deadly round table

Jiang Wenyuan didn't let Li Na and Lu Yingqi eat all the branches and leaves. He packed the remaining branches and leaves of the four of them in a fresh-keeping bag and handed them to Lu Yingqi, "When we were receiving the meal just now, I noticed a few children hiding nearby. Keep looking towards us. There are no branches and leaves in the food that the villagers give you. You give these branches and leaves to the children as snacks. The children are easy to eat and their minds are not mature enough. You can talk to them more and see if you can get them. What valuable information."

Lu Yingqi took the fresh-keeping bag with trepidation, "What question should I ask?"

"I'll let Li Lingling go with you, you can discuss what you want to ask yourself, don't expect everything from me." Jiang Wenyuan looked at Li Na, "you should only move around the two-story building, don't go into the forest, move around the village Don't go too far. If you see other players, talk to them more and observe their situation. Jiang Zhan and I are going to the village chief's house. If we have more time, we may go to the forest to step on the spot, no You know when you will come back, so be careful yourself."

Under the reluctant eyes of Li Na and Lu Yingqi, Jiang Wenyuan and Jiang Zhan took the lantern that Lu Yingqi had brought back from the teaching assistant and left the small building on the second floor.Jiang Wenyuan asked Jiang Zhan, who was walking beside him with a smile on his face, "What are you laughing at?"

"I just think that the way you told Li Lingling and Lu Yingqi just now is as proficient as an old father who has broken his heart." Jiang Zhan cleared his throat, but he couldn't hide the smile in his voice.

Jiang·Old Father·Qian Yuan: "..."

You may not believe it, I am just a newcomer who has cleared three rounds of round table games.

When the two went to the village head's house, the village head's family was still having dinner.There is only one dim chandelier in the dining room. The light color of the chandelier is similar to that of the teaching assistant's lantern, which is light blue and cool.There are five members of the village chief's family. They did not wear the black gauze wrapped from head to toe in the room, but wore short-sleeved national costumes suitable for the season.Because they have not seen the sun all year round, their skin lacks melanin, and their sickly white skin looks even more weird under the light blue light.

"You are the sixth batch of students who came to my house tonight. Thanks to you, our family has not finished eating until now. After I finish eating, I will be busy arranging the sacred tree sacrifice. You only have two chances to ask questions. If you want to know anything, just ask now." The village chief's face was wrinkled, and he laughed like an old monster, but judging from his tone, he was not angry because he was interrupted many times for dinner.

Jiang Wenyuan and Jiang Zhan exchanged glances silently, and Jiang Zhan's mouth moved lightly: "Look, let me do it!"

Jiang Zhan said enthusiastically to the village head: "We have some questions and want to ask the village head, but the purpose of our trip is mainly to thank the village head and everyone in Dabu Village. The unique edible branches and leaves of Dabu Village It's really delicious, thank you for bringing us such a wonderful experience! But... I feel a little sorry to see that you have prepared a lot of fresh branches and leaves for us, but you use the dead branches and leaves that have been processed , why don't you prepare food for us according to ordinary standards."

Hearing Jiang Zhan's words, the village chief's little granddaughter burst into tears, "Grandpa, I also want to eat fresh leaves of the sacred tree, okay?"

The village chief couldn't hold back his smile, and he gave the child's mother a look, "Hurry up and take Niuniu back."

After Niu Niu was taken away by her mother, the village head explained to the two embarrassingly, "When I entertained your professors and teaching assistants yesterday, I prepared a lot of food and left a lot of branches and leaves of the sacred tree. I live a thrifty life, so Take out the remaining branches and leaves of the sacred tree and continue eating."

The village chief sighed, "Niuniu is spoiled by our family. She is very greedy and loves to eat the leaves of the sacred tree. We didn't bring Niuniu with us when we drank yesterday, and today we ate the leftover branches and leaves of the sacred tree from yesterday, so she heard you It’s a little unhappy to have fresh branches and leaves of the sacred tree to eat. It’s no big deal. Dabu Village prepares fresh branches and leaves of the sacred tree for you, and I also hope that your research can bring new changes to Dabu Village, so don’t think There is a psychological burden. Don’t you have questions to ask, you only have two chances, so hurry up and ask.”

Jiang Wenyuan glanced nonchalantly at Jiang Zhan beside him, this guy was tall and powerful, he thought he would be a strong force faction, but he didn't expect that he would also have a careful side, and he just Sneaked a question.

