Zhang Chunliang stayed by the unconscious Xu Er's bed, sitting in a daze.

After Lai Zi and his men settled Xu Er, they left in a rage. They said they were going to ask a doctor to treat him, but Zhang Chunliang felt that the two men were going to seek revenge.

Zhang Chunliang lowered his head again and carefully examined the wound on Xu Er's arm. The more he looked, the tighter his brows furrowed - the powerful arm was covered with dense, dirty black teeth marks. Even after emergency treatment, it still continued to bleed. The uneven white wounds looked like they were eaten out by someone's mouth, one bite at a time.

He tried to gesture and concluded that the person who could bite a wound like this might only be half the size of an adult's arm.

Zhang Chunliang had observed that in this dungeon, the game's own NPCs would not be actively attacked by monsters in the dungeon world, so he could rule out the possibility of Xu Er being attacked by dungeon monsters.

Then there is only one answer.

A player came here at night and fought with Xu Er for some unknown reason.

At that time, he was in fragmented memories and fell into a deep sleep. He didn't hear any movement at all - so Xu Er was seriously injured by some strange props of the player and fell into a coma.

Zhang Chunliang helped Xu Er adjust his posture and tucked the corner of the quilt.

He stood up and was about to leave, but he tripped because of the soft touch under his feet.

He untied the leash of the big dog, which was now lying at his feet, quietly accompanying him and Xu Er.

"Woo..." The big dog was stepped on, but it did not act like a spoiled child like before. It carefully approached Zhang Chunliang's legs, as if sniffing something.

Zhang Chunliang's mind moved, and he suddenly remembered what Lai Zi had told him - the big dog was a fierce hound, and Liu Dagen bought it because of its good breed and aggressiveness. Although it has no aura of a hound now, it may be able to help him confirm some things.

Zhang Chunliang picked up the big dog and put its head close to Xu Er's wound.

The big dog was terribly smart. It understood his intention instantly and rubbed its wet nose against Xu Er's arm and sniffed it carefully.

"Woo!" The big dog barked softly, as if it had discovered something.

Zhang Chunliang was immediately cheered up. He quickly put the dog on the ground. The big dog instantly rushed out and went straight to the kitchen.

Zhang Chunliang's steps were not as fast as its dog. When he walked into the kitchen, he saw the big dog dive into the cooling stove, raising layers of black smoke.

Xu Er's blood had dried up, but Lai Zi didn't have time to find someone to clean it up. The stove was a little messy, and a bowl of soaked white fungus was lying on its side on the table. This was what Zhang Chunliang accidentally mentioned when they were chatting last night.

Zhang Chunliang looked at the bloodstains on the ground, his palms curled up slightly, and he felt a little sad.

"Woof!" The big dog suddenly crawled out of the stove. Its brown fur was covered with a lot of carbon ash, and its black eyes looked at Zhang Chunliang eagerly.

It seemed to be holding something in its mouth.

Zhang Chunliang squatted down, rubbed the big dog's head, and pulled the thing out of its mouth.

They were a few thick, long, gray-brown strips that were somewhat tough and stained with the big dog's saliva. They looked like some kind of plant.

Zhang Chunliang held it to the bright kitchen door, wiped off the dirt on the strip, looked at it carefully for a moment, and then recognized it - it was a few long straw hairs.

……

"A-choo!" Lu Zhi sneezed, and the whole room began to be filled with straw fluff.

He looks a little disheveled now, wearing long clothes and long sleeves, and has to wear a huge mask on his face when going out.

"Come here and work! Damn it, you bastard, you eat and drink my food for free, but when the time comes, I can't find you, you lazy bastard!" An old voice came from outside the house, and the angry shout full of dialect resounded in the small courtyard.

Lu Zhi made an impatient "tsk" sound. He had just sat down for a short while when he was forced to work again.

Although he was a little clumsy now, he had gained a lot of strength, so the host family where he was staying always assigned him some work such as chopping wood and fetching water.

When Lu Zhi went out, he felt a little uneasy and couldn't control his strength, so he slammed the door shut - the sound was a little loud, and it shook the dirt floor, and he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Sure enough, when the dirty old man with unkempt beard in the yard heard the sound of the door slamming, his eyes widened and his beard began to tremble. He swung the sickle in his hand, pointed at the landing point and started to attack frantically.

