The outside world is full of zombies. Is Zhoucun more terrifying than a place full of zombies?

However, she thought of the women's class in Zhoucun today, and thought that sometimes human nature is even more terrifying, just like the vast ocean, and things that are not floating on the surface are more vast than imagined.

There were only two beds in A-mei's grandmother's house, so she and A-mei slept on the beds. Since there was nothing for leisure and entertainment, and it was too early to fall asleep, they started chatting.

Most of the time, it was Ah Mei who was talking and she was responding.

Both of them were young girls, and they talked about their hobbies, from clothing to games to food.

Ah Mei said that she would make some hot and sour carrot strips for her in the future. It is very appetizing and she can eat two bowls of rice with it.

Bai Qingqing likes spicy food. She squinted her eyes and smiled, saying, "Then you have to do more."

As they chatted, they both fell asleep.

The next day.

The sunlight poured into the room through the window, leaving fragments of golden light all over the floor. The warm sunlight illuminated the two sleeping girls, and the atmosphere was warm and peaceful.

The old lady came into the room and called out, "Get up and have breakfast."

Bai Qingqing woke up first, then looked at Ah Mei who was rubbing her eyes and said with a smile: "Hurry up and get up. Let's go have breakfast."

After washing up, the two sat on chairs and ate breakfast with the old lady. After breakfast, Bai Qingqing reminded A'mei that Sister Hong would find out that they were not in the small dark room today, so she asked her to find a place to hide.

Bai Qingqing dressed up and secretly went to Abao's house. She said through the window: "Abao, I'm going to look for your brother."

"Really?" A Bao looked expectantly, "Sister, you must bring brother back."

"Okay." Bai Qingqing replied.

There were not many people in the village, so she bypassed the patrol team's eyes and successfully reached the northern halfway point of the mountain.

Hearing footsteps and voices, Bai Qingqing dodged and hid behind a pear tree, and did not come out until everyone left.

It is not the season for pears to ripen yet. The pears hanging on the branches are green and tender. When they are ripe, they will surely taste sweet.

She climbed up the mountain along the path, turning left and right. Some families on the north side of the mountain had moved away, and many bricks on the walls of the old houses had fallen down. The weeds in the yard were as high as her calves.

The new ancestral hall was built with funds from the people of Zhoucun. With the new ancestral hall, the old ancestral hall on the mountain was naturally abandoned.

Will Awang really be locked up here?

In fact, she was a little suspicious. Even if Wang and Mei were not allowed to be together, why did they have to be locked up in two different places, as if they were going to lock them up until they grew old?

She did not rush into the old ancestral hall rashly, in case there was someone guarding there, she would be exposed.

"Bai Qingqing, why are you here?"

She immediately turned around and saw Fu Chen looking at her with a frown and a gloomy expression.

"Brother." Bai Qingqing ran over quickly, looked at him and said, "I'm here to look for someone."

"Who are you looking for?"

Bai Qingqing skipped over some things, recounted her encounter with Ah Mei in the small dark room, and exaggerated their touching love story, even adding tears of emotion.

“So, I came here.”

Fu Chen's face was still ugly. He felt that Bai Qingqing was too naive after losing her memory.

"Didn't I tell you not to run around?"

Bai Qingqing lowered her eyelashes and curled her lips: "I didn't."

Fu Chen raised his hand to cover her head and said coldly, "I'll teach you a lesson when we get back. Follow me."

"Oh." Bai Qingqing raised the corners of her lips and followed him and asked, "Brother, why are you here? Are you here to check the old ancestral hall?"

Fu Chen held her hand and said, "Come and take a look."

In his previous life, he felt that something was wrong with the people of Zhoucun, but he did not have time to investigate carefully. He only focused on finding Bai Tiantian with Shen Mingxuan and others, and ignored the old ancestral hall on the mountain.

Bai Qingqing originally felt a little nervous about going in alone, but now with Fu Chen, a top-level third-level expert, by her side, she feels a lot more at ease.

She can use Fu Chen to save Awang and complete the mission.

The two entered the old ancestral hall. The walls of the dilapidated house had mottled marks, light shone through the tiles, and the atmosphere in the room was gloomy.

Bai Qingqing moved closer to Fu Chen, pointed at the Guan Gong statue in the middle and asked, "Brother, look at that statue, it's so scary."

Fu Chen glanced at the statue of Guan Gong and said, "What's there to be afraid of with a statue of a god?"