Jiang Zhan slapped his forehead, and the appearance of sudden realization was very realistic, "Look at me, I almost delayed the village chief's time! Although our belief is not the sacred tree of Dabu Village, from the branches and leaves of the sacred tree, we feel To the continuous vitality of Dabu Village, I feel the greatness of the sacred tree. We also want to offer a sacrifice to the sacred tree when we participate in the sacred tree festival, and show our respect. We are afraid that the preparation of the sacrifice will offend the taboo. So I want to ask the village chief what kind of sacrifice we should prepare."

Jiang Zhan's words made the village chief very comfortable, and he smiled cheerfully like a chrysanthemum.

"I'm very glad that you have this kind of intention. There are not many taboos about offering sacrifices to the sacred tree. The sacrifices are all about the mind. You can't use the branches and leaves of the sacred tree as sacrifices. You can't take them back after offering them, so you don't have to Prepare precious gold and silver. You can borrow the villagers' fish baskets to catch some fish in the river. If you know how to hunt, you can also hunt some game, gather some fruits and flowers. Use the fruits of your labor as sacrifices to the sacred tree. This is The greatest respect for the sacred tree."

Jiang Zhan nodded earnestly while listening, "I have been taught, thank the village chief for your guidance. There is another question that my classmate wants to ask, Chen Mian, you come and ask."

After weighing the priorities of several questions in his mind, Jiang Wenyuan decisively imitated Jiang Zhan's ecstasy soup-style questioning method, "I heard that you rejected the professor's request to transplant and promote the sacred tree. The sacred tree has blessed Dabu Village endlessly, I believe that the village chief is willing to make the greatness of the sacred tree known to everyone, but you have rejected this opportunity. I want to know the specific reason why the sacred tree cannot be transplanted. No matter what kind of difficulties, as long as we are willing to work hard, one day we can Let the world marvel at the sacred tree!"

Jiang Wenyuan's exaggerated acting skills were extremely exaggerated, and Jiang Zhan held back his laughter for a long time, but the village chief adapted well. He was moved and said to Jiang Wenyuan: "You have a heart. But Shenshu can't do it." Transplanted. The sacred tree has no flowers and no fruits. It grows in the center of the sacred tree forest, and other trees grow from the roots of the sacred tree. The sacred tree is the root of Dabu Village, and it is impossible to transplant it. As long as the avatar grown from the root of the tree is disconnected from the root of the sacred tree, it will wither within 24 hours. The sacred tree has a spirit, it guards Dabu Village, and will not leave here."

Jiang Wenyuan said regretfully to the village chief: "Shenshu is unwilling to leave Dabu Village, and we will respect its idea."

After bidding farewell to the village chief, Jiang Wenyuan and Jiang Zhan's expressions became extremely serious.

"I only have a silver chain in my hand. Do you have any gold and silver products?" Jiang Wenyuan asked.

Jiang Zhan nodded calmly, "I have a pair of silver chopsticks for poison testing. I nail the chopsticks to a long stick and use them as spears."

Jiang Wenyuan lit the teaching assistant's lantern, "Let's go, let's go back to the second-floor building first, and see if other players have asked what the sacrifice is." The reason why he didn't ask the village chief this question was because he wanted to It is possible that other players have asked, in order to maximize the intelligence coverage, they asked the question of the transplant of the sacred tree.

On the way back, Jiang Wenyuan felt that something was wrong as he walked. There were quite a lot of villagers on the road, but suddenly some people ran back to the house quickly, and those who had no time to run hid in a dark place , pulled up the black veil on her body to cover her face.

Holding the lantern, Jiang Wenyuan quickly found the source of the panic.100 meters away, there is a 1.8-meter-tall figure with a black body, which looks somewhat similar to the villagers of Dabu Village wrapped in black gauze from a distance.When the figure got a little closer, Jiang Wenyuan finally saw the difference between it and the villagers. The black figure had no face, the edges of the figure were fogged and blurred, and the arms and feet could be barely distinguished.

That black shadow monster wandering aimlessly, turned his dark face, and when it saw Jiang Wenyuan holding a lamp, it ignored the villagers of Dabu Village who were hiding in the shadow only one meter away. , the sluggish movements suddenly changed, and rushed towards Jiang Wenyuan and Jiang Zhan at an inhuman speed!

Jiang Wenyuan quickly extinguished the lantern, turned around and ran away with Jiang Zhan.Even if they had practiced running hard in reality, their speed couldn't compare to that black-striped monster.

When the monster approached little by little, Jiang Zhan grabbed Jiang Wenyuan's arm, "Follow me!"

