Paranoid Beauty reigns supreme at Infinite Game

Fools cover their ears, but there are always sober people ringing the bell.

"A fool keeps his ears shut, but someone sober always rings the bell."

Zhu Changan played with the dangerous dagger, the sharp cold light dancing on his fingertips.

He smiled and looked at the unexplained villagers and Denton who couldn't hide his anxiety and panic. He grabbed Hubert's hair and forced his head to be raised, revealing red eyes and sharp canine teeth.

Hubert groaned in pain as the incandescent light shone on his face and struggled to escape.

"Major Denton, see how your good son has a pair of vampire teeth?"

Zhu Chang'an took out a blood bottle obtained from a villager's house, removed the cork and poured the thick blood on the ground.

Under everyone's shocked eyes, Hubert twisted his body and kept trying to lick the blood on the ground.

The originally noisy sacrificial site was suddenly silent, only the sound of crackling torches burning and Hubert's mad howling.

"Who is the vampire..."

The villagers looked at each other in blank dismay, and there was no movement for a moment, so many vampires appeared all at once, making them at a loss.

"Hubert is a vampire!"

Among the bewildered crowd, someone shouted loudly.Denton retorted subconsciously, and his heart sank after looking at the first person who spoke.

It's Jason's wife, Elena.

Eileen stared fixedly at Denton with eyes full of anger and grief, and spread her palms, making everyone's eyes focus on the buttons in her palms.

She gritted her teeth and said every word with hatred: "Because the priest found out that your son is a vampire, so you deliberately locked up the priest to announce the fake vampire yourself, but my husband happened to see it. The knife killed my innocent husband!"

"This button was pulled off by Jason from you demon! This is the bloody evidence! The wound on the back of your hand was scratched by him! How dare you lie to me that a vampire killed him! Damn you villains!"

The audience was stunned.

The villagers all looked at Denton's pale face in disbelief, and their whispers became louder and louder.

"I want you to pay for this blood debt!"

Elena threw the torch towards Hubert and shouted hoarsely, "Kill the vampire!"

The infected villagers swarmed up with torches held high, swimming away like a fiery snake.

Zhu Chang'an and Zong Xiao avoided them nimbly, and retreated quietly among the rioting villagers.

"No! Don't hurt my son! He's not a vampire! He's not!"

Denton ran to Hubert desperately, but he couldn't stop the crowds of villagers, and soon he was squeezed out of the crowd, shouting Hubert's name desperately under their trampled feet.

"What are you thinking doctor? Don't you want to come down?"

Lu Bai came to his senses from Zhu Changan's voice, and cut the rope neatly with a lancet.

He and Eric got off the totem safe and sound.

[The player completes the mission "Rescue Eric". 】

[The player triggers a new task - leaving the eternal island by boat. 】

Standing beside Zhu Chang'an was the distraught and trembling Elena. She didn't feel the joy of revenge when she heard Hubert's painful voice.

"Madam, you go home first and take the elderly and children to stay in the room, and I will take care of the rest."

Zhu Chang'an comforted Elena softly, causing Lu Bai to look sideways.

This was the first time he saw Zhu Changan speak in such a normal and soft tone.

"The vampire has been caught, so let's leave too. The body is so dirty and needs to be washed."

Eric wiped the garlic stains on his face, thanked several people and told them to go to his home to rest together.

A twists and turns sacrificial drama didn't seem to have a big impact on Eric, even though he was almost burned to death, he remained calm.

"You don't seem happy that Hubert is dead? He bullied you so badly, isn't it exciting to have revenge now?"

Zong Xiao glanced at Eric and said meaningfully.Eric lowered his eyes, unable to see the emotion in his eyes.

His voice was muffled and a little sad, "Compared to Hubert, I care more about the safety of the village. He is a vampire and is more dangerous than Hubert. Now he is sealed. I only protect the village from disaster." I'm glad."

As he spoke, he breathed a sigh of relief, "I just went through such a critical moment, and I'm really exhausted. I guess I can fall asleep right now."

Lu Bai patted him on the shoulder, "It's over."

Zong Xiao looked indifferently at the interaction between Lu Bai and Eric, pursed his lips nonchalantly, and sneered lightly, no one heard him talking to himself.

"It's just the beginning."

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Zhu Chang'an did not follow, but stayed at the sacrificial place, staring at the sparkling fire among the crowds.

The sun has completely set, and the entire mountain forest is like daylight under the firelight and incandescent lamps.

Hubert's screams became smaller and smaller, and finally drowned in the boiling cheers of the villagers.

The people left happily together, their faces showing joy after the vampire was sealed.

Behind them, Hubert's body was no longer human, just a mass of black coal.

The burnt smell overwhelmed the smell of garlic and permeated the air.

Zhu Chang'an walked up to Denton who was limp on the ground, and watched him condescendingly. "Mr. Village Chief."

Denton raised his head, his tearless and bloodshot eyes widened.

With a hoarse voice, he got up from the ground and rushed towards Zhu Changan, "You killed my son!"

Zhu Changan kicked him away, and said jokingly, "Telling jokes is not acceptable at this time."

Denton was hysterical, and the instinct driven by anger made him burst out with strong stamina. He roared and picked up the torch that had been extinguished by the garlic water on the ground, and waved it at Zhu Chang'an without hesitation.

Zhu Changan nimbly dodged away from the smelly torch, a cold light appeared in his eyes.

