Ch. 2441..2450
Chapter 2441
Angeline said, "Perhaps I'm just viewing things through rose-tinted glasses here, but I'm willing to live with this vague hope. At the very least, I have some hope."
Jay held Angelina's hand and said bitterly," Can you think about me more when you're sad, Angeline?"
Angeline felt like she was about to tear up and nodded.
That was right. Even though the world was full of all kinds of hardships, as long as Jay was by her side, it was a great blessing.
The trip to Yorks Stronghold was related to Robbie's chances of survival. Zayne was shaken and looked at Josie with slight expectation.
Josie was only silent for a moment, then she said, "Zayne, I'll go with you. Robbie was our family member. If we're able to bring him back, as his aunt, I can't just stand idly by." Angeline was moved to tears. "Josie, thank you for showing such love to Robbie."
Josie said, "That nephew of mine was always affectionate and righteous to me. I should do something for him as well."
Zayne was very happy and he held Josie's hand with tears in his eyes. "Let's go there together, Josie."
Angeline looked at Jay coldly, and her eyes were clearly saying, 'Even the uncle and aunt are doing something for Robbie, so can I, the mother, be absent? Are you sure?'
Jay merely smiled and said, "Angeline, I'll be taking you as well.
Only Shirley was the one who had yet to make a statement. Everyone looked at her.
Shirley showed a distressed look on her face. "I'd like to go with you as well, but the children are still so young. If you leave them in Imperial Capital, you'll keep thinking about them. So, in order to let you go search for Robbie without any worries, I've decided that I'll stay and take care of the children."
Angeline and Josie felt relieved of their burdens.
Now that everyone had reached an agreement, under Angelina's proposal, they decided to set off tomorrow.
Jay would also bring the four Ghost leaders like Grayson and the others with them. As for Jens and Whitney, as they were happily dating, Jay decided to not bother them.
The next day, Jay took them all to Yorks Stronghold.
They were sitting on the plane that was flying across the sky. Angeline silently looked at the blue sky in a daze.
For some reason, her head was
inexplicably groggy and her eyes were hazy Those white clouds seemed to move in front of her eyes, merged together, and
son Velly
turned into a dragon... oh no python.
Angeline was terrified of this. It appeared she started to see things.
She rubbed her eyes, opened them again, and found that the python made of clouds was more lifelike now, with white scales and a lazy demeanor. It tangled its long and thick body together, and then straightened its head.
Angeline saw its eyes, which were exactly like Robbie's eyes, and it winked at her playfully.
Then, the python opened its mouth and spat out cloud circles playfully.
For some reason, Angeline remembered those naughty pictures of Robbie when he was a child and she burst into tears instantly. "Baby Robbie."
When Jay heard Angelina's low murmur, he looked at Zhengling in surprise. "Do you miss him, Angeline?"
His voice instantly scared away the naughty python. It dispersed into the clouds, and Angeline regained consciousness again.
She turned to look at Jay. "I think I saw Robbie, Jaybie." Angeline was stunned after saying this. What she saw was obviously a python, how could it be Robbie? Nonetheless, the python looked a lot like Robbie.
Jay took her into his arms and comforted her, "I know you miss him. Can you think more about things that will make you happy, Angeline? I'm worried that your body can't stand it."
Chapter 2442
Chapter 2442
Angeline also knew about her body's special condition. If she were to get anxious and tense, she would inevitably experience symptoms of weakness and paralysis. She worked hard to adjust her state. Every time she was on the verge of collapse, she forced herself to think more about those who were still alive. In this way, she could feel better.
The plane landed at the county airport near Yorks Stronghold. It was obviously hot in July, and it was also the most comfortable weather at noon. It stood to reason that the small city should be full of vibrance, but when they looked up, they felt that the city had become desolate and dead. There were no living creatures anywhere, just icy buildings, streets, and dead trees.
"Don't you feel like something's wrong, Cousin?" Cole asked him.
Jay rolled his eyes at him. "Need you ask?"
Zayne quickly and instinctively took Josie into his arms, wanting to protect her. Josie pushed him and said, "Don't be a coward, Zayne."
Angeline deliberately made fun of Josie. "H e merely has you in his heart and is worried about your safety. Don't forget to count your blessings."
