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"If it triggers a pattern: interact with the villagers. The person you interacted with most recently was me, who just arrived today. The person you interacted with the most was you, who has lived here for decades. It's definitely not Chiyo's turn."

"I originally speculated that it was because of this weapon. They were afraid of it and didn't dare to attack me."

"But after I walked to the first floor and threw the weapon to you, they still didn't attack me. Instead, they became fearless and began to launch a full-scale attack on you."

"So I judged the law by which they kill people is—vitality."

"You're already half buried in the ground, so they have little desire to attack you. Even if I crush my heart, I'm no different from a dead person. Even if I don't crush it, my vital signs won't even match those of a living old person."

"But Chiyoko is different. She is young, full of energy, and full of vitality. After she lost too much blood and her life level dropped rapidly, the ghost lost its target and turned to attack you, the one with the most vitality."

"They still didn't attack me after my heart recovered, which means that people who have died once don't meet the rules of killing."

"The three of us have all 'died' once now. Regardless of the manner of death, fake death or real death, no matter how low the degree, it's still death. This has smoothed out the killing pattern left by the rat pack on us."

"If we still meet the killing rules, then the rats should be back by now, understand?"

Grandma Chiyo: “…”

Li Mo: "Forget it if you don't understand. You can figure it out slowly."

For an old man who had never dealt with supernatural events personally, his words were obviously a bit obscure, even though he had said them in an extremely simple and clear way.

However, as we age, our thinking and reactions will inevitably decline, and it becomes increasingly difficult to understand the connections between things.

This has nothing to do with intelligence, but is an objective natural law.

"Wait a minute!" Grandma Chiyo suddenly called Li Mo.

"What else? If it's about my flesh and blood being able to cure Xiao Qianyo, then I won't answer." Li Mo said.

Grandma Chiyo shook her head. "It's not that. I know that exorcists definitely have their own taboos and avoidances. When my old man was still alive, he also had some unspeakable secrets that he didn't want to mention."

"There's something I didn't tell you before, thinking you wouldn't need it. Now I think you have another purpose for coming to this village, and this information might be helpful to you."

Grandma Chiyo's words instantly made Li Mo turn around and glare at the other person gloomily.

"You said before that you had told me everything you knew. Can I now understand that... you deceived me?"

Li Mo's tone was calm and he sounded emotionless, but judging from his decisive reaction, that wasn't the case.

Grandma Chiyo quickly explained, "I just remembered it when I heard you keep mentioning 'rules'. I'm old and my memory is not good, please forgive me..."

"You'd better tell me everything you can remember this time. I'm a vindictive person." Li Mo's voice was cold.

"Yeah!" Grandma Chiyo nodded repeatedly, quickly knelt on the ground, and put her head under little Chiyo's bed.

It is an exquisite wooden box.

He took out a simple white amulet from inside.

In an instant, the thermometer responded, and Li Mo reflexively put his hands on his waist.

The white amulet in front of me is either a ghost or a strange thing.

But from the appearance, it is more inclined to the latter.

Li Mo did not act rashly. Since Grandma Chiyo was able to survive safely until now, it meant that she should not pose much of a threat to living people.

But strictly speaking, he is now half human and half ghost. Maybe he is more human, but that does not prevent him from having the characteristics of a ghost.

"What is that and what does it do?"

"Let me think, I remember... Oh, yes! The old man told me that this white amulet is related to sacrifice." Grandma Chiyo suddenly remembered.

Sacrifice...

law……

So is sacrifice really a strange ritual? Is it somehow connected to the strange origin of this world?

Grandma Chiyo walked forward and wanted to put the white amulet into Li Mo's hand, but Li Mo refused.

"Tell me what this is for first." Li Mo was very alert and he didn't dare to take the strange thing casually.

Grandma Chiyo didn't understand why Li Mo was so cautious, it was just a white amulet.

But to make amends, he patiently continued, "This is something the old man stole... from the shrine. Ahem...that's not important. What's important is that the old man said this thing is very important."

"He said... let me think what did he say?"

Grandma Chiyo tried hard to recall.

"Yes, it's related to sacrifice!"

"You've already said that." Li Mo reminded.

Grandma Chiyo came to her senses and apologized to Li Mo embarrassedly.

"I'm not sure what it's used for, but I know that during the ceremony the old man wore this white amulet and kept his eyes fixed on the sky."

"I looked over there and didn't see anything. Then I realized the amulet had turned from white to black."

"For the next few days, the old man became crazy and kept mumbling about some 'pattern'. A few days later, he disappeared."

Li Mo: “…”

"If you wear this thing for a few days, it will disappear. Do you think I dare to wear it?"

Grandma Chiyo: "It's not what you think. He disappeared for another reason, not because of the amulet."

Li Mo: "How can you be sure?"

Grandma Chiyo: "Before he disappeared, he renovated the entire house. Some villagers also saw him leave the village during the day, but he didn't come back at night. I guess this proves the legend of Yae Village: no one can return to Yae Village alive the next day."

"Is that so..." Li Mo murmured softly, thinking of Yaezakura.

