Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 33: No Eating Evil Minions

Huangshi Village is located at the junction of Qingzhou Prefecture and Luozhou Prefecture. It is not located in a remote area and is right near the official road between the two prefectures.

But because the emperor had been incompetent in the past two years, the world had become increasingly unstable, and evil spirits were rampant. Ordinary people dared not leave the place where they depended on for survival.

Except for Ruan Fu who occasionally goes out of the village to do some business, the other villagers rarely leave the village anymore, and their memories are still stuck in two years ago.

A lot can happen in two years. For example, villagers only remember the new emperor ascending the throne but don't know that two years have passed. For example, Luozhou suffered a severe drought, and the people were starving everywhere, and there were corpses everywhere along the way...

In places that people cannot see, farmhouses inexplicably appeared outside Huangshi Village. These farmhouses seemed to be newly built, and many of them did not even have doors.

However, there is always smoke rising from these farmhouses, emitting tempting aromas. In addition, there is often a person standing outside the door.

The man had a pale face and thin body, and looked like a dried-up skeleton. He stretched his neck and looked around, as if he was expecting someone to visit his home.

Those farmers who had no one coming were waiting there, while on the other side, a farmer had already welcomed a group of people in.

Lin Beixuan followed a few villagers from Huangshi Village into the farmhouse. The lingering aroma in his nose almost occupied his mind, and he couldn't wait to eat that thing.

When the person in front pushed open the door, he saw that the table inside was filled with sumptuous food. There was not only chicken, duck, fish and meat, but also a meat root standing in the middle.

This fleshy root looks like the rhizome of an old tree, but it is made entirely of minced meat. On the separate branches hang egg-sized fleshy fruits, which are bright red and have juice flowing and dripping onto the plate.

"I'm so hungry. I'm so hungry..."

I don't know who couldn't help shouting, his eyes filled with desire for food, he rushed to the table and reached out to grab the pile of food on the table.

Grabbing the bright red fruit in his hand, the fresh juice flowed all over his hands. He licked it with his tongue, and an obsessive look suddenly appeared on his face, as if this was the most delicious food in the world.

Seeing this, others also gathered around. Without bowls and chopsticks, they used the most primitive method to grab the food. Soon their mouths were full of oil and the bright red soup was splashed everywhere.

Lin Beixuan wanted to rush over, but some instinct forcibly suppressed his desire. His body did not obey his command and he could only stay where he was without moving.

He saw those people eating voraciously, their mouths drooling uncontrollably, and at his feet, the candlelight in the shrine flickered and became dimmer and dimmer.

Just then, the old man who was greeting them at the door walked in. Seeing Lin Beixuan standing there, he stepped forward and grabbed his shoulders.

"Guest, the meal is ready, why don't you eat?"

Although these words sounded very ordinary, at this moment they made people feel as if they were falling into an icy cave, as if a ghost had blown a gust of wind in their ears, and a cold chill emanated from their whole body.

[You encounter a special target: Wu Shi's evil henchman - Luo Bing. ]

[The ghost illustration book is opened, and the information of the Twelve Common Ghosts - Starving Ghost is partially unlocked. ]

[You come into contact with and fight against the Wushi evil minions, and successfully copy the ability from them - Soul Eater. ]

[Ability: Soul-eating (white).]

[Introduction: Use special cooking techniques to cook yourself into a pot, with your tissues used as ingredients and your body fluids turned into juice, which can arouse people's most primitive desire for food, Charm +1.]

A prompt appeared on the panel in his mind, instantly bringing Lin Beixuan back to his lost mind.

His empty eyes gradually cleared up at this moment. He turned his head to look at the old man who was looking at him kindly, and his heart was filled with turmoil.

All illusions were broken. The smiling old man had turned into an evil ghost with a green face, fangs, and a skinny body in his eyes.

Looking at the food the villagers were eating at the table in front, it was no longer delicacies from land and sea, but scarlet flesh and blood.

The fleshy root that exuded endless fragrance was composed of four limbs, and the red fleshy fruits were bulging eyes. A stream of memories began to flow into Lin Beixuan's mind, and the scene in his vision turned into a barren land, with the scorching sun hanging overhead and people around him who looked like withered.

There was a severe drought across the country and the people had no harvest. When the new emperor ascended the throne, not only did he not open the granaries to release grain, but he increased taxes instead. Countless people left their homes and wandered in the wilderness.

They gathered together and looked for anything edible, tree roots, grass... When all these were gone, they ate the soil on the ground.

People who starved to death fell on the road, and someone picked up their bodies and walked to an empty corner.

Nighttime is when evil spirits tend to move around, but when they saw this group of people, they were so frightened that they dared not come forward.

Even if there were some brave ones who were ready to suck the last bit of life out of these people, they would soon be surrounded by this group of starving people and be eaten bit by bit instead.

When people are hungry to a certain extent, they are scarier than ghosts.

Some of them starved to death, and their souls were unwilling to be scattered between heaven and earth, so they turned into starving ghosts and continued to wander the world, looking for anything to eat.

At this time, their diet changed from the grass roots and tree bark around them to all living things.

Among the twelve common ghosts in the world, the starving ghost is the most terrifying.

What makes them scary is not how strong they are, but their numbers. When the first starving ghost appears, it means that more starving ghosts will appear one after another.

They are led by the first starving ghost and are called the Foodless Evil Minions.

Wherever he passed, everything was silent.

……

"The meal is ready, why aren't the guests eating?"

The old man stared into Lin Beixuan's eyes. The expression on his face was no longer kind. It was so gloomy that water could drip out of it, and there was endless madness growing in his eyes.

Lin Beixuan let out a breath and took the old man's hand off his shoulder.

The hand is very light, and it feels like a bamboo pole in the hand, without any weight at all.

"You are hungry too, why don't you eat?" Lin Beixuan asked back.

"Yeah, I'm so hungry, really hungry, it feels like there's fire burning in my stomach."

The old man seemed to be awakened by Lin Beixuan's words. His face suddenly showed an extremely painful expression. His expression became ferocious. He grabbed his neck and kept pulling it upwards, as if this would make him feel better.

He lifted up his clothes and looked down at his stomach, only to see that it was empty.

Lin Beixuan smelled the fishy odor coming from his nose, resisted the urge to vomit, and pulled the hatchet out from his waist.

If the panel had not been triggered, he might have been like the villagers before him, hunched over the table and wolfing down his food.

As for what will happen if you eat it?
Lin Beixuan let out a breath and glanced at the villagers. At this time, those people had already finished eating everything on the table. The hunger in their stomachs not only did not subside, but became even stronger.

So, a new round of eating began.

This time they ate their own food instead.

(End of this chapter)