Then, she pretended to be hypocritical and said, "I'd like for someone to protect me as well, but there's unfortunately no one."
Jay inexplicably accepted the unjust ridicule. He turned his head to look at
Angeline. "I'll protect you." Then, he picked her up in a princess-style.
It made Josie laugh out loud.
Angeline pounded on his chest. "Put me down. I just said it casually to tease the young couple."
Josie was actually a simple fellow, and her thoughts were not exquisite enough. Hearing Angelina's reminder, she subconsciously realized that Zayne was showing care for her. A sense of sweetness surged in her heart.
At that moment, she suddenly felt that the images of her and Zayne's trust collapsing were not important anymore.
Jay looked at Angeline dotingly and said," And I fell into the trap?"
Seeing them look at each other affectionately, Cole looked at his side again. There was no one there.
He cleared his throat and said very anxiously, "I knew that I should've brought Shirley here too."
The Ghost members could not help but laugh.
Cole said, "Fine. You guys go ahead and show off your affections for each other. I'll look around for someone to ask about the situation."
Then, Cole walked toward the residential building near the airport.
Jay and the others waited for him for a long time before they saw him walking out of the residential building in a panic.
"Something's happened," said Jay.
Zayne said, "Could it be that the monster from Yorks Stronghold came here to cause trouble?"
As they were talking, Cole had already run over.
With his hands on his hips, he was panting badly as he said, "Damn it. 1 didn't See
such a single living thing in
big residential building. Don't
think it's strange?"
Jay asked solemnly, "If you didn't see any living creatures, how do you know they're alive or dead?"
Cole said, "It's like the town is in ruins as if no one has ever lived here."
Jay asked again, "How long has it been, do you think?"
Cole looked at Jay with a very surprised expression.
"Cousin, I'm saying it's as if no one has ever lived here."
Everyone gasped from his words In order to find out the whole story, Jay finally decided to go there in person.
When all of them stepped into the residential building, it was obviously a modern building on the outside, but the structure inside blew their minds.
There were broken walls and a forest of white bones inside. Just looking at the architectural features of the ruins, they could not overlap this with any dynasty in history. en.swhovels.net
"This... What the hell is going on? When we came here a few years ago, it wasn't like this," said Zayne in a panic.
Jay instructed Grayson, "Take a few photos."
Chapter 2443
Chapter 2443
Grayson took his phone out and used the camera function. He simply aimed at a few corners and pressed the button. Then, Grayson specially got some close-up shots of the relief patterns depicted on the buildings.
After Grayson was done taking photos, Jay instructed him, "Grayson, send the photos of these special patterns to the museum curator. Tell him to check the origin of these relief patterns for us."
Grayson said, "Alright." Then, he immediately opened the curator's social account, sent the photos all at once, and left a message to the curator: [Mr. Fann, will you mind helping us confirm the origin of this building's relief patterns as seen in these photos?] After dealing with the matter of the photos, Jay and Cole discussed rushing over to Yorks Stronghold.
Cole was quite worried. "Jay, do you think Yorks Stronghold had already become a pile of ruins?"
Jay suddenly reached out and pinched Cole's face with force. Cole cried out in pain and said, "What on earth are you doing?"
"If Yorks Stronghold is just like this city that has turned into ruins, I think the only explanation is that this city never existed in the first place."
Cole's eyes showed his startlement. "If Yorks Stronghold has turned into ruins, then are you saying the people in Yorks Stronghold never actually existed?" Jay nodded.
Cole stretched out his hand toward Jay and said, "Quick, tell me whether or not I'm a real person."
Jay said, "We'll know once we get to Yorks Stronghold."
Hence, the group of people rushed over to Yorks Stronghold.
On the way over, Grayson had been keeping an eye out for the curator's reply. After some time, he suddenly shouted in surprise.
"Look at this, Sir Ares."
Grayson was so stirred up that everyone turned to look at him.
Grayson handed the phone over to Jay, and Jay noticed that a large number of the photos they sent had inexplicably disappeared.
For example, the broken walls and delicate relief patterns in the ruins were completely invisible in the photos. Only very little part of the street view was revealed. This entire thing was simply bizarre.
