The blacksmith who was happily celebrating by the bonfire was utterly bewildered.
The Medical Fairy scratched her head:
"Honestly, I don't really get it either. When I went to watch, it was already a black screen. Four people were embroiled in a bondage play, their eyes covered, and I couldn't see a thing from their perspective."
"But over there, it was unbelievably lively. During the blackout, everyone was clamoring about a hidden plot, frantically spamming 'Escape Room instance has begun',
'Yandere Sister Step On Me', 'Horror Game Ghost Wedding Dress', 'Horror Game Ghost Bride', 'This Headless Instance is Brother Cheng's Romance Instance'."
Even the blacksmiths didn't quite understand what was going on.
What a mess of classic horror puzzle plot lines.
Hearing the classic gameplay of 'Escape Room', their interest sparked instantly.
Everyone immediately felt like they had missed a juicy piece of gossip for hours.
So after the exciting first wave of ancestral rituals, was there another thrilling wave following right after?
But once the stunning older sister closed the door, we thought it was over since we couldn't see from outside.
We blacksmiths are really cut off from information!
Right then, some blacksmiths even wanted to sleep, find excitement next door, and queue to 'log in' and watch from the sidelines.
But in the end, they thought about having not eaten yet.
If they went to sleep without eating, they'd be sick with hunger the next day and would have to go see the Medical Fairy for treatment. The loan still wasn't paid off.
This naturally made everyone grumble with complaints.
"Really, working from eight to seven every day, not even leaving work early, they insist we eat before we leave."
"You could also choose not to eat and wait for liquid food in the dormitory."
"Pfft, I won't eat concrete."
"Food God!!! Hurry up and cook, so we can eat our fill, sleep early, and watch the show next door! Let's see the pretty big sister!"
The Food God in the kitchen appeared bewildered, quickly stretched his head out of the window to see what was going on outside.
The moment he looked, he was startled.
Some Money Child was already on the spot, shoving their heads into the earth to munch on dirt!
While gnawing, sometimes they'd snatch a few burning logs from the bonfire nearby, stuff them into their mouths, crunching like they were eating dough sticks.
Their mouths sparkled, showing that the Money Child really had good teeth for eating dirt, truly durable.
They were clearly making do with a meal to go back to the dormitory and sleep, eagerly logging off to watch from the 'logging in' perspective.
After all, there were post-meal New Year's programs next door, couldn't miss them.
Meanwhile, those Human Race blacksmiths were really anxious by the bonfire:
"Quick, quick, quick."
"How come we damned Humans can't eat dirt like the old days?"
"Stop preparing meals for the Money Child, just for us Humans!"
Food God quickly got the situation, felt a bit numb himself, sped up the cooking, and planned to join the brothers at the manor to enjoy the gossip next door.
Wanna see, love to watch!
Food God hastily processed the semi-finished products, letting everyone eat together:
"After eating, head to the dormitory quickly! I'm not washing dishes today, everyone gather next door! Is that big sister really that big?"
No one paid any attention to how brutal and evil that Demon Cultivator might be; their focus was always peculiar.
In the manager's room.
Jiucai Rong, Su Yuniang, Daojiu, and others were still working, discussing today's events, studying the cultivation books and Spiritual Root.
Suddenly they noticed the quiet outside.
Walking out the door, they saw the whole manor empty.
"Where did everyone go?"
Ning Zheng casually glanced at the manor, noticing the abnormality among the blacksmiths.
How come it went quiet so quickly, unlike the usual lively atmosphere?
Could it be, the ancestral ritual went wrong?
The ancestor had come to destroy the manor, avenging his descendants?
He checked his Qi Fortune Value.
[Current Qi Fortune Value: 700]
Immediately relieved, realizing there was no issue.
After switching perspectives several times, he discovered unusual early-sleeping blacksmiths in the dormitory and found the reason behind it.
Something went wrong with those four blacksmiths.
They landed at the ancestor's courtyard, the Teleportation Array was shut, couldn't return, subjected to mad experiments.
This made the inexperienced blacksmiths enthusiastically gather around, chaotically excited.
Thinking that some plot was triggered.
But in reality, was there any plot??
