mijobooks Chapter 90 The Extra Person in the Team
Chapter 90 The Extra Person in the Team
Chapter 90 The Extra Person in the Team
Outside the ancient capital, vast areas belong to the land of the dead.
In the Land of the Dead, there exists a group of people.
They refused to leave this dangerous land, choosing instead to remain among the dead, living a near-primitive life.
There were no electric lights, no power lines, and not even any protective covers in the village.
Since there's no signal here and we don't use cell phones, there's no need for a phone case at all.
These villages, built in the land of the dead, are also known as the perilous villages.
The villagers have lived here for generations, and they are able to barely survive here safely by relying on the methods passed down from their ancestors.
Logically speaking, such a secluded village should not have many visitors.
But tonight, a group of uninvited guests arrived.
"Old man, we are from the military. We were attacked by undead on the way. Could you please let us into the village to bandage up our wounded comrades?"
"Leave the things you shouldn't have brought here, then go inside."
At the wooden tower at the village entrance, an old man stepped down and looked at the outsiders with a cold expression.
Captain Qin Hu hesitated for a moment.
With their communication equipment left here, their team is essentially out of contact, which would be disastrous if they encountered any danger.
"Let's listen to him. Since they live here, they must have their own ways of doing things," the female staff officer in the team said.
Upon hearing this, everyone took off everything they were wearing, including several blood-stained clothes.
Without saying a word, the old man at the door set fire to everything on the ground.
This made another scout in the team, who had just bought a new phone, very distressed.
"What's wrong with you?" Zhang Xiaohou asked curiously.
"It's nothing, it's just that my kidney hurts so much."
Trading a kidney for a phone is like burning it—it's like burning my kidney!
As the group entered the village, they found it unusually quiet, with everyone already fast asleep.
The entire village was eerily silent, as if no one lived there at all.
But the old man on night watch told everyone that the whole village was full and there were no spare cabins, so they would have to spend the night in the hay huts.
Since everyone here is a military mages, they naturally wouldn't mind this kind of environment.
The man and woman separated and returned to their respective residences.
After the old man on night watch finished making arrangements for everyone, he was about to return to his post when he suddenly heard someone ask, "Old man, where's the toilet?"
"Oh, over there." The old man subconsciously pointed to a thatched hut.
The young man smiled slightly, thanked him, and headed towards the restroom.
"Hmm? Is this guy with them?" The old man glanced at the young man's long silver hair and fell into deep thought.
Then he realized that such a large group of elite military mages couldn't possibly have missed this person. Since they hadn't said anything, he must be with them.
With that thought in mind, the old man on night watch felt relieved and returned to his post alone.
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With the improvement of mental strength, the effect of the Sound String Stillness is stronger than when it was in Jinlin Wasteland City.
Using this trick, Hua Yu silently blended into the village, and even appeared openly in front of the old man without being discovered.
However, just in case, he put all the things he shouldn't have been carrying into his spatial storage.
Every place has its own rules, and if such rules exist here, they must have their own reason for existing.
Perhaps the spirits really can follow these things and find their way into the village.
Whether or not this possibility exists, storing things in your own mobile warehouse is not a hassle.
After using the toilet, Hua Yu wandered aimlessly through the village.
The village was so quiet that no one was talking.
Even when the sound system was released, nothing could be detected.
All that came back were sounds of snoring and teeth grinding.
Hua Yu thought for a moment, then waved his hand, and swarms of small green moths flew out, scattering in all directions and flying to every corner of the village.
In the dead of night, a green moth quietly rests by the bedside of every sleeping person in the village.
However, many more moths were still busy, seemingly searching for something in the village.
Soon, several moths flew into an ancestral hall.
This place enshrines the village chiefs from ancient times to the present.
Aside from the strong smell of incense, the ancestral hall was not particularly special, but there was a well of moderate size in the courtyard outside the hall.
Wells are very common; they can be found in many places in old-fashioned houses.
The well had long since dried up.
Several moths circled the well once, then flew back happily.
"Hmm? Has it been found already?"
Hua Yu, leaning against the tree, watched the returning moths, her ears twitching slightly as she listened to the sounds of all things.
Having obtained the information he wanted from the moths, Hua Yu smiled slightly, leaped down from the tree, and headed towards the ancestral hall in the village.
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"Ooh ooh ooh~~~"
"Clang clang clang~~~"
After the rooster crowed, a noisy gong-banging sound woke everyone up.
During the day, Weiju Village is still very lively, not much different from a normal village.
The women began to go to the stream in groups to wash clothes, while the old men gathered together to watch the outsiders who had entered the village the night before and began to discuss them.
Zhang Xiaohou gently picked up a little boy with a runny nose and pointed curiously to a strange little grass that was stuck in the doorway of every household in the village.
"Little friend, what's that?"
"I don't know." The little boy shook his head.
The old man on night watch hadn't slept all night, but he was still energetic. He glanced at the direction Zhang Xiaohou was pointing and explained, "That's called dog claw grass, also known as gray plum."
This wasn't a secret, and the old man on night watch told Zhang Xiaohou without hiding anything.
Zhang Xiaohou nodded, then fell into deep thought.
This gray plum blossom looks so familiar; I feel like I've seen it somewhere before.
Of course, it was only because Zhang Xiaohou didn't remember that he would have discovered something extremely terrifying.
Placing gray plum blossoms at the entrance is a custom that signifies the death of someone in the family.
And now, this gray plum blossom has actually appeared at the doorsteps of every household in the village!
"Let's go to the village chief; he wants to see you."
After the old man on night watch finished speaking, he led everyone to the village hall.
On the way, he suddenly thought of something, turned around and scanned the team. When he couldn't find the person he was looking for, the old man's eyes widened suddenly.
"Where's that silver-haired man in your group?"
"Hmm?" Captain Qin Hu was slightly taken aback.
When Zhang Xiaohou heard the words "man with long silver hair," something suddenly came to mind.
That time, that man brutally beat up the young talents of their four military regions.
Could it be him?
(End of this chapter)