My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 502: Corpse Recovery Team

"You have obtained the Talisman of Destroying Classics and Rituals."

"A talisman that can destroy rituals (a rare consumable item). The inspector of the police station spent a large sum of money to obtain this talisman from a Taoist master. It has the ability to destroy various ceremonies."

"The chief inspector of the police station originally wanted to use this talisman on the evil sacrifice of the followers of the Pure World Tathagata, so as to expose their conspiracy to use innocent citizens as sacrifices. Unfortunately, he died before he could accomplish his mission. Before the evil sacrifice was officially held, his entire family was tragically wiped out. Only his young daughter was fortunately saved by you."

"Now, this talisman has fallen into your hands, and the future fate of Daliang City will be decided by you."

"Although the Yellow River King has fallen in his own royal city, this news has not spread. Few people know about it. The Pure World Tathagata and the Heavenly Disaster Taoist do not know the truth of the matter. They just want to take advantage of the time when the Yellow River King disappears to seize Daliang City with thunder and lightning, and then spy on Jiangnan City, which is ruled by the Tai Sui God."

"If you choose to stand aside and watch, then Daliang City is likely to be occupied by the followers of Pure World Tathagata, and the influence of Pure World Tathagata will cover another city."

"But if you choose to use this talisman that breaks the rules and destroys the rituals, you can destroy the Pure World Tathagata's followers' summoning rituals, making all their plots fail and once again falling into a tug-of-war with the Taoist priest of natural disasters."

"Pay attention. The Taoist of Natural Disasters is now being plotted against by the Pure World Tathagata. He cannot escape and come to Daliang City in a short time. Therefore, the Pure World Tathagata wants to take advantage of this brief opportunity to seize Daliang City by force. Even if the Taoist of Natural Disasters comes here, he will not be able to do anything to the Pure World Tathagata."

"Adventurer who is not afraid of death, now that you know the conspiracy of the Pure World Tathagata, what will you choose next?"

Looking at the text content given by the game, Jiang Xinghuo secretly felt fortunate in his heart. It was all thanks to him that he did not get greedy and kill the inspector's daughter. Otherwise, the subsequent plot would not be triggered at all, and he would have missed this part of the plot in vain. Even if he mixed in from other angles, he probably would not be able to touch the core of the plot. At most, he would wait for the arrival of the Pure World Tathagata and take advantage of the chaos to get something.

"Are you pretending not to know about this, allowing the Pure World Tathagata to descend upon Daliang City, and then clearing out all those in the city who go against its will?"

"Or should we find a way to leak the conspiracy to the disciples of the Taoist priest Tianzai, and let them sabotage the ritual of summoning the gods, while we sit back and reap the benefits?"

"Of course, you can also resolve this impending crisis yourself and use the talisman in your hand to crush the other party's conspiracy. The power of this talisman contains the forbidden power of usurping the immortals, and it can easily destroy the ritual of summoning gods, but you must also be prepared for the crazy revenge of the Pure World Tathagata on you."

"In order to seize the ownership of Daliang City, the Pure World Tathagata has spared no expense to temporarily trap the Natural Disaster Taoist. If you disrupt his plan, you will probably become the most wanted criminal of the Pure World Tathagata lineage, no doubt about it."

"Whether such a painful price is worth it or not is up to you to think and decide. No one can make the decision for you."

Eh?
The game writer has changed his temper today?
Jiang Xinghuo looked at the text with some surprise. The other party did not taunt him in a sarcastic way. Instead, he expressed his attitude very objectively.

But after thinking about it for a while, Jiang Xinghuo roughly understood what was going on.

Although the game Folk World was developed by ancient human warriors as a way to return home, the game's text is not under their control, or not completely under their control.

According to Jiang Xinghuo's inner guess, the game's copywriting package is likely to be the embodiment of the will of the folk world, and perhaps it also has some unknown connection with the Lord of the Secular World.

The players are exiles who are spurned and cursed by the secular world.

That’s why the folk world doesn’t want these exiles to go back, and does everything they can to prevent players from exploring the game.

The same is true for those ancient Taoist masters, although they are monsters and demons born and bred in the folk world.

