Chapter 201: Watching someone in need without helping!

A disaster was eliminated without a trace, Ji Ruo stopped making trouble and followed everyone to rescue the villagers.

This disaster came out of nowhere, but fortunately it was resolved in time. The villagers only suffered minor injuries, and all the children were unharmed.

That is to say, the damage to houses and roads was relatively serious - Slime is an elemental life form, its body is not strong, and the explosion damage is actually a shock wave, which only causes one-time damage.

So the explosion just looked scary, and the actual damage to a single target might not even be comparable to that of a fragmentation grenade.

It may not kill anyone, but it can easily knock down walls.

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"Hold on, fellow countryman. I'm going to rescue you now. 123~!"

The people of Wuxiang Malatuan wandered in the ruins after the explosion, constantly rescuing the villagers who were unfortunately trapped by the collapsed houses.

"It's strange. Such a big thing happened in the village, why don't those garrison warriors come back?" Ji Ruo muttered in confusion while rescuing people.

Liang Shixian couldn't help but frown when he heard this, and said, "Indeed, logically speaking, with such a large number of demon birds attacking, they should have returned long ago... Are they being held back by something? Or do they think that with the holy statue here, there is nothing to worry about?"

"I think it should be the former. Save the people as soon as possible, and then we'll go and take a look."

"good."

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In this sudden attack, nearly 20% of the houses in Babaozhai were damaged. However, thanks to the protection of the holy statue and timely treatment, the losses were not that great.

While the Wuxiang Malatuan was rescuing the villagers, the garrison warriors, who were covered in rage, returned one after another. After returning to the village, they saw this situation and felt deeply guilty.

But it had already happened, and there was no point in blaming yourself, so they just took action.

Warriors have strong physical fitness and are very efficient in cleaning up ruins.

Before long, all the villagers trapped in the ruins were rescued.

What follows is the counting of casualties and post-disaster reconstruction.

"Brother Hu, why did you come back just now?"

"We found traces of suspected high-level demonic activity nearby..."

Hu Yonglin explained with a guilty look on his face.

Babaozhai is the place where a new secret realm has descended, and all the surrounding demons have been strengthened.

Ordinary monsters are fine, but if they are high-level monsters, they will be more dangerous after being strengthened, so for the sake of safety, they all go out and want to kill them in advance.

Who knew that the opponent actually possessed a high level of intelligence and could perform methods similar to mind control. When he was about to be killed, he controlled a large number of enhanced magic birds to attack Babao Village. Hu Yonglin and others wanted to return to defense, but were held back by the demon.

In addition to the magic bird, the demon also controlled low-level monsters such as magic rats and magic mosquitoes to delay Hu Yonglin and others.

Although they succeeded in killing the demon in the end, it was too late when they returned.

"So that's how it is." Liang Shixian suddenly realized: "I was wondering why those magic birds seemed to be desperate and rushed towards the holy image barrier so frantically. It turns out that they were controlled."

"Luckily you are here, otherwise..." Hu Yonglin said very seriously: "Thank you!"

"You're welcome. This is what we should do."

"Oh, right." Hu Yonglin suddenly asked, "Where's Gu Shaoxuan? Although that guy has a weird personality, he's also a Xingxuan Realm warrior... Was it him who helped resolve the beast wave just now?"

"No, no! It's the Armor Hero!"

A child imitated Ji Ruo's actions and said, "The Armor Hero is amazing! He turned these bad birds into fireworks in one shot!"

"Armor Hero?"

Hu Yonglin listened to the villagers' description and finally remembered.

Isn't this referring to the strange guy they met last night?

"So it was him... but why did he dress like that?" Hu Yonglin pondered. "Also, why did he put that kind of thing in the coffin?"

He seemed to have misunderstood something. Ji Ruo was a little confused. Didn't Hu Yonglin know what was in the coffin that Gu Shaoxuan was carrying?

However, despite his doubts, Ji Ruo did not take the initiative to admit it - it felt pretty good to listen to people praising him in person.

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Gu Shaoxuan carried the black coffin on his back and silently looked at the villagers in front of him who died miserably.

A rat monster was lying on the corpse and gnawing on it. Gu Shaoxuan was clearly standing behind it, but it seemed as if it didn't notice Gu Shaoxuan at all.

"That's why I said, no one knows which will come first, tomorrow or an accident."

Gu Shaoxuan said softly, picking up the monster: "Destroying the corpse is very disrespectful. Be more careful in your next life."

As he spoke, he spurted out powerful force from his palm, and actually shattered the struggling and roaring demon rat into pieces!

Afterwards, Gu Shaoxuan picked up the mutilated body with a pity-filled face and walked towards the woods.

In the forest, there were incense candles, paper money, and various funeral supplies that had been prepared long ago.

Gu Shaoxuan usually does not live in the village, because because of his job, the villagers think he is unlucky.

Gu Shaoxuan has long been accustomed to this.

He skillfully helped the dead villagers to tidy up their bodies, then pulled out a long knife from the side of the black coffin, chopped down a tree, hollowed out the trunk, and made a simple coffin.

"Sorry, the conditions are very limited."

After a simple worship, he buried the dead.

Although he had no relationship with the deceased, Gu Shaoxuan still had a serious conversation with the deceased and asked if the deceased had any unfinished business that needed his help.

