Higher Human Advancement Regulations

Sacrifice originated from a kind of belief. When people expect something and it is difficult to achieve it, they will pin this emotion on ghosts and gods.

But after it spread to the common people, some backward and pedantic villages will dye this way of expressing reverence with a rather cruel meaning.

"Book of Rites" says:

"Sacrificing to someone other than what they are offering sacrifices to is called adultery sacrifice."

These evil sacrifices usually only bring people good luck for a while, and they will be endless disasters in the future.

It seems that as long as the blood is stained, the wish will come true.

"wrong."

Shengkai looked back at Wen Renxiao, "If this is the head sacrifice, then what is the bride in the sedan chair?"

Zhuang Han:

"There may be another sacrifice at the bride's place."

"Two games?"

Yan Sichao asked, "Why are there two games?"

"The two offerings are different."

Zhuang Han said indifferently, "We have all seen the former. The red line will only choose real women, but there are also men in the head sacrifice here."

Not long ago, the head of the dark-skinned man was carried away by the villagers.

There are also two women who appeared outside the sedan chair at the beginning, representing the two forces respectively.

The broken female ghost wanted to destroy Kong Mingsuo, but the headless female ghost really wanted to protect it.

Murray thought for a while and said:

"I still feel like it doesn't make sense."

Zhuang looked at Mu Li coldly.

In fact, she is usually like this, and she has no dissatisfaction with Mu Li, but no matter what expression she has, others can feel a little disgust from Zhuang Han's expression.

So is Murray.

He frowned, and then continued:

"If the sacrifice of the head sacrifice is male, why are the two female ghosts female?

There is a high probability that they appear here as sacrifices.

Although it is not clear which sacrifice these two female ghosts correspond to, I am currently more inclined to choose women for the sacrifices of the villagers.

And that man, just because it's the one being reviewed. "

Tianmu has never been merciful to the person being audited. Since the man broke into the hunting formation set up by the villagers, how could he let him go so easily.

Thinking of what Andrew had said, Shenghua couldn't help but nodded.

Zhuang Han took advantage of the situation to look over, pursed his lips silently, and stopped refuting.

Wen Renxiao put his hand on Blooming's shoulder, and said in a deep voice:

"listen."

Everyone hurriedly listened with bated breath.

The first sound was a "gudong", as if some kind of heavy object was thrown into the river, vaguely as if it came from the ground.

Not a moment later, the river seemed to be boiling, and there was a louder tumbling sound, covering up the original sound.

The original earthy color of the ground gradually became dark brown as the sound changed.

Like water, like blood.

What everyone didn't expect was that the first to react violently were the villagers who were ambushing in the bushes.

The sound was not too loud, but a man who was the leader of the villagers suddenly jumped out of the bushes.

Although he tried his best to hide his fear, his trembling voice still revealed his feelings:

"Here it comes!

It's coming again! "

A more panicked uproar broke out among the villagers.

These people completely forgot that they were ambushing the sacrifice, and hurried out of the bushes, chattering around the village chief.

Finally, the village chief let out a soft sigh and interrupted:

"It's too late, let's go back first."

After a while, the group of people hurried to the depths of the jungle with their bodies covered in dust.

Blooming said decisively:

"We have to keep up."

Several people nodded, but Shao Ziyu suddenly said:

"I plan to look for those two female NPCs again."

He was expressionless and didn't explain, as if he was used to being alone, he turned around and left after saying this.

Mu Li hesitated for a moment, and finally followed Shao Ziyu's pace.

The two female NPCs who looked like ghosts, especially the one with a broken body, appeared once when the sedan chair first existed, and never appeared again.

But in fact, among the various clues they found, many directional things revolve around these two people.

In other words, these two are important NPCs, and if they don't appear for a long time, there is only one possibility.

The next time it appears, it will be against the final boss.

Blooming had thought about this in the earliest days, but because of the rush of time, Wen Renxiao had revealed many secrets about the Mars scientific research community, so she put this idea on hold for the time being.

After the two left, Shao Ziyu explained:

"Ziyu has never liked to participate in the review, so he doesn't like to act with us very much."

Sheng Xin asked if Mu Li was not a human being, and then turned around to see Mu Li being knocked on the head by Shao Ziyu, but the silly boy was not only not angry, but also foolishly smiled at him.

So Shengkai swallowed the words and asked:

"Is he a native too?"

Wen Renxiao nodded:

"Both he and Shuhe."

"Brother Xiao, I didn't ask Shu He."

Shenghua lazily embraced Wen Renxiao's neck, and said stickily.

Wen Renxiao raised his eyelids, and glanced in Zhuang Han's direction:

"Sheng Sheng, you can't be so unreasonable."

Zhuang Han was last, his hair was a little longer than in the first secret room, and his bangs covered his upper eyelids.

Even so, her hostile gaze was still as real as it was nailed to Wen Renxiao's back.

Conscience of heaven and earth, Shengkai dares to swear, Zhuang Han absolutely doesn't have that kind of thought for himself.

Shengkai vaguely remembers that Zhuang Han came to Paradise Lost with her, but Shengkai hasn't remembered her identity yet.

In the secret room of the "Body Painting Exhibition", Zhuang Han warned Shengkai to stay away from Wenren.

