Excessive ferocity due to caution

A mother, a daughter.

They all wanted to escape the village.

It's hard not to overthink this.

Zhao Yi lay in wait in the sewage ditch, contemplating his next move.

This ditch currently appears to be the best hiding place.

But after he killed Old Luo, the patrolman, things became very dangerous.

Once the other villagers discover that Lao Luo has disappeared, they will inevitably conduct a thorough and meticulous search of the ditch.

He must move as soon as possible.

Based on the terrain he had previously observed on the small peak of Xishan, Zhao dived down to the muddy bottom of the ditch and moved carefully.

Before going up the mountain, he had to go to the village chief's house.

If Sun Baibo and Liao Hongsong are inside, then Zhao Yi has hit the jackpot.

On the one hand, Zhao Yi had found the key person.

On the other hand, Zhao Yi might be able to get help from either of them.

At the very least, Zhao Yi should be able to leave that place safely.

the reason is simple.

Judging from their attempt to escape the village, they must not be on the same side as the other villagers.

As for how to find out where the village chief's house is... that's actually quite easy to figure out.

In this mysterious village with its strict hierarchy, to find the village chief's address, you only need to look at which house is the most magnificent.

Zhao had already noticed this on the small peak of Xishan Mountain.

The village chief's residence was located at the very back of the village, closest to the ominous mountain behind it.

There were very few villagers patrolling inside.

Clearly, they did not believe the invaders were capable of infiltrating deep into the village.

Because of his dark personality and evil eyes, Zhao Yi was able to observe the situation outside the sewage. He easily evaded several patrols and quietly emerged from the water, disappearing into the twilight.

After several rounds of questioning, he arrived at the village chief's house and took out his K-49 to open the door.

After some time to recover, K-49 has barely regained some of its strength.

It warned Zhao Yi that no one in the production team dared to use the donkeys like that, and told Zhao Yi not to go too far.

The next moment, Zhao Yi inserted it into the keyhole and started stirring it wildly.

The lock opened in no time.

Easy to use!

Zhao Yi looked at the now limp key with great satisfaction.

He entered the village chief's villa, and immediately a dark figure pounced into his arms!

"Grandpa!"

The sweet call caught Zhao Yi off guard.

"Why!"

He responded, and the soft, yielding girl in his arms suddenly pushed him away, exclaiming in surprise:

"You're not my grandfather...who are you?"

Zhao Yi stroked his chin, looking at the adorable little girl with twin ponytails in front of him:

"I don't remember having a granddaughter."

"So you're Sun Bobo?"

Upon hearing that this unfamiliar man knew her name, Sun Baibai's large eyes immediately lit up with wariness.

"How...how do you know my name?"

Zhao Yi replied:

"Because I'm your father..."

"Friends".

Upon hearing this, Sun Baibai's eyes lit up slightly.

"Dad's friend?"

"Is Dad alright?!"

When the butcher Sun Long was mentioned, Sun Baibai immediately became excited!

Footsteps echoed from the second floor, and a woman with a touch of allure slowly strolled down the stairs.

The moment she saw Zhao Yi, she knew this man was no ordinary person!

The woman quickly moved to Sun Baibai's side, shielding her, her face full of vigilance:

"Whose thug are you?"

"What do you want to do to Bai Bai?"

The woman was so worried that Zhao Yi was currently only wearing a pair of bear-patterned shorts.

The rest of the clothes were left on the small peak of West Mountain.

The lingering scent on it is used to attract the dog's nose.

Zhao Yi explained very seriously:

"I'm not a thug, I'm Zhao Yi, a friend of your husband, the butcher Sun Long."

"The butcher told me that when something happened in Moye Village, the train station also had an accident. Bai Bai had already escaped from Moye Village, but the train had an accident halfway there..."

As Zhao Yi recounted the information he had obtained from the butcher, the mother and daughter lowered their guard considerably.

This happened a long time ago.

Moreover, all the passengers on the train that Sun Baibo was on had died.

She was the only one left alive.

So, besides Sun Baibai and the others, only the butcher knew about those old stories from back then.

"My husband...is he alright?"

