Tomb raiding: Intercepting Yin Xinyue and building a family of immortals

Su Chen only took pity on him because he was pitiful.

If he still doesn't know what's good for him, Su Chen won't give him a kind look.

"Boss Su, I...I..." The old farmer hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to speak, "It's like this..."

About a year ago, the old farmer's village suffered a complete crop failure, and the villagers began to go out begging for food.

It was at this time that a man in the village suddenly became wealthy.

Sometimes they would even show great kindness and help the villagers.

So the villagers were curious: how come everyone else was short of food and clothing, but your family suddenly had money?

As a result, the villagers often secretly observed him and discovered that he frequently went to the back mountain.

The back mountain is a forbidden area in the village, rumored to be inhabited by monsters.

The villagers were so poor they were starving, they didn't care about monsters anymore.

Dying from encountering a monster is no different from starving to death.

The villagers took a gamble and followed him to the back mountain.

Those who came out from the back mountain all had more or less jewelry on them, but they were all speechless when asked what they had encountered there.

Then one incident occurred in the middle of the year: several people went to the back mountain and never returned; they all disappeared.

Only then did the villagers live in fear for a period of time.

Later on, some people still couldn't resist and went to the back mountain again.

Some people returned, while others disappeared.

This situation continued intermittently for nearly half a year.

Until three months ago, chickens, ducks and dogs in the village mysteriously disappeared. When they were found, their bodies were scattered in the woods behind the mountain.

At this point, everyone began to feel fear again.

The old farmer had also gone to the back mountain, but found nothing.

Until a month ago, he was still unwilling to give up and went to the back mountain again. As a result, he found this court bead in the back mountain. Thinking that he was lucky, he decided to take it out and sell it for money.

The old farmer was a bit agitated and his words were not very fluent, so Su Chen could only extract some limited clues.

According to him, there should be an ancient tomb in the hills behind their village.

Moreover, there might be some evil spirits inside that ancient tomb.

This is no joke. Once the evil creature has consumed a large amount of blood, the entire village will probably be wiped out.

What Su Chen found particularly intriguing was that many people had already died in the cave. Logically, the evil creature should have been quite powerful, so why did it only feed on the blood of livestock?

There are three flames on a person's body, representing their vitality and spirit.

When those evil creatures are first resurrected, they generally don't have much power and are called "hairy zombies".

Mao Jiang is most afraid of human presence and barking dogs.

If it absorbs enough blood and moonlight, it will transform into a black zombie.

Once they reach the stage of black zombies, they become very difficult to deal with. They will attack humans and are impervious to water and fire.

Su Chen was also unable to determine the current level of that evil creature.

“Uncle, we need to go to your village to check this out,” Su Chen said thoughtfully. “If it’s confirmed to be true, I’m afraid the people in your village are going to suffer a disaster.”

"If this continues, the surrounding area will be devastated."

Su Chen was somewhat worried.

In chaotic times, evil things run rampant.

It needs to be dealt with promptly.

"Mr. Su, I..."

The old farmer was a little worried. What if Boss Su went there and took all the treasures from their village?

But after hearing what Boss Su said, that their village was about to suffer a disaster, he became somewhat afraid.

His wife, children, and elderly parents all live in the village.

"Are you really going to wait until your family is destroyed before taking me with you?"

Su Chen shouted.

"Okay, I'll take you there now."

The old farmer steeled his heart and made a decision.

Su Chen turned to Yin Xinyue and said, "Have Partridge Whistle and Black-backed Old Six come with me."

"Also bring some firearms and equipment."

Su Chen decided to investigate.

If I'm not mistaken, there should be an ancient tomb there.

The giant zombie that escaped from the ancient tomb is no joke.

……

About two hours later, Partridge Whistle and Black-backed Old Six arrived, and General Manager Chen followed along, intending to join in the fun.

After everyone had gathered, Su Chen set off with the old farmer.

Their village is some distance from Changsha City.

Even by horse-drawn carriage, it would take about two days.

The reason I came to Changsha City was because I thought it was a big city, and I could sell more court beads there.

While in the car, Su Chen gave everyone a brief account of what had happened, but they were still confused.

Unfortunately, the old farmer wasn't quite sure either, and what he said was fragmented and disjointed.

So they had no choice but to go to the village where the old farmer lived to take another look.

And so it wasn't until noon two days later that they finally arrived at the village where the old farmer lived.

The area is mostly mountainous, and most of the land belongs to a landlord surnamed Ni. The villagers can only rent land from Master Ni, and each year they pay the majority of the land to Master Ni and pay taxes on the remainder.

They could only save one-tenth of the grain they had for their own family.

If the harvest is good, they might be able to barely survive.

However, in recent years, warlord conflicts have led to ever-increasing taxes, coupled with poor harvests and frequent droughts, leaving little food available.

If we rent land again, we'll end up owing Mr. Ni a lot of money.

So no one rented land to farm anymore, so Mr. Ni hired day laborers to farm the land himself, but they paid the day laborers too little.

Moreover, they wished that the day laborers could live in the fields and start working as soon as they woke up.

If this continues, the villagers simply cannot hold on any longer.

Some went out to beg for food, while others stayed in the village to dig for wild vegetables to fill their stomachs, or ate clay.

The world is full of hardships. Even important figures are not free to do as they please and are constrained at every turn, let alone ordinary people.

The only difference is that those big shots have a full stomach.

These ordinary people don't even have a full meal.

The old farmer's house was a thatched hut, neither cool in summer nor warm in winter. When it rained, it would pour outside and drizzle inside. They could only use wooden buckets or basins to catch the rain, otherwise the ground would get wet very quickly.

When he returned this time, Su Chen gave him fifty silver dollars.

The old farmer's idea was to buy a few acres of land and repair his house at the same time.

That evening, the old farmer specially invited the clan chief to entertain Su Chen.

After learning that Su Chen and the others had come from Changsha City, the clan leader treated them with exceptional enthusiasm.

"Boss Su, our remote little mountain village may not have much else, but the local dishes are absolutely amazing, especially our homemade wine, which is incredibly delicious."

The old clan chief was the main host and sat next to Su Chen.

However, Su Chen didn't care about drinking; he was more curious about what had happened in the village recently.

"Chieftain, have any strange things happened in the village recently?" Su Chen asked.

"Strange thing? Well..."

The clan chief fell silent.

He is in his forties and has a few acres of poor land, which at least allows him to have enough to eat.