The meaning of the four lines of the poem is unclear. It seems like a description of suffering or a malicious curse.
Zeiss looked around and saw a broom and two rags in the corner.
The rag is brand new, which is relatively clean compared to the dusty room.
He picked up a rag and wiped the tabletop. After almost removing the dust, he picked up the pages of the travel brochure with his fingers and turned them back.
On the back of the page is a map of the village, with three places marked: "Ancestral Hall", "Village History Museum" and "Village Chief's Home". Su Po's house where the player is located is marked with a red circle, which is simple and clear at a glance.
What struck Ziss as strange was that there was clearly a road on the left side of the map, but there were no markings on it. It was as if there were no buildings there, just a deserted area.
Villages in the plains have always been compact. Is there really such a large open space?
Deliberately leaving it empty is simply "there is no three hundred taels of silver here".
Qisi made a decision: "When the time comes, we can give priority to the west side of the village and we should be able to find some unusual clues."
A perfect pass will not only get more points, but also prop rewards. Although Qisi really wants to trigger the guaranteed death toll mechanism and end the instance as soon as possible, he feels uncomfortable when he thinks that the settlement interface may display a rating lower than "S".
After comprehensive consideration, it is better to collect clues honestly and decipher the world view.
"The food is ready, come and eat!" A hoarse shout came from outside the door, it was Su Po's voice.
Chiss put down the paper in his hand and pushed the door open.
The round table in the courtyard was already filled with food. Except for the iron basin in the center, which contained a white gelatinous object, the surrounding area was surrounded by ordinary farm vegetable dishes.
There are thirteen seats in total, with a pair of bowls and chopsticks placed in front of each one.
The players sat in a circle around the table. Qisi glanced at the hands of several people and didn't see anyone wearing a ring or anything like that.
Yang Yundong took the lead in describing the clues in the travel manual, and other players responded one after another, basically confirming that this was a public clue, and every player got the same information.
In the meantime, Su Po pulled Ah Xi to sit down last, next to Qi Si and Zhu Ling respectively.
Zhu Ling said in greeting: "It's really troublesome for you to make room for us and prepare such a big table of dishes for us."
Su Po smiled and said: "It should, it should, you are tourists."
Zhu Ling nodded slightly and said thoughtfully: "We just arrived here and we can't understand the map just by looking at it. Can you be a tour guide and show us around tomorrow morning?"
"Your village should still worship that god, right? Several of us believe in God. If it's convenient for you, take us to worship Him."
She obviously also noticed the blank space on the map and wanted to find out important clues through questioning.
Unexpectedly, Su Po's face suddenly turned ugly: "As promised before, you are just here to stay and taste the 'sacred meat'. No matter how much, I don't have time to accompany you, old lady."
Zhu Ling begged without giving up: "Po Po Su, we won't delay you for too long. We just want to trouble you to give us some direction."
"Old lady, I don't have the time!"
"Then let's take out the map and tell us about it?"
"I don't understand anything, you guys can figure it out on your own!"
"...Okay, excuse me."
Zhu Ling was disappointed and a little embarrassed. Zhang Lizai, who was sitting next to her, patted his fat face and muttered in a low voice: "Then if you're in love, I'll spend the money to travel and stay there for five days..."
Zhou Yilin retorted in a low voice: "But we don't seem to have spent any money."
"...Uh, yes."
Qisi thought for a moment and asked tentatively: "Po Su, can we stroll around the village by ourselves?"
"You can go shopping if you want." Su Po said, "But don't run around when it gets dark. I won't care if something happens to me."
The meaning is clear, night means danger for players.
Earlier she said that the villagers would come out at night, which almost clearly tells the player that there is a problem with the villagers.
The system prompt sounds in a timely manner, and the corresponding text appears on the system interface.
[Rules have been refreshed]
[2. Su Po doesn’t like to go out. Travelers who want to visit should try their best to learn to use maps and plan their own travel routes. Also remember that the night is dangerous, so try to get back to Suba's house before dark if possible. 】
The players looked at each other and thought about it.
Anyway, it's good to be able to explore around. There are eleven people in total. Are you afraid that you won't be able to finish searching this small shabby village?
No one asked any more questions. Su Po took out a knife from somewhere, put it into the iron basin in the middle and drew it.
The white gel in the basin seemed to be alive. It trembled the moment it was touched by the knife, as if it was afraid of pain, or maybe it was just a pure stress reaction. The surrounding air seemed to have become thicker, and invisible things were sucking the brains of onlookers. Waves of whining sounds sounded like hallucinations at the bottom of the consciousness, and then scattered like ebbing tides.
For a moment, Qiss seemed to see twisted red lines emerging on the surface of the gel, but it dimmed in just a moment, and the whole thing fell up and down together, twitching like breathing.
Qisi's heart suddenly throbbed, and a legendary thing - "Tai Sui" - appeared in his mind for no reason.
The bespectacled man sitting next to him probably also thought about it, and murmured a record from an ancient book: "The shape is like flesh, the red one is like coral, the white one is like fat..."
However, in this copy, there are no other clues pointing to the various messy settings. What is in the basin is actually very obvious.
Yang Yundong, who was far away, pointed at the basin and asked knowingly: "Po Po Su, what's in this?"
"It's the meat of gods. Don't you just want to eat this when you come to our village?" Su Po replied almost infatuatedly, squinting her eyes.
As she spoke, the movements of her hands did not stop. The gleaming blade cut open the white skin, and a few drops of golden liquid seeped out from the edge, like blood drops or tears.
The rich aroma of meat filled the air, seeping from every crack into the pores of the surrounding creatures. Qiss heard the sound of swallowing saliva one after another, coming from almost everyone, all showing greed and hunger.
