After more than six hours of driving, it was already dusk.
When Yi Chen stepped off the carriage with excitement,
I didn't see any organization's logo or any grand buildings.
Another small town came into view.
About 200 meters behind me, there is a huge billboard on the road.
Welcome to Green-Lake
This medieval town has a lively feel.
The buildings here are mostly made of slightly yellowish white bricks, with brown and red roofs.
Maybe there are no factories in small towns.
The air is fresh and the overall light transmittance is better.
The skin can feel the last bit of warmth from the sunset.
Combined with the wide streets between towns, neatly arranged trees, large areas of lawn coverage, and a large lake close to the town, it gives people a sense of tranquility and natural comfort.
It is a tourist destination far away from the industrial city and returning to nature.
Seeing such a vibrant town,
Yi Chen felt a slight plant restlessness in his body, and various physiological needs quickly emerged.
"Wait a mininute… "
Quickly enter the grove beside the road,
The moment I unbuckled my belt, a feeling similar to a flood swept through my lower body.
After the waste water accumulated in the body is processed,
Due to not eating for a long time,
My eyes were immediately drawn to the lush vegetation all around, and I began to salivate.
Finally, he couldn't help it, and after making sure that there was no infection from any source of disease, he bit the bark directly, and also tore off some leaves and grass to mix with it and eat it.
The plants that fall into the abdomen are quickly converted into nutrients with extremely high efficiency.
The whole process takes less than five minutes.
Yi Chen has completely recovered to his mental state before the ride.
Just as he walked out of the grove and returned to the carriage,
Different types of horse-drawn carriages were arriving in the town one after another.
The people who walked out of these carriages were all under 30 years old.
Dress appropriately.
Behave elegantly,
Each has its own independent style.
Yi Chen tried to ask the driver beside him, "Are these people here to join the organization?"
“Every month, many people come from all over the country to participate in the organization’s assessment.
Some were born into well-known families, and some of their ancestors were members of the organization.
Some come from special training groups that specialize in providing talent to organizations.
There are very few people like you who are born in the common people. Due to occasional opportunities, they are spotted by members of the organization who are doing external activities and are temporarily sent here for assessment. "
"OK."
“This town is just a temporary transit point.
In three days, members of the organization will come to Green Lake Town to take you, the assessors, to the headquarters. Before that, you will need to stay here temporarily.
I have other work, so I won’t go into details.”
After conveying the relevant information, the driver drove the carriage quickly out of sight.
“Do we need to wait here for three days
Do you want to wait until there are enough people taking the assessment before going to the organization together?"
Yi Chen touched the silver coins in his pocket and strode towards the Green Lake Town in front of him.
Just as he was approaching the first building in the town, he caught a glimpse of three young men walking towards him.
The blond young man in the lead took off his hat and put it on his chest.
"Hi, friends! My name is Edmund and I'm from the Mariano family.
Interested in joining our team
We can look after each other in the subsequent organizational assessments, and I also have some confidential information about the assessments that I am willing to share with you."
Behind the blond Edmund, there was a tall, cool woman wearing a feather-decorated hat, and a sturdy Nordic man who was nearly two meters tall and carried a broadsword.
Yi Chen noticed that
The group's main attention was not on him, but on the 'little grape' on his shoulder.
For Yi Chen, who has just traveled here, if he can join a team, he can also get a lot of useful information, but some problems and potential risks will also come with it.
Just when Yi Chen hesitated for a moment,
The voice of 'Little Grape' came from my brain:
"I'm not used to teaming up with strangers. The two of us are enough... There's no need to mix with them."
This suggestion made Yi Chen make a decision immediately.
After a slight bow, he turned and left without even saying his name.
Seeing Yi Chen's back gradually disappearing in the town,
Blond Edmund showed an embarrassed expression, "Ah? Am I not gentlemanly enough, or is there some other reason... You actually walked away without even looking back
Or is this guy so powerful that he doesn't even bother to team up with us?"
The woman behind Edmund gently wiped her nose and mouth with her black nails and whispered:
"He has an indelible 'dead' smell on him, and he is dressed in a gentlemanly, dark style... This young man must be from the organization's cemetery.
The thing on his shoulder must also be a product of the cemetery.
