Escape Studio "Hell Cinema"

According to reason, the location of the death ceremony should have someone to guard it, but the two did not find any villagers from Yuxi Village; to be precise, they found no one other than the two of them. However, the ground was very clean, clearly a result of regular cleaning. The two walked towards the stone tablet; Eagle Eye reached over the ancient bronze coins and placed his hand on the tablet, tracing the strange symbols on it. "I don’t know what this writing is." After about five minutes, Eagle Eye withdrew his hand. "I didn’t find anything particularly unusual." During this time, Qian Cangyi had been observing. The two fell into silence at the same time. "If I could know what is written on the stone tablet, or know its origins, there might be some discoveries. Generally speaking, the oldest person in the village should know something, right? Who is the oldest person in the village?" Qian Cang Yi let his thoughts wander, trying to solve it using a method from a puzzle game. "As far as I know, the oldest person should be the village chief, Shi Wenwei." Ying Yan replied. "How about I take an ancient bronze coin to ask him? Given my relationship with him, I should be able to get some answers. Besides, he has the intention of making me the village chief, which makes it even more likely." Qian Cang Yi inquired. Hearing Qian Cangyi's suggestion, Eagle Eye did not respond immediately. Given the current situation, this is indeed the fastest way to find answers; however, previously you had already asked Shi Wenwei about the dead sacrifice, and you saw his expression at the time. He clearly did not want to discuss it with you too much. If you now go to him with the ancient coin of the dead sacrifice ceremony location, based on his character, he not only won't tell you anything, but might also restrict your actions afterwards. At that time, whether you ignore his requests or comply with them will not be convenient for your future actions. Eagle Eye expressed his analysis, and his implication was very clear. "That's true, since there are no guards here, it's obvious that these ancient coins are not something from Shi Wenwei's army. It's normal for him not to say anything; he might even find some excuse to criticize me. Hmmm... so what should we do now? Should we continue to ask the other villagers what the dead sacrifice really is?" Qian Cangyi threw his question to Eagle Eye. The question posed by Qian Cang also troubled Hawkeye; this is not a computer game where you can save your progress—once you make the wrong choice, you may never get another chance. At that moment, a person appeared in front of the two—a man named Shi Xingyun, the second son of Shi Wenwei. Qian Cang had seen this person once or twice; the introduction in the manual described him as a person full of clever ideas, but he had not yet formally spoken to him. "Oh, I thought who it could be? It turns out to be Mr. Zhang Zi'an and the crybaby Shi Haimin!" Shi Xingyun's voice was very harsh from the start, with each word seemingly laced with sarcasm. At this moment, Qian Cangyi finally understood why Shi Wenwei said that after handing over the village chief to Shi Xingyun, he didn't know what would happen to Yuxi Village. At this point, Qian Cangyi had already determined that Shi Xingyun's personality was like that of a typical small-time bully, but due to the small scale of Yuxi Village and the pressure from his village chief father, things hadn't blown up. Shi Xingyun opened his mouth and started with the nickname "crybaby," suggesting that when he was young, Shi Haimin must have been bullied by Shi Xingyun quite a bit. "Good afternoon." Eagle Eye greeted, neither servile nor overbearing. Qian Cangyi looked at the ground and said nothing; he didn't want to get too entangled with such a person. "Why aren’t you talking? Have you turned mute after all these years out?" Shi Xingyun escalated his provocations. "Is there something going on?" Qian Cang said, since the other party clearly wanted to cause trouble for Shi Haimin, he certainly couldn't just back down. "I saw someone sneaking towards the site of the death sacrifice ceremony, so I followed them, but I didn't expect it to be you guys." Shi Xingyun crossed his arms, looking high and mighty. "I’m very interested in the death sacrifice of Yuxi Village, so after asking your brother Shi Hongye about the location, I came to take a look." The tone of Eagle Eye remained very calm. "Of course I believe Mr. Zhang Zian’s words, but the person next to you probably isn’t as upright as you, Mr. Zhang." Every word from Shi Xingyun was filled with sharpness. Qian Cangyi frowned. Given his character, he would normally directly ignore such people, but in this situation, he couldn't just act self-righteous. It was clear that Shi Haimin's childhood had a lot of intersections with Shi Xingyun, and more accurately, he was bullied, possibly even treated like a punching bag by Shi Xingyun. "I think it's probably you who isn't upright!" Qian Cangyi's words were firm, and as soon as he spoke, Shi Xingyun was stunned. After all, he was Qian Cangyi, not Shi Haimin. Alright, you... Before Shi Xingyun could finish his words, he was interrupted by Qian Cangyi. You stalk others like a voyeur and then claim to have discovered suspicious persons. We have come this far openly, greeted the villagers along the way, and explained our intentions clearly. We have acted with integrity throughout, so where does this sneaky accusation come from? It is you who starts with crude language and spouts nonsense. Maybe you can be so arrogant and slanderous in Yuxi Village, but outside the village, you might have already been taught a lesson. After that remark, Shi Xingyun was so angry that he was jumping up and down, but his words, originally filled with sarcasm, suddenly seemed weak and ineffectual when Qian Cangyi spoke with such righteous indignation. "You!" Shi Xingyun pointed at Qian Cangyi and rolled up his sleeves, clearly intending to give him a good lesson. "If a conflict arises between the two of you here, I, as a guest, cannot just stand by and do nothing. If there are any disputes between you, why not go to Village Chief Shi Wenwei to argue it out? I believe the chief is an upright person and will definitely not favor either side. What do you two think of this?" Seeing the situation was not good, Eagle Eye tried to mediate. Upon hearing the words 'village chief,' Shi Xingyun lost the courage to fight and could only throw down a sentence, 'Just you wait, I won’t let you off!' After saying that, he walked away. "I didn't expect you to scold me too?" After Shi Xingyun walked away, Eagle Eye raised an eyebrow. "This is considered mild; if it were outside, I might have already started cursing. Anyway, I would just curse and run." Qian Cang spread out his hands, indicating his helplessness. "However, this Shi Xingyun definitely did not follow us here." Hawkeye brought the topic back. "Indeed, I just said that we greeted the villagers along the way, and he didn't refute it. If he really had been following us, he would obviously know that we hadn't encountered any villagers on the way. Moreover, it also proves one thing: the villagers do not care about the execution location of the death ritual. Otherwise, he would have protested that the villagers did not stop us from coming here." Qian Cang nodded slightly; he had hidden a trap in his earlier reprimand. "Since that's the case, staying here won't yield any results, let's go back." Hawkeye glanced at the stele. "Well, regarding the deaths of those two people..." Qian Cang still felt a bit uneasy. "The village chief has already sent someone to notify the police, but I do not have much hope of finding the murderer; this should be the work of a ghost, something that a human would not be able to do." Hawk Eye said while shaking his head, not very confident in his own judgment.