Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 170 Urban Legend
Lu Xian's mouth twitched.

One old man and one young man, whose voices were only heard but not seen, killed the leader of the human city with a knife in public.

If he still can't guess who these two people are, then he simply isn't smart enough.

I really didn't expect that after more than a month of separation from Lao Shu and Chai Xin, Lao Shu and Chai Xin came here and became an urban legend.

He glanced at Yao Wei, who was refueling. The county town ahead was actually named after the Chinese character "Yao." However, it probably had nothing to do with Yao Wei.

Yao County is the traditional name of this place, but Yao Wei is a new human in the new world. What’s the connection?

He was a little surprised after seeing Yao Wei's expression, which showed that Yao Wei also heard that there were Lao Shu and Chai Xin in Yao County in front.

"How long will this take?"

Lu Xian asked the ordinary man in tattered clothes.

The man's arms were raised lower and lower, and it seemed that he could not lift them anymore. Lu Xian went forward and searched the man's body. After confirming that he had nothing on him, he asked him to put his hands down, but he had to keep them within Lu Xian's sight and not hide them behind his back.

"Thank you! Thank you!"

The man kept saying, "This happened about twenty or thirty days ago... It should be around that time, right? I can't remember clearly."

Lu Xian asked speechlessly: "Then what did you say not long ago?"

The man laughed awkwardly, "Ah! Then let's just say it was a long time ago. I was wrong. It wasn't a while ago."

Lu Xian: "..."

Forget it, there is no point in getting hung up on this kind of text cognition.

Lu Xian was too lazy to tell the man what was not long ago and what was a long time ago. He thought that if Lao Shu and Chai Xin arrived here about a month ago, then it seemed that the journey was smooth at the beginning.

I just don’t know what happened to them in Yao County, and whether there were any big problems?

"You just said that the wronged ghosts were seeking revenge. What's going on?"

Lu Xian asked again.

The saying that there are wronged spirits seeking revenge proves that Chai Xin and Lao Shu had encountered some danger in Yao Village, but they were lucky enough to escape danger and then turned around and killed the enemy.

The man said, "I don't know either. I'm just a nobody. How could I possibly experience those things?

"I only know that the city is in a state of panic because of the ghosts seeking revenge. Many people have left."

Lu Xian asked: "Why are you so panicked?"

The man shuddered and said, "Ever since the boss died, there has been one or two people dying every night in Yao County.
"If I hadn't gone out one day and suddenly saw someone dead at the door of my residence, with their throat slit, I wouldn't have run away.

"Those two wronged souls killed people so silently. Someone was killed at my doorstep, and I didn't even hear a sound!

"It's horrible! It's horrible! If one day I die in this way, it would be too horrible!"

As she spoke, Yao Wei had already filled the car with gas and called the dog back.

When Lu Xian saw this man mention the wronged ghosts seeking revenge, his whole body trembled, and the fear had penetrated deep into his bones. Knowing that persuasion was useless, he was too lazy to persuade him.

After listening to this man's words, he was a little unsure whether the old man and the young man were Lao Shu and Chai Xin.

According to Lao Shu and Chai Xin's personalities, even if they killed people for revenge, they should have left immediately. Why did they stay in the city after killing people, day after day, committing a serial murder?

And this was definitely not Old Tree's idea.

The old man lying under the tree would avoid any disaster as soon as possible. He would not be angry if anyone took his things away. How could he possibly think of such revenge?
But Chai Xin...

Lu Xian thought about it carefully and suddenly felt that this situation was possible.

The hunchbacked little girl risked her life and went to the urban area of ​​Mengxin City alone just because the people in the urban area of ​​Mengxin City had ruined her plan to follow herself and Yao Wei to leave Mengxin. It was very likely that she would kill people now because of a feud with them.

You have to know that Chai Xin was just an ordinary person at the beginning, but now he has become a new human being thanks to the fungus stone.

And she had been alone in the wilderness of Mengxin City, fighting with the wolves there, hovering on the edge of life and death day after day, and had scared the wolves. Now that she was staying in Yao County, why was it impossible for her to try to scare the people there?

