Seventy-Nine, Monster

  Pang Ping shook his head and chuckled, "These guys really like to ruin the atmosphere. This quiet little mountain village hasn't been quiet since they arrived."

  Old Wu nodded in agreement: "Yes, these guys have really loud voices. We were woken up several times last night by them."

  Bai Yu heard this and couldn't help but feel surprised, saying: "Didn't they sleep at all last night? And yet they're still making so much noise?"

  Pang Ping chuckled and said, "Yes, I can be sure they didn't sleep all night. Fortunately, the people in this village are simple-minded. If it were me, I might have driven these few troublemakers out of here a long time ago."

  Bai Yu nodded and said, "Yes, if I had to listen to them quarreling all day, I wouldn't be able to take it either."

  Old Wu shook his head and said with a smile: "I think all these reasons are due to that old man, who keeps muttering some academic terms and whispering some place names all day long, making it impossible for others to understand, and yet he doesn't care about the impact at all."

  The three of them all smiled and changed the subject, not dwelling on this matter. Bai Yu said: "Shall we leave today or this afternoon? The scenery in this mountain village is enough for us to enjoy for a while."

  Pang Ping and Lao Wu naturally wouldn't object, with Bai Yu as the mainstay, they all nodded in agreement.

  Then the three of them ate breakfast here and left the village together.

  Looking at the lush trees in front of him, Bai Yu took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled, smiling: "The air here is indeed fresher than in the city. Although there are also trees in the city, the air quality is still not comparable to this place."

  Pang Ping also nodded in agreement and smiled: "Yes, I often think that when will I find such a place to hide and live a carefree life?"

  Lao Wu shook his head and chuckled, saying: "You all want to be in a place like this, but you don't think it's possible here. I'm just a driver, and even cars can't run freely here. Coming here has really left me with no way to make a living."

  Bai Yu and Pang Ping both shook their heads and laughed upon hearing this. Pang Ping said, "No one forced you to come to a place like this, so just focus on being a driver with peace of mind."

  Just then, there were voices of commotion coming from afar, the sound was still small, but it was heard clearly by Bai Yu, it was a human voice, sounding urgent and flustered, as if something had happened.

  He muttered to himself and turned his head to the two people beside him: "It seems like someone ahead is having trouble, let's go take a look."

  Pang Ping and Old Wu were both stunned, they pricked up their ears to listen carefully, but didn't hear any sound. Old Wu asked doubtfully: "Is there someone in front?"

  Pang Ping chuckled and shook his head: "Dao Chang, with such powerful magic, it's no wonder that his hearing is also extraordinary. It's normal that he can hear things that we can't."

  Old Wu heard this and nodded slightly, also thinking of those powerful people in movies and TV dramas.

  The two of them no longer had any objections. Bai Yu smiled and said, "Alright, let's go take a look." After finishing speaking, he turned around and led the way forward.

  Pang Ping and Lao Wu hastily followed behind him.

  A few people walked along the way, passing through the dense forest, following the sound source.

  It has to be said that Bai Yu's determination was indeed astonishing. The three of them walked for about ten minutes but still hadn't found the place.

  Lao Wu couldn't help but ask: "Master, how much longer will it take for us to arrive?"

  Bai Yu smiled and said, "We're almost there. I believe that after walking a few dozen meters forward, we'll arrive." Indeed, the three of them walked another ten or so meters forward. Pang Ping and Old Wu also heard the sound, but all they could make out was the panicked voices of several people.

  One of them suddenly opened his mouth and said: "We have to hurry up, if we don't leave now, we'll be dead."

  The reply came from a girl's voice, who was heard sobbing and saying: "I can't walk anymore, my foot is sprained."

  The man's voice was heard, and he let out a long sigh, saying: "Liu Zi, you've also seen the current situation. If we stay here for a while longer, we might all end up settling accounts here. So... sorry... we'll leave first."

  At this time, another female voice sounded, she seemed particularly angry and scolded: "Qian Jing, are you still human? Everyone is here now, Xiao Zi has sprained her foot, but you don't even lend a hand."

  The man called Qian Jing snorted, saying: "If you want to help yourself, I won't bother with this kind of thing. I'll leave first." After a pause, he said again: "Li Yuncong, are you going to stay here or come with me?"

  Li Yuncong seemed hesitant and didn't know what to do, so he fell silent.

  But Qian Jing didn't have that much free time to wait for him, and coldly laughed: "Fine, since you're willing to stay here with her, then I'll leave first. Hopefully we can meet again in the future." Afterwards, the sound of footsteps could be heard, and it seemed like he was really leaving.

