I am a loser, a socially phobic, and a shut-in? Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes!

'These two little girls that Grandma Lu values ​​are interesting...'

Xu Lin has the potential to reach level three, and Liu Lanlan is even higher than him and may be able to achieve above level three. What a concept.

Even in the ancient times before the war of all races, a third-level extraordinary person was considered a high-ranking individual among humans. Now that human extraordinary potential has decreased, such potential can make one of the guardians of mankind, and even have the opportunity to become a legendary guardian god by spending resources...

As long as the two of them can truly tap their potential and transform it into strength, not to mention in Chongming Town, even in the entire Dragon Country, Xu Lin and Liu Lanlan can be called peerless powerhouses in the absolute sense, and will be able to enjoy an extremely good supply of resources. Their future will be limitless.

Compared to such obvious things, Gongsun Yu, who was in the Taoist sect and knew that the relic would revive and the troubled times were coming, chose to go down the mountain, and he was more concerned about the personalities and minds of the two... With the potential of Xu Lin and Liu Lanlan, if they only had powerful strength but no corresponding minds, the damage caused by going astray would only be greater, and then a good thing would turn into a bad thing...

Rather than regretting in the future, it is better to do what you can and should do now.

This time, in addition to coming to protect the two people at the invitation of Grandma Lu, Gongsun Yu also has the task of observing the two people's character with his own eyes. Even if the two people's personalities and character are relatively bad and have done many bad things, Gongsun Yu will still try to guide them in the right direction...

Most people's personalities and characters are shaped by their upbringing environment, and these can be changed later, so it doesn't matter if they are born bad.

Isn't the killer named Yang Lailiang in the Pale Justice Squad under the command of Captain Wang, an old acquaintance next door, a bad seed who loves killing by nature? Under the guidance of Captain Wang, although he still likes killing, the direction of killing has turned to the right direction of killing evil people and killing alien races that are not good for humans...

Gongsun Yu had thought of many contingency plans in his mind, but after seeing Xu Lin and Liu Lanlan's excellent performance in facing those stalkers, Gongsun Yu's mouth curled up slightly and he gave up all the plans.

The wisdom and courage shown by Xu Lin and Liu Lanlan in facing the stalkers, their ruthlessness in killing people, and their maturity in obtaining intelligence are all interesting, but what really touched Gongsun Yu was the innocence of the two people who knew that there were innocent people who were captured in the Hidden Water Village because of the Dragon God Festival and that something would happen tomorrow, and they decisively chose to save them...

'When faced with someone who needs help, even if they are strangers, they still dare to step forward knowing that they will face danger and pay a price...'

"With such potential and such character, I see the potential of historical heroes in them... Such good seedlings, with a little nurturing, will surely become one of the future of mankind."

People with high potential are rare, and those with high potential and such a good character are even rarer.

There was light in Gongsun Yu's eyes, which became brighter and brighter. His evaluation of Xu Lin and Liu Lanlan soared, and he decided to write a 1,000-word observation report to submit for the task. His observation results would affect the resources the two could obtain in the future. Xu Lin and Liu Lanlan deserved better resource supply.

'And this little guy... write a review too'

Seeing Du Mingfei really staying there to take care of the injured bodyguards, Gongsun Yu also nodded.

Du Mingfei also has good potential. Extraordinary beings are rare creatures, and the highest potential first-level extraordinary being is already very powerful. The most important thing is that Du Mingfei chooses to stand up for his companions. With the first-level potential plus such a mentality, he may be able to achieve something in the future.

"Before that, let's go play with the two little ones in the Hidden Water Village~"

After getting to know the two and completing the mission, Taoist disciple Gongsun Yu felt relaxed about the upcoming journey to the Hidden Water Village.

They had never heard of a place like the Hidden Water Village. It might be dangerous for the two little ones, Xu Lin and Liu Lanlan. But for a second-level great perfection like themselves, the Hidden Water Village was nothing.

In today's world where the lord doesn't come out and the third level is almost nowhere to be seen, as a second level great perfection, I already represent the strongest combat power in the secular world. From the information told by Bai Lei and the others, it can be seen that the people in the Hidden Water Village are all small fry, and even the Dragon Saint Sun Lan is just a first-level extraordinary counterfeit.