The dead are speechless.

"Oh, it still doesn't work? What's wrong? Or is it that the rule doesn't exist?"

He sighed.

After a while, Gu Shaoxuan burned incense and paper for the new grave in front of him, then stood up and said, "I'm sorry I can't stay with you for too long. I still have to help others collect the bodies. I'll have to leave for a while.

Please live well in that world and rest in peace."

Gu Shaoxuan turned and left.

At this moment, a breeze suddenly arose in the forest, and the leaves were blown by the wind, making a rustling sound.

"Save me, I don't want to die yet..."

In a trance, Gu Shaoxuan seemed to hear someone whispering in the wind.

He suddenly turned around and looked at the new grave.

"What did you say?!"

“Save me…”

The sound was mixed in the wind, coming and going, and was very faint.

If Gu Shaoxuan wasn't so strong, he might not have been able to hear it!

Gu Shaoxuan was overjoyed and asked excitedly: "What are you now? Have you become a ghost? Can you talk to me? Can you introduce to me what that world is like?

Is there really an afterlife? Can you help me find someone?"

"Is there anyone who can save me..." The other party kept murmuring.

Gu Shaoxuan found something wrong.

Not the dead person in the grave?

He walked around the new grave with a frown on his face, the sound in the wind gradually growing louder.

A moment later, on the other side of the forest, Gu Shaoxuan saw the dying villager.

"It turns out he's not dead." Gu Shaoxuan felt a little disappointed.

There was a long bloody trail behind the villager, apparently he was lucky enough to survive the attack, but was seriously injured.

Judging from the direction it is moving, it seems like the other party wants to go back to Babaozhai?

"Did you crawl all the way here relying on your strong desire to survive?" Gu Shaoxuan touched his chin, "It seems that to become a ghost, you need to have a certain obsession..."

"Please, save me..."

When the villager saw Gu Shaoxuan, a strong look suddenly burst out in his eyes, which was a desire for life.

"My wife and children... are waiting for me at home... I can't die... Please, save me..."

The villagers begged.

Gu Shaoxuan looked at each other and was silent.

"Buzz~"

A strange buzzing sound was heard, and the smell of blood attracted the monster.

It's a stinger bee.

When the villagers heard the noise, they looked horrified.

Phew~

A poisonous stinger flew out and pierced directly into the back of the villager's head, killing him instantly.

Before he died, he stared at Gu Shaoxuan fiercely, his eyes full of hatred.

It seems to be asking, why don't you save me?

Gu Shaoxuan just watched. With his strength, he could certainly react, but he did not lend a helping hand.

"Does it hurt?"

Gu Shaoxuan asked.

No one answered.

"I will avenge you and bury you. Rest in peace."

As he spoke, Gu Shaoxuan raised his hand and slapped the stinger bee that was chasing him to pieces.

But at this moment——

"Why don't you save me!!!"

An extremely illusory figure appeared above the corpses of the villagers and rushed towards Gu Shaoxuan with a ferocious look.

Gu Shaoxuan was stunned.

The ferocious-looking villager's soul was halfway through its flight when its unusually illusory figure completely dissipated.

The breeze hit Gu Shaoxuan's face, his breathing became rapid and his eyes were hot.

"Yes! It really exists! It actually exists!"

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In this sudden small beast tide, three villagers from Babao Village went missing. Although everyone was sad, they still had to live their lives.

After this beast tide, the number of strengthened demons around Babao Village decreased sharply. In addition, the new secret realm had stopped descending for some unknown reason, and the situation was finally under control.

The post-disaster reconstruction work went smoothly, and Babaozhai once again returned to its former tranquility.

Two days later.

A team of secret realm research experts sent from above arrived and began to study the new secret realm that had inexplicably stopped descending.

"It really looks like he's sleeping, but how is that possible?"

The experts looked at the strange data fluctuations detected by the instrument and exclaimed that they had never seen anything like it in their lifetime.

This was also the first time they encountered such a situation.

Although I don't understand why this happens, experts are experts after all.

After a brief discussion, they sternly told the villagers and stationed warriors that they could not let down their guard yet, as a wave of beasts might appear again.

The strange power released when the secret realm arrives is of great benefit to the demons, allowing them to evolve in a very short period of time.

Now, for some reason, the secret realm has stopped descending, and that power is no longer released. Those demons who have tasted the sweetness must be getting restless.

"We need to strengthen patrols in the near future." The expert said seriously, "Also, please find a few people who are familiar with the surrounding situation to take us around. We need to study why the secret realm stopped descending and see if this situation can be replicated."

"No problem!" Hu Yonglin nodded, and then dispatched two resident warriors to follow the expert team.

Ji Ruo certainly knew about the arrival of the expert team and what these experts were here for.

But he did not tell the experts that he had sealed the secret realm.

The secret realm was sealed by Ji Ruo with a quilt, nailed with nails, and covered with earth and rocks... The secret realm has no self-awareness, and theoretically it is impossible to break the seal by one's own will.

If it is not destroyed by external forces, it is equivalent to a permanent seal.

If we tell these experts the truth, they will surely investigate further, and this may very well destroy Ji Ruo's seal.

Moreover, Ji Ruo couldn't explain why he could seal the secret realm with a quilt, so not reporting it was the best option.

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