However, it broke the golden law that maintained world order, causing the secular world to fall into endless disputes and turmoil.

In this way, in the eyes of the game's copywriting package, there may not be much difference in essence between the master and the exiled players. No matter who kills whom in the end, the game copywriting will be optimistic about it and will be happy if they die together.

"What will you choose next?"

The game provides three options: pretend not to know about this matter, inform the followers of Tianzai Taoist, or solve the problem yourself.

Jiang Xinghuo was pondering the pros and cons of each option in his mind when suddenly a new text popped up on the screen.

"You triggered it. The Chief Inspector of the Police Station has a note."

"Your event triggering rate is temporarily increased."

"You know from the cases recorded in this notebook that in addition to the forces of Pure World Tathagata and Natural Disaster Taoist, Daliang City also has another force that is not noticed by others. That is the corpse recovery team established by the Yellow River King."

"During the war between ghosts and gods after the night of dawn, the Yellow River King formed an alliance with the Tai Sui God and jointly occupied the Jiangnan area of ​​the secular world. He also gave the most prosperous and wealthy Jiangnan City to the Tai Sui God and occupied the Daliang City. He also set up a corpse recovery team to salvage floating bodies in the river to prevent any evil things from happening and causing harm to innocent citizens."

"But since the Yellow River King mysteriously disappeared, these corpse-recoverers have lost the protection and blessing of the River God. Although they can still barely survive, they can no longer deal with the evil things in the river. As a result, their numbers are dwindling. The corpse-recovering team of thousands of people now has less than a hundred people left, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled. Even street thugs can curse at them. Occasionally, some drug addicts and heavy smokers will steal their internal organs and exchange them for cigarettes."

"You are now considered half of the descendant of the Yellow River King. If you can help these corpse collectors out of their predicament and give them the corresponding power and dignity, I believe they will be loyal to you. This is a force that cannot be underestimated. Even if someone wants to cause trouble for you, they have to get through them first. Do you want to find the corpse collectors now?"

Tsk, this is such an unexpected gain. I didn’t expect that there are corpse lifters in Daliang City. However, compared with those corpse lifters in Longcheng, their lives are too miserable.

Those unscrupulous corpse-retrievers in Longcheng were not only bewitched into killing and eating the river god they believed in, but they also became the local bullies and lived a happy life. If they had not taken on the task of punishing the river god, they would probably still be abusing their power.

Comparing the two, there is simply no comparison.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't think much about it and directly took the task, choosing to go and talk to those corpse lifters.

Lost the blessing of the gods? ?
unimportant!
That's no big deal for me!
At worst, you can get a tattoo of the river god from the Shinto chapter of the dragon-raising technique on your body. Even if you are not a river god, you can artificially become one. "You left the mansion of the chief inspector of the police station and burned it to ashes. There is no trace of your existence left, and no one knows that you came here tonight."

"According to the notes left by the inspector, you came to the abandoned River God Temple in the north of the city. About two years ago, a serial murder and dismemberment case occurred in Daliang City. The victims were all lonely, homeless, elderly corpse collectors. They were killed in the rainy night. Not only were their limbs cut off, but their internal organs were also hollowed out, leaving only a rotten and incomplete corpse."

"Although all the colleagues in the police station believed that this was a random perverted murder case, the chief detective of the police station found something amiss and followed the clues to find the murderer."

"The murderers are some opium addicts who have gone crazy due to poverty. They have no money to buy cigarettes, so they can only target these corpse-recoverers who have no relatives or friends, and remove their organs and limbs to buy cigarettes in the meat cabinet of the pawnshop."

"The inspector of the police station found all the murderers and shot them all. He even took out a month's salary to comfort the other corpse retrievers."

"This case is not particularly outstanding among the cases handled by the inspector of the police station, but in today's world where morality and music are in decline, it is rare to see such a person."

"You have arrived at the abandoned river temple."

"This old temple is in a state of disrepair. It can be described as leaking air from all sides. The dim light is faintly spreading out from behind the door, like the last sigh left by life."

"At this time, you found a dusty and dilapidated shrine in a shadowy corner outside the River God Temple. It looks intact. Do you want to touch it and light it up?"

