Hearing that the footprint belonged to Tang, Liu’s eyes widened:

　　“Damn it… it’s actually her!”

　　Bai rolled her eyes.

　　“Please, Big Beard, is it that surprising?”

　　“Everyone went out to visit scenic spots and look for clues this afternoon, only she went to the nearest Fu’e Temple… of course, she may not have even gone, anyway, she hardly tells the truth.”

　　Liu said angrily:

　　“I knew that this woman was no good, before in the room, she pretended to be holding a meeting, but in fact she was bossing everyone around and tricked us into doing her dirty work!”

　　“Now… she’s trying to harm us!”

　　Ning kept staring at the ground and suddenly said:

　　“Sister Bai, give me the flashlight.”

　　Bai nodded and handed Ning the special flashlight that could illuminate the footprints on the ground.

　　Ning turned on the flashlight, went around the room following the footprints, and finally stopped in front of the huge wardrobe.

　　He carefully examined the wardrobe, then touched it up and down, and finally, in a very hidden broken corner of the wardrobe, he touched a wooden plaque from the gap in the wood.

　　This wooden plaque had a red rope tied to it, and it was written with a character that the three of them were very familiar with—Ruan.

　　Seeing this wooden plaque, Bai’s eyes flashed.

　　Liu seemed to understand something as well, and he exclaimed:

　　“Last night, bro, the charred ghost in your room was looking for this plaque?”

　　Ning nodded.

　　“Probably.”

　　“This plaque should be something that people from the Ruan family can possess, at least we tourists from outside are impossible to get it casually. Tang could get so many of the Ruan family’s plaques, she must have met the Ruan Shaman in the village…”

　　Bai’s eyebrows raised slightly.

　　“… Did the Ruan Shaman instruct Tang to do all this?”

　　Ning sighed.

　　“Yes, this is the worst-case scenario.”

　　“We are tourists from outside, our understanding of the ghosts wandering in the village is definitely far less than the Ruan Shaman. If she wants to use these ghosts to kill us, it’s almost impossible to defend ourselves!”

　　Liu didn’t understand.

　　“But we have nothing to do with the Ruan Shaman, why would she do that?”

　　Ning was silent for a moment.

　　“I guess, it may have something to do with the temple festival after six days!”

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　　“Big Beard, do you still remember that diary from our first dungeon?”

　　Liu nodded.

　　“Of course I remember… the girl’s mother received a call, her grandparents’ bodies were rapidly deteriorating, and they were about to die, so she needed her daughter’s mother to go back. But the girl’s mother resolutely refused at the time.”

　　“And later, when she learned about her grandmother’s death, the girl’s mother felt very scared, as if she was afraid of something coming for her, she even specially got a piece of blood jade from somewhere to protect the girl…”

　　When Liu got here, he suddenly froze, and he muttered:

　　“Bro, do you mean… that girl’s grandmother is the Ruan Shaman in the village?”

　　Ning said:

　　“That’s right.”

　　“The girl’s mother is the Ruan Shaman’s daughter, she must have grown up in the village, she must know something… and the fact that the Ruan Shaman’s body suddenly deteriorated is probably not due to any disease, but has something to do with the ghosts in the village!”

　　“I guess, in the timeline behind our first blood gate, this Qiyu Village… lost control!”

　　“Those ghosts with extreme resentment are all looking to take revenge on the Ruans!”

　　When Liu thought of that scene, he couldn’t help but gasp.

　　“Damn it… what kind of evil deeds did this Ruan family do to create such terrifying vengeful spirits?”

　　Then, he seemed to understand something.

　　“Before in Fangcun Pond, the female ghost with the skin that wanted us to bring someone… couldn’t it be the Ruan Shaman?!”

　　Bai patted Liu on the shoulder, feeling quite relieved.

　　“Big Beard, not bad, you’re getting smarter!”

　　Liu was speechless.

　　“So what do we do next?”

　　“Go directly to the Ruan Shaman, tie her up and bring her to Fangcun Pond?”

　　Ning shook his head.

　　“There are so many vengeful spirits in this village who want to kill the Ruan family, but they are still alive and well, they must have some powerful skills, they are not so easy to deal with.”

　　“Let’s first think about how to deal with the person who put this plaque in our room…”

　　Both of them knew that it was Tang.

　　“What else can we do, she messes with us, and we’ll mess with her!”

　　“We’ll hide all the plaques in her room and let her experience the feeling of being watched by ghosts at night!”

　　Liu hated evil and loved justice, whenever he mentioned Tang, he felt angry.

　　“But I still don’t understand one thing, why would she help an NPC mess with us? What benefit would she get?”

　　“If more of us die, no one will help her find the way out, wouldn’t she be in more danger?”

　　Facing Liu’s question, Bai explained:

　　“There are two very strange hidden rules in the blood gate, the first is that if the number of people who die in a blood gate exceeds 90% of the number of people who entered, then the difficulty of the blood gate mission will be greatly reduced, the restriction of the ghosts in the dungeon attacking people will also increase. Like that place in Fangcun Pond just now, if only Ning is left alive, the female ghost with the skin will not easily attack him, there needs to be a trigger condition that comes first, and that condition is not easy to trigger.”

　　“The second hidden rule is that there must be bloodshed in the blood gate!”

　　“If there is a powerful person who finds the way out before everyone dies… then this way out will randomly reduce the number of people it protects, the ghosts in the dungeon will randomly choose up to 1/10 of the people to kill!”

　　“Finally, there is a compensation mechanism, if only one person survives from a blood gate… then he will definitely receive a ghost artifact bestowed by the blood gate!”

　　As soon as these last words came out, Ning and Liu’s faces immediately changed!

　　“Driven by huge benefits, people will do anything, no matter how crazy.”

　　Bai seemed to be used to this.

　　“This is why people in the dungeon almost always team up in groups of two or three from the same faction, you rarely see people from different factions forming a team.”

　　“As for putting these plaques in Tang’s room, it’s not wrong either.”

　　“But her door is locked, we need to find a way to unlock it.”

　　At this time, Liu chuckled.

　　“Don’t worry, it’s easy, just find a piece of wire, leave it to me.”

　　The two looked at him in surprise.

　　“You can do this?”

　　Liu seemed to feel the strange gazes of the two of them.

　　He coughed and said:

　　“Let me be clear, I learned this skill from my master, I have never used it for anything bad… and now we live in a law-abiding society, with my skills, I can easily make a living, I don’t need to take risks to do such a thing.”

　　The two of them nodded, they quickly found a piece of wire, gave it to Liu, and he bent the wire, making it into a strange shape, then the three of them came to the door of Tang’s room, confirmed that there was no one around, then Liu expertly poked it in, and the three of them heard a faint sound from the keyhole.

　　The door… opened.