Then, everyone went to the village chief and told what happened.
"So that's it, are these missing villagers sealed inside the clay dolls?" the village chief said with a serious look on his face.
"Yes, the most suspicious person in this case is the person in the local puppet shop." Zhu Chiyun said, and asked the village chief to arrest the owner of the local puppet shop.
"This is not possible," the village chief said.
"Why?"
"Because you said that the villagers were sealed by the puppets, but this is too unconvincing. Moreover, the villagers disappeared and then suddenly appeared in different places in the village. These villagers who suddenly appeared did not have any memory of the time when they disappeared. They only remembered
It was just a strange dream that I was sealed in a dark space."
"How could this happen?" Bi Xiaoxin said with a dejected look, which meant that what they did had not gained much trust.
"Although our son hasn't come back yet, it's great that you helped me find my daughter."
"Don't worry, we will rescue the remaining people without leaving any trace." Zhu Chiyun's firm attitude made the village chief feel at ease.
"That would be great."
Then, everyone began to investigate the circumstances of their disappearance one by one through the villagers who suddenly appeared from the village after the disappearance.
After investigation, it was found that these villagers only disappeared in the middle of the night. The thing they could remember most was that they dreamed that they were trapped in a space where they could not see their fingers, and then they could only helplessly ask for help in this space.
After returning, their bodies did not suffer any damage, but they just felt very tired.
And they all have one thing in common, that is, they were once invited by the manager of a local doll shop to have a portrait painted in the shop.
"But what is the connection between portraits and clay puppets?" Guang Xiaoyu asked.
"It's very possible that the portraits are just a medium to seal the villagers. By the way, these villagers are all missing at home, so it means that the clay dolls that sealed the villagers, no matter how far away the villagers are from the clay doll shop, the monsters can locate them through the portraits.
Turn them into clay dolls." Zhu Chiyun thought that this theory was also possible.
"But Bi Xiaoxin also painted a portrait in the clay doll shop. Why wasn't she sealed in the clay doll?" Guang Xiaoyu asked.
"What about this? I haven't figured it out either." Zhu Chiyun scratched the back of his head. There were indeed many things he didn't understand.
Then, the four of them found the owner of the local doll shop. Because the owner of the local doll shop was the most suspicious target, the attitude of the four was not too friendly.
"Oh my, why do you have such an attitude of doubting that I am a criminal? All my clay dolls are gone, and the only apprentice around me is a monster. I don't know. I am also a victim." The manager of the clay doll shop revealed
Put on an innocent look.
"Can it be said that the store manager is really innocent?" Lin Yuxi said with a confused look.
"Humph, stop pretending to be innocent! Where did you hide those clay dolls and portraits?" Zhu Chiyun pulled the store manager's collar, and the store manager stared at Zhu Chiyun with an innocent expression, saying that he didn't know anything.
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"Don't do it, I'm really innocent." The manager of the local puppet shop raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.
"Zhu Chiyun, don't be so excited. Maybe the store manager is really innocent?"
"But the idea of sealing villagers in clay dolls is really outrageous. If you can't find the missing villagers, you shouldn't blame me, right? I'm a victim too."
"What do you mean? Do you mean to say that you were framed by a monster?"
"Yes, some of the missing villagers suddenly appeared in the village, and where did the others go? Since you killed their companions, will they kill the other missing villagers if this continues?"
The words of the local puppet store manager made Zhu Chiyun realize that this man was threatening him, as if he was telling him that if he continued to investigate the disappearance of the villagers, he would kill all the other missing villagers.
"It's very possible, but you should know my face clearly! For self-satisfaction, the guy who seals innocent villagers in clay dolls to make them feel fear and helplessness all the time, no matter who it is! I will also let them
Sanctioned!" After Zhu Chiyun finished speaking, he let go of the store manager and glared at him.
"Let's go! There's nothing to investigate here." Then, Zhu Chiyun led the three of them out of the local puppet shop.
"You weren't just trying to be cool, were you? Zhu Chiyun?" After leaving the puppet shop, Guang Xiaoyu saw that Zhu Chiyun was silent, so she had to ask him if he had thought of any important clues.
"Aren't I thinking? Now the only portraits and clay dolls are the one that Bi Xiaoxin took away, but since the village chief's daughter appeared, these two things have disappeared inexplicably."
"That's right. The village chief and the others have been guarding these two objects but they disappeared for no reason?" Lin Yuxi said.
"So there are still a lot of things I can't figure out."
"Then should we follow the manager of the local puppet shop? After all, he is so suspicious." Guang Xiaoyu believed that following this suspicious store manager at this time would be able to find some clues.
"If he is a prisoner, he will definitely keep a low profile. Even if he is followed, nothing will be discovered. However, he will definitely look for the hidden clay figures and portraits. Let's keep a low profile at night."
Afterwards, everyone returned to the village chief's house and began planning their actions for tonight.
The village chief's daughter knew that they would take action tonight, so she told her that the timbre of the guqin might be the key to resisting the ultrasonic waves emitted by the bat monster. She taught Bi Xiaoxin a few songs and asked her to bring the guqin with her.
The guqin is not large in size and is light and portable, so it will not affect Bi Xiaoxin's movements if she takes the guqin with her.
It's late at night.
The four people came to the home of the local doll shop manager in an attempt to follow the manager's whereabouts.
"Why haven't you come out yet?" Lin Yuxi said with an impatient look.
"Don't say anything, it will be bad if you are discovered."
"Look, it's out, it's out!" Everyone saw the store manager slipping out of the back door and walking towards the jungle outside the village.
"This direction should be where the remaining clay figures and portraits are collected."
Then, everyone quietly followed the store manager out of the jungle.
"Humph, I knew you were following." The store manager showed a weird smile as he walked.
Then he made a gesture, and several bat monsters surrounded everyone.
"Oops! Have we been discovered?"
Faced with the onslaught of at least 10 bat monsters, everyone fell into a hard fight.
"Lin Yuxi!!!" During the fierce battle, Lin Yuxi was captured by several bat monsters and flew to a high altitude in the distance. Zhu Chiyun and others tried to save her, but they were surrounded by other bat monsters and could not escape.
At this time, Bi Xiaoxin ran out in the chaos and went to find Lin Yuxi who was captured by the bat monster.
"Go to hell!!" After Lin Yuxi was caught high in the air, the bat monster suddenly let go of his hands, trying to make Lin Yuxi, who was high in the air, fall to pieces.
"Oops! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" Bi Xiaoxin heard Lin Yuxi's scream and ran over quickly.
Just when Lin Yuxi was about to fall to the ground, a black cat with two tails turned into a wave of energy and attached to her, causing Lin Yuxi to lose consciousness.
Boom!! After Lin Yuxi fell to the ground, a cloud of smoke and dust was generated so that the bat monster in the sky could not see whether Lin Yuxi had fallen to his death.
"Haha, if you fall like this, you will definitely be hopeless."
Just as several bat monsters turned to leave, one of the bat monsters was torn in half by sharp claws.
"What's going on?!"
Seeing their companions being torn in half, several bat monsters immediately stepped forward to see what was going on! Then, they discovered...