Why was she so dissatisfied with Wen Renxiao?

These mysteries should have been asked directly to her face to face, but not yet.

Zhuang Han must know something to be so wary of Wen Renxiao.

But Shengkai believed in him, so the most likely reason is that the people around Wen Renxiao did something...

For example, his father.

Shengkai didn't know that he had already guessed the best, because apart from these, he also discovered some very cute things about Wen Renxiao.

Such a calm and rational brother Xiao, would actually act like a baby in secret?

This discovery made Shengkai very happy. They hurriedly followed the footsteps of the villagers. When they were obviously very nervous, he still did not forget to glance at Wen Renxiao from time to time, trying to see more or less from that calm face. emotions come.

Wen Renxiao smiled lightly and said:

"Confused?"

"It's snowing in June."

Shengkai turned her head to look ahead, and said solemnly, "It will snow soon, Brother Xiao, just wait and see."

Wen Renxiao squeezed Blooming's fingertips in a place where no one could see.

But they couldn't wait for the snow in June.

This wilderness is not far from the village. After the villagers turned a few corners, the whole village has been revealed.

The only place that delays time is a river in front of the village.

The river is very long, and there is no end in sight at both ends.

There is a bridge in the center, but it is not so much a bridge as a long plank tied together with several rafts side by side.

People walk up and down, and there is no safe foothold at all.

Moreover, the river water is black.

But the villagers walked quickly, as if they never worried that they would slip and fall into the water.

It took a while for the few people to cross the bridge, and when they saw the villagers again, there were more people than before. It should be that the entire village gathered here.

They stand behind a house with just the right angle of view to see their every move.

The village chief went back to the house and changed his clothes, which were much more solemn than before, and he also wore a helmet with horns on his head.

Blooming asked:

"what is that?"

A voice answered:

"That's a holy artifact taken from the sacred land of Lord Long Mo."

The few people were startled, and they turned around suddenly, and saw a little boy standing beside them at some point, and he didn't make a sound during the whole process.

The boy was terribly thin, with sunken cheeks, as if he hadn't eaten nutritious food all year round, and his face showed a terrifying waxy yellow.

Like a doll.

The blooming knife was out of its sheath, and the boy smiled and said innocently:

"Brother, are you going to kill me? Be careful that my grandpa chops off your head."

When the boy behaved like this, Shengkai put down the knife instead, curled up his lips and said with a smile:

"Before your grandfather cut off my head, I cut off your head first."

The boy's face suddenly pulled away, and his smile disappeared like a pebble sinking into the bottom of the lake.

Nie Zheng grinned behind him, glanced at Shengkai, and saw that the shape of his mouth was something like "don't be so arrogant", he waved at him, and then squatted slightly, so that his eyes were on par with the boy's.

"Little friend, who is your grandpa?"

The boy curled his lips and pointed at the leader:

"My grandfather is the village chief."

"Then how old are you?"

"You talk a lot."

The boy frowned and said impatiently, "Only grandpa knows my age."

After a meal, Shengkai stood up and exchanged a glance with Wen Renxiao.

Wen Renxiao patted the boy's shoulder lightly, smiled softly and said:

"Your grandfather should be very good to you."

When the boy met Wenren Xiao's gentle eyes, he was taken aback for a moment, and then nodded rather shyly:

"Grandpa will give me delicious food every once in a while, so that I can grow up better."

This sentence……

Wen Renxiao calmly pulled Shengkai to his side, and then asked:

"We are passing through the village, and we are a little thirsty now, can you pour us a glass of water?"

The boy seemed to like Wen Renxiao more, so he happily agreed, and before he left, he did not forget to give Shengkai a hard look.

After he left, Shengkai said:

"Do you think he's a boy or a girl?"

"This age group can't tell."

Zhuang Han took the first step towards Wen Renxiao, and said coldly, "If a girl dresses up as a boy, people can ignore her gender."

This is also the place where Shengkai and Wen Renxiao felt that they were out of harmony at first.

But isn't there no women in this village?

Combined with what the boy said just now, several people have their own guesses in their hearts.

"Om—" The well-dressed village chief and the neatly lined up villagers did not know what they did, and there was a dull sound in the village surrounded by mountains.

Several people looked around quickly, and saw many wooden stakes standing around the village, densely packed and innumerable.

The village chief washed his hands with blood empty-handed, and then took the head of the person being audited from one person.

After the bright red blood merged with the dark blood, the village chief walked slowly to a room with the head in his hand.

This house is different from others, and there are extraordinarily many wooden stakes at the door.

The village chief waited for a while, only to see someone in the village say something softly, the village chief nodded and began to walk around the house.

A total of nine laps were walked.

After everything was dealt with, the head was slowly placed on a wooden stake in the middle of the house by the village head.

Afterwards, no one in the villagers spoke again.

They seemed to be waiting for something, their faces were mixed with tension and expectation, and there was also a faint fear.

Shengkai stood for a while, seeing that they still hadn't moved.

Just as he was about to turn around and say something, he suddenly felt his face light up.

He subconsciously looked up.

Countless white ice crystals dance freely in midair, dancing with the wind.

Snowing.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Long Mo Ye:

Pronounced by the Wa people, it means the forest holy place where the bull's head is hung. According to legend, it is the gathering place of all gods.