"First of all, we must understand the meaning of the existence of the curse." Jiang Zuo continued to think.

"From the situation in the village, curse is most likely to have two meanings."

"One former owner of the ruins imposed a curse on something to protect the ruins from being destroyed. Another curse is to control the person who breaks into the ruins and thus achieve a certain purpose."

"It is possible that villagers break into the remains and plunder the relics and treasures, which is therefore touched by taboos and are cursed and punished. But those who are punished are not only the villagers who break into the remains, but even the villagers in the entire village are cursed."

"From a scientific point of view, either the curse is contagious or there is a certain consciousness that actively curses the rest of the villagers."

"If the curse is contagious, those outsiders who come to help in the future should not be spared, or most of them will not be spared. But as Bartley said, the outsiders who were cursed and died are only a small part, about the third part. There is no modern science in the game, and it cannot effectively prevent the virus from being transmitted. Curse can contagious the entire village, and the contagion rate is extremely high, and the number of outsiders being infected should be greater."

Jiang Zuo recalled some questions he had asked Bartley and noticed some contradictions.

According to the analysis of the abnormal death rate of outsiders, Jiang Zuoye can basically rule out that curse is passive infection.

Unless this curse can only be transmitted to people with specific constitutions.

This may exist. The villagers in the village can be regarded as the same constitution, and some outsiders may also have the same constitutional characteristics as the villagers.

There is really no way, Jiang Zuo will investigate this aspect.

But this will take too much time, Jiang Zuo must first rule out other possibilities.

After excluding passive infection, there are only two ways for outsiders to be cursed.

One way is that they entered the ruins, and like those villagers, they violated taboos in the ruins and were cursed to die.

In this case, we need to explain why villagers who have not entered the ruins will be cursed.

Many villagers have never entered the ruins, but they have also been infected with curses. To explain this, what Jiang Zuo could think of is that curses have the ability to "contagious for time limits".

For a certain period of time, if the person who is cursed in the ruins comes into contact with others, the person who comes into contact will also be cursed.

From a magical perspective, it is not difficult to do this.

The problem is that, in this way, it cannot explain why children born in the village have been contagious and cursed.

Newborn children are infected and they have never entered the ruins, so they are either passively infected or actively cursed by some consciousness.

After first eliminating passive infection, the only thing left is active curse.

If it was an active curse, everything would be much easier to explain.

"If you take the initiative to curse, the curse exists in the second meaning. The villagers in the village are controlled by a certain consciousness and curse. As long as you don't leave the village, the curse will not explode completely, thus achieving the goal of control. Outsiders will die, and may be discovered, and they will be killed and silenced like in the comics."

"This consciousness that can impose a curse is likely to be attached to a certain villager, otherwise it will not be able to fully control the situation of all villagers and outsiders. Well, I'll ask someone to ask if the dead outsiders have entered the ruins."

After comparing with the comic plot, Jiang Zuo strongly felt that there was a consciousness controlling the curse.

If anyone among the dead outsiders had never entered the ruins, this consciousness would definitely be hidden in the village.

After thinking about it, Jiang Zuo returned to the game and walked back to the village.

It was already dark, and even villagers in the village could see one, which was terrifyingly gloomy.

Jiang Zuo did not rush to find village chief Bartley. He walked around the village and unexpectedly saw that the old man who had asked for directions was still there.

"Old man, Village Chief Bartley agreed to me to help investigate the curse. I wonder if you can answer some questions from me?"

Jiang Zuo immediately stepped forward and asked.

This old man named Barney looks good and should be able to answer his questions.

"No problem, what do you want to know. But I am old and can't remember many things clearly, and I may not be able to help you."

Barney smiled and looked much more than other villagers in the village.

"I wonder if you still remember that among the outsiders who were cursed and died, have anyone never entered the ruins?"

Jiang Zuo asked directly.

"Did you have never entered the ruins but were cursed and died? I remember there are some, I don't know how many of them are, but there is one person who must have never entered the ruins but was cursed and died. That guy doesn't look like a good person. He came to the village just for money and looked very cunning. He ran around the village, just not going to the ruins to investigate!"

Barney thought for a while, and then answered affirmatively.

Jiang Zuo suddenly felt a thought when he heard this.

It is very likely that such people will not enter the remains for their own safety.

He ran around the village and was cunning. He probably might have found some clues and was silenced.

"Old man, have you ever thought that the curse in the village was imposed by someone in the village?"

Jiang Zuo thought for a while and asked again.

Barney is not as insensitive as other villagers. He has lived in the village for so long that he may have noticed it.

"What are you talking about? Young man, don't talk nonsense. This curse cannot be lifted just by wanting it. Before you die by the curse, I think you should leave as soon as possible. You are still young and have a great future. Don't be blinded by illusory rewards."

Barney was stunned and then smiled.

"Okay, I'll consider it, thank you, Mr."

Jiang Zuo smiled and said goodbye and left.

Barney's words seemed to have some meaning, and they were like the words of an ordinary old man.

However, Jiang Zuo had already obtained the information he wanted.

Someone has never entered the ruins, but is cursed to die!

It's enough to confirm this.

This is already a great chance to show that there is a certain consciousness in the village who is actively imposing a curse!

"If this consciousness is attached to an object, it can only be relied on to a certain special prop. Before finding a special prop, this may be excluded first. So if it is attached to the human body, who is the best candidate?" Jiang Zuo thought.

"First of all, this person is most likely one of the people who entered the ruins at first, and that consciousness is to rely on him and return to the village. Secondly, this consciousness can use the person who is attached to it to openly grasp the information in the village and maximize contact with the villagers."

"The best candidate to meet this condition... Village Chief Bartley!"

Like in the comics, Jiang Zuo speculated that the most suspicious person was.

There is no evidence, but comics can set traps, so can they do it.

...

"What else is there to do so late?"

The village chief looked at Jiang Zuo and asked.

"Captain Bartley, you killed all the dead villagers? Those outsiders died because they wanted to discover your secret, right? Don't deny, I have your secrets and have evidence in my hands! Tell me, what are you trying to control the villagers of the entire village with a curse, otherwise I will disclose your secret immediately!"

Jiang Zuo threatened fiercely.

Bartley paused his hand slightly and slowly looked at Jiang Zuo.

"die!"

Jiang Zuo thought Bartley was going to say something, but he only heard the word "death".

He was shocked, but before he could make any moves, he tilted his body and fell to the ground.

"The curse on your body is detonated, and you are cursed and killed!"

Oh, is that strong?

Jiang Zuo thought that with his attribute state, he could at least save his life.
Chapter completed!