Soul echo

Chapter 317 Finding the Target
On the third day when Zhong Ye and the others came to Bourges, the wind and snow finally became much lighter. Although it didn't stop completely, people could still go outside for activities.

It was also on this day that many churches organized staff to help repair houses whose roofs had collapsed under the weight of snow.

—Before that, they also rescued and took in poor people who were homeless due to roof collapses.

The road was covered with snow, and it was still a bit difficult to go out for activities at this time, so Zhong Ye simply took Lilian to join the rescue team, leaving Lily Lieber alone in the Adventurer's House. Complement his 'Adventure Notes'.

Because of the heavy snowfall, the roofs of many houses in the urban area of ​​Bourges collapsed or were broken, and more than a dozen people were directly crushed to death.

However, people are used to it.

When no one dies due to accidents in winter, that is the most unexpected thing.

During the rescue, under Zhong Ye's guidance, Lilian continuously channeled her breath out to enhance her physical fitness.

It was already a big improvement for her to succeed at least once out of five times.

She is now confident that she will successfully master 'qi' and [breathing method] before the rematch comes, but like Zhong Ye, letting the breath circulate in the body all the time doesn't need to be thought about, it can't be done.

Seeing Lilian's appearance, Zhong Ye had reason to suspect that he was about to comprehend 'Qi' by himself - even during the closed beta period, he was not so clumsy when using 'Qi', and his game character at that time was not so clumsy. Five or six grades.

Even if you don't use [Skill Acquisition Opportunity], if you don't have that battle, maybe you will be able to comprehend 'qi' and [breathing method] soon.

But that's all in the past, and it's meaningless to bring up old things again...

In the afternoon of this day, the snow finally stopped.

After another night of rest in the city, Zhong Ye and the others packed up their things and drove away from Bourges.

When they drove away from the city, they also saw several teams organized by the church leave the city and go to the surrounding villages for rescue.

At this time, the earth turned into a vast expanse of whiteness, and no matter where you looked, there was enough snow to cover your ankles.

Driving a carriage on such a road is both difficult and dangerous.

Even Zhong Ye couldn't always notice what was hidden under the snow, maybe it was a stone, maybe it was a pit - these things could hurt the horse and damage the carriage.

But Zhong Ye felt that the longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable the situation would be for them.

The heavy snow not only blocked the city, but also restricted the activities of those cultists. Even if someone tipped off those cultists, the cultists would not have time to evacuate.

But are it the cultists that matter?
No, what matters is the 'human trafficking benefit chain' behind those cultists!
If the speculation of the Bishop of the Bourges Commercial Church is correct, and those cultists are indeed engaged in 'human trafficking', and they are still buying to vampires, then there must be a hidden chain of interests behind it.

It is impossible for vampires to spend so much money to hire those cultists to help them kidnap humans, so at that time Lily thought that there might be a vampire clan hidden behind this incident.

During the few days when they were trapped in the Adventurer's House by the heavy snow, they were not idle. They checked the tasks in the task bar, asked the receptionist, and talked with the adventurers. They did all these things and got a lot of information.

For example, shortly after the beginning of winter, there was a suspected murder of vampires in Bourges, but the murderer could be found in this incident.

After that, although there were no similar incidents in Bourges, the surrounding villages began to report encounters with vampires one after another.

This also means that there are indeed vampires in Bourges, but they have been hiding themselves very well, and no one knows where they are hiding.

Several churches quickly searched the Bourges area, but they couldn't find even a single vampire.

The 'food intake' of vampires is not that big, they usually only need the blood of half a person to last for a long time, after all, they are undead creatures, and their metabolism is almost non-existent.

And this large number of 'reports' is to prove that there may be a vampire clan around Bourges.

The problem is that this has only happened this year, and the group of cultists disguised as bandits have been active in the Bourges area for more than two years.

If the vampire clan moved to Bourges this year, who were those cultists serving a year ago?

