See the Law of Deception

Chapter 231 Heredity (37)

They said it was in the southwest direction, and everyone thought that finding the hiding place of so many people would be a very easy task.

After all, the time was too short to completely hide any trace.

Unless those villagers also possess some special supernatural power.

But during the day, they are just ordinary villagers.

However, the remaining passengers all gathered here, and they walked southwest of the village, but didn't sense much of a trace.

"How could this be?"

"Don't they plan to come out? Are they just going to stay hidden forever?"

"How can it be!"

Although most passengers did not agree with this guess at the moment, they could not help but worry about what to do if they could not find the person and the villagers kept hiding and refused to come out.
After that, if new tasks related to villagers appear, will they only be completed between passengers?
That won't do.
Are there more specific methods to locate the villagers?

"Unfortunately, we don't seem to have that kind of destiny here."

"What about Xiang Liang? Did he draw a suitable card?" someone asked.

Xiang Liang raised his hand, and three playing cards appeared at his fingertips. Then he shook his head: "Unfortunately, not at the moment."

Lu Jinzhao noticed the three playing cards, which means that Xiang Liang can use at least three different supernatural powers at the same time?

If his destiny continues to grow, will he one day be able to use all the cards at will?

That's pretty impressive.
However, his own potential is no less than his, and may even far exceed his.

Playing cards are ultimately limited by the number of cards, but shadow puppets, as long as one has the ability, are not limited in number.

However, it's too early to think about these things now. What's important right now is to get out of here alive before we can talk about the future.

"Let's search separately, like cellars. If we don't find them in the village, we'll have to consider the back mountain."

After that, the passengers left one after another, departing from the group in groups.

Lu Jinzhao did not act immediately; she was still waiting and observing.

Seeing that she didn't move, Tian Lei obediently followed behind her.

The anomaly occurred exceptionally quickly; it happened almost the instant the person who arrived at the empty house first raised their hand to push open the door and stepped inside.

In the blink of an eye, the person who pushed open the door suddenly froze, and then, as if their body had been thrown into boiling water, a large number of bubbles began to rise rapidly. Just watching it was shocking.

Caught off guard, he let out a shrill scream, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

"what happened?"

The person who pushed the door also realized the problem. The moment he pushed the door open and walked in, he was attacked by some unknown supernatural force. This attack made him feel as if he had been thrown into boiling water. In just an instant, a lot of blisters appeared all over his body. If he did not act quickly, he would probably be "scalded to death".

The man's destiny is that of a beggar, which allows him to "beg," but the rewards he receives are very random, and he can only beg from ghosts.

Now, he is "begging" from the unknown ghost that attacked him. The strength of this destiny lies in the fact that his begging is bound to succeed; only the amount he receives varies.

Sure enough, after he successfully begged, the number of blisters on his body visibly stopped increasing, and some of them quickly dried up.

Although some residue remained, it was no longer enough to kill him. However, even after the supernatural attack was resolved, the blisters on his body would persist until he returned to the train.

He retreated, still shaken. The passengers who rushed over after hearing the commotion didn't approach him rashly; they just looked at him and asked, "What happened?"

The beggar simply shook his head: "I don't know. I just pushed the door open and walked in normally, and suddenly I was attacked. It's like I broke some kind of rule?"

Lu Jinzhao noticed that after he finished speaking, several people's expressions subtly changed.

It was Xiang Liang and his group.

They know something.

Lu Jinzhao waited for two seconds, and seeing that Xiang Liang and the other two didn't seem inclined to say anything, she looked directly at Xiang Liang: "What's wrong? You guys seem to know something? Can't you say it?"

The moment the words fell, Xiang Liang and the others glared at him like needles, but Lu Jinzhao didn't care.

Luo Yu and the others followed these words and their gazes fell on Xiang Liang and his group. An invisible pressure was being released. Xiang Liang's gaze shifted, and he finally compromised, saying, "I was just thinking about the person in our team who just died. His destiny was called 'Gate'."

“Any door can be used by her. She can briefly connect two known doors, open door A to reach room B, or she can perform some kind of blessing on the door to prevent ghosts from entering temporarily.”

"Of course, it is also possible to harm people through the door. Anyone who forcibly enters the door controlled by her destiny will experience an effect similar to being thrown into boiling water."

The beggar's gaze shifted: "You mean, you believe I was attacked by your dead companion?"

“I’m not sure.” Xiang Liang shook his head. “But judging from the current situation, it seems very likely.”

"Could she have turned into a ghost?" The beggar looked around warily, as if trying to find the ghost that had just given him a hard time, but obviously found nothing.

Someone asked, "Does that mean people who die in the village become ghosts? Is that why the villagers don't want infighting to happen in the village?"

“The villagers are supposed to turn into ghosts at night. If we continue to stay here, we will all turn into ghosts sooner or later. It seems a bit redundant to just die and become a ghost?” someone retorted.

indeed so
"But judging from the current situation, hasn't she already become a ghost?"

"Or rather, her destiny was copied?"

“If it’s a copy, then we’ll be in trouble,” Xiang Liang said. “Originally, this fate was in her own hands. Her abilities were limited, and the number of doors she could control was also limited. If the copied ghost is very powerful and can control all the doors in the village, our actions will become very difficult.”

Control all the doors?
Just thinking about it makes me realize how tricky it is.

"It might not necessarily be a copy. Maybe it's just for short-term use? Or perhaps it's a one-time use?" Some people started to think in an optimistic direction.

"In short, whatever it is, we'd better be careful when we open any door now."

Unexpected trouble.
Lu Jinzhao looked around. There were houses everywhere in the village, and "doors" were everywhere in the village.

If this "door" is only used to restrict passengers, that's fine. But if it serves another purpose...
This village seems to be beginning to reveal a monstrous side of itself to its passengers.

(End of this chapter)