Lead-gray dark clouds hung heavily in the sky, and mist-like drizzle moistly enveloped the dilapidated city.
The cracked and broken streets are covered with shrubs and weeds. Because they have been uninhabited for a long time, dark green vines have covered the crumbling buildings.
Xinyang City is a lightly polluted city. Logically speaking, as long as the protection is good, it should not be an empty city. However, the real situation is that this city, in addition to barely maintaining the prototype of a city, is extremely standard.
The dead city.
Xue Hongling kicked the can away from her feet and complained: "I didn't expect that in just one and a half years ago, this shabby place would be like this." She still remembered that when she came to provide disaster relief with her master, there were still many people living in this city.
Fewer refugees.
"Sister Xue, please keep your voice down," Jiang Xingmian reminded, staring at her restless feet.
As a theatergoer, she knew very well how dangerous the empty city was, but she didn't want Xue Hongling to attract anything terrible.
"You are the only one with a lot of things." Xue Hongling rolled her eyes: "Even if there are demonic creatures in a lightly polluted city, they won't be too strong. What are you afraid of?"
Jiang Xingmian reasoned with her seriously: "But you lost your space ring, and my master's talismans are getting less and less. The remaining ones have to be kept to deal with the wronged souls of Linjia Village, so it's better for us to keep a low profile.
."
Xue Hongling: "..." Which pot won't be opened?
Seeing Xue Hongling speechless, Jiang Xingmian struck while the iron was hot: "And Sister Meng told me that the citizens of Xinyang City did not die of natural causes, but mysteriously disappeared overnight. Such a dangerous place..."
"I understand." Xue Hongling drawled her voice.
Jiang Xingmian knew why Xue Hongling suddenly became so easy to talk to. Because according to their original itinerary, there was no need to venture to Xinyang City, but she lost her space ring. These days, she has been eating and drinking Wen Chuyan. The animals in the wild and
Plants are not edible, so don’t we have to go to the city to collect supplies?
But what she couldn't understand was why Wen Chuyan still insisted on going to Linjia Village even though her demonic disease was cured? Could it be that he really took a fancy to the evil weapon? However, three hundred years later, the evil weapon was still there.
Are you there?
Jiang Xingmian was a little itchy and wanted to ask directly, but thought about how that guy had been observing her recently, intentionally or unintentionally, so she held back.
If the vest falls off, it will become warped.
Alas, Wen Chuyan is like a mystery, completely different from what she saw in the TV series.
You might say that he has traveled through time. Seeing how he skillfully draws talismans and flexibly uses the male protagonist's various sword moves and skills, it is obvious that he is not.
It's not like he was reborn. If he was really reborn, with his meticulous character, it would be impossible for Ahri to be infected with the demonized virus.
Therefore, this is obviously a serious discrepancy between the plot and the characters.
Ugh, so annoying!
After thinking wildly for a moment, Wen Chuyan and Xue Hongling had arrived in front of a shop covered by vines.
This shop looks like it was renovated from a private house. Not to mention its low height, it still has old flat doors.
Wen Chuyan pushed lightly with his sword, and the rotten door collapsed. The smell of rust mixed with the fishy stench hit his face. Jiang Xingmian raised his head and took a look.
It is a hardware store. Due to the humidity, everything is rusty. There are also many bugs multiplying in the corners covered with cobwebs. You can also see large swaths of pink insect eggs on the walls, which are a bit like the eggs of apple snails.
It's pretty disgusting anyway.
Seeing that there was no profit to be made, Miss Xue refused to go in. Wen Chuyan ignored her and walked straight into the store. He picked some parts from the shelves and stuffed them into his backpack, and also took several packs of unopened thumbtacks.
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Seeing that he was still pulling off the wire, Jiang Xingmian walked around the shop and luckily found a small kitchen. Humans like to store food. After making sure that there was no danger, she slipped in without hesitation.
The kitchen was dark, full of bug eggs and mold, but the fox had night vision and didn't panic.
Jiang Xingmian jumped on the stove and opened the refrigerator with her paws. There were indeed a lot of ingredients inside, but there was no doubt that... they had all rotted into unknown objects. However, she was lucky enough to find a few cans on the shelf.
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I took a look at the ingredient list and the date. Well, I couldn’t understand it. I didn’t recognize any of the words on it.
