Chapter 201: Priest

Chapter 201: Priest

Chen Ran’s reaction was intriguing. He held the cup, but he didn’t drink from it. He swirled it occasionally, showing more interest in the cup than the man’s story. No one minded Chen Ran. Jiang Cheng was deep in thought. Fatty was greatly drawn into the golden-haired man’s story.

With a deep breath, the man’s emotions slowly calmed down. Even though it was a long time ago, the memory of it was still fresh in his mind.

“All dead...” Jiang Cheng repeated to himself.

The golden-haired man paused and looked at the darkness around them. Eventually, he said coolly, “If only they were just dead.”

Fatty pressed his lips. He predicted what happened next. Jiang Cheng took a quiet sip of the bitter wine. He put the cup down and asked, “What do you mean?”

“When we wanted to approach the stone plate to take back the corpses of our friends and family, something happened,” The golden-haired man answered, “We were attacked.”

“By... the dead?”

The man looked at Jiang Cheng. He wanted to glean something from his eyes, but he failed, “That’s right. They somehow came back to life and attacked us madly.

“Less than one-third of us managed to escape. The scariest thing was after they killed us, they brought the fresh corpses and placed them on the stone plate.” The golden-haired man’s breathing became urgent again. “You can’t imagine it. Some of us were practically torn apart. The revived villagers were immeasurably powerful. They could tear through the human bodies with their bare hands.

“Plus... the broken bodies somehow were reanimated not long after they were placed on the stone plate. Their wounds disappeared as if they were never there to begin with.”

“How does that relate to the building you built?” Chen Ran looked right at the man, “I don’t get it.”

Fatty swallowed nervously, “Can the building... repel certain things?”

The man was shocked as if this had never been an issue. He nodded. “Yes. The priest was a lady. The devil took advantage of her motherly instinct and then ate her.”

Chen Ran glanced at Jiang Cheng before nodding at the golden-haired man, “Noted. Please continue.”

After a long time, the man walked out of his memory. For a moment, he seemed to age a lot. He leaned forward to look into his empty cup.

“After the priest died, the lighthouse went out. The curse exploded. The land crashed, and the sea level rose. Our original town was taken over by the curse, and it became a city floating on the city.

“We live our lives in the black mist and cannot see the sun again. We have to hide in the darkness and fog. We can only leave for shore when the black mist envelopes the land.”

“In other words, you can only see us and move onto the land when the black mist takes over the whole area?” Jiang Cheng asked.

“Yes.”

“Then, how does the world look like when it’s daytime for us?”

“It’s a world of black mist. The mist covers our small city on all sides. We’re surrounded by the sea, but it is not the sea. No one dares to enter the sea because those who tried had all disappeared. We could only use the most traditional methods to fish for some seafood to maintain our lives.” The man glanced at the plates on the table. He said with sadness, “These are the best we can offer.”

Jiang Cheng and the rest looked around. Other than their table, the other tables only had a few plates of seafood. Some of them didn’t even look like normal fish.

Life was very hard for these people.

“Then, what about the thing... in the forest...” Before Fatty could finish, he was interrupted by the golden-haired man. He sounded relaxed for the first time. “We’ll have to thank the priest for that.”