Chapter 109 A Small Family With A Big Problem

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Siberia, one of the coldest regions in the world where humans gather in large numbers. When people mention Siberia, many only think of a dry and monotonous wilderness, but it is actually an extremely vast area. In addition to large areas of snowfields and permafrost, there are also many tundra, mountains, cold-resistant vegetation, and icy swamps. Tens of millions of people live in this cold and snowy wilderness. Most of them gather in a few relatively mild towns in Siberia, while other areas are sparsely populated.

Unfortunately, Hao Ren and the others couldn't come here to appreciate the life and style of the fighting nation, because they were going to the most desolate and uninhabited place in Siberia, a place that even bordered the Arctic Circle, where humans are a rare species.

Before setting off, everyone prepared a set of thick long clothes. Although most of them were not afraid of the cold, wearing this set of clothes could at least make their style look more normal. Looking at the desolate wilderness in front of them and the vaguely visible snowfields at the end of the horizon, Vivian subconsciously wrapped her clothes tighter: "I remember I came to the Arctic Circle many years ago..."

"What did you come here for?" Hao Ren glanced at her. "If you go back a few more years, Siberia probably won't even have a single person in sight, right?"

"Forgot," Vivian scratched her hair. "You know how my memory is... But it was probably because I was poor."

Everyone: "..."

At this moment, Hao Ren felt a wriggling sensation in his collar, and then Doudou's little head popped out of his collar. The little fellow clung tightly to the fluffy coat collar, looking excitedly at the vast world outside: "Big... big... big!"

She had been holding back for a long time but couldn't think of a word to describe the scene in front of her, so she only knew it was big. The little fellow's process of learning human speech was indeed a long way to go.

Hao Ren quickly protected his collar to prevent Doudou from falling out: the outside temperature was dozens of degrees below zero, and a warm-water fish like the little fellow would probably freeze instantly if she fell out. Actually, he didn't want to bring Doudou out at first, after all, the place they were going to was icy and snowy, and Doudou was a child who would hibernate when the temperature reached zero degrees and freeze at ten degrees below zero, but in the end, he couldn't resist the little fellow's persistent pleading.

Nangong Sanba's so-called Wraith was entrenched in an ancient house of a reclusive noble, and the place where the reclusive noble he called "rich tycoon" lived was even deeper in the snowfield. After teleporting to Siberia through the data terminal's fuzzy positioning, everyone had to travel a distance to reach their destination. Hao Ren looked at the scene in front of him and felt that it was not a place for sightseeing along the way, so he casually took out something from his personal space: "Let's drive there."

Nangong Sanba's eyes twitched subconsciously when he saw Hao Ren conjuring up a means of transportation out of thin air, but he quickly calmed down, which made May laugh: "Oh, brother, your composure is growing? Why aren't you surprised this time?"

Nangong Sanba coughed lightly: "Ahem... Who doesn't have a few secrets up their sleeve, especially those who run shelters. And I'm used to it. Hao Ren can teleport all over the world without even reading a loading bar, to be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if he casually pulled out a spaceship from his pocket now."

Hao Ren glanced at him: "Are you sure?"

Nangong Sanba was shocked: "You really have one?!"

Here's a digression, actually Hao Ren wasn't worried about exposing too much high technology in front of outsiders—at least he had experienced enough and wasn't as worried about these trivial matters as before. He had dealt with major troubles, so why would he care about these small problems? He mainly considered that the organization had rules, and he might easily be dragged by the goddess sister to go through tribulation...

Nangong Sanba took it as a joke from Hao Ren, and cooperated with a surprised expression, but didn't take it seriously. Instead, he turned to look at the means of transportation that Hao Ren "conjured" up: "...Um... Do you think it's really reliable to drive this thing on the Siberian snowfield?"

Hao Ren's eyes widened: "What do you mean by looking down on small displacement? Let me tell you, don't look at its small size, but it's actually very spacious inside."

Nangong Sanba wanted to say something, but before he could open his mouth, he was stuffed into the car. The spacious space inside shocked him. He could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with the inside of the car, but a certain sensory disorder made him unable to say where this anomaly started and where it ended. He could only vaguely realize that he had just passed through a space distortion, which should be the car door.

