Although the night was still very long, no one could sleep after something like this happened, and all kinds of emotions filled their hearts, rolling like waves.
Li Xiang's body was put down from the door and moved into the house. The fire light danced, illuminating his face extremely brightly. Everyone looked at this scene blankly, with sad expressions, as if they were planning to dig deep into his face.
heart.
Wu Ziwu said softly "rest in peace", slowly closed the corpse's wide-open gray eyes, and pulled off one of his sleeves to cover the huge wound on the corpse's neck. He stood beside the fire in silence for a long time.
, expressionless, not knowing what he was thinking.
The rest of the people stood behind him silently, most of them looking sad. The sadness and anger caused by the death of their companions continued to spread around, adding a bit of dullness to the cold air.
Some sentimental women even cried and stood aside secretly wiping their tears.
Wu Ziwen's face was quite ugly, her nails dug deeply into her flesh, and she lost her temper rarely: "Can any of you tell me why Li Xiang died at the door?"
——She was asking about the first few people who kept vigil.
Normally, everyone should stay indoors on such a dangerous night, but Li Xiang stood at the door for a long time without saying anything, and no one noticed anything unusual until after he died. This is undoubtedly the dereliction of duty of the other night watchmen.
Facing everyone's gaze, several people looked very ashamed, and felt sad and angry in their hearts. They wished they could die to apologize. They had to admit that Li Xiang's death had something to do with them. He had indeed stood at the door for too long.
If they could have gone over and had a look earlier, maybe the other person would not have died.
At this moment, Da Zi, with red and swollen eyes, suddenly stood up and attracted everyone's attention. He said in a deep voice: "You can't blame them for this. If you want to blame me, blame me."
Everyone looked at him and frowned: "What does this have to do with you?"
"At that time, Li Xiang and I went out to use the toilet. When we came back, he suddenly told me that he wanted to guard the door. I was asleep at the time, so I told his words to Xiao Ming and others without thinking about it, and then went to sleep.
Damn it... I should have been the one who should have noticed something was wrong with him at that time."
The fat man didn't hide anything. He clenched his fists and told the story completely.
Although Li Xiang usually likes to quarrel with him the most, the relationship between the two is actually very good, otherwise the other party would not go out of his way to accompany him to the toilet because he was worried, let alone end up like now.
If we have to find a culprit for Li Xiang's death, then he deserves it.
After listening to his words, someone's expression suddenly became extremely angry: "Damn it, you can't even notice such an obvious abnormality..."
"Calm down, please."
Wu Ziwu stretched out his hand to stop the angry people, looked at the fat man and asked: "Li Xiang said he saw a figure dancing around a dead tree outside... Why are you saying this now?"
"Because he said at that time that the shift was about to change, and he planned to wait until then to wake you up." Fatty said in a low mood, "And I heard him say that he would return to the house when the shift was about to change, and I thought that the time was coming soon.
So I didn’t take it seriously.”
Not only him, but also everyone else who was watching the night at that time had the same idea. After all, Li Xiang didn't go to other places, he just stayed at the door. That was under their noses, so there was no way an accident would happen, right?
Who would have thought that an accident would really happen.
Everyone was silent, wanting to get angry but unable to say anything serious.
Frankly speaking, Fatty and the others cannot be blamed for this matter. After all, this was Li Xiang's own suggestion, and he was just guarding the door. He was only a few steps away from everyone in the room, and could support them at any time.
His sleep was very light, but he did not hear any movement in his sleep, which means that Li Ying should have died silently.
No one knew how he got hung up on that rusty hook. Every time they thought of the scene just now, everyone felt extremely angry.
"Li Xiang would not make such a decision out of nowhere, so there must be some reason."
For a long time, Wu Ziwenwen, who had not spoken for a long time, said in a deep voice, "The top priority right now is to find out the cause of Li Xiang's death, not to worry about who is responsible. Da Zi, in addition to seeing something dancing, when you and Li Xiang went to the toilet,
Have you encountered anything strange yet?"
