Chapter 200: The Sacrifice

Lü Yang did not reply to Gong Jian. He was waiting for the Mysterious Domain to end and for the prompt about the Eerie Points reward…

But the prompt never came.

Could it be that this Mysterious Domain still wasn’t over!?

What exactly was the Path of Survival?

“Sigh… Let’s move them. Let’s carry them into the burial pit in the back, or… somewhere else… so they can rest sooner.” Gong Xue came over and discussed with ‘Lin Yin’. All the girls were completely naked, which made her feel very awkward and upset.

“Wait a moment. I need to search their bodies for clues.” Lü Yang waved his hand at Gong Xue, then squatted beside the body of a girl lying on her back. He reached out and touched the corpse’s temperature… it was still warm… and the body was still soft.

“Then, you study them…” Gong Xue quickly walked away. She had an instinctive fear of these faceless corpses.

After carefully examining the body for a while, Lü Yang lifted the corpse’s hips, spread her legs apart, and shone the flashlight between her legs.

After frowning and studying the area for a moment, Lü Yang reached out and gently parted the girl’s wood ear. He shone the flashlight on the red, tender area inside and examined it closely. To confirm whether the girl was a virgin, Lü Yang had no choice but to insert his finger into a certain place that could be entered deeply. He then carefully felt around inside.

Gong Jian turned back and saw this scene. His face turned bright red with embarrassment, and he quickly turned away again. He was very puzzled about what ‘Lin Yin’ was doing.

After finishing his examination of the first corpse, Lü Yang took out a tissue, wiped his fingers, and moved to another female corpse. Again, he spread the legs apart, used his fingers to part her wood ear, shone the flashlight on the area for repeated and careful observation, and then inserted his finger to feel around inside.

He checked seven or eight corpses in a row. Their wood ears varied in shape and color, and the amount of hair differed, but he actually didn’t find a single virgin…

Lin Yin’s strength was too small. Doing all this completely exhausted ‘her’. When Lü Yang once again pried open a girl’s legs, he plopped down on the ground, panting heavily.

Being a gynecologist wasn’t easy; it was physically demanding work.

“What are you doing?” Yi Ya walked over, her face red. She gave the sitting ‘Lin Yin’ a light kick on the butt.

“I’m looking for clues.” Lü Yang didn’t look up and replied to Yi Ya.

“I know who you are. I don’t know how you possessed Lin Yin, but stop pretending with me! Even though they are dead, you should still show some respect for the corpses… Molesting corpses is disgusting…” Yi Ya leaned close to Lü Yang’s ear and whispered a few words to him. She reached out and pinched Lü Yang’s arm hard, making him grimace in pain.

“I really am looking for clues. After those Faceless Persons took them out, the first thing they checked was this area. There must be a reason for this. Only by finding this reason can we leave this strange place.” Lü Yang had no choice but to look up and explain seriously to Yi Ya.

So she recognized him. Whatever. After this Mysterious Domain ended, she wouldn’t remember anything anyway.

“Is there something inside them?” Yi Ya looked at Lü Yang strangely. Earlier, she had seen ‘him’ inserting his finger into each one, probing for something.

“Something like that. Why don’t you help me look? Check which one of them has something unusual inside…” Lü Yang pointed at the spread legs of the girl in front of him, indicating the area to Yi Ya.

“I don’t have that hobby! And I’m not as perverted as you! You can search slowly by yourself!” Yi Ya leaned close to Lü Yang’s ear again and whispered another sentence. She glared at him fiercely, gave him another kick on the butt, and then turned and left.

Damn it! Xiao Ya! To save you, I’ve gone through countless hardships, faced death repeatedly, time and again, and even have to handle corpses! Is it easy for me? It’s fine if you don’t appreciate it, but you even call me a pervert!?

You brat! Just wait until we get back to Jing’an Residential Area. One day after dinner, I’ll make sure you learn what a real pervert is!

Could she be jealous? Or maybe a certain place was itching… feeling that I touched other girls but didn’t touch hers… so… Hahahaha…

That’s too lewd.

“Yinyin, what are you doing?” Gong Xue also came over, probably also feeling that ‘Lin Yin’’s behavior was quite strange, so she couldn’t help but come and ask. Gong Jian followed behind Gong Xue. He glanced at the place where ‘Lin Yin’ was working, then quickly averted his eyes.

“I’m looking for clues. Clues that can end all these strange events. Why don’t you, Sister Gong, help me examine them? Check who is a virgin and who isn’t…” Lü Yang turned his head and spoke wearily to Gong Xue.

“About that… I’ll go study the Murals some more…” Gong Xue quickly found an excuse and left. As a woman, she had no interest in touching another woman’s private area, let alone a corpse’s. Just thinking about it made her scalp crawl and feel deeply unsettled.

“Murals? Where are there any Murals left?” Lü Yang immediately exposed Gong Xue’s lie, but she had already walked far away.

