Between life and death [unlimited]

For some reason, when the coffin was carried onto the bullock cart for the second time, Brother Northeast always felt that the weight was much heavier than before.

He thought to himself, it was like a few people were sitting on the coffin...

After being frightened into a cold sweat, he quickly dispelled this terrifying thought, which made him feel inexplicably horrified.

"Da da……"

There was a slight sound in the ear, which sounded like the sound of fingers tapping on the coffin lid.

Brother Dongbei found that the rest of the people didn't seem to notice this abnormality, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to follow the crowd.But he always felt that there was a vicious stare following him like a shadow, staring at him and sending chills down his back.

Brother Northeast squeezed the amulet on his body, pretending that he didn't hear anything just now, and silently prayed in his heart to reach his destination quickly.

……

Huang Coffin Village is located in the northwest, where the sky is full of yellow sand and loess, coupled with the cold wind that howls from time to time in winter, it is very difficult for everyone to walk this part of the road.The sallow face originally set by the system was malnourished, but now the skin on the face was so cold that it was cracked.

All the players had no choice but to tear off a piece of cloth from their clothes and use it as a mask to barely cover their nose and mouth.

It was almost early morning, and after more than half of the journey, Si Yufeng, who had been leading the way, was the first to see a small village in the distance.

He encouraged the novice players behind him and said: "Everyone hold on, and you will be able to see the village soon!"

When the novice players who walked all night heard the news, their exhausted bodies were filled with energy.

At this moment, Jiang Xun walked to Si Yufeng's side.In fact, he still has a question in his heart about this game: if there are newcomers or old players in a game at the same time, then last time he and Si Yufeng had no old players in the novice game.Isn't the game afraid that the two novice players will be wiped out if they don't understand the rules?

Or was their novice qualification game last time rather special?So there is no need for the existence of old players, two novice players are enough.

So, Jiang Lai said succinctly: "This time it's a little different." His voice sounded a bit muffled through the homemade mask.

Si Yufeng's thoughts turned quickly, so he immediately understood what Jiang Xun meant.But he didn't think about a specific answer at the moment, so he had to go over it from the beginning and analyze carefully: "Last time, only the two of us participated in the novice qualification game, and besides us, the others were all NPCs who could easily confuse people. , is it strange?"

"Perhaps, this game system is already highly intelligent enough to be able to judge the different abilities of each of us? Because both of us are the kind of people who will keep quiet after discovering the situation, so it doesn't matter whether there are old players in the last game. The result of the two of us participating in the game."

"But in this game, apart from our two old players, the other eight players are all novice players. According to what our 'guide' Zhang Jian once said: the difficulty of the game is also related to the number of people. Then we will There are a total of ten people participating in the game, and the task time has also been extended to five days, compared with our novice qualification game, the two are definitely of different levels of difficulty."

Jiang Lai silently glanced at his teammates. After hearing what Si Yufeng said, he felt that most of them were similar to his own speculations before, and their thoughts were almost completely consistent.

Si Yufeng added: "So, in view of the difficulty of this mission, the game system has done some things that are different from what we have experienced before. For example, there will often be reminders. After all, this map is very large and uncontrollable factors There are many, it needs to ensure the progress of the mission; also, the novice gift package given to us should also try to ensure that we will not be wiped out."

In the end, he said again: "I guess, all well-designed games should be impossible to die, and the system does not give players a way to survive. Although we can't completely trust the words it said and the gifts it gave, But what we have to do is to find clues between life and death, and then grasp the key to breaking the game!"

Jiang Xun agreed with Si Yufeng's last statement in his heart.Whether the mission can be completed depends on whether the players can find the clues to break the game; and whether they can find the clues in the game missions depends entirely on the individual ability of each player.

Everyone walked a short distance. Since it was a winter night, they could clearly feel the cold wind becoming more and more biting. A ray of light began to appear in the distant sky, and dawn was about to break.So, everyone stepped up their pace again, and after walking for less than a quarter of an hour, they could already see the whole picture of the village in front of them clearly.

The Qian Yuan's family mentioned in the mission is probably a big family in this village.

Before approaching the village, novice players could see a red lantern with the words "Qian Mansion" written on it hanging at the gate of a deep house.

The mansion is near the edge of the village.In addition to the red lanterns at the entrance, there are also many white long mantles hanging on the gate of the Qian Mansion, which represent the mourning in the mansion at this time.

The strong contrast between red and white all over the sky constantly impacts the eyes of novice players visually.

The tasks of Master Zhang in Huang Coffin Village are already terrifying, but the details of this place in front of him reveal the strange Qian Mansion everywhere, and the tasks for players here will only become more difficult.

At this time, the sky is just about to break dawn, and now is the darkest hour of the day.

Seeing such a strange scene, all the players looked cautious, put their hearts in their throats, and walked towards the direction of Qian's mansion with heavy steps.

The quieter the environment was, the more Si Yufeng felt a potential danger. He reminded everyone: "Everyone must be careful, hold your amulets, the front is the Qian Mansion, and you should be fine after dawn!"

After hearing this, all the novice players tightly held the amulets on their bodies, fearing that something might happen if they used the life-saving amulet.

