My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 164 Lost
A secluded bend on the banks of the Bailang River.

A patch of turf was suddenly lifted up.

Chen Mu leaped up, followed closely by Zheng Yuan and Sun Enqi, and climbed out of the tunnel.

“No wonder you can run out of the camp every day.” Zheng Yuan looked back and could vaguely see the outline of the camp through the reeds.

"Stop talking nonsense and let's go!" Chen Mu's expression was not good.

It was already dark, with only a little light remaining.

Chen Mu, however, keenly noticed that a wisp of pale white mist began to spread in the air.

He was all too familiar with this deadly fog.

"Sincerity!"

……

boom!
With a muffled thud, the roof of the Watchtower in the north of the city exploded instantly.

Sincerity is like a catapult projectile, carrying tiles, wood chips, mud, and bricks, which crashes into the ground not far away.

Mud flew everywhere, Cheng Yi was covered in black soot, his arms outstretched, and he collapsed in a pit three meters in diameter.

A trickle of blood hung from the corner of his mouth, but his eyes calmly gazed at Tu Shan, whose face was cold and indifferent, like a demon.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Tu Shan said calmly, "This white mist, you're the one who did it, aren't you?"

His sincerity was measured and deliberate. He tilted his head slightly, a smile on his face: "Without sufficient benefits, why should I help you kill and perform a blood sacrifice? Just because your fists are hard enough?"

"Since I'm going to kill people anyway, it's not too much for me to refine a magical artifact while I'm at it, is it? Ha...haha...hahaha." Cheng Yi grinned, laughing wildly, and with a flick of his right hand, a bronze bell fell from his sleeve into his hand.

The bell is ancient and heavy, with streaks of black and red stripes like lightning. One glance is enough to stir the soul.

Dark, primordial energy slowly enveloped Tu Shan's entire body. His eyes were icy as he stared at the bell, his killing intent palpable.

"You want to kill me?" Cheng Yi's smile remained unchanged: "Then you'll have to wait."

"At the very least, we'll have to wait until midnight tonight for me to help you activate the Yin-Taming Blood Sacrifice Array."

"I just don't know, when the time comes, will you kill me first, or will you try to seize the Thousand Machine Token first?" Cheng Yi said with a smile.

Tu Shan remained silent for a long time before calmly looking at Cheng Yi: "Having met you, Chao Fang's death was not unjust."

“I was born for the Dao, and he died for the Dao. Of course, it is not unjust!” Cheng Yi’s smile grew even wider.

……

In the south of Qingshan County, a group of Jinghong Gang members rushed into the city.

They carried torches and went around smashing and looting.

In a secluded alley, three men dressed in black, carrying a dim yellow lantern, carefully made their way westward, their steps uneven.

"Is that cellar reliable? Is there really valuable stuff inside?" Kui Tuo asked, looking unconvinced.

"You may not believe anything else, but you can completely trust me on this point," said Zhang Ye, the former leader of the White Tiger Hall, with a confident expression.

His men were wiped out again in the attack on the Tangshan military and civilian labor camp. Because of this incident, he regained his former status and became the former leader of the White Tiger Hall once again.

Now he's leading his right-hand men into the city to make a fortune.

"Back then, I was the leader of a gang."

"In the entire Qingshan County, who doesn't give me some face?"

Zhang Ye spoke at length about the glory days of the past.

"Shut up, you're just a small-town gang leader, and you're making such a big deal out of him!" Kuituo wasn't buying it.

"So what if he's a gang leader?" Zhang Ye wasn't ashamed at all; instead, he looked smug. "The gang leader is the one with the best information."

"The cellar is in a warehouse in the West Market. It was secretly built by Li Wenlin, the garrison commander."

“Li Wenlin was greedy, lustful, and exploitative. When I learned that he was secretly building a cellar, I immediately felt something was amiss and sent people to keep an eye on him.”

“He sends a whole truckload of wooden crates to the warehouse cellar every month.” Zhang Ye chuckled. “What do you think is inside…”

"The wealth he plundered?" Krito's eyes lit up.

"Almost certainly!" Zhang Ye slammed his right fist into his left palm, his face full of certainty.

