Volume 2: Living with Ghosts Chapter 022 Developments
Chen Ping's face turned ashen, and his expression was extremely ugly. It could be said that he had never miscalculated since he entered this curse. He had never made a wrong analysis of the various types of tasks he had experienced, and he had grasped the hints of each task very accurately.
But since the start of this mission, before the halfway point of the execution period, he has already miscalculated twice, and this miscalculation is likely to be fatal! The liquid on the round table was placed in front of everyone. If it was not a hint that they had to drink it all before the situation could move forward, then there was only one possibility left, that this liquid was a trap set for them by the mission!
But he felt that this trap was a bit too far-fetched. After all, if the liquid was poisonous, then after they drank all the liquid, they would definitely die of the poison and would definitely not be alive until now. But the fact is that they are still alive and well. Besides, if the mission wants to kill them, there is no need to use poisoning. It can completely wipe them out instantly. Thinking of this, Chen Ping suddenly had another guess: "In addition to drinking up the liquid, is there a custom that they did not follow?"
This guess made Chen Ping's heart move. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and looked at the hundred women in front of him with courage, and then looked around the square. However, after looking through the square, he did not find any suspicious items. But the situation was frozen here. They must have missed something, there was no mistake about this. With nothing else to do, Chen Ping recalled the reminder of the supplementary task.
The people standing in the other three corners kept their eyes on Chen Ping. Seeing that Chen Ping was looking at the entire square, everyone thought that Chen Ping had discovered something, so they also hurriedly scanned the entire square , but the result was still disappointing.
Fear was slowly surging from the bottom of his heart, and Zhang Feng was already at a loss. He didn't know if it was his illusion or if this voice really existed, but he always felt that there was a very ethereal voice calling him.
“Come here… come here…”
The voice was ethereal and felt like it was right beside his ear, but it also felt very far away from him. He didn't know when this voice had been lingering in his ears, and it hadn't dissipated for a long time. Zhang Feng felt that he was about to collapse! Although he had experienced several missions, strictly speaking, he was only at the rookie level. Because every mission, he relied on the help of others to get through. And the missions he had experienced before, there were no supplementary tasks, and no missions were forcibly separated. This experience of carrying out missions also directly led to his dependence on Chen Ping and others. Not only was he not confident in his analytical ability, but he almost didn't even have the idea of his own analysis.
Seeing that Wang Lin and Chen Ping were both helpless about this mission, Zhang Feng felt even more uncertain.
"Neither Chen Ping nor the captain can think of a solution, what should I do!"
The more he couldn't think of a solution, the more frightened Zhang Feng became, and the more frightened he became, the more uneasy he became. The voice of the call seemed to get louder, and Zhang Feng's frightened eyes gradually dimmed.
When Zhang Feng felt something strange, Zhang Fengyu's eyes happened to fall on him. At this moment, Zhang Fengyu seemed to have heard that voice, just like an invisible ghost, floating around his ears.
“Come here… come here…”
The sound gradually changed from inaudible to somewhat harsh, and it was like a lullaby, making Zhang Fengyu feel drowsy.
“Come here… come here…”
The decibel of the sound was constantly rising. It had disturbed Zhang Fengyu's mind and almost made him lose the ability to think. In the end, he could only hear this kind of sound.
Suddenly, the sound became extremely sharp, almost piercing his eardrums!
“Come here…come here!”
Zhang Fengyu covered his ears, his face showing deep pain. Obviously, this sound was the punishment for them because they delayed the start of the marriage ceremony.
Just when Zhang Fengyu wanted to roar in pain, Wang Lin's voice suddenly resounded in the square: "Choose to choose the matchmaker by asking!!!"
"what happened?"
As Wang Lin's voice sounded, the ethereal sound of the ghost's howl also dissipated. Zhang Fengyu pinched his ears hard, very confused about what had just happened. Wang Lin's voice also made Zhang Feng return to normal. When he thought of the voice that just surrounded his ears, Zhang Feng felt a palpitation, as if he was hallucinating at that time. Fortunately, Wang Lin's voice sounded in time, otherwise it would be hard to imagine what would happen.
"Is that scream just now the power of the evil spirits?"
Wang Lin didn't know what had happened to Zhang Feng and Zhang Fengyu just now. The reason why he shouted so loudly was that he already knew what the village customs that they had forgotten were! Combined with the hints , it was obvious that the matchmaker had to be selected in a certain way in the first round of the marriage ceremony!
Such an important point was completely ignored by the four people. It was obvious that all their thoughts were focused on speculating on the customs in the village, and they didn't think about the additional content of the reminder. Even the cautious Chen Ping did not avoid it this time.
After hearing Wang Lin's voice, Chen Ping suddenly realized that the place they missed was right in front of them. Chen Ping cursed himself for being stupid. But this was not the key. What really concerned them was that one of the hundred women spoke!
"Do all those seeking wives agree to choose the matchmaker in this way?"
The voice of the person who spoke was extremely sharp, and it sounded like a female voice, but it didn't sound like a normal human voice. However, when you think that the real ghost is hiding among those women, it's not surprising to hear a ghost voice. And the sound of this voice announced that they had successfully followed a custom in the village. In other words, they had completed a hidden mission!
Everyone was looking for the owner of the voice. Since Zhang Fengyu couldn't see the faces of the women in front of him, he couldn't tell who the voice belonged to. But apart from him, the other three people could see clearly. The three of them looked carefully and found that the person who spoke was the woman standing on the far left of the first row of the square formation of 100 women.
This woman also looked extremely ferocious, with thick makeup covering her face, just like a circus clown. The most horrifying part was her mouth, because of a hideous scar that divided this ugly mouth into four parts!
Looking at the woman, Zhang Feng and the other two felt a chill on their backs, but they did not dare to show their fear and could only turn their heads slightly to the side. Perhaps because they had just completed a hidden mission, their confidence was restored a little, and they were not as anxious as before.
Unable to see their faces, Zhang Fengyu could only stare at the backs of the women in front of him in a daze. After a brief escape, Chen Ping and Wang Lin forced themselves to look at the women, especially the one who had just made the sound. After a careful look, they could see clearly what the women were wearing. Each woman was wearing a bulky red robe and sitting on a stone bench. In addition to their terrifying faces, they could not be distinguished by their physical features. The only basis they could use to distinguish the identities of these women was the light yellow number tags hanging around their waists. The number tag on the waist of the woman who had just made the sound showed the number "1".
