The rules are weird, I bribed weird people in the copy

Chapter 106 Longevity Village 16

As soon as these words came out, Yun Chu realized that the old lady in front of him was one of the few people in Changshou Village who still had a conscience.

"Old man, what do you mean by that?"

Since the old lady is a good person, maybe I can get more information about the sacrifice.

"If you don't want to die, hurry back and pack your things... No, don't pack your things to avoid arousing suspicion. Run away quickly under the cover of night."

After saying this, the old lady sighed, her eyes empty as if she remembered something.

Yun Chu wanted to ask more, but the old lady said nothing.

If it were an ordinary person, they might be scared and leave the longevity village.

But who is Yun Chu? Even if she wants to run, she can't. The dungeon map is only as big as Changshou Village. They can't go anywhere else.

The only way to leave the dungeon is to clear the dungeon according to the clearance conditions.

Yun Chu did not give up and continued to ask: "Old man, tomorrow is the sacrifice. If you want my friends to leave now, there must be a reasonable explanation, otherwise they will not listen to me."

The old lady thought it made sense. These children were out playing and when they encountered the sacrifice they just thought it was an interesting day. They had no idea what would happen tomorrow.

"Alas... I told you to leave but you didn't listen. This Changshou Village is a hellish place where people are eaten without leaving any bones. Do you think tomorrow will be a good day? Listen to my advice and leave quickly."

The old lady was a little anxious and didn't even care about the tea in her hand.

"Especially you and the other little girl. Your two male friends might survive, but you two little girls are in much more danger."

The old lady wanted to tell Yun Chu about the sacrifice. She had told those children who were exploring before, but they didn't listen at all and told the village chief instead.

When the village chief found out, he came to warn her not to talk nonsense and asked her to move to the edge of the village and not to see outsiders. This was because of her seniority.

If it was someone of a lower generation and disobedient, he would have been dealt with by the village chief long ago.

Seeing that the old lady was still unwilling to say more about the sacrifice, Yun Chu stopped pretending and simply spoke openly.

"Is it because there is a sacrifice involved in the ritual?"

The old lady was startled, her dim eyes widened.

"You! You you you...how did you know?"

The old lady stood up anxiously and rushed Yun Chu out: "You know why you didn't run? Quick! Go back and leave when it's late!"

Yun Chu was pushed so hard that one foot was about to step out of the door: "Don't worry, I don't want to leave for a reason. I will not allow the evil practice of sacrifice to continue."

Seeing that Yun Chu didn't want to leave, the old lady had no choice but to let her in and close the door to prevent other villagers from seeing the two of them together.

"When I was young, Changshou Village was just an ordinary small village. Although life was a bit hard, the villagers were self-sufficient and lived a decent life."

The old lady recalled the past and gradually revealed the past events of Changshou Village.

"At that time, my neighbor's sister had a strange disease and she didn't have many days left to live, so her parents took her to the back mountain and prepared to bury her. As a girl, she couldn't be buried in the ancestral tomb even after her death."

"I remember they went into the back mountain in the morning and came back in the afternoon. My sister was alive and kicking, not even close to death. My uncle and aunt were very surprised and asked how she could recover after just one trip."

"So magical? Did you meet a god?" Yun Chu listened attentively.

"Bah! Even if it's a god, it's evil!" The old lady was very angry.

"My sister's parents said that they met a man whose face they couldn't see clearly after they entered the back mountain. The man used some kind of magic, and after a while, my sister was cured. She was able to jump around, and her spirit was more than that of a healthy child."

"Since then, the villagers have been worshipping the mountain like crazy. They firmly believe that worshipping the mysterious man will at least prolong their lifespan, if not immortality. Not only that, they worship the mysterious man as the mountain god and even changed the name of the village."

"It didn't work at first, but then the village chief said that if you want help, you have to give benefits. Since it's a man, let's give a woman. So they started to offer women as sacrifices every year. The youngest ones were 16 or 17 years old, and the oldest ones were 23 or 24 years old. But the condition was that they had to be slim, with skin as white as cream and beautiful faces."

"Strangely enough, after that, the villagers no longer had back pain and were more energetic at work. They firmly believed that it was the effect of worshiping the mountain god. In the following years, several elderly people indeed lived quite long lives."

"I am over 80 years old this year. There must be more than 70 women sacrificed in the Longevity Village. I don't know how many people they have killed in order to achieve immortality!"

After the old lady finished telling the story of the Changshou Village, she was so angry that she couldn't stop shaking.

Yun Chu immediately poured her a glass of water to help her calm down: "Drink some water. It's not worth getting angry at such a person."

The old lady burst into tears: "I feel sorry for those women. Some of them are my relatives! They are my aunt, cousins, and even my granddaughter!"

"Your granddaughter?!"

Yun Chu couldn't imagine how painful it would be for the old lady in front of him to see her son die.

The old lady wiped away her tears and calmed down. "Yes, that was the child I picked up. I knew the darkness of Changshou Village very well, so I stayed single for fear of giving birth to a daughter. Twenty years ago, I picked up a baby girl at the entrance of the village. I didn't want to raise her, but it was winter at the time. The child might have died the moment I left."

"I had no choice but to bring her back and raise her. After raising her for more than ten years, I sent her to school when she was still young. This child is filial. When she earned her first money, she bought a lot of things and came back to see me. She also said she had a surprise for me. She came back secretly just in time for the day of sacrifice."

"Perhaps it was God's will. The village didn't have a suitable sacrifice that year, and she happened to come back to see me. She was taken to the back mountain just after she got home."

These past events had been weighing on the old lady's heart for decades, and today she finally had someone to confide in.

It was at this moment that Yun Chu fully understood the origin of the Changshou Village sacrifice. It all came from the ugly and greedy hearts of the villagers.

It’s a pity for those seventy-odd girls.

This number is not large, but they also have families, and their parents may die without waiting for their daughters to return.

At this moment, Yun Chu decided to find the so-called mountain god and let him see the consequences of his evil deeds.

As for the villagers and the village chief, she will also make them receive corresponding punishments.

"Kid, I know you mean well, but you can't take on the entire village. They've all gone crazy."

The old lady didn't think Yun Chu, a girl, had much ability, and she continued to persuade her with concern.

Yun Chu shook her head: "Don't worry, old lady, I'm not just talking nonsense, I will definitely do what I say."

After saying that, Yun Chu left the old lady's house. She wanted to go back and buy a large number of props.

Strength in numbers? She would raze the mountain to the ground even with artillery fire!