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As he got closer, he suddenly noticed that some lights had been turned on in the village, and Dou Tang frowned.
Take a step back and the lights go out; take a step forward and the lights come back on.
...A barrier? A very weak barrier, I didn't even feel it myself... Was it to cover up the strangeness in the village?
Once Dou Tang truly set foot on Ren Tou Cai's territory, he noticed the village's strangeness. Although there were no birdsong or insect chirps, many buildings in the village had lights on, and he could hear faint human voices, even the sound of a baby crying. Everything seemed no different from an ordinary village.
Dou Tang continued forward and instantly spotted a large head sitting under a streetlamp not far away.
It was an evil spirit corrupted by human heads; its huge, swollen head seemed to be filled with water, and from the barely discernible facial features, it appeared to be an old man.
The elderly man, with a half-extinguished cigarette dangling from his lips, made a soft, puffing sound as he stared blankly into space.
The white light from the streetlights shone down from above, making the scene look terrifying and horrifying. The giant old man noticed Dou Tang's arrival, and his round eyes instantly fixed on him.
Dou Tang stepped forward and opened his mouth.
"Hey old man, why are you smoking here so late instead of going home?"
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The elderly man was stunned.
Then, he replied like a normal person, "Oh, it's nothing, I had a fight with my wife... cough cough cough... sir, what's wrong?"
Dou Tang then made up a story, saying, "I originally planned to take the train to go sea fishing, but the train broke down halfway, so I simply came here to stay."
The old man frowned, but his skin, stretched to its limit, cracked because of his frown, and two cuts appeared on either side of his eyebrows, from which some clear, pale green liquid flowed out.
"The train broke down? Sea fishing... Sir, you didn't bring a fishing rod?"
As he spoke, the old man looked at the long sword at Dou Tang's waist, swallowed hard, and seemed somewhat intimidated.
Dou Tang smiled gently and said, "I left it in the car; I didn't bring it with me."
"But my bag is damaged, sir. Do you know where the nearest supermarket is? Are there any guesthouses or similar places around here?"
After some thought, the elderly man decided not to delve into why this outstanding young man was carrying a sword, but he was prepared to call the police.
But it's best not to get into a conflict right now... I have this feeling that even though he has a gentle and handsome smile, if I were to clash with him, I'd probably be reduced to ashes...
So he pointed deep into the village and said, "Yes, yes."
"There's a supermarket not far ahead, and on that street is the town's most famous hotel. Sir, to be honest, although our village is small, our hotel is quite excellent!"
Dou Tang smiled and nodded: "Thank you, sir. I'll be going now."
The old man shook his large head and said nothing more.
After bidding farewell to the elderly patriarch, Dou Tang continued his journey, heading deeper into the village.
However, the doubts in my heart grew stronger.
Logically speaking, these corrupted people would kill anything they see, which is why Mikazuki was injured. But now it seems that neither the giant girl at the outside station nor the current giant old man has any ill intentions towards him, and they can even talk like normal people.
It's not surprising that evil spirits can live like normal people; just look at Kuroki Keisaki. The key question is... why me?
Dou Tang disliked this feeling, disliked being treated as one of the evil spirits.
Continuing on, a shop soon appeared by the roadside. The shop's sign was made of sheet metal from a shipping container, and it was now covered in rust, making it impossible to even make out the shop's original name.
But the lights are on here too.
Where does the electricity come from here...?
Dou Tang walked into the store, but the counters on both sides were empty, and even if there were items, they were scattered haphazardly on them, as if the store had been ransacked.
Behind the counter, a large, malevolent figure was bound with heavy hemp rope. It appeared to be a woman, and her mouth was gagged with thick clothing.
Someone looted the store and even tied up the evil spirit?
Dou Tang approached with a frown. Noticing Dou Tang's arrival, the large woman, whose mouth was gagged, began to stammer, as if she wanted to say something.
After thinking for a moment, Dou Tang reached out and pulled out the heavy clothes. With a series of coughs and splattering saliva, the giant woman's mouth was freed.
A few shrill female voices immediately rang out: "Sir! Call the police!"
"What do you mean?" Dou Tang asked.
"There's been a robbery! There's been a robbery! They tied me up and then stole everything from my store right in front of me! They've done it several times!"
Just like a normal human being robbed... but having such an oversized head is just too funny, no, too terrifying, isn't it?
Dou Tang clicked his tongue and then asked, "Madam, have you ever attacked your own guests?"
"What are you saying? Can you please let me go right now?"
Dou Tang drew his sword, and the large-headed woman immediately trembled, exclaiming, "You, what are you going to do! You're not with those people, are you! Help..."
"bass!"
A cold light suddenly appeared!
Dou Tang sheathed his sword, and only then did the matriarch realize that the ropes binding her had broken.
"I'll ask you one more time, have you ever attacked your own guests?"
"I..." The burly woman broke out in a cold sweat, "Of course I had to defend myself..."
Dou Tang continued, "Then do you know where they went? What are their distinguishing features?"
The burly woman shook her ridiculously large head: "No, I don't know. Oh, right, they brought a pet fox... More importantly, call the police!"
As she spoke, she reached for her phone and started dialing, but to Dou Tang, the phone screen remained completely black.
Holding the black-screened phone to her ear for a long time, the tycoon woman clicked her tongue and angrily said, "What's going on! Why isn't anyone answering?!"
It seems there are no other clues here...
Dou Tang shook his head and asked, "Where is the police station here?"
“Turn right after you go out…the police station is just two intersections away,” the tycoon woman replied quite obediently.
Dou Tang nodded, turned around and went out.
As he walked down the street, his thoughts began to wander.
