Chapter 1672: Chapter 1673: Blackwater Town
When you fix your gaze to look, you discover there’s a small pit where Du Yanan was standing earlier, but there’s nothing on top of it.
"What’s wrong?" Wei Yingyue, who didn’t see what just happened, can’t help but ask Du Yanan.
"I seemed to have touched a hand just now, but now it’s gone. So strange."
Du Yanan habitually looks at you.
"This place is very strange. Ever since stepping onto the Transit Ship, I’ve felt my body become very light, and now it seems to have returned to normal. If I’m not mistaken, what we are about to face might very well be a terrifying scene with physical entities." You glance around at the desolate surroundings, and also at the overcast sky above, "From the current scene, it seems that after passing through Evil Mongrel Ridge and Golden Rooster Mountain, we have already left the Netherworld. Now, we might possibly have entered another environment. Also, why do I feel this scene is very familiar?"
"Me too." Xu Mingjie chimed in.
Du Yanan turns her head to look at you, asking, "Regardless of whether this place feels familiar or not, the decision we need to make now is whether to enter this town or not."
"Enter Blackwater Town? No way, this place is so desolate. I’d rather camp out than go in."
Xu Mingjie’s words make you laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" Wei Yingyue asks you.
"Nothing, just that Xiao Jie said this scene feels familiar. It suddenly reminded me that I played a game called Sword Demon Sealing Record in middle school, and the first level starts in a town that’s somewhat similar to this Blackwater Town."
"Oh right! That’s the game!" Xu Mingjie quickly responded, but his expression changed as he continued, "Brother Mu Yun, this Blackwater Town seems more dangerous than the places we’ve passed before."
Although you already have a clear idea, you don’t say much more before confirming, so you ask Du Yanan and Wei Yingyue, "What do you two think, should we go in?"
From where you are standing now, Blackwater Town is surrounded by plains, with sparse trees and piled rocks, but the overall view is good. If anything happens, you need to respond immediately.
However, you’re not out here for a tour. If it’s for exploration, the previous experiences already seem enough, and there’s no need to continue.
Du Yanan looks at Wei Yingyue. When they are together, it’s usually Wei Yingyue who comes up with the ideas, and Du Yanan implements them.
Wei Yingyue ponders for a moment, then softly says, "Actually, I suggest entering this Blackwater Town."
"I don’t want to. This Blackwater Town looks so eerie." Deng Fang casts the first opposing vote.
"Personally, I think we should go in and have a look. Maybe we can find clues to leave this place."
"But, but..."
Wei Yingyue looks at Deng Fang and says in a very calm tone, "If you’re scared, you can stay here with your boyfriend and wait for us to come out."
Honestly speaking, the six of you are just traveling together and didn’t know each other beforehand. Deng Fang doesn’t think that in such an environment, Wei Yingyue and the others would come back.
Reluctantly, Deng Fang finally agrees.
Unlike in the darkness, at this moment, you walk at the front of the group, with Du Yanan bringing up the rear.
After entering Blackwater Town, your biggest feeling is that the temperature around seems lower than outside, and the air is filled with a pungent, decaying smell.
From the outside, Blackwater Town resembles a small ancient town, surrounded by walls of rammed earth about three meters high. Inside the walls, buildings are arranged neatly but look very dilapidated due to the passage of time.
Even the stone slab road under your feet is badly damaged, with vigorous weeds growing in the gaps.
The houses on both sides of the street are empty, some filled with cobwebs, others completely vacant. A cold wind blows through, making even someone as strong as you shiver slightly.
"Hey, there’s someone over there."
Although Deng Fang has been hiding beside Xu Mingjie, she has been paying attention to her surroundings the entire time, so she is the first to see a dark figure standing on an open area ahead.
Hearing that there’s someone, your faces brighten up, for in such a desolate place, seeing another human is considered a stroke of luck.
"Why is there only one person?" Du Yanan quietly remarks.
You raise your hand to signal, "You slow down your steps, I’ll go ahead and ask."
As you’re about to step forward, Du Yanan hurriedly grabs your arm, "Hey!"
"What’s wrong?" You turn to look at Du Yanan.
Du Yanan originally wanted to say more, but she only manages to squeeze out three words, "Be careful."
"Don’t worry, after that experience, I spend more than three months every year training in the military camp. Under normal circumstances, handling three or two strong men is not a problem."
You give Du Yanan a slight smile and step forward heavily towards the figure.
Wei Yingyue observes your every move with great attention. Seeing your steps, her eyebrows slowly knit together, and she grips Liang Xinyue’s hand much tighter, whispering to Liang Xinyue, "Xiao Xiao, make sure to stay close to me, no matter what happens."
Although Liang Xinyue doesn’t fully understand, she nods firmly.
At this moment, Wei Yingyue and Du Yanan exchange a glance and nod in a heart-to-heart understanding.
You slowly approach the figure. When you’re about ten meters away, you discover it’s a chivalrous man. He is wearing a bamboo hat, dressed in linen clothes, with two swords hanging from his waist, and wearing ordinary straw sandals.
As you near the chivalrous man, he slowly lifts his head, and you see a very ordinary face, belonging to a man who seems to be about thirty years old, slightly weathered.
"You all have finally arrived."
The man speaks; his voice is not loud but clearly reaches the ears of all six people present, even though the other five are twenty to thirty meters away from the chivalrous man.
"May I ask the respectful hero’s name?" You adopt an ancient posture, bowing to the chivalrous man with cupped hands.
"I don’t have a name, and you don’t need to know too much. From now on, you must follow my steps closely. No matter what happens around you, you cannot run off alone. You must stay close to me. Only then can you find the way out." As he speaks, the chivalrous man’s left hand suddenly twitches and grips the hilt of his sword, his body pauses, and he suddenly transforms into a swift shadow, darting toward your left front!
At the same time, you suddenly feel a shadow leaping from the earth to your left, and before the shadow can land, it’s sliced in half mid-air by a crescent moon-shaped blade mark, falling to the ground in two pieces.
"Quick, follow me, these things have awakened!"