Reborn with the Infinite World Panel-Chapter 127 - 126: Survival Escape 10

But after searching, no clue items were found.

Nan Chu thought to herself: Could it be that there are no clue items this time?

Unable to find anything, Nan Chu returned to Granny Liu’s house, while Hou Yi decided to take a stroll around the village.

Granny Liu, expressionless and somewhat harsh in tone, asked, "Do you want lunch?"

"Yes," Nan Chu replied with a smile.

"Twenty dollars per person for a meal."

"No problem," Nan Chu handed the money to Granny Liu.

Granny Liu went to prepare the meal, and since Nan Chu had nothing to do, she went to help with the fire.

While tending the fire, Nan Chu asked, "Granny Liu, do you mind telling me how your family passed away?"

Granny Liu paused in silence before speaking, "One night, a year ago, eighty percent of the people in this village suddenly died violently."

"Why did they suddenly die?"

"For what other reason? Because they did terrible things." Granny Liu said with disgust, "The people in this village were all evil and deserved to die."

"Your husband and children too?"

"Them too."

"Can Granny Liu tell me what terrible things the villagers did?"

"All the women in this village were trafficked here, including me. I was a college student looking for a job, got tricked by traffickers, and was sold here."

"I was twenty-three then, sold to a forty-six-year-old widower who had a daughter and wanted a son."

"I was forced to have a son and later pretended to be insane to survive."

"I was somewhat lucky; the widower I was sold to was a butcher, very fierce. I wasn’t forced to do anything else."

"But some girls sold to the village served a whole family — father and sons together, sometimes even grandfather and grandson together."

"Some girls tried to escape, but didn’t get far before villagers caught them and sent them back."

"After being sent back, they faced even worse torment."

"The pond in the village is filled with the remains of these dead girls."

"As for my children, they were little devils aiding the wicked."

"My own son, after finding out I was pretending to be insane, told his father, and I was almost beaten to death. But fortunately, I endured and survived."

"They deserved to die."

[My God, is this village really so terrifying?]

[No wonder I thought, why are there only women left? I never imagined it was for this reason.]

[Those who survived are probably all trafficked here.]

[My God, it’s so scary.]

[Speaking of which, I almost got tricked while looking for a job. Luckily, my friend saw through the scam, otherwise, I would have ended up in this miserable state too.]

[Advise everyone to be careful when job hunting. Even relatives and friends should be viewed with caution. In my village, a family was deceived by their own son and sent to Myanmar. It’s been years now, and there’s no news, we don’t even know if they’re alive.]

"Granny Liu, why haven’t you left this village?"

"I wanted to leave, but the villagers who died violently trapped us with their resentment, forming a barrier over this village, so we can’t leave."

"It was Granny Wang who knew a bit about exorcism and had us hang red lanterns and paste talismans to ward off ghosts so we could survive here."

"Granny Wang must be quite skilled then."

Granny Liu rambled on about Granny Wang.

Granny Wang was also trafficked here, part of the earliest group.

But she was very resilient, outliving everyone in her family to survive alone.

She had left the village to find her relatives.

But during the search, she learned her mother fell gravely ill from the heartbreak of her incident.

Her father kept searching for her but eventually died of illness too.

Knowing her parents were gone, Granny Wang returned to this village.

Having lost her parents due to no rescue, she hoped to save others.

However, her abilities were limited, and she could only help some people, teaching them how to survive in the village.

...

...

After the questions, Nan Chu’s app made a sound, and she took out her phone to check.

[Player has uncovered the secret of the village and received a special task: Exorcise the Evil Ghosts in the village, break the barrier, and rescue the trapped villagers. Completing the task grants a pass key, 10,000 experience points, ¥10,000, three Defense Talismans, and three Acceleration Cards...]

After receiving the task, Nan Chu thought: So there’s a special task.

[Wow, so that’s how you get the pass key.]

[There must be more than one way, right? If everyone has to get the pass key this way, other guests probably couldn’t complete the task.]

[Perhaps killing Evil Ghosts could also yield it, maybe the prop crew will hide a box somewhere with the pass key like last time.]

[Hope Sister Nan can complete the task and save these trapped people who once had a bright future but ended up here due to trafficking.]

Nan Chu put her phone away and continued to help Granny Liu with the fire.

Once the meal was ready, Nan Chu and Hou Yi had lunch without any negative status.

After eating, Nan Chu went to the village pond.

She used magic to remove all the water from the pond, revealing many skeletons.

Of course, these skeletons were props thrown in by the production crew.

[Am I seeing things? How did all the pond water disappear?]

[The magician is amazing, being able to remove the water like that.]

[Sister Nan is incredible.]

[So many skeletons, are they real?]

[Hey, didn’t you see the caption when the skeletons appeared? It’s just for the show’s effect, not real.]

Director Gao twitched at the corner of his mouth when he saw Nan Chu remove the water. Luckily, the props team dumped a lot of prop skeletons in there, assuming guests might dive in to check. So the props were prepared.

But he didn’t expect Nan Chu to do it this way.

Luckily, they placed prop skeletons in, else it would have been embarrassing.

Nan Chu knew they were fake skeletons but still got them out since later on, the props team would have to retrieve them anyway.

After bringing out the skeletons, Nan Chu put the water back.

Nan Chu kept the skeletons.

Then she went to check the barrier; Director Gao was nervous when he saw Nan Chu checking it. Would she be able to break the barrier?

This wouldn’t do—breaking it required killing all the ghosts and obtaining the token to lift the barrier. If Nan Chu broke it by force, how would the game play out?

Director Gao immediately contacted staff to switch the live stream camera away from Nan Chu, and after switching—

Nan Chu received a call from Director Gao.

After hanging up, Nan Chu: "....."

Alright, let’s kill the ghosts first.