Infinite: Dawn Game

But unlike the ancestral hall before the illusion dissipated, the ancestral hall was now much more dilapidated. In fact, there were several people with sacks covering their faces who were tied up and thrown on the ground under the incense table.

Yu Shijiu's eyes suddenly lit up.

Having seen so many plots with little variation, this sudden "excitement" really got him excited.

If only we could fight in the illusion.

Yu Shijiu thought.

Lin Feng's face was pale, but she still looked around warily.

"They wanted to call the police."

Liu Laosan's voice came from behind the two of them.

"The people from outside are really stupid; they actually thought of calling the police."

Yu Shijiu turned around, his gaze lingering for a few seconds on Liu Laosan, who looked noticeably older, before finally settling on the girl beside him.

Wow.

Yu Shijiu stared at the girl's face, her eyes widening in surprise yet also with a sense of entitlement.

It was the old lady's face when she was young, and also the girl in the photo that was turned upside down on the table.

The girl's face was deathly pale. She stared at the several people tied up on the ground, her limbs seemingly going limp.

"Village, village chief," the girl cried, shaking her head in fear, trying to distance herself from the people on the ground.

"I didn't call the police, I really didn't call the police..."

As she spoke in a tearful voice, the village chief, Liu Laosan, sighed slowly. He walked up to the girl and reached out to touch her head. She trembled with fear but dared not struggle.

“I know you’re very obedient,” Liu Laosan’s lips slowly curved into a smile as he said softly:

"Don't worry, as long as you behave, you'll live a good life."

The girl's tears flowed incessantly, falling onto Liu Laosan's wrinkled fingers and soaking his skin.

Liu Laosan wasn't angry. He smiled, wiped away the girl's tears, and turned to walk towards the outsiders who were still struggling and writhing on the ground.

clap clap-

The sound of clapping echoed inside the ancestral hall.

The moment Liu Laosan closed his palms, several villagers, who were also noticeably older, walked in.

"Take the person you've chosen with you."

Liu Laosan said.

The villagers who came in nodded wildly with ecstatic joy, and rushed forward to tear off the sacks covering the upper bodies of several people on the ground, revealing several faces that had been beaten and disfigured.

"Ouch, how did you get your face all bruised like this?!"

One of the older village women helped up a thin-looking girl from the ground, gently touching her face with her hand and saying with heartache.

The girl's face was filled with despair, and blood was still dripping from the wound on her face. She stared at the village woman who was supporting her with a hateful look.

Upon hearing this, a villager nearby clicked his tongue and said, "It's just a superficial injury. It will heal with time. At most, it will leave a scar, but it's nothing serious."

The village woman sighed, "I know, it's just a little regrettable," she said, touching the girl's face again and sighing.

"What a pity about such a beautiful face."

Yu Shijiu's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at the girl being helped out of the ancestral hall by a village woman, something flashing through his mind.

Unfortunately, face, girl...

"Thank you, Village Chief. Shall we be leaving now?"

The other villagers also removed the sacks from their "people" and helped them up. Although some of the tied-up men looked thin and weak, they were still physically strong and had the energy to struggle. In the end, the villagers, who were fed up with them, slapped them unconscious.

"Alright," Liu Laosan waved his hand, "Hurry up and take them away. Tomorrow is the memorial service, don't waste time."

Several villagers nodded hastily, carrying their chosen "person" towards the door. One of them hesitated for a few seconds at the doorway, then said:

"Village chief, are you really not planning to leave?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Laosan looked up. He gazed at the densely packed memorial tablets in front of him, and the red curtain behind his own tablet. His tone was calm:

"I do not go."

"I am the village chief of Changsheng Village. I will not leave, and I will not regret it."

Liu Laosan's words instantly reminded Yu Shijiu of what Liu Yanju had said before she was taken to the woodshed.

What does it really mean to say "no regrets"?

But judging from Liu Laosan's choice of Lin Feng, it seems that Liu Laosan still regrets it... What exactly is it that makes him regret it?

Countless fragmented clues were intertwined, and Yu Shijiu felt a headache just listening to them. Annoyed, he turned his head to ask Lin Feng how long this illusion would last, but his gaze suddenly froze on the spot.

At the entrance of the ancestral hall, the villagers had already carried away the "person" they had chosen. Behind them, countless earthworms broke through the soil and poked their heads out, their still-tender mouthparts opening and closing greedily, chasing after their retreating figures.

This is the first time that earthworms, a kind of eerie creature similar to the source of a game instance, have clearly appeared in the illusion.

Yu Shijiu gazed thoughtfully at the dense swarm of earthworms.

What happened to Changsheng Village afterward?

Inside the ancestral hall, after Liu Laosan took the girl away, Lin Feng noticed several earthworm larvae hanging behind the girl's neck. They were sucking the girl's blood, and her pinkish-white body seemed to turn red with each drop of blood.

It was similar to her situation back then, yet it seemed somewhat different.

After Liu Laosan led the girl out of the ancestral hall, he turned around and closed the door tightly.

The entire ancestral hall was plunged into darkness in an instant, with only the silent breathing of Yu Shijiu and Lin Feng as they looked at each other.

"Those earthworms seem to have only become active around this time."

Yu Shijiu said.

Lin Feng also recounted how she had hung an earthworm on the back of the girl's neck, a deep frown forming between her brows.

"The village chief said he wouldn't let her die, but what's with those earthworms on her neck?"

Yu Shijiu, however, had his own understanding of this:

"Perhaps it's undergoing a transformation."

His tone was light and casual, yet it carried a certainty that he was completely convinced of his own beliefs.

For example, the clothes and bags that the old lady has treasured for a long time in her wardrobe, and the dusty photos she doesn't want to see again... all of this shows that the old lady doesn't want to think about the past.

After all, she went from a young girl to an old woman who is now so old that she can't even straighten her back... Grandma, no, now it should be called Yang Wan.

Yang Wan's body and blood have been replaced by those of an elderly person from Changsheng Village, so she is naturally a person from Changsheng Village, isn't she?

The same thought kept recurring in Lin Feng's mind. She stared wide-eyed at Yu Shijiu across the darkness, horrified by the speculation at this moment.

So the terrifying thing about Changsheng Village isn't actually those strange earthworms, but rather the secret transformation they can undergo in three days?!

As the darkness began to shatter and a familiar, distorted, and dizzying sensation washed over him, Yu Shijiu, with foresight, quickly took out a green tangerine, peeled it, and then stuffed it into his mouth.

And Lin Feng—

She couldn't help but gag again.