Altar of Infinity

Niu Kuyin's leaving footsteps stopped suddenly.

Xie Ji opened his eyes with a jerk, and was facing Jiang Jichu's eyes.

One point of anger, two points of speechlessness and three points of disgust.

It can be described as quite complicated.

It turned out that Jiang Jichu had also woken up a long time ago.

But the groaning is not something he can control!

The hot pot that I ate at night has long been digested, plus the mental activity, and the tantalizing smell of eight-treasure porridge on Niu Kuyin's body.

Who is not hungry!

The room was only forty or fifty square meters, and Niu Kuyin came to him in a few steps, grabbing Xie Ji with his skinny hands.

Xie Ji turned over and landed firmly on the bed, Niu Kuyin followed closely, clenched his hands into fists, and rushed towards him with the wind.

Xie Ji dodged quickly, but Niu Ku's Yin fist didn't stop, smashing the wooden cabinet behind him through.

While Niu Kuyin retracted his arm, he flew up and kicked Niu Kuyin's knee hard.

Xie Ji knew his physical skill level, this kick could directly break the leg bones of ordinary people, but Niu Kuyin staggered slightly, turned around and attacked him again.

But Niu Kuyin's third punch still missed, Jiang Jichu arrived in time, and the long scabbard forcibly knocked Niu Kuyin's arm a few inches away.

After a few rounds, Xie Ji found that Jiang Jichu was quite capable of fighting. He had an overly pretty face, and his waist was thin when he lifted up his clothes with his movements, but his hands were dark and ruthless.

He flashed another blow, thinking that this was not the way to go. Although Niu Kuyin's move was fatal, his speed could not keep up. With his and Jiang Jichu's skills, he could completely dodge it, but he couldn't be passive overnight.

The currently known customs clearance method is to bury Niu Kuyin and suppress the spirit for three days, or fulfill Niu Kuyin's wish.

To bury Niu Kuyin... as long as there is Niu Kuyin in the coffin, it's fine.

Xie Ji: "Can the boss in the level be killed?"

Although Jiang Jichu was still angry, he could distinguish between serious and serious: "A few days ago, I generally couldn't. Every boss has its own weakness, and it takes time to find the weakness."

Xie Ji turned over and came to the door, fixed his figure and thought about countermeasures, while Jiang Jichu jumped to the bedside, bowed his body and tensed his muscles, preparing for the next response.

However, the two did not wait for Niu Kuyin to make a move.

After a few breaths, Niu Kuyin tentatively walked towards Jiang Jichu.

Xie Ji's shoulders were slightly loose. He was the one who provoked Niu Kuyin at night, and now that Niu Kuyin is closer to him, why did he go far to find Jiang Jichu?

The image of Niu Kuyin opening his eyes in the coffin to see him flashed by.

Xie Ji: "He can't see it!"

Niu Kuyin could not do anything on the premise that they violated the rules. He relied on his familiarity with the yard to get to their bedside. First, he deliberately made noises to provoke them to foul, and second, he had to listen to their reactions to judge the position.

The fight just now was just a warm-up for him, but Jiang Jichu's body was weak, his breathing became heavier, and his heartbeat became faster, which attracted Niu Kuyin's attention even more in a quiet room.

Sure enough, Niu Kuyin walked towards him again while he was speaking.

Xie Ji called Jiang Jichu: "Attract his attention first, hold on!"

Xie Ji was the closest to the door, and he could run whenever he wanted, but he walked into the house instead.

Jiang Jichu hesitated, then picked up the wooden stool by his feet and slammed it on Niu Kuyin's head, drawing Niu Kuyin's attention back.

While Jiang Jichu was carrying Niu Kuyin, Xie Ji quickly went to the cabinet to search. If he remembered correctly, he saw an item in the cabinet when he entered the room.

In the novice level, in order to let newcomers adapt, the boss is mostly a growth type, and the first day is the weakest time.

Jiang Jichu has gone through many checkpoints. Although he is injured, he is more than enough to avoid a Niu Kuyin, and he even has the leisure to visit Xie Ji.

The well-fitting casual clothes made the man taller and taller. Even if he was in the same space as the boss, he didn't feel flustered at all when searching for things. He was so calm that he didn't look like a newcomer entering a strange space for the first time.

He didn't last long, Xie Ji had already found what he was looking for from the table.

The light was too dim, and there was a distance, he could only see that the thing was not big, Xie Ji could fully fold it with one hand, and the intermittent vibrating sound hummed from between the fingers.

