Cannon-Fodder Heiress Turns the Tables by Fortune-Telling-Chapter 1073 - 1069: Truly Too Foolish and Naive

The courtyard, which had been quiet except for the sound of those few new recruits, suddenly erupted with those eerie cries and howls.

Although the sound wasn’t as loud as the ones outside, it was enough to indicate one thing.

That is, the Zhou Family’s courtyard had started to be infiltrated.

The Little Paperman’s face, dark as pitch, was full of shock, but unfortunately, no one could pay attention to its expression anymore.

Yun Ran’s expression, too, changed from speechless to gradually serious.

She couldn’t believe that this courtyard, which was perfectly fine, was suddenly infiltrated; something must have happened.

From the time she entered until now, the biggest change was those few new recruits digging trenches inside the house.

Yun Ran: ...

So, it’s very likely that these new recruits disrupted the layout of the Zhou Family Mansion, leading to the infiltration!

However, it couldn’t be entirely blamed on them. After all, when they were digging the trenches earlier, she hadn’t thought much about it, let alone tried to stop them.

"Master, now the whole alley has been overrun~"

And the few people inside the house, bent over working hard, naturally heard the sound as well.

Then, they each showed a stunned expression on their faces.

"Senior brother, did you hear some sound?"

"I heard it!"

"I heard it too~"

...

The few of them exchanged confused looks, clearly not understanding what exactly happened.

Previously, when those eerie cries and howls were rampant outside, the Zhou Family Mansion was quite silent.

Now, these sounds appeared, albeit at a low volume, not yet enough to disturb one’s mind.

But now, at this quiet and late hour, if someone who is sleeping hears this sound, it could genuinely be unbearable.

Other families in the alley don’t have the strength to move their entire household away.

Many families have already changed their schedules to deal with these troubles.

During the day, they sleep soundly, and at night, the whole family sits together, trying to build courage while doing some handicrafts.

In this way, they would be somewhat affected, but it’s better than being startled while asleep.

The few new recruits exchanging glances just lack experience and aren’t perceptive enough to the degree of danger outside.

But they aren’t fools; they quickly realized the situation.

"From the time we came in and dug these few trenches... what do you all think?"

The leading man already had some answers in mind, but he clearly couldn’t make decisions alone.

His junior brothers and sisters and other members of the small team were the cherished treasures of their elders.

On usual matters, he could decide, but now the situation was evidently serious, and he couldn’t let any resentment fester within the group.

Sure enough, his junior brothers and sisters immediately voiced their opinions.

"Senior brother, are you suggesting that the sound’s appearance is because of something we did?"

"I doubt it. Could it be that the Zhou Family truly has some treasures?"

"But besides digging trenches, we didn’t do anything else noteworthy..."

The speaker was suddenly taken aback, and the others’ eyes turned toward them.

This made the speaker’s expression somewhat awkward, feeling as if they had said something wrong.

"Yes, that’s right, it’s the trenches!"

Now, everyone’s eyes turned to the trenches they had dug.

Earlier, they were complaining about their slow pace and the trenches being too small.

Now, it’s become quite awkward.

"Let’s try filling back these trenches first."

Everyone promptly started filling back the trenches they had previously dug.

Yun Ran, outside, hearing the recruits identify the key problem, initially thought these people had some potential.

Then she heard them thinking that filling back the trenches would solve everything.

Yun Ran was speechless once again.

"These guys truly have been spoiled to idiots by their elders. This has disrupted the entire layout, filling back the trenches won’t solve it!"

Truly foolish and naive.

But upon seeing this, there’s no need to continue watching; the sound has already infiltrated, and this place is no longer safe.

These malicious sounds result in very different outcomes when faced with ordinary people compared to a Dark Master.

Unfortunately, the unique stone she had from the Forbidden Zone was lent to Xuan Chu.

Otherwise, using it here would have been quite fitting.

"Master, the sound is attacking me~"

Yun Ran was considering whether to find something in the courtyard that could offer some resistance.

And then, she heard the Little Paperman’s somewhat aggrieved voice.

While the low-decibel eerie cries were somewhat annoying, Yun Ran truly hadn’t felt any intent to attack.

But the Little Paperman couldn’t possibly be mistaken about whether it was being attacked, nor could it lie to her.

Even if everyone in the world might deceive Yun Ran, the Little Paperman certainly wouldn’t.

Yun Ran reached out to touch the Little Paperman and quickly felt a prickly sensation.

Though not quite painful, it was uncomfortable, a feeling of irritation mixed with a desire to lose one’s temper.

Yun Ran: ...

The only difference between her and the Little Paperman is that she is human, while the Little Paperman is a Magic Artifact.

It seems that the people inside weren’t subjected to any substantial attack either.

So, Yun Ran roughly understood that the sound’s intention to attack was clearly stronger towards Magic Artifacts.

Yun Ran pondered for a while and quickly thought of a possibility.

Perhaps this sound was originally attacking the protective talismans in the households of this alley.

For instance, the Door God every family has posted or other items.

Once those protective items are nullified, only then would the inhabitants inside begin to feel its effects.

The Zhou Family Mansion was previously unharmed because the items inside still had some resistance left.

But due to the new recruits’ trench-digging, the mansion’s overall layout had some issues.

Thus, the sound infiltrated and instantly recognized the Little Paperman as a Magic Artifact... 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Now, everything makes sense.

Yun Ran pulled out a piece of paper, wrote a few characters on it, then crumpled it up and tossed it inside the house.

The people inside, still discussing, suddenly felt something coming towards them.

"Watch out!"

They dodged the paper ball’s attack, and upon seeing it was just a ball of paper, they immediately sighed in relief.

"What is this?"

A moment ago, they thought they had fallen into some trap, about to be framed.

"Let me see!"

The speaker squatted down, using a handkerchief to pick up the paper ball.