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Why do people from Red Village marry women from White Village? Why can't they marry women from their own village?

"Perhaps the reason behind this is related to the Ghost Goddess."

“Hmm…” You Guo agreed, “If marriage is a bad thing, the people of Hongcun would definitely be all for it if they saw someone willing to take the risk for them.”

"Then why are they hiding the village rules from us?" Canglang asked. "If they want us to get married in their place, shouldn't they be treating us like royalty?"

"It's just speculation, it might not be the truth."

Fan Xiao shook his head and said, "There's still a lot of information we haven't figured out, so it's normal for there to be some conflicts. As for how to become a villager, I guess... we'll have to ask the village chief."

The direction of our exploration suddenly became clear.

After everyone snapped out of their daze from the conversation, their gazes toward Fan Xiao held a strange undertone.

This demon is truly formidable!

After encountering only one anomaly, they pieced together fragmented information and deduced the background of Red Village and the player's situation... It was as if they had a cheat-like perspective!

They were initially clueless, like headless flies.

At this moment, they had a lot of confidence that they could survive... well, as long as they clung to the big boss's coattails!

"Before we go to the village chief, let's discuss the characteristics of ghosts and monsters in traditional stories."

Fan Xiao reminded everyone, "If we can deduce the rules from these characteristics, our actions will be much safer going forward."

Upon hearing this, Canglang spoke first: "Ghosts can float and move... Okay, we can rule that out."

"Ghosts eat by smelling the food, not by actually eating it?" Owen said.

“Hmm,” Fan Xiao nodded, “Not being able to eat counts as one of the reasons. Before the ghost marriage arrives, just bear with your hunger and don’t take food out of your storage space.”

"Ghosts don't seem to need to sleep?" Xiao Tian suddenly said.

"Yeah, not sleeping at night counts too."

Before long, the nine of them had come up with a number of rules.

There must be many false rules among these, just like the villagers of Hongcun don't walk in a floating manner.

But... it's impossible to determine which one is fake for the time being; we'll have to observe and compare them one by one to find out.

For now, we can only comply with all of them.

“By the way,” You Guo suggested, “We can only guess some of the rules by guessing. I think we shouldn’t stay in any empty houses tonight. Let’s just barge into the villagers’ rooms and do whatever they do.”

"Uh... what if we step on a landmine by doing this?" Canglang asked. "Breaking the rules will get us ganged up on, it's too dangerous!"

“This is actually a choice, and we have to choose the option with the lower risk,” You Guo explained. “Who knows what they might do in their own homes at night? If we don’t observe and imitate, the possibility of violating the rules of concealment is actually greater. I think we should choose to break in, not to passively wait.”

"How about..." Canglang looked at Fan Xiao and suggested, "Why don't you also give those villagers 'heavenly eyes' so you can observe them from a distance at night?"

"How do you know I haven't tried it?" Fan Xiao asked with a smile.

The wolf exclaimed in astonishment, "You're incredibly audacious! You only just entered the instance, and you dare to attack a native?"

"You've got some nerve," Fan Xiao chuckled. "You dare to instigate me to attack the natives of the instance? Aren't you afraid I'll kill you first?"

Canglang: “…”

"Don't worry," Fan Xiao said to the others, "Leave tonight's matters to me. You don't need to use your 'Heavenly Eye' to observe the villagers from a distance."

Then why the hell did you open the third eye for us... Canglang really wanted to yell and curse, but he had to hold back because of Fan Xiao's tyranny.

Damn it! Why is this demon so strong?!

"Actually, you don't need to worry too much about breaking the rules."

Fan Xiao reminded everyone, "If you accidentally disobey, you will not necessarily die."

“That’s right!” Owen chimed in. “As soon as the sunlight disappeared and the weather turned from sunny to cloudy, those monstrous villagers who had been targeting me immediately stopped attacking and sank into the ground and disappeared. I guess they all went back to their original positions.”

"The sunlight didn't last long to begin with; they were limited by the weather." Canglang remained unconvinced: "There's no such thing as a time limit for sunlight at night. If they break the rules, they might be hunted down all night long. Who can escape?"

"If that happens, run out of the village, into the fog outside the village, and then go back into the village. Try this method to see if you can refresh the village."

Fan Xiao reminded everyone, "If we can't... the closer we get to the village, the fewer times we'll encounter mountain spirits in the mist, and the weaker they will be—staying in the mist is actually safer than staying in the village."

"The monsters in the mist are no simple matter either!" said the wolf.

"Heh, look at your pathetic self. With that kind of guts, you dare to be a cannibalistic player?"

Fan Xiao glanced at Canglang, then at Owen.

Owen immediately understood and said arrogantly to Canglang, "Even among C-level players, there can be worlds apart in strength. Hmph, if trash like you can survive, with Mr. Fan leading us, how could we possibly die in the mist? What level are you to even be compared to Mr. Fan?"

"Well, that makes sense."

"One thing to say, one thing to say, indeed."

The players all agreed and chimed in.

In an instant, everyone calmed down considerably, and the anxiety of losing two companions eased somewhat.

The wolf was so angry that its face turned almost green, but it dared not refute anything.