?

Xie Ji What kind of thing did this take? !

Xie Ji: "Let's go, the dead should lie in the coffin, we will lead him back."

Jiang Jichu: "And then?"

Xie Ji: "Since he likes to dance, let him dance as much as he can."

The lamp in the yard was turned off by someone who was saving electricity, and the body of the man who violated the rules was still lying there quietly, with several flies the size of fingernails lying on it.

Xie Ji subconsciously glanced at the corpse as he passed by.

He said to Jiang Jichu: "If you die at the altar, what will happen to the real world?"

Jiang Jichu: "Same."

Xie Ji deliberately led Niu Kuyin around the corpse, lest Niu Kuyin step on the road without seeing the road.

After walking to the east room, he took advantage of Jiang Jichu to lure Niu Kuyin away, and opened the old smart phone in his hand.

The interface had been adjusted by him a long time ago, and with just one last tap, the upper and lower speakers of the phone rang presumptuously.

"The most beautiful thing is the red sunset, warm and calm~"

Jiang Jichu's hands trembled, and Niu Kuyin's fist brushed past.

Niu Kuyin was attracted by the piercing music, Xie Ji threw the phone directly into the coffin, and the other party jumped in right after him.

Seeing this, Jiang Jichu flew up and kicked the coffin board that was pushed away by Niu Kuyin. This kick was full of strength, and he forced the coffin board to fit the coffin tightly.

The piercing music was cut down layer by layer by the coffin, and finally there was only a muffled sound, which could not be heard unless you listened carefully.

Xie Ji approached the eight-treasure porridge can that fell on the ground before, and kicked the bottom of the can with his right foot, and the can bounced off the ground and fell straight into his hand.

He put the jar upside down on the coffin lid, turned his head and smiled at Jiang Jichu: "It was a good kick."

Jiang Jichu didn't feel the joy of the crisis being resolved. After struggling for a while, he said to his enemy who had just made an enemy that night: "How do you know that music works for Niu Kuyin?"

Xie Ji: "Because Niu Kuyin seems to have no brains, he can distinguish between people and the voices on his mobile phone under normal conditions, but he is a bit overwhelmed when fighting. When he just fought, his attack mode was single, and he was easily caught by furniture. The movement attracts."

"As long as he can be attracted to the human voice on the phone, even if only temporarily, we can put him in a coffin and let him entertain himself for a while."

Jiang Jichu: "What if it's useless?"

Xie Ji: "Then play peek-a-boo with him, or forcefully stuff him into a coffin. Wang Dan said that anyone with a brain in the novice level will have a high survival rate, not to mention the first day of the novice level, when the boss is the weakest." . If you can't survive this, let alone in the future."

No matter how Jiang Jichu looked at the cans of eight-treasure porridge that Xie Ji put on the coffin, he felt mocking no matter what.

"But Niu Kuyin will become more and more powerful, and if he hates the first pick, it will only be you."

Xie Ji spread his hands: "Soldiers come to block the water and cover it with earth, besides, didn't you say that this checkpoint will save my life?"

Jiang Jichu turned around indifferently: "As long as you don't kill yourself."

The two walked back together, it was only three o'clock, and they could sleep again.

The next day, Xie Ji was woken up by the biological clock at six o'clock on time. He stretched himself and felt that although he slept for a short time yesterday, the quality of sleep in the second half of the night was not bad.

Jiang Ji fell asleep at the beginning, rubbed his eyes and regained consciousness, lifted the thin quilt and put on sun protection clothing.

The air in the countryside is cooler than in the city, and the holes in the roof are ventilated. A large beam of light that is not bright falls into the house from the hole. The weather is a bit cloudy today, and it always feels like it will rain.

Xie Ji politely said good morning to Jiang Jichu, and chatted while making the quilt: "How many levels have you passed?"

Jiang Jichu was silent for a moment: "Many."

Xie Ji: "Then why did you come to the novice level?"

Jiang Jichu was silent for a longer time this time: "Mistake."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a scream in the courtyard.

The two looked at each other and hurried to the source of the sound.

Niu Kuyin's house is a large courtyard with small courtyards, and the toilet is simply built with a shed and dug a hole on the east side of the connection.

As soon as Xie Ji reached the corner, he saw the girl who had fallen to the ground, and two people lying in front of the toilet door, one of them became a mummy like the man in the yard.

He avoided the corpse and reached out to sniff another girl.

Xie Ji: "It's still alive."

The girl who fell to the ground woke up like a dream, and rushed forward to shake her companion: "Li Han, Li Han, wake up!"

