Wei Xun turned his head to glance at the snow leopard and saw that it was looking back at him innocently. It then turned around in disgust, digging and kicking up dirt with its hind paws like it was covering its feces beside Yue Chenghua. Yue Chenghua was already frightened, and he looked like he would faint once again.
Seeing that the snow leopard didnât want to eat Yue Chenghua, Wei Xun turned his head back again. If this wet corpse had lost its head and someone had replaced it with a golden head, was its real head the one plated with gold and inlaid with silver? Wei Xun used his fingers to estimate the size of the skull and found that they were quite similar in size.
Just by looking at the plating of the skull and the stitching on the headless corpseâs golden head, one could imagine that the person had been a noble before his death. But if the head and the headless corpse belonged to the same person, this could be regarded as the eternal separation of the head and the body of the corpse. Even if one was beheaded in ancient times, when burying the body, the head and body would be stitched together to ensure that the body was as intact as possible. If they separated and buried the body parts of a corpse, the person was usually a heavy sinner.
Moreover, the chains weaved through both shoulder blades of the corpse, before it was fixed to the aquatic reptile. All this seemed to allude that someone had treated this corpse as a sinner.
What kind of identity did this person use to have?
[It should be someone with a high status in the Bon religion, like the prince of the Xiangxiong Kingdom?]
At this moment, everyone was having a heated discussion in IV-1âs livestream room, and the number of viewers had skyrocketed. Wei Xun had chosen a really good time to sneak out, and it had perfectly matched the time IV-1 had quietly snuck out. IV-1 had crossed the fissure in the ground and was exploring South Village at night. Hearing the prompt of his points constantly rising, IV-1 was satisfied, since he thought that the audience had been attracted by the thrilling scene of him making a night visit to South Village.
However, he didnât know that almost the entire livestream room was discussing and praising Wei Xun. They tried to guess the identity of the strange fish and the black corpse and skull in the belly of the fish. Wei Xunâs livestream screen was exciting, and there was someone beautiful to look at. Therefore, who would bother to look at IV-1âs livestream screen?
[It is said that the last king of Xiangxiong, Li Mixiu, had been assassinated while carrying out a sacrificial ceremony at the holy lake of Tangra Yumco. After his death, the kingdom of Xiangxiong was decimated, but Li Mixiuâs body had disappeared mysteriously. His corpse was not kept in the mausoleum. Do you think this corpse is the last king of the Xiangxiong kingdom?]
[It shouldnât be. Look at the carved Buddha on the inside of the skull and the scriptures inlaid on the outside, the other party should be a very important religious figure. If we connect this with the main crux of the tour, I guess it is the high priest of the Bon religion?]
[I donât think so. If this person had a distinguished status, how could his body parts be separated, and the golden head fixed on his body even though his original head was still intact.]
[Maybe his head couldnât be found at that time. Or the body and head were in the hands of two factions? Later, they were both used as sacrifices for the aquatic reptile, so they met in the belly of the fish?]
[Hey, you guys have to understand that someone with a gold-plated Buddha carved in their skull may not necessarily be a monk who has achieved the Dao. Well, in line with how primitive religion dictates, this person is more likely to be a devilish sinner]
[It seems that many primitive religions believe that the devil lives in the heads of the wicked, so most of them will behead heinous people and bury their heads and bodies separately. Thus, this is a reasonable assumption]
[Using the golden Buddha and silver sutras to suppress this person⊠Separating different parts of this personâs body and hiding them in the belly of the aquatic reptile in the holy lake⊠Absolutely, this person may really be a devil. Didnât the descendant of the eagle flutist say that the great devil Rakshas Tal was sealed in the holy lake?]
[Letâs wait until Wei Xun hands them over to the descendant of the eagle flutist. It should be clear after receiving the second part of the side task]
[Fuck. Amazing. Wei Xun is really awesome. When he accepted the side task, I thought that he was a newcomer who was seeking death. I didnât expect that he was really a bigwig who was pretending to be weak!]
[In the first part of the side task, heâs already got a space storage prop. Heâs too strong. If he manages to completely develop the entire side scenic spot, I wonder how many treasures heâll get]
[Tch, youâre probably inexperienced. So what if he got that space storage prop? What is really precious is that gold-plated, silver-inlaid skull and that corpse! I can guarantee that if Wei Xun brings them out and has the Travel Services identify them, they will definitely be at least rare props of the Special level!]
