Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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But at that critical moment, a chilling aura suddenly intensified behind him, and a hand abruptly pressed down on Gu Wuji’s back.
A low female voice sounded from behind, “I didn’t specifically want to help you, but perhaps only you can change the current state of this village.”
She herself had become a ghost, but the female ghost didn’t want her younger sister to spend her life in this eerie village, unsure when another tragedy might befall her. It would be better to let Gu Wuji, who seemed quite reliable, take her away.
After the female ghost finished speaking, Gu Wuji’s vision suddenly seemed to brighten. Although still in darkness, he could see everything in the cave clearly.
“Thank you!” Gu Wuji’s words were filled with gratitude. He truly felt incredibly lucky to always encounter such kind teammates, kind NPCs, and kind ghosts in dungeons.
Then Gu Wuji saw the village chief’s eerie, mind-polluting appearance.
The appearance was extremely terrifying, suggesting immense combat power. However, it was also clear that the village chief was severely hampered in this state, practically unable to move freely.
“Indeed, the seven vengeful spirits used as sacrifices in this instance each possess unique abilities, but also glaring weaknesses. The village chief’s weakness is clearly his limited mobility…” Gu Wuji pondered. “If all these vengeful spirits attacked at once, it would be disastrous, but if we defeat them one by one, there wouldn’t be much danger.”
Since he could see them now, Gu Wuji swiftly dodged the black shadows attacking him from the village chief. He even grabbed a kitchen knife and rushed to the village chief, stabbing it into the point where the man’s body connected to the black mist.
Although there was no evidence to suggest this spot was particularly vulnerable, Gu Wuji’s intuition led him to choose it.
Black liquid splattered from the wound, and the village chief immediately let out a piercing scream, the pain of which startled everyone in the cave.
Especially after others recognized the village chief’s voice, they inexplicably had a feeling that it was indeed true. How could Gu Wuji be dealt with by a mere village chief?
“You… how is this possible?!” The village chief looked at Gu Wuji with astonishment. “You were clearly bound by that female ghost!”
Gu Wuji didn’t answer the village chief. Just now, Yang Shao had silently handed him the ghost-themed red dress prop. Gu Wuji was deeply moved. After all, this prop was clearly extremely valuable to Yang Shao, and it could even help him break free from the female ghost’s restraints, which was practically like having an extra life. An ordinary person would never so easily entrust a life-saving prop to someone else in a supernatural dungeon… After all, although the prop had a binding function, it would become invalid if its owner died. In other words, it wasn’t impossible for Gu Wuji to kill Yang Shao if he became greedy because of this prop, and most people would be wary of that.
Yet, Yang Shao still naturally entrusted the item to Gu Wuji, because he trusted Gu Wuji completely. He also believed that in this instance, only by giving it to Gu Wuji could this item be used to its full potential!
Of course, Gu Wuji didn’t have time to dress up while walking; the convenience of this item was that it allowed for one-click dressing and undressing, and it also fit the wearer’s body shape. If this game wasn’t some supernatural infinite flow game, but rather a dress-up game, it might be even more popular.
“Right here.” Gu Wuji abandoned the village chief who was still screaming and suddenly rushed towards a hidden spot in the cave, using a rope to bind the female ghost hiding in the shadows.
Although the female ghost’s hair was extremely strong, her body was incredibly weak. Seeing Gu Wuji, the man who had even beaten the village chief, she trembled with fear, not even showing any intention of resisting.
The hair that had been binding everyone suddenly loosened, and everyone was freed, breathing a sigh of relief.
Gu Wuji also turned on his phone’s flashlight at this moment; yes, his phone, because it had been switched off, still had battery power.
The cave instantly brightened, and the village chief’s terrifying figure came into everyone’s view.
However, because the village chief was still paralyzed on the ground from Gu Wuji’s attack, he looked quite miserable, making him seem less frightening.
Gu Wuji’s intuitive strike had been incredibly powerful, accurately hitting the village chief’s weakness…
Meanwhile, Gu Wuji, holding a kitchen knife still dripping with black liquid, wiped the sweat from his face and gave everyone a friendly smile, “It seems the problem is solved now.”
For some reason, everyone felt that Gu Wuji was far more terrifying than the village chief!
The village chief gritted his teeth, glaring at Gu Wuji with intense hatred. “You demon!! Don’t think I’ll let you go just like that. Even if my soul is scattered today, you still won’t—”
“Actually, I wanted to say this before.” Gu Wuji suddenly grabbed the village chief by the collar, interrupting him. “Your lover’s ghost hasn’t disappeared. She’s right outside the village. You still have a chance to see her!”
“What?” The village chief was stunned, his body trembling slightly with excitement. But he still looked at Gu Wuji warily. “How could that be? You’re trying to lie to me!”
“Why would I need to lie to you?” Gu Wuji shook his head. “If I could, I could make your soul scatter right now. But from the beginning, I just wanted to talk to you about this.”
“Really…” The village chief was momentarily dazed. “I thought her soul had dissipated decades ago. After all, this is the village where that monster lived; how could she have escaped?”
“I don’t know what happened to her,” Gu Wuji said. “I only saw her ghost outside the village on my first day here. I think there must have been some misunderstanding about what happened back then; I definitely didn’t kill her.”
Now that he thought about it, the female ghost said he had passed the test… Perhaps that dream wasn’t meant to harm him, but rather to discourage him if he wasn’t capable enough? And if he passed, he would be allowed to come here to solve a problem.
Although the dream didn’t reveal anything, it helped Gu Wuji a lot in some ways.
“Then why doesn’t she come to see me?” The village chief was now more or less convinced, since Gu Wuji spoke very sincerely. “Could it be because of what I’ve done over the years that she doesn’t want to associate with me…”
Of course, mainly because he had almost been beaten to death by Gu Wuji, he believed him even more. If he had been in a more advantageous position before, the village chief would have thought Gu Wuji was just making things up to save his life.
“I don’t know. But I think maybe it’s because she died outside the village, so her soul doesn’t want to, or rather, can’t, enter this place again,” Gu Wuji said thoughtfully. “Only by breaking the curse on this village can you meet again!”
Upon hearing this, the village chief was deeply moved. He had initially decided to fight Gu Wuji to the death largely because of his lover, but now that he realized everything might be a misunderstanding, he immediately changed his mind.
“You’ve successfully convinced me,” the village chief said. “Whether what you said is a lie or not, I’m willing to help you now.”
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