Lord of Puro

Chapter 597 Hulu Village (asking for monthly ticket)
Minyue Province, Jiahe Island City.

Li Banfeng originally planned to investigate the taxi driver, but he didn't expect that the taxi driver had lost contact.

He had no family to begin with, and if he threw his phone at home, no one would be able to find him.

The most important clue was interrupted, and Li Banfeng could only take people to Jiahe Island City to investigate survivors.

Wu Nianping, a delivery man, went to Hulu Village at the end of the year before last and successfully survived at the beginning of last year.

"I'm telling you guys, this is ridiculous. No one cared when I was missing. I came back on my own and you guys are asking me all sorts of questions.

I told you, it was a village, nothing there, I just wandered around there for a few days and then sneaked out,

I am telling you the truth, but you still don't believe me. You think I am just kidding you. Why would I lie to you? Aren't you confused?"

Tang Yuan was very patient: "Mr. Wu, can you clarify what "nothing" means?"

"No means no, what's there to say?"

"You've been in Hulu Village for nearly a month. You have to have something to eat and a place to live."

"I can't remember any of this. Didn't you take me to see a doctor? Didn't you say I had some psychological trauma?"

As they were talking, Wu Nianping's son suddenly started crying.

His son has autism and his wife's mental condition is not very good.

"Ah Ping," the wife grabbed Wu Nianping's arm, "what kind of person is he? I'm so scared."

Wu Nianping comforted his wife and said to everyone, "What else do you want to ask? My wife and son are scared by you!"

Li Banfeng looked at Wu Nianping's living environment. The house was very small, with one bedroom and one living room, and the space was very tight.

Houses in Jiahe Island City are very expensive. When the prices were at their highest, they were comparable to those in Yuezhou. Wu Nianping used to be a delivery man, and now he drives a ride-hailing car. It is indeed not easy for him to live with his wife and children.

When I walked into the corridor, I could still clearly hear the crying of a child, mixed with the crying of a woman, and the sound was getting louder and louder.

The mother and daughter both have serious mental problems. Li Banfeng has done research on this type of illness. Based on the current level of medical knowledge, it is difficult for these two people's conditions to improve and they will most likely get worse.

Light Bulb shook his head and said, "I really don't know how this guy managed to hold on. If it were me, I would have collapsed long ago!"

Tang Yuan looked at the information: "During the time when Wu Nianping disappeared, he and his mother never left the room and ate everything they could. They almost starved to death at home. Fortunately, he escaped from Hulu Village."

Li Banfeng took everyone to the home of the second survivor, a female named Deng Yunmei.

Everyone was curious about why the woman accidentally entered Hulu Village.

Deng Yunmei thought this was nothing unusual: "What's wrong with women? They are pretty, so why shouldn't I take a second look at them?"

This girl is not a local. She works in Jiahe Island City. She also went to Hulu Village at the end of the previous year and returned on New Year's Eve.

The light bulb asked directly: "Ms. Deng, is your orientation a bit peculiar?"

Deng Yunmei was angry: "What do you mean by special? I'm just beating her to see what can happen. She's pretty and wears nice clothes, so I'm just going to ask her where she bought the clothes.

They said they would take me to see it, but I didn't expect that they would take me directly to the village! I asked them why they were here and they ignored me.

I will stay in the village for a few days and then come back. Didn’t I tell you about this several times last year? Why are you still asking? What else do you want?”

"How do you get food and accommodation in the village?"

"It seems like some odd jobs. I can't remember a lot of things. Anyway, I did some work, had food to eat, and after I was full, I found a place to sleep! What's there to ask?"

There was a cough in the bedroom, and Deng Yunmei stood up and said, "Okay, my sister should change the sheets, and you don't have to ask me anymore, I know how to beat her!"

Tangyuan collected some relevant information about Deng Yunmei. Ten years ago, Deng Yunmei's sister was severely beaten by her boyfriend due to emotional entanglements. She has been unable to take care of herself ever since. For so many years, she has relied on Deng Yunmei for care.

