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  Chapter 1336 Where are the clues? (Meow is unhappy because there is no game)

 Duanmu Huai is already gearing up and eager to try, planning to have a battle with the opponent to prove his strength.

but………

"clang---"

Listening to the crisp ringing of the bell and looking at the black and white portrait in front of him, Duanmu Huai looked filled with despair.

The reason is simple and there is no doubt about it.

According to the information Duanmu Huai learned, Grandpa Xiujiu's death was normal. It was because there was an earthquake here some time ago, and everyone came out to take refuge. Grandpa Xiujiu had trouble with his legs and feet. When he walked out, he accidentally fell down, and then his head accidentally fell. He bit it on the stone next to him.

He was an old man to begin with, and if he was attacked like this again, he would really have a problem if he could survive.

Moreover, many people were watching at the time, and they could prove that Grandpa Xiujiu did fall by himself, so this... it must be fruitless.

You can't say that the earthquake is suspicious! Earthquakes, volcanoes, eruptions, and typhoons are commonplace in Japan.

So they really just came back to attend the funeral and clean up the aftermath for this relative, as written in the diary?

However, Duanmu Huai did not give up. After all, he had experienced many battles and had seen a lot. This was also the case at the beginning of many games. He came back to pay a funeral for a relative, and then accidentally discovered some hidden seal or secret in his home... This kind of development is not impossible!

You’ll find out when you go to search your house after attending the funeral!

Of course, with Duanmu Huai's identity, he didn't even need to raid his home. After all, he was set to be a relative of the grandpa and came back to handle his funeral affairs. So after the funeral, Duanmu Huai could use the excuse of dealing with the relics to go through Grandpa Xiujiu's house carefully, inside and out!

However………

"What a ghost. Is there really nothing?"

Standing in the empty living room, Duanmu Huai felt numb all over. Grandpa Xiujiu lives in an ordinary farmhouse, with a one-story building and a small courtyard, and he raises some chickens in the back. It's not a big, single-family house, and there's no hidden basement. The warehouse was also filled with farm tools. As for the Duanmuhuai tree in the warehouse, he naturally looked through it and found no strange ancient books or special relics. He even used his Thousand Eyes power to inspect the entire house. The result of the search was nothing.

Really nothing.

This is unscientific and makes no sense.

Duanmu Huai scratched his head, looking puzzled. He thought that nothing was left behind. After all, everything here had been checked by Duanmu Huai. To be on the safe side, he even asked Shajiuye to help with the matter to see if she might be a plot trigger.

As a result, nothing happened.

"elder brother?"

At this moment, Sha Jiuye's voice sounded, and Duanmu Huai turned around, only to see a girl in a black sailor uniform standing quietly in the corridor, staring at him with the same unhappy expression as before.

"The last truck carrying supplies has left just now."

"Oh, it's already this time."

Hearing Shajiuye's words, Duanmuhuai realized that it was already dusk, and the sky outside was already dyed blood red. The entire courtyard was now empty, with nothing left. Shajiuye walked into the living room, glanced at the surrounding rooms that had been disposed of and there was nothing left, and sighed slightly.

"This way, it's all over. To be honest, I never thought I would come back in this way..."

"When a person dies, it's like a lamp goes out. All we can do is let the deceased rest in peace."

Duanmuhuai said lightly, then turned around.

"Okay, let's go too."

"Okay, brother..."

Shajiuye nodded, crossed his arms, and looked around.

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know why, but I always have an uncomfortable feeling, as if something is spying on us in the dark..."

"Uh... maybe it's your imagination."

Duanmuhuai coughed and silently retracted the thousand eyes that opened in the shadow.

Now it seems that the biggest threat to Shajiuye in this place is himself.

Of course, the two of them had no place to live here. They should have been able to live in Grandpa Xiujiu's home, but Duanmuhuai obviously felt that living in the residence of a recently deceased person was too unlucky. And Sha Jiuye seemed to be uneasy because he sensed Duanmu Huai's open thousand eyes at that time, and was unwilling to stay there for a long time.

Fortunately, there was a hotel in this town, so Duanmuhuai and Shajiuye chose to rest there. Perhaps because he was too exhausted from the rush, the funeral, and the subsequent cleaning up, Shajiuye went back to his room to take a shower and rest after dinner.

Duanmu Huai also took a shower and changed his clothes, but instead of resting, he went to the bar in the town.

After all, no clues were found at the old grandpa's house, so now we can only go to the bar to look for it.

Duanmuhuai's arrival caused a small commotion in the bar, but no one paid special attention to it. According to the system's description records, Duanmuhuai and Shajiuye both grew up here when they were children, and everyone knew them. Especially Duanmuhuai - it's really hard to forget (system language).

