Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings

Chapter 128: Chapter 126: Gradually Becoming Mind-Bending

After confirming that the rice is undercooked, Lin Yuan quickly tested the temperature of the dishes.

”Cold!” Lin Yuan continued.

Wen Yingying asked incredulously, ”That’s not right!”

”When we brought it over, the food was just cooked! How could it cool down so fast?”

Zhang Zhen and the others seemed a bit skeptical too. They rushed forward to check, and indeed, all the food was cold as if it had been left out for a long time.

”Damn it!”

”This is really weird! We saw her cook these dishes with our own eyes! How could they be cold?” Zhang Zhen cursed, thinking about how he just ate a mouthful of rice, and he started to gag.

”Brother Lin, what exactly is undercooked rice?” Wen Yingying asked curiously.

”After a person dies, during the burial, the bowl of rice placed in front of the coffin is called undercooked rice. This undercooked rice is rice cooked to a half-raw, half-cooked state.”

”Living people eat cooked rice, dead people naturally eat undercooked rice.”

”Aside from undercooked rice, these cold foods are also things that dead people eat.”

”Dead people can’t come into contact with smoke, so when we offer sacrifices to ancestors, we use cold food,” Lin Yuan said slowly.

After hearing Lin Yuan’s explanation, everyone suddenly understood.

No matter how normal this family looks from the outside, they definitely cannot be normal people.

So, the things they gave must absolutely not be eaten.

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, Zhang Zhen felt even more nauseous.

He had just eaten some of the food meant for dead people!

”Boss, I ate this stuff, nothing will happen to me, right?” Zhang Zhen’s face was as dire as someone finding a ”duck neck” in their meal at the cafeteria.

”There shouldn’t be any big problems!”

”Anyway, I didn’t eat!” Lin Yuan shrugged and said.

Zhang Zhen: ”?????”

At this moment, Zhuge Ming, who hadn’t spoken, asked in a deep voice, ”If we don’t eat this, will it make them suspicious?”

This...

This is indeed a problem!

After all, they are here under the excuse of being cold and hungry. Now, with the food sent over and they aren’t eating, that’s unreasonable!

Once suspected, it’s very likely a certain balance will be broken.

Lin Yuan’s eyes spun and he had an idea in a flash.

Undercooked rice and cold food are things dead people eat.

As living people, surely they can’t eat them.

But, while they can’t eat, someone can!

With this in mind, Lin Yuan directly communicated with his Black and White Impermanence tattoo.

Instantly, Master Qi and Master Ba appeared behind him out of thin air.

At this time, Master Qi and Master Ba happened to be in spirit body state, no different from deceitful spirits.

Simply put, they’re deceitful spirits with a rank.

Undercooked rice and cold foods to Master Qi and Master Ba are simply delicacies!

”Master Qi, Master Ba, you have helped me with so many things.”

”Today, no need to say anything more, I invite you two for a meal!” Lin Yuan said to Master Qi and Master Ba behind him.

Master Qi and Master Ba seeing the undercooked rice and cold food felt like hungry people seeing a buffet.

Two words.

Eager feast.

Soon, Master Qi and Master Ba devoured these dead people’s food clean.

”How is it!”

”Doesn’t this solve the problem?” After Master Qi and Master Ba finished eating and returned to tattoo state, Lin Yuan pointed at the empty bowls on the table.

”Brother Lin, you’ve really got it!” Everyone simultaneously gave Lin Yuan a thumbs up and praised him.

At this moment, Lin Yuan pressed his hand, signaling everyone to stop talking.

Because he saw Yu’Er approaching this way.

In no time, Yu’Er knocked on the door and walked in, asking enthusiastically, ”Finished eating? I’ll tidy up the dishes.”

As she spoke, she looked around. Seeing the dishes on the table were all empty, she showed a satisfied smile.

Lin Yuan skillfully helped her tidy up the dishes, then gave a thumbs up and said, ”Yu’Er’s cooking is excellent, tastes amazing.”

”It’s just some home-cooked food, can’t compare with what you eat in the city!” Yu’Er replied cheerfully.

After Yu’Er finished tidying up the dishes, she seemed to remember something and lowered her voice to the group, ”Our village has a strange vibe, if you hear a child’s voice at night, remember to ignore it.”

”And don’t go out to pursue it out of curiosity, remember, absolutely don’t.”

At this moment, an elderly voice from outside urged, ”Yu’Er, have the guests finished eating?”

Yu’Er quickly replied, ”Finished, I’m tidying up the dishes and will be out soon.”

Then she quickly finished tidying up and headed outside, seemingly very afraid of her parents-in-law.

Lin Yuan stood at the corner, quietly watching Yu’Er and the old woman in the courtyard through the window, whispering to each other.

However, they were too far away, so Lin Yuan couldn’t hear what they were saying.

