Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god.

Chapter 635 The Living and the Dead

"Although you are all from the Jinfu Escort Company, this is your team's first visit to our Chen Family Fort. I am Chen Yongde, the village head of Chen Family Fort and an elder of the Chen clan. I have known many of the escort leaders of your company for a long time... just follow me."

Under the guidance of the old man, the escort team entered Chenjiabao.

Lin Yu asked Sanyang to find a place to hide in advance - after all, although Yue Zhenqiao and his party had seen how he tamed the demon, it would be troublesome to explain if he brought it into a human gathering place.

It is better to have less trouble than more, so Lin Yu simply let it find a cave or a shady place in Shuangsaw Mountain to stay there and avoid the hottest time at noon.

Anyway, Sanyang's fighting power is very high, and the local monsters in Shuangsaw Mountain should not be able to do anything to it; and although he may encounter danger when entering Chenjiabao, there is no need to have this monster as a fighting force.

After all, when Lin Yu subdued Sanyang, his main consideration was to find a "local native" whom he could completely trust to question.

Now, of course, Sanyang is not needed for the time being - although Lin Yu is also full of doubts about Chenjiabao now, but as the leader of the demons and mandrills in Fuyuan Mountain, how could Sanyang understand things about human gathering points!

It would be better for Lin Yu to inquire and observe on his own than to bring Sanyang with him.

After entering Chenjiabao, Lin Yu did observe and hear a lot of useful basic information.

Although Chenjiabao is a relatively closed clan fortress of the same surname and all the people living here are related to each other, they also have skilled reception methods for foreign merchant caravans and escort teams.

After all, in the Prison Mountain Realm, it is impossible for a human settlement to survive without any communication with the outside world - caravans and escort teams are essential mobile parts for every gathering point.

Entering from the main gate and following the main road down from the center of Chenjiabao, the escort team's vehicles soon arrived at a square half-sunken underground, where there were sheds for carriages and livestock made of stone and hay, as well as naturally formed and regularly excavated caves.

There was the sound of gurgling water inside the cave, and there was actually underground running water flowing through it - in the realm of Hell, this kind of structure was really rare.

Although the temperature inside the cave is still not cool, it is much better than outside.

After stopping the escort vehicle and tying up the livestock, Yue Zhenqiao ordered the deputy escort leader and two other escorts to guard the cave first, and then find someone to relieve them after a while.

Afterwards, Yue Zhenqiao gave several strings of cash to the old man Chen Yongde as a reward.

After Chen Yongde accepted the reward, he took the remaining thirty or so bodyguards and headed towards Chenjiabao again.

It was almost noon, and there were no Chen villagers moving around outside Chenjiabao. However, when passing by those small earthen forts, one could still see villagers packing up in the small windows - even some young children were quietly lying by the windows, looking at the escort team curiously.

From the perspective of the [Mind-Gaze], these villagers of Chenjiabao all have rich emotions, and even seem to have souls.

However, Lin Yu knew very well...

These people, like the "village head" Chen Yongde next to them, are not...living beings.

One only needs to use mental perception to explore their minds and souls to know that these villagers have vitality, emotions and thoughts, but they are not alive at all.

They were empty shells that seemed to be alive - this was exactly the opposite of the mutilated body escorted by the Jinfu Escort Agency.

The incomplete and broken body that looked like a corpse was actually alive.

However, these intact and lively villagers were dead.

"It's just like the mental hospital you set up on Kirishima..."

Lin Yu complained to Lao Zheng.

Lao Zheng said helplessly: "Honestly, I'm not that good at it - I'm just controlling the corpses. Anyone who sees it can tell that the 'medics' in my place are basically dead, but it's different here..."

"If one's perception is not good enough, they would simply think they are still legitimate villagers - at least the escorts over there obviously don't know this."

"Although the ending was a bit strange because the people in Chenjiabao were 'dead', from the perspective of these escorts... they definitely wouldn't have thought that Chenjiabao was a group of 'dead people'!"

As Lao Zheng spoke, Lin Yu nodded.

If Yue Zhenqiao knew that all the people in Chenjiabao who seemed to be still alive were actually "dead", he probably wouldn't be "worried" at all - then Yue Zhenqiao would definitely rather die than lead the team here.

The fact that he can still come now means that he has only heard about or knows that something is wrong with Chenjiabao, but he doesn't know what is wrong.

Under the leadership of Chen Yongde, they soon arrived at a larger stone fort.

"This is the guesthouse of our Chenjiabao. You can rest here for a while—you can stay until the sun sets for three days before setting off again."

After Chen Yongde finished speaking, he unlocked the lock on the stone fortress door with a key and opened the stone door.

"It's almost noon, and I'm going back to avoid the heat. Please make yourselves at ease, my guests."

Then Chen Yongde left.

Yue Zhenqiao led a group of bodyguards into the room and closed the stone gate.

Although it was a bit stuffy inside the house, it was much better than outside - especially on the inner wall of the stone fortress, where there were even a few yellow paper talismans pasted on them to keep away the summer heat and avoid the cold.

Although this talisman seemed to be quite old and its effect was extremely weak, the cool breeze blowing from time to time was enough to make people who were traveling outdoors under the scorching sun or in high temperatures, or even fighting against demons, feel extremely comfortable.

The wounded and unconscious ones were settled down one by one and laid down near the talismans. Flying Knives were also mixed in with them, slowly recovering their physical and mental strength.

Seeing this, Yue Biaotou finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, everything is peaceful. We are really lucky."

After he said this, Lin Yu and Li Nian, who had been holding it in for a long time, finally found an excuse to ask questions.

"What do you mean by 'all is well' and 'lucky'?" Lin Yu asked curiously, pretending to have just discovered something. "Is there any danger in Chenjiabao?"

Li Nian also nodded: "Yes, I thought the old man was quite kind, and the facilities in Chenjiabao are also very good. Is there anything to worry about?"

Looking at the two people's questions, Yue Zhenqiao looked a little surprised.

"Don't the two heroines know this?"

However, considering the other party's strong strength, even if the two of them didn't know, Yue Zhenqiao did not question it too much. Instead, he immediately explained it to them.

"It seems that these two female warriors are usually very powerful and rarely need to stay in the wild for more than an afternoon. It is normal that they are not familiar with these small villages and forts."

"This Chenjiabao is the resting place with the highest rate of disappearances and accidents in this area!"