sunk in yesterday

The case was solved, the second black figure that appeared beside the bed last night was Qiu Yinghua's mother.

Her figure completely disappeared, but her voice spread along the thicker and thicker fog, screaming like she was dying.

[You killed my child, you should die, you should die, you should die...]

There was the sound of leaves being crushed, and several skeletons appeared in the fog walking towards them.

"Tan Nian, follow up!" Guan Yuzhou grabbed Xia Zhuo's hand and pulled him to run in the opposite direction.Xia Zhuo took the time to turn his head, saw that one of the skeletons was missing half an arm, and cried out in his heart: If I had known, I would have trampled them all just now, so why not take it too far!

Fortunately, at that time, he still thought about whether to put a tribute down to pay homage to the dead. If he expected to be besieged like this, he might as well find all the bones on the ground and destroy them when they can't move.

[Liar, liar... hypocritical liar! ]

The trees slanted sideways to one point, blocking all possible escape routes on either side.The three of them could only run forward along one road. Xia Zhuo couldn't keep up with his physical strength, and he was almost out of breath after running for a long time.He shouted out of breath, regardless of whether the female ghost could hear it, "We didn't harm your child, don't look at everyone as an enemy!"

[Give it back to me, give him back to me!Give me back my baby! ]

A bloody face suddenly protruded from the side of the tree trunk, and it could barely be seen that the head was mutilated, as if it had been knocked flat by some heavy object.She couldn't listen to Xia Zhuo's words at all, and wanted to reach out to grab someone again, but was pulled away by Guan Yuzhou.

"Want to run out from here?" Xia Zhuo wiped off his sweat, his face turned pale, "This road is too narrow, if the front is blocked by trees, wouldn't we be flanked by front and back?"

Guan Yuzhou also thought of this, he frowned, and observed the surrounding environment more attentively.

The tombstone just now is clearly a clue point, if Xia Zhuo activated Qiu Yinghua's mother by mistake, it will definitely not delay until now and give them a fatal blow.It's more like giving them a deadline to crack and find a way out, or pushing them somewhere else.

The female ghost took a chance, let out another ear-piercing scream, and disappeared in place once again.The red color on the mirror receded slightly, and what was projected turned out to be a clear and fog-free scene, showing all the coiled trees in front of my eyes.

After seeing it clearly, the three of them soon discovered that the road was curved, and the curvature was not small!They couldn't see the surrounding environment before, so they could only follow the road without thinking. They easily lost their way and thought they were going straight, but they were not.

Not many meters further on, a stele was blocking their way in the middle of the road, and a palm-sized incense burner was placed in front of the grave, and three intact incense sticks were not lit, and were inserted straight into the accumulated incense ash.There was a white plate on one side of the stove, but it was empty.

And the names of Qiu Rui and Jiang Yajie were clearly written on that tablet.

After running together for so long, they actually circled around in place and returned to the origin of the cemetery!

Xia Zhuo's first thought: Damn, it's been so long for nothing?

The second thought: I'm so tired, I want to take a rest.

The skeletons who were chasing after them didn't know whether they didn't keep up or disappeared, and the surroundings fell into a brief silence again.He leaned on his knees and panted heavily, the damp water mist soaked his hair, and when the slight wind moved his scalp, his scalp felt cool, and he shivered suddenly.

After a few seconds of rest, a light screen suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.

[Special Event] The owner of the tomb, Jiang Yajie, was awakened by someone who broke into the forest, and she was determined not to let the passer-by leave alive.The graves of her and her husband have been neglected for a long time. Perhaps offering tribute to appease them is the breakthrough to survive.

[Special task] Put the correct tribute on the tribute plate within a limited time of three sticks of incense.

[Special reminder] The son is Jiang Yajie's only compromise point. If it is wrongly placed, the time will be reversed. Please think carefully before making a choice.

[Additional Reward] Pieces of Guide Lamp*1.

(task countdown 10s)

Tan Nian's voice was still a little trembling, but the surprise contained in it was clearly discernible, "It's a special mission!"

"Guide light?" Xia Zhuo saw this kind of reward for the first time, raised his hand and wiped the liquid on his face, whether it was sweat or water, and asked: "What is this, a light that guides the way? And... why is it Shards?"

