When Granny Chicken stroked the young girl's head in her hands, the chicken eyes covering her forehead revealed a sorrowful emotion.
"I have one more rather unreasonable request.
"If you're confident you can do it, I hope you can bring the village chief's 'living head' back to me. In return, I'm willing to give you everything I have now, including these old bones of mine."
Staring at the young girl's head in Granny Chicken's arms,
Yi Chen shifted his right foot back, held his left hand across his chest, and bowed slightly. "I'll do everything I can... However, before we head to the village, Granny Chicken, you need to give me all the information you know."
"Mm."
From Granny Chicken, they obtained a map of the area within the tree walls, hand-drawn by her herself. It detailed the locations of the village and church, along with the villagers' daily patrol times and routes through the woods.
In another record Granny Chicken had made about the church, she stated that she had never had any direct contact with them and therefore knew nothing about the strength of its members. She only knew that they rarely appeared in the village, and that whenever they did, they were shrouded in church robes.
The most distinctive feature of the church robes was the church seal on the back. Granny Chicken had drawn it in relatively simple lines in her notebook.
It was circular.
Inside, a baby curled up.
The umbilical cord connected to its navel wound around its body, forming a complete circle.
It seemed to represent reincarnation and new life.
"It's about time. If you don't return to the surface soon, my Chicken Coop may be exposed."
"Wait. One last question.
"Granny Chicken, have you seen the other two human teams? Have you