Chase Game

After listening to the rat's story, Ling Yi immediately thought of the name of this dungeon—[Fire of Calamity Transformation into Feathers].

The destruction of Dongshan Village was caused by "fire," but the fire burned in a strange way.

In the sweltering summer heat, when the air is dry and parched, lighting a fire is perfectly acceptable.

But how could such a large wildfire inexplicably break out in this clear and chilly early autumn season?

Ling Yi also posed this question to the rat, but it repeatedly apologized and shook its head, saying:

"Please forgive me, my lord! Please forgive me! I don't know the details either, I've only heard... heard..."

The mouse's eyes darted around, looking very frightened.

Ling Yi frowned slightly and snapped, "Speak quickly!"

"I heard...I heard...that someone angered a god..."

God?

Before entering the game, the old woman was muttering something about "divine intervention," and Ling Yi assumed she was a follower of some religion.

Now it seems there really is something fishy about it.

Ling Yi pondered, thinking to himself:

"This clue probably points to the [Transformation of Fire into Feathers] painting. To get a high score, you need to complete this main quest..."

Ling Yi was naturally eager for the final S rating.

The given game area also includes Dongshan Village, where there may be clues.

However, Dongshan Village is quite far from Zhuncheng County, and it takes most of the day to walk there and back. A whole day can easily pass by in that time.

The game is limited to three days and four nights.

"Well, since the parties involved are all here, let's try to get some information from them first. Besides, I still have a separate mission at the Meng residence."

Ling Yi thought that although he had decided to do the main quest to get a high score, if things didn't go well, the single-line quests could also be a backup plan for him.

Therefore, he continued his interrogation: "Tell me in detail, tell me everything that happened that day."

The mouse seemed even more troubled; in fact, he wasn't even in the village that day.

The rat was notorious for being idle. After much effort, he managed to trick a mute woman from another place into coming back, and then left all the housework to her.

He only cared about coming back to eat when he was hungry, and if his mute wife didn't do things his way, he would throw a tantrum and beat her.

The day before the fire, the mute woman strained her back while fetching water, but he didn't take care of her at all and went to play cards in the next village.

When the fire started, he was being beaten by others for refusing to pay his debts.

Being beaten was the best-case scenario; his mute wife was in a much worse situation, lying in bed unable to move or make a sound.

He was eventually crushed to death by the collapsing wall.

When the rats returned, all that remained was scorched earth and ruins.

Everything in the village was burned down, leaving the villagers with no choice but to wander along the way, begging for a living.

But in those days, no one had much surplus grain, let alone such a large group of people. Who wouldn't feel scared when they saw them?

The rats were so hungry that they couldn't gnaw on tree bark or eat soil, so they set their sights on the children.

These children included those whose parents were burned to death in the fire; those who got separated in the chaos; and those whose elders were careless and failed to supervise them.

He felt uncomfortable even when he ate the first one; he felt like he would throw it up.

But the more I ate, the more addicted I became.

His hunting was no longer for food, but purely to satisfy his perverted and twisted psychology.

Ling Yi had actually guessed this, because when he entered the cave, what terrified him was not the scene of rats slaughtering with axes.

It was his expression—he was smiling.

This kind of person... no, he can no longer be called a human being.

This kind of monster is better off going to hell.

Seeing that the mouse was stammering and unable to utter a single word, Ling Yi knew that he wouldn't get any information from it.

So...

Ling Yi's gaze drifted slowly towards the axe on the ground.

With his back to the firelight, Ling Yi's face was obscured by the rat, but the rat sensed his killing intent!

In extreme fear, he trembled even more.

Just then, another set of footsteps sounded.

Lingyi only saw an unfamiliar shadow rising from the cave wall, but the mouse could see who it was.

In the midst of the terrifying moment between life and death, he suddenly unleashed a hysterical power.

The rat suddenly kicked up a cloud of dust, and at the same time, it roared with an extremely ferocious and twisted expression:

"Big Ox, come quick, help me!"

The dust that rose up did not affect Ling Yi at all; he simply turned slightly to the side and dodged the underhanded move.

Seeing the shadow on the cave wall rapidly approaching, he thought to himself:

So there were accomplices?

He didn't know if the little boy could be saved, nor what the situation was like inside the cave.

To save time and for safety reasons, and also to test the item, I used the [Reversed Hourglass] directly.

The situation has changed. Even if [Reverse Hourglass] can no longer be used, he still has [Silence] and [Invisibility].

Ling Yi's figure vanished into thin air.

The mouse's eyes widened.

His accomplice also arrived; this guy named Da Niu was indeed as strong as an ox.

He had a ring of skulls around his neck and was holding a half-eaten heart in his right hand.

He was also a cannibalistic demon.

But upon closer inspection, you'll find that this person is simple-minded and a bit slow-witted, and not quite right in the head.

"Hehe...hehe...Big brother...the bad guys...we've chased them away!"

Da Niu said with a smile. The mouse was in no mood to scold him. His Adam's apple bobbed and his heart was pounding.

Da Niu's eyes lit up at this moment, as if he had discovered something interesting, and he exclaimed in surprise:

"Big...big brother...axe...fly...fly!"

The mouse looked back uneasily, and then he saw the axe on the ground fly up into the air...

In his shock, before he could react, the axe blade came hurtling towards him!

The axe didn't hit him, but blood spurted from his face.

The mouse's lips trembled, and its eyes looked as if it had seen a ghost.

Dark red blood gushed from the bull's neck, and the necklace made from its skull was severed and rolled to the ground.

The heart he was holding fell to the ground, and he mumbled something incoherently.

Finally, his pupils began to dilate, and due to excessive blood loss, his legs lost the strength to support his body.

Boom!

Da Niu fell to the ground, the axe still stuck in his neck.

The mouse was completely dumbfounded as it watched the axe "fly" off the ox's neck.

Ling Yi under the 【Invisibility】 effect will only become visible when using skills or being hit.

Normal attacks, or attacks performed after using [Good Fruit - Vajra Body] in advance, will not be visible.

He unsurprisingly ended the rat's life.

These two cannibalistic guys were sent back to hell.

After Ling Yi finished doing all this, she found a rock, sat on it, and calmed her breathing.

Meanwhile, he watched as the blood of these two men continued to gush out and seep into the soil.

Perhaps, in gaming terminology, they should be called NPCs.

But the NPCs here are different from those in other games.

When he played Red Dead Redemption 2, he did whatever he wanted, killing whenever he wanted without any psychological burden.

However, that was something Arthur Morgan did using a keyboard and mouse, what did it have to do with Ling Yi?

Now, however, he did it himself.

He could clearly feel the axe blade cutting through his skin.

You can also clearly see the scene of blood vessels being severed and blood gushing out.

This is definitely a completely different feeling from what you get from looking through a screen.

Moreover, if we're being honest, this is the second time he's killed someone.