Chapter 92
Yan Yue asked his subordinates to give water and food to the man from Huantou.
This man didn't know how long he had been running around, and how long he hadn't eaten or drunk water normally. When he saw the water and bread, he swallowed hard.
But when the bread was in his hands, he didn't know what to do with the plastic bag on the outside.
——Obviously, he has never even lived in modern society.
Su Xuan and the others exchanged glances.
Could it be that these ancient tribal people have been living in a small corner for thousands of years?
If this is true, then what is forcing them to leave their hometown and flee now?
When the people of Huantou ate bread and drank water and gradually relaxed their guard, Yan Yue bent his elbow and poked Yan Mo, asking him to be responsible for questioning.
And what the Huantou man said next, translated by Xian Mo, made Su Xuan and the others frown.
"...Since the decline of spiritual energy in the ancient world, these ancient tribal people have lived in seclusion. Most monsters hide in seclusion by disguising themselves as humans, or by hiding in remote villages or even forests, but their seclusion is more direct. They simply enclose a piece of land in a mountain and set up a barrier."
The people of Huantou were restless with so many people watching them. They looked left and right, with fear and curiosity in their eyes.
Xian Mo folded his arms across his chest and said, "So, they've probably lived in their own 'paradise' for over three thousand years. They've always been so self-sufficient, with absolutely no contact with the outside world."
"As for why they are escaping one after another now, he said that three ferocious beasts broke into their paradise and attacked them, wantonly absorbing their spiritual energy."
Everyone's faces darkened - they remembered what Gao Ruhan had said.
He really predicted it.
Su Xuan pursed his lips and said to Xian Mo, "Can you ask him to describe the appearance of those three ferocious beasts?"
So Xianmo chattered in bird language to the people of Huantou, and the people of Huantou listened and danced and chattered in bird language to Xianmo.
After hearing this, Xian Mo glanced at Su Xuan and said, "He said he couldn't recall their general appearance, but he remembered one of them. He looked particularly like a monkey."
Su Xuan took a deep breath.
Ah Tu had taken advantage of the time he had been waiting for Yan Yue and the others to return to ask about everything. Upon hearing this, he frowned and said, "Like a monkey? An ape? Isn't that Zhu Yan?"
Yan Ning'an pondered, "Gao Ruhan said that over a thousand years ago, a ferocious beast was hunting these ancient tribal people. Is the ferocious beast he was talking about Zhu Yan?"
"Not necessarily," Gu Shuo said calmly, "The ferocious beasts couldn't have sought out the ancient tribe simply to absorb the spiritual energy of its inhabitants. Although these inhabitants, unlike ordinary humans, possess spiritual energy, and some even possess special abilities, judging by the situation of the people of Huantou, their spiritual energy is extremely weak. Even if they absorbed it all, it wouldn't have much of an effect on the beasts. So these beasts must have other motives."
Su Xuan continued Gu Shuo's words and said slowly, "If their other target is likened to a treasure chest, as long as the treasure chest exists in this world, countless ferocious beasts will continue to search for it. It's very likely that Zhu Yan only took action because he heard of the treasure chest's existence over the past thousand years."
Although Su Xuan had only met Zhu Yan once, he could sensitively sense that Zhu Yan had the same ambition as Gao Ruhan.
But Zhu Yan was smarter than Gao Ruhan. He should know very well that with his own strength, or even with the strength of a few first-generation ferocious beasts, it was impossible for him to defeat the entire world.
This is probably the reason why he has been living a peaceful life for more than a thousand years.
...Until now, he finally made some unusual moves.
What secret treasures do the people of the ancient tribes have hidden? And what will happen if these treasures fall into the hands of vicious beasts?
Su Xuan asked Xian Mo solemnly, "Does this person know what the beast is looking for in their village?"
Xian Mo acted as a diligent translator, but unfortunately the reaction of the people of Huantou was to shake their heads in confusion.
He doesn't know.
Did all of their ancient tribal citizens not know about this, or did only some of them not know about it?
