Chapter 51 - Lonely Village by the River (17)
Jiang Xiuxiu’s heart skipped a beat after seeing Ye Ming being rolled in by the rolled up waves.
After reacting, she quickly opened her legs and ran towards the river!
“Ye Ming? Are you okay? Can you survive! Ye Ming!?”
She ran quickly to the edge of the river, and finally strode into the river.
She felt the icy river water cover her ankles, and a gloomy chill spread along her skin to her limbs.
She stomped her legs with difficulty in the water, only to feel her feet froze so hard that she could barely feel them.
The entire environment was frighteningly quiet, and both the black-robed old man and Ye Ming seemed to have just disappeared.
The dark river was like a huge mouth belonging to a wild beast, silencing all sound.
“Ye Ming…”
Jiang Xiuxiu’s face became worse and worse, and her lips pursed slightly.
What’s going on, is Xu Bai trying to mess with her on purpose?
She just confirmed that her boyfriend who had not been in a relationship for a long time was killed by Xu Bai like this? ?
She didn’t even touch Ye Ming’s hand a few times, eh? !
Can’t you give her a chance to have a good relationship? !
The resistance of the river flow made it almost impossible for her to move, and in her heart, in addition to being dazed, there was only a frenzy of beeping a dog.
At the same time, all kinds of thoughts flashed frequently in her mind, cluttering together like a mess.
What exactly does Xu Bai want to do?
After realizing that he had been deceived, and after seeing the sudden huge wave just now, Jiang Xiuxiu has been thinking about this issue.
This is what she has to figure out, and it is the beginning of all her next actions.
There is no doubt that Xu Bai was using her to kill the old man in black robe.
The huge wave that devoured the black-robed old man and Ye Ming just now was definitely from his hands.
However, what she couldn’t figure out was that Xu Bai had no reason to do this.
In this game, the black-robed old man is Xu Bai’s leader, his most loyal believer, running around for him and arresting players.
But what has Xu Bai been doing since the game started?
He used the player to disturb the villagers step by step, making a mess of the homes of his followers.
He killed the old man in black robe and drowned his most powerful assistant directly into the water.
These are his left and right arms, but he wants to cut them off one by one.
What is he drawing?
…and also, who is that potential “inner ghost”?
Yes, after seeing through all these details, Jiang Xiuxiu discovered that there must be an inner ghost in the group of players.
There was no other reason, but Jiang Xiuxiu found that the other players were acting as if they were “assisting” her. Every time she could think of a plan, the players would help her to carry it out, and it was hardly a disservice.
Others are a little better, burning the house there, which is really a coincidence.
It happened that she was caught, and when an accident was about to happen, she encountered a group of players who went to burn the house.
Before, when the players faced the villagers, they still dared to be angry and did not dare to speak. Although there was a case of looting food, it was also based on the fact that there were still a lot of players.
In order to survive, they were provoked by Jiang Xiuxiu’s words and decided to **** the food, which was more like being forced than taking the initiative.
How could it be that the night had passed, and each of them had become extraordinarily brave?
Who guided them to do this, it’s impossible for everyone to have the idea of burning the house together?
In particular, at that time, the number of players actually decreased a lot, and the overall strength decreased a lot.
Of course, these things are just factors that motivate Jiang Xiuxiu to think about the inner ghost.
The reason that really made her sure that the player really had an inner ghost was that when she woke up at noon today, she heard the words clamoring from the player—
“Then what’s the matter… You should also know that we have a way to deal with the river god…”
“As long as you dare to continue at night in the future… we will dare to continue to punish you…”
Hearing these words at the time, Jiang Xiuxiu only thought that the players also had their own ways to obtain information, and didn’t care too much about it.
After all, at that time, she was full of thoughts on how to seize this golden opportunity to quickly alienate the villagers and the black-robed old man.
But now, after realizing the abnormality, Jiang Xiuxiu recalled this experience, only to feel that something was not right.
It’s not unusual for those players to know that they have a way to deal with the river god.
But why did they know it at that point in time?
Wang Xiaoyun also went to look for them?
Or did someone reveal it to them privately when the time was right?
Jiang Xiuxiu thought about this, and his heart sank.
The answers to these questions are clearly already clear.
If there are so many “coincidences” in a series, it must not be an accidental factor.
Someone is mixed in with the players… I have been intentionally controlling the player’s movements!
Who will this person be?
Perhaps because he was too worried about Ye Ming who fell into the water, the first object that popped into Jiang Xiuxiu’s mind was actually Ye Ming.
After discovering this, Jiang Xiuxiu was slightly startled.
Immediately afterwards, she was stunned to discover that, considering so many things, Ye Ming did have a great possibility!