“I’ve wanted to do it for him for a long time!” Zhang Ye said with a smile, his eyes narrowed. “I even hired three tomb raiders to dig a tunnel that leads directly to the cellar.”

"Unfortunately, we ran into a lunatic. Before we could even make a move, the White Wave Gang disbanded." Zhang Ye sighed.

Kui Tuo looked at Zhang Ye with a complicated expression.

You're a real genius when it comes to being a gang leader!

“When Li Wenlin died a violent death, he certainly didn’t have time to transfer his wealth.”

“Let’s follow the tunnel straight to our target. This enormous wealth will be as easy as taking candy from a baby!” Zhang Ye laughed heartily.

"Just follow your brother and wait to get rich!"

"Taking something out of a bag?!" Kuituo glared at Zhang Ye.

"Stop nagging!" Zhang Ye said angrily, "Hurry up and go!"

Chen Mu frowned as he walked forward through the eerie fog.

It was just a light mist a moment ago, but as the sun set, the fog quickly thickened. Now, you can't see your hand in front of your face.

He could only rely on his memory to find his way forward.

"Fatty, keep up, we should be there soon," Chen Mu said uncertainly.

After taking two steps, Chen Mu suddenly stopped and turned around abruptly. Behind him, however, there was only a thick fog.

Zheng Yuan and the others who were originally following behind had already disappeared.

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat.

"Fatty! Seventh Uncle!" Chen Mu shouted.

However, as the sound spreads, there is no response from the surrounding area.

Not only that, but all the sounds of insects, wind, and water vanished. It was as if I had suddenly stepped into a vast, soundproof hall. The silence was eerily quiet.

"I can't wait any longer!" Chen Mu called out twice more, but there was still no response, so he immediately strode away.

He didn't want to stay in this eerie fog for even a minute longer!

……

Fifteen minutes later, Chen Mu stopped, his face grim.

He is lost!

The thick fog remained silent, with everything in white all around.

The five ghostly spirits appeared, but as soon as they took on their spirit form, the black smoke dissipated, and they turned back into paper figures.

"The Yin spirits are suppressed? The Yin-taming strategy!"

"Sincerity! Chao Fang!"

"With the gray wall, any skill will be mastered sooner or later. I really shouldn't have been so greedy for the Spirit Armor Technique's proficiency." Chen Mu felt a little regretful.

"You should have left the night you received the Thousand Machine Token!"

Just as I was feeling annoyed, a sudden surge of white mist appeared beside me.

A man dressed in a gray short-sleeved shirt rushed out of the fog.

He held a knife at his waist in his right hand and a blood-stained black bundle in front of his chest with his left.

Upon seeing Chen Mu, a look of fear immediately appeared on his face.

He subconsciously took two steps back, then stopped.

His eyes were bloodshot as he glared fiercely at Chen Mu: "I could kill you when you were alive, and I can still kill you now that you're dead!"

With that, he raised his waist knife and charged fiercely at Chen Mu.

boom!
He came quickly and left quickly. Crouching low, like a shrimp, he flew back.

He fell to the side and lost consciousness immediately.

The bundle the other person was holding to their chest fell apart, with copper coins, silver coins, jade bracelets, and pearl necklaces scattered all over the ground.

Chen Mu frowned at the burly man: "Did you run away after robbing the goods? Are you in a bloodthirsty frenzy?"

But as they watched, they noticed that the burly man suddenly tilted his head to the side and became completely lifeless.

Chen Mu felt a chill run down his spine.

He held back just now, only knocking the person unconscious.

It's this white mist!

"We must leave now!"

"The direction this person came from must be Qingshan County. We can't go there."

Chen Mu turned around and ran in the direction the man had just run.

But after running only a few hundred meters, a man covered in blood came running towards him.

Upon seeing Chen Mu, the other party screamed and turned to run away as if they had seen some terrifying monster.

Chen Mu froze on the spot.

"If the man we just saw came from the county town, then where did this person come from?"

Terrified screams suddenly came from all directions.

Chen Mu looked around blankly.

He was completely lost in the thick fog.

(End of this chapter)