
[Given the situation that was already very out of control and there was no right solution to defeat the creature that used to be Mr. Xiaoman, the head of the council decided to carry out deportation.
It is unfortunate, but to avoid other victims, only one choice is considered the most appropriate for now]
The words Dongfang Xing heard by Mu Lian two days ago were still ringing in his ears. The fate of Xiaoman who had fallen into an abyssal creature, deportation. In this world, a person who was deported was as good as dead.
The person will be banished from this world through the ends of the world. Mu Lian recalled the image of the underworld that resembled a flower with four petals.
The end of the world is the end of the flower petals. What is after the tip of the petal no one knows. One thing is certain, the person who plunges free from the tip of the petal will die.
Mu Lian thought of the tragic end for the person who became a follower of one of those extremely rare mystical creatures.
Mu Lian continued to look at the tips of the spruce trees that now looked like green thorns to distract her from the sad topic.
The green thorns were seen passing through Mu Lian very quickly or it was actually Mu Lian who walked past them quickly.
The reason why Mu Lian had such high speed was because currently Mu Lian and the others were riding magical transportation.
The transportation he was riding was shaped like a stretcher with a size large enough to facilitate six people but not too large so as not to affect the speed of the stretcher.
Despite walking at high speed, Mu Lian did not feel strong winds or other shocks when she crossed a group of clouds because the stretcher she was riding was equipped with various kinds of security equipment.
Anti-wind is one of them, it does not mean that oxygen cannot enter so that people who ride stretchers are out of breath.
The wind in question is the friction force caused by the wind when the stretcher runs at high speed. So still, the vents inside the stretcher are very well maintained.
Mu Lian's destination this time was Jinan Village, the last place that came out of Xiaoman's mouth before it completely changed. Mu Lian heard from Meng Zhi that she would find a clue if she went there.
"Lian'er, rest. The journey is still six hours away. When I arrived, I would have woken up" Meimei said.
"En," said Mu Lian then spread her body not far from the window.
When Mu Lian's body touched the 'floor', there was no hard or cold feeling but rather soft and comfortable because the entire floor of the stretcher was covered with red padded pads.
This means of transportation was deliberately chosen by Mu Haocun given the very urgent time. To ride this palanquin, previously Mu Lian and the others had to leave the capital first.
In the next terminal, the terminal closest to the terminal in the capital, the, only then this stretcher began to be operated to destinations that are quite remote and require a small transportation to shorten the length of the trip.
This transportation was run by one operator only, but Mu Haocun had Ling Zizhou help the operator so that they would arrive in Jinan Village immediately.
Six hours later, Mu Lian was woken up by the shock in her body. Meimei said that they had arrived. After everything went down, the operator immediately took home a magic stretcher.
"Don't shut up, let's get some food in the village!" said Ling Zizhou urging Mu Lian to follow him immediately.
Mu Lian was unaware that Mu Haocun, Master Yi, Meimei and Meng Zhi had already walked far ahead. His eyes continued to cling to the magic stretcher until it was finally nowhere to be seen again.
"Oh," Mu Lian immediately followed.
Looking at the scene before him, Mu Lian felt nostalgic. Jinan Village is located in the forest. Fir trees and fern plants still grow naturally without human intervention as in the capital.
Sometimes fir trees and fern plants look dense and sometimes look tenuous around residents' homes. Some places look dark and some places look light.
Mu Lian thought what might be because that atmosphere of Jinan Village felt a little gripping? The residents were seen passing by, some of them smiling kindly to Mu Lian and the others. All are ordinary humans, none have rabbit ears.
"Welcome to Jinan Village. Ladies and gentlemen. We have prepared a house that you can fill during your stay in our village" said an uncle with a friendly smile.
Even so, his voice sounded so loud that the person who heard it thought that the uncle was challenging him was fighting.
Fortunately, other than Ling Zizhou, no one objected to the uncle's tone. Meng Zhi represented Mu Lian's group to speak.