Liao Hongsong's eyes were glistening with tears, and his voice trembled.

She clearly felt guilty towards the butcher.

Zhao Yi replied:

"Neither good nor bad."

He's still selling meat there.

"However, the people of Moye Village are all dead."

"Now, only a clown is left to keep your husband company at that station."

Hearing that the butcher was still alive, both the woman and Sun Baibai were quite excited.

"By the way, the reason I risked my life to infiltrate Zili Village this time was to bring Sun Baibai back... Would you like to come along, Madam?"

After the pleasantries, it's time to get down to business.

Zhao Yi didn't want to run into the village chief.

Although he judged that the village chief was probably on the side of the mother and daughter, otherwise he would not have been willing to pay the price to protect them.

This can be inferred from his simple conversation with the old woman.

If it weren't for the sacrifices and concessions made by village chief Liao Yun back then, Liao Hongsong and Sun Baibai wouldn't still be alive!

Upon hearing Zhao Yi's purpose, both mother and daughter fell silent.

After a long while, Liao Hongsong sighed and shook his head in disappointment.

"Mr. Zhao Yi... you'd better leave the village as soon as possible."

"We can't get out."

"There are many hidden sentries at the village entrance. Except for the weekend 'pilgrimage' time, they keep a close watch on that spot. And in other parts of the village, there are patrols day and night..."

"Last time, Bai Bai and I tried to escape from the village, but we were caught and brought back, and it almost got my father into trouble..."

After she finished speaking, she hesitated for a moment, then fetched a basin of clean water for Zhao Yi and let him wash off the dirty water. After that, she found a set of clean clothes for Zhao Yi.

After putting it on, the latter did not leave immediately, but instead turned the conversation to the back mountain.

"There are a few things I'd like to ask you, Madam, as they are very important to me."

Liao Hongsong nodded.

"Speaking."

Zhao Yi:

"I've heard that Zili Village worships a mountain god. Could you give a general description of what the mountain god looks like?"

Liao Hongsong hesitated slightly.

She shouldn't have revealed the matter of the mountain god to anyone.

But Zhao Yi was her husband's friend, and he even risked his life to enter the village for them. If she deliberately concealed this, it would seem despicable.

Seeing her hesitation, Zhao then said:

"How about this, I'll explain. Madam, you just need to nod or shake your head."

"The mountain god in the village was a tree in the distant past. It had human wisdom and a human form, but later, due to certain events, it was transformed into another form—four pillars."

Liao Hongsong nodded.

A look of shock also appeared in his eyes.

How could people outside the village possibly know about these things?

"Where...did you learn this information?"

Zhao Yi replied:

"Just a guess."

"I went to the western hill in the village once. There was an abandoned temple there, but the statues of the gods were well preserved."

"That statue is different in form from the one I saw in the village shrine."

"Therefore, I suspect that the mountain god itself has not changed, but rather its form of expression has."

Since it is the same god, there is naturally no need to destroy one's original idol.

Liao Hongsong's gaze towards Zhao Yi had become somewhat strange.

Zhao Yi then said:

"Also, is the mountain god's transformation related to a group of people dressed in black?"

"they……"

"You must have been here twice?"

This time, Liao Hongsong's expression changed drastically. She quickly went to the front door, peeked out to check, and after confirming that no one was around, she pulled Zhao Yi and led him to a room on the second floor.

Besides the torture chamber, there is also a bedroom for the mother and daughter.

After entering the bedroom, Liao Hongsong said seriously:

"Mr. Zhao, do you know those men in black?"

Zhao Yi shook his head.

"I don't know him."

"But I know which organization they belong to."

"Those guys... must be from some church."

"They came to Zili Village mostly to conduct some inhumane experiments, and you villagers... are their experimental subjects!"

"However, I guess they probably didn't expect that Zili Village would have a 'mountain god'."

"These guys... had a car accident in Zili Village."

Liao Hongsong let out a long sigh.

Her expression was complicated.

fundus,

There was confusion, there was desolation... but more than anything, there was anger.

"indeed……"

"Long ago, a group of people dressed in black clothes with special patterns and carrying weapons came to the village and established a terrifying experimental base."

