Ita Era

Chapter 28 Peach Blossom Village (26)

Xiao Jian found a set of wooden throwing knives and led Ding Shi to the courtyard.

The motion for throwing knives varies depending on the distance. At close range, it's called a wrist dart, where the dart is flicked using the strength of the wrist and fingers, making it incredibly effective for surprise attacks. However, willow-leaf knives are slightly larger than regular darts and are not suitable for surprise attacks. Similarly, willow-leaf knives have a greater flight distance and kill range than regular darts.

Xiao Jian, as a former sacrificial bride, was quite beautiful. However, as a gentleman, and as a gentleman whose attention was drawn to the flying knife, Ding Shi remained completely unmoved and studied diligently for two hours until Xiao Suan finished preparing the ingredients and Xiao Jian went to cook.

Ding Shi had basically mastered the technique of throwing knives, and the next step was to practice more.

On the sixth day, at 7 p.m., night fell.

Ding Shi, who was having dinner with Xiao Suan and her siblings, heard a system notification. He opened the system interface with his mind and saw that the dungeon's danger level had been adjusted again, from low to medium.

Seeing Ding Shi in a daze, Xiao Suan asked, "Brother Ding Shi?"

Ding Shi snapped out of his daze, swiped five dollars from his bank card and placed them on the table: "Gentlemen, I'd like to buy some groceries as well."

Xiao Suan smiled and poured wine for Ding Shi, saying, "Brother Ding Shi, take whatever you like."

Ding Shi didn't stand on ceremony. He drank the wine in one gulp, finished his meal, and started causing trouble at Xiao Suan's house.

Half an hour later, Ding Shi said goodbye to his siblings and rode his bicycle toward the San Niang Temple.

……

Outside the San Niang Temple, there was no one.

When Ding entered the temple, he saw Master Baiyun sitting cross-legged on a prayer mat with a solemn expression. Apart from him, there was no one else in the temple.

Ding Shi asked, "Master, is everything going smoothly?"

Master Baiyun gently shook his head: "I have never fought with him, so I don't know his strength and I have no confidence that I can trap him."

Ding Shi asked, "Daoist Master, assuming that Third Sister's soul escapes and becomes an evil ghost, what methods are there to evade her search and killing?"

Master Baiyun replied, "Evil spirits kill people, but they are bound by the laws of Heaven. As long as they do not violate taboos, there is nothing they can do about it."

Ding Shi asked, "What if we break a taboo?"

Master Baiyun did not answer, but instead uttered the name of the Boundless Heavenly Venerable before closing his eyes and remaining silent.

"Little Ding."

The familiar voice came again. I went outside and saw that it was the village chief with a satisfaction rating of 99 points.
The village chief said, "Little Ding, tonight you'll be going to the wedding with the groom, and you'll be in charge of setting off firecrackers. Set off one string every hundred steps, and another string at every intersection."

Ding Shi asked, "Where are the firecrackers?"

The village chief said, "The supply and marketing cooperative delivered the firecrackers to your home this afternoon. Go and get them, then rest for a few more hours. Meet up with everyone at the village entrance before midnight."

Ding Shi agreed and rode his bike towards the village chief's house. The village chief's daughter-in-law was about to leave when she chatted with Ding Shi for a few minutes. She was going to her neighbor Haitang's house to prepare ingredients for the banquet the next day at noon.

The daughter-in-law said, "Ding Shi, there are still two chickens that haven't returned to their coop yet. Please keep an eye on them for me."

"Okay," Ding Shi readily agreed.

Ding Shi first found two bags filled with a small string of firecrackers. He decided not to make them into cards to avoid being accused of witchcraft by the villagers. He washed his face, soaked his feet, and poured out the water. Ding Shi went to check the chicken coop in the backyard but didn't see the two chickens his daughter-in-law had mentioned. Just as he was about to turn away, he heard the sound of chickens flapping their wings outside the backyard. Ding Shi braced himself against the wall and noticed movement in the bushes about ten meters away. He pulled out his flashlight and shone it in that direction.

A woman dressed in a red wedding gown was seen biting a hen's neck, sucking its blood with gusto. Wasn't this Third Sister?
The light shone on Third Sister's face, but she remained unmoved. After a while, she put down the chicken in her hand and turned to look at Ding Shi on the wall.

