An almost uncontrollable feeling of nausea rushed to my throat, and I nearly vomited.

Li Huai and Luo Tianhe also recognized what was being cooked in the pot!

Luo Tianhe couldn't hold it in any longer and vomited with a "whoosh," while Li Huai covered his mouth tightly, his face pale.

Then an even more disgusting scene unfolded.

The villagers who had been surrounding the area lost their apathy and were replaced by an incomprehensible frenzy.

They took out broken bowls or ceramic ones and frantically scooped up the broth from the pot.

And seemingly unbothered by the heat, they eagerly poured the scalding hot broth into their stomachs, chewing on any bits of meat or bone fragments that might be inside.

And to our astonishment, they were actually eating while making satisfied sighs.

Just then, Wang Fugui suddenly looked at me and walked towards me with a ladle of meat soup in his hand.

He had a strange smile on his face.

He handed me the broth.

"Eat up. Weren't you all dissatisfied with the dinner I prepared?"

I was stunned. This thing actually has Wang Fugui's memories. What exactly is it?

But the next moment, seeing that I didn't seem to want to eat, he actually tried to pry open my mouth and force it down my throat. At the same time, a villager came up in front of Li Huai and Luo Tianhe, scooping up a spoonful of boiling meat broth, ready to pour it down their throats.

Suddenly, I couldn't hold back any longer. I quickly pulled out three yellow talismans from my pocket and chanted:

"Heaven and earth are natural, impurities disperse, break!"

As I moved, the three yellow talismans spontaneously combusted without fire, turning into golden light that shot towards the three villagers at the forefront.

The next moment, Wang Fugui showed a painful expression. Black smoke hissed out of his face, and his skin turned charred as if it had been burned!

But soon, after a painful period of reflection, their madness in their eyes intensified, and they charged at us again with even greater force, with more villagers surging forward like a tide.

"Damn it, these villagers are like zombies!"

Li Huai cursed, clutching several Five Emperors Coins tightly in his hand.

Luo Tianhe wiped his mouth, his face pale, and said:

"The situation here is much stranger than I imagined; these villagers even eat people!"

"Hehe, Brother Luo, you obviously haven't watched enough American and European movies. Those zombie movies, where do zombies not eat people?! They're all covered in blood. We're relatively civilized here, at least we know to cook them. Americans, on the other hand, eat them raw!"

Li Huai gave a wry smile and said, trying to find humor in the situation.

"You still have the nerve to joke around? If we don't come up with a solution soon, we'll become those people in the pot. We might as well be eaten alive!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Tianhe couldn't help but curse, then looked at me.

At that moment, my face was ashen, and my head was throbbing with pain.

Ordinary yellow talismans are no match for these monsters; a much stronger force is needed.

Thinking of this, I suddenly bit my tongue, and a sweet, metallic taste immediately flooded my mouth!

At the same time, I took out my peach wood sword and sprayed the blood from my tongue directly onto it.

"The five stars shine brightly, illuminating the dark heavens! The five emperors patrol the heavens, banishing all evil! By imperial decree!"

The peach wood sword burst forth with a dazzling red light, and I wielded it with tremendous force!

Where the red light passed, the villagers who rushed up seemed to be scorched by flames, letting out shrill screams, billowing black smoke from their bodies, and their movements became sluggish!

But as I said before, there are just too many of them!

One after another, they rushed forward, but my strength has its limits. Before long, I will no longer be able to wield the peach wood sword, and my fate will probably be terrible!

Luo Tianhe and Li Huai were not idle either. They also took their protective charms and tried to drive away the surrounding villagers, but it was just a drop in the ocean.

My arms were getting increasingly sore and I felt like I was about to lose the strength to swing the peach wood sword.

Luo Tianhe and Li Huai were also panting heavily, and some of them even had bruises on their bodies.

At this critical moment.

"Buzz—!"

A slightly deep yet exceptionally loud buzzing sound, like the tolling of an ancient bell, instantly drowned out the villagers' roars and murmurs.

The next moment, to our slightly shocked gaze, a yellowish-brown light, like ripples on water, suddenly spread out from the other side of the square, sweeping across the entire open space.

The villagers who were swept away were instantly frozen in place, as if they had been struck by a spell.

As our pressure eased, we looked up in astonishment and saw, at the other end of the square, the old man in the black coat we had met during the day, holding an incredibly ancient bronze mirror.

The yellow light emanated from the mirror.

The old man's face was extremely solemn, and he was muttering to himself as his lips moved rapidly.

His other withered hand was forming a strange hand seal, and he exuded an aura as solid as a mountain, yet also carrying the power to dispel evil and uphold righteousness, making him completely out of place with the sinister atmosphere of the entire village!

Seeing that the three of us were stunned, he immediately revealed a visible anger.

"What are you three brats standing there for? Run!"

Hearing him shout that, the three of us immediately realized what was happening and ran towards him as fast as we could.

As the three of us fled, the villagers began to tremble slightly, clearly trying to break free from the yellow light.

Seeing this, the old man's expression became even more serious.

He abruptly turned the mirror around, pointing it at the villagers whose bodies were trembling the most, namely Wang Fugui and his group, and their movements immediately froze.

I noticed with keen insight that the old man's hand holding the mirror was bulging with veins and trembling slightly, clearly indicating that he couldn't hold on for much longer.

As we ran out of the villagers' encirclement and came to the old man, he finally couldn't hold onto the mirror any longer.

The mirror slipped from my hand and was about to fall to the ground when I caught it with lightning speed, only to find that it was frighteningly hot.

I let out a scream, feeling like my hand was being scalded, and quickly threw the mirror away.

The mirror clattered to the ground with a crisp sound, but thankfully it didn't break.

The old man glared at me, then took out a piece of black cloth, wrapped the mirror in it, and put it in his pocket.

The next moment, unexpectedly, the old man also turned and ran.

Seeing this, we were stunned for less than half a second before we immediately followed him and ran wildly, while the villagers in the distance rushed towards us like a horde of zombies.

As we all know, when faced with this situation, you have to run fast, but not too fast, just faster than your teammates!

But to our horror, the three of us discovered that when this old man ran, he was as fast as a sprinter, and the three of us couldn't catch up with him at all.

What's going on? Didn't Wang Fugui say that this old man was a cripple?!