[Returning to Another World, Adjusting Surveillance]

Cloud Mist Mountain Range, in the Clear River Township near the Two Rivers Village area.

On the road where he was ambushed by bandits that day, Lin Ze drove his donkey cart unhurriedly out of the mountains.

After selling the Matsutake he brought back last time, Lin Ze made some preparations and came directly to the Great Zhou Dynasty to purchase goods.

Compared to the Main World's price of three thousand yuan per kilogram of Matsutake, the alien world's purchase price of two yuan per kilogram is much more profitable.

He glanced at the battlefield from that day, and now there was no trace of the battle to be seen.

It had been a week since that battle, and the corpses and fragments of the bandits, as well as the blood splattered all over the ground, had long been cleaned up.

A sudden rain had washed away all the last traces.

Lin Ze stopped the donkey cart and went into the forest to retrieve the miniature camera that he had taped to a hidden spot seven days ago.

Although it had rained in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range area in the past few days, this was not a problem for the waterproof camera that was tightly taped, and it continued to work until the battery ran out.

Lin Ze took out the built-in storage card of the miniature camera and connected it to a tablet computer with a card reader.

While driving the donkey cart towards the direction of Two Rivers Village, he began to check the contents of the camera.

From the time Lin Ze placed the camera until the next morning, nothing special happened.

Because too many people had died here at once, the strong bloody smell shocked even the most ferocious beasts in the mountains, who temporarily did not dare to approach, fearing that some dangerous existence was still lingering in this area and had not left.

It was not until the next day, after it was bright, that residents living near Two Rivers Village dared to approach here with courage.

They had actually heard the continuous loud noises like thunder on flat ground last night, but only after it was bright did many people dare to come and check the situation together.

"Dead, all dead."

Forty or fifty strong young men came together, and at this time, looking at the corpses scattered all over the ground, they were all a little frightened and trembling.

Even though these young men were usually brave men who dared to fight lions, tigers, and bears, they still felt pale when they looked at these twelve headless corpses.

Since the existence who made the move could easily kill these twelve people, it would probably only take a little more effort to kill them, these forty or fifty people.

"It's the bandits called Town Cloud Mist who are rampant in the vicinity."

Soon, someone calmed down and began to identify the identities of these corpses.

After scanning around, it was not difficult to see from the attire of the twelve corpses that they were a group of bandits active near Clear River Township.

Some of them had seen these bandits active from a distance.

"I didn't see Lin Gongzi's corpse. He was driving his cart this way before dark last night..."

At this time, someone else spoke.

Many people immediately thought of the young man named Lin Ze whom they had contacted yesterday.

Since there was no corpse of Lin Ze, it meant that the person who did it was most likely him.

Although the other party did not say it clearly, they could guess that Lin Ze was a disciple of a hermit master, because he had extraordinary skills and dared to travel the world alone.

It was not difficult to see from the corpses of these twelve bandits, who were almost simultaneously killed by having their heads blown off, that their guess was correct.

"Young Master Lin, what a good person."

The villagers of Two Rivers Village present all felt this way in their hearts.

The sudden death of these twelve bandits undoubtedly proved that Lin Ze was a rare expert, even in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.

For such experts, the government often found it difficult to control them.

Yet, such an expert was so approachable, conversing with them and spending a lot of money to buy their worthless wild mushrooms.

He could have robbed them, but he chose to pay.

He was simply too kind.

"Since they are bandits, it's easy to handle. Just report it to the government."

"Let's take these corpses back first. After the government examines them, we'll find a place to bury them directly, to avoid a plague."

An Ye, the village chief of Two Rivers Village, made the decision directly at this time.

He arranged for some of the stronger young men to clean up the messy scene and sent his son to report to the village head in the township.

The village head would then contact the Fengping County government to handle the aftermath of this matter.

Lin Ze nodded slightly as he watched.

The development of events was not beyond his expectations.

If these villagers testified that Lin Ze killed bandits, then Lin Ze would not bear any consequences for it.

Killing some bandits was not a big deal in the Great Zhou Dynasty. After the government cleaned up, they might even give him an award or something.

If these bandits had bounties on their heads, he would also receive them.

If the county magistrate had a fondness for talent, he might even recruit him to work in the county office, as a constable or clerk, to maintain the county's security.

However, Lin Ze did not stop watching the surveillance video. He wanted to see if anyone would jump out next.

As for the rat hiding in the dark, informing these bandits, Lin Ze felt it would be more convenient to find him and kill him.

He fast-forwarded a long way, and from the surveillance footage, it could be seen that someone from the county office came to inspect the scene in the afternoon.

"Is this the scene of the crime?" a constable-dressed man asked.

"Yes, we guessed that these bandits encountered an expert while robbing. It was just after dark, and we heard sounds like thunder striking," An Ye, the village chief, answered truthfully.

The constable heard this and carefully examined the surrounding environment, but he did not see any traces of lightning strikes or fire.

"The attack carried the force of wind and thunder, and from the marks on the corpses, it can be seen that the heads were also shattered by hidden weapons in an instant. It seems to be the work of an expert."

The constable-like man confirmed.

However, at this time, Lin Ze paused the surveillance footage, focusing his gaze on an inconspicuous person in the crowd.

This was a smiling, amiable middle-aged man with the image of a wealthy man, Zhang Yuanwai.

Zhang Yuanwai's name was Zhang Shouye.

The other party lives in Clear River Village and is the village chief of this village, as well as a respected local person responsible for assisting the government in managing Clear River Township.

A week ago, when Lin Ze went to Clear River Village to sell rock candy and purchase matsutake, this person was the one who took care of Lin Ze's business the most, buying two jin of rock candy in one go.

At the time, Lin Ze didn't think there was anything special about this person.

However, in the surveillance footage, the look in this person's eyes as he surveyed the scene of the crime behind people's backs was extremely gloomy.

Clearly, he didn't have much interaction with Lin Ze, yet he showed such an emotional change, which makes one ponder.

Since it wasn't Lin Ze who caused his emotional change, then it must have been the other group of dead people.