"You stepped forward and lit up the shrine. A faint glow emanated from the shrine, indicating that the shrine was not damaged."

"And just as you were lighting the shrine, you heard faint groans of pain coming from inside the temple. What are you going to do next? Are you going to walk around the river temple first? Or are you going to go inside the temple to find out what's going on?"

Two options, walk around and enter the temple.

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment and chose to enter the temple. He had a hunch that there must be a plot in the temple waiting for him to trigger.

"You walked into the dilapidated river god temple. The mottled river god statue was no longer recognizable. The huge temple was illuminated by only a few weak oil lamps. An elderly corpse collector was lying on a bamboo mat on the ground, groaning in pain. There were several other corpse collectors beside him taking care of him."

"When these corpse collectors saw you breaking into the temple, their faces suddenly changed. Several older corpse collectors immediately picked up the Golden Rooster Soul-Calming Spears beside them and looked at you with vigilance, as if they thought you were a burglar."

"However, when they saw the Huaishan Xiangling robe you were wearing, they immediately put down their weapons, knelt down in front of you and burst into tears."

"These corpse retrievers are all veterans of the corpse retriever team. They were recruited by the Yellow River King himself. They have also listened to the Yellow River King's teachings. Otherwise, they would have died in the hands of those evil creatures long ago."

"But since the disappearance of the Yellow River King, their lives have become worse and worse. Not only have they lost their former glory and power, but they can no longer save their own lives. Not only do they have to deal with those filthy creatures in the water that want to take their lives, but they also have to be wary of those villains with ulterior motives."

"Through your conversations with these corpse retrievers, you learned that the injured man lying on the bamboo mat waiting to die was the captain of the corpse retriever team. He was the adopted son of the Yellow River King and had been blessed by the Yellow River King. However, because so much time had passed, the power of blessing on him had long been consumed. In order to make a living, he dragged his seriously ill body down to the river to retrieve corpses. As a result, he was overwhelmed by the Yin Qi and is now barely alive. He could die at any time."

"Are you going to do anything about them?"

Jiang Xinghuo opened the skill panel, found the Dead Tree Revival Technique, and then clicked to use it.

"You have used the technique of bringing dead trees back to life."

"A mysterious force full of vigorous vitality enveloped the dying captain of the corpse recovery team. It quickly removed the negative energy in his body and healed his old injuries, giving him new vitality once again."

"The other corpse-lifters were also enveloped by the power of the Dead Tree Resurrection Technique. All their injuries and hidden diseases were healed. Although they are not as strong as they were when they were young, ordinary monsters and demons are no match for them."

"These corpse-recoverers saw the shadow of the Yellow River King in you, and with the Huaishan Xiangling robe you were wearing, they regarded you as the descendant of the Yellow River King and willingly accepted you as their new master."

"Your reputation in the Daliang City River Temple Department has been improved by +10."

"Your reputation as a corpse retriever has been improved, +5."

"Your reputation among different forces and professions will greatly affect the events or choices you can trigger when you come into contact with these forces or professions in the future."

"The captain of the corpse recovery team also expressed his loyalty to you, and sighed at the same time. He could sense that his father had passed away, so the Hebo enshrined in the temple had lost his power of protection, which made it difficult for them to live in the secular world, and most of their colleagues and comrades were killed."

"You have gained the loyalty of the captain of the corpse recovery team (67%)."

"What are you going to do next? Are you going to brand the dragon-raising technique's river god tattoo on the other person's body, allowing him to transform into a true river god?"

"Ask the captain of the corpse-retrieving team if he is willing to become a real river god and protect the corpse-retrieving people under him?"

"When the captain of the corpse recovery team learned that you could transform it into a river god, he immediately expressed his wish and thoughts. He was willing to become a real river god to protect his colleagues and brothers."

"Do you want to use the dragon-raising technique to tattoo it immediately?"

"Take out the stone carvings that record the dragon-raising technique, and use the power of the dragon veins to imprint the tattoo on the captain of the corpse recovery team."

"Blood is transforming, please wait..."

(End of this chapter)