Escape from the Madhouse [Unlimited]

"Actually, it's not a vigil at all."

After a while, A-Lian suddenly spoke like this. "This is... a complete sacrifice."

Bai Zhou asked her, "Who is the sacrifice for?"

"Red God." A-Lian said, "People from other worlds... like red. The moment Samhain comes, the world will be turned upside down, and they will take the opportunity to come here."

"Are all people from other worlds red gods?" Bai Zhou asked again.

A-Lian shook her head: "No. As far as I know, not. There are many Red Gods... Each of them owns a hotel, and the hotels are all red. Therefore, the owner of the red hotel is called the Red God.

"The hotel will be used to attract guests. I heard that there are countless gourmet delicacies, and endless banquets are held there. Every guest who enters the hotel can eat countless foods. In fact, the other world is a It's a good place, but it's only for the people there. For us, going to another world means death, saying goodbye to our current relatives..."

Hotel?Eat food at will?

Bai Zhou remembered that Tartar, the proprietress of the Tartar Hotel, once said that everyone can eat whatever they want from the seven pots at the entrance of the hotel.

So he asked again: "Is Tar related to the Red God?"

"Tar?" A-Lian blinked, then shook her head, "Oh no...of course not. She runs a serious hotel. Hotels in other worlds should be very different from here."

"Then let's talk about the vigil. What do you mean by the sacrifice you just mentioned?" Bai Zhou asked.

"Although the Red God runs a hotel and selflessly supports those aliens, or ghosts,...it seems that they are good people, but that is only for ghosts. They will not be kind to people. They will eat us, so that Get energy and feed those undead."

A-Lian said, "I heard that our village has offended a very powerful red god. Unlike ordinary visitors from other worlds, you can scare them away with bone sacrifices or the lights of every house. That red god is powerful. If Offend him and the whole village will be destroyed.

"Every year... that Red God will eat everyone in the village. 32 is his highest requirement. How much he eats each time will depend on his mood at the time.

"At the most time, he ate all 32 people, and at the least time, he only ate 8. In short, these 32 people will be sacrifices. We will use their lives in exchange for the safety of everyone else."

A-Lian paused suddenly, looked at Bai Zhou and asked, "So... are you running fast?"

Bai Zhou asked back: "Running fast can make the Red God feel better and avoid death?"

"I heard that the Red God likes to play the game of 'throwing the handkerchief'. If someone can run past the Red God and catch up with him, that person will be let go by the Red God. But..." A-Lian said, "Who can run? What about ghosts that come and go without a trace?"

After saying these words, A-Lian looked up at Bai Zhou again.

"I've told you everything I know. I'm practicing running for my parents and my family, but I... now it's up to you to answer me."

Alian asked him, "If you have the experience with me, have you ever lost? Tell me, what should I do?"

At this time, the twilight is getting darker, and the outline of the crescent moon in the sky is getting clearer and clearer.

Echoing it in the distance are the torches on the periphery of the square, and the huge fire in the center.

The flames fluttered in the wind like a banner.

The fire light in the center gradually faded from yellow and turned into a faint blue, like a ghost fire dancing in the night - that is the color of the Bone Ritual.

Bai Zhou's tall body stood in front of such a background, his expression was hidden behind the firelight.

"I didn't lose, and I won't lose. A person like me cannot lose."

After a long time, Bai Zhou spoke in a deep voice.

"I don't understand." A-Lian frowned, "Didn't you just say that? It's not fair. Why do we have to have such a burden from birth? Everyone is just using us. When we are useful, they sing praises .Once we lose, it’s useless, they will abandon us like weeds, and they will blame us in turn..."

Bai Zhou looked at her and said, "But your mother didn't do that, did she?"

Alian frowned and said nothing.

Bai Zhou said again: "As long as there are people you want to protect in this village, what you do will still be meaningful. You are fighting for your mother and yourself. I am in the same situation as you."

"But I've already lost..." A-Lian said, "What should I do at a time like this?"

Bai Zhou said: "This time, I will participate in the vigil for you. You will definitely survive. As long as you survive, you will still have a chance to win. Then from now on, you just need to make yourself stronger.

