Thriller copy beating workers

Chapter 85 Ghost Town 9
The next day, there were not so many small town residents watching around the hut.

Because it didn't rain anymore, people came out one after another and went to the distant mountains in small groups to cut firewood and collect food.

However, Shu Xin still saw some young men and women approaching her direction intentionally or unintentionally. When passing the hut, they shyly and politely saluted her and said hello.

Shu Xin has no empathy at all for these people's extremely explicit expressions. This is probably the so-called cultural generation gap.

Because she was on alert last night, she had a good sleep, had breakfast, tidied up briefly, and headed to the place she had not explored yesterday.

Two strong young men followed closely: "Master Shuxin, please let us come with you. We can be your guide and help you carry your things. We can do whatever you want us to do."

Shu Xin's sight slipped past the broad and strong chest that the two of them exposed intentionally or not, and she nodded, "Very good, then please disappear from my sight."

The expectation and some kind of indescribable emotion that flickered in the eyes of the two people were frozen in the ice for an instant, causing embarrassment and forcibly suppressed shame.

Shu Xin was not in the mood and did not have the time to care for the fragile and injured hearts of the two "suitors". After all, differences in concepts could not be changed with a few words.

As she turned around and left quickly, a weird thought came to Shu Xin's mind:
praying mantis.

She remembered reading in an article that some female praying mantises would eat male praying mantises at that time, and then described how difficult and great it was for male praying mantises to pursue love...

But the reality is that when the female mantis lays its eggs, it almost ends its life. So, are the "love" that is shouted about just a certain aspect, a wishful beautification to achieve one's own goals? !
Thinking of this, Shu Xin shivered inexplicably.

Probably because she had accumulated some experience in the jungle through the pain of skin-cutting yesterday, and her clothes and shoes were all replaced with more durable ones, so today she, the intruder, was given special care by the bugs, but she was not in a very embarrassed state.

She circled the mountains surrounding the town as fast as she could and returned to the cabin at nightfall with the two hares.

There are many beasts, but the coins she has accumulated now can fully meet her recent needs.

In the dungeon world, except for things with spiritual energy, no other mortal objects can be taken away.

In addition, she brought back a few wild boars yesterday, which already made everyone look at her with admiration.

Now that she was acting out of tune with the other hunters, this kind of admiration might have the opposite effect.

Therefore, there is no need for her to hunt more animals to attract unnecessary "attention" now, as long as she has enough to eat.

Back at the cabin, Shu Xin roasted the prepared rabbit on the campfire, dipping it in some sauce and spreading it on it from time to time.

Soon, oily smoke was sizzling on the surface of the rabbit meat, and the aroma filled the entire hut.

In the sea of ​​consciousness, Shu Xin communicated with Su Su: "Su Su, do you feel anything about the magnetic field here now?"

Susu: [Like you, I simply concluded that this place where humans live together seems to have been deliberately laid out.Those ghosts are keeping them captive. 】

"Any clues about the ghost's lair?"

[No, when it rains, it feels like those fog masses rise from the ground out of thin air.After the sky cleared, the ghost's breath and fog disappeared without a trace, as if the ghost had never existed. 】

Shuxin took out the Yinling Bone Knife and cut off a small piece of rabbit meat and put it into her mouth, exhaling and chewing it wholeheartedly. It was so hot, fragrant and tender.

Kill one whole rabbit in the evening and roast the other, just in time for breakfast tomorrow.

The tavern proprietress Sim came again, this time she still brought a can of broth.

Shu Xin gave her a piece of roast pork and asked, "Aunt Sim, I think you don't seem to be in a good mood. Did something happen?"

Sim looked at Shu Xin and paused, "Sir Shu Xin, as a woman, I understand you very well. I think the place where you originally lived may be different, but here..."

Seeing that the other party was hesitant to speak, Shu Xin said, "If you have anything to say, just say it." "Actually, establishing that kind of... connection with the guardian hunter... is a tradition that has been established in the town from the beginning, and it is also a way to reach a conclusion with the ghost. One of the basic agreements.”

"A deal with the ghost?"

"Well, there are three basic agreements between the town and the ghost."

"Three basic agreements?" Shu Xin repeated. What she was thinking was that it was another kind of "agreed-to-convention" agreement, right?
"One is that ghosts only hunt when it rains."

Shu Xin hummed, she already knew this.

"The second is the wall around the town. I believe you have seen it. It is said that when it was built, the guardians gave it power. As long as everyone stays inside during the ghost hunting, they will not be attacked..."

Shu Xin interrupted at the right time: "But I heard how many times did the ghost break through the wall and kill people?"

Sim: "That's because they violated the third basic agreement."

Shu Xin frowned slightly as she looked at the other person's eyes staring closely at her. There seemed to be an answer ready to come out in her mind.

Sim: "Because they failed to combine with bounty hunters..."

When Shu Xin heard this answer that coincided with her own consciousness, she felt a funny and absurd feeling.

This basic agreement...are you sure it's not a joke?
But she didn't laugh. Any regulations must serve a certain "person" or a certain group.

So, why would the ghost make such an agreement with the town residents?

In this way, she also understood why the people in the town still followed her after she repeatedly refused.

Shu Xin blurted out: "Why?"

Sim sighed and shook his head.

"I know about three times. Among them were two female hunters and one male. They were unwilling... In the end, ghosts came from all directions and broke through the town's walls... Tens of thousands of people died at one time, and the entire town They were all stained red with blood. Those ghosts did not devour those people, but tore them into pieces and threw them everywhere..."

"and then?"

"Then they settled down..."

"And then what?"

"what?"

Shu Xin: "I mean, where are those bounty hunters? How are they doing?"

Sim looked sad, "They... died fighting the ghosts, and then their spirits became part of the wall."

Shu Xin looked at the other party calmly, and for a moment, she suddenly asked: "By the way, do you know what happened to Kerry? He only told me in the letter that he encountered some difficult things and hoped that I would come and help him. But when I got here I found that he seemed to be gone long ago?”

The sadness in Sim's eyes seemed to be about to condense, "He did it to help us avoid being sacrificed..."

In Sim's story, Kerry saw that rainy days have become more and more frequent in recent times, which means that the residents of the town need to take the initiative to offer sacrifices. Just like when Shu Xin first came to the town, she met him in the tavern. That way.

He decided to stop it all, and finally...

(End of this chapter)