Reborn with the Infinite World Panel-Chapter 164 - 161: Infinite World 13

The days afterward were peaceful. Si Lingle devoted herself to cultivation, and after a few days, her magic strengthened even more.

Si Lingle couldn’t wait for Qingyi and Wei Yan to come out from the dungeon. She entered the dungeon again.

This time, Si Lingle was on a bus with thirty people.

Beside her sat a stylish girl, who, despite wearing a mask and hat, couldn’t hide her aura.

Ruan Xin glanced at Si Lingle and thought to herself: This kid is really unlucky to have entered a special instance.

Ruan Xin was at level 145, hence she considered Si Lingle unfortunate.

Si Lingle was unaware that Ruan Xin was thinking she was unlucky.

"Get off, we’ve arrived at our destination." The driver shouted loudly.

The thirty people on the bus got off one after another.

After everyone got off, the bus disappeared.

The surroundings were pitch black and very quiet; there wasn’t even the sound of insects.

At this time, a coarse, unpleasant voice sounded, "You’re here to attend the village ritual, right? Follow me."

Some players were startled and looked towards the source of the voice, seeing a white-haired old man holding a white lantern.

"I am Zhang Tian, the village chief of Xinghua Village. Let’s go, I’ll take you into the village." Having said this, Zhang Tian started walking.

The players quickly followed him.

After walking for quite a while, they finally reached the entrance of Xinghua Village.

The village entrance had a stone plaque with "Xinghua Village" on it.

After entering the village, Zhang Tian said, "It’s already late today. You should rest first; the ritual event starts at 19:00 tomorrow."

"Village chief, where do we stay?" a player asked.

Will they make us sleep outside?!!!

"You’ll stay at the villagers’ homes. My house can accommodate three people. Which three of you would like to stay at my place?"

"I’ll go." A decisive voice rang out.

It was a chubby player who spoke.

The other experienced players clamored to go as well.

Zhang Tian, annoyed by the noise, pointed to the first three who spoke up to stay at his house: "You three, stay with me. The others will stay with different villagers."

"The others wait here. In a while, the villagers will come to pick you up." After saying this, Zhang Tian left with the three players.

[Welcome players, to Xinghua Village. You must find the Pass Token within seven days.]

Upon hearing this task, many players thought privately: This task seems simple, you just need to find the Pass Token to clear it.

But some experienced players furrowed their brows slightly.

Simply finding the Pass Token is much harder than tasks like killing players.

This dungeon doesn’t seem easy.

After waiting a few minutes, the other villagers came.

Si Lingle, Ruan Xin, and Wan Fu stayed at Granny Wang’s house.

On the way to Granny Wang’s house, they kept observing the other houses in the village.

Each household had a white lantern hung, and the doors were painted with strange symbols.

Si Lingle felt these symbols resembled rune patterns.

But they differed from the rune patterns she knew.

Si Lingle took out her phone and photographed these strange symbols.

Besides those, in front of each house was a clay jar, large enough to fit Si Lingle inside.

These jars were sealed, and it was unknown what was inside them.

After a few minutes’ walk, they reached Granny Wang’s house.

"You two girls stay in this room, the boy stays in this room," Granny Wang said, "Get some rest early."

After speaking, Granny Wang went back to her room.

Si Lingle also returned to the room Granny Wang pointed at.

Ruan Xin and Wan Fu didn’t go back to their rooms just yet.

They started searching Granny Wang’s house, but after a while found nothing.

However, they noticed each room door had the same strange symbols as the main door, but with subtle differences.

Wan Fu prepared to leave, and as he stepped outside, he received a system message.

[System Message: You are hit with a negative state, weakened for an hour.]

Wan Fu immediately felt his limbs go limp and became dizzy.

As he collapsed, he mustered all his strength to fall inside the house.

After he hit the floor, Wan Fu took out a negative state removal card and eliminated the state.

Once it was removed, Wan Fu got up immediately.

It seems you can’t leave the house during this time, or you’ll be hit with a negative state.

Wan Fu didn’t go out again and returned to his room to rest.

Ruan Xin also saw Wan Fu’s state, so she returned to her room as well.

Back in the room, she found Si Lingle sitting cross-legged on the bed.

What’s this kid doing?

Ruan Xin climbed into the bed, laying on the other end, and closed her eyes to rest.

Of course, she remained vigilant.

Even though her roommate was a child, you couldn’t underestimate kids these days.

Besides, who knows if a monster might appear in the dead of night.

But nothing happened throughout the night, and it was dawn.

Wan Fu and Ruan Xin didn’t have the breakfast Granny Wang prepared. They left her house to explore the village.

With a big heart, Si Lingle stayed to have breakfast with Granny Wang.

"Granny, your skills are impressive, this porridge is thick and delicious," Si Lingle sweetly praised.

"I used to sell porridge, my skills are still there," Granny Wang sighed, "My child also loved my porridge, but alas..."

"Granny Wang, alas what?"

After a moment of silence, Granny Wang said, "It’s a pity my child passed away young, leaving this old woman to live on alone."

"My condolences, Granny Wang," Si Lingle said.

Si Lingle could tell from Granny Wang’s face that she was lonely and had suffered unordinary losses of loved ones.

When she saw the village chief last night, his face was similar to Granny Wang’s—lonely in old age with family dying untimely deaths.

It’s unclear if the other villagers have the same face.

If they do, this village surely harbors a great secret.

It seems this dungeon has a storyline as well.

After breakfast, Si Lingle leisurely left the house.

Outside, she didn’t see any villagers.

Si Lingle went to knock on the villagers’ houses.

Pretending to ask for water.

The villagers, seeing that Si Lingle was a child, all gave her water.

These villagers’ faces were also similar to Granny Wang’s.

Their loved ones had untimely deaths.

Si Lingle searched around, trying to find where the bodies of those who died untimely were buried.

But after wandering around the village, she found no graves.

Strange, where were the bodies of these dead buried?

Did they all get cremated or what?

Unable to find the graves, Si Lingle returned to the village.

Back in the village, Si Lingle began studying the symbols painted on the doors.

Before she knew it, it was dark, 19:00 arrived.

The village’s ritual event began.

The entire Xinghua Village’s population showed up, totaling forty-three people.

They were all elderly, not a single young person or child was present.

This eerie detail did not go unnoticed by the players.