1TWITF[C Chapter 27

Chapter 27

The villagers bustled off to prepare for the wedding. Shen Na planned to go along to help dress the bride, and the remaining few also dispersed.

Lu Yanli walked at the end, his pace leisurely, but his mind was racing.

What exactly was the secret of Red River Village? Was it related to the river? Why was the village so fixated on ghost marriages? The final stage of the ghost marriage was to exile both the bride and groom onto the Red River, which sounded… a lot like a sacrifice. To survive a month in Red River Village, what should he do?

He wouldn’t believe the nonsense that following the village rules would allow him to survive. At first glance, it didn’t seem difficult, but the last village rule, which was also the most recent, had changed, requiring all outsiders to perform a ghost marriage. Once this rule took effect, he would undoubtedly die. He could let others take his place for now, but he had to find a solution before it was his turn.

Otherwise, even if he left this village, the curse would follow him.

Also, what were the human skin lanterns and the strange red mushrooms in the village?

It couldn’t yet be determined whether their memory disorder was related to eating the mushroom, or whether everyone had fallen into some kind of illusion?

And these outsiders were his only chance.

As long as these outsiders entered, the entire mad world would quickly return to its pre-mutation state, and those “things” that had long become bizarre existences would become normal people again.

More importantly, these people from another world allowed him to see the hope of eliminating the bizarre!

In the earliest days, when he encountered the task performers, although he felt that they were somewhat out of place, he didn’t think in other directions. It wasn’t until later that he taught himself some hypnosis techniques and obtained some prohibited drugs that he learned some information from those people’s mouths. However, as soon as they got to the key point, they would die on the spot. Even so, it was enough for Lu Yanli to piece together information about these people from another world.

What was the purpose of their “mission”? What was manipulating the actions of humans and ghosts behind the scenes? Who set those rules? Why did… even ghosts have to obey?

And what was special about him himself? Why was he able to stay awake? Why was he able to encounter these so-called mission performers so often?

Lu Yanli returned to his room, closed the door, and took out his mobile phone from his pocket to turn on the surveillance.

Until yesterday, Ding Conglu had not shown any abnormalities. It wasn’t until the evening that Ding Conglu, who had already fallen asleep, suddenly changed her expression. She lay on the bed, her eyes widening in an instant, her whole body trembling and afraid to move.

So… what was the trigger?

Just as he pressed the pause button, a pale, bloodless hand suddenly appeared on the screen and covered the entire screen!

In any case, until the next time… the next wedding, he could verify it.

Chen Zhenghao and Ding Conglu’s wedding was coming up soon. As with the village chief’s before, Uncle Wu also made two human skin lanterns and sent them over.

All the villagers carried white paper lanterns to the village’s central square. The long procession walked along the road, but the dim light from the lanterns could not brighten the night at all.

Lu Yanli carried a lantern, walking at the back of the procession.

He carefully observed the villagers of this village and compared them in his mind with the day of the village chief’s son’s wedding banquet.

“Wait a minute!” Lu Yanli had a guess in his mind. He stopped the others from acting and then picked up other dishes for them one by one. Under his persuasion, these people did not suspect anything.

He Lou ate a slice of a dish called “Husband and Wife Offal Slices.”

An Xingyu ate monkey brains.

Shen Na ate a plate of fried meat made into a human hand.

Zhao Chuan ate a live rat.

…

As for himself, he ate a mushroom again.

The disgusting bloody smell exploded in his mouth, but Lu Yanli seemed unaware, revealing a smile. The others also smiled, and they were almost no different from the villagers. The pale white light shone on their faces, turning them into similar smiling faces.

“Bow to heaven and earth—”

The two corpses bowed down.

Lu Yanli’s eyes suddenly went black.

When he opened his eyes again, Zhao Chuan’s face came into view.

“Wake up, wake up! Brother Lou is getting married, we’re going over to help now.”

The memories in Lu Yanli’s mind were still chaotic, but the habits he had cultivated over a long period of time made him subconsciously nod and follow Zhao Chuan silently.

That’s right… they were going to help He Lou now.

His marriage partner was Lu Xiuxiu.