  However, the direction he was heading in was the same as where Bai Yu and the others were.

  In fact, without waiting for others, they had already roughly guessed the identities of several people from their voices. They were two young men and women from the archaeological team living next door to them.

  Living in that household for a period of time, listening to these few people's voices every day, one can naturally remember their voices.

  Before long, a figure emerged between them, bringing with it a flurry of hurried footsteps, running towards the few people.

  Bai Yu smiled and said to the two people beside him: "Let's go take a look at what happened."

  The other two felt that something was strange and had some hesitation. Pang Ping said, "Bai Daozhang, what are they talking about? It seems to be somewhat dangerous."

  "Now it's safe, let's go," said Bai Yu with a smile, shaking his head. He finished speaking and walked towards there by himself.

  After hearing Bai Yu's words, the two of them exchanged a glance and looked at Bai Yu's back before revealing a determined expression and closely following him.

  It wasn't long before they ran into Qian Jing, who was heading in this direction. It was the man that Bai Yu had seen before without glasses. He looked shabby and dusty now, with a bit of grime on his face.

  The people in front were taken aback at first, but then they came back to their senses. They pretended to be calm and forced a smile as they said to Bai Yu, "Oh, it's you guys. You're doing well. I still have some things to take care of, so I'll be off." After that, they actually dodged the three people and took off in a small run again.

  Watching him leave, Bai Yu couldn't help but feel a little amused and shook his head. What was it that had scared them into this state?

  They then ignored him and continued walking forward.

  Before long, I saw three other people walking slowly. At this time, the three of them were also in a state of tension. The man with his eyes looked at a loss, and he was still entangled in the problem of leaving or staying. Next to him stood two women, but their gaze kept looking back, as if there was some kind of monster behind them, which made people fearful.

  Bai Yu and a few others met them, also startling them, but afterwards they were overjoyed.

  The woman supporting her friend excitedly laughed and said: "It's you! Quick! Help us out, there are monsters behind us, we need to hurry up!"

  Bai Yu couldn't help but laugh at their expressions and said: "What's going on? Tell us."

  A glimmer of fear appeared in the woman's eyes, and her panic intensified a few more degrees. "Let's go quickly, we can't stay here, the professors have all been eaten by that monster."

  Upon hearing this, his curiosity was greatly aroused and he said: "What kind of monster is it? Tell me and let's take a look."

  The woman didn't say those things, but instead urged: "Hurry up and go, or it will be too late!"

  The man named Li Yuncong also nodded and said, "Let's go quickly, we have a lot of people, let's take out two to take care of Liu Zi, it should be faster."

  At this moment, a hoarse and unpleasant scream came over, the sound was not loud but it made one's blood boil and chest stuffy. Seeing this situation, Bai Yu's heart suddenly jumped in surprise, what kind of thing is this? And with such momentum.

  Li Yuncong and the other two suddenly turned pale, their hands and feet icy cold, and they secretly sighed in their hearts: It's all over, it's all over.

  After a few breaths' time, a figure like a human shadow flew over.

  "As soon as he hit the ground, a loud noise was heard at the same time, and a large piece of mud splashed up."

  Bai Yu directed his gaze at the face of the figure, but he was greatly shocked.

  The facial features of this humanoid creature were indistinguishable, only visible were patches of rotten flesh that had congealed into a stone-like substance. The eyes, devoid of eyelids, stared out blankly like dried salted meat exposed to the wind. One side of its face was also missing a chunk, revealing teeth that stood out starkly.

  This is absolutely a corpse, and not just an ordinary corpse, but also not a zombie or anything like that.

  To know that zombies are stiff but not rotten, and this corpse has already rotted to this extent, so it's not a zombie.

  What is this thing after all? Although I was puzzled in my heart, I didn't dare to think more. The thing in front of me was staring at them.

  "He suddenly turned to the crowd standing by, who were already frightened stiff, and shouted: 'All of you stand back, I'll deal with this thing.'"

  Pang Ping and Lao Wu were after all more mature and stable than the young people, so they quickly pulled themselves together and rushed to pull up the others who were still in a state of terror, retreating hastily.

  After everyone had left, Bai Yu put down his guard and gazed at the unknown object in front of him with a hint of a cold smile. "Although I don't know what you are, today I'll still take care of you so you won't harm anyone."

  But what responded to Bai Yu was the hoarse voice coming from the throat of this thing in front of him and its raised, rotten, and deformed bone claws.

  I said I would work hard to update today, and this is the first update!