A group of five people passed through several bushes one after another, and the vision in front of them began to become clear. The surrounding area is full of large agricultural land, and most of it is sold to the various municipalities under its jurisdiction, except for the daily food, vegetables and fruits that supply the village. This is one of the main sources of income for the village.

On a few hills, you can vaguely see a few busy figures. At this time, most of the villagers will go down the mountain and return to their homes.

Three middle-aged men led Mu Xuan and the two of them through a large wheat field to a simple thatched hut, and one of them called out loudly: "Village, are you there?"

"Who?" said an old man with gray hair and over the age of six, who walked out of the hut with his waist bent. He looked at the three middle-aged men with cloudy eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "Ah, it's you! What, do I have anything to do with the old man today?"

"Village Chief, these two children are said to be elementalists sent by the town, saying that they are looking for you in trouble. One of the men moved to the side, exposing Mu Xuan and Dongfang Xuan'er to the old man's eyes, "This is Zhang Yuanlin from Xia Ling Village, Village Chief Zhang. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanlin was overjoyed and said dumbfounded: "Child, you?"

Dongfang Xuan'er took a step forward at this time and arched his hand: "Hello village chief, I am a student from Tianxuan Academy, because during this time, the villages in various regions reacted upwards at the same time, which attracted the attention of the imperial side, so I sent students from various academies to investigate this incident. I am Dongfang Xuan'er, the deputy leader of this action team, and this is our captain Mu Xuan. ”

As she spoke, she pointed to Mu Xuan next to her.

"Okay, kids, let's come in and talk. Saying that, Zhang Yuanlin hurriedly opened the grass hut and invited sincerely.

"Village Chief, there are thirteen children of the same age as us at the entrance of the village, do you think you can let them enter the village together?" Dongfang Xuan'er asked tentatively.

Dongfang Xuan'er's words made Zhang Yuanlin overjoyed and said: "Of course you can!" Xiao Fang, Xiao Zheng, Xiao Hu, the three of you go to the entrance of the village to pick up the guests. ”

"Okay village chief!" the three agreed at the same time, and left.

"Please. Zhang Yuanlin invited again.

Mu Xuan and Dongfang Xuan'er entered the grass house one after another, and Zhang Yuanlin picked up a dry cloth and wiped the dusty tables and chairs. Dongfang Xuan'er hurriedly took over the dirty work in Zhang Yuanlin's hands and said softly: "Village chief, I'll come." ”

After wiping the dust on the table and chairs, Dongfang Xuan'er helped Zhang Yuanlin to sit down. Seeing this, Zhang Yuanlin's wrinkled face couldn't help but show a warm smile, and then sighed lightly: "Alas, recently, because the village often forgets some important things every once in a while, it has caused panic among many villagers, and many people have left the village with their families. ”

Zhang Yuanlin looked sad, deeply throbbing Dongfang Xuan'er's heart, and she asked softly: "Can you explain the specific reason in detail?"

As he spoke, he sat down with Mu Xuan and listened attentively.

Zhang Yuanlin cleared his throat and said in a solemn tone: "This matter may be traced back to almost two years ago, at the beginning, in the middle of the night, a few villagers often had terrible nightmares, sweating all the time, as if they had a fever, and their mouths were still babbling nonsense, even shouting could not make them sober. Later, we thought that it was just a simple sleep disorder, so we didn't pay much attention to it. Moreover, their symptoms, like nightmares in ancient times, wake up as if the whole person can't move, and often get nervous because of some small things. As soon as you are frightened, you will have heart palpitations. ”

Zhang Yuanlin continued: "After that, such similar symptoms seemed to spread, spreading ten, ten, hundred, every villager was infected one after another, and every time I went to bed late at night, it was the time when the villagers were most afraid. At that time, although there were only a few days of nightmares, it did not affect most of the daily routine. But because some villagers regarded these as a disease and spread rumors in the village, it was out of control. ”

At this time, Mu Xuan frowned and asked, "So, are those villagers who spread rumors still in the village now?"

Zhang Yuanlin pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "Most of those villagers are those who drag their families away from the village, and there are only a few people left who will stay in the village because they don't have any learning ability except for only doing farm work." ”

Hearing this, Mu Xuan couldn't help but fall into deep thought, Dongfang Xuan'er glanced at him and motioned for Zhang Yuanlin to continue talking.

"Around August, I included those in the village who had nightmares on a regular basis. About every Sunday, some of the day's memories are forgotten, and everyone has the same symptoms, which makes the villagers' hearts even more panicked. That's probably the whole thing. Zhang Yuanlin said.

