Chapter 147
The Kindness from the Locust Tree
Chapter 147 The Kindness from the Locust Tree (Bonus Chapter 77 for Monthly Tickets)
The book contained a lot of information, but Chen Miao still felt it wasn't enough.
The book doesn't change according to Chen Miao's ideas, and the content isn't long enough, which means he's not strong enough yet.
Suppressing his emotions, Chen Miao began to organize the contents of this report.
"First of all, there's the zombie cooking in the yard; the book has already given a clear answer."
"She is the woman from the coffin on the first floor; she is the old man's wife."
"For some unknown reason, I became a special kind of zombie."
"Moreover, these zombies exist in the homes of every living person in the entire village."
"Therefore, these corpses that can become zombies must all have some common characteristics. These characteristics may be in the zombies, or they may be... in the coffins!"
"Secondly, if you violate the taboos of Fengmen Village, you will be haunted by those evil spirits."
"According to the book, if we don't go out tonight, we won't trigger the taboo of Fengmen Village, and we won't be blinded by ghosts."
Chen Miao suddenly paused, closed his eyes, and sensed it for a moment.
The surrounding environment appeared in his mind, and looking at the lines that were not much different from the reality he saw with his eyes, Chen Miao breathed a sigh of relief.
"At least for now, they shouldn't be blindfolded yet."
"So, we can leave the village directly tomorrow?"
After thinking it over, Chen Miao rejected the idea of leaving.
It wasn't that he wanted to confront them head-on, but how could Qi Ning report the situation here without evidence?
Chen Miao knew there were ghosts, zombies, and even a flying zombie.
But how can I prove it to Qi Ning?
To prove that there are ghosts, you have to go to those empty houses.
The previous content has already given the result of Chen Miao's actions, so there is no way to prove the ghostly aspect.
Unless Chen Miao can find another way to prove to Qi Ning that there are many ghosts in this village, but at present, Chen Miao has no way.
To prove they were zombies, they would have to go to other dwellings in the village after midnight, so that Qi Ning would believe that there were many zombies in the village who would come out to cook at midnight.
But once they go out at night, they will trigger a taboo and be blinded by ghosts.
Therefore, this method will not work.
Even if Chen Miao and Qi Ning switch places to stay tomorrow, we can only arrive at one conclusion.
Inferring the situation of the entire village from the situation of these two families.
However, such inferences would certainly not be taken seriously if submitted directly to the management bureau.
Chen Miao felt there were problems with the escape room venue the previous time, and it was only after Zhong Cai intervened that the management bureau sent someone to deal with it.
Moreover, even if someone can come this time, at most one Class C person will come.
That's simply not enough.
Because that thing buried under the open space could destroy the entire Shannan City Administration Bureau.
Therefore, Chen Miao could not use the number of zombies to get Qi Ning to report the seriousness of the situation.
As for the flying zombie under that open space, it could make Qi Ning realize the seriousness of the problem.
Judging from the contents of the book, he and Qi Ning remained peaceful afterward, which is very likely because the flying zombie had not yet reached the time to be born.
Perhaps that open space is a special place for raising zombies, and the flying zombies are evolving?
Even if that flying zombie hasn't fully evolved yet, it's still not something the two of them can afford to mess with.
Once they provoke that thing, even if it's just a half-finished flying zombie, the two of them won't be able to escape.
Therefore, whether it was ghosts, zombies, or that flying zombie, Chen Miao couldn't make Qi Ning realize the seriousness of the situation, and naturally, he couldn't get the corresponding rescue.
So what's the point of leaving the village tomorrow?
If he wanted to escape, he wouldn't have come.
"Although the situation is still not very optimistic, at least I now know where the most dangerous thing is, and I also know some of the dangers in this village."
“There are still eight days until the end of the month, no, until the 29th. In these less than eight days, I need to get more information and figure out everything about this village.”
"Only in this way can I try to resolve this crisis in the most reliable way."
Thinking of this, Chen Miao fell silent.
Can this crisis really be resolved?
How could a newcomer like him, who has been in the industry for less than two months, directly confront an existence at the level of a flying zombie?
Even in the best-case scenario, you'll still be facing a half-finished flying zombie.
Chen Miao was somewhat dazed.
But he quickly suppressed this unnecessary emotion again with Bingxin.
"There will be an opportunity, there will definitely be an opportunity."
"But before I do all that, there's one thing I need to do first."
Chen Miao turned his attention to the end of the content.
"Zhong Cai, you're not dead yet!"
"Finding Zhong Cai and rescuing him might be a turning point!"
Therefore, we cannot take any action tonight.
After making his decision, Chen Miao turned his attention back to the book. He began to recall the previous situations and memorized some key points.
He was afraid he would forget.
After all, this book doesn't have the ability to view historical records.
Time flew by, and a clanging sound came from downstairs. Chen Miao woke up Qi Ning.
Although there's nothing he can do, Qi Ning needs to know about this.