Duanmuhuai took it as a compliment.

After ordering a glass of wine, Duanmuhuai sat aside and began to listen to the people chatting here. Sure enough, just as Duanmuhuai thought, these people were talking about the death of Grandpa Xiujiu, and based on the usual divergence of human thinking, they naturally talked about the death of Grandpa Xiujiu...the earthquake.

"Speaking of which, the earthquakes have really become more and more violent during this period."

"Really?" "Yeah, didn't Tamura die at the construction site because of the earthquake? Well, his son was only nine years old. What a bad luck."

"Is it also because of the earthquake, Mr. Tamura?"

Hearing this, Duanmuhuai asked curiously, and soon someone nodded.

"Yes, I remember that day he was inspecting the machine, and then suddenly there was an earthquake. Hey, he fell down before he could run... It was so tragic..."

"It seems that earthquakes have been particularly intensive during this period, and the animals in the mountains and forests have also become much more ferocious."

Another man spoke.

"I went hunting in the mountains before, and I even saw bear-like paw prints on the outside..."

"Have you reported it?"

"Of course I reported it, but to be honest, there is nothing I can do. I just want everyone to be careful and not go up the mountain in the near future..."

"Speaking of which, what exactly happened with this earthquake was not reported on the news."

"Are those people in the Earthquake Bureau just for free? When they are needed, none of them do anything!"

People who drank too much naturally started to complain, and Duanmuhuai couldn't understand it. After all, you can't find any source to solve the problem like an earthquake. There's really not much else to do except drink some wine to vent your dissatisfaction.

And Duanmu Huai only got three points of information from these people.

First, earthquakes have become more frequent recently. According to them, the elderly who have lived here all year round said they have never seen such frequent earthquakes before.

Second, it seems that because of the earthquake, the wild beasts in the mountains have become more ferocious. Several people have reported being attacked by wild beasts, and some have even witnessed monsters. Of course, everyone agrees that they may be seeing bears. He might even become a monster.

Third, well... this can only be regarded as incidental information. Because people from the Earthquake Bureau don't care about things, a teacher named Yamahara who is responsible for teaching geography in this town went to the mountains to detect and investigate the source of the earthquake. This testimony A wage earner from a convenience store, according to what he said, the teacher went to the convenience store to buy a box of mineral water and a sleeping bag before leaving, obviously intending to stay in the mountains for a long time.

Of course, it was the second piece of information that caught Duanmuhuai's attention, the wild beasts in the mountains. Although many people thought that it was just a bear being regarded as a monster, Duanmuhuai still planned to go and see it. After all, it seems that there are no useful clues to be found from this old man, so the only choice is to see if there is anything wrong with the place itself...

So early the next morning, after breakfast, Duanmuhuai and Shajiuye left the hotel and headed towards the mountain.

The reason why he brought Shajiuye with him was very simple. During breakfast, Duanmuhuai said that he was going to go for a walk in the nearby mountains, so Shajiuye said that he also wanted to go together...

What else can be done? I had to take it with me.

only………

"Haah...haah..."

As a standard delicate and frail girl, Shajiuye was obviously not good at mountain climbing. She only reached the halfway point of the mountain and she was already breathing heavily from exhaustion.

"So I said, why don't you just take the cable car?"

Looking at Shajiuye who was following behind him, his legs shaking uncontrollably, Duanmuhuai rolled his eyes helplessly, while the latter gasped and stared at Duanmuhuai dissatisfied.

"Then why don't you sit down, brother?"

"Do you think that thing will collapse if I sit on it?"

Duanmuhuai spread his hands and stared at Shajiuye. The latter was silent for a moment and sighed again.

"We've come this far, I need to take a rest... ugh..."

At this moment, Shajiuye suddenly frowned and covered his nose.

"What does it smell like? It stinks..."

"smell?"

Duanmuhuai was stunned for a moment, then he smelled it carefully, and sure enough, a foul smell rushed towards him, and this smell was not unfamiliar to Duanmuhuai. This was...

The stench of rotting corpses!

"Shasha, Shasha..."

At the same time, the trees not far away began to shake, as if something was approaching.

"Shajiuye, hide behind me."

As Duanmuhuai spoke, he walked up to Shajiuye and clenched his fists. Shajiuye seemed to instinctively feel some kind of danger and backed away uneasily.

Duanmuhuai stared at the bushes, and saw the rustling sound getting closer and closer, and then - as the bushes suddenly parted, a tall black figure roared out and rushed towards Duanmuhuai!