Zhong Ye and the others are now going to find the answers to these questions. If they can find those cultists, all problems can be solved easily.

"How far is the distance?" Zhong Ye exhaled and asked Lilian and the others in the carriage.

The map was with them, and he also needed some communication to distract him, otherwise he would have to suffer from snow blindness sooner or later if he kept staring at the vast white land in front of him.

"If it was the previous speed, it would take about half a day to arrive, but now..."

Holding one end of the map in her hand, Lily looked out the window worriedly.

Now the speed of the carriage is like a turtle crawling, not only because of the heavy snow, but also the carriage itself is heavy.

Their luggage and weapons were contained in the compartment, and at the same time, they were not light in weight, even the lightest Lilian weighed more than fifty kilograms.

The combination of these factors made the speed of the carriage extremely slow.

Fortunately, humans are not the only ones who can become stronger through exercise in the world of Dan. As long as there is sufficient nutrition, any creature can become stronger-horses are naturally in this category.

Two strong draft horses dragged the heavy carriage, heading east, farther and farther.

…………

"...It's probably here."

Lily put away the map and opened the car door.

When they arrived at the area where the cultists were active, it was already noon the next day, and it was time for lunch.

Zhong Ye and the others worked together to sweep the snow around the carriage aside, set up a fire and an iron pot with ease, put in the bottom material that Zhong Ye made himself, and started cooking.

Zhong Ye cooked a big pot of soup, and the two draft horses got two bowls, and the rest went into the stomachs of the three of them.

"Someone is following."

After finishing their lunch, Lily and Lilian, who were packing the tableware, heard this inaudible sound, and looked at each other calmly.

The movements of the hands did not slow down, what should have been done originally, and what should be done now, even the position of the stalker was not found.

The reason why Zhong Ye reminded them was to let them not reveal their plans.

He has already locked the position of the stalker, and every move of that person is under his control.

The smoke from the fire could allow people to find their location. If the bandits were really cult members and hadn't moved away, they would definitely send someone to check the situation.

Guys who would leave the city in the middle of winter must either be strong enough, or have something urgent to do—even fools know that leaving the city in this kind of weather is a dead end.

Because they felt someone was following them, after lunch, Zhong Ye and the others didn't act immediately, they rested for a while, and then started exercising.

Their 'workout ground' was closer to the woods, so the stalkers were a little further away.

The stalker couldn't help but be fascinated by watching their fist-to-flesh exercises, and when he realized that the time passed, the sun had already slipped to the west.

Although it is not sunset at Xishan, it is already afternoon.

How could the person sent out to investigate the situation be a stupid person?
The stalker immediately felt something strange—how could someone exercise for hours in this kind of wilderness?Are they going to spend the night here?
No matter how you think about it, it is unreasonable!
The eyes of the stalkers still fell on Zhong Ye and the others, but their figures slowly moved back.

"Miss Lily, please stay in the carriage."

Zhong Ye and the others did not stop, but continued to 'exercise'.

"Ah."

Although she felt a little reconciled, Lily also knew that in order to cooperate with Zhong Ye's plan, she had consumed too much physical strength, and entering the mountain forest would probably slow down Zhong Ye and Lilian's footsteps.

If there is a vampire clan hidden behind this matter, they are not something they can easily deal with. It is better to stay behind the carriage, maintain signs of 'camp activities', confuse the other party's perception, and wait for Zhong Ye and Lilian to bring back the news.

After the stalker left for a while, Zhong Ye stopped the 'exercise' for Lily, brought Jin Shiyue and Qingniao, and followed the stalker's footsteps.

Lilian followed behind him, fully armed.

Seeing them disappearing into the forest, Lily, who was panting heavily, walked back to the carriage, took out the light armor placed in the trunk of the carriage, and put it on.

Regardless of whether there will be enemies or not, it is definitely right to prepare first.

——That's how Zhong Ye taught her!
(End of this chapter)