After discussing the intelligence, the group of nine temporarily abandoned their efforts to gather more information from the villagers and quickly left the area, heading straight for the village chief's house.

There are very few tiled houses in Hongcun; most are thatched huts.

Good accommodations are more likely to be for people of high status, which indirectly reduces the difficulty of finding the village chief.

……

White Village.

After realizing that the villagers were lying, Tanya organized a discussion and finally decided on a new plan—to temporarily abandon the idea of ​​gathering information from other villagers and go directly to the village chief's house.

Even if the village chief is busy, he can still find time to chat with them, right?

Tanya decided to use a more forceful approach to gather intelligence—of course, she wouldn't be foolish enough to interrogate the village chief.

As long as they don't attack, there are plenty of shameless ways to ask questions.

Time is of the essence, and she doesn't mind using some unscrupulous methods.

"We need to hurry and get to a definite conclusion before dark."

After reminding everyone, Tanya led the group ahead.

Those walking behind would glance around from time to time, wary of everything around them.

The mysterious and tragic death of the cannibalistic bearded man has put everyone on edge.

Monsters lurk in the White Village, eyeing them with predatory intent!

On the way to find the village chief, at one point, the weather suddenly changed from sunny to cloudy again.

The sky was overcast, the surrounding light dimmed, the temperature dropped, and the atmosphere became somewhat eerie.

Tanya and the others immediately went on high alert, becoming extremely vigilant.

The bearded man's tragic death occurred during a period of celestial change, and now... it's happening again?

Everyone focused their attention, carefully observing the surroundings and watching for any movement.

It seems... there's nothing unusual?

"Keep moving, don't get bogged down!"

Tanya offered a word of reminder before walking forward.

Other players followed suit.

After walking a short distance, Tanya suddenly turned her head and looked to her right—not far to the right, there was a thatched hut. At that moment, four villagers behaving rather strangely emerged from behind the hut. Although it wasn't raining, each of the four was carrying a black umbrella, shielding their heads, and it was unclear what they were hiding.

Upon seeing this, the two villagers at the entrance of the thatched hut changed their expressions and quickly distanced themselves from the figure holding the umbrella.

Tanya noticed this detail immediately, turned around, gestured for the people behind her to move away, and repeated it several times to make sure her teammates understood.

She didn't risk directly warning them, because the two villagers who were far away from the thatched hut's entrance didn't speak or shout in alarm.

suddenly!

Three figures carrying black umbrellas approached from ahead.

The tall Su was startled, resisting the urge to speak up, and pointed behind Tanya, giving her a hint.

Tanya looked back and saw that the three figures with umbrellas behind her were already very close.

They have entered within ten meters.

An anomaly has occurred!

Suddenly, the three figures accelerated and pounced on them like lightning.

Tanya's eyes narrowed, and she reached out to touch Su and Jian. With a teleportation, she disappeared from the spot and reappeared dozens of meters away.

The remaining players also fled, scattering in all directions.

One of them snorted and, while running, activated his talent, stomping his foot on the ground to manipulate the surrounding earth into churning.

Two massive clumps of earth detached from the ground and suddenly closed together—like a giant clapping its hands. With a tremendous commotion, the two clumps of earth sandwiched the three figures holding umbrellas, crushing them like insects, turning them into "sandwiches" with no gaps between them.

A body made of flesh and blood would definitely be crushed under such an attack.

"what……!"

A scream rang out.

The group of players who were dispersing were taken aback and turned around to look.

The player who had activated their talent to attack was now surrounded by far more than three umbrella-wielding figures because they had missed their chance to escape.

In the blink of an eye, he was swarmed by those figures, his body torn to pieces.

The surging earth's defenses failed to stop those figures in the slightest.

Upon seeing this, the players dared not linger and all mustered all their strength to flee in all directions.

"save……"

Cries for help rang out.

Then came the screams.

Another player has been killed.

Soon, the eerie atmosphere disappeared, the weather cleared up, and everything returned to normal.

Tanya looked around, but could no longer see the figure with the black umbrella.

"gather!"

Tanya shouted, using her voice to convey her location to everyone.

With the ability to interfere with space, she wasn't worried about whether she could escape, so she acted with fewer concerns.

Soon after, the surviving players gathered around her again.

The original 11 people were reduced to 8 after two weather changes.

Tanya frowned and said, "Those figures with umbrellas are not villagers from Bai Village! On the contrary, the villagers here are afraid of them."

"They seem to... attack and eat people!"

"If I'm not mistaken, the cannibalistic player who disappeared at the beginning was most likely killed by them."

“This must be one of the real rules of White Village!” Sue said: “Stay away from people who use umbrellas during the day.”

“No,” Tanya corrected, “it’s about staying away from people who use black umbrellas on cloudy days.”

How to pass Chapter 538?

Because of her skill in escaping, Tanya was not as panicked as other players when faced with the previous crisis.

This allowed her to observe more details than other players.

"10 meters!"

She reminded the surviving players who had gathered around, "If you encounter a shadowy figure with a black umbrella on a cloudy day, be sure to keep a distance of at least 10 meters from them!"

“When we were standing 10 meters away, those people with umbrellas didn’t even look at us. They could only see people within 10 meters.”

"These guys are so vicious!"