The game becomes reality: Black Myth invades the real world.

Chapter 69 Ancient Village of the Chosen Ones

evening.

Chen Fu squatted next to the curb, holding a bowl of fried rice with eggs in his hands, with milk tea next to him, and showing off his food with his head down.

He knew Bai Ruhua was not in good condition, so how could he let the girl treat him to an expensive restaurant? A bowl of fried rice with egg would be enough.

Bai Ruhua couldn't stand it anymore and forced him to drink milk tea; otherwise, a meal could have been solved for less than ten yuan.

That concludes the discussion about the invasion incident following Bai Ruhua's job change.

After finishing their meal, Chen Fu prepared to take a taxi back to school, but Bai Ruhua said that since they had nothing else to do, she would take him back on her electric scooter. Chen Fu asked, "Can your little electric scooter even get to school? What if it runs out of power halfway there, and we have to push it all the way?"

Bai Ruhua patted the electric scooter seat with great confidence, saying that her scooter had been modified for food delivery, with an added battery, so that she could easily go from the villa to the school and even make a round trip.

In fact, before entering the villa, Bai Ruhua had found a place to charge her electric car. This was a habit she had developed over a long period of time. Now the electric car was fully charged, which is why she made such a boast.

As for Du Fanyu and the other staff, they went to catch the debt collectors after confirming that the matter was over. Du Fanyu originally wanted to take the two people with him, but later found out that they had other things to do, so he gave up.

Having said that, Chen Fu didn't insist any further. He sat on the back of the electric scooter and naturally put his arm around Bai Ruhua's slender waist.

These were all learned from Song Shuangwei. When the two of them rode an electric bike before, Song Shuangwei had hugged Chen Fu like this, so in Chen Fu's eyes, it was a very normal action.

When it came to Bai Ruhua, she visibly stiffened. She had never had such contact with a man before.

Chen Fu didn't notice anything amiss. He put on the helmet, chuckled, and urged Bai Ruhua to ride faster. The moment the wind blew against his cheeks, he comfortably closed his eyes.

Two hours later, Chen Fu returned to his dormitory. As soon as he entered, Wei Niangniang said that a girl had come looking for him earlier that day, but had gone back because she couldn't find him.

Chen Fu scratched his head. This shouldn't be someone he knows, otherwise why would he use such an old-fashioned way to find someone? He would definitely try WeChat first, and if there's no reply, he would call directly.

Later, he discovered that someone had indeed sent him WeChat messages and made phone calls, but because he was in the villa at the time and affected by the intrusion, he did not hear them.

Upon opening the message, the sender was He Lingxue, the president of the Jiangda Supernatural Society, who was still thinking about how to get a job at the Supernatural Investigation Bureau as soon as possible.

Chen Fu replied that he would follow Captain Zhou's instructions and study hard to pass the exam on his first try; there was nothing else he could do to help.

It's best to avoid doing things that might seem suspicious, otherwise, if it gets out, it'll easily give people something to gossip about.

After replying to the message, Chen Fu didn't even look at what He Lingxue had sent, and directly opened the game.

While he was helping Bai Ruhua deal with the invasion, Zhou Jianbang and the others had already cleared the road to the mass grave and could now continue north. They could then visit the ancient village of the Heavenly Mandate people that General Jiao had mentioned.

"Chosen One, you have arrived at the mass grave at the north gate of the Wedding and Funeral City. Do you wish to cross here and head further north?"

"You walked onto the road to the mass grave. An evil spirit hiding in the graveyard saw you. It... mistook you for one of the three people who came to level the mass grave and ran away as fast as it could."

Chen Fu had initially thought there might be a fish that had slipped through the net, and was prepared to take out his frying pan, summon the "囍" (double happiness) spirit, and fight the evil spirit for three hundred rounds to let it know that it was not someone to be trifled with. But it turned out to be a coward who ran away as soon as it saw people. What a pity.

"Chosen One, continue forward, leaving the jurisdiction of the City of Weddings and Funerals. Ahead of you lies an endless plain. You will find that in this mortal world, the further north you go, the more plains there are."

"As you walk on the wide road, your mood relaxes, as if the path to becoming the master of the world will also become wider and wider, just like now."

"You see a fellow villager who deals in medicinal herbs ahead, trying his best to pull up the cart that's stuck by the roadside, but he's too old, and no matter what he does, he can't move the cart an inch."

"As the future ruler of the mortal world, do you want to kindly step forward to help him, or do you intend to turn a blind eye and pass by this fellow villager?"

Chen Fu looked at the options and hesitated whether to help. Given the nature of the mortal world, he felt that if he offered help, he would easily be taken advantage of or ripped off.