After watching Yu’Er and the old woman leave, Lin Yuan waved to the group and said softly, ”Just now, was she trying to warn us?”

From Yu’Er’s tone, it clearly seemed like a warning about something being off in the village.

This made Lin Yuan very surprised.

Logically, everyone living within the Deceitful Demon should be deceit servants.

That is to say, Yu’Er should be fully controlled by Mother-Child Deceitful King.

The words reminding them were really something impossible to happen!

A glint flashed in Zhuge Ming’s eyes as he murmured, ”When we asked to stay overnight, she didn’t want to let us, her words were all about urging us to leave the village quickly.”

”After we got off the vehicle and pestered her, she finally had no choice but to allow us to stay.”

Zhang Zhen: ”???????”

Zhang Zhen pondered, did I miss something? Haven’t we been together the whole time? Why can’t I understand what you’re saying!

”Ahem!” Zhang Zhen cleared his throat and asked softly, ”What are you guys talking about?”

”Could you speak in a way I can understand?”

Zhuge Ming glanced at Zhang Zhen, thinking, this guy’s intelligence is really concerning!

”What I mean is, maybe the woman isn’t a Deceit Servant.”

”I agree with the boss’s opinion, her words seemed to be hinting at us!” Zhuge Ming analyzed.

”A living person, it shouldn’t be!”

”You know, she’s also eating the food for the dead!” Lin Yuan frowned, feeling that this matter was quite complex.

If that girl was really warning them, then she absolutely couldn’t be a Deceit Servant.

If she’s not a Deceit Servant, then is she a living person?

But if she’s a living person, eating food for the dead every day could be problematic.

Moreover, this place is the Deceitful Demon’s lair!

Why would the Mother-Child Deceitful King leave an uncontrollable living person in her lair?

Lin Yuan suddenly realized that this Mother-Child Deceitful King is different from the Tier Five Evil Spirits they encountered before.

Breaking this deceitful lair is also different from breaking previous ones.

This deceitful lair is quite mind-boggling!

So far, Deceit Village seems to have no visible abnormalities.

If the Mother-Child Deceitful King doesn’t show up voluntarily, then finding her will be very difficult.

”For now, whether she’s a Deceit Servant or a living person, let’s put that aside.”

”Let’s assume she’s telling the truth. At night, if you hear children’s voices, pretend you don’t hear them, and definitely don’t go out.”

”This implies there’s something wrong with those children’s voices,” Lin Yuan analyzed.

Zhuge Ming followed up on Lin Yuan’s analysis and continued, ”The Mother-Child Deceitful King, one mother and nine children, it means those children’s voices at night might be one of the nine children.”

Lin Yuan nodded, thinking Zhuge Ming’s analysis was very accurate, and continued asking, ”Great analysis, keep going.”

Zhuge Ming: ”???????”

”That’s all!”

”There are too few clues, not much can be analyzed, I can’t just blindly guess!” Zhuge Ming said helplessly.

After pondering for a while, Zhuge Ming said, ”Boss, I think to understand these things, we must start with that girl.”

”Since she warned us, she must know something.”

With no other clues, they would have to start with the girl.

”Alright, I’ll find a way to probe her!” Lin Yuan said as he stroked his chin.

Zhuge Ming reminded, ”Boss, when you go, it’s best to avoid that old couple.”

”I feel the old couple has a bigger problem than the girl.”

Lin Yuan nodded in agreement with Zhuge Ming’s words.

The girl seemed very afraid of the old couple; when she tried to warn them earlier, she was interrupted by the old woman.

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Night fell quickly.

However, no one was resting.

No one dared to truly sleep in this uncertain Deceit Village.

Except for Zhang Zhen.

”Snore.”

”Snore, snore.”

Zhang Zhen was already snoring on the made-up floor bedding.

Damn, Lin Yuan was speechless, this guy can really eat and sleep!

The curtains were drawn, and the lights turned off.

Everyone pretended to be asleep, whispering under the flashlight.

”I’ll find a chance to probe that girl, you all make sure not to be alone.”

”Just stay in the room, don’t move around randomly.”

”Everything, wait until I’m back to discuss,” Lin Yuan instructed them.

”Got it, boss, don’t worry!” They nodded in agreement, except for the still snoring Zhang Zhen.

When Lin Yuan got up to leave, he kicked Zhang Zhen in frustration, but even this didn’t wake him up, only made him turn over.

Lin Yuan and the others stayed in the guest room on the first floor, while the girl and the old couple were in the rooms upstairs.

The old couple lived in the room right by the stairs, while the girl lived in the room to the right on the second floor.

If they went upstairs by the stairs, they would surely alert the old couple.

But this wasn’t a problem for Lin Yuan.

If the stairs weren’t an option, they’d climb the window instead.

With windows on the sides of the rooms, Lin Yuan climbed out of the first-floor window, then climbed up to the second floor to enter through the side window.