Global Evolution: I Super Double Up on my evolution-Chapter 378 - 188 The Limping Woman! The Strange Village!_1
Hearing Su Yan say this, Sister Zhou then realized, "If you hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t have noticed that the victims in both incidents seemed to have died from the same thing: sudden cardiac arrest."
Could it be... that both incidents were actually man-made? And the mastermind behind the events, could it even be the same person? Sister Zhou analyzed.
Su Yan said gravely, "Saying it’s the same person isn’t quite accurate. I think it would be more precise to say it’s the same organization."
"The Yin Yang Union?" Sister Zhou asked with some uncertainty upon hearing Su Yan’s words.
Just now, after Su Yan mentioned it, she quickly thought of the incident in the ancient house in the Jingdou suburb that she had dealt with two months ago. At that time, she assumed it was the doing of Yin entities. But what she never anticipated was that, behind it all, the people from the Yin Yang Union were secretly causing trouble. Even the owner of the ancient house, an old predecessor respected by many Monster Hunters, turned out to be a member of the Yin Yang Union. And over the course of more than a decade, he had murdered many Monster Hunters. In the end, he didn’t even spare the three children he had adopted. One could say he was an utterly inhumane villain, devoid of humanity. If there is a hell in this world, then, after his death, he would certainly be sentenced to the eighteenth level of hell to suffer inhuman punishments forever.
While Sister Zhou was lost in thought, Su Yan, who was behind her, suddenly asked, "Sister Zhou, how much do you know about the Yin Yang Union?"
Sister Zhou collected herself a bit before replying, "I really don’t know much because the organization is just too mysterious. Even many of the seasoned Hunters in the circle have never had contact with them, let alone a Monster Hunter of my age. At most, I’ve only worked for them as a temporary worker once. Other than that, I know nothing; I have no understanding of them at all."
Su Yan nodded. "I see..."
After speaking, he fell silent again, lost in thought.
Seeing that he wasn’t in the mood to talk, Sister Zhou, who was driving the off-road motorcycle in front, didn’t disturb him and concentrated on driving.
Gradually, the off-road motorcycle left the urban area and entered a desolate suburb. Inevitably, the road underfoot changed from a smooth highway to a bumpy mud road. The road was not only narrow but also filled with shallow pits and various mysteriously protruding stones. This caused the off-road motorcycle speeding beneath them to bounce continuously.
Qinghe Village was very far from the urban area, so the distance between the two places was significant. This resulted in the mud road being exceptionally long as well. After more than an hour of riding, they still hadn’t caught a glimpse of Qinghe Village. Even Su Yan, a Legendary Level Creature, inevitably felt his buttocks go numb from the constant jolting, which was highly uncomfortable. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
As for Sister Zhou at the front, it looked even more unbearable for her. It was as if she were an unchaste woman from ancient times, being forced onto a wooden horse as punishment, suffering indescribable agony.
But no matter how painful it was, she had to endure it. Since they had to catch a flight back to Jingdou that night, they needed to reach Qinghe Village as quickly as possible to give themselves and Su Yan enough time to deal with the Demons and Monsters. Therefore, they couldn’t slow down; they even needed to accelerate whenever possible. As a result, the off-road motorcycle beneath them became even more bumpy. The constant jolting all the way was torture.
At that moment, Sister Zhou even regretted being a woman. If she were a man, it might not be so torturous, right?
If Su Yan knew Sister Zhou’s thoughts at this moment, he would definitely say she was overthinking it. If she were a man, she would have probably exploded from the jolting half an hour ago. The reason he, as a man, could endure without a peep was purely because his body was strong enough.
Time passed. In the blink of an eye, another half hour went by.
By now, the two on the motorcycle had finally ended the torment of their ride. They had successfully arrived at Qinghe Village, a remote little mountain village that appeared particularly poor and backward.
"That’s right, this is the Qinghe Village we were looking for." Sister Zhou checked the photos of the village stored in her phone’s album and confirmed that the dilapidated mountain village ahead was indeed Qinghe Village.
"It seems there’s no signal here," Su Yan said, frowning slightly after fiddling with his phone for a while.
Hearing this, Sister Zhou also toyed with her phone. As a result, she found that, just as Su Yan had said, there was no signal at all.
She then said, "I guess it’s because the mountain village is too remote for the cell phone signal to cover."
"Probably," Su Yan nodded in agreement.
Soon after, the two of them entered Qinghe Village. As they walked, Su Yan observed everything in the village along the uneven village road. The first impression one would get after looking around was that it was dilapidated—very dilapidated, in fact. There were no tall buildings, nor were there any multi-story smaller buildings. All they saw were ancient-looking earthen houses. Some of these earthen houses had clothes drying in front of them; the clothes looked slightly yellowed but were still relatively clean, clearly indicating they were inhabited. Others were abandoned, with windows fallen out, doors ajar, and their interiors dark and in complete disrepair.
As the two ventured deeper, they soon encountered a few local villagers. All were women, looking to be in their early thirties, dressed very simply, even raggedly. But upon closer inspection, one would find that the women all had quite fine features and could be considered potential beauties. Their skin appeared somewhat sallow, likely from frequent farm work.
Among them, one attractive woman caught Su Yan’s attention. It wasn’t because she was beautiful, but because her leg was disabled; her left ankle was bent in a way that prevented her from standing steadily. This kind of leg injury looked like it had been caused by a blow from a stick.
Thinking this, Su Yan, along with Sister Zhou, walked towards the few women who were chatting together, hoping to learn from them about the successive deaths of the young men in the village.
However, before the two could get close, a man’s voice suddenly called out from behind them, "Hey, you two, stop right there!"
At the sound, Su Yan turned his head and saw a middle-aged man carrying wood. The man was brawny, his skin tanned dark, and he held a somewhat old cleaver. Clearly, this was someone who frequently went to the mountains to chop wood.
After identifying the man’s likely occupation, Su Yan immediately smiled amicably and said, "Hello, we’re here to investigate..."
Before he could finish, the middle-aged man scolded the women not far ahead, "Who allowed you to gather and chat here? Hurry up and go back to your homes!"
Upon hearing this, the women quickly returned to their homes, their faces tense. The woman with the bent ankle seemed even more nervous than the others. After hearing the middle-aged man’s scolding voice, she immediately hobbled back to her home at a fast pace, clearly very afraid of him.
Witnessing this scene, Su Yan couldn’t help but frown slightly. There’s something strange about this Qinghe Village, he thought.