Back at the hotel, Tang Yuan sighed and said, "Seventh Master, I told you that these survivors can't provide any valuable information, but you just don't believe me."

Li Banfeng shook his head: "It is useful. The information we got this time is very useful."

Tangyuan and Dengbao looked at each other, while Zhonger nodded frequently beside them.

The celebrity was very curious: "Do you understand what Director Li meant?"

The middle school student smiled at the star and said, "I understand, but I won't tell you!"

Li Banfeng called Shen Jingye: "Xiao Shen, have you found the taxi driver?"

Shen Jingye said that he had tried his best to look for him, but there was still no trace of him.

Li Banfeng wanted to continue looking for survivors to learn more about the situation, but Shen Jingye couldn't wait any longer: "Director Li, it's almost time to come back. There are signs in Liyun District again. I guess Hulu Village will open there."

"Is there any sign of this thing?"

"Yes, it's quite obvious, come back and take a look!"

Li Banfeng brought his people back to Yuezhou, and Shen Jingye directly sent a car to take Li Banfeng to Liyun District.

In front of a beauty salon, Shen Jingye and Li Banfeng stood together at the door and looked inside.

Li Banfeng pinched his chin, lowered his head and asked, "Isn't it a bit embarrassing for us to just watch here?"

"It's not shameful. How can it be shameful to handle a case..." Shen Jingye was also a little embarrassed. "Just keep your eyes on the door, and there will be changes in a while."

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the door of the beauty salon suddenly flickered, as if it was illuminated by a camera flash.

In the light, Li Banfeng saw two women with beautiful figures and good looks, looking at him quietly at the door.

"See?" Shen Jingye said to Li Banfeng, "The street cameras can only capture the flash, but the hallucination-like scene after the flash can only be seen by those who have experienced it.
According to current speculation, this should be the electromagnetic interference caused by the dark energy explosion, which means that this is likely to be the location where the next entrance to Hulu Village will appear.

When the entrance to the road officially appears, the two women will stay longer, from a few dozen seconds to a few minutes. They will try to lure the victim into Hulu Village.

I have notified the relevant departments to close the beauty salon, and sent people to guard here. If there is any problem, this road will be closed, and passers-by will not be allowed to enter Hulu Village."

Back at Suishenju, Li Banfeng asked the old man: "Did you see the beauty salon just now? That's the entrance to Hulu Village."

"I see. I have never heard of Hulu Village, but this entrance is well designed.

If you want to go in for a walk, I can go in with you to do some research. When the research is almost done, I should be able to take you out."

"Okay, wait until the entrance officially appears in a couple of days, and I'll find a chance to go in and take a look."

Three days later, the "flashing phenomenon" at the entrance of the beauty salon disappeared.

No passers-by enter Hulu Village.

But the awl was missing.

Shen Jingye sat in Li Qi's office, smoking, drinking tea, and trying to calm himself.

His voice was hoarse and he spoke with great effort: "Director Li, how much do you think I trust Cone? I just promoted him to squad leader, and he caused such a mess for me! Someone from the Dark Star Bureau entered Hulu Village, how can I explain this matter?"

Li Banfeng asked, "Has Awl encountered any problems recently?"

"He has no wife, no children, and no parents. He is all alone. During his last physical examination, he was as strong as a bull. What could have happened to him?"

Shen Jingye couldn't control his emotions. He got angry when he thought of the awl. Halfway through his words, the phone rang and unknown flashes appeared in Yuzhu District again.

Shen Jingye was anxious: "Who should I let watch over this time?"

Li Banfeng said, "I'll go."

"You're joking," Shen Jingye waved his hand, "How can I let you do such menial work?"

"It's not appropriate to change anyone else. Who can have the same determination as me? You make the arrangements first. When it's almost done, I'll go over and keep an eye on it."

Shen Jingye was naturally happy that Li Qi was willing to help.

