You said you were going to make games, how did you become the richest man without doing anything?

Chapter 511: Strange Deserted Village

Tang Yin was caught off guard by this sudden question. He was stunned for a moment, then replied with a smile: "No way, a human is a human, how can he turn into a wolf?"

Wang Lina's face lit up with a bright smile when she heard Tang Yin's answer. She said briskly, "It seems you are indeed a gentleman. Come, let's continue drinking!" As she spoke, she raised her glass, indicating that she wanted to clink glasses with Tang Yin.

Although Tang Yin cooperated by raising his glass, he began to have doubts in his heart.

My goodness, was I just testing myself to see if I was a pervert?
Does this mean that I have passed the test?

He had a feeling Wang Lina's words were a diversion. Had all that discussion about dangerous animals, and the sudden mention of wolves, been simply to elicit this strange question?
But soon, Tang Yin shook his head in self-mockery. He remembered the original intention of his trip: wasn't it all about seeking some surprises and excitement? Drinking and chatting happily with a lovely girl late at night, even though her words and actions were a bit suspicious, it had to be said that it was indeed a very enjoyable thing.

Tang Yin took a sip of wine, feeling the warmth of the liquid sliding down his throat. He once again looked at Wang Lina, thinking that perhaps this was just the unexpected surprise brought on by impulse. Although many questions remained unanswered, the atmosphere at the moment was unbearable to interrupt.

As the night deepened, the chirping of insects outside the house became faint and audible. Tang Yin and Wang Lina continued their conversation, sometimes discussing light topics, sometimes touching upon profound life philosophies. After three rounds of drinks, Tang Yin felt a little dizzy, but his heart was filled with a strange sense of satisfaction.

He knew this night was destined to be unforgettable. Whether Wang Lina was a simple country girl or harbored some unknown secret, this experience would become a special chapter in his life journey...

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Tang Yin's consciousness gradually faded, the effects of alcohol slowing his thinking. Before he passed out, a final memory flashed through his mind. He and Wang Lina were sharing their recent embarrassing moments, the atmosphere light and cheerful.

Driven by alcohol, Tang Yin unexpectedly confessed to Wang Lina something that made him extremely ashamed. He stammered, "You know, last year when I was hungover at a friend's house, I actually urinated in his bedroom." After saying this, his face flushed red, both from the alcohol and from shame.

After hearing this story, Wang Lina was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. She laughed so hard she nearly fell off her chair. "Hahahaha, you actually... Hahahaha." She laughed so hard she was out of breath, even foaming at the mouth. Finally, she, too, collapsed drunkenly onto the table, falling into a coma alongside Tang Yin.

After an unknown amount of time, Tang Yin slowly opened his eyes. The glaring sunlight streamed through the frosted glass windows, forcing him to squint. His head pounded, and his mouth felt dry as if he'd swallowed a handful of sand. With difficulty, he raised his wrist to check his watch and saw it was already the next morning.

Tang Yin struggled to sit up and looked around. The scene before him instantly sobered him up. The entire room was a mess, with traces of vomit everywhere. Obviously, Wang Lina had not escaped the consequences of her drunkenness last night.

Tang Yin took a deep breath, suppressed the discomfort brought on by his hangover, and began to clean the room. He found a rag and detergent, and wiped the floor and furniture bit by bit. The process was long and disgusting, but Tang Yin knew that he had to restore the room to its original state.

After nearly two hours of effort, the room was finally restored to basic tidiness. Tang Yin wiped the sweat from his forehead, then walked over to the still sleeping Wang Lina and gently shook her shoulders.

"Hey, wake up, it's almost noon." Tang Yin said softly.

Wang Lina slowly opened her eyes, her face full of the pain of a hangover. She looked around in confusion, as if trying to recall what happened last night.

When Tang Yin saw Wang Lina wake up, he said, "I'm going to go out and take a look. You should rest for a while." After that, he walked out the door.

The moment he stepped out of the door, Tang Yin was shocked by the scene before him. After last night's rain, the area surrounding the deserted village apartment had taken on an eerie tranquility. In the sunlight, this isolated place seemed even more unreal.

