39. Chapter 39

Zong Jiu felt that his talk last night might have had some kind of earth-shattering effect.

Last night, everyone chatted around the fire all night, and many people fell asleep on the spot when it was almost dawn.

It was getting light, and there were so many people gathered together anyway, so Zong Jiu was not afraid and took a nap.

When he woke up, the eastern sky was already pale.

But the weather was still not good today, gloomy and lifeless.

Maybe it was the sequelae of jet lag left by the global performances on the plane. Zong Jiu never slept deeply or long, and only needed to get the amount of sleep that the human body normally needs.

Although he was woken up at this moment, he was still in good spirits. On the other hand, the faces of others were obviously tired.

"What's wrong?" Zong Jiu got up from the ground first and patted the dust on his body.

They were all woken up.

"Ah... my head hurts, why are there so many people making noise so early in the morning."

Xu Su rubbed his sleepy eyes, and when he realized that he was still in the horror dungeon, he immediately opened his eyes wide, trying to dispel his stubborn sleepiness.

In a house not far away, Anthony and his men followed the black-clothed Azan and pushed the door out.

They all looked alert, and when they saw the newcomers sleeping in front of the fire, their expressions were uniformly contemptuous.

They could still sleep like this in the horror dungeon. It is very likely that these newcomers will not see the sun for the next few days, so there is no need to be afraid.

After they left with their chins raised, the newcomers were almost awake.

After waking up, everyone did not move, and looked at the white-haired young man standing beside them.

Zong Jiu, who was stared at by everyone, said: "...when he wakes up, let's go over and take a look?"

Then the group followed Zong Jiu and marched forward in a mighty manner.

Obviously, after the late night talk last night, the newcomers all trusted him, the best newcomer leader, and followed his lead.

Zong Jiu himself could not have thought that he was a traitor, and he did not buy people's hearts like the Messiah. He just said something, but he actually achieved such an effect. He was flattered.

The first time he said something, Zhuge secretly dug up clues, and the second time he said something, it caused a huge misunderstanding. It can be seen that you have to stop talking nonsense!

It was rare that Zong Jiu had a feeling close to pity in his heart.

When the main task is completed, he will help these unlucky children. They don't even know that they are being used as guns by the traitor. Even the traitor himself can't stand it. It's pitiful.

When they arrived at the scene, things were just getting to the point of being the most intense.

Almost all the men in Tongbai Village came out in the early morning, holding hemp ropes and hoes in their hands.

Wang Shou stood in the middle of them, covering his injured arm with one hand, blood leaking from his fingers, and cursing.

"Damn it, this woman came back secretly and dared to hurt me, I must catch her and sell her today!"

"Search! Search for me! She must still be hiding in the village!"

Other villagers heard it and went door to door to check, and the sound of kicking the door of the woodshed came one after another.

All the insignificant people were driven to the open space in the center, and no one was allowed to stay in the mud house. Soon, there were many people standing in the square, most of them were trainees.

"There is no woman in their village." Xu Su whispered.

Not only are there no women, but there is not even a single old man. Looking around, all those holding hoes are thin men.

"Didn't the prequel say that all the women were dragged to sell to human traffickers by these cowards?"

Xu Sen said with a snort, "As for the old man... Alas, I have entered a C-level dungeon called the Dead Cave before. The background of that dungeon is very similar to this dungeon, and it is also a mountain village."

The Dead Cave refers to an old cave in the deep mountains. The cave is full of human skeletons. The skeletons turned into vengeful spirits that shrouded the mountain, resulting in a series of subsequent haunted events, which formed the basis of the C-level dungeon.

As the survivors explore the mystery, they will eventually learn that the Dead Cave is actually a place specially prepared for the elderly in several remote mountain villas on that mountain. In those days, people were hungry, and in order not to drag down their children, the elderly in the village would secretly run to the mountains by themselves and starve themselves to death.

Therefore, the location of the Dead Cave was chosen in a deep mountain cave. The cave is full of sharp stalactites hanging from high places. When they are really hungry, the elderly will hit their heads on them and end their lives.

After hearing this story, the others fell silent.

It happened that the villagers there also came back to report. Wang Shou was so angry that he jumped on the ground after hearing it: "How can I not find it? That woman must still be in the village!"

He was still making a fuss, and the village chief came over and hit him on the head with his crutch.

"What time is it? Why are you making a fuss so early in the morning?! Haven't you learned your lesson from what happened to Lao Qiang yesterday?"

It is obvious that although Wang Shou is a bully in the village, he still lacks confidence when facing his old father, "Dad, that woman stabbed me like this with a hairpin!"

"She should have been tied up and sold with that girl long before she escaped back to her parents' home, bah."

The old village chief glanced at his bleeding arm and said, "Okay, okay, find some herbs to apply first, and take people to the temple quickly."

"That woman is a widow, will her parents be willing to take care of her? She has to come back anyway, and it won't be too late for you to deal with her after she is caught."

