Since all these rules and superstitions are outdated, what's wrong with me indulging in some me

Yamamoto Ichiro shook his head: "The voice sounded a bit old, but it was very strong. I haven't heard this voice before, so I'm not sure if it's the villager I saw during the day. He left quickly."

A brief silence fell over the room once again.

Did the villagers save the player?

This sounds unbelievable.

Both Mark and Leo appear to have been rescued by the villagers.

First comes the harm, then the healing?

Is this complicated setup due to disagreements among the villagers, or is it a new trap?

"There are still three key figures we haven't contacted: the village chief, the shaman, and Blind Chen."

Lu Changsheng spoke, breaking the silence.

"We'd better go find these key figures now. To speed things up, let's split up."

"Ichiro Yamamoto and Mr. Bo-soo, please go and check on the shaman's house again. Chenggong and I will go to the village chief's house."

"it is good."

The two of them clearly understood the seriousness of the situation.

"You..." Lu Changsheng looked at the two Western men with different hair colors, and then at Leo, who was lying weakly on the bed.

"We'll take Mr. Leo for a walk around the neighborhood."

Kevin instantly understood what Lu Changsheng meant, and he looked at Leo.

"Mr. Leo, we'll carry you on our backs."

Leo is currently a key point of attack, and leaving him here alone is clearly not a good idea. If Ivan returns, Leo will be unable to fight back.

"it is good."

Now only Emily was left, she raised an eyebrow.

"Hey~ Your partners are all still here? My partners are all gone!"

No one spoke.

"Alright, I'll go take a stroll around the village entrance, okay?"

Emily pouted, turned around, and walked out.

"be safe."

Lu Changsheng gave everyone instructions.

The others nodded, didn't linger, and left the courtyard one after another according to the previously arranged division of labor.

The group left the courtyard separately, but the oppressive atmosphere did not dissipate.

Lu Changsheng and Cheng Caijun walked quickly toward the center of the village where the village chief's house was located, but Lu Changsheng did not go directly there. Instead, after confirming that no one was following them for the time being, he pulled Cheng Caijun and slipped into a secluded dead-end alley.

"Brother Lu, what's wrong?"

Cheng Caijun gripped the dagger tightly in nervousness.

Lu Changsheng didn't speak, but quickly took out the note that the sturdy villager had given him, which he hadn't even looked at yet, from his pocket.

With so many people and eyes around in the courtyard, and the shock of Leo's awakening, he hadn't had a chance to study it carefully.

It was a smaller, equally rough, yellowed strip of paper.

Lu Changsheng held his breath and unfolded the paper. The handwriting was crooked and messy, written in charcoal, with some strokes even tearing the paper:

"Tonight, at midnight, under the ancient locust tree at the village entrance. Exchange information with Pu Baoshu. You will learn useful information."

There was no signature.

"About Park Bo-soo?" Sung Jae-joon leaned closer to look, then froze. "And it happened at night?"

Lu Changsheng stared at the note, his brows furrowed.

Exchanging information for information?

At midnight? And it's Park Bo-soo's message?

Rule 2: Do not go out after dark, and do not answer the door if someone knocks.

This clue is the complete opposite of the rule.

"Could it be a trap?" Cheng Caijun immediately asked, "Is it a deliberate attempt to lure us out at night?"

"Very likely."

Lu Changsheng nodded, "But we can't completely rule out the possibility that this villager is taking advantage of a 'loophole' in the rules."

"Brother Lu, do you mean... the rules themselves might be flawed? Or that they can be 'circumvented'?"

Cheng Caijun felt his brain wasn't working properly.

"In this place, anything is possible."

Lu Changsheng carefully put the note away. "But in any case, going to the appointment at midnight is extremely risky. What we need to do first is figure out what exactly the 'news about Park Bo-soo' is. The villager who slipped the note seems to think that we know it, or that we can get it."

"Shall we go to the village chief's house now?"

Cheng Caijun nodded and asked.

Lu Changsheng nodded and said:

"Let's proceed according to plan."

Just as the two approached the low, sturdy stone house in the center of the village, preparing to look for an opportunity to observe, Lu Changsheng suddenly felt a gust of evil wind coming from his side and back!

"Be careful!"

He gave a low shout and suddenly shoved Cheng Caijun aside!

A dark figure leaped out from the shadows around the corner of the alley, wielding a heavy shovel. With a whooshing sound, it slammed down on the spot where Cheng Caijun had just been standing!

He was an unusually tall and robust villager with bulging muscles, bloodshot eyes, and heavy, labored breathing. His movements were swift and violent.

Cheng Caijun was pushed so hard he stumbled, the shovel crashing to the ground, raising a cloud of dust and causing the ground to tremble slightly. He was horrified; the force was simply inhuman!

"Damn it, I'll risk it!"

Cheng Caijun was also a ruthless character. Knowing that there was no way to retreat, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes. Instead of retreating, he advanced. Taking advantage of the moment when the other party raised his shovel after smashing it on the ground, he lowered his body and thrust the dagger in his hand straight into the other party's abdomen with a cold light!

These are the combat skills he practiced diligently in the countermeasures training camp, emphasizing speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness!

However, the burly villager reacted with astonishing speed!

He didn't dodge or evade; instead, he suddenly contracted his abdominal muscles and forcefully clamped the tip of the dagger with his strong abdominal muscles!

"laugh!"

The dagger pierced in about an inch before it could go no further!

Cheng Caijun felt as if he had pierced a tough old cowhide. He was terrified and was about to draw his knife and retreat when the villager’s fan-like hand grabbed his wrist with a whoosh of wind!

Cheng Caijun quickly dropped his knife and rolled backward in a sorry state, narrowly avoiding the grab.

But the dagger was easily pulled out by the other party and thrown aside, with only a little dark red blood seeping from the wound, as if they didn't care at all.

"That's too strong! We can't break through their defenses at all!"

Cheng Caijun's arm went numb; the collision had made his blood surge.

The villager let out a low growl and swung his shovel again, the strong wind making Cheng Caijun gasp for breath, and the heavy shovel head was about to hit his waist and ribs!

"Certainly!"

At the critical moment, Lu Changsheng's voice rang out. With a flick of his finger, a yellow talisman shot out and landed precisely on the burly villager's forehead!

The cinnabar patterns on the talisman instantly lit up with a red light—it was a "fixation talisman"!

The burly villager's frantic run abruptly halted, his raised shovel suspended in mid-air, his ferocious expression frozen, as if he had become a statue, only his bloodshot eyes still darting about in shock and anger, unable to control his body in the slightest.

"call……"

Cheng Caijun clutched his chest, slid down against the wall, and gasped for breath, cold sweat beading on his forehead. "Brother Lu, your talisman came at the perfect time! This guy is a monster!"

Lu Changsheng also breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stepped forward to check on Cheng Caijun's condition.

"Are you alright?"

"It's alright, but the shaking was a bit muffled." Cheng Caijun waved his hand, looking at the frozen "giant" with lingering fear.