"When you are strong enough, no one can hurt you. When you are strong enough, the father who hurt you, and even the rest of the villagers, will only kneel on the ground and beg you to protect them. Talent will burden you, but it will also bring give you power."

A-Lian thought for a while and asked him, "Praying to me? Like...is it like begging the gods?"

"Yes. It's like begging the gods." Bai Zhou nodded.

Alian said: "If one day the gods are useless to mortals, will they still beg him? If people abandon the gods, will the gods be disappointed? Will the gods be reviled?"

Bai Zhou continued to walk forward.

"When you become a god, you will no longer care what the so-called mortals think of you."

Staring at Bai Zhou's back, eight-year-old Alian fell into deep thought.

——If she is really like a god, she no longer cares about everything about mortals... Will she still know how to protect her mother?Will she even forget her mother?

Suddenly feeling something, lowering her head, A-Lian saw a red lotus flower blooming from her palm.

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On the square, Zhou Qian queued for a long time, and finally helped himself and He Xiaowei get two offerings that were about to be burned.

After the villagers line up to receive the sacrifices, they will go to the side to receive the meat and soup for the dogs.

The voice of the proprietress Tarr kept ringing. "I reminded you to bring bowls, don't forget. I don't have enough iron bowls for all of you."

After receiving the sacrifices and meat, the villagers left one after another.

Of course Zhou Qian didn't leave.Besides him, the remaining players here are Yin Dao, Ke Yuxiao, Yun Xiangrong and Yin Jiujiu.Bai Zhou went to take the risk of digging the line for the night watch, Qi Liuxing was worried that He Xiaowei was alone, and went to find combustible minerals with him, and he was not there at this time.

Later, even the village head Abu left temporarily, and the only NPC who did not leave was Tar.She glanced at Zhou Qian thoughtfully, then took out two bowls of meat from the pot again.

Then Tar said: "You don't need to collect them, there are still many of these things in the hotel. It's just... there are two families who haven't come to collect them. I don't know if they haven't found the dog yet."

What Dar said was naturally referring to Tara and Brega.

Zhou Qian managed to send them away in the game, and they have not returned so far in order to find the extremely important dog.

Having said that... deserters from the Kingdom of Silence were given three bans.

Who issued this ban?

Why does it seem to be very aimed at deserters?

In this dungeon where there seems to be magic and undead settings, such a ban is obviously unusual, and it looks like something similar to a curse.

I have some guesses in my heart, but I still don't know the specific situation.So Zhou Qian looked at Tartar and said, "We seem to have lost our memory while fleeing. We don't know anything about it except that we are from the Land of Silence."

Tar smiled, as if he didn't understand Zhou Qian's intention of asking: "So?"

"So, we will accompany you here and wait for those two people to come back. But how boring it is to just wait." Zhou Qian said with a smile, "We can chat."

Tar winked at Zhou Qian. "Chat? Chatting here is boring. Maybe you want to go out with me? I'm free all day tomorrow."

Before Zhou Qian could answer, Yindao was taken aback when he heard that - what the fuck did he just leave?No, as a brother, you can't just watch the great god get green.

With a light cough, Yindao stepped forward.What is completely different from the magnificence in his heart is his cold face and almost rigid facial features.He said, "I'll accompany you! How do you want to date?"

Zhou Qian looked at Yindao in surprise, and then at the proprietress. "I'm in a hurry. Can't wait for tomorrow."

Hidden Knife: "..."

There was a malicious smile in Zhou Qian's eyes. "There is so much broth in the store, is it still useful? I'm afraid my pet will knock it all down..."

The lady boss' face changed.She looked at Zhou Qian with a little angry eyes: "Are you threatening me?"

"It's easy to get old when angry, it's not good-looking. I didn't threaten you. I just want to chat with you sincerely." Zhou Qian said, "You dare to let us stay in your hotel, you should know our details. right?

"I guess, you don't want to say it, I'm afraid you want to use it as a threat, so that we can use our background as a bargaining chip in the future to make you do more work or something?

"Don't worry. We are very diligent and will not be lazy."

As if caught by Zhou Qian's words, Tar's face was cloudy for a while, before he finally opened his mouth and said: "This is the Unnamed Village, which belongs to the territory of the Kingdom of Languages, and of course people from the Kingdom of Silence would not dare to chase after it. .”