This time the flash appeared at the entrance of the cinema. Li Banfeng was on duty in front of the cinema with Tangyuan, candied fruit, Zhonger, Dengbao and Mingxing.

This job is very hard. In order to ensure work efficiency, Li Banfeng divided the work among everyone.

In the morning, Mingxing was responsible for monitoring, while Tangyuan and Zhonger were responsible for cooperation.

In the afternoon, Star was in charge of surveillance, while Candied Fruit and Light Bulb were in charge of coordination.

At night, Mingxing was responsible for surveillance and Li Banfeng personally cooperated.

At night, the star forced himself to stay awake and continued observing in front of the cinema.

He knew that Director Li was targeting him because his performance in the previous missions was indeed not good.

But he was different from the other team members. He did not need to obtain Director Li's approval. There were higher-level people in the Dark Star Bureau who were taking care of him.

But now the situation has changed. That senior official has become a wanted criminal, and some of his own problems may be exposed at any time.

The current situation is very unfavorable for him. In this situation, he can only choose to be patient.

At 7:30 in the morning, the star, who had been up all night, could hardly open his eyes and was about to fall asleep.

Suddenly, a ray of light appeared in front of my eyes, and a path paved with mud and stones extended inside from the entrance of the cinema.

There seemed to be farmland on both sides of the path, and there seemed to be houses in the distance. The shapes of these houses were well-proportioned, which was really nice...

Wait, this is not the shape of a house, this is the shape of a girl.

Two women walked along the path, smiling as they looked at the star opposite them.

The star is slowly waking up from a semi-dream state. Isn't this cinema closed? Even this road is closed. Where did these two beauties come from?
The figures of these two beauties seem to be... from Hulu Village!
Mingxing was completely awake, and he quickly called out, "Director Li, Director Li..."

He had just shouted twice when a cold wind blew across his face, and the path, farmland and beautiful girl he had just seen were all gone.

Hallucination?

Dreaming?
I guess it’s because I’ve been too tired these past two days.

The star rubbed his eyes, sat back in his chair, and continued to monitor the cinema.

Should we report what happened just now to Director Li?

The scene was so real that it didn’t feel like a dream.

Mingxing turned on the intercom: "Director Li, I seem to have discovered something unusual just now...Director Li, did you hear that?"

……

"My surname is Li, and my name is Director Li. The man just now is my friend." On the village road, Li Banfeng and two women were explaining their origins.

The two women were named Ayun and Ayi.

They all have the common characteristics of the beauties in Hulu Village: big waists, bigger waists below, but very slim waists.

Ah Yun's cheeks were plump and fair. She pinched her waist and asked, "Who are you? Why are you breaking into our village?"

Li Banfeng said, "You are standing at the door, aren't you inviting others into the village?"

Ayi's cheeks were a little thin, and she pinched her waist: "We are looking for people who really need to enter the village, not you."

Li Banfeng said sincerely: "I really need to go into the village!"

Ah Yun snorted: "Nonsense, the village chief didn't even say he was looking for you!"

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "That was something the village chief didn't say explicitly. He hinted that you should come to me. I am the one who needs to enter the village the most."

Ayi didn't believe it: "Do you have any evidence?"

Li Banfeng nodded and said, "I have evidence. You don't need to invite me. I came in by myself. Doesn't this prove that I really need to enter the village?"

Ayun and Ayi looked at Li Banfeng with hostility. The two of them came together and discussed seriously for a few minutes.

Li Banfeng listened carefully to their discussion with his earrings. The two girls discussed the overall situation of the village, the vision of the village chief and future development, and finally came to a conclusion:
"We have to take someone back anyway, so let's take him."

The three of them walked towards the village together. It was already winter, the rice fields were green, and the crops were growing well. There must be some means of farming here.

A young man emerged from the cornfield. He had dark skin and a slender body. His muscles were like a sculpture, well-proportioned and strong, with beautiful edges and corners.