[Fuck, heâs too incredible. Why doesnât he just stop completing the side task and bring it all back to the Travel Services. I feel that even if the side task is completed, the rewards Wei Xun will get are not as precious as the skull and the corpse.]
[Can you please think about Wei Xunâs future?? Wei Xun got a skull and a corpse in his first task. If he continues to complete the task, he may get something better!]
[One canât be too greedy, understand? If you are too greedy, you will lose everything in the end.]
[Yes, I think Wei Xun will keep the skull and hand over the corpse. A skull could be easily hidden, but where can he hide such a big corpse?]
[Yes, even if he has a space storage prop, I think it would be hard to store the corpse in it. After all, space storage props generally donât have a large capacity⊠Forget it, I wonât continue speaking. I had predicted that Wei Xun would be taught a lesson by IV-1, he would not be able to complete the task, and that his small team would fall apart. I was motherfucking slapped in the face, so itâs best if I donât say anything. Wei Xun is the strongest]
Not long after this comment was sent out in the commentary barrage, Wei Xun searched through the pile of bones again, cleaned the bones that were still intact and had patterns carved on them, and picked out a few chains. He flipped through the rest of the dirty debris until he couldnât find any âtreasures.â He finally stopped after this.
Then he pretended to put the skull, corpse, and the pile of junk into the turquoise stone bracelet âstorage space,â but in actuality, he fed it all to the young fox, and asked kindly in his heart, âAre these items fragrant? Iâll feed you something delicious.â
The young fox shed tears as it ate big bowls of items.
I may not be human, but you really are a dog!
.
Am I dead?
Yue Chenghua felt that his whole body was in pain. His legs were cramping again, but he was in a trance, unable to react at all. His thoughts were wandering, and it was as if he would dissipate completely in the next moment.
Am I being swallowed alive by a monster?
He could feel himself suffocating after being repeatedly submerged in the icy lake water. He felt the terror of being swallowed alive by a strange fish as it gradually started swallowing his fingers. He was clearly conscious, but unable to control his body no matter what he did. He only felt the fear of being aware that he was marching towards his death. Yue Chenghua felt deeply regretful, and all his negative emotions surged in, drowning his whole being.
He hated Ji Hongcai and the others. They had all eaten the fish, but why did they have the opportunity to spit it out? But when he had gone out in a hurry, the descendant of the eagle flutist had refused to play the flute again and left!
He hated the descendant of the eagle flutist. After all, he had just asked the descendant of the eagle flutist to play a tune, but the descendant of the eagle flutist had turned and left, completely ignoring their life and death!
He even hated his companions. They clearly also had fish meat in their bellies, so why was he the only one who had come to the lake and was almost tortured to death!
Yue Chenghua hadnât dared to hate IV-1 at first, but he had been about to die just now. Yue Chenghuaâs heart seemed to be torn, and poisonous water poured out from his wounds. All he felt was endless resentment towards the Travel Services. He wished that a thunderbolt would fall from the sky and hit the Travel Services and all the tour guides. He madly wanted to drag everyone to hell so that they would be buried together with him!
Iâm going to die, so why are all of you still alive!
Yes, he hated Wei Xun even more. If Wei Xun had come back sooner and found out that it was fish causing the problem, wouldnât they have not eaten it? Wei Xun had it on purpose, he must have done it on purpose, damn it. He is obviously just a newcomer, so why is he still alive? He should be the first to die!
âUgh!â
Just as Yue Chenghua was thinking maliciously, he suddenly experienced a violent pain in his chest. His heart seemed to be clenching tightly. He couldnât help screaming in painâŠwait.
Pain?
Am I still alive?
I didnât die???
âYouâre awake.â
A familiar voice sounded not far away. Yue Chenghua sat up suddenly in disbelief. The intense pain in his chest came and went quickly. He subconsciously wanted to jump up, but he found that he was still weak, and sitting up would consume most of his stamina.
âCough cough cough cough coughâââ
Yue Chenghua coughed violently and spat out clumps of dirty black water. After there was no more black water remaining inside him, his stomach was still cramping, but he felt that he was alive.
I survived!
Yue Chenghua saw Wei Xun nearby at a glance. Yes, it was Wei Xun. When he had almost been swallowed by a giant fish, this man had just stood by, ignoring his pleas. Wei Xun was looking at him, who cut a sorry figure. Yue Chenghua really hated him, especially now that he was completely powerless, but Wei Xun didnât say anything to him. He simply continued cutting something over there.