Hao Ren got into the car, casually inserted the data terminal into the slot next to the driver's seat, and then drove towards the white world in the distance.

A small-displacement Beidou Star was driving on the frozen tundra of Siberia. The terrain along the way was rugged and there were almost no roads, but the small car was running steadily as if it had five pairs of road wheels. If outsiders saw this, it would probably be another unsolved mystery. Inside the car, Doudou was lying on Hao Ren's shoulder, staring at the scenery outside with wide eyes, and occasionally letting out a cry of surprise: "Wow! Snow! Wow! Stone! Wow! Food!"

The last sound was when she saw a few withered trees flashing by outside.

Driving into the snowfield, the surrounding scenery became more monotonous. There was no vegetation to be seen on the uneven wilderness, only an unchanging, sheet-like snow mass that had been accumulating for who knows how many years spreading endlessly. In the distance, you could see vaguely visible mountains and some blurry shadows that might or might not be forests. Other than that, there was almost nothing in sight that could be called a landscape. This area itself was already within the Arctic Circle, and now Hao Ren and the others were still trying to go north all the way. To be honest, it was hard for normal people to imagine that any rich person would be willing to live in this hellish place and suffer: but the reclusive noble that Nangong Sanba called a "rich tycoon" did live in this desolate place.

"Old Igor's family is a group of very special people. They have possessed amazing wealth since a long time ago, and they have remained wealthy to this day despite many social changes, and have never even been affected by human disputes and unrest," Nangong Sanba began to introduce the reclusive noble they were going to visit, and this time he finally didn't use "rich tycoon" to refer to the other party. "Their industries are all over Europe, but their family is very low-key, and they have always controlled everything as behind-the-scenes bosses. Some people say that they have been blessed by the gods to be able to enjoy those huge fortunes generation after generation, but I think this is a curse from the Wraith: they are indeed rich, and even the October Revolution didn't shake their foundation, but every generation of them is suffering from torment beyond human disasters: all kinds of supernatural deaths, diseases, madness, accidents, suicides, and even disappearing out of thin air in their own bedrooms. Over the years, they have been seeking help from witchcraft and the dark world, looking for exorcists and priests, and even looking for Chinese Taoists, but because of bad luck, they have never found the right expert. I'm still considered the most professional one they've found. But if I had known earlier that it was such a troublesome family, I would have prepared more in advance. It's a pity that I didn't know what level of thing they were messing with until the Wraith came out."

"How could such a rich family live in this kind of place?" Lily asked curiously. "Most of Siberia has been a place for exiling prisoners since hundreds of years ago, especially the place we are staying in now—close to the Arctic Circle, far from the bustling human world. It takes extremely high costs for a human family to take root here."

Hao Ren glanced at Lily in surprise: "Why are you suddenly so serious? And it sounds quite knowledgeable."

Lily bared her teeth at Hao Ren: "I've always been the most educated among us! I usually don't show it just because I'm lazy."

Vivian pushed Lily away casually: "Go aside, you're just getting a homeland bonus from entering the Arctic Circle."

Nangong Sanba smiled: "I said, Igor's family is a 'reclusive noble'. Although they are all ordinary people, they have unfortunately come into contact with the world where aliens live, so naturally they will be greatly affected. Staying away from the crowd, behaving strangely, wealth of unknown origin, family hereditary diseases that science cannot explain, seeking help from witchcraft and forbidden knowledge—the above are the things that families that accidentally become entangled with aliens are most likely to experience. The family we are going to visit migrated to this area three hundred years ago, and their huge wealth suddenly emerged around that time. Oh, and by the way, the 'evil spirit' that has plagued them for many generations also appeared at that time."

Hao Ren asked casually: "What exactly did they do three hundred years ago?"

"Summoning the dead," Nangong Sanba shrugged. "I didn't ask for the details. At first, I thought it was just ordinary evil spirit infestation, and I could just find out about it casually, but who knew that a Wraith almost killed me as soon as it showed up."

In Nangong Sanba's introduction, the ancient castle where the ancient family plagued by the Wraith lived finally appeared in front. (My novel "I’m Really a Superstar" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there is also a 100% lottery gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "Add Friend", search for the official account "qdread" and follow it, hurry up!)