He took Jiang Wenyuan into the alley between the two houses. The alley was dark and without light, but it was a dead end!Jiang Wenyuan looked outside, under the moonlight, the monster was getting closer and closer, and they ran into the monster when they ran out the same way!

Jiang Wenyuan's heartbeat suddenly doubled, causing his whole body to tremble. He gritted his teeth and took out the silver chain from his bag. Whether it's useful or not, he has to fight!

"Don't move." Jiang Zhan panted slightly after running for a while. He pressed Jiang Wenyuan's shoulders, pressed Jiang Wenyuan against the wall in the alley, and shook off the black veil that Lu Yingqi brought back, covering the two of them. in black yarn.The two were very close, so close that they could hear each other's violent heartbeat, so close that their breaths intertwined with each other, and so close that they could see every detail of each other's faces clearly.

Jiang Zhan cursed in a low voice: "Damn it! Flower Fairy's fluorescent powder!"

Jiang Wenyuan's fluorescence was concentrated on the face and chest, and some floating fluorescence danced around the fluorescent area.There is also a fluorescent area on Jiang Zhan's body, which happens to be on his chest.

The sound of the black shadow monster's vain footsteps was getting closer, Jiang Wenyuan raised his hands decisively, hugged Jiang Zhan's waist tightly, and pressed his face and chest tightly against Jiang Zhan's chest without leaving a single gap.The floating fluorescent lights had nowhere to escape, they were locked into the two tight-fitting bodies, not a single spot of light came out.

Jiang Wenyuan felt that Jiang Zhan's body became very stiff, and his heart beat faster and faster, so fast that Jiang Wenyuan wondered if Jiang Zhan's heart would jump until the whole heart burst.But Jiang Wenyuan didn't dare to let go, the black shadow monster came.

After the shadow monster walked into the dark alley, it slowed down, step, step, step!Its empty footsteps knocked on Jiang Wenyuan's heart every time, and he could feel the black shadow monster approaching slowly.

The shadow monster's footsteps stopped, it didn't breathe, but Jiang Wenyuan heard a third heartbeat that was different from his and Jiang Zhan's, it was very slow but powerful.Immediately, Jiang Wenyuan felt a soft and cold touch, like a snake, slid past his arm around Jiang Zhan's waist. Is this the hand of a black shadow monster?

The black shadow monster walked behind Jiang Zhan's back with chilly hands, but Jiang Zhan remained motionless, and his heartbeat that was about to burst slowed down.Although it was out of date, Jiang Wenyuan felt admiration for Jiang Zhan's psychological quality from the bottom of his heart, a real man, never afraid of ghosts and ghosts!

Looking at the way the villagers of Dabu Village dealt with the monsters, the shadow monsters seemed to lock their targets through light and shadow.The black shadow monster failed to confirm that Jiang Wenyuan and Jiang Zhan in front of it were his prey for a long time, and left the dead alley angrily.

After a while, Jiang Wenyuan finally let go of Jiang Zhan's arms after he was sure that the black shadow monster had left the alley. I couldn't think of any other way, so I made this move."

Jiang Zhan looked at Jiang Wenyuan's face that was pressed a little hard in his arms and left red marks, "...it doesn't matter."

The two walked to the alley and confirmed that the black monster had left, and the villagers of Dabu Village who were hiding in the shadows also continued to move in an orderly manner, as if their behavior of avoiding the black monster just now was the same as when a big car drove past and carefully avoided ordinary.

Jiang Wenyuan grabbed a young man from Dabu Village who was passing by him, "What was that black shadow monster just now?"

The young man looked blank, "What kind of black shadow monster, you are hallucinating."

Jiang Wenyuan and Jiang Zhan asked a few more people, and they all got a unified answer, no monsters.When they continued to ask, the villagers simply ignored them.

Jiang Wenyuan and Jiang Zhan returned to the small building with sullen faces, just as Lu Yingqi and Li Na had also sent out all the branches and leaves, and were about to go back to the room, when they saw Jiang Wenyuan and Jiang Zhan come back, Li Na beckoned to them excitedly. Waving, "Brother Chen, Jiang Zhan, hurry up, let's go back to the room to talk, we have important discoveries!"

When the four of them returned to the house, Li Na had just turned on the light when Jiang Wenyuan turned it off.

Li Na didn't know why Jiang Wenyuan wanted to save power for the NPCs in the game, but she was afraid that Jiang Wenyuan would dislike her for being stupid, so she didn't dare to ask the reason. At least there was still moonlight coming in from the window. It's bright, and you can get used to it.