First, he has plenty of time and opportunities to spend with other players.
Every time the players discussed and discussed before doing something, he was not by Jiang Xiuxiu’s side, but stayed with the players, meeting the most basic conditions for being suspected.
Secondly, Jiang Xiuxiu did not know how other players obtained information.
But Ye Ming was able to know a lot of information through her, such as how to deal with the river god.
The most important thing is that Ye Ming has been by her side, saving her, assisting her, and helping her achieve her goal step by step.
You must know that the movements made by the players almost all paved the way for her.
As the one who guessed all the clues, she was the most critical tool for Xu Bai to complete the plan.
Therefore, there must be such a person who has been quietly observing her.
He will influence the behavior of other players through her movements and situations in order to provide her with the most convenient environment.
Therefore, this person is most likely Ye Ming.
Either he or Ye Ming was the player with the best relationship and the most communication when Ye Ming returned to the player group.
However, after thinking about everything, Jiang Xiuxiu ruled out Ye Ming’s possibility without hesitation.
He and her have known each other since the last game. At that time, Ye Ming not only helped her save her repeatedly, but in the end he died in Xu Bai’s hands in order to save her.
Although Jiang Xiuxiu’s emotional intelligence is not high, she can see that Ye Ming’s attitude is very serious, without a trace of falsehood, whether he wants to befriend her at first, or when he confesses later.
Apart from these, Ye Ming had no motives, and there was no possibility that he would be in trouble with Xu Bai.
His character has always been kind and simple, and based on his interactions in the past few days, Jiang Xiuxiu can feel that he has no particular obsession with the 50 million bonus.
Not only in terms of money, but it seems that in many other matters, his attitude has an indescribable indifference.
He participated in the game, more like he wanted to play, or experience it.
If other players are seduced by Xu Bai’s dreams and begin to “betray” the players, there is still a possibility.
Besides, Ye Ming had an accident just now.
She felt that if Ye Ming survived, he would still be a little suspicious.
He was eliminated so quickly, which only showed that the partner Xu Bai chose was not him.
But what’s the use of her thinking about it now…
Ye Ming fell into the water, it has been seven or eight minutes, can he still survive?
Jiang Xiuxiu thought about it, and twitched the corners of his mouth, not knowing what to show.
She could only feel that the fresh heart that she had hoped for had gradually become rigid.
Because she had been standing in the water, Jiang Xiuxiu felt that her shoes and trouser legs were covered with river water.
The river water at night was quite cold, and she was shivering from the freezing, and every time a gust of wind came, she would shiver uncontrollably.
After a long while, she stopped walking with difficulty in the water.
Looking at the vast and boundless river, she finally withdrew her gaze after being stunned.
After so long, Ye Ming might really not be able to survive.
Xu Bai will definitely have follow-up actions in the future. She has to go back to the village to take a look. What is she doing here to waste time?
Jiang Xiuxiu turned around and slowly moved towards the shore step by step.
She gave up.
However, not long after she returned to the shore, some slight and strange movements suddenly came from the river!
Gollum… Gollum…
Like, something is bubbling in there.
After Jiang Xiuxiu noticed this, the movement that was going to continue to leave instantly stopped.
The next second, she only felt that the water flow behind her suddenly became rapid, and a large amount of water began to roll, as if something was rolling and struggling in the river-
Whoosh – Whoa!
Accompanied by a violent sound of river water, the entire river surface boiled!
The dark clouds in the sky began to be dense and piled up in layers, covering the moon that was still hanging in the air.
The air gradually became anxious and depressing, and faintly, you could see a few lines of Bai Lian skipping across the sky.
The wind was blowing very fast, and it didn’t take long for Jiang Xiuxiu to feel fine water droplets falling on his face.
It’s raining?
Jiang Xiuxiu was stunned for a while, and then reacted.
No, Xu Bai has already started!
After carefully arranging many situations, Xu Bai, who had been silent for three days, couldn’t help but finally showed his fangs to everyone.
Without thinking about it, Jiang Xiuxiu quickly turned around and ran towards the village at the fastest speed in his life!
…
This time, Jiang Xiuxiu did not choose to go back to the village, but went to the mountain west of the village.
She wanted to take a look at the evil temple dedicated to Xu Bai. Her intuition told her that something would definitely change there!
Perhaps it was the rain that disturbed the villagers, and Jiang Xiuxiu was not attacked by them along the way.
They were just walking around the village in a panic, and when she passed by, she could hear many villagers discussing in low voices.
“The River God is angry… Did the River God abandon us?”
“The River God is fake! Do you still believe it? It’s a fake!”
