NOVEL NEXT Chapter 78
Bang bang bang!
The window was knocked three times, but if one looked carefully, it didn’t seem like anyone was outside.
Bang bang bang!
The sound of a wooden stick hitting the wooden window echoed three more times.
Outside the window, Liu Laizi, who was pretending to be a ghost, smiled proudly, the corners of his ugly mouth turned up, and his small eyes were almost submerged in wrinkles.
The man raised the stick angrily and was about to knock three more times when suddenly, bang!
A big paper man’s face was pasted on the window, with red cheeks and a weird smile on his lips.
The hand that was about to knock on the window suddenly paused: “Ahhhhhh!”
“Hahahaha.” Clear laughter rang from the window. After listening for a long time, the old man dared to raise his eyes and tentatively look into the house.
At some point, Yu Qing had taken off all the black cloth around him, revealing paper figures one after another, which shocked everyone who saw them.
His knuckles trembled, and Liu Laizi didn’t understand.
He had imprisoned many people there.
Every time those so-called hosts came to the village, he would try his best to trick them back home and imprison them, making all kinds of strange noises to scare them into insanity and make them pee.
Then, he forced them to beg for mercy from him but refused to forgive them.
The experience… was simply amazing!
The single old bachelor came from a poor family and did not have a high status in the village. He was often bullied. Watching the hosts suffer from being trapped had become his only pleasure over the years, but…
This time, not only was Yu Qing not afraid, but he also flipped over all the paper figures he had spent a lot of money to buy the moment he entered!
The average height of these paper figures was 180 cm. Standing in the cramped room, a thin young man looked neither humble nor arrogant, like a king who was worshiped devoutly by these paper figures.
How… how could…
“You… you…”
Liu Laizi’s voice trembled: “You are so brave; how dare you lift…”
Tear and pull——
Before he could finish speaking, the paper man Yu Qing had just used to scare him was torn apart in an instant. The head and body completely separated, the whole figure fell empty to the ground and was stepped on randomly.
The shredded paper stained with dust could not make any waves at all.
“You… you…” Now, it was Liu Laizi’s turn to be nervous, but thinking that this was his own home, the confidence that belonged to the owner returned to his chest: “You thief!”
“Kneel down and apologize to me now, take the initiative to go to the temple to repent, and return your title of ‘Heir of Incense’ to me! Otherwise, haha…”
The man grinned ferociously, as if he were thinking of threatening words, but his wretched expression and the large yellow teeth in his mouth made people… not afraid at all.
After being stunned for a moment, Yu Qing tried his best to search the vocabulary storage in his mind and spoke before the old man could: “Don’t think about it; I won’t apologize to you, idiot.”
“You……!”
“However, if you don’t let me out, I can’t guarantee whether your family will still have this room tomorrow.”
No! Liu Laizi’s cheeks turned red with anger, as if he had been slapped several times—did this thing have any consciousness of being imprisoned?!
“Okay, okay.” The man tried his best to breathe, trembling all over, cursing incoherently.
At this moment, [Ding Dong——]
Yu Qing heard the comment in the live broadcast room again.
[Oh, I’m sorry; it is the first time I heard my wife curse, and I responded shamefully! (whee)]
[Ah ah ah! My wife’s voice when he scolds ‘idiot’ sounds great. Be good, my wife, and curse him more! (Reward points +10000)]
[I can’t even imagine how good it would be for him to scold me in bed. It would be even better if he kicked me twice. (Reward points +20000)]
It had been a long time… since he had received a large reward, so Yu Qing raised his eyes and added another sentence to Liu Laizi, who left angrily: “Bastard.”
[Ahhhhhhhh!]
“Ding dong,” “ding dong,” “ding dong.” The sound of points arriving kept ringing in Yu Qing’s ears as he continued to explore around the room.
There was blood on the ground, its presence uncertain. The old and new stains overlapped, creating strange shapes on the dilapidated floor tiles, silently hinting at the endings of each person who had been punished.
The ceremony of “Ascension Banquet” seemed to have been completed.
As night fell, the sounds of violins, drums, and suonas passed by the door, lingered for a moment, and then faded away.
Qian Lai didn’t even know he was being held captive.
At night, silence enveloped the place.
Swish, swish——
Darkness filled the room, and a strange noise, reminiscent of paper being rubbed, echoed in the stillness.
As he had suspected during the day, these paper figures were probably aggressive.
Though he had anticipated this, facing them directly made him feel a wave of panic.
By the light of the system, Yu Qing glanced at the countdown. There was still [6 hours] left to find Lin Xiaojing’s child. The only person in this village related to Lin Xiaojing was her cowardly husband, Liu Laizi.