The young man threw two stalks of corn to the two girls: "Try it, it's ripened half a month earlier, so sweet, hahaha!"

The two girls tore open the corn husks with their mouths and bit into the raw corn cobs.

After eating it, the two smiled at the young man and said, "Sweet! Really sweet, hahaha!"

While they were talking, the two men finished eating two raw corn cobs and asked the young man for two more.

Li Banfeng looked at the three people, frowned and asked: "Why are you so crazy?"

Ah Yun looked at Li Banfeng and said, "Do you think we are crazy? Didn't you come here on your own initiative?"

"I'm not here because I'm crazy!"

"No one said you were crazy. I just asked you to eat some corn." Ai peeled the corn husk and placed it in front of Li Banfeng.

Raw corn?
If you are really hungry, it’s not that you can’t eat.

"But I'm not hungry now!"

Ah Yun smiled and said, "Who asked if you were hungry? I just asked if you were sweet."

Li Banfeng shook his head: "I don't like eating corn."

Ayi asked, "Do you eat wheat?"

“I don’t eat wheat either.”

"So what do you usually eat?" Li Banfeng said with a gloomy expression: "Anyway, I'm not a vegetarian."

Ayi shouted to the man on the roadside: "Amu, did you catch any fish? Give us one! I have a new guy here, he is not a vegetarian."

With the lively fish in front of him, Li Banfeng blinked and said, "You won't eat fish either."

"You're so picky," Ah Yun shouted, "Brother A-Long, how many snails did you catch?"

"There's a basket."

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "You can't eat snails raw, they have parasites..."

"Uncle Agen, how many earthworms did you catch today?"

"There's a basin, right?"

Li Banfeng picked up the corn cob and took a bite: "It's really sweet."

After walking a hundred meters, Ayun asked Ayi, "Did you bring the contract?"

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Ayi shook her head and said, "No, we agreed today that you are the one to bring the deed."

Ah Yun pursed her lips: "I forgot about it too."

Ayi complained: "How can we do this without the deed? The village chief doesn't have a deed at home either."

Ayun thought for a moment and said, "My home is close to here, let's go get it from my house."

The three of them walked into the village and entered a farmyard with a mushroom-shaped house in it.

When we say that this house is mushroom-shaped, it is not because the roof is big, but because the first floor of the house is a mushroom stalk. When you open the door, there is only a staircase and nothing else.

The second floor is a mushroom-shaped building with a living room, kitchen and two bedrooms.

Let’s not talk about whether this building is stable or not. First of all, the problem of the second floor makes Li Banfeng confused: “Why did you design a second floor?”

Ah Yun asked, "Where would I sleep if there's no second floor?"

"Can't you just build a first floor?"

"There's only so much space on the first floor, how are we going to sleep?"

"You also know that the place is small, why do you still keep this first floor?"

Ah Yun said, "If the first floor is not left, where will the stairs be? How can I go up to the second floor without stairs?"

Li Banfeng thought about it for a long time and he almost accepted Ayun's logic.

But he finally figured it out: "You don't need to build a building, just a bungalow."

Ah Yun shook her head and said, "That won't work. If you live high up, you can see farther. You live close to the ground, and you look like a person without vision."

Li Banfeng frowned and said, "What does this have to do with vision? What if you live in a basement? How can you say this?"

Ah Yun said seriously: "Our village chief's wife lives underground. They dug a total of 26 floors underground.
The village head's wife said that living underground is the most comfortable. We all laughed at her for being short-sighted. She is just a toad at the bottom of a well, not knowing how big the world is."

Li Banfeng sneered: "You have the ability to live on the 20th floor above the ground, then you will show that you have vision."

Ah Yun pointed to the distance and said, "Our village chief lives on the 26th floor above ground. He is the most visionary person in our village!"

Li Banfeng calculated the distance between the two and asked, "How often do they meet?"

