Vicious cannon fodder is prohibited for beauties to play

The puppeteer with Si Cen by his side was easier to talk to than expected.

He agreed to tell Chen Yinan and the others the history of the village.

Originally, Chen Yinan and Liu Zhi thought they would hear some heart-wrenching or bizarre story, but in reality, to sum it up, it was unremarkable and there was nothing much to say.

I don’t know if it’s really the blessing of the ancestral goddess, but the fishing industry in the small village has developed exceptionally well. The business has gradually expanded from the small village to the outside world and is getting bigger and bigger.

Every household in the village became increasingly wealthy.

So the small village gradually developed into a small town, and every household led a prosperous life.

As for why people no longer worshipped the ancestral goddess, it was because as life became more affluent, more people went out, and more people learned knowledge, and they all realized that this custom was a foolish feudal dregs.

Not only is it foolish, but it is illegal to treat a woman like that.

Naturally, with the dissuasion of more and more young people, this custom was gradually abolished, and the Temple of the Ancestral Goddess was forgotten.

"But...what is the custom of these dolls? Why do the people in the town..."

Chen Yinan met the puppeteer's gaze and suddenly stopped talking.

It seemed inappropriate for him to ask this in front of a puppeteer.

Isn’t it because he is a puppeteer that the puppeteer holds such a high status in the town?

"Thank you for your answer. We have no other questions." Chen Yinan quickly pulled Liu Zhi up and said goodbye to the puppet master and Si Cen.

But he could see that the puppeteer was getting impatient because they stayed too long and disturbed them.

Liu Zhi was dragged away screaming “Eh hey hey”, and when he ran outside he found that the sky had suddenly darkened.

"Why does it feel like it's going to get dark all of a sudden?"

Chen Yinan looked at the sky and sniffed again, "It's not going to get dark, it's going to rain. Let's go back first and see if Brother Shao has made any progress."

They left in a hurry.

Si Cen leaned against Liu Yun and glanced at the sky outside through the door and window. "Is a storm coming?"

Liu Yun hugged Si Cen and stood up, "Well, don't go out for the next two days."

*

The sky was so dark that it seemed to be pressing down on us, and the growing stronger wind was mixed with a fishy smell of the sea.

The feeling of impending storm made people feel uneasy, and the townspeople seemed to be very nervous as well. They closed their shops and windows early and walked around in a hurry.

Seeing this, the players realized that something might have changed, so they decided not to stay outside and hurried back to the inn.

Everyone sat together again and told each other that they had not seen Zhao Shuangshuang. Then Chen Yinan talked about their findings in the Temple of the Ancestral Goddess and the stories they heard afterwards.

"I don't know how much truth there is in the puppet master's words, and I didn't get any clues about the puppets in the town." Chen Yinan said somewhat dejectedly.

Shao Jinyun said, "I asked."

Everyone looked at him, and he took out the book first, "This is the roster I found in the temple. I checked it out, and it is indeed the list of everyone in the town."

"Since the fishing village became a happy town, there has been no record of any birth or death in the town." He dropped another clue.

"Why is this happening? Is it a curse?" Chen Yinan said.

This speculation is very reasonable. The ignorant people in the small village believed in a man-made murder and pushed a pregnant woman into the sea nine years ago, which resulted in two deaths.

They said that she had become the dharmakon of the ancestor goddess in the human world. Even the family and companions of the poor woman who was chosen would happily send her to death, and even take pride in it... Just thinking about it can tell how desperate and terrified those women were at that time.

It is completely understandable that if their resentment gathered after death and they came back for revenge.

Shao Jinyun said, "Those dolls exist to ward off disasters."

Everyone's faces turned grim, and as expected, Shao Jinyun said, "The townspeople were vague, saying only that terrible things would happen every once in a while, but as long as you take good care of your puppets, you'll be safe."

"But those kids said the dolls were particularly bad, so which side is telling the truth?" Liu Zhi scratched his head.

Chen Yinan: “Perhaps what both sides said is true, but they just stand on different positions.”

"It's going to be stormy today, and the townspeople are behaving very unusually. Perhaps the terrible thing they've been talking about is about to happen. It's safer for us to stay together tonight instead of separating from each other, right?"

Hearing the windows rattling in the wind outside, everyone felt extremely nervous.

Some people have already found their dolls in advance and are holding them tightly in their arms, as if they are grasping at a life-saving straw.

"It may not be a good idea to surround them all together." Shao Jinyun said, "The bigger the target, the greater the danger. We cannot determine the truth about the puppets at the moment. Are you sure you want to take the risk?"

Everyone looked at each other, and finally Liu Zhi raised his hand, "Brother Shao, I think we should just stay in a room with three or two people like before. After all, we are so close, and if something really happens, we can get together quickly."

Finally, after some thought, everyone agreed with Liu Zhi.

The main reason was that they felt that what Shao Jinyun said before made sense.

Although in ghost movies you will die if you are alone, it is actually very easy to be killed if everyone gathers together.

If you disperse a little, when others are in danger, perhaps your own danger will be reduced.

Everyone has their own little thoughts in their mind, of course no one would speak out these selfish thoughts.

That night, Si Cen still didn't come back.

But there was a heavy rain and strong wind at night, and then all the players felt it - something was coming in.

Not into their room, but something entered the town.

Everyone felt the cold and terrifying feeling at that moment.

Then their puppets started moving and ran towards the door one by one.

Liu Zhi actually wanted to hold on to his little doll, which looked more like a child at night.

But the little doll looked up and smiled at Liu Zhi, as if saying to him: Don't worry, I will definitely protect you.

Then Liu Zhi felt that the little doll was so strong that he couldn't hold it back at all, and it ran away in a flash.

The players hid in the room. No, all the townspeople hid in the room, listening to the creepy and sharp howling outside on the stormy night.

After listening to it all night...

When the storm stopped and the sky brightened, the noise finally stopped.

The players opened the door and saw their scarred puppets.

Especially the less refined the dolls are, the more missing arms and legs they have.

Who wouldn’t understand after seeing this scene? The so-called love and the nourishment of flesh and blood are closely related to the puppet’s combat effectiveness.

Among all the dolls, Liu Zhi’s doll looks better.

Although one of its arms was broken, it was much better than the miserable condition of the other dolls.

Liu Zhi, with tears in his eyes, held the puppet, which had stopped moving because of the daybreak, in his arms and touched his arm distressedly, "I'll go find the puppeteer to fix it for you. Don't be afraid."

The other players also had complicated looks, but when the first player bent down and picked up his puppet, one after another, the players all picked up their puppets.

Now no one complains that their dolls look random or are crudely made, and no one is afraid of the strangeness of them needing players' flesh and blood to feed them and moving at night.

Everyone's mentality has completely changed.