Everyone felt a little frightened. However, Angeline thought of something and started laughing.
Jay looked at the abnormal
Angeline, who explained to him,
"Since this place is so bizarre,
Jaybie, doesn't this mean that
there's some truth to what Prie.net
Zyda said? Perhaps our Baby Robbie can truly come back."
When the crowd heard Angelina's hopeful words, they suddenly became happy again.
"That Priestess Zyda truly is some sort of godly existence," said Cole quietly.
While they were talking, they had come to the opening of a narrow and winding road.
Looking at the road leading up the mountain, Jay suddenly grew somewhat angry with Cole. "Can this road lead us to the top of the mountain?" Cole said, "Yep."
Jay was throwing a fit because the
first time he came to Yorks
Stronghold, he was fooled into
taking the cable car up the
mountain, which was an extremely dangerous way up. it was nothing to him, it had caused
suffering to Angeline who was blind at the time.
Zayne immediately complained, "What the hell? So there's a mountain road that leads us to the top of the mountain? Then you lot fooled us into taking a dangerous way up last time!" Cole explained, "Well, who would've thought that you fools were relatives of mine? People from Yorks Stronghold have never been friendly to outsiders."
Angeline could not stand watching these men huddling and grumbling around any longer. She was anxious to go up to Yorks Stronghold and find Robbie. Hence, Angeline urged. "Will you boys stop with the O nonsense? Let's go quickly."
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Chapter 2444
The group of people trekked on the mountain road and finally reached Yorks Stronghold.
It stood to reason that when Cole Yorks, the young master of Yorks Stronghold, returned home, he should be receiving a warm welcome from the villagers of Yorks Stronghold. On the contrary, however, the entire place was terribly deserted. The scenery remained the same, and there were buildings around too. However, there was no sign of life.
Cole and Jay looked at each other, then they hurried to the house in front of them.
When they entered the house, they happened to hear the creaking of a door. Several of them paused and silently looked at the person who opened the door.
Then, they saw an elderly man coming in. Cole called out to him, "Uncle?"
However, the man seemed to be unable to hear his voice and kept walking forward.
"Is he deaf?" Josie asked.
Cole was in disbelief. "Uncle's hearing has always been very good."
Jay fixed his gaze on the old man. Seeing how slow his movements were, Jay speculated. "I think he's gone deaf and blind. Cole, go up there and ask him where the people in Yorks Stronghold have gone to."
Cole stepped forward and stood still in front of the old man. However, he noticed that the old man's eyes could not focus on him. Cole proceeded to wave his hand in front of the old man, but he did not give the slightest response. He continued to do his own thing slowly.
At this time, Cole called out to him loudly," Uncle! Can you see me?!"
The man did not respond again.
Angeline said, "He's truly deaf and blind."
Cole looked at the old man with great disappointment. Nonetheless, seeing that he was struggling to fetch water but his hands were able to accurately grab the handle of the bucket, Cole felt somewhat curious.
He wanted to pull the old man's hand elsewhere to see his reaction.
Unexpectedly, when his hand touched his. Cole's face turned pale in shock and he staggered backward.
Jay noticed something. He looked at
Cole with inquiring eyes, and when
he saw Cole sitting on the floorin fright, he knew that something weird was up.
"What's going on, Cole? Why are you scared witless?" Zayne asked.
Cole was so frightened that he could not speak. "He... He... He's so cold."
Zayne snorted. "I thought that you were brave? How could that scare you? The body temperature of the elderly is always colder. What's the fuss?"
Cole's expression did not ease up, and he looked up at Jay with a horrified expression.
Jay was stunned for a while, then he stepped forward to get the answer himself.
When Jay walked up to the old man and touched his hand, his deep eyes instantly turned deeper. He was completely astonished.
"Oh? So, there is something wrong?" said Zayne.
Although Jay was not as scared witless as Cole was, his expression was full of surprise. Angeline asked him curiously, "Is there a problem, Jaybie?"
Jay said, "His body temperature is as cold as a reptile's."
Angeline abruptly thought of pythons. Pythons were also cold-blooded animals.
However, she quickly shook her head. Angeline felt as if she had been possessed. Lately, everything she saw looked like a python. She would quickly associate anything that was said with pythons as well.
