See the Law of Deception

Chapter 232 Heredity (38)

"Now how to do?"

“If we can’t go inside, how are we supposed to search for the villagers? What if they’re hiding in the basement of some room?”

Xiang Liang raised his hand, signaling the person who spoke to calm down: "It's not that we can't go in, it's just that we have to be careful when we go in."

"Just prepare in advance to resist supernatural attacks."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone whispered, "You're a top-tier expert, so this shouldn't be difficult for you."

The voice was actually very soft, so soft that Xiang Liang probably couldn't hear it, but Lu Jinzhao, whose features were unusual, heard it clearly.

Do you want to know where the villagers are hiding?

But then the sheepskin suddenly appeared.

Lu Jinzhao didn't speak, but his eyes showed confusion.

Sheepskin naturally understood this confusion, and she asked again, "You know?"

Of course I know. I know far more than you do.

The sheepskin was quite proud.

Lu Jinzhao didn't understand why it would put down itself, attributing it to being despicable.

She tilted her head slightly, crossed her arms, and gently tapped her arm with her ghostly fingers. Then, the sheepskin understood again.

[It doesn't cost anything; I'm just giving you this free information because I feel sorry for you.]

Lu Jinzhao's originally calm and even slightly smiling expression immediately changed. Her eyes became serious and indifferent. She immediately put down her hands and turned around, seemingly to talk to Tian Lei, but in reality, she was already implicitly rejecting the "free information" that Yang Pi was offering.

That's definitely not a good thing.

This guy couldn't possibly have any good intentions in giving her free information; he probably just knows that the villagers' location is actually quite disadvantageous to her.

【What do you mean? 】

Sheepskin was puzzled and furious!
[You're always trying to trick me into revealing information, and now I'm giving you free information—don't you want it?]

What are you looking at?

What's the point of seeing her? What could she possibly know?

Don't want to know? Do you think I'm eager to tell you? This is very important news!

Don't listen, don't listen, the bastard chants sutras.

Tian Lei looked a little confused, wondering why Lu Jinzhao was suddenly looking at her so seriously. She hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "W-what's wrong? Is something wrong?"

Lu Jinzhao shook his head: "It's not just a matter of one thing being wrong now. This whole village is probably all wrong, there's something wrong with everything about it."

This information came from the sheepskin, and she is now sharing it with Tianlei in front of this dead sheepskin.

【? 】

You should tell her more, so it'll be easier for her to dump you and run away later.

[But it's alright. If necessary, you can trade with me. A third of a soul, a bargain.]

I support you in doing this.

Tian Lei looked dazed; it was clear that her brain was working at high speed, trying to understand Lu Jinzhao's words and analyze more information.

Lu Jinzhao continued, "We're not in a hurry to find the villagers' location. We need to figure out why this abnormality occurred after that woman died."

What's so special about her?

Is she the only one who's special, or are all the others the same?
All
When those two words came to Lu Jinzhao's mind, she had already reached a conclusion.

All of them.

Everything was problematic. The hints given by the sheepskin were indeed crucial!
Everything naturally includes the dead, and the dead can also cause problems.

And the feedback on the problem has already become apparent.

"So that's why we're not allowed to kill anyone?"

Lu Jinzhao couldn't help but get goosebumps, all because of the horrifying thought in his mind.

It's not about "copying," it's not about the woman turning into a ghost, it's about integration.

Integrating into the village has always been like this: receiving a memorial tablet is integration, and so is dying.

After the woman died, she became part of the village.

Becoming part of the village, a vast ghost realm, her destiny became one of the ghosts' taboos.

The same applies to the other dead.

That's why the sheepskin said that it can do everything and it can't do anything.

Because all the villagers are ghosts.

If left unchecked, the night will become dangerous, but killing the villagers would be an even worse decision!

The villagers are harmless during the day, and although it is dangerous at night, it is not that dangerous, as long as you don't "disturb them".

However, the deceased villagers, like the fate of this deceased woman, will become part of the village, turning into one of the village's taboos. Violating these taboos will trigger attacks from ghosts, which is obviously more dangerous.

Lu Jinzhao couldn't help but start thinking: how many people have died since he first entered the platform?
How many more ghostly "taboos" have been added to this village now?
Perhaps at first it was just that "outsiders were not allowed to enter the village," but now, probably no one can say for sure what new taboos have been added that cannot be violated.

She couldn't hide this matter; she had to tell others.

"Call everyone over here right now, I have something to say," Lu Jinzhao said quickly to Tian Lei.

Some people were already planning to brave the taboo of the "door" to find the villagers, but Lu Jinzhao has now figured it out: not knowing where the villagers are is indeed a good thing!

The villagers are weak, especially during the day, and the passengers can kill them easily. But they have no idea what taboos the villagers have when they become ghosts at night!
If anyone's going to die, it should be the passengers!

At least their teammates know what their fate is.

It's cruel, but that's what this platform has to do.

Lu Jinzhao was somewhat annoyed. Although the clue given by Yangpi was important, it was also a bit of a riddle. Moreover, they had been very lucky and had not violated any of the village's taboos before, which meant that she had not noticed this and thus killed a villager.

Now, aside from directly violating that taboo, she has no way of knowing what that taboo actually is.

Of course, she could ask the villagers, but that would be a last resort.

She found the villagers, but the other passengers wouldn't stand idly by. If the subsequent mission required passengers to choose between living or dying, some passengers would not want to die and would kill the villagers even if it meant adding another taboo.

She would rather know less.

Tian Lei quickly summoned everyone, and when Lu Jinzhao truthfully shared his guess, everyone's expressions varied.

Lu Jinzhao knew that someone would be secretly searching for the villagers' whereabouts.

Those who feel they cannot gain the upper hand in confrontations between passengers.

There will definitely be someone who stops them.

But these are not the most important things.

The important thing is that she hasn't fully figured out what the word "heredity" means yet.

What is inherited?

The idea that the sinful bloodline refers to the villagers who turn into ghosts at night seems to be the general consensus.

But is that all?

If the biggest crisis is the newly added taboos, then this platform shouldn't be called "Hereditary"!
(End of this chapter)