"Grandpa, can you tell me your story?" Mu Qingyun looked up at the old man and asked softly, "Your... granddaughter."
Upon hearing her words, the old woman's smile vanished instantly, her face turned deathly pale, and she looked quite frightening.
“I’m sorry, no offense intended,” she said, looking at the old man. “I’ll definitely be staying here for a while. If you really want to help me, please tell me the truth.”
The old man hesitated for a long time, seemingly seeing her determination, before finally letting out a heavy sigh of helplessness.
Have you ever heard of the surname Dracula?
Dracula?
I think I found it in my search just now.
"What's wrong?" she raised an eyebrow and replied softly.
“Vampires are divided into several races based on their surnames. The vampires hiding and gathering here belong to the Dracula family.” The old man shook his head, his expression becoming extremely painful. “Our technology here is relatively backward. Decades ago, many vampires suddenly appeared, and they set their sights on this place.”
Vampires live by drinking blood. Our younger generation has all gone out to work in other places, leaving only old people like us behind.
My child had an accident while building the building, and my granddaughter is now living with me.
The old man's expression changed visibly when his granddaughter was mentioned. "My granddaughter is a lovely little girl. Vampires hate humans who hunt them down, so naturally they won't let us go either."
"You didn't ask for help from the outside world?" Mu Qingyun rubbed her temples, feeling that this world was truly fantastical.
If it was developed in her previous life, the strange superpowers, the inexplicable beastmen, and the mysterious vampires are truly bizarre.
It's more like the future of species mutation during the development process.
"Of course, many of our people have died here, but the arrival of the planetary guards is of no use. Vampires are clever and good at hiding, so they are impossible to find."
"Later, the survivors all left this place. I originally wanted to leave with my granddaughter, but the night before we were to leave, the vampire came and drained all the blood from my granddaughter's body!"
The more he spoke, the more agitated the old man became, tears welling in his eyes, his hands clenched into fists. "My granddaughter, such a beautiful young woman, was violated, and in the end, she actually turned into a dried-up corpse!"
He wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and snorted coldly: "The Planet Guardians taught me how to control vampires and even gave me a high-tech 'water' that I can just splash on vampires when all else fails."
"Since you're the only one left here, and you can't do anything about those vampires, why don't you just leave? Also, yesterday you led me through so many circles, that must have been an ancient military maze, right?"
Mu Qingyun looked up at him and asked slowly.
Upon hearing this, the old man nodded. "Yes, I have an ancient book at home containing formations passed down from ancient generals. The others are too difficult; I've only learned the maze formation."
"As for why I don't leave," he sneered, "I'm just an old man, with no family. I might as well stay put and wait to die. Besides, I've discovered that those vampires lure young girls online, drawing them here, and then..."
There's no need to say more; Mu Qingyun finally understood what the old man had told her at the beginning.
So that's why.
"I've been trying to contact General Su, but I don't have any connections. Let alone asking General Su to come and help, I may never even see him in my lifetime." The old man sighed and shook his head helplessly.
General Su?
“Su Qiluo?” Mu Qingyun asked.
"Yes, General Su possesses powerful light abilities, he will definitely be able to completely wipe out those vampires!" The old man's eyes immediately lit up when he spoke of Su Qiluo.
"But there are quite a few people on the planet with light abilities, so why are you so fixated on Su Qiluo?" She was puzzled. Light abilities aren't some kind of once-in-a-millennium ability. Although they are somewhat rare, they aren't so rare that only Su Qiluo has them.
"Light-based abilities can't compare to the real sun; they're far inferior. Only powerful light-based abilities can rival the sun," the old man said.
But Mu Qingyun still didn't understand, "How do you know that Su Qiluo, although powerful, has two superpowers?"
"Powerful light-based abilities can help relieve fatigue, achieving the same therapeutic effect as plant-based abilities," the old man explained to her.
treat?
With a slight twitch of her fingertips, Mu Qingyun subconsciously touched her palm, never expecting that plant-based superpowers could have such an effect.
"Sir, you seem to know a lot about plant-related supernatural abilities?"
“My ancestors were renowned figures who left behind many books, including books on formations and detailed descriptions of various supernatural abilities, including their hidden capabilities.” The old man turned to look at her, then got up and walked into the main house.
Mu Qingyun followed without thinking and arrived at the main house.
The main house was as simple as the house she lived in, the only difference being that there was a large bookshelf on the side wall, which was densely filled with books.
so much?
A glint flashed in her eyes, and she quickly stepped forward to look at the books.
Seeing her like this, the old man couldn't help but smile. "Young lady, look at whatever you want. Since you don't want to leave, then you can stay here and keep this old man company. I will do my best to protect you."
"Thank you." After politely thanking her, she immediately took out the book on formations and began to read it.
She was fine until she saw it, and then she was completely devastated.
The book on formations was very well organized, and she could recognize the handwriting on it clearly. It was exactly the same as the handwriting of her strategist in her previous life. Most importantly, the last page of the book had the strategist's signature!
"This book..."
“A handsome young man came here before. He really liked this book and said he wanted to take it home.”
The old man seemed to have thought of something particularly funny. "When I refused to give it to him, he said that he couldn't even take his own things back. It's true, this book was passed down to me by my father."
Handsome young man, could it be that the strategist has also come here?
He clenched his fist. The strategist knew many of her secrets: that she was disguised as a man, that she was cunning, and that she was ruthless.
The strategist was no normal person either. Besides formations, he also liked to study celestial phenomena and talked about the alignment of the nine stars every day.
At the time, she thought the strategist simply liked her, but now, looking back, it all seems rather strange.
Moreover, according to the old woman, the strategist arrived earlier than her, or rather, her arrival here may have been orchestrated by the strategist.
"Little girl, what's wrong?"
Perhaps because her complexion was very strange, the old man looked at her with suspicion.
"It's nothing." She shook her head and put the array book away.
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