“What about those foreigners? The village chief is gone, should the wedding continue…”
After this series of operations, the villagers fell into chaos and panic as they imagined.
Some of them gradually lost their faith, and some were like flies without a head, not knowing where to go.
But the more you see, the more Jiang Xiuxiu’s heart sinks.
Because she found that a group of villagers went to the river side together.
Obviously, this group of villagers are people who still believe in the river **** and believe in the existence of the river god.
They believed that the river **** was angry because they did not offer him a complete offering for several days.
So, after encountering the sudden change of weather, they didn’t stop doing it, and actually took the three players who were locked up and went for a walk by the river.
But their fate was beyond everyone’s expectations.
A wave came and swept everyone into the river.
He killed his followers.
Both the old man in black robe and the devout villagers were swallowed up by the river under Xu Bai’s control.
This is simply nonsense!
Why did Xu Bai do this? How dare he do this? !
After Jiang Xiuxiu knew the ending of the villagers, she only felt that the whole person was confused.
What made her even more disturbed was that in addition to being shocked, she suddenly realized that she could not figure out Xu Bai’s routine at all, and she didn’t know how to deal with it.
If it was before, she could still understand a little of Xu Bai’s weakness, and how to use the rules to restrain his behavior.
For example, in this game, Xu Bai has dozens of villagers.
They can damage the player for him, and their power is quite large.
But among these people, only the black-robed old man could communicate with him.
In this case, the player only needs to deal with the black-robed old man, and the remaining dozens of villagers will be in a state of scattered sand and leaderless.
To be more ruthless, the player can even brainwash the villagers in turn, using the villagers to let the villagers deal with Xu Bai, such as smashing his temple and destroying his incense.
This is also Jiang Xiuxiu’s plan all along.
Not surprisingly, she felt that this was the most reasonable clearance process in the game.
But now, her plan has been completely disrupted.
Xu Bai did take the initiative to drown his shortcoming, the old man in black robe.
But those villagers, he did not intend to let go!
He looked like he was looking for a dead end.
As a god, Xu Bai’s source of power is partly the sacrifice of players, and the other is the offering of believers such as villagers.
He lost so many believers at once, and his power would suddenly be weakened to the maximum, and this was all caused by himself!
When he did this, he was simply self-harming!
But Jiang Xiuxiu calmed down and thought about it, but found that she didn’t know how to continue restraining Xu Bai.
Xu Bai used his blood to prove that the “River God” really existed.
After witnessing the tragic death of more than a dozen relatives and friends in the river, the villagers must be afraid of Xu Bai’s ability.
Even if they stopped believing in him, they would not dare to be hostile to him for a while.
Not to mention, most of the villagers who stayed now have their houses burned by players.
For food, in order to survive, after a period of time, they may kneel in front of Xu Bai again, praying for the protection of the gods.
Therefore, although Xu Bai has become weaker, his fatal weakness is gone.
If players want to deal with him, they can only bite the bullet and face him face to face.
Not only that, but he has also mastered the skill of “removing grinding and killing donkeys” without a teacher.
After he had used the villagers and gained enough energy from the process of sacrificing players, he completely kicked away these double-sided sword-like tool people.
During the whole process, the players seemed to be trying to target Xu Bai, but in fact, they were always under Xu Bai’s control.
Xu Bai knew that he couldn’t stop them from breaking the game, so he simply took the initiative to hand them the knife.
But while handing it over, he also followed the trend, deliberately controlled the player’s direction, and completely blocked the road in the end!
But how is this possible.
Shouldn’t he follow the procedure…
Like this, he simply wants to break the rules of the game, to subvert the established routine that has been written down!
Will he, a program, an AI, see through the rules of the game, or even think about breaking the rules?
The more Jiang Xiuxiu thought about it, the more he felt that Xu Bai’s computing power was beyond the limits of all normal AI and programs.
To give an inappropriate example, he is even more familiar with the clearance process and ideas of escape games than many players.
While the player was thinking hard about targeting him, he also kept thinking about how to break the game.
da da… da da…
After walking for an unknown time, Jiang Xiuxiu went up the mountain while thinking about the mess.
Looking at the lush forest in front of her, she took a deep breath and forcibly pressed down the speculations that kept popping up in her mind.
Then, she set foot on the path in front of her.
Going up this road, it didn’t take long before Jiang Xiuxiu came to the outside of the temple she had seen before.
Outside the temple, a person was standing quietly.
At this moment, he is standing on the edge of the cliff, looking at the various forms of beings under the mountain from a distance.
Hearing the footsteps of Jiang Xiuxiu coming over, the man tilted his head if he felt something.
“You’re here,” he said lightly.