Did the intelligence refresh based on location as well as time?
Su Chen was surprised.
Still, this was good news.
Who would complain about having too much intelligence?
Su Chen skimmed the intelligence.
[1. The nearby Banyan Tree Village is safe to stay in for 12 hours. After 12 hours, the first wave of Weird Entities will approach. Please leave in time.] [2. The banyan tree at the village entrance is undergoing a mutation. Do not approach or linger nearby.] [3. The graves behind the village are undergoing mutations. Do not approach.] [4. There are black dogs in the village. Black dog blood can inflict some damage on supernatural beings.] [5. There is incense ash in the village ancestral hall. It has some evil-warding effects.] [6. The villagers have glutinous rice in their homes. Glutinous rice has some evil-warding effects.] [7. In Butcher Yang's home in the village, there is a butcher's knife passed down through generations. It has become an anomalous object.] (Note: Using anomalous objects comes at a price.)
The intelligence said it was safe.
Good!
Having fled Changcheng, what Su Chen wanted to ensure most was his safety.
However, after reading the later entries, he realized it was not as safe as he had imagined.
The banyan tree at the village entrance?
Su Chen glanced at the banyan tree at the entrance again.
It really looked perfectly ordinary.
He had not seen the graves yet.
According to the intelligence, the village was only temporarily safe.
There was danger both at the entrance and behind the village.
If he did not leave in time tomorrow, he would be trapped inside.
Su Chen committed that point to memory.
Those things that could ward off evil were extremely valuable.
Especially that butcher's knife!
Only then did Su Chen realize that he did not seem to have acquired a weapon that really suited him.
So a trip into the village was necessary.
Su Chen rolled down his window.
He agreed to the repair shop owner's invitation. "We can have a meal. Will you lead the way?"
"Sure thing!"
Hearing Su Chen agree, Yang Defa introduced himself as well. "My name is Yang Defa."
He had so many questions!
Yang Defa had also noticed that Su Chen had acted somewhat strangely before agreeing.
But the stranger Su Chen was, the more unusual his abilities must be.
He had gone from being a penniless young man in the countryside to running a repair shop.
He knew all too well how important a benefactor could be.
One benefactor.
Could truly turn a person's destiny around.
Yang Defa drove toward the country road, leading Su Chen's vehicle.
At the same time.
Gao Yue grew a little excited when she saw Su Chen's vehicle stop.
However, before she could ask Huang Wei to go find Su Chen, she saw that Huang Wei was dealing with the accident.
Gao Yue could only wait anxiously.
But then she saw that Su Chen was leaving the highway for the nearby village.
She immediately grew even more anxious.
She could not just watch Su Chen leave right before her eyes, could she?
Gao Yue turned to Fan Hui. "Hurry and find the police. Tell them Su Chen is leaving!"
"I'll follow him first!"
Fan Hui looked at Gao Yue doubtfully. "You're not going to leave me behind, are you?"
Fan Hui was truly afraid of being abandoned.
When she had first arrived in Changcheng and seen the monsters in the red fog, she had been unable to figure out what had happened to the city.
For the moment, she had become somewhat dependent on Gao Yue.
"Don't worry. We both want to settle scores with Su Chen."
"I'm just afraid he'll get away!"
"Just have that policewoman come along. That should do."
As she watched Su Chen's vehicle disappear, Gao Yue grew increasingly worried.
Thinking of the police, Fan Hui felt a little more reassured.
That's right!
If all else fails, I can ride in the police car.
So Fan Hui got out to find the policewoman.
Gao Yue drove onto the country road.
Originally.
Quite a few vehicles had remained where they were.
Their drivers did not really dare to move, afraid that they would have to reverse back out after driving in.
But.
People tended to follow the crowd.
After Gao Yue drove in, quite a few vehicles chose to follow, one after another.
Following Yang Defa's vehicle, Su Chen passed several houses along the country road.
Among them, a small shop was still open.
Candles had already been lit inside.
It seemed a little strange in a world without electricity.
Finally, they stopped in front of an isolated, three-story concrete house.
It was a very common style in the countryside.
The houses in the village were spread out, with plenty of space in front of every home.
They parked in the open yard in front of the house.
