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Thanks to the child support form “Vailen”, there will be 8 extra chapters this week. This is the last extra chapter.
The silent and eerie fear spread through the streets.
Many people walked towards the sea, bewildered and confused by the solemn atmosphere. At the same time, others walked back from the direction of the sea, their faces pale, their steps unsteady, yet their expressions revealing even more confusion and bewilderment.
They didn’t know what had happened.
Even though they had seen the appearance of the sea with their own eyes, all their knowledge, experience, and cognition couldn’t explain what had happened.
The most fundamental fear of humanity stems from the unknown.
And in a place like Jiaocun Village, where unique beliefs and legends abound, most of the gathered guests are those who adhere to a scientific worldview and know more about the secrets of this world than ordinary people. Therefore, that fear, that vast shadow behind the fear, is correspondingly amplified in their imagination.
The gray-blue and white seawater that Xu Yintang saw in the car, which shone brightly like clean and bright flames under the sunset, now emitted a foul stench of decay that could be smelled from a street away.
Just like the odor Xu Yintang once used to describe the flakes falling from the village chief’s body, the stench of rotten fish and shrimp soaked in the sea, emitting a foul smell under the scorching sun.
A thick, viscous, oily red-black liquid floated on the sea, murky and mixed with fragments of flesh or other distinguishable sediment. The entire ocean seemed to be cut off from this world, turning into a prison, abyss, ravine—or something even closer to death.
The women of Jiaocun Village knelt by the sea in horror and fear, chanting their songs in their dialect, while several people, their hair and clothes covered in dirty bloodstains, wandered like lost souls, sometimes shaking their bodies madly as if in a storm, sometimes howling like wild beasts.
In those vague, delirious, nightmare-like cries that made them tremble and convulse, phrases like “monster,” “snake,” and “will-o’-the-wisp” could be faintly discerned.
“Who will go and bring them back!” hurriedly came the shout from A-Jin, her face also showing a hint of panic, standing at a distance from the sea with more reluctance.
She saw with her own eyes a woman from the same village, splashed by a wave while praying by the sea, screaming in agony the next second, her body contorting in a quasi-human posture as she rushed into the sea. Before anyone could react, that living woman had disappeared into the sea in a matter of seconds.
A-Jin witnessed this scene, feeling both nauseated and horrified, with goosebumps all over her body. Seeing Xu Yintang and Shi Yuebai appearing, she called them to come over and help.
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Looking at the sea of deathly silence that seemed like the apocalypse, who could have imagined that the ones causing such a thing were just a few children who clung to their mothers, wanting their mothers to touch their bellies.
Xu Yintang pinched the lazy Little Darling clinging to his wrist and chuckled softly. “Naughty kid.”
Little Darling, with its tiny tentacles, touched its mother’s fingers, and the eye-shaped patterns on its tentacles shimmered, blinking innocently.
Mommy… touch…
Don’t be angry… (0v0)
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Xu Yintang sighed, resignedly beginning to clean up the mess left by the children’s hunting. Shi Yuebai pinched his palm, hesitantly passing the blame, “Sorry, it was Casey who watched them…”
“Forget about it, the kids are too greedy themselves.” Xu Yintang knocked out several witnesses who were scared crazy by the children’s battle with the dragon carcass, being reasonable, and did not hold Casey Cat accountable for negligence in supervision.
Little Darling keenly sensed danger from Xu Yintang’s calm and even somewhat amused tone, the kind of danger where they might all be in trouble, and immediately the fear of its mother surged up, causing it to retract its tentacles clinging to its mother’s hand in a second and cram them all into its mouthpiece.
Afraid of eating hands QAQ
Xu Yintang admitted that he did feel a little uneasy when he saw the chaotic sea, just like parents seeing their children make a mess of a room.
However, after recounting the beatings his children had received, his tolerance threshold had greatly increased. After taking a deep breath, he could calm down and smile, reminding himself to deal with disciplining the children later.
Soon, the village chief, who had heard about the incident, hurried over amidst the crowd of women. He looked even older and weaker than yesterday, his cloudy eyes staring at the murky seawater, his withered face so wrinkled that his expression could hardly be discerned.
Through the feedback from the butterflies residing in his shadow, the village chief exuded the same fear as everyone else present, mixed with a strong sense of malice and murderous intent as if he knew who was responsible for turning the sea into such a state.
But he behaved as if he knew nothing, tremblingly directing the women of the village to evacuate the onlookers, insisting that everyone should stay away from the sea for the time being. He promised that such anomalies would affect the ceremony of the elixir, and the village would give everyone an explanation.
His voice was hoarse and old, his teeth were missing, and he had to pause after saying a few words to let the women around him repeat them loudly so that everyone could understand what he was saying.