The cold wind blew and Yue Chenghua shuddered, his mind randomly thinking, âWhere did that strange fish go? How could Wei Xun appear here late at night?â Yue Chenghua was not stupid. After thinking about it, he realized that Wei Xun wanted to complete the side task to develop a scenic spot?
Ha, now he had Wei Xunâs bargaining chip!
Yue Chenghua felt that this newcomer tourist still didnât know that he mustnât complete a side task that would develop a scenic spot. Although the tourists could get rich rewards during the process of completing the side scenic spot, tourists who deviated from the main scenic spots would be punished by the tour guide! It was similar to if one had signed up for a tourism package to experience two rides, the merry-go-round and the roller coaster. However, the tourist evaded the tour guide and secretly went to experience the haunted house.
The Travel Services would interpret this as the tour guide not leading the tour group well. The more rewards the tourists got from their side task as they developed the scenic spot, the more severe the punishment the tour guide would receive. If IV-1 knew about this, he would definitely deal with Wei Xun with all his strength!
With this bargaining chip, Yue Chenghuaâs greedy heart puffed up, and countless thoughts emerged in his mind. He could use this to threaten and indirectly control Wei Xun, and even take away the rewards of the side task for developing the scenic spot. If Wei Xun was another tourist like Ji Hongcai and the others, Yue Chenghua would not have dared to have such thoughts. After all, if a barbarian was provoked, he would kill the person that offended him.
But how could Wei Xun kill someone? He was just a stupid and innocent newcomer. If Yue Chenghua was in Wei Xunâs shoes and Yue Chenghua learned that there was fish on the table, he would have never said a word. Wei Xunâs actions were equivalent to Wei Xun saving the lives of those individuals, but not getting the slightest benefit from it. To Yue Chenghua, Wei Xun was simply stupid.
Yue Chenghua didnât care about other people and was extremely selfish. If Yue Chenghua was in danger, he was the kind of person who would trip his teammates and leave them behind so that he could escape. And Sheng Zhengqing, who was in the same family as him, also had a similar nature. Their brains were full of ideas to ingratiate themselves with influential people and, in order to survive and become stronger, theyâd use any vicious means.
At this moment, confident that he possessed Wei Xunâs bargaining chips, Yue Chenghua had vicious thoughts in his mind. He wanted to frighten this man, yet after he sat and waited for a long time, Wei Xun didnât pay him any attention. Yue Chenghuaâs expression suddenly became gloomy.
âWhy didnât you save me just now? Did you want to harm me?!â
He wanted to take the initiative to attack Wei Xun to gain the upper hand, but even though he thought so, he said, âThank you for saving me.â
?!
Yue Chenghua was stunned. What was happening? He panicked for a while and wanted to say impatiently, âWhat have you done to me?!â
But the words that came out from his words were, âThank you so much, is there anything I can do to repay you?â
What exactly was going on!
âNo need to thank me. Helping my teammates is what I should do.â
Wei Xunâs words sounded extremely sincere to the audience behind the livestream camera, causing the audience who were originally convinced by his strength to be even more convinced. Wei Xunâs benevolent character was really rare in tours. However, there were also many viewers who were very worried about him, because Yue Chenghuaâs reputation was really horrible. He was completely unscrupulous and had killed a lot of tourists.
Now that he was being so polite to Wei Xun, he must have had some bad intentions!
[Be careful, Wei Xun, donât fall for his trickery!]
[Just finish him off, fuck his grandmother. This grandson must have found out that Wei Xunâs completed a side task to develop a scenic spot, and heâll rat him out to IV-1!]
[More than that, I think he might try to deceive Wei Xun first and then tell IV-1 about it. Afterwards, heâll snatch all the rewards away!]
[Fuck, if it was me, I would kill this scourge, Yue Chenghua, first. Itâs not fucking illegal to kill someone in the tour anyway]
[Wei Xun has talent and ability, but his heart is not hard enough. Sigh, I hope he can grow up after this incident.]
No one knew that at this moment, Yue Chenghua was extremely terrified and anxious. He had the same feeling as before when he was clearly conscious, but his body was completely out of his control! Why, why am I still under somethingâs control?!
âHow do you feel now?â
âQuick, quickly discover that something is wrong with me! Damn it, what the hell is going on!â
âIâm fine,â Yue Chenghua said, âI can go back after taking a break.â
âNo, I donât want to go back, I donât want to go back. Iâm still being controlled by something, what if I head to the lake again!â
âGreat.â
Wei Xun smiled and flashed the knife in his hand. âI was cutting this blue sheep apart for Xiaoxue.â