Things unfolded just like in the book.
Qi Ning was shocked, but after discussing it, the two did nothing.
At three in the morning, Chen Miao suggested going to rest first, an hour earlier than the book suggested.
Qi Ning agreed.
When Chen Miao woke up at eight o'clock in the morning, he saw Qi Ning eating cookies and drinking coffee.
Chen Miao didn't even think about washing up; he just went over and tore open a packet of coffee for himself and made himself a cup.
"Nothing happened last night?"
Chen Miao asked.
"No, after the cook left, nothing else happened." "Around 6:30, the old man boiled a kettle of water and brought it up."
Qi Ning paused at this point.
After hesitating for a moment, Qi Ning continued, "I saw the old man bring a bowl of porridge out of the kitchen earlier, but he was only in the kitchen for about five minutes."
"This isn't enough time to make a pot of porridge, but it's enough to heat it up."
Qi Ning looked at Chen Miao, and Chen Miao understood what he meant.
"I'll go ask him in a bit and see what he says."
Qi Ning hesitated for a moment.
The old man is a human being; he was certain of that when he came yesterday.
But today, things are a bit uncertain.
After all, that thing dared to start a fire and cook by itself last night, so he really couldn't be sure if the old man was still alive.
Chen Miao had no idea what Qi Ning was thinking, and even if he did, he wouldn't think too much about it.
After all, from beginning to end in the book, the old man and the other elderly people in the village did not have any problems, and Chen Miao did not sense any malice from them.
After finishing their compressed biscuits and drinking coffee, Chen Miao and Qi Ning headed downstairs.
Next, the old man was preparing to move his armchair to the yard.
Qi Ning hesitated for a moment, then didn't move.
Chen Miao stepped in and helped the old man move the chair out.
After thanking him, the old man sat down in the sunlight in the courtyard.
Seeing this, Qi Ning fell silent again.
Those people sunbathing like that must be human, right?
"Grandpa, did you sleep well last night?"
"That's good. As you get older, you go to bed early and get up early. What about you two?"
"We slept quite well too."
As he spoke, Chen Miao looked toward the kitchen.
"Grandpa, you cooked breakfast this morning, could you make some for us too?"
The old man smiled and shook his head: "No, I'm already struggling to do my own part, I can't do that much, you'll have to figure it out yourselves."
Chen Miao nodded, seeing that the old man seemed genuine.
"Alright then, sir, we think we'll stay a few more days. How much more money would that cost?"
The old man waved his hand.
"I don't need that much money. You all seem like honest people, so stay here."
"Thank you very much, sir. Please let us know if you need anything. We're happy to help."
"Haha, okay, go ahead and get busy."
After finishing their conversation with the old man, Chen Miao and Qi Ning left.
On the way, Qi Ning asked, "Do you think the old man is even human?"
After her initial surprise, Chen Miao understood Qi Ning's concerns.
"It shouldn't be a big problem. If a ghost can sunbathe like that and communicate with us like that, what level of ghost would it be? Then there must be at least thirty such ghosts in this village."
Upon hearing this, Qi Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
"but."
"But what?"
Chen Miao thought about what the old man had just said.
"However, the old man's memory may have some problems."
"memory?"
“The old man doesn’t seem to be lying, but he does believe that he cooked those meals himself. I just glanced at the kitchen, and there should still be lunch and afternoon meals left.”
Qi Ning thought for a moment, then frowned and said, "Was it that thing from last night that altered the old man's memory?"
Chen Miao shook his head.
"I don't know. Let's find Zhong Cai first. I still feel like there's hope for him."
Qi Ning then realized why they had come here.
Half an hour later, the two walked to an open space on the west side of the village.
Chen Miao glanced at the open space and quickly looked away.
Immediately afterwards, his gaze swept around the open space, and soon his eyes fell on the huge locust tree.
When he arrived yesterday afternoon, he also went to the vicinity of the locust tree and found no problems.
But in this open space, there is only one locust tree that stands out. Although there are many other trees, none of them are big enough.
Chen Miao lowered his gaze and looked towards the area under the locust tree.
He thought of the corpse that Yue Xiaodao had buried underground.
Is Zhong Cai also down there?
Chen Miao took out his phone and glanced at it; there was still no signal.
After thinking for a moment, he squatted down and shouted something to the ground.
"Brother Zhong, Brother Zhong, are you there? If you can hear me, give me a response!"
Qi Ning was completely baffled by Chen Miao's actions.
But Chen Miao wouldn't make baseless accusations.
Zhong Cai, is he underground?
Just as Qi Ning was about to go back to find a tool to dig three feet into the ground, he saw Chen Miao's gaze suddenly turn to the big locust tree in front of him.
At this moment, Chen Miao's expression was as if he had seen a ghost.
Qi Ning immediately became alert.
"Chen Miao, what did you find?"
Chen Miao didn't say anything, just stared blankly at the big locust tree.
He actually sensed kindness from a tree!
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