Chapter 77
The village was very quiet at night. The street lights had long been out of order and no house had its lights on. The only light was the faint moonlight.
Fortunately, my five senses were enhanced when I took a hot spring bath before, so Wenbei was not affected at all when walking in the village.
Qiu Ting, who still wanted to take someone with him, showed a look of disappointment and sighed softly.
Wen Bei lowered his voice: "Let's go."
Ruthless kitten.
Qiu Tinge raised his eyebrows: "It's under the yard."
Wen Bei looked at the somewhat dilapidated yard in front of him, his eyes filled with confusion: "Basement?"
Although the sound was small, it still attracted the attention of the guard.
The guard was one of the people who had participated in the robbery today. He was obviously more nervous than usual, like a frightened bird, and he picked up the bone-chopping knife. "Who!? Who's there?"
Qiu Tinge lowered his head: "Do you want to imitate the meow of a cat?"
Wen Bei responded with his eyes: That is the kind of confusing plot that only appears in old-fashioned TV dramas.
Moreover, in this crumbling world, who would believe that ordinary cats really exist?
While the two men were exchanging glances, the suspicious guard on the other side had already walked over with a knife in hand.
Neither of them panicked. The man pushed open the door and looked, but before he could even open his eyes wide, he suddenly lost control of his body.
Wen Bei activated his special ability [Equivalent Trade] the moment he was discovered. The man froze in place, his eyes rolling up and down in fear.
Then he was knocked unconscious by Wen Bei's slashing hand.
With a thud, the man fell to the ground and hit the wooden door.
Wen Bei stepped over him without even glancing at him: "So what's hidden in the village?"
Qiu Ting pointed to a cellar entrance with a lack of interest. Wen Bei's eyes fell on the renovated cellar and he looked surprised: "Is there anyone in there?"
It is not difficult to see that this cellar was once used to store sweet potatoes and vegetables, but now it has been modified and a breathing hole has been left at the entrance.
Wen Bei removed the debris on top, revealing a pitch-black hole.
My heart sank; there really was someone inside.
Feeling the fresh air coming in, several people inside trembled with fear.
"Get out of here!"
I don't know who made the first sound, it was very weak and was quickly covered by someone else's hand.
The hole was dug quite deep, and Wen Bei couldn't see the people inside clearly. He could only look at the hole and ask, "Who are you and why are you locked up in there?"
He originally thought that the secret of the village might be the captive breeding of monsters that could be eaten repeatedly, but he didn't expect that the hidden objects were actually living people.
He was not a kind and innocent person, and in such a food-scarce village, the "purpose" of these people made him think more.
His voice was clear and crisp, and the people in the cave immediately recognized that it was not the voice of anyone in the village.
So the people who had just been frightened like a group of quails became a little braver.
"Save us."
"Please put us up there."
Wen Bei looked at Qiu Ding and asked, "Can you help me?"
The man was not interested in these noisy and weak humans. He had been using his supernatural powers to secretly hook Wen Bei's fingers and play with them. Upon hearing this, he only reluctantly released a little tentacle-like supernatural power towards the cave entrance.
Casually, as if treating an inanimate object, he quickly picked up a person and threw him upwards.
The man was strangled in the stomach and almost vomited, but he didn't dare to complain. After falling to the ground, his first reaction was to lie down and breathe heavily: "I, I'm out."
The others suppressed their sudden fear of seeing the dark tentacles and were thrown out in the same way.
Because of the rough movements, everyone unsurprisingly suffered some minor scratches.
Qiu Tincture's special ability continued to wrap around the young man's fingers, as if there was some extremely attractive charm on it.
Wen Bei let him play with her, squatting down and staring at the person who seemed the calmest: "Why did they lock you up in the cellar?"
The person being questioned seemed to be dressed relatively intact and still sane. Most importantly, Wen Bei noticed that he had a detection ring on his hand, which was completely different from other people in the village.
His first reaction was gratitude: "Thank you, thank you."
He was so grateful that he looked like he had seen a living angel.