The fat man tried to remember for a while, and suddenly he seemed to have thought of something, and said in a hurried tone: "I remember that when we came back, Li Xiang suddenly froze for a while, as if he had fallen asleep, for about five seconds, and after he came back to his senses,
He looked a little panicked. I don’t know if it was an illusion. I felt like he was afraid of me at that time..."
At this point, the fat man gave himself two hard slaps, and his cheeks suddenly swelled up, but he was completely unaware of it. Tears kept flowing from his eyes. He held his head and said angrily, "There is obviously such an obvious abnormality. It is obvious that the problem is so obvious."
Obviously, why didn’t I notice it at the time, why!”
"Brother Da Zi, calm down."
Zhou Caishi quickly went over and hugged his arm to prevent him from hurting herself again, "Now is not the time to blame yourself, we need to find the murderer to avenge Li Xiang."
"Caishi is right, now is not the time to blame yourself."
At this moment, Wu Ziwu said calmly, "And don't forget, everyone, where we are now is the buffer zone, and there is a B-level restricted area not far away, where all of us will die tomorrow."
It’s not surprising, not to mention that only one person died.”
As the leader of the team, he must remain absolutely calm at this time and stabilize everyone's hearts.
Wu Ziwu's words were very cold, but what he stated was the truth. Operating in the buffer zone was inherently risky, and everyone knew this.
The fat man suddenly turned around and gritted his teeth and said: "No, I want to go out and take a look. Maybe the thing that killed Li Xiang hasn't gone far yet!"
Wu Ziwu pressed his shoulders, and his huge mechanical right arm was like an iron pincer. He said: "That is the existence that can kill Li Xiang silently. What's the use of finding him? Let's see more."
Got a body?"
The fat man struggled several times, but the opponent's strength was astonishing and he couldn't get rid of him at all. He looked ferocious and suddenly shouted: "Then we just don't do anything!"
This was the first time that everyone present saw Fatty looking so angry. They all stared at him blankly, and the room suddenly became quiet.
"All we can do is wait until dawn, and then go out to investigate the situation. Also, now is not the time to yell, you'd better keep your voice down, otherwise you might attract unknown beings."
Wu Ziwu said calmly, "Of course I want to find the murderer immediately, and I also want to cut him into pieces, but since you called me boss, then I will be responsible for everyone's lives."
He looked at the fat man who was gradually calming down and continued: "And you seem to have forgotten that this is a buffer zone. Most of the time we are just prey. It is good to escape with our lives. There is no room for counterattack."
This is still a cruel fact that has to be admitted, so they want to improve their strength as soon as possible, and for this reason they do not hesitate to move around in dangerous buffer zones.
Everyone was silent for a long time, and someone suddenly asked: "Well... could Li Xiang's death be related to hunters?"
The air suddenly became stagnant.
In fact, this is also the question that most people want to know - was it the unknown forbidden creature in the buffer zone that killed Li Xiang, or the hunter who might have followed them?
If it's the former, it's easy to say, but if it's the latter, it means that they have always been under the watchful eye of a certain existence, and the two sides have a life-or-death relationship. They must find the hunter's whereabouts as soon as possible, otherwise they will only suffer endless consequences.
of pursuit.
"have no idea."
Wu Ziwu shook his head. He didn't even see the appearance of the murderer, so how could he make a judgment? However, he did not hope that it was a hunter who killed Li Xiang. That was undoubtedly the worst possibility.
At this moment, Wu Ziwen, who had been thinking for a long time, suddenly spoke: "I think it was the hunter who did it."
Everyone's hearts trembled and they all looked at her.
"The other party deliberately killed Li Xiang at the door, letting him die silently in front of our eyes, and even hung him there with a hook. It clearly seemed like a malicious provocation, and ordinary creatures in the restricted area would not
By doing something like this, they would just kill people."
"And I have some impression of the iron hook that pierced Li Xiang's neck - the meat in the restaurant we went to was hung up by something like this."
Wu Ziwen happened to pass by the kitchen when she was in the restaurant. The kitchen door was not closed at that time, so she happened to see rows of meat being hung like this inside, using similar hooks.
"Are you sure?" everyone asked.
"Sure."
"How could..."
Hearing this, everyone felt a little unbelievable. Although they had long been prepared to face the hunters, when the day actually arrived, they were still at a loss as to what to do, and fear could not help but arise in their hearts.
