Decaying World

Chapter 115 115 Connection 1 (Thanks to NoXYZ·Super Orichalcos God Alliance Leader)

Upon hearing the sound, Lin Hui immediately froze. If he ran away at this moment, he would surely be convicted.

Only then did he notice that the two corpses seemed to have completely different faces from the two people he had just seen.

Aside from the fact that their clothes and leather armor are similar, everything else—height, weapons, skin, and even the details of their jewelry—is different.

Soon, four figures leaped close to the stone bridge with lightning speed, landing rapidly and surrounding Lin Hui.

These are four spearmen clad in black metal armor, with a golden eagle poised to take flight embroidered on their chests.

"Leave one person to determine the casualties among the guards! Arrest this man and detain him temporarily for interrogation later! The rest of you, follow me!" one of the men in black armor shouted sternly.

"Wait! I'm not the murderer! I have permission from the Amamiya, and my family holds a position as a priest of the Amamiya! It's impossible for me to kill someone randomly!" Lin Hui said quickly.

"Whether you are the murderer or not is not up to you. You are now a suspect. Regardless of whether you are the murderer or not, you must prove your innocence! Otherwise, no matter who you are, this is Golden Eagle Fortress, and you must cooperate with the investigation and pursuit! For twenty days!"

Upon hearing the priest's name, the black-armored man's tone softened somewhat, but it remained icy.

“I was just passing by, so there couldn’t be any trace of me on the corpse, so…” Lin Hui frowned.

"Without a doubt, whether you are innocent or just happened to be framed by the murderer, you can't leave. Cooperating with the investigation is your only option, understand? Outsider!" The man in black armor became even more rude.

Lin Hui was speechless; this was simply an undeserved disaster.

He glanced at the four men's attire and reviewed the speed of their movements just now.

It's impossible for him to cooperate with the investigation for twenty days; he can't just obediently endure twenty days of interrogation based on a single sentence from the other party. Therefore...
A strange light gradually appeared in Lin Hui's eyes.

He was considering whether to run away or simply kill these people.

Anyway, there are no other outsiders around here.

As long as it's clean
“Wait, this person should really just be passing by. The aura of permission on him is definitely Amamiya’s.” Another black-armored guard suddenly spoke up.

The leader, a man in black armor, paused slightly, remained silent for a moment, and then waved his hand.

"Fine, go ahead, good luck!"

"." Lin Hui glanced at the person who spoke behind him, then his figure flashed and he instantly disappeared from the spot.

Lin Hui had only run a few hundred meters along the cliff when he suddenly heard a loud noise coming from behind him.

He suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked back.

Just then, in the direction of the stone bridge he had just left, a mass of rubble mixed with tree branches and grass clippings was suddenly lifted up by some tremendous force and flew dozens of meters into the air.

puff.

Mixed materials fell down.

He narrowed his eyes, sensing something was wrong.

Looking around, he quickly found a dead tree more than ten meters high, and with a few leaps, he easily stood on the top of the tree canopy by tapping the branches with one hand.

Looking from here towards that side.

He saw two blurry blue figures standing by the stone bridge in the distance.

Several black-armored men lay sprawled on the ground beside the bridge.

Blood spread rampantly, outlining a bizarre pattern on the ground.

The four black-armored men he had just met were all gone.
Lin Hui felt a chill run down his spine, realizing he was in trouble. He immediately leaped into the air and flew away into the distance.

But just as he left...

Beside the stone bridge, one of the two men in blue looked up and glanced in his direction.

"A little guy from out of town, he runs pretty fast."

"Should we get rid of it?"

"He's going too fast; it would take a lot of time to catch up, which is too much trouble. No need."

"Okay. What's the next step?"

“So many Black Hawk Army soldiers have died, and two battalions of Anmin Army have also been killed. Chen Zhihuan must step forward and give an explanation. The moment he steps forward will be the start of our plan.” Another man in blue stretched out his hand, a wisp of blue electricity flashing briefly in his palm.

"I will make the Chen family pay back everything they owed me, with interest, for the grudge my father committed three hundred years ago!"

The other side.

Lin Hui ran at breakneck speed, covering at least ten kilometers in one go, before he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The scene just now clearly indicated a serious problem. This kind of troublesome matter, even being somewhat involved, would cause a lot of trouble. Let alone being in close contact with the deceased.

He never expected to encounter such trouble so soon after entering the inner city.

Fortunately, after leaving the area around the stone bridge in one breath, Lin Hui did not encounter any other problems. He quickly found another suspension bridge along the river, and after crossing the river, he came to a somewhat desolate rolling hill.

The hills are generally gray, transitioning to brown in some places, and covered with sparse weeds.

Lin Hui continued along the road between the hills. After walking for about an hour, some mushroom fields enclosed by stone fences gradually appeared by the roadside.

In the square plots of land, instead of vegetables, patches of dark brown mushrooms were planted.

He walked outside the fence and reached out to touch a mushroom through the fence.

These mushrooms are more than half a person tall, and the mushroom cap at the top is as big as an adult's fist.

It feels soft to the touch, with a cool, slippery surface covered in a layer of stickiness.