Jay looked at Angeline with concern in his eyes.
"Let's go, Angeline." Jay lent an arm to support Angeline as they walked to the place where jacarandas were planted in Yorks Stronghold.
He still remembered that when he
lived in Yorks Stronghold a few
years ago, the old man gave his net
a
small courtyard and he planted many jacarandas around.
"Let's look for a place to stay for now. Cole." Jay suggested.
Cole said, 'Then I'll go back home and take a look at the things there." "Mm," Jay responded.
Chapter 2445 Chapter 2445 They each returned to their homes.
However, after a few years, those once magnificent villas had turned into ancient buildings. The accumulation of dust was heavy, while the original clear and vibrant patterns had become blurry with age. It was as though their vividness had been swept away by the years.
"How could this be?" Josie lamented. "What kind of ghost town is this?"
Her little sigh caused Jay's brain to feel like it was struck by lightning. A new thought popped up in his head.
"Ghost?"
Zayne nodded. "Did we run into a ghost, Jay?"
Jay lowered his head and said nothing. In his mind, however, he remembered the words of Priestess Zyda. She said that Robbie would come back to life. Would it not mean he would become human again after being a ghost?
Josie and Zayne felt that this place was making their blood run cold. They were somewhat frightened. However, Angeline comforted them. "If it's truly a ghost being crafty, then this ghost is my Robbie. What's so scary about that?"
Josie said, "Sis Angeline, if it's truly Baby Robbie, we won't be afraid. But how do you know if it really is Robbie?"
Jay suddenly recalled the strange tomb mentioned by Cole and excitedly told Angeline, "Angeline, there's a strange tomb in this mountain. Perhaps the place is being haunted by the occupant of the tomb. Cole and I will head over there, so all of you stay here for a while. You can rest in the meantime."
Zayne wanted to join in on the excitement and said, "I'm going too."
Jay said, "You're weak now and perhaps won't be able to cope if there are any emergencies. We'd have to protect you. You should stay here instead." Zayne did not insist on going anymore." Okay, then "
Just like that, Jay asked the Ghost Members to stay back and protect Angeline and the rest. Meanwhile, he and Cole stepped into the mountain energetically. This mountain was tall, straight, and steep. The greenery went as far as the eye could see. It was just a huge piece of green land.
Jay looked at Cole and asked, "Do you remember the way to the tomb?"
"Of course," said Cole arrogantly. "I grew up around here."
When they walked into the deep mountains, they encountered some passersby on the way. Their expressions were stiff just like marionettes. Cole greeted them but they ignored him.
"Do they look possessed to you?" Cole proceeded to ask Jay.
"Yeah. So we have to find a way to get rid of the evil spirit."
As they walked deeper in, they felt the temperature drop sharply.
Cole said in surprise, "Why did the temperature suddenly drop?" He shivered while hugging his arms. "It's so cold!"
Jay suddenly thought of those people outside. Their body temperature was very cold too. It was unusual, indeed.
Could it have something to do with this place?
"Cole, wasn't your uncle's body temperature similar to the temperature here?"
Cole had an epiphany. "Yes! Did Uncle come to this place before? Is that why he started acting abnormally?"
Jay quickened his pace to explore the place.
However, the farther they went, the lower the temperature dropped.
Both of them could not bear the cold anymore Cole said, "Why don't...we give up, Jay...? Let's come... back tomorrow." Since it was freezing, even his words were no longer as smooth.
Jay glanced at Cole and found that his face was frighteningly white. Even his lips seemed like they had been drained of blood. They knew that if they went farther, without any measures to keep out the cold, they might die here.
"Let's go." Jay lent an arm to Cole and they walked back.
At this time, they suddenly heard a rustling sound from behind like a beast was crawling forward.
Jay and Cole looked at each other, both of them holding their breaths at this moment. Then, the two turned their heads and WH slowly back.
What they saw was that inside that thick forest, everything was shaking violently as though experiencing the baptism of violent wind and rain.
Chapter 2446 Chapter 2446 Cole gritted his chattering teeth and said," Jay, this place might be infested with large beasts. Let's leave quickly."
The nip in the air was terrifying.