As soon as everyone approached the gate of the Qian Mansion, a violent sandstorm suddenly blew up. The storm in the northwest always obscured the sky and the sun, and the dark night that was originally dark was even darker now.

The yellow sand blew so hard that everyone couldn't open their eyes. Jiang Lai knew the strangeness of the wind, and was about to protect the coffin on the bullock cart when he heard a strange singing sound that seemed to come from a distance.

"You lean on the railing to stand on the terrace, and I'm going to name you Xiangxiu... Who can say what's on your mind?..."

It seems like a child crying at night, and also like the whining sound of a ghost.

The Buddhist old man who was driving the cart was sitting on the bullock cart, and besides the singing, he seemed to hear some kind of strange sound.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

After a while, the voice became louder and louder, like a strange song, and the two voices were harmoniously intertwined.

"It's deserted, it's not so busy, and there are side issues in the distance... How can it be boring to beat him like a big one!..."

A few seconds later, not only the old man in the car heard it, but also Jiang Lai who was standing next to the ox cart.He tried his best to open his eyes in the yellow sand, trying to find the source of that strange sound.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

It seemed to be coming from around... Jiang Li subconsciously looked to the left, not wanting to see the mahogany coffin shaking!

"Boom, boom, boom!"

It was the corpse in the coffin that made the sound, and it looked like it would rush out at any moment!

Jiang Xun quickly picked up the old man in the car, raised his leg, and kicked the cart away. By the way, he was only a few meters away in an instant.

Si Yufeng, who was standing in front, also heard the strange noise behind him.When he turned his head and looked back, Jiang Lai was already standing firmly beside him with the Buddhist old man.

"What happened?" Si Yufeng asked.

"Corpse mutation."

The Buddhist old man was so frightened that he shook like chaff: "..."

Fortunately, Jiang Lai responded in a timely manner and did not cause casualties. Although the old man was too frightened to speak, his life was not in danger.

In the accident just now, the old man's amulet was also used up, so Si Yufeng helped the old man draw another one on his clothes.

Since Jiang Xun was not the closest at that time, the amulet on his back was still there.

At some point, the yellow sand flying all over the sky gradually calmed down, and the weird singing finally stopped, as if matching the singing, the mahogany coffin, which was shaking violently, stopped shaking.

But because of the shadow just now, the old man refused to drive this time no matter what.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at Qian's Mansion, and the coffin hadn't been transported in yet, how should he complete the next task?

When Si Yufeng was worrying, Jiang Lai sat on the cart silently, and then saw him swinging his whip skillfully to drive away the scalper, and the scalper walked forward obediently.

"..."

Seeing this scene, Si Yufeng sighed again that he hugged the right thigh.

Everyone finally survived the unbearable night time and ushered in a brand new day.

It may also be because the village is located in the northwest. Even when the sun comes out in the morning, the sky seems to be covered by yellow sand, and the light is relatively dim.

When Jiang Lai just drove to the gate of Qian's Mansion, Si Yufeng had already walked up the steps and was about to knock on the gate.

"When, when, when..."

Si Yufeng knocked on the door politely, but after waiting for a while, no one came to open it.Just when he was about to knock the door again, the door opened automatically from the inside.

"Squeak..."

A man who looked like a servant came out of the door. Although he had a smiling face, it made people look uncomfortable, like a mask with a fake smile.

The boy asked respectfully: "Are you all apprentices of Master Zhang in Huang Coffin Village? My family members have been waiting for you for a long time, please come with me."

After finishing speaking, the boy bent his body halfway, and pointed to a road inside the gate with his left hand.

Soon a few people who looked like servants came out from the door. They came to the cart carrying the coffin and were about to take the cart. Jiang Lai jumped down neatly from the bullock cart and followed behind everyone.

As a big family in this village, the scale of the Qian Mansion is really not small.The young servant led the crowd for a while, and then passed through a chasing corridor before arriving at the main hall of Qian's mansion.

The young servant stood at the entrance of the main hall and said respectfully to everyone: "Everyone, my master is already waiting in the hall, please go in."

Seeing the smirk on the boy's face, Si Yufeng felt uncomfortable. He wished he could get away from this ghostly boy, so he thanked him and walked directly into the main hall.

Naturally, the main hall of the Qian Mansion was also extremely luxuriously furnished.The floor in the hall was covered with complicated brocade velvet carpets, a plaque of "Zhong Ding Family" was hung on the wall directly opposite the door, and a few yew wood grand master chairs were placed below, and the porcelain used in the room was also of the highest quality. There are blue and white porcelain in the official kiln, and there are many precious calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall beside it.

The word "Qian" in Qian Mansion is worthy of the name. From the furnishings, it can be seen that Qian Mansion is rich and powerful.

The players are all contemporary people, and they have never seen such a luxurious and magnificent ancient mansion before.As soon as they entered, everyone was dazzled by the luxurious furnishings in the room.

After all the players came in, a middle-aged man with a general's belly stood up from the grand master's chair in the front seat, and he walked towards everyone quickly.

This middle-aged man with a big belly is naturally the master of the Qian family - Yuanwai Qian.He walked directly to Si Yufeng, the "mascot" of the team, as if he had installed a radar.

Qian Yuanwai grabbed Si Yufeng's hand: "Master! You are finally here!"

Si Yufeng who was dumbfounded: "..."