Ah Yun knew the situation here: "Generally, we meet twice a month. On the first day of every month, the village chief goes there. Every time he goes there, he says that the foundation of his cultivation has become more solid."

Ayi rushed to say, "On the fifteenth of every month, the village head's wife goes up there. Every time she goes up there, she's very happy and keeps saying, 'My eyes have been opened!'"

Li Banfeng clasped his hands together and squatted on the ground: "I want to go home. I'm leaving now."

Ayi was surprised: "Didn't you say you were willing to come? Why did you change your mind so quickly?"

Li Banfeng sighed and said, "Who hasn't been impulsive when they were young?"

Ah Yun shook her head and said, "You can't leave now. You haven't seen the village chief yet!"

Li Banfeng looked up and asked, "Can we leave now that we have met the village chief?"

Ayi shook her head and said, "No."

"Then what should I do with him?"

"You meet the village chief, live in the village for a month, and then you can leave."

To be honest, if Li Banfeng really wanted to leave, Ayi and Ayun would definitely not be able to stop him. It is also hard to say whether there is anyone in the village who can stop him.

He knew that the two women were exaggerating a little. There wouldn't be such a weird village chief, and even less such a weird village chief's wife.

But he still wanted to see what kind of person this village chief was.

Ayun and Ayi took the deed and walked towards the center of the village with Li Banfeng. Halfway there, Li Banfeng saw a man pulling a cart of soil towards the river.

The car was very big, and the soil on it probably weighed several tons. The man pulled it very steadily, which showed that he had extraordinary skills.

Li Banfeng asked: "What are you doing with all this dirt?"

Ayi said, "The village chief's wife is digging a hole in the ground. There is too much dirt. We must clean it out."

It turned out that he was the helper of the village chief's wife.

It seems that this village chief is very unusual, as he can allow someone with such high cultivation to do this kind of work.

Does he really live in a twenty-six-story building?

There is indeed a strange building in the center of the village, standing in the middle of the courtyard like an umbrella.

Li Banfeng looked up and estimated that the height was really twenty-six floors.

Ah Yun wiped the sweat off her face and said, "The building is too high. I won't go up."

Ayi took Li Banfeng upstairs. The 25 floors below the building were all staircases, running from top to bottom, built like a chimney.

When they reached the 26th floor, they finally saw the door. Ayi said to Li Banfeng, "I won't go in. You can just take the contract and go in by yourself."

Li Banfeng took the deed and took a look at it:
An outsider named XX voluntarily came to Hulu Village, lived in the village for half a month, and decided where to go by himself.

Just two lines of words, do I need to prepare in advance?
Li Banfeng pushed the door and entered the village chief's house with a look of disdain.

Behind the door was a living room with a set of sofas and a coffee table. A man was sitting on the sofa, reading a newspaper.

Is this person the village chief?

He doesn’t look very old.

Li Banfeng held the deed and asked, "You asked me to come here just to sign this?"

"Yes." The man nodded.

"Can we discuss it? Half a month is too long. Can it be shortened?" Li Banfeng placed the contract in front of the man.

The man shook his head and said, "That's definitely not possible. This time cannot be changed."

Li Banfeng smiled and said, "Then I won't sign it."

The man looked up at Li Banfeng and said, "Don't even think about leaving here if you don't sign the contract."

Li Banfeng asked seriously, "Can you really stop me even if you say something so scary?"

The man nodded and said, "They can stop me. I refused to sign the contract, so they wouldn't let me out."

Li Banfeng was stunned: "Aren't you the village chief?"

The man shook his head: "I'm not the village chief."

"then who are you?"

"My name is Zhang Peiwen. You may not know me. I've only been here a few days." There was a hint of fear in the man's eyes.

Zhang Peiwen, why does this name sound so familiar?

Zhang Peiwen who just disappeared?
Zhang Peiwen, the one I’ve been looking for these days?
Li Banfeng looked at the man carefully and compared the photos with the surveillance video. He found that Zhang Peiwen was a little fatter than before.