After some thought, adhering to the traditional virtues he had been taught since childhood, Chen Fu decided to help. If he got ripped off, he would just pull out his frying pan and see if the bottom of the pan was harder, or if his fellow villager's head was harder.

"You stepped forward to help the villager push the cart. With your help, the cart was quickly lifted up from the roadside. The villager was very grateful to you. He didn't mind that you were a person despised by the world and was preparing to take some medicine from the cart as a way of repaying you."

"Oh dear, how could I accept this? I only helped out casually, and you even want medicinal herbs? What do you have here? I won't take anything that isn't a century-old ginseng." Chen Fu thought to himself, "It's rare to meet such a grateful and kind person in this mortal world."

"The villager climbed onto the cart to get the medicinal herbs. The horse, which had just gotten stuck by the roadside, was startled again by his actions and started kicking and running around wildly."

"You nimbly dodged to the side, the Ghostly Appearance effect allowing you to easily evade the horse's charge without even a scratch or a rip."

Hehe! Didn't expect that, did you? I can dodge it. Trying to mess with me? In your next life... Chen Fu chuckled to himself. Don't underestimate General Jiao's cowardice. The skills he gave him are quite useful, both in reality and in the game.

"A paranormal event has been triggered."

"While you were dodging the horses, you didn't notice the ditch by the roadside, slipped, and fell in."

"You fell to your death."

"You are dead."

What? I'm some kind of disabled person destined to die from a fall? Are paranormal events really that scary? Where's the patchwork robe? Where's the silent mountain range? Did they serve no purpose at all?

This game is trash. If you want me dead, just do it. There's no need to beat around the bush.

Chen Fu cursed repeatedly, wishing he could smash his phone. What kind of mess is this?!

He was unwilling to accept this, and he was angry. He took out the Spiritual Treasure Cicada, touched it, and after recovering his strength, he set off again from the Earth God Temple in the Wedding and Funeral City, and once again came to the wide road.

He thought he had just had a bad day and that it was because he hadn't paid the toll on his way from Bloodblade Town to Wedding Funeral City. But to his surprise, the fellow villager was still waiting by the roadside.

"You see that fellow villager who deals in medicinal herbs is waiting for you at the intersection. What are you going to do?"

"Hey, what's wrong? You want to see me die a second time?" Chen Fu thought to himself, "I was careless just now. I didn't take out my frying pan. If you dare to let your horse hurt people again, I'll hit your horse on the head with this frying pan!"

This wasn't an insult; it was a real slap on the horse's head.

"When the fellow villager saw you coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to apologize. He said that his horse was as old as he was and could not be frightened at all, otherwise it would run around wildly. That's why he couldn't control it and caused you to get injured. He was thinking of giving you some extra compensation in addition to the payment."

"Will you choose to accept the apology and forgive the old horse, or are you prepared to pull out a frying pan, summon the demons and monsters you've contracted, and kill this fellow villager along with his horse?"

"The chosen one, if you do this, you will not only receive his apology, but the entire carriage will also be yours. Furthermore, there is a teahouse a few miles away where you can sell the horse meat to the shopkeeper and exchange it for freshly baked horse meat flatbread."

"Oh, you've even thought of horse meat pancakes? Are you really planning to make me kill my fellow villager and then chop up his horse?" Chen Fu thought to himself, "This trash game is really despicable. It not only cheats those destined for greatness, but it doesn't even spare its own people."

Chen Fu did not choose the option of harming his fellow villagers. In the mortal world, he rarely encountered a few faces that were so friendly to the people of destiny. He would not be so heartless as to kill them. Moreover, how many valuable goods could a person who deals in medicinal herbs possibly have?

"You forgave your fellow villager, who was both grateful and guilty towards you. He took something from the carriage and put it into your hand."

In reality, Chen Fu's hand did tremble slightly, not because he took the item, but because he was afraid that his fellow villager's actions would frighten the old horse again.

After confirming that nothing had happened, he began to read the game text.

"Laoyinshan Atractylodes macrocephala powder (disposable consumable) is produced from the roots of trees in Laoyinshan, on the northern slope of Shennongjia in northwestern Hubei and Hunan. It is sliced, ground into powder, bagged and worn close to the body. It can prevent all insects from invading, snakes and vipers will stay away, and even mountain demons will avoid it when they smell it when they cry at night. Each bag can last for three days."

Chen Fu took one look and thought, "This prop is great! I was able to enter the Wedding and Funeral City smoothly before because of the map. Now that I have this tree root powder, I don't have to worry about being entangled by unclean things."