These four were destined to die, just not dying so soon!
Ning Zheng had long grown accustomed, having seen how those Demon Men tortured people while he was enslaved.
These blacksmiths have never seen anything like it, and find it intriguing.
Demon Cultivators are selfish people. When that female Demon first appeared, she likely didn't do it just to kill.
Rather, it was to conduct some experiments, using her own bloodline descendants and family's younger generation as live mediums for Demonic Cultivation Techniques!
So, even after their heads are chopped off, they are still alive.
However, all the bloody scenes have been altered by Ai's assistant using AI to make the images more childlike and lessen the perception of pain. According to Ai, that world doesn't allow such gory visuals.
Previously, Ai also had Ning Zheng castrate them, as that world doesn't allow such large and discordant objects.
Despite being cursed: This manor has a castration addiction.
Thinking of this, he gradually sighed in relief:
"Ancestor worship has ended, but the ancestors will not end."
"Those living outside the village, they'll continue fishing when they should fish and going crazy when they should go crazy."
"And that Ancestor Qi, obviously knows the inside story, warning of danger. Seeing that female Demon, she's likely not doing it for the first time, attacking a batch of descendants each year and taking them back for experimentation."
Anyways, ancestor worship is over so he is safe, whatever happens won't affect him.
Ning Zheng thought about this and checked the perspectives of those four people.
Secretly observing this mysterious female Demon, seeing what craziness she does inside her usual tomb.
Although these four blacksmiths are miserable, tormented crazily, losing only their lives, what he gained are four cameras to spy on that old Demon's privacy.
Yes, literal camera—heads.
The screen is completely dark.
The eyes of the four people were all covered.
Unable to seek life, unable to seek death.
This is the outcome of ancestor worship; Ning Zheng was wise not to attend in person.
Everyone was gathered around the blank screen, a group of newly arrived blacksmiths frantically spamming, thinking it was a hidden plot.
"Why is their perspective blacked out?"
"It's been black for over three hours; only the first half hour of the killing was visible."
"Probably unable to seek death."
"Can't this game include a suicide mechanism?"
"The Eye Legend team, in this scenario, probably can't return to the manor, wondering if they're European Emperor or the opposite."
"Unable to commit suicide and return, stuck here, this might ruin this account, isn't the official addressing it? @Jiucai Rong, the dog developer, hurry up and fix the minor bugs."
"It's a beta test, having some bugs is normal."
Everyone discussed, thinking this was a big issue.
And those new blacksmiths also inquired about the situation.
The four were quite absurd.
Clearly without Three Flowers, just mortal heads, beheaded should have died.
That was why when other blacksmiths saw it, they assumed they were dead and just left directly.
But the four's heads that fell on the colored tiles didn't die.
The sticky, blood-red tiles actually sprouted some flesh buds, connecting the heads to provide nutrition.
And then this big sister dealt with them.
Like binding, squeezing and trampling, blindfolding, many operations unseen, finally thrown into a vat.
It's still a black screen, not knowing when it will ferment.
Everyone was waiting for the fate of these four guys, the plot performance.
Ning Zheng saw the discussions, appearing contemplative.
Sticky red tiles, the scene too familiar to him.
When the Demon Men on the mountain used to live in their main hall, it was these red tiles.
Ning Zheng thought, somewhat scared to say the truth and frighten them, but still spoke up.
[Blossoming Wealth]: "I think, these tiles seem like a Meat Field, and the entire manor like a super-large Meat Field, and this female Demon like a Scarecrow on the Meat Field… perhaps it's the family's ancestral cultivation technique!"
Everyone was shocked.
Is this voluntarily transforming oneself into a Meat Field with Demon Techniques?
This female Demon, spreading her flesh, bones, meridian flat on the ground, turning herself into a Scarecrow?
They didn't feel terrified or eerie.
Just remembered the Spiritual Root and Cultivation Technique given by the ancestor.
The first response was, this ancestor's [Blood Separation Flower] Spiritual Root, could it be a talent for separating flesh and blood? With fitting Demonic Cultivation Techniques seems kind of cool.
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Spreading flesh and bones on the ground as a Meat Field, could it be a legendary Domain expansion?