Chapter 33: Meat Eating (5) Meat Eating
The meaning of the four lines of the poem is unclear. It seems like a description of suffering, but also like a malicious curse.
Qisi looked around and saw a broom and two rags in the corner.
The rag is brand new, which is cleaner than 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 makes Qiss feel strange is that there is a road on the left side of the map, but there is no mark on it, as if there are 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 rubbed his chin, thinking that when the time comes, he can give priority to tricking someone into visiting the west of the village.
A perfect pass will not only get more points, but also prop rewards. Although he 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".
Taking all things into consideration, it is better to try our best to collect clues and decipher the world view.
"The meal is ready, come and eat!" A hoarse shout came from outside the door, it was Su Po's voice.
Qisi 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 filled with 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.
Meanwhile, Su Po took Ah Xi to sit down at last, next to Qi Si and Zhu Ling respectively.
Zhu Ling said in greeting: "It is really troublesome for you to make room for us to live and to prepare such a large table of dishes for us."
Su Po said with a smile: "Yes, yes, you are tourists."
Zhu Ling nodded lightly and asked thoughtfully: "We just arrived here, and we can't even look at the map." I don’t understand. 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, please take us there.” Let’s go worship Him.”
She also obviously noticed the blank space on the map and wanted to find out important clues through questioning.
I don't want to, Su Po's face suddenly turned ugly: "As promised before, you are here to stay and taste the 'sacred meat'. No matter how much, I don't have time to accompany you, old lady!"
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 I'm in love, I'll spend the money to travel and stay there for five days..."
Zhou Yilin on the side timidly muttered: "But... we It seems like I didn’t spend any money.”
Zhang Licai: “…”
Qisi thought for a moment and asked tentatively: “Po Po, can we take a walk in 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 you."
The meaning is clear, night means danger for players.
She said earlier that the villagers would come out at night, which is almost clearly telling 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 does not like outsiders. 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.
It would be nice to be able to explore everywhere. 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 became a little thicker, and invisible things sucked the brains of onlookers. Waves of whining sounds sounded at the bottom of the consciousness like hallucinations, and 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.
It’s obvious what the thing in the basin is. Yang Yundong, who was far away, pointed at the basin and asked knowingly: "Po Po Su, what is this?"
"It's the meat of gods. Isn't this what you came to our village to eat?" Su Po He narrowed his eyes and answered almost obsessively.
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 gap into the pores of the surrounding creatures. Qisi heard the sound of swallowing saliva, one after another, from almost everyone, revealing greed and hunger. thirsty.
The god in red descended from the sky, and every inch of his skin seemed to be made of beauty. The rich aroma whets appetites, and the villagers' awe quickly turns to desire. They surrounded Him and stared at Him. Finally they couldn't bear it any longer. They pushed each other and rushed over. They pounced on Him, tearing, cutting, and biting...
A scene unfolded before their eyes. Flashing forward, Qiss blinked, and his skin felt painful for a moment.
【You saw the shadow of the evil god】
【The evil god glanced at you】
Two lines of prompts are refreshed.
Qisi looked at the [Humanoid Evil] ID card flashing in the upper right corner of his sight, and thought desperately: Is this the way to "establish contact"?
Su Po cut the meat into eleven pieces and placed them in front of each player in turn, encouraging with a smile: "You guys eat it, it's delicious. Once you eat it once, you won't forget it..."< br>
Ellen, who was sitting next to Yang Yundong, swallowed and asked suspiciously: "Old woman, it's so delicious, why don't you eat it yourself?"
Su Po said: "We Those who worship the gods, in order to repay the kindness they gave us by giving us meat, are now only vegetarians.”
She paused for a moment and added: "We were originally called 'Sujia Village', but later we changed our name to 'Su's Village', which actually means 'Vegetarian Village'. We all only eat vegetarian food."
The players looked at each other, I'm really embarrassed by this homophone.
Qisi was studying the identity tag and raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard what Su Po said.
He clearly remembered that the couplet posted on the door of the house read:
[Burning incense every year to remove karma]
【Eating vegetarian food every year to eliminate sins】
Is eating vegetarian food really 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 gods, and the whole process is legal and compliant, what sin can be redeemed?
In the illusion just now, the red-clothed god seemed to be afraid of pain, and never explicitly allowed the villagers to eat him.
Qisi had some guesses, a cold smile appeared on his lips, and his eyes looked at Su Po a little more probingly.
Su Po and Ah Xiruo were unaware and just took their chopsticks to pick up vegetables in their bowls.
The dishes are fragrant, 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 a 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 "sacred meat" in front of them. After all, this thing is full of weirdness and danger, both in terms of legend and appearance.
A few players who ate quickly put down their bowls within a few minutes and got off the table as if avoiding snakes and scorpions.
Zhao Feng, who had offended Ah Xi by committing suicide earlier, stared at the divine meat on the table, somewhat ready to move.
He promised Ah Xi to give him meat to eat, but he only had one day to find meat. Besides the sacred meat, Granny Su’s family would most likely not be able to find any other meat, so he had no other choice!
Zhao Feng looked at Yang Yundong as if asking for help: "You said 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, absent-mindedly, "You can try Try it, but don’t 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, parents cannot be informed 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 the meat and said they needed it for later use.
Some players enthusiastically stepped forward to persuade: "Taking divine meat will lead to 'sin'. We might as well not take it. Even if this dungeon really requires us to eat divine meat, then the law will not punish everyone. There is 'that mechanism' , nothing will happen to us."
He was talking about the "guaranteed number of deaths" mechanism. The players who listened to his words sneered: "You said it so nicely, you have the ability to get the divine meat with us. I don’t know what An’s thinking is if you don’t take anything from us!”
Everyone has their own opinions on this matter, and no one can persuade anyone else.
Qisi rummaged all over his body and found no place to put anything, so he could only tear off a section of his sleeve and wrap up his portion of meat.
The player sitting next to him has left and did not take 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.
Most of the players are smart people who are happy to block the opponent's escape route after others make wrong decisions.
No one knows the death rules and methods of death in this dungeon, and a few people will have to die to verify it.
But in the weird game, I misjudged the situation, and I deserved it even if I died.
(End of this chapter)