The Dark and Foolish King: The Fierce and Crazy Concubine Has Infinite Strength

The journey was relatively smooth. After half a month's trek, the group finally arrived at a city at the foot of the Miao village mountain.

The name of this city is "Diancheng", which should be considered as the modern Yunnan area.

Most of the people in the city are ethnic minorities, such as Miao, Bai, Hui, Hani, etc. They wear traditional costumes of their own ethnic groups, which are colorful and diverse, with unique characteristics.

Although this city should have been very prosperous, Lu Xiuyuan and his companions found the atmosphere a bit weird when they entered the city.

It was just past noon, and the street, which should have been bustling, was now deserted, with only about thirty vendors. The vendors squatted in front of their stalls with their heads down, while pedestrians hurried on their way with serious expressions.

Only a few shops on both sides were still open, most of them had their doors and windows closed, and some were even locked.

The autumn wind blew the dead leaves flying in the quiet streets, and occasionally the cry of crows could be heard, making the scene sound bleak and desolate.

"Something's wrong. Did something happen here?" Xia Younan asked, looking around.

Bai Yiyao was even more puzzled, scratching his stupid head and said, "I don't know, it was like this when I passed by here on my way to the capital."

"There are a lot of problems." Lu Xiuyuan said with a frown.

"There's something wrong with their bodies." Zenmu noticed the problem immediately.

I saw that the twenty or so people were all skinny and listless, with sparse hair and sickly pale faces, as if they had suffered a serious illness and had not yet recovered.

"There are no children among these people." Qu Xiaoyou also pointed out a problem.

There were mostly men on the street, with three or two women and not a single child.

Children are the most playful, and they should be seen everywhere on the streets. However, since they came to the city, not a single child has been seen.

"They don't even know how to laugh yet," Zen also said.

Everyone in sight had a solemn and lonely expression, and some even looked desperate. In short, they were all filled with negative emotions, without a single smile.

"This is too weird. Look at them, each one of them looks like a ghost." Xiong Fei shook his shoulders fearfully.

"Let's go and ask." Lu Xiuyuan suggested.

A few people walked to a shoe stall on the roadside and asked the elderly owner about their doubts.

The old man looked at them, sighed sadly, and replied: "You are outsiders, you don't know, our city... has a monster that eats children."

"Monster?" Several people exclaimed in unison. Xiong Fei, the timid one, was so scared that he folded his arms, looked around and asked, "Where... where is the monster?"

The old man waved his hands and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, the monster eats children, not adults. Especially someone as fat as you, you look unpalatable."

“……”Xiong Fei’s face was full of black lines.

"Old man, what is going on?" Lu Xiuyuan asked.

Next, the old man told them about the strange things that had happened recently in Diancheng.

The story started two months ago. One day, a child was lost in a family in the city. At first, everyone thought that the child had run away because he was playing. The government and the villagers all searched for him, but they couldn't find the child anywhere in the city.

At this time, everyone speculated that they might have encountered human traffickers, and they all warned their children not to talk to strangers.

When a city loses a child, it is a big deal for the child's family, but it is nothing to tens of thousands of ordinary people.

Apart from the child's family who were extremely grief-stricken, no one else took it too seriously and life went on as usual.

It was not until the second, third, and fourth children disappeared that panic arose in the city.

The people all believed that a group of human traffickers had come into the city and specialized in stealing children and selling them, so the government sent more people to investigate the case.

But after half a month of investigation, not only did they fail to find the child or catch the murderer, but the number of missing children in the city continued to increase.

The people were terrified and stopped letting their children go out during the day. They locked their doors and windows at night, fearing that the human traffickers would come to their homes.

But the strange thing is that no matter how strictly they guarded themselves, they would always find that the child lying next to them was missing the next day.

Moreover, there were no signs of intrusion by strangers in anyone's home, and no matter how well a child was hidden, he or she could still disappear inexplicably.

If someone sneaks into the victim's house in the middle of the night to steal the child, some families have big and vicious dogs.

Dogs are good at guarding the house, and they will bark when they see strangers. But the fact that the dog did not bark before and after the child went missing is enough to prove that no strangers had entered the house.

"So, you suspect that a monster stole the child?" Qu Xiaoyou asked with a frown.

The old man nodded his head rapidly, "Yes, this is too weird, if it's not a demon, what could it be?"

"That can't be called a monster. Where are monsters in the world?" Zen En said with a smile, scratching his bald head.

The old man made a "hush" gesture to him, approached them and said mysteriously: "If we can't conclude that it was the work of a monster based on this alone, what makes us sure is that we often heard roars similar to those of wild beasts in the city.

"As soon as that roar is over, the child will definitely be lost the next day."

"What kind of roar?" Lu Xiuyuan asked.

The old man replied: "It's like a wolf or a tiger, but neither. Anyway, it's like the howling of ghosts and wolves. It's so scary."

Now everyone was speechless and looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.

"How many children are lost?" Lu Xiuyuan asked again after a long time.

The old man raised his hand to them in grief and anger, and said in a trembling voice: "There are currently 49 missing children, and it will soon be 500!"

so much? !

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan and others took a deep breath, their faces filled with shock.

The disappearance of more than fifty children at once is not an ordinary case.

"No wonder the scene in the city has become like this." Bai Yiyao said heartbrokenly, feeling sad for them.

The old man lit a pipe, put it in his mouth and sighed, "Nowadays, families with children dare not go out, and they stay with their children all the time. Those who are still outside are basically those who don't have children at home."

Lu Xiuyuan nodded, looked at the people around him, and asked, "I see that these people are not in good mental condition. Is there something wrong with your body?"

Hearing his question, the old man frowned in confusion and said, "I don't know, maybe he was scared by a monster.

"Ever since the child was lost, the health of the adults in the city has started to deteriorate. They are all skinny and listless. I don't know what's going on."

Lu Xiuyuan nodded, thought to himself and said nothing more.

At this time, someone came to buy shoes. The old man hurriedly put his pipe on his waist and went to greet the customer.

Xia Younan discovered that the old man had forgotten to put out his cigarette, and the cigarette butt with sparks quickly burned through the clothes around his waist and then stuck to his skin.

"Old man, be careful!" Xia Younan exclaimed, wanting him to be careful not to get burned.

The old man didn't realize that he was about to get hurt. He looked at her blankly, "What's wrong?"

Xia Younan opened his eyes wide and pointed at the place on his waist where smoke was coming out. He was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

I could already smell the burning flesh and blood was flowing out, but he didn't react!

Others also noticed this phenomenon and looked at the old man in confusion.

Finally, Chan-en raised his hand and pulled out the pipe from his waist. The old man asked him in confusion, "What's wrong? Do you want to smoke too?"

Zen En swallowed his saliva, pointed at the injured part and asked, "Uncle, the smoke just burned your waist and the flesh was burned. Didn't you feel any pain?"

Hearing this, the old man lowered his head to look at his waist, wiped the blood that was oozing out very calmly, and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I don't feel any pain."

This... He has no sense of pain?

Several people became increasingly confused.