Jay saw that Cole's face was turning blue and he could not resist the cold any longer. Even if they saw a beast, they would not be able to subdue it in the state they were in now. Jay pulled Cole as they quickly left the place.
Back at home, Angeline and Josephine had already prepared dinner and were waiting for them to return.
When Jay and Cole entered the house, Angeline noticed that their faces were unusually pale. She quickly added layers of clothes on them.
She turned on the stove again and brought it to the living hall.
Jay's and Cole's body temperature slowly warmed up.
Zayne asked them curiously, "Where did the two of you go, Jay? Why are your bodies so cold?"
Jay immediately turned his head to look at Cole. "What is that place?"
Cole said suspiciously, "That place is called Oolong Mountain. I used to play there a lot when I was a kid, but it wasn't so cold there back then."
A look of surprise appeared on Jay's handsome face. He said, "It seems that we need to explore that place again."
Cole said to him with lingering fear, "But the temperature there is so low that we can't go far at all. Even if we're lucky and get into the depths of it, what should we do: f we encounter that beast again?" Jay could not think of a method as well.
That night, something happened inside the stronghold.
Someone rushed over to Cole in a panic. When he saw Cole, the guy almost immediately knelt down and hugged his leg. With snot and tears streaming down his face, he said, "You're finally back, Young Master! I saw the lights on here, so I knew that you were back.
"Why'd you only come back now? Such a big thing has happened in Yorks Stronghold, but all of you weren't around. The villagers here were stuck without a leader and we had no idea what to do."
Cole touched the young man's face while trembling. He was relieved to feel that he was warm. He breathed a sigh of relief and said to Jay, "He's normal."
Jay questioned him patiently, "Tell me. What happened in Yorks Stronghold?"
The young man wiped away his tears and said while stammering, "I'd have to start from the sixth of last month..."
"The sixth of last month?" Angeline exclaimed in surprise.
Others looked at her curiously when Angeline continued sadly, "Isn't that the date our Robbie left us?"
Jay's heart sank slightly. He then agitatedly urged the young man to continue, "Continue the story."
The young man said, "That afternoon, we suddenly heard a huge rumbling sound from Oolong Mountain as if the mountain was collapsing. Some people thought it was strange, so they went to find out what was going on. Unexpectedly, those who went ov became the walking dead when they came back home. They couldn't speak nor hear anything."
Cole suddenly thought of the deaf and mute old man. He added in a stirred up manner, "Were they cold to the touch as well?"
"Yes, yes!" said the young man.
Cole felt frightened as he and Jay had also gone to Oolong Mountain in the afternoon. He was worried if he would also become a walking dead.
He hesitantly felt his body temperature and pinched himself.
Looking at his strange behavior, Jay comforted him. "Rest assured. Since we were able to successfully leave Oolong Mountain, it means we're unharmed." Only then did Cole feel more relieved. He continued to ask the young man, "And then what?"
The young man said, "Perhaps since such a mysterious and strange thing had happened in Yorks Stronghold, it attracted the attention of explorers from outside.
Recently, a group of strangers came to the village. I could sense that those people shouldn't be messed with."
Chapter 2447 Chapter 2447 After the young man said this, he suddenly remembered another thing and said, "Oh, by the way, the girls adopted by the Ares family also showed up in Yorks Stronghold recently." Angeline's face revealed a sense of joy. "It's Andy and the others."
Jay turned his head to the Ghost members and said, "Immediately go search for Andy and the others on Oolong Mountain."
Grayson was wild with joy and excitedly rubbed his hands.
When Jay saw his expression, he changed his instructions. "Grayson, you stay behind."
Grayson's jaw was wide open in shock. His good mood quickly dissipated.
Seeing the playful smile on Jay's lips, Grayson secretly condemned himself. Jay had always taught them to be calm and show indifference. He just could not seem to do it.
Now, he was being punished by Sir Ares.
Nonetheless, Angeline pitied Grayson and said, "Jaybie, why don't you let Grayson tag along?"
Jay glared at him and warned, "Love will make a botch of things. So, remember to only talk about business and not about love. When we're back in Imperial Capital, you can do whatever you want." "Yes, sir." Grayson received the order.
