Chapter 81: Eating Chicken (2/2)

“It’s possible that they were all out of luck.” Jina sighed sadly, “A group of people getting caught in the same fire. There’s always someone who dies first.”

Given that they couldn’t watch the live broadcast to gather more information, everyone could only have their speculations, but even the identities of the two anchors were also open to suspicions.

Soon, Ye Shangyu brought forth a new clue.

“I looked up the address Luo Xiaoyi gave, and near her house, there’s a rumor about a ‘dead delivery man.’” Ye Shangyu said, “Watching the live broadcast won’t directly lead to an audience member’s death, but the nearby ghosts of the audience would give priority to pay these viewers a visit.”

“Saying this, for the people whose homes had no nearby ghosts, watching the stream doesn’t matter.” Bai Yan muttered to himself, “Or maybe the ghosts from faraway are rushing over as we speak and haven’t had the time to visit the rest of the audience.”

Assuming this was the case, Bai Yan couldn’t help but hook up the corners of his mouth, saying with a light smile, “Our luck is pretty good, but no matter what is true, we shouldn’t open the live broadcast to avoid danger for the time being. The ghosts would give the audience priority. As for the two anchors… they indeed saw everything.”

Living until the eighth level, the players had long been looking down on the life and death of NPCs.

Among the six people present, no one there was part of the NPC Protection Society.

As a result, hearing this piece of information, excitement filled everyone’s moods. At least for tonight, if ghosts should kill someone, they would still kill the anchors first, and the probability of the two NPCs dying was higher than theirs.

“Let’s not worry about this, figuring out what a dead end is is good enough.” Ye Shangyu said, “What did you find out from asking around the villagers? What’s happening in this village?”

“This village is particularly aged. Most of the people in here are old, but a few families have kids.” Ozawa Hiroshi also added, “All of them said that these disappearances are complete nonsense, and the village also has no deaths recently.”

Ozawa Hiroshi finished talking and leered at the wordless Lu Ruichao, who just nodded his head silently, confirming what he said.

Hearing Ozawa Hiroshi’s words, Jina said, “It’s also the same with us. The elderly insist that no one has disappeared. Instead, several families with old people and children went together to live in the city.”

Ye Shangyu asked for the names of these family members, but these types of things were difficult to look up. She could only do this slowly.

Everyone talked for a while before a fragrant aroma from the kitchen drifted into the room.

Bai Yan sniffed the air, it was actually the sweet smell of chicken soup.

It’s no wonder why he felt that the chicken coop in the yard felt awfully quiet.

Dinner was set up in the large main room, and with old granny’s leg being broken, it was difficult to get about, so Xu Lanfang arranged a small low table on the heatable brick bed, convenient for the old lady to eat and drink.

Perhaps it was due to them giving enough money, Xu Lanfang was especially generous.

She slaughtered two large roosters, stewing one in a large pot while roasting the other one.

Xu Lanfang was young, but her craftsmanship was incredible. Taking a whiff of this smell, everyone’s mouth gaped wide.

Home-grown side dishes and home-raised plump chickens.

Even though the old woman, who smelled of rotting meat, sat by the table, it didn’t affect everyone’s good impression of the family meal.

However, the old lady hadn’t moved her chopsticks for a long time. She wasn’t eating, and it was difficult for them to let her take the first bite.

For fear that there was a ghost in the cooked rice, at everyone’s suggestion, Jina perked up smiling and cutely asked, “Granny, why aren’t you eating? You’re the oldest. If you don’t eat, we’ll be too embarrassed to eat.”

“I’m waiting for my granddaughter to deliver my food.”

Deliver? Aren’t the dishes and the rice all on the table already?

Everyone examined the side dishes, the cooked chickens, and the large bowl of rice set in front of each person, confused.

There was a hidden meaning in the old lady’s words, and the seasoned players immediately had an ominous premonition. The two anchors were still oblivious, thinking that there were still some dishes left to be served, so they happily waited.

After a while, Xu Lanfang finally arrived.

She brought a small dish with her, and on the small dish, there were three fluffy objects.

When she drew nearer, everyone could see them clearly. These three fluffy objects were none other than three small yellow chicks.

The kind that had feathers and had just hatched.

Xu Lanfang climbed up the heatable brick bed, placing the plate in front of the old lady.

Seeing the chicks, the old woman’s squinting eyes widened, and the green circles in her eyes spread, staring dead straight at the chick before her.

The small chicks’ black bean-like eyes emitted a dark light, intertwining with the old lady’s greedy eyes, doubling the strangeness.

“Granny, what do you mean to do with these chicks?”

Unlike the players, who had long been mentally prepared for this, the two anchors were absolutely shocked.

Bai Cui looked at Xu Lanfang with an incredulous look and couldn’t help from asking, “This is what you’re giving your grandmother to eat?”

Xu Lanfang shot a glance at Bai Cui, lowering her head and beginning to pick up rice, ignoring her completely.

As for the old lady, she didn’t care about anything else after seeing the chicks.

She lifted her chubby hands, trembling as she picked up her chopsticks, slowly but surely.