Maybe it's because they are counterfeit goods that they come up with gimmicks like Dragon God to fool the villagers. Bai Lei and his men have never seen any Dragon God, but they actually believe in the existence of Dragon God. Sun Lan's ability to deceive is indeed very strong, but her fighting ability is not so good. She is a second-level great perfection and can easily defeat ten water hidden villages. As a protector, no one can hurt Xu Lin and Liu Lanlan in front of her!

"I'll accompany these two little guys to make a scene in the Hidden Water Village and then go home to write an observation report!"

...

Extraordinary leg strength and endurance became even stronger after running for half an hour.

"This is the Hidden Water Village..."

Arriving at a remote area of ​​the Huai River, Liu Lanlan was greatly shocked when she saw a large group of small wooden houses in the shallow water area of ​​the Huai River not far away. Although she could not understand what they were, she was still shocked.

Unlike Xu Lin, although he knew about the existence of the Water Hidden Village, this was his first time visiting the village, so he felt it was quite novel.

"There used to be villages near the Huai River, but because they were easily flooded when the water level rose, those villages moved to the other side of the dam... Aren't they afraid of the rising water?"

"I remember that people often came to Shuiyin Village to ask for free relocation, but Shuiyin Village always felt that living on the Huai River would be closer to the Dragon God, so they were unwilling to move... Maybe it's similar to some people's love of worshipping Buddha statues and gods, which is also a kind of belief."

Facing Liu Lanlan's curiosity, Xu Lin answered with a smile, and also felt a little subtle. During the War of All Races, humans used their imagination to control their hands to materialize the countless gods and Buddhas in their imagination. Maybe this Dragon God was also one of those gods and Buddhas?

"In fact, it's not because of faith... but because of a curse. Everyone in the Hidden Water Village is cursed."

"We have to live on the surface of the Huai River for a long time to absorb moisture. If we leave the Huai River for too long, we will gradually lose blood and die... We cannot leave the Huai River for more than a week."

As he spoke, Bai Lei stretched out his hand, and with a thought, layers of fish scales appeared on the back of his hand.

"But it is precisely because of this curse that the people in our Hidden Water Village are very good at swimming. Regardless of whether they have awakened abilities or not, they can breathe underwater, so they are never afraid of the danger to their lives caused by rising water, but the loss of property is still very painful..."

Chapter 22: Xu Lin is captured

There was no question like 'Why don't you try living on a boat like those boat owners?' The answer was simple: a boat that could accommodate people and provide shelter from the wind and rain was very expensive, and there were so many people in the Hidden Water Village, and they didn't have that much money.

According to what Xu Lin knows, the main source of income for Shuiyin Village is fishing. However, due to the lack of sufficient fishing boats and low fishing efficiency, most villagers cannot even catch enough fish for themselves, and can only sell a small amount of fish for a small amount. That is why Shuiyin Village is one of the poorest villages near Chongming Town, and has always been synonymous with dirtiness and slums...

However, because the people in the Hidden Water Village are good at swimming and some can row boats, there are places with nice scenery nearby, and some foreigners like to visit such places and think that this is the real Dragon Kingdom that more foreigners want to see, there are often some tourists who appear here with a purpose.

"From a distance, the Hidden Water Village looks quite beautiful, but from a close distance it is a bit..."

Living in the shallow water area of ​​the Huaihe River means that eating, drinking, defecating and urinating in daily life must be done here, and all the waste will be directly discharged into the Huaihe River. The people of Ganges call it the Little Huaihe River.

Xu Lin lost his sense of taste due to the use of a relic, so the only things that matter when cooking are the color and aroma. His sense of smell is still there, and this sense of smell has been further enhanced because he was transformed into a werewolf by the werewolf loli Xiyue.

As the distance got closer, Xu Lin looked at the colorful garbage piles under the small wooden houses and smelled the mixture of excrement, decay of unknown creatures and various strange odors that challenged the limits of human beings. Perhaps because her sense of smell had become more sensitive, she felt a little dizzy when attacked by the stench, but she quickly adapted to the smell with her strong physical fitness.

