Chapter 010 New Goal_1

[Li Chenxi claims that he did not touch the Sacrificial Tablet!]

[The situation is getting more and more off, no matter how much we question him, or even throw all the furniture out, he insists he didn't bring back or hide the sacrificial tablet anywhere.]

[If it were before, I would have believed him, but after the interrogation, I am very skeptical. I think Li Chenxi could do anything for Immortality, including lie to me.]

[I don't know whether Li Chenxi will achieve immortality after the Sacrifice, but I do know that Yu Xi Village will never be at peace.]

[However, even at the threat of violence, Li Chenxi still insists he hasn't touched it, even swearing to it.]

[I suddenly had a feeling that he might not be lying, so we had him take us to the open space behind the Mountain.]

[The result was the same, he pointed to the center of the open space and said that he put the Sacrificial Tablet there.]

[It wasn't there! Everyone says they didn't see it!]

[We searched the open space, dug pits, the whole village, nowhere to be found.]

[There was no sight of the Sacrificial Tablet anywhere in Yu Xi Village.]

[At night, the Black Shadow reappeared, some villagers tried to leave under the cover of night, although the mountains are dangerous, at least there's still a chance to survive.]

[However, one of the villagers has already returned, reporting that it was impossible to leave.]

[The rest of the villagers didn't believe it and headed towards the village exit, I didn't stop them, after half an hour, all of them returned to Yu Xi Village.]

[We are trapped in Yu Xi Village.]

[The Sacrifice is underway and the Black Shadows are everywhere.]

[I never heard of the Sacrifice, nor do I know about the Sacrificial Tablet, the only thing I can do is ask the villagers to hide in their houses, hoping we can hold on until tomorrow.]

[Now, I am writing this diary, hoping it could help you.]

[Wei Guangyuan, written on the evening of June 11th.]

When Qian Cangyi finished reading, he took a deep breath and put down the dark blue notebook.

The contents of the notes he had just read appeared in his mind, he sieved out the keywords.

Li Chenxi, Sacrificial Tablet, Sacrifice.

They could be linked with a single line, even though he didn't know where the sacrificial tablet came from or why Li Chenxi knew how to host a Sacrifice, he is sure that the sacrifice is somehow related to Li Chenxi.

Behind the Mountain, the open space, the Sacrificial Tablet.

These three could be linked together, one can conclude from the notes that the last known location of the Sacrificial Tablet is the open space behind Yu Xi Village.

Even though Wei Guangyuan didn't find the Sacrificial Tablet in the back field, it doesn't mean this is not a vital clue.

Sacrifice, Immortality, Black Shadow.

These three keywords, to Qian Cangyi, definitely have a connection, although not quite tight, something is lacking in between.

After connecting the clues, it forms a brand new web.

Even if many things still remain unclear, compared to the beginning, they now know a lot more.

The only regret is that, according to the notes, Wei Guangyuan indicated that he couldn't leave Yu Xi Village, likewise, Bian Zhe and Zhang Zian might not be able to leave either.

Qian Cangyi sighed and looked at Hawkeye, passing the notebook to him.

"Tell me what we should do next." H awkeye opened the notebook and started reading.

Qian Cangyi, learning from Hawkeye, watched his surroundings, alert of the Black Shadow which might appear at any time, meanwhile, he said:

"Let's go to the back of Yu Xi Village, no matter if it's the Sacrificial Tablet or Li Chenxi's house, they are both near the back of the mountain."

"So we must head to the back of the Mountain."

Hawkeye didn't respond, he was intently reading Wei Guangyuan's notes.

Qian Cangyi didn't disturb Hawkeye, he waited for Hawkeye to finish reading.

Soon, Hawkeye put down the dark blue notebook, gave back it to Qian Cangyi, and said:

"We should hurry."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hawkeye started towards the Yard's exit.

Qian Cangyi nodded, followed Hawkeye, suddenly, he felt a very strong sensation of being watched from behind.

Both of them almost simultaneously turned to look at the Gate of the living room.

On the mottled wall, Black Shadows appeared, not one, but five, from left to right.

Compared to the Black Shadows from before, the newly appeared Black Shadows didn't have a twisted shape, but almost looked exactly like normal people, even the rough edges had disappeared.

Qian Cangyi swallowed and involuntarily took a step back, feeling a chill throughout his body, as if he had been targeted by a venomous snake.

These Black Shadows, are even scarier than venomous snakes!

However, the Black Shadows didn't charge over, they just smiled.

The lower half of their heads formed an eerie moon-like smile that made the surrounding temperature drop by a few degrees.

Qian Cangyi was terrified by the Black Shadows' impending attack.

Five Black Shadows, if they charged together, they wouldn't be able to dodge.

The Black Shadows and Qian Cangyi didn't move, it was like a standoff.

Suddenly, the clouds in the sky dispersed, revealing a slit through which the Sunlight descended onto the courtyard.

The Black Shadows' shape started to shake slightly.

"I'll count to two, get ready to run." Hawkeye whispered.

"Okay." Under the threat of the Black Shadows, Qian Cangyi didn't dare to even nod.

"One, two!" At the moment Hawkeye shouted, he started running, the direction was towards the exit of Yu Xi Village, which is the direction towards the back of the mountain.

Qian Cangyi also started running, his adrenaline kicking in, activating all cells of his body.

At this critical moment, the script for act five, which is also the last act, appeared in his mind.

Why did the script appear now?

Qian Cangyi really wanted to complain about how Hell's Movie knows exactly when to make things worse, but the situation was so urgent that he didn't even have the time to complain.

They had run around 200 meters when Qian Cangyi finally slowed down and looked back.

The Black Shadows weren't following him.

Qian Cangyi was gasping for breath, although he sometimes exercises, in terms of physical fitness, he was only slightly better than a homebody.

In order to conserve his energy, Qian Cangyi chose to slow down, while starting to read the script for act five.

[Act Five]

[Close to 5 pm in the afternoon, on the small path behind Yu Xi Village.]

[Bian Zhe stopped walking, lifted his head and looked at the Sun that was once again hiding behind the clouds, he felt a heavy heart.]

[Bian Zhe: Zhang Zian, shall we leave Yu Xi Village? If things continue like this, I guess we'll also die here.]

[Zhang Zian: Can we really leave now? It was clearly written in Wei Guangyuan's notebook.]

[Bian Zhe: We should at least try, we are not like the villagers, we just arrived today, and besides, the Sun hasn't set yet.]

[Zhang Zian pondered for a second, then nodded.]

[The mystery of Yu Xi Village remains unsolved, but nightfall is fast approaching, Bian Zhe and Zhang Zian decided against sticking around and chose to leave.]

[The two headed towards the Yu Xi Village entrance.]

[The wooden sign at the entrance of Yu Xi Village was still standing, and they both took a shortcut.]

[The road home seemed much longer than usual, but even when the sun set, the two were still wandering in the mountains.]