The ugly and dirty curse made Lu Zhi grit his teeth and clench his fists.

This was not the case when the old man first tricked him into living in his house! He had a kind and gentle look in his eyes and looked like a quiet and good person - but within a few days, his true nature was exposed, and he started to find faults and asked him to do heavy work.

Of course, Lu Zhi wasn't someone who liked to eat and live for free, but he really couldn't stand the work the old man assigned to him -

When he chopped wood, scarlet blood would overflow from the firewood, accompanied from time to time by the shrill screams of women.

When he fetched water, a mass of black hair would wriggle in the bucket. When he wasn't paying attention, it would suddenly swell into a human shape and try to swallow him.

He carried the firewood that the old man had left in the distant woods back home. The firewood became heavier and heavier on his back. When he could no longer bear it, he looked up and found that what he was carrying was a pale female corpse with sutures all over her body.

There was a ghost in the old man's house! This was something he had to accept. Due to some concerns, he couldn't change the room immediately.

"...I'll go get some water right now, stop talking!" Lu Zhi lowered his voice and gritted his teeth.

The noise they made was too loud and attracted the attention of some villagers who were watching the fun, which made him feel a little embarrassed because he was very proud.

The old man with the dirty beard was extremely furious. Even though Lu Zhi was the first to give in, he was still not satisfied and uttered a string of swear words.

Lu Zhi listened with a calm heart and a pale face. He even began to think about how he could escape the punishment of the law if he took out the props and gave the old man a volley of bullets. After all, he didn't have to worry about too much debt... He was a sinner in this world.

Thinking of the "indictment" he had found in the lining of his clothes, he began to feel anxious and depressed again.

"Old Yu, stop being crazy! If you keep swearing, you'll attract those people here!"

A villager shouted to the old man with a dirty beard across the fence: "Close the door quickly. I heard that the guys are arresting people now. They are looking for those who didn't sleep last night!"

Old Man Yu’s beard twitched twice, and he hurried forward to bolt the door.

But it's too late.

Not long after, a group of aggressive and burly men kicked open the flimsy door of Old Man Yu's house and dragged the thin and old Old Man Yu away.

Lu Zhi hid in the room and waited until all the noises of smashing, shouting, and crying for help in the yard had died down before he dared to go out to find out what was going on.

He felt sad to see that the small yard that he had cleaned with great effort was turned into a mess by a group of hooligans who suddenly visited.

He walked out and came to the house of the villager who had just reminded Old Man Yu to close the door.

The villager was stripped naked, splashed with feces, and curled up on the ground, covering his head and trembling slightly.

"Are you okay?" Lu Zhi carefully pulled his mask up a little, hoping not to reveal any abnormality.

The villager lay on the ground, his face covered with snot and tears: "I can't do anything. Everyone knows that Old Man Yu often doesn't sleep at night and does nothing in the yard."

From his tone, Lu Zhi guessed that this person was the one who reported Old Man Yu.

"That group of people forced me. If I hadn't spoken up, they would have beaten me to death today..." The villager burst into tears. He choked and said to Lu Zhi, "I have three eggs hidden in my shack. If Old Man Yu can come back alive, please help me give him two. I'll be sorry for him."

Who are these hooligans? How could they be so arrogant in this small ditch? Lu Zhi was shocked by the miserable state of the villagers and began to think unconsciously.

Xiaohegou is a rather closed and feudal village. Logically, such a village should be very xenophobic. However, what he observed during this period was that there were quite a few outsiders in this village!

This group of unreasonable bullies who burned, killed, looted, and matched them with other players had accents that were obviously different from those of the locals, and it was obvious that they were not born and raised in Xiaohegou.

Now this villager described himself as pathetic, but he was just afraid that if Old Man Yu came back alive, he would cause trouble for him. But if he were given another chance, he would probably still choose to betray Old Man Yu - because Old Man Yu was not a native villager of Xiaohegou!

Lu Zhi felt that he seemed to have touched the edge of the main task, and he couldn't help but feel a little more energetic.

He was about to strike while the iron was hot when he heard two knocks on the wooden door behind him.

He was stunned for a moment and turned back.

The gentle and handsome young man had walked behind him without him knowing when, and was raising his hand and smiling at him good-naturedly.

"Do you have time? I want to talk to you." Zhang Chunliang said.

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