Lanlan wasn't much better off and vomited on the spot.

"I saw a dead pig floating on the water a hundred meters away. It was covered with small holes and countless white spots. I don't know what it is... I have intensive phobia. There are also piles of excrement. Such an environment will breed countless viruses and bacteria, but the people in Shuiyin Village still use the water from the Huai River for food and drink..."

"What I cannot accept is the daily life of the people in the Hidden Water Village... As the Dragon Saint of the Hidden Water Village, doesn't Sun Lan usually think about changing everyone's lives?"

Realizing Sun Lan's inaction, Liu Lanlan felt angry.

"She is very good at forbearance. Even though she has long been the Dragon Saint, on the surface she is still just an ordinary female student..."

"In the years since she became the Dragon Saint, the village chief who raised her has been sidelined little by little. The Hidden Water Village has become stronger, and people outside the village will no longer bully us, but the people in the village have bullied us even more fiercely. Everyone has to give her a portion of their money, and our already poor life has become even worse. In addition, she does not regard the lives of the people in the Hidden Water Village as her own, and often finds excuses to exclude dissidents. Even the village chief who raised her was imprisoned... Now there are many people in the village who have opinions about her, but due to her powerful strength, no one dares to resist."

"It's different now. With the two adults here, the Hidden Water Village will be at peace. With the two adults here, there will be a clear sky!"

Incomplete betrayal is equivalent to no betrayal at all. Anyway, as long as Sun Lan knows the betrayal, he will be dead. Bai Lei is like a desperate person. He completely exposes Sun Lan's past and begins to expect the mysterious Xu Lin and Liu Lanlan to kill Sun Lan.

"Don't worry, we will do our best..."

"We still need to save the innocent people in the Hidden Water Village, but you guys are so determined to help Sun Lan deal with us. I don't believe that you don't have blood on your hands. Whether you can survive depends on what you have done... Everyone has sharp eyes. As long as you have done something, the villagers will definitely see it."

Thinking of this, Xu Lin narrowed his eyes.

"You three haven't forgotten what I said before, right?"

Werewolf sister Xiyue and white dragon girl Bailian seem to be nearby.

However, the situation in Shuiyin Village is unclear, and it is too risky to break in directly. It may make the people in Shuiyin Village angry and kill those who are captured. So Xu Lin plans to follow Sun Lan's idea and pretend that she is just a weak woman who was captured by Bai Lei and others...

Then he can sneak into the Hidden Water Village to rescue people, and collect intelligence after rescuing them. After he has no worries, he can make a big fuss. In this way, the initiative is on his side. As for whether Bai Lei and others will betray him like they betrayed Sun Lan, it doesn't matter. Even if they betray him, it doesn't matter. Sneak in is just an attempt. It would be best if it succeeds, but if it doesn't, there is nothing he can do. He can only choose the riskiest frontal breakthrough.

"I understand, I understand. The two adults were captured by us..."

The three of them knew very well that Xu Lin and Liu Lanlan might not die if their identities were exposed, but they would definitely die if their betrayal was exposed, so they had no intention of betraying.

A few people came to the entrance of the Water Hidden Village, a simple pier built with a few wooden boards. There was no walking path into the Water Hidden Village, so the only way to enter the village was to row a boat.

Bai Lei took out his whistle and blew it skillfully. Not long after, an old man rowed a small broken boat closer to the shore.

"Bai Lei...didn't five of you go with me when you left? Where are Lei Lao Hu and Zhao Zhen?"

The old man was very clear about what the mission of Bai Lei and others was, so he was not surprised that Bai Lei and others were able to bring back Xu Lin and Liu Lanlan. The only thing that surprised him was the reduction in personnel. Where did the two people who did not come back go?

Even if I didn't ask, Sun Lan would have asked. Asking in advance and giving her a heads up would make it less easy for Sun Lan to get angry, and the probability of Bai Lei and others being angered by Sun Lan would also be reduced.

"The two of them... were tempted by Du Mingfei with money and wanted to betray Sun Lan, so the three of us immediately took action to get rid of them, and then Du Mingfei was also killed by us..."

