The red moon returns

Chapter 397: The Uneducated Old Man

Fuck, these guys who play with time are all monsters.

We were just thinking, we were just giving it a thought, how come he found out?

Could this also be sensed?

His heart was screaming like crazy, but on the surface, Lynch's face was calm, as calm as a lake.

Even if you are panicking inside, you have to appear as calm as an old dog on the surface. This is what is called having a heart as terrifying as thunder but a face as calm as a lake.

Therefore, Lynch calmly looked at the crazy old man from a distance and responded with a smile, which was even weirder than the old madman's.

As calm as the gaze between a towering mountain and a deep pool.

It's better to lose the battle than the personal one, and I didn't lose anyway.

I now represent the majesty of Hongyue, how can I be scared by you?

A familiar chuckle came from his mind. Listening to this gentle laughter, a slim but hazy figure seemed to emerge from the depths of Lynch's consciousness, staring at him with a smiling look.

Lynch suddenly blushed a little, it was just his imagination.

He still remembered how cowardly he had behaved during the time he had just traveled through time.

Although he had already embarked on the path to immortality, he did not have the mentality to strive for the supreme being, nor did he even have the mentality of a soul-separating person. He was always scared and needed comfort from his neighbors. He had the mentality of a completely timid ordinary person.

But it’s okay now, now... well, I’m still a little cowardly, but at least a little less.

【hehe……】

"What are you laughing at? I know my problem now," Lin Qi felt his face start to turn red in the real world. "You watched your neighbor make a fool of himself, and you didn't even remind me."

[I was just looking at the scenery, it's beautiful.] The gentle laughter seemed quite brisk, like an invisible hand, gently patting Lin Qi's heart, and there was a very comfortable feeling, [In fact, the change of mentality is the first step on the road to immortality. I put the rest of the road ahead for selfish purposes. Although it is also a helpless move, it is actually very troublesome and not good for you. Fortunately, you used your agility and persistence to find the right path by yourself, showing me the nobility of mortals. Well done, neighbor.]

"Tsk, praising me can't cover up your bad behavior of watching the fun."

Lynch realized that he was really drifting away, and immediately cut off communication with his neighbor, ignored the gentle and soothing laughter chasing after him, and resumed his calm eye contact with the old madman.

Only a moment passed, but when Lynch came to his senses, he suddenly realized that the few farmers who were originally close to him had instantly scattered back with fear on their faces, leaving one man and three women in the center.

what's the situation?
"He smiled at you..." This was Judy's translation.

This old guy is so uncultured. Why does he curse people as soon as he meets them?

Since they have seen each other's cards, there is nothing to pretend. Although it is difficult to distinguish between the other party and friend, Lynch judges that the probability of them being relatively friendly is higher. It is better to talk it out face to face than to be suspicious of each other and end up being benefited by the enemy.

Having made up his mind, Lynch took a deep breath and walked towards the grain pile.

However, just after taking two steps, a noisy sound of footsteps was heard in the distance. Looking back, he saw two soldiers running towards him in a hurry, and their target was obviously the four people.

“Hahahaha, the disaster has already set its sights on you. It’s useless for you to hide in that room. Get ready to welcome the arrival of the disaster, outsider. The disaster will find you tonight as the silver moon rises, hahahaha…”

This old guy really deserves a beating. I shouldn't have stopped him from hitting him.

Lynch curled his lips, but before he could say anything, two soldiers hurried over.

The armed knight and Doctor Sven wanted to invite the four people back to the fort. It was already past nine o'clock, and if everything went well, the things in the fort should be over. Lynch turned his head to glance at the crazy old man on the grain pile, secretly made a thumbs-down gesture, and turned around and left with the two soldiers.

"What he said... is it okay?" Miss Diana asked uneasily. "Judging from the performance of others, some of his words are very accurate."

"Don't worry, what he said is all bullshit. You don't need to pay attention to it. Just grasp the key points and understand it. This is what a monkey taught me." Lynch curled his lips and said angrily, "Those curses translate into, I found you, get ready to contact me, I will come to you when the silver moon rises tonight, don't hide in other people's houses, come out to see me, I don't want to be seen by Dr. Swen. Well, that's about it."

"A monkey?" Officer Natalie looked puzzled.

"Uh, maybe I should say, a clever monkey?"

"I see. You must be implying that mortals are as powerless as monkeys when it comes to matters related to the evil gods."

No, that monkey, even if more than twenty evil gods joined together, might not be able to defeat him. But Lin Qi was not interested in rewriting the Journey of X, so he could only sigh.

The two soldiers seemed to have no idea what was happening in the fortress, and they led the way with a normal look on their faces.

Of course Lynch would not let the two go. He had been harassing the two poor soldiers through Judy, confirming that a physical examination had indeed been conducted in the fortress just now. It was said that some people had been infected with the disease in the past few days. Ms. Swain was worried that other people would be infected, so she conducted a unified examination on the 56 people who had been to the barracks today.

Judging from the two people's reactions, the examination should have gone smoothly and the results were relatively optimistic. Lynch felt a little relieved.

Once this dangerous plague spreads, it will spread at an exponential rate. The small town of 8,000 people may fall completely in less than two days, and he does not intend to let this happen.

His mission is to destroy the ritual that turns all the people in the city into ghouls, and he has to figure out what the ritual is. Regardless of whether the spread is part of the ritual, he must stop it, otherwise once it spreads to the whole city, the mission will automatically fail.

Doctor Sven and the armed knight were able to quietly control the situation, which showed some ability, but... only fifty-six people? That's too few.

After careful questioning, I learned that there were only fifty real professional soldiers in the town, led by three armed knights, and one hundred servants and logistics personnel, which was the entire military force of Norflan. Excluding some soldiers on rotation and one soldier who was allowed to take a temporary leave, a total of fifty-six people had been to the fortress in the past two days. This made Lin Qi sigh, no wonder hundreds of ghouls could slaughter the entire city, professional soldiers in ancient times were too scarce.

"But why are there temporary leave?"

Lynch was a little curious. Normally, at a time like this, even if the soldiers on rest were not mobilized, no one should be allowed to take leave.

The soldier said respectfully, "It was Leonard. He fought desperately with the ghouls and saved Kemit. The commander allowed him to rest for three days."

"Then his examination..."

"Ms. Swain checked him out when she treated Kemit yesterday. He's not injured."

"That's good."

Lynch nodded in relief and followed the soldier's footsteps. However, after taking two steps, he suddenly stopped and stood there in a daze.

"Wait, he just said that Leonard fought the ghouls and saved Kemet?"

"Yes."

At this moment, Lynch's mind suddenly lit up, and he finally realized why he had been feeling something was wrong.

No one had ever seen a ghoul kill someone before, and everything was guesswork based on the traces.

All people saw was the corpse, not the murder process.

This is very subtle.

(End of this chapter)