Chapter 239 Corpse Picker
Xia Yu followed the village chief to the mill in Heishi Village first. On the open space outside the mill, a slightly decayed corpse was lying there, covered with a flax shroud, emitting the stinking of the corpse.
"It's this corpse. You have to bury it quickly. If it is put down, it will smell bad. There is also the body of a foreigner on the fire. When the fire is extinguished, you will send it away. It must be done before dark. I don't want to see the corpse in the village at night."
"I am willing to serve the village chief for you." Xia Yu took off his hat and said with a greeting.
Although the skill of a weirdo is not easily suspicious of the villagers, Xia Yu still feels that there is no big mistake to be careful. He is always acting in the whole set. Besides, it is always right to have a good relationship with the village chief.
"But I have to go back and get the tools before I can start working."
"Of course, then I'll leave it to you."
After saying goodbye to the village chief, Xia Yu walked towards the place where he lived.
I opened the watch in my hand and called out the game map. The location of my residence has been marked on the map. It was actually near the cemetery outside the village. The cemetery was not far from the village, surrounded by thorns and bushes. The steles and crosses erected tell the history of Heishi Village. Heishi Village is not large in size, but the cemetery is not small. Just looking at the number of tombstones, there are probably more than a hundred people buried here.
Xia Yu's residence is in a small stone house at the end of the cemetery. I don't know if it was because of the bad weather or some other reason. The entire cemetery seemed gloomy, and the messy grass was filled with faint mist. The afternoon sun shone through the fog, revealing a gloomy feeling and a very ominous atmosphere. However, walking in this gloomy cemetery, Xia Yu not only did not feel uneasy, but also felt an inexplicable feeling of freedom.
It was not until Xia Yu walked to the gate of the stone house that he realized that it should be because he was a vampire.
Seeing that there was no one around, Xia Yu seized the time to move his body, jumped, trot, and even kicked, gradually mastering the attributes of this body. The physical fitness of the vampire is obviously much stronger than that of ordinary people, with extremely light movements and amazing speed, but it is not as strong as an ordinary person who can be unparalleled.
Xia Yu felt that this was mostly because of the daytime relationship, and the sun shining on his body, and it would not burn him to ashes, but he would feel weak. Wait until the night to transform and try again. As for now, it is still important to work.
Xia Yu pushed open the door of the stone house. The decorations in the house were very simple, including a coffin, a grave-digging shovel, a wooden bed, a trolley, a pile of processed wooden boards, and some scattered household items. It seems that he, the gravedigger, is also working part-time to make coffins.
Xia Yu pushed up the trolley, put a roll of shroud on it, and walked towards the village. When he arrived at the square, the players had dispersed. He wrapped the burnt corpse randomly in a shroud, put it on the wheelbarrow, and then went to the mill to load the old Jack's body, and pushed the wheelbarrow all the way back to the cemetery.
The next step is to dig a hole. This task is not as simple as Xia Yu imagined. The tomb must be dug very deeply, and at least two meters must be dug. The Scarlet Valley is full of wild beasts. If it is buried shallowly, it will be easy to be dug out by wild beasts. At that time, the ground will be covered with bones, which will be ugly.
It takes a little time to be two meters long, one meter wide and two meters deep.
Xia Yu picked up the birth and started digging it. As soon as the first pit was dug, a subtle sound of footsteps sounded from the entrance of the cemetery. Xia Yu looked up vigilantly and found that it was a black cat.
"Why are you here?" Xia Yu was alert, but a friendly smile appeared on his face.
Black Cat said: "I heard that there is a body of the victim here, so I come and take a look. I think there may be some clues from the body."
Xia Yuxin said that this black cat is really professional and needs to investigate everything.
He pointed to Old Jack's body, "It's there, you can see it yourself."
The black cat went over to check it out, and suddenly screamed "Huh!"
"What's wrong?"
"Come on, I found some clues." Xia Yuxin said that the body looked good, but she climbed out of the pit and looked in the direction of the black cat's finger. There was a huge bite mark on Old Jack's neck, and a large piece of blood and flesh was torn off, which was very disgusting.
This black cat is really brave, without any fear at all, constantly plucking Old Jack's wounds with a dead branch.
Xia Yu said: "It looks like it was bitten by some kind of wild beast."
The black cat shook his head: "It's not a wild beast. If it's a wild beast, it will definitely eat the body, at least part of it. I think it's a werewolf. The village said that Old Jack was killed two days ago. Do you know what this means?"