Bai Lei and the others spoke out their prepared statements without hesitation, and their words were a mixture of truth and lies.

"Is that so... I understand. Please come up."

Shaking his head, he asked Bai Lei and his group to take Xu Lin and Liu Lanlan on board. The old man slowly rowed the boat towards the core building complex of Shuiyin Village.

Passersby looked at the group and saw different reactions from the villagers of Shuiyin Village, some were kind, some were angry, and Xu Lin took in all these reactions.

'It seems that what Bai Lei and the others said is true...'

Chapter 23 Dragon God

On the Huai River, in the core building complex of Shuiyin Village, the largest wooden house is Sun Lan's home.

Completely different from the other villagers in Shuiyin Village who are living in poverty, the Dragon Saint Sun Lan's home is exquisitely decorated and equipped with modern appliances. Not only does it have a special generator for 24-hour power supply, but you can even see a Huanghuali tea table worth hundreds of thousands of yuan in the living room...

Being able to enjoy all these, in the eyes of the villagers, Sun Lan is already living a fairy-like life. However, Sun Lan is still very dissatisfied and wants more and more.

"Sun Lan, you will regret this!"

"Village Chief, I am the Dragon Saint! I am responsible for all matters concerning the Dragon God Festival!"

'This old fox'

Watching the old woman Zhu Wuxin finish her act and then take the initiative to go to the basement to be imprisoned again, Sun Lan smiled disdainfully.

Both his parents died when he was young, and he was raised as an orphan by the powerful village chief Zhu Wuxin, a half-fishman who was a first-level great perfection. For a long time, he was grateful to him and regarded the village chief as his idol and the person he most wanted to become in the future.

Until one day, he accidentally established a master-servant contract with the newly revived Dragon God, with himself as the servant and the Dragon God as the master, and learned the truth about his parents' death.

Many years ago, because of some extraordinary resources, a conflict broke out between Shuiyin Village and its arch-enemy Longxuan Village. The two sides fought fiercely. In that conflict, the strongest genius of the younger generation of Shuiyin Village, his parents transformed into half-fish people and showed their skills. They killed more than a dozen first-class players of Longxuan Village one after another, leaving behind the reputation of Red and White Fighting, which made Longxuan Village say that they could run away when they saw their parents, instead of making fearless sacrifices...

No matter from which perspective, it was his parents who laid the foundation for the victory of the Water Village.

But after the victory of Shuiyin Village, as the victorious party, the powerful first-order great perfection extraordinary, the village chief Zhu Wuxin strangely expressed his intention to give up the resources that Shuiyin Village had worked so hard to obtain, and even watched his parents, the future of Shuiyin Village, the pair of geniuses with the highest potential, voluntarily go to Longxuan Village alone to apologize...

He could accept that his parents died fighting for the Hidden Water Village, but he could never accept that the village chief he had always admired was so weak as to bow to his archenemy, and he could never accept such a humiliating ending!

Even though he knew that the village chief acquiesced to his parents' sacrifice because Longxuan Village overturned the table that day and dispatched several elders who had been hiding for many years to surround Shuiyin Village and threaten them to hand over their parents, he still could not accept it!

His parents even threatened the elders of Longxuan Village. He was the only one in Shuiyin Village who had a chance to fight against those elders in the future. If he grew up, those elders would be nothing to him.

It is true that being weak is the original sin, but if you can’t even protect the genius in your own village, what future do you have even if you can preserve the present?

Losing the village means losing a lot, losing the genius, losing everything! The Hidden Water Village will no longer have the possibility to fight against the Dragon Rotating Village! They can only be raised like pigs, destined to be penniless!

From that day on, I felt extremely dissatisfied with the weak village chief, but on the surface, I remained the same as always and did not show anything... Because at that time, the village chief was stronger... The newly revived Dragon God could hardly help me in terms of combat power...

She endured and continued to accumulate reputation in the Hidden Water Village. She worked hard to improve herself and was promoted to the first-level extraordinary level to join the core layer. Not long after that, the Dragon God appeared in front of the core layer of the Hidden Water Village. With sufficient strength and the recognition of the Dragon God, she easily obtained the position of the Dragon Saint.