After the Ghost members left the small building, Storm, Tempest, and the others secretly laughed at Grayson.
Grayson was red in the face and said," When you boys meet the girl you like, you'll lose even more self-control than me."
Storm had no thought of settling down. "All I know is bachelors don't have to take care of an entire family and only himself. So, we can be carefree and without worries. It's an unfettered life with the most freedom."
Tempest said, "I probably won't like any other girls either."
Grayson said, "Fine, fine, fine. In the future, when you're old and hospitalized, I'll be responsible for pulling your plugs."
Tempest said, "You're clearly older than us, so we won't know who'll leave first."
While they were bickering, they walked toward the densely populated villages in the stronghold.
When they walked to the entrance of the village, they took a whiff of something strong.
Grayson covered his nose and said, "What's that smell?"
Storm said, "It's realgar."
Tempest's face changed. "Could the monster in the village be a python?"
Several people looked at each other and smiled, then walked forward with courage.
On the ground ahead, plenty of realgar could be seen scattered.
Grayson and the others entered the village and asked a villager, "Big Brother, why'd you sprinkle so much realgar? Are there a lot of snakes around here?"
The man said with lingering fear, "You are "We're friends of your young master."
It was as if the man had seen his hero. He immediately invited them into his house enthusiastically, saying, "Everyone has no idea whether or not this place is infested with snakes because everyone who has seen the monster is gone. Judging from the wounds on the victims, we concluded that it's a very big python. There are ruma very in Yorks Stronghold that the python is the guardian of the tomb, and it has protected the tomb for many years. We've never broken into Oolong Mountain, so everyone has always been safe and sound. But we don't know why, on the sixth of last month, the mountain collapsed and the tomb might've suffered some damage. Hence, this monster escaped to stir up trouble."
Grayson, Tempest, and the others all thought the same thing. Why did Robbie's death happen on the same day as the collapse of the mountain on Yorks Stronghold? Mountain If it was a coincidence, that could not explain the power of the python emblem in Robbie's hands.
If Robbie was directly related to this python, then the matter was too mysterious.
"By the way, have you seen a couple of beautiful girls around?" Grayson was still focused on his mission.
"Yes. They came by yesterday. By the way, they seem to be chasing a group of outlaws. Those outlaws are said to be looking for treasure in Yorks Stronghold. I don't know he wwhat kind of people they were looking for but the girls wanted to stop them. Both sides had fired shots several times."
Chapter 2448 Chapter 2448 Grayson immediately became nervous. "Andy and the others are in danger. We have to find them as soon as possible."
Storm teased him by saying, "Your concern is out of place here. With those girls' skills, there are very few people who can pose a threat to them." Grayson hurriedly walked out and replied to Storm, "You think too highly of them.
They're just a group of weak girls."
At this time, there was a gunshot at the top of the mountain. Grayson and the others quickly ran toward the top of the mountain.
Halfway up the mountain, they bumped into Thirteen.
Thirteen was astonished to see them. "Why are you here?"
When Tempest saw Thirteen, his face immediately darkened.
"Thirteen, they told us that you're the one who caused Robbie's death. Is this true?"
Thirteen did not try to defend herself.
Although Robbie was not killed by her, he still died because of her.
As she was silent, Tempest and the others were very angry. Storm started blaming Thirteen, saying, "Don't you know how well the Ares family has treated you? Robie regards the lives of you girls more highly than his own. How could you bear to hurt the person who treats you the best in this world?"
Thirteen's eyes instantly turned red.
She muttered, "I didn't kill Robbie. I never thought of hurting him. Moreover, he died in the military intelligence division, so he sacrificed his life for justice." Tempest and Storm stopped talking.
When all was said and done, Thirteen was still the Ares family's adopted daughter. They could not wrongfully accuse her without evidence.
Grayson asked Thirteen, "Where are you going? What about Andy and the others?"
Thirteen was being secretive and glanced a t him. Then, she said, "I'm sorry, Gray.
We're different people now. Our work must be kept confidential." After she was done talking, Thirteen hurried away.
"She's making things unnecessarily complicated," said Grayson.
Tempest guessed, "Oh? Could it be that these girls joined the National Defense Security Agency?"
Grayson's jaw was wide open...
