Su Xin and the three of them all sighed sincerely, "The Divine Tree is really effective." ”

"Of course, this is useless for our villagers, and for others. There was a stranger who didn't believe that a teammate happened to have a cold, so he picked a handful of leaves from the tree, whether it was soaked in water or chewed directly, it had no effect on them. ”

The village chief looked extremely proud and very interested, and told Su Xin and them a lot of things in the village, which opened the eyes of several people.

It really deserves to be a sacred tree, a real blessing party.

Su Xin's mind came to mind that in this case, those people had all come into contact with masks, wore masks, some of them disappeared suddenly, and some of them died by mistake, and it seemed that the root cause of this was here.

Su Xin thought about the fact that he ripped off Zhixiang's mask yesterday, and then the mask directly "melted away".

The village chief said: "The mask is just a formality, as long as it leaves an imprint, it will be followed for the rest of your life." ”

"Sigils?" Su Xin blurted out.

As she spoke, she took out a few photos of the members of the special case team who had been to the mountain village.

The village chief only glanced at it and said, "Oh, these people. I have indeed been to our village. But I remember that there were seven or eight of them, and only seven masks were dropped, and one was missing, and then one of them was snatched from the man and put on his face. ”

The village chief frowned slightly: "But it's strange to say, it's that after the person in the photo puts on that mask, the face... Instead of returning to his original form, he took on a different face, but he quickly took off his mask, and nothing happened after that, and they stayed here for two days before leaving. ”

"As for these two, they climbed up the tree and picked up two masks before leaving."

When the village chief said these words, Su Xin stared at him tightly, and Mo Li also used his spiritual power to lock on the other party's consciousness fluctuations.

When the village chief finished speaking, Su Xin and Mo Li exchanged glances to make sure that the village chief was not lying.

In other words, the Adepts were just here to take the masks.

But what did they do with the masks?

Su Xin asked, "Village Chief, do you have any purpose for the mask other than protection?" ”

The village chief looked at Su Xin with a serious expression, "Why do you ask that?" ”

Su Xin thought about it for a while, and told the special case team about the investigation of those strangers later.

The reason why she chose to say it at this time was because it was only now that they really understood the village, and the relationship with the village chief and villagers had become more familiar than at the beginning, and there was no such tension, so it was more appropriate to ask at this time.

When the village chief heard Su Xin's words, his face suddenly changed, "There is such a thing?" A slap on the thigh: "Oops, it's bad." ”

Unexpectedly, not only was the seal loosened, but those people even colluded with those evil witches.

"What's wrong?" Su Xin immediately became frightened when he saw the village chief's expression, and immediately asked.

Village Chief: "I told you earlier that this mask was originally used to ward off evil spirits, but because they have been with those things for a long time, they are actually more terrifying than those evil spirits, and it is only because of this seal and our beliefs that the masks here remain on the original white background. If it's really like what you said, someone must have used some means to reactivate the evil in it, or even nurture the evil spirit! ”

"Cultivating evil spirits?"

"Hmmm......"

The village chief didn't say anything after a heavy hum, his expression was very solemn, and Su Xin was about to open his mouth to ask again, but when he saw that the whole village had arrived, he sat down in turn in an orderly manner.

Su Xin found that there was not a single child in it.

The table was lined up in a long line, stretching from the main house to the sacred tree in the center, and everyone sat around the long table.

The three of them sat alone at a table on one side.

Pots and pots of food are placed on the table.

People wear a mask on their faces, as if they have grown out of their bodies.

It can be seen that some people are white, and some have a different color.

The only thing that is the same is that they can't see their original expressions at this moment, and a solemn and solemn atmosphere hangs over the sky.

Although the village chief had given Su Xin a lecture earlier, he still felt panicked when he saw that the whole village was wearing masks on their faces.

There are three protagonists in this banquet, two girls and one boy.

At this time, he was already standing on the stone platform under the sacred tree.

But the expressions on the children's faces were different.

Some eyes are full of excitement and anticipation, while others are full of trepidation and resistance.

Su Xin saw that the village chief walked under the tree of all beings at some point, and the expression on his face changed little by little, gradually turning white, and then a strip of color appeared... It wasn't until he stood under the sacred tree that the face on his face had been fully generated.

The village chief struck the tree three times with his cane, and sang a prayer in a strange elongated tone.

At this moment, the big tree rattled, and with a few "clicks", the three white masks fell off and fell flutteringly.

The village chief picked up the three masks one by one, then came to the first little girl and said, "Put it on, it will bless you for the rest of your life......"

This little girl is the one Su Xin saw the old woman combing her hair yesterday.

At this time, I saw a trace of resistance on the little girl's face, she looked at the white mask handed in front of her, looked at the big tree, and then looked at the person below who was glaring at her with a different mask like a long dragon, and the color of resistance on her face was even heavier.

She took a step back, shook her head, and squeaked, "No, I ......"

"Ah Zi—"

Seeing her daughter's reaction, the mother suddenly became nervous and hurriedly shouted.

A woman with a mask walked out and came to the village chief: "Village chief, I'm really sorry, I didn't discipline well, let me tell you ...... again"

The tone was very apologetic and flustered, and because of the mask, there was no expression to be seen.

Ah Zi heard her mother's voice, and the accumulated resistance finally broke out at this moment, and yelled at her mother: "No, I don't want to, I don't want to live like this for the rest of my life, I, I ......"

Su Xin thought that people here would wear masks as soon as they were born, but she didn't expect that they would need to go to the "main banquet" to complete this ritual.

Obviously, Ah Zi doesn't want to wear a mask and live like her father.

Because over the years, many people from outside have come to this village, bringing new and interesting things from the outside, and at the same time, bringing ideas from the outside.

It was so colorful that she longed for it.

Her resistance, except for her mother who said a few words, the rest of the people just watched quietly, including the old village chief, who only handed the mask to Ah Zi and did not make the next move.

Su Xin and Shi Feng Moli watched quietly, not knowing what the villagers would do, and they were also thinking about how they should deal with it next.

After all, there are many places where "the mountain is high and the emperor is far away", leaving all kinds of Shen Ke evil diseases, and once someone violates the village rules, they will be treated very harshly and even cruelly.