Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 25 Sacrifices and Spirit Spells
At this moment, it seemed that none of the members of the night patrolling opera troupe noticed the extra person.

Jiang Jin quickly raised his watch to check, confirming that his SAN value was still above 60% and he had not fallen into the Lost Layer.

As long as you are still in the mysterious layer, you will have room to maneuver and fight back.

Then, that blue figure gradually emerged behind the actors.

Upon closer inspection, the blue clothes... seemed to be a much lighter shade than the blue sleeves Jiang Jin had seen before.

Immediately afterwards...

The blue figure took a step forward.

Through the gaps behind the actors, Jiang Jin saw the black hair hanging down from the blue-clad figure!

At this moment, Deathstroke huddled behind Jiang Jin, not daring to show its head. Jiang Jin, who was of one mind with it, could also feel its fear!

Even after reaching the mysterious level, Deathstroke was still filled with fear of the female ghost!
Suddenly, Jiang Jin looked at the death knell behind him.

It had been trembling all over since earlier, and now it was even gagging at the ground.

Was Deathstroke really that traumatized?

Jiang Jin raised his watch again.

At this moment, there were less than a few tens of seconds left until midnight!
At this moment, Jiang Jin didn't see that behind him, a paper bag suddenly poured out from inside the gaping maw of Deathstroke, which split open to the base of its ears! But Deathstroke immediately swallowed it back!

If Jiang Jin saw it, he would immediately recognize that the paper bag was the one he had placed with the wine pot and the village rules when he opened that drawer in the Huang family's old house.

He was so engrossed in reading the villagers' rules that he didn't notice... that the death knell, which was lying on the table, had swallowed the paper bag!
At this moment, Jiang Jin saw that figure slowly raise his right hand!

It just lifted very slowly, as if its arm couldn't straighten at all!

Jiang Jin sensed immense danger! He recalled the contents of the village rules!
Can't wait any longer!

He immediately activated his rule-altering ability! While taking out three large pieces of premium char siu pork that he had cut from his watch and chewing them, he modified the tourist rules according to his previous thinking!

"Please do not" was changed to "You may continue", and "Quickly" was changed to "Three points" (to avoid making the performance longer, changing it to three points is safer)!

Then, midnight passed!
Through the gaps in the actor's body, finally... that wrist was raised straight up, and a bracelet was clearly visible on it!
Her hand pointed to someone in the crowd.

Jiang Jin immediately looked over...

"me?"

Huang Songhua couldn't believe it, and then she felt completely paralyzed!
The people around her immediately and quickly moved away from her, and in the blink of an eye, only her brother and sister-in-law were left by her side!
"No! Songhua, there must be a mistake!" Huang Jianhua tried to pull his sister away, but after several attempts, Huang Songhua remained frozen like a statue, unable to move at all.

The next second, the figure in blue suddenly retreated and disappeared into the opera troupe's ranks.

At this moment, the sounds of gongs, suonas, and erhus mingled together, and the glow of red lanterns stained the stage with a blood-red hue.

Suddenly, several men in long robes approached; they were all village committee staff. They went straight to Huang Songhua and grabbed her wrist.

Amazingly, Huang Songhua's body can now move.

Huang Jianhua grabbed one of the men and said, "Fourth, Fourth Brother, this...this isn't right..."

“You’d better think this through,” the man called Fourth Brother said coldly. “This is the village’s rule.”

The old lady Azhi next to Huang Jianhua had a dazed smile on her lips and was muttering something to herself, as if she was completely unaware of everything in front of her.

“Brother, it’s my bad luck,” Huang Songhua said, looking as if he had lost his parents, and gave up struggling. “From now on, please help me… look after Shouzhong…”

Before Huang Songhua was dragged onto the stage, a blue long gown costume was handed to her. Fourth Brother said to her, "Hurry up and put it on, then go on stage!"

The elderly Huang Jianhua walked shakily to the front of the stage and knelt down.

At this moment, the villagers all began to retreat.

The opera troupe's performance continued at this time.