Then he began to explain that he was not from the village, but had just passed by here half a month ago. The caravan he was in was robbed, and the leader of the robbery had caused all the filthy creatures around to go berserk, while they watched the people in their caravan struggle under the protection of the silver fork.
They gave two options: either leave behind all the supplies including the car, or leave behind 80% of the supplies in the car plus two people as travel expenses.
If all the cars and supplies were stolen, they would undoubtedly die in the contaminated area. After a psychological struggle, the people in the convoy finally chose the latter.
The man said with a bitter face: "I am the unlucky guy who was abandoned. My name is Guanglian, and I am from Yiguang Base."
"Where's the other one with you?"
"...was eaten the week before last."
This sentence was like a bombshell. Although he had guessed it, Wen Bei still showed an uncomfortable look on his face.
Sure enough, these people were not simply imprisoned, but were kept in captivity in a worse way, like livestock, to be slaughtered at will.
Guang Lian gritted his teeth and said, "Her pollution level is higher than mine. Those people were worried that she would seek revenge in the future, so they just insulted her and then divided the food among them."
When he said this, everyone around him looked frightened.
They were trembling, as if they would be killed by the people rushing out at the next moment. Some even squatted down with their heads in their hands, muttering to themselves, "It's not my turn, it's not my turn..."
Wen Bei looked around and found that there were fifteen people in total, young and old, and there was no woman except an old woman.
The people around Guanglian seemed to have guessed his confusion and spoke numbly, "In the beginning, the surviving women in the village were also kept in captivity. But those beasts, worse than animals, actually tried every possible way to insult them, and eventually got them pregnant and ate the babies they gave birth to."
The man twitched the corner of his mouth, revealing an expression uglier than crying: "My sister is in there."
"The following year, my sister went crazy. When they captured her again and forced her to serve others, she and her sister committed suicide by stabbing their throats with tiles they had hidden for a long time."
Those corpses were not spared. He was a coward. He didn't dare to avenge his sister and could only continue to numb himself. Until now, when he left the stinking cellar again, he found that he was not happy.
There is only deep fear.
He is scared.
He even thought that he might as well go back to the cellar and continue hiding, waiting for an unknown death.
This was the fate of most women in the village. There were also women in the village who were deformed and became polluters, but those women all had conscience and chose to help ordinary people resist. Only one woman chose to join the group of beasts and become an executioner.
It’s a pity that the power of the Golden and Silver Forks is too special. In the early stage, everyone’s power was not well developed and it was difficult to resist. Those female polluters who dared to resist were killed in the early stage of the apocalypse.
Guanglian crawled and rolled to the front of Wenbei: "Are you here to save us?"
"They are a bunch of lunatics. They treat us like animals. They only give us one meal a day and let us go to the toilet twice a day. Every once in a while, they come and kill one of us."
At first, some people will resist, and some will even betray their companions in order to avoid being eaten.
Every time they would pick out those who were willing to resist first, and gradually, the only ones left were those who were so afraid of death that they dared not resist at all.
Most people in the village did not die from pollution, but from their companions.
Guanglian was locked up there for half a month and learned that every "meat animal" like him who was robbed would be eaten within a month.
Because they think that local "meat livestock" are easier to keep in captivity than foreign "meat livestock".
At first he would be angry and try to find a way to escape, but he was no match for so many people alone, not to mention the cornfield where he could not return.
He tried to encourage the people in the cellar to join him in the rebellion, but naturally got no response.
Those who could resist are all dead, leaving behind only empty shells without independent souls.
In this purgatory-like place, they would not be happy to live one more day, but they still did not want to die.
Guanglian covered his face and said, "They are lunatics and demons. Please, take me away from this village."
Everyone in this village has gone crazy, whether they are eaters or those who are eaten.
It was a small village with only a few hundred people, and most of them were related to each other. However, even the old friendships could not arouse the conscience of these man-eating demons.
Wen Bei was silent for a long time this time: "I can help you drive them away."
The method is actually very simple. Just kill the robber leader and drive those people out. They will no longer be able to cross the cornfield. Without any supplies, facing the dangerous contaminated area, the possibility of their survival is almost zero.