This question obviously could not be answered for the time being. Su Xuan and the others continued to ponder and communicate with each other, while the people of Huantou were surrounded by them, listening to their conversation, silently tugging at their pants, as if they wanted to say something but hesitated.
After hesitating and struggling for a long time, he gritted his teeth, grabbed the hand holding the ink and started chattering.
Everyone fell silent again. Gu Shuo asked calmly, "What did he say again?"
Xian Mo listened for a while, sighed, and said, "He asked us if we had any way to deal with the three ferocious beasts. He would take us to their retreat, but he only asked us to kill them. Otherwise, if we wait any longer, he was afraid that everyone in the village would die."
Time is tight and this is indeed a problem.
The group exchanged glances, and Gu Shuo said to Yan Yue, "Get ready and set off as soon as possible."
*
It's already evening.
Yan Ning'an, Xian Mo and Gu Shuo all participated in this operation of the Monster Bureau.
Su Xuan also made up his mind to go - among the three ferocious beasts, it is currently certain that Zhu Yan is definitely a first-generation monster, and if the other two are also first-generation ferocious beasts, then things will be a bit troublesome.
Anyone who can hang out with that first-generation Zhu Yan is definitely not a simple guy.
If Su Xuan wants to go, A Tu will definitely follow him.
After Su Xuan made a video call to explain the situation to everyone - even Wen Yu, who hadn't been seen for three months, got her phone today. After all, tomorrow was the debut night for the group, and these trainees who were waiting for the finals had a rare break before the showdown - things got messed up.
Zhu Yan was the one who shattered Su Xuan's spiritual core back then. Could they just let Su Xuan and Zhu Yan fight each other like this? Of course, if they want revenge, they have to attack together!
Qi Hanyu said, "Brother, wait for me. I'm going to tell the class teacher that my brother is seriously ill and in the hospital and needs me to take three days off to accompany him—"
Su Xuan: "Come on, you're not allowed to go anywhere. Just study hard for the midterm exam. If you do poorly, I'll beat you up and put you in the hospital for three days!"
Qi Hanyu: “?!”
Wen Yu: "I'm getting a little bored after staying in the training camp for so long. Su Xuan, wait a minute. I'm going to ask the election officials for half a day off—"
Su Xuan: "Come on, you're just itching to fight. Save your energy for the final tomorrow night!"
Wenyu: “Tsk.”
Lu Tao: "Ah Xuan, I'm a little tired from work——"
Su Xuan collapsed: "Dad, why did you join in the fun?"
"..." Lu Tao felt wronged. "I'm just saying I'm a little tired from work. Please don't make me worry anymore!!"
Su Xuan coughed twice.
Lu Tao said unhappily, "Tomorrow is the night of the Little Fish finals. If you can't go, then I'll have to go. I have to meet the CEO of XX Media Company in the morning, and have a meeting with them at Yuan Que in the afternoon. I don't have time to go with you guys."
Su Xuan said with relief: "It's good to be busy, it's good to be busy."
Lu Tao gave him an unpleasant look, paused, and then said, "But Ah Xuan, are you sure you have enough people? If you really need help, we will definitely find a way to come over."
Xia Yan nodded in the video: "Yes, brother."
Lu Hui also video-called them today. Upon hearing this, he quickly said, "If you need help, our entire basketball team can come with you, brother. Hehehe!"
Bifang: "I don't have anything to do either, you can come with me."
Even Zong Ning, after listening to their chatter for a long time, said, "My scenes are almost over, so taking a day off is not a big deal."
Su Xuan shook his head and said, "Xia Yan happens to be in the finals tomorrow, right? Dad went to Wen Yu's place, so Bifang, you should go watch Xia Yan's performance. Our family is going to the finals, so we need family members to support us. Lu Hui, study hard in school and don't worry about anything else. Zong Ning, you too, finish filming well and come back, don't cause trouble for Director Xie. As for us, we definitely have enough people here, and I will definitely contact you if I really need help."
Since Su Xuan had said so, the others would not waste any more words.
Even though we've known each other for so long, this tacit understanding still exists.
"Okay," Lu Tao looked at Su Xuan and said, "No matter what happens, we are your backers. You all should pay attention to your safety and come back safely."