Tang Yin stood in the open space in front of the apartment building and looked around. The mountains in the distance appeared exceptionally clear in the sunlight, yet they felt unreal, like a giant backdrop. The surrounding trees, washed by the rain, looked exceptionally green, but there was not a single sound of wind stirring the leaves, as if the entire world had been muted.

On the ground around the apartment building, rainwater formed puddles of varying sizes, reflecting the sky. These puddles were like portals to another world, giving the illusion that one could be sucked in at any moment.

Tang Yin noticed that the exterior walls of the apartment building were covered in vines, which looked particularly lush in the sunlight. But upon closer inspection, the way these plants grew seemed somewhat unnatural, as if they were deliberately covering something.

Even more eerie was that, despite it being nearly noon, there was no sign of any activity in the entire area. No birds singing, no insects chirping, not even a single flying insect to be seen. This unnatural silence gave Tang Yin a chill.

He tried to look for other residents, but except for the room where he and Wang Lina were, all the windows in the entire apartment building were closed and the curtains were drawn tightly, as if no one lived there at all.

Tang Yin took a deep breath. There was a faint, indescribable strange smell in the air. It was neither the fresh scent after the rain nor the normal smell of soil, but an unsettling mixed smell.

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Tang Yin stood in the open space of the deserted village apartment, his eyes unconsciously drawn to the window of the next room. The window was closed tightly, the curtains drawn tightly, but for some reason, he always felt that there seemed to be some secret hidden inside.

"Is there someone living in the next room?" This thought lingered in Tang Yin's mind. With strong curiosity, he quietly approached the window. The window was surrounded by dense bushes, almost obscuring the entire windowsill.

Tang Yin took a deep breath, carefully reached out his hand, and gently pushed aside the branches of the bushes blocking the window. At this moment, a shocking scene suddenly appeared in his sight.

On the weed-covered ground, a strange girl in a white Taoist robe stood quietly. Her appearance was so abrupt, forming a sharp contrast with the desolate and dilapidated surroundings, as if she had strayed into this place from another world.

The girl looked young, perhaps sixteen or seventeen. She wore a pure white Taoist robe, intricately embroidered with intricate golden runes that shimmered mysteriously in the sunlight. Her long, jet-black hair, like a waterfall, was casually tied up with a white jade hairpin, with a few strands playfully dangling by her ears, adding a touch of spirit to her appearance.

The girl's face was like finely carved white jade, her skin translucent and fair, seemingly reflecting the sunlight. Her eyebrows were as dark as distant mountains, her eyes were as bright as autumn water, her nose was high, and her lips were like cinnabar. She exuded an otherworldly aura, incompatible with this mundane world.

The most astonishing thing was the girl's eyes. They were as deep as the starry sky, as if they contained endless wisdom and secrets. When her gaze met Tang Yin's, he felt as if his soul was being seen through, and an indescribable shock washed over him.

However, just as Tang Yin was speechless from shock at this incredible sight, in the blink of an eye, the girl in white robes disappeared out of thin air. It was as if she had never appeared, leaving only empty grass and slightly swaying bushes.

Tang Yin gasped, and cold sweat instantly broke out on his back. He rubbed his eyes vigorously and looked back at the place where the girl had stood, but there was nothing there except weeds.

"Is this an illusion?" Tang Yin muttered to himself, his heartbeat accelerating. He began to doubt his own senses. Perhaps the aftereffects of a hangover were causing him to hallucinate? Or was this a carefully planned prank?

But whether it was an illusion or a prank, Tang Yin could not ignore the strong sense of unease in his heart. He looked around and suddenly realized that the weirdness of this place was far beyond his imagination.

"What the hell is this place!" Tang Yin couldn't help but curse under his breath. He began to question everything Wang Lina had told him. Was this really just a remote and isolated place? Or was it actually a secret gathering place for some lawless criminals?
Various possibilities flashed through Tang Yin's mind, and each hypothesis made him feel more uneasy. He realized that he might have fallen into an unknown and dangerous situation, and he knew nothing about it.

Tang Yin swallowed hard, trying to calm his rapid breathing. Although his heart was filled with fear and doubt, he knew he couldn't retreat. If he didn't find out the truth about this place, he might never be able to leave in peace.

