Crossing the wilderness to survive, starting with a broken kitchen knife

Above the dry well, Zhao Feng was still shouting loudly.

"How's the stone? There's something in it."

Zhang Shi pretended not to notice anything unusual and responded loudly: "It's nothing, just some engraved wooden signs. I'll put these things away, and you can quickly pull me up."

Zhang Shi did not dare to look upward for fear of causing misfortune. Instead, he told everyone what he had just seen during the team chat and asked everyone not to show it.

When Ge Dalong saw the message, he pretended to be nonchalant and glanced at everyone. He didn't find the fourth figure and opened his mouth to remind Zhao Feng.

"Brother Feng, pay attention. Wait for Zhang Shi's signal, and let's pull him up together."

When Zhao Feng saw Zhang Shi's message, his expression was obviously strange. He watched the situation underground closely and did not react at all to Ge Dalong's words.

Wu Qing stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder. Zhao Feng came back to his senses, glanced at Wu Qing, then nodded slowly, and held the rope tightly with both hands.

Downhole, Zhang Shi found that these wooden blocks could not be loaded into the system backpack, so he took out a wooden barrel and put all the wooden blocks into the wooden barrel.

Zhang Shi counted and found that there were eighteen wooden blocks in total, and each block had different characters engraved on it.

He bravely looked up again. The weapons at the wellhead had disappeared, and the three people above were staring down the well with different expressions.

Zhang Shi shouted loudly, signaling for everyone to pull him up.

Zhao Feng received the signal, exerted force with both hands, grabbed the rope and rushed in the opposite direction. Neither Ge Dalong nor Wu Qing could help, so Zhang Shi was dragged up by Zhao Feng.

Seeing that Zhang Shi was safe and sound, Zhao Feng felt relieved, calmed down his nervousness, spat and cursed.

"This copy is really evil. If you ask me, let's just give up."

Zhang Shi stepped forward and patted Zhao Feng on the shoulder, comforting him.

"This is just the beginning. As long as we follow the rules, we should be fine."

Outside the dark red wooden door, four people sat around the door and took out the eighteen wooden blocks brought out of the dry well one by one.

Ge Dalong took a look and made a judgment.

"This seems to be a couplet. I can try to reorganize it."

After squatting on the ground and tinkering for a long time, Ge Dalong arranged the eighteen wooden blocks neatly to form a couplet.

First couplet: Shadows are confused in the depths of the netherworld

Second line: The soul wanders in the forest in the dark night

Hengbiao: But it’s all bitter

Everyone felt a little frightened after seeing this couplet.

Wu Qing's brows furrowed even more tightly, and she tightened her grip on the iron spear in her hand, even her knuckles turned white.

Zhang Shi boldly tried to place the wooden sign on the wooden door. As if attracted by a magnet, the wooden block was firmly attracted to the door.

Zhang Shi placed the eighteen wooden blocks in sequence according to the order arranged by Ge Dalong.

"Crunch~"

The wooden door slowly opened as the last wooden block was placed.

Wu Qing turned pale, bit her lips, and no longer cared about her image, she hid behind Zhang Shi and carefully looked into the door.

Zhang Shi pushed the door open with a big hand, revealing the scene inside.

Looking around, the houses in the village are in dilapidated condition, and many have even collapsed and become ruins.

As the wooden door slowly opened, an old and slightly musty smell rushed towards the face. The four people covered their noses and stepped into the village cautiously. Although the stone road under their feet was mottled, it was still solid, leading them deep into this forgotten land.

Zhao Feng walked in the front, holding a huge flint ax and scanning the surroundings vigilantly, fearing that something might happen. Zhang Shi followed closely, holding Lao Duan tightly in his hand, activating his determination to search around, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

Wu Qing was obviously frightened. She followed Zhang Shi closely, clenching her hands into fists and trying to stay calm.

