In the back mountain of Xiaojia Village, Grandma Liu, who was sitting cross-legged on a wooden bed in a cave, meditating with a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, suddenly raised her head and looked towards the northeast of the village. The nearest city to them was Sucheng.
Granny Liu concentrated on the northeast direction and felt carefully for a long time, then frowned tightly and took out a whistle from her chest pocket. After a whistle, a palm-sized bird with a green body flew into the cave and flew to Granny Liu's side.
Granny Liu stroked the bird's feathers and whispered, "Go get some help! The battle is about to begin."
The bird flew out of the cave with a whoosh and flew away into the distance.
Not long after, the village chief appeared in front of the cave with a cane.
"Grandma Liu, why are you calling me so urgently? Is something wrong?" the village chief asked worriedly. Since he was busy teaching students, he had left the meal delivery to Daqing and Datian. Unless it was an emergency, Grandma Liu wouldn't ask Huamei to call him directly. Huamei was the bird with emerald green feathers just now, and it was Grandma Liu's pet.
"A large area of black fog is gathering in the northeast. I'm afraid something bad is happening. I'm afraid a dark zone has formed."
The village chief gasped. The Dark Realm was recorded in their ancient books. The Xiao Family Village was a large family with a thousand-year-old heritage. The family had a complete genealogy and ancient books passed down from their ancestors. These books were inherited and kept by the clan leader's branch. Before the spiritual energy revived, the village chief had reviewed all the documents from a thousand years ago, and there was a mention of the Dark Realm. Dark Realms can be formed naturally or artificially. Once a Dark Realm is formed, it is only accessible in and no exit is allowed. All plants and animals within the Dark Realm will be contaminated by dark matter, mutating and devastating.
"Dark Zone? How could a Dark Zone suddenly appear out of nowhere? This doesn't make sense. Is this Dark Zone close to our village?"
"It's about one or two hundred kilometers away from the Dark Village, in a mountain forest. There's a dark area about fifty kilometers away, not too far from us. There's also a high-level dark creature there."
"What should I do?"
"Don't worry too much. The village has a protective barrier created by Huaisheng, which can reduce their perception of us. As long as we don't stray too far from the village, the problem won't be too serious. However, we must also be vigilant. Since there is already a man-made dark zone, natural dark zones may also be slowly emerging without our knowledge. Remember to arrange more people to explore near the village."
"Don't worry about that. I'll add more manpower. The children should also exercise more."
"Let's call back some of those who are hiding out. First, the village is getting increasingly dangerous, and we still need more people to protect it. Second, we should have them teach the children some skills, so they won't be clueless when facing mutant creatures."
"Don't worry, sir. By the way, do we need to send people to the Dark Domain? After all, a 50-kilometer Dark Domain is not small, and it is too close to us. We have to seal it before it takes shape. Otherwise, once it becomes powerful and the Dark Domain expands, we will be in danger." The village chief asked anxiously.
Granny Liu sighed: "Give the task to the people outside and let them handle it."
"OK."
So the next day when Xiao Bai and others went to class, they not only found that there were suddenly many more courses, but also a new teacher.
The new teacher was a handsome man in his forties, dressed in a neat uniform, tall and serious. The village chief introduced him as their new martial arts instructor. He said that while they were still "learning martial arts," they needed to learn martial arts for self-defense. Starting today, they would not only practice horse stance, but also archery, staff techniques, and sword techniques, instantly switching from fantasy to martial arts. Furthermore, the village chief had divided them into four groups, each assigned to patrol the four corners of the village every morning and evening.
Xiao Bai and others: ·······
They wanted to resist, and they did, but they failed. The new martial arts teacher used his strength to teach them what it meant to be obedient and study hard, otherwise they would be punished with a beating.
In addition, Xiao Bai also found that the village suddenly had more old faces that had not been seen for a long time. The great grandfather of someone's family had returned, the cousin of someone's family who had been traveling far away had also returned, and the uncle of someone's family who had been doing business outside had also returned. The village seemed to have become lively all of a sudden.
In addition, the village chief began to set up checkpoints at the entrance and end of the village to check all people entering and leaving the village. Some aunts also went door to door to inquire about and register the animals in their homes.
Have you always kept this animal? Is it behaving strangely? Have you seen any strange, mad animals recently? If you see a wild animal of unknown origin, do not take it home! Also, if you encounter a mad, red-eyed animal, be sure to report it immediately.
These aunties all wore a piece of red cloth on their arms. The strips were of different sizes and colors. They were obviously temporary armbands.
These aunts are mainly responsible for supervising and managing the movement registration of people and animals in the village.
"So the animals in your house right now are a dog, a swarm of bees, a squirrel, an egg of some unknown kind, a rooster, and three hens, right? Nothing special, right?"
The old lady with a red armband and reading glasses asked Xiao Bai while taking pictures of the small animals in her home and registering them one by one on her mobile phone.
"Is this cat yours?" The aunt said, pointing at the calico cat lying on the wall of Xiao Bai's house basking in the sun.
"No······"
"Yes!"
Xiao Bai was about to say no when his mother interrupted him with a slap: "This cat has been in my house for a long time, always eating and drinking at my house."
"Okay!" said the aunt, and took another photo of the calico cat.
"You said that the young man your family rescued has been living in your house? Has he been living there all along?"
"Yes."
"Okay, then we have to register again. Call the person over."
Murong An has been staying in his room these days. He is not seen except at mealtimes. He is a complete stay-at-home. At first, some villagers were curious about his appearance and came to see him "because of his reputation", but they found that he never went out or showed his face. After that, no one was curious and came to see him under the pretext of visiting.
When the aunt saw Murong An walking out of the door, her eyes lit up and she took pictures of Murong An from all angles. Her poses for taking pictures looked like she had met a celebrity on the street, and it was like she was taking a photo with Murong An!
Murong An took the photo with a cold face and went into the room without saying a word. The old lady was still holding her phone and looking at the photo with a big smile on her face.
Xiao Bai rolled her eyes. She now had a certain resistance to Murong An's beauty and no longer followed Murong An with her eyes like she did at the beginning.
The aunt finished her talk and finally left.
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