Taking a deep breath, Tang Yin made up his mind to find out what was going on. He recalled the direction where the white-robed girl disappeared. There seemed to be a hidden path leading to the woods behind the apartment.

"Maybe that girl knows something." Tang Yin thought, "Even if it's just an illusion, if I follow that direction, I might find some clues."

Every step he took was filled with caution, for fear of alerting any potential danger.

The path through the woods was winding and overgrown with weeds, clearly untrodden for a long time. Tang Yin remained vigilant as he advanced, constantly monitoring his surroundings.

The occasional rustling of leaves made him shudder. Every shadow could hide an unknown threat. But Tang Yin knew he had to keep moving forward. Only by finding the mysterious girl in white could he uncover the secrets of this strange place.

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Tang Yin carefully made his way through the woods, following a path nearly covered by weeds. The trees grew denser and denser, and the air was filled with a damp, decaying smell. Suddenly, he paused, and an unexpected sight appeared before him.

A dilapidated wooden shack stood alone in a clearing in the woods, like a forgotten island in the wilderness. It was the kind of temporary housing common on construction sites, used by workers for short periods of time. But it had clearly been abandoned for a long time.

Tang Yin cautiously approached the cabin, carefully observing the surroundings. He noticed clear signs of a landslide on the nearby hillside. Large expanses of exposed soil and scattered debris indicated a previous landslide. "It seems the project was forced to halt because of this disaster," Tang Yin thought.

Although the cabin looked dilapidated, the amount of weeds growing around it suggested it hadn't been abandoned very long. While the weeds were lush, they hadn't completely engulfed the building. This discovery gave Tang Yin a glimmer of hope: perhaps there were still some clues left.

Just as Tang Yin was about to inspect the cabin further, he suddenly noticed a series of faint footprints on the ground. These footprints looked fresh, clearly having been left recently. Tang Yin's heartbeat quickened. Could these be the traces left by the mysterious girl?
With strong curiosity, Tang Yin decided to continue along the footprints. He carefully followed the footprints and passed through a dense bush. Just as he pushed aside the last clump of bushes, the scene before him left him speechless with astonishment.

An ancient village, hidden deep in the mountains, suddenly appeared before him. It seemed completely isolated from the outside world, surrounded by rolling hills. Beyond the village lay layers of terraced fields, gleaming in the sunlight with a strange beauty.

Yet, the atmosphere of this village sent a chill down Tang Yin's spine. The entire village was shrouded in an eerie silence: no birdsong, no human voices, not even the sound of the wind. The houses were built in an ancient style, seemingly dating back hundreds of years, yet strangely, they didn't appear as dilapidated as they should have.

The village's streets twisted and turned, paved with irregular cobblestones. The houses on both sides of the street were closely packed together, their eaves hanging low, almost touching people's heads. Every window was closed, the curtains drawn tightly, as if deliberately hiding something.

What disturbed Tang Yin most was the total absence of a single soul in the entire village. It was daytime, yet the village felt devoid of life, like an abandoned ghost town.

Tang Yin bravely continued forward when his eyes were suddenly drawn to a statue in the center of the village. It was a massive statue, completely different from the gods commonly seen elsewhere. With its wolf-headed figure and human body, it reminded one of the ancient Egyptian god Anubis.

The statue stood approximately three meters tall, carved entirely from a black stone. Its wolf head was lifelike, its fangs bared, and its eyes piercing, as if watching anyone approach. The human figure wore a loose robe covered in strange symbols. Its right hand was raised, as if casting a spell, while its left held a long staff.

The entire statue exuded an indescribable majesty and mystery, which made people feel awe involuntarily. Standing before the statue, Tang Yin felt as if his soul was being watched by those wolf eyes, and an inexplicable sense of fear arose spontaneously.

Faced with this strange and mysterious village, Tang Yin felt his courage fading rapidly. He realized that he might have been involved in a dangerous situation far beyond his imagination.

Tang Yin swallowed hard, suppressing his fear. He decided to go back to Wang Lina and ask her for clarification. Perhaps she knew something about the village, or could explain the origins of the mysterious girl.

(End of this chapter)