I made myself the protagonist

Chapter 162 Black Mist
Seeing that there was nothing unusual ahead, Shen Tinglan and the other four immediately surrounded him.

After seeing the corpse of the woman in Xifu in the coffin, Tang Yao gave a strange "Huh" and asked Ling Yun: "Brother Ling, was it her who pestered you last night?"

Ling Yun shook his head and told everyone that the water ghost who chased and killed him seemed to have been dead for many years.The water ghost was formed by the condensation of resentment, and the other ghosts in the body also had hideous faces, without exception, their eyes and tongues were cut off.

But the female corpse in front of her, no matter her attire or state, seemed to have only been dead for two or three days.

And unlike what was expected in advance, the spell did not change after the coffin was opened, and even I could feel that there was no resentment on the female corpse.

After contemplating it for a few seconds, Su Li boldly stretched out his hand and began to check the condition of the female corpse.

Not only her, but Shen Tinglan also walked to the other side of the coffin, picked up the petals, and looked at them carefully: These flowers are not like ordinary plants, the color of the flowers is as bright red as blood.

These petals are shaped like pupils, and there are brown vertical lines in the middle.At first glance, it looks like a pair of opened eyes; a stark contrast to its own aroma.

"This plant grows strangely, it doesn't seem like it can grow nearby." Shen Tinglan said, and found something even stranger: "No, it stands to reason that this female corpse has been dead for several days, and the coffin should have been buried just now. Someone from District [-] opened it, why do these flowers...look so fresh?"

Tang Yao bravely picked up a few petals from the coffin, looked at them for a while, and put them into her pocket.

"Could it be that before the fifth district arrived with us, did anyone else come here?" Ren Yao said.

Ling Yun stretched out his hand, stroking the marks and blood left around the coffin, his brain was running fast.Judging from the traces at the scene, the fifth district was indeed attacked after the coffin was opened.

Combining the fresh flowers in the coffin, he came to a bold conclusion: "No, someone came before us. The female corpse itself is not a threat. It is the thing that sprinkled flowers in the coffin that killed the first one. District Five..."

"This female corpse was drowned." On the other side, Su Li also made an inference after examining the corpse.

Since drowning is suffocation death, fresh corpses have general signs of suffocation: that is, the blood in the whole body does not coagulate.She opened the female corpse's eyelids and found petechial hemorrhage in the conjunctiva.

The skin of the corpse was soaked in water for a period of time, and the epidermis shrank, swelled, and turned white.Skin capillaries and arrector pili muscles contract, a small amount of oxygen in the water penetrates into skin blood vessels, and combines with hemoglobin to form oxyhemoglobin, so the corpse spots are light red.

All the above signs indicate that the female corpse in the coffin is indeed a victim thrown into the river by the villagers for sacrifice.

"Because of ignorance and ignorance, so many innocent girls died because of this...Although it is cruel to say it, I think they deserve the retribution that this village has suffered."

Thinking of how the villagers kept secret when they first entered the village, Tang Yao understood that for thousands of years, these people have taken sacrifices as a matter of course.

As long as someone has a bad conscience and speaks out to stop the protest, perhaps this bad habit will not be extended to this day.

The so-called troublemakers come out of poor mountains and bad waters.Because of the living environment, these people's thoughts and lives are severely restricted, and the thoughts and spirits in their bones that have been cultivated for a long time are even more difficult to be educated.

"Who says it's not. If it wasn't for the mission, we'd slap their butts and leave after the investigation, and let them fend for themselves." Ling Yun responded.

"However, there is one thing that I think is very strange." Su Li pointed to the hands of the female corpse, and said to his companions: "Look at her nails. If someone throws them into the lake and drowns, people will often struggle in a hurry due to nervousness before death." Grabbing with both hands. It is normal to catch some aquatic plants and sand. Not only that, but there should be similar residues in the mouth and nose of the deceased."

But now, the girl's nose and mouth are clean; and her nails...

Ling Yun squinted his eyes and found that the fingertips of the corpse were bloody and bloody, and the nails of the index finger and middle finger of the right hand were all broken; in the gaps between the nails, some strange dark green traces could be vaguely seen.

Su Li took out a clean white handkerchief from his pocket, picked out some powder from it with the tip of a dagger, and said after examining it: "This is a kind of algae, like moss."

