After Conis left, the Imperial army also left, leaving only a small detachment to monitor the villagers' movements.

"All the deacons and members of the law enforcement team in the village will come to my house in a moment to discuss it...... Go to the underground. ”

The village chief spoke to the crowd, and the dry sound was like sandpaper rubbing against glass.

The people in the small square dispersed sparsely, and on the way home, Chu Cheng couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"The witch just now...... You can't really peek into my secrets, do you? Chu Cheng thought.

The arrival of the imperial army did not come as a surprise to him.

But the witch from above came to the village in person, and the intention was somewhat meaningful.

The village where Chu Cheng lives now belongs to the Sophia Empire.

Since the time of the fall of the ancient era has long been unknown, and the inheritance of civilization has been cut off for tens of millions of years, the technology and creations of ancient civilizations are as incomprehensible as magic and magic in this era, and naturally cannot be used.

Affected by the civilization fault, the level of science and technology mastered by the Sophia Empire is not high, only to the same extent as the earth in Chu Cheng's previous life.

But in addition to technology, the Sophian Empire also has another system of power at its disposal......

Witch!

Legend has it that a high-ranking witch is enough to destroy a human city with a wave of her hand!

What rank of witch Cornice is, Chu Cheng couldn't judge.

But a witch actually came to Chu Cheng's village in person, and also specially distributed tasks to the villagers, and the motive behind it was a little suspicious.

Chu Cheng didn't think that Conis's real purpose would be the eggs of some face-eating insect lord.

However, due to the lack of information available for analysis, until he returned to his residence, Chu Cheng was unable to deduce any valuable conclusions, so he had to give up for the time being.

Use the key to open the door gate in front of the house, and the whole interior is immediately in full view.

Chu Cheng's home is not big, and the layout is even simpler. Beds, stoves and desks take up almost all of the space.

At this moment, on the bed near the desk in the room, a woman is curled up. Seeing Chu Cheng enter the door, the woman hurriedly sat up from the bed with difficulty.

"Mother, slow down." Chu Cheng walked quickly to the side of the bed and held the woman.

The woman's face was a little pale, but the contours of her facial features were very feminine. It is conceivable that if time goes back ten years, the woman in front of her must be the best lady in the country.

Perhaps because of the fear of the cold, the woman was wrapped in thick clothes. Except for the face, all the exposed skin is wrapped in thick gauze.

Just then, there was a sudden knock on the door of the house.

Chu Cheng hurriedly opened the door and saw a man standing at the door with a smile on his face.

The man was in his thirties, with a burrowed build, and on his thick arms, he was carrying a grilled steak at the moment.

"Uncle Brian." Chu Cheng greeted and hurriedly let the man into the house.

"Diya, are you feeling better?" As soon as Brian entered the door, his eyes fell on Chu Cheng's mother and asked with concern.

Dia nodded and motioned for Brian to sit down.

"There are still some edible parts left from the 'automaton' that the village hunted last time, and I secretly hid a piece for you. Nowadays, food is becoming more and more scarce, and meat is even more rare, and meat steaks like this are hard to eat. ”

Brian said as he placed the meat steak on the table, and a faint smell of meat suddenly spread.

Chu Cheng must admit that in this era of poor food, no matter how disgusting the meat is, after being made into meat steaks, it is enough to arouse people's cravings.

But with Chu Cheng's determination, it is naturally impossible to be tempted by the smell of meat. Therefore, he just glanced at the steak on the table and withdrew his gaze.

"Chu Cheng, quickly put it away for your mother, and be seen by others, I can't be a bad deal." Seeing Chu Cheng's performance so calm, the smugness on Brian's face suddenly froze slightly.

"Brian, I have your heart." Who knew that Chu Cheng's mother shook her head, "Now that food is so scarce, you should take back such valuable things." ”

"Deya, don't do that. You are a woman with a child, and you have to be taken care of by someone. Seeing Diya's refusal, Brian suddenly became a little anxious.

"Brian, thank you for your kindness, but I can't be favored for no reason!" Deya's tone was full of gratitude, but her attitude was very resolute.

Brian's mouth moved, and he wanted to say something, but looking at the resolute look on the woman's face, he finally shook his head helplessly.

"Diya, you have been in the village for so many years, but your temper is still so stubborn."

