Free Web NovelChapter 379: Chapter 354: The Mountain God Is Angry, Everyone Prepares for the Sacrificial Ritual
’This is just great. This might bring disaster to the village.’
The villager instantly grew tense. Like a startled rabbit, he immediately looked around in a panic.
He saw that, for the moment, no one else in the village had noticed the situation here.
So he hurriedly backed away, preparing to shut the door.
He wanted to keep these uninvited guests out, as if simply closing the door could keep the danger outside.
Just then, a blood-curdling scream, sharp as a dagger,
tore through the night sky from the other side of the village.
It sounded especially abrupt and terrifying in the silent night.
The sound was like the roar of a demon from the depths of Hell,
filled with pain, despair, and terror.
Caught completely off guard, the young men and women all flinched at the sudden scream.
Some of the more timid girls even let out a shriek of their own,
their cries echoing in the night sky and sparking even more panic.
Even the villager who was about to close the door was so frightened his legs went weak, and he trembled.
His eyes widened in terror. Like a frightened fawn, he frantically glanced around.
Then, with swift movements, he tried to slam the door shut.
Seeing this, Lai Yu Yao quickly made a hand signal.
Her bodyguard, Yu Yingjie—a burly man with sharp eyes—
instantly understood her meaning.
Yu Yingjie shot forward in a single bound,
using his powerful arm to firmly block the door.
Lai Yu Yao was determined. She knew this villager was the key to finding a breakthrough.
She naturally wasn’t going to let him shut the door.
Besides, that sudden, blood-curdling scream was definitely anything but ordinary.
It was probably connected in some intricate way to this eerie village and the terrifying Deadman’s Grass.
The secret behind it all was like a giant riddle waiting for them to solve.
"Let’s go check out where that scream came from."
Chu He said with a grave expression, "The other villagers have been stirred up too.
From the looks of it, this might be a good thing.
At least it shows that the villagers seem to be relatively normal."
Lai Yu Yao snapped back to her senses at Chu He’s words. She glanced around,
and saw that many of the village households had already opened their doors and windows.
Dim yellow light spilled out from inside, casting patches of light and shadow on the ground in front of the doors.
Then, one after another, villagers hurried out of their homes.
They looked nervous and rushed, heading quickly in the direction of the scream.
Among them, some of the more timid villagers, the moment they opened their doors and windows, seemed to be paralyzed by the unknown terror outside and quickly shut them again.
However, through the bright glass, shadows could be seen moving back and forth inside.
They were clearly curious about what was happening outside,
eager to know what was going on,
but were too afraid to come out.
So they could only press themselves close to their doors and windows,
straining their ears to catch the slightest sound.
"Then let’s go take a look."
Lai Yu Yao nodded slightly.
Yu Yingjie received the command and immediately pulled his hand back.
Seeing his chance, the villager
slammed the door shut with a BANG, without a moment’s hesitation.
The sound was exceptionally loud in the silent night.
"Should we go over now?"
someone asked in a low voice, a hint of hesitation in their tone.
"The priority right now is to find a breakthrough to solve this problem.
This incident might be accompanied by danger, but it could also bring an opportunity."
A calm voice spoke up from the crowd. Everyone nodded slightly after hearing it,
and their fear seemed to lessen a little.
"How about we try calling the Defense Team again?" someone else suggested.
"What’s the use?
Can you even tell if the one answering the phone is a real person or some weird entity?
Besides, many of these strange existences can harm people invisibly.
Who knows if continuing to call that number
will bring some unexpected negative consequences to the caller?"
This rebuttal plunged everyone into thought.
That was true. In an environment so full of strangeness, everything had become unpredictable.
Perhaps it was from spending so long in this terrifying atmosphere,
but after a period of extreme tension, people’s nerves had adapted in a strange way.
Many of the young men and women had begun to calm down.
Their eyes were no longer panicked like before, but instead revealed a sense of composure.
Once their minds calmed down,
their thoughts became clearer and more rational, as if they had found their way forward through a thick fog.
Chu He walked at the very front with steady steps, like a fearless vanguard.
Everyone else followed behind him, forming a long line.
Sun Canxing, holding Qi Shulei’s arm, followed closely behind Chu He, staying nearest to him.
Along the way, they met quite a few villagers.
The face of every villager was etched with fear and trepidation.
Their expressions were like those of startled birds, their eyes full of panic and unease.
Even more telling,
they paid little attention to the large group of unfamiliar young men and women who had suddenly appeared in their village.
Something far more terrifying was occupying their every thought.
Chu He, Sun Canxing, and Lai Yu Yao all noticed this keenly.
The three of them frowned slightly, almost in unison, their confusion deepening.