The rest of the people rushed over one after another, and the boy who was about the same age as the girl hurried forward and hugged her. The two of them looked like a couple, and the boy kept comforting her.

Wang Dan looked serious: "What happened?"

Girl: "When I woke up today, I found that there were two people missing in the room. Sister Liang told us to find someone quickly. I've already been like this since I got here."

Not counting the mummy yesterday, there were 10 people left in the team. Last night Wang Dan lived with three men, and Wang Liang lived with three girls.

Wang Dan asked Wang Liang: "Didn't you hear someone go out last night?"

Wang Liang: "We all slept deeply last night."

At this moment, Li Han woke up leisurely.

She was hugged by her companion girl, and when she opened her eyes, she saw the mummy directly in front of her.

"what--!"

In the middle of screaming, he suddenly remembered something, struggled away from the girl's arms, and crawled directly to the mummy.

"Xiaohui! Xiaohui!"

Xiaohui's death was no different from that of the man last night, her whole body shriveled, her bones protruding, shriveled to a horrific and disgusting degree.

But Li Han grabbed Xiaohui into his arms, tears streaming down her face.

"Xiaohui! I'm sorry, Xiaohui!"

Wang Liang: "Don't cry, what's going on?"

Li Han: "Last night I suddenly had a stomachache. I was scared by myself, so I asked Xiaohui to go with me."

"She was waiting for me outside, and then I heard her cry. When I went out to see, that Niu Kuyin was sucking her blood."

"I was so scared that I passed out, and then now."

"It was I who killed her, it was I who killed her!"

Xie Ji's room was farthest from the toilet, and they slept deeply in the second half of the night, so they had no memory of Xiaohui's cry.

According to Li Han, it was Xiaohui who "disturbed the peace of the deceased" and failed to respond in time.

If Xiaohui could sense that Niu Kuyin couldn't see, she would be able to escape even if she couldn't beat her.

Li Han cried so deeply that several villagers squeezed into the crowd and forcefully pulled Xiaohui out of Li Han's arms.

Li Han: "What are you doing?!"

Uncle Niu appeared from behind the villagers: "Old Niu's funeral is coming soon, don't be distracted by other things." He waved his hand and asked the villagers to take Xiaohui and yesterday's male corpse out of Niu's house.

Li Han: "Where are you going to take Xiaohui?!"

"Buried." Uncle Niu said lightly, not like treating a human life, but more like treating an animal.

Li Han wanted to make a theory, but was stopped by Wang Liang: "The corpse can't be taken out of the checkpoint. It's already the wish of many people to leave a whole corpse on the altar and put it in the ground."

Li Han finally stopped talking, and only tremblingly fell on the other girl's shoulder and shed tears.

Uncle Niu turned a blind eye to Li Han's emotions, bent his back and asked everyone to follow him to the east room.

"Let me tell you about the funeral process in Niujia Village."

Chapter 4 rules, you have to be careful on guard against him, otherwise you won't know how you died when you get sold someday!

Uncle Niu set up a stool in front of the east room, and sat on it with his legs spread apart. Behind him, the tall villagers stood in a row, as if the elders were lecturing the younger ones.

Xie Ji has been the eldest brother at home since he was a child, the squad leader at school, the president of the university, the team leader when traveling, and Mr. Xie in his own company after work.

He stood side by side with Jiang Jichu at the side of the crowd, waiting for Uncle Niu's rules with great interest.

Uncle Niu coughed twice, and opened his mouth with an old smokey voice: "If you want to be buried, you have to build the coffin first, and you have to build it today! Set up the coffin today, cry tomorrow, and bury the day after tomorrow.

"After that, stay in Niu's house for another three days, and then you can leave Niu's village."

"Did you hear everything clearly?"

Wang Dan and the others: "Listen clearly."

"Let's go after breakfast." Uncle Niu stretched out his hand to assign tasks by name.

Finally, Xie Ji and Wang Dan went to inform Niu Kuyin's former friends.

Jiang Jichu and a man were sent to dig a burial pit.

The rest of the people, led by Wang Liang, built a coffin shed on the road in front of their house.

There were noodles and other easy-to-storage foods in the kitchen of Niu Kuyin's house, and the nine of them had a hasty breakfast before going to work.

The sooner you finish, the sooner you can leave.

Niujia Village is located in a remote place with mountains and rivers. Every household in the village is planted with different kinds of trees. The leaves of the trees are swaying in the bright sun and the breeze. If it is not a checkpoint, it is a good place to relax.

