I understand."

The white-haired youth touched his chin. "According to what you said, the woman is very likely to be one of the breakthrough points in this dungeon. Tonight, when their defense is lax, we will go take a look. If we can save her, let's do it. Saving a life is better than building a seven-floor pagoda. Even if it's a scary dungeon, it'll be the same. "

Seeing that everyone nodded, Zong Jiu turned his gaze to Xu Su. "What about you? Did you find anything?"

Xu Su: "Everyone in the village came to the temple today. There was no one in the market. We only went to the wall around the Bodhisattva Temple and secretly took some Bodhisattva soil."

Then, he took out a bag of soil wrapped in a handkerchief from his pocket. Inside it was a handful of dark red Bodhisattva soil.

Zhuge An stared at the soil and frowned.

Zong Jiu did not notice his slight expression and nodded. "Put it away for now."

They waited for a while. It was probably noon, but they did not see a single trainee from the other team.

During this time, Zong Jiu specially checked the memorial tablet under the Bodhisattva. Unfortunately, it was blank and there were no words on it. There were only words written that the owner of the memorial tablet had once guarded the Bodhisattva soil and received merit.

According to the old village chief, this memorial tablet was set up by the villagers for the old woman who starved to death.

Just as Zong Jiu was thinking, a "du, du, du" sound came from behind the temple.

The old village chief walked in front with a cane and limped out from the dark corridor under the Bodhisattva.

It was obvious that the old man still had something on his mind. He did not even look at them and directly left.

Granny Yin, who was wearing a black robe from head to toe, followed behind him and slowly walked out from the darkness.

Although they could not see her face under the hood, the Yin energy around her showed no signs of decreasing.

After a moment of silence, a sharp voice sounded.

"Lies, lies everywhere …"

Zong Jiu suddenly looked up.

"The night of the full moon in three days will be the best time to connect the human world and the underworld."

Granny Yin whispered her Buddhist name. "Unknown foreigners, if you encounter any danger, please come to the temple at any time. This will be your last shelter."

"Please be careful from now on. Because the human heart … is an existence that can turn into ghosts. "