The ten-second countdown ended, and the middle one of the three incense sticks ignited spontaneously, a spark flickered continuously, and occasionally made a slight sizzle sound when it touched the water molecules in the air.

"Yes, it is for guiding the way, which can save a lot of time and directly guide the participants to the next important place, and the participants will be protected during the guiding process, so they are safe in a short time." Guan Yuzhou said: "On-site reception Anyone who completes the task can get a fragment, and all the fragments can be combined to produce a complete lamp, which is a reward that usually only appears in missions with high difficulty coefficients. And if one person dies during the mission, the lamp will not be able to be put together Standing up, it is equivalent to a waste of rewards."

"High degree of difficulty, eh." Xia Zhuo stared at the dazzlingly bright plate under the flashlight, a little distressed, "Aren't ordinary tributes eaten? What does Jiang Yajie want? Just now she said that her son Give it back to her, it doesn't mean that we should find her son's body and send it over."

But they didn't leave without them, and they can't get out here now, where can I find her son?

There was plenty of time for Sanzhuxiang, and they couldn't think of a reliable answer for the time being. The three of them decided to walk around the road again to see if there were any other clues here.

Just running so fast like fleeing for his life, Xia Zhuo's legs were still weak when he walked, as if he was stepping on cotton.He walked close to Guan Yuzhou, muttering with emotion in his mouth: "It's no wonder Qiu Yinghua was bullied so badly, at such a young age, he has no love from his father or mother, and those bad boys rely on this. "

Tan Nian lowered his head and echoed beside him, "He's so pitiful..." Liu Hai completely hid his eyes, looking very depressed, "If his mother is still alive, I'm sure he can be like the others. Let the classmate grow up healthy like that... I don't know what happened to his parents, the whole family..."

Guan Yuzhou's tone was flat: "Thinking of your parents?"

"Ah... um." Tan Nian nodded his head, arched his back in frustration, and seemed to shrink into a small ball.

Seeing his appearance, Xia Zhuo stretched out his hand and pulled Guan Yuzhou's sleeve, and signaled with his eyes: His parents are gone?

Guan Yuzhou shook his head, "No."

Xia Zhuo couldn't understand anymore, and didn't ask any more questions, after all, now is not a good time to chat.He returned his thoughts to the tribute, and carefully checked to see if there was anything hanging on the tree, even the smooth stones washed by water at his feet, picked it up and handed it to Guan Yuzhou to check as if it were a treasure.

After going back and forth, Guan Yuzhou held the newly stuffed leaves and couldn't laugh or cry, "No one will be happy to send this kind of thing out."

"Then what can I do? None of the most common wild flowers in the sky and the earth have grown, so how can I find them..." Xia Zhuo was not convinced, "I actually thought of a way, but I also think Not very reliable."

"what?"

"Pull up her grave, her husband must still be buried under it. If you give her husband to her, can she not like it?"

"..."

"Look, it's definitely not going to work. Even if I say it won't work, you still have to ask me. After asking, you put on an expression of 'Are you stupid'!"

"I didn't say you were stupid, I just thought it was quite...unique for you to come up with this method."

This explanation is the same as if there is no explanation. Xia Zhuo sat down under the tree, turning his face away and ignoring him, "Think about it yourself, I don't care, you said you want to crack this dream this time."

Guan Yuzhou didn't throw away the leaves, he still held them in his palm, "Take a rest first, I'll think about it later."

The key point of the reminder was Qiu Yinghua, but the scope of the mere sentence "son is Jiang Yajie's only compromise point" was too broad. He could only think of asking Qiu Yinghua to appear in front of Jiang Yajie to appease her.But they didn't know how to attract Qiu Yinghua, so it was nonsense to do this.

Then he could only settle for the next best thing and find something that could replace Qiu Yinghua.

...something that can replace it?

Guan Yuzhou's frowning eyebrows loosened, and he turned his face to ask Xia Zhuo: "Did the puppet come out?"

Xia Zhuo raised her face, "What puppet?"

"That little fox you sewed."

"Oh, it's in the warehouse." Xia Zhuo froze for a moment after finishing speaking, "This is the tribute?"

"It's just a guess. Go back and try after this trip."

Xia Zhuo took out the fox, "All right."

Seeing that the puppet was dirty and neglected, he took it away, but he didn't expect it to be useful.

He was about to stand up on the ground when he suddenly felt that someone patted his shoulder three times.