Perhaps he is a rare undead, so such a strong person would naturally not accept the invitation.
And if we stay with him, we will most likely be disposed of as corpses."
Edmund spread his hands and said, "Oh, what a pity~
However, since we are in the same batch of assessment, we should be able to meet each other later.
I really want to see the level of the cemetery."
…
In Green Lake Town,
Yi Chen walked on the spacious main road.
Although the townspeople living here also wear masks, there is no sense of deadness at all.
There are relatively many townspeople who are out and about, and they will take the initiative to greet each other.
When seeing foreign tourists like Yi Chen, he would slightly tilt his head to show friendliness.
However,
Such a comfortable and pleasant town does not bring a real sense of comfort.
As we walked longer and went deeper into the town, I became more and more impatient.
When this impatience reaches a certain limit,
Yi Chen suddenly tilted his head.
What comes into view is a two-story building with a sense of age and a medieval style.
The wooden plaque hung on the front door with a metal bracket has been severely eroded by rain, and the words on it can barely be seen.
Green Shade Hotel
His intuition told him that this hotel was important.
Maybe there is something,
Maybe it has something to do with the secret of the town.
“The feeling of Green Lake Town is not as comfortable as it looks from the outside... The longer I walk on the streets, the more uncomfortable I feel. I even prefer to patrol the cemeteries.
There was something wrong with this town, and the inn in front of me stood out even more.
Is it possible... that the assessment has already begun
Little Grape, can you hide first? 』
As Yi Chen made his request,
The little grape rolled inside along the collar, burying more than half of the flesh ball in the skin, completely hidden under the clothes.
Step into the hotel resolutely.
Ring! The door rang.
A strong incense aroma wafted towards me.
Black leather shoes squeaked on the wooden floor of the hotel.
The windows in the corridors were all sealed with wooden bars and had signs saying "under repair".
Jagged white candles were placed in the aisles, burning weakly, replacing the sunlight.
A man in his late twenties stood behind the counter, examining a specimen of a dead fish.
The bloated and bulging bags under his eyes squeezed his lifeless and small eyes. He glanced at the young man who came in, and quickly looked away.
In his hand was a brown bottle with little left.
It wasn't until Yi Chen came to the counter that he slowly turned around.
From his yellow-toothed mouth he managed to utter the unclear local language:
"Want to stay at the hotel?"
With a unique smell,
It smells like a rat crawled into the stomach sac, and then the rat got drunk and drowned in it.
"Are there any rooms left?"
"There are rooms everywhere, but many of them haven't been cleaned... One silver coin a day, if you want to stay, choose a key yourself."
The boss put down the bottle.
Throwing a bunch of rusty key rings on the counter.
0206
Yi Chen deducted a silver coin and deliberately selected a key corresponding to the guest room on the second floor.
You can also use this opportunity to go to the second floor of the hotel and take a look.
You can also get a pretty good view from a high altitude, and on weekdays you can observe the conditions between small towns.
Walking up the loose stairs to the second floor,
There was a pile of moldy mattresses at the corner of the stairs, and you had to lean sideways to squeeze through.
The printed wallpaper in the corridor was also falling off in large pieces, and it was damp and moldy.
Naturally, no one would stay in such a hotel.
Yi Chen is probably the only guest here this month.
Crunch!
When I walked to the door of the room on the groaning floor,
A sense of uneasiness drew Yi Chen's attention to the end of the second-floor corridor.
"What is that..."
At the end, on the right, there are seven different padlocks hanging on the wooden door with room number 0213.
There were also several black mold spots the size of omelets all over the wooden door, as if it was sick.
While Yi Chen was staring intently,
A faint wave of fire flashed on the side of his face.
When I turned my head,
A pale face suddenly appeared before my eyes.
Yi Chen was so scared that he subconsciously reached for his waist, ready to take out the silver axe from the cemetery.
However,
The person who came was just the innkeeper.
The candlelight made his already weak face even paler.
“Oh… I forgot to tell you.
I have a seriously ill sister who lives in the end room. Don’t get close to her because she is afraid of strangers.”
After that,
The boss turned around and walked downstairs with a hunched back.
The weak body floated so lightly that it made no sound when stepping on the floor.