This village does grow chicory, and if these dozen people take good care of it, they can still barely stay alive.
In addition, the terrain here is really unique, and it is actually safer than most safe zones.
As soon as Wen Bei finished speaking, everyone looked at him.
I don't know when dawn came, the sky gradually brightened, and the faces of these people covered in dirt and mud gradually became clearer.
But most of the sight is numb.
They had been trapped for five years and it was difficult for them to trust an outsider.
It was not until Wen Bei dragged the knocked-out guard over that they dared to discuss it bit by bit.
"Can you really help us?"
They began to become excited, and their souls, which had been suppressed for so long, would become distorted like crazy at the slightest crack.
Everyone gathered around and prayed to Guanglian together. Some people even kowtowed continuously, but were avoided by Wen Bei in time.
He looked at these people, feeling an indescribable emotion in his heart: "I will help you, and I hope you can help me when the time comes."
"What? We can do it if you just tell us!"
Wen Bei: "I want to keep Fang Huahua here."
When the name Fang Huahua came out, they were all obviously stunned.
Wen Bei: "You two should know each other."
"Of course I know her. This little girl was picked up not long ago by a man named Chen Jin." A man spoke in his local accent. "She was originally going to be placed with us, but she seems to have an intellectual disability, so Chen Jin kept her by his side."
"Chen Jin is only in his twenties. He probably hasn't seen a woman in a long time, so he's a little in love with her. How rare it is that such a damned guy would fall in love with someone."
But retribution came soon. Lu Mao and others wanted to treat Fang Huahua as meat. It would be best if they could make her pregnant like those poor women in the past. Anyway, she didn't know what humiliation was, so she wouldn't think of committing suicide.
Chen Jin had killed and eaten people before, so it was hard for him to accept that such a thing happened to the person he loved.
He actually took advantage of the opportunity when someone was out to rob someone and ran away with Fang Huahua.
Wen Bei: "Chen Jin is dead. I met Fang Huahua on the road. If I had taken her to the base, she might not have survived."
Even in a base, the law of the jungle prevails, so it is better to put it in a safe zone.
"Okay." The elderly woman, the only woman present, stepped forward. "I promise to take good care of her."
It was obvious that the old woman had the final say among these people. As soon as she opened her mouth, everyone looked at her.
"She used to be the head of our village."
Someone whispered an explanation to Wen Bei.
Wen Bei nodded in understanding: "Give me some time."
Perhaps there was finally a glimmer of hope, the group of people who were originally frightened and stunned began to curse those people in a low voice.
"Beasts, those beasts deserve to die!"
"What if he fails? We'd better not follow him..." The person who said this felt guilty and didn't dare to look up at Wen Bei.
But he also expressed what most people here were thinking.
After all, they had been trapped for five years, and Wen Bei didn't expect them to completely trust two strangers. He wasn't angry, but rather very calm: "I'll come back to you after I've dealt with it."
Guang Lian: "Wait, wait, do you want to hear what special abilities those people have?"
His teeth were chattering slightly. He didn't dare to follow, but he felt guilty, so he could only help by looking at the details.
Wen Bei wanted to say that they had already fought each other, and that group of people were no match for him and Qiu Ting, but looking at the fear in the eyes of these people, he stopped and said, "Well, go ahead."
If this can give them any psychological comfort.
So they rushed to describe everyone's special abilities in detail, as if just one thing would help them in their revenge.
"Finally, there's Chen Jin. He has water-based abilities."
Guang Lian: "Isn't this person already dead? His abilities are of no reference value."
The man was stunned for a moment: "Oh, I was too nervous to remember."
Wen Bei, who had been calm all this time, suddenly said in a serious tone, "What did you just say?"
He took a step forward, a look of oppression in his eyes.
Guanglian was startled: "I said Chen Jin is dead."
Wen Bei: "No, what kind of supernatural power do you think he has?"
"Water, water system."
Wen Bei's heart sank suddenly. He looked at Qiu Tin and saw a rare hint of surprise in his eyes.
How could a person with water-related abilities die of thirst in a polluted area?!
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