Once he entered the town, he saw many armed "refugees" gathering at a fork in the road, seemingly preparing for something big.
Someone shouted:
"Anyone teaming up to farm monsters, count me in!"
Chapter 164: Black Messenger! (Double-length chapter)
Chen Lun noticed that these "refugee" players wore only the coarse linen robes they had started with and carried all sorts of scrap weapons.
They had probably all traveled here to Jadeite Town from the "starter villages" in the countryside.
After observing silently for a while, he found that the players had formed teams and were heading in the same direction in groups of three to five.
Chen Lun stayed hidden in the shadows and followed them, curious to see just what these newbies intended to do.
Along the way, he saw how desolate the town looked, with every household's doors shut.
The streets were littered with all kinds of rubbish, bloodstained strips of cloth, and worn-out clothes.
A breeze swept past, carrying a faint, nauseating stench of blood and decay.
Some black-robed monks from the Moon Church walked past carrying sacks of corpses, expressionless and silent, paying no attention to the "refugee" players.
The players soon reached the western side of town, which had been cordoned off with wooden fencing. Quite a few soldiers in leather armor and iron helmets stood guard with shortswords in hand.
The soldier captain in charge looked delighted to see the players arrive.
He said something, then opened the fence gate with a clatter, allowing the players into the streets beyond.
Beastlike roars and eerie humming came from the other side, as though someone were softly singing some kind of nursery rhyme. A powerful stench of rot and blood surged through the gate, forcing the soldiers outside to retreat with their noses covered.
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