South America.An obscure town welcomed a special group of visitors today.According to the address provided by Wayne, Hao Ren and the others came to this place first, and temporarily settled in a small hotel in the town.They opted for the kind of family-style country inn that would avoid identity troubles.Wayne?
Walter had returned to his family to take care of some business, and according to the agreement, the vampire patriarch would come to the town in two days to join Vivien, and before that time Hao Ren could be free to roam around.So after finding a place to stay and getting acquainted with the environment of the hotel, Hao Ren and Vivien left the hotel and wandered around the town.The atmosphere of this town reminds Hao Ren of the old streets and alleys of the southern suburbs - although the style is completely different, the same atmosphere wafts through every street, which is the smell of time, the old houses and the narrow and old streets.The town is at least 100 years old, and as she walks through the streets, she sees very old houses, traditional brick structures, mottled facades, and patched roads.The town is built along a concrete road that can accommodate two cars as the main road of the town, and on both sides of the road you can see the old houses that are scattered together, the moss and mildew on the skirts of the houses, and the modern street lamps and billboards embedded in this historic building in an abrupt way.Although he knew that this town could not have anything to do with the ancient times, Hao Ren couldn't help but think that such a town was indeed very suitable for the positioning of "the ancient family's retreat".The hundred-year-old town, as well as the heterogeneous families from antiquity, are all equally ancient, equally forgotten, and equally alien to modern society."
I didn't expect Hethiana to stay in Athens honestly in the end," Hao Ren remembered the little bat spirit who had been dragging Vivien's leg for a while before leaving, and couldn't help but smile on his face, "I thought she would come with her, but in the end she was persuaded by you to go back." ”Vivien's head grew as soon as she heard the words Heatherian, she rubbed the corners of her forehead and sighed: "That child is getting more and more disagreeable, it was probably a mistake to keep her at home last time, she is the kind of guy who shines when she gives a little sunshine, and she is becoming more and more disobedient to discipline." ”Hao Ren didn't have much to do with the relationship between Vivien and Hethana, so he just smiled lightly and looked up into the air.Directly above the two of them, a blue, meteor-like point of light flashed.The data terminal is scanning the terrain of the entire town and the surrounding area in mid-air, sharing the observations into Hao Ren's mind.Hao Ren is now dual-minded, and in another virtual vision in his brain, he is looking down at this place at a height of hundreds of meters.He saw that the town, which numbered only a thousand people, was located next to a small black hill, surrounded by a large area of uninhabited wilderness, and the town was built along the gentle slope beside the hill, and as night wore on, the lights of the town came on, and it was like a gorgeous necklace at the foot of the hillside.At first glance, all this was unusual, both the bare stone hill and the old town at the foot of the hill were unremarkable, but Hao Ren looked closely for a while and found that the layout of the town was somewhat inconsistent: all the buildings came to an abrupt end halfway up the hill.Although it is understandable that the houses were not built on the higher hillsides for reasons of cost and convenience, the boundaries of the broken houses were too neat, especially after the lights were turned on at night: it was evident that there was a line of light and darkness on the hillside, and the artificial lights stopped on that line as if to avoid something.But the place without the lights is not empty: there are a few houses that are apparently abandoned at the other end of the "dividing line", which are the "leftovers" of the town that stretch into the hills, which look like they have been abandoned for years, as if they were discarded, and there is no road in the town that extends between the houses.But between the abandoned huts, there were vague traces of roads left by a long time ago: after zooming in on the data terminal, Hao Ren saw something like cement blocks and broken bricks scattered halfway up the mountain.Vivien didn't pay attention to the footage from the data terminal, she just looked at the peaceful scene of the town thoughtfully: "The atmosphere here is a bit incredible......
I thought the Ancatero family's territory was a more eerie place - alien rule, after all, and that happened a month ago. ”"The aliens must be hiding their whereabouts, you see that the Athenian shelter is so large, isn't the city of Athens still quite lively," Hao Ren said casually, "And the Shadow of Chaos does not attack humans." ”"That's right......," Vivien muttered in a low voice, "I don't know how the Ancatero family hides, I can't find any traces of the secret realm, and I don't know where the entrance is hidden."
It seems that the only way to count on the guide sent by Wayne is gone. ”Hao Ren snorted and looked up at the end of the town's streets, the town lights in front of him extended up a slope, and the outline of the black hill not far away was reflected in the lights: "There may be something north of the town, and a few abandoned houses over there are quite concerning."
Why don't we take a look?
Maybe it's the Ancatero family's former human inheritance. ”"Want to check it out?"
Vivien blinked, "But in two days, the Wayne family's guide should be here." ”"Idle is idle anyway," Hao Ren shrugged, "and there may be witchers in this town, and they may also be here for the Ancatero family, if we can find their traces in advance, we can avoid being scrambling two days later." ”Ordinary aliens can hide when they hear that there is a witcher in action, and in fact Hao Ren was the same at first - but now his style has changed.Due to his many contacts with the Demon Hunter, and the fact that he has experienced a lot of life and death situations, Hao Ren is now more accustomed to thinking of more positive solutions, and if necessary, he will even choose to take the initiative to contact the Demon Hunter to avoid falling into passivity in the future.And even if he doesn't think about this, Hao Ren knows that he is actually not opposed to the witcher - he is not an "alien" like a vampire werewolf, as a censor, he has been neutral from the beginning, but it happened that he adopted a group of demons and monsters first, which caused him to be a little embarrassed when he came into contact with the witcher......
Vivien didn't have a problem with Hao Ren's decision, her attitude towards the witcher was basically indifferent, so she nodded and followed Hao Ren towards the end of town.Soon they took advantage of the darkness of night to reach halfway up the black hill, where the town's road ended.A fence stood in front of Hao Ren, extending out on either side and disappearing into the deep darkness, making one wonder if it had cut off the entire town from the top of the mountain.On one side of the fence are the brightly lit buildings of the town, while on the other side there is only a dark hillside, and on the dark side, you can see several shadowy buildings dormant in the night, which are the abandoned houses that were previously observed through the bird's-eye view of the data terminal.At the end of the road was a rusty fence gate with a red sign on it that said no traffic.Hao Ren stepped forward and shook the fence gate, and there was a tooth-aching creaking sound of metal rubbing: the door had probably not been opened for many years, and all the hinges had been covered with rust.Vivien looked around and made sure that there was no one around, and then turned into a thick fog and bats, and flew through the fence to the opposite side, while Hao Ren jumped straight up, gently and skillfully jumping over the railing more than two meters high."
We should have asked the locals before," Hao Ren said casually to the bats around him, "Ask them why the end of the town is blocked by a fence gate, the outsiders are curious about this." ”"Hindsight," Vivien said from a swarm of bats, "I'll talk about it tomorrow."
I see the ruined houses you mentioned, let's go over ......
Well?
”Hao Ren was stunned: "What's wrong?"
”Vivien frowned and looked at one of the abandoned houses: "It seems to have the breath of a living person over there. ”(To be continued.) )