Chapter 37.2

Editors: Kat & Alysia

Proofreader: Junyans

Yu Hean tied a cinnabar rope to their mountaineering sticks, attached the remnant limbs of the “babies” to the rope, and led the fetal flesh in front. Wang Pengpai and the others walked with the fetal flesh. Behind the fetal flesh, the four babies followed them from afar with venomous eyes.

Yu Hean was used to herding cattle, hence the task of herding the fetal flesh went very smoothly. Seeing that his help was actually an obstacle, Xu Chen simply handed the task over to Yu Hean. When he went to Wang Pengpai’s side, he said curiously, “How did Brother Wang think of it?”

When Wang Pengpai said he was going to lead all the fetal flesh away, it startled Xu Chen and the others. They didn’t expect that Wu Laoliu really didn’t stop them from doing so.

“Heh, I guessed it.”

Wang Pengpai patted his fat stomach and shook his head. “It is reasonable to say that there should have been many visiting villagers who attended the banquet. After death, their souls became ‘babies,’ and each baby should correspond to each visiting villager, am I right?”

Zhao Hongtu and the others nodded.

“But we saw only four, right? I think the other ‘babies’ should have been eaten by the fetal flesh.”

Wang Pengpai said, “Wu Laoliu kept the fetal flesh in the coop so that they wouldn’t eat the last four. This should be designed by the Travel Services. Otherwise, how could we complete the attraction? Thus, the fetal flesh are not Wu Laoliu’s own property.”

“As long as you say that we are going to ‘send them to reincarnate,’ Wu Laoliu will not object. After all, this is also a part of the attraction.”

“The Travel Services allows us to do that?”

Zhao Hongtu was surprised and exclaimed, “Brother Wang, you know so much!”

Wang Pengpai said proudly, “My abilities are average, I’m only the third most capable person in the world… Ahahaha, in fact, it’s nothing. You’ll know more once you experience more attractions on the tours. The experienced senior, Guide III, must know more than me. I’m merely making a fool of myself.”

Sigh, this mouth of mine, why can’t I control this mouth.

Wang Pengpai felt bitter. After leaving Baby Bamboo Miao Village, he had determined that the chilly eyes following him did not come from Wu Laoliu, but from III-9! To be honest, Wang Pengpai didn’t dare to look at him now. Good riddance. After he observed III-9’s appearance, he found that III-9’s horns and claws had grown out, and he had almost turned into a little monster. This reflected that he was experiencing a severe loss of SAN!

During such a time, tour guides were totally unreasonable. They might even break you into pieces once you meet their eyes. Wang Pengpai had a slightly guilty conscience and knew that it was not easy for everyone to get to this scenic spot. If III-9 really went crazy, although Wang Pengpai was not afraid, Zhao Hongtu and the others’ lives were estimated to be over.

But the look in III-9’s eyes was too “warm,” and it caused Wang Pengpai’s heart to thump wildly.

III-9 couldn’t have taken a liking to this fat lord’s good figure, right? III-9 wouldn’t be so hungry that he wanted to eat him, right? However, looking at what III-9 mutated into, it seemed that he should be a type of abyssal demon. However, Wang Pengpai was surprised to learn that III-9 could mutate. He hadn’t expected this. Clearly, a tour guide like him shouldn’t be able to mutate, and even if his SAN dropped, there shouldn’t have been too much of an impact.

But everything about III-9 seemed special. Wang Pengpai regretted it again. If only he wasn’t so idle and bored to get himself involved with this troublesome matter. This III-9 had an evil nature, and he intuitively felt that nothing good would come from mingling with III-9.

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Wang Pengpai is very powerful.

Wei Xun had been observing him. Although Wang Pengpai had not displayed the strength of his title so far, from how he analyzed matters and his reactions, Wei Xun judged that this man was definitely not weak. Zhao Hongtu and the others were not at the same level as him.