As a result, Li Na's little hope was also extinguished. Jiang Zhan went to the window and hung the all-purpose black gauze as a curtain, and now the moonlight was gone.The only light in the room was the very faint fluorescent lights on Jiang Wenyuan, Jiang Zhan and Li Na.

Li Na was a little scared, and finally couldn't help but said: "Why did you turn the room into a dark room, didn't you see that Lu Yingqi's sense of existence disappeared?!"

Lu Yingqi, who was used as an excuse, said in a low voice: "Actually, I don't really mind the disappearance of my presence."

Jiang Wenyuan found a chair and sat down according to the appearance of the room in memory, "Indeed, Lu Yingqi is the safest."

The other three also gathered at the small round table in the dark, and Jiang Zhan asked, "Let's talk about what you have gained."

Speaking of this incident, Li Na became a little excited, and suddenly forgot the fear of the dark, "There is a greedy little fat man who leaked his mouth! At that time, the little fat man hid aside and looked at Lu Yingqi's branches, drooling greedily. Lu Yingqi thought I went straight over to give him the branches, but I didn't give in. I kept giving the branches to the children who approached actively. The other children took the branches and left without saying a word. The little fat man saw that the branches and leaves were getting less and less, So I couldn't hold back, ran over and shouted at us, 'I can only eat two branches a year, can you give me some branches, even some bark.'"

"The fresh branches and leaves we eat should be very precious to Dabu Village. The children can only eat two branches a year, but we eat two meals a day, with more than a dozen branches in each meal. Isn't it strange? "Lu Yingqi continued, "This important information was discovered by Li Lingling, she is very powerful!"

"Where is it, you are too proud." Li Na smiled modestly, but she was actually proud in her heart. This was the first time she obtained important information independently, even if it was a fat man under ten years old who was tricked by her.

Jiang Wenyuan and Jiang Zhan also saw at the village chief’s house that they were eating old leaves. The village chief’s excuse was to entertain professors and teaching assistants. Based on the information obtained by Li Na and Lu Yingqi, the village chief lied to them .

"You did a good job." Jiang Wenyuan rarely praised Li Na, "Apart from the children in Dabu Village, have you ever communicated with players?"

Li Na curled her lips, "We have communicated with each other, but they were all players who wanted nothing but nothing. We ignored them."

Lu Yingqi took a sneak peek at Jiang Wenyuan's expression, and hurriedly made amends, "Although we didn't exchange any information, I noticed someone. Li Lingling told me that a player dropped his phone while walking in the forest. We When I was giving branches and leaves to the children, after seeing him come down from the second floor, he went straight into the forest without communicating with anyone. I was very close to the children, so I could feel that the children were a little scared of that player... ...Can this be counted as communication with the player?"

Jiang Zhan patted Lu Yingqi on the shoulder to encourage him, "It was a great help."

After Li Na and Lu Yingqi explained their findings, it was Jiang Wenyuan and Jiang Zhan's turn to speak.Jiang Wenyuan told about their encounter with the black shadow monster on the way back, and Li Na and Lu Yingqi shuddered. If they were the ones who encountered the black shadow monster, they would have died countless times.

"We preliminarily determined that the monster identified its prey through light and shadow. The villagers of Dabu Village came out at night, disguised themselves with black gauze, and knew how to avoid monsters. Tell us, and also install high-brightness lights for our room, and no curtains. Dabu Village wants us to die at the hands of that monster. So we have to be careful not only the monster, but also the villagers of Dabu Village.” Jiang Wenyuan said in a cold voice.

Hearing Jiang Wenyuan's explanation, Li Na suddenly felt dry in her throat and extremely thirsty. She groped in the dark for the teapot and teacups on the round table, one teacup, two teacups, three... three teacups , Li Na couldn't find the teapot, so she shivered suddenly, why are there three teacups in a room of two people's size?

And Li Na just remembered now that because Lu Yingqi was in a wheelchair, a chair was just saved, and they didn't need to add another chair to the room, which was just enough for four people.However, why do you need three chairs in a room for two, unless it is to entertain guests.

Ordinary hotels do not consider whether to entertain guests for passengers, but only prepare corresponding utensils according to the number of people.Did Nadabu Village prepare three chairs for the two people for their sake, or did Dabu Village know that they would definitely entertain a certain guest?

In the blink of an eye, Li Na had a very ridiculous idea.

Her lips trembled, her voice seemed not her own, "Brother Chen, are we just..."