It was almost dusk when other players came back one after another.
First there were the three Pao Beans, then the green-haired female player and the man with missing ears, followed closely by the middle-aged man.
Compared with the others, the middle-aged man looked particularly embarrassed. He had many wounds on his body. He looked like he had fought with someone. After returning to the village and seeing Xu Huo and the others, he still looked a little wary, as if he was suspicious of what he had seen.
Not the feeling of a real person.
"What happened to you?" the man with the missing ear asked kindly.
The middle-aged man was relieved and said with an ugly face: "It's nothing."
After saying that, he took out his venue props and walked in.
His place prop has a simulation function. When placed next to the wooden house, it looks consistent with the village's architecture. However, what is happening inside the prop cannot be seen from the outside, so there is no movement after people enter.
"Be a guilty thief." Pao Dou smiled coldly, "It's almost dark, and Yang Tian hasn't come back."
Chicai said hesitantly: "Did you see the code left on the tree?"
"What's the secret code?" the green-haired female player asked.
Chicai lowered his voice and said, "Some people say that some of us are acting as hidden friends."
Everyone present looked at me and others. Everyone in Pao Dou knew this, but they still pretended not to know and asked: "Who is it?"
Chicai was embarrassed and hesitated before looking in the direction of the middle-aged man, "I told Yang Tian about this, but he hasn't come back yet... I don't know if the words on the tree were left by him.
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The green-haired female player came over and said, "Show me the password."
Chicai immediately released the content captured by the recorder. In order to avoid an immediate direct conflict with the middle-aged man, he changed the direction and blocked it to ensure that the middle-aged man could not see it.
"This is a relatively common password in the game." The green-haired female player said: "It is not difficult for players who pay a little attention to this knowledge to learn it. It is difficult to say who left it."
She looked at Paopao Bean and the others, "Didn't you see it?"
"If I had seen it, I wouldn't have asked." Pao Dou said calmly: "The forest is so big, and we are not walking in the same direction. But your suspicion is reasonable. Maybe it was Yang Tian who did it on purpose.
Hiding outside and not coming back made us mistakenly think that something happened to him, and we used our hands to eradicate the opponent."
"After all, only one player can pass the level."
He looked at the green-haired female player meaningfully, which was actually a warning to her. Her words were completely suspected of muddying the waters. What good would it do to make all the players doubt each other?
The green-haired female player curled her lips, "Since you can't trust anyone, just take care of yourself."
Just when she was taking out the venue props and preparing to enter, a new message suddenly popped up on her personal panel:
[Current number of people remaining in the copy: 34.]
All the players present paused for this news. Someone suddenly died in the copy. Is it another player, or Yang Tian who has not returned yet?
Did you encounter a friend who was hiding, or did you meet another player?
"I sent a message to Yang Tian before, but he never responded." Chi Cai felt that he was in danger.
"That's not necessarily true." Master Yin Yang said: "Maybe the other party finds you annoying and doesn't want to talk to you."
Chicai glanced at him and said rather speechlessly: "This is a B-level copy."
Who would delay progress in a B-level dungeon because of something as trivial as eye contact?
"So what?" Master Yin Yang said instead: "There is not only eye connection between people, but also a magnetic field. Some people can tell at a glance that they are overpowering me."
The others couldn't listen anymore and simply found a place to rest.
Of course, what Yin Yang Master said is not completely unreasonable. After all, there are some props and features in the game that can detect the degree of attention others pay to you and determine whether you are a friend or an enemy. There are also props for prediction, which can avoid a certain player, or some players really
It may be for these reasons.
"I don't know if tonight will be like yesterday." Back in the wooden house, Chicai said worriedly.
Xu Huo didn't say anything and asked the painting girl to find the young man next door and invite him to come and have dinner with her.
The young man helped carry water and gave them some chopped firewood. It was reasonable to treat them to a meal.
The young man came over with some dried meat, wild vegetables and mushrooms, and asked to cook for them.
While cooking, Xu Huo mentioned the attitude of the villagers towards them, "When Grandma Yi's granddaughter disappeared, I heard someone saying that a stranger abducted her...Has this happened before?"
The young man was a little surprised, "Who did you listen to? There has never been such a thing. Most of the outsiders are very polite to us. Although sometimes we can't talk, there is absolutely no such thing as kidnapping children. Our village here has not been lost."
It’s a kid’s thing.”
"It's just that sometimes some naughty children run into the woods to play, and they don't come back until adults look for them."
"Maybe I heard something wrong." Xu Huo said with emotion: "Compared to other divisions, you are very friendly to outsiders."
The young man smiled, with a natural simplicity in his smile, "We are all for each other."
The atmosphere of the meal was quite relaxed. After the meal, the young man helped clear away the dishes and went back to his home.
Then the village began to become quiet.
Xu Huo discovered last night that everyone in the village was sleeping deeply. When a few players came out for a walk last night, only a few old men from Grandpa He's side were awake and quietly watching in the house. Most of the others
They all slept in their own sleep, as if they didn't hear any sound.
Perhaps the extremely sleepy atmosphere also affected them.
"There are still many days, and we can't stay awake forever." Chi Cai said that he would keep vigil tonight and let Xu Huo stay for a while before going to bed. "This is fairer."
However, as it approached early in the morning, the familiar feeling of drowsiness came back. Chicai struggled for two hours and fell asleep again after agreeing to stay vigil. When the snoring began, the painting girl went over and slapped him.
Unable to wake him up completely, he opened his eyes and said vaguely: "We'll talk about it tomorrow..."
The painting girl swung her hand again, and he suddenly sat up. A cold light burst out from his eyes. At the same time, the defensive barrier on his body also bounced back, knocking the painting girl away from the chair!
Meeting her reproachful gaze, Chicai reacted and quickly apologized, "I fell asleep. I'm so sorry. You were calling me just now, weren't you..."
The painting girl glared at him fiercely and complained to Xu Huo, "He hit me."
Xu Huo didn't pay attention to them at the moment, but made a "shhh" gesture and pointed out the window.
Everyone else stayed in the house and did not come out. Even if they were not asleep, they were not very energetic at the moment and did not come out to move around. However, a figure appeared outside the middle-aged man's prop wooden house.