From his previous observation, Wang Pengpai seemed to have no ill intentions and took care of Zhao Hongtu and the others. It was just that he somewhat couldn’t keep his mouth shut, and enjoyed being worshiped. Once someone praised him, his mind would grow muddled.

What was the position of such a powerful person in An Xuefeng’s tour party?

From Wang Pengpai, Wei Xun could infer many things. Whether it was his approach, generosity, or unscrupulous behavior, it all roughly corresponded to the style of the tour party.

Wei Xun didn’t want to bind himself to a tour party immediately, but he could be invincible only if he knew himself and the enemy. What was more, he was still wearing III-9’s identity.

People like Wang Pengpai who hid their identity and came to an Intoxicating Xiangxi tour group, nodding their head and bowing their backs to III-9, a Silver-rank tour guide, were people who could adapt to anything. They also know the titles III-9 had. Their intentions definitely were not simple, but Wang Pengpai didn’t know what III-9 looked like when he mutated.

Wei Xun remembered that when he appeared in front of Zhao Hongtu and the others mutated, Wang Pengpai was as surprised as they were, as if he couldn’t believe it. If Wang Pengpai had studied III-9 thoroughly, he shouldn’t have shown this expression.

In other words, the appearance he had when he mutated belonged to Wei Xun himself. The previous III-9’s mutated appearance was different. Or, maybe III-9 couldn’t mutate?

Wei Xun had roughly guessed the truth. The tourists and Wei Xun finally came to the edge of Mourning Stream. Seeing the surging black river, they could only vaguely see a few figures and red wooden boats undulating on the waves.

“There they are, there they are!”

Miao Fangfei’s eyesight was very good. From a distance, she saw that someone had finally come across Mourning Stream. But in addition to the people, there was a group of white things that worried Miao Fangfei.

“We still can’t communicate with them.”

Shi Tao glanced at the width of Mourning Stream, and was also worried. “Could it be that we have to shout so that they can hear us?”

“We can’t shout loudly across Mourning Stream, but it should be alright if we communicate from both sides of the shores.”

Hou Feihu said, frowning, “But it’s better to be cautious.”

“Why is Brother 9 still over there?”

Lin Xi tiptoed as he looked at Mourning Stream, anxious and worried. “When will Brother 9 come back?”

“Don’t worry, Guide III should be explaining the rules to them.”

Miao Fangfei advised. After Lin Xi made the correct judgment and let them successfully complete the washing on the third day attraction, everyone had a much better attitude towards him and were willing to include him during discussions. However, Lin Xi was slightly neurotic and his mind was filled with III-9. It was really tiring to get along with him.

“Let’s take the opportunity to think about the right way to complete the next attraction.”

Hou Feihu was worried about Zhao Hongtu, but his will was firm. After taking two glances, he regained his spirits. “The ghost baby has to pass through Mourning Stream and be sent over to the other side. Guide III said he would take the guests of Tea Plain Miao Village to Cordoned-off Village.”

“Do the guests refer to Elder Brother and the others?”

Yu Hehui anxiously whispered, “I don’t think Cordoned-off Village is a good place.”

“But this should be the location of our third attraction.”

Miao Fangfei spoke thoughtfully, “That is to say, we’ll send the ghost baby to the other side, and then we’ll all come back to Cordoned-off Village?”

“That’s possible, but the ghost baby can’t leave our side.”

Hou Feihu reminded them, “We should think about it in advance. What if the ghost baby doesn’t let us go after it is sent to the other side?”

“Then we’ll do what the ghost baby wants.”

Lin Xi said impatiently, “It is correct for us to stick with the ghost baby in the second scenic spot, and it is useless to consider other things.”

“I also think the other side of the stream is the better side.”

Miao Fangfei stopped talking and shook her head. “It’s just a feeling, or rather, a residual feeling left behind after the ghost possessed me. However, a hunch brought by a ghost’s possession is not necessarily right.”

“It’s half past five.”

Hou Feihu said, “The beating three dynasties banquet is at 8. We still have a lot of time, and there will surely be problems. Everyone, be careful.”

“Yes.”