Halfway through, Brian suddenly let out a long sigh, with an indescribable complication in his eyes, "You know my thoughts." You're not in good health, and it's time to add a pillar to your family. ”

When Di Ya heard this, her eyes softened, and her fingertips inadvertently stroked Chu Cheng's dark hair, and said softly, "I'm sorry, Brian." In my heart, I really can't fit more people. ”

……

Sending Brian away, Chu Cheng helped his mother to sleep.

Looking at his mother's calm face, Chu Cheng suddenly felt mixed in his heart.

Although he has the memory of his previous life, Chu Cheng was an orphan whose parents died early in his previous life, so Chu Cheng cherishes the mother-son relationship in this life.

Creeping to the desk, Chu Cheng took out a few books from the bookcase and read them quietly.

During the years of his mother's illness, Chu Cheng had been trying to find a way to cure his mother. And these books in his hand are Chu Cheng's only clues.

His slender fingers quickly flipped through the pages, and Chu Cheng's eyes were as sharp as a falcon, quickly searching for any words related to his mother's illness, hoping to find clues to his mother's healing from these circulating books.

My mother suffers from a strange disease called "humanoid disease".

The outward manifestation of this disease is that little by little, the tissues of the human body will be replaced by machinery.

Such a strange illness was unheard of in Chu Cheng's previous life. What worries him even more is that the transformation process of this disease is very painful!

Seeing his mother being tortured by illness day by day, and deliberately pretending not to be hard, Chu Cheng's heart was trembling.

For this reason, Chu Cheng consulted many ancient books, but he soon found that anthropomorphic disease seemed to be a taboo, and there were very few records that could be queried.

So far, Chu Cheng has only found out the origin of this disease, it seems to be a certain church called the 'Broken God', and nothing else is known.

"There's only one last book left, and I hope to find some clues from it, even if it gives me a little direction!" After reading for several hours, Chu Cheng rubbed his dry eyes and picked up the last unread book from the table with both hands.

Who knows, as soon as he opened the first page of the book, Chu Cheng was disappointed. Because the book in his hand, which does not even have a cover, is not an ancient book at all, but a chronicle issued by the empire.

"The Sophies Empire, founded by His Majesty the Great 'Emperor'! The territory of the empire is incomparably vast, and the area of the territory directly under it alone exceeds 10 million square kilometers......"

Chu Cheng flipped through a few pages in a row, and all he saw were words praising the empire, and he couldn't help but shake his head in disappointment.

He knew very well that these flashy words in praise of the empire were nothing more than a means of coaxing the foolish people.

The entire Sophies Empire seems to be magnificent, but in fact it is just a "bug" that inhabits and parasits on the surface of ancient ruins. The area controlled by the Empire is really not even a drop of water in the sea compared to the entire world of ruins!

Although he scoffed at the political books of the empire, Chu Cheng still patiently flipped backwards.

But then, his hand froze in mid-air.

Chu Cheng was shocked to find that the page in the middle part of the book had actually been dug out with a knife, and a ring was quietly inlaid in the groove.

"It's ......"

Chu Cheng's hands shook, and the book in his hand fell on the table with a "snap".

The ring in front of him, he is too familiar, this is the only ring left to him!

The ring that miraculously sheltered him!

Chu Cheng rubbed his body with trembling fingers, and countless memories of Wei suddenly bloomed one after another in his mind like awe-inspiring fireworks.

Chu Cheng originally thought that this ring was likely to be integrated into his body as in the time-traveling novel. After all, the luck shelter that originated from the ring has been on him for so many years and has never disappeared.

But today, this ring actually appeared in a book, which is somewhat meaningful.

"This book, I remember taking from my mother's bookcase. Who exactly hid this ring in the book, could it be the mother? Chu Cheng set his eyes on his mother, looking at his mother's quiet face, Chu Cheng suddenly had a feeling in his heart inexplicably.

The person in front of him, who is most familiar with him in his life, seems to have something faintly in him...... Let yourself see through something.

Chu Cheng thought about it, and suddenly shook his head vigorously in the middle of the ring, he felt that he was a little cranky. The ring is lost, and that's all that matters.

As for whether the ring was hidden by the mother, what was the mother's motive for doing so? These are not so important.

Because, Chu Cheng knows very well that the woman in front of him, who has been pinning all her energy and feelings on herself for more than ten years, will never harm herself.

Thinking of this, Chu Cheng did not wake up his mother, but tiptoed out of his mother's room and returned to his own bedroom.

Chu Cheng didn't notice that behind him, his mother had opened her eyes at some point, and a pair of eyes were looking at his back softly. In the depths of her eyes, there were countless data flickering, like light and shadow...... Each other.