She picked up a bottle of cans and was about to go to Wen Chuyan to inspect the goods. Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in her ears. The sound was very subtle, not like the noises that mice and insects could make, but more like...
Jiang Xingmian looked along the source of the sound.
Then he was stunned.
The vines that wrapped around the entire building were slowly crawling toward her! Obviously, these things were not ordinary vines, but mutant plants.
Mutated plants are not easy to mess with. Most of them are highly poisonous, so they always avoid them when they are in the forest.
Without any hesitation, Jiang Xingmian immediately gave up the can in her mouth, turned around and ran out the door. She shouted as she ran: "Wen Chuyan, there is something wrong with the vines, let's leave quickly!"
Wen Chuyan was still standing in front of the shelves, picking here and there, and the old god was there: "The Chihua Vine moves very slowly, don't be afraid of it." He turned back: "Also, you forgot to call me master again."
He seems to be particularly obsessed with the word 'master'.
She jumped back on his shoulder and couldn't help but urge: "I just saw a lot of cans in the refrigerator. I don't know if they are still edible. I don't recognize the words on them. Do you want to take a look?"
"We'll go see it later." Wen Chuyan didn't even raise his head.
Jiang Xingmian was confused: "Why do you collect nails?"
"For formation purposes."
"Can nails be used to form an array?" Jiang Xingmian was shocked.
"cannot."
"Then why do you collect so many?"
Wen Chuyan turned around and smiled, his stern features looked much softer in the dim environment: "It can be used with some processing." He patted Jiang Xingmian's head: "Okay, I've finished collecting it, let's go and take a look at yours.
can."
When he entered the kitchen again, the vines had climbed to the floor. Wen Chuyan cut them off with a few strokes of his sword. He opened the refrigerator and checked the cans. He turned to Jiang Xingmian and said, "You're lucky, it's only a month away from the expiration date."
"What kind of can is it?" Jiang Xingmian's eyes were bright. When she came to this world, she was most interested in food.
Wen Chuyan looked at it: "Herring, chicken, corned beef, and a can of yellow peaches."
"Can I eat it?" Jiang Xingmian asked urgently.
Wen Chuyan smiled, low and half-hearted: "Sorry, cubs can't eat something so salty."
Jiang Xingmian: "..."
Wen Chuyan changed the subject and stopped smiling: "But you can eat it."
Jiang Xingmian instantly turned into a pufferfish face, ah~ why is this person so mean? Is teasing cubs fun?
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After stuffing all the cans into his backpack, Wen Chuyan left the hardware store. Xue Hongling was squatting on the curb with her hands raised, chatting with Meng Qingyan, "Are you sure there were spiritual veins deep underground in Xinyang City three hundred years ago?
"
Meng Qingyan was possessed by Xue Hongling's bracelet, and her voice sounded very weak: "I just heard that there is no actual proof, but it is said that the Shenji Battalion did send people to dig out back then. As for the follow-up, we can't know.
Got it."
Xue Hongling looked thoughtful: "I think there must be spiritual veins, otherwise Xinyang City cannot be only lightly polluted."
Hearing Wen Chuyan's footsteps, she turned her head and said whimsically: "How about we dig it out?"
Jiang Xingmian could tell that Wen Chuyan was speechless. Just when she thought he would ignore Xue Hongling, he said: "Your history class was probably taught by your physical education teacher." His expression was quite serious.
Xue Hongling suddenly stood up and started fighting with Wen Chuyan again.
Wen Chuyan probably thought she was noisy, so he popularized the science: "The spiritual veins of Xinyang City were divided by the ten major sects on December 18, 337 years ago. In order to compensate the losses of the local residents, Xinyang City
The city has been divided into a subsidiary area of Changge Sect, and there are ten quotas for recommended sects every year."
He spoke in detail like an endorsement, and Xue Hongling was immediately speechless. She tied the soft whip back around her waist, and in order to cover up her embarrassment, she hummed: "I know Wen Xueba, quickly find supplies and leave, I don't want to do anything anymore."
Stay in this damn place."
Wen Chuyan raised his hand and looked at the watch. Jiang Xingmian took the opportunity to take a look. She could still read this kind of antique watch. The time displayed on it was 5:37 pm.
Wen Chuyan said: "Then I'm afraid you will be disappointed. We will sleep here tonight."
Xue Hongling: "..." This chapter has been completed!