Chapter 1 The News

The news the old man brought was similar to what Jiang Cheng had thought. Having lost their new president and the Bingzhuren (Candle Bearer) and other top combatants, the remaining Night Watch remnants were no match. It was only a matter of time before they were completely eliminated. The power contained within the state machine, once set in motion, was immeasurable.

"How did you get in here?" After putting down the information in his hand, Jiang Cheng looked up and asked. This was the old president's world. The fact that they could appear here meant that the people outside had already found a way to board the ghost bus. This must be the plan Lin Wan'er had mentioned.

The old man took a deep breath. "I'm not very clear on the specifics, but we met this ghost bus at a specific location under the arrangement of Specialist Lin. After boarding, we split into two groups. Specialist Lin led a group to deal with the old president, and our group came to find you."

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng frowned. "Lin Wan'er is leading people to deal with the old president? Do you have that kind of ability?"

"Although we don't have the abilities of Senior Wu, we have sent out our elite forces this time. Basically, all the combat power we could muster has come: the dark army, the Deep Red, the family forces supporting us, the experts recruited from the public, and... and people like us. The country has bet all its chips. This time, a full hundred people have entered." The old man explained.

Looking at the camouflage uniforms on the men behind the old man, Jiang Cheng could feel the determination of the higher-ups for this operation. It was indeed a final battle. However, to defeat the Zhusheng Niangniang (Childbirth Goddess), who even Wu found troublesome, with just these few people in front of him, it seemed that the higher-ups had been holding back before.

"How is Lin Wan'er's situation?"

Even with all the elite forces, Jiang Cheng didn't believe they could gain an advantage against the old president. That was an existence above everyone else, in another dimension. Even injured, he had injured two top-level ghouls, Wu and Old Master Shui, with a single blow.

The complexity in the old man's eyes quickly confirmed Jiang Cheng's guess. "What Little Friend Jiang said is correct. The old president's power is beyond imagination. We did lose a lot of manpower. Fortunately, Specialist Lin turned the tide. She used her ability to awaken a group of puppets controlled by the old president, including the Gegu Jiang (Bone Carver Jiang) and a group of high-level disciples who had already died, who defected on the battlefield, which barely maintained the battle."

"However, this is only a temporary measure. If we can't wait for reinforcements after a long time, I'm afraid..." The old man glanced at Wu, his meaning self-evident.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go save people!" Fatty said anxiously.

"Little friend, don't panic. We still have something to do right now." The old man looked around warily. "The few of us were able to come here because several seniors worked together to tear open the old president's domain. Now the crack has disappeared. We need to solve the troubles of this world before we can leave."

"Are you talking about the thing hidden in the river?" Wu raised his arm, the blade pointing at the Blackwater River.

"No, not it. That guy was already seriously injured when we fought, otherwise things would have been troublesome. And we tried it. As long as we don't get close to that river, we won't be attacked."

Through the following conversation, Jiang Cheng roughly understood what had happened. The old man and others had only arrived here recently. This was where they landed when they came in.

There were five of them in total. The half corpse on the ground was a teammate who died in the battle with the Zhusheng Niangniang (Childbirth Goddess) before.

According to the timeline, Wu had just left when the old man and his party arrived, and the so-called seriously injured Zhusheng Niangniang (Childbirth Goddess) should have been Wu's doing as well.

In other words, this was a brand-new world for all of them.

"Huh? Who are you people?"

Suddenly, a timid question came from the woods. Not far away, a small, sturdy old man wearing a leather hat was looking at them with a puzzled expression.

This familiar scene stunned Fatty. It seemed that a new mission had begun.

After a few words, the other party's identity was clarified. The old man's surname was Yao, and he was a hunter who lived on the mountainside not far from here.

After delaying for so long, it was already getting dark. Old Man Yao was a warm-hearted man. Knowing that they had been lost for a long time, and seeing that they were carrying two unconscious companions, he insisted on taking them home for the night. "Don't blame me for speaking frankly, you out-of-towners dare to plunge into this mountain without knowing anything, you're so brave!"

"Yes, Old Brother Yao is right. We won't do it again next time." The old man said with a smile, his face full of social skills.

After walking for about half an hour on the mountain road, they finally saw a patch of wooden houses connected together on a cleared space.

Roughly counting, there must have been dozens of them. This didn't look like the home of a hunter. This was clearly a village.

Even stranger was that the village of this size was deserted, without any sign of life.

The old man stopped, smiled, and tentatively said, "Old Brother Yao, your village is so deserted. Have the people inside gone out hunting?"

Putting the bamboo basket on his back on the ground, Old Man Yao sighed. "There's no village anymore. I'm the only one left."

"Why is that?"

"Aiya, it's a long story, a long story. Let's go in first, go in and talk. It's going to get dark."

With Wu and the old man and the others, Jiang Cheng wasn't worried about Old Man Yao playing any tricks. Moreover, after Old Man Yao appeared, he had secretly asked Wu, and received a safe response. This old man was just an ordinary person.

Soon everyone arrived in front of a courtyard. It was called a courtyard, but it was just wooden piles hammered into the ground, and then plastered with a layer of wet mud mixed with dry grass. Although the courtyard wall made in this way was not good-looking, it was still quite sturdy.

Pushing open the fence gate of the courtyard, Old Man Yao took off his leather hat and shouted at a room, "Old woman, there are out-of-towners here to stay, hurry up and get some food!"

After shouting, Old Man Yao led Jiang Cheng and his party into the largest room. "Sit anywhere, don't be polite. I don't see anyone all day. By the way, do you drink alcohol? This place is very barren. I brew my own fruit wine. It's very delicious!"

"I happened to hunt a few roe deer this morning, perfect for drinking with wine!"

It could be seen that Old Man Yao was very excited, but the old man was obviously also on guard. He politely declined, saying that he had brought food from his bag, and politely gave the old man a lot of chocolates, hard candies, compressed dry food, and other foods that he had never seen before.

Old Man Yao brought some herbs, crushed them, and applied them to Yao Shunyu's wound. Among these people, he was the most seriously injured, and showed no sign of waking up.

After doing all this, the old man asked about the village again. This time, everyone watched Old Man Yao's face quickly turn gloomy. Then, he lit a bag of dry tobacco and smoked it with a click. After a long while, he sighed heavily. "They're dead, all dead. The lucky young men who didn't die also ran away. Da Heitian (Great Black Heaven) was angry!"