Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Suddenly Made a Comeback!-Chapter 259 - : Is there, something dirty?!
Chapter 259: Chapter 259: Is there, something dirty?!
While the villagers of Chixia Village were all immersed in the revelry of the Daton Festival,
the six-person gang hidden deep in the Chixia Mountain began to organize their belongings and stealthily descend the mountain.
The man with the scarred face led the team, constantly remaining highly vigilant.
Those behind him were relatively more relaxed.
Seeing how tense their boss was, Yan Dabiao, stroking his full goatee, said, “Boss, why are you so cautious? I’ve already scouted with the brothers, and there isn’t a soul on the mountain. The people from Chixia Village are probably all drunk by now. Even if we fired a shot here, no one would notice.”
Chen Xing’s expression remained cold and stern.
“If you dare fire a shot, I’ll cripple you right now!”
Yan Dabiao pouted, “Got it.”
Then he turned his head toward the others and said,
“Damn, I’ve been eating such bland stuff these past few days that I’m craving something real. Once we get off this mountain and offload the goods, we definitely have to feast – get that hand-catching mutton, battle-axe steak on the table for sure—”
Yan Dabiao’s words cut off abruptly.
Because his gaze had swept over to the nearby woods, and it seemed he saw something that turned his face pale with fright, and he stood there frozen.
Seeing him stop, Chen Xing’s brows furrowed with a hint of menace.
“What’s the matter with you now? Not hurrying down the mountain?!”
Yan Dabiao’s complexion grew even paler as he stared straight ahead, his hand shaking as he pointed.
“Boss, there seems to be, something unclean…”
He still remembered the scene when a group of TV crew came to see him a while back, claiming that his place was haunted.
Even though he knew the “ghost” was just disturbances they’d caused, the babbling words of the girl who led them were indeed discomforting.
Especially right now.
Hearing this, the rest of the group looked in the direction he was pointing, hearts thumping with trepidation.
In the layered shadows of the trees, a red figure flickered in and out of sight.
It seemed to be a woman, her figure exceptionally graceful, her black hair like a waterfall, her skin reflecting a cold white light under the moon.
Black hair, red dress, pallid as the dead.
What else could it be but a female ghost?!
The men instinctively wanted to scream, but Chen Xing harshly scolded them into silence.
“What filthy thing?! There’s no such thing in this world; don’t scare yourselves!”
With that, he drew the modified shotgun from his back and aimed it directly at the red figure.
“Who’s there, playing tricks?”
The red figure didn’t speak, just swayed slightly.
Seeing this, the men felt even less assured, paling as they hid behind Chen Xing.
Even though it was the modern age, encountering such a sinister shadow in the dead of night in deep old woods would startle anyone, no matter how strong they were.
Let alone they who frequently engaged in petty thefts.
Chen Xing’s brows furrowed even more, and his face darkened.
“Speak up or I’m firing!”
The shadow moved again, and then a frail and ethereal voice floated over.
“Big brother, please, I ventured up the mountain to pick mushrooms and accidentally twisted my ankle. Could you help me down?”
Hearing this, Yan Dabiao’s hair stood on end.
Bloody hell, who picks mushrooms in the dead of night out here?!
It must be something dirty?!
He wanted to urge Chen Xing to leave quickly, but he couldn’t make a sound, and his whole body started shaking like a sieve.
Chen Xing’s face looked even worse.
It wasn’t that he was scared.
Rather, he sensed that the newcomer meant trouble.
The business they were involved in was already shady, and bumping into something unclean might have been preferable. But what if the other party was actually human? Wouldn’t that mean they had been exposed?
And at this time, would any decent person appear in such a place?
Chen Xing’s vigilance heightened, he held his gun at the ready as he parted the brush in front of him and tread carefully forward.
Then, he squinted his eyes, staring intently at the red figure ahead, and tried to sound as soothing as possible,
“Don’t be scared, young lady. We are locals too, we’ll take you down the mountain—”
It wasn’t until Chen Xing got closer that he could see the woman’s appearance.
She was a young girl.
With a face so beautiful it didn’t seem human, and a petite, slender frame, she was leaning against an old tree with a basket of wild mushrooms scattered beside her.
She indeed looked like a local girl who had lost her way.
Chen Xing’s guard was slightly lowered.
After all, the person before him seemed like a frail young lady, and with so many grown men around, she wouldn’t dare to do anything.
If she had really seen something she shouldn’t have, it would be easier for him to deal with.
With this in mind, Chen Xing lowered the gun in his hand and tucked it behind his back.
In that flash of a moment, the girl who appeared to have fallen to the ground narrowed her eyes; then she took out a handful of chili powder from her pocket and flung it right into Chen Xing’s eyes.
Chen Xing immediately screamed in pain, also realizing the girl meant harm, his first instinct was to reach for his gun.
But the girl leaped up from the ground and with a swift leg sweep, knocked the gun from his hand to the floor, followed by a chop to the back of his neck.
Chen Xing felt his spine rattle with pain as he stumbled backward several steps, eventually collapsing to the ground, vision darkening.
He strained to stay conscious.
And was stricken with terror.
How could this girl be so strong?!
The others heard Chen Xing’s blood-curdling scream tear through the night and their faces turned even paler.
The most cowardly among them urinated on himself in fear, screaming as he ran deeper into the forest, unreachable by anyone else.
The rest, dripping with cold sweat, looked towards Yan Dabiao.
“Brother Biao, could something have happened to the boss? Is it really… is that really something unclean?”
Yan Dabiao’s face darkened at this point.
“Dammit, I don’t care anymore. Even if it’s something unclean, I can’t just watch the boss get hurt. Everyone, arm yourselves and let’s go!”
With that, he pulled out a tranquilizer gun and strode boldly toward the woods.
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Just two steps in, a branch flew towards him, hitting him right in the face.
As his vision was obstructed, his stomach also took a punch.
Yan Dabiao felt his insides churning like a turbulent river, and he collapsed to the ground seeing stars.
The group finally realized there were no unclean things after all, and each one grabbed their weapons, charging toward the sudden appearance of the red figure.
But that person, though appearing frail, was incredibly nimble and had excellent vision, moving with ease through the pitch-dark forest.
By a rare sliver of moonlight, Yan Dabiao, lying on the ground, finally got a good look at the girl in red and widened his eyes in shock.
Wasn’t she the same girl who had come to them with a group of villagers the other day?!
What was her name… Jiang Li?!
Hadn’t she already left?!
