Free Web NovelChapter 367: Chapter 350: Let’s Go With That Man to the Village Ahead and Check on the Situation
A girl screamed in terror, her voice cracking.
"Oh my god, why would you say something so scary?"
The person next to her, also badly frightened, complained.
Hearing this, many of the young people rushed back in a panic,
leaving a large, empty space behind.
It was as if the area was under some terrible curse that made everyone shun it.
Even Lai Yu Yao, who was watching the surveillance monitor,
couldn’t help but feel her heart race as she saw the scene unfold on the screen.
It felt like it was about to leap out of her throat.
However, Lai Yu Yao quickly calmed down.
She thought to herself, ’If it were truly as contagious as that person claimed, it would have spread by now, considering how close everyone was standing.’
In the monitoring room, the video was playing frame by frame.
Since it was nighttime,
the footage looked somewhat dim and blurry, but thankfully, the entire course of events was still barely visible.
The scene in the video was just as the head of security had described earlier.
The security guards were patrolling back and forth at the manor gate,
their figures moving through the night as their vigilant eyes scanned their surroundings.
Then, a figure appeared in the distance, swaying unsteadily.
At first glance, they looked drunk,
stumbling from side to side as they walked.
But on closer inspection, the person was injured and desperately fleeing for their life, staggering toward the manor.
The figure fell down several times while running,
their pathetic state arousing suspicion.
At that moment, the head of security in the video murmured something to another guard.
Then, that guard, accompanied by a partner, cautiously and slowly approached the figure, weapon in hand.
Just as they were about to meet,
the stumbling figure seemed to use their last ounce of strength and fell to the ground again,
creating the heart-wrenching scene everyone had witnessed outside.
"I recognize this villager," a security guard said, walking over.
"You recognize him? You know him?" the head of security asked hurriedly.
"I don’t know him personally, but he’s a vegetable vendor.
Every morning, he drives his truck past the manor on that road, and he usually drives back around sunset.
I spend most of my time on security duty at the manor gate.
Over time, I naturally came to recognize him."
The security guard answered in detail, "He must be a villager from the nearby village.
Could something have happened in the village that made him run over here in such a panic,
trying to find help at our manor?"
"Miss, what should we do next?"
The head of security turned and asked the person beside him.
Hearing this, everyone present fell into deep thought.
Just then, Chu He began to walk toward the village ahead, speaking in an unhurried tone, "There are quite a few Martial Arts experts here,
and you security guards aren’t too weak either.
Why don’t we all go together and take a look at the village up ahead?
If something has really happened there,
this manor won’t escape the disaster.
At the very least, if we go now, we can gather the latest intelligence."
"I’m not going.
If there’s really a problem in the village, wouldn’t that be walking into a trap?
It’s better for everyone to stay in the manor.
We should call the Defense Team immediately. Letting them handle it is the safest option."
Someone shouted in rebuttal, and their words voiced the thoughts of many others present.
For a moment, everyone nodded in agreement.
Just as the crowd was still reeling from the fear and shock of witnessing the man’s bizarre death,
trying to regain some semblance of reason after the horrifying scene,
a sudden turn of events,
like a bolt from the blue, shattered the night’s tranquility even further.
A young woman, who had been standing quietly at the edge of the crowd,
suddenly doubled over as if struck by a powerful, invisible force.
Her body began to tremble violently, as if a cold electric current was coursing through her, making every inch of her skin shudder uncontrollably.
Then, from between her clenched lips,
a grayish-brown liquid shot out with startling, terrifying force, like a raging flood bursting through a dam.
The liquid flew out uncontrollably like an untamed horse,
SPLATTING onto the dry ground with a sickening sound.
The grayish-brown liquid, carrying an indescribably bizarre and ominous feeling,
like some demonic ichor gushing from the depths of Hell,
kept spewing from the girl’s mouth.
Her mouth had become an out-of-control faucet,
completely unable to stop the rampage of this evil force.
The force of the expulsion caused the girl’s neck to swell to an abnormal size,
as if a pair of invisible,
malicious hands were inside her, tightly squeezing her throat.
Breathing became incredibly difficult.
Every gasp for air was like fighting the Death God for one last breath.
