Chapter Twenty-Four: The Abandoned County Town
Hong Xiu slowly walked on the way to Tianhe County, thought about it, and opened the task list again to look at the newly released main quest. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
[Main Quest 2: Detective!] 】
[Mission Objective: The county government of Tianhe County has been tragically destroyed, and a bizarre incident has occurred, you need to find out everything. 】
[Reward: 500 Reincarnation Points]
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For this mission, it can be said that everyone present did not expect that Hong Xiu and they originally thought that the next mission would continue in Fuchun County, most likely to hunt down the criminals on the wanted warrant, but in fact, the mission asked them to go to Tianhe County to investigate what bizarre incidents.
However, since the task has been issued, everyone can only set off towards Tianhe County after leaving Fuchun County.
Hong Xiu looked at the scenery around him, it can be said that everywhere is desolate, and there is not even a single home along the way, but fortunately, as long as they cross the mountain in front, their destination will be reached, but it is already dark, and they may have to spend it in the wild tonight.
But just as Hong Xiu was about to calculate the time of arrival, a terrible wolf howl suddenly came from the trees on both sides of the road!
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Outside Tianhe County!
A team of about ten people, each with blood stains on their bodies and their faces full of exhaustion, slowly walked from far to near.
"I didn't expect there to be so many monsters along the way, no wonder no one can't see it!"
Li Hongjun patted the dust on his body and said with a wry smile.
"The world of Liaozhai is like this, people and ghosts coexist, and demons are in charge!"
Hong Xiu also tidied up the clothes on his body and said.
"But it's finally here, so you need to get some rest!"
Xu Tianhong rubbed his waist and coughed twice.
But what they didn't expect was that after entering the county, everything in front of them made them a little unbelievable.
I saw that the streets were full of discarded garbage, not only were there no pedestrians, but all the shops were closed.
The wind whirls wantonly on the entire street, and the yellow sand mixed with some debris flies back and forth, where is the county seat, it is simply a ghost town!
"It's... Running out of people? ”
Xu Tianhong looked at the scene in front of him dumbfounded.
"Phew!"
"This place can't really be empty, right?"
Pangan cursed as he spat the sand in his mouth.
"Hey! Stop! ”
At this time, Duan Gang, who was standing behind, suddenly shouted, and then suddenly ran out, and after a while, he arrested a lewd-looking person.
"Uncle, I didn't do anything, please let me go!"
The man squinted his eyes, his mouth still had two moustaches, and he raised his hands above his head and pleaded loudly.
"What's going on?"
Xu Tianhong looked at the mouse-like person and asked.
"Uncle Xu, I saw this person hiding behind me just now and peeking."
Duan Gang threw the person in his hand to the ground.
"Oops! I fell to death, no, uncles, I didn't peek! ”
The "mouse" lay on the ground and screamed loudly.
Xu Tianhong slowly squatted down, looked at the screaming "mouse" on the ground, smiled and said, "What's your name, do you know what's going on here?" ”
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"Hehe, uncles, this is the only inn in the entire county that is still open."
Li San, that is, the mouse, nodded and looked at Hong Xiu and his party and said with a smile.
"Good, you're good, these are yours."
Hong Xiu nodded, then took out a tael of silver and threw it at Li San's face.
"Thank you, thank you Uncle Hong, this is small as it should be."
Li San hurriedly caught the silver that fell from his face, nodded frequently, and smiled.
"Let's go, let's go inside!"
Hong Xiu raised his legs and walked in.
"Someone, didn't you see any guests when they arrived? He's dead! ”
After Li San entered, he saw that no one had come to greet them, and immediately shouted.
"Which powerful person should I be, it turned out to be your grandson, is it itchy again!"
A shirtless man sitting in the inn was sharpening his nails with a sharp knife, and when he saw Li San, he spat on the ground.
"Haha"
"It turned out to be Li San's grandson!"
"I really haven't beaten him in days!"
Everyone sitting in the inn burst out laughing.
"What? This is the fat sheep you received, it is indeed good, we want it, and we just lack some meat to eat! ”
Dahan picked up the machete on the table and staggered to his feet, and when he saw Dahan get up, the people sitting around him also stood up, and the innkeeper looked at it with a smile instead of stopping him.
"Uncle Hong, Uncle Xu, look!"
After Li San saw the big man, he instantly ran to Hong Xiu's back and whispered.
"Kill all but the boss!"
After Xu Tianhong saw that Hong Xiu and Li Hongjun had no intention of making a move, he smiled gloomily.
"Got it!"
"You should be able to rest after killing!"
Duan Gang and Liu Tianhe walked up slowly.
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After a short period of killing, the innkeeper trembled and invited them to the prepared room, and then went down to prepare food.
"Finally able to rest for a while!"
Lin Yang lay on the bed and stretched hard.
"Okay, you can rest first, I'll go find Xu Tianhong and them."
After Hong Xiu said something to Lin Yang, he walked out of the room, and then came to Li Hongjun's room, where Li Hongjun and Xu Tianhong were already waiting for him at this time.
Hong Xiu sat down and picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said: "According to Li San's words, there are not many people in this county anymore, and even food is running out!" ”
"Yes, Li San said that since all the people from the county government were killed, the people who passed by the county government would disappear on the same day, and they would only appear in the mouth of the stone lion at the door the next day, which is the same as what the master said."
Xu Tianhong also spoke.
"But when it came to the disappearance, it was not only those who passed by the county office, as long as they lived near the county office, they were all likely to go missing, and the body was never found again."
"Even as time goes by, the scope of this disappearance will become, and now I heard that it has radiated to the entire county, so it will cause the people to flee, and these people who are left behind are people who have nowhere to go."
Li Hongjun said with a solemn face.
"The people of the county town have also invited some mages or monks to do things through joint ventures, but they are useless, and those monks and monks have also disappeared after doing things."
Hong Xiu said.
"Hehe, it seems that this time the things are not simple, those monks and mages are also very famous in the vicinity, and they should not be bad at their skills, after all, they have long since died."
Xu Tianhong laughed twice, then took out a cigarette pouch and smoked it.
"Let's do it first, we also asked the innkeeper, there are no clues, and I don't even know who the county government was bloodbathed in, so I can only go to the county office tomorrow to take a look."
Hong Xiu drank all the tea in the cup, then got up and said.
"That's all there is to it!"
Li Hongjun can't do anything, just like Hong Xiu said, he can only go and see it tomorrow.