freenovelworld Chapter 301 Arrival at Yangyang Village
Chapter 301 Arrival at Yangyang Village
Chapter 301 Arrival at Yangyang Village
The axe-wielding corpses couldn't catch up with Zhang Xiaohou, and the rotting corpses were equally unable to surround the agile Zhang Xiaohou. Undead creatures have a sense of territory, and once Zhang Xiaohou caught up with Qin Hu and the others and left the territory of the axe-wielding corpses, countless rotting corpses completely sealed off that area.
After Zhang Xiaohou and the others left, the Knife-Axe Corpse began to devour Jia Xi's corpse. As the leader of this area, the Knife-Axe Corpse was still quite loyal and spat out a bloody, mangled leg from its gaping maw as a reward for its underlings.
However, Zhang Xiaohou and the others who left did not know that, perhaps because they were relatively close to Yangyang Village, they did not encounter any undead creatures on the way. Although they slowed down their pace, they did not let their guard down.
Shi Shaoju handed Zhang Xiaohou a silk handkerchief and said calmly, "Wipe the blood off your face."
Zhang Xiaohou didn't take it, but wiped his face with his sleeve. Soon, his dark green Wei mage sleeve was stained with a lot of blood, all of which was the blood of the female Wei mage named Jia Xi. Although he hadn't said many words to Jia Xi, he felt very uncomfortable and, more than anything, resentful seeing someone who was just alive die tragically in front of him.
At this moment, Captain Qin Hu walked over and said, "I thought you were used to life and death and would give up on those who couldn't be saved like us. Have you considered that if you go back, she might risk her own life?"
"Do you know how difficult our search and rescue mission is? If we fall, we should abandon it, otherwise we will be wiped out."
"Don't do such a stupid thing again, and don't disobey orders." Qin Hu said this last sentence and then didn't say anything more.
At this moment, Wang Tong stepped forward and said with a smile, "Captain, there aren't any undead here, and Yangyang Village is just ahead. Let's quicken our pace."
"Okay, then let's get to Yangyang Village as soon as possible," Qin Hu nodded and said.
Yangyang Village is located at the foot of the Qinling Mountains, not far away. The village is small and is built along a mountain stream.
All the houses in the village are built of wood, and stepping into the village gives you a feeling of returning to ancient times. You can't see any magical technology from the 20th century in this village, such as magic faucets or magic lights.
Most importantly, there is no cell phone signal here, and once you come in, you feel completely isolated from the world.
As night fell, the village was exceptionally quiet, without a single light, except for a pale yellow, cold moon that hung in the sky.
The sound of the mountain stream flowing was clearly audible, and the village was so quiet that it hardly looked like anyone lived there.
After observing the village's environment, Shi Shaoju commented, "Demons have an extremely strong sense of the equipment we bring, but this village doesn't use any equipment. I suppose that's one of the reasons why they don't attract demons and spirits."
"Before you enter the village, leave anything you shouldn't have brought outside, including bloodstains." Just then, a somewhat aged voice came from the wooden tower at the village entrance.
The wooden tower served as a sentry post, with people on duty every night to prevent undead creatures from attacking the village.
Upon noticing people on the wooden tower, Shi Shaoju immediately stepped forward and said to the old man on watch, "Old man, we are from the Lintong Guard District. On our way here, we were attacked by a large number of undead creatures. Now, not only have some people died, but others are also injured. We hope you can let us into the village to treat our injured comrades."
"That's why I told you to throw away anything you shouldn't have brought, otherwise those things will bring bad luck and disaster to our village," the old man on the wooden tower insisted.
After discussing it with Zhang Xiaohou, Wang Tong, Yuan Geng, and others, Qin Hu finally decided to follow local customs and temporarily leave some unnecessary items outside Yangyang Village, but left behind the communication equipment that could contact headquarters.
Just as Qin Hu and his group were about to bring communication equipment into the village, they were stopped by the old man on the wooden tower.
"You can't enter the village yet, and this equipment must be left behind," the old man on night watch said again in his aged voice.
Hearing the old man on night watch tell them to leave their communication equipment outside the village made Qin Hu hesitate; throwing away the equipment would mean they would lose all contact with headquarters.
Qin Hu said, "Old man, this is our communication equipment for contacting headquarters. It has been specially treated so that it will not be detected by demons."
"No, either throw the equipment away, or don't come into the village," the old man on night watch said firmly.
Seeing that Qin Hu was still hesitating, Shi Shaoju advised, "Captain, listen to him first. Since they have been able to live in the Land of the Dead for so many years, there must be special reasons and rules."
In the end, Qin Hu could only signal Yuan Geng to throw down the communication equipment he was carrying. After Yuan Geng threw the communication equipment to the village entrance, the old man on night watch took a torch and burned the communication equipment and other equipment.
"Grandpa, what are you doing?" Yuan Geng asked anxiously, looking at the burning communication equipment.
"Leaving these things behind would bring disaster to the village, so we must burn them. Before you came, another team came, and we burned their equipment as well," the old watchman said.
"Wow, so this is the real reason why the survey team disappeared," Wang Tong couldn't help but smack his lips and say.
The old man on night watch did not answer him, but instead led Zhang Xiaohou, Qin Hu and others into the village, where they washed themselves temporarily in the village stream. The entire journey through the village to the end took only about ten minutes.
The village was unusually quiet. Zhang Xiaohou, Qin Hu, and the others hadn't seen anyone besides the old man on the night watch along the way. If they didn't know better, they would definitely think this was a dead village. Wang Tong, Zhang Xiaohou, and the others were all a little uneasy.
"Zhang Xiaohou, you said this village is surrounded by ghosts, isolated, and we haven't seen a single living person in all this time. Do you think this is the legendary ghost village where all the dead live?" Wang Tong whispered in Zhang Xiaohou's ear.
"Don't talk nonsense. This village is isolated from the outside world. There's no TV, no cell phone, and no internet. They're probably all asleep. This is quite common in villages far from the city," Zhang Xiaohou said in a low voice.
"Oh, you're right. It really hurts to burn the apples I just bought. I should have sent my wife a message before I went into the village, so she wouldn't think I died out there and remarry," Wang Tong said.
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