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Chapter 56 Ichidamura (9)

"I will not make a wish to you, and you are not allowed to use my face again."

The female stone statue was unwilling to give in and looked down at the other two people.

"What about you? I can make any wish come true. There are many people in the village waiting for me to realize their wishes... Now the opportunity is right in front of you, are you going to miss it?"

Fu You: "If I guess correctly, you can't get away from this heavy stone statue. Do you want a human body so you can escape from this temple?"

"..." The female stone statue stopped talking, regained her face, and sat majestically.

"Why don't you say anything anymore? Have you touched your sensitive heart?" Huo Ran stretched out his hand and started to scratch her lower back again, "Stop, our companion is still under your butt."

The female stone statue wanted to pretend to be dead and not move away, but it was too itchy and she couldn't bear it, so she reluctantly moved her buttocks away.

Diying shouted from below: "Pull me up quickly, I can't breathe!"

Fu You probed.

There is no bottom below, only the size of a wellhead.

Chen Rong said coldly: "Get out of the way."

Chen Rong turned her palm over and the bug flew downward.

"How can your insect be used as a rope?" Huo Ran asked curiously.

"My bugs are not real bugs, they are mechanical bugs. One by one, they can turn into whips."

Huo Ran was envious again.

Everyone's awakening ability is so useful and cool, only hers.

My hands are empty...

Huo Ran thought about it and activated his awakening ability.

[Ding dong, awakening ability is activated: you have copied the current awakening ability mechanical beetle]

[Warm reminder: Your awakening ability can only exert 60% of the ability of the copied person. The percentage can be increased after upgrading the awakening ability]

Only 60%?
Huo Ran couldn't help but sigh.

Diying came up dragging the rope generated by the mechanical beetle, holding a notebook in his hand.

Diying: "I touched this down there. It was too dark and I didn't see what it was... It should be useful, right?"

The female stone statue silently returned to its original position and stared at them quietly.

Huo Ran took it and it read "Guo Family Genealogy" on it.

"It's the family tree of the village. Everyone in this village has the surname Guo."

When the first page was opened, the eight characters [Men do not marry, women do not have children] came into view.

Looking at the entire family tree, it turns out that there are no young descendants in the entire village.

"No wonder I didn't see a single child in the village."

"If they don't marry or have children, how can they reproduce? Shouldn't the village have been wiped out long ago?" Diying wondered, "This genealogy must be hundreds of years old... Where did the people in the village come from? "

Yes, for hundreds of years, they did not marry, have children, or intermarry with foreign surnames. How did they survive until now?

Huo Ran looked at the female stone statue.

The female stone statue was also looking down at them. Seeing Huo Ran looking at her, she immediately looked away with compassion.

Huo Ran said meaningfully: "If you don't marry a wife or have children, is it possible..."

"How are the people in the village now, the same people who lived hundreds of years ago, alive today?"

Diying was surprised: "How is this possible?"

Fu You: "It's not impossible. Isn't there a statue in front of me that can grant wishes?"

If the female stone statue had not been a stone statue, she would have felt guilty at this moment.

She stared straight ahead, trying to reduce her presence.

Four people, four pairs of eyes stared straight at her.

Huo Ran looked at her quietly.

"Did they wish you eternal life?"

The female stone statue remained silent.

Huo Ran thought to himself: "There are no young men, women and children in the village. They are all old men and middle-aged men and women. If they wish for immortality, what will be the reward for you?"

Chen Rong had a guess in her mind: "Could it be..." Huo Ran: "A hundred years ago, you collected the young men, women and children in this village as a reward for their immortality, right?"

The female stone statue actually sighed.

"Yes, and also wrong."

"Since you have already guessed this, I don't mind telling you something," the female stone statue said. "Your guesses are quite accurate, but I have never wanted any children. I have all the people I sent here. Let them go back."

"Then they..."

The female stone statue added: "But they are indeed dead...as sacrifices to me as nourishment."

Speaking of which, the originally compassionate face of the female stone statue showed a malicious smile.

"They were personally killed by their parents, relatives and friends."

Diying: "...in person?"

Did they actually kill their own children for the sake of their own immortality?
[Ding dong, the key mission has been triggered: find the bones of dead young men, women and children, and eliminate the grievances]

The mission reminder sounded in the ears of the four of them.

Chen Rong said, "Where are they now?"

Female stone statue: "How do I know? Ask the people in the village. I'm just a stone statue that stays in the temple and can't get out. I don't know anything and I can't do anything."

"You can do so much. You can make people in a village live forever. Isn't this against the rules of the world?" Chen Rong said, "Emperors pursue immortality all their lives. Why haven't they met you?"

The female stone statue sneered: "There are so many ways to live forever, but..."

"Just what?"

The female stone statue stopped talking. She closed her eyes and began to relax.

That night, the ghosts that had disappeared came again several times, but they were all repelled by the four people.

The four of them stayed up all night and were all exhausted.

Finally dawn came.

The rain that had been falling all night stopped, the night faded, and the sun gradually rose in the sky.

[Ding dong, the mission has been completed: after dark, go to the temple and survive until dawn without being discovered by the NPC. 】

The four of them walked out of the temple with confidence after hearing the reminder that the task was completed.

Before leaving, Huo Ran looked back at the female stone statue again.

There seems to be a sneer in the female stone statue's compassionate expression.

……

……

The four of them took advantage of the dawn to return to their residence.

The soil on the ground became even softer, and there was no sound at all in Ichida Village. The silence was terrifying.

The NPCs were all still asleep. After quietly opening the door, the four of them went back to their rooms in silence.

After taking a nap, there was another knock on the door downstairs.

Huo Ran opened his eyes and walked out of the room. People in other rooms continued to sleep as if they hadn't heard.

Huoran raised the corners of his mouth.

Is it her turn?

She slowly walked downstairs and glanced at the Grand Master's chair on the first floor.

The Taishi's chair was spotless, with no dust at all, which was in sharp contrast to the environment on the first floor where there were spider webs everywhere.

Huo Ran stood in front of the door, listening quietly to the knock on the door.

The knocking on the door became more and more urgent, almost slamming on the door.

Huo Ran said: "Who is it?"

The knocking at the door stopped.

"It's me," the voice outside the door was very familiar, and the man said mechanically in a hoarse voice, "It's me - I'm back. Open the door - open the door -"

Huo Ran remembered.

This is Teacher Zhang’s voice.

(End of this chapter)