Huang Songhua put on a blue theatrical costume, walked onto the stage, and went behind the theatrical actors!

Jiang Jin felt a chill run down his spine as he watched this scene.

"She was chosen."

Mr. Chen's voice rang out from behind.

At this moment, several crows were perched on the trees around the stage, their eyes all glowing red.

Suddenly, Jiang Jin saw the child in the opera troupe reach out and grab the trembling Huang Songhua.

I've been chosen... just as the village rules say...

She was a sacrificial offering! He looked at the elderly Huang Jianhua kneeling below the stage.

Finally, the performance of "The Princess Changping" came to an end.

The actors took a collective bow on the stage, and then came down one by one.

The night patrol performance team assembled and then moved westward towards the village.

Meanwhile, Jiang Jin was paying attention to the parade performance team...

I can't find... Huang Songhua, the chosen one, and that child anywhere!

After offering him a few perfunctory words of comfort, the villagers left.

At this moment, the old man's eyes were vacant, as if his soul had long since left his body.

"Grandpa, please get up." Jiang Jin stepped forward and helped Huang Jianhua up.

“Your sister…” Jiang Jin said directly.

The old man slowly raised his head, glanced at him, then lowered his head again and remained silent.

"What did they mean just now?" Jiang Jin pretended to know nothing and tried to get information out of them.

The old man finally spoke, his voice seeming to come from the depths of the earth: "Before I am buried... I will never see Songhua again."

"What does this mean?" Jiang Jin continued, feigning ignorance, as he helped the old man and his wife leave their seats on the stage.

Now is the key to breaking down their defenses and uncovering the village's secrets!
The old man's fingers trembled slightly: "It's no use saying anything, this was decided by the village a long time ago. You should go back quickly, close the doors and windows and go to sleep, and remember to try not to look in the mirror."

Jiang Jin narrowed his eyes: "Is it all because of that woman in blue?"

The old man's body trembled violently, as if he had heard some taboo name. He gripped the hem of his clothes tightly, his knuckles turning white, but he refused to utter another word.

"Grandpas, let me take you home."

The old man didn't say anything at this point, letting Jiang Jin do as he pleased.

On the way, seeing that the old man's face was already deathly pale, Jiang Jin even felt that he might commit suicide as soon as he got back.

"Old man..." Jiang Jin suddenly asked, "Do you know about the Soul-Suppressing Ritual?"

He knew this was the best opportunity for him to ask the question.

The old man didn't react at first, but after a while, he looked at him in horror.

"You...how do you know?"

"Old man, Xiaoming, he..." Jiang Jin said these words meaningfully, deliberately making it mysterious.

The old man looked at Jiang Jin and sighed heavily.

"It's all a tragedy! Are you Xiaoming's friend? Why did you even come to this village? That child, if he hadn't come to this village in the first place..."

With home just around the corner, the old man gritted his teeth and said, "Go ahead! You're different from Xiaoming. You didn't drink the water from the pool, so you can still leave now! Otherwise, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."

"What if I said I had already drunk the water from the pool?"

Jiang Jin simply dropped this bombshell.

The old man was even more shocked upon hearing this.

"Could you be the friend he mentioned who played that psychic game together? But he told me that everyone who played that psychic game, except for him and his girlfriend, is dead!"

A psychic game?

Jiang Jin looked around, supported the old man, and continued to lower his voice: "Grandpa... please help me!"

They neither confirmed nor denied being "Xiaoming's friend".

Back at the old man's home, he slumped onto a bench, took out a cigarette, and Jiang Jin lit it for him with a lighter.

"That kid named Xiaoming just came to the village looking for me, and I was really shocked. He said he played a spirit communication game, and everyone who played it died..."

His hand holding the cigarette trembled.

"I later found out that the water company had been drawing water from the pond in our village, so people outside the village were also drinking this water... What a tragedy, what a tragedy!"

　Today is May 520th. To wish all couples a happy holiday, I, a single dog, am offering my blessings at midnight. Please read on and bookmark this post!

　　The third update will be released tonight!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)