Anime: About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Near the fence located behind the village, Lu Minghao, in his thumb-sized body, carefully squeezed through, constantly observing the surroundings warily, guarding against a hidden ambush.

"Good, temporarily safe. The infiltration is going smoothly so far."

A few minutes later, after testing several times and finding no danger, Lu Minghao finally relaxed a little and began to survey the surroundings. Before him was a patch of ground covered with weeds, and not far away, several wooden barrels were piled up at the corner of the wall. Further away, under a large tree, was a pit emitting a foul and pungent odor.

Above the pit, a large number of flies were buzzing around incessantly. The weeds around the edge of the pit had obviously been cleared, and there was a dirt path on the grass, bearing the marks of frequent foot traffic.

"This should be the backyard of a villager's house. Seriously, don't they find it smelly to have an open-air toilet so close to the house?"

After confirming his location, Lu Minghao hopped and skipped towards the dirt path, glancing at the pit under the big tree. He couldn't fathom what this family was thinking, building their toilet so close to the house.

Did they think that every meal should be accompanied by a hint of excrement to make it more flavorful?

Before long, Lu Minghao followed the dirt path to the front of the house, where a main road about four meters wide appeared. Wooden houses were haphazardly built on both sides of the road, and children were running around with wooden sticks, while the voices of parents calling out could be heard from inside the houses.

"Looks like just an ordinary human village."

Lu Minghao shrank into the shadows under a wooden house, observing everything in front of him. Then, he raised his head and carefully examined each of the villagers in the distance. The magic energy they emitted was normal, perfectly matching the appearance of ordinary villagers.

"Speaking of which, how should I find out where I am from these humans? Should I just grab one and interrogate them? Or should I find the information I need myself?"

In the shadows, Lu Minghao watched the villagers passing by and began to consider which method would be better. Kidnapping a villager and threatening him to tell him would certainly be quick, but afterwards, for his own safety, Lu Minghao would have to kill the villager to prevent him from notifying adventurers to come and get rid of him.

Then, considering that the disappearance of a villager would definitely attract the attention of all the villagers, he would have to wipe out the entire village.

How should he put it? Lu Minghao wouldn't mind doing that, nor would he be numb to it. After all, he had originally planned to do just that: first use a clone to scout out the situation in the village, then take advantage of the night to envelop the entire village with poisonous fog, and then, after figuring out the information he needed.

He would directly erase the entire village from a physical sense with poisonous fog, just like those giant rats before, ensuring that not even a trace would be left.

As for whether doing so would be too cruel, that was none of Lu Minghao's business. After all, he was just a slime; could he possibly visit them openly and have these villagers tell him the information he needed?

That's just ridiculous.

The villagers on the watchtower before had unhesitatingly planned to kill Lu Minghao. In this world, monsters and humans are fundamentally opposed to each other. Monsters kill humans, humans kill monsters... this is a truth that has existed since the birth of the world.

Didn't he see what happened to Lu Minghao's other kind, who had the idea of not harming humans?

Therefore, the moment he recognized his slime identity, Lu Minghao understood that he was a monster, an enemy in the eyes of the humans of this world. The most he could do was to not attack those humans before they showed hostility, and once they did, then Lu Qiming could only let them rest in his body.

"Although that's what I say, but..."

The next second, Lu Minghao sighed. If he hadn't met Sally, Lu Minghao would have unhesitatingly carried out the previous plan. But the problem was that now, this village was, after all, where Sally had once lived, and it was also the home of her father and Grandma Oran.

Moreover, although these villagers had driven Sally out of the village, they at least allowed Sally to live near the village. Before, when Sally stood in front of him, the villagers on the watchtower also chose to stop attacking.

Therefore, even for Sally's sake, Lu Minghao had to use a gentler approach.

"Thank Sally for that."

After muttering to himself, Lu Minghao's body sank into the shadows and quietly slipped into the wooden house next to him. In the shadows of the corner, Lu Minghao quietly poked his head out and surveyed the surroundings. The empty room was filled with the aura of life, with a small amount of slightly dilapidated furniture... It was just an ordinary villager's house.

"Let me see if there are any things like books or maps."

Inside the room, Lu Minghao followed the shadows and began to search through everything in the wooden house: the firewood in the corner of the room, the chipped wooden bowls, the dirty, ragged farm tools, and the rough clothing. After searching the entire room, Lu Minghao didn't find what he needed.

Looking at the pile of messy things in front of him, there were even two pieces of cured meat that Lu Minghao had found from the most hidden corner.

"Speaking of which, am I being stupid?"

The next second, Lu Minghao remembered something he had subconsciously overlooked, which was that in this world, knowledge and things like maps were not something ordinary villagers could possess, completely different from his previous world.

"Sure enough, I still have to go directly to the village chief's house. If I still can't find it, I can only use plan one!"

Saying that, Lu Minghao swallowed the two pieces of cured meat in front of him in one gulp. With the principle that since he was already here, he couldn't leave empty-handed, Lu Minghao decided to take these two pieces of cured meat back and give Sally some nourishment tonight.

Afterwards, Lu Minghao once again merged into the shadows. This time, he went directly towards the largest wooden house in the center of the village. Before long, Lu Minghao skillfully slipped into the village chief's house along the shadows.

Compared to the dilapidated houses of the previous villagers, the village chief's house was obviously much better. The furniture was much more complete, and various animal horns and furs were hung on the walls for decoration. A plate of fresh red fruit was also placed on the table.

"Not bad, not bad, there should be a lot of gains this time."

Satisfied with surveying the village chief's house, Lu Minghao began to look for what he needed. Before long, in a room, on a table, Lu Minghao found what he needed, but there was a problem in front of Lu Minghao: he didn't seem to recognize the words of this world.

"Who!"

Just as Lu Minghao was looking at the string of strange words in front of him, the door behind him was suddenly pushed open, and a man in his fifties with some gray hair rushed in.