But the smile on his lips remained undiminished, "Your son is a vampire. If you keep him at home, he will eat him as food sooner or later. In other words, I caught him and made it public, but I solved this hidden danger for you first." , saved your life. Mr. Village Chief should thank me very much."

Denton was even more annoyed when he heard the words, his triangular eyes were completely blinded by hatred, scarlet like blood, and his hand holding the torch was stretched with veins, looking very terrifying.

Zhu Changan, who never made a move, dexterously dodged Denton's random attacks like a light butterfly, and made words from time to time to aggravate Denton's anger.

"Looking at your angry look, it almost made me forget that you still have a life on your hands."

Zhu Changan chuckled twice, a piece of talisman paper was held between his two fingers, and with the movement of waving, the talisman paper brushed against Denton's attacking torch again, and hit Denton's chest.

"Murder is against the law, but I promised Mrs. Elena...so why don't you just let Jason find your revenge."

Zhu Changan closed his eyes, made seals with his hands, and murmured obscure terms in a low voice, not paying attention to the torch that was about to fall on his head.

As he kept changing the seal in his hand, the talisman on Denton's chest gradually shone with a dazzling purple-black light, almost swallowing him whole.

Denton yelled uncontrollably, and the torch held above his head trembled to the side.

He curled up and fell to the ground, his hands were twisted and convulsed like cramps, he kept scratching his skin, drawing bloodstains one after another.

Zhu Changan opened his eyes expressionlessly, watching Denton writhing on the ground in pain, whining and begging for mercy.

"This time I won't be stubborn."

He glanced at Hubert's charred body, and raised the corners of his lips as if there was nothing.

The sound of rustling footsteps grew out of nothing and gradually weakened.

When Zhu Chang'an's figure disappeared into the mountains and forests, Denton rolled his eyes, broke out in a cold sweat, choked and passed out.

A gust of wind blew through the silent forest, blowing over Hubert's body.

A crisp sound came from the corpse.

The surrounding lights flickered like daylight, flickering on and off.

Slowly, a black bone stood up amidst the sound, followed by the next one.

They are erected and joined together, gradually building up the outline of a human figure.

There was a crackling sound one after another, and the lamps were shattered and dimmed.

The bright forest suddenly fell into boundless darkness.

The hoarse roar that seemed to come from hell spread out in a low-frequency manner, drifting along the direction of the wind into the sleeping village under the full moon.

-

Zong Xiao stood by the bed vigilantly, staring at Lu Bai with extremely dangerous eyes.There was an aura that the other party would splatter blood on the spot if he dared to take a step closer to the bed.

Lu Bai twitched his forehead, dried his wet hair with a towel, and sat on a chair beside him.

Out of consideration for life safety, Eric did not ask Lu Bai to make dinner, but cooked a few simple dishes to fill his stomach.

When it was time to go to bed, because Eric's house was in poor condition, there were only two bedrooms in total, so of course the three of them had to share a bed.

Zhu Changan leaned on the bed calmly, and Zong Xiao stood beside the bed like a watchdog.

Lu Bai ignored Zong Xiao's gaze, and looked at Zhu Chang'an who was flipping through a foreign fairy tale book he got from a villager's house on the bed.

"Everything this afternoon was planned by you, right? Including me going to help Eric."

Zhu Changan turned a page of the book, but did not answer.

"I thought you couldn't see it." Zong Xiao said while folding his hands.

He originally thought that Lu Bai could help Chang'an solve his psychological problems, but obviously his kindness everywhere would only disturb his concentration on this matter.

Half-hearted is equal to useless.

Zong Xiao chose to give up Lu Bai.To him, the current Lu Bai is just a "temporary teammate" who will distract Changan's attention from him.

"You can tell me directly. Instead of asking me to thank you for saving me after using me."

Lu Bai's faintly angry tone made Zhu Changan stop turning the pages of the book.

With one corner, he retracted it into the props column, and stared at Lu Bai indifferently.

"How do you know it wasn't Eric who used you?"

Lu Bai frowned, "What do you mean?"

"Archie was locked in the backyard of Denton's house. He was not injured but was unconscious. A parchment scroll was found on him. It records that humans can gain the power of vampires by sacrificing their own blood and become vassals of vampires. .The more sacrifices made, the stronger the vampires. They can move back and forth between vassals, manipulating their words and actions."

"Archie's letter to the captain told the captain to leave immediately when he saw the villagers on the shore. It not only explained the birth of the vampire, but also confirmed the existence of the vampire's vassal."

Zhu Chang'an smiled and said: "Since there are villagers who worship vampires to gain wealth, then there are villagers who don't want wealth but only strength."

Lu Bai's expression gradually became serious.

"However, this villager is very cunning. He not only erased all traces of his worship, but also created a scapegoat. So someone who promised not to let me down finally returned empty-handed."

Zong Xiao lowered his head and gave Zhu Chang'an a pitiful look.

He was indeed careless. He didn't expect that the npc this time would be so smart that he would erase the clues to deliberately mislead.

"you are right……"

When Lu Bai heard the words, a person's name had already surfaced in his mind, but he didn't quite believe it, "But he's fine."

"Because the offerings from the villagers are very generous."

"Since no evidence has been found to confirm this matter, it can only be regarded as speculation, isn't it?"

Zhu Changan chuckled, "Who says there is no evidence?"

He took out a talisman paper and pointed his index finger on it.

The talisman paper lit up a faintly bright black beam, and then bent and pointed to the outside of the room.

"I left my mark on its body."

At this moment, a horrifying scream cut through the silent night sky and pierced everyone's eardrums like a needle.

"It's coming."