The lights on the boat were brightly lit, and an old man with a hunched back poked his head out of the cabin and shouted loudly:

"You are the guests I invited to visit Mengjia Village, right? I am Meng Yitian, the head of Mengjia Village."

"Come on board, I'll take you into the village."

A few seconds after the old man's voice fell, no one on the shore dared to move easily.

Zhao Haichuan took out his ID card from his pocket and looked down.

"It should be safe, get on the boat." He took the card back and was the first to board the boat.

Yitu also glanced at his cards just now, but couldn't see clearly at all.

It wasn't that he had poor eyesight or didn't see clearly, but that Zhao Haichuan's ID card was deliberately blurred by the system.

Except for the holder of the card, no one else is allowed to peep into the player's privacy.

With his lead, others followed on board.

Nine people squeezed into the narrow cabin, and the cold air was dissipated a lot.

The village head of Mengjia Village put a kerosene lamp on the table in front of everyone, and said with a smile:

"I'm really sorry. I misremembered the time. I thought you would arrive tomorrow morning."

"If it weren't for the fact that people can't sleep when they are old, they always like to go out and wander around, and then I found someone on the other side of the river."

The village head went on to say: "Thank you all for taking the time to come to my remote place as a guest. The village is lonely, and fewer and fewer people come here..."

"So I had to spend money to invite outsiders to come and do publicity for our village. It would be even better if it could be developed into a tourist attraction!"

"It's easy to talk about the old man's promotion, it's the reward you promised us before..." Yitu started familiarly.

He wanted to get more information out of Meng Yitian's mouth, so he could only follow this man's topic.

The village chief was slightly taken aback, and quickly said: "Do you think it's too little? It doesn't matter, I can give each of you... [-]!"

When the price was quoted, everyone was shocked.

You must know that in such a remote small village, the annual cost of each household will not exceed [-], but the village head quoted them [-].

The 27 is not [-] for everyone, but [-] for one person, that is to say, excluding the two who died, they can get a total of [-].

A village without any reputation, and even a serious lack of labor, where did so much money come from?

Yitu and Zhang Queshan looked at each other, felt strangely the edge of their lips but couldn't speak.

The village chief quickly put forward his conditions, "As long as you are willing to stay in Mengjia Village for three days, the day after tomorrow will be the village sacrifice in our village. After worshiping the gods, you can get the money."

He had already learned this information from the Queen of Hearts mission board in advance, but what Yitu didn't expect was that these three days were not a complete three days at all.

But the day they came was also counted, and the time was too tight.

Other players also quickly noticed this, and Duan Zixi, with his braids, couldn't help frowning:

"Why is the task time so short?"

Fu Xue, who was sitting next to him, thought for a while, and then asked:

"The village chief is sorry to ask, why do we have to worship God?"

The sentence she asked related to the main line of the game, which was exactly what everyone wanted to know.

Village head: "Because the village god of our village prefers to be lively, the more people the better, the more the better."

"It's a pity that there have been no newcomers in the village for a long time."

As soon as he said this, the faces of all the players became subtle.

But the village head acted as if he hadn't seen it, and asked, "Aren't there eleven of you? Why are there only nine left?"

The players looked at each other, and finally Zhao Haichuan said this:

"Those two got into a boat that capsized, and the villagers on board and they all died in the river."

The village chief was taken aback, "The overturned boat? Impossible. It's been a long time since such a thing happened in our village."

"It didn't happen 13 years ago."

"It's absolutely impossible. Everyone in our village is staying at home." The village head insisted:

"You must have misread it. What can you see in such a dark night?"

Although the village head refused to admit it, Yitu still grasped a key point.

"You mean the boat capsized 13 years ago?"

The village head nodded, but he was unwilling to say more:

"It was just an accident. Our village has stopped mentioning it, and you'd better not mention it."

"Why can't you mention it? What's going on?" Lin Fei couldn't hold back his mouth after being beaten.

The village chief didn't answer any more, but his eyes suddenly became dark and terrifying. Lin Fei was startled, and he quickly promised himself that he would never ask again, and then he returned to normal:

"I'll go out and see the way."

After the village chief got out of the cabin for a while, Duan Zixi spoke first:

"We are wrong, or he is lying."

Liu Dashan and the fat middle-aged man were indeed invisible in front of their eyes, there is no doubt about that.

