Altar of Infinity

Jiang Jichu, whom I hadn't seen during the meal, returned to Niu's house at some point, and stood alone at the threshold of the bedroom. The sun was shining brightly, but when it fell on the scabbard in his hand, it felt like falling into a bottomless abyss.

And Jiang Jichu himself had a blank expressionless face, like a sculpture stuck in the center of an abyss, without any trace of popularity.

Xie Ji, however, seemed unable to see the difference between Jiang Jichu and others, and even greeted him with a friendly smile: "You're back, have you eaten yet?"

Jiang Ji stepped into the house at the beginning, and asked in a very formulaic manner: "Have you found anything?"

Xie Ji: "I found out that Niu Kuyin had two sons during his lifetime. One died and the other disappeared, so let's take a look. How about you?"

Jiang Jichu: "It's similar to you, but I found the tomb of his eldest son next to the burial pit."

Xie Ji nodded: "I'm going to see Niu Kuyin, are you going?"

Jiang Jichu: "Look at Niu Kuyin?"

Xie Ji took the photo on the bedside table and handed it to Jiang Jichu: "According to the time, Niu Kuyin will be 80 to [-] years old this year, but when we saw him yesterday, he was very young. I suspect that he sucked the blood of that man at the beginning of the checkpoint." It was caused by it, and he took Xiaohui in the middle of the night last night, to see if there would be any other changes."

Jiang Jichu's expression was subtle: "You're going to lift his coffin again."

Xie Ji could hear the meaning of "you are going to die again" from it, and he smiled again: "It's broad daylight, just go and have a look, it shouldn't be too much."

In the end, the two of them opened the coffin together under the horrified eyes of others, and Niu Kuyin lay quietly inside, no different from yesterday except that his face was darker.

Jiang Jichu thought that Niu Kuyin's black face was purely to make Xie Ji angry.

Xie Ji pretended not to hear.

He is more concerned about Niu Kuyin's evolutionary direction.

Evolution should have its own rules, increasing every day, or increasing each time a person is killed.

It's just that you can't tell from the appearance now, and you have to wait for Niu Kuyin to do it again.

Jiang Jichu: "It's just a novice level now, as long as you honestly listen to the npc's arrangement, the pass rate is not low."

Xie Ji: "That's someone else, I may not have a choice."

Jiang Jichu remembered that he had caused Xie Ji to become Niu Kuyin's number one hatred value, so he shut up decisively.

"It's not all because of you," Xie Ji explained, "What's more, the survival points depend on the performance in the level. Since the background of the story is set, its degree of exploration must be linked to the number of points."

"And the exploration process is also a process of understanding the boss's weakness, which can improve self-protection ability, and can also find the boss' wish, and pass the level by completing the wish.

"Although it is risky, the risk is directly proportional to the income, isn't it?"

Jiang Ji glanced at the crowd at the beginning: "Wang Dan told you about the points?"

Xie Ji: "Yes."

Jiang Jichu frowned slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he walked around him and left Niu's house without saying anything.

·

After lunch, Xie Ji and Wang Dan went straight to Niu Wei, the girlfriend of Niu Kuyin's second son.

But Niu Wei was not at home.

Instead, he disappeared like Niu Kuyin's second son.

Only her mother was left in Niu Wei's house, and she was impatient when Xie Ji asked about Niu Wei.

Niu Wei's mother: "She is so big, I don't know where she went. She is an adult, she knows how to study, and the daughter next door gets married early and earns a lot of gifts for the family. She is so old, I haven’t given any money to the family!”

Wang Dan couldn't help it: "She's been missing for so long as a girl, aren't you afraid that something will happen to her?"

Niu Wei's mother: "What happened? What happened. It would be better if she died, and the dead body can be sold to the next village to be a prostitute!"

In addition to having a younger brother, Xie Ji also has a twin sister. Hearing Niu Wei's mother's remarks made her feel very uncomfortable.

He asked patiently, "Do you know about Niu Wei and the second son of Niu's family?"

Niu Wei's mother: "Yes, I said let them get married quickly, but Niu Wei said that she is under the legal age, what legal age, I think she just doesn't want to contribute to this family! Her brother is not married yet, and the younger brother has to go to school. It's all about money, and it's really been a waste of raising her for so many years!"

Xie Ji: "Then where might she go, do you know?"

Niu Wei's mother: "Wherever she likes to go! I just pretend I never gave birth to her as a girl!"

After leaving Niu Wei's house, Xie Ji was thinking about the disappearance of Niu Wei and Niu Er all the way.

When a pair of lovers suddenly disappear at the same time, the easiest thing to think about is elopement.

He asked Niu Fugui and Niu Weima about the time of their disappearance, and they both said that it was before Niu Kuyin's death.

Niu Wei's family values ​​boys over girls, so it is reasonable to want to leave, but Niu Er is upright and kind, and he will leave without telling Niu Kuyin.

In this way, it is very likely that Niu Kuyin died of his eldest son, and his second son had to leave because he was overly sad and had a cerebral hemorrhage.

Niu Kuyin's wish was probably to see the second son who had left, or to have the second son come to see his death.

But are things really that simple?

If Niu Kuyin was just a father who was reluctant to part with his son, how could he become a monster that sucked human blood after death?

With such questions in mind, Xie Ji ended his day's mission.

The mourning shed was simply set up, and Niu Kuyin's coffin was carried from the east room to the mourning shed.

Although it's not far away, at least not being at home can make my heart feel more relaxed.

In the evening it was Xie Ji's turn to cook, and Jiang Jichu was in his group.