Wang Shou also seemed to be convinced. He took the cloth strip beside him fiercely and pointed at a few people, "You go to guard the village entrance."

Tongbai Village is located in the deep mountains. There is only one way to leave the village, unless you continue to go deeper into the mountains. But there is not only no village in the deep mountains, but also many beasts, snakes and insects, which is impossible. As long as the exit from the village is blocked, it's just a woman, and she can always be caught back.

The villagers listened and went to the village entrance to guard. The others followed Wang Shou obediently and walked towards the back of the village.

Before leaving, the old village chief with a cane gave a few instructions, so several villagers came over with hoes and shouted at the trainees in an angry voice: "You refugees, come here too! Hurry up!"

What are they doing?

Everyone looked at each other and followed.

The team turned left and right and turned to the back of the village.

There was a piece of land behind the village surrounded by a rammed earth wall. Zong Jiu glanced inside and found that this piece of land was exactly the one everyone discussed in front of the fire last night.

The soil in the earth wall was dark red. Not only that, the soil surface was much lower than the road outside. It was obvious that people often came to take it.

"What are you looking at, what are you looking at?"

The villagers who were guarding the refugees came over with hoes, "Go, go, go, I know you refugees are not honest."

The white-haired young man tilted his head, grabbed a large silver dollar from the air like a magic trick, and quietly stuffed it into the villager's hand.

"Big brother, you really misunderstood. We are all refugees who have fled from famine hundreds of miles away. How can we know this? It's just a small gift, not a token of respect. Why don't you explain it to us?"

The strange black secret box is good. Although many people classify this A-level prop as useless, it is really enough for Zong Jiu.

Others stared at his actions in amazement.

[Fuck, is that the money of this era? Where did he get it from? ]

[I also want to ask, everyone along the way is poor, why is he the only one who has money? ]

[Hahaha, you know nothing about the power of magicians.jpg]

The villagers squeezed the silver dollars in their hands, and their attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees.

Zong Jiu turned his sight and saw Anthony and Yi Ruisi's group looking at him with unfriendly expressions not far away.

Before, he had an enemy with these two people in Las Vegas. Although Zong Jiu didn't care, he didn't have the noble sentiment of sending information to people who disliked him.

"Wait, come closer and talk to us."

"Okay." For the sake of money, the villagers were so easy to talk to.

Everyone has bad nature. There were two or three people responsible for watching these refugees, but he was the only one who took the money. If the other two villagers saw it, they would definitely want to keep it all. Thinking about it, the villagers would definitely want to keep it all, so they lowered their voices a lot.

"You outsiders must not know that our village has been enlightened by the Bodhisattva."

The villagers spoke mysteriously, "In ancient times, there was a Bodhisattva who saved all living beings here. After completing his merits, he became a Buddha on the spot. To express his gratitude, the Bodhisattva used a willow branch dipped in the nectar of the jade bottle and drew a piece of land here. It is said that as long as you eat the fairy grass grown in this land, you can live forever and never go hungry."

Fairy grass?

Zong Jiu and Zhuge An looked at each other and looked back at the red land behind the earth wall.

The land was bare and barren, with nothing. Even the red soil was only a shallow layer, and it was extremely barren.

However, there are indeed records of people eating soil during famine years, and that edible soil is called "Guanyin soil".

But Guanyin soil is a kind of gray-white sticky soil, and only people who are really hungry will eat it. Eating too much will make your stomach bulge, and your intestines will be full of stone soil, and then you will be close to death.

"Since it is a fairy grass, how can it be so good."

Seeing the confusion on their faces, the villagers explained, "As long as it is a living seed or a tree, it will not survive if transplanted into this soil, but this soil is very precious."

After that, he pointed to the temple behind, "Look, that temple is built for the Bodhisattva in our village."

Sure enough, behind this circle of Bodhisattva soil, a brick-red temple sits quietly there, which is out of tune with the gray and dilapidated earthen houses around it.

In such a famine, such a good temple can be built, and Bodhisattva soil is eaten for every meal. It seems that the people in this village believe in their legends very much.

Zong Jiu pondered for a moment and continued to follow the team forward.

The team's destination was the beautifully built temple.

At this moment, Zhuge An suddenly walked to his side without leaving a trace.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he suddenly asked a question.

"Are there any suspects?"

Everyone else subconsciously looked over at them.

Under the gaze of countless people, the black-haired man's face remained indifferent, and he didn't even lower his voice.

Zong Jiu raised his eyebrows, "Oh?"

"As long as more than five people point out that one person is the traitor."

Zhuge An said calmly, "If the main system determines that the identification is correct, you will immediately have the right to kill the traitor."

"If you can successfully execute the traitor, the level coefficient will be tripled directly."

Zhuge An glanced at Anthony and others who were staring at this side, staring at the light pink eyes of the white-haired young man, and said meaningfully, "Directly ascend to S-level, don't you want to be tempted?"