Were there other survivors who entered the village? Even a monster like Mikazuki couldn't get into this place... those survivors must not be ordinary people, right?
Chapter 96 Revered by Evil Spirits
"Pingxin, come up here."
Yao Lian stood at the top of the stairs on the second floor and called out in a low voice.
Pingxin peeked out from the living room, went to the corridor, quietly walked up the stairs, and followed Yuelian to the second floor.
The house the four found was located on slightly higher ground in the village, offering a panoramic view of most of the village below.
Taking advantage of this height, the four were able to move before the zombies found them and monitor the movements of the entire village.
Upon entering the second-floor room, Pingxin saw a very dejected Yuelian kneeling in front of the window, gazing into the distance.
The siblings, Yao Lian, Da Ping, and Xin Ping, were ten years old and the only adult among the four. As a result, he took on most of the night watch duties. After four days, he was exhausted.
At this moment, Yaolian handed a night vision telescope to Pingxin.
As a passionate sea fishing enthusiast, Yue Lian's fishing gear is quite professional; he even brought night vision binoculars, which, in retrospect, really came in handy.
Pingxin took the binoculars and looked in the direction Yaolian was pointing.
Then, his expression turned to utter astonishment, and he exclaimed in disbelief, "A living person?!"
Through the binoculars, a boy in a black trench coat was walking confidently down the main road of the village.
Pingxin's other hand instinctively reached for the baseball bat behind his back, saying at the same time, "We have to go save him."
"No, wait," Yue Lian stopped him, saying, "Look more carefully."
Look, those corpses didn't attack him for some reason; maybe he's not even human.
Pingxin frowned, released the baseball bat, and continued to look into the distance through the binoculars.
In the distance, the man in the black trench coat walked into the supermarket that Pingxin had just visited.
There's a corpse in there!
A few minutes later, the man calmly walked out, showing no sign of panic. Instead, he seemed to be thinking about something and continued to stroll slowly toward the center of the village.
After observing all of this, Pingxin looked at Yaolian, who had just put down his binoculars, and swallowed hard, saying, "This person... doesn't seem like a normal person, does he?"
Yao Lian nodded with a serious expression.
“I even suspect that he is the key to this village becoming like this, otherwise it just doesn’t make sense.”
Pingxin analyzed, "Regardless of whether this strange village has anything to do with this person, he is definitely someone who knows the truth... at least more than we do."
"What should we do?" Pingxin asked.
“Even if you ask me…” Yue Lian scratched his head, “It wouldn’t be good to make contact rashly, would it? What if that person is connected to this place? Wouldn’t we be walking into the lion’s den?”
"What should I do?"
The two looked at each other.
"How about... we take a look first?"
"Hmm... take a look, take a look."
The two picked up their binoculars again and looked into the distance.
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"The police station... this must be it."
Dou Tang looked at the building covered in green vines, barely made out the words on the sign in front of the gate, pushed open the iron gate and went inside.
The police station in this tiny village is also very small, occupying the area of only two single-family houses. The exterior walls of the two-story building are covered with ivy leaves, which even climb the windows, making it impossible to see the details behind them.
Dou Tang entered the hall and saw several headless mummies lying on the ground, along with some scattered police uniforms. It seemed that a fight had taken place here, most likely between normal people and the corpses.
When a corpse dies, it turns into pus and a jade-like brain, while normal people are beheaded by corpses. Judging from the dust on the clothes and the dryness of the corpse, it has been at least a few years.
Dou Tang continued forward, looked at the clothes scattered on the ground, and discovered that a handgun was tucked into the waistband of one of the police uniforms.
He hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward, picked up the pistol, wiped off the dust, clicked off the magazine, looked at it, and put it back in.
For some reason, he suddenly had the feeling of playing a horror game. If things went according to the normal process... the survivor should be able to pick up this gun by the time he got here, which would increase his combat power, right?
But now that gun is in my hands, it's like a max-level character getting a blank weapon from a loot box.
Wait, the one who came to the newbie village with a max-level character is actually myself...
Anyway, let's get angry first.
He tucked the gun into his pocket, cleared his throat, stood in the center of the hall, and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Is anyone there?! I need to call the police!"
"Dengdengdeng..."
Soon, footsteps came from upstairs, and a large figure appeared at the top of the stairs, wearing a dirty police uniform.
"Coming, coming... Uh, what's up?"
As Dou Tang expected, the giant corpse did not react at all upon seeing him, which was inconsistent with the cruel scene in the hall.
It seems these zombies consider me... one of their own? I need to find a target they'll attack to test this out.
Dou Tang calmly said, "The shop on the corner was robbed. I'm here to call the police."
Instead, the police chief drew his gun from his waist, his eyes resolute and righteous, and looked at Dou Tang's longsword, shouting, "Put down the weapon on your waist!"
Dou Tang sighed and asked in return, "Are you sure?"
The police chief paused for a moment, then suddenly twitched a few times before slowly lowering his gun.
Then, seemingly selectively ignoring what had happened before, he said, "Were you robbed?... Okay, thank you for reporting it. I'll go check it out right away!"
As he spoke, he began to walk out of the police station.
But when he reached the door, he suddenly stopped, stood there for a while in his walking posture, then backed away in front of Dou Tang, his eyes blurry and dazed.
After refocusing his attention on Dou Tang, he suddenly spoke up: "Were you robbed?... Okay, thank you for reporting it, I'll go check it out right away!"
After saying that, he walked towards the door.
Dou Tang sensed something was wrong, reached out to stop him, and said, "Wait a minute, officer, don't repeat yourself yet. Let me ask you, can you see what's on the ground?"
Pulling the police chief in front of him, Dou Tang frowned and pointed at the corpse on the ground, saying, "Tell me, what did you see?"
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