There is no gas in Niu's house, so he has to rely on firewood for cooking.

The nature of his sister's work is special and she is not at home all year round. Xie Quan has been weak and sick since childhood. After Xie Quan entered the ICU again, he returned home from abroad and joined the company to accompany his parents and take care of Xie Quan.

In fact, Jiang Jichu and Xie Quan are not alike at all. Xie Quan is innocent and innocent. Even if he brushes past death several times, he is optimistic and always giggles. Jiang Jichu is a boring gourd. Character.

But looking at Jiang Jichu's complexion worse than yesterday after digging a burial pit all day, and still standing there with his back straight, he couldn't help but think of his brother whose condition is unknown.

I don't know how Xie Quan is doing now.

Xie Ji: "The altar has a total of eight floors. You said that you have passed through many floors, that is to say, each floor has different levels, and you can repeat the same floor?"

Jiang Jichu didn't understand why Xie Ji asked this question suddenly, but he still said "hmm".

Xie Ji: "I was in a car accident with my brother, but he is not in this level."

Jiang Jichu understood Xie Ji's meaning: "Maybe he was not seriously injured."

It was obviously a comforting word, but no one didn't like to hear it.

"You're good at talking," Xie Ji rolled up his sleeves. "I saw ducks in the backyard. Stew a duck soup to nourish your body. It's a reward for you."

Jiang Jichu has lived for almost 20 years, and this is the first time he heard someone praise him for being able to talk. Before he could think about it, he thought of another question: "Ducks raised by Niu Kuyin?"

Xie Ji: "Yes."

Jiang Jichu: "You poured eight-treasure porridge on the boss, tricked the boss into the coffin to listen to the sunset red, and now you want to kill ducks?"

Xie Ji rolled his eyes: "Drink?"

Jiang Jichu: "..."

Jiang Jichu: "Drink."

Xie Ji lifted the duck out of the backyard, wiped its neck with a knife, and then skillfully scalded and peeled the duck.

He can handle the banquet with ease, and he can also eat food without any condiments in the wild, and his survival skills are first-rate.

Although Jiang Jichu doesn't know how to cook, he is good at knife skills, he can cut wherever he wants.

Very obedient.

He could tell that Jiang Jichu was a bit independent, and he was willing to have contact with him and even cooperate with him, just so that both of them could pass the checkpoint alive, and trouble him when they got out.

As for helping with cooking.

It should be because I really want to drink duck soup, after all, the duck is quite fat.

If he could, he didn't want to be an enemy of Jiang Jichu, it's not that he couldn't parry it, he just didn't want to be on guard against similar stabs at all times in a dangerous level.

When eating at night, a few helpers ate outside, and nine of them ate in the courtyard.

Xie sent himself a bowl of duck soup and brought it to the table, then pointed to the kitchen: "The soup is in the pot, I want to drink it myself."

The duck soup was mellow and delicious, and someone wanted to serve it immediately, but Wang Liang stopped him: "I didn't see any duck when I was cooking this morning, where did it come from?"

Xie Ji pointed to the backyard.

Wang Liang's face immediately became colorful: "Did you kill the duck raised by the boss?"

When her words landed, someone couldn't help shaking.

Xie Ji turned a blind eye to the terrified eyes of the crowd: "Niu Kuyin is dead, we have to bury him, there is no strength if you don't eat enough."

Then he asked Jiang Jichu, who was drinking the soup with his head down, "Is it good?"

Jiang Jichu: "It's delicious."

The taste of duck soup spread during the banquet. Although the other dishes Xie Ji cooked were also good, who would not want to drink some soup to relieve fatigue after a tiring day.

Especially when there are two people drinking well.

Holding the idea that the law does not blame the public, a newcomer couldn't hold back, and took the lead to serve a bowl, and then everyone put a bowl of duck soup in front of them.

After the meal, the nine people got together to chat about Niu Kuyin. The others also learned about Niu Er and Niu Wei briefly from the villagers who helped build the platform and led them to dig the burial pit. They all speculated that the boss' wish was to find Niu Er, who eloped, brought him to Niu Kuyin for another look.

Xie Ji was noncommittal and did not participate in the discussion.

It was getting darker and darker, Wang Dan stood up and made a summary for the day: "Hurry up and sleep, the later the more dangerous, don't come out after twelve o'clock, there is a urinal in the room, who can't hold back Just solve it in the house, the smell is bad, life is important."

Someone asked in a low voice, "Is there nothing going to happen tonight?"

Wang Dan: "Beginner level, as long as you don't go out at night and don't die, basically nothing will happen."

As soon as Wang Dan finished speaking, Uncle Niu walked into the courtyard surrounded by several villagers.

Uncle Niu: "Since Mr. Niu has moved to the coffin, someone needs to stay in the coffin to watch for him at night."

Wang Dan: "..."

Everyone: "..."

No one wants to go out at night, but checkpoints force people to go out at night.

Wang Dan tried hard to regain the function of speech: "How many people are needed for this vigil?"

Uncle Niu waved his hand generously: "One person is enough." He pointed to Wang Dan.

Wang Dan's knees softened, and he took half a step back trembling. Just when he thought he was about to finish playing, Uncle Niu's fingers passed him and landed on Xie Ji's body.

"It's just you. Tonight you come to watch the spirit."

Niu Kuyin's number one target of hatred is well-deserved.

Xie Ji put down the fragrant duck soup in his hand, passed through the gaps among the villagers, and glanced at the coffin shed outside, and then a meaningful smile appeared on his handsome brows: "It's easy to say."