He had to follow the rules and continue searching the room!
With his thoughts racing, Yu Qing considered: He had not been forgiven by his master, so Rule 1 no longer applied.
He found a futon, lowered his head, and carefully lit incense on the small pottery statue of Snake Deity.
Swish, swish——
The sound of the paper man approaching became more pronounced. Yu Qing knelt in front of the strange statue, his back completely shrouded in darkness, feeling chills run down his spine.
After kowtowing, the young man took a few steps forward, picked up the small wooden tube for drawing lots, shook it several times, and finally, snap!
A wooden stick fell to the ground, engraved with five large characters: “Xiaxiazhu,” meaning bad luck.
Swish, swish, swish——
The sound of scraping paper approached rapidly, the sense of impending danger growing more intense and unsettling.
Without being forgiven by his master, he had torn up all the paper figures during the day, and now he had drawn the bad luck lottery.
The blood moon shone on the window, and the way to survive seemed blocked…
Lifting his eyelids, Yu Qing stared at the small pottery statue of Snake Deity in the dark night—logically speaking, this thing was his husband No. 2, right?
So, he kicked the futon away, and Yu Qing slowly raised his hand.
Smash!
He shattered the pottery statue into pieces.
A disobedient husband was worse than being a widower.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the fragments fell, [Ding dong——]
A cold system prompt echoed in the dark night: [Congratulations to the host Yu Qing for discovering the important clue “blood stains in the pottery statue.” The plot exploration rate is 22%.]
[The answer to the mystery is right in front of you. Go find Liu Laizi and ask about the truth regarding the blood stains!]
His heart skipped a beat, and Yu Qing’s eyes widened. As he turned his head, he saw a paper man full of holes right before him!
Those paper figures he had torn apart during the day had miraculously reassembled, now bearing even more cracks and looking more terrifying than before.
Rule three stated that no one could escape, so…
In the next moment, Yu Qing’s eyes turned red as he observed the movements of every paper man in the dark night.
At the same time, he faintly slit his finger, letting blood fall onto the lower part of the lottery, curving his lips into a smile: “Thank you, everyone, for helping me go out.”
The next second, rustle, rustle, rustle—
The fierce sound of paper shattering jolted Liu Laizi awake in the room. He sat up, lit the lamp, and glanced out the window.
It was great—another so-called “host” who didn’t know the bounds of heaven and earth was about to die in his home.
But… something was wrong!
Swish, swish, swish, swish—
The sound didn’t stop for two hours, and it usually ended in ten minutes.
What kind of host was so difficult to kill?!
Liu Laizi grew worried, finally putting on his shoes and shakily getting out of bed two and a half hours later. He walked outside with a cane, and then, squeak——
The door opened, revealing Yu Qing, who stepped out intact, with paper scraps swirling around the room behind him.
How… was this possible?!
[Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!]
The live broadcast room erupted, and excited comments surged like a flood:
[I’m so impressed! Now I finally understand what Qingqing meant by “Thank you all for helping me go out.” He’s so handsome! He’s so handsome!]
[Rule 3 says no one can escape, so the only way out is to fight! If you battle your way out, it’s not really escaping! Ahhhhhh! Thanks for resurrecting the paper man!]
[Hahahahahaha, I’m dying! I’ve seen this dungeon so many times, but this is the first time I’ve seen Liu Laizi’s expression look so shocked, his jaw nearly dropped to the floor! Hahahahaha!]
[Am I the only one who noticed that Qingqing didn’t use a golden needle to kill the trickster this time?]
[Damn it! What kind of golden needle are you talking about? Killing evil spirit by using other evil spirit is the best weapon for killing evil spirits! Plus, he used his own blood to draw the ghost-killing talisman on the lottery. Wouldn’t that guarantee a kill?]
[Ah ah ah ah! Other hosts would have knelt down to beg Liu Laizi or buy resurrection cards after drawing the lottery, but My Qingqing, used the lottery to defeat the rules!]
[Forgive me for my blindness! When did my wife draw the ghost-killing talisman?!]
Excitement bubbled over until they suddenly heard, [Ding Dong——]
[The dungeon of “Tiying Mountain Village” has lost much of its offensive properties, and its difficulty has been reduced.]
[Current difficulty: 5+ (full level 10)]
Dungeon… downgrades?
The audience was filled with questions, their brows furrowing in confusion when they heard, [Ding Dong——]
[The second-level alienation of all NPCs in the “Tiying Mountain Village” dungeon has been completed, and the ninth-level BOSS is about to reawaken…]
Nine… level nine?!