Ge Dalong did not forget the strange things that happened after Zhang Shi went down the well. He took out his wand and checked the team interface while cutting off the back.

"The mission has been updated!" Ge Dalong reminded in a low voice, breaking the silence.

Zhang Shi looked at the task panel and found that the task prompts above had indeed changed.

Task 2: Find the reason why the Village of Doubt is abandoned.

Seeing that this copy finally had a clear direction, Zhao Feng had an idea and strode towards the village.

"Everyone, be careful. This village seems to have been abandoned for a long time, but there is no guarantee that there is no danger." Zhang Shi warned.

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The four of them walked through the narrow streets, lined with crumbling mud houses. Most of the doors and windows were dilapidated. Occasionally, the furniture inside the houses could be glimpsed through the gaps, which seemed to tell the story of the prosperity and bustle of this place in the past.

However, the village was completely silent at the moment, and even the wind seemed to have bypassed the place, unwilling to disturb the silence.

It has been more than ten days since I came to the wilderness world, and I finally saw civilization. It was indeed such a strange scene that made everyone feel a little disappointed.

"Look, there's light over there!" Wu Qing suddenly pointed forward and shouted.

Everyone followed the sound and saw a faint beam of light penetrating through the darkness in the ruins not far away. That light seems to have an inexplicable attraction, making people want to get closer unconsciously.

"It may be a clue to the mission. Let's be careful and go have a look." Ge Dalong said and quickened his pace.

The four of them walked carefully through the ruins and finally came to what looked like a village ancestral hall. The door of the ancestral hall was ajar, and the beam of light came out from the crack in the door. Ge Dalong gently opened the door, and a stronger musty smell hit his nostrils, but along with it, there was also an indescribable mysterious atmosphere.

The interior of the ancestral hall was empty, with only an old stone table placed in the center, and an oil lamp placed on the table. The wick swayed, emitting a weak but firm light. Beside the stone table, there are also several yellowed ancient books and a bunch of rusty keys scattered around.

"It seems that this is what we are looking for." Ge Dalong picked up the key and looked at it carefully, "The shape of this key should be used to open an important mechanism."

Zhang Shi stepped forward to take the key and glanced at the ancient book with his concentration. A few lines of text immediately appeared on the mirror: "The secrets in the village are hidden underground. When the key is opened, the truth will be revealed."

This was the first time that this kind of reminder appeared in Dingzhen. Zhang Shi carefully thought about it after sharing the information.

"Underground? Is there a basement here?" Zhao Feng asked in surprise.

Ge Dalong nodded and looked around, as if searching for something, and finally his eyes fell on a stone slab in the corner of the ancestral hall.

He walked over and stepped hard, feeling the touch of the stone slab. Then he stepped hard, as if some mechanism had been touched. The stone slab slowly sank, revealing a staircase leading underground.

The four of them looked at each other, picked up their weapons and headed underground.

Just when everyone was about to step onto the underground stairs, the originally calm sky suddenly changed.

In an instant, the dark clouds in the sky became thicker and could even be called black clouds.

A sudden strong wind blew by, bringing away the dust in the courtyard of the ancestral hall.

A roar of a beast came from above everyone's heads, breaking the eerie silence.

Zhang Shi looked up and saw a skinny black tiger climbing down from the wall of the courtyard and landing outside the ancestral hall. It had a ferocious face and exposed its fangs, staring at the four people eagerly.

Zhang Shi immediately became alert and performed an appraisal on him.

"Ding, one glance confirmed the truth, and it was identified as: corpse-eating black tiger."

[Corpse-Eating Black Tiger (Green): Panel (Unknown) Ability Value: 45]

[Exquisite level elite monsters have mutated due to long-term use of corpses and have some special abilities. 】

Zhang Shi shared the information with others, held Lao Duan in front of him, and winked at everyone, signaling them to step back.

Unexpectedly, this move seemed to anger Black Tiger.

It roared and rushed towards Zhang Shi.