——Especially when one person is dead.
Moreover, the person who died was not someone else but Li Xiang. The opponent was a C-level ability user and one of the top five in the team.
Wu Ziwen noticed everyone's expressions, but did not say anything. Instead, she sighed slightly and continued: "I have some speculations about Li Xiang's death."
As soon as this statement came out, it instantly attracted everyone's attention. Fatty quickly asked, "What speculation?"
Wu Ziwen did not show off, and said: "Li Xiang's ability is [Bloodless Edge]. He can use his own blood to forge his own long knife. The continuous replenishment of blood can keep the long knife in an indestructible state, and at the same time, the long knife can still be used."
With the ability to absorb the enemy's blood, the blood obtained by the sword can be fed back to Li Xiang, feeding him with battle, thus allowing him to reach a state similar to infinite physical strength."
Everyone nodded slightly after hearing this. Li Xiang's ability was indeed true. They were partners in life and death, and they were very clear about each other's abilities and Taoism. However, having said that, they didn't know why Wu Ziwen suddenly mentioned this.
Seemingly sensing everyone's doubts, Wu Ziwen said: "Do you still remember, [Bloodless Edge] is Li Xiang's ability. The long sword made of blood is closely connected with his life, and once the long sword disappears, there will only be
There are two reasons - one is that Li Xiang took the initiative to restrain his abilities, and the other is that his life has come to an end."
Everyone was stunned, subconsciously thinking of the long knife that had slipped from the hands of Li Xiang's corpse not long ago and disappeared, and the child's hole shrank violently.
"You mean...Li Xiang died at that time?"
The fat man was the one who witnessed the disappearance of the long knife at close range, so he seemed more shocked than the others, "But he had already lost so much blood at that time. Logically speaking, he should have died long ago. The boy's eyes were all scattered. Why?"
Maybe he died at that time?"
"It's not clear, but the long sword did disappear at that time."
Wu Ziwen sighed and then said: "As for what you just said about Li Xiang being momentarily sluggish on the way back, and then he seemed a little afraid of you when he came back to his senses. Regarding this, I think it's like waking up from a nightmare.
Or maybe it’s like struggling out of an illusion.”
She was an illusionist herself, so when she first heard Fatty's description, she had a vague suspicion in her mind.
"Hallucination..."
The fat man murmured, then slapped himself again, and said with an annoyed look, "Li Xiang did have an unexplained feeling at the time, why didn't I notice it..."
Wu Ziwu had no time to comfort him at this time, so he looked at Wu Ziwen and asked: "So do you have any thoughts on this?"
Everyone also looked at her.
Wu Ziwen said softly: "I think Li Ying should have died in the illusion. As for why the death of the spirit and the body are not synchronized, I don't know."
At this moment, Zhou Caishi thought: "If that's the case, then the reason why Li Xiang entered the illusion was because he saw the figure dancing?"
Wu Ziwen was stunned. She hadn't thought much about this, but after hearing what Zhou Caishi said, it seemed that it was really possible...
After all, the fat man is not as good as Li Xiang in terms of strength, and the same is true for willpower. If you want to drag someone into the illusion, you should choose a fat man who is relatively weak.
And if it is said that creating an illusion requires the help of a medium, then it seems to make sense, and it is also in line with Wu Ziwu's previous speculation - guys who can use poison to hunt are often not very strong themselves.
That's why the other party needs to use the media.
She thought for a moment and told everyone her thoughts, indicating that hunters might not be as scary as everyone thought. If they could only release illusions with the help of a medium, then their level might be about the same as hers.
Under such speculation, the mystery of the hunter seemed to be lifted, and he was no longer such a terrifying existence in the minds of everyone, and the gloomy atmosphere was swept away.
However, when they saw Li Xiang's cold body again, it was as if a basin of cold water had been poured on them suddenly, and their excitement disappeared.
...Anyway, one person has died.
"So what do we do next?"
Wu Ziwu said: "As I said before, I will wait until dawn before I go out to investigate. Everyone should be very alert for me!"
"If it doesn't work... we will have to rescue the master."