Lu Yanli followed behind Zhao Chuan, always feeling that something was wrong, but it was difficult to say what was wrong. He kept the anomaly in his heart and kept pondering it, but his intuition made him not ask, and his expression was still no different from usual.

Soon, they arrived outside He Lou’s residence.

They had lived in Red River Village for several years. Because they had always followed the rules of Red River Village, the villagers of Red River Village had quickly accepted them, and everyone got along very happily.

A few days ago, Lu Xiuxiu accidentally died. Because they outsiders had very good relationships with each other, He Lou was sad for a few days and then decided to marry Lu Xiuxiu. The village chief and the villagers were all happy for them, and the whole village was busy preparing for a lively wedding.

“What, what’s going on?” Zhao Chuan immediately stepped forward. He was particularly admired He Lou, how could the other party suddenly…

But Lu Yanli suddenly noticed something. He stood outside the door, did not come in, but instead took a step back, guarding the door so that no one would notice.

Seeing Zhao Chuan, Shen Na said impatiently, “You’re finally here. Now it’s good, He Lou doesn’t know what’s wrong, suddenly wants to call off the wedding.” Her face was full of deep disgust.

As a member of Red River Village, she hated people who wanted to call off their weddings after they had already been arranged.

Zhao Chuan was also shocked.

How could anyone want to call off a wedding? This was a major event that had never been heard of in Red River Village.

He was now completely awake. Faced with this bizarre village that was completely beyond his imagination and the current dead end, sweat oozed from He Lou’s forehead.

He couldn’t deny it, otherwise, he would be executed according to the village rules.

And admitting the marriage, he would definitely be executed for being paired with a ghost bride.

Either way, it was a dead end, and these teammates were still in a state of confusion, not remembering anything at all.

Now, it was only a week.

Now… what to do?

When Ding Conglu escaped, she was quickly caught by the villagers. If it was him, where could he hide for the remaining three weeks?

An Xingyu was also at a loss, “Brother Lou, what are you talking nonsense about? Haven’t we lived in Red River Village for five or six years?”

They spoke one after another, and He Lou had no chance to speak at all. No matter how he talked about the past, these people treated him as if he was talking nonsense.

What to do?

That’s right, why would the ghost marriage be his turn?

He Lou suddenly recalled what Lu Yanli had said to him that day.

He… he paired Lu Xiuxiu with himself, and he didn’t react at all at the time, and happily reported it to the village chief.

At the critical moment of life and death, he no longer had the strength to regret or generate any other emotions. His brain was running at high speed, trying to find a way out.

Ding Conglu suddenly regained her memory, and his own memory recovery also happened the day before the wedding, which was definitely not a coincidence.

Could it be… the day before the wedding, they would regain their memories?

He Lou realized the sinister intentions of this mission.

Letting them obey the village rules meant that they were gradually assimilated into a member of Red River Village, and a member of Red River Village would inevitably have a ghost marriage, which meant that as long as they stayed in the village, they would definitely die!

Every mission, in addition to not giving people a way to survive on the ghosts, also played with people’s hearts, making people fall into the deepest despair and watching the task performers kill each other. He Lou had completely understood.

But he wouldn’t hesitate.

In order to survive, he could do anything.

Seeing that Shen Na was about to leave angrily to call the village chief, He Lou finally made up his mind and grabbed Shen Na.

Either, delay the so-called wedding date and extend the date to next month.

That’s right, what about Lu Yanli?

How much did he know?

Did he know when he proposed the introduction? Had his memory recovered?

If Lu Yanli hadn’t proposed it, he wouldn’t be in this situation now.

He Lou had regained his composure. He smiled and said to Shen Na, “What do you think of Lu Yanli? I think you can be with him.”

Shen Na looked hesitant, “But, he…”

There was some resistance in Shen Na’s eyes that she didn’t understand herself, “Let me… let me think about it.”

At this moment, Lu Yanli, the object of their discussion, was just behind the door. He was tightly Posted the wall, his eyes full of struggle, and then, he hammered his head hard.

In his mind, a chaotic memory surged, not knowing whether it was true or false.

Hurry up… hurry up and remember!

He took a deep breath, slowly opened his eyes, his eyes clear.

He was not a person from Red River Village.

He… he wanted to go back alive.