Today's second update: Chapter 1760! 2/4!
"So, everyone else in Chen Family Village was kidnapped by you?"
"That's right!" Chen Cheng nodded.
"All so you could gather enough virgin boys and girls to offer to that Great King Inspiration?"
"Yes..."
"Then you truly have committed countless evils. Now that disaster has fallen upon your own heads, this is retribution!"
Chen Cheng lowered his head in shame. That was precisely why he found it so difficult to speak of it.
They had originally planned to treat Xu Kun well, win his sympathy, and then shamelessly beg for his help. But unexpectedly, once his sister-in-law learned that Xu Kun had arrived, she rushed over in such a hurry.
Although not all the hundreds of households in Chen Family Village were Human Race, for the sake of preserving yourselves, whether they were outsiders or your own people, forcing them to sacrifice their children was inhumane.
What was the point of barely clinging to life? To remain slaves and servants for generations—it would be better to end it all.
In this remote place, unable to receive help from the Human Race itself, the Chen family had truly fallen here.
"Big Brother, are these little brother and sister going to be eaten by a big monster?" Nilan had caught the general gist and asked curiously.
Uh...
Xu Kun did not want Nilan to face such bloody realities, but since he had come here, he also needed to learn the specific details of the Heavenly Reaching River.
Those who understood the Heavenly Reaching River were likely none other than the people of Chen Family Village.
After thinking for a moment, he nodded. "Yes. There's a man-eating big monster here that wants to eat little brother and sister."
Nilan's face immediately turned pale, and she stamped