"It's impossible for us to be wrong. There is something wrong with this old man." Zhang Queshan said.

"I suspect that Liu Dashan and the others boarded the ghost ship that capsized 13 years ago." Huang Tianfang mused.

"It's not impossible." Fu Xue nodded, and she suddenly raised her head to look at Zhao Haichuan who was sitting opposite.

"Mr. Zhao, how do you know that this ship is not in danger?"

After all, it was a woman who was careful. She could clearly remember everyone's expressions and actions when boarding the boat, including Zhao Haichuan who was looking at the cards.

Zhao Haichuan, who was suddenly named, froze for a moment, trying to cover up:

"The first ship was a ghost ship, and the second one will probably not be the same again. Card games generally don't use tricks to kill players."

Fu Xue smiled, "That's right."

She was very face-saving and didn't ask any more questions, but at this moment everyone knew very well that the cards in Zhao Haichuan's hand might be a bit tricky.

Yitu glanced at Zhao Haichuan, whose expression was still calm, and then at Fu Xue, who was clearly arousing suspicion but acting like nothing had happened. She was chatting aimlessly with Huang Tianfang.

Except for Lin Fei and the high school student, all the players present were not easy-going.

During this period, Zhao Haichuan got out of the cabin to have a look, and came back to tell them that the water ghosts in the river had disappeared.

Yitu was not surprised, it seemed that there was something they were afraid of on this boat.

At this moment, the card in his pocket vibrated.

Yitu subconsciously took it out, and at this time the Queen of Hearts on the card was sitting on a chair with a teacup in her hand, looking at ease.

Yitu was stunned for a moment, why did he always feel that he was the attendant?

The Queen of Hearts looked at Yitu with a smile, her thin lips parted slightly:

【Dear master, the ranking of players in the poker field has been refreshed this time, please click to view the details~】

【You are ranked 7th in this game. You really deserve to be the most stupid master of my Queen of Hearts, Judith. You squeezed into the bottom three with your own strength~】

[School girls and jerk boys are definitely not to be taken seriously, but the others are just...]

【It’s okay, it’s just a small problem~ As long as you’re not the last one, those scary monsters won’t attack you~】

Yitu, who inexplicably accepted a wave of strong ridicule from his servants: ...

He clicked on the ranking details, and only then did he know that the game ranking of players in the card arena is a preliminary ranking based on the comprehensive evaluation of the player's own strength level and points and props.

It was refreshed every two hours, and among the nine of them, Duan Zixi, who had pigtails and few words, ranked first.

Fu Xue and A Niu are spouses, and their data will be combined and evaluated as one person.

But they will still take up two positions in the rankings and rank second at the same time.

Then Zhao Haichuan, Huang Tianfang, and Zhang Queshan ranked fourth, fifth, and sixth.

After that, it was Yitu's turn, and it was no surprise that the three of them were at the bottom.

Although he didn't know the benefits of being at the top of the ranking, the player at the bottom of the ranking would become the priority target of npc monsters.

This undoubtedly sequenced their deaths.

But now the card clearly says that it is number one from the bottom.

The 9th place is Ruan Mengmeng.

It turns out that their players have never been companions, but competitors.

So the old relationships he saw were not very close, or even guarded.

Just as Yitu lowered his head to think for a while, the Queen of Hearts spoke again:

【Judice kindly reminds my dear master:

The owner of the poker room will enter the viewing area of ​​the game after six hours. Please play hard and beat the audience to win a valuable recommendation ticket from the poker player!

Note: The recommendation ticket of the card dealer will change the player ranking, please pay attention]

viewing area?Yitu was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that the game in the poker room would be broadcast to the outside world.

If something unexpected happened in the game, wouldn't it be a live broadcast of death.

Yitu's heart sank, and when he clicked the "Close Game Viewing Area" option at the bottom, a prompt popped up.

[This card game viewing area can be closed by card game owners with a level higher than 5, and you have no permission for now! 】

Seeing this, Yitu had no choice but to put away his ID card. He raised his head to look at the others and found that only the three of them were checking the information.

Several other old players were silent with each other and no longer communicated, each with their own thoughts.

After a while, the boat docked, and the village head called them to get off the boat and enter the village.

Yitu got off the boat with the others, and what came into view was a very quiet village that had long since lost its lights.

Every household here is very compact, and the neighbors are only separated by a wall.

In such a village, if there is even a little gossip, it will fly everywhere without saying a few words.

