Heavenly Official Sends Evil

Chapter 848: Pushing the evil in the middle of the night - Part 2

As night deepened and it approached midnight, the small animals in the mountain village seemed to sense the danger; the birds, frogs, and insects stopped chirping.

Wu Xian was still telling Wang Chunyan his views on the Xincun incident:
"Now we know that turning people into beastmen is a ranged ability."

"This explains why Li Qiuhong specifically told us about the taboo of having to sleep before midnight."

"This way, we can ensure that we don't wander around at midnight, thus guaranteeing that the ability to turn people into beasts can be precisely applied to the new village without affecting us..."

Wang Chunyan suddenly realized: "This confirms what you said before, that the person behind the scenes wants us to live so that they can pass on the information that there is no problem here."

Wu Xian nodded and continued:
"After that night, many livestock disappeared in the fire. The villagers said that the livestock escaped on their own."

"But I did a count these past two days and found that the number of missing livestock is almost equal to the number of residents in the new village."

“One example is quite typical. There was an old cow that wrestled with my fat tiger. Fat tiger slapped a mark on the top of the cow’s head. On the same night, a villager had a similar mark on his head. The old cow disappeared after that night, and the rope that tethered the cow was intact.”

"The most reasonable explanation for this is that the ability to turn people into beastmen is achieved by somehow inserting nearby wild animals into a person's body!"

"To this day, those beasts have still vanished without a trace."

"In other words, the villagers haven't been freed from the beast-like disease; they've merely reverted to human form and can transform back into wild beasts to attack us at any time!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Chunyan shuddered. She walked to the window and looked at the village. It was hard to imagine that they had been helping evil spirits rebuild their village these past few days.

She pondered Wu Xian's words, and the more she thought about them, the more reasonable they seemed. But as she thought about them, she suddenly discovered a logical flaw in this reasoning.

"Wait a moment!"

"According to you, the disappearance of the wild beasts is evidence of control, so the villagers and Li Qiuhong were only controlled by the person behind the scenes that night."

"But before that night, these people had already started providing us with false information and leading us in the wrong direction, which doesn't make any sense at all."

Wu Xian smiled and gave Wang Chunyan a thumbs-up in praise.

"Yes, that doesn't make sense."

"So from the very beginning, Li Qiuhong was in cahoots with the mastermind. She actively helped the mastermind create false information, actively helped persuade the villagers, and on the night of the incident, she came to the village and was controlled along with those villagers. Then she was used as a substitute for the mastermind and died tragically in front of us."

"what?"

Wang Chunyan was somewhat skeptical, but Wu Xian quickly produced evidence.

"For Li Qiuhong to take the initiative to do these things, the person behind the scenes must have a very close relationship with her."

"Therefore... the person who recently started living with Li Qiuhong and took my shoes and Li Qiuhong's computer is the most suspicious target!"

“During our visit, we learned that Li Qiuhong had an ambiguous relationship with Ge Dashu’s son, Ge Chengzong, and that Ge Chengzong also helped to build the homestay.”

"And Ge Chengzong is the only member of the family who went missing in this incident!"

……

Hear this.

Wang Chunyan felt a chill run through her body, gripping the bedsheets tightly. She couldn't help but let her imagination run wild, piecing together a terrifying possibility.

“If there’s something wrong with Brother Chengzong, then…”

However, Wu Xian did not continue talking about Ge Chengzong, but changed the angle. "What we experienced before all happened because the three members of the Explosion Base were accidentally involved in the ability."

"So, if this accident hadn't happened, what was the original goal of the person behind it?"

"With this question in mind, let's revisit the Sinchon Incident."

"If it's just to clear Qingcun of suspicion, any senior member of the family could be brought in. Why go to the trouble of applying to higher authorities to have a senior member of the family with pets participate in the investigation?"

Why did Ge Chengzong help Li Qiuhong establish a guesthouse suitable for families with pets?

"Why do the three of you, the companions who helped me resolve this incident, all keep special pets from the blessed land?"

Why did Ge Chengzong leave behind information related to this incident and his pets before he disappeared?

"Why... even though the incident is over, does Uncle Ge still insist that you stay here to help the villagers rebuild their new village?"

Every question Wu Xian asked sent chills down Wang Chunyan's spine.

After all the questions were answered, Wang Chunyan was covered in cold sweat, and her voice became stammering:

"The person behind the scenes has the ability to turn people into beastmen, but the beastmen turned from ordinary people are too weak and are no match for the City God."

"Therefore, those of us with special pets are the materials most needed by the mastermind. Once we are transformed into beastmen, our strength will far surpass that of ordinary evil spirits!"

"Therefore, the original plan of the person behind the scenes was to attract people like us through pet-themed homestays, and then turn us into animal-like beings for their use in the homestays."

"Uncle Ge... Uncle Ge..."

This answer deeply saddened Wang Chunyan. She had always regarded Ge Feng as a role model for the family and a very reliable elder, but she never expected that Ge Feng would send them to their deaths!

Seeing that Wang Chunyan had lost interest in continuing the discussion, Wu Xian crossed his legs and continued his story.

He'd been on tenterhooks these past few days, wary of this and that. He'd finally managed to get a complete answer from the jumbled clues, so how could he stop halfway through?

"Actually, when I discovered that Li Qiuhong was a stand-in to cover up the truth, I guessed that the mastermind behind the scenes might also be a member of the Clan."

"Because only those who are close to the City God understand the power of the City God's Office, they would fabricate false stories in order to avoid being discovered by the City God's Office."

"Furthermore, since the person behind the scenes is a member of the Familia and has been deliberately hiding, not daring to be discovered, he must have tested on other members of the Familia and confirmed that the controlled members of the Familia would not reveal their true colors in the short term before he would dare to set traps specifically for members of the Familia."

"In other words, at least one of Ge Feng and Ge Chengzong is being controlled."

"Think of it on the bright side, your Uncle Ge might not be a bad person, he might just be controlled by his son."

Wang Chunyan received no comfort whatsoever; the death of her respected elder and being turned into a puppet were neither good things.

"According to the original script, more internet celebrities like 'Explosion Base' and 'Big Dior' will come here to drive traffic for the people behind the scenes, attract more pet-owning people to come here, and then be transformed into beastmen without anyone noticing, quietly infiltrating the group of pets."

"Unfortunately, a small accident occurred."

"That's my complete opinion on this case."

After Wu Xian finished speaking, he stared at Wang Chunyan meaningfully.

She came to see Wu Xian alone this time; she didn't bring that monkey with her!
(End of this chapter)