The uncle said that because Jinan Village is located in a remote area, it is rare for travelers who come to visit to cause there are not many inns and restaurants there so the residents accommodate travelers who come to their village.
Meng Zhi asked for the requirements to take care of the permission to visit in this village but the uncle said there was no need to bother and could go directly to the house that had been provided.
"Crazy! The village is very relaxed. There is no one in charge of guarding the village, there is no need to verify the identity to the village chief, they instantly accept us as we are! But how do their smiles give me goosebumps, don't they?" whispered Ling Zizhou.
Hearing Ling Zizhou's whispered words to Mu Lian, Mu Haocun, Master Yi, Meimei and Meng Zhi stared at each other. There was a look of mutual understanding from each other's eyes.
"Just your feelings. I think they are friendly people" said Mu Lian. Not thinking too much about Ling Zizhou's words. At least for now, nothing suspicious.
The uncle explained some rules that must be obeyed when living in the village. Well, at least they still have rules to maintain the order of the people who live in the village.
Mu Lian listened while observing the surroundings. But for some reason there was an awkward feeling in this forest, but before Mu Lian thought about what was such an awkwardness, Mu Lian and the others arrived in front of a fairly large house.
Without saying anything more, the uncle went to hand Mu Lian and the others over to the owner of the house.
This house belonged to an Aunt, whose husband had died and whose only son was wandering into the capital so that no one else would accompany him in his large house.
"Watch your own house and don't hesitate to ask me for help" said Aunt Fey.
"Thank you, Aunt Fey. Then we'll trouble you. Oh right, since we're at lunchtime, can we borrow your kitchen?" Meimei.
"Oh! Don't bother! You guys just wait in the room, I'll cook you lunch" Aunt Fey said.
"Don't, so, Auntie. We already use your home like our own, when we have to trouble you to cook food for us?
Anyway we have a reliable cook! auntie should try Ah Zhou's cooking!" said Mu Lian trying to convince Aunt Fey.
Aunt Fey smiled increasingly kindly then said, "Can't. You are honored guests who are rarely seen in this village.
Usually we have to walk very far to meet new people. You know for yourself, don't you, how remote is this village? Sometimes we feel very isolated from this world,"
Mu Lian and Meimei stared at each other. If that was the case, they were not at all comfortable resisting the kindness of Aunt Fey who wanted to cook them lunch.
Finally Mu Lian and Meimei agreed then walked towards Mu Haocun, Ling Zizhou, Master Yi and Meng Zhi who were seen being engrossed in their conversation in the courtyard.
"Please. I'm sorry if the cooking is so simple" Aunt Fey said as she served dishes filled with food. Or it should look like food. Because all Mu Lian saw was red.
One hour they waited for the food to come and found all the food Aunt Fey cooked was red. The money also so pierced the nose.
Ling Zizhou who saw the red dish in front of him had already opened his mouth to throw out whatever he was going to say, but fortunately, he had already opened his mouth, Mu Lian who was sitting next to immediately stomped on Ling Zizhou's feet so that what came out of his mouth was just the word ouch.
Mu Haocun, Master Yi, Meimei and Meng Zhi who were originally about to eat with Mu Lian so broke their intentions.
But when he saw Mu Lian and Ling Zizhou who kept staring at them without starting to eat, the four of them ended up eating with heavy sweat throughout the lunch.
Everyone who ate there showed the same thing. Even Mu Lian's face looked as red as a tomato so pungent.
The sound of 'huah' 'huah' was heard from the mouths of Mu Lian and the others. Even the quietest Master Yi had the loudest voice among the others.
Aunt Fey's face looks bright after Mu Lian and the others 'successful' to spend the dishes on the table then immediately leave to rest in their respective rooms.
Do not forget to ask for a pot of drinking water to be brought. Fortunately Aunt Fey had a lot of teapots so Mu Lian did not need to scramble to get them.