After becoming the Dragon Saint, she no longer hid her dissatisfaction with the village chief.

Due to her identity as the daughter of Hongbai, and the fact that there was a group of young people in the village who could not understand the village chief's choice just like herself, she gradually sidelined the village chief... In this process, perhaps out of guilt, the weak village chief had always chosen to turn a blind eye to her actions. She soon took control of the Water Hidden Village and captured the village chief.

But in the end, he still couldn't bring himself to kill the village chief... From another perspective, the village chief was also an important fighting force in the village, and it would be a pity to kill him like this... In addition, there were many people who supported the village chief, so he generously let him go.

When he first took control of the Water Village, he was full of energy and had many lofty ambitions. He wanted everyone in the Water Village to have a better life, and he thought that this could be easily achieved by simply removing the position of village chief... But he soon felt powerless. The Water Village was under full blockade and surveillance by the Longxuan Village, and with the existence of the curse, it was almost impossible for the Water Village to escape from poverty, and it could not even show any signs of threatening the Longxuan Village.

After all, the Hidden Water Village was too weak... and did not have the power to defeat the elders of the Dragon Rotation Village...

He desperately wanted more power, and through the master-servant contract, the Dragon God sensed his own thoughts, and told him a good idea.

The newly revived Dragon God lacks strength, but he can quickly recover his strength by absorbing the vitality of good-looking humans. According to the Dragon God, good-looking humans are highly favored, are born with abundant luck, and have stronger vitality.

I was initially very conflicted about wanting to hurt others, but I eventually agreed and started to attack some strange noises in the village... Later, I started to attack those strong or beautiful foreigners and tourists... If they were not found, they were missing, and if they were found, they were accidentally drowned...

Even though he knew that he made this choice because of the Dragon God, the conservative village chief agreed with his actions, but on the surface he still expressed strong dissatisfaction with his actions and imprisoned her according to her request.

According to her, the world is vast and there are too many righteous people. Such an act that hurts the innocent will sooner or later attract people you cannot afford to offend...

So they need to bet on both sides, and they need the existence of conservatives... They need to show the internal discord of the Hidden Water Village, and that there are kind and innocent people and a lot of old, weak and sick people in the eyes of outsiders. In this way, when they provoke the righteous people who they cannot afford to offend, they will most likely have the idea of ​​supporting another faction, and will not want to destroy the entire Hidden Water Village...

As long as the Hidden Water Village survives, the will of water will continue to be passed on, and there will be new opportunities in the future.

Such an idea is really ridiculous. Even the troublesome guy in the Chongming Town branch of the Relic Lovers Association was killed silently by Lord Dragon God by disguising himself as a relic. Lord Dragon God is invincible in this world. As long as there is the Dragon God, there will be no one who cannot be provoked. The only thing left is to let Lord Dragon God gradually return to his former state.

According to the Dragon God's instructions, he would hold a Dragon God Festival almost every once in a while. He didn't know if it was because he had done it so many times that he became numb to it, or if he was influenced by the Dragon God through the master-servant contract, but his values ​​and way of thinking gradually became similar to those of the Dragon God, becoming just as extreme. He gradually forgot his original idea and began to feel happy.

The dragon slayer eventually became a dragon, and he gradually became addicted to unlimited power and couldn't extricate himself for a long time. As a result, those like-minded villagers in the past began to have opinions about him, but he really lived a happy life, and that was enough for him.

Chapter 24: Poor, weak and helpless Xu Lin

"Okay, you can come in now."

While talking to the village chief, Sun Lan noticed the old man waiting obediently outside the door.

"Okay... Bai Lei and his team have completed their mission and are back... But there were five of them when Bai Lei left, but only three were left when he returned..."

"Because when they were carrying out the mission and bringing Xu Lin and the others to the Hidden Water Village, they unexpectedly encountered Du Mingfei... Du Mingfei used money to knock out Zhao Zhen and Lei Lao Hu, and those two people wanted to betray... So Bai Lei and the others killed them before they leaked the information..."

Listening to the old man's words, Sun Lan raised her eyebrows in surprise.