My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 140 Parasite
He then observed another laborer wearing an iron bracelet and indeed saw a black thread piercing into the other man's body.

Chen Mu couldn't help but sigh: "I can't be a laborer after all."

"We have to think of other solutions."

Chen Mu surveyed his surroundings.

Only then did they notice that around the middle-aged man were five or six burly men dressed in black leather armor.

He had just thought it was soldiers from Tangshan maintaining order.

Looking at their stance now, it's clear they're protecting that middle-aged man.

"He's a very important person." Chen Mu shook his head.

The iron bracelets might be a means by which the Tangshan army controlled people, and only important figures could access such core secrets.

"We have no choice but to run."

He could see clearly that although this place was deep in the camp, Fenxi was only four or five hundred meters to the south.

He could escape successfully as long as he dashed into Fenxi before anyone else could react.

The laborers were mostly untrained and couldn't keep up with him at all.

Thinking this, he took a half step to the side with his right foot.

Power emanated from the soles of my feet and thighs; if I'm going to run, I have to give it my all.

Just as I was about to exert my strength, I suddenly felt a sharp gaze coming my way.

Chen Mu casually looked up and met the middle-aged man's expressionless face.

For no apparent reason, Chen Mu felt a chill run down his spine, as if he were being stared at head-on by a tiger.

He quickly looked up and stretched out his hands, pretending to stretch and move his limbs.

"who is he?!"

Chen Mu had a feeling that if he faced that person, he would die!
His wandering spirit almost covered half of his body, yet it still made him feel a deadly crisis.

"Armor Soul?!"

Chen Mu felt a sudden ache in his teeth.

Sending a high-ranking officer like Jia Po to handle such a core secret that involves control of the entire army is perfectly reasonable!
"Trouble!"

……

Chen Mu wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt like the middle-aged man was staring at him.

He became increasingly hesitant to act rashly.

"Does this really mean I have to wear an iron bracelet and be controlled by someone?" Chen Mu gritted his teeth in resentment.

"I should have had Jie Jia find out more before we went infiltrating," Chen Mu lamented.

Now that things had come to this, he was completely at a loss.

That middle-aged man was too much of a threat. Just one glance at him gave him a sense of deadly danger.

"With someone like this in charge, how am I supposed to find the Thousand Machine Token?" Chen Mu was utterly dejected.

Running means death, not running means being controlled.

"Forget it, I'll just continue being a laborer. At least I won't die for now," Chen Mu thought with a grim expression.

“Everyone in the labor camp wears iron bracelets, and we haven’t heard of any unusual deaths. That means the bracelets are fine for now,” Chen Mu reassured himself.

"Once we get through this, we'll ask Jie Jia if he can remove this control method," Chen Mu sighed.

What is this? Did I screw myself over?
……

The group moved forward and soon arrived at Chen Mu.

“Sun Dawang from Sunjiazhai in Nanyang Prefecture has both parents alive, and one sister and one brother…” The old man with the goatee read out Sun Dawang’s basic information.

With this information, it's easier to provide compensation for the dead and easier to track down those who have fled.

Middle-aged people use brushes to write on the inner wall of the iron ring.

A slight hissing sound was heard wherever the pen tip passed.

Each tiny character was formed by corrosion on the iron ring.

"Is there anything I've missed?" the old man with the goatee asked.

Chen Mu shook his head blankly.

"Raise your hand," the middle-aged man said expressionlessly.

Chen Mu sighed, feeling the middle-aged man's cold gaze, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Ultimately, we will be controlled by others.

The key point is that he walked right into the trap!
It's shameful for a time traveler like myself to have lived to this extent!
So he reluctantly extended a rough, large hand, more than twice the size of a normal person's, and placed it in front of the middle-aged man with a troubled expression.

"My hands are too big, I... I might not be able to wear them."

Thanks to the Transformation Technique, and thanks to Xing Laoliu!