The total rooms in Aunt Fey's house are six. Mu Lian was given a three-room ration to then be divided among his group.
And the division of their rooms was as it had been; mu Lian was one room with Meimei, Ling Zizhou was one room with Meng Zhi while Mu Haocun was one room with Master Yi.
Later that night, Mu Lian, Ling Zizhou, Meimei and Meng Zhi left the room listlessly. This time only the four of them had dinner because someone, with his intelligence made himself look sick. And his friend, the quibble will accompany him in the room.
"I'm sorry for making your grandfather sick. I didn't think her stomach was that weak.
The cuisine in this village does have a characteristic taste that is very spicy so since childhood I have been accustomed to cooking spicy dishes" said Aunt Fey with guilt.
He admitted that his cooking was 'enough' spicy and apologized in front of Mu Lian and the others.
Mu Lian choked on the water hearing Aunt Fey's words. Mu Lian did not expect that Mu Haocun would use her concoction medicine to look like she was having diarrhea.
Master Yi did not know when Mu Haocun launched his action, but still followed along to be the reason Mu Haocun was sick so as not to join dinner.
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"Ukh, it's so hot in my stomach," Mu Lian muttered as she continued to back and forth positioning her body on the bed.
The food last day and last night still affected Mu Lian's stomach. Now his stomach felt so hot that Mu Lian had trouble sleeping, even difficulty laying down his body.
Mu Lian did not know how long she had been acting like a hot worm in her own bed, maybe a few minutes, maybe even a few hours. That night Mu Lian could not sleep.
The longer, the heat on the stomach spread throughout the body to the crown. Mu Lian began to feel the temperature difference in the room which was now lower because her body temperature was increasing.
Then Mu Lian so can not hear anything clearly.It feels like being driving on a mountain, when the vehicle slowly up or down the mountain, you feel your ears *clogged.
Because the condition of his body experienced a drastic change in temperature, Mu Lian so like experiencing what is experienced when someone climbs or descends.
As the temperature in Mu Lian's room was lower than her own body temperature, the pressure inside the room became higher than inside Mu Lian's body.
The existence of this pressure difference made Mu Lian's ears adapt so Mu Lian felt her ears clogged.
But strangely, after a long wait, Mu Lian had not felt her ears improve, instead the voices were getting muffled so that this night became very quiet like noiseless.
Mu Lian simply stared at her bed canopy, trying to digest the situation she was in.
Then suddenly Mu Lian felt a shock on her body, when looking to the side it turned out to be Meimei.
Mu Lian saw Meimei's lips were trying to articulate the words he was trying to convey in order to understand Mu Lian.
[To the bathroom.].
[Eating curry.?.]
[Till here.?]
No. gabe. That's not. Just this time Mu Lian was trying to decipher the movements of people's lips. Mu Lian continued to shake her head, signaling to Meimei that she had yet to understand the meaning of his words.
Meimei looked extremely frustrated, but pulled Mu Lian's arm to get Mu Lian up and immediately led her towards the door.
Suddenly the door opened and Meng Zhi's head emerged from behind the door. Seeing who opened the door, Meimei loosened his grip on Mu Lian, as if relieved to have seen Meng Zhi.
Meng Zhi smiled soothingly and opened the door wide, showing Mu Haocun, Master Yi and Ling Zizhou standing behind her while facing the hallway with wary gazes.
Master Yi and Ling Zizhou had taken out their jian from the scabbard and cut it down towards the seemingly deserted passageway, yet Mu Lian had no idea what was lurking behind the black shadows.
Right, the hallway in front of Mu Lian's room became extremely pitch-black like there was a cloth that had been dipped in black ink blocking it.
Or it could be likened to Mu Lian's room being highlighted by lights, causing her surroundings to be pitch black.
Mu Lian shuddered at the sight outside her room.
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Note:
* Stretcher
* You can search barotrauma? author found the word on the hellosehat website you can read more 😂