UGB Chapter 45 The Old Man Hidden in the City Hall
Chapter 45 The Old Man Hidden in the City Hall
Chapter 45 The Sixth Brother Hidden in the City Hall
Late at night, a figure darted into the woods at great speed, looking extremely anxious.
Upon reaching the woods, they immediately heard the sound of rushing water. Zhao Manyan, who was on night watch, asked a question and learned that someone had gotten up in the middle of the night.
After finishing, the man did not immediately return to the wooden house. He deliberately glanced at Zhao Manyan, who was patrolling on the other side, in the darkness, and then quickly hid behind a tree nearby.
"Beep beep~~~"
The figure slowly took out a pen-shaped object that emitted light from his sleeve and quickly buried it in the ground.
After doing all this, he pretended to be drowsy and yawned as he returned to the wooden house.
However, the man did not notice that on the tree where he buried his writing brush, a figure gently landed on the ground from above.
After taking the pen-shaped object out of the soil, another figure slowly appeared beside him, and then vanished in the next second...
At dawn, the group packed their bags and continued their journey toward Jinlin Wasteland City.
The dozen or so people were quite lucky. Since the cave demon slaves, they had hardly encountered any large groups of demons. The only ones they encountered were a few scattered ones, but they were all dealt with by the group.
After traveling for about ten days, the remote city of Jinlin finally came into view.
This is a mountain range, and the train tunnel still passes through it. This time, everyone chose to go through the tunnel again.
Although there were cave demon slaves, Lu Jie took action, weaving a net from plants to trap them in the side caves of the tunnel.
After passing through the tunnel, there is a river that cuts directly through a very dilapidated city.
All around were ruins and overgrown weeds. The river flowed into the distance, turning eastward, towards the tunnel they had come from.
"Jinlin City is just ahead. How could it have become like this in just fifteen years?" Zheng Bingxiao gazed at the dilapidated city from afar.
"It must look like this because demons invaded and inhabited the area. There are no traces of human habitation, and various plants are growing rapidly using the demons' excrement as nutrients," Jingjing said.
"Let's go, let's survey the perimeter first and see how many demons there are," Song Xia said.
The outskirts of Jinlin City are a wide flat area surrounded by a forest. This forest surrounding the city is one of the places that needs to be scouted. Whether the city is worth rebuilding depends first on whether the surrounding area has been completely occupied by demons.
The group surveyed the outer forest and found that there were very few demons there, only a few foraging demons, and no large groups of demons were seen.
Song Xia drew a green mark on the map to indicate that there were not many monsters in the forests surrounding Jinlin City.
"Let's go straight in. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can go back. Staying outside for too long makes me feel uneasy," Luo Song urged.
Luo Song is no longer the chubby guy he used to be; he's lost almost a whole size. In short, he doesn't want to suffer here any longer.
"The survey is not so easy to finish. We have many points to collect, and they have all been marked. Unless we split up..." Lu Zhenghe said.
Upon hearing this, Song Xia immediately shook her head and said, "Splitting up is absolutely not an option. If something goes wrong, there won't even be any rescue."
If the eighteen of them walked together, they could deal with hordes of demons. But if they were separated, it would be suicide.
"Let's pick them one by one."
They began to enter the city, where the roads were full of abandoned cars covered in verdigris, causing traffic jams. It's easy to imagine how serious the situation was at the time.
After crossing the outer ring road, the group finally entered the city. Looking at the desolate and barren city before them, they couldn't help but feel shocked.
"We need to find a safe place to settle down first," Shen Ming said with a smile.
After some discussion, the group decided to choose the municipal building.
The gray building rises from the ground, and it doesn't look so dirty, perhaps because of the rain.
Most importantly, the building is relatively well-preserved, and it is taller than the surrounding buildings, so you can see the surrounding area from the top floor.
After passing through several residential areas, the municipal building finally came into view.
"This is also an area to be surveyed, but I always feel that this building is strange. Did you notice those plants? They are not growing towards the sun, but have all grown into the municipal building. It's unbelievable!" Jingjing said.
Of everyone present, only three people were plant-based cultivators. Mu Nujiao frowned slightly, feeling that this place was not a safe place to stay.
"Lu Jie, what do you think?" Mu Nujiao asked.
"What else can we call him? A fake demon." Lu Jie shrugged. This old man was hiding in the municipal building, just waiting for us prey to come to him.
False terror demon!!!
Everyone gasped. According to Lu Jie's explanation, could this municipal building be used by the pseudo-terror demons as a hunting trap?
"How can you be so sure that it's a fake demon inside?" Liao Mingxuan asked with a look of disbelief.
He was very annoyed with Lu Jie. For so many days, he had tried to talk to Mu Nujiao, but she had ignored him or rejected him in various ways.
On the contrary, she often took the initiative to talk to Lu Jie, but he seemed to have no interest in talking to her, which made him very unhappy.
Why should I? Just because you're handsome? Or because you're good at using plant-based magic?
It should be understood that these things are insignificant in the face of background and power.
"Then let's stay out overnight," Song Xia said.
"I think so too." Lu Zhenghe nodded in agreement. Why take the risk?
The group moved away from the municipal building.
On the other side, Lu Jie secretly sent out two wooden clones. One of them entered the municipal building, and sure enough, the fake demon, seeing that its prey had taken the bait, couldn't wait to reveal its true form.
But when it discovered that its prey had turned into a humanoid puppet, it went completely mad.
However, the dominant giant lizard, the pseudo-dragon, discovered it and flew directly down from the sky to enjoy the pseudo-demon's brain.
The people on the other side were so frightened that they didn't dare to breathe. Although they were two blocks apart, the powerful aura of the commander-level demon still assaulted their faces.
"Giant lizard pseudo-dragon!!!"
Someone revealed the identity of this demon, and they stared in horror at the departing giant lizard pseudo-dragon.
Fortunately, they were far enough away that the commander-level beings couldn't detect them, otherwise they would have been on their way to meet their maker.
"I want to go back, it's too dangerous." Luo Song slumped to the ground, still shaken. What kind of place is this?! Why did they send a group of mid-level mages like them here?!
"I also think it's terrifying here. Has Dean Songhe lost his mind? He actually sent us here. Look at what we've encountered. They're far beyond our capabilities!" Liao Mingxuan said angrily.
(End of this chapter)