Save my man, why does he always turn out to be the savior?

Chapter 574 World Invasion: Cannon Fodder in Infinite Terror VS The Ghost King Killed by the Origina

Su Jinyue and Xiao Jingan entered the town. The houses inside were better than those at the town entrance. Many of them had been repaired and were barely habitable, but they were still quite dilapidated.

The two walked slowly down the street. There were traces of a fight on the road and the walls of the houses, as well as black stains, which seemed to be traces of dried blood.

There were even human remains lying on the roadside, half-buried by sandstorms.

Su Jinyue could sense that there were spirits in the houses along the street, but no one appeared on the street.

She was puzzled: "Aren't the souls in this world supposed to be able to materialize? Why are there no people on the streets?"

Xiao Jing'an pondered for a moment, looked up at the sky, and said, "Although they can be transformed into physical forms, they are no longer human. Their appearance during the day may still have an impact on them."

"Hmm, it's also possible that they sensed our power and didn't want to provoke us, so they all went into hiding?"

Su Jinyue looked up at the sun overhead and thought about it. She suddenly remembered that when she was on the mountain, near the mountain gate, she noticed that there seemed to be a formation set up on the mountain.

However, the two of them did not stay on the mountain for long and did not understand the true function of the formation.

Looking back now, it seems that the formation had the function of blocking and filtering sunlight.

The reason why the spirits living on the mountain can appear and live during the day like normal people is because the formation blocks out the excessive light for them.

The residents of the town at the foot of the mountain don't have such a formation, so they can only try to avoid appearing during the day.

Su Jinyue thought that it might be because of her relationship with Xiao Jing'an, but it shouldn't be that no one in the entire town showed up.

There was nothing they could do; if the other person wouldn't come out, Su Jinyue and the other woman couldn't force them to, or they would truly become robbers.

Unable to find anyone, Su Jinyue and Xiao Jing'an wandered aimlessly through the streets until the sun set and the town gradually came to life again.

Su Jinyue discovered that the street closest to the center of the town was the most bustling. This must be the commercial area, with many shops and street vendors.

Only the shops and stalls on the street had lanterns lit up, but the light they emitted was not very bright and was dim and yellow, making it seem somewhat gloomy and desolate.

The items sold were similar to those sold in ancient markets, including food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. However, Su Jinyue noticed that these items were somewhat different from what living people would use.

People come and go on the street, stopping and starting at shops and stalls, but if you look closely at their faces, you can only see numbness and confusion.

Their behavior is trying to resemble their lives before they died, but after all, they are no longer alive.

Su Jinyue sighed. Since coming into this world, she had only felt the oppressive atmosphere everywhere. What was the point of living in such a world?

But they came here to continue gathering information.

Su Jinyue didn't have the currency of this world and was afraid of revealing her secret. Just as she was thinking about what to do, she heard a loud "bang" from the west of the town, followed by the sound of houses collapsing.

But the locals were used to it; upon hearing the sound, they would quickly dart away, shops would close, and vendors would pack up their goods and flee.

"What happened?" Xiao Jing'an quickly stopped an oncoming soul and asked, puzzled.

"Get out of the way! What are you doing blocking the road at a time like this? Don't you want to die?!" The spirit blocking the way was a short, thin old man who scolded someone sternly when he saw them blocking the road.

However, after sensing Xiao Jing'an's aura, his arrogance vanished instantly, and he dared not run away. Seeing Xiao Jing'an frown, he stood aside and honestly answered his questions.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, it is Tiger King and Boss Wu from the west who are fighting again."

Tiger King? Boss Wu? Who are these people?

Seeing that no one spoke, the old man cautiously looked up at the two of them. Seeing the question on their faces, he assumed that they were new to the place and didn't know anything about it, which was why they were confused.

Seeing that the two adults didn't seem unreasonable, and thinking about the growing commotion in the west, he had an idea stirring in his mind.

"Well, gentlemen, this is not the place to talk. My house is just ahead. Why don't we go to my house first, and I will explain everything to you in detail then?"

Su Jinyue and Xiao Jing'an exchanged a glance, then agreed to the old man's suggestion and followed him to his house.

They weren't unaware of the scheming in the old man's eyes, but they needed someone to investigate the world, and the old man's suggestion was like a godsend.

Besides, Su Jinyue and her companion didn't take the opponent, who was merely a ghost general, seriously. No matter how much scheming the opponent had, he couldn't harm them anyway.

The old ghost general's house wasn't far away; it was a courtyard house with one entrance. After entering the gate and passing the screen wall, three or four heads would pop out from the doorways of the side rooms on both sides, curiously watching the person who came in.

Su Jinyue looked around and saw that the souls in the side rooms were all young, including a five or six-year-old child's soul. These souls were not very strong, but what was rare was that they did not have any malicious schemes in their eyes, just like normal human teenagers.

Seeing the old ghost general respectfully leading Su Jinyue and Xiao Jing'an in, the children in the side rooms thought he had been kidnapped and threatened, and they came out anxiously, looking at the two with angry and hateful eyes.

"grandfather"

"grandfather"

……

Uh, is this the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather?

Su Jinyue touched her nose and chuckled, "I've been mistaken for a bad guy."

The old ghost general paused his apologetic smile, turned around, and sternly reprimanded the children before sending them back to their respective rooms.

"Alright, Grandpa and the two adults have something to discuss. You all stay in your rooms and don't come out!"

Although he spoke harshly, Su Jinyue could tell that the old ghost general was worried that the two of them would take their anger out on the children. The old man was indeed very thoughtful.

It's not hard to see that these children were all protected by the old ghost general, and the fact that he was able to protect them so well shows that he put his heart into it.

So, it seems the other party didn't have any ulterior motives in leading them to their home, otherwise they wouldn't have exposed their weaknesses so directly.

Upon arriving at the main living room, Su Jinyue and Xiao Jing'an received a warm welcome from the old ghost general.

The other party also prepared tea for them. Su Jinyue couldn't see anything special about the tea, but seeing the old man's pained expression, she guessed it was quite precious.

"You two have just arrived in town, haven't you? Are you on your way to the Xuanming Sect in the mountains?"

"Hmm, we just arrived and there's already a fight going on here. I wonder what happened?" Xiao Jing'an asked succinctly and calmly.

"Hey, what else could it be? It's just another turf war on the west side of town..."