"It looks like something is wrong with the car."

The driver said that he restarted the car several times, but he couldn't start the car, he got out of the car to check it, got into the car and announced, "The car has broken down." ”

"What then?" A crowd looked at him.

"I'll go to the village and make a call to see if the company can send another car." The driver said.

"Can't you fix it?" Someone asked.

The driver waved his hand and got out of the car, and without saying anything, Xia Yanzhen stood up and followed.

"Huh?" The driver looked at him with some surprise.

"I'm going to call too." Xia Yanzhen smiled.

"Oh, yes, yes." The driver showed a sudden expression, "Come with me, I run a lot here, and I am quite familiar with the people in the village." ”

Xia Yanzhen nodded and followed the driver into Xing'an Village.

As soon as I stepped into the scope of Xing'an Village, information emerged:

[The first ring mission has been completed.] 】

[The second ring mission starts: Don't leave Xing'an Village, spend three days in Xing'an Village.] 】

[Reward for success in the second ring of the mission: Unlock a random ability, or take out an item from the sigil (team) space (optional), or unlock some strengthened physical fitness.] 】

[Failure Punishment: Failure of the promotion task, return after randomly erasing the three abilities, the lack of ability cannot be replaced, and the insufficient will be erased. 】

[During the second ring mission, the third ring mission will be triggered in advance depending on the situation.] 】

【Please select the reward ...... for the first ring mission】

"The reward is still the same, I don't know how many links there are in this promotion task." Xia Yanzhen said secretly in his heart.

His reward is not much to choose from, so naturally he takes out a piece of equipment.

Originally, he planned to take out the Burning Blood Sword, but Xia Yanzhen saw that there was no Burning Blood Sword in the imprint space, only the Wrath of the Great Sun.

The Wrath of the Great Sun is naturally a piece of equipment, and the Blood Burning Sword and the Weeping Blood Spear are included in it, and they are not separated.

Xia Yanzhen only needs to take out the wrath of the Great Sun, and the weapons such as the Burning Blood Sword and the Weeping Blood Spear will be available.

Without hesitation, Xia Yanzhen made a choice to take out the Great Sun's Wrath and put the Buddha beads on his wrist.

The driver walking in front didn't notice that there was an extra string of Buddhist beads on the wrist of the person behind him, and he took Xia Yanzhen forward, walking unhurriedly.

Xia Yanzhen observed the surroundings.

This Hung Yen village is bigger than expected, but if you look at it, you can still see that it is surrounded by mountains, and only the road you just came in is connected to the outside world, and you will pass a bridge on the way.

The standard scenario of an island once something goes wrong.

The main road of the village is concrete, which looks quite clean, and is flanked by three- and four-storey buildings.

There is a gap with the small bungalow, but the appearance is not bad.

It is the kind of tall and spacious rural self-built house, and the decoration inside depends on the financial resources of the individual, and some will be decorated very well.

Some are on the first and second floors, and commonly used places such as bedrooms are renovated.

The three, four, or five floors up are all blanks.

There were few pedestrians on the road, and there was a small supermarket on the side of the road, and the driver said to Xia Yanzhen: "You are here, I'll call first." ”

"Okay." Xia Yanzhen wasn't in a hurry about making the phone call at all, he was just looking for an excuse, and it would be good to just get it when the time came.

The driver walked into the small supermarket, and Xia Yanzhen saw that the boss behind the glass counter inside took the driver to the inside.

After a while, the driver came out with a helpless face: "Bad luck, the telephone line in the village just had a problem a few days ago, and it hasn't been repaired yet." ”

"Where's the signal?" Xia Yanzhen asked.

"No, I don't know what's going on." The driver took out his mobile phone and looked at it, but there was still no signal.

"It's okay for me, I don't usually contact my family much anyway." Xia Yanzhen said, "But what about those people? ”

"I can only stay in the village for one night." The driver said, "We were supposed to be received at the holiday estate in the evening, and they all said that it was okay, and if we didn't arrive, they would definitely come to us." ”

Xia Yanzhen nodded.

The driver walked briskly out of the confines of the village and back into the car, after a while.

A group of people got out of the car and took their luggage out from under the carriage.

There will inevitably be dissatisfaction and complaints on the face.

The squad leader Cao Fang and the tour guide continued to comfort everyone, and the tour guide even issued a full refund and gave a group tour.

After saying anything, I finally calmed down my emotions.

A group of people dragged their suitcases into Xing'an Village, and for the time being, only the fatigue of the journey remained.

Everyone stood on the side of the road and chatted, and the driver, tour guide and squad leader went to the village chief to discuss.

The driver and tour guide said that they knew the village chief and had a little friendship, so they could ask him for help.

Xing'an Village is not small, but there are certainly no hotels.

There are two small supermarkets, one vegetable market, and several small noodle restaurants and restaurants.

There is a village clinic, and you can go to see a small problem with headache and brain fever.

Dozens of people wanted to stay for one night, and they had to find the village chief to see if they could arrange it.

Xia Yanzhen followed the three of them and said that they wanted to help, but the three of them rushed back and asked him to "protect" the group of warblers and Yanyan.

