Ancient Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 51 Coincidence

The entrance to the village is behind the mountain. After passing through the farmland, a thicket of bushes blocks the road.

The villagers led Lin Xiu, Yao Rongrong, and Brother Donkey to the side of the bushes, pushed aside the tangled bushes, and pushed aside a stone slab that was almost integrated with Li Sou Mountain, and a wide passageway appeared before them.

This place is probably specifically for vehicles and pedestrians. If you are a single pedestrian, you can simply climb up the rope ladder at the other side of the village entrance.

"Let's go."

The villager who was leading the way said something and then walked into the passageway first.

Lin Xiu, Yao Rongrong, and Brother Donkey went inside and heard the echoes of the villagers' voices blending with the rumbling of the wheels, which was quite disturbing.

"This is the entrance that the county magistrate opened up for us after he came here. It leads all the way to the end of the new village."

As the villagers walked, they explained to Lin Xiu and Yao Rongrong, "Our old village is at the foot of the mountain, it's just a tiny little place, as you just saw."

But the world is too chaotic now, and it's no longer safe there. So when the county magistrate came, he led us all to move up the mountain, built new houses, and repaired new roads.

The old village had become an abandoned place, with only one or two people left to guard it every day.

The old village is full of traps, so don't wander off there carelessly.

Yao Rongrong still looked timid and said, "Thank you so much for telling us, we understand."

Lin Xiu secretly glanced at Yao Rongrong and thought that Yao Rongrong's acting was quite interesting.

The man grinned at Yao Rongrong: "Don't worry, there aren't any bad people in the village. With the county magistrate in charge, no one in the village dares to be a villain."

He seemed to have a high opinion of the county magistrate, and as he walked out of the tunnel and into the village, he kept praising the magistrate.

Lin Xiu and Yao Rongrong didn't need to ask him specifically; he revealed all the details about the county magistrate.

This magistrate was the magistrate of Yanhe County, and he was quite prestigious in Yanhe County back then.

After the outbreak of the undead catastrophe, most of the people in Yanhe County turned into the undead. The county magistrate had no choice but to lead the survivors out of Yanhe County.

They fled all the way to Lijiaji, where some people survived. Two of them were experts who had gone up the mountain to learn cultivation techniques and were lucky enough not to become living dead. That's how they managed to protect the village and their crops.

When the survivors from Yancheng County arrived here, a group of bandits came to plunder the village. Among the bandits were some skilled fighters, and the villagers could hardly resist them.

Later, under the leadership of the county magistrate, the survivors from Yancheng County and Lijiaji gathered together and drove the bandits away.

"That gang of bandits fled south. There are quite a few of them; once they're in the south, who knows which village they'll wreak havoc on."

At this point, the man seemed to remember something and said, "Do you think that among those people who died in the fires you encountered, there might have been a gang of bandits?"

As he spoke, his eyes lit up, and he suddenly became energetic, exclaiming excitedly, "Who knows! Who knows!"

Among the dead people you've seen, was there an old man with gray hair, a messy beard, slightly protruding eyes, who was quite thin but energetic?

Uh... what am I saying?! How can you tell someone is alive and well after they've died? Anyway, that's how they are. I wonder if either of you saw them?

There was also a woman, not young, but not as old as the old man; neither fat nor thin, with rather full lips.

Lin Xiu was slightly taken aback. The two images matched up perfectly. Back in Liangjia Village, when they were caught up by someone, there was a middle-aged woman and a sprightly old man among them. Their appearances were exactly the same as the description given by this person.

What a coincidence!

He then feigned surprise, as if a dull young man couldn't hide his thoughts. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced to the side and was surprised to find that Yao Rongrong, just like him, had her beautiful eyes wide open slightly and her lips parted slightly.

We've thought of the same thing again...

What a great performance partner!

Upon seeing Lin Xiu and Yao Rongrong's performance, the villagers immediately understood what was going on and were overjoyed: "Really?! It really is?!"

He immediately burst into laughter, shouting, "Good news! Great news!"

By this time, the group had reached the village. Lin Xiu and Yao Rongrong noticed that the mountainside of Li Sou Mountain was slightly concave, so from the outside, it was impossible to see that such a wide and straight road had been carved out in the mountain.

The road surface was paved with gravel and compacted, so it didn't feel uncomfortable underfoot. There were two rows of wooden houses on the side of the road, which were obviously only built a few months ago and were quite neat.

The innermost part, against the cliff face in the mountains, is enclosed by a wooden house with a courtyard. There are more than one house in the courtyard, which should be the residence of the county magistrate.

There must be an excellent carpenter in this village.

As the villagers led the way and laughed, many people came out of the wooden houses and looked at the scene with great curiosity.

Those who were busy with their own things in the village all looked over here.

"Li Laoshi, what are you yelling about?"

Someone, still half-asleep, complained, "I just finished my night watch last night and had barely fallen asleep when you woke me up! If you keep yelling, you'll have to take my night watch next time!"

It turns out that the villager who led Lin Xiu and Yao Rongrong was named Li Laoshi.

Li Laoshi wasn't annoyed at all and said with a smile, "Come on, you live next to Wang the blacksmith's house. Wang the blacksmith is hammering and banging, but he hasn't woken you up!"

I have some good news for you, and if you knew it, you'd be happy to be woken up by me!

Lin Xiu raised an eyebrow. There's a blacksmith in this village?!

The complaining man said, "What news? What nonsense are you spouting? Just say it already!"

Li Laoshi said, "Remember that gang of bandits from before? There was an old man in there who was really good at fighting, and a woman who wasn't young either, who was also quite good at fighting."

Those people are all dead! These two guests just saw them before they arrived!

They also picked up a lot of weapons, all from that band of bandits!

In an instant, the mountain village erupted into chaos and noise, as if a pot had been boiled over.

"Dead?!"

"Really dead?!"

"Really?!"

"How did he die?"

"As expected, good deeds are rewarded and evil deeds are punished; good riddance!"

……

The villagers chatted amongst themselves, and some even came over to ask Lin Xiu and Yao Rongrong for confirmation.

However, both siblings were extremely shy. Surrounded by people, they were "panicked" and speechless.

Li Laoshi quickly stopped the crowd and said:

"Alright, alright, stop swarming over here all at once. These two guests are still young and unfamiliar with our place. They're a bit scared, and you've scared them so much they won't dare to say a word!"

Are you all trying to eat people or what?