After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 2513 Eagle Beak Town

“That’s true.” The guard then handcuffed and shackled the two men, threatening them, “Follow the truck and help unload the cargo, or we’ll kill you! Don’t even think about escaping, or we’ll kill you!”

The couple in front of me nodded vigorously, then immediately walked to the car.

"Hey, they're quite sensible," the guard chuckled. "Unlike those five from a few days ago, who came here shouting and crying for their parents, until they got a beating and became obedient, obediently going to move the goods."

The two were sensible and avoided a beating.

He Lingchuan suddenly asked, "Then... are they still alive?"

The guard was taken aback, then chuckled: "How would I know?"

The carriage started moving again, and He Lingchuan and the other man followed behind, heading towards the reef.

There was a natural recessed cave on the reef ahead. It was not visible from the air, but when the two guards poked the rock twice with their fingers, a stone door quietly slid open in front of them, which was a dozen and a half feet wide!

With such a wide door, most supplies can be delivered through.

Furthermore, the passageway behind the door is quite spacious, easily accommodating four carriages side by side.

The convoy drove in with practiced ease, entering in single file.

Strangely, although the air was a bit humid, it didn't have the salty dampness typical of the seaside, and the wind was flowing without any other odors.

He Lingchuan carried the goods and concluded that this place must have been converted from a natural water-eroded cave, because the surrounding reefs were covered with holes of all sizes.

These caves are inherently very complex.

The rock walls were illuminated with spore lamps, making the entire route as bright as day.

There was light ahead, so the group followed it, and soon the view opened up before them.

Xiao An's eyes widened, and she exclaimed in surprise:
"Oh dear, this!"

As they emerged from the cave, the scene before them instantly transformed!

Blue sky with white clouds drifting by, a vast expanse of mountains in front of me, lush with green trees, hundreds of buildings built against the mountainside, gray walls and black tiles, their designs suggesting they are quite old.

If they hadn't captured Tao Zhi, they probably would have assumed that the cave was a damp and dark place. Who would have thought that they would actually cross from the seaside to a small town in the mountains?

Is it an illusion? But the air is very fresh.

"Don't stand there, let's go!" The person behind her gave Xiao An a push, telling her not to block the road.

The two continued forward, walking several dozen feet before turning back to find themselves emerging from a large cave, with the road stretching all the way into the town.

That must be Eagle Beak Town. Tao Zhi explained that Eagle Beak Town is located outside Lingyun Palace.

The distance from the cave to the town is very short, only about 300 steps.

As the convoy entered the town, He Lingchuan saw many busy figures, both humans and monsters, moving back and forth like worker bees. They remained indifferent to the convoy's arrival, giving it only a fleeting glance.

The carriage made two turns in the town before finally stopping in front of a huge round warehouse. This rammed earth warehouse was two stories high, without windows, and looked like a short, plump, round mushroom.

The truck stopped, and He Lingchuan and the others unloaded the goods and carried the supplies into the warehouse.

The warehouse was chilly; your breath would turn to ice as soon as you entered, probably because an ice magic array was in place.

Whether in ancient times or now, even with abundant spiritual energy, sects and nations still prefer to use human labor because it's less troublesome, less labor-intensive, and less prone to errors. Various puppets driven by magic and supernatural powers, while possessing immense strength and tireless nature, lack sentience and are far less dexterous than humans, often exhibiting strange and unpredictable problems. Long ago, He Lingchuan passed through Fengmo Mountain and saw many small human dwellings at the Xiaoyao Sect's headquarters.

Human coordination and dexterity are often irreplaceable.

This round warehouse was near the cliff. He Lingchuan took a special look at it and found that the entire mountain area was completely covered by milky white clouds and mist, with only a natural stone bridge connecting the cliff to the outside.

But the other end of the stone bridge was hidden in the clouds and mist, and no one knew where it led.

He Lingchuan had already learned from the prisoner Tao Zhi that the cliff beneath their feet was named Eagle Beak Town because it resembled an eagle's head. The people living here were a diverse group, including soldiers, overseers, laborers, night demons, and fugitives like He Lingchuan; the town's buildings, in addition to residences and prisons, also included warehouses, livestock pens, and so on.

The swirling clouds and mist surrounding the town are actually a barrier, separating Eagle Beak Town from other places. Without special permission, no one in the town can cross the stone bridge in front of them.

He Lingchuan couldn't use the prisoners he had captured before, so he had to think of another way.

Since he was already there, he wasn't in a hurry. While unloading the goods, he took in the layout of Eagle Beak Town.

After the two trucks were unloaded, another figure entered from the cave behind them. It was the Night Demon Roe Deer Owl, who had previously sneaked into Su's Cloth Shop.

It was thirsty, and went to the well to drink water as soon as it entered Eagle Beak Town. Before it could even take two sips, a man in a blue robe came to greet it:

"You're late. Yours was the only one missing."

He stretched out his hand, and the roe owl offered him a bag.

The man in the blue robe opened the bag to check it, then frowned: "Why are there only four? You should have brought back five tonight."

"It's too late. Time is too tight, and these women live too far apart."

"They are all within your jurisdiction!"

The roe deer's fur stood on end: "My territory has suddenly doubled in size, and the number of people has doubled too. We really can't run that many people in one night! Could you talk to your superiors and ask them to allocate a few more manpower to us?"

"You wish! Every place in Lingyun Palace is short of people right now."

Paoxiao pointed at He Lingchuan, who was passing by, and said, "Isn't it better to capture some mortals like these to do manual labor than to misappropriate our Night Demons? We can do their work, but they can't do what we can do!"

"Who do you think you are? You do what you're told. What gives you the right to complain? Haven't you heard the old saying? 'Keep your mouth shut, and you'll live longer.'" The blue-robed man mocked it, then continued, "Today's vacancies must be made up for tomorrow!"

The roe owl remained silent.

The man in the blue robe pressed further, "Did you hear that? You can be lazy, but those embryos can't wait! Once the best time to harvest them is over, they'll be useless! If the higher-ups investigate, the responsibility will be entirely yours!"

The roe owl said sullenly, "I heard you, I heard you. I'll try to make it up tomorrow."

The man in blue robes then turned and walked toward the natural stone bridge, seemingly to deliver what he had collected.

He scolded the roe deer so intently that it didn't notice a small spider stuck to its clothes.

He quickly got onto the bridge.

Ahead, the mist surged, and as usual, he charged headlong into it, and then—

It bounced back.

"Huh?" The man in blue robes reached out and poked at the clouds in front of him. "Why can't we pass?"

He looked at himself for a long time, then shook his clothes and noticed a small spider had fallen down and quickly slipped into a crevice in the rock.

"These things again!" The man in blue robes didn't think much of it. Eagle Beak Town was closely connected with the outside world, with a large number of people and supplies coming and going every day, and it was perfectly normal for small alien creatures to be brought in along with them.

(End of this chapter)