Deep in the Living

Chapter 174 Entering the Village
The indigenous people here are all yellow people, but to an orthodox Chinese like Luo Di, there seem to be subtle differences.

After completing the so-called welcoming ceremony, the villagers turned around and went back to the village with no intention of continuing to welcome the crowd.

As for the driver, he seemed unwilling to stay even for a second and immediately started the car and left.

The tour guide raised his right hand and motioned everyone to gather around him.

"The bus will pick us up here on time at 18:00 tomorrow afternoon. Let's spend the rest of the time immersing ourselves in this special and primitive journey.

Everyone please follow me into the island village, go to your residence for the night, and put down your luggage and other things temporarily. "

The setting sun had already hidden behind the hillside as the vehicle arrived, and night fell.

Because of the worship ceremony to be held tonight, the villagers lit white candles along the village roads, and every household hung lanterns on the eaves.

In addition to the above two light sources, there is also natural light.

The stars that were eager to break out of the clouds also set down shortly after sunset, illuminating the earth with their light.

The brightness of the entire village even exceeds the corner safety value set by the country, giving people a very comfortable feeling.

Not long after entering the island village, everyone's attention was attracted by a stone tablet standing on the side of the road.

This kind of vertical stone tablet, about one meter high, is erected less than ten meters apart on the village roads. A string of dried insects, mostly poisonous insects from the forest, hangs on the top of the tablet.

The bald guy immediately directed his colleagues to take multi-angle photos of these things.

Hua Yuan, who was following behind, also leaned over. The fragrance emanating from her was immediately absorbed by the three middle-aged men, and their hands holding the equipment became a little unsteady.

Hua Yuan pointed at the stone tablet with a timid look on his face and asked, "What are these? This long stone tablet seems to be quite old, and there are dead poisonous insects hanging on it? How scary!"

"Cough cough!"

The bald man coughed twice. He was not particularly clear about these things, but for now he could only pretend to understand them.

"This kind of stone tablet should be used to protect the villagers. The insect strings hung on it have a deterrent effect, so that the poisonous insects in the forest dare not crawl into the village."

At this time, the tour guide who was walking in front of the team and was responsible for leading the way, and who had originally not planned to give an explanation in advance, stopped.

“The [Insect Monument] does have a certain effect of repelling insects, but it is more of a function of dispelling evil spirits, preventing unclean things from entering the village.

For example, the black coffins you see on the road. If some young villagers are unwilling to reincarnate and try to return to the village, their bodies will be blocked outside.

Every household will also hang a bug string on their door, and the effect is the same.”

Such a strange statement made Hua Yuan cross his arms, with fear in his eyes.

The bald guy naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity. He immediately stretched out his greasy hands, trying to hug the other person and comfort him.

however,
His palm failed to touch the girl's body smoothly, but instead touched another rough palm. Another person in the filming team also made the same touching gesture.

The two looked at each other after the contact, and the bald man, as the person in charge, stared at the other fiercely. Although the latter was very unwilling, he had to stop because of his lower position.

When he wanted to continue attacking Hua Yuan, the other party had already retreated back to his team, looking at the group of middle-aged men with a smile.

Rody didn't care about these things. He was more observing the village in front of him.

Recalling that during the gathering, the sisters performed a ritual of advent that allowed the incarnation of their grandmother to descend upon the earth.

He couldn't help but suspect that in such a village with the worship of gods, perhaps some purely sacrificial activities attracted monsters from the corners and possessed someone.

However, no abnormalities have been seen so far, so no conclusions can be drawn.

"This is the house where you will rest tonight."

With the guide's introduction, a row of wooden houses built on the slope appeared before our eyes.

Because Luo Di and others had said when they signed up that they hoped to be arranged in a five-person room, they were assigned to the largest wooden house, which only had beds on the floor for sleeping.

If you want to use the toilet, you need to go to the public toilet.

"Everyone, go to your room to put your things and take a rest. Gather here in half an hour. I will lead you to follow the villagers to participate in tonight's worship ceremony."

The ten travelers went to their respective cabins. The three middle-aged men from the documentary filming team kept looking at Hua Yuan as they went to their places. When they saw that Hua Yuan would live in a cabin with a young man, they instantly felt a lot of jealousy in their hearts, and even flashed a hateful look, their fingers were twitching faintly, and they wanted to kill him.

Luo Di naturally sensed the murderous intent, but he did not look at the three middle-aged men. Instead, he glanced at Hua Yuan who was smiling.

Click~The wooden door opens.

The so-called largest wooden house could just fit five people. There was nothing inside except five beds placed on the ground.

It doesn’t matter. The sisters don’t plan to sleep tonight. They have finally come to such a weird and strange village, so they naturally have to explore it carefully. Maybe they can find clues related to the monster.

The squad leader still used the same method, using the characteristics of the corner space to completely isolate the wooden house and turn it into a space that belonged to them alone.

Hua Yuan touched Mu Yu's hair and asked softly, "Xiao Yan, you still haven't found it?"

"No...everything is normal."

After shaking her head, Sister Eyes continued, "But... I feel... something is not right."

Hua Yuan stood at the window, watching the villagers gathering in a certain direction. "They can hide in the corner for such a long time, so it's easy for them to block our perception. Just follow your feeling. I also feel that there are some problems here, so everyone should be more careful.

Mr. Di, what do you think as a human being? "

After spending the past few days together, Luo Di has become familiar with the sisters. Since they share the same goal, he elaborated on the inferences and conjectures he made along the way:
“The whole village has a strong atmosphere of faith.

The villagers' eyes, gestures, and various arrangements were all tinged with worship of the gods. Perhaps it was precisely because of this that they were noticed by a monster incarnation related to 'divinity'.

Starting from this island village outside the influence of the Corner, an unknown plan began, but no one knew what the plan was.

Perhaps when a certain node arrives or a certain condition is met, the affected humans will change.

Tonight's worship ceremony may be a breakthrough, so let's continue to disguise ourselves as tourists.

Of course... there is also a worst-case scenario, where our disguise may have been discovered since we landed on the island, and we have been led by the nose the whole time."

This statement came out.

The sisters were all slightly stunned, but their expressions did not change much. It was obvious that they had similar "situational assumptions".

"That's great, Mr. Dee.

We all have the same concerns as you, so we should try not to separate in our next actions, and make sure the five of us stay together throughout the whole process to avoid being ambushed by the insidious guys deep in the island.

in addition,

Assuming that Mr. Di's inference is correct, if the monster incarnation lurking here is somehow divine, there is a high probability that all of us will die on this trip."

……

After taking the passengers to their accommodation,
The tour guide did not go to his rest room, but went straight to the ancestral hall in the village.

Many elderly villagers have gathered here.

When they saw the tour guide coming, both sides made a complicated hand gesture at the same time, which was exactly the same as the so-called welcome ceremony before.

Through such gestures, a kind of identity authentication is completed, and there is no need for verbal communication.

The tour guide stepped into the threshold of the ancestral hall and took out ten black-and-white photos from his pocket, corresponding to the ten tourists who came this time.

The oldest person, who looked to be nearly a hundred years old, took the photos. Although he looked very old, his movements were almost the same as those of a sixty-year-old.

He was chanting some strange spell.

Then he scattered ten photos randomly on the ground.

Then he picked up the ceramic jar on the altar and smashed it on the ground... BANG!

The tank is broken,

A strange hairy toad jumped out and landed on one of the photos.

(End of this chapter)