Chapter 1265 - 433: Twilight Street, Huafu Dajiang (5k)

Wen Yan first checked the surrounding environment to determine if there were any foreseeable risks.

But everything was very ordinary, nothing seemed dangerous.

Then Wen Yan instantly recalled the General Director’s words, which he had specifically reminded him twice.

Do not use normal thinking to view everything here; ordinary or not, it cannot be judged entirely by real-world experience.

He swiftly scanned around twice, and when Er Jingong was about to speak, he immediately stopped him from opening his mouth.

After careful confirmation, there was nothing familiar here, which meant he had not come here before.

Based on existing experience, this was unlikely to be his Old Dream, and the reason for the Old Dream emerging should have nothing to do with him.

Therefore, it should be due to Er Jingong, causing the emergence of the Old Dream.

This was very important and something Wen Yan had to first determine.

Wen Yan did not let go, dragging the panic-stricken Er Jingong to the nearby alley.

"You are familiar with this place, right?"

"Fam...familiar, what is going on?" Er Jingong tried hard to stay calm, suppressing fear of the unknown.

"You triggered something and ended up... in a different space, where everything should be places you’ve been to, maybe even events you’ve experienced, if you’re familiar, then what is this place?"

After asking, Wen Yan thought for a moment and immediately added another sentence.

"Speak slowly, when I tell you to stop, stop at once."

"This place is called Wugu Town, the first place Sixth Master personally arranged an important task for me, that’s where the Stone Coffin was taken from."

Upon hearing this name, Wen Yan’s expression subtly changed.

"When did this happen?"

"About twenty-six or twenty-seven years ago."

"Was it twenty-six or twenty-seven? Be sure!"

"Twenty-seven." Er Jingong blurted out, clearly, such matters that could materialize into an Old Dream would not forget the exact time, he was just used to saying it.

Wen Yan glanced at the surrounding environment, he knew this place.

Because the Black Stone he took back, the original source was the villagers near this small town, on the way back found a black stone perfect in size and weight to press pickles, and took that Black Stone back.

This is where the Scorching Sun Department’s records show the starting point for subsequent events.

Why that Black Stone was picked up by a villager, the events before picking it up cannot be traced.

The most probable speculation was that there was a torrential flood nearby, signs of a landslide, washing out the Black Stone from beneath the earth.

At that time, it was not luxurious enough to spend large sums on slope stabilization projects in places without roads, even now, such projects are mostly in places like roads or where people frequently appear.

In the mountains, torrential floods or landslides are not rare occurrences, considering the geographic environment here, it occurs yearly.

Now that the places with landslide and flood risks, people have gradually moved away.

At that time, after the Black Stone was picked up, a string of people suddenly died, all dead ones resurrected as Zombies, in a short time, dozens of wild Zombies appeared.

The Scorching Sun Department at that time suffered a significant loss because of this place’s affairs, many people were poisoned.

At that time, there was no well-developed portable serum, poisoning was a very troublesome matter.

This matter was settled by the people from Fuyu Mountain.

And that was twenty-six years ago.

Which was a year after Er Jingong came here to transport a Stone Coffin.

In that era, there weren’t so many cameras, no networking, and the Scorching Sun Department’s authority and capability were far inferior to now.

If not for Er Jingong himself revealing this information, no outsiders would have known this matter.

According to Er Jingong’s account, at that time the Stone Coffin should have been a set, containing something capable of moving and struggling.

Wen Yan’s first reaction was that there ought to be a Zombie inside.

And now, after a year, wild Zombie incidents appeared locally.

These two are likely related.

If calculated by the Spiritual Qi Resurgence progress at that time, the time interval between the two would be approximately a month now, even less than a month.

If there’s no relation between them, it would be truly bizarre.

If these things were clarified outside, it could be considered slowly, but having entered, understanding the details is imperative.

Then considering the time when Er Jingong fell into the Old Dream, it was while describing the person called Third Master with distinct characteristics of Inverted Triangle Eyes.

And this person, clearly already deceased, sent back by Er Jingong, revived the next day.

This was evidently abnormal.

Wen Yan thought this was unlikely an accident, nor someone remotely casting spells.

More like someone had placed some means on Er Jingong long ago or signed something like a contract.

When Er Jingong began leaking information that shouldn’t be leaked, these pre-prepared means would automatically trigger.

After all, people who mingle with Er Jingong are the type who shout slogans that shake the heavens, calling out loyalty and brotherhood, but when things get tough?

When matters arise, no matter their character, certainly not banking all hope on brothers upholding loyalty, honoring promises, and dying unyielding.

What Er Jingong does, will be guarded against, that’s normal.

Plus, considering the Skeleton Archway incident last time, it’s basic to deduce those people can use certain methods to send people into Old Dreams, causing them to vanish into thin air without even a corpse.