"So in that nightmare, did there ever appear some more detailed pictures?" asked Dongfang Xuan'er.

Dongfang Xuan'er's words made Zhang Yuanlin close his eyes and think, as if recalling the picture in his dream, only to see the old man's face distorted with some pain and convulsions, and he described hoarsely, "It seems, there is, right? I remember the most profound picture, surrounded by dark mountain walls and hot magma. On the mountain wall is painted a hideous monster, on the top of its head, with three long sharp horns, a pair of breathtaking red pupils, the whole face is dark red, with countless sharp teeth, it looks very terrifying. ”

"Is there anything else?" Dongfang Xuan'er asked cautiously as she looked at the old man's painful memories.

What Zhang Yuanlin described is likely to be the key point of this incident for Dongfang Xuan'er.

"And... And..."Zhang Yuanlin covered his head, wanting to say something, but he couldn't speak. The original withered yellow face was slowly becoming cold and pale.

At this time, Mu Xuan hurriedly stopped: "Okay, let's stop here, I already have a general understanding of your situation." ”

Feeling the vitality of Zhang Yuanlin's body that was about to dissipate, Mu Xuan's eyes showed a touch of coldness, if Zhang Yuanlin continued to think about it just now and died suddenly here, then there would be no way for this village to continue to let them stay.

Although, Mu Xuan felt that the village chief would die because of that "symptom", but under the effect of that "symptom", presumably they would not let so many elemental masters leave, otherwise, they would fall short.

"Whew. Zhang Yuanlin, who stopped recalling, was not nervous because of the terrifying picture in the dream, but relaxed. He raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and said pleadingly: "Respected elementals, please save this village! ”

Dongfang Xuan'er bowed slightly, and promised: "Don't worry, we will investigate the results, and we will be able to restore your village to its former prosperity." ”

For Zhang Yuanlin's request, Dongfang Xuan'er has an unshirkable responsibility, these simple villagers, since they live in the territory of the Tianxuan Empire, then as a descendant of the Dongfang family, the first family of the empire, she has the responsibility to protect the people.

"Thank you!

Zhang Yuanlin said with tears in his eyes, then staggered to his feet, and was about to bow to Dongfang Xuan'er to thank her, but was stopped by the latter's rapid support.

Dongfang Xuan'er said softly: "This is what we should do, village chief, can you gather the people in the village, and everyone describe the situation to see if there is any difference?"

Her idea is simple, everyone will miss a memory, but the missing memory will definitely be different. In this way, combined with the description of the village chief and the description of the villagers, it may be possible to determine the problem and the source of the nightmare.

Mu Xuan's eyes showed a look of surprise, although the root of the matter he could find the fragment described by the village chief from Mu Xuan's own consciousness, and could deduce the origin of those "symptoms", but he didn't expect that Mu Xuan's friend's thinking ability was not bad at all!

Perhaps, this is natural selection, right? Thinking about it, a wicked smile rose at the corner of his mouth, and no one noticed it.

After listening to Dongfang Xuan'er's words, Zhang Yuanlin hurriedly agreed: "Okay, okay, I'll go and gather the villagers and ask about the situation in detail from door to door." ”

"I'm tired of you, village chief. Dongfang Xuan'er said.

Zhang Yuanlin hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't bother, don't bother, I'll arrange accommodation for you later." ”

"Village Chief, this won't be inconvenient, right?" asked Dongfang Xuan'er.

Zhang Yuanlin shook his head and sighed: "Those villagers who left the village, after leaving the house, there is no one to live in it at all. When I have time here, I will go to the house to help take care of it, and I hope that when they come back, they will be able to live directly, and now, alas. ”

Saying that, Zhang Yuanlin rubbed his red eyes, and after cleaning up his mood, he looked enthusiastic, and said with a smile: "Haha! It's okay, just have you to live temporarily, and I will let the villagers deliver food to you." ”

Looking at Zhang Yuanlin's appearance, Dongfang Xuan'er's eyes were slightly red, the corners of her eyes flashed with a crystal clear light, and a resolute look was revealed, she swore that she must perfectly investigate the perpetrators of this incident, so that those villagers would not leave the village, making the village chief secretly sad.

Dongfang Xuan'er no longer refused Zhang Yuanlin's kindness, and said happily: "Then I'll trouble you." ”

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When Nan Chaoyang and the others entered Xia Lin Village one after another, Dongfang Xuan'er also told the other thirteen people about the situation in detail, and each of them had a Sichuan character written on their brows, which was really unbelievable for these people with an average age of only thirteen or fourteen years old.