hapter 6: It's hard for us to help you in this place.

TONY couldn't help but gulp.

  Not to mention here, even at home, you may not be able to eat so many good things.

  "We promise to do our best and make a great meal out of it."

  TONY said, patting her chest.

  Elon doesn't care, but hands TONY the straw in his hand.

  "Take this and burn it."

  "This thing, I think, should be pretty resistant to burning."

  TONY'S eyes rounded as he looked at the straw near him, and he was reminded again of the scarecrow's horrible face.

  Are you sure you want to burn it?

  This is a demonic evil.

  They almost got killed by this thing.

  "I-I wouldn't dare." TONY shuddered.

  "Afraid of what?"

  Elon said, "It's all dead."

  "Afraid of not being dead through?"

  He went right ahead and tore the straw from his hand a few more times in front of everyone.

  Now even if he didn't die, he was really dead.

  The surrounding people saw this scene and directly froze.

  What a guy.

  Surprisingly, a horrible demonic evil was put on the spot for firewood.

  You're the only one in the world who dares to do that, aren't you?

  Even the people who watched the live broadcast were rendered speechless by the whole thing, it was so counter-intuitive.

  TONY reaches out a shaking hand and carefully cradles the handful of straw.

  Holding Inuyasha in his arms, TONY closed his eyes in despair, with a look of death.

  LVAN carried the tape and went out to the kitchen to prepare the meal.

  Elon's gaze returned to the village chief.

  He asked, "Old Village Chief, tell me a little bit about what's going on in the village right now."

  "What is it that is endangering you?"

  The question left the old village chief in deep thought.

  "What is it?"

  "I don't know."

  "All I know is that a few villagers have gone missing in the last six months."

  The kind where you don't see anyone alive or dead.

  "Someone's missing?"

  Elon narrowed his eyes and asked again, "What did they do before they disappeared?"

  The old village chief was once again in deep thought.

  After a while he said, "It's all the same as usual, going to work on the farm during the day and then coming home to sleep at night."

  "So do you have any opinions or guesses?" Tatsuo Feng said.

  The system's mission guidelines haven't changed yet.

  That said, there is information to keep digging.

  "People in the village say that they were captured by the mountain god because they angered him."

  The village chief said carefully.

  "Oh?"

  Elon immediately said, "Fine."

  "Legend has it that there is a mountain god in the back of the mountains who lives in seclusion in a cave and shelters this village."

  "But if anyone disrespects him, he will anger him and will seek evil."

  Further on, the village chief dared not go on.

  Elon, however, pressed on, "Where is the cave?"

  There are caves inhabited by mountain gods that must be visited.

  Perhaps what happened here, and the scarecrow that appeared halfway through the journey, were related to this so-called mountain god.

  "Don't!"

  The village chief was alarmed and said, "The cave will change its location, so we won't be able to find it at all."

  "And, don't go to the back of the mountain, let alone bother the mountain god."

  "No one who enters the cave comes out alive."

  Seeing his serious look, Elon laughed, "Got it, we're not going, it's still a small life."

  Hearing this, the village chief breathed a small sigh of relief.

  But the truth was that Cinnabar Wind was only perfunctory.

  Not going?

  That's impossible. It has to go!

  Elon has decided to leave tomorrow to check out the backcountry.

  And this time.

  The system's quest prompts, too, had changed.

  "Current mission: enter the cave."

  Elon smiled slightly, there really was a big problem in the cave.

  "People are disappearing from the village one after another, why don't you run away?" Elon asked.

  "Escape?"

  With a bitter look on his face, the village chief said, "I don't know if you guys encountered a fog on your way here."

  "Every night, our village is covered by a thick fog, and all those who enter the fog become disoriented and then lose their tracks."

  "It's not that we don't want to escape, but we simply can't."

  Elon remembered the fog he had just seen on the way here.

  It was thought that it was just to block their way.

  I didn't realize that the mist was the Inuyasha's prison.

  "Don't you worry."

  Elon said, "Now that we're here, we promise to help you with this."

  The mayor looked like he wanted to say something.

  Finally, he whispered, "I advise you to leave early."

  "This is something that is not for you to fix."

  Elon burst out laughing, "Something I can't fix? Not yet."

  The village chief froze.

  Just then, a burst of scent drifted in from outside.

  The next second, TONY comes in with the meal.

  "The meal is ready."

  He gushed, "Get ready for dinner."

  LVAN is really good at what she does, and with one bag of ingredients, she made ten delicious dishes.

  Stir-fried Beef, Stir-fried Pork with Mushrooms, Stewed Bean Curd with Baby Cabbage, Stir-fried Sweet Potato Leaves with Garlic ...

  Each one exudes a tantalizing aroma.

  "You're a really good cook." Elon complimented.

  A little embarrassed by the comment, lvan lowered his head and said, "That's all I can do."

  Though her head was bowed, she couldn't help the smile that spread across her face.

  She also knew she wasn't well.

  Would have thought that I would have been a complete liability in this mission.

  But now, she can still cook.

  At least it helps.

  "Old Village Chief, come and try this sweet potato leaf."

  Elon smiled and said, "These sweet potato leaves, I managed to snatch them from a bunch of battle-hardened amazons."

  The Mayor couldn't understand.

  But he was really hungry now too.

  It was the first time he had seen such a sumptuous dinner.

  Except he just took a bite.

  Elon immediately smiled and asked, "Village Chief, is it good?"

  The mayor nodded and busied himself, "Delicious."

  And then couldn't resist a few more chopsticks.

  "The village chief."

  "Now you've eaten our meals too."

  "Look, isn't it time to do us a favor."

  Hearing this, the village chief froze.

  His mind went straight to the bait.

  As the saying goes, take the man's hand and eat the man's mouth, now that he had eaten Elon's stuff, he was really embarrassed to refuse Elon's request.

  This young man, he's hiding deep enough.

  "What do you want to do?" The village chief asked.

  "Give a couple of us some room."

  Elon said, "We're staying here for a few days, so please pack out a couple clean rooms."

  "House?"

  The mayor breathed a sigh of relief, thinking it was some kind of big problem.

  "It is true that there are some empty houses in the village that are now unoccupied and can be made available to you."

  "I'll take you there after dinner."

  Had dinner.

  The old village chief led Elon to two houses.

  "The house is unoccupied now."

  "You will live here from now on."

  Elon glanced up and down at the two houses, only one story high, but not too small, sixty-seven square meters spacious.

  Walk in and take a look.

  A bed, a table, and a window.

  The other house is the same way.

  Spartan as hell.

  "This is it?" Elon said, "It's not livable."