Everyone followed the village head all the way in, but they didn't see any houses with lights on, as if they were walking in a dead and empty village.

In particular, Yitu noticed that weeds were overgrown in front of several houses, and when the night wind blew, they looked like ghosts wandering in the world.

Inhabited portals grow weeds?

Yitu withdrew his gaze with a subtle expression, this village is full of weirdness.

Several people walked silently behind the village chief, and soon a temple-like building appeared.

It was built in the middle of the entire village, so that all the portals were facing it, forming a situation where the stars worshiped the moon.

At this moment, the temple door was closed tightly, and there was still a huge iron lock on the door, as if it locked something terrible in the temple.

Fu Xue stood at the door with interest and watched for a while, and the village head urged:

"Hurry up, the night is cool."

Huang Tianfang, who was following behind the village chief, couldn't help asking:

"Village chief, why is the temple gate locked?"

The village chief took a look at her, "The stone tablet in the temple is broken. The villagers are afraid that some ghosts will sneak in and occupy the temple. The gate of the temple must be locked."

Lin Fei heard it from the side, and asked boldly: "Why is the stele broken? What are you doing?"

When the village chief heard his words, he suddenly stopped walking.

Lin Fei was so frightened that he didn't dare to move. The stooped old man's face was dark and terrifying. He said:

"If it's broken, it's broken, there's no reason!"

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. Whatever you say is what you say!" Lin Fei nodded quickly without saying a word and said:

"Don't get excited, don't get excited..."

Seeing that the village chief finally turned his head back to lead the way, Lin Fei wiped his face, it seems that he should be cowardly when he should.

Yitu thinks this person is quite funny, but his brain is a bit weak.

Obviously Zhang Queshan agreed very much, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

The village chief took them to the only house with lights on. Due to the small population of the village, each family can build a two-story building to meet the housing needs, and the village chief's home is the same.

He brought everyone into the house. The old furniture looked very poor, and there were several patches on the back cover of the floral sofa, not to mention the pitted iron basin that had already fallen.

The village head extinguished the kerosene lamp. At this time, there was already one in the house, so save as much as you can.

Yitu really can't imagine that people with such family conditions can actually spend 10,000+, which is obviously a huge sum of money for the villagers.

"There are several vacant rooms on the second floor. You can divide them into points." The village head said, "It's getting late, you go and rest."

"It's cool at night, it's better not to go out."

After saying this sentence, the village head left them alone and went straight back to his house.

"The toilets in this kind of village... are all outside the yard, right?" The female high school student suddenly asked with a look of fear.

Her grandmother's home is also in such a rural area. Since indoor toilets need a good water supply and drainage system, most rural areas cannot meet the conditions, and toilets are built outdoors.

It is indeed a relatively fatal problem, and they can't control people's third urgency.

"Try to hold back, if you can't, just go together." Huang Tianfang said, "It's better not to be alone."

"Let's divide the room into one now."

There are not many rooms on the second floor, there are four in total, among which Fu Xue and A Niu lived in one, and Zhao Haichuan and Duan Zixi also occupied one.

The remaining two rooms can only be squeezed by the five of them.

Huang Tianfang took advantage of the fact that men and women are different, and asked the female high school student to share a room with each other.

Now, only Yitu, Zhang Queshan and the annoying Jing Linfei are left alone.

Who knew that Lin Fei wanted to share a room with Zhao Haichuan at this time, so he followed him with a stern face, no one could tell.

Zhao Haichuan pushed and pushed his glasses frame angrily, but he had no other choice but to let him in, otherwise, who could stand the knocking on the door all night and all night.

"That kid is not stupid, he knows that Zhao Haichuan has some skills, he knows how to protect himself."

After entering the room, Zhang Queshan said while taking off his coat.

Yitu thought of the ID card that Zhao Haichuan took out when he boarded the boat, obviously he couldn't see any information, but this behavior was unusual.

"Yeah, he lacks brains, but he still has brains." Yitu nodded.

The room on the second floor is not too big, except for a 1.5-meter-wide bed, there is only a dilapidated table, and even the chairs are saved.

The two lay down, Yitu looked out the window at the gloomy night without a ray of moonlight, and subconsciously touched the cards in his pocket.

At this time, his ranking is still seventh. Not only does he not know when he can be promoted, but he is even more afraid of losing his ranking.

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