Gong Jian looked at Gong Xue, then looked back at ‘Lin Yin’ here. He thought for a moment and then subconsciously asked ‘Lin Yin’, “Do you need… my help?”

Immediately after asking, Gong Jian regretted it. This kind of thing… Could he, a grown man, help? Wouldn’t it be inappropriate?

“Help me lift her legs higher.” Lü Yang pointed at the female corpse in front of him. Lin Yin’s strength was too small; moving and controlling these corpses to maintain certain positions was very difficult. Lü Yang was now so tired he couldn’t even lift his arms. If Gong Jian was willing to help, the inspection efficiency would improve a lot.

Under ‘Lin Yin’’s guidance, a flustered Gong Jian helped ‘Lin Yin’ gather and lift this female corpse’s legs higher, making it easier for ‘Lin Yin’ to examine that part of the corpse. After helping position the corpse, Gong Jian quickly looked up at the ceiling of the Ancestral Hall, lest his beloved ‘Lin Yin’ think he had impure thoughts.

When ‘Lin Yin’ lowered her head, used her hand to part the female corpse’s wood ear, and shone the flashlight to examine it carefully, Gong Jian’s heart raced, and he also lowered his head, secretly peeking at the area illuminated by the flashlight…

This usually self-disciplined, upright young man, a virgin who wouldn’t even watch a single porn video for fear of corrupting himself, was seeing a girl’s private part for the first time in his life, and it was one of his female classmates… Above, the twin peaks stood firm; below, it was delicate, red, and tender, further parted by Lin Yin’s hands, illuminated by the flashlight, emitting a glistening, watery sheen… This caused an extremely intense instinctive reaction in both Gong Jian’s mind and body. Down below, it involuntarily tensed, throbbed, and stirred.

This kind of excitement had nothing to do with morality; it was purely animal instinct.

When Gong Jian saw Lin Yin slowly inserting her finger into the girl’s interior, probing deeper, pulling out slightly, sliding and turning, going deeper again, until the base of her finger was completely submerged and tightly gripped inside, Gong Jian felt a surge of heat violently erupt from within his body, completely impossible to suppress…

After that substance was expelled from his body, Gong Jian’s mind suddenly cleared.

When he realized what he had done, he felt utterly ashamed and deeply regretted peeking at his classmate’s private part… and because of that, having such a violent outburst, and right in front of his beloved ‘Lin Yin’, doing such a disgraceful thing…

Gong Jian’s self-reproach made him feel unbearably miserable and pained inside. After letting out an “Ah!” cry, he dropped the girl’s legs, turned around, and ran out of the Ancestral Hall.

“A Jian, where are you going?” Gong Xue quickly chased after him from another door of the Ancestral Hall close to her, but she ran headlong into a man’s chest.

Gong Xue fell to the ground, screaming sharply. The man who entered hurriedly helped Gong Xue up. Lü Yang looked back and saw that it was the tour guide, old man Gu Zheng, who had come in.

“Uncle Gu!?” Gong Xue recognized Gu Zheng and looked at him with some surprise and fear.

“Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you.” After helping Gong Xue up, Gu Zheng comforted her, then hurriedly walked over to ‘Lin Yin’.

Lü Yang looked up and stared carefully at Gu Zheng for a while… This Gu Zheng looked very much like the Gu Zheng who saved him in last night’s nightmare, but was somewhat different from the Gu Zheng who was the tour guide during the day. Specifically what was different, Lü Yang felt somewhat confused, seemingly unable to distinguish clearly.

“They might still be saveable…” After walking over, Gu Zheng said to ‘Lin Yin’.

“How to save them?” Lü Yang stood up. He knew Gu Zheng should be a key figure in this Mysterious Domain. It’s just that he hadn’t thought of him earlier.

“Did you see the Altar outside? That Altar is used to sacrifice to the Mountaintop Demon.” Gu Zheng pointed at the Altar in front of the Ancestral Hall door, his expression appearing somewhat anxious.

“That stone platform, the Altar with a human-shaped indentation? I know it.” Lü Yang nodded.

“The purpose of these Wanderers, after a hundred years, appearing from the Murals and coming out, is to find a suitable candidate to sacrifice to the Mountaintop Demon. They only temporarily borrowed your faces to complete the sacrificial process. Once the sacrifice is completed, they will return your faces to you…”

“Wanderers?” Lü Yang narrowed his eyes. Zhou Ling had mentioned this name before. She seemed to say that Han Cheng woke her from wandering…

“Yes, that’s a long story. There’s no time to tell you in detail now. If the Mountaintop Demon receives a sacrifice, it will become the Guardian of Millstone Mountain for about the next hundred years, ensuring favorable weather and abundant harvests on Millstone Mountain. If, after the time passes, it still cannot receive a new sacrifice, the Mountaintop Demon will lose control and revert to its primitive bestial nature. The entire Millstone Mountain will crumble and split under its trampling. Mountain Peak Village and the Mountain Peak Village scenic area will cease to exist. Your bodies in the Real world will also be completely destroyed…”