"The villager said he was really sorry to you. It was his first time traveling this road and he had no experience, which is why the carriage got stuck on the side of the road. Before, he always took the Xianghua Highway and could travel from Guanghua County in Hubei Province to Yingen City in Henan Province in a day. But recently, Commander Tang's troops in Henan Province were transferred north, and his underlings dug up the road, saying they were to guard against the south. This time, they have really suffered a lot as merchants."

"With no road, the Atractylodes lancea, Eucommia ulmoides, and Gastrodia elata we had collected were piled up in the warehouse, about to be infested with worms. That's why I gritted my teeth and took the old horse out. Who would have thought that the beast was too old and offended you? It was really his fault."

"To make amends, the fellow villager mentioned something else: while he was taking a detour through the mountain paths, he got lost in the deep mountains near southern Henan. After wandering around, he came across a village. The houses in that village were sharp and steep, with windows as narrow as slits, completely different from the mud-brick and tile houses commonly seen in this area. His colleagues said that it seemed to be the dwelling of some ancient, divinely ordained person, who had taken refuge from war."

"If you're interested, you can go over there and take a look. You're all destined for greatness, so you should be able to communicate and exchange ideas with each other. You might even gain something else."

When Chen Fu was in the wedding and funeral city, he only learned from General Jiao that the ancient village of the Heavenly Mandate people was in the northern region, but he didn't know exactly where it was.

He headed north, hoping to stumble upon the village by sheer luck, and lo and behold, he actually found something.

Now that he had a specific location, Chen Fu immediately bid farewell to his fellow villagers and ventured into the deep mountains near the border of Hubei and southern Henan, trying to find the village of the ancient Destiny Man.

With the help of the powdered atractylodes from Laoyin Mountain, the journey was relatively peaceful, and they didn't encounter any major problems. After wandering around for a while, Chen Fu actually found the place.

"You have arrived at the village of the ancient chosen ones."

"Passing on the torch, hidden deep in the mountains."

"You have activated the Earth God Temple in the ancient village of the Chosen Ones. You can teleport here anytime, anywhere by consuming stamina."

"Before the Lord of the Mortal Realm fell, many ancient chosen ones were influenced by foreign knowledge and their thoughts were greatly impacted. Later, when the Lord of the Mortal Realm was besieged by all sorts of demons and monsters and was about to die, these ancient chosen ones went out and crossed the ocean to seek ways to 'cure' the disease."

"The master of this village once proposed the idea of ​​learning from the barbarians to control them. Later, the Lord of the Mortal World fell, and he naturally became the target of the continued attacks of demons and monsters, and could only hide in this deep mountain forest to eke out a living."

"Now, this village has no able-bodied men left, only the elderly, women, and children struggling to survive. Do you want to enter the village directly and use your status as the chosen one to approach these villagers who haven't had contact with outsiders for a hundred years?"

What kind of magical background is this? Wei Yuan, who proposed the idea of ​​learning from the barbarians to control them, has actually hidden away in the deep mountains and forests? Chen Fu thought to himself that the world is chaotic, but it can't be this outrageous.

He felt something was very wrong, but couldn't find a suitable rebuttal. After thinking about it, he stopped worrying about it. Playing games is all about having fun and gaining something, so why take it so seriously?

"You entered the village, and the familiar scent on you prevented the elderly, weak, women and children in the village from showing much hostility towards you. An old woman with a cane came out. She was the last bloodline of the ancient chosen people and the only person in this village who could exert a little power."

"The old woman saw the glory of our ancestors in you. She said to you, 'O chosen one from who knows where, what brings you to this village?'"

"How do you plan to answer? Will you bluntly say that it was General Jiao and the villager who pointed you to this place, and that you want to obtain what was left behind by the ancient chosen one? Or will you first chat with this old woman, fostering a relationship between you, and then look for an opportunity to obtain some treasure?"

Chen Fu came here to obtain items such as props and skill books. Even if he didn't need them, he could give them to Xi or put them on the trading house.

But given his personality, he felt that directly stating his purpose would likely lead to rejection. It was their first meeting, and they didn't know each other; asking for something right away didn't seem like something he could give.

After thinking for a second, he decided to talk to them first.

As the saying goes, "When fellow villagers meet, tears well up in their eyes." They are compatriots with the same blood. If they chat and develop feelings for each other, then it will be much easier to get the things.

"The old woman warmly welcomed you and led you into a small, cramped room. She told you to sit there for a while, then turned and went out, saying she was preparing some food to treat her guests."

Upon seeing this, Chen Fu suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.

In the city of weddings and funerals, the dirty butcher seemed to have said the same thing to him, and then he died.

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