Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!-Chapter 125 - 122: Forbidden Nightmare (Sacrificial Dance)
Josh heard this and pushed the door open to leave.
The other Sacrificial Girls also came out one after another.
Yue Xi looked at everyone and said loudly, "The day of the Holy Daughter election is approaching, and the Holy Daughter has instructed everyone to rehearse the ’Chongmi Dance’ together. The performance is tonight."
Josh frowned slightly. So soon?
Could it be related to last night’s events?
Yue Xi pointed at them: "You, you, and you, come out."
Those pointed at didn’t look good; almost all of them were players.
Josh stepped forward first: "Aunt, what are your instructions?"
Yue Xi looked at them coldly: "You few will play the role of the rice in the center, dancing the rice dance."
She scanned the others: "Those not named will play the wooden pestle roles. Start rehearsing immediately!"
The women dispersed, each taking a few Sacrificial Girls to practice in the courtyard, without any preparation.
Josh and the other players were grouped together, and the woman leading them had a very peculiar expression on her face: "You should feel lucky. The rice dance is the easiest. You just need to stand in the middle and keep smiling."
Is it really that simple?
Josh raised an eyebrow slightly; it couldn’t be that simple.
The other players, including Lulu, looked very tense. It was clear they knew something but didn’t intend to tell Josh.
Josh looked at Yue Xi: "Aunt, why are we dancing this tonight? What did the Holy Daughter say about it?"
Yue Xi gave her a strange look: "What explanation do you want?"
Josh moved closer, brazenly taking her arm: "Aunt, please tell me. Otherwise, if we dance this, does it mean I don’t have to serve Lord Sea God tonight?"
She lowered her head somewhat bashfully: "Lord Sea God entered my dreams last night, asking me to find him."
Mentioning the Sea God, a trace of apprehension crossed Yue Xi’s face: "Alright then, I’m not sure about your words. Let me ask the Holy Daughter first and then make a decision."
Josh nodded with a smile.
Yue Xi quickly left.
Josh stood at the side watching them rehearse.
The so-called Chongmi Dance was essentially like making mochi.
The person in the center acted as the mochi, standing still, occasionally swaying their body left and right with those circling on the outside.
Those on the outside circled around the person in the middle, occasionally gathering towards the center, linking hands to pound inwards before scattering again.
Circle after circle.
Josh watched from the side and felt an inexplicable sense of eeriness. The people circling around had strange smiles on their faces.
She couldn’t quite put her finger on what was strange about those smiles.
Watching them made her feel as if blood might seep from their features at any moment.
Yue Xi returned quickly, gave Josh a glance, looking even more peculiar: "You have to join the rehearsal too, just stand in the center position, go ahead."
With no choice, Josh nodded.
For some reason, she felt some aversion to this dance.
She had an instinctive sense of danger.
But with so many NPCs watching, she had to join in.
Standing in the middle gave a completely different feeling than watching from the side.
Josh observed those who occasionally gathered close and then scattered away.
Those people were fine before, but once they started the Chongmi Dance, their demeanor gradually changed.
The once lively girls slowly had blank, hollow looks in their eyes, even carrying an indistinct sense of dread.
Every time they scattered, they would look up at the sky as if praying to it, and when gathering back, they would look down at the players squatting in the center, their expressions carrying a terrifying mien, as if ready to bleed at any moment.
And looking at their eyes carried a certain indescribable...
Josh didn’t know how to describe those eyes.
Anyway, they weren’t very friendly.
Josh relayed the information to Yuze, and the message came back quickly.
[We’re getting busy over here too. It seems there’s a ceremony tonight.]
Recalling last night’s events, with so many people surrounding the Holy Daughter’s house, the dance easily reminded one of some blessing and sacrificial ritual.
Could something have happened to the Holy Daughter?
The sky gradually darkened.
The small mountain village, shrouded in night, had a unique somberness.
The cold moonlight cast a faint bluish-gray tone over the village, making it seem even less lively.
The place in front of the ancestral hall was where the villagers lived, and further ahead was the tourist area.
Many tourists were playing and laughing, but none crossed the forbidden line, perhaps frightened by the disappearance of several tourists on the first day.
The ancestral hall was like a dividing line lying between the worlds of the living and the dead, lively in front, deathly silent behind.
Yue Xi and the women called all the Sacrificial Girls out.
The Sacrificial Girls wore bright red clothes and were draped in red veils from head to toe, the color so rich it seemed dyed with blood.
The path from the boathouse to the ancestral hall required passing through a small forest.
Hanging among the treetops were human-shaped red lanterns, resembling hanging bodies from a distance. The red lanterns dyed the entire forest red, even the white paper dangling among the treetops was tinted red.
The entire forest looked like a pitch-black painting drenched in vivid red blood, flowing continuously down the painting.
Yue Xi led all the Sacrificial Girls up the mountain behind the boathouse.
The male players from other teams also received messages, lying in wait nearby.
Josh nudged the tall and strong Sacrificial Girl next to her: "Are you ready?"
The person beside her remained silent.
Josh’s mouth twitched slightly, secretly pinching him.
A half-alive voice came from beside her: "Ready..."
Hearing the voice, Josh could guess his expression and couldn’t help but find it amusing.
She moved closer: "Who told you to be so attractive? If you don’t disguise as a Sacrificial Girl with me and sneak into the team, do you want to go back and be teased?"
Yuze feigned death, unwilling to speak.
He never thought he would have a day where he would be forcefully pushed into something.
Last night, he originally agreed to meet Josh at the ancestral hall to monitor the activities, but he didn’t expect Yunbing to drug and overpower him.
He was so angry he almost killed the NPC on the spot, and was warned by the system.
After hearing Josh say there was trouble on her side, Yuze reluctantly broke away and quickly switched locations.
He thought the matter was over, but upon returning after the day’s busy ceremonies, Yunbing, this fearless woman, was in his room again, even on his bed.
Yuze almost couldn’t resist splitting her in two, but was pulled away by Josh again at the last minute.
