Reborn with the Infinite World Panel-Chapter 165 - 162: Infinite World 14

Forty-three villagers lit the bonfire together, then put on different masks, which were quite terrifying.

After putting on the masks, the villagers held a self-made bell stick and started dancing around the bonfire.

The dance moves were also very peculiar.

Twisting their hands and feet, they began to dance.

They also sang ballads that Si Lingle and the others couldn’t understand.

Si Lingle had already silently pulled out her phone to start recording.

As the villagers danced and sang, Si Lingle noticed that the negative energy in the village was becoming increasingly dense.

And this negative energy was emanating from the clay jars at the villagers’ doorsteps.

Si Lingle watched this negative energy slowly gather toward the ritual activity.

She quickly took out a Defense Talisman to block the negative energy from entering her body.

Other players couldn’t see the negative energy.

Once the negative energy reached a certain amount, those players received a System Message; they had been inflicted with a negative status.

The players quickly used items to cure the negative status, but not long after, they were afflicted again.

The players realized there was something strange about this ritual activity.

They wanted to leave, but just as they were about to do so, the villagers stopped them, not allowing them to leave.

Some players were tough and directly tried to fight the villagers, but the villagers were unharmed, and the players were severely harmed by the concentrated negative energy.

The negative energy was protecting the villagers.

Players who harmed the villagers would be attacked by the negative energy.

Upon seeing the players being knocked back, the remaining players immediately quieted down.

Si Lingle seized the chaos and released her Contracted Pets, letting them head to the location of the clay jars.

After a while, Ruan Xin noticed Si Lingle; she discovered that the little girl was continuously looking at the sky.

But when she glanced at the sky, there was nothing there?

Could it be that this little girl had some special item, enabling her to see what others couldn’t?

Besides this, the child was also holding an animal resembling a dog in her arms.

Could this animal be her pet?

A new player having a pet, it seems this little child has a strong backing.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have managed to get a pet for a Contract.

Ruan Xin only obtained a pet at Level 130, hers was a Two-winged Flying Snake.

The Two-winged Flying Snake had average Attack Power and defensive power, but it was extremely fast.

And she could even borrow the flying power of the Two-winged Flying Snake to fly.

Although the flying time was short, it could be used to save her life in times of crisis.

Ruan Xin pondered for a moment, approached Si Lingle, and asked, "Little friend, what are you looking at?"

"Negative energy," Si Lingle replied, "This negative energy should belong to the spirits of deceased villagers."

Si Lingle thought that the remains of villagers who died unjustly were all in the clay jars.

Perhaps they were using the skeletons to protect their homes and village.

Ruan Xin looked bewildered, negative energy?!!!

"Negative energy, like ghosts’ negative energy?"

"Yes."

"Are you using some kind of item to see it?"

"Do you want to see?"

"Yes." Ruan Xin wanted to see what this negative energy looked like.

"One thousand gold coins, and I can let you see it."

"Alright." Ruan Xin added Si Lingle as a Friend and transferred one thousand gold coins to Si Lingle.

After receiving the money, Si Lingle opened the Heavenly Eye for Ruan Xin, "The validity is eight hours; after eight hours, you won’t be able to see it anymore."

"Okay." Ruan Xin nodded.

Ruan Xin looked toward the sky and saw a mass of black energy.

"Is that black energy the negative energy?"

"Yes." Si Lingle nodded.

The negative energy indeed seemed quite abundant.

At this moment, Ruan Xin noticed the negative energy dared not approach Si Lingle.

It was as if Si Lingle had something terrifying about her.

She used Defense Items, but they couldn’t repel the negative energy.

Ruan Xin purchased another Defense Talisman from Si Lingle.

After finishing the dance, the villagers took out a small knife, cut their palms, and dripped blood onto the bonfire.

And this blood energy caused the negative energy to gather even faster.

The negative energy was absorbing the blood energy. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

This negative energy was being fed by these villagers.

After bleeding for a few minutes, the village chief Zhang Tian said, "Everyone, since you have come to participate in our village’s ritual activity, please contribute a bit."

"Please also bleed to participate in the ritual activity."

Only an idiot would bleed.

The villagers surrounded the players, but the villagers only outnumbered the players by a dozen or so.

The players united as one; none of them wanted to bleed.

So they quietly gathered together.

At this moment, Si Lingle loudly asked, "Village chief, how did the other people in your village die? And where are the bodies buried?"

"It’s none of your business." Zhang Tian said with a harsh tone.

"Village chief, if you don’t tell me, I might smash all the clay jars in the village." Si Lingle threatened, "Village chief, you can take a look."

Zhang Tian turned and looked at the nearby clay jars, finding a tiger’s paw pressing on one of them.

"You!" Zhang Tian panicked, "I’ll tell you, just don’t smash the jars, or the consequences will be unimaginable."

Then Zhang Tian began to tell the story of what happened in the village.

The events transpired five years ago, during a full moon night.

A group of uninvited guests arrived in the village, a gang of extremely vicious people.

This gang was involved in smuggling drugs, human trafficking, and they passed through their village.

The leader of this gang took a liking to Ancaile, a young and beautiful girl in the village.

They directly kidnapped Ancaile, and during the abduction, they shot and killed Ancaile’s parents, grandparents, and others.

Ancaile’s fiancé, who was also from the village, took various knives and weapons to rescue her, going to desperately fight that gang.

Although they were numerous, the gang had guns, and all of their men died under gunfire.

Of course, the gang lost several members too.

By the time daylight came, all members of the gang were dead, and forty-five villagers perished.

Later on, they handled the aftermath of the deceased, thinking the matter was over.

Unexpectedly, within three days, members of the gang came for revenge.

Everyone in the village was captured, and the young, children and elderly were separated and locked up.

These old folks were locked in a cave, meant to be starved to death.

Three days later, they were rescued by the police.

But the children in the village had been sold.

The able-bodied young men were all dead.

Their organs had been trafficked.

As for the women, they had been abused and sold.

Due to this incident, only these old folks remained in the village, barely surviving.

Three years ago, a Daoist passed through their village, saying that the villagers had all died unjustly.

He suggested placing the remains in clay jars and holding rituals every year for ten years, so the deceased could reincarnate.

Otherwise, they would continue to wander in the mortal world.

After hearing this, Si Lingle remarked, "The Daoist doesn’t seem like a good person; there’s no proper ritual that involves bloodletting."

"Blood energy will only intensify a ghost’s malevolence and cannot truly exorcise spirits."

"Are the symbols on each household’s door drawn by the Daoist?"

Zhang Tian nodded, "Yes, the Daoist said that the symbols are runes to protect the house’s safety."