Li Banfeng asked: "Why are you here?"

Zhang Peiwen rubbed his eyes and said with tears in his eyes, "Didn't I tell you just now that you can't leave unless you sign the contract? I've been living here for several days."

"You live here, so where is the village chief?"

Zhang Peiwen thought for a moment and asked, "Didn't you see the village chief when you entered the village?"

"No! There should be... no." Li Banfeng opened the window and looked downstairs.

Ai tilted her neck and looked at Li Banfeng.

No way...

Li Banfeng asked tentatively: "Are you the village chief?"

Ai laughed loudly and said, "I am the village chief. You didn't expect that! Hahaha!"

Li Banfeng thought for a moment, looked at Ayun, and asked, "Are you the village chief's wife?"

Ah Yun shook her head: "I am not the village chief's wife. The man you saw pulling the soil just now is the village chief's wife."

Li Banfeng was puzzled: "He is a man, why does he want to be a daughter-in-law?"

Ayi said angrily: "What do you think? Can I still marry a woman?"

Li Banfeng thought for a moment and asked again: "So you just said that you opened your eyes, what's going on?"

Ai snorted and said, "What's it to you? We just like this! Have you signed the deed?"

"I won't sign!" Li Banfeng closed the window and immediately walked to the door. "I can't stay in this place anymore. The people here are crazy. I have never been to a mental hospital, but even the psychiatric department of the hospital is not this crazy!"

Zhang Peiwen advised: "You can't go down there. The stairs are gone."

“How could the stairs be gone…” Li Banfeng opened the door and saw that the stairs were really gone.

From the first floor to the twenty-fifth floor, there were only empty corridors, and the stairs were gone.

Li Banfeng closed the door and heard Ayi laughing downstairs: "There are no stairs. Can you fly down? Hahahaha!"

Zhang Peiwen advised from behind: "You definitely can't fly, forget it."

Can't fly?
Is flying difficult?

With such little knowledge, she is still the village chief?
Li Banfeng opened the window and looked at Ayi. He had to teach her a good lesson today.

Li Banfeng stood on the windowsill, ready to fly down.

Ayi asked the villagers to prepare a row of Gatling guns and ordered: "If he comes down, hit him hard!"

Li Banfeng hesitated for a while and retreated back to the living room.

Zhang Peiwen hid behind the sofa and said, "She really knows how to shoot. Several people wanted to jump down from here, but they were all shot to pieces."

Li Banfeng smiled calmly and shook his head: "I'm not afraid of his bullets. I have many ways to dodge bullets, but I don't want to implicate others."

Zhang Peiwen looked around and asked, "Who do you want to implicate? Is there anyone else here?"

"I don't want to implicate you. I want to take you with me," Li Banfeng reopened the door, "I'll take you down the corridor."

Zhang Peiwen shook his head and said with fear: "It's no use flying down. They won't let me go."

"I have a way. Don't worry, just follow me closely." Li Banfeng looked at Zhang Peiwen with a faint and reliable smile on his face.

Zhang Peiwen nodded vigorously: "I believe you!"

The two stood at the door. Li Banfeng was about to jump down, but Zhang Peiwen reminded him, "There may be explosives in this corridor."

The village chief placed explosives in his own house?

Li Banfeng had never expected this.

"Where are the explosives usually located?"

Zhang Peiwen thought for a moment and said, "From the ground, it's between 20 and 30 meters."

Li Banfeng flew down for a distance and checked carefully along the wall. Because he didn't know how much explosives the other party had buried, he tried his best to avoid the location where the explosives were buried.

After checking from a height of 30 meters to 20 meters, Li Banfeng looked up at Zhang Peiwen and said, "I don't see any explosives."

"Take another closer look." Zhang Peiwen lit the explosive pack, threw it into the corridor, and closed the door.

Boom!

The corridor exploded.

Zhang Peiwen opened the window and shouted excitedly: "Village Chief, I blew him up!"

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