Su Xuan smiled at the people in the video and said, "Okay."
The Monster Bureau organized three teams to set off with them.
According to this man from the Huantou country, their secluded place was in a mountain on the outskirts of City A. After analyzing the terrain, they planned to lead one team into the village, and the other two teams would surround the entire village from outside.
After a busy night, it was already dawn when we officially set off.
*
In the mountains of a suburb of City A.
Two young men in casual clothes climbed over a small hill and took a breath. They saw a thatched cottage faintly visible behind the trees and grass ahead. One of them excitedly took out the rear camera of his phone to take a picture, saying to the audience in the live broadcast room as he filmed, "See? We found it! I told you there was a mysterious village here!"
The barrage of comments in the live broadcast room started floating up.
“Wow, it really exists!”
"It's worth it that I got up so early in the morning to watch your live broadcast, hahaha!"
"So, didn't you announce on Weibo yesterday that you were planning to come in the evening? How come you changed it to early in the morning? I almost missed the live broadcast [laughing and crying]"
"Don't ask, if you ask, it means the anchor is scared [doge]"
Seeing these comments, the man in the flowered shirt holding his phone coughed lightly and said awkwardly, "After all, going up the mountain so late at night, if you're not careful, you'll be doomed. So I thought I'd go in the morning..."
"Still pretending to be 233333"
"I'm just a coward!"
"But climbing a mountain and entering a mysterious village in the middle of the night is indeed quite scary..."
The man in the flowered shirt saw the last comment and immediately said, "That's right! I told you before and you didn't believe me, there's really no one in this village! It really is a ghost village!"
"Is this true?"
"It must be that people lived here before, but later they moved away, so the village is now empty. It's not that mysterious [laughing and crying]"
Even his companion in the floral shirt, the man in the black T-shirt who was also livestreaming on his phone, turned around and asked, "You really haven't seen this village before when you climbed this mountain?"
The man in the flowered shirt approached him yesterday and suggested a joint live broadcast. He said that the reason he found this village interesting was that he, a person who lived nearby, had climbed this mountain countless times since he was a child, but yesterday he discovered for the first time that there was an uninhabited village at this location.
——He didn’t go in at that time, so he waited to officially explore it during today’s live broadcast.
Of course, fans and netizens think that the floral shirt is just a gimmick - the floral shirt and the black T-shirt are both haunted house live broadcasters. On weekdays, they specifically look for some mysterious and scary places to explore and broadcast live. Occasionally they will encounter exciting situations, but most of the time the audience can only say that they are watching in vain.
——Apart from the horror atmosphere created by the anchor himself, there is actually nothing else.
The audience actually understands this routine, but they are bored on weekdays. If the atmosphere of this kind of live broadcast is created well, it can be quite interesting, so they are quite supportive.
Occasionally, they would scream in cooperation with the host, and occasionally they would make some jokes and expose some things.
They all thought that this time would be the same, and that things like “there has never been a village here before, but now it suddenly appears” were probably made up to create an atmosphere.
Today, a wave of netizens exposed the rumor: "If you didn't see this village when you climbed this mountain to here before, what did you see?"
The man in the flowered shirt froze when he saw this comment, and a blank expression appeared on his face for a moment: "This... I really can't remember it. It seems like every time I climb here, I go down..."
He scratched his head in confusion, and the barrage of comments started laughing.
"It seems like I haven't figured out how to fix this bug yet. It's too early to ask this question, hahaha!"
"Hahahahahahahaha, I'm dying of laughter!"
"Don't ruin the atmosphere!"
But looking at the confused expression on the floral shirt that seemed completely genuine, the man in the black T-shirt swallowed his saliva and turned to look at the quiet thatched hut not far away. Somehow, goosebumps quietly appeared on his skin.
The man in the flowered shirt couldn't stand the barrage of teasing from the livestream, so he walked over and tugged at the black T-shirt, saying, "Hey, let's go, this village is really strange. Wait until we go in and take some photos, and then you'll know!"
On the other side, Su Xuan and his group were already driving on the road.
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