Chapter 11: The Corpse Stealer in the Mass Grave
As usual, he conducted deep meditation and prayer early in the morning, but he didn't expect that this time the mana well did not attract energy particles, as if it was already full.
However, the primary cultivation method can support cultivation to level 6, there is no reason why it will not be able to grow, Chen Mian suspects that the upper limit of the level has been reached, so he can only wait for the task to end, and then cultivate again after upgrading.
It can be seen from the rules of the world network that the constraints on players are relatively relaxed, providing a very rich and complete system of improvement paths, and the difficulty of the task is basically in line with the level of players.
At this stage, the world network does not use a cruel coercive mechanism to delete players, but all the gains must be made by themselves.
Chen Mian guessed that the World Network might be mainly based on cultivation, so the higher the level, the higher the requirements for players, and the task evaluation standard may have risen, so Chen Mian was not in a hurry to upgrade.
Change your clothes, enter your personal transit space, and start the mission.
This is a bleak mountain col, not big, in the white moonlight can vaguely see a dozen low mounds densely scattered dwelling, barren grass everywhere, trees scorched black, a dead silence, Chen Mian seems to be the only living creature in this land.
This time, I haven't met anyone for a long time, providing some more detailed mission information, and the surrounding environment is chilling, which is simply a perfect ghost movie scene.
Although Chen Mian was precocious, she was still slightly uneasy to go to such an unpopular place, she picked up a relatively strong thick branch at her feet, and put a light technique at one end, the pale yellow light added some security to Chen Mian.
As she walked towards the edge of the col, she thought about this mission, the first two times there was some information, as if she was playing the role of a tasker to help, at least in the eyes of old Tom and Mary, she was an adventurer who took on a task for help, and the mission target was an ordinary beast.
The three missions are all single-player ordinary level in the Fragmented World, and the difficulty should not be much different, and it is likely that this time it will also be a beast.
There was a small mound of graves in front of Chen Mian that had been dug open, and she looked closer, the soil was still very new, probably a newly buried person, but now the corpses inside were gone, and there were traces of dragging on the ground.
Several such mounds were found in a row, Chen Mian no longer looked closely, and went to the edge of the col to try it, and sure enough, it was shrouded by a transparent barrier, and he couldn't leave, it seemed that the scope of the task was only a small col.
Continuing to walk around the edge, I soon circled the perimeter of this col, and found that the graves here were all new, for the weeds were in the gaps between the graves, most of them had been cut open, and all traces of drag were heading towards the middle of the col.
She followed the trail and came to the center of the col, where there was not a single grave around, and in the middle was an old tree that had died, and she stood on the edge and did not dare to go over, because all the owners who had been cut open were lying in pieces five meters away from the old tree, almost forming a circle, surrounding the old tree.
The weeds on the west side of the col seemed to shake a little, Chen Mian thought it was an illusion, but he didn't expect that the grass there shook violently a few times, it was likely that the corpse thief dragged the corpse over again, she quickly found a place to hide and extinguish the light technique.
Slowly, he could vaguely see that it was a wolf or a dog, dragging something towards this side, and Chen Mian felt that it was probably a corpse.
It's strange that if it wanted to eat it, why didn't it start biting on the spot, but dragged the heavy corpse to the old tree.
When she got closer, about ten meters or so, she could see clearly that it was a black dog, and it was probably the dog of the owner, because there was something around his neck that was very dirty, but still recognizable, like a collar.
The dog was so skinny that it looked like it hadn't eaten in a long time, but it dragged the carcass firmly and slowly.
Chen Mian didn't rush to attack, the dog really looked weak, although it was obvious that the target this time was this dog, she was still curious why it was dragging so far.
When he got to the old tree, the black dog put down the corpse and violently bit and dismembered it, but it didn't eat it, but bit it open.
After that, the black dog walked under the super old tree, Chen Mian carefully avoided the corpse parts on the ground and followed, but he didn't expect to be discovered by the black dog immediately, the black dog roared over her, Chen Mian quickly put a resistance and gift to guard against himself, but unexpectedly, the black dog seemed to confirm something and did not pounce on her.
Chen Mian was a few meters away from it, and followed it to the bottom of the tree, and there was also a corpse under the tree, it was a woman wearing leather armor, the corpse was slightly rotten, and there were many scars on her body, holding a bow in her hand, her legs were wide open, her clothes were uncovered, and her eyes were open, full of resentment and pain, and there was a dagger and a few arrows scattered not far away.
The black dog walked up to the corpse and licked the corpse's hand affectionately, and there was a whining sound from behind the corpse, it was a small black milk dog, a few days after birth.
Looking at this scene, Chen Mian's eyes were slightly moist, she walked over slowly, the black dog saw her approaching and yelled at her, Chen Mian whispered, "I have no malice", while tentatively taking off the cloak on her body and covering the woman, the black dog saw her movements, stopped roaring, and only stared at her vigilantly.
Chen Mian gently helped the woman close her eyes, turned her head to the black dog and said, "Let's go, I'll help you."
Regardless of whether the black dog followed or not, she went out and dug out the remaining corpses in the mass grave one by one, and dragged them to the periphery of the old tree, and sure enough, all of them were men, most of them were killed by arrows, and a few were knife wounds.
It may have been killed by the woman in the process of resistance, but in the end she couldn't resist the other party's many people, and she couldn't even commit suicide after being knocked off the dagger, and died of humiliation, and the black dog may have been about to give birth at the time, and couldn't help the owner, so she could only vent her anger with the dead enemy.
When the black dog saw the newly dragged corpse, he ran over fiercely and bit it one by one.
Chen Mian was busy for several hours, and the black dog gradually understood her intentions, no longer guarded against her, and took the initiative to take her to the grave that had not yet been dug up.
Finally dug up the bodies of all the scum, they don't deserve to rest in peace after death, Chen Mian doesn't feel cruel, and he doesn't want to embarrass this loyal dog who protects the lord against his will at all, even if the task can't be completed by then.
The black dog tore apart the last corpse, as if his body was much lighter, and ran to the feet of his master under the old tree with his tail wagging and lay down.
Chen Mian walked over and it didn't move at all, it was dead, it had no breath, and Chen Mian had used several times to treat minor injuries without any improvement.
With a sigh, Chen Mian silently dug a pit under the old tree, spread a layer of dry grass, took out the little milk dog nested in his mother's arms and put it aside, and buried the woman and her black dog in the pit.
Build a grave, "You rest in peace", picked up the little milk dog, "We have no parents to rely on, let's be a companion in the future", the little milk dog seemed to understand, licked Chen Mian's fingers obediently, and Chen Mian chose to settle the task.
"Do you want to consume 3 crystals to make the milk dog your entourage? Note: Intelligent creatures that voluntarily follow the player will exist as the player's followers, and the player's death followers will die with them, and the followers can follow the player into the quest. ”
Select confirm, Chen Mian took the milk dog back to the personal transit space.