See the Law of Deception

Chapter 228 Heredity

Chapter 228 Heredity (34)

Luo Yu's expression remained unchanged. She lowered her head and pondered for about three or four seconds before looking up at the two of them and saying:
"I've tried it. I won't do this mission; it costs five thousand to save my life."

Five thousand?

Lu Jinchao frowned. The memorial tablet behind her was constantly deducting the money for buying her life. She could no longer spend another five thousand to get rid of the mission.

The fact that Luo Yu said that means she has already paid to be exempted from this mission.

Lu Jinzhao stated frankly, "Five thousand is not enough for me, so I have to do this task."

Xiang Liang had already paid to avoid trouble, so he simply nodded and said, "I'll suggest that my teammates who have enough money don't do this mission. Let's split up now, I have to go back."

He had considered the possibility that Lu Jinzhao was deliberately avoiding the mission. After all, based on the existing deductions, the death of the villagers would inevitably be detrimental to the passengers. If she were to kill the villagers, the others would have to avoid the mission as much as possible, which would put pressure on them.

Thinking back on his few interactions with Lu Jinzhao, Xiang Liang believed that Lu Jinzhao was most likely telling the truth.

However, considering her intelligence, it cannot be ruled out that she said it on purpose.

However, this has nothing to do with him. No matter what Lu Jinzhao does, he will only choose the safest way: choose not to do the task himself and persuade his teammates not to do the task.

He can't control strangers.

"Let's leave it at that for now." The three parted ways there. Lu Jinzhao turned to Tian Lei and asked, "You heard everything, are you going to do the mission?"

Tian Lei shook her head: "I still have enough money."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jinzhao couldn't help but glance at her. Just how much money does this person have?

"Let's go, we need to warn those two in the warehouse,"

In other cities, there are two top-tier team leaders. If the two people in the warehouse aren't stupid, they'll simply explain the risks and benefits. They won't do the mission if they can avoid it. It seems that no more than half of the passengers will complete the mission this time.

Even so, this is not good news.

Lu Jinzhao felt that the platform had given her too little time to prepare, and the money she brought to buy her life was still far from enough.

On the way back, Lu Jinzhao killed a lone villager he encountered on the road.

She didn't get close to the other person; it was the shadow puppet that killed him.

Once again, Lu Jinzhao was certain that the villagers were indeed just ordinary, weak people during the day, powerless in the face of the supernatural.

The mission was successfully completed, and the bloody words on the arm disappeared.

They also encountered two people who had just come out of the warehouse.

The loss of their teammates has made them more cautious, and they are now acting as a group.

Lu Jinzhao stopped them and, under their wary gazes, shared her and the two special agents' discoveries from that day, as well as her suggestion that they not carry out the mission at this time.

"If you don't believe me, you can ask around, or you can see if other people don't have many options for doing tasks."

To prevent anyone from getting confused, she specifically said, "Whether you do it or not is not up to me; it depends on whether you want to live or not."

“We understand.” The special-grade officer in the warehouse team nodded. “We can still manage to come up with five thousand for the two of us.”

So you're the only one who can't even come up with five thousand?
Lu Jinzhao's expression remained unchanged, but he couldn't help but mentally complain.

It's all the sheepskin's fault.

This is a vicious cycle. She arrived at the Death Platform without accumulating any resources, which meant she had far less money to buy her life than everyone else. Apart from occasionally going to the Death Platform, the others spent most of their time on the regular platforms, while she would only ever go to the Death Platform.

There will never be another chance to accumulate money to buy your life!

They were definitely after her to kill her.

This damn thing.

"Thank you for the intelligence." The special agent named Shen Yi thanked Lu Jinzhao. "You're welcome." Lu Jinzhao shook her head slightly. If it weren't for this mission, she wouldn't have shared this information with the warehouse staff for free.

But right now she has to consider how to reduce the overall difficulty of this platform, which requires other passengers to work together.

"Go check and see how many people have completed their tasks."

After the two people in the warehouse left, Lu Jinzhao looked at Tian Lei.

She can track other people's movements, see who has unusual activity patterns, and check if there are any villagers' corpses in those places, so she can know how many people have done the mission.

"Okay." Tian Lei nodded and accepted the task.

The two did not switch back to their memorial tablets, and it was because of this that Tian Lei felt a little nervous.

This is something almost equivalent to life itself, and Lu Jinzhao just left it here with her like that?
Although her memorial tablet is with Lu Jinzhao, isn't she worried about encountering someone she can't defeat, or about losing the tablet due to some special circumstances?
Thinking this, Tian Lei tightened her grip on the bag strap again.

She thought she had to protect the memorial tablet, she couldn't make any mistakes, and she couldn't diminish her own value.

Instead of returning to her room to await her fate, Lu Jinzhao chose to go to the village chief's house again.

Now that she knows more, perhaps the village chief will be willing to talk to her.

But when she arrived at the village chief's house, she found it empty.

The village chief is not at home.

This is a bit troublesome. She doesn't know where the village chief might have gone in the morning, and she's not familiar with him.

Lu Jinzhao did not leave immediately, but went into the village chief's house to see if there was anything that could be called a clue.

She had seen the school, but there was nothing useful inside, and the village chief's house was never locked.

Perhaps it's because the people here are simple and honest?
Lu Jinzhao didn't feel any immorality about breaking into a house. After all, this wasn't the real world. The village chief's house was the largest in the village, with six rooms, one of which was used as a school. Lu Jinzhao was now in the main room.

The main room usually has something enshrined, such as household gods. She wanted to see what the village chief enshrined.

Pushing open the door to the main room, the dark room was illuminated by natural light. Following the open door, Lu Jinzhao saw the offering table against the wall.

Is that a memorial tablet enshrined on it?
It's not a statue, not a painting, but a memorial tablet.

It was still a blank memorial tablet.

Just like the memorial tablets they took from the ancestral hall on the night they arrived in this village, exactly the same.

There were burning incense and candles in front of the offering table.

This indicates that the village chief made offerings before leaving home.

Normally, there's no need to make offerings when things are peaceful, but the village chief did so today.

Did she know what had happened?

Or is she simply in the habit of lighting new incense and candles every day?

Whatever it is, this person always knows something.

Lu Jinzhao carefully examined the main room and left after confirming that there were no clues missed.

She looked around and didn't see anything special, nor any written records.

Lu Jinzhao suddenly thought of something.