Chapter 186: Scene 11 (Inverted V) For a New Life...
The sun was about to set, and no one in the village was out and about. He Yuezhe and his four companions could only barely catch a glimpse of the lanterns hanging and candles lit in each household. The faint light passed by the courtyard wall and illuminated the sight of several people.
"What should we say? Given Xiaoshu's communication skills, the villagers are unwilling to speak. Do you have any better ideas?"
Tang Xiqin rubbed her brows in annoyance and said, "What if we don't get anything out of them and instead piss them off? With so many people armed, it's difficult for us to fight back. So, are we just going to take the beating?"
"Sister Tang, didn't Miss He say before that we could show them what we dug up, and maybe they would talk to us?" Chen Shuo tugged at Tang Xiqin's sleeve.
"But those things aren't—"
"He Yuezhe, what are you doing? Let go quickly, aren't you afraid of fainting again?!"
"Ouch!" He Yuezhe blinked, holding the dirt in his palms, and looked at Tang Xiqin who was nervously shouting at him, "It's okay."
She whispered to everyone, "I used a formation that can isolate the properties of objects. Now, you'll be fine if you hold this soil."
"Oh, this formation is really so powerful, it can do anything?" Ban Wei Le scratched his head and exclaimed in admiration.
"Want to learn?" He Yuezhe asked.
"Uh! No no no, forget it. I don't have that talent..."
"All right."
He Yuezhe breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Ban Wei Le didn't want to learn, otherwise she wouldn't know anything about the formation that could isolate things, so how would she teach him then?
This was probably because she and Meng Guanying were in the same position. When she walked out of the yard and tried to touch the soil again, she no longer had the same reaction as before. The soil even made her feel very familiar.
"Miss He, are you really okay?" Tang Xiqin asked with concern.
"It's okay, believe me." He Yuezhe smiled at her.
"Okay, since Miss He is fine, let's proceed according to your previous plan." Yuan Yang took out a pair of gloves, "But safety is the most important thing. Miss He should still wear these gloves to avoid accidents."
"Thank you." He Yuezhe took the gloves.
"Oh, right. I remember the examiner said that this assessment involves not only uncovering the truth but also escaping safely. Does this mean there will be changes here? So, if the villagers are alright, should we pay more attention to what's going on in this house?"
"Miss He, what you said makes sense." Tang Xiqin nodded.
"In that case, please wait for a moment while I draw a formation."
"Do we need to avoid it?"
“…No, I’ve already drawn it.”
Although He Yuezhe could no longer remember how she learned the formation, her overly familiar body reactions made drawing the formation easier for her than drinking water.
With just a few strokes of the finger, a simple bell formation was set up.
The bell array, as the name suggests, is an array with many bells. As long as a creature within the range triggers the bell, the information will be transmitted directly to the mind of the person who drew the array.
"So fast! Miss He, you are so amazing!" Ban Wei Le's eyes were full of stars.
"Miss He is so kind and capable, and she even calls me 'Xiao Shu'. She's simply the best friend in the world!"
"...Well, thank you. Let's go." Facing the two people's sparkling eyes, He Yuezhe stood up, put on gloves, held the soil, and walked out from between the four people.
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“Knock, knock.”
"I've already told you we know nothing, so don't come looking for us again!!"
As Chen Shuo knocked on the wooden door, a sharp and piercing female voice rang out from not far away: "Can you please leave our village quickly? Because of you, we can't go out!!!"
"Girl, we are not..."
"No, no, what's that smell? What's that smell? What did you bring here?! Throw it away!"
"It's just some dirt." He Yuezhe winked at Chen Shu and continued the woman's words, "But are you refusing to answer our questions because you're afraid of being discovered?"
"Ahhh, shut up, shut up!!! We are not afraid of being discovered!!! What we do is a good thing, a good thing!!! No one can judge us, no one!!!!!!!"
"Since you are not afraid of being discovered and since you think what you are doing is a good thing, then tell us openly and honestly."
He Yuezhe said in a serious voice, "No matter what, we are on the side of justice. As long as what you are doing is truly good, we will not make things difficult for you."
"Miss He, wait, why do I feel like that person inside looks a bit like... a demon?"
"Hehehehe...a bunch of people full of lies, why should we tell you?"
"If you don't tell me, that's fine too. Then you can just wait to die here."
"etc!!"
"What? Have you changed your mind?"
"What do you mean by 'waiting to die'? We're the only ones here, we're clearly safe!"
"Backlash," He Yuezhe said, "You were all originally human, right? You made a wish to a demon and became a demon. Even if you sincerely wished, you will eventually die from the backlash."
“…You’re lying!”
"You all know this, don't you?! You know it will backfire and turn you into something half-human, half-ghost. You don't want us to see this. Why?!"
"It's so noisy, so noisy, so noisy!! Why can't you be quiet? Why can't you be quiet? You are so grown up, why are you still making noise like babies?!!!"
“…”
“Ha, ha, ha… It’s really backfired, it’s really backfired, we can finally die, hahahaha, we can finally be free!!”