Uncle Niu gave them a map of the village with the names of the residents marked, as well as a list of people who needed to be notified.

This job seems to have no risk at all except that the journey is more difficult.

Xie Ji flipped through the list, there are so many people, it is estimated that there will be twenty tables for dinner.

He also calculated the time needed to complete the funeral affairs. According to the method Uncle Niu said, it would take five days to leave the novice pass.

It would be quite annoying if Niu Kuyin came to dance with him every night.

What's more, Niu Kuyin's strength will gradually increase, and the longer it takes, the more unfavorable it will be for him.

He was thinking about countermeasures when Wang Dan, who was traveling with him, asked, "Did you encounter anything last night?"

There was nothing worth hiding about what happened last night. After Xie Ji told the truth, Wang Dan looked at him with surprise and appreciation.

Xie Ji took the opportunity to ask: "What is the wish of a general boss?"

"That's not necessarily true." Wang Dan smiled wryly, "Some level bosses wish that the player dies."

Xie Ji asked casually, "What happens when the boss dies?"

Wang Dan was so frightened that he quickly turned his head to look in the direction of Niu Kuyin's house, and turned his head back when there was no movement: "It's good if you don't get killed by that thing, you still want to kill him?"

Xie Ji smiled: "I just want to inquire about the result. If someone counter-kills the boss, will the level end immediately?"

Wang Dan frowned and thought about it for a while: "Yes. But ending the level by killing the boss is a high-level operation, and it basically happens at the end of the level.

"Some levels do not have such a clear survival task as the three-day vigil after the burial, and can only be escaped by completing the boss' wish. But the boss' wish will not be given to you directly, and you need to explore the plot and guess.

"In this process, you can also discover the boss's weakness and find opportunities to fight back.

"Take a step back, even if Gaowan can kill the boss at the beginning of the game, they won't do it."

Xie Ji: "Why? Is it not good to end the level early?"

Wang Dan pointed to the sky: "Do you know what is outside the checkpoint?"

Xie Ji: "What is it?"

Wang Dan: "It's a city. The city of the altar. Every level you pass will be scored according to your performance, and the score can be exchanged for survival time.

"Those of us who enter the altar can only live in the city with points until the final level is cleared. Once the points reach zero, we will be forcibly thrown into the level, and the cycle repeats until we die."

In other words, even if someone can kill the boss at the beginning, they will explore the plot for survival points.

Xie Ji thought of the long knife that Jiang Jichu carried with him.

From the beginning to the end of last night, Jiang Jichu's knife was never out of its sheath.

Wang Dan obviously also thought of Jiang Jichu who lived with Xie Ji last night: "Brother Xie, how is your relationship with that knife-bearer?"

Xie Ji thought about it, probably because Jiang Jichu was going to kill him as soon as he got out of the checkpoint.

Seeing that Xie Ji didn't answer right away, Wang Dan comforted, "Brother Xie, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart.

"The higher the level of the altar level, the more difficult it is, so Wang Liang and I come to the novice level to collect points. We don't want to be rich, we just want to live.

"That kid's knife is not an ordinary knife at first glance. It must be a rare item to bring into the dungeon. Moreover, his face is pale, and he is probably seriously injured. Staying in the main city can repair the injury, but he still Entering the level with injuries means that you fell directly from a high-level level!"

Wang Dan pointed to the sky and the ground, his thick eyebrows were about to knit together, and even his tone became urgent: "Those who can reach the advanced level of the altar are not human! They will do anything to pass the level!

"You have to be careful to guard against him, otherwise you won't know how you died when you are sold!"

Xie Ji smiled calmly and thanked Wang Dan.

Wang Dan and Wang Liang obviously knew each other, and the altar must have a team-up mode, and Wang Dan had always meant to win him over, especially after hearing him talk about the "interaction" with Niu Kuyin last night, he felt that he would become a A high-quality teammate told him so many rules.

As for Jiang Jichu...

Courageous, able to fight, and reliable.

Even if it was because he broke the watch Jiang Jichu's elder brother gave him, Jiang Jichu bluntly said that he would trouble him after he went out, and he didn't hide it.

However, the heart of defense is indispensable, even if Wang Dan doesn't say it, he will pay attention.

The first family was about to arrive, and the two didn't chat any more.

They notified several families. Xie Ji found that the villagers in Niujia Village were no different from people in the real world. They were not NPCs who could only repeat a few words. After meeting a chatty family, Xie Ji began to make friends.