Xia Yu's heart moved and also reacted. The players only entered the game today, and the corpse died two days ago. In other words, in addition to the three dark creatures of the player, there are probably other dark creatures in the village, and they most likely seem to be a werewolf.
"You mean there are dark creatures in NPCs too?"
"Yes, since there are NPC villagers, it is not impossible to have NPC dark creatures. Of course, it is also possible that this is killed by the dark creature played by the player in the background. If that happens, it means that there is a werewolf in the player. In short, I think it is worth investigating. If there are really werewolf in the village, some clues will be left."
After saying that, the black cat left excitedly.
Xia Yu looked at the black cat's departure and touched his chin. No, this girl can't stay. It will be a disaster to investigate everywhere like this sooner or later. Sorry, Black cat, you will have to die.
But there is no need to rush to do it for the time being. Let’s see what she can investigate.
Xia Yu thought, turned around and continued to dig a hole.
It took an hour to dig a hole.
Xia Yu found a few wooden boards from the stone house, knocked them down, and soon knocked out a simple coffin and threw Old Jack's body in. Before nailing the lid, he had not forgotten to use the skill of "picking up corpse" on Old Jack's body.
System prompt: You have obtained smelly leather boots.
【Stinky leather boots (equipment)
Item introduction: A pair of cowhide boots, well-made, but for some reasons, it is stained with the smell of corpse, which is disgusting.]
It’s garbage. Although you can wear it, there is no need to be so picky as a gravedigger. Xia Yu feels that he has not yet fallen to that level. Let’s give it to the villagers to give it a favor.
Then Xia Yu used the "corpse-picking" skill to the corpse of the foreigner.
System prompt: You have obtained a black gem.
【Black gemstone (material)
Item introduction: The black gem produced in Black Stone Village. This gem is of excellent quality and is a rare treasure.
This gem should have been hidden by the foreigner before his life. It was as big as a pigeon egg. It was dark and faint. It looked quite good. The thing was good, but it was useless. It couldn't be brought back to reality. It could be sold for some money. However, this village seems to be worth much, so keep it for now.
Xia Yu put the gem in his pocket, thinking that this corpse picker skill is really useful, and there will only be more and more dead people in the village in the future, and maybe they will be able to touch good things at any time.
He dug a hole for the foreigner, and also nailed a coffin, threw the body into it and nailed the lid, and buried it in the pit.
The two bodies were buried soon.
Xia Yu leveled the ground a little, and made a simple tombstone with two wooden boards, one of which wrote [poor old Jack's tomb] and the other one wrote [despicable foreigner's tomb].
Everything is done, and today's work is completed.
Xia Yu instinctively wiped his sweat, but found that there was no drop of sweat on his forehead. The vampire's physical strength was really strong. After working for so long, he was still full of vitality.
The only problem is that I seem to be a little hungry.
Xia Yu thought about whether the vampire could eat. When he returned to the stone house, he opened the mysterious coffin.
The things inside made Xia Yu speechless. There were a large number of copper coins of different denominations, a small amount of silver coins, some old jewelry that looked very cheap, some worn clothes, and some even stained with dry blood. Several old purses were shriveled inside. It seemed that these were picked up by picking up corpses.
Xia Yu swept all the useless ones aside and picked out only the coins, including a total of thirteen silver coins and 74 copper coins.
Seeing the money, Xia Yu was worried and happened to buy some food and get two more weapons. Although the vampire had strong combat power, he could not transform during the day and still had to have self-defense weapons. The prodigal son was right. Who said that dark creatures must wait until night to start? If there is a good chance during the day, you can also start.
Moreover, getting two weapons can confuse other players, otherwise it would be too suspicious if you don’t even get weapons.
Xia Yu came to the village and entered the tavern first. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Bai Ye carrying food to the two miners. The woman's profession turned out to be a waitress. I don't know what she thought.
Xia Yu greeted Bai Ye and bought a piece of black bread and a bottle of wine.
Then he came to the blacksmith shop. The blacksmith here turned out to be a dragon rider, waving a hammer and hitting a heavy sword that was about to be formed.
"Hey, Longqin's profession is a blacksmith?"
The dragon cavalry said proudly, "Yes, the blacksmith profession has its own forging skills and can create equipment. Hehe, how about it? Do you need my help? For the sake of past friendship, I can give you a 20% discount."
Xia Yu nodded, "Okay, I want two daggers, a little longer, and steel, how much does it cost?"
Chapter completed!