"Bang!" A heavy object hit the door panel.
"I'm the same age as you, but I'm stuck here, having to bear children for that damn, damn man!!!"
"I hate him, I hate him, I really hate him!!!!!"
"Luckily, we have Miss Meng. We killed all the disgusting men in this village and exiled the innocent people. We have never done anything wrong. They are the ones who are wrong, they are the ones!!"
"Girl, calm down!" He Yuezhe saw thick blood plasma flowing out from the crack in the door, "Tell us how to save you first!"
“…If you are sincere, then tie us up with hemp ropes and smear us with mud.”
"Miss He, this?!"
"You guessed correctly. She is indeed a demon, but she is probably a demon that transformed from a human. This kind of demon will one day be attacked by the enemy, and become a monster with no mind and only knows how to attack."
"She should have started to retaliate by now. We only have two choices: one, escape directly, two, prevent them from being retaliated against."
"Children, go, go! Go quickly! Let this place become hell, let us atone for our sins!!"
"What do you think?" He Yuezhe heard the ringing of the bell. "There is no time to lose. We must make a decision as soon as possible."
"I think everyone thinks the same."
After Tang Xiqin finished speaking, she glanced at everyone and extended her hand: "As they said, they have done nothing wrong. Since they have done nothing wrong, they don't need to atone for their sins. What they need is a new life."
"For a new life." Chen Shuo stretched out his hand and placed it under Tang Xiqin's hand.
"For the freshmen!" Ban Weile stretched out his hand.
"For a new life." Yuan Yang stretched out his hand.
"For the new life!" He Yuezhe stretched out his hand.
"Set off!"
With a shout, He Yuezhe helped them draw a formation to isolate the soil. The five of them immediately split up and acted in pairs, climbing over the walls of each courtyard in an orderly manner and quickly stopping the women who were twisting.
He Yuezhe ran back to the strange courtyard alone.
"Meng Guanying, come out."
Once the bell rings, there must be something to be gained from the bell formation.
"How pathetic! How pitiful! Are you so cruel?" Meng Guanying appeared in the yard. "I'm just like them. Why are you so gentle to them and so cruel to me?"
"How am I cruel?" He Yuezhe sneered, "I just came to give you a way out. How could you misunderstand me?"
"Give me a way to live?"
"Yes, otherwise, do you think you can get away alive if they find out what you did?"
“…They can’t beat me.”
"But as long as they want to kill you, I want to kill you, then," He Yuezhe walked over, "you can't escape."
“Stay away from me!”
"Meng Guanying?!"
“Ahem!”
"You're a transformed demon like them?! How could this be?!"
"Cough, cough cough! Let me tell you, I'm the same as them, cough cough cough, but you only don't believe me. You only think that I'm cough cough cough cough cough...!!!"
"Meng Guanying!!" He Yuezhe looked at Meng Guanying in disbelief as she coughed up blood all over the floor. He rushed forward and grabbed her shoulders. "No, no, how could this happen?! How can I save you?"
"Save me? Hahaha..." Meng Guanying coughed and laughed, "Stop laughing..."
"I'm serious, Meng Guanying, how can I save you?!"
"...Since you know that the bell formation can capture me, how come you don't know how to save me?"
"Meng Guanying, no book would ever tell you how to save a monster, especially one that turned from a human into a monster!"
"Goodbye, then."
"...Meng Guanying?"
Meng Guanying's death seemed to happen in just a moment, so fast that He Yuezhe had to try to smell her breath dozens of times before he finally believed it.
Oh, Meng Guanying, ah Meng Guanying, do you think I didn’t notice the knife in your hand?
But, only if I pretend to really care about you, worry about you, and don’t want you to die, will you really die, right?
"...Meng Guanying, you are indeed more pitiful than all of them." He Yuezhe finally said to the dirty girl, then put his outer robe on her, carried her into the room, and gently placed her on the bed.
"Okay, bye."
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He broke into one yard after another and subdued the women who were being attacked one after another.
He Yuezhe's body was stained with Meng Guanying's blood, and the damp and cold feeling penetrated deep into his bones.
She felt like she had gone back to a long, long time ago, when she had no friends and was struggling to survive alone in the city.
It's so painful, I want to die, I'm so tired, when will this all end, how long can I hold on...
"Miss He!"
"Miss He, come and see, there are so many flowers growing here!"
"Miss He, have you sorted everything out here? Thank you for your hard work."
"Miss He, after the assessment is over, let's go eat something delicious, shall we? How about the ever-popular hot pot?"
The laughter of young girls and boys rang out outside the courtyard gate, in the light of lanterns and candles, and warmly penetrated into He Yuezhe's ears.
"Miss He, stop daydreaming! Come and look at the flowers. Xiao Shu can make a wreath and is making the one for you right now!"
The girl took He Yuezhe's arm.
He Yuezhe looked at her.
Under the cold moonlight, the courtyard doors in the village were pushed open one by one, and the women walked out, perhaps with tears of joy in their eyes.
He Yuezhe looked at them and suddenly felt like crying.
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