Hearing this, all the players present couldn't help but exchanged glances.

The "mo" in the country of silence and the "language" in the country of words express exactly the opposite meaning.

——Is there any story between the two?

"I learned about you from a groom in the Kingdom of Silence. You are deserters. He took your money and sent you to me through a secret channel. In the future, you will help the villagers do coolies, and I will get a share. Regarding this point, you signed an agreement with the groom, so don't try to renege on the debt. As for why you lost your memory...

"I think it might be done by a powerful magician." Tar said, "He is called Flowing Water, and he has been working for the king of the kingdom of silence. The deserter flees, and the king is of course angry, so he will definitely send a magician to punish you.

"The king should have asked Flowing Water to kill you. But the killing magic will bring backlash, and the conditions are very harsh, especially at such a long distance, it is difficult for Flowing Water to kill you directly with magic.

"So I think, in addition to making you lose your memory, the magician has also imposed other restrictions on you. Once you violate the restrictions, you will die."

The words of Mrs. Dar's boss did answer many doubts related to the player's identity.

At the same time, the origin of the ban has also been explained.

The three prohibitions are all set by Liushui for players, or deserters.

He counted the deserters in Wuming Village in the Kingdom of Words, but he couldn't come to kill them himself, so he cast a ban spell, hoping that they would violate the ban and die, so he completed the task entrusted to him by the king .

But this will mean that he has enough understanding of the customs of the country of the language and even the nameless village, and even the people here——

First of all, he knew that the glass of the inn would turn blue at night, and the village chief asked that the burning bones of the deserters would emit blue fire, which happened to pass through the blue glass.

Secondly, he knew that there would be a game of handkerchief throwing here at night.

Finally, he also knew that there were two villagers here named Brega and Tara.

In addition, there are other problems behind this.

First, of the three prohibitions related to deserters, two were obtained by Zhou Qian from the Matching Center in Linekong City, and they were tips from outside the venue.

If you don't consider the off-site prompts, where are the other two prohibitions hidden in the dungeon story?

Second, in this dungeon, the player only directly saw a hint related to Brega.

That was when they went to the second floor of the hotel, they found the prohibition on the stone tablet after climbing up to the roof.

But who did this?

In doing so, he was most likely helping deserters.But why did he help deserters, and how did he learn about the ban on magicians running under water?

Thinking of this, Zhou Qian immediately took out his binoculars, looked at the stele, and wanted to ask Tarr if he knew when the stele appeared here.

But then he discovered - the stele was gone.The place where the stele was originally placed is now just a wheat field.

The magician of the Kingdom of Silence failed to succeed, and other bans may be imposed below.

Then maybe there is still a chance to find out this NPC who is suspected of helping players and reminding them of the ban.

Just as Zhou Qian was thinking about this, he saw Ke Yuxiao walking up to the proprietress, and asked politely: "I want to ask. Are the Kingdom of Silence and the Kingdom of Words hostile? After all, even the magicians over there dare not come." Here. We, deserters who have completely betrayed the Kingdom of Silence, dare to escape here because we think that people from the Kingdom of Silence will not come to trouble us, right?"

"Yes. It is indeed a hostile relationship now. Before...these two countries seem to have a good relationship." Tar said, "I have only been in this village for two or three years, and I don't know much about the past. I I only vaguely heard that the Kingdom of Silence married the most beautiful girl in the Kingdom of Words."

Ke Yuxiao hurriedly asked, "Who is that girl?"

"It's the girl who was born in Wuming Village. Her name is Amei. Amei, the most beautiful flower in the Land of Languages."

Tar's eyes showed some longing.

But immediately this longing turned into a sigh. "But she later became a sinner in the kingdom of speech, and also a sinner in the kingdom of silence.

"Don't mention this name in front of the villagers. I heard that they all hate this woman."

When Tar said this, Zhou Qian heard footsteps behind him.

Putting the binoculars up, he looked back and saw Tara and Brega.

They ran towards the square in a hurry, their faces were as disheveled, it seems that they haven't found the dog yet.

Of course they couldn't find it.

Zhou Qian thought to himself—Xiaolong is playing with the dog.

After observing them carefully, Zhou Qian noticed that the man and the woman were not young anymore.

Then maybe, we can learn more story information from them.