Chapter 152: King of Gluttony, Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Living or Dead?
【Character Archives: Tian Sheng
Name: Tian Sheng
Age: 32 years old
Gender: Male
Introduction: A contractor of a lord-class demonic creature under Beelzebub, the King of Gluttony, who also possesses some inheritance power from the Realm of Hungry Ghosts in Chinese Mythology.
Residence: He Tian Village, Sancha River Town
Bureau of Extraordinary Individuals Research – ***】
“King of Gluttony! Realm of Hungry Ghosts.”
“Bureau of Extraordinary Individuals Research!”
As he expected, the value of this intelligence had indeed increased significantly.
A single point of intelligence value was enough to uncover a major secret.
“Within the Ninth Administrative Region, the Demon Race’s influence is not particularly large; they are very scattered, mostly individuals, with no legions.”
However, he now knew quite a bit. The Second Administrative Region, Canada, had been quite chaotic recently.
The demons had reached a point where they could overturn an entire administrative region!
Considering the current distribution of strength and the situation, it was no exaggeration to say that the Ninth Administrative Region would definitely last the longest in the future.
“When Tianhai City was annihilated, other administrative regions were probably already destroyed, right?”
“So the situation I’m facing now isn’t even Hell difficulty, is it?”
“When playing a life-or-death game, having a bunch of useless teammates around is truly a despair-inducing thing!”
After reading this intelligence, Bai Yu tidied his thoughts and got out of the car.
Since they didn’t know the situation, Zhao Bin and the others didn’t rashly ask questions.
Considering the village guardian wasn’t far away, Bai Yu didn’t say anything, only stating, “Shall we proceed with the original plan and enter the village to take a look?”
“Okay.”
And so, the group walked into the village.
Just like in ordinary villages, a group of elderly women, after finishing breakfast, gathered in a small open space to chat.
They paid no mind to Bai Yu and the other outsiders passing by. After all, with the presence of tourists, outsiders were not uncommon, and the people here were used to it.
Bai Yu, meanwhile, was observing his surroundings.
The most direct piece of evidence he had was a photo taken by that person of the view outside a window.
In the photo was a small courtyard, and it looked quite spacious!
He wondered if it was in North Village.
While Bai Yu was looking around, Li Yunbin began to communicate with the village chief and others who could barely be considered official personnel.
He Tian Village was quite large, with a permanent population of about two thousand people. There was an investigator squad of about ten people stationed in South Village.
Upon receiving the news, three investigators quickly arrived: an elderly old investigator leading two newcomers, a standard setup!
As for the He Tian Village Chief, his surname was Tian, his name was Tian Guosheng, he was sixty years old, and he looked quite robust.
Bai Yu had been looking for a while and hadn’t found the house in the picture.
It seemed it wasn’t in North Village!
Seeing this, he went to the courtyard where the village chief was.
Tian Guosheng then asked, “What are you officers here to investigate?”
Since several people present were aware of extraordinary beings.
Zhao Bin didn’t hide anything and directly asked, “Six days ago, someone here reported seeing a Blood Monster in the mountains. Is there any news yet?”
Upon hearing this, Tian Guosheng sighed deeply, “Didn’t you all come a few days ago? After a brief record, you dismissed it. Why are you asking again now?”
There was clear resentment in his tone.
However, Tian Guosheng then said, “No one in North Village has reported seeing a monster recently. However, South Village has reportedly had some activity; a few households said they saw a Blood Monster.”
“However, many people are already used to it, and since the Blood Monster hasn’t harmed anyone, they didn’t report it.”
“Shall we go take a look?”
Hearing that they weren’t even reporting it.
Zhao Bin and the other investigators from Tianhai City didn’t know what to say.
If they were to report it, they could only record it and would only clear them out during a major operation.
“Alright, let’s go ask.”
The four villages were only separated by a river channel.
It was just a few bridges away.
South Village looked a bit wealthier.
The first thing Bai Yu saw was a large courtyard with white walls.
It looked very much like the scene in the chat record photo!
He curiously asked, “What is that courtyard for? It looks very luxurious.”
“Oh, that was built by Tian Zhongyang’s family, a place for tourists to stay. That family is quite wealthy in our village!”
“Are there any tourists staying there now?”
“Of course! Forty rooms, with almost a fifty percent occupancy rate.”
“Okay! Captain, shall we split into two groups for the investigation?”
“Alright, I’ll take Wan Qing and Jiang Chen to investigate the Blood Monster matter. You three go check out the Bed and Breakfast.”
Before coming, Bai Yu had inquired about the missing tourist case, and now he was focusing on the Bed and Breakfast, indicating there was some information.
It wasn’t convenient to ask more with outsiders present.
It wouldn’t be too late to exchange information after they had gathered enough.
Tian Zhongyang’s family was considered the richest in the village! They used to set up stalls at the scenic spots in Sancha River Town in the early years, and later opened a shop.
This information was told by the village chief on the way.
When Bai Yu and the others first arrived, the courtyard gate was open.
Inside the courtyard, there were four large dining tables.
Several tourists, dressed like city dwellers, were currently eating breakfast.
They only glanced at Bai Yu and the others upon their arrival.
Bai Yu observed them carefully; these people showed no signs of mental abnormality.
Meanwhile, Zhao Bin, as per routine, found the middle-aged woman in charge of this courtyard, who was Tian Zhongyang’s wife.
After stating their identities, he said, “We need to check your Bed and Breakfast’s guest list.”
This middle-aged woman, in her late forties, wearing a kitchen apron, wiped her greasy hands on the apron and said, “Certainly! I’ll get it right away.”
She appeared to be a simple and honest rural woman.
Bai Yu was observing the courtyard at this moment.
Seeing a few potted plants, he thought: This is it! It’s this place!
The perspective in the photo should be from the second floor, and it should be on the left side of this U-shaped building.
Bai Yu looked at the building to his right, with door numbers 37-40 below.
The second-floor windows had anti-theft bars!
The curtains were currently half-drawn.
For some reason, his heart suddenly began to race, as if he had uncovered an extremely important secret.
The middle-aged woman soon brought a ledger, and the guest list for each room was very clear.
Bai Yu quickly glanced at the guest list for rooms 37-40.
Both rooms 39 and 40 had guests!
Room 39 was named Ma Cheng, and room 40 was named Yu Li.
The woman from the next room?
It seemed to match!
With this thought, Bai Yu suppressed his emotions as much as possible and asked, “Are these two guests still here?”
As he said this, Bai Yu was already prepared to act.
However, the middle-aged woman replied very smoothly, “Look, they’re eating breakfast right here.”
Bai Yu was taken aback.
He followed the direction of her finger and saw the woman, who looked to be around 30 years old. She was currently drinking soy milk from a bowl and looked over.
The man was playing a game while eating a few mouthfuls of noodles.
They looked no different from ordinary people!
What was going on!?
Living or dead?
Or living dead?
Why did it feel like watching a horror movie!
