The sound gradually faded away, adding a bit of creepy and eerie feeling in the silent late night village.
Jiang Yao listened close to the window and roughly determined the direction in which the sounds stopped at the market.
Through the windows covered with a thin layer of oil paper, I could vaguely see the dark sky outside the house illuminated by a flash of orange light, and there were a few faint sounds of applause and cheers.
She lowered her eyes and thought for a few seconds. Just as she was about to go back to bed and continue sleeping, a pale, dead hand stretched out from beside her. In the dim light, it looked like a ghost hand.
Jiang Yao, who followed the hand to see clearly who was coming, was not frightened. He almost took out the butcher knife from his backpack and cut off the hand.
"Are you awake too?"
A-Dong also wore a thick mask when sleeping. He spread out his palms with a note inside.
Jiang Yao picked up the piece of paper and used the shark oil lamp to read clearly a line of words on the paper.
'Someone is watching us. '
The rules established by A Dong only restrict monsters, not villagers.
In other words, the protective barrier covering the old brick houses has no effect on the villagers. Through this code, she felt that someone was hiding in the dark outside the house and peering at them.
Jiang Yao lowered his voice and asked, "Can you see your face clearly?"
A-Dong had a stack of sticky notes in his hand, and he wrote quickly with a pen, then pulled it off and showed it to her.
'It's the washerwoman in the village who greeted you when we first entered this instance. '
Jiang Yao thought for a moment and frowned.
It was her taking it lightly.
There was something wrong with what she said to the woman during the day, "Several students have not come to school recently. I plan to go home to see them tomorrow."
As for what's wrong...
She recalled the details of the time.
The first possibility is that the teacher she plays would not say such a thing.
If this is possible, there are many questions. First of all, why don’t you say it? Moreover, how could a washerwoman in Jiangtan Village know the teacher so well and know that she would not say such a thing?
The second possibility is that Jiangtan Village is extremely exclusive of outsiders. The teacher and her sister are both outsiders who came to the village to teach, so their every move is monitored——
Maybe there is a third or fourth possibility.
But Jiang Yao now prefers the first option.
Something went wrong during her performance, which aroused the suspicion of the villagers.
Unlike the previous role-playing dungeon, she entered the dungeon as a newcomer, and the difficulty of the dungeon was less than level 10. The restrictions on players are not high and the tasks are not difficult.
As long as new players follow the rules, the dungeon is very player-friendly and will not trigger death conditions easily. Unless new players explore the main line across levels, the difficulty of the dungeon will increase.
But this time, the difficulty of the dungeon she entered was 50, and the task was by no means as simple as it seemed.
Several children are missing in Jiangtan Village, and the mission is to find the missing children.
When entering the dungeon, Jiang Yao was used to observing the buildings and terrain.
The terrain of this dungeon is similar to that of "Dragon Girl Village". Dragon Girl Village is facing the Yanhe River, surrounded by high mountains, and the terrain is low.
Jiangtan Village is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the mountains are endless. This village is built in a high mountain. Driving is inconvenient. It will take a lot of time and energy for villagers to go outside across the mountain.
There are densely planted trees in the mountains, covered by the lingering white mist. It is very easy to get lost. If you are not careful, you will get lost in the mountains and forests.
It is not easy to get in and out of the village. Children in the village are missing. It is most likely that they accidentally got lost in the mountains and forests.
Why was the washerwoman spying on them? Could it be that they suspected that they were hiding the child?
All questions can only be answered by exploring the village tomorrow.
"Don't worry about her, let's continue sleeping."
A Dong nodded and put away the sticky notes and pen.
They had a peaceful night, and the woman who was peeping outside the house left at dawn. Jiang Yao took advantage of the fact that it was still early and continued to rummage around the house.
The house is old, the furniture is slightly damaged, the gray tiles are repaired, and the walls are cracked and will collapse in an earthquake.
The paradox is that the rice jars in the kitchen are full, and every household has a cellar. The cellar where they live is filled with all kinds of fresh vegetables, as well as dried bacon, chickens and ducks.
There was no yard outside the house. A deep well was dug about ten steps away from the residence, and there was clear water in the well.
On the surface, this teacher looks poor and conscientious. He is willing to take care of his students even when he is hungry. But in fact, there is no shortage of food and drink, and the foundation is solid.
'Another villager came to spy on us. '
A Dong wrote on a sticky note and showed it to her.
The woman had been monitoring their every move all night yesterday, and today another man came.
Jiang Yao originally wanted to buy breakfast in the mall, but there were villagers watching him all the time, so he could only go to the stove house to make some breakfast.
A Dong handed over another sticky note.
'I can cook, I'll do it. '
Her ears hidden in the thick hat were red, and she didn't raise her head or speak during the whole process.
Jiang Yao was already used to her communicating like this. He glanced at the note and nodded: "Okay."
She can cook and has a chef certificate. I once worked as a chef in a five-star hotel, and the salary was quite high. Unfortunately, it didn't take long for the hotel to become a mysterious place, and the boss died in it.
Normally she doesn't want to cook, so she will deal with it if she can.
She is naturally very happy if someone is willing to cook.
By the time she filled the water tank, breakfast was ready. It was porridge stewed with minced vegetables and pork, with a few side dishes to go with the porridge. The hot rice porridge went into her stomach, filling her hungry belly.
A Dong likes to do housework, cook and cook. Before leaving the residence, a few large cakes were spread out, wrapped in oil paper, so you could eat them when you were hungry.
'Where to go? '
Jiang Yao glanced at the sneaking figure behind him from the corner of his eye and whispered: "School."
There are too many weird things in Jiangtan Village, and she can't alert them yet.
The school was not difficult to find. Not far from them, there were several six or seven-year-old children carrying cloth bags, walking along the river and jumping around.
Not long after, a school built like an ancestral hall came into view, with black bricks and white walls. The courtyard walls were built low, and you could see the tables, chairs and benches placed in the courtyard at a glance.
As I got closer, I finally saw the outline of the school building clearly. In addition to tables and chairs, there was also a five- to six-meter-long square table in the courtyard. There were two girls in long and wide opera costumes practicing their voices.
At seven or eight o'clock in the morning, all the students arrived in the school courtyard.
The students are as young as five and as old as twelve, and they are all busy.
As soon as they saw Jiang Yao entering the room, they all stood up and called in unison.
"Hello Mr. Jiang~"
Jiang Yao nodded slightly.
Jiangtan Village is not big. There are probably more than thirty households in it. There are more than twenty children in the yard, all of similar age, and most of them are girls.
This is obviously not normal.
There are also players among the children. The players can be distinguished at a glance. They are not immature like children of several years old, but more mature and calm.
There are a total of twenty players in the dungeon. Excluding Jiang Yao and A Dong, among the children in the yard, there are up to six players.
