"You see, the ground here shows signs of being pressed down... the area is large, it shouldn't be a car or anything, and the shape is very regular, like..." Wen Wen thought for a moment, but didn't finish his sentence.
"A house, there used to be a house here!"
Yan Xiu grabbed a handful of dirt, brought it before his mask, and took a deep sniff. "This house left here about five or six days ago. It was a wooden house."
"Alright, kid, you're an expert!"
Wen Wen patted Yan Xiu's shoulder. It wasn't that Yan Xiu's sense of smell was keener than Wen Wen's, but rather that Wen Wen hadn't thought of it that way.
However... how was this kid smelling things through his mask?
Yan Xiu stood up, removed Wen Wen's hand, and looked at him with a hint of disdain.
This left Wen Wen a bit confused. Why was he looking at him with disdain? It wasn't hatred, nor was it resentment, nor was it contempt, it was simply disdain!
It was as if Wen Wen were a smelly old uncle, and he were a little celestial being.
"So what we're looking for is a moving house, right?" Lin Lu, as a senior member of the Hunter's Association, hadn't figured anything out. However, she wasn't the strategic type; her forte was combat.
"Let's try following this path. Since people have been disappearing on this road, the house is probably still in the vicinity. As for a large target, as long as we see it, we won't miss it," Wen Wen decided.
The three of them continued driving, going back and forth on this road. Soon, it was getting dark.
Just as they were preparing to drive directly back to Furong River City, a quaint inn suddenly appeared before them.
That's right, it appeared suddenly, without any warning. One moment it was an empty lot, and the next, there was an inn.
Although the appearance of the inn was abrupt, it was strangely not surprising. If Wen Wen and the others hadn't known beforehand that there was a peculiar moving house, they might not have even noticed anything unusual.
If they were like this, how much less would ordinary people be?
"We've been down this road twice today and didn't see any inn. Now this inn has suddenly appeared, so this must be our target," Wen Wen clapped his hands, looking at the retro inn.
"There's a strong sense of filth on this inn, but it's not as heavy as the scent on you, so it should be here," Yan Xiu got out of the car, walked directly to the inn's entrance, and looked around.
"Filth... You're the one with filth," Wen Wen was utterly bewildered.
The inn's door was open. Although it didn't look large, the interior was quite spacious. The ground floor was a restaurant, and the upper floors were guest rooms. There were quite a few staff members, seven or eight in total.
An old man in his seventies, leaning on a cane, sat at the entrance, looking kindly at Wen Wen and the others. A middle-aged woman in her forties was washing dishes and vegetables in the back, and the hearty shouts of chefs could occasionally be heard from the kitchen.
A young couple stood at the counter, one managing the accounts, the other serving drinks. A child of five or six years old sat at a dining table, playing with an old-fashioned rattle drum.
Everything looked so harmonious, so harmonious that it was a little chilling!
"These people... they're all people who have gone missing here recently!" Lin Lu said softly, leaning closer to the two after observing for a while.
"So their disappearances were just them playing role-playing games here," Wen Wen chuckled. He found the situation quite interesting.
Yan Xiu, however, couldn't laugh. The people who should have disappeared were all here, and they seemed to have become someone else.
"How can you laugh when faced with something like this? Are you happy to see such an evil existence toying with lives?" Yan Xiu cast a sideways glance at Wen Wen, the disdain in his eyes deepening.
Wen Wen laughed even more brightly, spreading his hands in a gesture of surrender, but there was no warmth in his smile.
"Since this is such an evil place, I'll just blow it up. I have two rockets left, which should be enough to completely destroy this wooden structure."
"With so many ordinary people inside, you're prepared to sacrifice them without even attempting to save them? As expected, none of you hunters have any faith..."
Wen Wen interrupted him: "Then why don't you go in, you fool, and argue with me here!"
Since this guy had been looking at him with hostility, Wen Wen saw no need to treat him with politeness.
The two of them bickered at the entrance for a long time, but neither of them took a step into the inn.
Neither of them was a rookie when it came to supernatural events. This inn, which could make so many ordinary people forget who they were, might just make superpowered individuals like themselves forget their purpose and become part of the inn.
Therefore, even while arguing, neither of them would easily step inside before understanding what this inn truly was.
The people inside the inn watched Wen Wen and the other argue without making any move to stop them. They were all busy with their own affairs, as if Wen Wen and the other two didn't exist in their eyes.
However, matters had to be resolved; this stalemate couldn't go on forever. The two stopped their mutual taunts. Wen Wen waved to the old man at the entrance and said, "Excuse me, what's the price for staying here?"
The old man mechanically turned his head, his mouth opening and closing as he said, "The guest rooms are full, we are not accepting any more guests."
Wen Wen narrowed his eyes: "Not accepting... it seems this inn already knows we are superpowered individuals. Is it because they don't want to provoke us, or are they afraid of us..."
Yan Xiu reached in, grabbed the old man by the collar, pulled him out, and said in a low voice, "What if we insist on going in?"
"The guest rooms are full, we are not accepting any more guests."
The old man repeated the same sentence, his tone not even changing. He didn't alter his attitude at all, even though he was being grabbed by the collar.
Wen Wen lightly drew a finger across the old man's neck, then brought it to his nose and sniffed deeply, a smile appearing on his face.
At the same time, the mask on Yan Xiu's face underwent a strange transformation. Large characters appeared on the pure white mask.
I understand!
Wen Wen stared blankly, You understand?
What do you understand?
Why are there words appearing on your mask?
No wonder this guy said earlier to read his face, because this guy had words on his face!
The two exchanged a look, then simultaneously took a step forward and entered the inn, causing Lin Lu, who was standing behind them, to be stunned. They were arguing just a moment ago, and now their actions were so synchronized?
After a moment's thought, she also followed. Her mission was to ensure that this operation went smoothly. The previous conversation between the two had been somewhat heated, and she didn't want to see these two guys fight.
"The guest rooms are full, we are not accepting any more guests," a waiter said, stopping them. It seemed that everyone in this inn could only say one sentence.
"Even if you're not accepting, we're going up to take a look," Yan Xiu pushed the waiter aside and walked upstairs.
Wen Wen's eyes darted around. With a flash, he appeared in the center of the inn, snatched something, and then also ran upstairs.
These people, besides saying certain fixed phrases, did not make any attempt to stop the trio's actions, as if they were NPCs in a game...
After all three had gone upstairs, the people downstairs gathered together and uniformly looked up at the upper floors.
As if waiting for blood to seep down!