There is only one elder brother in his 40s in this family, who claims to be Niu Fugui, saying that there are few things in the field today, and he will go there in the afternoon.

Wang Dan passed a cigarette to his eldest brother, and the conversation was easily broken.

Niu Fugui: "Boss Niu is such a kind person, and his body is also very strong, why did he suddenly die of cerebral hemorrhage."

Xie Ji remembered that Uncle Niu said that they were distant relatives of Niu Lao, or people from the city, so he decided to maintain the character set: "Yes, it's a pity, and it's because we are away all the time. It would have been nice if Niu Lao had someone by his side at that time. Maybe it can be saved."

Niu Fugui: "It's all his second son's fault..."

Xie Ji felt moved.

He originally thought it was strange that Niu Kuyin died without a son or daughter in the rural areas where inheritance was more important, and it was only "distant relatives" like them who handled the funeral. I had time to look carefully at Niu Ku Yin's house, and I have to look for it after I go back today.

He went to see Niu Kuyin's body last night, but Wang Dan and Wang Liang had searched it, so he couldn't help looking at Wang Dan.

Wang Dan flicked the cigarette ash on his fingertips, and tentatively said: "I see that there are still pictures of the eldest son and the second son on Niu Lao's bedside table."

Niu Fugui: "Well, maybe Niu Da is destined to have no offspring. He came to Niujia Village decades ago to seek his roots, and has never married a wife. Da died of illness.

"Old Niu waited for a few years, and adopted Niu Er who had just been weaned. As a result, Niu Er didn't know where he went two days ago. Maybe Niu Er was mad at Niu Er for his cerebral hemorrhage."

Niu Fugui's words made Xie Ji think of a question.

The boss' wish.

Could Niu Kuyin's wish be related to these two sons, one dead and one missing?

Wang Dan also thought of this: "Did Niu Lao have any wishes before he passed away?"

Niu Fugui: "I haven't heard that Mr. Niu has a very good personality and is very contented. He will help the village when there is anything to do. I haven't heard that he has any wishes."

Xie Ji: "Then what kind of person is Niu Er? Why did he disappear so well?"

Niu Fugui: "A very honest and responsible child, upright, filial, and very self-motivated."

Xie Ji: "How old is he?"

Niu Fugui: "Ten."

Xie Ji: "Are you married?"

Niu Fugui: "No, but it seems that I already have a girlfriend."

The only main road in Niujia Village is an unpaved dirt road. The various facilities and houses are relatively old. Although the legal age of marriage is 22 for men and [-] for women, in such a backward village, there are many people who set up banquets first.

Xie Ji looked through the roster given by Uncle Niu, and the girl Niu Fugui said was also on the roster.

But now it was approaching noon, and he and Wang Dan had to go back to Niu Kuyin's house for lunch, and check other people's progress and the family's clues about Niu Da Niu Er, and then go in the afternoon.

By the time Xie sent back to Niu Kuyin's house, his teammates had already prepared meals.

They have no experience in building a platform and digging a burial pit. Uncle Niu sent someone to guide them, and they have to take care of the villagers.

Fortunately, many things are ready-made funeral supplies, and the coffin shed took shape in the morning, and it was built on the dirt road in front of Niu's house.

Xie Ji had a simple meal, and started searching at Niu Kuyin's house.

The family has two courtyards, one large and one small, and there are five houses in total including the kitchen. There is a donkey, two pigs, three ducks and four chickens in the backyard, which are quite rich in species.

He found Niu Kuyin's bedroom and saw two framed photos on the bedside table.

The first one is a group photo of Niu Kuyin and his eldest son. In the photo, Niu Kuyin looks to be in his 40s, and his eldest son is only [-] or [-] years old. The two of them are holding each other's shoulders, and they seem to have a good relationship.

The second photo is a group photo of Niu Kuyin and his second son. In this picture, Niu Kuyin's second son is seven or eight years old, and he is climbing a tree to pick fruit under the protection of Niu Kuyin.

He put down the photo, and according to Niu Fugui's words and the presentation of the photo, Niu Kuyin was around 40 years old when he adopted his eldest son.

That is to say, the current Niu Kuyin is at least 80 to [-] years old, but Niu Kuyin in the coffin looks to be in his early [-]s.

Is it because of drinking human blood?

The boss of the novice level will evolve, but the evolution must be regular.

Xie Ji decided to take another look at Niu Kuyin.

But when he walked out of the room, he was caught off guard by a figure standing against the light at the door.