Chapter 19: The Remaining Laws of the Fantasy Ghost

If you are not in Yae Village at night, the killing law will be triggered. According to universal rationality, no one will come back alive.

Those who can survive must be closely related to ghosts.

For example: himself, Yae Sakura, and the knife in her hand.

Li Mo took the white amulet, and the moment he touched it, it turned from white to black.

Grandma Chiyo's eyes narrowed, but after Li Mo put it on, the amulet seemed to recognize its master and returned to white again.

Through what Grandma Chiyo described, Li Mo roughly understood how to use this thing.

When you wear this amulet and its color changes, it means that an invisible ghost has appeared nearby.

And the carrier can see it.

The reason is very simple. When Grandpa Chiyo was watching the festival, the color of the amulet changed. He stared at the sky, which seemed to be nothing in the eyes of ordinary people, with a panicked and stunned look.

The festival will be held in three days, and Yaezakura has reminded her not to come into contact with dirty things in the village recently.

"Don't go out these days," Li Mo reminded.

Grandma Chiyo shook her head: "It's okay for me not to go out, but little Chiyo must go out."

Li Mo: "Why?"

The rebuttal was definitely not groundless or subjective. Something must have happened that forced Xiao Chiyo to go out.

Grandma Chiyo looked at little Chiyo who was sleeping peacefully behind her, then turned to face Li Mo.

The other party's sensitivity was far beyond her imagination. She didn't need to remind him deliberately. Just answering and explaining was enough.

Grandma Chiyo sighed and said with a rather helpless expression:

"All the children in the village must go out every day. This is the rule of the village."

"I also tried to hide Xiao Chiyo, but Yaejin-sama came with the villagers to inquire about Xiao Chiyo's whereabouts."

"I couldn't persuade them. I was afraid they would break in and snatch Xiao Chiyo away, so I had to compromise."

"..."

Li Mo thought thoughtfully, "Does Yae Village still have such a rule?" He had never heard anyone mention it.

What is the purpose of this practice?

"What do you think their purpose is?" Li Mo asked directly.

Grandma Chiyo: "I don't know. This rule has been in place since I first arrived, and my son has been following it since he was young. It's probably to make the children more aware of Yae Village and cultivate a sense of hometown."

"..."

"Where is my room?"

"Go out and turn left into the second room."

Li Mo walked out of the room and did not respond to this question before leaving.

Because no answer is needed.

Cultivate a sense of home? Such a statement will only be met with scorn.

They are just cultivating sacrifices.

As to whether this speculation is true, we only need to see who the sacrifice is at the sacrifice three days later to verify it.

The night wind was exceptionally cold, and the clear light that fell on the windowsill became scarlet and eye-catching.

The air is not important.

Li Mo closed the window and sat in a daze in the room.

He doesn't need sleep. Instead of sleeping, he should leave time for more meaningful things, such as thinking.

So far, in just one day in Yae Village, I have encountered too many ghosts.

Set a trap, hide your figure, pretend to leave, and hide in the eaves of the bear.

Sheep that interfere with cognition, change identities, and cannot resist the assimilation process.

The black shadows of giant rats with unknown patterns crushed all objects that could exorcise evil spirits with their numbers and tried to hunt rats by burrowing into the bodies of living people.

There was no shadow under his feet, and the Eightfold God Lord suddenly appeared.

The spiritual sword Sakura Fubuki with unknown patterns, the demon sword Akazen Sakura that easily devours other demons, and their holder, Yaezakura, whose identity is unknown.

If we add hunters, butchers, and shepherds...

"This village is indeed very strange, but that alone cannot explain why the pseudo-humans choose to avoid this area."

"Ghosts and humans can coexist. If a pseudo-human considers himself human, then there's no reason to ignore him."

"This is the first place where the black fog disappeared. What exactly caused the black fog to disappear so quickly?"

During the long night, Li Mo sat in a chair, thinking and analyzing constantly.

Make a guess, deny it, make another guess, deny it again.

Until there are no logical problems, only conjectures that lack evidence to support them, and then remember them.

"Is it related to the sacrifice?"

Li Mo said to himself.

"There are rules for sacrifices. Grandpa Chiyo once mentioned this."

"I previously speculated that the sacrifices were outsiders who had been transformed into livestock. Based on this scenario, the choice of sacrifices would be those outsiders who had been transformed into livestock."

"Yae Sakura reminded me to be careful recently and not to repeat what happened tonight. What happened tonight was that I almost became a sheep in the sheepfold. This is the basis for choosing the sacrifice."

"It's just that I was too radical, which triggered the law and turned me into a sheep."

"So, Yaemura's so-called rule that children must go out every day is actually accelerating this process."

Li Mo glanced at his right hand and found it had recovered.

The first people ghosts attack are always those with vitality...

Whether it's a bear hunting little Kallen in the suburbs, or a mouse in the village getting into little Chiyo's body.

He was clearly within the attack range and posed the greatest threat; it was impossible for an intelligent ghost to fail to see that.

But they all still chose to kill Kallen and Chiyo first, even if it meant exposing their true identities to them.

Suddenly, Li Mo remembered the process of entering the cave.

In a state of death, he complained that this process was similar to the description in Peach Blossom Spring.