However, a truck and a refrigerated truck were enough to fill the yard.
With no room left, the vehicles behind could only continue down the country road.
Some people also caught on.
They found other places in the village and parked outside other people's homes.
The door to the house was open.
Hearing the noise, a black dog poked its head through a dog hole and began barking.
"Woof, woof, woof!"
Two elderly people came out at the sound.
When they saw Yang Defa get out, they immediately came over to greet him.
"What brought you back all of a sudden?"
Yang Defa's father greeted him.
There was a hint of disdain in his voice, but a flash of delight passed through his eyes.
"I brought a friend over for a meal!"
Yang Defa pointed at Su Chen.
After getting out, Su Chen set up the wheelchair and carried his younger sister out of the vehicle.
"We have a guest for dinner!"
"I'll go make some food. The power went out earlier for some reason, and I even went to buy candles."
Hearing that they had a guest, Yang Defa's father greeted him warmly.
He and his elderly wife had been planning to make do with something simple.
With a guest coming, they certainly could not do that.
"I'll help too!"
Yang Defa's wife, Wang Xiumei, also volunteered to help.
They could hardly let the elderly couple wait on them.
The power was out?
Hearing about the power outage, Su Chen immediately took out his phone.
The network signal was completely gone.
It really was the apocalypse!
After hearing about the power outage, Yang Defa glanced at what Su Chen was doing.
He took out his own phone and checked it too.
That upheaval in Changcheng.
The power outage in the village.
And no phone signal either?
Had it spread this far?
What on earth had happened?
Yang Defa kept his questions to himself, planning to ask over dinner.
After putting away his phone, Su Chen surveyed his surroundings.
The entire village was built on a hillside, and the view in front of the house was fairly open.
Beneath the red moon.
The vegetation was cloaked in a reddish glow, making it feel considerably more eerie.
Not wanting to look any longer, Su Chen took his younger sister, Su Xi, into the woodshed where the cooking was underway.
The Yang family lived in the countryside and still had a wood-burning stove.
There was a hand pump over the well.
The power outage did not affect them all that much.
The flames in the stove lit up the entire room, making it look very warm.
At the sight of the firelight, a faint smile appeared on Su Chen's face, and he felt much more at ease.
This was more comfortable to look at than the red moon.
What Su Chen did not know was.
For a long time to come, he would often recall the scene before him.
Elsewhere.
After seeing Su Chen park in front of someone's home, Gao Yue turned her car around.
As long as he hadn't run away!
Reassured, Gao Yue went back to find Huang Wei.
Gao Yue had some self-awareness.
When it came to fighting, she was no match for Su Chen.
Some vehicles had followed her in, and the country road was narrow.
The trip back was rather slow.
By the time Gao Yue found Huang Wei, the accident had almost been dealt with.
Although Fan Hui had asked Zhang Xiaomeng to go find Su Chen, Zhang Xiaomeng paid little attention to her.
She stayed beside Huang Wei, helping handle the situation.
Huang Wei rubbed his temples with a headache.
Only one car had been seriously damaged in the pileup.
One person had died, and another was severely injured.
The deceased car owner's wife was the one severely injured, and she had fallen unconscious.
However, when they tried calling 120 for help, there was no response at all.
The severely injured woman looked close to death.
With no other options, Huang Wei could only go to the line of vehicles behind them to see if there was a doctor.
They were lucky.
They found a doctor.
The doctor gave the injured woman some basic treatment, but she still needed to go to a hospital for emergency care.
Many people had seen that something had happened in Changcheng, and no one dared go back.
Where could they take the injured woman?
Huang Wei considered having someone take her to another city to see what could be done.
But...
Everyone was afraid the injured person would die in their car and refused no matter what.
In the end, it was the doctor who showed kindness.
The doctor had Huang Wei write a letter explaining the situation, after which he could leave with the injured person.
Huang Wei directed everyone to move the wrecked car off the national highway to clear the road first.
The deceased's body was harder to deal with.
Huang Wei found a waterproof tarp, wrapped the deceased in it, and placed the body under the banyan tree at the village entrance.
He planned to go into the village and find the village chief to ask whether he could help have the remains cremated.
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