But when he stood there, the women of Jiaocun Village suddenly calmed down and seemed unafraid at all, as if they had found their backbone.
Whether it was the middle-aged women who had been seen by Third Flora’s butterflies or the young and lively girls, they all quickly moved according to his instructions, restoring their previous efficient and decisive demeanor.
With these people maintaining order, although the guests inevitably felt tense, it was much better than the previous confusion. It didn’t take long for the seaside to become quiet, with only the sound of the thick, wriggling sea when the water surged.
Seeing the entourage surrounding the village chief, Xu Yintang took a few steps forward and approached him.
As soon as he moved his footsteps, the village chief looked over as if he had been paying attention to him all the time, squeezing out a smiley expression—Xu Yintang noticed that when the muscles on his face moved, fine flakes of skin fell off.
“Don’t worry,” the village chief reassured him and Shi Yuebai, “As long as you don’t get close to the sea, everything will be fine.”
Xu Yintang asked, “Do you know what caused this?”
He couldn’t express the real fear, so he simply didn’t embarrass himself. His expression was calm and unruffled, and he only frowned slightly because of the unpleasant smell emitted by the seawater.
Shi Yuebai beside him didn’t look too panicked, as if he was used to such things.
Considering where they were hired from, they were generally more knowledgeable and daring than others.
The village chief squinted at them, as if trying to hear what Xu Yintang was saying. After a while, he shook his head and said, “How could I know about such things… I’ve only heard the elders in the village say that there’s something in the sea nearby.”
But he couldn’t specify what that thing was. Sometimes he would say it’s a dragon, sometimes a snake, and sometimes he even said it’s a giant turtle the size of an island.
The woman next to him explained, “Those stories are varied, with different descriptions.”
While they were talking, A-Duo and Long Hao came over together. They joined the village chief in conversation, and they too boldly held hands as they greeted everyone. Upon hearing them talking about sea monsters, they laughed and said, “Before, some researchers came and said it might be something like a whale.”
Long Hao, being held by her, forced a smile, feeling disgusted enough by the filthy and dirty things in the sea—within the realm of the game Xu Yintang was playing, this level of disgust would at least require a sanity check, and throwing up would be considered strong-willed.
The middle-aged women around the village chief were also very enthusiastic about Long Hao, and his complexion was very… green. They quickly advised him to go back and rest and instructed A-Duo to take care of him. They seemed very satisfied with this young couple.
At the same time, they were also very enthusiastic about the possibility of A-Jin with Xu Yintang and Shi Yuebai, saying some words about young people often playing together. It was not until the village chief coughed twice that they stopped.
The topic of sea monsters was then interrupted by their matchmaking chatter, and the village chief didn’t continue to bring it up. He looked a bit tired, just like when he arrived, and left the seaside amidst being surrounded by women.
Before leaving, he specifically warned Xu Yintang and Shi Yuebai, “I know you’re both capable young people, but whatever is in the sea… people who have gone near it and returned have kept their distance. Don’t get involved.”
He said it with a heavy heart, and Xu Yintang nodded in agreement, “Don’t worry, even if there’s something in the sea, it will come with an extra price.”
“Yes, thank you.” The village chief nodded, wanting to grab Xu Yintang’s hand like last time. But this time, Xu Yintang was quick to avoid it, and Little Darling, clinging to his wrist, extended a tentacle and bit his hand.
“Sorry, reflex.” Xu Yintang pretended to cover for Little Darling, making it look like a strange decoration, “I’m just too used to people touching me.”
The village chief understood, “You’re also cautious. But feel free to relax here, the girls in our village don’t bite.”
Xu Yintang smiled knowingly, watching the village chief and his entourage leave. He then gestured with his finger towards Shi Yuebai, whispering, “He said he didn’t know what was in the sea…”
“I don’t believe it either.” Shi Yuebai said, hooking his finger and spraying some purifying scent a few times, pleasantly sitting by the sea with Xu Yintang. He added, “He not only knows what’s in the sea, but also knows that the soul of that dragon carcass hasn’t been extinguished, and he thinks today’s incident was caused by that dragon carcass.”
The purifying scent spray was very effective; spraying it a couple of times into the air would eliminate the foul smell and restore the seaside to its original scent. Xu Yintang casually drew a few marks on the sand and smiled, “His guess is not entirely wrong.”
After all, with the sea in such a state, the putrid stench emanating from the dragon carcass was certainly a contributing factor.
Mother Xu Yingtang: It seems like it’s been too long since I disciplined the children
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Thanks for the update!!! Mother Xu getting ready to discipline some naughty children
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Little Darling has incredible instincts lol
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Chinese method of disciplinary
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