In order to find Andy, Grayson came to his senses and said quickly, "Follow her!"
However, Thirteen was extremely difficult to deal with. After flying across the trees and leaving no trace, she completely disappeared.
Grayson said to himself, "This girl's martial arts skills are really unfathomable."
Tempest said, "She's the youngest but the best in martial arts."
Grayson touched his chin in desolation. At this moment, the sky was getting darker and darker. The mountain road was not easy to trek. Grayson said, "Let's head back for now."
However, when they went down the mountain, it was a coincidence that they met Thirteen again. However, this time, instead of disturbing her, they followed her secretly.
Thirteen actually entered Oolong Mountain. Grayson and the others originally followed Thirteen in, but it was getting colder and colder.
it Although they insisted on following her at first, they soon stollow. ne shivering from the cold.
"Let's head back." Grayson had no choice but to change his mind.
Tempest looked at Thirteen, who was shuttling in freely. There was a hint of confusion in his eyes.
"Why isn't that girl afraid of the cold?"
Grayson did not even bother thinking about it and said, "Hurry up and stop her. She's showing off. I'm just afraid that if she goes in, she'll be one of those walking dead." Then, Storm shouted loudly, "Quickly come back here. Thirteen!"
Thirteen slowly turned around. When she saw them, she was slightly stunned. She smiled at them, waved, and headed farther: n again.
Her movements were very agile and lively, clearly different from Grayson and the others.
Grayson and the others were so frozen that they could barely move. They could only make their way out. When they were near the entrance, they started jumping around and doing some warm-up exercises.
Grayson started racking his brain on planning how to rescue Thirteen.
Chapter 2449 Chapter 2449 Tempest was suddenly perplexed. "Why is Thirteen able to go in but we can't? We're big men. We can't possibly be worse than her in withstanding the cold, right?"
This sentence immediately made Grayson and Storm feel suspicious of Thirteen as well.
Then, Grayson said to himself, "Perhaps the cold has no effect on Thirteen?"
While several people were discussing it, Thirteen came out.
Grayson stepped forward and pulled Thirteen over to ask her, "What did you see when you went in, Thirteen?"
Thirteen said, "I can't tell you."
Afterward, she did a smooth exit.
Grayson was fuming.
"Is she putting her guard up against us? That silly girl is disloyal."
On the way back, Grayson and the others ran into a few bizarre villagers.
One was blind, the other was deaf, and the last had lost his tongue... The three looked similar in age and appearance, so they should be brothers from the same family.
The meticulous Tempest immediately became suspicious. "I've never heard of there being three brothers who lost their senses in Yorks Stronghold."
Grayson teased, "There are too many things you haven't heard about."
Tempest rolled his eyes at him. "We lived in Yorks Stronghold for so long. I know everything about the families in Yorks Stronghold very clearly. These brothers were by no means deaf and mute before this." As soon as he was done talking, Tempest immediately turned his head to catch up with the villagers.
"Brothers."
The villagers stopped, and Tempest asked them humbly, "How did you get your injuries?"
He pointed toward their missing eyes, ears, and tongue.
The villager who could speak answered dejectedly, "Curiosity killed the cat."
Tempest continued, "Can you tell us what kind of terrible things you experienced?"
The villager said, "I can't tell you. If we do, you'll end up like us."
Grayson and Storm looked at each other in dismay.
Thinking of Thirteen's words at this moment, the two were immediately inquisitive about the mystery in Oolong Mountain.
Tempest did not make things difficult for the villagers and merely stared as he sent them off.
Grayson patted him on the shoulder and reminded him. "They've left."
Tempest muttered to himself, "One's eyes were dug out, one's ears were chopped off, and one's tongue ewas cut off... I know what happened to them."
Grayson and Storm immediately went over. "What?" 'One brother Uj leaked the news of what they saw one told others about what they heard and one revealed what was said Hence, they were punished accordingly."
Grayson shuddered. 'That's terrifying. Let's go back."
The group returned and told Jay and Cole what they had seen and heard. Both of them found it extremely mysterious. This further strengthened Jay's determination to explore the mystery.
In the evening, they were fully armed, wearing the thickest and warmest equipment to explore Oolong Mountain again. Meanwhile, Angeline and Josie stayed at home to rest.
