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Chapter 48 Pig

Zhou You thought about it more and more and felt that it was a good idea, as it could solve three problems at the same time.

First, as mentioned before, whoever takes this thing home will cling to it and refuse to leave, which means that as long as you take it, you won't harm others.

Secondly, it can help Li Sanli out of trouble; at least he'll have somewhere to mooch a meal when food runs out.

Third, although there's nothing particularly valuable in my house, I'm quite afraid of being burgled because I've been frequently away from home playing games lately, especially with that black book. Having that thing is definitely better than any other security measure.

Using a perfect syllogism to arrive at the conclusion, Zhou You first brandished the dagger, forcing the ghost who was crying with its head in its hands back into the table, and then walked up to Li Sanli and gently patted its face.

no response.

Zhou You exerted a little more force.

There was still no response, as if he were dead.

Finally, Zhou You had no choice but to raise his hand and slap the other person twice.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

With a scream, Li Sanli finally woke up from his coma.

The moment he saw Zhou You, he disregarded the pain in his cheek and hurriedly grabbed someone's collar, asking a question.

"Where's the ghost?!"

"What the hell?"

Zhou You looked completely innocent.

"I mean, where's that ghost—no, Lao Zhou, do you even understand? We're trapped here! It's over, my wonderful life is about to end here!" Li Sanli collapsed to the ground and began to sob. "Xuanxuan, although you caused this mess, I really don't hate you. It's just that I can't keep my promise to you, to marry you this year, waaaaaah..."

Seeing the other person crying so heartbrokenly, Zhou You couldn't help but pat them on the shoulder.

"That...that ghost, I've already taken care of it."

".What?"

“I mean, I’ve already dealt with that ghost.” Zhou You cleared his throat, his face serious. “Although I’m sorry to interrupt your last words, you really don’t need to worry about being killed by a ghost—it’s just that I need to take that table back to clean up the mess, and I don’t know if you’d be willing to part with it.”

".What???"

Li Sanli's eyes widened instantly, becoming rounder than glass beads.
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The rest is self-explanatory. Li Sanli thanked Zhou You profusely, patted his chest, and promised to come to him if he ever needed anything. He assured Zhou You that he would treat him like his own father. Then, he quickly called a truck, paid for everything out of his own pocket, and had the table transported directly back to Zhou You's house.

Unfortunately, the thing inside seemed to have a psychological effect on someone, refusing to come out of the table no matter what. This greatly disappointed Zhou You, who wanted to figure out the principles of modern ghosts, so he could only place it in a corner of the house and use it as a cooking table.

More than ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

In the blink of an eye, it was time to start the game again.

The temple is still the same temple, the incense and candles are still the same incense and candles, but the problem is...
The pages of this book have changed again.

Unlike the previous two editions, this time the pages are much older, and at first glance they even look almost like antiques.

"Script: Tai Sui"

Type: Strange Stories.

"Erosion level: low to medium".

"Number of resurrections: 6"

Background: In the twelfth year of the Zhengyuan era, Cangzhou suffered a severe drought, leaving the land barren and the people devastated. Instead of providing disaster relief, the imperial court imposed even heavier taxes and levies. Within just one year, countless people in the prefecture starved to death, leading to widespread rebellions and uprisings.

"However, what is called a year of disaster for humans is also a year of plenty for demons and monsters." "You were originally a lone traveler who unexpectedly fell into the hands of demons. You thought you were going to die for sure, but who would have thought that there was no way out? Just when you closed your eyes and waited for death, suddenly, a spirit from the outside world descended into your body."

"Mission objective: Find a way to escape, the farther the better."

"This reward is: 500 Soul Stones and a piece of equipment that can fight against demons and monsters."

"The second reward is an extension of one and a half months of life, and a pill to alleviate the symptoms of the disease."

"Please note that you have left the beginner stage and officially entered the game. System prompts will be greatly reduced, and you will face a more realistic and complete world."

"Please note that you may gain some special powers in this world, but any decisions you make may affect the subsequent plot. Please choose carefully."

"You have already assumed the role in the script and will gain certain abilities and knowledge of that role, but you will also suffer from the hunger associated with that role."

"May I enter?"

"Enter."
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—In a daze, a sharp pain suddenly came.

It felt as if a hole had been pierced in my palm, and intense pain kept shooting through my nerves. The friction between my flesh and the foreign object was so painful that it was almost maddening.

My eyes felt heavy as lead, yet my consciousness grew clearer amidst the pain, as if someone were stirring my brain with nails. In this contrast, even breathing became a torment.

This went on for an unknown amount of time.

Zhou You finally opened his eyes.

The first thing that came into view was a head with its eyes wide open in death.

The other person seemed to have suffered greatly before dying, and there was still despair in their pupils. Their eyes, which were not yet dry, stared at Zhou You, as if they had countless words to say, but they could no longer utter a single word.

It looked terrifying, but Zhou You wasn't scared at all. In fact, he even saw his own predicament reflected in the other person's pupils.

He was being suspended in mid-air by a hook.

The black iron object pierced through his palm, suspending him completely in mid-air. The bloodstains on his palm were still fresh, suggesting that he hadn't been hanging there for very long.

Around him were several corpses.

That head was one of them, and also the most complete one.

The others had a hand cut off, some had their abdomens cut open, some had both thighs missing, and some were severed at the waist.

The ways of dying were varied, but in Zhou You's eyes, the expressions on every corpse were all the same.

That is the same despair.

—They were 'handled' like this while they were still alive.

At this very moment, all the corpses were suspended in mid-air by hooks—a sight difficult to describe, almost as if...
Is it the place in the cafeteria where meat is hung?
Zhou You frowned, but before he could think it over, a series of heavy footsteps suddenly came.

He quickly held his breath, enduring the pain in his palm, and then tried his best to slow his breathing before squinting and looking ahead.

A few seconds later, a huge figure squeezed into the room.

The creature was over two meters tall, enormous and obese, and wore a coarse hemp robe covered in blood and grease, resembling the attire of an ancient butcher and cook. However, it did not have a human head on its head, but rather a...
A pig's head.

Yes, it's fat and chubby, definitely the head of some kind of mammal, the Artiodactyla.

　Thank you 108hhd for the 500 reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)