Chapter 1 Nightmare Assault

But even as the sharp blade sliced through flesh, Old Man Yao didn't change his tune. Crimson blood flowed out, causing him to wail and cry.

Peeling back the wound to look inside, Wu still found nothing wrong. His eyes grew increasingly sharp. Just as he was about to cut again, Old Man Yao suddenly shouted, "Kill me, kill me and you won't live! You smashed the Daheitian's altar, Daheitian won't let you go!"

Tang Qisheng's anger hadn't subsided. "Daheitian has already been killed by us, old thing, give up!"

"Bullshit! What kind of immortal is Daheitian? How can you resist him?" Old Man Yao knew this was his last chance to save his life, and shouted loudly, "And calculating the time, it's not even the time for Daheitian to descend. You... you let me go, and maybe everyone can survive."

"Didn't you see Daheitian just now?" Jiang Cheng once again realized something was wrong. Just now, the sky had turned completely black. If Old Man Yao was in the village, he wouldn't have failed to notice.

"What nonsense are you talking about? If Daheitian knew you smashed its altar, would you still be alive?" With his life in Wu's hands, Old Man Yao didn't sound like he was lying.

As Wu threw Old Man Yao to the ground, the hunchbacked old woman also broke free from Zhu Jie. The two of them held hands tightly, leaning on each other, looking very pitiful.

The strangeness of this world was obvious. Everything that had happened before felt like a dream, but the wounds on everyone's bodies, and the Heart-Eating Demons controlled by Wu, had really disappeared. And no matter how many things were hidden in this, one thing was certain: this mission was not over.

"Outsiders, make a decision quickly! If it's late, when Daheitian descends, we'll all die!" Seeing that Jiang Cheng was the one who could make decisions, Old Man Yao said in a trembling voice.

"What's your plan?" Jiang Cheng asked directly.

"You... you have to promise to let me and my old woman go first."

Old Man Yao's last bit of stubbornness immediately dissolved when Wu raised his knife. With a mournful face, he explained, "I'm not trying to escape. You really need to let us go. A pair of virgin boys and girls can't protect us. Once we are seen through by Daheitian, we will all die."

Unexpectedly, this suggestion was directly rejected by Jiang Cheng. "No, you must stay. Think of another way."

"Then there's no way. Everyone can just wait for death together," Old Man Yao said, giving up.

Turning his head, Jiang Cheng looked at Wu and instructed in a very frank tone, "These two are useless. Cut off their hands and feet and throw them next to the two paper figures behind the door."

Hearing this, Wu walked towards Old Man Yao and his wife. His expressionless face scared Old Man Yao into begging for mercy. "Good... good sir, spare my life! I have a way, there's another way! There are two more paper figures in my old house. Bring those two here too, and maybe... maybe it will be useful!"

The next second, Old Man Yao saw a terrifying scene. This young man in black, carrying a knife, actually swayed and disappeared like a puff of green smoke. And a moment later, he walked in from outside the door, dragging two paper figures, exactly the ones he had placed in the old house on the mountainside.

"There's no problem with that house. There's no altar, nothing at all." Wu dropped the paper figures. Tang Qisheng and Zhu Jie very perceptively arranged the four paper figures together, neatly placed behind the door.

Old Man Yao and his hunchbacked wife didn't dare to delay. The two quickly fetched tools and painted on the paper figures, with Tang Qisheng and Zhu Jie watching from the side.

The rest of the group retreated back into the room. After some thought, a terrible guess emerged in Jiang Cheng's mind. Could it be that all of this was planned? Dr. Zhou and the others were Night Watchmen, but they were just pawns. These people risked their lives to drag them here, then led them to believe they had seen through the other party's conspiracy, thus guiding them step by step to destroy the altar in the backyard, not knowing that destroying the altar was the prerequisite for attracting the real Daheitian. That... that altar was the key!

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. Cold sweat oozed from his forehead. Jiang Cheng was at least 70% sure they had been plotted against. If he continued to think in this direction, the Old Man Yao couple outside were likely also disguised as Night Watchmen. They were executing the final step of the mission, dragging them here, waiting for the descent of Daheitian.

But there was still something that didn't make sense. According to Jiang Cheng's understanding of previous missions, the Old Man Yao couple were the only two living people in the village. They should be characters who originally existed in the mission world. The meaning of such characters was to provide clues. They were not involved in any standpoints, so how could they be involved with the Night Watchmen?

His thoughts became more and more chaotic, but Jiang Cheng knew he had touched the core of the problem. How to deal with the Old Man Yao couple next became a thorny issue.

Soon Zhu Jie ran back and told everyone that the four paper figures had been dealt with, and asked everyone how to deal with the old couple next, whether to lock them up first or interrogate them again.

While Jiang Cheng was hesitating, Yao Shunyu staggered to his feet. He was seriously injured, his scalp and half of his face were ruined, and there were still remnants of herbal medicine on them. "You guys talk first, I'll go interrogate those two old guys. I have a way to make them tell the truth."

Yao Shunyu walked out alone, swaying to Old Man Yao's side, with one hand around his shoulder and the other dragging the hunchbacked old woman, taking them towards the backyard. "Tang Qisheng, you go back first, I have something to ask them alone," Yao Shunyu said naturally to Tang Qisheng as he turned his head.

Yao Shunyu's terrifying appearance and the aura around him made the Old Man Yao couple shudder. "Little... little brother, you can't harm us, we... we are kind to you. You treated the wound on your head with herbs that I personally mashed for you."

"I know, haha, I know everything." Yao Shunyu didn't even look at the old couple, and continued to lead them towards a more secluded place. There was a blind spot next to the woodshed, and it was very dark there.

Old Man Yao was already preparing to break free and run back, but Yao Shunyu's hand on his shoulder was like an iron clamp. God knows where this man, who only had half a breath left, got so much strength.

Just as they were about to turn into the darkness, a series of footsteps sounded from behind. Turning his head, he faced Jiang Cheng's face. Yao Shunyu frowned suddenly, "Go back, this is none of your business."

Ignoring Yao Shunyu's threat, Jiang Cheng approached him, reached behind his waist, pulled out a rusty knife, and then handed him the rope in his hand. "Tie them up and throw them in the yard."

A fierce light erupted in Yao Shunyu's eyes. "What are you doing? What if they are Night Watchmen? Can't you see such a simple question?"

"I also suspect it, but if they are really clue characters, do you know what the consequences will be if you kill them?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"That's my business, it's none of your business! Your task is to lead everyone out! Jiang Cheng, that's what you should do! I'll bear my own life!" Yao Shunyu was enraged, his eyes staring at Jiang Cheng. "Jiang Cheng, look at me, look at what I look like. The road ahead is still very long, there's Daheitian, and the Old President. My body definitely can't hold on, I can't get out, but you can!"

"Even if these two are clue characters, they are useless now. Killing them is just me being backlashed, but if they are Night Watchmen, things will be troublesome!"

"Indecision leads to chaos!" Yao Shunyu's expression changed, and he slammed an elbow hard into Old Man Yao's heart.