Chapter 412

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation      Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

The man’s heart turned cold as soon as he entered the valley.

Even though the valley was pitch black, with the help of the faint moonlight, one could still see the mess on the ground.

In addition to the traces of fighting left during the day, there were traces of survivors living for a few days, and some garbage left behind when they left.

It could be seen that they left in a hurry, even leaving behind some stretchers and cooking utensils.

He immediately walked to the fire and reached out to test the temperature.

The bottom of the stove was already cold. It was obvious that the person had left for a long time.

Although the man was a little flustered, he didn’t lose his mind. He quickly calmed down and analyzed the situation.

“What did you see?

A voice suddenly came from behind.

“Those people are too much of a burden, and they’re using the darkness to escape. They don’t even have a torch, so even if they leave early, they won’t be able to go far. If we go back and report to the Lord now, we still have time to catch up!”

The man said subconsciously.

As soon as he finished speaking, his scalp exploded.

In this quiet night, in the empty mountain hollow, where would there be a second person other than him!

He turned his head back abruptly. There was no one behind him, and he could see the entrance to the col at a glance.

Just now was… An illusion?

The man’s back was drenched in cold sweat in an instant. He wondered if he had been too nervous just now, which was why he had hallucinated.

He carefully observed the surrounding environment and walked around a few times. Other than the strange protruding stones in the mountain, he could only hear the whistling of the wind.

Perhaps it was because the sound of the wind was too similar to a woman’s voice that he mistook it for someone talking to him.

Thinking that he had found the reason, the man relaxed a little, but there was still some tension in his eyes.

He didn’t want to waste any more time. Just as he was about to leave, a chuckle came from behind him.

“You’re leaving just like that? Don’t you want to stay a little longer?”

This time, the voice was right next to his ear, and there was a cool breeze blowing on the back of his neck, making his scalp explode in an instant!

The man couldn’t be bothered to look back. He was 100% sure that he wasn’t hallucinating. He grabbed the ground with his toes and pushed off with force, and his whole body shot out.

The speed at which he was fleeing was ten times faster than the speed at which he had rushed to the mountain hollow.

As expected, the adrenaline triggered by fear could turn a person into Superman in a very short time.

In the next second, a transparent wall seemed to appear out of thin air in front of him, and his whole body slammed into it at an extremely high speed. He did not even make a sound and immediately fainted.

The transparent wall was the trap that MO Ruyue had set.

Every time she entered and exited the space, it would cause a brief spatial fluctuation. This was the so-called space barrier being opened.

This barrier was much stronger than an ordinary wall.

MO Ruyue had mastered the law of time after going in and out countless times. Just now, after scaring the man, she teleported to the front and entered the space, causing the man to hit his head on the opened space barrier and faint.

In fact, she could just knock the man out with a hand knife, but that would be boring.

After being knocked unconscious by the space barrier, the man would wake up with a confused perception of time and memory. This was MO Ruyue’s true purpose.

He couldn’t even remember what he had gone through, and everything he said would lose its authenticity because of this reason.

MO Ruyue quickly came out of the medium and looked down at the unconscious man.

His forehead was swollen and bleeding. Although he had been hit hard, it was not life-threatening.

“Just lie down for a while. Your companions will come and find you soon.”

Although MO Ruyue didn’t intend to kill him, she still wanted him to suffer a little, so she left him lying on the cold ground and returned to the col to observe the situation.

“Why isn’t he back yet? That Mountain Valley isn’t too far away, why would they take so long to get there?”

The county magistrate had already gathered his men and was waiting at the foot of the city.

As soon as the scout returned, they would immediately set off.

“My Lord, I heard from the refugees that there was a young man and woman among the survivors. They were both experts in their skills. They were beaten up by those two and fled.”

“Could it be that our spies have alarmed the couple and caused an accident?” Advisor Hu came over and said worriedly.

“No matter what, we can’t delay any longer. Even if those two people are good, we have more people. Do we still have to be afraid of them?”

Since the county magistrate had said so, no one else had any objections.

If they didn’t try, in at most half a month, they would have to face a situation that wasn’t just hunger.

The city gate quietly opened, and a group of people tiptoed out of the city. The refugees outside the door had long been knocked out by the medicinal smoke, and they would not wake up until the effect of the medicine wore off.

As for the people in the city, they were under curfew early every night. If they were found to be staying outside during the curfew, they would be driven out of the city at once, so no one dared to take the risk of going out after the curfew.

As soon as this group of people left the city gate, they quickly advanced

toward the mountain.

MO Ruyue had discovered them when they were still a few dozen meters away. At least thirty strong men had returned. To the survivors, who were mostly old, young, women, and children, it was equivalent to announcing their end.

“Come on, I’ll only be able to chase after the main force without worry if I keep you here. As for what will happen to you guys after that, don’t blame me.”

MO Ruyue sneered and entered the space.

The group of people came quickly, but they were very cautious.

He stopped about 20 meters away from the mouth of the cave and sent out another scout.

The man carefully entered the mountain and quickly rushed out, shouting, “My Lord, something has indeed happened to Constable Li!”

“What’s going on? What’s happening inside? ‘

The county magistrate was stunned. Although he had thought of this possibility before, he still had a trace of hope. Now that it was confirmed, his heart immediately sank.

“As soon as I entered the valley, I found Constable Li lying on the ground unconscious. There was no one in the valley. Apparently, the survivors were scared away by the disaster victims. The charcoal fire left behind has already cooled down.”

The next piece of news was even worse. This meant that they had to quickly catch up and not let those survivors escape.

“Wake Constable Li up immediately and ask him what happened!”

The county magistrate was not in a hurry to chase after them. He had also thought that the group of people could leave quietly. Other than the lack of light from the torch, their speed would not be fast. There were also many burdens in the team, which would slow down the speed of the entire team.

Therefore, he still believed that he could catch up with those people. The most important task now was to find out what had happened to Constable Li and whether there was an ambush.

“My Lord, Constable Li, he, he seemed to have hit something and fainted. I only found a wound on his forehead.”

The person who went to check on Constable Li replied.

“What did he hit? Could it be that he hit those rocks?”

Advisor Hu turned his head to look at the cliffs on both sides. He also felt that his own deduction was somewhat absurd.

Although this was a Mountain Valley, the distance between the two mountain walls was still very wide, about a dozen meters.

He really couldn’t think of anything that could have caused Constable Li to

knock himself unconscious on the rock wall and then fall right in the middle.

Moreover, from the way Constable Li fell, it was obvious that he had been hit by a head-on collision.

This kind of contradictory situation made him unable to give a reasonable explanation.

In fact, he had another speculation that he kept in his heart and did not dare to say it out loud.

That speculation was too shocking and ethereal. Even thinking about it now made him feel a chill down his back..