The village of Hung Yen is quite deserted.

Except for the small supermarket, the doors and windows of the houses on both sides of the road are closed.

Xia Yanzhen did not go back to "protect", but wandered around the village.

The basic "shape" of the village road resembles a tree.

The road into the village is the backbone.

In addition to the houses on both sides, there are roads that are constantly branching out, much smaller, from four lanes of the main road to a very reluctant two-lane road, still with concrete floors.

There are houses on both sides of the trail, and then there will be four, five, seven or eight, or even more houses at the end.

A little further inside, at the foot of the mountain.

In the high part of the mountain, there are a few scattered houses, much more "old".

Most of them don't live there.

Several rivers also pass through Hung Yen village and converge in one place in the village to form a pool.

It's summer vacation, and the weather isn't too hot.

The water is abundant, and the pebble beaches on the banks of the river have been flooded.

The waterhole looks deeper.

"Young man, where did you come from, I've never seen it, it's not from the village." Xia Yanzhen was still wandering around, and the door of a house on the side of the road opened.

An old man who looked to be sixty or seventy years old walked out and asked with a smile.

"Yes, I'm not from this village." Xia Yanzhen said.

"Tourists?"

"Sort of, the car broke down, and I had no choice but to stay in the village for one night." Xia Yanzhen said.

"Well, why don't you stay at my house at night. My grandson's room was newly renovated and he never came back, it was empty and no one lived in it. The old man said with a smile.

It's just that his expression is quite cold, and his smile is also very cold.

It doesn't look like hospitality at all.

Even if it's not the village in the quest world where the promotion quest is performed.

It also looks a little weird.

"Okay." Xia Yanzhen agreed.

It was the turn of the old man to be stunned, and then he laughed again: "That feeling is good." ”

"Does the old man live alone?" Xia Yanzhen asked.

"Well, the children and grandchildren are not around, the room is ready for them, and they can't go home a few times a year." The old man sighed.

"Where's your wife?" Xia Yanzhen pulled up the family routine.

"I got sick and died after a few years." The old man said.

"Condolences." Xia Yanzhen said without emotion.

The old man shook his head: "I've seen it a long time ago, at our age, maybe one day we won't wake up, and our legs will be gone." ”

"Can I go in and have a drink?" Xia Yanzhen couldn't empathize.

The old man nodded and welcomed Xia Yanzhen into the room.

Inside, the floor was smooth concrete, empty, some rather old furniture, and the walls were painted white.

The lighting inside the house is not good, and it is a little dim.

But in the summer, it's shady.

At night, leave the front and rear doors open and it will be cool when the night breeze blows.

The old man took Xia Yanzhen to the back kitchen and poured him a glass of water.

Xia Yanzhen took it and drank it all: "Old man, can I go and see the bedroom?" ”

"Okay." The old man said yes and walked the stairs first.

"Isn't this staircase dangerous because it doesn't have a handrail?" Xia Yanzhen asked.

The staircase leading to the second floor in the house is also smooth cement, there are no handrails, which is not very friendly to the elderly.

"I'm used to it." The old man smiled, leaned against the wall on one side, and slowly walked up, "I usually live downstairs. ”

Coming to the second floor, the old man pointed to a south-facing room and said, "How about staying here at night?" ”

Xia Yanzhen looked over, this is a specially renovated room, the kind that needs to take off your shoes to get in.

Wooden floors that are slightly higher than the concrete floor, with a large bed and a TV across from the bed.

There are some miscellaneous items on the bedside table, and the bedding on the bed is still bright red, which is very riotous.

"I'm not used to living where other people have lived." Xia Yanzhen shook his head, indicating that it was not very good.

"How can I be, I haven't lived in it after the decoration is good."

"Aren't those things yours?" Xia Yanzhen pointed to the clutter on the bedside table and said.

That's personal items like drinking glasses.

“…… I'm going to watch TV here. The old man replied dryly.

"There's a TV downstairs too."

"The TV downstairs is too small, I'm old, and my eyes are comfortable when I watch a big TV." The old man said, gradually revealing a fierce look, "Young man, I kindly asked you to stay for one night, but you still put it back, can't you say it?" ”

"Oh, you're angry?" Xia Yanzhen said.

"Of course, you little devil who doesn't know how to respect your elders needs to be educated." The old man smiled distortedly, "Don't worry, there is no one at home, and the neighbors are not there, you can shout louder and no one will be heard." ”

"No one?" Xia Yanzhen further confirmed.

"Even if there are people, you don't expect anyone to save you." The old man laughed, revealing two rows of very neat teeth.

"No one and no helper, how dare you be so arrogant?"

Xia Yanzhen kicked out.

The old man stretched out his hand to stop it, and actually grabbed Xia Yanzhen's shoes.

"Oh?" Xia Yanzhen raised his eyebrows, "It seems that you are not an ordinary person." As he spoke, he exerted his left foot.

The old man rolled backwards like a cannonball and flew out, smashing the wooden door of the room behind him and crashing into the room.

At the beginning of this kick, Xia Yanzhen didn't use any force at all.

It's the power to kick ordinary people over, but I didn't expect this old man to prevent it.

Far stronger than appearances.