Lin Hui withdrew his hand and took a sniff; it smelled of fermented, sour flour.

He looked around and, deep within the mushroom field, discovered a stone forest. The stone forest was composed of thick, gray stone pillars. Each pillar had a window on its outer side, through which he could see lights and figures inside.

Follow a path along the edge of the mushroom field, and you'll reach the stone forest.

Lin Hui noticed that some stone pillars had horizontal bars hanging from them, with small burlap flags with words written on them swaying in the wind.

He chose a stone pillar with a general store flag hanging on it, and gently knocked on the door.

"Please come in, the door is unlocked," came a voice from inside.

Lin Hui opened the door and went inside the stone pillar.

Inside, it's designed like a loft with two levels. The ground floor is circular, and there's a winding wooden staircase in the corner leading to the upper level.

In the living room on the first floor, a short-haired man with green eyes put down the wet towel in his hand and came down the wooden ladder.

"Do you want to buy things or stay at a hotel?" He saw Lin Hui, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes, and quickly asked.

"What do you sell?" Lin Hui looked around and found some sealed wooden barrels for storing things in a corner on the first floor.

"Mushroom noodles, earthworm meat, black iron ore. And some snacks brought in from Central," the man said quickly.

"Give me some mushroom noodles, and could you tell me about the area around here?" Lin Hui asked casually.

"You say it." The man quickly ran down the stairs and started moving the wooden barrels one by one.

"Are you aware that the Anmin Army is investigating a case in the vicinity?"

“Yes, I know. They’re investigating the recent disappearances of several caravans. I heard the caravans all passed through our area, coming from the core area of ​​the inner ring road, and then they went missing,” the man replied.

"Do you know anything about the murderer? Has a warrant been issued for his arrest?" Lin Hui asked again.

"I don't know about that. What? Did you run into him on the way?" The man glanced at the two swords Lin Hui was carrying.

"Yes, I could see them investigating from a distance." Lin Hui nodded.

"Then you absolutely mustn't go near them. Those people are rude and extremely harsh. Not long ago, a few guests who came from Redstone Fortress were caught by them as suspects, interrogated and investigated for a long time, and were extorted for a large sum of money before being released." The man complained in a low voice. Soon he found a wooden barrel, opened the lid, and took out a gray cloth bag from it. The bag was heavy and bulging with a large bundle.

"Give me ten pounds of mushroom noodles and see how they taste. My stuff is the best around here, you definitely won't be disappointed!" The man smiled mysteriously and handed the bag to Lin Hui.

"how much is it?"

"Thank you for your patronage, five thousand."

"Oh, right, there's another question. Do you sell raw medicinal herbs here? Prescriptions are also acceptable."

"Well, I live in the countryside. You'll have to keep going along the road and ask around in the city. You should be able to find it there. Chain pharmacies like Bailingju should have it."

"Thank you. Here are the tickets."

As Lin Hui walked out of the Shizhu General Store, he opened the cloth bag in his hand and took a look inside.

Inside was a fine, gray powder, with the same sour smell as the mushroom field outside.

But aside from the powder, there was also a square black card in the center.

He took it out and glanced at it.

'Baojing Club Participation Card'

The front of the card has neat handwriting, while the back is completely black, with a naked woman vaguely visible dancing on tiptoe with her arms outstretched. Below is a line of small print: No. 127, Zishan Forest, diagonally opposite the hunting vehicle shop.

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No wonder this bag of flour is so expensive; it turns out the price included the admission ticket.

He naturally didn't need the card, so he tossed it aside, picked up the flour, and headed back to the main road.

Suddenly his body trembled, as if he had been pricked in the back by a sharp thorn.

Turning around, I saw a man in a blue robe walking towards a stone pillar gate among the stone forest, reaching out to open the wooden door and go inside.

When Lin Hui turned around, he could only see the other person's lingering back, and couldn't be sure if the other person was looking at him.

But based on his perception, he didn't think he was wrong. That gaze, that terrifying sharpness, was definitely not something an ordinary martial artist or summoner could give him.

Even when Wang Yueheng, a high-ranking figure, looked at him, he only felt slightly strange, and that was all.

The fact that the person's gaze could produce a stinging pain like needles demonstrates just how dangerous it was.

'Could it be the blue-clad men again? Are they with the two who just committed murder?' Lin Hui wondered, sensing that this place was already a troublesome and unsafe spot.

He only came to find medicine and prescriptions, not to cause trouble.

Immediately, he lowered his head, his figure flashed, and he ran wildly along the main road, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

After running for more than ten kilometers, more and more forks appeared on both sides of the road ahead.

Stone houses began to appear along the roadside.

Before long, a blurry gray-white area finally appeared in front of us.

The grayish-white area grew larger and larger, gradually expanding into a dense cluster of thick stone pillars. These were all inhabited houses.

Between the stone pillars, there is a dense flow of people and vehicles coming and going.

Some of the stone pillars here are over ten meters thick, and there are windows all over the layers, with at least dozens of layers visible at a glance.

Some are only three or four meters in diameter, cramped and narrow, and only seven or eight stories high.

All the stone pillars are accessed through the square wooden door at the very bottom.

(End of this chapter)