When the group came to Oolong Mountain, they already started to feel a chill.
Cole was stunned. "Why is it colder than during the day?"
Jay said, "If it's sometimes cold and warm a t other times, that means the cold thing is moving."
As soon as these words came out, Grayson and the others immediately panicked.
They cautiously walked over.
They did not know how far they had walked, but they went farther than previously. Of course, the temperature was also colder. However, they were wearing clothes to keep out the cold and were barely able to resist it.
They walked on a mountain path, and the winding path led them to a secluded place.
When they made their way to the front, they found that the path ended there.
Chapter 2450
Chapter 2450
Cole was extremely surprised and said," There used to be a road here. How could it be gone?"
At the end of the path was a jungle of thorns. However, there was a small path that had opened up beside it. Zayne merely thought that Cole might have remembered it wrong and suggested, "There's a path over here. Let's go this way instead."
Hence, they took the path on the side instead.
After walking for some time, they discovered that it was an endless trail. Moreover, there were constant tall bushes blocking the view on both sides of the trail.
When they returned to a fork in the road again, Jay sensed that something was wrong and said, "We might've fallen into a ghost's trap."
Zayne was so frightened that he jumped on top of Jay's body, causing Jay to immediately give him a death stare. Only then did Zayne slowly get down from him. Then, he hid behind Cole and asked him, "I s there truly a ghost on this mountain, Cole?"
Cole said, "I don't know. In any case, I've never seen one before."
Zayne breathed a sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly, Jay continued to say, "This is bad. The other party must be planning something to keep us trapped here."
Zayne was frightened stiff once again.
Cole replied to Jay, "That's certainly the case."
Nonetheless, after thinking about it for a long time, they still did not know what the other party was planning.
At this moment, the jacaranda was blooming in the yard.
Then, there was a low, rustling voice.
Angeline was a light sleeper. She heard the unusual sound and got up to check the situation.
Ang eline followed the sound and arrived at the courtyard. When she saw the monster invading the courtyard, she was so frightened that she almost fainted.
She looked straight at the behemoth in front of her. Its body was coiled in a circle, its head was straight, and it was almost looking right at Angeline.
Angeline wanted to run, but for some reason, her feet seemed to have frozen. Her entire body had gotten too limp to move.
Seeing that Angeline was not moving, the monster slowly crawled toward her.
Angeline turned pale with fright.
Under the moonlight, the black
scales of the python flickered in a seductive cold light. After it approached Angeline, it did not. attack her immediately but slowly slithered onto her like a child Its body wrapped around hers in circles.
Angeline knew that in the next moment, it would probably tighten its powerful muscles and suffocate her to death.
She started shivering in fright.
Angeline prayed in her heart, 'Please don't hurt me.'
The weird thing was that the python did not have the intention to hurt her. Moreover, it leaned its face against Angeline's, rubbing her face affectionately.
It was just like a spoiled child.
Angeline's fear disappeared in an instant.
She stared at the python blankly.
Its eyes were round and very beautiful.
Seeing that she was also looking at itself, it started blinking playfully.
Angeline was dumbfounded.
The python seemed to be intelligent.
At this time, Josie suddenly ran out holding a kitchen knife. "Let go of Angeline, you beast! Or I'll cut you!"
When the python saw Josie, it shot a
burst of gas toward her, and the smoke billowed over the entire courtyard. Once the smoke cleared up, Angeline saw that Josie had fainted on the ground.
Nonetheless, she was completely safe.
"Josie!" Angeline immediately ran over, trying to wake Josie by shaking her.
"Why am I lying here, Sis Angeline?" Josie looked around. Knowing that she had fallen asleep in the courtyard, she was extremely surprised.
Angeline was dumbfounded as well as she said, "You forgot what happened yesterday?"
"What happened?"
Angeline pondered it and thought it was weird how Josie could not remember what had happened last night.
Hence, she did not deliberately try to rouse Josie's memory. "Oh. It's nothing. We were waiting for them to come back. You were probably too tired, so you fell asleep here.'
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In her heart, she thought to herself that the python must have wiped out Josie's memory. How could there be such a big python in this world? It must have been a spiritual being.