He suddenly felt a strong sense of nausea and felt nauseous for no reason. But this feeling only lasts for a second, and disappears like smoke in the blink of an eye, like an illusion.
In just a moment, Su Po had cut the meat into eleven pieces, placed them in front of each player one by one, and encouraged with a smile: "You guys, eat it, it's delicious. Once you eat it once, you won't forget it..."
Allen, who was sitting next to Yang Yundong, swallowed and seemed to be moved. He tugged on his blond hair, finally suppressed his greed, and asked Su Su suspiciously: "Old lady, it's so delicious, why don't you make it yourself?" Where to eat?”
Su Po said: "Those of us who worship the gods, in order to repay the kindness he gave us by giving us meat, now we only eat vegetarian food."
She paused for a moment and added: "We were originally called 'Sujia Village', but later we changed our name to 'Sushi Village'. It actually sounds like a 'vegetarian village'. We all only eat vegetarian food."
...homophone, money deducted!
The players looked at each other, and Qisi's thoughts drifted away, remembering the couplet he saw on the door of the house before.
[Burning incense every year to remove karma]
[Eating vegetarian food every year eliminates sin]
Is eating vegetarian really just for gratitude? I'm afraid not necessarily.
The couplet has made it very clear that vegetarianism is for atonement.
If it is true, as Su Po said, that God gave meat to Su's Village, and Su's Village worships God, and the whole process is legal and compliant, what sin can be redeemed?
Qisi had some guesses, a cold smile appeared on his lips, and he looked at Su Po with a solemn look.
Su Po and Ah Xiruo were unaware and just took their chopsticks to pick up vegetables in their bowls.
The aroma of the dishes is overflowing, and with the expressions of the two NPCs in front of them enjoying the delicious food, hunger spreads among the players.
This kind of hunger is by no means an ordinary physiological reaction, but more like the mechanism of the copy. Everyone feels that their stomachs are throbbing and they are in urgent need of something to fill them up.
But most of the veteran players were cautious and no one dared to move their chopsticks; the two newcomers also followed suit and sat upright.
It wasn't until Su Po finished eating the food in the bowl and pulled Ah Xi off the table that the players started to pick up some of the vegetables that Su Po and Ah Xi had eaten and fill their stomachs with a few chopsticks.
During this time, no one dared to touch a single hair of the crystal clear "divine meat" in front of them. After all, this thing is full of weirdness and danger, both in terms of legend and appearance.
Zhu Ling looked around at the players and asked in a tone of seeking opinions: "What do you think of this sacred meat? I read the couplet on the door of the house that the villagers eat vegetarian food year after year to atone for their sins. Although I don't know what this 'sin' is, But we have no sin in the first place, but if we become contaminated with the so-called 'sin' by eating divine meat, the gain outweighs the loss."
Yang Yundong raised objections: "According to the setting of the dungeon background, we are here to taste the divine meat. Will we be sanctioned by the dungeon mechanism if we don't eat the divine meat?"
"Who knows? Eating divine meat or not eating divine meat may lead to danger. No matter what you choose, you are betting on the 50% probability." Zis expressed his opinion at the right time.
He lowered his eyes and pretended to hesitate: "But I think it's better to eat the sacred meat. We are all sitting at the same table. We will inevitably touch it later. No matter whether we eat it or not, we have already been stained with 'sin'. "
It's a classic slippery slope fallacy, but no one pointed out that it was wrong for a while. In matters involving life and death, it is always right to be cautious.
Several fast-eating players took Chiss's nonsense seriously, subconsciously tacitly assuming that encountering divine meat meant they were guilty.
They put down their bowls in unison, and got off the table as if avoiding snakes and scorpions, trying to draw a clear line between themselves and the sacred meat on the table, as if this way they would not be contaminated by any trace of "sin".
Zhao Feng, who had offended Ah Xi by committing suicide before, was staring at the divine meat on the table, somewhat ready to move.
He hesitated for a long time, then looked at Yang Yundong and asked: "You think if I give this magical meat to that ghost kid, will he eat it?"
"I don't know." Yang Yundong seemed to be thinking about something, a little absent-minded, "You can try it, remember not to do it in front of Su Po."
Su Po doesn't eat meat, but Ah Xi looks for meat everywhere, just like a naughty child who steals chickens and dogs behind his parents' back. Of course, the parents cannot know about the provision of meat.
Zhao Feng wanted to understand the joints, grabbed the piece of divine meat in front of him and stuffed it into his pocket, then left the table and walked to the corner of the courtyard to watch Ah Xi in the distance, looking for opportunities.
In addition to Zhao Feng, many players also took meat and said they needed it for later use.
Some players enthusiastically stepped forward to persuade: "If you take the divine meat, you will be contaminated with 'sin'. We might as well not take it. Even if this dungeon really requires us to eat the divine meat, then the law will not punish everyone. There is 'that mechanism' , we will be fine."
What he was talking about was the "guaranteed death toll" mechanism. The players who listened to his words sneered: "What you said is so nice, do you have the ability to get the divine meat with us? You lied to us and we don't get it, I don't know what An is thinking!"
Everyone has their own opinions on this matter, and no one can persuade anyone.
Qisi rummaged all over his body and couldn't find any place to put anything, so he could only tear off a section of his sleeve and wrap up his portion of flesh.
The player sitting next to him has left without taking his share of the meat.
So, Qisi put the piece of meat into the cloth bag.
Feeling that it was not safe enough, he searched the entire table with his eyes, but failed to see the remaining divine meat.
There were many smart players among the players, so Ziss could only sigh secretly that his hands were not fast enough, and at the same time, he silently updated his judgment on the average level of his teammates.