Very rhythmic, three silent, neither light nor heavy.

In an instant, he chased away the drowsiness he had just woken up from.

You must know that the tree behind him is leaning against it.But he suddenly remembered that the female ghost also got out of the tree and dragged him when he escaped for the first time, his eyelids twitched suddenly, and a bad premonition rose spontaneously.

He spent a second thinking about whether to turn his head back, and before that, he took Guan Yuzhou's extended hand, and suddenly he felt as if he had been given a strong sedative shot, and he quickly turned his face away from his side by the pull of his hand .

The light of the flashlight clearly showed the festered face, the missing part of the head was growing obliquely from the tree, the red and white liquid was continuously flowing down from the wound, and the eyes were red with no pupils.

Xia Zhuo's hands and feet were cold, and when he looked at her, he suddenly felt sore and weak, and it became a bit difficult to stand up.

He watched helplessly as the hand that had just patted him stretched out towards him, and that distorted face smiled ferociously.He was not completely incapacitated, but it became very difficult to dodge. He wanted to draw Guan Yuzhou's attention, but found that the words he spit out were not as loud as the mosquitoes.

Couldn't make any sound.

Tan Nian obviously saw it, and screamed loudly: "Mr. Xia, get out of the tree! It's dangerous!"

Fortunately, before Tan Nian reminded, Guan Yuzhou had already noticed something was wrong with him.

He was pulled outwards with force, leaving a coat tightly gripped by that claw.The sound of fingernails scratching the fabric was particularly obvious, and the suit was penetrated and torn into several sections in the blink of an eye.

After being carried back a few meters and out of the range of the female ghost's attack, the sense of restraint on her body finally disappeared.Feeling that his strength was recovering, Xia Zhuo immediately turned around and hugged Guan Yuzhou tightly, burying his face in his neck.

If Guan Yuzhou hadn't been rescued in time, it might not be the cloth that was torn to pieces, but him.

The two chests were pressed together, and Guan Yuzhou's heart beat faster than his.

"Sorry, I was thinking about something just now." Guan Yuzhou apologized to him in a low voice, "Are you hurt?"

Xia Zhuo opened his mouth, but the voice was still too low to be heard, he tried a few times and had to give up, shaking his head like a rattle.

[You can’t escape, hahaha, you can’t escape! ]

They thought that this female ghost could only parasitize in the tree, but they didn't expect that she tore a hole in the tree in a daze, as if her whole body was coming out of it.

Guan Yuzhou put Xia Zhuo down, "Can you still move?"

Xia Zhuo cleared his throat and nodded.

Unexpectedly, the speed of the female ghost is quite fast!She stepped on the leaves on all fours, her head was swaying in a strange arc, tilted to one side as if her neck was broken, and she swung up and down like a duckweed as she chased.

Tan Nian glanced back halfway, and said in a tearful voice, "Mr. Guan, she, she is about to catch up..."

"Don't look around, look at your feet."

As soon as Guan Yuzhou finished speaking, Tan Nian tripped over a stone, lost his balance and fell to the ground with a thud.At this moment, the distance between him and the female ghost was greatly shortened. Seeing that the ghost raised his arm and was about to poke her up, he widened his eyes in horror, and crawled back while crying loudly in fright, "Don't come here!" , don't come over, woo woo—"

Tan Nian screamed so badly that Xia Zhuoxin immediately raised her throat, and she let go of Guan Yuzhou's hand and was about to run over there.But this kind of action didn't go through brain thinking, and he didn't even think about whether he could catch up or what he could do if he caught up.

As soon as he stepped out, Guan Yuzhou grabbed him with quick eyesight and hands.

He saw that Tan Nian stopped his voice suddenly, rolled over neatly on the ground, the hand that almost touched his body overturned the dead leaves on the ground, and fell into space.

The boy turned around beautifully, and the expression on his face changed.

The pair of fiercely shining wolf eyes were sneering, and even the water marks inside were stained with blue light.

Xia Zhuo watched helplessly as he kicked the female ghost's head to the side. Although the blood was not spattered three feet, a few drops of white paste were thrown to the ground, and the scream was as sharp as Tan Nian's just now.

Xia Zhuo: "..."

He felt that he was really nothing to worry about.

But he is actually not as good as a child of sixteen or seventeen. Thinking about it this way...

So heartwarming.