"Her nails should have become like this when she caught something hard and covered with moss while struggling. If she threw herself into the river, it really wouldn't make sense." Ling Yun recalled the Yongjiang River mentioned by the village chief. Suddenly there was a "tsk": "No, that old village chief is lying to us!"

"I probably know what's going on." At the same time, Shen Tinglan discovered the important point of the whole incident that they had ignored from the beginning.

The two exchanged glances with each other, and Ling Yun quickly said: "We must go back to the village chief's house now, the old fox didn't tell the truth, and there are some information that must be confirmed with him. After that, we have to go To the north of Qingyuan Mountain."

"You mean, go to that temple?" Tang Yao reacted.

"Well, it's not too late, let's go quickly." After Ling Yun finished speaking, the group of people walked towards the gate without further delay.

However, at this moment, a black wind suddenly rose, and the spirit flags hanging around the ancestral hall were blown to the ground.The petals in the coffin were mixed with the wind and scattered all over the yard.The moment the door closed, Ling Yun and Shen Tinglan grabbed the companions beside them, and simultaneously took out the teleportation talisman.

however--

At this time, the talisman suddenly turned into a blue flame, not only the teleportation talisman, but also the other talismans on everyone's body were all burned at this moment.The scene in front of me was similar to last night, but even more terrifying than last night.

"It's an S-level spell." Ren Yao stared at his surroundings vigilantly, in case of a sudden attack.

Boom boom boom...

The dormitory seemed to have been hit by a violent earthquake, and the spiritual tablets offered for offerings fell to the ground one after another, making crackling noises.

At this moment, a large black mist suddenly spread along the wall, and the black mist mixed with red petals burst out from all directions like life.

Cold sweat trickled down his forehead, and Ling Yun realized that even with his supernatural powers, he couldn't pass through the obstacles in front of him at all.

After pouring all the psionic bullets into the gun, Ling Yun crazily pulled the trigger towards the black mist, but to no avail.Even the iron thorns released by Shen Tinglan were swallowed up by the black mist.

It was a kind of pure darkness, like a bottomless pit, and the only destination for all objects swallowed by it was nothingness.

In the team, Su Li, who was always calm, murmured, "I saw..."

"How should we escape?" Tang Yao subconsciously asked.

"It's too late." Su Li looked ahead calmly, with a strange light in his eyes: "We are all going to die here."

"No, there must be other ways!" Shen Tinglan propped his hands on the ground and gritted his teeth. Because the release of the ability was approaching the limit, the black and white pupils were gradually occupied by black.

Even if he is completely eroded by Alyssa, he still has to do his best, at least to let other teammates leave alive!

Suddenly there was a tremor that went deep into the spinal cord from behind, Ling Yun turned around quickly, and immediately saw a pair of scarlet eyes in the depths of the mist less than two meters away from him.

"Brother Ling!" Seemingly aware of the danger, Tang Yao rushed to Ling Yun's side.

But the next second-

"Boom"

In front of her, Tang Yao's head rolled off her body.

Her eyes were still wide open, and her beautiful eyes were full of surprise.Two lines of tears rolled down Tang Yao's eyes. Her head just rolled to the ground, and then, together with the fallen corpse, was swallowed up by the darkness.

"..."

Ling Yun stretched out his hand, staring blankly at the direction where Tang Yao disappeared.In the next second, the piercing pain pulled him back from the shock of losing his companion.The moment he touched the black mist, his arms also slowly disappeared bit by bit.

Behind him, Ren Yao, Su Li, and Shen Tinglan were also struggling and were gradually engulfed by the black mist.

Ling Yun raised his head in a daze, looking at everything around him, his mind went blank.

He never expected that in this level of the treasure hunt game, there would actually be an S-level cursed object.If he hadn't insisted on participating in the game, Shen Tinglan, Su Li and Tang Yao wouldn't have come in together.

It was him who killed all his companions who trusted him.

The voices of Zhao Sicheng and others seemed to be heard outside the ancestral hall.

"Quick...run...don't...don't come in!"

Ling Yun's legs had been eaten away by the black mist, he fell to the ground, exhausted all his strength, and shouted like crazy.

In the next second, the black mist completely covered Ling Yun's body, and the last bit of consciousness remaining in his mind disappeared along with it.

It was eight o'clock that evening.

[Ark announces: On the second day of the treasure hunt, all players died and no one survived. 】

　I declare this to be the end of this book! (Kidding)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)