Now it looks like Chai Xin is really about to tear Yao County apart?
Moreover, she seemed to have tied the old man Lao Shu to the chariot?
That’s really amazing!
Thinking of this, Lu Xian asked the man one last question: "What is the situation in Yao County now? Tell me about it."

The man asked cautiously and hopefully, "I said, can you let me go?"

Lu Xian said: "Of course."

There's no point in killing this man. If I can get an answer, why waste another blow?

"Then you keep your word."

As the man spoke, he actually still couldn't believe Lu Xian and Yao Wei, but he was weak and powerless. What else could he do except force himself to believe in these two new humans?
He said: "It's just like that in the county town. In the past, the boss's family was the only one in power. We usually had to be careful to serve them. If we went out to collect something, we had to offer it to the boss.

"If you don't collect anything or your tribute is too little, you'll still be punished. If the boss is in a good mood, you'll be beaten with fists, whips, or sticks. If the boss is in a bad mood, he might even cut off your nose or chop off your ears.

"I've been lucky. I've only had a few beatings, and recently just a whipping. Here it is, look—"

As he spoke, he lifted up his tattered clothes and showed Lu Xian the whip marks on his body.

In fact, the tattered clothes did not cover much of his body. Without him hugging him, Lu Xian could see the clear ribs under the skin and the twists and turns on the skin. The marks were thick and heavy, as if they were directly branded into the ribs.

"You go on."

Lu Xian said, "Let's not talk about what happened before. Tell me what happened in the city after the boss died and before you left."

"After the boss died, before I left... Sigh..."

The man sighed with regret, "Originally, the boss died, and we thought it was just a new boss, and we could go on with our lives as usual, pay tributes as we should, and receive punishments as we should.

"But I never thought that after the boss died, things would be worse than when he was still alive. Suddenly, several people appeared in the city, all wanting to be the boss.

"They can't win the fight with each other, and they don't dare to fight to the death, so they come to us, the incompetent ones, to vent their anger. Now one comes to me and asks me to pay tribute, and then another comes to me and asks me to pay tribute.

"Damn it, I'm just one person and I can't even feed myself, how can I possibly provide them with so much food?"

When he was angry, a few dirty words popped out of his mouth unconsciously, and then he reacted and said to Lu Xian, "I'm not talking about you... I'm talking about those bastards in the city!

"If you don't dare to kill the powerful, come and kill us! Many people in the city have fled. On the one hand, they are scared by the ghosts who want to kill them, and on the other hand, they are forced by them!

"Fuck! They don't even think about it—uh, I'm still scolding them, not you—they don't even think about it. People like us have already run away, so who will pay tribute to them?"

"They deserve to be killed by the wronged spirits for what they are doing! The wronged spirits haven't taken enough for them!"

Lu Xian seemed to be thinking about something. After thinking for a moment, he asked again: "When you left, how many bosses in the county came to you to pay tribute?" The man was a little confused: "Four? Five? Or six? Uh... too many people came to me, I can't remember..."

He speaks as if he is very popular.

Seeing the man's confused look, Lu Xian knew that he would get nothing out of him if he asked him any more questions, so he stopped asking and said, "Okay, I'm done asking, you can go now."

The man was overjoyed, with a hint of disbelief in his eyes, and asked, "Really?"

Lu Xian waved his hand.

The man quickly turned around and ran away from the gas station.

However, Lu Xian felt that the man would not go too far. After he left, he might come back.

After the man disappeared from sight, Lu Xian got in the car and asked Yao Wei, "What do you think?"

Yao Wei asked, "Is it Chai Xin?"

As for the old tree, she simply ignored it. She didn't care much about it.

Lu Xian thought for a moment and said, "It should be at the beginning, but as for the later ones... I'm not sure, it may be, or it may not be.

“When that person just mentioned that the leader of Yao County had his throat cut, the people present heard the laughter of the little girl and the old man.

“But he himself saw a dead body with its neck slit at the door of his residence, but he did not hear the laughter of the little girl or the old man.

"So the subsequent wronged ghosts seeking revenge were just rumors. Whether they were actually from Chai Xin and Lao Shugan remains to be verified."

Yao Wei asked, "If it wasn't Chai Xin, who could it be?"