The five people nodded cautiously. Miao Fangfei understood what Hou Feihu meant. They still didn’t know what Yu Hehui was. They had almost finished experiencing the second scenic spot, and it was uncertain whether Yu Hehui would make trouble at this time. The ghost baby in his arms was the special ghost baby, and they had to protect the ghost baby at that time.

“These are round-trip tickets for the reincarnation ferry. Everyone, please don’t lose them.”

After about ten minutes, III-9 finally arrived at Miao Fangfei and the others’ side and gave everyone a thin blue ferry ticket.

“Each adult can take up to one baby on the boat. The babies can’t board the boat alone. The boat can accommodate up to four people: two adults and two babies, or four adults.”

“It takes 15 minutes to sail across Mourning Stream. There is no boatman in our ferry experience, so at least one adult should row.”

“As we all know, the Tea Plain Miao Village and Cordoned-off Village have different customs, so it’s easy to have conflicts. After each voyage, the babies left on both sides of the shore should be of the same village, or the number of babies from different villages should be equal. Otherwise, it is easy for the children to fight.”

“The ferry experience begins at six o’clock. In this half hour, everyone can move freely, but I ask that everyone returns to the shore on time.”

Although III-9 said that they could move freely, only fools would waste time and move freely. People on both sides of the bank gathered together to discuss their plan in a low voice. Miao Fangfei drew 1.2.3 on the ground using a branch as a pen.

“The ferry starts at 6:00 and the reception starts at 8:30. There are two hours or 120 minutes between them. A voyage is 15 minutes and a round trip is 30 minutes. In other words, there can be up to four round trips.”

“Time’s too tight.”

Hou Feihu shook his head and said, “We can’t contact the people on the other side now, so we don’t know the situation there. It’s the same for them. We have to leave time for discussion after we go there in advance.

“Three round trips, with five minutes after each stop, or seven voyages, with about two minutes after each stop.”

“Yes, we have to make allowances somewhere.”

Miao Fangfei frowned. “Right now, there isn’t enough information. We can’t know the situation on the other side until someone goes over.”

“You see, there are a group of white animals next to them. We don’t know what they are. The people who will go over must ask about them.”

Shi Tao also agreed. “Guide III said that ‘the babies left on both sides of the bank should be from the same village,’ or the number of babies from different villages should be equal. That is to say, the number of ghost babies and babies on any bank should be the same.”

“Guide III said ‘after each voyage,’ so this number of people refers to the number of people departing on the ferry.”

Across Mourning Stream, Wang Pengpai and the others were also discussing. “If Leader Miao and the others send two ghost babies here, we have to send two babies there.”

“If they send a ghost baby, we have to send it together with a baby.”

Zhao Hongtu frowned. “A ghost baby can’t stay on the bank alone. Otherwise, the number of babies will be greater than that of the ghost babies.”

“Finally, we also have to pick up the people there.”

Wang Pengpai reminded them, “We will have to send the babies over, but we must also accompany them. This attraction should not be a pure exchange of sides. In the end, the people of our tour group must be together.”

“That is to say, the choice lies on our side.”

Xu Chen realized after Wang Pengpai lightly hinted to the group. “Let’s send the babies to the other side. Leader Miao will also bring the ghost baby here. The last ferry should gather the people of our tour group at one shore.”

“We must definitely choose the ghost babies’ side.”

Yu Hean interrupted, “It must be right to follow the ghost baby. If they send the ghost baby here, it means that we are right here. We have to come back after we send the baby.”

“We’ll discuss it when they come over. Maybe the ghost baby will stay there.”

Zhao Hongtu spoke, looking at the fetal flesh behind them with fierce eyes. He sneered, “Anyway, we have to send the guests of ‘Tea Plain Miao Village’ over.”

“Xu Chen, why aren’t you speaking?”

T/N: This chapter is not proofread yet, so certain terms may change~  The chapter is proofread.

Happy Chinese New Year, everyone! I hope everyone’s doing well so far!

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