Chapter 65: Underworld Purgatory
As soon as the man finished speaking, he heard a rustling sound behind him.
Click—click—click—click!
Suddenly, a crack appeared on the left side of the Earth God Temple's outer wall, which was larger and longer than the original crack on the right side...
Everyone's attention was instantly drawn to the wall.
I saw a centipede-shaped crack running across the earth wall.
The crack was as thick as an adult's thumb, and it felt like it would collapse at any second.
Then the people on the left side of the land temple started a new round of screaming.
The barrier on the left was obviously pierced by the monsters' violent impact, leaving a big hole.
In an instant, hundreds of strange creatures rushed into the barrier from the hole and pounced on the faces and bodies of the people in the barrier.
Some were crying and some were frightened to faint. There was chaos everywhere.
The man with the black mole who had just arrogantly accused Mu Jiu of crimes was now screaming desperately and running through the crowd.
He tried to push others over to block the attack and thus get rid of the female ghost that was rushing towards him.
However, after blocking the ones behind, they soon ran into other strange things in front.
Wisps of black smoke entered his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears, and fear surged into his body from sight, smell, taste, and hearing...
The man with the mole struggled for only three seconds before he lay down and burped.
The other sturdy men in the barrier picked up their kitchen knives and scissors and desperately slashed at the oncoming monsters...
Unfortunately, it was of no use, as real knives could not touch these weird things at all.
On the contrary, there are many cases where they hurt others because their movements are too big and they cannot control their strength.
Qi Nian, who had overused his supernatural powers, was now struggling, trying to activate his supernatural powers again to drive out the weirdness in the barrier.
But when I opened my palm, I couldn't muster the strength to condense even half a bead of earth...
Suddenly, a big red apple was placed on the palm of Qi Nian's outstretched right hand.
"Alright, Boss Qi, take a break! Eat an apple and regain your strength!"
When Qi Nian looked up, he met Mu Jiu's handsome smiling face.
Mu Jiu had met a few righteous brothers like Qi Nian in his previous life, and they had become good friends.
But later they all died. After all, the greater the kindness, the greater the responsibility.
If Qi Nian had not taken pity on the villagers and taken them in, he would have been able to survive with the earth-related abilities he had developed so early.
But now Mu Jiu still has use for Qi Nian and his brothers, as they have to pick the fruits in the orchard!
Before Qi Nian could react, he saw a dark green dragon-like whip with strange fire, which was easily swung by Mu Jiu and flew into the sky.
Swing it in a circle, instantly killing all monsters within a radius of 10 meters.
The barrier was engulfed in a sea of green fire, which slowly spread outwards to a radius of 10 meters, and sparkling strange beads fell to the ground.
Everyone who was still alive was stunned, including Qi Nian. This was... too powerful!
The battle situation was directly reversed, from the original purgatory on earth to the purgatory in the underworld.
The arrogant and scary monsters that rushed into the barrier began to flee frantically.
I was afraid that if I ran a step slower, I would be attracted by this strange fire.
But things did not go as planned. The strange Mars followed the fleeing monsters and ran out of the barrier.
It instantly ignited a large area of weirdness surrounding the barrier.
Like a wildfire in spring, it burned and spread upward from the bottom left edge of the land temple barrier, and the barrier was gradually submerged in green.
The ignited weirdness turned into a large cloud of black smoke, and a rain of strange beads fell.
All the living people within the barrier watched the fire quietly. It burned for nearly 10 minutes before gradually decreasing in size and dying out.
The night starry sky under the fire has regained its original tranquility.
"Xiao Huang, clear the area." Mu Jiu said, turning around.
"Okay!" The scene suddenly changed. Xiao Huang led everyone and started picking up strange beads on the ground with large rolled garbage bags.
Being able to crush the land temple, there must be at least tens of thousands of strange things on the barrier.
There are strange beads scattered all over the ground, and it takes a lot of effort to pick them up. It is really a big job.
At this moment, the shocked people gradually came to their senses and gathered towards Qi Nian.
Qi Nian asked his men to help him up, and slowly walked towards Mu Jiu and bowed solemnly to him.
"Thank you, Boss Mu, for your willingness to help me. I, Qi Nian, owe you my life. If you need anything in the future, just let me know."
Mu Jiu raised her eyebrows. Her current need was very simple, which was to quickly accumulate raw materials in a short period of time.
"No problem. My biggest request right now is to ensure the transaction continues."
Mu Jiu said as he looked at the people who had fallen around him, "Boss Qi, you'd better clean up and count your people as soon as possible. It seems that there have been quite a few casualties today.
The weather in July is hot, and corpses decompose quickly, making it easy for bacteria to breed. Cremate them as soon as possible to avoid harming the remaining people."
After hearing this, Boss Qi signaled to the people around him to quickly count the living people and stack the bodies together as much as possible.
Of course, he understood what Mu Jiu meant. As the number of people working under him decreased, the amount of fruit traded would probably also decrease.
Qi Nian's men quickly counted the living people and reported to Qi Nian.
"Boss Qi, our original planting base had 55 employees, plus 71 villagers, a total of 126 people.
There are now 42 base staff members and 23 villagers left, a total of 65 people."
Qi Nian frowned, "Half of them are dead in just a short while..."
The men under his command nodded slightly. "Most of those who died were elderly people and children. They were all frightened to death on the spot..."
After hearing this, Mu Jiu added: "In that case, I have a request."
Qi Nian looked at Mu Jiu and asked her to speak frankly.
"If you want to eat, you have to work. The villagers here, young and old, must work just like your employees, otherwise you won't be given any food."
Qi Nian lowered his head to think for a few seconds, then looked up at Mu Jiu and asked, "Will such strictness be unfair to the elderly and children?"
"Boss Qi, you should know why this happened just now, right?
You need to divide the supplies you receive equally among the elderly and children in the village in order to take care of them.
But some people are insatiable and have to take advantage of their status as a vulnerable group to make trouble. Just for a piece of meat, they kill half of the people here.
After what happened today, you should understand that those monsters move in response to sounds.
The old man deliberately made loud noises to attract a large number of strange inducements.
I'm not a nosy person, but this matter has come right before my eyes. If I don't say something, I'd be slapping myself in the face.
Boss Qi knew how difficult it was to get decent food these days, but they didn't.
They have all been protected too well by Boss Qi, and something bad will happen to them sooner or later.
Wouldn't it be unfair to your workers to let them continue to reap the benefits without working for them?
"Maybe the next victim will be you, Boss Qi." Mu Jiu said, looking into Qi Nian's eyes.
She intuitively felt that this was someone who could understand what people said and would not let her painstaking efforts go to waste.
After all, there are still several days of work to be entrusted to him.
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