"Under their coercion, the villagers became their experimental subjects... We were branded with meat product markings and forced to undergo various inhuman experiments every day in the testing base they built..."

"Back then, the villagers' wails could be heard every day..."

"Finally, one day, a villager risked his life to escape to the back mountain, awakening the sleeping mountain god, and expressed his willingness to sacrifice his life and soul, only asking the mountain god to have mercy and drive away the evil of Zili Village."

"The mountain god was moved by his sincerity, and so he cast a terrible curse..."

"From that time on, all outsiders who entered the village were cursed by the mountain god!"

"Including those invading men in black!"

"However, those men in black who broke into the village, in their dying moments, wanted to take the villagers down with them. They produced the severed limb of a terrifying, ominous creature to fight against the mountain god!"

"Those severed limbs were extremely polluting, and in order to protect everyone, the mountain god had no choice but to devour the four limbs..."

"It was from that time onward that the mountain god's appearance and personality underwent a tremendous change..."

As Zhao Yi listened to the woman's story, he fell into deep thought.

"What has become of the mountain god?"

Liao Hongsong:

"It turned out like you said, four pillars."

"Two hands, two legs..."

"Those two hands are the mountain god's curse, representing destruction."

"And the mountain god's legs are on the altar on the mountain."

"Those legs represent new life!"

"Everyone in the village who has been approved by the mountain god has been mysteriously modified by those legs. Only the villagers who have been modified are immune to the curse of the Hand of Destruction..."

Zhao Yi activated his Evil Eyes and took a look.

Those ghostly arms, which were cutting into his own body, had already reached his kidneys.

hateful!

They actually cut off my kidney!

Bad stuff!

"I have one more question."

"A near-monster and tens of thousands of terrifying monsters must have come to the village before. Where did they go?"

Mentioning the ghost at the train station, Liao Hongsong smiled wryly:

"Those things...were all eaten by the mountain god."

"Later, the mountain god even left the village and went to the lair of that omnipotent monster, bringing back its head..."

"Later, the mountain god appeared in the village chief's dream for the first time, asking him to select a qualified believer from the village to go to Guxuan Town to do business."

"This should be the first time that the mountain god has voluntarily asked the villagers to leave the village."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yi suddenly burst into laughter.

"That's right."

Liao Hongsong was puzzled:

"What's right?"

Zhao Yi didn't answer her question, but asked again:

Do you know that businessman's name?

Liao Hongsong:

His name is Hu Aotian.

Zhao Yi was taken aback.

Hu Aotian.

A name that is both unfamiliar and familiar.

Zhao Yi clearly remembered that he had a wife with a big butt...

Wait, that's not right!

Damn it! How did I remember such a strange thing?

Zhao Yi clearly remembered that Hu Aotian's son, Hu Liangliang, had his rebellious disorder "cured" by Zhao Yi because he didn't study hard.

The clown's shop in Changsheng Mall was also provided by Hu Aotian.

This guy...

They're actually from Zili Village?

But when I first met him, I was certain he was a ghost!

"Was Hu Aotian ever modified by the mountain god?"

"I saw him in Guxuan Town, but he exuded a ghostly aura that only ghosts possess."

Liao Hongsong looked out the window.

"The mountain god killed him and gave him some of his power, turning Hu Aotian into a powerful and vengeful ghost."

"After all, Guxuan Town is a paradise for ghosts. It's hard for people to gain a foothold there... let alone merchants."

As she spoke, she suddenly pushed Zhao Yi.

"Mr. Zhao, someone's coming. You'd better hide..."

A series of footsteps came from the courtyard outside the window, and it sounded like there was more than one!

Zhao Yi quickly hid in Liao Hongsong's wardrobe.

Liao Hongsong walked down the stairs with slightly hurried steps...

P.S.: Please don't wait, everyone.

I was proven wrong again today.

But it's not because of laziness.

I'm very sleepy now and want to go to sleep.

But I need to finish writing the next chapter and post it before I go to sleep.

It's estimated to be around 12 o'clock.

Thank you for reading, and I apologize!

Goodnight, brothers!