Ghost Third Sister? Old Taoist, are you even capable? Why does Ghost Third Sister drink chicken blood?

You've got it wrong, this isn't Ghost Third Sister, this is Zombie Third Sister.

Once he understood this, Ding Shi immediately held his breath.

The zombie, Third Sister, moved with lightning speed, darting to the foot of the wall and looking up at Ding Shi, who was standing almost touching her. Tilting her head, her gaze swept back and forth across Ding Shi. Ding Shi remembered Zhao the Blind Man's words: zombies find prey by their breathing, and sounds near the prey might attract them. Although Zhao the Blind Man was a fraud, the information he provided was relatively reliable.

Jiang Sanniang turned around and slowly walked along the path outside the back wall until she smelled the scent of a living person or animal.

Ding Shi fell from the wall, landing on his toes, just like in an animated film, tiptoeing back to the village chief's house before daring to breathe deeply.

The Third Sister was originally one entity, but the old Taoist priest split her into two, resulting in doubled attacks. Whether the Ghost Third Sister can be subdued is still uncertain, but the Zombie Third Sister has already begun wandering the village.

Multiple choice question, option one: Go see Master Baiyun and explain the situation. This is a wrong option. First, Master Baiyun's master is not good at catching zombies. Second, Master Baiyun is currently focused on suppressing Ghost Third Sister. Explaining the situation to Master Baiyun now will only distract him and will not bring any benefit.

Second: Find a place to hide. One place is Da Tou's natural village, which is a two-mile-long uninhabited area from Taoyuan Village. Since Jiang San Niang came by smelling the breath, it's unlikely she went to the natural village. Another place is Zhao the Blind's house. Zhao the Blind's house is far from the villagers, and he has some skills, so he could hold his own in a critical moment. The last place is Baiyun Temple, where I can launch a surprise attack on San Niang. Since you've come to the village, then I'll go to the coffin.

As for the tasks assigned by the village chief, judging from the current situation, the main tasks are basically impossible to complete, so what's the point of the village chief's side tasks?
"Wang Wu, Wang Wu?"

Sun Qi's voice came from outside. Ding Shi walked into the courtyard and said, "Please come in."

Sun Qi slung a schoolbag over his shoulder and pushed open the door, glancing furtively left and right before asking in a low voice, "Is there a place where we can talk?"

Ding Shi gestured for Sun Qi to sit in the living room and asked, "I'm the only one home. What's going on?"

Sun Qi said, "I got something good."

As he spoke, Sun Qi took out three cards: a detonator card, a five-kilogram explosive card, and a fuse card.

This type of weapon has disappeared from modern civilian life, but it was not uncommon back then, and regulations were not strict. A comprehensive confiscation of firearms began in 91, and legislation to confiscate firearms was enacted in 96. Bullets were also quite common; almost everyone born after 75 had a few bullets as toys.

Back then, children in some areas had a form of entertainment: frying fish.

Step 1: Go to the hospital and collect a small penicillin bottle. Step 2: Fill the bottle halfway with gunpowder, insert a fuse, and roll up paper to tightly seal the gunpowder up to the bottle opening. Step 3: Seal the bottle opening with soap and let the soap dry in the sun.

Xiao Dan did just that. Next, he lit the fuse, threw it into deep water, and a few seconds later, a flash of light appeared in the water, accompanied by a low, muffled sound. Then, a large number of fish surfaced, their white bodies turning upwards.

The prototype of the small bullet is a fish bomb used in reservoirs. When fired, it can send up waves dozens of meters high, and the entire area is covered with white fish bellies, creating a spectacular scene.

As an undercover agent, Ding Shi was a criminal, not a terrorist, and he had no experience in making bombs. However, he did have some theoretical knowledge. Ding Shi inserted the detonator into the explosives, then inserted the fuse into the detonator, and that was it.

Sun Qi recounted how she obtained the bomb. Ding Shi, distracted, wondered what use it was, since it could only kill villagers. However, seeing how much Sun Qi liked it, Ding Shi didn't discourage her, offering only a few perfunctory words to try and send her away.

Just as Ding Shi was seeing off his guests, a noise came from the chicken coop in the backyard, a mix of flapping wings and the squawking of startled chickens.

Damn it, you only want to cause trouble for one family, huh?
(End of this chapter)