Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 1696 The other way around

Wang Hu's face looked solemn, as if he was threatened by something. Zhou Yuxuan had known Wang Hu for quite some time, but this was the first time he saw him so panicked.

Everyone hurried through the village gate, and only when the door hinges turned and the door panels closed with a bang did Wang Hu breathe a sigh of relief.

Outside the village, there were constant howling of wolves. Zhou Yuxuan noticed that the guards at the gate became very nervous, as if they were about to sound the alarm at the next moment.

Wang Hu led Zhou Yuxuan to a house made of tree bark. He pushed the door open and the warm fire warmed up his dry and cold clothes, making him feel much more comfortable.

Wang Hu sat by the campfire, took a big gulp of the wine he hadn't finished drinking, and after calming down, he said:
"I have made a fool of myself, my dear brother. I am useless."

"Brother Wang, what are you talking about? Who in the North doesn't know Wang Hu?"

Wang Hu smiled bitterly:
"It's just a false reputation. If it can save my brother's life, it's worth it."

Seeing him so short of breath, Zhou Yuxuan was puzzled:
"Brother Wang, what happened?"

Wang Hu sighed heavily:
"Brother, do you know anything about monsters?"

"I know. To be honest, I heard that someone was robbing a convoy nearby. At first I thought it was you, brother. Later I heard it was a monster. I felt something was wrong, so I hurriedly brought people over to take a look."

"My good brother is interested."

Wang Hu took out wine bowls and poured wine for everyone.

"This matter started two or three months ago."

Wow, that’s quite far.

"We are at war with the North. During this period, I have restrained my brothers and told them to stay in the village and not go anywhere."

Although Tiger King Village only robs people from the north, it is obvious that there is nothing good for bandits to get involved in the war situation, so it is better to stay there and avoid trouble.

"One day, I had just gotten up when a brother came to report that someone was collecting gold dust in our territory."

Scraping gold powder is robbery. Usually, bandit camps are not too close to each other. Entering another bandit camp's territory to rob is breaking the rules.

"Brother, you know me well. I got furious when I heard that. I immediately called all the brothers to chase and kill them. Let's see who dares to move in my territory."

As he spoke, Wang Hu sighed again:

"It's strange. I've been doing this for 20 years. I know the surrounding mountains as well as my own home. But I walked around for a few times and still couldn't find anyone."

"But is it a monster?"

"Exactly."

Wang Hu said:
"But I didn't think there were any monsters at the time. I thought they were just blind bandits running away very fast, so I sent people to investigate nearby. Guess what, everyone encountered a similar thing."

Wang Hu pointed behind him and said:

"After a few days, people came to me one after another, saying that the village was burned down by monsters. I really didn't believe it at first, until one day, a weird-looking guy came to my door."

Pinching his face, Wang Hu gestured:
"His face is very long, and he looks like a wolf. It's scary if you see him unexpectedly. He told me, Wang Hu, to submit to him, or he would destroy my Tiger King Village."

"I'm sure my brother won't allow it."

"Of course, we are living on the edge of a knife, but that man didn't bother us. He turned into a gust of evil wind and flew away without saying a word. After that, many strange monsters came to attack us. Thanks to the brothers' efforts, we finally drove them back. But we couldn't stay in the old place anymore, so we came here."

Zhou Yuxuan said curiously:

"Why did the monster bother you?"

"I don't know that."

Wang Hu shook his head and said:
"Many surrounding villages have been affected, and no one seems to know what these monsters are trying to do."

Zhou Yuxuan thought he could get the answer from Wang Hu, but it seems that he won’t be able to figure out what’s going on unless he catches a few monsters and asks them.

It's actually quite outrageous. It's not uncommon for monsters to eat people, but these monsters not only chased the bandits and beat them, but also robbed the transport trucks. It feels like they are on the side of the North.

Logically, this situation should not happen. Monsters do not want gold, silver or treasures. The people in the north have no way of making monsters follow them, not to mention how to find monsters is even more of a problem.

Many little demons practice away from humans because they are too weak and will be beaten to death if they are discovered.

Only those monsters who have achieved success in their cultivation and want to go further will go out and eat people's hearts and livers to increase their own cultivation.

But if it is that kind of monster, the number will not match.

Zhou Yuxuan stood up after hearing this:

"Brother, you guys stay here for a while, I'll go find someone to rescue you."

"Don't be impulsive, my dear brother."

Wang Hu quickly stopped Zhou Yuxuan:
"Although the monster failed to break through the gate of my village, it is guarding outside. Did you hear the wolf howling? There are no wolves nearby. The monster must be waiting for you to get out. In my opinion, you'd better wait until dawn, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with it in the dark."

Zhou Yuxuan thought about it and realized that it was indeed unsafe, but if he couldn't go out, he wouldn't be able to tell Ning Xianer about what happened. He mentioned finding someone to help just now, and he wanted to find Ning Xianer and a group of experts from Tianjue Palace.

It is so cold in this place that carrier pigeons are useless. The communication falcons of Tianjue Palace simply ignore Zhou Yuxuan, so there is really no way to send the message out now.

But there is no need to be too anxious. Before leaving, Zhou Yuxuan told Ning Xianer where they would meet up. It won't be too late to leave until tomorrow morning when it is safer.

So Zhou Yuxuan had no choice but to sit down and drink with Wang Hu.

As soon as you drink, you start talking a lot.

Since he was free anyway, Zhou Yuxuan asked:

"Brother, what's the situation in the North recently?"

"What else can you do? You are worse than a bandit."

Wang Hu said:
"I don't know what's going on. The people in the north seem to be on edge recently. In the past, they would stop fighting before autumn, but this time they have no intention of stopping. It seems like they have to rush into the Central Plains."

"The war has nothing to do with us. I want to ask if there has been any movement in Fengyun Village recently."

After hearing this, Wang Hu seemed to sober up a lot.

"Fengyun Village...Alas! I can't understand them either."

Although they are both bandits, the scale of Fengyun Village is completely different from that of Huwang Village and there is no comparison.

"Now that you mention this, I remember that a guy called Diao came here not long ago."

"Snow Sculpture Mountain?"

"Yes, yes, that's the name. They sent a scholarly boy to my house and asked me to follow them to Tiger King Village. They also brought me a lot of gold and silver treasures."

"Brother, did you accept it?"

"Why don't you take the free money? I just don't do anything for him."

Zhou Yuxuan heard this and asked in confusion:
"Is Xuediaoshan up to no good? There is something wrong with the treasure, so the monsters came to find him."

"My dear brother, you have a clear mind. I only remembered this when I ran here. But those are gold and silver ingots. I even had people refine and recast them. I didn't see anything mixed in them."

The monsters' activities were clearly purposeful. It was unlikely that they would stand by the North and help them. Rather, it seemed more like they were looking for something.

Zhou Yuxuan remembered that Xuediaoshan was associated with Fengyun Village, and Xuediaoshan's actions were obviously the opposite of those of the monsters.

Fengyun Village wanted to unite with the surrounding bandit forces, but the monsters were fighting all the way here. There must be some connection between the two.

(End of this chapter)