If it weren't for the Transformation Technique combined with the "Bone Recognition and Physiognomy" technique, he would never have been able to grow his hands so large without leaving a trace.

The thought of playing tricks right under Jiapo's nose made Chen Mu's heart beat a little faster.

Seeing the astonished look on the other person's usually expressionless face, Chen Mu felt incredibly pleased.

Then he saw the middle-aged man reach into the bronze box... and take out a larger iron ring.

Chen Mu: "..." This... this is unavoidable?!

……

Dingyou Battalion Cook Army.

Chen Mu looked sadly at the huge iron ring on his left hand.

"In the end, we underestimated the wickedness of this world."

In his quest to find the Thousand Machine Token, he became so ruthless that he controlled everyone, even ordinary laborers in the labor camp!
"No wonder the labor camps are ridiculously large."

Under normal circumstances, it is reasonable for logistical laborers to make up one-quarter to one-fifth of the total population.

Here, however, the number of civilian laborers is almost twice that of regular soldiers!
"Are we going to use civilian laborers as cannon fodder?" Chen Mu's face was grim.

Once the iron rings are on, there's no way to escape.

No wonder the treatment is so generous; it's practically a life-saving payment!
"Don't the lives of ordinary laborers matter?" Chen Mu was filled with grief and indignation!
"Luckily, I was a cut above the rest."

Chen Mu couldn't help but look into the space inside the Five Ghosts Bag.

A black thread floated in mid-air.

The little paper figure with the character "Xia" was squatting nearby, constantly staring at the hair-thin black line.

He had already covered his sleeves with black smoke from the Five Ghosts.

The moment the black thread slipped into his sleeve, he moved it into his spatial dimension.

"That was really dangerous!"

Chen Mu was still shaken.

"It's a pity we can't go to Chunfeng Tower," Chen Mu lamented.

I have to treat myself.

Chen Mu turned his head to look at Fenxi, which was not far away.

Let's quietly make some boiled fish.

Is this a military camp, or a neglected civilian labor camp?

There's only one requirement for cooking: it must be cooked thoroughly.

After eating the working meals at Dingyou Camp for three days, Chen Mu was almost sick of it.

……

February 7th, 642nd year of the Great Liang Dynasty.

At the foot of Tangshan Mountain, the Dingyou Camp of laborers was stationed.

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes slightly and habitually raised his knife and brought it down.

Duoduoduo...

The rhythmic sound of a knife cutting through a wooden block echoed continuously.

After a long while, Chen Mu came to his senses, and his confused eyes gradually focused.

While Zheng Yuan, who was short and stout, wasn't paying attention, she secretly popped a fasting pill into her mouth.

My rumbling stomach immediately calmed down.

He had been in Tangshan Army for half a month since the day he was put on the iron ring.

Practicing breathing techniques while chopping vegetables became his entire life.

With a sudden thought, a gray wall appeared, and Chen Mu looked at the bottom entry.

Cloud Mirage Form Refinement Technique: 3185/10000/Tier 5;

"The task is arduous and the road ahead is long," Chen Mu sighed.

He is now eager to improve his strength.

To obtain the Thousand Machine Token, one needs the strength of a full-fledged warrior to even participate.

That middle-aged man gave Chen Mu a great sense of crisis.

Silently sensing the area covered by the wandering spirit, and realizing that it had already covered the navel area, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the Mirage Form Refinement Technique has only reached one-third of its progress, the other six Form Refinement Techniques have been improved as a result.

"We're almost halfway there."

Focus your attention on the Five Demon Bag.

The little paper figure is still crouching by the hair-thin black line.

Chen Mu discovered that this thing seemed to be alive, and it was good at burrowing into flesh and blood.

He wasted several fish because of this.

Once inside a living organism, it absorbs the host's nutrients and grows in a dormant state.

"Could it be some kind of parasite?"

Fortunately, it didn't get inside my body.

He glanced at Zheng Yuan beside him with pity.

Each of the other laborers has one of these things inside their body.

(End of this chapter)