Lu Xian said: "It should be those people in the group who are fighting and assassinating each other.

"Didn't that man just say that there are so many hilltops in Yao County now that he can't even count how many people he has been asked to give up.

"Those people are fighting for power and are ruthless in killing other forces, but they don't want to expose their conflicts openly. By making enemies with one force, others take advantage of the situation. Therefore, it is not impossible for them to launch sneak attacks and put the blame on the wronged spirits.

"But speaking of it, the south is indeed different from the north. In the north, Mozhou City, Yubei City, and Mengxin City, how could those people and forces be so chaotic?

“Even in Tongzhou County, although those people are divided into several factions, those few people are not enough to cause as much trouble as in Yao County.

"Further north, let alone the place itself, there's nothing to do, not to mention people fighting each other."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded, and once again felt that Lu Xian was really amazing. He was able to analyze all these things based on just a few words from that person.

"Are we going into the city?"

She asked Lu Xian again.

Lu Xian pondered for a moment and asked, "What do you think?"

Yao Wei nodded, then shook her head and said, "I can't say. This place is too chaotic. We should leave quickly and go around Yao County. Don't bother with him."

"But I really can't help but worry about Chai Xin. If she's still in Yao County, will she be in any danger?"

This woman had something on her mind, so she was no longer as cold-blooded as usual.

Lu Xian glanced at Yao Wei and said, "Well, let's move forward slowly and carefully to see what's going on.

“If we meet someone who has escaped from the county town on the road, we can also catch him and ask him about the specific situation in the county town.

"Once we're outside Yao County, don't rush in. Let's wait and see outside first.

“If Chai Xin and Lao Shu are really still in Yao County, we should go into the city and give them a try.

"If they're not here, we can just take a detour. Whatever happens in the county town, it has nothing to do with us."

"Ah."

Yao Wei thought Lu Xian's proposal made sense, so she nodded.

If you think about it carefully, this is the best solution right now.

I just hope that Chai Xin is really not in the county town. After killing the boss, he left Yao County and continued to head east.

Just as Lu Xian said, the people who came later were all the result of infighting and assassinations among other people in the county, and then they framed the wronged souls to seek revenge.

……

After the two of them made up their minds, Lu Xian started the car and left the first gas station they encountered after entering Pingchuan City.

At this point, they had already left Jianshan City and entered Pingchuan City.

Looking back, the mountains behind me rose and fell majestically, sweeping diagonally upwards. Lush forests filled the distance, almost reaching the sky.

From here, it is far less abrupt and magnificent than the view from before entering Jianshan Mountain in Mengxin City, but no matter what, it has its own majestic and vast feeling that is breathtaking.

Lu Xian suddenly couldn't help but wonder if the inexplicable pressure like a "pot lid" that descended from the sky above Jianshan was caused by Jianshan itself? Anyway, from here, and recalling the view from Mengxin City in his memory, the mountain was indeed overwhelming and shocking.

But it should be impossible. Think about the inexplicable and weird feeling under the pressure of the sky, the old tree on Jianshan Mountain, the fisherman and the person in the coffin, the fish in the river, and the brown bear riding the fisherman. They are all extremely weird and very different from other places.

So everything seems to be connected by a secret -

It’s about the secret of the Niutou Mountain Observation Point.

But what the secret is, Lu Xian still doesn't know. He doesn't know if he will have the chance to find out in the future...

Lu Xian withdrew his gaze from the rearview mirror and stopped looking at the towering mountains that had long disappeared behind him. He shook his head and drove away the messy thoughts in his mind.

He turned his head and saw that Yao Wei beside him had a look of worry on her face, but it was not obvious, so he comforted her: "Don't worry, no matter whether it was Chai Xin and Lao Shu who came later, they should be fine.

"If it's not them, that's the best. They should have left by now. If it's them, then it proves they're still alive and well in the county town. Isn't that good news?"

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded, then suddenly thought of something and asked, "But what if they were discovered after killing the boss, and something unexpected happened?"

Lu Xian thought for a moment and said, "That shouldn't be the case, right? Lao Shu and Chai Xin are both very skilled in camouflage and invisibility, so there shouldn't be any problems..."

(End of this chapter)