Quick Travel: Save the poor little villain

Chapter 2906 Town Infrastructure Construction in Full Swing 27

Meanwhile, in the sparse woodland bordering the edge of the barren forest to the west of Heping North Town.

In the rain, Huo Zhaoye was locked in a fierce battle with a strangely large, deer-shaped monster with ominous dark red fur.

This is a mutated deer that has seen blood and eaten people; it is exceptionally ferocious and more difficult to deal with than ordinary mutated beasts.

At this moment, Huo Zhaoye's condition was clearly different from usual.

His face lacked its usual nonchalant sharpness and composure; instead, it displayed undisguised ferocity and wildness, with an unyielding killing intent lingering between his brows and eyes, while his lips were pressed tightly together.

A stinging sensation emerged from the depths of his mind, traveling along his nerves to every part of his body, causing his temples to throb and occasionally a blurry black shadow to flash before his eyes.

This is the burial place of Huo Zhaoye's mother.

Many years ago, the previous lord of Peace Town, a beautiful and powerful woman who ultimately died in madness from some strange illness, rests in eternal rest on the edge of this land she once swore to protect, facing the direction of the desolate forest.

There was no tombstone, no marker; only Huo Zhaoye knew exactly which tree it was under.

He had sworn that he would come here every year around the anniversary of his mother's death to kill a sufficiently ferocious mutated monster as a blood sacrifice.

This is a tribute to the woman who was better at leading this town than anyone else, and who suffered the injustice of fate much earlier than him.

And at this time of year, perhaps due to the stress of being in the place where his mother died, the frequency and intensity of his headaches would reach a peak.

This year's memorial service was delayed by a few days due to the incident at the Liuhuo Base and the busy affairs of the town, but Huo Zhaoye did not forget it.

He took advantage of the toxic rain and the fact that most people wouldn't go out, and came here alone.

Huo Zhaoye had several cuts on his body, and rainwater mixed with blood clung to his skin. Water dripped from his hair, making him look somewhat disheveled, but the fierceness in his eyes remained undiminished.

He was panting as he looked at the mutated deer on the ground, which was gradually stopping its convulsions. Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a noise coming from the bushes next to him.

Oops.

More than one.

Huo Zhaoye gripped his knife tightly, forcing himself to focus as he scanned the direction from which the sound came, his heart sinking.

In his current state, dealing with one is already a struggle, let alone two at the same time...

He gritted his teeth and advanced instead of retreating, but a sharp pain in his head struck at that moment, and his vision went black, slowing his movements by half a beat.

A mutated deer seized the opportunity, growling as it pounced, its sharp mutated antlers aimed straight for his waist and abdomen!

Huo Zhaoye managed to turn to the side, the deer antlers brushing against his waist.

Whoosh!

The sound of something cutting through the air rang out.

Two bamboo leaves shot out and entered the eyes of the mutated deer.

Huo Zhaoye turned his head in surprise.

In the misty rain, Jin Chen walked from the edge of the woods, holding an old umbrella.

And so, at Huo Zhaoye's most disheveled and unprepared moment, he walked through the damp fallen leaves and mud to this open space filled with the stench of blood and slaughter.

Huo Zhaoye was only surprised for a moment.

But he reacted extremely quickly. One of the other two mutated deer was in great pain due to an eye injury, and the other was also distracted by the sudden change and its companion's screams. It was the perfect opportunity to counterattack!

Huo Zhaoye suppressed the complex emotions surging in his heart, as well as the feeling that suddenly welled up, whether it was relief or something else, and the ferocity inspired by the pain and danger erupted once again.

Blood splattered.

The two mutated deer collapsed at the same time, convulsing and dying.

Huo Zhaoye braced himself on his knees, panting heavily. Rain dripped down his chin, and the pain in his head intensified, as if countless needles were churning inside his brain.

Tired and in pain.

He subconsciously staggered two steps toward Jin Chen.

There was an umbrella there, and the person who always made him feel at ease.

But he stopped as soon as he took a step.

Huo Zhaoye realized that he shouldn't have been here. He had never intended for Jin Chen to know about this secret place of worship.

I came here alone today and happened to encounter danger, which went against Jin Chen's previous instructions.

He felt a little guilty, and even more so... stubbornly unwilling to let the other person see his vulnerable and disheveled appearance.

But Jin Chen had already walked over first, and the old umbrella shielded the two of them, blocking the falling rain.

Immediately afterwards, Jin Chen raised her hand and touched Huo Zhaoye's protruding collarbone, tracing the edge of the wound with her fingertip.

Huo Zhaoye: "..."

He remained guilty.

Jin Chen lowered her eyes slightly to look at him, "Should I keep it a secret too?"

"Are you the only one suffering here, Huo Zhaoye?"

Huo Zhaoye wasn't too surprised that Jin Chen had found this place.

His teacher, Ms. Jin, always seemed to have a way of knowing what he wanted to know.

However... even after hearing Jin Chen's instructions, she still chose to come alone, so she inevitably lacked confidence when facing Jin Chen now.

The excruciating pain in his head continued, making his thoughts somewhat sluggish.

In the end, Huo Zhaoye gave up his futile attempts to explain, leaned closer to Jin Chen, rested his forehead on her shoulder, and looked at her with a somewhat unfocused gaze.

"Teacher Jin, my head hurts so much, what should I do? I don't think you taught me this before."

Huo Zhaoye intentionally tried to get away with it this way, drawing out his words in an extremely long tone.

Jin Chen held the umbrella handle with one hand, and with her fingertips touching Huo Zhaoye's collarbone, she moved upwards, gently lifting Huo Zhaoye's chin and forcing him to look up.

"No?" Jin Chen looked at his eyes, which were slightly moist and misty from the pain. "Answer again."

Huo Zhaoye: "..."

Okay, yes, there is.

—Don't smoke too much medicated cigarettes.

—If you have a headache or feel unwell, come find me.

Of course he remembers.

He remembered every single word Jin Chen had said.

However, some habits and mental blocks are not so easy to change.

With his chin pinched, he couldn't shake his head and could only mumble a vague acknowledgment.

Seeing Huo Zhaoye remain silent with his lips pursed, Jin Chen stopped pressing him and instead asked another question, "Why did you come here alone?"

Huo Zhaoye remained silent for a moment, raindrops sliding down his temples. He closed his eyes briefly, and when he opened them again, there was something else in them.

“I promised my father,” he said softly, his voice sounding somewhat faint in the sound of rain.

“Every year I kill a monster as a sacrifice to my mother.”

His gaze was fixed on the depths of the forest, as if it could pierce through the rain and trees to see that unmarked resting place.

“She is better at leading this town than I am, or anyone else.”

“Back then, there was no north or south in Peace Town. Although they lived across the bridge, their hearts were united. And she was the only lord who was truly recognized by both sides.”

His mother's era was the last "peaceful" era in Peace Town.

After her mother's accident, the town gradually split under internal and external pressures, leading to the current situation of north-south confrontation.

Jin Chen gave a thoughtful "oh".

In other words, what his wife really wanted was to reunite the divided Peace Town and restore it to the way it was in his mother's time.

Perhaps he was thinking too obviously, because the expression on his face betrayed something.

Huo Zhaoye: "???"

Wait a minute.

He recalled the incident at the Blazing Fire Base last time, and Jin Chen's method of "reasoning with people." Looking at his thoughtful expression now, a bad feeling suddenly arose in his heart.

Huo Zhaoye's lips twitched. "I have no blood feud with Lu Jun. Teacher Jin, please don't be so violent."