Bai Qingqing followed him and looked around. In the ancestral hall, there were only the dilapidated statues, some broken tiles, water jars, weeds, and nothing else.

Didn’t they say that Awang is in the old ancestral hall?

Where is the person hiding? Fu Chen said she would leave in three days. If she doesn't find him, her mission will fail.

Fu Chen's face darkened slightly. He searched carefully again but still could not find any clues.

When the Thunder Squad left in the previous life, the entire Zhoucun underwent a mutation. Petals were flying all over the sky. As long as they attracted the breathing ducts, seeds would be planted and mutations would occur immediately.

He searched all over the north and south for the past two days, but couldn't find the source except this old ancestral hall.

He wanted to kill that thing not to protect the people of Zhoucun, as evildoers will be punished, but for the sake of safety, to avoid being out of control in the future.

If he really couldn't find it, then forget it. He took his teammates and Bai Qingqing and left Zhoucun early.

"Come on, we're leaving tonight."

"So fast?" Bai Qingqing asked in surprise, "Didn't you say three days?"

Fu Chen looked at her and said, "It's not a good place to stay for long. Let's leave first and then go to the surrounding cities to look for supplies."

Bai Qingqing hesitated and was reluctant to leave. She stared at the statue of Guan Gong and noticed a candlestick on the table, which she found a little strange.

"Brother, that candlestick looks weird, would you like to take a look?"

Fu Chen looked up and also noticed something strange. He walked over to grab the candlestick, but couldn't lift it. He twisted the candlestick, and a rumbling sound came from under the Guan Gong statue table.

Bai Qingqing walked over and lifted the yellow cloth, revealing an underground passage.

Fu Chen looked at her and said, "You stay up there, I'll go down and take a look."

"No." Bai Qingqing grabbed his hand, "Brother, I'll go down with you. If someone comes later, I won't be able to defeat them."

Fu Chen thought about it and agreed that it would be best to keep her by his side.

The underground passage was pitch black. Bai Qingqing took out a flashlight from the office to illuminate the way. After walking up the stairs for about a few minutes, the two arrived at a wide area.

As soon as she entered, Bai Qingqing was stunned.

The underground passage looked like an ancient prison cell. In a spacious room separated by wood, many children were huddled together, while in another cell, several young men were sitting against the wall, their faces were dark blue, and their bodies were as thin as corpses.

Bai Qingqing shuddered. Could this be the secret of Zhoucun?

Why did they lock the child up underground? What was the reason for doing this? She didn't dare to think about it, for fear that it would be the darkest answer in her heart.

Fu Chen held her hand, pulled her to his side, and said, "Don't be afraid."

Bai Qingqing walked to the cell where the young man was imprisoned and asked, "Who is Awang?"

A young man raised his pale face and looked at her: "Who are you? How did you get in? Run quickly."

Bai Qingqing looked at him seriously and asked, "Are you Awang? My sister asked me to come find you."

Awang, like Ah Mei, was immediately agitated when he heard the other's name. He struggled to crawl to the cell door and asked, "How is Ah Mei?"

Bai Qingqing said: "She's fine, I'll let you out now."

She looked at Fu Chen beside her and said, "Brother, let them out."

Fu Chen broke the lock and frowned as he looked at the group of locked up children. He didn't expect that Bai Qingqing accidentally discovered Zhoucun's secret.

The people imprisoned here have no fighting ability, and even if they get out, they will be caught back.

No matter what, let's get out first.

Bai Qingqing looked at the group of children in embarrassment and asked softly, "Can you get up?"

The children hugged each other for warmth, their dark eyes were calm and they were unwilling to speak, obviously not believing her.

“They won’t listen to you,” Wang said, with a quiet sadness in his eyes. “Because their parents let them stay here.”

After the group left the cellar, Awang told the cruel truth, "They would come to feed the child once a day. When necessary, they would be the food for the villagers, and the men from other places as well."

Bai Qingqing's body trembled slightly, and she felt uncomfortable in her stomach, which reminded her of the war-torn times in ancient times.

-Exchange children for food.

Women and children also had to go to the battlefield. This was not a sign of respecting women and giving them equal rights, but a tragedy of that era.

Isn't there enough food in Zhoucun? Why do this?

Suddenly, many people from Zhoucun armed with weapons rushed out and surrounded them, shouting excitedly.

"Catch them! Take them to the sacred tree!"